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I would use wifi TL-WN725N that uses rtl8188eu. I use Linux Kernel 2.6.35. Could you advise me.
from the original version 2.6.35-8-ARCH I switched to 3.12.0-rc3-dirty, and I tried these instructions
But I failed but I received this message
Waiting for UDev uevents to be processed [BUSY]
[ 14.970000] usbserial: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
[ 14.980000] usbserial: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
[ 15.530000] 8188eu: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
The Linux kernel contains data structures whose layout varies not only from version to version but also depending on the compilation options. The message you get says that the version check fails during load of the module.
You may google CONFIG_MODVERSIONS to get an idea how the version check works.
I assume you downloaded the kernel and not build it yourself, right?
How about starting to build the kernel yourself by following Christians blog post and then building the drivers using the same kernel headers?
I have solved the problem.
it is necessary to modify the kernel for example by site
In menuconfig, you need to add drivers for the wifi. Now the drivers are not fully debugged and therefore is in
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Peace is a Heathen Value!
Peace is an essential part of any thriving society. Though conflict and warfare may be an essential part of life for many cultures, living in peace is the ultimate goal for a majority of members of those societies.
This is absolutely true for the people of the OId Norse. Though we have heard tales of bloody conquest and savage barbarism concerning Vikings, we must we remember that these stories told were merely exaggerated tales of a few individuals.
To that effect, we can understand how important peace was to the people in the Old Norse, as they have given us two powerful words which both are translated as, peace: Frið and Grið
To begin the peace process, we galdr the rune, Nauð from the Younger Futhork.
We can think of this rune as a bringer of constraint and a call for the cessation of hostilities
These three runes, used as a sonic bind-rune, bring about a state of peaceful calm and joy.
Wujno – bringing Joy and comfort
Perthro – which creates a situation
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Sixty-four schools across the nation were honored by the U.S. Department of Education last week as Green Ribbon Schools, “for their exemplary efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs, promote better health, and ensure effective environmental education, including civics and green career pathways.”
Now, our schools can get a report card form the U.S. Department of Education on their carbon footprints. If that doesn’t scare you, wake up and smell the free trade, organic, non GMO coffee in the 13 watt spiral fluorescent lit teacher’s lounge.
I will find time to celebrate the fact that Charles Evans Hughes Middle School in Long Beach dropped their GHG emissions (MTCO2e) to 368, as soon as I am finished grieving the closures of LA Unified school libraries. Or when I begin to see the rampant illiteracy, and overcrowding problems begin to diminish along with those carbon footprints. I guess I shouldn’t be so blue when being green seems to be the new black.
Reading online through the application to be considered a Green Ribbon school seems closer to Soviet era propaganda than a true effort to educate our children.
Take for example question 27 on page 18 about cleaning: “What specific third party certified green product does your school use?” Why do I suspect the next step is having kids report what types of products mom and dad are using at home?
Here’s one that could earn a math ribbon in addition to the green ribbon if answered correctly: “What is the volume of your annual pesticide use per gallon/per student/per year. Describe efforts to reduce use.”
In the 161 page application, many schools boasts about their campus cleanup days. Shouldn’t every day be a campus cleanup day? I was taught to never litter and that wasn’t a part of any program or government assessment; it was just the right thing to do. We had days where we cleaned up – it was part of having pride in your school.
Many of the “Green Ribbon” schools describe their sustainable gardens on campus. One such school, however, also stated that “free breakfast is served in each classroom each morning to every student and all students receive free lunch.”
I was taught there is no free lunch. Perhaps these little scholar turned gardeners should harvest their own breakfasts. Seems the green thing to do.
EPA administrator Bob Perciasepe said, [the] “U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools are not only cutting costs thanks to energy-saving practices and use of more efficient technology, but they’re also reducing instances of pollution-related illnesses like asthma, a leading cause of student absence.”
Is it just me or should we be afraid – very afraid – that the EPA is in bed with the US Department of Education for any reason? Even a well intended one.
How easy to become an ambassador for all things green with your own handy copy of USGBC Students Guide to Transforming Your Campus, Community and Career, “a step-by-step guide to starting a powerful and functional student group, identifying the greatest needs on campus and creating a campaign to address them.”
Do we really need to identify the “greatest need on campus?” Wouldn’t that be the student? Where is the step-by-step guide to starting a powerful and functional student group addressing the importance of knowledge, education, and learning?
Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, highlighted how the green schools movement and Green Ribbon Schools is helping school districts save millions of dollars and said “this is one of those things with no downside whatsoever.”
Here’s a little homework assignment reader: I challenge you to think of the downside to a politician stating that a program has “no downside whatsoever.”
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Learn about life processes by making original observations, asking biological questions and testing hypotheses through experimentation.
Our students learn to become biologists by working side-by-side with faculty doing biology. Pacific's biology curriculum gives students relevant, authentic experiences that encourage their development as scientists, from introductory biology through the senior capstone project.
Internships and outside research programs such as with local and national organizations such as the Oregon Zoo, Oregon Health Science University, state and federal wildlife agencies, and healthcare clinics, give students the opportunity to broaden their experiences and explore different fields in biology.
What Can You Do with a Biology Degree?
Pacific’s biology graduates are prepared to do anything or go anywhere. Our biology graduates work as lab technicians, environmental consultants, teachers, lawyers, microbiologists, geneticists, ecologists, veterinarians, zoologists and, of course, in a wide range of health and medical professions.
Our students are recruited by the top graduate programs, medical schools and professional schools in the country. Many recent graduates work in the high-tech industry because of their strong backgrounds in biology, chemistry, math, computer science and physics.
Jordan “Bruno” Gegenhuber '16 had first-author research, "Gene regulation by gonadal hormone receptors underlies brain sex differences," published in nature magazine on May 4, 2022.
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $350,000 grant to Biology Professor Chris Templeton to further his study into the ways human-caused traffic noise affects birds' cognitive abilities.
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The Spanish Government says 145 people have died after a Spanish tourist jet carrying 173 people crashed on takeoff and burst into flames at Madrid airport.
The Spanair jet was lifting off to take 166 passengers and nine crew to the Canary Islands, but it barely made it off the ground before witnesses say an engine caught fire and the plane crashed in a field at the edge of the airport.
Dozens of ambulances and fire engines drove to the burning wreckage, which sparked a large grassfire that took more than an hour put out.
Plumes of smoke could be seen many kilometres away.
The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is checking with Spanish authorities, hospitals and the airline to determine if any Australians were involved in the Madrid crash.
The Department says so far there is no indication that there were any Australians on board.
Around 25 passengers were treated for injuries, but it seems most of the passengers and crew were killed.
As large clouds of smoke billowed into the sky near the terminal at Madrid airport, there were reports that ambulance officers were pulling out burnt corpses and that the plane was completely destroyed.
Spanish newspapers say the plane, Spanair's Flight JK5022, an MD-82 jet, reported an engineering fault but was eventually allowed to take off.
The 15-year-old plane, carrying 166 passengers and nine crew, shot off the runway at 2:45 pm (local time), according to Spanair and witnesses described a huge explosion.
"Only the tail was recognisable, there was wreckage scattered all over the place and dead bodies across a wide area. A lot of them were children," Herbigio Corral, who headed the rescue effort, told reporters.
As well as helicopters dumping water on the fire, around 50 ambulances and more than 10 fire engines are reported to have arrived at the burning wreckage.
Less than a third of the passengers were treated at the crash site, while some were taken to the city's six hospitals.
Of the survivors, eight are in critical condition, an emergency services spokesman told national radio.
Spain's Prime Minister and Madrid's mayor went to the scene to talk to the families of those who had died.
Development Minister Magdalena Alvarez said the cause of the accident seemed to be "an error in takeoff".
But Spanish media quoted sources as saying the plane's left engine, made by Pratt & Whitney, had caught fire.
The flight was a code-sharing operation with Lufthansa serving the Canary Islands, a popular holiday destination for tourists from throughout Europe.
Lufthansa says seven passengers with Lufthansa tickets, four of them from Germany, had checked in for the flight, and a Canary Islands official says passengers included Swedes and Dutch.
Thick columns of smoke rose into the air and police blocked off both ends of the Terminal Four runway, where more than 20 ambulances and many fire engines were stationed.
"I saw how the plane broke in two and a huge explosion," Manuel Muela said , who was driving past the airport when the crash occurred, according to newspaper El Mundo.
Police escorted tearful relatives of passengers past reporters and dozens of workers identified as psychologists and social workers arrived at the terminal.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero interrupted his holidays and the Spanish Olympic Committee says the Spanish flag will fly at half mast in the Olympic village in Beijing.
Spain's national soccer team has worn black armbands at a friendly match with Denmark.
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Freeing the Arts: Nakabuhi Short Film Festival
Is there a town in Camarines Sur with its own film festival?
If there is none, then Buhi must be the first or one of the first towns in Camarines Sur to hold a film festival. Add to this the reputation of being perhaps the first town in the region to include in its observance of the fiesta a celebration of cinema.
This festival has been dubbed the Nakabuhi Film Festival, the word “nakabuhi” referring to the town and its myth of origin. It is said – and this is accepted by the townspeople – that the eruption of Mt. Asog, released an avalanche that pushed the people to seek refuge in a place.
And as the story continued, a lake was formed and beside it a town, whose language developed distinctly because the town was cut off from strong, external influences.
And now, cinema, which is an art form that validates true, unfettered freedom is the same art form this town has chosen to celebrate its legendary seclusion and uniqueness. With Ryan Cuatrona working closely with the Mayor Margarita M. Aguinillo, relayed this message:Sa paagi kadi Nakabuhi Film Festival, agku maliwanag na paglaum a mga filmakers sa banwaan ka Buhi na silag asin lamang sa ngamin na banwa nguwan sadi Rinconada, o kung buko man sa bilog na Camarines Sur. Pigsusugan kadi a mga una nang ekspwersong nagpapatanyag ka Buhi bilang banwaan nin arte asin kultura, na may pagmakulog sa ginikanan, sa agiagi asin nakasilong sa malinaw na futuro.
Loosely translated, the message speaks thus: How through the Nakabuhi Film Festival, there is a bright hope for the filmmakers in Buhi or in Rinconada, if not in the entire province of Camarines Sur. These initiatives are the same efforts that made Buhi into a place of arts and cultures, a town that cares for its past and beginnings even as it looks to a clear tomorrow.
The Nakabuhi Short Film Festival is an endeavor of Psusog, a youth advocacy group and the local government of Buhi under the leadership of the town chief executive known fondly as Mayor Marge.
Cuatrona emphasizes what the good mayor has expressed, the plan that this short film festival is sustained. Mayor Aquinillo also underscores the fact that the people of Buhi, in venturing into the new realm of film festivals, persists in following a difficult path, in fact holding this event in the most difficult and distressing situation posed by the pandemic.
Persisting at the end of the day, a film festival is good only insofar as the films it selects are good, and that they express the dreams and desires of the town, especially the young citizens of the place through their films and filmmakers.
Sitting as juror with Kristian Sendon Cordero, a multi-awarded writer and filmmaker, John Sherwin Acampado, a visual artist, I had the privilege to view the attempts of the town’s film directors as they shared with us what Buhi is all about.
The jury, in this regard, selected three top films: two made it to Jury Prize, Ex-Aequo, or equal to each other, and one best Film.
One film that was awarded the Jury Prize was Amo Iya Pinalain, directed by Julix Temperante & Jose Reuben Paloma. We, the jurors, agreed, that the story was interesting in the idea of Death as a positive element, and that dying is a matter of crossing a body of water, the Buhi Lake. We particularly noted the screen presence, not the acting, of Nenet Nachor & Krizia Marie Morandarte Villos. If they were not able to flesh out their respective characters it was because a flawed screenplay and direction reduced the narrative to melodrama. We oftentimes forget that acting in film is not necessarily done by the actors themselves; a great deal of this acting is forged by the director.
The other Jury Prize was given to Kútâ, directed by Elijah Leigh Labordo. Ambitious in scope, the short film about the memories of evacuation during the last World War, succeeds in its artistic depiction of how people remember sad events in their lives. Disjointed and incoherent, the memories of those years are captured by images that are blurred, soft-focused, elliptical, hinted at. Using the technologies of editing, images are superimposed on each other. The chaos on the screen brings about a tension necessary in telling a grim past of violence. Creative imagination and a strong sense of local history are the values shared by this other Jury Prize awardee.
e.D. by Ronel Francis Le, our Best Film, is above all the other entries in a presentation that is coherent, united, and clear. The film reminds us that simplicity is both a virtue and a power. In the film a young man assures us he has found what he is looking for. He runs, walks fast and stops. At each stop, the camera lingers lovingly on the scenes of the town. This is the kind of tourism film that Buhi needs. But more than showing the places, the camera shows the ordinary life in the town: a young man opens a store, children play around a small monument, people arrive from across the lake and goes up the embankment…What is this young man’s discovery? He has found out that clean air is the gift of a place, or the fact that his beloved town offers him a site where he can breathe once more. That is an amazing insight, an idea that is totally original. It is also a fresh tribute to one’s place. | <urn:uuid:1223f4ab-0233-4212-8158-d7352fda002e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bicolmail.net/single-post/freeing-the-arts-nakabuhi-short-film-festival | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.953279 | 1,259 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Manufacture EcologyHonor Award - Student Collaborative
Xin Tan + Baldwin Sear
The district is located in University of Arizona, Tucson. In the desert environment, water source is important. There is a urgent problem for our residents. How can we make a resilient landscape to reuse waste water and runoff? Now, University of Arizona is looking for a great solution for the problem. This campus design will be a example explore it. This design leverages urban hydrology to create a green corridor that serves as a demonstration site for water conservation. By daylighting waste and excess water from surrounding buildings, the design creates, in the process, an infrastructure network to mitigate flood events, reduce heat, and provide space for social interaction. By integrating productive crops with native vegetation, the design is able to provide another resource. This controlled hydrological process can be used to generate food and create a landscape that changes with the seasons, bringing attention to climate and regional identity. The water collection system is designed to bring all AC condensate and run-off into concentrated cells, where toxins can be removed before the water is eventually dispersed underground by pump (landmark structure)or stored for re-use as irrigation. Overall, the site will be transformed by exposing AC condensate and surrounding rain run-off to create a lush environment that will enhance the quality of the water moving through the site, provide canopy and shade for human comfort, reduce urban heat, provide wildlife habitat, and offer educational opportunities. Our design addresses critical concerns of sustainability and resiliency in the arid southwest. By utilizing multiple water sources and seeing rain events not as a problem to mitigate but as a resource to allocate, our plan provides a sharp contrast to the typical landscape found in Tucson. We can not only provide a rich and lush vegetated environment that provides multiple ecosystem services and food for the community, our design achieves this without the need for any city water. | <urn:uuid:d7345e9b-daad-4b20-ae17-7d38a10b20c2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://azasla.org/award-winners/manufacture-ecology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.931706 | 397 | 3.21875 | 3 |
15 November 2021
“I’m a shareholder in a private company and wish to get rid of my shares to free up some cashflow. That said, I don’t want to sell to a stranger and my other shareholders don’t want to buy my shares either. One of them suggested that the company buy back my shares. Is this allowed?”
What you are referring to is a share buyback, and such are an accepted method of disposing of your shares in a company as an alternative to selling to a third party. That said, share buybacks are strictly governed by the Companies Act 71 of 2008 and in particular section 48 thereof, with non-compliance potentially resulting in the transaction being voidable as well as potential personal liability on the part of directors that voted in favour of the transaction. This means, that although share buybacks are possible, care should be taken to comply with the related provisions of the Companies Act.
Share buybacks are common transactions used to dispose of shares in a company and is an alternative to selling the shares to third parties. While the use of share buybacks may seem appealing, the arrangement is strictly governed by the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (the “Companies Act”). Failure to comply with the provisions of section 48 of the Companies Act may result in the transaction being voidable. It may also lead to personal liability on the part of the directors who voted in favour of the transaction.
From a tax perspective it may also be noted that a share buyback is not considered as a disposal in the strictest sense of the word, and would therefore not be subject to capital gains tax, but would the purchase price generally (subject to exceptions as there always are when it comes to taxation) be deemed a dividend for income tax purposes. This should also be kept in mind when considering a buyback.
Section 48 of the Companies Act regulates when a company may acquire its own shares, including restrictions on subsidiaries etc. In general, however, section 48 requires that the following conditions be met, prior to implementing any share buyback:
- The company must reasonably satisfy the solvency and liquidity test after the transaction is finalised.
- The share buyback transaction should be approved by a special resolution of the shareholders if the shares are to be acquired from a director of the company or a related person.
- The company must comply with sections 114 (independent expert reports) and 115 (required approvals) of the Companies Act (to the extent applicable) where the transaction involves the buyback of more than 5% of the issued shares in the company.
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Not through video conferencing—which is the extent to which most sellers have gone so far—but via immersive digital experiences that not just match however surpass the experience of trialling vehicles in-store. After peaking at a record 12.87 million items in 1978, gross sales of American-made cars fell to 6.95 million in 1982, as imports elevated their share of the us market from 17.7 percent to 27.9 percent. In 1980 Japan grew to become the world’s leading auto producer, a place it continues to carry. Ford’s mass production techniques have been quickly adopted by different American automobile producers. Encouraged by the success of the Model N, Henry Ford was decided to build an even better “car for the great multitude.” The four-cylinder, twenty-horsepower Model T, first provided in October 1908, sold for $825. Its two-speed planetary transmission made it straightforward to drive, and features similar to its detachable cylinder head made it easy to repair. Its excessive chassis was designed to clear the bumps in rural roads.
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The interdisciplinary field of materials science, also commonly known as materials science and engineering, involves the discovery and design of new materials, with an emphasis on solids. The intellectual origins of materials science stem from the Enlightenment, when researchers began to use analytical thinking from chemistry, physics, and engineering to understand ancient, phenomenological observations in metallurgy and mineralogy.
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From all the misty morning air, there comes a summer sound,
A murmur as of waters from skies, and trees, and ground.
The birds they sing upon the wing, the pigeons bill and coo.
In the embers shining bright
A garden grows for thy delight,
With roses yellow, red, and white.
But, O my child, beware, beware!
Touch not the roses growing there,
For every rose a thorn doth bear.
None who e'er knew her can believe her dead;
Though, should she die, they deem it well might be
Her spirit took its everlasting flight
In summer's glory, by the sunset sea,
That onward through the Golden Gate is fled.
Ah, where that bright soul is cannot be night.
- "H.H." [Death]
What babe new born is this that in a manger cries?
Near on her lowly bed his happy mother lies.
Oh, see the air is shaken with white and heavenly wings--
This is the Lord of all the earth, this is the King of Kings.
- A Christmas Hymn (st. 4) [Christmas]
Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee
A lesson of humanity:
To every mother's heart forlorn,
In every house the Christ is born.
- A Madonna of Fra Lippo Lippi [Christ]
Oh, father's gone to market-town, he was up before the day,
And Jamie's after robins, and the man is making hay,
And whistling down the hollow goes the boy that minds the mill,
While mother from the kitchen door is calling with a will,
"Polly!--Polly!--The cows are in the corn!
Oh, where's Polly?"
- A Midsummer Song [Summer]
I am a woman--therefore I may not
Call to him, cry to him,
Fly to him,
Bid him delay not!
- A Woman's Thought [Women]
A man not perfect, but of heart
So high, of such heroic rage,
That even his hopes became a part
Of earth's eternal heritage.
- At the President's Grave,
an epitaph for President Cleveland
What if thou be saint or sinner,
Crooked gray-beard, straight beginner,--
Empty paunch, or jolly dinner,
When Death thee shall call.
All like are rich or richer,
King with crown, and cross-legged stitcher,
When the grave hides all.
- Drinking Song [Death]
"Whose name was writ in water!" What large laughter
Among the immortals when that word was brought!
Then when his fiery spirit rose flaming after,
High toward the topmost heaven of heavens up-caught!
"All hail! our younger brother!" Shakespeare said,
And Dante nodded his imperial head.
- Keats [Names]
We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried,
"Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!"
Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the blast!
What man can look on Death unterrified?
- Love and Death (st. 2) [Faith]
I am the laughter of the new-born child
On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.
- Ode [Laughter]
I am the spirit of the morning sea,
I am the awakening and the glad surprise.
- Ode [Spirits]
Not from the whole wide world I chose thee,
Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea!
The wide, wide world could not inclose thee,
For thou art the whole wide world to me.
- Song [Love]
Ye living soldiers of the mighty war,
Once more from roaring cannon and the drums
And bugles blown at morn, the summons comes;
Forget the halting limb, each wound and scar:
Once more your Captain calls to you;
Come to his last review!
- The Burial of Grant [War]
Stream of the living world
Where dash the billows of strife!--
One plunge in the mighty torrent
Is a year of tamer life!
City of glorious days,
Of hope, and labour and mirth,
With room and to spare, on thy splendid bays
For the ships of all the earth!
- The City [New York]
Now you who rhyme, and I who rhyme,
Have not we sworn it, many a time,
That we no more our verse would scrawl,
For Shakespeare he had said it all!
- The Modern Rhymer [Shakespeare]
I love her doubting and anguish;
I love the love she withholds,
I love my love that loveth her,
And anew her being moulds.
- The New Day (pt. III, song I) [Love]
Love, Love, my Love.
The best things are the truest!
When the earth lies shadowy dark below
Oh, then the heavens are bluest!
- The New Day (pt. IV, song I) [Love]
Against the darkness outer
God's light his likeness takes,
And he from the mighty doubter
The great believer makes.
- The New Day (pt. IV, song XV) [Light]
I count my time by times that I meet thee;
These are my yesterdays, my morrows, noons,
And nights, these are my old moons and my new moons.
Slow fly the hours, fast the hours flee,
If thou art far from or art near to me:
If thou art far, the bird's tunes are no tunes;
If thou art near, the wintry days are Junes.
- The New Day (pt. IV, Sonnet VI) [Time]
The smile of her I love is like the dawn
Whose touch makes Menmon sing:
O see where wide the golden sunlight flows--
The barren desert blossoms as the rose!
- The Smile of Her I Love [Smiles]
What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell
That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;
A precious jewel carved most curiously;
It is a little picture painted well.
What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the tear that fell
From a great poet's hidden ecstasy;
A two-edged sword, a star, a song--ah me!
Sometimes a heavy tolling funeral bell.
- The Sonnet [Poetry]
In Heaven's happy bowers
There blossom two flowers,
One with fiery glow
And one as white as snow;
While lo! before them stands,
With pale and trembling hands,
A spirit who must choose
One, and one refuse.
- The White and Red Rose [Roses]
"Give me a theme," the little poet cried,
"And I will do my part,"
"'Tis not a theme you need," the world replied;
"You need a heart."
- Wanted, a Theme [Poets]
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California is an “at-will employment” state, which means that any employment relationship can be ended without prior notice or warning by the employer or the employee at any time and for any reason. There is no general requirement that an employer have “good cause” before firing an employee. Nor is the employee entitled to any warnings that the employee’s job is in danger before being fired.
Wrongful Termination Claims
Though this is the law in California there are many examples of wrong termination that are claimed and won. Most wrongful termination cases are brought under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). California has created a number of illegal reasons for termination. Some common claims include-
When you have an employment contract that gives you continued employment for a specified amount of time, or that provides limits to your employer’s case for firing you, your employer is legally bound to hold up their end of the deal. Simply- if your employer fires you for a violation of the terms of the contract, you should have a strong claim against that employer.
Employers cannot fire you if you are in a protected class based on certain certain characteristics in California. Some of these characteristics include national origin, color, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, disability, age, citizenship status, genetic information, gender identity, marital status, medical condition, AIDS/HIV status, political beliefs or activities, military or veteran status, or as a victim of stalking, domestic violence, or assault. When you win a discrimination lawsuit, your employer will be forced to pay your lost benefits and wages, as well as your court costs and attorneys’ fees and, emotional distress damages with possible punitive damages.
Your employer cannot fire you for exercising, or trying to enforce your employment rights. If you were fired for exercising a right granted by law, or making a complaint, you may have a claim against your employer. If successful in your claim, you can collect not only lost benefits and wages, but also attorneys’ fees, for emotional distress and damages, as well as punitive damages.
Violation of Public Policy
You can not be fired when exercising your legal rights, like declining to commit an illegal act, or raising issues about workplace illegality. A public policy claim is quite different from a retaliation claim, as it does not need to be based on a specific statute, or any employment law.
Some examples are-
- An employee is fired for lobbying lawmakers to opt out of vaccinations for her kids. She belongs go an organization that rejects the need for mandatory childhood vaccines.
- An employee is fired when he refuses to lie to an IRS auditor in regards to the company’s finances.
- An employee at a manufacturing company is fired for filing a complaint with the federal government, contending the company is illegally using aftermarket parts in its operations.
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The No. 1 Question You Need to Ask During Any Business Interaction
Put yourself in someone else's shoes.
In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Business Rockstars sits down with Hernan Lopez, founder of Wondery, who shares his best business tips. According to the founder, the most important thing you can do is to put yourself into the shoes of the person across from you.
Don't just pitch in a vacuum -- do your best to understand the person you are speaking with, her needs and how you can fulfill those needs. It is important to put yourself into the shoes of the person across from you, always ask questions and pay attention to body language.
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Everything about your postnatal period
If you are planning on bottle feeding, infant formula, all brands qualify. Do note that it concerns nutrition for infants aged 0-6 months. The package states how the formula must be prepared. If you have opted for bottle feeding, make sure you have solid food together with bottles and teats. At first, each bottle should contain 10 ml. Together with the midwife and maternity nurse, this amount is slowly increased. The maternity nurse can advise you on the preparation of the formula and the bottle. In contrast to breastfeeding, bottle feeding does contain sufficient vitamin K. Additional administration is, therefore, not necessary.
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There comes a point in the life of any hard-core Linux user when the idea of digging about to find yet another obscure piece of software, compiling the code, and integrating it into your daily routine just seems annoying, not compelling. This is where Fedora comes through. Because more of the popular and necessary packages “just work” with Fedora, less time is burned spinning wheels and more time is available for productive tasks.
To those who grew up with Red Hat Linux, the birth of Fedora was a bit of a surprise. In 2003, Fedora rose from the ashes of Red Hat Linux when Red Hat commercialized its Linux offering under the now-familiar name of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and made Fedora its open source initiative. As it played out, Fedora was, and is, essentially the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Server. When a Fedora distribution has been released and used the world over for a significant period of time, it forks to become the next iteration of RHEL. Thus, Fedora has always been a community-supported preview of the next version of RHEL.
Fedora is clearly meant to be a Swiss Army knife, with not just something for everyone, but nearly everything for everyone. Fedora is at home providing an attractive and responsive desktop experience, but it’s also nicely equipped to run server tasks without a GUI, and offers a myriad of out-of-the-box development and administration tools that just make life simpler for Linux admins.
For many in the Linux community, Fedora has become the mainstay of projects big and small. Legend has it that Linus Torvalds uses Fedora. It runs on desktops and servers, serving as a foundation to myriad tools and projects, and is generally viewed as a generally stable Linux distribution, but one that can and does change radically from release to release. As befits what is essentially beta code, those releases tend to come fast and furious. Fedora 10 is no exception.
Fedora 10, code-named Cambridge, incorporates some significant changes from Fedora 9, such as a whole new boot process, dubbed Plymouth; support for the ext4 file system; inclusion of the Sugar GUI, originally developed for the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative; updates to both Gnome and KDE; and a new theme, dubbed Solar. The good news is that users who stay current with Fedora releases can update their existing Fedora systems with a few commands rather than a wholesale reinstall.
On the inside
Under the covers, Fedora 10 offers updates to several key elements (such as the kernel version 2.6.27) and incorporates a wide variety of coding tools, from Java, Ruby, Python, Perl, and even Haskell, to the Eclipse IDE, as well as supporting players. Most of these are part and parcel of any Fedora release, of course.
Virtualization is provided in the form of Xen, with options during installation to include and boot a Xen-enabled kernel to perform paravirtualization of Linux VMs running under the main system. Clustering support is there as well.
Among the new features, a few stand out, such as the First Aid Kit. It’s essentially a rescue environment that can help fix a broken system by offering dmraid rebuild and recovery options, bootloader and initrd reinstallation and re-creation, and potentially even some base package reinstallation. In a pinch, it could certainly prove helpful.
Also, Fedora 10 includes sectool, which is a system-integrity scanning tool that can check the system for possible security issues by evaluating various OS components and comparing them against known-good states.
One oddity is the default addition of /sbin, /usr/sbin, and /usr/local/sbin to the normal user default path. Since the dawn of time, only root has included these elements in the default path, because the tools residing in those directories are generally for admins only, not normal users. In Fedora 10, every user’s default path has them. Ostensibly, this is to eliminate problems with novice users who don’t understand pathing and tool location, but I don’t know that I see any real benefit, because normal users shouldn’t need lsmod, mke2fs, and so forth.
The installation process — generally the same as in previous releases, using the Anaconda installer — is smooth and surprisingly attractive, offering support for encrypted file systems, ext3 and NTFS resizing, and fluid repository inclusion. Some of these features were present in Fedora 9, but are somehow better integrated into the new version. All in all, installing Fedora 10 is a very simple and straightforward process.
Following installation, the familiar firstboot process allows the creation of local users and post-installation tweaks. Then, it’s a GUI login prompt and the introduction to the Solar theme. Gnome panels slide into place rather than just appearing, window corners are rounded, and the overall experience is attractive and polished. There’s something different about Linux desktops today, and not just the menu layouts and other GUI elements; they just feel slicker, yet somehow more utilitarian all at once. Gnome 2.24 and the Solar theme are no different in this regard. One relative oddity is the “Leave Message” option when the screen is locked. This feature was introduced in Gnome 2.20 and allows someone to wake a locked system and type a message that will be displayed when the owner logs in.
As with any new distribution, Fedora 10 will undoubtedly reveal some rough edges. There will be some hardware issues, there will be some significant updates, and there will be untold discussion of this package and that kernel module on the forums and wikis. My exploration of Fedora 10 has been fairly straightforward, and so far, so good. I’m sure that I won’t be running Fedora 10 on mission-critical commercial production systems, but I have been running Fedora on my main workstation and Linux laptop since FC1, and will be updating as soon as I can. | <urn:uuid:779357d9-c5f5-4e60-af6c-0988fe6f1fe1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://channeldailynews.com/news/fedora-turns-10/16370 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.934516 | 1,253 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Quality and EnvironmentBEYOND SERVICE
At HTGROUP we are governed by very clear principles:
Provide value to society through a quality, professional, responsible and honest service, based on humane treatment and promoting sustainability.
Invest in technology and sustainable growth that have an impact on improving the quality of life of patients.
Encourage the preservation and protection of the environment, minimising pollution from our activity.
Promote a healthy work environment committed to equality and non-discrimination.
As evidence of the commitment to these principles, at HTGROUP we have implemented an Integrated Management System (SIG) for Quality, the Environment and Occupational Health and Safety in accordance with the reference standards:
Thus, HTGROUP companies are audited and certified annually to assure compliance with standards.
COMMITMENT TO QUALITY
The implementation of a Quality Management System goes beyond what is established in ISO 9001:2015: we have certified our companies in UNE 179002, focused on the development, implementation and certification of Quality Management Systems in companies dedicated to the medical transport of patients. Thus, we certify through external audits that we promote improvements in the outpatient care service, we optimise internal processes to be more efficient and we comply with the company’s goals and objectives.
In the performance of our activity, HTGROUP maintains our commitment to minimise and control the potential impacts that it may have on the environment. Our company’s Environmental Policy defines the principles of action to improve the environmental sustainability of HTGROUP and involves all employees in this common goal.
Additionally, our centres in the Canary Islands are certified in EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, or Community Regulation of Eco-management and Eco-audit). This is a voluntary regulation by the European Union that recognizes those organisations that have implemented an Environmental Management System of Excellence
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
Occupational risk prevention is integrated into the SIG, encompassing all of our activities and our hierarchical levels. This is achieved through the implementation and application of an occupational risk prevention plan.
All the people who provide their professional services here, as well as the representatives, contribute to the integration of occupational risk prevention in HTGROUP. At the same time, they collaborate in the adoption and compliance with preventive measures through the participation that is recognized for them in chapter V of Law 31/1995, of November 8, on the Prevention of Occupational Risks | <urn:uuid:ee09c0a0-e303-49bc-bd23-55cdd8c01e53> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.htgroup.es/en/qhse-en/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.924109 | 523 | 1.5 | 2 |
Organisers of an alternative Christmas shopping outlet are hoping for a record turnout this year.
Hinckley’s Alternativity project offers people the chance to buy charity goods and services in the name of a loved one, who would otherwise receive a regular shop-bought present.
Last year, 200 shoppers spent more than £10,000 on gifts that benefited charities and good causes at home and abroad, in the name of family, friends and colleagues.
Organisers of this year’s ninth annual Alternativity are hoping that even more people will sign up to the alternative Christmas giving initiative, through which loved ones receive special cards showing how their gift will be helping someone in need.
Father Frank Daly, of St Peter’s RC Church on Leicester Road, which acts as a mail order facility for the project, said: “This isn’t instead of Christmas shopping. This is Christmas shopping. We want to encourage people to take a different approach.
“At the end of the day, the amount of money generated is not the issue.
“What we’d really like is to see more people taking a different approach to their Christmas giving, whereby they buy a gift for someone they love and give it to someone who really needs it.”
More than 20 organisations are involved in this year’s Alternativity, with gifts from £2.50 to £20.
Gifts range from a chicken for a family in Columbia to funding a Marie Curie nurse for an hour spent in a patient’s home.
They can be bought in person at an Alternativity sale held in Hinckley’s United Reformed Church in The Borough, Hinckley, on Saturday November 8 from 10am until 2pm.
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"The unlike is joined together, and from differences result the most beautiful harmony." ~ Heraclitus
Union of opposites, an aspiration that takes skill. Reflecting on this brought forward the importance of cooperation and compromise. When faced with situations where ego is likely to dominate your views and perceptions, how do you reach a point where a successful union can occur? Ego can be a formidable barrier, and commonly it’s thought that giving up or in to another implies weakness. Let’s explore this from an energetic viewpoint.
What is ego’s purpose? It seems more a distractor and separator keeping us from experiencing “oneness”. According to Deepak Chopra, “its function is to give you a sense of unity or singularity to your human experience. The feeling that experiences are happening to you and not just abstractly in the human mind. However this can be problematic if your inner self isn’t awake. Instead of knowing your true self is unlimited, much bigger than your physical self, your sense of identity is defined by your external experiences. Object referral rather than self-referral. Your sense of “I” is then defined by your body, your relationships, your possessions, fears and desires. Thus this unawakened version of ego does indeed spawn distractions and obstacles to growth. It becomes a cycle. The good news is that once self-realization occurs, the cycle stops and the distractions dissolve. The true function of ego, which is to provide individuality to the human experience allows you to move forward towards growth and enlightenment.”
The key then is to understand ego’s role, and to not be threatened when a person or situation confronts your beliefs about yourself. Instead try and think of those experiences as an opportunity to change your mind. Identify what is bringing feelings, beliefs and perceptions up to the surface and decide, is that who I am? Is that who I want to be? This is your moment, opportunity exists for you to redefine yourself. This process doesn’t just occur once, it is continual. You are in a state of evolving, of becoming the highest and best version of yourself. You are in competition with no one but yourself. What is internal shows up as outside reality and is a means to draw your attention and to mirror/reflect for you. In this way you are co-creating experiences in order to grow, evolve and redefine yourself.
Why then do situation that require the unity of opposites come up? It’s a brilliant test (thanks universe), how’s the learning plan going? Are you stuck in an area or flexible? Can you allow the boundaries of ego to soften and melt into cooperation and compromise? Do you need to take a closer look at the thoughts and belief systems that are defining you?
Understanding the dynamics of ego you can see a story unfold, you are simply observing the flow of energy. Awakened, you can allow boundaries to fade, and yourself to merge into unity. Energy now flowing powerfully, beautifully, and symmetrically which allows unity. The unity of opposites now stronger than separateness, brings with it the opportunity for growth, healing, regeneration, and transmutation.
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Lynn Zambrano advises and trains empaths all over the world to use their gifts to change their lives and the lives of others. You CAN feel better. You can email her at email@example.com | <urn:uuid:c5d39ee1-7579-4c2e-882d-cf63817cf67c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://community.omtimes.com/profiles/blogs/temperance | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.948024 | 728 | 1.773438 | 2 |
We’ve heard this from lots of parents over the years: You’re singing along to your favorite song, when suddenly your toddler says, “Don’t sing, Mama!” or “Stop singing, Daddy!” This can be disconcerting! We want our children to speak their mind and express their desires, but what do we do when their desires conflict with… Read more »
Babies can be puzzling. They are little, they are squishy, and they seem to need help doing everything. And yet we know that huge development is happening on the inside, as their brains grow at an astronomical rate. If you’ve ever asked yourself, “What’s going on in there?” you’re not alone. We can help with… Read more »
When their son Daniel was a baby, Yolanda and Arturo Silva, of Princeton, NJ, came across Music Together while looking for educational activities to do as a family—and they have been singing, dancing, and jamming in class for more than twelve semesters! Daniel’s now four-and-a-half, and to celebrate completing his first song collection cycle, he… Read more »
It’s been a year of drive-through birthday parties, Zoom meetings in the same room as your three-year-old’s virtual preschool class, and feeding everyone in the house what sure feels like infinite meals and snacks. Every. Single. Day. Now that the next stage of pandemic parenting is upon us, you might be wondering what you can do to… Read more »
In January 2021, Music Together Worldwide CEO Susan Darrow was invited to be a part of the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association (ECMMA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee (DEI). ECMMA is a national nonprofit organization that brings together early childhood music and movement educators, teacher trainers, and researchers from many different teaching philosophies, methods,… Read more »
Each week, 950 preschoolers, their teachers, and sometimes their parents, gather for music classes taught by Music Together in-school specialists. As you’d imagine, there’s singing, dancing, silly lyrics, and lots of laughter. What you might not expect? These classes are 100% virtual, with families joining from their Richmond, VA, homes—and their Music Together teachers logging… Read more »
Parents are sometimes surprised to hear that they can start Music Together® classes with their babies as soon after birth as they’d like. That’s because all children are born music-makers. Yes, your baby’s cries, coos, and squeals are also their first attempts at singing! How do babies go from “aahh!” to “do, re, mi”? Like… Read more »
Get ready to visit Africa and learn about elephants! Watch the recording of our March 3rd webcast, Rhythm Kids Around the World: Live from Kenya. We hope you enjoy our virtual field trip to the Mpala Research Centre in Nanyuki, Kenya, featuring Mpala Executive Director Dr. Dino Martins. Watch now.
