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On March 6, 2020, Stanford University announced that classes would be taught using virtual learning platforms in order to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Students began returning home the next day, told that their courses would continue remotely through virtual learning.
… a growing number of colleges and universities … announced a major shift to remote learning … canceling all in-person classes and, in some cases, asking students not to remain on campus, as a sense of urgency about the coronavirus gripped the nation.
What is Virtual Learning?
Many college professors are struggling to decide which elements of their courses can be taught online. Not all class sessions can seamlessly move to the digital space. For instance, performance classes at universities, such as theatre and dance, are understandably difficult to teach online.
In the health professions, clinical clerkships and lab-based research training still need to occur on campus. Many physicians are being asked to limit student exposure to patients under investigation for coronavirus, or cancel clinical courses entirely. Visiting student electives and observerships are non-essential teaching activities for host institutions and could be suspended.
Clinician educators may have some familiarity with virtual learning platforms, but few use these tools in their day-to-day teaching of students and residents. For many faculty members, there is a steep learning curve to teaching remotely.
Here are 10 tips to effectively move your classroom online:
Learn the Tech
Remember your last video conference call…
“Is my mic on?”
“Can you hear me?”
“What chat box? There’s a chat box?”
Experienced lecturers show up prepared for any tech emergency: slides on a USB, backup files on your computer, wireless clicker, dongles… we are trained to put on a great show. This responsibility extends to virtual lectures, as well. Never ask your students, “What does this button do?”
- TIP #1: There are many resources available to prepare teachers and students for virtual learning. Find an online tutorial for the video conference software that your school prefers and familiarize yourself with the key features. Check out Teach Anywhere from Stanford University as a guide.
There’s nothing worse than video conferences that start 10 minutes late because of tech challenges. Virtual classrooms are challenging enough, and tech delays only add to the frustration of students and teachers.
- TIP #2: Provide clear instructions to students and guest speakers in advance of class. This includes links to video conference platforms, participant identification numbers if necessary, and internet browser requirements. T1 connections or highly-reliable Wi-Fi are a must. Students should test cameras and audio before class, and they should determine if external headphones with mics are needed. Consider tech delays to be the same as tardiness to your classroom.
Do you prefer to attend remote meetings with your computer camera off and microphone muted? Are you truly engaged in those meetings, or are you instead deleting emails and shopping online? The in-classroom equivalent to ‘camera off’ is a room full of students using their devices and not paying attention to your lecture. Frustrating, right? Now imagine lecturing to an online class in which all of the students are camera off.
- TIP #3: Require participants to keep their cameras on, call on students by name when asking questions, and use gamification or other strategies to increase student engagement in your online classroom. Divide lectures into smaller segments by asking students to present portions of the class. Improve your online teaching through practice, experiment with various instructional techniques, and be creative.
Students generally raise their hands before speaking in class. This is a longstanding cultural norm that demonstrates respect for classmates and reduces distractions. The same can be done in the virtual classroom.
- TIP #4: Orient students to the special features of video conference platforms, such as the use of chat rooms and ‘raise hand’ functions. When cameras are on, students can simply raise their hands as if they were in a traditional classroom. Participants who are not speaking should mute their microphones to reduce background noise.
- TIP #5: Students come from all around the world to study at our universities. If sent home, they may be unable to attend live class sessions due to time zone differences. Record your lectures, and offer virtual office hours early in the morning and late in the day. Use learning management systems to promote student discussion with peers who cannot attend live sessions.
Build Inclusive Online Classrooms
The decision to move courses online is not simple. Issues of digital equity and access complicate virtual learning. Do all of your students have home computers, high speed internet, and the accessories needed to fully participate in your online class? Do some students experience challenges using computers that affect their learning?
- TIP #6: Ensure that your students have the necessary devices for virtual learning. Contact your dean’s office for assistance if students have financial hardships that prevent computer ownership.
- TIP #7: Apple, Microsoft, Google, and many other tech companies offer assist devices to improve accessibility for students who are differently abled.
Frequently Assess Learning
- Teaching online may be uncomfortable at first. Your teaching effectiveness will be challenged in unexpected ways.
- TIP #8: Frequently assess student learning and student enjoyment until everyone in your class becomes accustomed to virtual learning. Pause your lectures to assess comprehension of material and address questions. Students will generally have their microphones muted, so ask for ‘thumbs up/thumbs down’ or head nods throughout class. Include several planned breaks to solicit student questions.
- TIP #9: Testing practices may need to change significantly. Assignments submitted on learning management systems and the use of asynchronous multiple choice exams should be considered ‘open book.’ Virtual learning requires creative teaching and creative testing.
- TIP #10: Ask for feedback about the course and your online teaching effectiveness as frequently as possible. You may want to solicit student feedback after each online session initially, then every week or two thereafter. Don’t wait for mid-semester and end-of-semester course evaluations. Ask students to suggest improvements to the course and share best practices with your colleagues.
Your students will experience many challenges by the unexpected and swift move to virtual learning… and so will you. Explore the resources above, revise your lesson plans, and develop new skills as you teach outside your comfort zone.
About the Author: Michael A. Gisondi, MD is an emergency physician, medical educator, and education researcher who lives in Palo Alto, California. Michael currently holds a position as Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University.
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- Course: PhD in Food Science and Nutrition
- PhD title: Antifungal products from mandarin waste to reduce aflatoxins in maize and nuts
- Nationality: China
Yue Liu applied to study for a PhD at the University of Leeds after graduating from an MSc in her home country, China. Yue tackles the problem of global food waste in her research and supervised by Professors Caroline Orfila and Yun Yun Gong. She enjoys being part of the postgraduate community at Leeds and is a member of the Nutritional Epidemiology research group.
Yue said: “I am an international student who finished MSc study in China. I chose the UK as my PhD study place as I would like to have the chance to experience a different culture. Also, University of Leeds is ranked 1st in the UK in Food Science and Nutrition. In addition, there are many collaborative projects that can provide communication opportunities in this field.”
Preventing global food waste
The topic of Yue’s research centres on using anti-microbial growth compounds from mandarin peel waste to slow down the food spoilage in cereals. In the future she hopes the research will be applied in industry.
“Food loss and waste is a serious problem worldwide,” said Yue. “According to FAO, around a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is being lost or wasted each year. Among them, food spoilage, which is associated with microbial growth, plays a crucial role in food lost.
“My project is associated with a project held by Professor Caroline Orfila, CitruSafe. Both academy and industry, including BioPower UK Ltd, Keracol Ltd and Parkside Flexibles, contribute to this project. My supervisors and me are trying to find out anti-microbial growth compounds from mandarin peel waste to slow down the food spoilage in cereals.”
I have enjoyed learning how to design a research project and develop the relevant study skills. I hope to successfully demonstrate the hypothesis of the project so it can contribute to the food industry.
She continued: “I have enjoyed learning how to design a research project and develop the relevant study skills. I hope to successfully demonstrate the hypothesis of the project that can have some contribution to the food industry. Most important of all, I look forward to finishing my PhD thesis and publishing the results.”
Supportive postgraduate community
Postgraduate life at the University has enhanced Yue’s experience of being in Leeds. In the future, she hopes to continue to be involved in in food science research, and will look for research positions following her PhD.
Yue said: “The Nutritional Epidemiology research group, which is led by Caroline Orfila, hosts regular meetings for sharing and discussing any research information, test data and experiment experiences. These seminars give me professional support and broad view on food science area.
My supervisors are very knowledgeable and experienced in their field. They always give me plenty of help and support on my research processes.
“My supervisors, Professors Caroline Orfila and Yun Yun Gong, are very knowledgeable and experienced in their field. They always give me plenty of help and support on my research processes. Moreover, my supervisors are always treating me very well. They encourage and guide a lot, which get me through the difficulties over and over again.”
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Tester, Moran Lead Bipartisan Call to Award Presidential Medal of Freedom to G.I. Bill Author
Senators call on President Trump to honor Harry W. Colmery for distinguished military service and devotion to nation’s veterans
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Chairman Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) led their committee colleagues in a bipartisan call urging President Donald Trump to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harry W. Colmery, a World War I veteran and original author of the G.I. Bill.
“Having recognized the desperate situations many servicemembers returned to following admirable service in World War I, Mr. Colmery, a distinguished Kansan and World War I veteran himself, drafted and developed the G.I Bill in 1944 to support servicemembers and new veterans’ adjustment to peacetime,” the Senators wrote.
They continued, “Mr. Harry Colmery devoted himself to our country through his own military service as a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during World War I, and subsequent efforts to ensure the nation dutifully addressed the needs of our Armed Forces. America’s investment in the G.I. Bill has not only provided servicemembers with the benefits they deserve, but also strengthened families and communities in addition to bolstering our Nation’s ability to attract an all-volunteer military force.”
Ranking Member Tester and Chairman Moran were joined by Senators John Boozman (R-Ark.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Michael Rounds (R-S.D.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.).
Tester has continuously worked to modernize and strengthen G.I. Bill education benefits for Montana veterans, Reservists and their families. In 2017, Mr. Colmery’s legacy was honored when Congress passed and President Trump signed Tester’s Harry W. Colmery Veterans Education Assistance Act into law. This bipartisan bill amends the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill by striking down the arbitrary 15-year window for veterans to use their G.I. Bill education benefits, ensuring that veterans in Montana and across the country receive greater access to higher education.
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NCHS Data Briefs
Data Brief, No. 308. Declines in Births to Females Aged 10–14 in the United States, 2000–2016.
This data brief describes recent trends and variations in births to young mothers aged 10–14 by race and Hispanic origin and state. The decline in birth rates for those aged 10–14 was greater from 2008 through 2016 than from 2000 through 2008, and these declines were broad-based. Declines were observed for those aged 10–12, 13, and 14, and for all race and Hispanic-origin groups. Southern states generally had the highest birth rates for those aged 10–14 based on combined data from 2014 through 2016. A number of factors have been cited for the downward trend in teen childbearing in general, including delayed initiation of first sex, decreased sexual activity, and for sexually active teenagers, the use of effective contraception. The decreasing trend observed among those aged 10–14 is similar to the decreasing trend observed among females aged 15–19. In addition to declining trends, differences in birth rates for females aged 10–14 by race and Hispanic origin and among states have narrowed. However, disparities continue to persist in childbearing for these young mothers among race and Hispanic-origin groups and by state. The U.S. birth rate for females aged 10–14 remains one of the highest among industrialized countries. Data from the Natality Data Files from the National Vital Statistics System were used for these analyses. | <urn:uuid:41a792fa-8e59-4b67-90eb-27a865dd7c14> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://saludequitativa.blogspot.com/2018/04/nchs-data-briefs-update_25.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.97157 | 298 | 3.171875 | 3 |
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There are a variety of DIY projects you can use glass in, such as creating candle covers or drinking glasses. However, in order to repurpose a glass bottle or object, you’ll need to smooth out its broken, jagged edges. Fortunately, you can easily use either sandpaper, a sanding bit and power tool, or even silicon carbide powder to easily smooth glass edges.
Method 1 of 3:Using Sandpaper
1Wet a piece of 80-grit sandpaper and lay it down on a work surface. Make sure the sandpaper is very wet and that your work surface is hard and durable. To wet your sandpaper, dip it into a container of clean water, then sprinkle some additional water on top of the paper after you lay it down. X Research source
- You can also use emery cloth if you don’t have access to wet sandpaper. You can buy a multi-pack of emery cloth from most home improvement or hardware stores.
2Place the cut edge of the glass down onto the sandpaper. Hold the glass in your dominant hand and keep the sandpaper steady with your non-dominant hand. Be sure to wear safety gloves and goggles for maximum safety. X Research source
- You can typically buy safety gloves and goggles at any home improvement store that also sells sandpaper.
- If your glass has multiple sharp edges, hold it so that none of the edges can cut your palm. If it’s impossible to hold your glass this way, consider smoothing the edges using a different method.
3Move the glass in a circular motion for 5 minutes to smooth the edge. Apply gentle downward pressure onto the top of the glass so that you drive it slightly into the sandpaper. Rotate the piece of glass every 2-3 circles in order to keep the sanding more uniform. X Research source
- If you refrain from rotating your piece of glass, you may end up sanding one side much more than the others, leaving a noticeably uneven finish.
- Aim to do this for at least around 5 minutes to ensure that the glass edge is adequately smoothed.
4Sand the inner and outer corners of the glass edge by hand. After you finish sanding the "front" of the glass edge, pick up the sandpaper and dip it into the water again to dampen it. Then, take the sandpaper in your dominant hand and place it over the glass edge so that your thumb and middle finger are over the corners of the edge. Finally, rub the sandpaper back and forth to sand down these sharp corners until they’re smooth. X Research source
- Keep the sandpaper wet as you do this. You may need to continually dip it into the water to keep it adequately moist.
5Repeat this process with increasingly finer grits of sandpaper. Sand down the edges with 150-grit, 220-grit, 320-grit, then finally 400-grit sandpaper to make your glass even smoother. Then, use 1000-grit and 2000-grit sandpaper to polish the edge to perfection.
- Wipe the edge of the glass with a clean damp cloth once you’ve finished sanding to wipe away any leftover grit or dust.
Method 2 of 3:Sanding with a Drill
1Attach a sanding bit to a Dremel tool or power drill. For best results, choose a medium-grit sandpaper finish (60- to 100-grit) and a relatively large sanding bit. The larger the bit, the more of the edge it will be able to smooth at once. X Research source
- Make sure the sanding bit is the right size for your glass piece. For example, if you’re smoothing the edges of a wine bottle that you’ve cut in half, make sure the sanding bit can fit inside the hole so it can sand the inner corners of the glass edge.
2Hold the tool with your dominant hand and the glass with the other hand. You can try placing your piece of glass in a clamp to keep it secure, but this makes it much more likely that the edge of your glass will crack. However, you should only hold the glass by hand if you can safely grasp it without coming into contact with the sanding bit. X Research source
- Be sure to use heavy-duty work gloves to safely hold the glass.
- If your glass object is too small to safely hold it by hand, your best bet is to use a clamp to hold it or to use an alternative method to smooth out the edges.
3Run the sanding bit against the inner edge of the glass. Press the power button to start the power tool and hold the side edge of the bit against the inside corner of the edge of the glass. Don’t apply any pressure to the sanding bit or else you may break the glass. Instead, simply hold it against the edge to allow the smoothing process to take place. X Research source
- Spend about 3-5 minutes doing this in order to adequately smooth the inner edge of the glass.
- Be sure to wear a ventilation mask during this step, since the sanding process will kick up a lot of glass powder into the air.
4Move the sanding bit to the top and outer corner of the glass edge. Work in toward the center and out toward the outside edge to get a rounded edge. Rotate the bit slowly until you have traveled around the entire outside edge. X Research source
- This step shouldn’t take more than 3-5 minutes to perform.
5Repeat this process with fine-grit sandpaper to polish the edge. Replace the sandpaper on your sanding bit with a finer grit. Then, run the sanding bit over the edge of the glass again to make it even smoother. Repeat this step as necessary with increasingly finer grits of sandpaper until the glass edge is polished to your liking. X Research source
- You can also simply polish the glass edge by hand if you don’t want to continue using the power tool.
- Once you’ve finished sanding, use a clean damp cloth to wipe away any leftover grit or dust.
Method 3 of 3:Smoothing with Silicon Carbide
1Place a piece of float glass over foam rubber on your work surface. You’ll use the float glass as the "main" work surface on which you’ll grind your glass edges. The foam rubber will serve to keep the float glass in place so it doesn’t slide off during the grinding process. X Research source
- If you don’t have a dedicated piece of float glass, you can also use a piece of scrap plate glass, such as a piece of window, mirror, or picture glass.
2Add water and a coarse grit of silicon carbide powder to the glass. Pour a small amount of water into the center of your float glass to create a small puddle. Then, pour in just enough silicon carbide to cover the surface of the puddle. Finally, use your fingers to gently stir the silicon carbide and water together. X Research source
- To make it easier to add the silicon carbide powder, place it in a small disposable cup first before you begin adding it to the glass.
3Place the sharp edge of the glass against the plate glass. Grasp the piece of glass with your dominant hand (or with both hands, if needed). Be sure to place the glass edge directly over the spot where you mixed the silicon carbide with the water. X Research source
- For maximum safety, wear safety gloves to avoid cutting your hands on the glass.
4Circle your hand and the bottle around the glass for 30-60 seconds. Move the glass over and through the silicon carbide in a figure eight motion, applying gentle downward pressure as you do so. Make sure to stay within the glass surface and avoid going beyond the silicon carbide puddle. X Research source
- Look at the edge of the glass after about a minute of this circling. If the glass is no longer glossy and it is smooth to the touch all around, you are done.
5Wipe off the glass with a towel and use sandpaper to smooth the inside. Use a wet paper towel or a dedicated cloth towel to remove the silicon carbide water from the glass piece. Then, use wet sandpaper as necessary to smooth out the inner corner of the edge of the glass if needed. X Research source
- For example, if you’re smoothing the bottom of a cut glass bottle, you won’t be able to smooth the inner corners of the glass edge with the silicon carbide puddle.
- You can also use sandpaper to sand down any rough spots you find that the silicon carbide didn’t get.
QuestionWhere can I find an emery cloth?Community AnswerLocal hardware stores will have one. Emery cloth is just a stronger structured sandpaper with a different chemical compound to do the sanding/smoothing.
QuestionWill these same items work on antique cut glass? I have a small water pitcher that has several small chips in the edge of the spout.Community AnswerIt will work but you have to be very careful not to accidentally sand the sides of the pitcher with the sand paper as it will show extremely visible scratches. Practice on something else first a few times to get the hang of it.
QuestionHow can I remove a scratch on my glass table?Community AnswerLoctite glass glue dries fast and clear. A single drop on a toothpick might run the length of the scratch. Several applications might be required; don't try to do it all at once.
Things You'll Need
Sanding with a Drill
- Dremel tool or power drill
- Sanding bit
- Fine-grit sandpaper
Smoothing with Silicon Carbide
- Float glass
- Rubber foam
- Silicon carbide powder
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If you want to smooth a glass edge, start by purchasing a multi-pack of emery cloth from your local hardware store. Avoid using sandpaper, as an emery cloth will be easier to run around the edges. Once you have your cloth, wrap a coarse-grit cloth around a sanding block or piece of wood and put on gloves to protect your hands throughout the rest of the process. Then, hold the glass in one hand and work the emery cloth around the sharp edge for about 10 to 20 seconds on each inch of glass. To make the edge even smoother, repeat the process with a medium-grit emery cloth. For more tips, like how to sand the edge with a drill, read on. | <urn:uuid:170b17b7-0b86-467b-934a-f3d52bdd42fa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wikihow.com/Smooth-Glass-Edges | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.884072 | 2,949 | 2.4375 | 2 |
“Development Of Women Rights Going To Be Hampered In New Government Of Afghanistan”
Hey, here’s a question for you. What would you do, if one day, you have to live like you’re in old days especially for women ? Oppressed and suppressed by external factors. And you can just stay inside looking for kids, fully dressed. If they could they would even make you put a curtain on your eyes?
Feels very suffocating right? This is the situation of Afganishtani women right now due to the Taliban. This question doesn’t only stop with women. If you’re a guy, do think about what your life would be like. Having to live in such a world.
Many women anchors and presenters have come forward to report that Afgan State Television isn’t letting them work anymore. It’s because, from this week onward, the Taliban fighters have barred women from working.
This clearly shows what kind of view they hold on women and how bad this situation with the Taliban is getting. Not just women but even children are suffering due to these monsters of men. Who value nothing but power.
What can the poor citizens do?
A woman named Shabnam Dawran made a video on Wednesday to report the abuse she faced. She is a Radio Television Afghanistan employee. But when the passionate and hard-working woman made her way to her office.
But as she arrived at her workplace, she was stopped by some Taliban militants. And they threatened her.
Even when Shabnam showed them her employee ID card. They told her that the regime has now changed and their lives are now in a danger. But the male employees were going in and out with ease.
Moreover, Khadija Amin, an anchorwoman, and colleague of Shabnam made similar claims as well. She said that along with her, many other female employees are banned from even entering the office station.
Since this is a huge concern, Amin along with other colleagues went to talk with the new director of RTA. Likewise, the director is someone especially appointed by the Taliban himself. And when asked about the situation, even the director gave somewhat of the same answer.
Moving on, the new change in the rules says that women are now only able to get involved in some government and public life.
Some of the private news channels still have their female news reporters working for them. And one even interviewed the Taliban just recently. Where the Taliban even promised that their lives aren’t in a danger right now.
This is coming as a serious issue, and the fact that anyone is not able to harm or even plug a single strand of hair from the Taliban’s head is concerning. Moving on, UNESCO’s head has issued that the Taliban gives women the freedom they deserve. And let them work as journalists. But clearly, he is not listening.
With that being said, the Afghans deserve a peaceful society and nation. But, we can see that the Taliban has no intention of ever letting the citizens live in even a modest enough society. If this keeps going on. What is to become of the poor citizens?
Now that the Taliban is back in power, it’s going to be a hell of a ride for them. And as fellow human beings, all we can do is pray for their safety.
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YEREVAN (Combined Sources)–Armenian Archeologists have unearthed burial mounds dating back to the third millennium BC which they believe contain remains and trinkets from ancient Aryan nomads.
Historian Hakob Simonian said Wednesday that the four mounds were among 30 discovered about 35 miles west of the Armenian capital Yerevan–containing beads made of agate–carnelian and as well as the remains of what appears to be a man–aged 50-55.
Also found were remains of domesticated horses and glazed pottery appearing to show chariots–Simonian said.
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18-to-34-Year-Olds and Parents with Children Under 18 Are Big Spenders Via Mobile
NEW YORK, NY (December 15, 2014) — A new survey from the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence and Precision Market Insights from Verizon reveals that men are much more likely than women to go beyond browsing and research on their mobile device to make an actual purchase via a smartphone (56% vs. 45%). According to the study, entitled “Holiday Shopping in a Cross-Screen World,” the gender difference is especially notable within the younger demographic, with three-quarters (76%) of male smartphone users ages 18 – 34 doing so in a typical month, compared to 59 percent of the females in that age category.
That coveted age group is also among the biggest spenders on mobile, with 39 percent of 18-to-34-year-old smartphone users saying that they spend at least $51 or more via smartphone in an average month, as compared to 27 percent of overall survey participants. Smartphone-owning parents with children 18 spend via mobile at a similar level. The study also shows that smartphones are second only to computers among devices used for shopping, with 40 percent of smartphone owners stating that they use their device to research products they are interested in. In terms of expectations for the winter holidays, when U.S. smartphone owners were asked for the most important reasons they will shop during the season via their devices, the top responses included:
- Getting best price/saving money (51%)
- Saving time (36%)
- Making it quick and easy to search, research, find what I’m looking for (35%)
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. smartphone users said that they plan on researching, shopping for, or purchasing products via their smartphone this holiday season, with the most popular products or services being:
- Clothing (36%)
- Dining out (31%)
- Music, videos, and/or books (29%)
- Toys & games (29%)
- Consumer electronics (29%)
Holiday-themed ads have definitely caught the eye of U.S. smartphone users, with 92 percent having seen holiday advertisements prior to Thanksgiving across a full range of media channels. In sharp contrast, less than a third (29%) said they had specifically seen holiday-related ads on their phones during the same time period.
“We see this research as reflecting the growing importance of smartphones among the multiplicity of screens, media devices at consumers’ disposal, signaling an opportunity for marketers to reach consumers at the time and place where they are already holiday shopping – on their phones,” said Anna Bager, Senior Vice President, Mobile and Video, IAB. “In addition, with smartphones, tablets, and other devices gaining traction as shopping channels year-round, it is important that we understand exactly how consumers interact with these screens to research, shop for purchase products, so advertisers can accurately target them in a timely fashion, as they are doing on other media platforms.”
Finally, one in five smartphone users said they plan to spend part of the week between Christmas and New Year’s, often called “New Device Week,” learning about and purchasing accessories for new devices received over the holidays. This provides a solid opportunity for advertisers to reach consumers via mobile who are already primed to spend.
“Conventional wisdom has held that consumers may not be as receptive to advertising messages during the week between Christmas and New Year’s, but with nearly one in five American smartphone users planning to spend ‘New Device Week’ learning about and accessorizing newly received devices, advertisers have a unique opportunity to connect with an audience that is engaged and primed to make a purchase,” said Colson Hillier, Vice President, Precision Market Insights.
The complete “Holiday Shopping in a Cross-Screen World” study is available for download at https://www.iab.com/insights/holiday-shopping-in-a-cross-screen-world/.
To view a custom infographic, along with an interactive version that calls out lessons to learn from personal habits, visit https://www.iab.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MobileHolidayShoppingReport.pdf.
This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Poll on behalf of the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Precision among 2,013 adults ages 18 and older, among which 1,176 are smartphone owners. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
About the IAB
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy. It is comprised of more than 650 leading media and technology companies that are responsible for selling, delivering, and optimizing digital advertising or marketing campaigns. Together, they account for 86 percent of online advertising in the United States. Working with its member companies, the IAB evaluates and recommends standards and practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising. The organization is committed to professional development, elevating the knowledge, skills, and expertise of individuals across the digital marketing industry. The IAB also educates marketers, agencies, media companies and the wider business community about the value of interactive advertising. Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City.
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There are many factors to consider when it comes to flooring specification. That said, the process can be streamlined significantly by avoiding these seven deadly sins!