In early 2020, Washington, DC, dad Greg Woodward began taking care of his five- and two-year-old sons full-time . . . and when the pandemic kept them at home, the Woodward family started taking their Music Together classes online. Around this past Thanksgiving, Greg published this post on his new blog about pandemic parenting, Dropping… Read more »
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Lawmaker To Examine "Stand Your Ground" Law
A Democratic lawmaker from Oklahoma City says he intends to convene an interim study in the fall to conduct a review of the state's so-called "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law and open carry laws.
Rep. Mike Shelton said Wednesday he wants to bring together members from law enforcement, the mental health community and others to examine if Oklahoma firearms laws "best suit our needs and our situation."
Based on Florida's law, Oklahoma's "Stand Your Ground" law essentially allows law abiding citizens who are attacked in public to use deadly force if they feel threatened.
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The journey to deploying customized, high-accuracy, and performant AI models in production can be treacherous for engineering teams attempting to train with open-source models. The need for enormous amounts of data and advanced expertise to train models from scratch can hamper productivity. NVIDIA’s multi-purpose pre-trained models and Transfer Learning Toolkit (TLT) let you work smarter by supercharging the training and deployment of high-accuracy and high-performance AI models.
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Ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender is essential for promoting sustainable development across the globe, Pearl Uzokwe, Director, Governance, and Sustainability, Sahara Group, has said.
Uzokwe, who spoke in Paris at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Private Finance for Sustainable Development Conference, which is holding from 28 -30 January, said galvanizing private finance alongside other sources of finance for gender equality was not only urgent but critical for sustained wealth creation, especially in developing countries.
Uzokwe said Sahara Group had consistently led the cause of equal access and opportunities in the private sector through support for gender-related projects and policies that support employment and growth within the organization which is free of any gender-based considerations. “Sahara Group is passionate about the issue of gender equality and we continue to promote and invest in projects that empower men and women to pursue economic prosperity. We are also entrenching gender diversity at the board level of the organization in line with global trends in corporate governance,” she said.
Noting the need for women empowerment as a precursor to achieving gender equality, Uzokwe said governments and businesses need to be “more deliberate and committed” in their support for activities that will connect girls and women to transformative economic opportunities. She said strengthening the private sector and ensuring well-defined and unbiased entry pathways are available at all levels.
“Sahara Group aligns with the position that empowering women and eliminating the hurdles to success for women in both the formal and informal sectors has the potential to set the tone for attaining several sustainable development goals, with special emphasis on goal 5 that speaks to gender equality,” she affirmed.
The OECD conference noted that a collaborative approach involving the government, business, civil society, and development agencies will be required to achieve the task of raising private finance towards promoting gender equality.
Participants called for an enabling environment for the private sector to thrive and support female entrants, adding that diversity remained the most potent driver of innovation that is required to make businesses thrive and prosper. They also noted that since women provide 50 percent of that innovation ratio, ignoring their unique needs and offerings would be a cost too high for any organisation and country. | <urn:uuid:0733550c-a630-44e2-a022-eb26ec57b5fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ibrandtv.com/sahara-group-backs-gender-equality-at-oecd-summit-in-paris/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.953948 | 477 | 1.929688 | 2 |
How can you express your inner feelings and thoughts? You are pissed off because someone has hurt you. You are happy, because you come from a lovely love meeting. You’re sad because you’ve lost a close friend. You’re worried, because you do not see how to get out of a bad fix at your job. You are determined. You know how to deal with it! How do you give expression to this?
Louise Halvardsson has gone through all this in her life. And she continues to go through things, she continues to happen to expose herself to everything that creates strong feelings and reactions in life. When she comes out on the other side – either tired, sad and angry, or proud and happy – she also wants to share her feelings with us others. She wants to create compassion, she wants to give courage, she wants to share her joy and her energy and anger.
How would you express things like these if you wanted to? Would you put it in writing? In words? Would you play your sadness and your joy on your flute or trombone? Would you sing – wild, angry and full of joy? Would you, slowly and emphatically, read what you thought and felt in poetic form from the scene so that everyone of us would hear it? Or would you dare to just stand there and let your body and spirit breathe out all that you’ve got inside of you?
Louise Halvardsson does all this. She stands silently for a while letting us take in her presence. Us. We – an audience of librarians, language teachers, writers of children’s books, cartoonists – all of us who may want facts about how to write and how to find easy-to-read literature for young people. And she wants to prepare us for experiencing. Experiencing how life itself feels, because that’s what we need to learn to communicate to one another.
Louise Halvardsson presents herself as a poet. She is a ”Punk Industrial Hard Rocker with an Attitude”. She has a background in Poetry Slam. Her art is performance poetry and she does workshops in poetry at schools and in cultural associations. Making poetry should be fun. It should be easy. Making poetry is to dare confronting serious subjects.
No, she doesn’t have a flute or trombone on stage. But when she begins, she uses herself, her voice, her body and her gestures as an instrument that expresses her innermost thoughts and feelings. She speaks, she dances, she sings, she recites a poem, and mediates the sorrow, the anger, the courage and the joy she can have within her. And she tells us how she meets young people who never read a book, but who all of a sudden find a way to express their feelings and thoughts.
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When Dr. Edna Greene Medford begins talking to people about America’s sesquicentennial, it’s not surprising that few people know what she’s talking about. When they realize what it is, the topic is one that frequently causes discomfort and squirming, she says.
Medford is a historian, one of the few Black female historians who is considered an authority on the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War era and African-Americans in the Reconstruction era.
The sesquicentennial, the recognition of the 150th anniversary of the War Between the States, now in its third year of a four-year commemoration, has helped put the issues of slavery and the Civil War back on the front burner and has kept Medford busier than usual, she says. Many institutions, including local and state government agencies, are staging events to recognize the significance of the war.
Black Americans are being encouraged to be more than bystanders in today’s sesquicentennial activities, says Medford, marking a dramatic change from the 100th anniversary commemoration programs 50 years ago.
Today, sponsors of sesquicentennial events are making sure Blacks have a part, she says, thereby recognizing the important role Blacks played leading up to, during and immediately after the war.
Among her chances to discuss what she feels are important aspects of the era, Medford refers to an opportunity she had recently to speak at a sesquicentennial event at the Virginia Statehouse.
“It is the most important period of American history,” says Medford, chair of the Department of History at Howard University, explaining how President Lincoln and the ending of the Civil War set the stage for the nation to chart a new future. “We were at a crossroads. The issues we deal with today were born in this particular period.”
Medford traces a long list of challenges Black people face today back to the problems their ancestors faced after the Civil War: free with no real preparation or well-defined safety nets to help them with the educational and economic challenges that free people face.
“The problem isn’t about Black people losing out because of slavery, but what happened after slavery,” Medford says. “[The nation’s political leaders] could have given us that level-playing field [after the war], but they didn’t.
“As a historian,” continues Medford, “you can see what could have happened [in the years after the war], but didn’t because the [American leaders] who were there at the time didn’t want to go down that road.”
Medford, a Virginia native who was the first in her household to attend college, says Black people’s aversion to talking about slavery and the Civil War may be understandable, but isn’t justified.
“African-Americans, in general, want to forget about slavery,” she says. “They keep forgetting the onus was not on the enslaved, but the enslaver.” Black people, for some reason, feel a sense of guilt for being enslaved and what was done to many of their ancestors during slavery, Medford explains. As a result of this mindset, generation after generation, Black people deny some important history — their own.
The uneasy feeling that is still commonplace among average Americans has begun to subside a little among those who have given the issue serious attention, says Medford, crediting movies such as 12 Years A Slave, Lincoln and other similar presentations for stimulating debate.
“Movies like that have helped, although people say they didn’t realize things like this happened, [that] they are shocked,” says Medford.
Every chance Medford gets to make these points, she doesn’t miss, as she is a frequent guest on C-SPAN in discussions about President Lincoln.
“I hope [that] in my lectures to people, I’m getting the word out,” says Medford, who is a part of the small cadre of Black women historians who are now helping to tell the broader story of the Lincoln-Civil War era.
“It doesn’t matter to me if I’m reaching one or a thousand,” says Medford, noting that her speaking venues have ranged from a state capitol to a prison. “I’m getting to them one by one.
“For African-Americans, it inspires,” says Medford of their learning more about the Civil War era. “In terms of White Americans, they will see it was a nation created by a variety of people.” | <urn:uuid:fbcac5f6-a409-459c-ba9b-bd00690102d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.diverseeducation.com/demographics/african-american/article/15094523/medford-helping-make-us-sesquicentennial-an-inclusive-conversation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.971545 | 987 | 3.484375 | 3 |
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America Children’s Book is a readable history book that honors the families, foundation, and heritage of America. Bring kids to rightly understand, value, and serve a nation for the glory of God.
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Mr. Nate Books is a children's and education book collection that brings a world of all ages together with illustration, imagination, and instruction - reading the world differently! America Children’s Book is the 14th children's book launched in the independent children's book collection during 2022 -- Children's Books on Life and Behavior series.
BOOK DESCRIPTION: (also book back cover)
A readable children’s history book told from a young boy’s experience from his grandpa’s military funeral and ends with the national anthem on July 4th. Discover his transformation from careless and impressionable by his peers to deeply valuing what generations have so greatly lost. Build your children’s library with a children’s book that honors the families, foundation, and heritage of America. Bring kids to rightly understand, value, and serve a nation for the glory of God. Let truth and examples train up fearless men and women, prepared for the future. May the next generation be raised to bravely serve others with their freedom.
1. Pages: 44
2. Series number: 14
3. Series type: Children’s Books on Life and Behavior
4. Series category: America
5. Series genre: Fiction
6. Children reading ages: Average age 8-12 years
7. Children reading grade level: Average 4th-6th grade
8. Children illustration ages: Average 2-12 years
9. Reading crowd: Children to adult
10. Reading length: Average 15-30 minutes (with dynamic expression and pauses)
11. Reading style: Illustrated narration.
12. Story tellers: Kids to Adults (parents, guardians, grandparents, teachers, pastors)
13. Historical setting: 17th-21st century
14. Purpose: Honor, respect, history, maturity, Christianity, Bible, bravery, freedom
15. Contextual Use: Family, home, school, church, neighborhoods, outreach, kid’s club, plays, teaching
16. Story time suggestion: Nighttime, class time, vacation
17. Holiday/annual event: Memorial Day, Independence Day, July 4th, Veteran’s Day
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Illustrations by Mauro Lirussi
Printed in the United States of America
First Printing, 2022
ISBN 9798986403502 (Print/Paperback)
ISBN 9798986403519 (Print/Hardback)
ISBN 9798986403526 (eBook)
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About Chipola Area Habitat for Humanity
Since 1988, Chipola Area Habitat for Humanity has helped families achieve self-reliance and stability through shelter. Developing community partnerships and the shared goal of transforming lives are vital to our work. We believe that families should not just survive, but that they should flourish. We understand that adequate shelter often times is the catalyst that ignites transformation. With the help of our communities, we construct new homes, remodel homes, and facilitate home repairs for families affected by Hurricane Michael.
Chipola Area Habitat works in partnership with God, and people from all walks of life, to build and renovate houses, so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which every person can experience God’s love and can live and grow into all that God intends.
Here at the Chipola Area Habitat for Humanity, we envision a world where everyone has a decent place
Demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ.
Focus on Shelter.
Advocate for affordable housing.
Promote dignity and hope.
Support sustainable and transformational development.
How the Habitat Model Works
- FUND: Donations from community companies, individuals, and faith groups fund Habitat home construction.
- BUILD: Volunteers and homebuyers build homes, often with donated materials and labor.
- EDUCATE: Financial education courses prepare families for homeownership.
- BUY: Homebuyers purchase homes with favorable financing terms.
- REINVEST: All mortgage payments are reinvested back into the program.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Habitat for Humanity houses free?
No. Families who are in need of decent, affordable housing apply for homeownership. The ability to repay an affordable mortgage or small loan, as well as the level of housing need and willingness to partner with Habitat, are among the selection criteria for becoming a Habitat homeowner. Homeownership Partners receive financial education and complete a minimum of 500 volunteer hours by building their own and other Habitat homes, providing retail assistance at the Habitat ReStore, or performing important tasks at the Habitat office.
Where does Chipola Area Habitat build houses?
We build homes in Jackson and Washington counties. Eligible applicants are those who live and/or work in Jackson County or Washington County, Florida.
Does Chipola Area Habitat for Humanity only build houses?
No. Habitat does build new homes. We also work alongside families to rehabilitate and preserve existing homes needing repairs
Do I have to have construction skills to volunteer with Habitat?
No. We welcome people with any skill level to volunteer with us on the build site, even beginners. On-site construction leaders train volunteers in all aspects of building. You do have to be at least 16 years old to work on a Habitat construction site. You can also volunteer and participate in a variety of other ways, from helping out in one of our ReStores, or serving on one of our committees.
Does Chipola Area Habitat for Humanity need donations?
Yes. We need donations to advance our mission of providing safe, decent affordable housing. We appreciate financial contributions, and donations generously made to our ReStores.
Why does Chipola Area Habitat operate ReStores?
We operate two ReStores, which are retail thrift stores. We believe that everyone should be able to make dignified purchases. Revenue that is generated by our ReStores helps to build homes for families in Jackson and Washington counties.
Do I have to be a Christian to apply through Chipola Area Habitat, or volunteer through Habitat?
Chipola Area Habitat is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. While our mission is inspired by Christian principles, all who desire to be a part of our work are welcome — without regard to religious preference or background.
Chipola Area Habitat for Humanity will not proselytize, nor will we work with entities or individuals who insist on proselytizing as part of their work with Habitat. This means that Habitat will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith. All who believe that everyone needs a decent, affordable place to live are welcome to help with the work, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people. | <urn:uuid:906db0e4-965e-4788-b339-44bbbec9aaa0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.chipolahabitat.org/about-us/our-story/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.927027 | 937 | 1.5 | 2 |
In State v. Lapan, 101 Vt. 124, 142, 141 A. 686, 695 (1928), we held that a trial court properly refused a jury's request to be informed of the penalty of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter.Summary of this case from State v. Delisle
Opinion filed May 4, 1928.
Criminal Law — Witnesses — Discretion of Court as to Extent of Cross-examination — Opinion of Witness on Immaterial Matter — Admissibility of Expert's Testimony Re Blood Spots — What Excepting Party Must Show as to Evidence Admitted or Excluded under Exceptions — When Error in Admission or Exclusion of Evidence Cured — Admissibility Determined by Its Legitimacy When Received — Transcript Controlling in Supreme Court — Judicial Notice — Finger Print Identification — Exceptions Not Briefed — Impeachment of Witness — Collateral Issue — Limitation of Cross-examination on Collateral Matter — Testimony of Expert as To Finding Palm Prints on Lamp — Opinion of Expert as to Identity of Palm Prints — Admissibility of Enlarged Photographs of Palm Prints — Statement of Expert Witness Before Cross-examination That He Had Opinion as to Identity of Palm Prints — Sufficiency of Cross-examination To Preserve Respondent's Rights — Necessity That Exception Apprise Trial Court of Claimed Error — General Objection — Experiment in Presence of Jury — Competency of Expert Witness — Discretion of Court — Evidence To Meet Attack on Credibility of Witness Made by Showing Plea of Guilty to Criminal Charge — Evidence Involving Collateral Issue Inadmissible To Defend Credibility — Evidence as to Personal Habit or Practice — Argument of Counsel — Harmless Error — Submitting Question to Jury Not Supported by Evidence — Instruction as to Basis Upon Which Respondent Could Be Found Guilty of Murder — Necessity for Stating Reason Why Instruction Claimed To Be Erroneous — Instructions as to No Evidence of Promise of Immunity — Sufficiency of Instructions Relating To Requirements Before Respondent Could Be Found Guilty — Refusal of Court To Inform Jury as to Penalty for Manslaughter — G.L. 6801.
1. In prosecution for murder, where witness for State had testified in direct examination that upon his arrival at scene of crime he could see "liquid" blood on floor, which statement was reiterated upon cross-examination, held that refusal of court to permit further repetition of such testimony on cross-examination was not error, its allowance or disallowance being within trial court's discretion.
2. In such prosecution, exclusion of question asked on cross-examination as to whether witness thought blood on floor at scene of crime would be liquid blood after it had been there an hour, held not error, witness' opinion being wholly immaterial under the state of the testimony.
3. In such prosecution, where it was shown that respondent and his brother were on the premises when murder was committed, leaving there in an automobile, and that subsequently spots found on floor board of automobile on side where respondent had sat were tested by a chemist who testified that he found them to be blood, held that court did not err in overruling motion to strike out testimony about spots, although it appeared on cross-examination that test did not show whether spots were human or animal blood, and also subsequently appeared that shortly before murder a dog with a cut foot had ridden in automobile, floor board not being admitted when offered as evidence, and nothing being claimed for evidence admitted relating to spots.
4. Where evidence is admitted subject to exception, excepting party, in order to secure a reversal, must make it appear that in the then present aspect of the case it was inadmissible, and when evidence is excluded, to secure a reversal, excepting party must show that in the then present aspect of the case it was admissible.
5. Subsequent events during progress of trial may cure error either in admission or exclusion of evidence.
6. Admission of evidence, legitimate when received, does not become erroneous simply because afterwards in the course of trial, such evidence becomes immaterial.
7. In prosecution for murder, admission of testimony of chemist indicating that some attempt had been made to remove blood spots on foot board of automobile in which respondent rode from scene of crime, being proper at time testimony was offered, was not rendered erroneous because it later appeared on cross-examination that test of spots made by chemist did not show whether spots were human or animal blood, nor because it subsequently appeared that a dog with a cut foot had ridden in automobile shortly before murder.
8. Supreme Court, sitting in error, cannot ignore transcript, even in matter of punctuation, but must take it as it is.
9. In prosecution for murder, statement of trial court that system of finger print identification is a generally recognized science, held not error because there was no evidence as to the state of the science, since subject-matter was one of which court could take judicial notice.
10. Courts take judicial notice that system of finger print identification rests upon a substantial scientific basis, and that it is in general use in criminal trials.
11. Courts take judicial notice that imprint of palm side of human hand, when fairly taken, presents reliable, individual, and unchanging characteristics of the papillary ridges, and that when these are correctly read and interpreted by one skilled in that science, they afford valuable evidence on questions of identity.
12. Exception not briefed will not be considered by Supreme Court.
13. It is a salutary and well-established rule that a witness cannot be impeached on a collateral issue; issues being "collateral" which are not relevant to the issue being tried, and relevancy depending upon whether matter in question would be admissible as evidence on that issue.
14. Limitation of cross-examination of witness by respondent as to alleged finger prints on blood-stained lamp found by witness at scene of crime, and refusal to permit jury to examine lamp with magnifying glass to determine whether prints were then visible, held without error, since subject-matter was gone into collaterally on cross-examination, and witness could not be impeached by showing fact to be otherwise than as he testified.
15. In prosecution for murder, testimony of expert finger print reader and photographer that he had found a print on a blood-stained lamp taken from scene of crime, and had made an enlargement thereof, to which respondent objected on ground that lamp would show for itself, and excepted to witness' use of a magnifier, held properly admitted, there being no evidence that witness had found print by use of magnifier, but merely that he had made an enlarged photograph of print found.
16. In prosecution for murder, where State had introduced evidence tending to show that photographs and enlargements of print found on blood-stained lamp taken from scene of crime, and of respondent's palm prints, were correct representations of the prints, testimony of expert finger print reader and photographer that in his opinion prints were made by the same hand was admissible over objection that there was no evidence showing that photographs had been properly taken.
17. Under such circumstances, after State had shown that photographs and enlargements of print found on lamp and of respondent's palm prints were correct representations of prints, question of their admissibility became one for court.
18. Fact that expert witness was allowed, before cross-examination, to say that he had an opinion as to whether enlarged photographs of print found on lamp and of print of respondent's palm were made by the same hand, without intimating what such opinion was, held not prejudicial.
19. Extent of cross-examination permitted by court of expert finger print reader and photographer improved as witness for State, held sufficient to secure respondent's rights and to protect his interests.
20. Supreme Court will consider only those questions brought up by such an exception as reasonably indicates to trial court ground on which excepting party relies in asking for ruling for which he contends.
21. A general objection to offered evidence affords no basis for a valid exception to its admission.
22. Refusal of trial court to permit expert finger print reader and photographer to make experiment before jury of taking print of respondent's finger in kerosene oil, sought by cross-examiner to discredit witness, held within court's discretion, its rejection being further justified by dissimilarity of conditions.
23. Competency of witness as an expert is addressed to court's discretion, and is not reviewable.
24. As a general rule, when a witness' credibility is assailed, he may meet the attack by giving evidence to repel the inference of unreliability and to establish his good character in that respect, and when he is discredited by showing that he pleaded guilty to a criminal charge he may show circumstances and conditions under which plea was entered.
25. In prosecution for murder, in which respondent was witness on his own behalf, and State was permitted to show that he had been convicted of the crime of a breach of the peace, held that trial court did not err in excluding evidence offered by respondent to meet such evidence, to the effect that his offense was of a technical and trivial character, since its allowance involved a collateral issue consideration of which might tend to confuse the jury and divert their minds from the real issue before them.
26. Evidence of a personal habit is often of probative value and is frequently admitted, but should not be admitted in absence of special relevancy and forensic necessity.
27. Ordinarily, it cannot be proved that a person did a particular thing on one occasion by showing that he did it at another time or times.
28. In prosecution for murder, in which doctor performing autopsy had testified to finding several ribs of deceased broken, and that they could not have been so broken except by being jumped upon, testimony offered by respondent, after he had testified to his brother's presence at, and participation in, the fracas, that his brother had a habit of fighting with his feet, held properly excluded.
29. In prosecution for murder, where it had appeared on respondent's cross-examination that he had in many instances testified falsely at the inquest held just after the murder, and respondent's counsel in argument to jury had made reference to matter and urged them to consider the informal nature of an inquest as compared with the trial then being conducted, ruling of trial court, upon objection, that it was improper for respondent's counsel to argue as to the common knowledge concerning nature of an inquest, if error, held harmless, since jury were not instructed to disregard argument already made, and for aught that appeared counsel had gone as far on subject as he intended or desired.
30. It is error to submit to jury a question that is not supported by evidence.
31. In prosecution for murder, where respondent and his brother each denied participation in the crime, and accused the other of its commission, circumstances disclosed by evidence, held to justify instruction to jury that respondent might be found guilty if he acted in concert with his brother, or aided and abetted him in the killing.
32. Counsel must call to trial court's attention reason why instruction to jury is claimed to be erroneous, so that presiding judge may correct or amplify charge if upon reflection he so desires: otherwise claimed error will not be considered in Supreme Court.
33. In prosecution for murder, instruction to jury that there was no evidence to warrant an inference that respondent's brother in testifying for the State did so under a promise of any favor by the authorities, held supported by record, fact that witness expected to be released not affording evidence that he was promised a release or anything else by authorities.
34. Instruction in plain and express terms that in order to have testimony of witness for State warrant a verdict of guilty, jury must be satisfied of its truth beyond a reasonable doubt, and that question of respondent's guilt or innocence was wholly and exclusively for their determination, held without error.
35. In prosecution for murder, refusal of court to comply with jury's request that they be informed as to maximum penalty for manslaughter, and instruction that they had nothing to do with penalty, and that it should not enter into their consideration or discussion, held without error, since court alone fixes penalty under G.L. 6801.
INDICTMENT FOR MURDER. Plea, not guilty. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1926, Washington County, Graham, J., presiding. Verdict, guilty of murder in the second degree, judgment on verdict, and sentence thereon. The respondent excepted. The opinion states the case. No error, respondent takes nothing by his exceptions.
Burton E. Bailey and H.C. Shurtleff for the respondent.
J. Ward Carver, Attorney General, for the State.
Present: WATSON, C.J., POWERS, SLACK, MOULTON, and CHASE, JJ.
The respondent was convicted of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State prison, and is now in execution. The victim of the homicide was Ivon Burnham, who lived alone on a farm in the town of Calais. His dead body was found in his house on the morning after he was killed, under circumstances and surroundings unmistakably indicating a most vicious and inhuman killing — the brutal and distressing details of which will be recited herein only so far as may be necessary to a proper discussion of the legal questions presented for review.
1. Carroll Lamb was the health officer of the town of Calais and was called to the Burnham place on the morning of July 5, when the body was discovered. It appeared that his arrival there was so delayed that, in all probability, the blood found on the floor of the room where the body lay must have been clotted or dried down. He was a witness for the State, and in his direct examination testified that in places the blood was deep enough to be dipped up with a spoon, and that he could see "liquid" blood on the floor near the fireplace. In cross-examination, he reiterated this. Whereupon, the cross-examiner asked the witness: "You still say after its taking you an hour to get up there and assuming that that blood was spilled before Mr. Guernsey came to see you that it was still liquid blood, do you?" This question was excluded, and the respondent excepted. There was no error in this ruling. The witness had repeatedly testified that it was liquid blood and it was within the court's discretion to allow or disallow the repetition of the question. Landry v. Hubert, 100 Vt. 268, 137 A. 97, 100; State v. Williams, 94 Vt. 423, 434, 111 A. 701; Russ v. Good, 90 Vt. 236, 240, 97 A. 987; State v. Truba, 88 Vt. 557, 560, 93 A. 293. The cross-examiner also asked the witness this question: "Now if we assume that this blood was spilled on that floor before Mr. Guernsey came to see you, you still think it would be liquid blood, do you, after it had been there an hour?" This question was excluded, and the respondent excepted. The opinion of the witness on the subject referred to was wholly immaterial. He had not assumed to have or express an opinion on that subject. If, as argued, it is a matter of common knowledge that the blood would have been clotted before the witness' arrival at the Burnham place, the witness would be sufficiently impeached without reference to his opinion. Not only this, but the respondent's brief shows that the State's medical witness, Dr. Whitney, testified that human blood clots in about ten minutes. It is perfectly apparent that the respondent had the full benefit of whatever there was in this matter that would be to his advantage, if anything, and the exception is not sustained.
2. It appeared that the respondent and his brother Fred, both of whom were on the premises when the murder was committed, left there in the latter's car with the respondent sitting on the right-hand side and Fred driving. The floor board of this car was removed by an officer and delivered to Dr. Whitney, an expert chemist, who testified that he tested spots found on the side where the respondent sat for blood, and that a weak positive result was obtained. In cross-examination, it was disclosed that the test did not show whether this was human or animal blood. Thereupon, the respondent moved to strike out the testimony about it. This motion was overruled, and the respondent excepted. It later appeared that shortly before the murder, Fred Lapan's dog cut its foot and that it had ridden in this car. The floor board was offered in evidence, but being objected to on the ground that the blood found might be that of the dog, the offer was withdrawn, and nothing was claimed for the evidence that had been admitted. As the case stood when this evidence was received, it was admissible; and the rule is that when evidence is admitted subject to exception, the excepting party in order to secure a reversal must make it appear that in the then present aspect of the case, it was inadmissible. Foster's Exrs. v. Dickenson, 64 Vt. 233, 253, 24 A. 253. And, on the other hand, when evidence is so excluded, the excepting party must show that in the then present aspect of the case, it was admissible. Foote v. Woodworth, 66 Vt. 216, 221, 28 A. 1034. In either case, subsequent events during the progress of the trial may cure any error in the ruling. Thus, the admission of evidence, legitimate when received, does not become erroneous simply because afterwards, in the course of the trial, it becomes immaterial. Giffin v. Barr, 60 Vt. 599, 601, 15 A. 190. So, too, error in admitting irrelevant evidence is cured by a subsequent amendment of the pleadings so as to make it admissible. Niles v. Danforth, 97 Vt. 88, 94, 122 A. 498. And the exclusion of legitimate evidence does not constitute reversible error, if it is subsequently admitted. Ide v. Boston Maine Railroad, 83 Vt. 66, 95, 74 A. 401.
3. Dr. Whitney also testified about the blood spots on the foot-board in a way to indicate that some attempt might have been made to remove them. But, for the reasons already given, neither error nor harm resulted.
4. Among the articles used by the State as exhibits was a blood-stained glass lamp. A day or two after the murder, E.C. Comstock, a deputy sheriff, took this lamp from the Burnham house, where it was found, to his office in Barre, and had continuous and exclusive custody of the same until November 6, when he took it to Boston and delivered it to Roscoe C. Hill, of the Massachusetts Bureau for Identification of Criminals. According to Comstock's testimony, it was then in the same condition as when he took it. He testified as a witness for the State that on July 7 he took two imprints of a part of the palm of the respondent's right hand. These imprints, he said, were taken to Boston with the lamp and delivered to Mr. Hill. They were produced at the trial. When Comstock was asked if they were correct imprints, objection was made on the ground that it had not appeared how they were taken. Whereupon, the Court remarked that "it is a generally recognized science if properly taken. We will assume they are correct." It is altogether probable that what the court said was, "It is a generally recognized science. If properly taken, we will assume they are correct." But this Court cannot ignore the transcript, even in the matter of punctuation, and must take it as it reads. See Wilson v. Barrows, 96 Vt. 344, 346, 119 A. 422. To so much of the statement as referred to its being "a generally recognized science," the respondent excepted. No ground of exception was then specified, and the only one here urged is that no evidence had been given "as to the state of this so-called science." No such evidence was required. The subject is one of the things that does not have to be proved. That the system of finger print identification rests upon a substantial scientific basis, and that it is in general use in criminal trials, are facts of which courts take judicial notice. People v. Jennings, 252 Ill. 534, 96 N.E. 1077, 43 L.R.A. (N.S.) 1206, 1212; Lamble v. State, 96 N.J. Law, 114 A. 346, 348. See, also, Moon v. State, 22 Ariz. 418, 198 P. 288, 16 A.L.R. 362, 367, wherein People v. Jennings is quoted on this point with apparent approval, and Parker v. The King (Vict. S.C.), 3 B.R.C. 68, 69, wherein it is said that a finger print is in reality, an unforgeable signature — the doctrine of which was approved by this Court in Davis v. Dunn, 90 Vt. 253, 259, 98 A. 81, Ann. Cas. 1918D, 994. This knowledge of the courts goes so far as to enable them to say, without proof, that the imprint of the palm side of the human hand, when fairly taken, presents reliable, individual, and unchanging characteristics of the papillary ridges; and that when these are correctly read and interpreted by one skilled in the science, they afford valuable evidence on questions of identity. To the assumption of the court that the prints in question were correct, no exception was taken.
5. In his direct examination, Officer Comstock testified that he took some finger prints, as well as palm prints, of the respondent's hand. So far as the finger prints are concerned there was no further reference to them in the direct examination. They were not produced in court, nor was anything claimed for them. In cross-examination it appeared that, having dusted the lamp with a gilt powder, the witness compared the respondent's finger prints with prints on the lamp then distinctly showing, using as an aid a magnifying glass, which he produced. And that as a result of this comparison, he made the palm prints above referred to. It was admitted that these finger prints could not be seen by the naked eye. In cross-examination he was asked if he compared the respondent's finger prints with the print on the lamp; if the prints showed distinctly; and if it was not for the reason that the lamp showed no distinct prints that he took the second prints — the palm prints. All this unmistakably shows that both cross-examiner and witness were confining their attention to the finger prints, and making no reference to the palm prints. This further appears from the fact that the court allowed this line of cross-examination on the ground that it bore "upon the reason for his taking the second (palm) print and justifies him in so doing, but for no other reason, no other purpose whatever," to which the respondent's counsel assented. In further cross-examination, the witness was asked, "Can you see the print now with it," meaning, of course, the finger print on the lamp, with the aid of the magnifying glass. The State objected, the question was excluded, and the respondent excepted — but as the brief does not cover this exception, we take no time with it. Then the respondent asked leave to allow the jury to examine the lamp with the glass that they might "see that there are no prints on it." This was refused, and the respondent excepted. Two things are apparent: 1. The reason for taking the palm prints was of no importance in the case; 2, the only purpose of exhibiting the lamp to the jury was to discredit the witness.
It is a salutary and well-established rule that a witness cannot be impeached upon a collateral issue. Issues are collateral which are not relevant to the issue being tried; and relevancy depends upon whether the matter in question would be admissible, as evidence on that issue. Niebyski v. Welcome, 93 Vt. 418, 421, 108 A. 341. There was nothing, either by way of evidence or claim, that any finger prints on the lamp were those of the respondent. No matter how many others had handled this lamp, evidence of the fact, unless in some connected with the crime charged, would be inadmissible on the question of the respondent's guilt. Having gone into a matter entirely collateral to the issue, the respondent could not impeach the witness by showing the fact to be otherwise than as he testified. Comstock's Admr. v. Jacobs, 84 Vt. 277, 283, 78 A. 1017, Ann. Cas. 1913A, 679; State v. Long, 95 Vt. 485, 492, 115 A. 734.
6. J.W. Toelkin, of Boston, an expert finger print reader and photographer, was a witness for the State. He testified that he found a print on the lamp, of which he made an enlarged photograph, which he produced. He also made and produced an enlarged photograph of the respondent's palm prints taken by Officer Comstock. When the witness was asked if he found a print on the lamp, the respondent objected on the ground that the lamp would show for itself, and excepted to the witness' use of a magnifier. There was no evidence that he found the print by the use of a magnifier; the only evidence of the use of such an instrument was the statement of the witness regarding the photographs. The respondent treats this as being like his attempt to have the jury use the glass as above set forth. But it is obvious that the two matters were wholly unlike. This exception is not sustained.
7. This witness was asked in direct examination if he had an opinion as to whether his enlargement of the print on the lamp and the palm print made by Officer Comstock were prints of the same hand, and he replied that he had. He was then asked what that opinion was, and he replied to the effect that they were made by the same hand. All this was subject to the respondent's exceptions based upon the claim that the respondent had had no opportunity to test the witness' qualifications as an expert, and that there was no evidence to show that the photographs were properly made. There is no merit in these claims. The transcript shows that the fullest opportunity was afforded the respondent to test the question of the witness' qualifications. Nothing was elicited that required the court to exclude him as an expert witness. Indeed, there was little to shake one's confidence in the soundness of his conclusions. At most, it can only be said that the cross-examination resulted in bringing out certain things that were for consideration by the jury in weighing his testimony. It was not necessary for the State to show how the enlargements were made. It was enough for the State to do to give evidence, as it did, tending to show that the photographs and enlargements were correct representations of the prints. Davis v. Dunn, 90 Vt. 253, 260, 98 A. 81, Ann. Cas. 1918D, 994. The question of their admissibility then became one for the court. Hassam v. Safford Lumber Co., 82 Vt. 444, 449, 74 A. 197; Leland v. Leonard, 95 Vt. 36, 38, 112 A. 198. The fact that the witness was allowed, before he was cross-examined, to say that he had an opinion on the main question is of no consequence. No harm from this is suggested or indicated. The claim that the form of the question was such as to imply that his opinion was that the enlargements were of prints made by the respondent's hand was not made below, and is not considered. We may say, however, that it is apparent that both court and counsel then understood that the question only called for an answer showing that the witness had an opinion without intimating what that opinion was.
8. This witness testified in cross-examination that a certain spot on the enlargement of the print on the lamp was a ridge ending or characteristic, and not a powder spot such as was shown elsewhere thereon, and that he made a microscopic examination of the same, but that he did not bring that with him. He was asked why he did not bring it with him, and he answered that it was not necessary; and in reply to another question, his answer was that in his opinion it was not necessary because he knew the spot was a ridge characteristic. He was then asked, "Why wasn't it necessary to bring it here to convince somebody else that it was a ridge characteristic?" This was excluded and the respondent excepted. Counsel for the respondent say in their brief that the court took it upon itself to protect the witness from a too severe cross-examination. The transcript refutes this charge. After the ruling was made, the cross-examiner was allowed to further inquire as to the reasons why the witness did not bring with him the results of his microscopic examination, and to press the matter until the witness admitted that he had said all he cared to on that subject. It unmistakably appears, not only that the court did not protect the witness any further than he deserved protection, but that it allowed the cross-examination to proceed quite as far as was necessary to secure the respondent's rights and to protect his interests.
9. Subject to the respondent's exception, this witness testified, in answer to questions asked by the court, to the effect that, by the universal experience in this science of finger print identification, from nine to twelve common characteristics are treated as a positive identification, and there was no case of error where from seventeen to twenty such were found. In reply to cross-questions, the witness admitted that all he knew about the universal experience was what he had learned from other experts and what he had read on the subject, but that these agreed. It is now insisted that the questions of the court resulted in getting prejudicial hearsay into the case. However this may be, the question argued is not saved. No grounds of objection to the questions propounded by the court were specified. It is a familiar rule of general application that this Court will consider only those questions that are brought here by such an exception as reasonably indicated to the trial court the ground on which the excepting party relies in asking for the ruling contended for. Morgan v. Gould, 96 Vt. 275, 279, 119 A. 517; State v. Marino, 91 Vt. 237, 242, 99 A. 882. So it is that a general objection to offered evidence cannot afford a basis for a valid exception to its admission. Patterson's Admr. v. Modern Woodmen of America, 89 Vt. 305, 315, 95 A. 692; Brown v. Vermont Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 92 Vt. 272, 275, 102 A. 1042; Woodhouse v. Woodhouse, 99 Vt. 91, 128, 130 A. 758; Landry v. Hubert, 100 Vt. 268, 137 A. 97, 100.
10. The above-mentioned Roscoe C. Hill was a witness for the State. He qualified as an expert finger print reader, and gave it as his opinion that the enlargment of the palm print on the lamp and that of the palm print made by Comstock were made by the same hand. He testified in cross-examination that had there been kerosene oil on the lamp, it might aid in taking the impression of the hand. The witness was then asked by the cross-examiner to take a print of the latter's finger in kerosene oil and see what it would do to a certain characteristic thereon. This was excluded, and the respondent excepted. Error does not inhere in this ruling. The matter was addressed to the administrative function of the court. What the cross-examiner asked for was to try an experiment before the jury for the purpose of discrediting the witness. It was within the discretion of the trial court to admit or exclude it. Ide v. B. M.R.R. 83 Vt. 66, 98, 74 A. 401; Thornhill v. Carpenter-Morton Co., 220 Mass. 593, 108 N.E. 474, 492; Landro v. Gt. Northern Ry. Co., 117 Minn. 306, 135 N.W. 991, Ann. Cas. 1913D, 244, 245. Then, too, the dissimilarity of conditions justified the rejection of the experiment under the rule applied in Hardwick Sav. Bk. Tr. Co. v. Drenan, 72 Vt. 438, 440, 48 A. 645.