The Seven Deadly Sins of Flooring Specification:
1) Sloth: Lack of Research.
You cannot select the correct flooring solution for your project if you do not research both your substrate and the building’s environmental conditions and requirements thoroughly, leaving no stone unturned.
Not all substrates are created equal and there are many flooring solutions that simply will not work for your environment. Substrate issues are one of the main reasons for floor failure.
Do your research and ask questions to mitigate future issues!
2) Greed: It’s All About the Money.
While budget and cost play a crucial role in any building development, it should be one of the last factors considered when specifying a flooring solution.
Choosing a cheap and cheerful flooring product rather than a fit-for-purpose system can create costly headaches further down the line.
Focusing on frugality rather than your specific requirements can end up costing a company a lot more in the long term.
Focus on life-cycle costing rather than initial spend!
3) Lust: Just Because you Like it, Doesn’t Mean it Fits.
You may have seen the latest in flooring technology and decided that you need to utilise it in your next project. But just because it may be innovative or cool, it doesn’t mean that the performance and aesthetics will be a good fit for your current construction.
Don’t get seduced; make sure you specify a flooring system that is fit-for-purpose.
4) Pride: Listen to the Experts.
Every project is different, with some presenting more challenges than others. Ensure that you talk to flooring experts about your project needs. A reputable supplier will be able to provide vital knowledge, important insights and technical advice.
Don’t just specify a floor based on historical specifications, look at all your options.
5) Gluttony: Prioritise the Requirements.
Every building has a unique set of requirements. It is therefore imperative to prioritise these requirements as part of your flooring specification process.
Is the function or is the form of the building the top priority? Rather than adopting a more is more approach, prioritise your requirements and specify a tailored flooring solution.
6) Envy: Avoid Flooring Trends.
Be careful not to choose your flooring solution based on what is trendy or popular at the time. Flooring fads come and go, but a fit-for-purpose flooring solution should stand the test of time.
Make sure the flooring system you specify meets the building’s requirements not just what is currently on trend.
7) Wrath: Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth.
Large-scale construction projects can have any number of architects, designers, engineers and consultants all working on various elements at any one time and flooring specification can concern all involved.
Each person has a role within the process and through planning, research and expert technical flooring advice, most specification issues can be overcome.
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If you’ve had the same smartphone for over a year, the battery probably isn’t what it used to be. And no, you’re not just paranoid. According to two 2014 Nature Communications papers, the lithium batteries used to power our devices wear down over time. Apple even admitted to slowing down older iPhones to compensate for degraded batteries.
Sure, you could always pony up for a new battery (or buy a new phone altogether). But if you’d rather save your cash, there are plenty of ways to get some extra juice out of your current device. Try these 15 tips and tricks to extend your battery life.
1. SWITCH ON BATTERY SAVER MODE.
This might seem obvious, but most people don’t think about using battery saver mode until their phone is already about to die. Apple’s “Low Power Mode” switches on automatically when you hit 20 percent, but you can head into Settings > Battery to switch it on whenever you want or add it to your Control Center for easier access. Most Android phones offer a similar feature that can be toggled on at any time, which should help your device conserve some power and keep you going all day.
2. CHARGE SMART.
When you do have to recharge your phone, there are some precautions you should take to make sure you don’t degrade the battery any more than necessary. First, only use fast charging when you’re in a rush. While this feature can quickly top off your battery, it also wears down the battery faster than regular charging. If you have time to spare, it's better to use a regular old charger. Second, don’t charge your phone overnight—it only takes a few hours to get a full charge, and the rest of the time spent plugged in will only hurt your battery life in the long run.
3. TURN OFF BLUETOOTH AND WI-FI WHEN NOT IN USE ...
If Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are enabled, but you’re not connected to anything, your phone will waste battery trying to find a new connection. Instead, the next time you’re out of the house, try switching off Wi-Fi to keep your battery going a little longer. The same goes for Bluetooth. Whenever you’re not connected to a wireless speaker or headphones, just toggle it off. You can control Bluetooth and Wi-Fi from the quick settings menu on most phones, so extra battery life is just a swipe away.
4. ... BUT USE WI-FI WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE.
On the other hand, if Wi-Fi is available, you should be using it. Not only does Wi-Fi save data, it uses less battery life than a cellular connection. Don’t forget to switch on Wi-Fi at home, and don’t be ashamed to ask for the internet password if you’re at a friend’s place or a cafe.
5. TURN ON AIRPLANE MODE.
If your battery is starting to run low you might want to consider switching on Airplane Mode, which will turn off a bunch of features that use up power. That includes Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, but if you need either of those, you can always turn them back on manually without leaving Airplane Mode.
6. LOWER THE SCREEN BRIGHTNESS.
When it comes to using up smartphone battery life, one of the worst culprits is the display: Whenever it’s on, you’re losing precious power. One way to get around that is to lower your screen brightness from the quick settings menu. Most phones adjust the brightness automatically depending on the current lighting, so you may have to do this every time you switch on the screen. Still, it’s worth it if you get even a few minutes of extra phone time as a result.
7. DELETE THE FACEBOOK APP AND USE YOUR BROWSER INSTEAD.
Facebook’s app is one of the biggest battery hogs around, but there’s an easy way to get rid of the app without missing out on your aunt’s latest status update. You can access Facebook from your smartphone’s browser for a nearly identical experience. (You can even get notifications.) For quick access, try bookmarking Facebook.com and setting it as a home screen icon to replace the app.
8. TURN OFF LOCATION TRACKING FOR APPS THAT DON’T NEED IT.
Some apps (like Google Maps) really do need to know where you are to function, but others (like Facebook) probably don’t. Besides the issue of privacy, turning off location services for apps that don’t need it can help extend your battery life, since your phone won’t be working overtime to track where you are. On an iPhone, just go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services to see which apps are tracking you and toggle off the ones that shouldn’t be. Android offers a similar feature, just head to Settings > Security & Location > Location.
9. TURN OFF BACKGROUND REFRESH.
Background app refresh is another potential battery waster to consider, though it’s not the worst offender. This feature lets apps update in the background so they’re ready to go when you need them. That might sound bad but it only happens at ideal times, like when you’re already on Wi-Fi. Still, if you want to disable it just head to Settings > General > Background App Refresh to switch it off. Pulling this off is a little trickier on Android depending on your phone model, but you should be able to find the option by heading to Settings > Data Usage and then poking around.
10. TURN OFF AIRDROP.
This one is for iPhones only. Apple’s AirDrop feature is a useful tool for quickly sharing pictures and files with the people around you, but it can be a battery waster too. To turn off AirDrop, just swipe open Apple’s Control Center and tap on it to the feature off. You can also find it in Settings > General > AirDrop.
11. TURN OFF SPOTLIGHT.
Another iPhone-only trick for saving battery life is to turn off Spotlight, Apple’s intelligent built-in search. Spotlight tracks your activity to show you the best possible results when you search for something on your phone. That’s useful, but it’s also a battery waster. Turn it off by heading to Settings > General > Spotlight Search. From there, you can uncheck items from a list of activities Spotlight tracks (Apps, Contacts, Music, etc.), or just remove them all.
12. TURN OFF “HEY SIRI” AND “OK GOOGLE” HOTWORDS.
Being able to activate your phone’s AI assistant with a voice command is great, but it comes at a price. If your iPhone or Android device is always listening, that means it’s always wasting battery power. To turn off Hey Siri, head to Settings > Siri & Search and then toggle off “Listen for ‘Hey Siri.’” On Android, open the Google app and tap the menu icon in the top left corner. Then select Settings > Voice > “Ok Google” detection. You should see a toggle labeled “‘Say Ok Google’ any time.” Switch it off and you’re done.
13. TURN OFF VISUAL EFFECTS, LIVE WIDGETS, AND LIVE WALLPAPER.
Widgets and moving wallpaper are great for sprucing up your smartphone, but they also waste a bunch of battery life. If you’re worried about making it through the day without running out of juice, switch to a simple still background image and delete any widgets that update automatically. On an iPhone, you can also remove any visual effects by heading to Settings > General > Accessibility > Reduce Motion. Android has a similar option for in-app animations, too: Just head to Settings > Developer options and then disable “Window animation scale,” “Transition animation scale,” and “Animator duration scale.”
14. TURN OFF AUTOMATIC APP UPDATES.
It’s hard to remember a time before automatic app updates, a time when you had to manually update each app as improvements rolled out. But if you’re serious about extending your battery life, killing those automatic updates may be your best option. Switching off automatic app updates reduces the amount of activity happening in the background on your phone, which means less power is wasted on non-essential actions. To turn it off on your iPhone, head to Settings > iTunes & App Store and then toggle off Updates under Automatic Downloads. On Android, open the Google Play Store and tap on the menu icon in the top left corner. Then, hit Settings > General > Auto-update apps and switch it off.
15. CHECK BATTERY USAGE TO SEE WHICH APPS WASTE THE MOST POWER.
Finally, if you’re still not getting enough life out of your smart battery, one power-hogging app may be to blame. You can sniff out the culprit by checking your smartphone’s battery usage and then deleting the worst offenders. On iPhone, head to Settings > Battery and then scroll down to see which apps are using the most power. Android works the same way. Go to Settings > Battery > Battery Usage and you’ll see a list of the apps and services that are wearing down your battery. | <urn:uuid:f5b727ce-0715-440e-a8ae-a0376fbef234> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/530750/15-easy-ways-extend-your-phones-battery-life | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.88617 | 2,034 | 2.046875 | 2 |
An experienced architect will tell you: only a foolish person would build a house without first putting some specs down on paper. The process of building a website is no different. It takes careful planning and precise information architecture before you can hammer down that first nail, or in this case… punch up that first string of code. And because search engine marketing success is so critically dependent on having a website with a solid underlying foundation, future efforts to optimize are riding high on your ability to deliver a cohesive plan from the start. A successful website deployment depends on creating a detailed specifications document, just as the house you live in began on paper as architectural blueprints. These "spec docs" help to design a clear understanding of what the finished product should look like, and the individual steps that need to be taken in order to achieve that goal.
Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail
Whatever we do in life, it is important to be clear about what exactly we want to achieve. Otherwise, we will never know when we've reached a specific goal. Same goes for your website. Before you begin scripting a spec doc, learn as much as possible about the visions and goals for the website and the business behind it. This can include formulating thoughtful questions that provide relevant insight, creating an in-depth study of the current website, as well as those of any potential competitors, and a good old-fashioned brainstorming session with members of the design and development team is always helpful.
The Snowflake Effect
Just like a snowflake, no two specification documents are alike. They can be long or short, filled with dazzling graphs and photos, or stuffed with plain old text. An ecommerce site planning to sell only two or three different products will probably only require 15 to 20 pages worth of your ideas. While a large ecommerce website design or news site might look like the manuscript version of "War and Peace." The point is each one will be different. However, stick to this basic structure and you should be fine:
- Purpose of the document
- Description of the project
- Front-end functionality
- Common features
- Sitemap and website structure
- Description of every website page
- Wireframes (home page and at least 2 other important pages)
- Miscellaneous functionality
- Back-end functionality
- Use cases
7 Killer Tips For A Successful Specification Document:
1. Time is of the essence.. Evaluate the amount of time that is being put into the overall project, and then determine what portion of that should be focused on the spec sheet. For a brief document, 15 to 30 hours might be enough (15 pages and 3 to 4 wireframes), but a more detailed sheet takes no less than 50 hours. The time spent on the document should be proportional to the budget. There needs to be a conversation about how much time you can realistically devote to the specifications so that the rest of project can proceed in a smooth and prompt manner. If the project has only 400 hours allocated, it doesn't make sense to spend 100 hours writing the specs.
2. Don't dive in head first. Before getting too excited and diving directly into the detailed specifications, spend some time visualizing the new website as a finished product. Consider how you want the most important pages to look, then start drawing out their structures and drafting wireframes. You don't want to make everything up as you go along, so taking the time to create a skeleton of how you imagine your site looking can make the rest of the process much more organized. Only start working on the specs when you have a clear picture and long term goal for the whole project.
3. Home is where the start is. The homepage will be the first thing most of your audience sees upon visiting your site. So when working on wireframes, this is the logical place to start. It should include links to all important sections of the website. Once the wireframe of the home page is completed, the process of working on the other sections becomes much easier.
4. Understanding is in the details. Let's say you are outlining a redesign for an existing website. Make sure you take the time to learn how all sections of the old website work first. In the long run, you'll be very happy you did. If old sections are cut or left out, the corresponding or replacement sections on the new site should be addressed accordingly. This is also important when redirecting old URLs that may be linked to from outside sources.
5. Not making a decision is a decision - a bad one. Why make a plan, if the plan is incomplete? Do not leave any empty sections that you intend to wait and make a decision on later. Make sure that the spec document covers all sections of the website. If there is anything that is unclear, come up with a list of questions for the client that is filled with topics you would like to address. The goal you set should be laid out as clearly as possible because it will make your job, and the client's involvement, a much smoother process.
6. Make the possible, possible. Empty promises lead to hard feelings. You won't feel good about them, and neither will the client. During the planning process, make sure the site functionality options described on the spec document are actually feasible. Having to go back to the client with any issues later on can leave them incredibly disappointed.
Delivering the Deliverables
A well-crafted specification document allows designers and developers to move forward with a project while avoiding any surprises for the client down the line. It should give a precise estimation for a timeline of the project, and a completion deadline. You can hold you and your team accountable, while keeping the client at bay with an indication of what tasks you're working on and when. This helps to control the scope of the work, and keep costs from increasing throughout development. It is important to keep these details in mind while building a strong foundation for your overall project. In the end, it will lead to smooth communication between you and your client, and a clear picture for the project ahead. | <urn:uuid:9bdb0d99-01c1-4cbf-8973-a6247167ce49> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bluefountainmedia.com/blog/how-to-write-a-specifications-document | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945172 | 1,329 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Ensuring firefighter safety is something we should agree on. The recognition of carcinogens remaining on personal protective equipment (PPE) has resulted in a structured cleaning approach in Fire and Rescue Services, but what about the person wearing PPE?
Global studies found cancer is the leading cause of death for firefighters, with firefighters more than four times as likely to be diagnosed with cancer in comparison to the average working person.
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Why not just use a regular wipe?
Regular alcohol-based wipes or baby wipes might be good for killing germs and bacteria, but they won’t be successful in removing carcinogenic pollutants that absorb through the skin.
Alcohol commonly found in other sanitising products destroys your skin’s protective surface. Its prolonged use can also damage hard surfaces and expensive equipment. However, all De-Wipe products contain zero alcohol and are scientifically proven to eliminate toxins from skin, equipment and surfaces.
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Florence’s voyage of discovery
A university graduate from Suffolk has embarked on her own polar expedition a century after her ancestors played a part in some of the most famous Antarctic explorations in history. Sheena Grant reports
THIS year marks the centenary of Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated race against Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen to become the first man in history to reach the South Pole.
The story of how Capt Scott and his men, Wilson, Oates, Bowers and Evans, perished in the most inhospitable place on Earth has become etched into the nation’s consciousness.
Their fate and the manner in which they met death – revealed in numerous letters and diary entries found with their bodies – have come to embody noble self-sacrifice and heroism in a powerful and enduring way.
The five reached the pole on January 17, 1912 – only to find that Amundsen had beaten them to it. They never made it back. Evans died after a fall while Oates, suffering from frostbite and knowing he was slowing the others down, walked out into the freezing conditions never to return. The remaining three died, trapped in their tent by a blizzard, just 20km from safety, at the end of March, 1912.
Their bodies were found eight months later – exactly 100 years ago this month.
It’s an anniversary that has particular significance for Florence Barrow, a 22-year-old St Andrews University history graduate from Orford.
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Florence was raised on tales of Scott and his Antarctic endeavours.
Her great great uncle, Hartley Ferrar, was geologist with Scott’s first expedition to the continent in 1901, while her great grandfather, John Gibson Anderson, spent time with the explorer in New Zealand before he set off on his last, tragic, venture. It was through that meeting that he got a job as a deckhand on Scott’s ship, the Terra Nova, on its return voyage to Cardiff in 1913.
So when Florence got the chance to journey to the bottom of the world herself, spending four months working for the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, a charity arm of the British Antarctic Survey, she just knew it was meant to be.
Florence flew out to Argentina at the end of October, from where she and three other volunteers boarded a ship to take them to Port Lockroy on the Antarctic Peninsula, a group of islands on the approach to the mainland. There they will run the most southerly post office in the world and work in a museum for which the trust has responsibility.
For the next four months Florence will have only her three companions – plus several thousand gentoo penguins – for company.
Although it is the Antarctic summer, average daytime temperatures are minus 12C and there will be almost constant daylight.
“It will be a bit weird,” she says, “but also an incredible experience.”
Florence, who has started work on Port Lockroy in the last few days, was chosen for the volunteer role from among 160 applicants after an interview and a gruelling selection day.
“It was held over two days,” she says. “We had to camp in a field and undertake lots of different challenges and exercises. There were lots of logic and team work things, tests to assess leadership and how we would deal with different situations. We also had to do a presentation in front of groups, because that is all part of the job.”
The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, which works to conserve Antarctic buildings and artefacts and promote and encourage the public’s interest in the continent’s heritage, is responsible for the conservation management of Port Lockroy and five other sites on the peninsula.
Port Lockroy is open to visitors throughout the Antarctic summer, hence the presence of Florence and her colleagues. And it can get pretty busy, although the numbers of visitors and ships are monitored and regulated to ensure the environment is not damaged.
About 70,000 cards are posted each year from Port Lockoy post office, destined for around 100 countries and taking up to six weeks to arrive.
“The trust has a number of bases in the area but this is the only one that is manned,” says Florence. “The others are more research-based but Port Lockroy is more to do with preserving public interest in Antarctic heritage.
“We’ll be manning the island museum there, recording recent artefacts given to or collected by the trust, and running the gift shop and post office.
“There are about 15,000 tourists over the four months that come to the island and there is also a study of penguins, of which there are about 2,000 on the island. The study was set up during the ’90s, looking at the penguins and measuring the impact tourists have on the island.”
Despite her excitement, Florence knows living in such a remote place with just three other people for company (apart from the passing tourists who stop off on Antarctic cruises) will have its challenges.
“We have pretty basic living conditions,” she says. “There’s no mains power, electricity or running water and we’ll all be sharing a bedroom with four bunks.
“Four months there might get quite introspective but it’s definitely a fantastic first job after university. I don’t know exactly what I want to do career-wise long term yet, but it will be work that I care about.
“It’s going to be a complete contrast to anything I have ever experienced before and could get pretty intense. There’s also 100% daylight, which is something completely new. I have to be very flexible and adaptable.”
Florence spent some time getting to know the other volunteers before heading south.
“I’m pleased to say I liked them,” she says.
In many ways the former Orwell Park School pupil is luckier than some of those who have gone before her. New staff accommodation was built last year. Before that, volunteers had to sleep in the museum building.
Florence says it was her family connections to Scott’s expeditions in the world’s most remote, coldest and windiest continent that first fired her interest in Antarctica. Then her mother visited as a tourist a couple of years ago.
“I saw her amazing pictures and heard her stories about it,” she says. “When this opportunity came up it seemed the most exciting first job I could find. From what I can gather, the heritage trust seems to be a really inspiring charity and I am thrilled to be working with them.
“The fact that this is the centenary year of the Terra Nova expedition makes my journey all the more special.”
Florence’s great grandfather, John Gibson Anderson, was the brother of Hartley Ferrar’s wife, Helen Gladys.
“Hartley Ferrar was my great great uncle and he got the job as geologist on Discovery in the same year he graduated from Cambridge,” says Florence. “I’ve been to Dundee, where Discovery is now, and have seen his cabin. That made it all come alive and seem much closer to me. Plus there’s a lot been written about him, and stories of Antarctica abound in our family.”
Hartley first met Helen Gladys Anderson in New Zealand, when Scott and his officers stayed at the Anderson family home in Christchurch, effectively making it their New Zealand headquarters before heading south to Antarctica. The family again played host to Scott before the tragic Terra Nova expedition a decade later.
“Scott and his (Terra Nova) expedition team stayed at the family house in New Zealand (before setting out for the pole),” says Florence. “My other relative (John Gibson Anderson) came back to Britain as a deckhand on Terra Nova, the ship that Scott used for his last expedition.
“He got a position as a deckhand from New Zealand, having met all of them at this house they all stayed at before going down to Antarctica.
“It is about family for me but also about what I am going to be doing at Port Lockroy and the people I will be working with. That is what will really make all the difference.”
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Millions of tenants are at risk of eviction in late July as protections in the CARES Act are set to expire. While the U.S. Congress and Senate are proposing plans to extend the federal moratorium on evictions through March 2021, a finance expert at Washington University in St. Louis warns that is just one piece of the puzzle.
In fact, he warns that without action by the Federal Reserve and the Department of the Treasury to support commercial mortgage-backed securities, we could be facing a repeat of the 2007-08 financial crisis.
“The economy is interrelated. You can’t just stop payments at one place such as renters and homeowners and hope everything else will continue as business as usual. It’s going to be a cascade of problems — a huge ticking time bomb,” said Radhakrishnan Gopalan, professor of finance at Olin Business School.
Gopalan’s research into mortgage and rent delinquency shows that there is a large segment of the population constantly teetering on the edge.
“In my paper, we specifically looked at health shocks. We show whether or not you have health insurance has a huge effect on the likelihood of being evicted. For people without health insurance, even a small health shock puts them over the edge, leading to missed rent payments and, eventually, being evicted,” he said. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation report estimated 27 million Americans have lost health insurance amid the pandemic.
“This pandemic has been an enormous shock to finances,” Gopalan said.
More than 40 million Americans are currently claiming unemployment insurance. Nearly 7 million Americans are rent-burdened, according to a recent analysis by UrbanFootprint.
Up to now, the $600 weekly unemployment boost payments have helped many households stay afloat, staving off an immediate financial crisis. With those payments set to expire July 31 — six days after the scheduled end of the eviction moratorium — and no sign of the job market miraculously bouncing back overnight, Gopalan said the situation is a recipe for disaster come August.
“Evictions have enormous adverse consequences for the household, especially the children,” Gopalan said.
Adding to the problem will be the lack of legal protection for renters facing eviction. “There is significant variation in eviction law between states and jurisdictions. It’s unfortunate that Missouri ranks near the bottom in its protection for renters. Oftentimes, renters don’t have adequate legal representation, which results in unlawful evictions,” he said.
The cycle doesn’t merely end with the renter to landlord or homeowner to lender, though.
“Even rich landlords are not paying rents. There are a lot of Fortune 500 companies that have just stopped paying rent on their properties,” Gopalan said.
“Having said that, in my opinion, just putting a moratorium on rent payments is not a complete solution to the problem,” he added. “Because, ultimately, landlords have mortgages against their property. If the rents stop coming, how do they service their mortgages? And if they are not able to service their mortgages, that is going to lead to defaults for banks.”
Mortgage deferments are already increasing, even with the unemployment boost payments.
“Currently, about 10% of mortgages are in deferment. That highlights the fact that unemployment insurance is not a foolproof safeguard for ensuring household finances,” Gopalan said.
Gopalan sees similarities between the current financial environment and the financial crisis of 2007-08 when homeowners stopped paying their mortgages due to rising interest rates and falling housing values. When payments stopped coming in, it had a downstream effect on mortgage-backed securities and the entire financial economy.
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UK-based startup Leo Cancer Care is on a mission to make radiotherapy more comfortable, effective and accessible for patients.
London - 6th June 2022
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-Rotating seated device uses much less space and heavy equipment than conventional flat bed radiotherapy and proton beam radiotherapy facilities
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The technology is being explored by the NHS and could help to ease the backlog in cancer treatment
What began as a loose prototype using a office swivel chair has evolved into a literally revolutionary approach to delivering radiotherapy to cancer patients.
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By Robin Powell
The gardeners whose creations are featured in Claire Takacs' new book Australian Dreamscapes share a common desire to create beauty with plants. That might seem obvious for a garden book, but consider how often gardens are pressed into services that have nothing to do with appreciating beauty or plants - outdoor rooms, above-ground swimming pools or outdoor kitchens, perhaps. And think too of how often gardens are squeezed into an aesthetic that rejects the life and death changes inherent in plantlife. The gardens that move Takacs are those that move - shifting with the seasons and over time to create images of beauty that are aligned with natural rhythms.
Takacs is an Australian garden photographer renowned for using the magical light at sunrise and sunset to create dreamy garden images. She works in the US, Europe and Australia, chasing gardens at their high point. Her first book Dreamscapes, featured gardens around the world, and in the new book she stays local, with 15 Australian gardeners telling the story of their gardens in their own words, accompanied by her emotionally rich images. The gardens are linked by what she calls "naturalistic gardening": plant-focused, biodiverse, gardened with a sensitivity to the surrounding landscape and environmental conditions, and driven by a desire to create beauty.
This is gardening with a boggling degree of difficulty and the gardens presented here are not just dreamy but inspirational. Simon Rickard, who is one of our garden masters, as well as being a baroque bassoonist, now gardens his own place in regional Victoria, after eight years as Head Gardener at Heronswood, the Diggers Club garden on the Mornington Peninsula. His garden is an ongoing experiment in plant combinations, growing techniques and ideas and he finds a resonance between the emotional pull of both music and gardens. "For me," he explains in the book, "ornamental gardening exists at the intersection of the visual arts, architecture and music. In that space, shape, texture, colour and the three-dimensional form interact with the fourth dimension, time. Gardeners compose not only using shapes, colours and textures, but also consider how their creations will develop over time - as the light changes from hour to hour, but also from season to season, and eventually over the years and decades."