11. Charles H. Baker, a corporal in the United States Army Medical Corps, was a witness for the respondent. He qualified as an expert finger print taker, but not as a finger print reader. He was shown the enlarged photograph of the palm print on the lamp and asked if the impression on the lamp was a good print or a poor one. This being objected to the respondent offered to show that the imprint on the lamp as enlarged and shown by the photograph mentioned was "a poorly taken impression on the lamp." This was excluded, by a statement of the court as follows: "I will exclude this question from this witness. The court finds he is not qualified to express any such opinion." Whereupon, the respondent's counsel said, "To that finding we save an exception," to which the court assented. The brief treats this as an exception saved to the exclusion of the offer; but obviously it was an exception to the finding as to the witness' competency to speak as an expert, which was a question addressed to the court's discretion, and not reviewable. Congdon v. Torrey, 95 Vt. 38, 42, 112 A. 202; Holbrook Grocery Co. v. Armstrong, 97 Vt. 197, 203, 122 A. 458; Rutland Sash Door Co. v. Gleason, 98 Vt. 215, 221, 126 A. 577. The well-known exceptions to this rule do not here apply.
12. The respondent was a witness in his own behalf. As unfavorably affecting his credibility, the State was permitted to show that he had been convicted of the crime of a breach of the peace. To meet this, the respondent offered evidence tending to show that his offense was of a technical and trivial character. This was excluded, and he excepted. The general rule is that when a witness' credibility is assailed he may meet the attack by giving evidence to repel the inference of unreliability and to establish his good character in that respect. Mosley v. Vt. Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 55 Vt. 142, 153; Stevenson v. Gunning's Estate, 64 Vt. 601, 609, 25 A. 697. When a witness is discredited by a showing that he pleaded guilty to a criminal charge, it is proper, as bearing upon the effect to be given to this fact for him to show the circumstances and conditions under which the plea was entered. McKinstry v. Collins, 76 Vt. 221, 227, 56 A. 985; Russ v. Good, 90 Vt. 236, 239, 97 A. 987. But, in order to sustain this exception, we must go a long step further than these cases carry us. It may be argued with much force that a breach of the peace covers offenses of such a wide range of culpability that in fairness to the respondent he should have been allowed to explain the nature of the particular offense of which he was convicted, in order that the jury might have been the better enabled to determine to what extent, if any, the conviction impaired his credibility as a witness. This view finds some support in the cases. See Remington v. Judd, 186 Wis. 338, 202 N.W. 679, 680; Thompson v. Bankers' Mutual Casualty Co., 128 Minn. 474, 151 N.W. 180, Ann. Cas. 1916A, 277, 278. But the adoption of the rule contended for by the respondent would involve serious administrative difficulties. Of course, if it was open to the respondent to give in evidence the details of the offense, it would be equally open to the State to give counter evidence on that subject. A practical retrial of the charge might have resulted. It is easy to conceive a case in which several such collateral issues would have to be tried out. Take this very case: Fred Lapan, when on the stand, admitted no less than four convictions in one court of breaches of the peace. Here, then, would be five distinct issues to confuse the jurors and divert their minds from the real issue before them. The case is one where logic should give way to expediency; and we hold that the ruling was without error. In this result, we are sustained by what we regard as the best-reasoned decisions. In State v. Abdo, 165 Minn. 440, 206 N.W. 933, 934, it was held that the State, for impeachment purposes, could show that the respondent had been convicted of crime, but that it was not proper to go into the details thereof. State v. Mount, 73 N.J. Law, 582, 64 A. 124, 125, is much to the same effect, as are Latikos v. State, 17 Ala. App. 655, 88 So. 47, 48, and Smith v. State, 102 Miss. 330, 59 So. 96. The very question was before the court in Lamoureaux v. New York, N.H. H.R.R. Co., 169 Mass. 338, 47 N.E. 1009, wherein Justice Holmes, speaking for the court, says: "The plaintiff, in cross-examination of one of the defendant's witnesses, put in a conviction of crime to discredit him. * * * Upon redirect examination, the witness was asked to state the circumstances, the evidence being offered to show the extent of the wickedness involved in the act, and to show the circumstances. This evidence was excluded. Logically, there is no doubt that evidence tending to diminish the wickedness of the act, like evidence of good character, which is admissible, does meet, as far as it goes, the evidence afforded by the conviction, since that discredits only by tending to show either general bad character, or bad character of a kind more or less likely to be associated with untruthfulness. * * * Nevertheless, the conviction must be left unexplained. Obviously, the guilt of the witness cannot be retried. * * * * It is equally impossible to go behind the sentence to determine the degree of guilt. Apart from any technical objection, it is impracticable to introduce what may be a long investigation of a wholly collateral matter into a case to which it is foreign, and it is not to be expected or allowed that the party producing the record should also put in testimony to meet the explanation ready in the mouth of the convicted person. Yet, if one side goes into the matter, the other must be allowed to also." We are quite content to adopt this as a correct statement of the law.
13. Dr. Whitney, who performed the autopsy on the murdered man, testified that he found several ribs broken, and that they could not have been broken except by being jumped upon. The respondent testified that at one time during the fracas, his brother, Fred, had Burnham down on the floor and had his knee on the latter's breast. Counsel for the respondent offered to show by him that Fred had a habit of fighting with his feet; and he excepted when this was excluded. Evidence of a personal habit is often of probative value and is frequently admitted as evidence. But in the absence of special relevancy and "forensic necessity," as Chamberlain puts it, it is to be rejected. Chamb. Ev. § 3198. Ordinarily, it cannot be proved that a person did a particular thing on one occasion by showing that he did it at another time or times. State v. Wilkins, 66 Vt. 1, 12, 28 A. 323; Scott v. Bailey, 73 Vt. 49, 51, 50 A. 557. Farnham Sons v. Wark, 99 Vt. 446, 450, 134 A. 603; Elliott Ev. § 157. The rejected evidence came within the rule and not the exception, and was properly excluded.
14. It appeared that an inquest had been held at the Burnham place just after the murder, and that the respondent there testified. In his cross-examination at the trial under review, he admitted that he testified falsely at the inquest in many instances which covered matters of such a character that his misstatements could be nothing less than deliberate perjury. Referring to this false-swearing, counsel for the respondent argued to the jury as follows: " * * * Suppose we come right down to brass tacks and say they both lied up there. Does that clear away any reasonable doubt that exists in this case? Does that overcome any presumption of innocence which surrounds my client? Does it make Fred Lapan's any more reliable, the fact that his brother may have lied also just as he did? Now, gentlemen, consider what kind of a proceeding this was — an inquest held up there at the Burnham house, conducted in an informal manner, not as this court is conducted." Objection being made, the arguing counsel claimed the right to argue the common knowledge regarding it, and when it was ruled that this was improper, he excepted. Assuming that this ruling was erroneous, it does not appear that the respondent was harmed by it. For aught that appears, counsel had gone as far on this subject as he intended or desired; the contrary is not asserted. To find error, we will not assume that something was left unsaid on account of the ruling. The jury was not instructed to disregard the argument already made, and it is apparent, we think, that the respondent had the full benefit of whatever there was in the point referred to.
15. The court charged the jury, in effect, that the respondent might be found guilty if he acted in concert with his brother, or aided and abetted him in the killing. In one form or another this instruction was several times given. The respondent excepted to it in its various forms. But the only ground specified was that there was no evidence warranting it. The law invoked by the respondent is sound. It is error to submit a question that is not supported by evidence. Smith v. Central Vermont Ry. Co., 80 Vt. 208, 219, 67 A. 535; Place v. Grand Trunk Ry. Co., 83 Vt. 498, 501, 76 A. 1110. It is true that so far as oral testimony goes, there is much to deny any concert of action between the Lapans and little to support it. Each testified fully. Fred exculpated himself, and put all the fighting onto the respondent. The respondent denied any participation in causing Burnham's injuries, and put all the fighting onto Fred. Each was very much discredited as a witness. One or the other or both killed Ivon Burnham. The circumstances were such that a jury might reasonably reject so much of the testimony of these witnesses as amounted to self-exculpation, and conclude that both participated in the attack on Burnham. The conditions found in the house; the confusion; the quantity and distribution of blood; the broken furniture; the terrible injuries inflicted on the murdered man; the joint attempt to wash up the victim; their going to the cellar together after the murder; their return to the respondent's together; their talk of flight to Canada together; their concerted lying at the inquest — these are some of the circumstances that indicated with more or less force that the two men made common cause in the awful work of the day; or to put it in the expressive language of the State's brief, that the murder of Ivon Burnham was no one-man job.
The court charged the jury that there was no evidence to warrant an inference that Fred Lapan testified under a promise of any favor by the authorities, to which the respondent excepted. The only evidence now relied upon in support of this exception is that showing that Fred expected to be released after signing his original statement. But even this was not called to the attention of the court when the exception was taken. This should have been done if it was considered to be of enough consequence to make the instruction erroneous. It comes within the pregnant language of Judge Haselton in Re Bean's Will, 85 Vt. 452, 454, 82 A. 734, 740: "After the close of the charge, the conference between the lawyer at the bar and the lawyer on the bench as to claimed errors in the charge ought to be frank and unreserved, to the end that the presiding judge may correct or amplify the charge as upon reflection he may desire to, and that no question may be brought to this court except those upon which the county court has had a fair opportunity to pass judgment." Not only did Fred Lapan testify that he had not been promised anything, but the circumstances are wholly insufficient to indicate the contrary. That he expected to be released does not, in the circumstances, afford evidence that he was promised by the authorities a release or anything else. State v. Fairbanks, 101 Vt. 30, 139 A. 918, 921.
There was no error in the charge respecting the effect of the testimony of Fred Lapan, if believed by the jury. They were instructed in plain and express terms that in order to have this testimony warrant a verdict of guilty, they must be satisfied of its truth beyond a reasonable doubt; and that the question of guilt or innocence was wholly and exclusively for their determination.
Nor was there any error in the court's refusal to comply with the jury's request that they be informed as to the maximum penalty for manslaughter. Inasmuch as the court alone was to fix the penalty within the terms of the statute, G.L. 6801, the jury were correctly instructed that they had nothing to do with the penalty and that it should not enter into their consideration or discussion. People v. Williams, 218 Mich. 436, 188 N.W. 403, 404; State v. O'Meara, 190 Iowa, 613, 177 N.W. 563, 569; Hogg v. State, 18 Ala. App. 179, 89 So. 859 860; Williams v. People, 196 Ill. 173, 63 N.E. 681, 683; Zell v State, 189 Ind. 433, 127 N.E. 1, 2, 9 A.L.R. 336.
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Property laws can be complicated, and it’s no wonder that disputes over ownership rights and certain entitlements can get confused over time. That’s when a quiet title action can be useful.
When applied to the title of a property, the term “quiet” means that this civil action is meant to silence all other claims against the property except for the plaintiff’s as well as any discrepancies in the official record that may be causing the plaintiff trouble.
When is a quiet title action useful?
Essentially, quiet title actions are used whenever a property owner wants to establish clear ownership of a piece of real estate. Sometimes, these are adversarial proceedings (with both a plaintiff and an active defendant), but they’re often uncontested because the potential defendants are either long out of the picture, disinterested or unknown.
Some common scenarios that give rise to quiet title actions include the following:
- An error is found on the deed, whether it’s a misspelled name or a missing signature.
- There are old liens on the title that were never properly cleared when they were paid.
- There is something wrong with the description of the property, like its boundary lines.
- The home was obtained through a foreclosure sale or inheritance, and the current owner needs to establish their right to sell, transfer or take a loan against the property.
- The home was part of an estate, and the owner wants to quash any claims from other potential heirs down the line.
- There’s an easement on the property that the owner wants to end for some reason.
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Our breathing is an important factor in how we handle and calm anxiety.
Conscious breathing techniques can be used to calm anxiety. Consider for a moment what happens when we are startled or stressed. Our breath moves from the easy long deeper breathing of a relaxed state to a shortened breath. In fact, we often hold our breath altogether when we are surprised or fearful. We can become what is called “breathless”. It’s not as if we are literally without breath, but our breathing gets so shallow and irregular, that it feels as if we have lost our breath.
Studies have shown that anxiety and shortness of breath are related. (1) You may experience a feeling of not being able to breathe easily. You may also feel tightness in the chest. Anxiety can also result in hyperventilation or rapid breathing. You may also feel dizzy or disoriented from such irregular breathing. When we continue with these patterns, we will feel more and more uneasy and anxious. We end up feeding the anxiety when we allow breathlessness to dominate our breathing.
Listed below are a few breathing techniques for you to choose from when you want to calm yourself or ease anxiety. Each one is effective. Choose the one that suits best you in the moment.
Here Are 3 Breathing Techniques to Calm Anxiety:
Even Inhale – Exhale Breathing:
Bring your attention to your breath. Exhale fully. Now, take in a slow, full inhale, filling your lungs all the way to the bottom and allowing your abdomen to expand. Pause for a moment. Exhale a nice, slow breath, pushing your abdominal muscles in against your spine to help with fully emptying your lungs. In this way, you can receive a full inhale on the next round. Continue this slow conscious breathing, making sure your inhales and exhales are even. If one is longer than the other, then you can end up get dizzy or spike a headache. By exhaling fully, you expel all the waste carbon dioxide out of your lungs and are ready to refresh them with new oxygenated life-giving air. Repeat this deep, even inhale-exhale breathing pattern for 3 to 11 minutes.
Left Nostril Breathing:
When we breathe through only the left nostril, we stimulate the calming center in the brain. This method of conscious breathing helps to relieve the nervousness of anxiety. Place one finger over your right nostril and breathe nice slow, long deep, even inhales and exhales through your left nostril only. Continue for 3 to 11 minutes.
The Eight-Stroke Breath:
This is a powerful breathing technique to calm anxiety and clear brain fog and confusion. (2) Make sure your inhales are even with your exhales.
To start, sit in a comfortable posture with a straight spine, tuck your chin in just a bit so that the back of your neck is flat, lift your heart and bring your shoulders back. You can sit on the floor cross-legged in easy pose or sit in a chair as long as your back is straight, and your feet are on the ground.
- Close your eyes. Concentrate on your breathing.
- Inhale through both nostrils in eight equal portions or strokes. Exhale through the nose in one deep, powerful breath.
- Continue for 11 minutes.
To end, inhale deeply and hold the breath for 5-10 seconds. Exhale fully. Inhale deeply and hold the breath for 15-20 seconds, rolling your shoulders. Exhale powerfully through your nose. Inhale deeply and hold the breath for 15-20 seconds, rolling your shoulders quickly. Exhale fully. Relax the breath and the pose.
We have at our disposal this beautiful tool of the conscious breath to help guide us through our day with more ease and peace. Any of these breathing techniques, when done consciously and for the suggested times, will help send the signal to the nervous system that it is time to relax and calm down.
Choose the one that feels the most comfortable for you when you need help to ease and calm anxiety.
- (1) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0954611114003187
- (2) https://kundaliniresearchinstitute.org/
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Health and Wellbeing
Construction worker suicide rates are three times higher than the national average
Written by Phoenix Health & Safety
9th September 2021
Construction is the industry with the highest level of death rate, where it makes up for nearly 27% of the total workplace deaths in 20211. It also has a suicide rate three times higher than the national average for a male worker.
These devastating statistics reveal the importance of health & safety in the workplace and how the industry requires vital changes to workplace cultures and norms.
As World Suicide Prevention Day approaches on the 10th of September, leading experts for workplace health, Phoenix Health & Safety, discuss the urgency and efforts in supporting businesses to build a robust and open culture where people feel comfortable discussing their thoughts freely.
Nick Higginson, Managing Director at Phoenix states:
“Mental health issues in the last year alone have increased by 5% in the UK2, and with it, absence rates have increased. Mental health issues can take over 7.5 times longer to recover from than physical illnesses which paints a very clear picture on the importance of mental health and its role in maintaining a strong workforce and well-oiled business.
For HR and training specialists, it’s vital that decision-makers are freeing up internal budgets to address these issues. Health and Safety can often be seen as a compliance tick-box as it doesn’t always address an immediate issue. Although, in the construction sector, it is already too late if things go wrong.
The recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day isn’t to just talk about these statistics but to be ready to take action on matters that could impact people’s families, friends and loved ones. Our team have been working hard this year to provide new courses including ‘Working with Wellbeing’, ‘Stress Awareness’ and finally ‘Health & Safety Management for Construction’. This range of courses all offer a sturdy framework of knowledge to ensure employees know when to take action and how before they become a larger problem. “ | <urn:uuid:f2e619ff-e8a5-401f-bb16-74550f7cfac7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.phoenixhsc.co.uk/blog/construction-worker-suicide-rates | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.953766 | 423 | 2.28125 | 2 |
When was Malaysia a British colony?
In 1511, Malacca fell into the hands of the Portuguese and that was the beginning of the colonial era in Malaya. After that, Malaya fell into the hands of the Dutch in 1641 and British in 1824 through the Anglo–Dutch Treaty. British colonization was the longest compared to others.
What country owns Malaysia?
listen) mə-LAY-zee-ə, -zhə; Malay: [məlejsiə]) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo’s East Malaysia.
What is the colony of Malaysia?
1963: British colonies of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore join Federation of Malaya to form the Federation of Malaysia.
Is Malaysia a US ally?
Malaysia is a significant regional and global partner for the United States, and the two countries share a diverse and expanding partnership in trade, investment, and educational and cultural relations. Economic ties are robust, and there is a long history of people-to-people exchanges.
How did Malaya gain independence from the British in 1957?
Japanese invasion during World War II ended British rule in Malaya. … A serious military response to the communist insurgency as well as the Baling Talks in 1955 led to the establishment of independence for Malaya on 31 August 1957 through diplomatic negotiation with the British.
Why did the British start the Malayan Union?
The formation of the Malayan Union was the outcome of British planning for the post-war reorganisation of Malaya in order to improve its administrative efficiency and security, as well as in preparation for its eventual self-government.
Which country seceded from Malaysia in 1965?
These culminated in the decision by Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman to expel Singapore from the Federation, and on 9 August 1965, Singapore became independent.
Is Malaysia located in China?
Malaysia, located in Southeast Asia, is a fascinating country comprised of two noncontiguous areas which are mostly part of larger islands and separated by about 640 kilometers of the South China Sea. Altogether, Malaysia is roughly 128,000 square kilometers.
Is Malaysia a free country?
Freedom in the World — Malaysia Country Report
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Amid Iran’s intensified persecution of followers of the Baha'i faith, the United States has called on the Islamic Republic to stop its ongoing oppression of the religious minority.
The US State Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom tweeted on Wednesday that “Amid a continued rise in arrests, sentences, and imprisonments, the US urges Iran to halt its ongoing oppression of the Baha'i community and honor its international obligations to respect the right of all Iranians to freedom of religion or belief.”
Earlier in the day, Democrat lawmaker Ted Deutch said he is “horrified that Iran arrested several members of the Baha'i faith, including religious leaders, on charges of spying for Israel without offering evidence of illegal activity.”
Noting that these “unjust detentions are part of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of religious minorities, including the Baha'i, Florida's representative urged “the House to swiftly pass my resolution, H.Res 744, which condemns Iran’s persecution of Baha’is and urges the President and Secretary of State to impose sanctions on Iranians directly responsible for serious human rights abuses, including abuses committed against Baha'is.”
Iran’s security forces this week arrested several members of the Baha’i religious community regarded by the clerical government as heretics, and raided more than 20 households.
Security forces also laid siege to a village in northern Iran on August 2 and started demolishing houses and farms belonging to members of the persecuted Baha’i faith.
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While being born Black in America has routinely meant being thrust into a world of suspicion, there is another statistic that is also increasingly lopsidedly African-American: Probation violation. On Monday, rapper Meek Mill became one of the latest Black people to be snatched up by the long arm of the law thrown into prison, getting sentenced for violating the terms of his long standing probation.
While the rapper is “no angel” and has routinely been busted for illegal activities despite being a high profile, wealthy celebrity, the fact that he has been ensnared in the justice system for the better part of a decade is not an anomaly.
“Black probationers were revoked at higher rates than white and Hispanic probationers,” according to a study on racial disparities for probation published by the Urban Institute in 2014. In Philadelphia, where Meek is from and was sentenced Monday, jailing for probation violations have reportedly grown steadily in recent years.
“Hundreds of thousands are on probation or parole in Pennsylvania; the state has the second-highest rate in the country, after Ohio,” the Atlantic reported. “About 44,000 are in Philadelphia alone.”
It should be noted that the city’s population is 44 percent Black, according to the most recent Census statistics.
In Meek Mill’s case, his 2008 arrest for guns and drugs have haunted him ever since, Philly.com reported. First came an eight-month prison term; then came five years of probation; then came another five months for violating those terms; that added almost another 10 years of probation, which he would go on to violate at least two more times before “he was arrested for doing wheelies and other stunts on a dirt bike on [New York City] streets and then posting video about it online.”
Probation violations across the country are affecting Black lives in ways unimaginable, especially the father who was prevented from donating his kidney – a 100 percent match – to his toddler son who was born without any of the organs. The reason? The father was arrested for parole violation.
In Virginia, “More whites than blacks who are charged with probation violations get a break when they go before circuit court judges, the Daily Press reported in 2015.
“In Rhode Island, 13 out of every 100 black adults are in prison or on probation, while only 2 out of every 100 white adults are,” the Providence Journal reported.
Certain states (not Pennsylvania, clearly) have begun to tackle what appears to be an epidemic of probation violations that lead to hefty prison terms, which typically lead to more state supervision upon release, creating a higher probability of repeated violations and incarcerations, not rehabilitation.
“Shorter terms and fewer conditions for probation allow people to become more productive citizens,” Marcus Hodges, president of the National Association of Probation Executives, told Governing earlier this year.
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Like many Americans in that time, I thought of religion as an antiquated approach to life--when I considered it at all. Certainly I had never before imagined a country where 99% of the population stops eating and drinking on a daily basis for a month in an effort to come closer to God.
One evening shortly after arriving in Tangier, I was strolling in a crowd on Rue de la Liberté, a busy street that leads to the central market. The pavement was lined on either side by men and women in woolen robes, crouched before steaming pots of soup set up on the sidewalks. It was not quite sunset, and no one had started eating yet, but the aroma of cooking laced the air, and the street was bathed in a mood of expectation.
All at once from the garden walls of the governor's palace down the hill, a single cannon boomed over the city. As I glanced in the direction of the explosion, a cloud of smoke spread overhead; then the streets and the market became a hive of activity. More than half the crowd scurried away down twisting byways, rushing home to break the fast with their families.
But a number of people remained behind--they worked in the market, they had a friend to meet or business to finish. These people, I noticed, went to the fruit stalls first and purchased a paper cornet of local dates, then moved to the bakeries to buy a loaf of bread and finally approached the soup sellers on the sidewalk.
Every Muslim country has its recommended foods to break the fast with. In Morocco, people say that during Ramadan you must treat your stomach as if it were a baby's. The softest, gentlest item on the Moroccan menu is bysar soup, a thick brew of split peas in a wooden bowl with a healthy drizzle of olive oil puddled on the surface and a vigorous sprinkling of the cumin that brings out the flavor of the peas. I joined a line and, when my turn came, watched a grizzled man from the Rif mountains ladle a quart of soup into my bowl. He patted a wooden stool beside him. I sat down and began to eat.
"Big cannon," I said in Spanish. The whole of northern Morocco speaks some Spanish. I didn't know a word of Arabic.
"Si, y muy antigua tambien,"he said. An old cannon, too.
In every city, he explained, Muslims announce the end of the fast in different ways. In some places, it is marked by a siren; other places use the beating of a large drum.
"Here we fire a cannon," he said. "How did your fast go today?"
The old man chuckled softly. He'd known I wasn't a Muslim, and he found that interesting.
"You should fast anyway!" he said. "It's good for the system, and it armors your heart, so only good things can touch you."
One heard this comparison often in Morocco between Ramadan and armor. It was a usual way to extol the virtues of fasting.
"Is it hard for you?" I asked.
The man smiled broadly. "No, no. It gives me strength. After a few days, it makes me feel like el Rey de Tierra, King of the Country."
"Well, perhaps I'll try it."
The basics of Ramadan are easy to cover: Every day for one lunar month, from sunrise to sunset, Muslims, whether teenagers or grandparents, men or women, neither eat nor drink. Nothing, not even smoke, may pass their lips. In the evenings, they visit their mosques in record numbers or meet in one another's homes to break the day's fast together and take part in group remembrance and prayers.
Why do Muslims do this? Some will tell you, "Because it is ordained by the Qur'an." But what does the Qur'an provide as a reason? First, it recommends the fast as a means to sharpen our awareness of God--to be reminded of a natural state all creatures were born with. Indeed, Islam doesn't teach original sin, but rather original "innocence," an inborn direct connection to the divine.
Second, the fast is recommended to strengthen self-control. Personally, I found this concept puzzling until I'd completed my first month of fasting years ago. Perhaps you need to experience Ramadan to understand it.
From feeling deprived, you come to feel empowered by your ability to shake off the promptings of appetite and go about your day. From thinking how slowly time is passing, you move along, as the fast progresses, to not watching the clock. You may take a larger interest in the minutes right around sunset, but the rest of the day drifts along, once you're in the swing, and time as a social habit loses some of its importance. Indeed, Ramadan stands time on its head: You "breakfast" after sundown, when others eat their dinner. You stretch out your evening to take in a second meal, then rise before dawn for a final repast.
The old soup vendor did not impart these facts about Ramadan to me; I learned them many years later. Rather, he gave me a feeling for its spirit, and that intrigued me. So much so that, as Ramadan neared its end, I fasted for the last three days of the period.
It wasn't so difficult, really, with a whole city behind you and with no one waving plates of food beneath my nose at lunchtime.
Indeed, lunchtime went from a social embarrassment to something like a challenge. I had arrived in Morocco a few days before the fast began. Once it got started, I'd find myself sitting alone in restaurants at noon, faced with delicious meals prepared by chefs who were fasting and served by waiters who were fasting, too. This was all performed in the best of spirits--it was, after all, a blessing to have a job in poor Tangier--but I felt by turns callous or shy to be eating in front of them.
By fasting with them, I entered into the city's spirit.
I had no idea of the actual religious basis for my fast. I'd had my first lesson in Islam, however, and it left me with a lasting respect for the people who upheld its tenets.
When Eid al-Fitr, the feast that concludes the monthlong fast, came around, I felt I had earned some small right to celebrate with the rest of the city's population. The streets were flowing with celebrants that day. People were dressed in their holiday best, promenading through the markets and enjoying their holiday. I went along with them.
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The criminal justice system directly touches millions of people in our country every year — corrections staff, people who spend brief stints in community jails, people who spend years in federal and state prisons, and people under supervision in the community. It indirectly touches millions more, including the families, friends, and acquaintances of those involved in the system.
At the end of 2013, nearly 7 million people were under the supervision of adult correctional systems. And more than 400,000 corrections officers work in federal and state prisons and the nation's jails. Maintaining the safety, health, and wellness of all people involved in the justice system, be it through employment or supervision, is paramount. But it can prove extremely challenging.
To help address the issue, in July 2016 NIJ released a strategic plan outlining major research areas it intends to pursue over the next five years to promote safety, health, and wellness across the criminal justice system.
The plan, written by NIJ's science staff, defines "safety" as "the condition of being secure or unlikely to cause risk or injury to an individual," a definition similar to that developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. NIJ adopted the World Health Organization's definition of "health": "the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition of "well-being" also informed NIJ's definition: "Well-being integrates mental health and physical health resulting in more holistic approaches to disease prevention and health promotion."
These definitions highlight the connection between a person's physical and mental well-being, a relationship often discussed in the medical field. A population study in Canada, for example, noted that approximately one in 20 people in the general population had been diagnosed with depression. The study found that the number rose when back pain was present: Approximately one in five adults with chronic back pain was diagnosed with major depression. This link between physical and mental is critical in an occupational setting, because an event that could cause injury increases the likelihood of other physical and mental ailments. The medical field has also found that people's mental well-being affects their ability to recover physically.
Research within health systems has also uncovered a correlation between medical staff well-being and patient outcomes. There is a similar relationship in the criminal justice realm. In a corrections setting, for example, evidence points to a link between the health and well-being of staff and those who are incarcerated. A corrections officer who is experiencing high levels of stress may struggle to recognize or prioritize incarcerated persons' safety and health needs. Conversely, managing an incarcerated population with high rates of mental illness increases the stress levels of the corrections staff, affecting the entire social support network.
A Holistic Approach
Historically, NIJ's research on safety, health, and wellness has been split between safety on the one hand and health and wellness on the other. It has also been narrowly focused: NIJ's safety research has focused primarily on improving safety equipment, such as body armor and less-lethal technology, while its health and wellness research has focused on improving officer performance through stress management, stress reduction, wellness programs, and changing work shifts. NIJ's efforts have not explored how the safety, health, and wellness of those involved in the system affect their families, friends, and acquaintances — and vice versa.
Moving forward, NIJ is broadening its focus to address the most important safety, health, and wellness issues facing people involved with the criminal justice system. The Institute will support cross-cutting research to both promote improved safety, health, and wellness for those in the system and reduce any deleterious effects on the health and wellness of families, friends, and acquaintances. Specific topics will include:
- Improving safety and reducing mortality within corrections.
- Identifying occupational and organization activities that lead to increased physical and mental health risks.
- Reducing stress, trauma, and suicide.
- Studying the impact of incarceration on families.
The strategic plan does not focus on a specific population because issues of health are based on individual physiology and transcend organizational distinctions.
Many of these research areas cross scientific disciplines, so collaboration will be critical. NIJ will support research that includes partnerships between researchers and practitioners and scientific partnerships between disparate fields, such as engineering and social science or neuroscience and occupational health. The Institute will also collaborate with other federal research agencies to expand the number of federal agencies involved in relevant research, eliminate redundant federal investments, better target federal research investments, and better use federal research infrastructure.
NIJ believes that by supporting highly collaborative research, we will promote better and more comprehensive solutions to the challenging safety, health, and wellness problems facing the criminal justice system.
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About the Authors
Cara Altimus was an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow at NIJ from September 2015 to July 2016. William Ford is the director of the Research Division in NIJ's Office of Science and Technology. Brett Chapman is a social science analyst at NIJ. Chris Tillery is the director of NIJ's Office of Science and Technology.
About This Article
This article appeared in NIJ Journal No. 278, posted January 2017.
[note 1] Lauren E. Glaze and Danielle Kaeble, Correctional Populations in the United States, 2013 (pdf, 14 pages), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2014, NCJ 248479.
[note 2] Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2015, 33-3012 Correctional Officers and Jailers,"Occupational Employment Statistics, posted March 30, 2016.
[note 4] Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, June 19-22, 1946; signed on July 22, 1946, by the representatives of 61 states (Official Records of the World Health Organization, no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on April 7, 1948.
[note 5] Definition adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from Halbert L. Dunn, High-Level Wellness (Arlington, VA: R.W. Beatty, Ltd., 1973).
[note 6] Shawn R. Currie and JianLi Wang, "Chronic Back Pain and Major Depression in the General Canadian Population," Pain 107 no. 1-2 (2004): 54-60.
[note 7] Michael F. Scheier et al., "Dispositional Optimism and Recovery from Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: The Beneficial Effects on Physical and Psychological Well-Being," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 57 no. 6 (1989): 1024-1040.
[note 8] See, for example, Jeannie P. Cimiotti et al., "Nurse Staffing, Burnout, and Health Care–Associated Infection," American Journal of Infection Control 40 no. 6 (2012): 486-490; and Louise H. Hall et al., "Healthcare Staff Wellbeing, Burnout, and Patient Safety: A Systematic Review" (pdf, 12 pages), PLoS ONE 11 no. 7 (2016): e0159015.
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Chris and Cami Ortega knew they would be spending the first part of their marriage finishing up their degrees.
Chris, a senior from Hercules, Calif., studying electrical engineering, had a year of classes left, and Cami, a senior from Idaho Falls, knew she had at least a year and a half before completing her degree in genetics. But the time they had left in school didn’t bother them.
“My dad made Chris promise that he would make it his first priority to get me through school,” Cami said. “That mattered a lot to my family. But I didn’t ever really feel like I wasn’t going to do that, and I know that I really wanted it.”
The Ortegas have now been married more than six months and have each completed one full semester and two terms. Cami has changed her major to bioinformatics, which will delay her expected graduation date, and is also considering graduate school. Still, the two remain calm about being married and in college.
The Ortegas aren’t alone. In the fall of 2012, BYU had more than 8,000 married students — a full 25 percent of the student population. And that rate hasn’t fluctuated more than a few percentage points for the last 30 years.
But BYU seems to be an anomaly. Over that same 30 years, the average age for marriage in the U.S. has steadily climbed into what one report calls “entirely new demographic territory.”
According to “The Knot Yet Report,” which explores the causes and consequences of delayed marriage in America, the average age for marriage is now 27 for women and 29 for men, an age that has increased four and three years, respectively, over the last century.
In addition to the age increase, the percentage of unmarried adults in their twenties has also significantly increased.
In 1970, over 60 percent of women and almost 50 percent of men aged 20–24 had married. Additionally, 90 percent of women and 80 percent of men aged 25–29 had married. By 2010, those numbers had plummeted. Twenty percent of women and slightly more than 10 percent of men aged 20–24 were married, with only 50 percent of women and less than 40 percent of men aged 25–29 were married, the report said.
The rise in marriage age means that more and more college students are not married.
According to Brian Willoughby, assistant professor in the department of family life at BYU and co-author of “The Knot Yet Report,” people generally fear that getting married will force them to drop out of college.
“There’s this cultural notion that it’s going to stop them,” said Willoughby. “They’re going to have to drop out of school. It’s going to be bad. Maybe they should wait until they’re out of college to do it.”
“The Knot Yet Report” also explains that marriage has transformed from a foundation of adulthood to the crowning achievement.
“Ninety-one percent of young adults believe that they must be completely financially independent to be ready for marriage, and over 90 percent of them believe they should finish their education before taking the big step. Fifty-one percent also believe that their career should be underway first. In fact, almost half say that it is ‘very important’ to work full-time for a year or two prior to getting married. Some go further: 33 percent report they ought to be able to pay for their own wedding. Just short of a quarter even believe they should have purchased a home before tying the knot,” the report said.
Still, college students get married. Data for the marriage rate at many universities are not readily available, but some Utah schools have marriage rates similar to the rate at BYU. Twenty-two percent of students are married at Southern Utah University, and 25 percents are married at Dixie State University.
Mackenzie Whitaker, a junior from Salt Lake City studying elementary education at Utah State University, got married in November 2012 and will be part of the nearly 50 percent of married students in USU’s graduating class each year.
Despite national trends and opinions, she said being married has made her a better student.
“Before marriage I skipped my morning classes and slept in a little bit more often,” she said. “I go to my classes more. I definitely find more time to study and do homework.”
Ricky Derrick, a junior in the pre-nursing program at the University of Utah also said he took school more seriously once he got married.
“College became more real. Instead of just being what you did after high school, it became my tuition, my apartment, my responsibility,” he said. “I was getting C’s and C+’s, but now I’m getting B’s and B+’s.
But being a married student doesn’t make everything easier.
“The hardest part of being married is being poor,” Derrick said.
He then explained that with both he and his spouse going to school full time, they were only able to work part-time, so money was tight.
Whitaker also said figuring out how to pay for two people to go to school is difficult.
Both students said getting married has made it easier for them to receive financial aid for school. And according to the 2011–2012 Federal Pell Grant Program End-of-Year Report, this is probably true.
The financial aid eligibility formula puts significant weight on a number called the expected family contribution. Students who are unmarried and under 24 are typically considered financially dependent and the expected family contribution is based on their parents’ income.
When students get married, however, they become financially independent by the Pell Grant definition, and their parents’ income is taken out of the equation, often resulting in a lower expected family contribution and a higher Pell Grant eligibility.
In fact, 87 percent of independent students were eligible for financial aid during the 2011–2012 school year, compared to only 70 percent of financially dependent applicants. If independent students have children, the eligibility increases to 92 percent.
There is more good news for married college students too. “The Knot Yet Report” also suggests that marriage in the early 20s isn’t as problematic as a lot of people think it is.
Jason Carroll, an associate professor in the department of family life who also worked on “The Knot Yet Report,” said in an email that “the greatest indicated likelihood of being in an ‘intact marriage of the highest quality’ is among those who married between the ages of 22 to 25.”
Carroll further explained that students don’t necessarily gain anything by delaying marriage until their later-twenties, and “scholars have also begun to note that marriage during the early to mid-20s may represent an optimal window for the transition to marriage.”
For students like Chris Ortega, this isn’t surprising.
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According to this year´s Nature Graduate Student Survey , most graduates worldwide plan to pursue an academic career. In Germany, almost sixty percent of the graduates are very certain that they want to stay in academia, while only ten percent answered that they will very likely leave the academic track.
Within the Cluster Science Days evening program “Life after your PhD” we discussed the questions „Where to go next? – Research worldwide“ and „Academia or industry? – Plenty of possibilities“ with our invited guests from academia and industry. There, we wanted to find answers to questions like “How to decide which path to choose?” and “How to realize the goal of pursuing an academic career?”.
Many young scientists who want to stay in academia plan to do some of their training abroad. Indeed, the experienced principal investigators who partook in our discussion had particularly fond memories of their research times abroad, and when asked for further advice about how to choose which country or city to live and work in, they unanimously answered “Have the right feeling!”
Sandra Groeger from the international office therefore gave an overview of the support offered by the University of Bonn. The International Office offers a variety of support, including career entry workshops, international competence training, and in-between financing. In addition, the office also co-ordinates with European and international networks and fosters contacts with international institutions and organizations.
How to foster your academic career
But the key question remained: How to successfully pursue an academic career and how to get one of the attractive positions in academia. Here, the young PIs pointed out three important things. First of all, networking is really important. You should stay in touch with people you meet and share your ideas with others. Further, you should not be afraid to claim some of your professors’ time and, for example, drink a cup of coffee with them and discuss your work. Secondly, you have to make yourself visible, for example by writing articles, reviews, or giving interviews. Thirdly, getting your own grants is very helpful. For that, it is important to keep track of application deadlines.
All in all it is about keeping your eyes open for opportunities and being active: talk to people, actively foster your network and make your own luck by driving your ideas and research, spreading your ideas and convincing people of their importance.
As one of our guest emphasized very nicely it is important to not see the problems but the opportunities.
Academia, industry or something completely different
When it comes to career development the first question a PhD student has to answer is: “Do I want to stay in research?“. And if so, the second question is: “Do I want to go to industry or stay in academia?“. Here, our guests from academia pointed out: if you are not sure whether to take the academic path or not, you should not stay in academia. Post-PhD life in academia is very challenging and therefore it is important to know what one wants and to be certain about the goal. Nevertheless, as one of our guests reminded, it certainly is a question of what amount of freedom you need in your work life.
The wide array of research within industry means that the degree to which you can bring in and implement your own ideas will also depend on which company you join. Lars Franken, who started in at a Biotech startup company in Cologne some time ago, was very enthusiastic about his work. Lars has to stay in touch with the research in his company and know about the latest developments and hot topics in science. But he also loves the diversity his job offers, which includes project planning, experimental design, setting up business plans, negotiating with suppliers and marketing. He has to connect with people and discuss with scientists about scientific experiments. Lars Franken summed it up as that in industry he can see what he is doing and knows what he is working for. Others, like Chris Woolston a science editor and freelance writer at Nature, pointed out that often a clear reason for switching to industry is that the „get it done culture“ pushes scientists towards results and efficiency, unlike academia, which can be a very inefficient place to do research (article „Uncertain Futures“).