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Ariane de Rothschild, who ranks second only to her husband, Benjamin, at the legendary financial dynasty's Edmond de Rothschild Group, says rich Chinese friends and clients ask her the same question whenever she visits the mainland: how can you keep your family wealth for generation after generation? And how has the Rothschild family done that for centuries? Her husband is a sixth-generation scion of a dynasty that started more than two centuries ago. The group's vice-chairwoman, who was born in El Salvador, educated in the United States and lives in Geneva, told the South China Morning Post that the question raised by many rich Chinese families, which had gathered their wealth rapidly in the past two to three decades, or even in just a few years as part of the national economic growth story, reflected the urgent need for those families to get to the real meaning of being wealthy. "China is already in that kind of debate about their roles [of rich families] in the society, their contributions to the society and so on, besides just making money," Rothschild said. "Now it's also about how they can change the country or change the world. "A lot of Chinese families that I see [ask me] the first question 'how do you do it?' as now we pass on [the wealth of the Rothschild family] to the seventh generation." In recent years, family wealth and succession have been a hot topic on the mainland, already the world's second-biggest economy after the United States. This year, a new Chinese phrase, tu hao - often translated as "nouveau riche" or "new money" - suddenly became extremely popular on the internet, especially in various debates about how rich Chinese families became rich so quickly and how they should manage their wealth and contribute more to society, rather than just enjoying their own luxury lifestyles. Rothschild said she believed there was definitely something her group could do to help answer such questions, and that was why she had decided to focus more on the Greater China region - the mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan - where many rich families faced similar questions about family business successions. "Now the second generation [of rich Chinese families] is very well educated in the US or the UK and obviously this generation will challenge the previous one [in the way they do business and what they are interested in doing] and the pressure will be even greater for the third generation," she said. "The first generation is always struggling to make money, then the second generation's job is to keep the money and the third generation may have very different objectives," she added, noting that many Chinese clients turned to the Rothschild group because they felt at a loss about how to ensure that their second or third generations kept the family wealth. The group has about 70 professionals in its Hong Kong office, which serves as a "Greater China hub" for its clients in the region. The top challenge for Rothschild in Hong Kong, as elsewhere in the world, where it competes with other private banks including two Swiss firms with long histories of their own - UBS and Credit Suisse - is more than just seeking high returns on investments, but rather finding enough talent to take care of clients. "We want to hire as many as we can, which is a big challenge," Rothschild said. "In Hong Kong, it's a very difficult market to attract talents. "Besides salary and bonus, there's also corporate identity that people do consider. "I don't have an upper limit [in terms of hiring] as the more we grow, the happier we will be to hire. You can see there is still room [in the office]." The group's Hong Kong office occupies the top - 50th floor - of Exchange Square One in the heart of Central. 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The girl and her chance; a study of conditions surrounding the young girl between fourteen and eighteen years of age in New York city, prepared for the Association of neighborhood workers of New York city, by Harriet McDoual Daniels ...
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Cardno brings on Undergraduates as part of the CareerTrackers program!
One of the actions Cardno has committed to as a part of our Reconciliation Action Plan is to improve employment outcomes by increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recruitment, retention and professional development. To help this become a reality Cardno has partnered with CareerTrackers to give two Indigenous students the opportunity to come on board as summer interns.
CareerTrackers is a national not-for-profit social enterprise that aims to create pathways and provide support systems for Indigenous students to graduate from university with good grades, industry experience and everything they need to start a promising career.
Our two interns are Bill Riches, Undergraduate Scientist, based in the Perth office and Daniel Chui-Clark, Undergraduate Engineer based in Brisbane.
While interning at Cardno, Bill and Daniel will be mentored by industry experts, guiding them while they gain real world experience on the job to kick start their careers.
CareerTrackers Program Director, Hannah Turnbull says “Partnering with Cardno is so advantageous to our students."
"The future of work is STEM, and as we continue to invest in our students and community for more STEM uptake in tertiary education, it’s crucial that companies like Cardno join us in developing that pipeline of talent.”
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Anti-vax campaigns have entered the conversation around misinformation on the internet, with false theories about the harms that come with vaccinations spreading on platforms like Facebook and Youtube. The role fundraising sites play in this has mostly gone unnoticed, until now.
Recently, GoFundMe shared it will remove anti-vax campaigns on its website, as reported by The Daily Beast. A spokesman for GoFundMe told the outlet, “Campaigns raising money to promote misinformation about vaccines violate GoFundMe’s terms of service and will be removed from the platform.”
According to The Daily Beast, fundraisers by anti-vax groups have raised at least $170,000 in the last four years on GoFundMe. That’s a significant amount of money. Removing their ability to use GoFundMe may not completely defund anti-vax groups, but it’ll definitely make things harder for them moving forward.
Anti-vax campaigns can be dangerous not only because some of them use bad science, but also because they have real-life consequences. Health officials in New York partly blamed the anti-vax for a recent measles outbreak that have infected mostly children.
Last month, Pinterest announced it was halting search results on vaccines and combating anti-vax messaging. It was surprising to see Pinterest make that decision, but it made sites like Facebook share their own plans for combating anti-vax misinformation as well.
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Digital technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), have been acting as facilitators for HR departments of organizations to formulate smart recruitment and hiring strategies. AI has turned out to be more than a buzzword that businesses are enchanted with – its steady integration and numerous applications is making it a part of mainstream business.
With AI-powered cognitive engines, employers have a new opportunity to create enhanced employee retention and engagement strategies. For instance, an AI-powered digital accelerator can help organizations identify the right sources for recruitment, scout for the right profiles and provide capabilities to enable faster screening and improved retention of employees.
Bringing the right people together is essential for long-term business success. AI applications and tools can make the recruitment and selection processes more efficient and effective by processing large volumes of data – especially arising out of a company's search processes and the data provided by candidates in their CVs and on social network sites.
These smart systems can perform a multitude of operations – such as read multiple documents in minimal time, identify the required qualifications, educational history, work experience, understand what a successful employee in a similar position has done, thus guiding the right applicants to job openings that might provide a good fit.
By automating such repetitive, low-value tasks, AI encourages HR managers to increase focus on more strategic work and save time zeroing in on candidates that have the potential to emulate the top performers in the organization.
AI has also started playing a decisive role in online interviews. For example, AI-powered facial recognition capabilities can determine if a candidate is looking into the camera or reading from a script. AI can also analyse micro-expressions that correlate to a candidate’s personality, emotional reactions, and style of thinking. Even the candidate’s tone of voice and choice of words used during the interview and in other interactions, including email correspondences and social media posts, can be analysed.
An application with conversational AI capabilities offers new hires a resource to turn to any time they have questions without having to call or email their HR. This leaves the workforce less overwhelmed and lets hiring managers connect with candidates in more meaningful ways.
Enabling enhanced retention practices
Using AI-powered applications, HR managers can conduct intelligence-based skill-gap assessments, provide learning opportunities for employees, and monitor key performance indicators along with employee training progress. In an environment that is facing near-constant disruption, the L&D function of HR has gained greater importance for employees and employers alike.
With the correct training, employees can acquire the skills needed for taking on larger roles and responsibilities. Opportunities for learning and building of skill sets can help engage and retain employees for a longer time span. Corporate intranets can use AI to process data and learn from it. For example, a conversational AI tool can provide information to employees that may interest them -- e.g., vacation policies, flexible shifts amongst others.
Through analytics, AI helps HR managers deepen employee engagement and ascertain how an employee's values and motivational needs can be met within the organization. Organizations are taking advantage of the easily available digital tools to get a closer understanding of how employees are handling their positions and navigating their careers.
By gaining a deeper perspective into the work lives of employees, managers can help employees feel prioritized and encourage them to seek ways to grow within the organization, thus enhancing retention.
Employees are an organization’s most important asset, so applying a data-driven lens on talent acquisition and retention strategies becomes imperative for managers that seek to introduce value into the entire employee lifecycle management process. AI is predicted to play a more significant role within HR to support people analytics in innovative ways to engage top talent.
Large organizations are already harnessing the power of AI-driven tools to automate people-driven processes. To derive value, HR and the top management need to accelerate the adoption of AI to gain and maintain a competitive edge in an ever evolving and complex business environment.
The author, Sumit Sabharwal, is Head of HR for the Global Delivery Centres at Fujitsu.
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What you will need
What happens in your classroom when you stop talking? Choose a time during the day, and don’t speak for 5 minutes. Instead, focus on observing and listening. See (and hear) what you can discover about your students.
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Understanding IRA's - Individual Retirement Arrangements
Better known simply as IRAs – are accounts into which you can deposit money to provide financial security for when you retire. You can set up an IRA with a:
** bank or other financial institution
** life insurance company
** mutual fund
Here are some terms and definitions related to IRAs to help you learn more about how they work:
Traditional IRA: Contributions to a traditional IRA may be tax-deductible. The amounts in a traditional IRA are not generally taxed until you take them out of the account.
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees: commonly known as a SIMPLE IRA. It allows employees and employers to contribute to traditional IRAs set up for employees. It is ideal as a start-up retirement savings plan for small employers not currently sponsoring a retirement plan.
Simplified Employee Pension: Better known simply as an SEP-IRA, it is a written plan that allows an employer to make contributions toward their own retirement and their employees' retirement without getting involved in a more complex qualified plan. An SEP is owned and controlled by the employee.
ROTH IRA: An IRA that is subject to the same rules as a traditional IRA with certain exceptions. For example, you cannot deduct contributions to a Roth IRA. However, if the IRA owner satisfies certain requirements, qualified distributions are tax-free.
Contribution: The amount of money someone puts into their IRA. There are limits to the amount that someone can put into their IRA annually. These limits are based on the age of the IRA holder and the type of IRA they have.
Distribution: Essentially a withdrawal. This is the amount someone takes out from their IRA. There are additional taxes taken out for early withdrawals, so please consider other sources of income before taking money out of your IRA.
Required distribution: A taxpayer cannot keep retirement funds in their account indefinitely. Someone with an IRA generally must start taking withdrawals from their IRA when they reach age 70½. Roth IRAs do not require withdrawals until after the death of the owner.
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My quoting of Blake in response to Ron Silliman’s quoting of Whitman was of course spurious. The general trend of English poetry (and culture generally) is the important thing, not a few unusual individuals; and the English are certainly often suspicious of people who are intellectually, politically or religiously enthusiastic.
I think what bugs me about it, actually, is the whole business of tying poetry to nationhood. Silliman isn’t just describing trends; he’s taking one part of the poetry written in America and claiming it as the true American Poetry, and rejecting the rest of it as being American merely by unfortunate geographical coincidence. And the idea that Frost’s poetry is not American is just – well, silly.
And since the Avant/SoQ distinction is a very broadly applicable one (as it has to be, to cover 150 years of literature), why stop there? Just as Frost is, presumably, English, I guess André Breton must be American. I’m sure he’d have been thrilled to know it.
Silliman isn’t alone in this, of course – the folks on the other side of the fence do exactly the same thing. Both sides try and fight for some kind of notional ownership of American Poetry. I’m not, btw, making the familiar argument that Americans are parochial. I just think that fighting to establish the ideological purity of a nation’s art is an activity best left to dictators. By all means, let Ron Silliman and Ted Kooser knock seven shades of shit out each other in an attempt to decide who has the better recipe for poetry, but I can’t see why either of them need to wrap themselves in the flag to do it. | <urn:uuid:706a1a7b-bcdf-4c1f-a7ce-d5d183cd999b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://heracliteanfire.net/2005/07/06/again-with-the-quietude-and-perfidious-albion/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.959077 | 369 | 1.625 | 2 |
Motivation and Audience:Motivated by one of the article from circuit cellar, I want to trace the author's steps to see how the G-Force machine work. The author wrote an article on how to build a machine, that measure acceleration using a PIC 16F84 and a acceleration sensor.
Audience will require expience in programming PIC Microcontroller (intro to microcontroller) and basic electrical backgroundPart List
US-based vendors include Jameco, Digikey, JDR and Radio Shack.The Parts
ADXL202AE is a 2-axis accerlerometer with analog or digital output. The digital sifnals whose duty cycles (ratio of pulsewidth to period) are proportional to acceleration. The duty cycle can be measure by using a microprocessor counter. Algorithm is posted later in this tutorial. The duty cycle period is adjustable from 0.5ms to 10ms by adjusting the resistor attach to Rset.Acceleration experienced by the ADXL202 may be calculated by the following formular:
if the nominal duty cycle output of the ADXL202 is 50% at zero g and 12.5% duty cycle change per g. Therefore to calculate acccerlation from the duty cycle:Acceleration(g) = ( ( T1/T2 ) - 50% ) / (12.50%)
Duty Cycles: think of this as a square wave, the longer the pulse of the wave is, the higher is that value. And have a counter count how many time of certain interval that the pulse stay high and low will give us the value.The duty cycle = (pulse interval) / (period).
The voltage regulator will ensure a correct level of voltage supply to component.
Figure2 and Figure3
The LCD: We are using a DCM-16L207 LCD. This LCD has 2 line, 16 character per line display. The x207 has capability of displaying ASCII characters.Note: The Lcd has port 1 -> 14, the circuit use port 14 -> 11 for 4 bit data transfering, port 6,5,4 for LCD control, port 2 for drive voltage and port 1 for ground. Missing from the circuit is port 3 which drop through a resistor or a potential resistor to controll the contrast of the LCD. Missing this resistor will leave the LCD blank and you won't see anything. I use a 3.5K Ohm for this, anything near it will be ok. insert picture of LCD here
Building the circuit require time and determination. Since the ADXL202 sensor is very small, having a mounted board for this chip will make work easier. I didn't think of it when I build this circuit so you can see that my board is kind of messy. But as long as I have the sensor oriented correclty, this won't affect the performance You can find the program by downloading it from here,GFORCE3.asm,GFORCE3.hex,GFORCE3.pbp.
The author write this program using Picbasic Pro Compiler, which you can find an evaluation copy here PicBasic Complier. Building this tutorial was a good experience. I get to learn about the ADXL202 sensor, PWM, DCM the LCD and best of all, I get to play with more electrical toys.
Note: As you can see, I have made mistake not connect any resitor to pin3 of the LCD, it take me some delay to figure out this mistake. When debug your circuit, all part are significant. I kind of take that for granted and didn't check the LCD carefully.
The test run
Figure6 Image display the calibration routine
You can find the program by downloading it from here,GFORCE3.asm,GFORCE3.hex,GFORCE3.pbp.
The author write this program using Picbasic Pro Compiler, which you can find an evaluation copy here PicBasic Complier.
Building this tutorial was a good experience. I get to learn about the ADXL202 sensor, PWM, DCM the LCD and best of all, I get to play with more electrical toys.References | <urn:uuid:614f4631-1db9-47f8-8491-a007ca2d7fb2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.angelfire.com/dragon/tai/gmachine/Gforce.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.904338 | 875 | 2.921875 | 3 |
With the development of the Dutch East India Company, the Dutch Republic built up a lucrative trade with Asia. They created trading posts, forts and garrisons to protect and defend their merchant vessels as they transported valuable cargoes between Asia and northern Europe. The English king, Charles II, was keen to take a share in this wealth. He plotted to destroy the Dutch merchant fleet in alliance with the French.
Why Sole Bay?
Assembling in Sole Bay, the allied fleet was carrying out repairs and taking on supplies before moving to a strategic position for a blockade of the Dutch ports. The Dutch contingent had already made one foray to find the English fleet, but arrived in the Medway in thick fog, allowing the English, who were unaware of the Dutch presence, to sail north to Southwold.
In the early hours of 28 May, 1672, a French frigate sailed into the bay with the news that the Dutch fleet had been sighted and were just a few hours away. Most of the crews were enjoying shore leave in the various taverns and inns of Southwold, Dunwich and Walberswick when battle was declared. It took the bailiffs and a drummer boy four hours to clear the sailors out of the taverns and back on to their ships.
The Dutch fleet was under the command of Admiral Michiel Adriaenzoon de Ruyter aboard the ship ‘Zeven Provincien’. The Admiral played a significant part in all three of the Anglo-Dutch wars. He commanded around 75 ships, 36 fireships, 4,484 guns and around 20,732 men. His Lieutenant Admirals were Adriaen Banckert and Willem Joseph van Ghent.
The Anglo-French fleet was under the command of James, Duke of York, later to become James II, aboard the ‘Royal Prince’ as Admiral of the Red. His side-lieutenants were Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, Admiral of the Blue, aboard the newest and biggest ship in the English fleet, the ‘Royal James’. On the French side was Comte Jean II d’Estrées, Admiral of the White, aboard ‘Sainte Philippe’. The allied fleet had around 71 ships, plus frigates and fireships, over 5,500 guns and 24,000 men.
James, Duke of York, and the Earl of Sandwich, had both spent the night prior to the battle at their Headquarters, Sutherland House, in Southwold’s High Street.
By the time most of the sailors were rounded up and the ships were ready to put to sea, it was 5.30am. The French fleet, anchored off Dunwich, was intended to be in front, but the approach by the Dutch from an unexpected direction meant that they found themselves in the rear. Interestingly, the French fleet turned south, away from the battle, but they were pursued by Banckert who inflicted heavy casualties. It is thought that Louis XIV had given secret orders to Vice Admiral Comte d’Estrées to avoid battle if he could, in the hope that the English and Dutch would destroy each other to the benefit of the French. However, towards the end of the battle, the French responded to the firing from Banckert, and headed north again in pursuit of the Dutch.
The Dutch had divided their fleet into small units, and by 8am, the English fleet had become spread out and individual ships became easy targets to pick out. The English were unable to form tight formations and therefore couldn’t deliver effective broadsides. The Earl of Sandwich’s flagship, the ‘Royal James’, was attacked by ‘Groot Hollandia’ (captained by Jan van Brakel) which attached itself to the ‘Royal James’ and repeatedly cannoned the hull. The Earl ordered parties from other ships to board the ‘Groot Hollandia’, forcing the Dutch captain to cut the lines and retreat. The ‘Royal James’ drifted away, sinking, and was attacked by several fireships. The ship burnt with a great loss of life. The Earl’s body was found weeks later, only recognisable by his scorched clothing still bearing the Order of the Garter.
The battle lasted for most of the day, and in the thick smoke, noise and confusion, losses were heavy. It ended at sunset, where the failing light and the possible return of the French caused the Dutch fleet to withdraw. The Dutch lost two ships and 1,800 men, the English lost two ships and about 2,000 men. For weeks afterwards, the Southwold Chamberlain’s accounts record payments of a shilling to anyone who found and buried the body of a drowned sailor. Over 800 wounded men from all sides were landed at Southwold.
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Yards and vendors must act promptly to comply with upcoming IACS cyber security requirements
The International Association of Classification Societies’ (IACS) unified requirements for cyber security due to come into force on 1 January 2024 herald a shake-up for the supply industry. They will require the full spectrum of critical on-board control and navigation systems to comply.
New technology and increasing automation and digitalization are combining to streamline the efficiency of the maritime industry. But along with the increasing number of integrated vessels featuring multiple interconnected systems comes the threat of remote attacks that can potentially gain access to or impact critical on-board control systems. Optimal cyber security needs to be in place to ensure vessels remain in operation and to safeguard the safety of crew, passengers, assets and the environment.
It is critical to implement optimal preventative measures against cyber attacks
“Shipping is the backbone of global trade and the potential disruption that attacks could cause, not to mention the danger to life and property, is a clear temptation for cyber criminals and state-sponsored hackers. It is imperative to protect both corporate infrastructure and individual ships amid increasingly high vessel connectivity. Most people are aware of the risks, the focus is now on implementing optimal preventative measures,” says Jarle Coll Blomhoff, Group Leader Cyber Safety & Security, Control & Bridge Systems – Ship Classification Maritime at DNV.
While corporate IT systems are considered “mature” with a lot of attack surfaces, attacks are still most likely to have a financial impact on a company rather than directly on vessel operations (low consequence). However, operational technology (OT) on board a ship or offshore mobile asset is increasingly connected to shore-based IT systems, providing a potential “back door” for attackers. “Cyber security must protect this low-maturity, high-consequence digital infrastructure so that a ship can stay safe and moving despite being attacked. You can’t risk losing the main engines or any other system considered essential and important under SOLAS rules,” says Blomhoff.
New IACS unified requirements focus on cyber risks of on-board systems
While regulations like the IMO cyber resolution from 2021 require owners, operators and managers to consider overall cyber risks, at the systems level there are no concrete requirements. However, this is now changing, as the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) just published new unified requirements (URs) that will oblige both yards as system integrators and system vendors to build cyber security barriers into their systems and vessels.
“The URs will apply to everything computer-based on board such as main-engine control systems, steering, cooling systems, fire detection, communications systems including public address systems, and navigation systems – basically anything that is integral to making the ship move, navigate and operate safely,” says Blomhoff.
His team is also working on autonomous shipping, where class qualification of autonomous pilot tools such as object detection will also be very important. “Any kind of decision-support system that provides critical navigation advice to the captain and contributes directly to steering the vessel will also be subject to the URs in future,” he said.
The URs will apply to all newbuilds contracted after 1 January 2024 and will also serve as non-mandatory guidance for existing ships as well as new vessels contracted before that date.
DNV is ready to apply IACS-compliant Cyber secure rules to newbuilds
The URs are minimum prescriptive requirements agreed by all IACS members. Any class society appointed to oversee a newbuild naturally deals with the shipowner and the yard, but from that date they will also need to check that all vendor systems meet the requirements. How individual class societies implement the URs can vary, but for DNV-classed vessels DNV is ready now to apply its existing IACS-compliant Cyber secure rules to existing vessels and current newbuilds, as well as work closely with system suppliers to support a smooth transition in 2024.
“With more than 100 vessels contracted so far for voluntary approval, as well as a larger range of automation and navigation system suppliers type-approving their systems with DNV, we believe DNV and the industry is on a good path,” says Blomhoff. DNV class rules and the IACS URs use the IEC 62443 standards that address OT cyber security in a holistic way, including both technical and process-related aspects.
New URs ensure holistic cyber security of on-board equipment
Firstly, UR E26 aims to ensure the secure integration of both Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) equipment into the vessel’s network during the design, construction, commissioning and operational life of the ship. This UR targets the ship as a collective entity for cyber resilience and covers five key aspects: equipment identification, protection, attack detection, response and recovery.
Secondly, UR E27 aims to ensure system integrity is secured and hardened by third-party equipment suppliers. This UR provides requirements for cyber resilience of onboard systems and equipment plus additional requirements relating to the interface between users and computer-based systems onboard, as well as product design and development of new devices before their implementation onboard.
System delivery across different industries
DNV believes that one strength of the new URs is that they are built on concrete requirements and based on internationally recognised IEC62443 standards for control-system cyber security. This will greatly support suppliers that deliver their control systems across different industries. It is also positive that the two URs are complementary. UR E27 lets suppliers focus on developing cyber-security barriers through, for example, a type approval of their system, so that yards and owners will have a range of pre-approved systems to choose from when implementing the requirements of UR E26 into their vessel designs and operation.
Steps vendors should take in view of the time pressure
The fact that yards and vendors will have to verify critical systems to meet the requirements represents a big change for the industry given that control systems have a long lifespan and development processes are time consuming. Especially smaller vendors are likely to face resource challenges meeting the requirements within the tight timeframe.
“There are less than two years left and vendors and yards will need this period to assess and verify that their control systems are compliant. We encourage all vendors to, firstly, go through their portfolios and systematically assess which products/systems can they make cyber secure enough to still be in use after 1st January 2024. This pertains especially to vendors offering digital services in the cloud to prevent leakage of, for example, key environmental data,” says Blomhoff.
Vendors should then make a detailed analysis what needs to be done, execute those actions followed by testing and getting type approval. To keep systems safe, they will need to look at attack surfaces, log-in security barriers and configuration protection. They will also need to protect USB removeable device interfaces and network interfaces, especially links to shore, as well as implement consistent patching so software is continually up to date. “They should also ensure that back-up and recovery procedures are in place to return the system to a safe state. If a system goes down you should be able to recover it sufficiently to continue critical operation and ensure key technical functionality,” says Blomhoff.
How can DNV help?
DNV can help in two main ways, by type approval for equipment and systems, either separately or as part of its Cyber secure notation for a new ship, as well as providing advisory services from its independent DNV Accelerator unit. DNV’s Accelerator can help vendors examine all the above challenges on their journey towards type approval. Our experts support customers with support system risk assessment/improvements, penetration testing and training in a third-party witnessing role, as well as system documentation if desired.
Even before the new IACS URs come into force, DNV is already conducting type approval of various automation and control systems with major suppliers on a voluntary basis. For example, DNV has already type-approved key systems from ABB, Kongsberg and Wärtsilä, and is working on the same for several other control and navigation systems.
Type-approved systems reduce risks and documentation work of newbuild projects
“We are fortunate to be the preferred class partner major suppliers choose to work with on type approvals. They value us as a discussion partner based on our experience and expertise. We take the process very seriously as it reflects our brand value. In addition, when vendors choose to get a system type-approved by us it will reduce risks and uncertainties of newbuild projects, as well as reduce the documentation that each vendor needs to provide for each vessel. Detailed cyber security documentation is something that a supplier would like to limit distribution of, hence a type-approval certificate plays more than one role,” says Blomhoff.