But in addition to research there are many other things to explore and learn for PhD graduates. Anja Pfletschinger, for example, went into scientific project management and now coordinates of the Excellence Cluster Office of CECAD in Cologne. There, she enjoys her new tasks, which mainly deal with communication, organization and public relations. Further, as Rüdiger Mull from the Department of Knowledge transfer and intellectual property rights pointed out in his Cluster Seminar, patent law is a very attractive and well-paid alternative career path. For Graduate Students who aim at totally switching and to find completely new challenges, starting in strategic consulting companies or possibly setting up their own start-up is a popular transition.
All in all we enjoyed a great evening of discussion, with plenty of career advice for those of us doing our PhDs.
Thanks a lot to our guests:
|Sandra Groeger||International Student Advisor, International Office, Bonn|
|Anja Pfletschinger||Administrative Coordinator, CECAD Cluster of Excellence, Cologne|
|Lars Franken||Bioassay Development Scientist, AyoxxA Biosystems GmbH, Cologne|
|Luis Spitta||Postdoc, Radiation Biology, DLR Cologne|
|Tomabu Adjobimey||Group Leader, Medical Microbiology, Bonn|
|Juliane Daßler-Plenker||Administrative Coordinator, CECAD Cluster of Excellence, Cologne|
|Dagmar Wachten||Group Leader, Molecular Physiology, Ceasar Bonn|
|Jasper van den Boorn||Group Leader, Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, Bonn|
|Christoph Wilhelm||Professor, Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, Bonn|
|Andreas Schlitzer||Group Leader, LIMES institute, Bonn|
|Michael Hölzel||Professor, Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, Bonn|
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The Wood Education and Resource Center in Princeton, W.Va., held a workshop recently for wood products manufacturers interested in finding new business strategies that could grow sales and profits in the current economy.
The workshop sessions included a look at the current state of the industry and potential wood products used in U.S. construction and home furnishings. It covered business strategies that make sense for those wanting to grow sales and profits and understanding the financial controls needed to manage expenses and pay the bills on time.
It also includes strategies for finding new customers and markets, facilities and equipment, and also purchasing, finance and inventory management as well as new strategies for employees that are rewarding for both the company and the employee.
The attendees included a marketing agent who is planning to work with contract furniture manufacturers to make lower-priced bedroom furniture to replace imported products. There was also a metal working company owner who is starting a furniture line that is accented with metal, a cabinet manufacturer who is looking to opportunities to make his offerings more unique, a sheltered workshop that wanted ideas to help identify new potential customers, a pallet manufacturer looking for new management strategies that can increase effectiveness and others who were looking for new ideas to raise the performance of their company.
Workshop speakers included Harry Watt, Joe Denig and Phil Mitchell of North Carolina State University’s Wood Products Extension Department. It was co-sponsored by Woodshop News.
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Sometimes people ask me what it’s like to be deaf. It’s a difficult question for me to answer since I don’t know what it’s like to be hearing. I have to somehow understand what it’s like to be able to hear to fully answer this question. I do ask people what it’s like to be hearing which oftentimes lead to fascinating discussions.
I have thought about this question many times over the year. There are many different ways I can answer this question. What is it like to be a deaf person in a hearing world? How has being deaf shaped who I am? How can I really understand what it’s like to be deaf if it’s the only thing I have ever known?
How can I truly explain what it’s like to be deaf in a hearing world without launching in a 5 hour-long discussion? There are so many things to take into consideration. I do think that being deaf has allowed me to notice the small pleasures that are sometimes overlooked by hearing people because the world is a loud place. Colors are brighter. Body language conveys so much more than spoken words can.
Oftentimes people just want to know what it’s like to live in a hearing world when I miss out on so much of what is being said around me. That’s the main point of their question even though I have came to interpret their question in so many different ways.
One of the many answers that I try to offer when I am asked this question is for people to imagine what it would like to live in a foreign country if they didn’t know the local language. You might be able to get the general concept based upon figuring out a few words here and there. I think it’s the closest way a hearing person can come to experiencing what it’s like to be left out of conversations and learning that you can’t count on others to tell you what’s going on. You will feel more self-conscious and not as confident when you’re not sure what’s going on. You will quickly learn that only you and you are responsible for yourself. You also learn how to use the smallest clues to figure out what’s going on. Sometimes, I feel like I’m always trying to put together a puzzle using clues that many people overlook. As a deaf person I have learned how to be independent, take care of myself, and that sometimes the only person I can trust is myself. I know I can’t rely on being able to communicate with people around me to figure out where to go, what to do, etc. I’m also used to having to go with the flow, not knowing what’s going on, and expecting the unexpected.
Being deaf in a hearing world can be very frustrating yet very rewarding.
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At issue is Washington’s requirement that an extension of the 10-year-old agreement include a temporary freeze on all nuclear weapons, including strategic weapons covered by the treaty and tactical weapons that aren’t.
“In any negotiation but especially in arms control, the devil is always in the details,” O’Brien said in an interview. “Assuming that we can get suitable verification on the freeze, I think we should be able to get a deal. At least I hope so. I think we will propose something very shortly in the next couple days, or next week.”
Putin on Thursday threw more cold water on the prospect of an imminent victory for Trump.
“The agreement expires in February and what I proposed is very simple,” Putin said in an online appearance at the Valdai forum in Moscow, Bloomberg reported. “Nothing terrible will happen if we extend it for a year, without preconditions, and we can continue to work with determination on resolving all the issues that concern us and the Americans.”
Washington has already rejected an extension without preconditions, so the comments dimmed hopes for an agreement just days after Putin indicated that his government was open to a one-year freeze, including tactical weapons that aren’t covered by New START.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also told a Russian newspaper on Thursday that the two sides are far from a deal.
“So far, at this stage, it cannot be said that we are on the verge of agreements, and that an appropriate agreement or even a common understanding of a political nature as to whether START will be extended and, in general, what can happen in this area, is within reach,” he told Kommersant, according to a translation provided by the Arms Control Association.
The treaty, which went into force in 2010, caps the U.S. and Russia’s long-range weapons at 1,550 warheads and 700 delivery systems, such as missiles, bombers and submarines. The pact also stipulates that it can be extended up to five years if both sides agree.
But a number of experts see weakening chances to extend New START unless Russia concedes to U.S. demands or the Trump administration is willing to accept little more than a freeze on paper at this stage and a commitment to keep talking.
The U.S. and Russia both have large undeclared stockpiles of nuclear arms, including tactical or battlefield nuclear weapons that are much more difficult to track than the weapons that are covered by New START, which can more easily be monitored from satellites and other intelligence-gathering means.
For example, the director of national intelligence has estimated that Russia has at least 2,000 and as many as 5,000 tactical weapons that it has never publicly declared.
“You can’t freeze what you can’t count, so you have to get an accurate count,” said Peter Huessy, director of strategic deterrent studies at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “New START gives us a fuzzy start. The hard part will be to freeze non-strategic systems which are not even accounted for.”
He predicted that fashioning a viable process for verifying a freeze of both sides’ entire nuclear arsenals would take “many months” and “probably over a year.” That could mean a freeze will not be formalized until after the treaty extension expires.
The National Academy of Sciences is conducting a study for the Trump administration on what it would take to verify that the Russians have frozen all their “theater systems,” or shorter-range nuclear weapons.
Trump’s top arms control negotiator, Ambassador Marshall Billingslea, was in Europe this week to brief NATO allies on the status of negotiations and to keep pursuing a deal with the Russians. His office did not respond to a request for comment.
Richard Burt, the U.S. ambassador to Germany for Ronald Reagan who negotiated the first START agreement on behalf of George H.W. Bush, agreed that a freeze can only be agreed to in principle at this stage given the major unknowns about the Russian arsenal and the technical nature of any verification regime, which would also likely include on-site inspections as called for in New START.
“Sometimes it can take more than a year,” he said in an interview. “That’s been the history of these agreements. Moving to a complete ban on warheads, including those that are either in storage or in reserve — which were never been limited before — is a very big step.”
But Burt, whose advice was sought by the State Department this year on how to proceed, also said the Trump administration has itself to blame for so little time to finalize an acceptable deal.
He pointed out that Putin, in his first telephone call with Trump in 2017, raised the possibility of extending the treaty but Trump denounced the agreement as an Obama-era relic and a bad deal.
“This administration has known since that very call that they needed to take a decision on this existing treaty,” said Burt, who is now chairman of the disarmament group Global Zero. “And they basically did nothing about it for three-and-a-half years.
“The administration has committed diplomatic malpractice by pushing this very ambitious concept at the last minute,” he added. “It seems to me they’re very anxious to demonstrate they’ve done something in this area. But they didn’t approach it in a really thoughtful, professional way that gives them enough time to really work through all the issues and problems.”
The Trump administration’s longer term plans are even more ambitious. It also wants to include China in a broader arms control agreement, but the Chinese have shown no interest in coming to the table.
That’s “really a shame,” O’Brien said, noting that “it would be better for all parties, for the whole world” if Beijing agreed to constrain its relatively small but growing nuclear arsenal.
The Pentagon most recently assessed that Beijing has a total nuclear arsenal in the low 200s, and is on track to at least double that number over the next decade. That is significantly less than both America’s and Russia’s stockpiles. According to the Federation of American Scientists’ Nuclear Information Project, which tracks global inventories of atomic arms, the U.S. has 3,800 warheads while Russia has 4,310.
“The Communist Party of China doesn’t seem to be interested at this point, so we will do the best we can with the Russians now and we will deal with the Chinese another [time],” O’Brien said. “I don’t think there’s any reason to have an arms race in 2020.”
Russia also may be dragging its feet in anticipation of a change in U.S. administration. Joe Biden has indicated that he would extend the deal for five years without preconditions to buy time to negotiate a more comprehensive follow-on agreement.
This is not the first time the negotiations between Washington and Moscow have broken down. O’Brien provided a glimpse into the last few weeks of frantic negotiations to clinch a deal on extending New START before it expires on Feb. 5.
Talks stalled this fall after the U.S. rejected Putin’s first offer to extend the treaty for five years without any preconditions. Trump dispatched O’Brien to Geneva to meet with his Russian counterpart. Nikolai Patrushev, “to see if we could break that logjam,” O’Brien said.
The U.S. proposed extending the agreement by one year in exchange for a freeze on all nuclear warheads, including those not covered by the original agreement. At the time, the Russians indicated that such a deal would be “acceptable,” O’Brien said. But last Friday Putin appeared to backtrack, making a new offer to extend the treaty for one year without preconditions.
In response, O’Brien called out in public comments and on social media the Russian proposal was a “non-starter” unless Moscow also agreed to a temporary freeze on all nuclear weapons in return. The Russians appeared to relent on Tuesday, offering what they called a new proposal to extend the agreement for one year in exchange for capping nuclear warheads.
“They claimed it’s their proposal, which is fine because I don’t care who gets the credit for it as long as it’s a good deal,” O’Brien said, noting that his tweet likely played a role in their decision to back down. “They referenced social media by a U.S. official — I assume that was referring to me.”
The one-year extension would give the two parties “some breathing space” in which to negotiate a future long-term deal, O’Brien said.
But any such deal now appears to be even further off.
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Annotation + Summarization = Network
Annotote is an app that lets users highlight and take notes on any media, and those annotations help summarize that content for everyone else in the network:
It’s the most frictionless way for you to get informed or inform others!
To illustrate how it works, say there’s a New York Times article you want to read online…
First off, the average article takes more than 10 minutes to read, but only 10% of the text is pertinent! That’s a lot of waste, so Annotote automatically provides a summary to get you straight to the point.
Second, the annotation feature lets you highlight and take notes on the article. Annotote saves these annotations for you, so you have them for future reference — improving your knowledge retention and facilitating your sharing with friends, family, and colleagues.
Finally, there’s the network, which lets you follow other users — like your friends, colleagues, or thought leaders — so you can see what they’re reading, along with their highlights and notes.
You, your network, and our network
The app is organized in three separate streams: Me, Follows, and Top. The Me Stream is your personal library, storing all the text, images, audio, and videos you’ve annotated. The Follows Stream shows all the public annotations by users you’ve chosen to follow. Lastly, the Top Stream finds content for you to enjoy based upon your interests — and of course everything is already summarized for you!
Annotote works with any type of media — not just articles, but audio and video too. When you browse through any media on the app, it’s already highlighted for you, so you can enjoy a short summary instead of wasting time with all the fluff. You can seamlessly annotate anything for yourself too. Or, at the tap of a button, you can see the notes and highlights left behind by someone you follow.
The idea is that you shouldn’t waste everything you read, watch, or listen to — and you definitely shouldn’t waste your time. Annotote saves the content worth keeping, and it gets you straight to the point! All signal. No noise.
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Principles for A World Welcoming All Voices (Part 1)
by Keith McCandless and friends
Preamble: I am deeply curious about the choices we will make as post-pandemic life restarts. I wonder what the pandemic has taught us and what principles will guide choices as we shape next steps. Now, given the upheavals in our social fabric, what tenets do we hold to be true? What simple rules describe how we will organize the world around us?
This two part article explores principles for managing and leading groups that aspire to include all voices in shaping next steps and the future. As we reopen, clarifying the principles emerging out of our practice will shine more light on the path forward.
In Part 1, we focus attention on how members of the Liberating Structures (LS) community of users and allied groups — spread across six continents and working in very diverse settings — are influenced by certain principles as they face up to big challenges while drawing out a world that welcomes all voices. Experienced leaders share vignettes specifying how principles implicitly and explicitly guide their work in classrooms, board rooms, and across dinner tables. Themes include how principles are: inspiring new leadership behaviors; guiding fidelity in practice; and building trust in a community made up of members who come from an incredibly wide array of backgrounds. Hold onto your hats and socks.
In Part 2, I discuss the role of principles in our work, the deeper questions emerging in the LS community, and tell a story about the origins of the published LS principles. I share that articulating the LS principles did not precede practice but rather arose from a sustained developmental effort over 10 years. Last, I recommend a similar exploration of principles for every person who is inventing inclusive ways to address the complex challenges we face.
Part 1: Principles Arising Out of Practice
Liberating Structures (LS) make it possible to begin including and unleashing every voice in shaping next steps and the future. When LS are used routinely to address shared challenges, participants respond in a way that increases vitality, generates options where none seem to have existed before, and cultivates trusting relationships. A vibrant world in which all voices are included and welcomed is taking shape.
Across geographic and cultural boundaries, we have observed similar results in boardrooms, classrooms, and across kitchen tables. A quiet global movement has taken root around this surprising power.
A portion of the power arises from principles that guide practice, connect users in diverse settings, and describe how the world organizes itself. The principles include both a published set of ten LS principles and implicit principles arising out of user experience. Up until now, very little has been written about the LS principles. With Part 1 of this article, LS practitioners and leaders of allied groups take stock of their experience as we reopen post-pandemic life.
This is a worthy challenge because the principles are hard to see. They are embedded within the LS methods. Users’ experience, validate, and evolve principles as they practice. They are difficult to deduce by logic alone. Most often, the principles are felt, inferred, and intuited. They are essential, emergent, and limited to a small number.
Nature is not economical of structures — only principles. Abdus Salam, Physicist
Commentary / Contributors
I invited fabulous LS and allied group maestro-practitioners to comment on how LS principles are influencing their work and life. These contributors have deep experience in a single diverse setting or in multiple settings and cultures. They are well positioned to weigh in on principles for groups that aspire to create a world welcoming all voices. As you will see in their commentary here, they are reflective practitioners to a fault.
I have, without mercy or dispensations, limited their contribution to 300–400 words.
The Operating System of Liberating Structures: Language of Deliberate Irony Spurs Deep Accountability
Arvind is Samuel Shirley and Edna Holt Marston Endowed Professor of Communication at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He led the first systematic investigation of LS in a Norwegian Business School. I call him the global “Johnny Appleseed” of LS: liberating classrooms with educators across 5 continents.
To answer how LS principles guide my work, I turn to Monica, a non-traditional Latina student who took my spring 2021 course at UTEP. For 16 weeks in a row, Monica and 22 others — comprising undergraduate / graduate students from multiple disciplines — participated in a 3-hour Zoom-enabled classroom.
“When this class started, I did not know I will go on a journey of self-exploration, vulnerability, and connectedness….The course format based on LS was engaging, nurtured by the collective wisdom of a supportive group, and a professor who provided that space…. This is the first class in my Ph.D. program that truly created a learning community — one of solidarity and connectedness, not competition.”
Monica’s remarks point to the enabling potentiality of LS to create the vital conditions for diverse participants to co-learn, co-create, and co-thrive. Undoubtedly, the ten principles of LS helped establish these conditions.
That said, deeply implicit (hidden from plain view) resides LS’ operating system (OS), coded in a language of “deliberate irony” — i.e., put “structural constraints” to “liberate” participants. Remarkably, this OS — designed as open source for boardrooms and classrooms — is coded in explicit and actionable language. After all, what could be simpler than implementing a 1-2-4-All?
Four decades in a classroom, including the latter half with LS, have made me appreciate the 10 LS principles and cherish the language and grammar of LS’ OS. If Monica and her colleagues found “liberation,” one only needs to examine the rich and textured LS grammar that guides interactions. The interactional notations include timing — beginnings, endings, transitions; rhythms — patterns for periodic contact; boundaries, all participants at once; container, a space to hold the group’s energy; and procedures — simple invitations to focus on purpose. Language distributes participation, creates connections, and animates collective intelligence. Learning occurs in the lived present moment. Everyone belongs and contributes.
What does the rich and textured language of LS’ OS do for me — an LS user? It makes me fully accountable to the 10 LS principles, and mindful that my primary role is to hold space — i.e., to create the vital conditions for all participants, without exception, to relate and thrive. It also calls upon me to muster courage — a moral strength — to honor the seemingly simple principle of “nothing about me, without me.”
Intentionally Equitable Hospitality as Manifested in Liberating Structures
Maha is an Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning & Teaching at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She is a full-time faculty developer and describes herself as “a learnaholic, writeaholic & passionate open and connected educator.” Maha produces a blog (with more on this topic) and inspiring videos to promote LS use in the classroom.
Intentionally Equitable Hospitality or IEH (Bali et al, 2019) suggests that facilitators of a space are hosts, responsible for welcoming every participant, questioning for whom the space might be hospitable and for whom it might not be. It entails setting intentions for equity and recognizing when our efforts fail for certain groups.
The most important LS principle for IEH is “Include and Unleash Everyone” and I find it embodied most in Conversation Café and 1-2-4-All. Conversation Café gives everyone equal time to speak and respond before open dialogue. The time element prevents anyone from dominating the conversation. This structure makes students feel heard in student-faculty discussions.
However, I’ve learned that equal time does not promote absolute equity. Some people speak slower, e.g. non-native speakers, and may need more time to express themselves. IEH would go a step further and give more time to those whose voices are less often heard; IEH would adjust the order of who speaks first and consider the impact of power relationships outside the meeting and their effect on safety within a conversation.
1-2-4-All helps with equity because it gives reflective participants opportunity to think privately before sharing, and gives everyone an opportunity to listen to their own voice first, something marginalized groups rarely have an opportunity to do, as they have been frequently bombarded with the dominant view. 1–2–4-All also means participants share first in the relative safety of smaller groups, getting a response and refining one’s ideas before sharing more widely, a process which can reduce anxiety.
Troika consulting is a special structure in terms of how it fosters equity through reciprocity. Every person gets to seek help and to offer help, no matter what their position outside that trio. This tends to work better among equals or complete strangers so that power differences from the outside world don’t interfere. But it can potentially be even more powerful if participants across a hierarchy were able to form a triad and learn from each other.
These LS structures temporarily suspend hierarchies, but do not necessarily challenge them beyond the particular meeting. It is important to ask how the relationships are altered beyond the meeting. For example, are conclusions reached during Conversation Café later used to impact a change in practices?
Why am I here?
Tim Jaasko-Fisher, TJF Consulting, llc
Tim started his career as an assistant attorney general in Washington State. He went on to help the courts improve their response to child abuse and has worked collaboratively to cultivate more civility in the legal system.
I work in a variety of systems. Some are small, some very large, some loose coalitions, and some tight bureaucracies. Many are all these things at once. I have the privilege of working on compelling issues like child abuse, childcare, and core issues of social justice. Despite the unrelenting commitment people I work with have to improve their communities and the world at large, I am often struck by the amount of time they spend in meetings or on projects where they don’t really know why they are there. It is not that they do not have a deep connection to purpose — they almost always do — but rather it is often very unclear how what they are doing in the moment connects to that purpose. So, I always like to start with the LS principle of “Never Start without Clear Purpose.”
Why, of all the places you could be and all things you could do, did you choose to be here, now. Do you really know why you are here? I think this is a critical first step to understanding why we are here. Good clear purpose hints at what might be possible in a way that excites everyone in the room when it is made visible.
Getting clear on your purpose almost always leads to a discussion of how we want to be together. This opens the door to making the unseen operating principles of the group visible. Clear purpose helps you see who the “everyone” is you will include. It generates safe bounds to fail within. Ultimately it builds trust through transparency. Clear purpose makes it more difficult for hidden agendas to hide. It provides an explicit opportunity for everyone to believe in what could happen long before they see it.
The Principles Alive in the LS Community of Practice (CoP)
Based in Seattle, Nancy is a community builder extraordinaire. With caring and a wildly playful imagination, she brings technology stewardship and savvy to the LS global community. Her digital habits and lightness of being have inspired innovations in adapting LS to online applications.
When Keith asked me to write about how we utilize the principles in our CoP, and particularly how I apply them as one of the informal voluntary community stewards, I giggled. ALL OF THEM, Keith, ALL OF THEM!
The LS principles are very community-friendly. You will see versions of them in many other communities, but particularly in CoPs with their emphasis on learning together. “Practice Self-Discovery Within A Group and Failing Forward”? For SURE! You should see the magnificent creations and messes we make in our experimental gatherings. “Engage and Unleash Everyone”? Yup, that’s why we try to welcome people from the start.
“Amplify Freedom AND Responsibility” is a fun one in the community. Want to do something? DO IT! Transgressions are few and far between (yeah, if you spam with a product you will feel some heat). Ask for help without showing you have done a little of your own homework? Someone will gently ask you to start with your homework — bring SOMETHING for people to respond to, but don’t expect them to do your work for you.
“Practice Deep Respect for People and Local Solutions” shows up in the subgroups, both thematic and geographic. We engage each other as practitioners: there is little of the “I’m the expert” positioning. Space is held for everyone and anyone. I notice moments when I read something and think “that’s not right” and get annoyed, only to then discover that I have learned something, or I can just pass it by. Agreement is not the purpose. Learning, sharing, supporting are why we show up.
I particularly love “Emphasize Possibilities: Believe Before You See” because I take a learner’s stance in the community. Everything is possible. There is loving support and loving provocation. That is a learner’s dream and we support it by asking each other questions rather than shooting down ideas.
There is one principle, however, that may not show up as much. “Never Start Without Clear Purpose” may not jive with the emergent and spontaneous nature of a large, large network that has emerged around LS. In fact, the CoP is really those who show up and engage and some come with purpose, some just with curiosity. SO if we could amend the principle to “never show up without purpose and/or curiosity” then I think we’d be OK!
The Wonderment of Learning by Failing Forward
Originally from Peru, now based in New Zealand, Monica is an Organizational Development practitioner, facilitator, and coach. She is a dedicated explorer of complex systems, strategic thinking, and innovative work practices. She incorporates eclectic practices (including LS) that help shift mindsets, cultivate collective wisdom, and expand choices for individuals.
LS is a practice that brings immense joy to facilitation. It is not unusual to see participants laugh as they make their way through an LS string and make their discoveries no matter the topic. As a facilitator, it is easy to witness that including and unleashing everyone is possible. It is easy enough for any facilitator to get seduced by the oxytocin generated in the room. And here lies the sweet trap — becoming dependent on that magic “LS string” that replicates the same oxytocin hit. At times, one seems to work with the unconscious principle of avoiding “Learn by Failing Forward” at all costs.
When I have asked my clients what they have found most helpful and profound, it paradoxically has been when they are gently challenged to do it again when things did not go according to plan, and we need to start again. There are so many layers of learning to be uncovered when things do not go as expected. It requires a bit of courage, stepping away from trying to please people all the time and believing what is possible before you see it. As a practitioner this has allowed me to move beyond “LS eventing” as I work with groups in different settings, continents, cultures, and languages.
You may start with LS as a plug and play. Still, the richness of what is possible can only emerge from intentionality, from experimenting with saying less rather than more, as you try to be precisely ambiguous. From a deep understanding, that we will always be eternal apprentices. LS, for me, is a minimalistic approach to grow myself as I create spaces for others to flourish. However, this is only possible if I embrace “Learning by Failing Forward.”
When minds meet, they don’t just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, engage in new trains of thought. Conversation doesn’t just reshuffle the cards: it creates new cards. Theodore Zeldin, Scholar
Leaning Into Power Dynamics
Based in Austin, Nakia is a community organizer, political social worker, and trainer with deep experience in anti-racism, leadership development, and policy analysis. She uses an interdisciplinary, anti-oppressive lens to examine power dynamics across social systems and help organizations, and municipalities find effective, human centered solutions for their work.
I love Liberating Structures, but it’s the principles that really draw me in. I am an organizer and antiracist educator and it is very principled work. I find that in both LS and in Equity work, if we lose the principles, we lose our way, but if we can lean into and always realign with the principles, we can help people create worlds that they never before imagined.
Liberating Structures themselves are fun and playfully serious, of course, but when we really start to think about what it means to, for instance …
“Practice Deep Respect for People and Local Solutions.” Engage people doing the work and familiar with the local context. Trust and unleash their collective expertise and inventiveness to solve complex challenges. Let go of the compulsion to control.
… we can take those concepts further looking at a bigger picture of what power dynamics and root causes hinder us from fully embodying this.
Through an antiracist lens, this principle asks us to examine our society’s biases around who we think gets to have control of their own narrative, and how that affects the people who we are asking to speak. People closest to issues such as racism or sexism have often been conditioned to surrender their own narrative and use the lenses or stories given to them by whatever dominant culture abounds. For example, sometimes people will speak, but they have been told that their ideas do not hold merit, so they parrot the ideas of others, having no faith in the value of their own lens or experience.
The structures themselves don’t address this, but when we lean into the principles, they call us to deepen our analysis of what is preventing people from speaking (and what is preventing people from *hearing*), so we can create a new power dynamic that actually welcomes all voices into the room.
If we can start to address power dynamics and root causes, how much more liberating our discussions can be!
I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. Audre Lorde
The New Shines Light On the Old
Christer Windeløv-Lidzélius, Principal & CEO, Kaospilot
Kaospilot is an innovative school in Denmark that features a 3-year Enterprising Leadership Program. The program is designed to help students learn how to lead creatively through uncertainty and complexity. LS is part of their fabulous pedagogy.
There are two principles that are dominant at Kaospilot when it comes to cultivating leadership capacity and indeed students’ learning: meet the students where they are, and it is the student’s agenda. Where the first is drawn from Kirkegaard and speaks to how you actually can help someone and indeed make your expertise of value to the other, the second concerns the understanding of who is in service of what.
The concept of a principle came into the Kaospilot universe in 1997 through our work with the founder of VISA, Dee Hock. Questions and proclamations of values predated principles, but with the notion of principle, it suddenly became something more directive and actionable. The view of principles in service of purpose and as “codes” for how to design our work was a formative experience and something that indeed today is a vital aspect of who we are and what we do. Our principles though are not proclamations on the walls but embedded in our expanding reality.
There is a difference between the principles of the individual and the ones of the institution. When joining our institution, one also says yes to certain norms, behaviours, indeed culture. But one does not necessarily give up what one brings. Rather, there is a meeting of differences. Acceptance and respect of the other(s) become a central rule for participation and being seen and met.
As a leadership school we see the communal and individual as something that enriches and strengthens each other. At the Kaospilot, one principle is that people should create their own principles, as to pursue a life of purpose and develop their character as a leader more effectively. Sometimes we speak of discovering a principle, but it is more through engagement and active explorations that principles come into being. By crossing boundaries and generating the new, we also learn more about what we have thought to be true and important. An example is that when our students spend significant time abroad for their projects, they learn a lot about who they are and where they are coming from. The new shines light on the old.
Build to Learn by Failing Forward
With a background in nursing and design, Christi founded and grew a Human Centered Design and Innovation practice at Kaiser Permanente (serving an organization of 210,000 people in the US). With conviction and caring, she puts the human being at the center of every innovation effort. And, she has experience blending LS and HCD methods.
Liberating Structures are deceptively simple in how they present themselves. Learning how to use them with groups is amazingly easy. However, the conversations and emotions that they unleash are anything but simple. Over the course of my 20 years as a Human Centered Design (HCD) practitioner in large and complex healthcare organizations, I have gained a real appreciation of how important it is to introduce and support approaches that are easy to learn and apply. I believe this is how long-lasting change occurs.
HCD has 3 anchor phases to it, creating a shared empathy for each other, (re)framing possibilities, and generating creative ideas that are prototyped and evolved over time. When HCD is led well, all people can participate, contribute, and create new ideas and solutions together. However, there is a limitation. For people who have not been “trained well” in HCD methods/practices, it can be quite difficult to facilitate. The methods are often very nuanced and there is a definite learning curve to them. This is where LS shines. I believe that the LS principle of “Include and Unleash Everyone” is not just about the OUTCOMES of the work, but how it can actually be LEARNED AND APPLIED by everyone.
The LS principle of “Learn by Failing Forward” is the final principle I wanted to discuss, as this is a principle that I believe can be brought to life more by the use of Human Centered Design methods. The HCD Principle “Build to Learn” is made a reality in over a dozen core prototyping approaches that help groups bring new workflows, technologies, tools, roles, services, even policies to life quickly so they can be shaped by those ultimately affected by them.
Building workforce and community capacity is vitally important to building a world that welcomes all voices. Diverse voices should not just be invited to the table, but they also need the opportunity to host it. Further, diverse hands need approaches to bring shape and form to their ideas to give them life.
Imagine how much can be achieved when the accessibility inherent in the LS practices and the expansive range of form-making prototyping approaches in HCD come to life together. I know I will keep striving for this.
Lifting the Weight Off My Shoulders
Based in Buenos Aires, Ani is an enterprise Agile coach at a global consulting firm. Her leadership path includes deep dives into XP, Scrum, and Kanban. She is passionate and dedicated to distributing control of and participation in shaping next steps with colleagues and customers. The principle “Include and Unleash Everyone” guides her leadership decisions.
January 2021. It’s been a year and a half now leading the Organizational Agility practice. Keith and I have been working designing the first outing of the year where the whole practice would get together and look retrospectively at H2 2020 and look forward to H1 2021. I feel tired and overwhelmed. My calendar is cramped and the outcome (and output) of the things I wanted to achieve in 2020 doesn’t meet my expectations.
During the Outing, fifty members of the practice completed a virtual Social Network Webbing map. Each participant was asked to draw arrows to the person who they go to “when they are stuck,” “when they want to advance their work,” “when they need to know what is really going on,” “when they need to reach across functional boundaries” etc. At this point you’ve probably figured out what those networks looked like: a jam with my name in the center. And there were Post-its with phrases like “All the roads lead to Ani (Rome)” and “Rome can burn if not taken care of.”
It was so clear in those graphics why I was feeling tired and overwhelmed. I actually could feel the weight on my shoulders. And I felt a little bit ashamed. That was my responsibility and not what I wanted to achieve at all. I’d been trying to establish a peer government which necessarily requires including and unleashing everyone and I had failed, big time.
After thinking a lot about it I realized that I had something really powerful in hand that I didn’t recall using before: an invitation. I got people together, shared my vision, my invitation to be part of this peer government and how those network graphics had slapped me in the face. And then I listened to their reactions one by one.
Since then we get together every Friday. We end the week together. I specify some constraints that I trust can be loosened up as we move forward. I’m amazed by the results. I learn from them.
My new Fridays end in tears of joy and gratitude.
Reimagining Organisations, One Conversation At A Time
Lisa is a leadership coach with a passion for liberating self-managed teams. Born in the UK, she grew up in Southeast Asia. Lisa founded Reimaginaire to support organizations interested in new ways of working. She reimagines the future of work with global thought leaders via the fabulous Leadermorphosis podcast.
When I interviewed LS developers Keith and Henri for the Leadermorphosis podcast, they told me that books like Reinventing Organisations by Frederic Laloux give people a sense of what’s possible but not much of a clear “how.” Liberating Structures are the “how.” The idea is that you can “act your way into a totally new way of organising,” conversation by conversation, building trust as you go. In these times of complexity and uncertainty, reimagining organisations will not happen with a top-down initiative thought up by a committee of a privileged few. For me, the future of work has to be inclusive and shaped by many voices.
Oh but travellers beware, for there are many pitfalls as we start to explore new ways of working and being together. One is that we think in false dichotomies. For instance, if we want to organise without traditional management hierarchies, we think we must reject all structures, all leadership, anything that resembles hierarchy. We let the pendulum swing too far in the other direction, creating chaos, a lack of accountability, and ultimately inertia.
One of the beautiful things about the LS principles is embracing paradoxes. It’s about “Amplify Freedom AND Responsibility.” That magic “and” allows us to explore “what are the minimum constraints that will enable us in this exploration?”. Control in itself is not bad; but under-control can be just as harmful as over-control. LS allow us to reclaim these parts of ourselves and be conscious of them so we can put them to good use.
As Margaret Wheatley once wrote, we haven’t yet learned how to be in this new age of relationships. Reimagining how we work together takes courage because we are practicing new and potentially risky forms of interacting. You can see LS as examples of what INSEAD professor Michael Y. Lee calls “interaction scripts” — concrete guidelines for interaction that specify content parameters and participation rules for interaction. If we step into nothing when we try to create new ways of being together, we may unconsciously reenact old habits that are counterproductive to our aims. LS, though, can help us unlearn and relearn how to be together in ways that “Include and Unleash Everyone.”
Those who can most truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out undeterred, to meet what is to come. Pericles
Closing Part 1
The principles illuminated in these vignettes give me hope we are a few steps closer to a world welcoming all voices. And, the way LS are being used in different domains gives me confidence we are making a contribution to leaders who aspire to include all voices in shaping next steps and the future. As Lisa Gill suggests, “For me, the future of work has to be inclusive and shaped by many voices.”
Given all the upheavals we are managing in this moment, I admire the ability of each contributor to dig deeply and draw out principles to live by. They are making their implicit, intangible, and intuited experience visible for each of us to ponder. Many thanks and a deep bow to you.
In Part 2, I build on these contributions and insights. I make observations about the role of principles, explore the deeper questions emerging in the LS community, and tell a story about the origins of the published LS principles. Finally, I recommend a similar exploration of principles for every person who is inventing inclusive ways to address the complex challenges we face.
Sources and acknowledgments:
Lipmanowicz, H., McCandless, K. (2013). The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash A Culture of Innovation. Seattle, WA: Liberating Structures Press
The LS website www.liberatingstructures.com ; The LS App is available in the Google Play and Apple App Stores. Search “Liberating Structures.”
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Keith is the co-developer of Liberating Structures and co-author of The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash a Culture of Innovation(2013). He consults with business, government, philanthropic, research, educational, and health organizations worldwide, focusing on how to address complex challenges and include everyone in shaping the future. Born in Cincinnati Ohio, he holds a Masters in Management of Human Services from Brandeis University in Boston and a BA from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. | <urn:uuid:6a3ca63e-f7bd-4377-aa6f-3ff630462991> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://keithmccandless.medium.com/principles-for-a-world-welcoming-all-voices-part-1-c65d04ecc651 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.952723 | 6,605 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Why Professional Gamers Prefer Gaming Grade Hardware?
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Any serious medical condition brings challenges, but unexpected emotional and financial hardships encountered by both patients and their families often bring additional complications. That’s why Akron Children’s Hospital—the largest pediatric healthcare system in northern Ohio—started Children’s Home Care Group, a service that provides children who have certain conditions with quality healthcare in the comfort of their own homes. The program also eases financial burdens by helping families avoid long-term hospital stays. But problems with Home Care’s billing process resulted in increased time to bill and unnecessary write-offs. So a Lean Six Sigma project team trained by the hospital’s Mark A. Watson Center for Operational Excellence (COE) set out to address the problems and optimize the billing process. They identified causes of billing defects using Minitab Statistical Software and ultimately decreased the average number of days from product delivery to billing by 90%.
Along with in-home care, Akron Children’s offers infusion services, which provide medical supplies, diapers, medications, and formula to both homebound and ambulatory patients. Families acknowledge receipt of the delivered items by signing a ticket, which Home Care forwards to another Akron Children’s Hospital department, Healthcare Business Solutions (HBS), for processing.
Three processed documents are required in order to successfully bill a ticket: a Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMN) for Medicaid patients, which proves that services are essential; an authorization from the insurance company, which ensures the patient’s insurance plan will cover medical costs; and an order, or acknowledgment of receipt of prescription, which allows the prescription to be filled.
Akron Children’s Hospital cannot bill the patient without all three documents, which results in reduced and delayed revenue. The hospital had to write off those losses, and staff had to spend time resolving these issues instead of performing more valuable tasks. And with a ticket defect rate of 30 percent, the situation was quickly becoming critical.
The project team needed to examine the billing process and investigate the potential causes of defective tickets. The team sought to standardize the ticket process and reduce the defect rate to 16%. But to accomplish this, they needed to bridge the communication gap between Home Care and HBS—and improve the processes of two different departments—using data analysis.
The team began by selecting 30 random CMNs and identifying their defects. They determined that many ticket defects were related to problems with the CMNs—60% of these tickets had expired, and the remaining tickets were never received, had been filled out incorrectly, or were written for the wrong or outdated products.
The team devised and implemented an improved process to correct the CMN-related issues, educated employees on the new process, and created Standard Work Instructions (SWI) for providers to properly complete a CMN. They tracked the pre- and post-improvement CMN process by plotting counts of defective CMNs on a Minitab individuals chart.
The chart helped the team visualize the post-improvement drop in the average number of CMN defects. Their success with the CMN improvements led the team to evaluate all possible contributors to defective tickets using a time series plot, which helped to identify patterns in the data.
“We had thought the CMNs were the root cause of ticket defects,” says Jennifer Henley, Green Belt and Office Coordinator for the COE. “But when we looked at our data in the time series plot, we quickly realized other issues needed to be fixed, too—it was the turning point for the whole project.”
The time series plot tracked the total outstanding tickets in billing review due to incomplete CMNs, authorizations, and orders. Although improvements to the process helped reduce CMN defects, the number of order-related defects began to increase, as seen by the spike in total ticket defects for orders on the time series plot.
After their analysis revealed the issue, an investigation helped the team understand the relationship between the two groups. “We realized that the orders needed to be matched to the CMNs in the computer system,” Henley explains. “But the orders weren’t being placed where HBS employees could find them, and therefore weren’t electronically entered along with the appropriate records.”
The discovery that the tickets could not be billed because they had not been updated in the system shifted the team’s efforts during the second phase of process changes, which focused on simplifying order entry into the computer system. The team narrowed the options on the status code list for CMNs, created standard work instructions on how to run the billing review reports, and designated an employee who would be responsible for following up on outstanding CMNs.
A control chart helped the team examine the proportion of defective tickets, which decreased after the order process was improved. Evaluating that the reduction in defect rate was statistically significant, the team was able to confirm the success of these changes to the billing process.
Streamlining the two organization’s processes ultimately lowered the defect rate to 13.3%—exceeding the team’s original project goal of 16%. Even more important, improving the billing process eliminated time spent correcting ticket defects, which decreased the average number of days from product delivery to billing by 90%.
“The most satisfying part of the project was using Minitab to tell a story,” says Henley, a first-time Minitab user. “It was easy to navigate and find what I needed—it allowed me to help the department, and ultimately, the patients and families, too.”
Improvements are being sustained. Monthly reports are being run, which help employees monitor process metrics, such as accruals, time from delivery to billing, and the time from confirmation to billing.
“We wouldn’t have come this far without understanding the data,” reports Henley. “Once I started using Minitab, I could provide visuals that helped both departments understand where the problems were—and that a solution wasn’t as difficult as they had thought.”
Akron Children’s Hospital
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During the Victorian Period, the Folk Victorian-style Farmhouse became particularly popular for middle-class homeowners as a lower-cost and practical alternative to the affluent and favored Italianate and Queen Anne styles.
Since it’s a combination of ornate detailing and simple structures with decorative elements, the farmhouse design adds a touch of Victorian flair to create a more eclectic look with high-style Victorian homes, but with several fundamental differences.
What exactly are Folk Victorian Farmhouses’ identifying features that set them apart from other Victorian House Styles? What ornate embellishments ideas can you incorporate to make a statement?
Check out our selection of unique Folk Victorian-style farmhouse design ideas to spark a flame of design inspiration for you.
1. Queen Anne Cottage Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
The white vertical shiplap siding paired with a smokey gray roof and cantilevered gables create a contrast that makes the folk victorian farmhouse design look prominent, bright, and classic. In addition, the scalloped shingles that resembles fish scales adds a unique visual detail and quaint charm to the style.
The front-to-ceiling and twin bay windows add depth and personality, giving an ornate design. The surrounding green landscape and window boxes also give earthily elements and add pops of color, making the overall look more archaic.
2. L-Shape White House Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
This L-shaped folk victorian style farmhouse design features a white exterior color that contrasts nicely with the coral orange roofing shingles. The simplified vergeboard paired with the scalloped shingles creates a modest structure with ornate detailing.
The corner porch with spindle works and the decorative quoins and brackets give the house’s overall look a nice definition and texture. It also enhances the ornate feel of the Victorian era.
3. A-shaped Light Blue Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
Incorporating two hues of blue, light blue and sky blue, provides a colorful vertical siding that makes a subtle statement and helps draw attention to the house’s architectural details. The front-facing gable roof with decorative gable bracket and scalloped shingles add a touch of intricacy to the design. In addition, the porch posts with spindlework add a whimsical feel to the design.
Finally, the white trim accentuates the bay windows nicely, making them pop up in the blue background.
4. Large White and Light Blue Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
The white and light blue combination creates a bright and minimalist style that looks like a real-life gingerbread house. Its front-gable roof with scalloped shingles adds a touch of elegance and character, purposely drawing the eyesight upwards.
In addition, the light blue trim accentuates the architectural details and creates a focal point, making the bay windows stand out. The porch posts with spindlework also offer intricate patterns that offer visual interest and add a more ornate feel.
5. Polychromatic Small Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
The different hues of purple for the fish-scale siding paired with pastel yellow vertical siding create an eclectic and vibrant look that instantly catches the eyes of anyone walking past it. The lavender porch posts adorned with green sindleworks with touches of pastel yellow complement the overall look, creating uniformity in the design.
In addition, incorporating a light blue trim frames the windows nicely and proves height for the body of the house, while the potted plants on the porch stairs create a focal point. The polychromatic small folk victorian style farmhouse stands out amongst the green landscape.
6. Cozy Two Floor Brown Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
When you look at it, this folk victorian-style farmhouse design seems to mimic a real-life gingerbread house with a rustic and welcoming vibe. It features a brown brick siding and a front-gable roof adorned with gingerbread trim, providing a quaint charm to the house.
The neon blue trim provides accents, highlighting the architectural features while adding personality and depth to the style. In addition, the wraparound porch with simplified spindles pleasing ornamentation, making the property a sight to behold.
7. Gingerbread Trim Used in Gables Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
The bright red vertical viny clapboard siding paired with black roofing shingles creates a classic and timeless farmhouse look. The red and black combination with white trim contrasts nicely, accentuating the vining siding and the house’s architectural features.
In addition, the bay windows and the front-gable roof embellished with white gingerbread trim offers extravagant details and provides Victorian elements, exuding an elegant and luxurious look. The fancy covered porch with spindlework detailing adds a touch of ornate feel and elegance.
8. Fluted Corner Post Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
The green vinyl clapboard siding contrasts nicely with the black roofing shingle, making the green siding stand out. The overall look creates a classic, contemporary farmhouse style with Victorian elements. The white trim outlines the detailings of the house, accentuating the architectural features like windows and fluted corners.
In addition, the arched windows, white porch railings, and other interesting embellishments add a touch of extravagance and character to the overall look.
9. Crown Window Molding Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
The gray vinyl clapboard blends well with the gray roofing shingles, providing a sense of uniformity in the design. The white scalloped siding near the gable roof adds a touch of sophistication and extravagant detailing. In addition, the white-covered porch with sturdy posts pops up in the gray backdrop, drawing the eyes to the ornate elements of the house.
The hanging plants and green landscape also add earthy details, making the atmosphere welcoming and natural. Overall, the house’s style exudes a contemporary look with Victorian charm.
10. Green and White Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse Design
The contrast between the brown roofing shingles and two-tone white and green shake and shingle sidings creates a classic high-style Victorian style with a distinct sense of luxury. It accentuates the division between the house, providing height and a sense of expansiveness. The two front-facing gable roofs with gable brackets add a touch of extravagance and ornate detailing.
In addition, the white trim frames the windows beautifully, and the gauntlet gray window shutters make them stand out. The intricately designed door also adds a quaint charm to the house. Finally, the Folk Victorian Style Farmhouse’s earthy tones allow the house to blend nicely with the surrounding landscape while also standing out in the neighborhood.
11. White Ornaments
The sky blue siding serves as an excellent background for the white ornaments, making the decorative elements pop up while making a delicate statement. The white corner porch with intricate spindlework adds a touch of Victorian charm and unique visual detail. Overall, the folk victorian style farmhouse gives a simplistic look with an eclectic flair.
12. Geometrical Shingles
The black roofing shingles contrast nicely with the yellow siding, accentuating the siding even more. In addition, the geometric shingles near the gable roof provide an eye-catching ornate embellishment. It also adds character and texture to the design. The white porch posts paired with intricate spindlework also add a whimsical and eclectic feel. Finally, the red door adds a striking color, creating a focal point.
13. Pastel Pink Color
The folk Victorian-style farmhouse design features a pastel pink siding with a brick-orange roof that blends well with the soft hue of the siding. The gingerbread trim with intricate window designs adds extravagance and a quaint Victorian charm.
The bay windows with gray window shutters below also provide sophistication to the house’s already luxurious look. In addition, the doorway porch posts with hanging plants add earthy elements that blend well with the landscape. Overall, the house’s design resembles an intricately designed dollhouse brought to life.
14 . Front-facing Gable
The bold red color and mustard yellow siding combination create an eclectic look with a rustic flair for the farmhouse design. The green trim frames the windows, while the intricate verge board adds personality and a nice definition to the ornate embellishments. In addition, the open porch adds an air of elegance and Victorian flair to the overall look.
15. All-American Gray Blue Palette
The gray-blue siding paired with a gray roofing shingle creates a modern and classic farmhouse look. The ornate embellishments like gable brackets, porch railings, and spindlework detailing add an eclectic approach and quaint Victorian elements that give off an air of extravagance. In addition, the red window casings add a splash of color, accentuating the windows. | <urn:uuid:a25eb2aa-4448-4500-8d6b-e3791f50ff49> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://innovativebuildingmaterials.com/folk-victorian-style-farmhouse-design-ideas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.861447 | 1,881 | 1.820313 | 2 |
I know. I know. Securities and Exchange Commission: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. But the SEC did something sort of landmark last January: in a 3-2 vote, commissioners approved guidelines that urge companies to regularly disclose climate change-related risks (and opportunities) to investors. If you’re a big box store importing underwear from China, or an insurance company indemnifying coastal businesses, you’ll have to start accounting for the carbon cost of all that transportation, or the projected rise in global sea levels. We’re not talking laws here, just guidelines. But the SEC’s decision should make corporate America take climate change more seriously, and it may even push American businesses and investors — and the rest of us — to start thinking long-term again, a nice ability to rediscover if we ever hope to combat climate change. We’ve convened some heavy hitters to weigh in on what happens next.
Listen to the audio from the panel discussion here. Click here for the full transcript.
Kristen A. Sheeran
Executive Director at Economics for Equity and the Environment Network
“Environmental risks have largely been absent from long-term planning because we’ve been rooted in a mindset that’s shorter, and that believes we’ll be able to adapt with a more prosperous economy and investment in technological changes. That mindset is changing, and this ruling is a clear indication of that shift.”
Fellow, Campaign for America’s Future
“Accepting limits is a very new thing for Americans. But the average American feels that the crazy days are over and we have to get serious about how make it through the winter. We are gathering ourselves to live in a world with more limits.”
Julie Fox Gorte
Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing at Pax World Management LLC.
“I do think corporations can lead. A few have. And corporations are going to have to lead if we’re going to be able to live on this planet.” | <urn:uuid:bc9bf011-d270-47d4-810a-eddbbe0e9a52> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://grist.org/article/2010-04-15-sec-ruling-convert-short-term-greed-sustainability/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.923745 | 432 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Cape Wind: Lehman bankruptcy should have no impact on windmill project
A spokesman for developer Cape Wind Associates LLC said the bankruptcy of Lehman Bros. should have no significant impact on the firm’s proposed 130-turbine project for Nantucket Sound.
Cape Wind originally hired Lehman Bros. to line up financing for the project in 2005. But Lehman filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week after the collapse of its debt investments. A subsidiary of Barclays, the British banking conglomerate, acquired much of the Lehman business out of bankruptcy on Monday.
Cape Wind spokesman Mark Rodgers said the team that was tapped to line up financing for Cape Wind is among the more than 10,000 Lehman employees who joined Barclays Capital on Monday.
Rodgers said the shakeup at Lehman will not affect the Cape Wind project because the Boston-based developer doesn’t plan to seek outside investors or lenders until next year, after the company lines up all its federal and state permits. So far, the predevelopment costs for the $1 billion-plus project have been funded internally, Rodgers said.
Rodgers also said he hopes the credit and stock markets will be far less volatile by the time Cape Wind actively seeks equity partners and lenders for the project next year.
“If we were in our project finance mode now, not just Lehman Bros., but all of the events of last week, would probably be quite disruptive,” Rodgers said. “But in a way we’re lucky that this is going to get sorted out now so we expect next year, when we’re at that stage, there will be more certainty in the financial field.”
Rodgers said he expects that by the end of this year, the permitting process for the project will be complete, or nearly complete. The project still needs a final approval from the federal Minerals Management Service as well as a ruling from the state Energy Facilities Siting Board.
The controversial project could also face hurdles in the courtroom if opponents try to overturn a key permit in court. Cape Wind has drawn howls of protest in communities that abut Nantucket Sound, primarily because of the potential impact on the views of the sound and on navigation.
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Keep Smiling With a BMX Mouthguard
BMX mouthguards help protect your mouth and gums from impacts to the face when riding. They are made out of shock-absorbing materials thereby reducing the risk of dental damages and helping prevent concussion. Many people bite down on their teeth when landing or falling from a jump. However, this can be serious as slamming your jaw shut can lead to a concussion. Using a mouthguard can help reduce this risk.
Most of the BMX mouthguards that you will see here are the “boil and bite” style, where you mould the guard to the shape of your mouth. Here, to get the mouthguard into shape, all you have to do is let the mouthguard sit in boiling water, remove it and then bite down on it for around 30 seconds. This method will vary slightly depending on the product type, so be sure to check out the instructions.
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The psychology of safety
“I would love it if you feel so confident in a Volvo that you don’t have to think about safety at all,” says Malin Ekholm.
Considering that Ekholm is vice president of the Volvo Cars Safety Centre, this seems like an odd thing for her to say. Yet as someone who works in a department with a far-reaching influence throughout the company, she believes safety is much more than just technology. Instead, she says, it’s about a feeling – a state of mind.
“Take Volvo seats as an example,” says Ekholm. “Our ergonomics team starts by asking, ‘How can we make the most comfortable seat possible?’. Because when you’re sitting comfortably you choose to wear your seatbelt. This is where safety starts – understanding what your needs are and designing safety technology around that.”
Ekholm believes making people feel comfortable, and in control, in their car is safety.
“Safety gives you confidence, and when you are confident you are able to interact with the car better. And then, when we add convenience, you have a car that works for you.”
As an example, Ekholm talks about preparing for a journey before you even get in the car.
With the Volvo On Call app – coming to Australia in the near future – you can send your calendar to your Volvo’s navigation. It means your car will know where to go, and how long it will take to get there, even before you are sitting at the steering wheel.
And, should you be unlucky enough to be in a collision, Volvo On Call even supports you by alerting the emergency services.
“It’s all about taking the stress and strain out of the everyday car experience by providing that sense of control, confidence and support that customers of Volvo Cars are looking for,” she says.
The influence of safety is felt in every aspect of the car – from how it is designed, how predictable it feels when you drive, and even to the way you access and play your music.
It also includes how key information is presented to the driver. Volvo’s 12.3-inch high-resolution digital driver display, for example, features self-adjusting brightness to make it easier on the driver’s eyes.
Then there’s the 9.0-inch Sensus display with its distinctive portrait format that makes it easier for following route guidance as it shows more of the road on which you are travelling.
And to create a more intuitive experience when it comes to infotainment and climate controls in the cabin, the Sensus approach to technology reduces dash clutter by replacing almost all physical buttons with virtual buttons.
This allows the buttons to be larger and easier to locate quickly.
Sensus’s ergonomic design epitomises Volvo Cars’ detailed approach to increasing safety. By making functions easier to locate, and limiting the distractions of technology, it reduces the time drivers need to both avert their eyes from the road or take a hand off the steering wheel.
This is taken a step further in Volvo models featuring a head-up display. The HUD can project onto the windscreen relevant details - such as speed or navigation - available on the Sensus or driver displays, ensuring the most essential information is as close to the driver’s field of vision as possible.
“The car should support the driver and help them focus on driving,” says Ekholm.
That’s why the safety team works closely with other teams at Volvo Cars. Take vehicle dynamics – when you feel in control, you’re more relaxed. And when you’re more relaxed, your mind is sharper.
The secret to the work at Volvo Cars is research – lots of it. And a deep understanding of the journeys people take in their Volvos.
It all starts with real-world data collection.
Since 1970, an accident research team has been based in the Volvo Cars Safety Centre at its Gothenburg HQ. They’re on standby 24/7 to travel to any accident involving a Volvo car within a one-hour drive.
They undertake deep investigations at the scene, recording the chain of events, road conditions, traffic situation, time of day and any possible injuries that may have occurred. It means that Volvo Cars can paint a highly detailed picture of real-life accidents and use these learnings to inform its development of future models.
“By doing so much research we can design safety and usability around people,” says Ekholm.
Of course, Volvo Cars also takes a global view, studying statistics from around the world and collaborating with authorities.
“We need to understand the global picture. And then when we find a global situation we need to address, we can go into our detailed research,” says Ekholm.
It’s this approach – studying the biomechanics and human behavioural aspects, asking what’s putting people in danger, what types of accidents they are having – that’s the basis for Volvo Cars’ ceaseless innovation within safety. | <urn:uuid:b7dabfe7-ac87-410f-91bd-bd333994d07b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.volvocars.com/au/about/australia/i-roll-enewsletter/2019/april/the-psychology-of-safety | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.946413 | 1,074 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Tshering Tobgay Keynote Speaker
- Former Prime Minister of Bhutan
- Leader of the People's Democratic Party
- World-leading environmentalist
Tshering Tobgay's Biography
Tshering Tobgay is the former Prime Minister of Bhutan. He led the country’s government from 2013 to 2018. Tobgay remains the leader of the People’s Democratic Party and is known internationally for his environmentalism.
After a career in the Bhutanese civil service, Tshering Tobgay became a co-founder of the People’s Democratic Party in 2008. It was the country’s first registered political party. The party grew swiftly, from gaining just two seats that year to winning the 2013 election. Tobgay was subsequently elected as Prime Minister.
As Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay moved away from his predecessor’s emphasis on Gross National Happiness. Instead he focused on more tangible goals, such as providing farming equipment to every district. He also addressed youth unemployment, corruption, and the national debt as he sought to improve an economy that had fallen to record lows.
Tobgay’s leadership prioritised the environment. At a 2016 TED talk, he discussed Bhutan’s pledge to remain carbon neutral forever. He affirmed Bhutan’s mission to set a world standard for environmental preservation.
Since leaving office, Tshering Tobgay has continued his environmental work. In September 2019, he delivered an urgent warning about the Hindu Kush Himalaya region. He cautioned that the melting ice could impact over two million people living in the area and further downstream.
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The federal government dropped $86 million on an advanced Drug Enforcement Administration plane that was meant for counter-narcotics missions in Afghanistan – yet remains “inoperable” and “resting on jacks” to this day, according to a scathing watchdog report released Wednesday.
The review by the Justice Department's inspector general said the plane was purchased seven years ago to support anti-drug efforts in the Afghanistan war zone, where opium poppy cultivation has long been rampant. The so-called Global Discovery program to modify the ATR 42-500 aircraft with advanced surveillance capabilities was supposed to be completed in December 2012.
But the program has been plagued by missteps, has missed a string of deadlines, has ballooned in cost from an original estimate of $22 million, and remains incomplete and grounded in Delaware.
The report said it was unlikely the plane will ever fly in Afghanistan because the DEA has since ceased aviation operations there.
"Our findings raise serious questions as to whether the DEA was able to meet the operational needs for which its presence was requested in Afghanistan," the review said.
The project was part of an agreement with the Defense Department.
The DEA said in a statement that it agreed it "can and should provide better oversight of its operational funding" and was reviewing its policies and procedures.
The drug agency spent $8.5 million on parts for the plane — including $5 million in spare engines — "the majority of which cannot be used utilized on any other aircraft in its fleet," and the Defense Department built a $2 million hangar in Afghanistan for the plane that was never used and likely never will be, the report said.
The audit also found that the DEA didn't fully comply with federal procedures when it purchased the aircraft, spending nearly $3 million more than it had previously estimated for the $8.6 million aircraft.
The DEA also charged about $2.5 million in improper expenditures billed under the agreement with the Defense Department, including for costs associated with aircrafts and personnel who were entirely unrelated to the agency's Afghanistan operations. That included $8,122 in unallowable travel related to missions in Haiti, the Bahamas, Peru and Florida.
The review found the DEA's Aviation Division lacked adequate policies and procedures for receiving, reviewing and paying contractors with no requirement that any documentation be approved before personnel were paid. When modifications were improperly done on the plane, the Defense Department poured more money into the effort.
The plane, which has missed every scheduled delivery date, is now estimated to be completed in June — nearly one year after the DEA pulled out of Afghanistan. The report said the DEA intends to fly the plane in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
The report made 13 recommendations to improve oversight of its aviation operations agreements and the problematic program.
The drug agency has already acted on two recommendations, according to the inspector general's office. That includes ensuring foreign offices are now required to provide supporting documentation to be paid for work. The agency said it's also now established an electronic method for pilots to submit mission reports to make sure program data is accurate.
In its formal reply to the audit, the DEA said that based on previous positive experiences using Defense Department contractors to modify its aircraft it "had no indication that the Global Discovery modification would encounter the significant delays and problems that ultimately occurred."
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What is the New York SHIELD Act?
As a legal obligation to implement a comprehensive security program, the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act emerged in response to the heightened threat landscape and greater stakes posed by cybercrime, focusing on cybersecurity safeguards and changes to breach notification provisions. Any person or business that owns or licenses computerized data regarding the private information of New York state residents needs to comply with the New York SHIELD Act. Private information includes, but is not limited to: social security and driver’s license numbers; financial account numbers and email account information. The two key mandates of New York SHIELD are new cybersecurity safeguards and changes to breach notification provisions.
When does New York SHIELD go into effect?
Two specific dates are identified in the mandate: The October 23, 2019 deadline broadened requirements for existing regulations and the expanded definition of personal data to include, notably, biometrics. It also expanded the definition of a breach and increased fines for violations. March 21, 2020 requirements will require companies to implement administrative, technical and physical safeguards – with fines for noncompliance.
What are the penalties for failing to comply with NY SHIELD?
How can I learn more?
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A federal committee has published a draft of the nation's third climate assessment report, a comprehensive analysis of the latest and best peer-reviewed science on the extent and impacts of global warming on the United States.
None of the body's findings are entirely new, but the report suggests that evidence is now stronger and clearer than ever that the climate is rapidly changing -- primarily as a result of human activities, including the copious burning of fossil fuels. Observed weather extremes are on the rise, and the possible connection between at least some of these events and human-induced climate change is also more strongly supported by the science.
The nation can expect increased impacts on everything from crops to fresh water supplies, and better and broader national plans for adaptation are needed, the assessment noted.
The draft report, which was prepared by the so-called National Climate Assessment Development Advisory Committee and written and amassed by a group of 240 scientists, will be subject to a three-month period of review and public comment.
"Climate change presents a major challenge for society," the committee's leadership said in a letter addressed to the American people. "This report and the sustained assessment process that is being developed represent steps forward in advancing our understanding of that challenge and its far-reaching implications for our nation and the world."
In an emailed statement, Gene Karpinski, the president of the League of Conservation Voters, said the report confirms what many Americans already know. "Hurricane Sandy and the historic droughts, floods and heat waves happening across the country aren't a fluke, but the result of a climate warming much faster than previously thought," he said. "If we put off action on climate change, the costs of addressing its impacts will only rise and this extreme weather will be just the beginning. This report should serve as a wake-up call that it's time to act."
The committee's letter continues:
Summers are longer and hotter, and periods of extreme heat last longer than any living American has ever experienced. Winters are generally shorter and warmer. Rain comes in heavier downpours, though in many regions there are longer dry spells in between.
Other changes are even more dramatic. Residents of some coastal cities see their streets flood more regularly during storms and high tides. Inland cities near large rivers also experience more flooding, especially in the Midwest and Northeast. Hotter and drier weather and earlier snow melt mean that wildfires in the West start earlier in the year, last later into the fall, threaten more homes, cause more evacuations, and burn more acreage. In Alaska, the summer sea ice that once protected the coasts has receded, and fall storms now cause more erosion and damage that is severe enough that some communities are already facing relocation. ...
These and other observed climatic changes are having wide-ranging impacts in every region of our country and most sectors of our economy. Some of these changes can be beneficial, such as longer growing seasons in many regions and a longer shipping season on the Great Lakes. But many more have already proven to be detrimental, largely because society and its infrastructure were designed for the climate of the past, not for the rapidly changing climate of the present or the future.
The report's roots can be traced to the The Global Change Research Act of 1990, which required that a national climate assessment be conducted every four years, with a report issued to the president and Congress. The legislation led to the formation of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, an inter-governmental body involving 13 federal agencies and departments, including the Departments of Commerce, Defense and Energy, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Science Foundation, among others.
The first such assessment was not published until 2000, however, and it was subsequently attacked by conservative groups who claimed that it exaggerated the climate threat. One group, the free-market Competitive Enterprise Institute, filed multiple lawsuits arguing that the findings were not subjected to federal guidelines for scientific research.
The next full climate assessment was not published until 2009, after President Barack Obama took office.
"This draft report sends a warning to all of us," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, the California Democrat and chairwoman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, in an emailed statement. "We must act in a comprehensive fashion to reduce carbon pollution or expose our people and communities to continuing devastation from extreme weather events and their aftermath."
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Hormones and Miscarriage
Your body has been through trauma after a miscarriage and will need time and additional care to heal. Parsley Health physician Jaclyn Tolentino, DO and health coach Kelly Johnston, RD, weigh in on how to support your body after pregnancy loss.
If you’ve recently suffered a miscarriage, know that you’re not alone: Statistics show that up to 15 percent of pregnancies end in a miscarriage. As pregnancy loss is discussed more openly in society, the conversation often centers around the emotional and mental health implications of a miscarriage, but the physiological response your body has after a miscarriage is just as important to talk about. Your hormones were preparing for one event, and then your body pivoted in a different direction. Here’s what you need to know about caring for your body during this difficult stage and rebalancing your hormones after a miscarriage.
What can cause a miscarriage?
The first question you have is probably around why this happened. It’s not your fault—most miscarriages are caused by external factors out of your control. The most common cause of miscarriage is chromosomal abnormalities that occur in the fetus. Foodborne pathogens like salmonella are also a cause of pregnancy loss, which is why pregnant women are often instructed not to eat uncooked or undercooked eggs, meat, or fish. Other common causes of miscarriage involve mitochondrial dysfunction; Mitochondria are responsible for producing energy inside our cells, including those that will develop into a fetus. If mitochondrial cells are not working properly, it can affect the fetus’ genetic makeup, explain Jacekyn Tolentino, DO, a physician at Parsley Health in Los Angeles. You could be especially prone to mitochondrial dysfunction if you have an autoimmune disorder or other immune health issues that affect the cells in your body.
What happens to your body after a miscarriage?
Every person’s body reacts differently to pregnancy loss, so there’s no one set of miscarriage symptoms that everyone will experience. “The differentiating factors include how far along the pregnancy was, and what treatments were used to manage the miscarriage,” Dr. Tolentino says. Here are the most common signs and symptoms after miscarriage.
Cramping and bleeding
You may experience some uncomfortable cramping and bleeding after a miscarriage as the uterus contracts to expel blood and tissue it’s been holding onto. Don’t be alarmed if the bleeding is heavier than your usual menstrual bleeding, Dr. Tolentino says. This is normal, increased cramping and bleeding after miscarriage is one of the most prevalent symptoms. “The severity and duration of the bleeding can vary among individuals, but it should taper off within a few days,” Dr. Tolentino says. It’s important to stay in contact with your healthcare provider during this time to discuss any ongoing symptoms, especially if bleeding doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
The hormonal changes that occur after a miscarriage really depend on how far along you were, and therefore how your hormones adapted during your pregnancy. These are some of the major hormones at play, how they change during pregnancy, and what effect they have on your body, Dr. Tolentino explains.
- hCG: Human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, is the hormone pregnancy tests look for in your urine to determine whether or not you’re pregnant. This hormone is produced by cells that will eventually form the placenta and stimulates the corpus luteum—a collection of hormone-producing cells that form in the ovaries—to produce progesterone. In early pregnancy, hCG levels rise rapidly, increasing every two to three days and likely contributing to many of the unpleasant symptoms associated with early pregnancy like nausea and vomiting.
- Estrogen: Estrogen and progesterone are two of the most prominent hormones during early pregnancy. Estrogen levels quickly rise during the first trimester to help the fetus develop, supporting the transfer of nutrients, formation of blood vessels, milk duct development and more.
- Progesterone: Progesterone increases exponentially during the first few months of pregnancy, causing ligaments and joints to loosen and, eventually, allowing the uterus to expand as the fetus grows. Starting from its production in the ovaries and placenta, progesterone prepares the uterine lining for implantation, and then continues to support the endometrium to create the ideal environment for the fetus.
During and after a miscarraige, these hormones that once rose rapidly will begin to fall. Some hormones, like hCG, should eventually become undetectable while others, like estrogen and progesterone, will reset to their pre-pregnancy levels. Along with physical side effects, this drastic shift can intensify emotions associated with the trauma you recently experienced, Dr. Tolentino explains. As your hormones begin to balance after a miscarriage, the symptoms of early pregnancy, like nausea or tenderness in your breasts, will begin to subside. But for some people, the impact of these dramatic hormonal shifts on your emotions and mental health will be more prominent. “Changing hormone levels can also have a big impact on emotions, and it’s not uncommon to experience symptoms such as fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, depression, or irritability,” Dr. Tolentino explains.
Managing emotional and psychological symptoms after miscarriage is just as important as monitoring physical symptoms. It can take anywhere from two to six weeks for these physical symptoms to fully subside, though the mental toll of a loss can be different for everyone, says Dr. Tolentino. During this time, it’s important for your physician to monitor these levels and check-in on your mental and emotional health.
Symptoms of anxiety and depression
Heightened anxiety and depression are especially common during this time period, and both can affect your physical health. “Depression, anxiety, and stress can be manifested physically, in the form of mood shifts, insomnia , and a weakened immune system ,”says Kelly Johnston, MS, RD, a health coach at Parsley Health in New York City.
As discussed earlier, after a miscarriage, once elevated levels of estrogen and progesterone take a sudden plunge contributing to big mood swings—comparable to the extreme emotional changes you’d experience with a severe case of PMS. This plunge of hormones, paired with the sadness and grief of pregnancy loss, can compound the feelings of fatigue, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and irritability that often accompany miscarriage.
To fuel symptoms of anxiety and depression further, while female hormones plummet after pregnancy loss, the stress hormone cortisol skyrockets—boosting systemic inflammation contributing to insomnia and decreased immune health. Independent of other factors, elevated cortisol levels trigger anxiety, keeping the body in its fight or flight response and making relaxation difficult to achieve.
Return to a normal menstrual cycle
“Most women will experience a return to their normal menstrual cycles within 1 to 2 cycles after a miscarriage,” Dr. Tolentino points out. And, you may start ovulating and be able to conceive again sooner than you’d think, she adds. “The body can begin ovulating again as early as 2 to 3 weeks post-miscarriage, and up to 6 weeks after a miscarriage. It’s important to use contraceptives, in the form of barrier protection, if you are not trying or are advised to wait until trying to become pregnant again,” says Dr. Tolentino.
Healing after miscarriage
“Parsley doctors like myself support the body’s healing mechanisms after an impactful event such as miscarriage in several ways: by supporting the patient’s needs in addition to working alongside her OB/GYN, and by focusing on mechanisms to aid hormone balance healing, immune regulation, and the body’s physiological ‘reset’ after miscarriage,” says Dr Tolentino.
This supplemental care can ensure that your body is recovering and offer an additional support system with the aid of a health coach who can provide everything from helpful self-care literature and practices to nutritional tips, to frequent emotional check-ins. These are just a few ways you can focus on giving your body some extra TLC.
Include more hormone balancing foods in your diet
One dietary area of focus is on foods that can help stabilize both your mood and hormones after a miscarriage. These include probiotic-rich foods, as well as cruciferous vegetables, which can help metqbolize estrogen in your intestinal tract, Johnston says. This refers to the way your body eliminates estrogen from the body, a natural and important part of your body’s proper functioning. If you’re not detoxifying hormones properly, it can lead to a buildup of excess hormones in the body that then get recirculated. So foods that promote good digestive health play an important role in hormone regulation.
Johnston also recommends eating anti-inflammatory foods such as foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids which help block inflammatory particles at the cellular level, reducing the inflammation that can make it difficult to regulate hormone levels like estrogen. For adequate intake, opt for two or more servings per week of fatty fish like salmon and mackerel, seeds, including flax and pumpkin, and nuts like walnuts.
Staying away from inflammatory foods may also help balance your hormones after a miscarriage. “Avoid foods that can be hormonally charged, like dairy or inflammatory foods like sugar, which can throw off your hormones and inhibit the production of neurotransmitters like serotonin in the gut,” Johnston says. The way to do this is to stick to whole, fiber-filled foods, and balanced meals. Johnston adds, another source of balance comes from focusing on intuitive eating and listening to your body’s hunger cues without obsessively focusing on your diet at this time.
Support your body with supplements
Based on the symptoms you experience after miscarriage, supplements or dietary changes may be required to compensate for the changes in your body. For example, if you’re experiencing heavy bleeding, talk to your doctor about taking an iron supplement. This will help replace the iron stores that have been depleted from the miscarriage bleeding and prevent a deficiency from forming. After just a few weeks of consistent use, your iron levels should be back to normal.
There’s also a chance you may be deficient in Vitamin D, which has been linked to first trimester miscarriages. Make sure you’re getting tested for Vitamin D on your next bloodwork visit after miscarriage. If you find that your Vitamin D levels are lower than usual it may be worth considering a Vitamin D Supplement.
Get back to gentle exercise
While your body is still recovering, it may not be the best time to go to HIIT classes, but healing, restorative exercise is a great place to start, especially when dealing with grief after miscarriage, explains Johnston. Your workout routine can actually be very influential in hormone regulation, as it allows you to communicate with your body and it’s endocrine system. The endocrine system is made up of glands throughout the body that are responsible for creating and releasing hormones at the proper levels—this includes estrogen, cortisol, and progesterone, among others. Regular exercise helps strengthen this system and your relationship with your body Once your OB/GYN has cleared you to exercise, this could include Pilates, yoga, walking, jogging, or gentle swimming. If getting to the gym or yoga studio seems unrealistic, Johnston suggests doing a short online yoga, Pilates, or meditation program to activate your brain and body a little bit.
If you experienced a late term miscarriage, kegel exercises can help strengthen your pelvic floor muscles with pelvic floor therapy, Johnston adds.
Engage in meditative practices
Now is the time to really focus on self care, because your body needs it. That looks a little different for everyone. “We help people establish journaling practices, like gratitude journaling with meditation, and establishing realistic short-term healing goals,” Johnston says. Movement meditation, in the form of yoga, may help some people, while others may gravitate toward sound meditation or specific breathing techniques.
Beyond the mental benefits meditation can bring, it will also help relieve stress, bringing down your cortisol levels and helping with some of the physiological effects misscarriage may have on your hormones. Increased stress is known to speed up the enzyme aromatase, the process that converts testosterone to estrogen, contributing to hormonal imbalance.
If you struggle with getting in the right headspace for meditation, a health coach can support you with self-care and meditation book recommendations, or finding other stress management techniques that may help you.
Check-in with your health coach regularly
While Parsley Health doctors and health coaches recommend you seek out counseling or other mental health treatment after a pregnancy loss, working with a health coach can also be a nice addition to your healing journey because they’re available to you whenever you need to check-in. “In acute times of stress, we provide more regular touchpoints via email, so people can write their thoughts and feelings down,” Johnston says.
Each person’s recovery from a pregnancy loss is unique. Similar to when we experience other biological shifts, the body requires time to recalibrate and return to homeostasis. “The best thing you can do to get back to normal is take it slow and take care of yourself.” Dr. Tolentino explains. Don’t be afraid to ask for support. Whether it’s in a health coach, loved one, or friend, more people than you know have gone through something similar or know someone who has and can provide you with the sounding board you need. | <urn:uuid:2634d750-cb8c-42ae-8af6-3703b74949df> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sistapedia.com/hormones-and-miscarriage/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.935165 | 2,844 | 2.15625 | 2 |
As an avid long-distance runner, Dr. McGuire has logged countless miles on the road, giving him plenty of time to contemplate how training for a race is remarkably similar to preparing for a concert. Hear his strategies for helping students (and even you!) think of and execute long-term goals. Learn how to make race day the easiest and most enjoyable part!
How to Prepare Your Students for a Musical Marathon
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Protect Tribal Nations
The WeHealth Arizona app provides a lightweight tool to support Tribal Nations in their efforts to combat infectious diseases, like COVID-19. The technology fits unobtrusively into existing testing, vaccinating, and surveilling processes with a rigorous privacy-preserving framework to safeguard Tribal data and sovereignty.
[WeHealth] Arizona is an effective, privacy-preserving, and cost-free tool able to support Tribal Nations as they navigate the evolving public health landscape.”
Exposure Notification and Tribal Nations
Tribal Nations are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and are at more risk than other populations; the pandemic has had a significant impact on Tribal Nations and Tribal economies. For instance, COVID-19 cases per 1,000 people were four times worse on a reservation than any other community in the US at the peak of the pandemic. American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) are 3.3 times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 and carry a mortality rate 2.2 times higher than any other group in the US.
WeHealth is dedicated to collaborating with Tribes as they navigate the approval, implementation, and success of WeHealth Arizona App, and support continued Tribal contributions to the enhancement of public health technology.
Tribes are highly interconnected; clusters have proven to be the most successful implementation of EN technology.
Tribes may be more willing to use Exposure Notification (EN) technology, and they represent an optimal use case for non-state controlled EN.
Tribes are welcomed to be active participants on the frontier of science, technology, and public health.
Now is the time to ensure Exposure Notification is fully available to traditionally underserved communities.
Recognizing and Overcoming Barriers
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What is Laser Cutting?
Laser cutting, also known as laser engraving, technology uses a powerful laser to cut materials. It is controlled by files that are made using various Computer Aided Design (CAD) software. Laser cutting is an efficient way to cut through a range of materials, including but not limited to fabric, wood and metal. When the technology was newly developed, it was limited to industrial applications due to its cost. However, laser cutting is now becoming more accessible to the everyday person.
Laser cutting is a much faster alternative to cutting by hand. The machine does not require constant monitoring, instead, it can be left to complete the task while you get something else done. This is highly useful in both commercial and domestic scenarios as it reduces the amount of manual labour required.
Did you know that you can easily minimise wastage by using a laser cutter? A classic example of this is when you’re cutting out fabric patterns. By using a laser cutter, the computer is able to automatically determine the arrangement of pattern pieces that will result in the least wastage. Not only does this minimise costs and materials required, however, it is saving valuable resources.
Laser cutting will not warp your base material. In contrast, many other cutting and engraving techniques will distort your original object. By choosing to use a laser cutter, you are minimising the risk of damaging your object or material.
Laser cutting is a great way to cut out a precise design as it is highly accurate. Even intricate designs can be brought to life with this technology.
A laser cutter is highly versatile as it works on a wide range of materials. As well as this, it can be adapted for various different uses. Some of these include use for engraving plaques, cutting out fabric patterns, personalising jewellery etc.
View examples of our laser cutting and engraving projects:
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Platinum Awards – Your Northern Beaches Laser Cutting Specialists
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We pride ourselves on competitive pricing, reliability and making sure the process is as smooth as possible for all our customers. We specialise in laser engraving on a wide range of products including glass and crysal engraving, plastic, stainless steel and standard trophy and perpetual engraving.