He concludes by encouraging all yards and vendors who are in doubt over what the upcoming IACS URs will mean for them, and what do to, to reach out. “Whatever challenges you are facing, I am 100% certain we will be able to support you,” he said.
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Oaxacan Green Dent Corn
Oooh, iridescent green corn on the cob lookin' all like a mermaid's tail. Or the Incredible Hulk. Or someone who never brushes their teeth. Alright, sign me up. I'm ready to get the captivating moss and emerald, clover and crocodile kernels of Oaxacan Green Dent Corn stuck in mine.
Oaxacan Green is an heirloom corn grown by the Zapotec Indians in Oaxaca, Mexico. Obviously, its #1 feature is its striking shades of green, making it a popular choice for ornamental uses, such as parties, weddings, and home decor. The corn also dries and grinds down into a spiffy flour, but I've seen plenty of spinach-haunted green tortillas, so I'd rather eat my Oaxacan Green whole, slathered in butter.
And Chef'n Cob stripped and added to tomatillos, avocado, and cilantro for an all-green salsa.
And tossed in the batter for a batch of "moldy" Halloween cornbread.
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The Gratitude Lens
Gratitude activities have been shown to increase determination, attention, enthusiasm, optimism, and energy. Studies suggest focusing on gratitude shifts mindset away from toxic emotions and positively affects mental health. Improvements in gratitude can have far-reaching effects, from increased exercise and improved sleep to decreased depression and even reduction in physical ailments. Gratitude seems to have a compounding effect, increasing over time. These are some of the reasons we create products that help to nurture gratitude.
How to Play the Glad Game
The Glad Game came from the book, Pollyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter, first published in 1913. It's a very simple premise in which you challenge yourself to look for and focus on the things you can be glad (thankful) for. | <urn:uuid:9f1ff768-94ce-42b0-9312-f8dde747ba54> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ticoandtina.com/gratitudelens/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.941379 | 158 | 2.375 | 2 |
Two low-latency IP-based systems, RedNet and LOLA, were selected by Edinburgh Napier University to link a new music building with existing broadcast and drama facilities and to allow low-latency audio and video collaboration with other institutions/organizations around the world. First to be examined will be their use of Focusrite RedNet and Audinate Dante to expand existing AES10 (MADI) point to point links. Second, an overview will be provided of the University's ongoing research with JANET and GARR (the UK and Italy National Research and Education Networks) into the use of the Italian LOLA system (LOw LAtency audio visual streaming system) to provide long-distance audio and video links for rehearsal and performance involving musicians in different countries.
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Collaboration is more and more important at work, and a good PDF annotator will help a lot to comment, review, and share PDF documents.
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The wrought iron Phoenix Columns here in the Symbols of Steel Sculpture Garden once supported the floors of the Stegmaier Brewery, a Wilkes-Barre, PA, landmark. The Romanesque style brewery building was constructed in the late 19th century and continued in operation until 1974.
Samuel Reeves designed the Phoenix Column here at the Phoenix Iron Company. It was patented in 1862. As an important architectural and engineering innovation, the Phoenix Column was used for bridges all over the United States and as far away as Russia and Japan. Because of its resistance to corrosion, it was used for several piers along the New Jersey seacoast. It also provided structural support for many important projects, including the Vanderbilt Mansion in Asheville, NC; the Washington Monument; and the first elevated train in New York City.
The sculpture garden was conceived and designed by Barbara Cohen and Charles Berger. Structural design was provided by Jan Vacca, landscape design by Joe Orsatti, column installation by John Phillips, and column restoration by Barry Chendorain. The columns were transported to Phoenixville courtesy of Joseph Mooney. | <urn:uuid:c766d2af-6b98-4a29-8ce2-ec06aac8a34c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMFPD_symbols-of-steel-sculpture-garden_Phoenixville-PA.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.964331 | 229 | 2.53125 | 3 |
October 15, 2020| NPR Staff
"When I was growing up, I marveled at how my single mother was able to come home after a long day of work, make dinner, iron our school uniforms and help me and my sister with our homework.
I can't imagine how she would have managed during this pandemic.
What would she have done if she was laid off from her job at the airport? Would she be able to figure out — or afford — virtual school? How would she keep us safe from the virus?
Around the world, mothers have been struggling with these very challenges during the pandemic. We spoke to three mothers who shared how they've been faring: a mom of two in Jordan, expecting her third child and missing the in-person support from family; a dairy farmer with four teenage children — and 165 cows — to look after; and a single mom helping her son, who is on the autism spectrum, find joy in spite of coronavirus restrictions.
Read their stories, check out our special report on 19 women facing the coronavirus crisis — then find out how to nominate a woman to be profiled at the bottom of the story. -- Malaka Gharib"
"Calm And Juggling On A Dairy Farm
The cows rode around the milking carousel, a circular platform lined with 30 individual holding pens that slowly turn clockwise. In each pen, a black and white Holstein or brown and white Montbéliarde waited to be milked.
In the pit below the carousel, 40-year-old Nienke Pastoor stood at udder-height, attaching the milk-extracting pump to each cow as it passed her.
Pastoor, her husband Jaap and Henk, an employee, need just 90 minutes to milk all 165 of the farm's dairy cows.
Pastoor and her husband co-manage a 336-acre dairy farm. One of her many responsibilities is to help run the daily milking operation. She's also the mother of four teenage children; she cooks and cleans; and she manages the farm's books. She regularly gives tours to schoolchildren from the nearby city of Groningen, taking them around the farm and letting them milk the cows by hand.
For a while Pastoor cherished the sudden quiet and freedom that COVID-19 brought to the "Other World": the name given to the remote farming district in the far north of the Netherlands where the Pastoor family have been dairy farmers for 75 years. "We established a strange new family rhythm during the lockdown," she said on a blustery blue-skied afternoon.
The only set routines were the morning and afternoon milking of the cows, and the e-lessons of her children: Thomas, 17, Daniel, 15, and twins Emma and Paulien, 13, who like many students in the Netherlands switched to remote learning in March.
"There was less pressure," she said. "No music lessons or sports games to drive the children to. And because the weather was so nice, life definitely felt a little more relaxed." The only visitors to the farm during the lockdown, which lasted from March 15 till June 2, were the truck drivers who came by three times a week to pick up 3,079 gallons of milk, and the vet who visited every two weeks.
But the pandemic also added new tasks to Pastoor's farm routine. She suddenly had to help the children with their schoolwork. "I made sure they were sitting at their laptops when they were supposed to be. I told them, 'We all have responsibilities in life. I have to do things. And so do you. You make sure the thing you are doing is done on time.' "
The children didn't mind the sudden shift to learning at home. They were able to sleep longer in the mornings as they didn't have to bike to school. The only frustration was the frequent technical glitches — no sound, the teacher's screen not working.
Pastoor was so busy she couldn't do the books for a month. Work kept piling up on the long wooden kitchen table where she normally sits.
"In the end, I had to tell [Jaap and the children] to get out of the kitchen so I could have some time for myself."
"It was difficult being a mother and a farm manager," she said, reflecting on lockdown life. "Everyone expected me to successfully juggle everything."
But dealing with all these responsibilities didn't concern Pastoor. What truly worried her was how she would cope if her husband were to get COVID-19 and succumb to the virus — and she'd be left to manage the farm on her own. "The pandemic really brought that home." | <urn:uuid:277061c5-690b-4c68-ba25-ea26ff3c8737> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sandrarodriguezphd.com/blog/being-a-mom-is-tough-being-a-mom-in-a-pandemic-is-even-tougher | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.983829 | 998 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Jeremy Mardis, a 6-year-old boy with autism was shot dead by Louisiana State Police officers, Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Derrick Stafford last Tuesday. The two officers have been arrested on charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. The video footage and arrest has been attributed to police use of body cameras.
The body camera on a third officer who responded to a call for back up captured the shooting on video.
Louisiana State Police Superintendent, Col. Mike Edmonson told reporters during a press conference last Friday that the body cam footage “is partly why we’re here tonight with these charges.”
When asked how pivotal the video footage was in leading to the arrests, Col. Edmonson told CBS News, “I mean, as a father, much less head of the state police, I looked at that tape, I said this is incredibly disturbing.”
The officer initially reported that Chris Few, Jeremy Mardis’ father, who was driving the vehicle in which they were both shot, reversed the car at the officers and that there was an exchange of gunfire. Col. Edmonson stated that the car wasn’t reversed. The police car that was allegedly hit has minor damage. And no gun was found in Mr. Few’s car.
The officers fired 18 shots at the car Mr. Few was driving. Jeremy was shot five times in the head and chest and Mr. Few is in serious condition at Rapides Hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Jeremy Mardis has become the youngest person to be killed by police officers in 2015. Col. Edmonson said that he died buckled to the front seat of the car.
Body camera usage has been spreading widely throughout police departments in the past few years. President Barack Obama proposed a plan to fund a 50 percent match to agencies to buy body cameras. According to the White House, the objective is to invest $75 million dollars in federal funding to help buy 50,000 body cameras for police usage.
Moreover, studies have repeatedly substantiated the argument that body cameras foster better policing practices. The Birmingham, Alabama police department found a 38 percent drop in use of force cases and a 71 percent drop in police complaints, since putting 319 body cameras in operation. Use of force dropped by more than 50 percent in the Orlando Police Department in Florida.
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PLYWOOD: MATERIAL OF THE MODERN WORLD, Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7, until 12th November 2017
I am grateful to John Kirkwood to visiting and writing about this exhibition:
Perhaps not surprisingly this is a world-first exhibition featuring as it does the many uses to which plywood has been put.
Like me, I’m sure you thought it was a twentieth century invention but apparently fragments of layered board have been found in Egyptian tombs – perhaps they thought if the mummies came back to life they might fancy a bit of DIY to amuse themselves – but it really came into its own in the late nineteenth century with the advent of mass production.
Plywood’s ubiquity has been embraced by furniture makers, manufacturers of surfboards and skateboards, designers, architects and engineers and this very interesting exhibition takes visitors through plywood’s many transformations from a cheap product to material prized by mid-century modernists and by today’s flourishing maker movement.
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If your kids are anything like mine…the idea of packing everyone up to go to the grocery store and get the necessities for the next week isn’t always very appealing. From wanting all of the goodies and treats to sneaky hands reaching out of carts to knock food off of the shelves, little ones can sometimes make a routine grocery trip turn into a trip to meltdown city for everyone. This doesn’t always have to be the case however, and in fact, the grocery store can turn into a great place to help children build their brains and learn new skills.
One of the best ways to do this is by making a list of things that you need beforehand and having them help find those items. Perhaps it takes a little longer, but this is a great way to build their observation and focus skills. You can also turn it into an “I spy” type of game by saying “I’m looking for a food that’s yellow and starts with a /b/ sound…that’s right bananas! There they are! Let’s count how many we have…1…2…3…”. It may seem simple, but kids love being asked to help out and a food scavenger hunt where they have to figure out the clues can be really entertaining.
Ask your kids to look for different shapes and point to them. Look for foods that have different colors. Let them feel some of the foods and notice their textures. Ask how high they can count while you wait your turn in line. Ask them to say the first sound of each food that you place in the cart. So many different skills can be practiced and encouraged while you’re going through your normal routine. Now, if only they can help you remember which parking spot you left your car in…
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This website is developed for anyone who wants to contribute to more sustainable and integrated communities or neighbourhoods in the Western Balkans. Its goal is to provide information for representatives of national and local governments, police agencies, non-governmental organisations, as well as social activists, teachers, other security providers and all other citizens, regardless of their background, who believe that human security starts in communities!
We aim to boost cooperation between local communities and police services by giving a hands-on information on community-oriented policing practices, based on a bottom-up approach. It is set up for those who are already involved in community-oriented policing, and those who are just getting started! It can help those who want to address specific issues in their community, as well as those who want to build stronger ties within it.
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Fordism, a specific stage of economic development in the 20th century. Fordism is a term widely used to describe (1) the system of mass production that was pioneered in the early 20th century by the Ford Motor Company or (2) the typical postwar mode of economic growth and its associated political and social order in advanced capitalism.
From origins to crisis
Henry Ford helped popularize the first meaning in the 1920s, and Fordism came to signify modernity in general. For example, writing in prison in the interwar period, the Italian communist Antonio Gramsci discussed the economic, political, and social obstacles to the transfer of Americanism and Fordism to continental Europe and highlighted its potential transformative power when controlled by workers rather than conservative forces. Gramsci’s comments inspired research on postwar Fordism and its crisis.