We provide free artwork set up and engraving proofs to all Northern Beaches customers prior to engraving to ensure the process is as smooth and stress free as possible.
Quick turnarounds is not a problem. Contact us for no obligation quote or even some advice and guidance. We have plenty of experience and can navigate you through the best options to fit your budget, timeline and expectations. We pride ourselves on our customer service and our customer communication.
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Trialling technology for blended teaching
We wanted to share with you a snippet of one of the ways the University is exploring how we can best work in a hybrid environment.
The School of Mathematics & Statistics have been trialling the use of interactive white boards within level 1 (110) and level 3 (311B) for tutorials and seminars.
The whiteboards are large format touch screens with an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled room camera. By using the whiteboards in a teaching setting, students can be remote or within a classroom setting and can equally collaborate/interact with the ‘lecture board’. All participants (including those physically present) can interact with the content on the board by using a portable device and the whiteboards are compatible with the use of collaboration software such as Miro, Mural, Teams and others.
The use of this technology has enabled inclusive blended meetings and active collaboration from different locations. It has enhanced the continuity of working and research capabilities by enabling remote or hybrid working scenarios that are accessible, inclusive and provide continuous quality access.
The benefits of the interactive whiteboards for colleagues are that they are able to feel included by participating seamlessly in blended sessions.
We are conducting a number of pilots through the People First: Enabling New Ways of Working programme. If you would like to learn more about any of the projects on our webpages, or have an idea that we might be able to support, please get in touch with the team at email@example.com.
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A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing to explain the UK’s recent topsy turvy weather.
Prof Tim Palmer from Oxford University said there were still too many unknowns in climate forecasting.
Short-term weather forecasting is generally very accurate.
And long-term trends in rising temperatures aren’t in doubt.
But Prof Palmer says many puzzles remain unsolved: take the recent weird weather in the UK, with the wettest February on record followed by the sunniest Spring.
This year’s figure was 13% higher than the previous record – that’s like the winner of the 100 metres leaving opponents over 11 metres behind.
Some place the blame on climate change, but the Met Office says, as yet, there’s no strong evidence for that.
Prof Palmer told BBC News: “It would be really valuable for us to have more knowledge of how climate change is affecting weather patterns like this.
“Was climate change implicated in the recent weird weather? We don’t know.”
He agrees that space observations have massively improved our understanding of the climate.
But he complains: “It is very frustrating to see space get quite so much attention when we can’t be sure what will happen to the climate on Earth.
So what do we know so far about recent British weather weirdness?
The Met Office successfully predicted the wet winter in its seasonal forecast, but failed to predict the sudden leap to a dry spring when the jetstream was looped over the UK, holding the sunny weather in place.
In a global climate chicken-and-egg debate there’s the question of why the jetstream behaved this way.
Some scientists believe it’s being affected by conditions in the Arctic, which is warming faster than anywhere on the planet, because of greenhouse gases. But this is disputed.
Prof Palmer said the jetstream appeared to be influenced by a climate phenomenon known as the Indian dipole – an irregular oscillating current in the Indian Ocean. This was also blamed for the wildfires in Australia.
But what’s influencing the Indian dipole? Or is it completely natural?
“There are very strange things going on in the tropics,” Prof Palmer added. “The question is, ‘is it natural?’ and we’re not yet sure.”
Scientists are now planning to re-run UK climate models over recent years and remove the heating element of CO2 emissions from the mathematical puzzle. That should offer a better understanding of British weather at least.
Prof Palmer admits it’s surprising this exercise wasn’t done sooner. But of all the uses of extra cash for climate research, he thinks the most useful spending on climate research might be to unlock the secret of clouds – one of the most intractable climate mysteries.
If warmer weather leads to more low-level clouds, that will bounce out radiation and cool the Earth. If it leads to more high-level clouds, that will trap in heat.
In fact, Prof Palmer said, one recent cloud modelling exercise suggested that if we’re unlucky, global temperatures may rise by 5C after CO2 levels are doubled – a level utterly inhospitable to humans. The conclusion was previously ruled out under different analysis.
“We need to understand these processes better,” he says.
“The climate model is the only tool we have to understand what future is in store for humanity as a result of climate change.
“Space observations tell us what is happening now, but climate models tell us about what will happen next year, next decade, next century.”
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Bangladesh is a country of natural beauty. Everywhere you look in Bangladesh is green. There are a lot of tour spots in this country, which are the center point of attraction for tourists from different countries. Sylhet is a division of Bangladesh that is famous for its tea gardens. Today’s blog I’ve focused of Sylhet tourist attraction of Bangladesh.
Sylhet Tour, Bangladesh
Sylhet is a historical religious place with immense potential for tourism. Apart from the captivating environment of the tea garden, various historical sites, shrines have taken Sylhet to another height.
Top Tourist Attraction Bangladesh- The tea capital of Bangladesh is Srimangal which is 450 km long. Absolutely amazing of many tea gardens here attracts tourists. After a mile-wide tea garden, it feels as if the green carpet is on the slopes of the hill. The country’s most advanced tea is produced here.
Sylhet has been playing an important role in the economic growth of the country through teas produced from tea gardens. This tea is exported abroad. Bangladesh earns a huge amount of foreign currency. Surma Basin (all the surrounding areas of Sylhet) is covered in tea gardens and this is why tea is one of the national assets of Bangladesh.
Tea Gardens, Sylhet
Among the 163 tea gardens located in different places of Bangladesh, there are three largest tea gardens, which describe the amount of tea production. In these 163 tea gardens, almost three lakh workers work every day, out of which 75% are female workers and 25% are male workers. Women and indigenous workers in tea gardens have more reasons than women because they are better than men.
A trip to the tea garden in Sylhet is a memorable one for anyone. These tea gardens carry memories of the rule of the English kings. The English started tea cultivation here and as of that time, the tea garden managers still live in white-colored buildings in the woods. Bengalis work to decorate the tea gardens very nicely. The life of the tea garden is also very much like the British period.
Srimangal Tea Garden is located in Srimangal Upazila of Moulvibazar district. Without going to Sylhet, you can go straight to bus or train at Srimangal, 190 kilometers away from Dhaka.
Top Tourist Attraction Bangladesh- Shah Jalal Mazar
Dargah of Shah Jalal, an idealistic establishment in the city of Sylhet, which basically came to Bangladesh in 1303 AD and the last tomb of Islam’s Islamist missionary Shah Jalal. This tomb dargah is stayed on a hill near the north end of Sylhet city.
According to some different opinion, the Muslim civilization and creed of Sylhet land have spread through this dargah sharif. It is known that the area is linked with the prestige and unearthly memories of Shah Jalal, one of the holy pilgrims in Sylhet. According to the historian Achutcharan Chaudhary, the Muslim plane and tradition has been spread in places like Dhaka, Mymensingh, Tripura, Comilla and Assam, by the followers of Shah Jalal, sent from this dargah sharif. Thousands of people come here every year on the instance of yearly uras (local pronunciation: urus) from several regions of Bangladesh and India and offer devotion and gratitude to the creator of Shah Jalal (Asila/Aulia). | <urn:uuid:38f129d6-f975-4f8b-90b6-810caf97ac0e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogsauthor.com/top-tourist-attraction-bangladesh/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.954105 | 716 | 2.046875 | 2 |
It’s really the sort of thing you want to keep well clear of your food. Unhappily, in addition to being vile stuff for humans, it also has properties that make it quite attractive for manufactures of food packaging. As Mother Jones has noted before (“Waiter, There’s BPA in My Soup“), it’s in the lining of virtually every can in the supermarket, from baby food to beer to Coca-Cola to chicken soup. Even some organic brands use it in their canned tomatoes.
The FDA—the agency charged with overseeing the safety of the food supply—for years bucked a growing weight of scientific evidence and declared it safe. Then, in January 2010, the agency shifted course, declaring it had “some concern about the potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and young children.” In a report released in May of this year, FDA scientists tested “commonly consumed” canned foods from supermarket shelves, just to make sure BPA was really leeching from the can linings into the food (as ample previous reseaerch had already confirmed). The results: 71 of 78 samples had “detectable” levels.
All the while, the agency has avoided making a decision on the question of whether or not to ban the chemical, and millions of Americans continue to be exposed to it daily. Why the delay? Given the weight of evidence indicting BPA, I can only conclude that the chemical-industry lobby, rallying to protect a lucrative market, has convinced the agency to sit on its hands.
This week, hounded by a lawsuit from the Natural Resource Defense Council, the FDA has announced it will make a final decision on BPA by March 31, 2012. I wish we could expect the Obama administration to take the side of science and public health here. But given what we know about industry influence over regulatory decisions in this administration?and after seeing what happened with the FDA’s decision over the “morning-after pill”?the chemical industry may well have this one in the can, along with its BPA. | <urn:uuid:0fb72e0f-edec-4029-9490-bbfed14dcc58> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.motherjones.com/food/2011/12/fda-bpa-cans/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.96562 | 450 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Pensions are boring and complicated but, like it or not, they are a key part of our financial lives. I’ve covered the basics in my Pensions Made Simple blog so now I want to talk about a big decision that you will have to make at retirement – the choice of ARF or Annuity?
If you have a private pension (meaning anything other than the State Pension) you can generally take up to 25% of the value of the fund at retirement in the form of a tax free lump sum. So what happens to the remaining 75%? You will normally then have a choice between an Annuity or an Approved Retirement Fund (ARF).
What is an Annuity?
An Annuity is a pension product where you buy a (taxable) income for life in exchange for a once-off upfront payment (of your remaining 75% pension pot).
What is an ARF?
An ARF is a retirement fund in which you keep your remaining 75% pension pot invested and you decide when to withdraw funds as (taxable) income.
Why choose an ARF?
- You retain ownership of your retirement fund and any money left in the ARF after your death goes to your next of kin – a major plus if you are in poor health (as an Annuity dies with you).
- You have flexibility in terms of when and how much you withdraw from your ARF in retirement – but you must take an annual minimum of 4% in your 60s and 5% after that.
- You can choose how to invest your ARF and select investments that suit your needs and attitude to risk. Remember, ARF investment growth is tax free, but withdrawals are taxable.
- Annuity rates (and therefore income) are extremely low at present and considered to be very poor value.
- You can use your ARF money to buy an Annuity later on (and secure a regular income) and perhaps get a higher Annuity rate (bigger income) for the same lump sum as you will be older.
Why choose an Annuity?
- Your Annuity income is guaranteed for life, which you can rely on when budgeting for retirement spending.
- Your ARF funds could run out in your lifetime if you take out too much income or if investment performance is poor or if you live longer than expected.
- You will have to pay ongoing ARF / investment / management charges.
- There is no guarantee that you will be able to buy you a higher Annuity pension later on – annuity rates could be even lower in the future.
- Revenue automatically assume that you withdraw 4% to 5% each year from an ARF and tax you on that amount whether you like it or not.
In conclusion, going the ARF route will be the wiser option for most people in this era of historically low interest rates. Nevertheless, if and when you face the choice of ARF or Annuity, it is important to weigh up the pros and cons of both, and consider your total financial and personal situation (preferably with the help of a financial advisor) before you make a final decision.
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Toombs, Robert A. (1810–1885)
TOOMBS, ROBERT A. (1810–1885)
A Georgia attorney educated at Schenectady's Union College, Robert Augustus Toombs was a congressman (1843–1853) and senator (1853–1861) before becoming a secession leader. Initially a conservative whig and an ally of alexander stephens, Toombs became a Democrat, but not a fire-eater, after the compromise of 1850. In 1856 he supported the admission of Kansas without slavery, if the settlers there voted for statehood on that basis. In 1860 Toombs worked for a united Democratic Party, but despite this goal and his previous support for stephen a. douglas in the senate, Toombs opposed Douglas's presidential aspirations. After abraham lincoln's election Toombs supported the Crittenden Compromise, and he also offered his own. When compromise failed, he returned to Georgia as a secession leader, writing a report for the Georgia Secession Convention explaining why dis-union was necessary. Appointed Confederate secretary of state, Toombs resigned after five months to accept a rebel army commission. When he was denied a promotion after Antietam, Toombs left the army and became a critic of jefferson davis's economic inefficiency, confederate violations of civil liberties, and conscription. In 1865 he escaped to England; he returned in 1867 to lead Georgia's anti-reconstruction forces. He dominated Georgia's 1877 constitutional convention, which paved the way for black disfranchisement, and, at Toombs's insistence, severely limited corporate charters and railroad development. Toombs never petitioned for citizenship, and although a successful attorney, never again held public office. | <urn:uuid:3137a556-cefd-405a-a9f1-4070fc0d3058> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/toombs-robert-1810-1885 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.947119 | 378 | 2.625 | 3 |
Staff from our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo are in the process of transporting heavy equipment from our warehouse in Cochabamba to begin work on improving an aviation landing strip in Toro Toro, Bolivia. The first fleet of equipment was dropped off, and our staff then turned around with the trailers to go back to Cochabamba to pick up more machinery to transport to Toro Toro, so that we can begin work on the project early next week.
Toro Toro Airstrip Designed in 2020, Then Delayed Due to COVID
Mano a Mano’s Aviation Program offers private-pay flights to individuals and businesses in Bolivia to raise funds and subsidize our emergency rescue and weekend clinic programs. Bolivia’s geographic diversity and vast array of natural wonders led us to consider initiating regularly scheduled flights to tourist attractions. A request from Toro Toro’s mayor to repair its damaged runway and fly tourists into the area presented the right opportunity.
Toro Toro is well known for its fossilized dinosaur tracks, a significant attraction in Bolivia. We completed the challenging design and plan for the runway re-do, but COVID created two insurmountable challenges in 2020: we were not allowed to send personnel into this community and, during most of the year, flying for non-COVID reasons was prohibited.
The project is now underway.
Transporting Heavy Equipment to Improve a Runway in Toro Toro, Bolivia
Mano a Mano Projects in 2020: Working Around the Pandemic
2020 was a very difficult year, but despite the challenges Mano a Mano continued with our mission of creating partnerships with impoverished Bolivian communities to improve health and increase economic well-being. Learn more about each of our major programs and its work last year at the links below:
- Providing Access to Health and Education in Bolivia in 2020
- Flying in Bolivia During COVID: Mano a Mano’s Aviation Program in 2020
- Mano a Mano 2020 Water Projects: Working Around the Pandemic
- 2020 Summary of Medical Distributions in Bolivia
- Building Roads and Runways, Training Heavy Equipment Operators, and Dredging Rivers: Community-Based Economic Development Projects Completed in 2020
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Power densities in electronic subsystems continue to increase, driving demand for more extreme cooling power alternatives that increasingly include liquid cooling as a viable candidate. To optimize thermal management efficiency, sustainability and reliability, designers of systems that use liquid cooling are exploring innovative combinations of component materials, including advanced thermoplastics, specialized elastomers, metal alloys and engineered fluids.
Whether designing a closed-loop, single-phase immersion, twophase immersion or direct-to-chip cooling system, component material compatibility is critical to performance. This article provides general guidance regarding selecting the right ingredients for a liquid cooling solution.
THINK HOLISTICALLY WHEN SELECTING COMPONENTS
A variety of subsystems and components make up the architecture that is critical to the successful and reliable operation of any cooling system.
Each system component has the potential to interact with other component materials. Therefore, materials interactions and dependencies warrant detailed analysis during design and specification.
Coolants are of particular interest, not only as the primary conduit of thermal transfer, but because they are in contact with all wetted materials within a particular cooling system, as indicated in Figure 1. Some fluids may promote corrosion or biofouling in the presence of certain materials, creating the potential flow blockage or failure of the cooling system. It is essential to understand what all the materials are and the interactions that they might have. Specifically, when assessing concerns related chemical compatibility, potential permeation and diffusive losses, it is important to identify critical points of connection – such as tubing junctions, manifold ports, and quick disconnect fittings – and evaluate each one for risks to reliability and performance.
Overall, when it comes to material selection, one must think holistically. This includes accounting for all system components and considering the potential effects of the environment, working fluid, temperature, pressure, and mechanical loading, which might adversely impact performance.
This article will discuss liquids commonly used in liquid cooling applications and present an overview of the materials of construction. Finally, we’ll provide guidance regarding the potential compatibility of these fluids and materials when used together.
TAPPING COOLANT ALTERNATIVES
Obviously, choosing a coolant is a focal point when designing a liquid cooling system. From a compatibility standpoint, it is important to recognize that the fluid links virtually every component as it circulates through the liquid cooling system. Table 1 provides a brief overview of a number of fluids typically used in cooling electronics.
The first step in selecting a coolant is to consider operating and storage temperatures. Fluid properties must be appropriate to the application environment, such as a boiling point that satisfies the thermal load and thermal efficiency needed without exceeding the critical heat flux. Fluids must also have suitable low temperature characteristics during storage and shipping, environmental exposures, particularly engineered dielectrics such as fluorochemicals, as well as refrigerants. It is often necessary to understand the environmental impact of the fluid throughout the life cycle – how it’s manufactured, the potential impact of it leaching into the facility or atmosphere during use, and end-oflife fluid reclamation requirements.
When selecting fluids, the ozone depletion and global warming potentials need to be considered, particularly for refrigerants and dielectrics. Over the last decade or so, the World Health Organization guidelines have increased emphasis on these parameters, prompting the development of greener alternatives, such as 3M Novec™, HFE coolant, and more environmentally friendly, fourth generation hydrofluoroolefin refrigerants like R-1234 or R-1336.
In addition to thermal stability and chemical compatibilities, properties such as coolant toxicity, flammability, cleanliness requirements, environmental impact, and cost should be considered. And of course, when comparing coolant types and options, all materials that the fluid may come in contact with throughout the system should be evaluated.
SIZING UP MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
Electronics cooling system components are, in general, comprised of three types of polymers – commodity plastics, engineered thermoplastics, and elastomers – and four types of metal alloys – aluminum, brass, copper and stainless steel. Table 2 provides a high-level comparison of liquid cooling system component materials of construction.
Polymer properties can vary widely based on processing, additives, fillers, and where they are on the spectrum, from commodity to ultra-high-performance thermoplastics and elastomers.
Polymers can replace metal in many areas, and often provide additional benefits. For example, engineered thermoplastics like PPSU and PEEK can meet higher thermal, chemical and mechanical requirements compared to metals while providing the added benefits of reduced weight and better corrosion resistance at a potentially lower cost.
Engineered thermoplastics can be an excellent choice, especially when considering effects of weight, chemical compatibility, and price over metal counterparts. When specifying thermoplastic materials look for mechanical strength, chemical compatibility, and thermal stability characteristics.
Polymers, in particular commodity plastics and some thermoplastics, may present issues in certain applications.
Given the emerging prevalence of warm-water cooling systems, polymer resistance to hydrolysis has become an important factor. Polymers with hydrolyzable links may be at risk for severe property degradation in hot water environments. The same risk may apply for fluorochemicals in contact with fluorinated polymers. As we know, like dissolves like, and there could be a risk of solubility of certain plasticizers or additives into the coolant fluid.
Since flammability may also be a concern with some polymers, designs should include inherently non flammable materials, specifically non halogenated thermoplastics. Long-term exposure to a wide range of temperatures is certainly a key consideration for material selection in cooling systems.
Additional risks associated with thermoplastics include chemical attacks and crazing, cracking, discoloration, and, as previously mentioned, extraction or leaching into the coolant. Fluid absorption, swelling and certainly thermal aging and degradation effects over time and also mechanical loading and an internal pressure stresses are potential threats to integrity as well.
Elastomers can be engineered to meet a wide range of performance requirements.
Elastomers are polymers that have the property of viscoelasticity – they are rubbery and flexible – and are primarily used in components for fluid transport, such as tubing and hose, as well as sealing components such as O-rings and gaskets. To understand how elastomers tend to behave, we can look at how they’re made.
Vulcanization, or the process of curing, creates permanent crosslinks in long polymer chains in elastomers. These chains ensure that when stresses are loaded and unloaded, the elastomeric component will return to its original position. In the case of an O-ring and a quick disconnect, for example, an elastomer will maintain its seal.
At a high level, specifying elastomers for use in a liquid cooling application requires detailed analysis and evaluation with the selected unique coolant to ensure compatibility and longterm reliability.
For discussion purposes, some common material compound that might be seen in these applications can be identified as hydrogenated nitrile, ethylene-propylene or EPDM, and chloroprene. HNBR has great chemical resistance, excellent mechanical properties, including tensile strength, tear modulus to the wide temperature range and can be compounded for excellent resistance for high pressure applications. EPDM has excellent hot water and steam resistance characteristics. However, because it has lower resistance to hydrocarbon, it is not well suited for any refrigerant type application.
Chloroprene, which is commonly known as neoprene, is very resistant to many chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs that are used as refrigerant. It has low cost but moderate chemical resistance and limited temperature resistance.
Some additional things to consider when specifying elastomers are to consider the hardness (the durometer), the thermal robustness under both continuous and intermittent exposures, and certainly the compounding as it relates directly to chemical compatibility.
Compared to commodity plastic polymers, metal components in liquid cooling systems are generally more stable, more durable and have a perception of longer-term reliability. Metal components also tend to be heavier and can be more expensive. In many applications, the enhanced performance characteristics of metals warrants the additional investment. In other applications, the right polymer may actually provide the best solution.
When considering metal alloys for use in systems, one should account for mechanical strength, surface treatment, and cleanliness. While many refrigerants and engineered fluids are low- to non-corrosive to metals, designers still must consider the operating environment with regard to corrosion.
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: CHEMICAL COMPATIBILITY
With a foundational understanding of the fluids, plastics and metals that might be employed in a given liquid cooling application, one can assess potential chemical compatibility of system components, based on their make-up, to ensure reliable, long term operation.
While polymers and metals can be effective in any combination when appropriately specified, it is critical to distinguish wetted materials of construction from structural materials. Wetted materials include all components that are directly exposed to the coolant and therefore, are indirectly exposed to one another. Structural materials are not exposed to coolant during normal operation. Creating a list of wetted and structural materials early in the design cycle can help avoid complications down the road. A given component might potentially be built of a combination of polymers and metals. Thus, it is important to distinguish the wetted materials from structural materials within a given component. For example, a quick disconnect, such as those shown in Figure 2, may be constructed of nickel-plated brass and include an elastomeric O-ring seal, a polysulfone thumb latch and stainless steel springs. However, only the interior surface of the connector and the elastomer seal would be wetted in a closedloop cooling system and those materials need to be considered for compatibility relative to the selected coolant.
At a high level, fluids can affect polymers in two different ways: physically and chemically. The first is generally reversible while the other is not. For example, an O-ring compound in a quick disconnect might have an affinity for a certain coolant, causing the O-ring to swell, which creates connection and disconnection issues that potentially lead to leaks. Replacing the O-ring with an alternative plastic or specifying a different fluid could correct the problem.
However, in a chemical interaction, in which a plasticizer is extracted from a component such as tubing, the effects of that dissolved plasticizer on the fluid’s performance can be dramatic and are irreversible, which can be a critical issue in sensitive high-value applications.
General guidance can provide a good starting point. Table 3 provides an overview of relative compatibility between various materials and coolant options. Remember, a holistic view of the full application details is the best way to ensure that the right materials are specified. It is incumbent on system designers to test components under expected operating extremes for their applications to assess fluid and material interactions at application-specific temperatures, pressures, and other environmental conditions.
A key to successful liquid cooling design is to engage with component suppliers early. This allows for the identification of any materials that might be exposed to coolant, and any other variables that might be present so that a design solution that is optimized for the specific system requirements can be developed.
About the Author
Beth Langer leads a team of design engineers focused on quick disconnect coupling product development. She earned her Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Over the course of her career, she has been responsible for product design, reliability and technical innovation for industrial products. Besides leading design solutions that serve CPC customers, she is an active consulting member on ASHRAE and OCP committees. | <urn:uuid:27b3f9df-4503-4a31-a2db-bfccf256e877> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.electronics-cooling.com/2022/04/why-chemical-compatibility-is-vital-to-your-liquid-cooling-system-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.925326 | 2,486 | 3 | 3 |
If there is a drug addict in your family, you probably know that raising the issue of drug abuse is like playing with fireworks in a burning house. They explode more often than not.
How to deal with a person with addictive personality
What is the real reason for this?At first glance it seems that they are “simply sensitive” on the subject. But saying that they are simply sensitive does not lead to a decision. Why are they so sensitive? How can you avoid cheating in the conversation and really discuss the problem?There is a way, a way in which you can communicate openly and freely with them about drugs and behavior, and even about the possibilities of getting help for drug addiction.But for them to open, you must make some changes in the way you speak to them.
If you really want to help addictive personality, you should forget about all the problems you have, the problems caused by your behavior. It’s not about you, it’s about a drug addict, your daughter, your son, your spouse, about anything.If you want them to be strong enough to discuss the problem, you must go ahead, show strength and reject all your outrage, fear, anxiety and resentment.
Remember that an addict uses drugs due to weakness. Everyone has their own weaknesses, but the addict has a weakness precisely in those areas that can lead to drug addiction or some other addictive behavior or other possible obsession. He or she probably feels quite bad because of the whole situation, and this will not help you point out the obvious.
A person must make the addict feel that telling him the truth will not open another stream of accusations. No one wants to feel stupid, especially one who has nerves, for example, a drug addict. Make him feel completely safe to speak with you freely. You should not make them feel bad or imperfect when they open, even when they tell you something shocking. You must maintain a balance and allow the continuation of the load.
They are desperate to hold on to some self-esteem. You should let them have this if you want a meaningful dialogue.If a person can listen carefully, without panting and without showing ones incredulous surprise, and if one can make the addict realize that a person is not considered an idiot or a criminal, then it is time to discuss open options to recover from addiction.
Remember that you must be strong enough for both of you, to keep your character and look at the goal of a safe space in which the addict feels that you can strip his soul and move on. | <urn:uuid:1d449c68-70bc-4062-ac55-c0807c827a66> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mhealth2011.com/how-to-deal-with-a-person-with-addictive-personality/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.96854 | 528 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Wooing the 'Forty-Ninth State'
Washington Eyes Newfoundland
[For the source of this document, see the end of the article.]
There is a chance - admittedly a long one - that neither Alaska nor Hawaii will be the forty-ninth State of the Union, but that a rank outsider will. It is reported here that there is a grass roots sentiment in Newfoundland favouring taking that orphan of the British Empire into the United States. A Newfoundland Gallup Poll, the Washington grapevine says, could well show a major sentiment among Newfoundlanders for joining the United States.
The reason this possibility arises is that Newfoundland's present political status is up in the air. It is neither beast, bird nor fish. It is not a Dominion of the British Empire. It is not a province of Canada. It is not a British colony. It is not an independent country. It occupies a class alone in the British Empire. It is governed by a Commission of Britishers and Newfoundlanders in what is admittedly a temporary status.
That suspension of St. John's in political mid-air occurred in 1934 when Newfoundland, then a British dominion, went bankrupt and sought financial help from London. London was prepared to bale out its overseas relative, but only if St. John's agreed to surrender dominion status. The pinch was such that Newfoundland agreed, and so, for thirteen years, has been living in suspended political animation, governed by a temporary commission.
Now, however, the country faces the prospect of a referendum on its status. A Newfoundland National Convention is wrestling with the prospect of the country's political future. The referendum is expected to occur next spring, though there is a slim chance it could still occur this year.
Convention delegates have already been in London to find out what the British could promise them if they returned to dominion status. While the bargaining was admittedly wrapped in secrecy, the reports are that the Newfoundlanders extracted little promise of financial help from London should the 316,000 Newfoundlanders vote to go back to dominion status. Now the delegates are bargaining with the Canadians to discover how anxious Ottawa is to make Newfoundland the tenth Canadian province.
Meanwhile, there is considerable press and apparently spontaneous public interest in Newfoundland for joining the United States. After all, the Newfoundlanders know where much of their war prosperity came from. They may well feel that their chance of help in hard times, if such return, is better if they are an American State than if they are a canadian province or a British dominion, or continue in their present uncertain status.
There is some question as to whether the Commission, when it puts the question of Newfoundland's future status to the people, could include the choice of union with the United States. There is even serious doubt as to whether the referendum can provide the alternative of provincial status in Canada. Canada's equivalent of this country's philadelphia lawyers argue that the Convention has only the power to have a referendum ask if Newfoundlanders prefer to continue as is, under joint Commission rule, or return to dominion status.
If the Newfoundlanders decide for the present status, then that's that. But if they decide for dominion rights, then, and only then, these same legal technicians say, could the Newfoundlanders look into what to do with their sovereignty - keep it, merge it with Canada, or seek admission to the American Union.
Of course, Canada and the United States would have something to say about whether or not they would take Newfoundland in. As for becoming the forty-ninth State in the United States, the American Congress, which means the American people, would have something to say about that. And as yet, if Washington sentiment is any indication, they are conspicuously unconditioned for such an event, despite the reported grass roots interest in Newfoundland in such a solution.
However, it is not too late for Americans to take an active interest in Newfoundland with one eye on sizing it up as a future member of the family. While Newfoundland before the war was an economic liability to Britain, there is no gainsaying its strategic importance. Nor should the untold mineral wealth of Labrador, which belongs to Newfoundland, possibly including atomic energy sources, be ignored, Americans could do worse than cultivate Newfoundland for statehood, particularly as that cultivation would apparently be welcome.
Source: Article originally published in the Christian Science Monitor and reproduced in the Vancouver Sun, October 24, 1947, p. 4. Article transcribed by Claude Bélanger.
Return to Canadian Views of Newfoundland's Entrance into Confederation
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OUR men of natural science are able sometimes to reconstruct the shape and the size of a completely extinct species from a single bone, or splinter of a bone, that has been quite accidentally dug out of the earth. And in something of the same way Pilate's wife rises up before us out of a single sentence in Matthew's Gospel. We see the governor's wife only for a moment. We hear her only for a moment. But in the space of that short moment of time she so impresses her sudden footprint on this page of this Gospel, that as long as this Gospel is read, this that Pilate's wife said and did that Passover morning shall be held in remembrance for a most honourable memorial of her.
Both Pilate and his wife, in Paul's words, were Gentiles in the flesh, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world. Both Pilate and his wife were perfect heathens, as we would say. They were still at what we would call the pre-patriarchal period of divine revelation. They were still very much what Abraham himself was when God chose him, and spake to him, and said to him, "Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee." As regards many of the good things of this life; learning, civilisation, refinement, and such like; the Roman governor and his gifted wife were very far advanced; but as regards what our Lord estimates to be the one thing needful for all men, they were not unlike Terah, and Nahor, and Abram, when they still dwelt in old time on the other side of the flood, and still served other gods. Both Pilate and his wife were still at that stage in which God was wont to speak to men at sundry times and in divers manners; and, among other manners, in the manner of a dream. For, till Holy Scripture came to some fulness and to some clearness, we find God revealing Himself in a dream, not only to Abraham, and Pharaoh, and Nebuchadnezzar; but even to Jacob, and Joseph, and Solomon, and down even to such New Testament men as Peter, and Paul, and John. Almighty God has complete control and continual command of all the avenues that lead into the soul of man, and He sends His message to this soul and to that at the very time and in the very way that seems wisest and best in His sight. And Elihu's remarkable description of the manner and the matter of one of his own divine dreams may be taken as a prophetic forecast of this passover dream of Pilate's wife: "In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed: then He openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, that He may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain." A perfect picture of Pilate's wife's dream in the Prætorium that night, and of its divinely-intended purpose toward Pilate himself, which was to withdraw Pilate from his purpose, and to keep back his soul from the pit.
Long before that passover morning Pilate's wife had made up her mind about Jesus of Nazareth. With all the wealth and all the rank of the city against Him; with all the temple learning and all the temple authority against Him; with, without exception, every responsible ruler and every influential man in all Jerusalem against Him; and with all her own and all her husband's original interests and natural instincts strongly prejudicing her against Him-she had overcome all that, and had deliberately and resolutely taken up His side. She had made up her mind that whatever else He was, or might turn out to be, at any rate up to the present moment, He had been a blameless man. He had gone about doing good. The procurator's palace was the centre and the seat of everything. All the telegraph wires ran up and delivered themselves there. Everything that took place in the province was instantly reported at the Prætorium. Not a word of rebellion was whispered in closets, not a zealot stirred a foot in the greatest stealth, not a sword was sharpened at midnight in all the land, but it was all as well known to Pilate and to his wife as to the intending insurrectionary himself. And, though the Roman procurators were wont to leave their wives at home when they set out to their provinces, Pilate's wife was far too meet a help to him to be left behind him when he was wrestling for his life with those rebellious and treacherous Jews in Jerusalem. And it was so. The procurator's wife shared all her husband's anxieties, all his responsibilities, and all his apprehensions. She was with him in everything with her keen mind and her noble heart. And with all her swift divination she had come to the sure conclusion long ago that Jesus of Nazareth was all and more than He seemed to be. Her Hebrew maid could not assist her Roman mistress to dress, but, one way or other, the same subject of conversation continually came up-what He had last said, and what He had last done. She could not drive out through the gate of the city but there was His congregation covering the highway. She could not return home that He was not healing some sick man at the door of the temple. And, all that passover week,-what with her husband's spies, and what with her own, she knew as well as Annas and Caiaphas themselves knew what they had determined to do. She had watched out of her window what we now know as the entry into Jerusalem. She had heard coming over the valley the voices of the children in the temple crying out and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" till she wished that her children were among them. The last thing that absolutely carried her whole heart captive was Martha and Mary and their brother Lazarus. And it had needed all her own self-command, and all her husband's command over her as her husband, to keep her from going out to Bethany to see Lazarus with her own eyes. She had often read of such things in her own ancient books at home, but such a thing as this had never come so near her before. And then, when the report came to the Prætorium that Lazarus's friend had been betrayed and taken prisoner, and was all that night to be under trial before Caiaphas and the council; and then, that it would all roll in upon her husband the next morning-if a dream cometh through the multitude of business-no wonder that Pilate's wife dreamed about Jesus of Nazareth all that passover night!
Just what shape her dream took that passover night, I would give something for myself to know. And it is not mere and idle curiosity that makes me say that, for it would be to me a great lesson in the first principles of divine revelation to the Old Testament Church, as well as to this Roman matron's soul, and to my own soul. It would be as good as another disinterred manuscript of the Acts of Pilate, did we know something of the multitude of this business about Jesus that had gone that night to make up that so suffering and so opportune dream. With the books of the Hebrew prophets on her table, and with the echoes of John's preaching and Jesus' parables filling the air all around her, what may the governor's wife not have seen and heard in the visions and voices of that ominous night? She may have seen a hand coming out and writing it on the wall of the Prætorium, "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin." She may have seen the same sight that made Daniel himself to be troubled, and his countenance to change. She may have seen the Ancient of days, with His throne like the fiery flame, and His wheels as burning fire, and the judgment set, and the books opened. She may have seen one like the Son of Man come with the clouds of heaven, till His kingdom was an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion that shall not be destroyed. Till, 'For God's sake,' she said, 'have thou nothing to do with that dreadful man?' Now, among all your dreams and visions on your bed do you ever dream about Jesus Christ? You dream every night about this man and that woman that you love or hate. Do you ever dream about your Saviour? Do you love and fear Him to that extent? If He were actually engaged within you on the salvation of your soul, the multitudinous business connected with that inward work would surely make you think about Him all day till you would dream about Him all night. Do you ever do it? Will you be able to say to Him at the last day, 'Lord, Thou knowest that I often thought about Thee all day and dreamed about Thee all night, and told my husband my dreams about Thee in the morning?' Will you have as much as Pilate's heathen wife will have to say for herself and for him? Will you; or will you not? What do you think? What do you say?
And then, this will be openly acknowledged and admitted in the day of judgment that Pilate's wife was fearlessly true and faithful to all her light. Her best light was as yet but candle-light. It was but as rush-light. But, even candle-light, even rush-light, even the faintest reflection of candle-light or rush-light is, all the time, the very same light as the light of the noonday sun. All light of all kinds comes, in one way or another, from one and the same source. And the lurid light of Pilate's wife's dream that night all came to her and to him from the Light of the world. The identical same Light that is lighting you and me with such brilliance and beauty in this house tonight, that very same Light struggled within that Roman lady's soul on her bed and in her dreams in Jerusalem that night. And nothing in divine things is more sure than this, that they who love the light-be it candle-light or be it sun-light-shall have more light sent to them, till they have all the light that they need. To them their path shall shine more and more to the perfect day. They who love the light, and walk in what light they have, they shall never lie down in darkness. You may absolutely depend upon it that the True Light Himself, who stood under such a cloud before Pilate's bar that daybreak, both overheard and laid up in His heart the noble message that came out to the procurator. You may rely on it that He who had already sent her so much of His own light, continued to send her more, till she became one of those princess saints of Cæsar's household, whom Paul so saluted in long after days. And may we not hope that Pilate himself was at last completely won with the holy walk of his wife, as he beheld her chaste conversation coupled with fear?
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200th Birthday of the Union Chain Bridge: Celebrating the Bicentenary
Sunday the 26th July 2020 is the 200th anniversary of the official opening of the Union Chain Bridge. This engineering triumph over the River Tweed is loved by the local community and so, before the Coronavirus epidemic, it felt fitting that there should be an on-site celebration to mark the birthday of this important structure. However, since that is not currently possible, instead there will be a programme of digital events running throughout the day. Starting at 10am, the Berwick Museum and Art Gallery Facebook page will be hosting a series of activities, posts, and showing the première of a specially composed bicentenary film.
The full programme:
10 am – the official launch of the brand-new website www.unionchainbridge.com
11 am – a historical article to be published on the 1820 grand opening ceremony
12 pm – the première of the 200th birthday bicentenary film
1 pm – an invitation for Union Chain Bridge stories and memories from the public
2 pm – a craft activity during which you can make your own paper model of the Union Chain Bridge
3 pm – links to The Friends of the Union Chain Bridge’s bicentenary symposium publication
4 pm – STEM kit give-away: launch of a competition to get a free children’s k’nex bridge building kit
5 pm – links to the historical and engineering stories of the Union Chain Bridge on the new Bridge Stories section of the website
To follow all the action, turn on, and tune in to: www.facebook.com/berwickmuseum.The bicentenary celebrations, on 26th July, and wider 18-month conservation of the Union Chain Bridge, starting in August, is also a catalyst for further outreach. A programme of learning, research activities through archaeological digs and in the archives, and community engagement, will take place over the next two years. For all these activities, we will need the help of volunteers. To read more about the wider Union Chain Bridge project, please click here. | <urn:uuid:1e6dcb21-c3aa-4601-98dd-21b89926054e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://unionchainbridge.org/2020/07/23/200th-birthday-of-the-union-chain-bridge-celebrating-the-bicentenary/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.913092 | 442 | 1.945313 | 2 |
RISE to the Challenge: Resolve, Innovate, Support, Engage
RISE to the Challenge: Resolve, Innovate, Support, Engage, took place October 28-29, 2021. CADRE hosted its 8th National Symposium virtually this year! Symposium participants included OSEP staff, state dispute resolution coordinators, directors of special education, dispute resolution practitioners, parent center staff, parents, parent leaders, attorneys, educators, service providers, and researchers. Sessions were recorded and will be made available in the coming weeks.
Objectives for this Symposium
Symposium participants will have the opportunity to:
- Examine collaborative dispute prevention and conflict management strategies within the expanding continuum of dispute resolution practices in special education and early intervention in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Learn about innovations, initiatives, and current research in the field of dispute resolution.
- Receive information, resources, and guidance related to the design, implementation, and improvement of dispute resolution processes and systems with a focus on virtual environments.
- Enhance communities of practice, and connect dispute resolution coordinators, practitioners, educators, and parent leaders with each other and nationally renowned experts in the field.
- Acquire conflict management skills and knowledge critical to the effective resolution of disputes.
Announcing Paul K. Chappell as CADRE's Keynote Speaker for the 8th National Symposium
Paul K. Chappell is the Executive Director of the Peace Literacy Institute, an international peace educator, and founder of Peace Literacy. He graduated from West Point, was deployed to Iraq, and left active duty as a Captain. Realizing that humanity is facing new challenges that require us to become as well-trained in waging peace as soldiers are in waging war, Chappell created Peace Literacy to help students and adults from all backgrounds work toward their full potential and a more peaceful world.
Chappell grew up in a violent household. Born in 1980, he was raised in Alabama, the son of a Korean mother and a Black father who was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. These experiences were part of what compelled him to forge a new understanding of war, peace, rage, trauma, and our shared humanity.
This understanding is conveyed in his seven-book Road to Peace series. The first six books are Will War Ever End? (2009), The End of War (2010), Peaceful Revolution (2012), The Art of Waging Peace (2013), The Cosmic Ocean (2015), and Soldiers of Peace (2017).
The Peace Literacy Institute offers free curriculum for pre-K through college and adult education. Paul K. Chappell also facilitates professional development workshops with the following learning outcomes:
Identifying our human needs and the tangles of trauma
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Resolving conflict and learning the power of respect and calm
Understanding emerging digital technologies in terms of human needs
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican retailers have embarked on the obstacle course of Web commerce, hindered by low household Internet access, unreliable mail systems, and cultural resistance to computerized buying.
The Mexican retail industry sees e-commerce as a key to future growth despite the hurdles and even as prospects dim for some Web retail businesses in the United States, Mexico sector analysts and industry sources said.
"We are betting that the Internet will be a very interesting medium in the coming years, above all in Mexico and Latin America," said an executive with Grupo Sanborns, the department store chain which launched its online store last August.
Mexican lawmakers also are betting on the Internet.
On Wednesday the lower house of Congress unanimously approved legislation to regulate e-commerce and provide consumer protections and confidentiality safeguards, based on a model developed by the United Nations International Mercantile Rights Commission.
The bill, which now goes to the Senate, has drawn some criticism from industry leaders, who say the market should regulate itself, partly because they believe technology will outpace legal regulations.
For Sanborns, which earlier this year purchased computer retailer CompUSA Inc., a high-tech image is as important as Internet sales.
"We see it as another service to the client, another point of access," said the executive, who declined to be named. "And Sanborns wants to have the image of being up-to-date with the latest technological advances. So in terms of service and image we have to do it."
He and representatives of other companies expressed satisfaction with the return so far on their Internet ventures, though none would provide data concerning spending, sales, or site hits.
Mauricio Brocado, a financial analyst with Mexico City's Finamex, said Sanborns generated only a minuscule $15,000 in Internet sales in the fourth quarter of 1999, compared with total fourth-quarter sales of 3.8 billion pesos (approximately $400 million).
But Latin American executives believe Web sales will surge, according to a survey by Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, in which 31 percent of executives polled said they expected electronic business to generate 20 percent of revenues within five years.
Some U.S. Internet retailers, after an initial rush of optimism, find themselves squeezed by falling sales and profit margins amid mounting competitive pressures and investor flight.
Mexican companies, learning from that example, are taking a conservative approach, building on existing infrastructure to minimize new investment and maximize returns.
"The risks are very high without operating liquidity," Adrian Gonzalez, director of operations for Mexican portal Todito.com, which connects Internet users to e-tailers, told Reforma newspaper. "The publicity expenses are enormous."
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Parents, students struggle with Read to Achieve
ASHEVILLE – Yashika Smith’s daughter broke down and cried when she didn’t pass her end-of-grade reading test on the first try.
“That was the only time I saw her break down,” Smith said. “She said ‘I did the best I could. I really, really did.’ That broke my heart.”
Nine-year-old Teriyiah Smith, a student at Vance Elementary, had been reading passages and answering questions for months. She’d gone through multiple tests designed to assess her reading skills — all tied to Read to Achieve, a state law passed in 2012 and designed to have all third-graders reading at grade level by the end of the school year.
The idea was students wouldn’t move to fourth grade if they couldn’t show they were proficient at reading at their grade level.
Third grade was already an important year. It’s the first time students get letter grades and the first year for end-of-grade testing. But Read to Achieve raised the stakes.
And the law has sparked some fierce criticism — in part because of the number of assessments and the reading portfolios that consumed hours inside classrooms across the state. The portfolios consisted of a series of 36 reading passages and mini-tests based on various standards students are required to master.
“Some of them (the students) really, really started to dislike and hate the passages,” said Kurt Campbell, Teriyiah’s teacher at Vance. “Every time I would say we have to do another one, moans and groans throughout the classroom. I would have kids in tears. I would have parents calling me and saying, ‘My kid wants to know if you are doing a passage tomorrow because they really don’t want to do one.’”
Since its implementation, petitions and Facebook pages have popped up in opposition to Read to Achieve. One Raleigh mom described to state lawmakers how her daughter had gone from loving school to suffering anxiety when faced with the testing.
Smith said it was challenging to watch her daughter “just doubt herself.”
“She’s always struggled a bit with reading. Getting out of the second grade and feeling like she had mastered reading and then to go to third grade, and there’s a whole different ballgame,” Smith said. “It was quite stressful for her.”
Smith worked at home with her daughter, reading and using sample tests from the state website to prepare. She didn’t want her daughter to have to rely on the portfolio passages.
Smith said Campbell also worked “around the clock.”
“He literally did everything in his power. I couldn’t ask for a better teacher,” she said.
When Teriyiah passed her end-of-grade reading test on the second try, Campbell called Smith on a Friday evening to tell her. The family celebrated all weekend.
Read to Achieve
State lawmakers have made some changes to Read to Achieve requirements, and more could be coming.
In the meantime, many of those students who didn’t meet the requirements — and a few who did — are busy with intense reading instruction in summer reading camps across the state.
Some students may find themselves in hybrid, third-fourth grade classrooms next year, still classified as “retained” and continuing to get extra reading help but working toward promotion to fourth grade.
Read to Achieve is modeled on a Florida law. Republican lawmakers in the state Senate pushed the Read to Achieve legislation two years ago.
The language was inserted into the state budget that year, according to Leanne Winner, director of governmental relations for the North Carolina School Boards Association.
The law contained a number of provisions on how to implement the program, including directing the state Department of Public Instruction to adopt a “formative diagnostic assessment system for all K-3 teachers” to use in assessing children.
“This was going to be a way of looking at the child throughout the year … looking at their foundational skills to see where they had strengths and weaknesses so that teachers could build their instruction based on where the child was,” said Carolyn Guthrie, director of K-3 literacy for the state Department of Public Instruction.
Another major component was developing the portfolio, which was designed to give students another way to show they were proficient at reading even if they didn’t pass their end-of-grade tests.
“The way the law reads, the portfolio should contain three examples of mastery on each of the standards that are measured on the EOG. That’s where the 36 (passages) came from,” Guthrie said. “So, it was never intended to be tests. It was never intended to be standardized. It was intended for a teacher to be able to use at her discretion.”
Guthrie said the portfolio was meant for students “on the bubble or struggling” who were likely to need summer reading camp “or go into the fall and work on their portfolio then.”
Teachers couldn’t begin using the portfolio passages until January. At the time, the law said anyone who didn’t pass end-of-grade tests in reading would have to attend summer reading camp. Many districts didn’t want to let that be decided with a single test.
“Many districts were saying every child will go through the portfolio process,” Winner said.
The Department of Public Instruction then began sending out guidance, letting school districts know that if a student performed well on beginning of grade tests, they would be considered proficient. School districts could also use alternate assessments to show proficiency. Read to Achieve also included exemptions for special need students as well as some students with limited English proficiency.
As the ways students could show reading proficiency expanded, the number of students needing to complete the portfolio began to shrink.
Isaac Dickson Elementary teacher Steven Davis said when other assessments were allowed, he reached a point where just a few students were doing the portfolio assessments.
At first, teachers didn’t want to “push this on them too much,” Davis said. But the prospect of mandatory summer reading camp was hanging over the students.
Students could do no more than three of the portfolio passages per week.
“And who would want to give these kids more than three a week, because third grade is already the most tested grade,” Davis said. “And so with that you are putting these kids in a position of already hating these things and feeling so bad about school because all they’re doing is taking tests.”
Davis said some parents were also frustrated because they thought their students were missing out on instructional time.
The irony is those students who needed the most instruction were spending more time on passages and tests. A student who completes the passages and answers questions successfully on the first try still needs 18 hours to get through all of them, Winner said.
“Some districts, I think many, required students who had not made it through one of those other hoops to go ahead and do the portfolio,” Winner said. “You ended up in some districts with some children who you knew were not reading at grade level, still taking portfolio passages, not being able to demonstrate that they were proficient, not doing well on those and getting very frustrated.”
Assistant Principal Derek Edwards said Vance tried to be “very targeted” regarding which children would do the passages and also tried to use the portfolio passages to better target where a child needed help.
School officials didn’t want the reading passages to be “lost time.”
And throughout the year, Campbell tried to remind his students to remember the things they loved to read.
He stressed, “this isn’t reading. This is just to let us know what kind of a reader you are.”
“I said people are asking us to jump through hoops. We just need to try and jump through as many of them as we can and do the best we can,” Campbell said.
Teachers say the rules around Read to Achieve changed repeatedly — changing right up until the end of the school year.
Students who didn’t pass EOGs were initially told they would have to attend summer reading camps that are taking place across the state. Eventually, state lawmakers made attendance voluntary. The state also allowed school districts to shorten the length of the camps.
Teriyiah Smith is moving to fourth grade, but her mom decided to send her to the summer reading camp at Vance anyway.
Smith says her daughter loves it.
“She doesn’t see it as ‘Oh I’m going to summer school because I need the extra help’,” Smith said. Instead, she sees it as a way to keep improving.
Ninety students from elementary schools across the Asheville City system are taking part in the six-week summer reading camp at Vance.
About 230 Buncombe County school students are attending summer reading camps out of 343 who were eligible, according to Danna Knight, instructional coach and district coordinator for Buncombe County Schools’ reading camp sites.
The summer camp is providing students “an extra opportunity to build their skills,” Knight said. County schools have six sites and students will attend for four weeks.
Some students who didn’t pass the end-of-grade reading test can work on their portfolios during the summer reading camp. They’ll also have a chance with another test at the end of the session.
At the Vance summer reading camp, instruction is designed to meet each individual student’s needs, Edwards said.
Inside one classroom, Davis is working with students on reading fluency. And a fellow teacher works on comprehension.
Davis says he’s had more time to teach without worrying about the “regulations of Read to Achieve.”
For those students who still aren’t proficient, Guthrie said principals and teachers will have to determine “does this child really need to go to third grade again or would they benefit from going through a three-four transition or accelerated class.”
Students in the transitional classes will get 90 minutes a day of uninterrupted reading instruction. At the same time, they’ll also be working on fourth-grade standards and will have the chance to be promoted to fourth grade during the year if they meet the reading standards.
Local school officials say they can’t say how many students may be required to repeat the third grade or how many may end up in transitional classes until the summer reading camps are completed.
Holding a student back creates concern because retention is associated with higher drop-out rates.
Educators say students don’t all start in the same place, and some are being ask to grow more than just one grade level in a year.
Guthrie said that’s why it’s important for teachers in kindergarten, first and second grades to target their instruction to reach lagging students.
“We’ve talked about this law being so concentrated on third grade, but this law isn’t about third grade. This law is about K, 1 and 2,” Guthrie said.
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Have you ever been at the thrift store and found a mumu or dress that’s got beautiful fabric and a vaguely nice shape, but is kinf of…well…frumpy? Instead of passing over that diamond in the rough, you can turn it into a cute, wearable skirt!
In this cute, funny video Sarah shows you how to transform that ill-fitting dress into a cute skirt with just a few supplies and beginner sewing skills. All you need to make your skirt are:
- A thrifted dress – or one from your closet – that doesn’t fit you
- fabric scissors
- elastic, or the old elastic waistband from a skirt that does fit you but maybe has a hole or a stain
- sewing machine, thread, pins
She ends up with some wonkiness, that I think you could easily avoid if you cut your elastic skirt top so it’s straight all the way around. When you’re pinning your skirt bottom to the skirt top, they may also not be the same width around. That’s ok! While you’re pinning, arrange them so the gathers are pretty even, and your finished product should look nice and tailored.
Note: If you don’t have an elastic wasitband to use, don’t worry! It’s so easy to add the elastic waist yourself. Measure out enough elastic so that it snugly fits your waist. Then just fold the top of the skirt inwards by 1/2″ and sew almost all of the way around, leaving about a 2″ opening. Feed your elastic through (a safety pin will help!), and sew the ends together, then use your machine to finish sewing that 2″ opening closed. Voila! If you need more details, I have detailed instructions along with photos on this skirt tutorial over at Glue and Glitter.
Have you guys made any fun, upcycled clothing lately? I’d love to see what you’re making in the comments!
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Greetings of Peace and Joy in the name of Jesus of Nazareth from the Council for World Mission. It is my prayer that this Christmas season will fill you and your families with the hope of life even in the midst of pandemic. Advent is a season of joy and jubilance. Christmas is a festival of hope, joy, and peace that we celebrate together.
How are you in this Christmas? Unfortunately, this year also, like last year, most of us cannot hold celebrations with families, friends, and communities together because the Covid-19 global pandemic continues to impact our lives even after two years. As a result, we are confronted with worry, stress, anxiety, and other emotional challenges caused by the ongoing uncertainties and instabilities.
The number of infections continue to rise in many countries. The emergence of the new and more infectious Covid variants causing increased fear and anxiety among the people. The impact of prolonged lockdowns, social distancing and quarantine measures, growing financial insecurities, and lack of access to medical and social services are creating an increased emotional and psychological illness in the millions of people globally.
Specific vulnerable populations like migrant workers, homeless, elderly as well as those who already have mental health conditions, are even more affected. Unfortunately, mental illness is often associated with failure, blame, shame, and stigma, and as such, affected persons rarely get the help they need.
It is in this context of challenges, we prepare to celebrate Christmas this year. Christmas is a celebration of God’s manifestation in this world of darkness, suffering, and death to bring light, healing, and life. Christmas reminds us that Christ came into this world not only to set us free from spiritual bondage but from every form of bondage, including mental and emotional.
Christmas reminds us that Christ came into this world to live among us (John1:14), giving us the assurance of “God with Us” (Matthew 2:23) even in the midst of the ongoing pandemic and all the chaos that it has created. Our challenge this Christmas is to remember and remind others that God revealed Godself in human form and came to us, to meet us at the point of our struggles and our search for meaning in life. Therefore, Christmas is a celebration of “Fellowship with God.”
In the world of pandemic, where we are distanced from one another, living in isolation, separated from friends, families, relatives, and co-workers, Christmas gives us assurance that the Immanuel God came down to live with us—live in fellowship with us—so that we are not alone, not isolated, and not distanced, but in fellowship with God who is “with us” always.
Therefore, “God with us” is a message of HOPE.
Allan Boesak says that hope teaches us the language of life in which we articulate our deepest longings for a life of human flourishing that can lift us out of the depths of despair and empowering us to find the liberating and hope-giving God. Hope is both fragile and resilient. It is fragile when it is rooted in our vulnerabilities, but it is resilient when rooted in God’s promises. Isaiah 7:14 reminds us of the promise that “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” Immanuel means “God with us.”
The promise of this Christmas is that God with us, giving us strength in the place of weakness, fellowship in the place of isolation, courage in the place of fear, and life in the place of death. God is always present and reachable to us as Immanuel. Let us spread this message of hope this Christmas because hope is more contagious than covid.
Second, “God with us” is a message of JOY
In this world of pandemic, joy has disappeared from the lives of many as they struggle to cope with the enormous stress and anxiety. So the question is, how can we rejoice in the midst of pain and struggle? How can we rejoice when our loved ones have departed us? How can we rejoice when our lives are filled with darkness, chaos, and uncertainties? Indeed, it is not easy to put up a smile on our face in the midst of struggle. But the promise of Christmas that “God with us” must be a reason for us to be joyful despite the challenges.
The message of Angels to shepherds in Luke 2:10 says, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.” This message of great joy came not for the rich and privileged but for poor shepherds who were waiting for their redemption from social, political, economic, and religious oppressions. Let us spread the joy of Gospel this Christmas because everyone deserves to be joyful. Do not be afraid to smile!
As I conclude, my dear sisters and brothers, I would like to call upon each one of you to continue to uphold hope and share joy. We know that hope and joy are stronger than despair and sorrow. May this season of Christmas be a time of realizing it is never too late to hope for. May the Immanuel God be with you always.
Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum
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Manosque is a typical Provençal town surrounded by Luberon
and Verdon national parks. Lying on the
right bank of the River Durance, its medieval origins are immediately apparent from the the two monumental gates that flank the
north and south of the town – the Porte Saunerie, which stands as a testament to Manosque’s prestigious rôle in
the Middle Ages and which now forms the town’s the main entrance and commercial area, and the fourteenth-century Porte Soubeyran.
Manosque's coat of arms is made up of four hands and bears the motto Omnia in manu dei sunt – ‘Everything is in God's
What to see and visit: The Centre Jean Giono is immediately next to the Porte Saunerie - the writer Jean Giono (1985-1970) was born and died in Manosque; a Romanesque gateway – the Porte du Sel (1832); the fourteenth-century Porte Soubeyran; the campanile (1830); the recently restored Porte Guilhempierre; the Porte d'Aubette; the tenth-century Romanesque Église Notre-Dame-de-Romigier; the Romano-Gothic Église Saint-Sauveur (twelfth and thirteenth century); the hillside Chapelle Saint-Pancrace.
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What is cannabis salve
Maybe we need to step back a moment. How about, “what is a salve?”. A salve is simply the term for a healing solution that you put on your skin, including creams, ointments, or balms. Generally, salves are fairly thick, shelf-stable, and include nourishing oils such as coconut oil, olive oil, sweet almond oil, or others.
In our cannabis salve recipe, we prefer to use mostly coconut oil, because it is full of saturated fat that binds well with cannabinoids. It is also ultra-moisturizing. We also add a dash of olive oil to increase absorption and smoothness. To learn more about various carrier oils, check out our homemadecalendula oil article – where I discuss the pros and cons of a dozen different oil options!Salves also typically contain waxes or butters to bind the ingredients and make them semi-solid at room temperature. Beeswax is a popular option because it is readily available, easy to work with (especially when purchased in pastilles), and creates perfectly smooth results. See the ingredient list below for recommended vegan substitutions.
When cannabis is added to salve as an ingredient… voila! You’ve got yourself a cannabis salve. The most common way to add cannabis to a salve recipe is to create a cannabis-infused oil first, and then combine the oil with the other salve ingredients.
Therefore, that is exactly what we’re going to do in this recipe: make cannabis oil, and then the salve. But first: “what kind of cannabis should I use in my oil or salve?”
Using decarboxylated or raw cannabis in salve
If you aren’t familiar with the term, decarboxylation is the process of heating cannabis at an ideal time and temperature to transform raw cannabinoid compounds from their “acid” form to more active and potent versions. For example, CBDA and THCA are changed into CBD and THC respectively. Decarboxylation naturally occurs when cannabis is smoked or vaporized, but it needs to be accomplished by other means when using cannabis in oil or salves – such as by heating it in the oven. (Read more about decarboxylation here)
The medicinal benefits of decarboxylated THC and CBD are well-documented. Both are anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, high in antioxidants, relieve pain, relax muscles, and suppress tumor growth. This is especially true when they’re used and work together, known as the “entourage effect“. THC is a particularly powerful analgesic (pain-reliever). CBD has even more expansive healing applications, and can help relieve seizures, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis. That said, we definitely want to reap those benefits and use decarbed cannabis in this salve recipe!
On the other hand, emerging studies are revealing that raw THCA and CBDA have some pretty groovy perks too. THCA is showing a promising ability to reduce inflammation, muscle spasms, arthritis, and cancer. CBDA also fights inflammation and tumor growth.
Beyond CBD and THC, there are dozens of other compounds found in cannabis that may produce individual, interactive, or synergistic benefits, including phytocannabinoids, flavonoids, and terpenes. It should be noted that THC is psychoactive and CBD is not, though that doesn’t matter all that much when making a cannabis salve intended for topical use only.
Considering all of this, we like to use both decarbed and raw organic cannabis (containing both THC and CBD) to create a full-spectrum, well-rounded, ultra-healing finished product.
What can cannabis salve be used for?
Cannabis salve is stellar at relieving many ailments! First of all, coconut oil and olive oil are extremely nourishing on their own – so you’re going to get plenty of moisture from your salve to heal dry, cracked, or otherwise irritated skin. If you add a few drops of essential oils to your salve, you’ll also get the benefit of aromatherapy.
The healing properties of your homemade cannabis salve may vary slightly depending on what type of cannabis you use. In general, cannabis salve can be used to treat or relieve the following :
- Rashes, itching, or other skin irritation
- General inflammation
- Sore joints
- Muscle aches
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Irregular cell growth (e.g. skin cancer cells)
How Does It Work?
Did you know we all have an Endocannabinoid System? Yep. Just like we have an endocrine system, immune system, digestive system, and so on. Our bodies have natural receptors, literally made to interact with cannabinoid compounds. This includes both internal, naturally-synthesized cannabinoids and those from external sources – like those from marijuana or hemp. Neat, huh?
When cannabis salve or medicated topicals are applied to our skin, the THC, CBD, and other cannabinoids present in the solution penetrate the skin to bind and activate our localized endocannabinoid receptors. They won’t enter the bloodstream however, so topically-applied salve will not get you “high”.
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE CANNABIS SALVE :
- 7-10 grams of decarboxylated cannabis (ground or torn to fairy small pieces). If your cannabis is not yet decarbed, see Step 1 in the instructions below.
- 1 ½ cups of coconut oil OR, 1 ½ cups of already-infused cannabis coconut oil (*see notes about using different types of oil below)
- Optional: 5 grams raw cannabis, dried and cured.
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup beeswax pastilles (vegan option: replace with the same amount of organic soy wax, candelilla wax, or carnauba wax)
- Optional: Essential oils of choice. I like using this certified organic lavender oil. Tea tree, peppermint, rosemary, lemon, or eucalyptus are also great choices!
- Optional: 1 tablespoon of shea butter or 1 teaspoon of vitamin E oil for additional antioxidants and moisture
- A double-boiler, or make-shift double boiler – such as a glass pyrex bowl or stainless steel bowl perched on top of a saucepan with water below
- Cheesecloth (if your cannabis oil is not already made)
- Mixing bowl
- Glass jars or salve tins, for storage
- Recommended: probe thermometer
*Notes: If you want to scale this recipe up or down: the general rule of thumb for salve is to use about 1 part of beeswax to 4 or 5 parts oil, including both coconut and olive oil. Since we use virgin coconut oil that is solid at room temperature, we can get away with lesser beeswax and the salve will still set up well. If you use a different carrier oil that is liquid at room temperature, either omit the extra 1/3 cup olive oil mentioned above, or increase the amount of beeswax pastilles to 1/2 cup. | <urn:uuid:ecf46b6e-2f2e-47f0-8e65-d85babcde9c1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ketamasf.com/medicated-salve-properties/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.913722 | 1,547 | 1.703125 | 2 |
“Will you lay down your life for me?
Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow
before you deny me three times.” (Jn 13:38)
Betrayal is a very real part of our lives. We all probably have experienced being betrayed at one time or another in our lives. It is not pleasant or pretty. It is painful and ugly. Sadly, it is also a part of our sordid human condition.
Even when we think that we can rise above it, we find ourselves mired down.
At the Last Supper, Jesus told his Apostles that one of them would betray Him. Of course, the ultimate betrayer in that room was Judas Iscariot.
There were others in that room who would “betray” Him as well. Sure, they may not have sold Him out to the authorities; however, when the time came for His arrest, most would flee from His presence.
Peter, one of the Lord’s closest — and Jesus’ chosen, hand-picked “rock” of the Church — betrayed Jesus by his denial. Not just once, but, three times.
The difference between Peter and Judas, however? Quite simply, one went back to the Lord seeking forgiveness and the other could not bring himself to go back. One was brought back into the fold. The other hung himself on a tree. Ironic, since Jesus died on a tree.
These days of Holy Week are quite painful in that, if we live them as we should, they show us the areas in our lives where we sin, where we fail, where we betray the Lord. Moved to sorrow, we ask the Lord to forgive us our failings and to bring us back into His fold.
“One of you will betray me.” This news was very disturbing to the Apostles and they rushed to assure the Lord of their allegiance. Yet, Jesus told Peter that he would deny the Lord three times that very night. And Peter did. We betray the Lord whenever we choose to sin. Do not turn your back on the Lord’s healing love as Judas did. Instead, seek His forgiveness, His peace.
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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, is having a bad week. He just made history by becoming the first billionaire to lose $50 billion in just two days. According to Bloomberg, the second day of his eye-watering net worth dive is the largest single-day drop since Jeff Bezos’ $36 billion loss in 2019. In Bezos’ case, the shortfall came from his divorce to MacKenzie Scott.
Tesla Stock Falters
For Musk, the loss is much less personal. His wealth is comprised almost entirely of his shareholdings. Shares of Tesla company have crumpled over the past two days, with investor sentiment turning sour over an errant Tweet from Musk. Over the weekend, Musk asked his followers on Twitter whether he should sell ten percent of his Tesla shares. The poll concluded with Musk’s followers voting in favor of selling, causing Tesla stock to fall by 7% on Monday.
After the poll concluded, the news broke that Musk’s brother, Kimbal, sold $109 million worth of Tesla stock on Friday. This sale occurred before Musk sent the tweet that rocked the company’s share price. Kimbal Musk also donated 25,000 shares to charity Friday, the same number he sold. He’s not the first member of Tesla’s board of directors to cash in on the company’s astronomical rise, either.
At the end of October, three directors, Robyn Denholm, Ira Ehrenpreis, and Antonio Gracias, sold Tesla shares worth hundreds of millions of dollars. This comes as no surprise: the electric car manufacturer has seen a 1600% rise in share prices over the last two years. Even with the stock down to $1,025 per share Wednesday morning, Musk is still the wealthiest person on the planet.
Sell-off Cuts Into Musk’s Net Worth
Even after losing $50 billion in two days, Musk is still worth $83 billion more than the next-wealthiest person on the planet, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The two are so far ahead of other billionaires that the gap between their wealth has occasionally grown larger than the net worth of Bill Gates, the fourth-wealthiest person on the planet. Before Tesla’s recent price plunge, Musk was over $143 billion wealthier than Bezos.
Gates has a net worth of just over $138 billion.
Tuesday’s sell-off stung investors other than Musk, too. Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle Corp, holds the second-largest individual stake in Tesla. Ellison lost a staggering $2.1 billion on Tuesday. Likewise, ARK Investment Management saw $750 million erased over a single day of trading yesterday.
Even with this dramatic drop, Tesla continues to enjoy a market capitalization above $1 trillion. This market cap is due to its unbelievable rise over the past year. The company’s revenue beat expectations throughout 2021, and delivery numbers showed shareholders that the EV’s manufacturing issues are behind them. This, combined with a higher valuation for Musk’s company SpaceX, has kept Musk’s fortune up 70% since January of this year.
Tesla could have more competition waiting to strike. Lucid Group, the company behind a gorgeous electric concept car called the Lucid Air, has finally manufactured and delivered a few vehicles to customers. Investor sentiment in the company has been positive for the past year, with the stock enjoying 317% growth this year alone. When Lucid announced that it delivered a few vehicles, investor confidence skyrocketed, as did share prices. On Wednesday morning, shares of the upstart automaker were trading around $42.
One of Lucid’s critical selling points among investors is its management team. Unlike some startups, the company boasts management with automotive industry experience. Tesla’s former chief engineer for the Model S, Peter Rawlinson, is the company’s CEO. Likewise, Lucid Air’s designer is longtime industry veteran Derek Jenkins. This talented staff has investors cautiously optimistic that Lucid could be a challenger to Tesla’s EV dominance.
Another competitor, Rivian, has recently made headlines, too. On Tuesday, the Amazon-backed automaker completed its initial public offering. It drummed up almost $12 billion while selling shares at $78 apiece. That eye-opening IPO makes it one of the top ten initial offerings in US history, pushing Rivian to the forefront of investors’ minds.
Rivian isn’t a newcomer to the industry, though. It was founded in 2009 and has already made delivery of thousands of R1T electric pickup trucks. Amazon has a 20% stake in the American automaker, from whom it ordered 100,000 electric delivery vans. The company will begin public trading Wednesday under the ticker RIVN.
The Future Is Electric
Some investors argue that the market overvalues shares of EV manufacturers. Bullish stakeholders contend that the market is the future of the automotive industry. Even conventional manufacturers are building up significant production of EVs to keep up with the explosion in demand. All signs point to an electric future for vehicles. The only question now is which automaker will come out on top in the battle for market dominance. | <urn:uuid:28584fa2-7a53-471e-a77e-ecd00b6ab86e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mindyourdollars.com/news/elon-musk-loses-50-billion/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.952995 | 1,085 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Do Your Homework
There’s a lot to learn when it comes to parenthood. Finding a “niche”, as it were, is easier if you look into things prior the child’s birth. You’ve got nine months to prepare, and many professional environments offer maternity leave. Ideally, you should spend the first three years of your child’s life being closely attentive to them; this is when they need you most.
Realistically, that may not be possible. However, if you do your homework in advance, learn what you’re in for, figure out associated costs, get yourself tools and support resources, and such preparatory acts, you’ll be able to nurture your child more effectively. Following we’ll look at five things worth taking into consideration in that regard.
Follow the Advice of Friends and Family
You’ve got friends who have had children since you knew them in high school. They made mistakes, but learned as well, and know what you should watch for. You don’t have to take all their advice, but listening can’t hurt, and they’ll probably save you from yourself in more ways than one. The same is true as regards family.
Get a Support Network
A parental support network gives you a community you can lean on when you’ve got questions, when difficult situations develop, and when you need help finding varying things like medical solutions or childcare. Beyond friends, family, and your spouse, it’s important to have access to parental support networks.
Explore Lactation Consultation
Breastfeeding doesn’t always go as planned. Sometimes you’ve got a clogged milk duct, sometimes the act of nursing is so uncomfortable you have problems doing it; the list goes on. For every issue from finding a more effective breastfeeding latch to the diet which helps you produce milk is explored through lactation consultants. You might want to find one.
Make Technology Work For You
Internet of Things (IoT) baby monitors have visual, audiological, and biometric data which you can access wherever you’re at with your smartphone. Such options also facilitate decentralized occupational solutions. Find new tech you can use to ease your burden as a mom.
Examine Your Budget
Stop eating out, make coffee at home, walk or ride bikes, carpool, end subscriptions, and find whatever you can cut from your budget, then cut it. Examine your finances carefully and optimize them. This frees up resources and heightens your capabilities as a mom.
Freeing Yourself Up to Mother More Effectively
When you get the advice of friends and family, you avoid hidden parental “land mines” you might not even have known to watch for otherwise. Support networks also give you advice, and emergency options when they’re needed. Lactation consultation helps you resolve breastfeeding issues, tech frees up your time, and budget restructuring increases resources.
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A collection of news articles, op-eds and thinkpieces on migration
Omran Daqneesh, Aylan Kurdi and the invisibility of Syrian children
The picture of Omran Daqneesh after he was saved under the rubble of his destroyed home in Aleppo has surfaced and shook the internet. The image reminds us of Aylan Kurdi, who was found dead on the Turkish shore in September 2015. The two stories show the inescapable plight of Syrian children, their lives torn by war whether they stay or leave their homes. As thousands of other Syrian children have lost their lives, have become injured and suffer from psychological trauma, Omran Daqneesh has attracted worldwide attention, becoming a symbol for those who remain invisible. But the global outrage sparked by the photographs is but temporary and people are critical it will lead to any action or change.
North Africa - More than a transit destination
As the EU attempts to limit immigration and export border management to the peripheries of Europe, many sub-Saharan migrants find themselves stuck along the North African coast. In Morocco, they live in make-shift and mobile camps until they attempt the sea crossing to Europe - or across the fences of the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Others find themselves stuck in Tripoli, where they are detained in dire circumstances. The story of a Senegalese migrant sheds light on the corruption, violence and racism that they experience on their journey, and eventually in the detention centers of Libya. The sea route is no less dangerous. 2016 has already seen more fatalities as compared to 2015. A photographer followed a team of Sea Watch volunteers during their rescue operations on the Mediterranean.
The EU not only tries to curb migration through policing its borders but also through the promotion of return migration. Since 2009, a program of the French government aids the return of Tunisian migrants by giving students and workers who agree to return home free training, internship placements and small stipends to establish their own business. While the training offers some hope for especially younger returnees, Tunisia’s rampant unemployment and a tourism industry suffering from security concerns begs for more large-scale development.
The media’s Eurocentric focus on migrants’ move up North overshadows the fact that most African migration is intercontinental. Up to 20,000 people every year take the ‘Southern Route’ to reach South Africa, deemed the Promised Land of the continent. Their stories reveal that they too fall victim to smuggling, torture and other abuses.
War on Terror’s effect on Latino migrants
Recent research has pointed out the devastating effects of the War on Terror on Latino immigrants in the U.S. Over the past fifteen years, U.S. policies and institutions have merged terrorism and immigration positing also the U.S.-Mexican border as a potential terrorist threat.
Refugee arrivals in Germany
Over the past year, Germany has become home to more than 1.1 million refugees, asylum-seekers and other migrants. The migrant influx often leads to self-determined neighborhoods termed ‘arrival cities’, which may give rise to either a new creative, commercial class or a wave of tension and violence. Berlin’s Kreuzberg has been an arrival city for decades, but more recently many asylum-seekers are resettled in Hamburg, where collaboration and community input - including of the newcomers themselves - may be able to make a difference.
In Saarbruecken, young asylum-seekers receive short-term therapy where they express their emotions through art. This kind of support is not available everywhere however and many school-aged children face difficulty in accessing education due to limited spaces and a lack of trained teachers.
Refugees targeted by mafia in Greece
In Greece, aid workers warn of criminal activity in and around the camps. As the police turns a blind eye, Greek and Albanian mafia push vulnerable men and women into drug smuggling, prostitution and human trafficking.
Relativizing the 'refugee crisis'
A new blog post by Hein de Haas debunks the public perception that refugees and asylum-seekers are the biggest source of migration today. De Haas shows that rather, the share of refugees has been small and stable in recent history and that ultimately it's a matter of willpower rather than capability whether we can respond.
World Humanitarian Day
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Behind the Scenes with the Image Makers
2019 Chandra Archive Collection
Credit: Enhanced Image by Judy Schmidt (CC BY-NC-SA) based on
images provided courtesy of NASA/CXC/SAO & NASA/STScI.
It is both an art and a science to make images of objects from space. Most astronomical images are composed of light that humans cannot detect with their eyes. Instead, the data from telescopes like NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory are “translated,” so to speak, into a form that we can understand. This process is done following strict guidelines to ensure scientific accuracy while trying to achieve the highest levels of aesthetics possible.
Over the two decades of the Chandra mission, we have had many talented people who have been involved with making our publicly-released images. We interviewed our current team and share some of their answers to questions posed to all of them below. Kim Arcand is Chandra’s visualization lead and has been with the mission since before launch; Nancy Wolk has been involved with Chandra’s data analysis, software, and spacecraft science operations before joining the image processing team; Lisa Frattare spent years making images from the Hubble Space Telescope before switching career gears but continues to lend her expertise part-time to Chandra’s efforts; Judy Schmidt is a citizen scientist who spends some of her free time using public data to make gorgeous images of space, including those featured in our latest release.
How did you get involved in astronomy and/or astronomical images?
Nancy Wolk: I've always wanted to be an astronomer. I studied astronomy and physics in college and completed a Master's degree in astronomy. After graduation, I moved to the Boston area and started working with data analysis with the Chandra X-ray Observatory (then called AXAF). Over the years, I moved from data analysis to software and then space craft science operations. I've been able to talk directly with the observers and help them configure the instruments for them. Most recently, I have been working with preparing images for press releases.
Kim Arcand: I completed my undergraduate work in molecular biology. My interests then were on bacteria and disease, so I was looking at things like Ixodes Scapularis (the Deer tick) and the spirochaetes that can be transmitted to humans which can cause Lyme Disease. But as I neared the end of my degree I found that I was more attracted to the computer as a tool to tell stories about science than I was to any bugs or bacteria. (The physics and chemistry courses I had to take for that degree, however, would become incredibly useful in my later work.) I moved into a computer science graduate program after completing a degree in biology, and the programming/coding/application development of that was a key tool in my future work with Chandra. I would say it was really the mix of science and computer science that helped move me into astronomical data visualization and related projects.
Judy Schmidt: I've long been interested in astronomy, but what got me hooked on image processing was the European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble's Hidden Treasure contest in 2012. Prior to that, I had no idea that data from NASA's Great Observatories are publicly available for anyone in the world to work with. I always wanted to try some astronomical image processing, but I thought I had to buy my own telescope, travel to some dark skies, and capture my own data. Discovering the vast public archives full of professional data changed my life from merely being a casual onlooker to actively participating in a meaningful way within the astronomy community, and I love it.
Lisa Frattare: I have a Master’s in astronomy from Wesleyan University. That landed me working as a data analyst and later, an image processor for the Hubble Space Telescope at Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, MD. I worked on the Hubble Project as a member of the news team and Hubble Heritage Project. My main role was to help astronomers make their scientific data into exciting images that would appeal to fellow scientists and the public alike. During my 20-year tenure at STScI, I worked on over 300 Hubble images, observed with the telescope, worked on 3D imaging of several targets which led to two IMAX films, and did a small stint on processing X-ray data for the Chandra X-ray Observatory. I now work directly with the Chandra news and outreach group. Although X-rays look different than optical data, the mechanism of X-ray data processing is the same. Once again, I convert scientific data into an image that is sometimes rendered as just the X-ray data, and other times it is composited with other wavelengths like optical, infrared and radio.
Do you think working with these images requires particular skills or interests?
Kim Arcand: Being curious about a topic seems to get us pretty far in my group. I would say that curiosity is the most important “skill” in working with data like this. The technical aspects can fall into place with a bit of work, but without that first breath of curiosity, I don’t know how rewarding or interesting it would be for someone. That said, the technical skills are certainly useful to have, though there are a range of different software applications and scripting languages that can help depending on what part of the pipeline of image processing someone is interested in. Some of the astronomical packages like ds9/js9/SAO Image are a good place to start. And Photoshop plus FitsLiberator are an “industry standard.” It certainly never hurts to have coding skills in this area, but I also can’t overstate the usefulness of having an overall aesthetic or “eye” for art as well.
Judy Schmidt: I don't think there is “One True Way,” but a strong familiarity with some kind of digital photo editing software, such as Photoshop, and an understanding of color theory are both essential. My background is in multimedia design, so the astronomy side of things is largely self-taught. This is probably not ideal, but I've managed to make it work. There are a lot of resources available online that I am grateful for, and I have been lucky to sometimes receive some helpful tips directly from professionals. I am also privileged enough in life to have a substantial amount of time available to devote to this hobby.
Lisa Frattare: I don’t think there is a single cookie cutter astronomical image processor. Each of us comes to the role with a different level of interest in science, color, patterns, analytical data, photography, astronomical knowledge, experience, academic training, etc. Part of the equation includes trying something new, putting in the time and effort, and knowing when to stop fussing with an image.
Nancy Wolk: I do find that you need a basic understanding of astronomy and how astronomical images are created. Many times, the images are not projected onto a flat surface, which means you need to be careful doing measurements along the areas with the largest changes from flat. Each telescope is different and aligning the images can be difficult at times. In addition, knowing the physics behind the particular image is important to understanding what you want to emphasize. Basic art skills such as understanding color theory helps as well to choose colors that really make the images catch the public's eye.
Do you think astronomical images resonate with the public in different ways than those from other types of science? If so, why?
Judy Schmidt: Absolutely. Humans have long known that there is something bigger than us out there, and different cultures have so many different stories and metaphors to tell about it, but astronomical images bring us directly in touch with that feeling. It's like making a connection to some secret hidden truth that perhaps we were never worthy of, but the Universe whispered it to us anyway. There's just something special about receiving a message that's thousands, millions, or even billions of years old. And in many cases, it takes little or no special understanding to not only appreciate it, but yearn for more.
Lisa Frattare: There is a feeling of discovery and a sense of wonder that comes from how astronomical images are perceived. From our early photographs of the Moon, to overexposed black and white spirals and ellipticals from early ground-based telescopes, humans have loved viewing and pondering the heavens.
Kim Arcand: I’m a little bit biased here because I come from a place where microscopic images were my first love, and I would like to say they resonate out in the public sphere quite well. I’m also rather loyal to the telescopic images because … well, they’re awesome. So I love the micro and the macro when it comes to imagery. It certainly seems, however (in a non-scientifically assessed way), that the Universe gets more than its fair share of attention with experts and non-experts, and is definitely out in the pop culture world. I’ve found images I or my team have worked on in all sorts of corners of the world, from earrings on Etsy to high-fashion dresses, from album covers to bed covers, in non-astronomy movies and TV/streaming series. It’s always a surprise and a joy to see our data being used in such a way. There’s never enough science imagery for my tastes, but there seems to be a particular appeal to images of the Universe. Perhaps because they seem to hint at answers to those huge questions of where do we come from, who are we, and where are we going?
Nancy Wolk: Many people have a very tenuous relationship with our sky. Living in major cities, many people only see the brightest stars. Bringing people astronomical images really brings the Universe to the people. When we can show images of planets and then some of the more exotic phenomenon in space, we're opening doors of possibility.
Do you have any advice for anyone who is interested in using astronomical data in public archives for image making or other pursuits?
Lisa Frattare: Observational astronomy is a rocking field. Much of the software needed to analyze telescope data is user friendly and meant to be accessed from anywhere. The NASA Great Observatories Chandra, Hubble and Spitzer, put their data in public online archives. Anyone with a computer and a passion can learn how to process images from the archival data to make incredible pictures of the cosmos. There is also a supportive group of interested, non-professional image processors who share and learn from each other.
Nancy Wolk: I've recently had the privilege of working with a young college student in India this past year. We've discussed different ways to process X-ray data so that data are both accurate and pretty. He's asked many questions and I can see how his work has come a long way. I recommend reaching out to the outreach offices at telescopes. That's why we are here. We want to help people hone their skills and learn how to mix the different wavelengths to gain a better understanding of our universe.
Judy Schmidt: Try not to feel intimidated. I used to worry someone would jump in and tell me I was doing everything wrong and bad, but that never happened. Learning the jargon and getting past the technical parts is worth it. Not a whole lot of people do this work, and there's no secret club, so try to find us on Twitter or other social networks. I've helped a lot of beginners who have asked me questions through email, Twitter, and elsewhere.
Kim Arcand: There are so many different ways to try your hand at imaging the Universe. Here is a brief guide of resources we’ve created or partnered on:
- Brand new to this? Start out by learning how computers use red, green and blue to add color to digital images, and try coloring some real NASA data sets at https://chandra.si.edu/code.
- Next, try watching this TEDx talk to get a brief introduction to what we do at Chandra to visualize the high-energy Universe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kTMr5LqIBQ). Head over to Vox for a more indepth video on how we color the Universe in different kinds of light (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSG0MnmUsEY).
- A good next step would be to take an image using the MicroObservatory (https://mo-www.cfa.harvard.edu/MicroObservatory/), where you can even submit an image for their NASA data photo challenges. There are a number of good resources to try in here.
- After that, a trip through our Open Fits tutorials (https://chandra.si.edu/photo/openFITS/) might be a good place to go. "FITS", which stands for Flexible Image Transport System, is a digital file format used mainly by astronomers. In this section you can download FITS files for some of our favorite Chandra images and learn how to compose your own versions of these high-energy astronomy images with a series of short tutorials.
- When you're ready, dive in to the NASA archives! Each NASA mission has a wealth of data to dig through, and such data is typically public about a year after it's been taken. For Chandra, there are about 19 years of X-ray data to comb through for treasures (http://cxc.harvard.edu/cda/). For Hubble, there's about 28 years of data (https://archive.stsci.edu/hst/). And that's just two astronomical missions. All are publicly accessible, ready to be shined up and polished into a gorgeous visual treat.
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What is a Purchase Order Form?
A purchase order form is a template used for a purchase order. The purchase order is a written (or electronic) document meant to record business transactions between a buyer and a seller. The buyer issues the purchase order, and once the seller accepts the order, a legally binding contract forms between the two parties.
What Does a Purchase Order Include?
A basic purchase order features the following elements:
- Buyer: Name, address, and the contact information of the party paying for the goods.
- Seller: Name, address, and the contact information for the party accepting payment for the goods.
- Purchase Order Number: A unique identifier assigned to each purchase order for easy tracking.
- Order Information/Item Description: The details, quantity of goods, unit price and total cost of goods.
- Shipping Address: Where the goods will be shipped.
- Shipping Date: When the goods will be delivered to the final location
- Billing Address: Where the seller should send the invoice for payment so the buyer can make payment
- Signatures: Each purchase order should contain at least two signatures: one (or more) for the person or people authorizing the purchase on behalf of the business and one (or more) for the person or people accepting the order on behalf of the seller.
- Order Date: The date which the business transaction occurred.
A purchase order may also be referred to as a PO or a contract purchase agreement. The buyer may also be referred to as the vendee, purchaser, or customer. The seller may also be referred to as the vendor or supplier.
The PO must identify:
- What is being purchased and how many or how much
- Where the goods are being shipped
- Payment terms – when the payment should be made and for how much
- Who the buyer and seller are in this particular transaction
It’s also a good idea to include other details, such as:
- Currency: Will the goods be charged and paid for with U.S. dollars or another foreign currency?
- Payment Method: Will the buyer pre-pay, pay in cash, use a credit card, or a check?
- Delivery Method: How will the goods be delivered? Who is the carrier? Will they be delivered by courier or picked up?
- Shipping Costs: The cost associated with packing and sending the goods to the buyer.
- Which Party is Paying Shipping Costs: This should be decided ahead of time. Shipping costs should only be entered when the buyer is paying for shipping. Use a carrier calculator, provided by USPS, UPS, and FedEx to estimate the shipping costs based on package weight.
- Shipping Information/Tracking Number: Like the PO number, this is a unique identifier that’s used to track the progress of goods delivered. It’s provided by the seller when they ship the items and updated as it makes its journey from the seller to the buyer. It provides an estimated delivery date and time depending on the shipping service used, and depending on the service, can also be used to confirm receipt of goods – such as by requiring a signature at delivery. Carriers generally keep a record of signatures at delivery so if any issues arise, the packages can be further traced.
- Insurance: Will the seller insure the goods to protect both parties in the event the package is lost or damaged?
- Terms and Conditions: Any fine print regarding whether or not goods can be returned or what will happen and who is responsible if items are lost or damaged during delivery. If goods can be returned, indicate the return time frame and whether or not the buyer will pay a restocking fee or return shipping fee.
- Governing Law: By default, the seller’s state laws will apply.
Though a purchase order, upon seller acceptance, forms a legally binding contract that a business transaction occurred between the buyer and seller, it does not offer as much legal protection as a contract.
Sample Purchase Order Form
When You Need Purchase Orders
The PO is most commonly used in business transactions that are more sophisticated. If you’re buying a high volume of goods, or many types of products, it’s a good idea to use the document to formally document the purchase.
Since these are legally binding, buyers can use them as a formal paper trail – even if they’re opting for e-procurement solutions that offer electronic POs. This official record keeping helps the finance and inventory departments keep track of orders placed, items received, and inventory.
Use a purchase order when any of the following apply:
- Ordering a large number of items for any business purpose
- Buying several items from another company or supplier
- Managing purchases of a large inventory
- Matching shipments with purchases for auditing or bookkeeping purposes
- Accounts payable department wants to specify the precise terms of goods provided
Doing so helps the buyer:
- Keep a record of purchases for their accounting department
- Track arrival and payment of goods ordered
- Make sure the purchased items are delivered
- Manage incoming and pending orders for better cash flow and inventory management
- Streamline the procurement process by adopting a standard procedure.
U.S. government agencies such as the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Energy (DOE) use purchase orders to track their purchases. While you would expect an organization of that size to use POs to manage everything – it’s even a good idea for small businesses to use them too, since they help you keep track of what you’ve ordered, received, and paid for. And if you’re selling goods to other businesses, the documents can also help you track what people have ordered from you, what you’ve shipped out, and what you’ve been paid for.
Consequences of Not Using a Purchase Order Form
Because the PO clearly documents whether a business transaction has occurred between a buyer and a seller, both parties risk suffering preventable consequences by operating with one.
Buyers deal with lost opportunity costs associated with receiving shipments on time, tracking down goods they’ve paid for, and buying goods elsewhere. Sellers deal with receiving payments on time, tracking down goods they’ve shipped, and selling goods elsewhere.
Buyers deal with the possibility of retaining a lawyer and paying high fees in order to get money back for paid goods or enforcing a business transaction. Sellers deal with the same possibility to go after the money they’re owed and to also enforce their end of a business transaction.
Both buyers and sellers have potential stressors to deal with at opposite ends of the same issues, including: the stress of not receiving goods they’ve paid for, not getting paid for items they’ve sent, having to find another supplier, having to pursue debt collection, and the damaged relationship.
To make things easier on everyone involved, it just makes sense to develop a standard process that includes the use of purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
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Far away in the future, when we are long forgotten, the inhabitants of the world will carefully brush away the dust of time and find ‘2017’ chiselled into the ruins of vast monuments to the mighty Bitcoin.
Whether this is the case or not, it will surely be long remembered that cryptocurrency found a strong foothold this year, and took a momentous step forward in terms of global importance and value. Bitcoin is not alone, with the Ethereum currency among others also experiencing outstanding progress.
At the beginning of January 2017, Bitcoin was valued at close to $1,140 per unit of currency, and now, nearing the end of the year, it has climbed to a dizzying height of close to $7,900. This almost vertical price spike has sent the Bitcoin market cap soaring beyond $100 billion, sending shockwaves of excitement and trepidation around the globe.
Some organisations are now considering whether the technology can be used to disrupt processes within industries, IBM is now engaged in a project to see whether digital currency could be used to streamline and enhance the international payments process. On the other hand, some governments have reacted to the rise of bitcoin with great concern, emplacing rigid restrictions on digital currency.
Regardless of whether Bitcoin continues on its meteoric journey or not, 2017 has been an important year in its history, and we are going to go back to the start and revisit the most important milestones that it has passed along the way.
Bitcoin strikes gold
In March 2017, the world saw bitcoin beginning to gain momentum as the currency broke new ground. A unit of bitcoin became worth more than an ounce of gold for the first time ever, and attention was drawn by this relatable barometer of value.
At the time bitcoin had ended a strong week at a price of $1,268 per unit, edging past the price of an ounce gold which stood at $1,233 per ounce, annulling past concerns that bitcoin had already reached its zenith in previous years.
Reverberations from global politics appeared to have had an influence on kick-starting the year of progress, with many looking to protect their capital by investing in decentralised bitcoin. The UK’s Brexit decision and the election of President Trump stand out as influential factors.
A fork in the road
While the 2017 bitcoin progress has been tremendous, it has also been highly volatile. As eager as investors have been to jump on the bitcoin bandwagon, they have also made quick exits.
Talk of a split in the blockchain that drive bitcoin also began in March, and this had the effect of driving the currency back out of its hard won territory beyond $1,000. The price of bitcoin fell to around $970.
Aware that a split would create a new, matching currency, investors feared that damage would be done to its overall value. Disruption caused by a ‘hard fork’ could potentially mean that old versions of the currency would no longer be accepted, potentially rendering them valueless.
The feared fork did arrive, but not until August, and when it did the currency called Bitcoin Cash came into being. While confusion reigned briefly, investors benefitted when they realised their money had been doubled. The fork was initiated by Chinese bitcoin miners, and this ability for the currency to be influenced remains an element of volatility that concerns investors.
As a result, the crippling damage that some had expected did not come to pass and investors were not only unscathed, but they had benefitted. While confidence in the immutable nature of the blockchain was damaged, the situation failed to stop the year of great achievements.
The $3,000 mark
In August the currency stormed into $3,000 territory, and it proceeded to march on to a $3,448 record. Having reached this new price, the value of all bitcoins was estimated to be at $56 billion.
While passing the $2,000 had also been exciting, this milestone meant more in light of the challenge it has recently overcome. Now bitcoin had more than doubled its standing from when it rivaled and beat the price of gold on the basis of an ounce to a unit, and it was evident that this new achievement was unlike the jumps and brief forays so far made in the currency’s history.
This was also reassuring proof that lingering concerns caused by the recent ‘hard fork’ had been shrugged off. Confirming this, the price of Bitcoin Cash was languishing at just $266.57, having peaked at $727.
New heights and new challenges
In September leaps turned into mighty bounds, with both the $4,000 and the $5,000 marks being surpassed in just a month, but the currency also faced further challenges to its dauntless advance.
Breaking record in true bitcoin style, it actually hit $5,100 instead of just trickling over the line, but investors remained aware of volatile swings and decided to capitalise on this new spike en masse. A colossal $13 billion sell-off was incurred, knocking the overall price of bitcoin back below $4,400.
While investors remained cautious, this new progress only piqued the interest of those looking to join the bitcoin roller coaster.
Governments step in
Major action first came from China, with the government deciding to ban cryptocurrency exchanges. Since China took the lead on this action, restrictions have also been imposed in Russia, South Korea and Vietnam, with impact, although not significant, on the price and progress of bitcoin.
With China playing a crucial role in proceedings, many have remained hopeful that the ban may be revered, but this appears unlikely with the last cryptocurrency exchange being shut down on the 1st of November 2017.
The CEO of JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon, has expressed thoughts on the future of cryptocurrency, and he expects governments across the world will eventually restrict the currency to the point that it becomes obsolete.
$7,000 and nearly $8,000
Now travelling at warp speed, nearing the end of 2017, bitcoin is still cruising into new regions of high value. This latest progress was prompted by the announcement that CME Group would open a new derivatives marketplace for cryptocurrency, leading to widespread excitement and hope for the future of the currency.
Not long after crossing the exciting new $7,000 threshold, bitcoin crashed through toward $8,000 at an almost unstoppable rate, reaching a new high of close to $7,900. This progress was sparked when members of top exchanges signed a document to avert the arrival of another predicted ‘hard fork’.
Investors had been concerned by the proposed “SegWit2x” hard fork that would have created Bitcoin Gold, a version of the currency with blocks of double the size of traditional blockchain. This would have been a massive change, with the members who signed against its arrival fearing that it may cause crippling damage to bitcoin.
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First and foremost: SPICE is a numeric solver and all its models only approximate their real life counterparts, if modelled. What you have there is a MESFET which can only try to come close to some real-life counterpart, but who has two of the parameters null, and a bunch of LC filters that, most likely, have no parasitics modelled/added.
Next are the values:
ms simulation time. Now, that's not a problem in itself, you can simulate until the end of time, but it's about the dynamic range involved. You have time constants there that are many magnitudes smaller than the simulation time, and an imposed timestep of
1 ns, which is comparable to the LC values:
At this point, I have to ask: what is your purpose when simulating this circuit? I see no
uic, no initial conditions, and all the sources are DC. Yet you are simulating a heavily filtered circuit. If the operating point is what interests you,
.OP will do. If a dynamic behaviour is what you're after, then DC sources can hardly be called dynamic.
At any rate, if accuracy is needed, then you need some
1k ... 10k times less time resolution, at least. That means
2.5 ps ... 0.25 ps or less. Are you sure you want to simulate for
10 ms like this?
Why do those oscillations appear? Numerical accuracy, and chaos. Think Lorentz attractor. You have complex feedback in a very complex schematic (transfer function wise). Combine that with nonlinear elements and you get a possible oscillator. Use them with a very linear (and quite ideal) LC network and you get a simulation that can go fast, unless a timestep is imposed -- in this case,
1n is not enough. All you have to do is run the circuit for long enough.
As for the various solvers, the two main contenders are gear and trapezoidal. Gear typically has very strong damping, and it's used where parasitic oscillations are of not needed. It will damp even your ideal LC oscillator. It's inherently stable, which means using it to simulate oscillators is not such a good idea. Maybe switching applications, if transients are of no importance. Trapezoidal is meant to try to reproduce as accurately as possible for a 2nd degree implicit solver, even at the cost of oscillations. And these will come if proper conditions exist: a high order LC network, multiple feedback paths, an uncontrolled timestep, these can contribute.
But, again, your circuit doesn't make sense to be simulated for
10 ms with DC sources. Either choose
.DC, or use other types of sources that add some dynamics and make sense for choosing
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At their virtual meeting on Tuesday, June 16, the Jackson City Council unanimously approved a resolution that declares racism a public health crisis, and lays out ways to dismantle systematic racism in Jackson.
The resolution, titled Declaration of Racism as a Public Health Crisis, recognizes the systemic racism that African Americans have faced in the United States and the City of Jackson over the decades. It also highlights the ways systemic racism impacts the health and quality of life of Black residents, such as higher COVID-19 rates, infant mortality rates, inadequate access to health care, and poor health outcomes.
- Methods to combat systemic racism were laid out in the resolution. They are as follows:
- The City Council advocates for policies that improve health in the Black community and supports similar initiatives from other government entities.
- The City will assess ordinances, policies, and procedures to ensure racial equity is a core element of our government.
- The City of Jackson Human Relations Commission will work with the community to identify specific activities to increase diversity and incorporate anti-racism principles in City government.
- The City will support ongoing racial equity training for leadership and staff.
- The City Council urges other governmental bodies to declare racism as a public health crisis.
The resolution was brought before the council for consideration by Mayor Derek Dobies and Vice Mayor Arlene Robinson. “Racism is all too real in our community, and you don’t have to look too hard to see the damage that it does to the public health,” said Vice Mayor Robinson. Mayor Dobies says it’s important the City take action during this time. “We’re the first city in the state to have a Black Lives Matter mural painted across a street because people in our City have strong voices and they want to be heard,” said Mayor Dobies. “We owe it to past and future generations to make meaningful changes in policy and procedure and that can start with admitting that racism is a public health crisis in Jackson.”
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We obviously love our sleep, and as runners—we need it. We reached out to Chili last year to its original ChiliPad Sleep System (which we loved). The system is comprised of a hydro-powered mattress pad that allows its users to regulate the temperature to their liking. It’s kind of been a game-changer for us, so we’re testing out their newest system, the OOLER.
In the meantime, we reached out to founder Tara Youngblood to hear about the science behind Chili, why sleep is so important, and general tips on how to sleep better. (Just don’t fall asleep reading this or we’ll put you on the hot seat.)
BITR: Your background is in physics— how did you get into the ‘sleep’ industry, and specifically, how did you get into temperature regulation as a means of improving sleep?
TY: My husband, Todd and I have been designing, consulting and bringing new products to market for almost 20 years. The ChiliPad was designed to fill a market niche of personalized temperature, part of the evolving market for mattress pressure and individualized comfort.
After we started selling the ChiliPad, we started getting calls from dozens of people who hadn’t been able to sleep through the night for years and suddenly, with the help of the ChiliPad—they could. It seemed that temperature was the key component. As a scientist, I had to find out why was temperature working when nothing else would.
Temperature in physics is an interesting measurement of order or disorder (entropy). It is how we measure the age of the universe. For us, a thesis emerged: Could the cold therapy we use for healing somehow be affecting the quality of sleep? How can we use temperature to get better quality sleep?
We spent tens of thousands of hours of research, as well as collaborations with labs and other scientists, to try and find ways to impact sleep through non-pharma methods. We continue to do it because, at this point, I’m basically addicted to helping people sleep.
BITR: It seems like we’ve had a shift in our culture recently, at least in the running world, with regards to sleep. Sleep was seen as something for the weak/lazy, but now we view it as vital for optimal performance. Is the science coming out now supporting this? Why are we seeing this big shift from ‘work hard’ to ‘work hard, but also rest hard’?
TY: Sleep is finally being recognized for the role it plays in our memories, immune system, stress response, and both physical and mental health. Lack of sleep is like being drunk.
One study shows that moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments equivalent to those of alcohol intoxication. After 17 to 19 hours without sleep, performance was equivalent or worse than that of a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of 0.05 percent. After longer periods without sleep, performance reached levels equivalent to a BAC of 0.1 percent.
In athletes, sleep—especially deep sleep—is very important for recovery. Sleep is also becoming a key factor in how coaches can predict readiness and what kind of workout their athletes should work on. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) during sleep is such an accurate predictor of readiness and recovery. So much so that you can analyze a person’s nighttime HRV and predict illness days before they actually get sick.
BITR: What are the proven long-term benefits to better sleep?
TY: The studies tying sleep to Alzheimer’s, auto-immune conditions, chronic pain, and mortality are now so numerous, that it is impossible to mention them all. So yes, absolutely.
BITR: What are some of the benefits of sleeping cooler, or regulating your temperature throughout the night?
TY: Temperature can flip a switch in your brain (i.e. excite the neurons that trigger the release of melatonin) and help you get consistent deep sleep (see Saper, Nature Communications, October 2018).
We actually have a blog post that goes into detail about those questions perfectly.
Is cooling the temperature of the bed versus just cooling the ambient temperature in the room different?
TY: The mattress materials and your blanket all affect how much your body heats up the sleeping space or cave that you sleep in. Your room may be cool, but your mattress is a memory foam that absorbs and reflects heat and you have a highly insulated blanket on, your 98F body is going to heat things up substantially. To trigger sleep and deep sleep stages, you need that “cave” to be 86F or below.
BITR: What are some common things you see people do today that take away from a good night’s sleep? (i.e. are our phones keeping us awake)?
- TV in the bedroom
- Food at late in the evening
- Exercise late at night
- Not starting out your day with outside time and/or enough sunshine
BITR: What are your top tips for better sleep?
TY: Here’s a few:
- Track stress during your day like you do calories.
- Focus on ending your day with being peaceful.
- Create a “What’s Keeping Me Up at Night” list.
- Clear your mental inbox every night at least a half an hour before bed. Start winding down so that you are sunsetting your day in a magnificent way, allowing your conscious mind to relax and let the unconscious one take over
BITR: How do the ChiliPAD and OOLER work? Can you give us a little overview?
TY: Here are the best explanations:
BITR: Most people don’t have extra time in the day to dedicate to sleeping. Do the ChiliPAD/OOLER systems help with getting ‘better’ sleep even if you don’t have 8-9 hours to dedicate to it?
TY: Temperature regulation is definitely “secret sauce” when it comes to “short sleepers”. The fact is, if you’re over the age of 30 and getting less than 7 hours of sleep, your deep sleep is lacking. Adjusting the temperature (especially in the first half of night) can trigger users to still achieve 2 hours of deep sleep, even if they would struggle to get that much after 8 hours.Shop OOLER
BITR: Who would you recommend OOLER for?
TY: Anyone over the age of 25 (when we start losing deep sleep). By the time we are 80 we may get none. Even teenagers and kids in today’s constant ambient environment can use temperature to optimize their sleep. Our current VIP and professional athletes are some of the top performers in the world and they all use it to optimize their night to get the most out of their day.
BITR: Anything else we should know about the ChiliPAD, OOLER or Kryo Inc?
TY: We have ongoing studies and scientific endeavors, so for anyone looking to do research on optimized sleep—we are always accepting new applications for research partnerships. We are currently working on studies to look at the effect of temperature-optimized sleep and mental health as well as the reduction of hot flashes for menopausal women. | <urn:uuid:13d8f71a-5c3a-405f-9d7c-109de7c4b8a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.believeintherun.com/interview-with-tara-youngblood-co-founder-of-chili-sleep-systems/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.949776 | 1,522 | 1.65625 | 2 |
The number of deaths worldwide from the novel coronavirus surpassed 170,000 late Monday, according to a running tally by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s data counted 170,042 fatalities while the number of cases and recoveries stood at 2,473,209 and 646,012, respectively. The U.S. continues to be the worst-hit country, recording more than 784,500 cases and 42,138 deaths. Italy has the second-highest death toll at 24,114, while Spain has the second highest number of cases with 200,210. Overall, the virus has spread to 185 countries and regions since it first emerged in Wuhan, China in December. Despite the rising number of cases, most people who contract the virus suffer mild symptoms before making a recovery.
Global coronavirus deaths pass 170,000
US-based Johns Hopkins University reports more than 2.4 million infections worldwide, over 646,000 recoveries
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We Help Kids Who Struggle With ADHD
The Brain Balance Virtual Program is a 3-month, at-home program that builds progressively as you go along, providing the building blocks needed to help your child improve.
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The Brain Balance program is designed to strengthen and build brain connectivity with a unique combination of physical, sensory, and cognitive activities. These new, efficient and effective connections in the brain help improve our ability to complete cognitive tasks and in our executive functioning:
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By building stronger brain connections, you can help your child get to the root of their challenges and build a stronger foundation for success.
While individuals of any age can benefit from the program, this version is designed specifically for children, teens and young adults. The program is a 1:1 parent-led format, with frequent check-ins from your Brain Balance team. Virtual video guides are provided, and no at-home equipment required.
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The Brain Balance program was recently part of a research study conducted by Harvard University’s McLean Hospital. The research study focused on the impact of aspects of the Brain Balance program, completed at home, on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). We are incredibly excited to share the preliminary findings of this ongoing research.
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Inflation in Canada continues to surge despite the Bank of Canada’s efforts to tamp down on price growth, with some economists and the central bank’s own governor expecting an even higher reading in the June report due Wednesday.
Inflation, which hit an annual rate of 7.7 per cent in May, has topped the Bank of Canada’s estimates through the first half of 2022.
Tiff Macklem, who holds the top post at the central bank, told a group of business owners last week that inflation will likely top 8.0 per cent in due course. The Bank of Montreal (BMO) said in its updated inflation forecast earlier this week that it now expects inflation will average 8.3 per cent across the third quarter of the year.
What the latest interest rate hike means for your family’s bottom line
The higher the temperature rises on Canada’s inflation thermometer, the more Canadians of a certain age flash back to the 1970s and 80s, when annual inflation hit 12.5 per cent in 1981.
Back then, the Bank of Canada was forced to raise its benchmark interest rate to 21 per cent to get prices back under control, triggering the deepest economic contraction since the Great Depression.
Experts tell Global News there are some striking similarities between today’s inflation episode and the price pressures of 40 years ago — as well as a few key differentiators that could mean the difference between hitting a recession or achieving the “soft landing” the central bank is after .
James Orlando, senior economist with TD Bank, first started tracking the similarities between today’s inflation period and the highs of the previous generation back in April.
Then, he noted that the causes of inflation today — surging food, fuel and shelter prices — were the same ones driving Canadian prices higher over two distinct periods, one in the early 1970s and one later in the decade, stretching into the 1980s.
“Current inflation is very much just like what happened back then,” he tells Global News.
For instance, many economists point to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the spillover effects on oil and food supplies as a primary source of global inflation today.
In the 70s, the Yom Kippur war, followed a few years later by the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, also put immense pressure on the prices of oil.
Meat prices, meanwhile, skyrocketed 70 per cent in 1978, according to Orlando’s analysis, leading to higher costs in the deli aisle that would feel familiar to many Canadian households looking at their grocery bills today.
Inflation: Why the price of groceries are expected to rise
Orlando wrote back in April that while today’s price hikes might not be at the same magnitude as the 70s and 80s, it might feel just as significant. When inflation hits the staples we buy regularly in the grocery store, it elicits a more intense, emotional reaction from consumers, he explained.
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But while prices were high, Canadians also were spending heavily through much of the 70s thanks to rapidly rising wages and low interest rates.
Ian Lee, associate professor in the Sprott School of Business, remembers working through that inflationary period at BMO, handling mortgages for the bank in 1980.
He says in the 70s, it made sense to borrow rather than invest and buy later, because interest rates were low and tomorrow’s prices were expected to outpace any returns on savings and investments.
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“Saving didn’t make any sense at all. So it created a real spend, spend, spend, borrow, borrow, borrow culture,” he tells Global News.
Lee said that many Canadians — himself included — put their money into homes. A run-up on housing prices as Canadians rushed into the market only fueled inflation further.
Shelter has been a primary driver for today’s inflation episode as well, with rents now surging at the same time as rising interest rates make mortgages more expensive to carry.
Lee says one of the most important differences between today’s inflation and that of the 70s is the tightness of the labor market.
The 1970s and 80s saw stagflation materialize — slowing economic growth and high unemployment with prices surging nonetheless.
Today’s unemployment rate sits at a record low of 4.9 per cent, on the other hand.
Macklem has pointed to the strong labor force readings as proof that the economy can take higher rate hikes, even as some economists warn layoffs will follow suit if the bank is too aggressive.
Too much, too soon? Experts say rapid interest rates are pushing Canada closer to a recession
Indeed, when the Bank of Canada had to raise its policy rate above the 20-per-cent mark in the 80s, following the US Federal Reserve into the “war on inflation,” the economic pain was intense: the unemployment rate rose to 12 percent in 1983.
Lee says the only reason interest rates had to go so high back then was that the Bank of Canada didn’t recognize the inflation crisis before it was too late — prices crept up over the course of more than a decade, compared to the sudden jump in just a few months’ time that we’re seeing today.
Central banks around the world did not chiefly use their policy rates to tackle inflation by that point in history. Canada was among the first to adopt inflation targeting as a mandate in 1991.
Though Lee believes the Bank of Canada again waited too long to address bubbling inflation, today’s reaction is years ahead of the 1980s response.
“The longer you postpone taking the medicine, the worse the problem gets. And the tougher the medicine becomes,” he says.
Recession fears won’t faze Bank of Canada, economists say. Why that may be a good thing
Lee projects interest rates will not have to rise as high as they did 40 years ago and the Bank of Canada has reacted in time to skirt double-digit inflation figures.
Orlando says that so far, the Bank of Canada has maintained belief among Canadians and businesses that it will get inflation back to target — a critical tool in its own right to keep expectations in line and stop high inflation from becoming entrenched.
“The belief is still there. And I think the inflation target is a big contributor to that.”
Are we close to peak inflation?
In its forecast this week, BMO projected that inflation would peak in the third quarter of 2022, dropping to an average of eight per cent in the fourth quarter and following a steady decline through 2023.
Tu Nguyen, an economist with RSM Canada, tells Global News that there are signs inflation could peak this summer, but what determines that is largely outside the Bank of Canada’s purview.
Oil prices have shown signs of decline over the past month from their peaks this past spring, and the aggressive action taken by central banks around the world should dampen consumer demand and give supply chains time to catch up.
US inflation unexpectedly hits 9.1%, setting new 40-year high
But while global pressures have shown signs of easing, they can just as easily persist or even reverse course through the fall, Nguyen warned.
“There is still a war going on,” she said. “There’s a lot of instability, geopolitical tensions and a raging pandemic. And who knows what’s going to happen on the global stage over the next six months.”
— with files from Global News’ Anne Gaviola
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Acknowledge meaning in English: In this article, the meaning of the word ‘Acknowledge’ is explained in easy English with examples, along with its synonyms and antonyms.
‘Acknowledge’ pronunciation= ak-nolidz, ik-na-lij
Acknowledge meaning in English
1. ‘Acknowledge’ means to confirm a fact or position and admit or accept it.
2. To accept something as legal in order to give it legitimacy.
|Acknowledge- English meaning|
|to report receipt|
|to thank you|
The word ‘Acknowledge’ acts as a ‘Verb’.
The past tense of the word ‘Acknowledge’ is ‘Acknowledged’ and the present participle is ‘Acknowledging’.
Sentences that can be formed using the word ‘Acknowledge’ are as follows.
▪ He acknowledged in front of the police that he is a thief.
▪ Everyone acknowledged the hard work of corona warriors.
▪ The ruling government is denying to acknowledge that unemployment is the biggest problem in the country.
▪ He acknowledged the delivery and sign the receipt.
▪ They refused to acknowledge that their signature is on the agreement.
▪ He is usually acknowledged to be one of the best actors in Hollywood.
▪ He is also acknowledged as an excellent singer apart from the actor.
▪ I acknowledge the receipt of your email.
▪ He acknowledges his crime and surrender to the police.
▪ He acknowledged the existence of God and embrace the Christian religion.
▪ The child acknowledged the presence of his mother with a smile.
▪ We acknowledge the receipt of your email.
▪ We acknowledge the receipt of your payment.
▪ Kindly acknowledge the receipt of the same.
‘Acknowledge’ other meanings
kindly acknowledge= Senders want to know you have received his letter through your written reply.
kindly acknowledge the same= Senders want a written reply from the receiver that he received what he sent.
please acknowledge the receipt= Please accept the receipt.
acknowledge receipt of this= Accept receipt of it.
acknowledge work= Accept the job
acknowledge defeat= Admit defeat
shall acknowledge= Will accept
we acknowledge= We accept
acknowledge the same= Accept that
acknowledge with thanks= Accept with thanks
learning acknowledge= Accept learning
acknowledgment= Acceptance, receipt
The synonyms of the word ‘Acknowledge’ are as follows.
|go along with
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Sidra Medicine and Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will jointly host the 5th Qatar - Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Q-PEM) Conference 2021 from 15th to 17th January 2021. The annual conference is being held virtually this year.
Q-PEM’s goal is to provide a high-quality, evidence-based update for healthcare practitioners involved in the urgent and emergent care of children.
Q-PEM 2021 Conference Chairman, Prof. Khalid Al Ansari, who is also the Chair of Emergency Medicine at Sidra Medicine said: ‘Q-PEM this year promises to be a memorable one, both in the quality of scientific discourse and its impact equipping frontline healthcare providers to improving the quality of care for children with urgent and emergency health issues. It will cover the fundamentals of pediatric emergency medicine relevant to all clinicians providing emergency or urgent care to children, and also current best evidence for common and critical pediatric emergencies. We have prepared a program agenda geared towards keeping current developments in PEM as well taking into account the pediatric emergencies related to Covid-19.’
Topics this year will range from infectious diseases, pain management, surgical emergencies, respiratory emergencies related to the care of acutely ill or injured children. There will also be a segment on Covid-19 and its diverse features. Other topics on the agenda include ‘Recognizing the deteriorating child’; ‘Resuscitation Care: Translating Knowledge & Airway Management’ and toxicology and trauma management.
Q-PEM will include presentations and insights from Sidra Medicine’s leading pediatric emergency medicine experts including Dr. Barbara Blackie; Dr. Amrita Sarpal. Dr. Khalid Alyafei; Dr. Colin V.E Powell, Dr. Sudhakar Adusumilli, Dr. Lisa Goldsworthy, Dr. Graeme Francis Hadley and Dr. Kevin Enright.
HMC experts at the conference include Dr. Mohammed Alamri, Dr. Bashir Ali Youssef, Dr. Fatihi Toaimah, Dr. Magda Barkat, Dr. Mark Dimon Santos, Dr. Nasser Ali A. Haidar, Dr. Rafah Al Sayyed, Dr. Walid AbouGalala, Dr. Yasser Mahmoud Al Deeb, Mr. Anan Al Badawi, Mr. Ian Ronald Howland, Ms. Kirsten Ann Uhde and Ms. Neha Mariam Babu.
‘This year’s Q-PEM Conference provides a valuable opportunity for doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and support staff involved in the provision of care for pediatric patients in Qatar to come together to discuss the key topics in the field and to share best practice. HMC is committed to working with Sidra Medicine, the Ministry of Public Health, Primary Health Care Corporation and other healthcare partners to ensure children in Qatar receive the very best quality of healthcare possible,’ said HMC’s Acting Chairman of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Emergency Centers, Dr Mohamed al-Amri.
The conference will also feature international speakers including Dr. Ian Maconochie from St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London; Dr. Sami Sulaiman Al Farsi from the Royal Hospital in Oman; and Professor Franz Babl, from Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia who is also the head of emergency research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute.
Q-PEM 2021 has also invited Dr. Damien Roland, an experienced PEM clinician from Leicester University whose research interests include the creation and evaluation of interventions which improve the recognition of ill children in emergency and acute care settings. Dr. Roland is the developer of Paediatric Observation Priority Score (POPS), available as an app, which has been shortlisted for two healthcare technology awards. He was also part of the team that delivered http://www.spottingthesickchild.com, a patient safety award winning educational website.
Q-PEM 2021 is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Category 1) as defined by the Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners- Accreditation Department and is approved for a maximum of 20 hours.
To register and other details, please visit: q-pem.com.
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