In its second meaning, Fordism has been analyzed along four dimensions. First, as an industrial paradigm, it involves mass production of standardized goods on a moving assembly line using dedicated machinery and semiskilled labour. Second, as a national accumulation (or growth) regime, it involves a virtuous cycle of mass production and mass consumption. Third, as a mode of regulation, Fordism comprises (1) an institutionalized compromise between organized labour and big business whereby workers accept management prerogatives in return for rising wages, (2) monopolistic competition between large firms based on cost-plus pricing and advertising, (3) centralized financial capital, deficit finance, and credit-based mass consumption, (4) state intervention to secure full employment and establish a welfare state, and (5) the embedding of national economies in a liberal international economic order. Fourth, as a form of social life, Fordism is characterized by mass media, mass transport, and mass politics.
The Fordist mode of growth became dominant in advanced capitalism during postwar reconstruction and is often credited with facilitating the long postwar boom. During the 1970s, however, its underlying crisis tendencies became more evident. The growth potential of mass production was gradually exhausted, and there was intensified working-class resistance to its alienating working conditions; the market for mass consumer durables became saturated; a declining profit rate coincided with stagflation; a fiscal crisis developed; internationalization made state economic management less effective; clients began to reject standardized, bureaucratic treatment in the welfare state; and American economic dominance and political hegemony were threatened by European and East Asian expansion. These phenomena prompted a wide-ranging search for solutions to the crisis of Fordism, either by restoring its typical growth dynamics to produce a neo-Fordist regime or by developing a new post-Fordist accumulation regime and mode of regulation.
The term post-Fordism is used to describe both a relatively durable form of economic organization that happened to emerge after Fordism and a new form of economic organization that actually resolves the crisis tendencies of Fordism. In neither case does the term as such have any real positive content. This is why some theorists propose substantivealternatives such as Toyotism, Fujitsuism, Sonyism, and Gatesism or, again, informational capitalism, the knowledge-based economy, and the network economy. Social scientists adopted three main approaches to identifying the post-Fordist regime: (1) a focus on the transformative role of new technologies and practices regarding material and immaterial production, especially new information and communication technologies and their role in facilitating a new, more flexible, networked global economy; (2) a focus on the leading economic sectors that enable a transition from mass industrial production to postindustrial production; and (3) a focus on how major crisis tendencies of Fordism are resolved through the consolidation of a new and stable series of economic and extra-economic institutions and forms of governance that facilitate the rise and consolidation of profitable new processes, products, and markets. However, even decades after the crisis of Fordism emerged in the mid-1970s, debates continue about whether a stable post-Fordist order has emerged and, indeed, whether Fordist stability was a parenthesis in an otherwise disorderly, crisis-prone capitalist system.
Those who believe that a stable post-Fordism has already emerged or, at least, is feasible see its key features as: (1) flexible production based on flexible machines or systems and a flexible workforce; (2) a stable mode of growth based on flexible production, economies of scope, rising incomes for skilled workers and the service class, increased demand among the better-off for differentiated goods and services, increased profits based on permanent innovation and the full utilization of flexible capacity, reinvestment in more flexible production equipment and techniques and new sets of products, and so on; (3) growing economic polarization between multiskilled workers and the unskilled, together with a decline in national or industrial collective bargaining; (4) the rise of flexible, lean, and networked firms that focus on their core competences, build strategic alliances, and outsource many other activities; (5) the dominance of hypermobile, rootless, private bank credit and forms of cybercash that circulate internationally; (6) the subordination of government finance to international money and currency markets; (7) a shift from postwar welfare states (as described by John Maynard Keynes) to political regimes that are more concerned with international competitiveness and innovation, with full employability as opposed to jobs for life, and with more flexible, market-friendly forms of economic and social governance; and (8) increasing concern with governing local, regional, supranational, and even global economies.
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These features of post-Fordism are unevenly developed, and there are important continuities with Fordist conditions even in the advanced capitalist economies. Post-Fordism can also assume different forms in different contexts. And although some commentators believe that post-Fordism will prove stable, others argue that capitalism’s inherent contradictions mean that it is no more likely to prove stable than Fordism before it. | <urn:uuid:9252ced1-1be2-4b4f-89aa-75dfa41b8441> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fordism?utm_source=The+Pourquoi+Pas&utm_campaign=56a9d05660-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_1_22_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ddf41edcf6-56a9d05660- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.949212 | 1,274 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Looking to learn more about the Kham Region before traveling to Tibet?
The present Tibetan cultural areas are found in Central Tibet (TAR), Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces covering total area of 2,255,000 square kilometers (870,000 square miles). Traditionally all these Tibetan cultural areas are divided into three regions based on geographical formation, dialect differences and cultural uniqueness.
Ü-Tsang or the Central Tibet representing the starting point of Tibetan civilization and cultural center that covers the central and western portion of Tibetan cultural area including the valley of the Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra River watershed), and the western regions of Tibet from Gyantse west. U-Tsang, also known as Central Tibet, lies entirely within the modern day Tibet Autonomous Region.
Amdo or the northern part of Tibet covers northeast region of Tibetan Plateau or the modern Qinghai, southwest part of Gansu and part of northern Sichuan Province. Approximately 25% of the total Tibetan population is from Amdo. Amdo is the birthplace of the Tsongkhapa, late 10th Panchen Lama and the current 14th Dalai Lama. The famous Qinghai Lake and Kubum Monastery are also located in Qinghai Amdo region.
Kham or the East Tibet is located in the southeastern portion of the Tibetan Plateau. It is characterized by deep river valleys that give way to high snow-covered peaks. Many of Asia’s longest and most important rivers begin in Kham including the Yellow, Mekong, Yangtze and Salween rivers. Kham is found in the eastern portion of the Tibet Autonomous Region as well as southern Qinghai, western Sichuan and northwest Yunnan provinces. Roughly 35% of the total Tibetan population is from Kham. Kham is also known as ‘The Land of People’ because of the Khampa’s unique characteristics and personalities. Dege Parkhang or the Dege Printing house, built in 1729 by the 40th Dege King Tenpa Tsering, is a treasure of Tibetan Art and Culture which is a living institution devoted to the printing and preservation of Tibetan literature, a printing temple that holds the greatest number of Tibetan woodblocks in the world. It keeps more than 200,000 blocks of religious, historical, literature and art, medical, astronomical and calendar-arithmetical book editions in Tibetan. At the present Sertha Larung Gar and Yachen Monastery is Kham are the largest monasteries not only in whole Tibetan areas but around the world.
History and Characteristics of Kham
Traditionally Kham was referred to as Chushi Gagdruk meaning Four Rivers and Six Ranges according to which the people of Kham have endured a dynamic past; their their sovereignty often encroached upon and marginalized by both Tibetans to the west and the Han Chinese to the East. The five main independent regions were the Kingdom of Chakla, Derge, the Kingdom of Minyak, Lingtsang, Nangchen and the Kingdom of Lhatok. Other important polities included Chamdo, Batang, Mili, and the Hor States.
Kham has a rugged terrain characterized by mountain ridges and gorges running from northwest to southeast, and collectively known as the Hengduan Mountains. Some of the greatest rivers of Asia Continental originate from Kham.
Under the modern administrative division of People’s Republic of China, Kham includes a total of 50 contemporary counties of the People’s Republic of China which have been incorporated into the Chinese provinces of Sichuan (16 counties), Yunnan (three counties), and Qinghai (six counties) as well as the eastern portion of the Tibet Autonomous Region (25 counties).
The people of Kham were reputed warriors renowned for their marksmanship and horsemanship. In her book entitled ‘Sichuan’s Western Paradise’ Pamela Logan states, “Once Khampas were notorious as a race of bandits, their reputation for mayhem spreading all over the Himalaya. They made a fearsome impression on outsiders, like Michel Peissel, an anthropologist who met them in 1964: “Khampas stood a good six feet in height,… wore great heavy boots and flowing khaki robes that flapped like whips as they walked, advancing with their feet slightly apart as if to trample the grass to extinction….Unlike Tibetans of Lhasa, their features were not Mongoloid, but straight, with large fierce eyes set beside beak- like noses, and long hair braided and wound around their heads, giving them a primitive allure.” She continues to write “To be sure, nowadays banditry has been all but eliminated. Yet the proud Khampa spirit remains and their rugged land still defies outsiders. Those who surmount Kham’s barriers are rewarded by a mountain paradise virtually untouched by the outside world.”
Some Famous Mountains of Kham
Khawa Karpo or Meili Snow Mountain
Khawa Karpo Mountain rises between the Salween River (called Nu Jiang in China ) and the Mekong River (called Lancang Jiang in China) in the extreme edge of Northwest Yunnan Province. The region, still largely wilderness, is part of three parallel Rivers of Yunnan protected Areas, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 2003. A report by WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Center) on this wonderful nature park concluded that “This is an area of unparalleled biological diversity, unusually explicit geological and landscape variety and great scenic beauty.”
Minyak Riwo Ghangkar ot Mount Gongga
Riwo Ghangkar lies in the transitional zone between Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Sichuan Basin . The main peak (7,556 ms) is the highest peak of Sichuan Province , called “The King of Shu Mountains “. The high and steep mountain is covered with thaw-less snow. If visitors look at the mountain from far, it seems to float above a vast snow-sea. In this zone, there are many natural sights, such as ancient glacier relics, modern glaciers, virgin forests, hot springs , lakes, snow peaks, etc.
Mount Gongga is a very important genic storeroom for species in the world, and also one of the best representatives in the whole globe biogeographical zone. It has very important protection value and scientific research values.
Dege Chola Mountain
Dege Chola Mountain (Que`er Shan in Chinese) traverses from northwest to southeast in the Derge County. It covers an area of 7346 square kilometers. The highest peak Rongme Ngatra is 6168m (20,236 ft), is known as ‘the peak that even the eagle cannot fly over’. Other significant peaks include Dophu Ngatra (6,119m) and Zhiltrön (5,988m). All three peaks have glaciers on their northern faces and the entire range possesses almost twelve glaciers in total with some descending as low as 4,100 metres (13,500 ft).
Since 1998 when a Chino-Japan team climbed to the top, very few other people have succeeded. There are over 30 glaciers in the Chola Mountain area, among which the two glaciers stretching respectively along the valleys at the north side and the southeast side of the main peak join at the altitude 4300m and pour into the Yillhun Lhatso Lake.
Historical Monasteries in Kham Region
Shechen Monastery was found in 1695 by Shechen Rabjam Tenpé Gyaltsen who was sent to Kham with this purpose by the 5th Dalai Lama with. It became extremely influential in the 18th and 19th centuries as one of the most important monastery in Kham. It belongs to Nyingmapa sect of Tibetan Buddhism and it ranks as the one of most six most important monasteries of this sect.
Many great masters came forth from Shechen Monastery including Shechen Gyaltsab, Shechen Kongtrul, Khenpo Gangshar, and the sage Mipham Rinpoche. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Chögyam Trungpa and many other important 20th century teachers received teachings at the monastery.
Dzogchen Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located within modern day Dêgê County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China. This monastery was founded by Pema Rigdzin, 1st Dzogchen Rinpoche in 1684. Beside Shenchen monastery, Dzogchen Monastery used to be one of the two most important monasteries in Kham.
During the time of Thubten Chökyi Dorje, 5th Dzogchen Rinpoche (1872-1935), Dzogchen Monastery was at the peak of its activity, with up to five hundred monks residing, 13 retreat centres, and an estimated two hundred and eighty branches – a gathering of which would have seen tens of thousands of lamas, tulkus, khenpos, monks and nuns. Throughout the year, an extensive array of complex ritual ceremonies was accomplished. Dzogchen was also one of the most famous centers of sacred ritual dance, now commonly known as lama dancing.
Among the great masters to have lived and taught at Dzogchen are Khenpo Pema Vajra, Patrul Rinpoche, Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso and Khenpo Shenga. It eventually grew into the largest Nyingma monastery of all time.
Monastery is located 4,000m above sea level on the eastern flanks of a mountain range in Baiyu County, Garze, Sichuan. This monastery is one of the six principal monasteries of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Katok Monastery was founded in 1159 by a younger brother of Phagmo Drupa Dorje Gyalpo, Katok Dampa Deshek, at Derge, the historic seat of the Kingdom of Derge in Kham.
Katok Monastery’s third abbot, Jampa Bum (1179-1252), whose 26-year tenure as abbot ended in 1252, “is said to have ordained thousands of monks from across Tibet, and especially from Kham region of Minyak , Jang and Gyalrong. Katok Monastery held a reputation of fine scholarship. Before 1950s, Katok Monastery housed about 800 monks. Katok was long renowned as a center specializing in the oral lineages and as a center of monasticism.
Palpung Monastery was founded by the 8th Tai Situ in 1727 with the help of Dege King Denba Tsering . It is located a hillside close to Babang village with altitude of 3900M. Palpung means “glorious union of study and practice”. It is the seat of four lines of incarnate lamas, the best-known being the Tai Situpa as well as the Jamgon Kongtrul and the Second Beru Khyentse.
Palpung monaster has long historical connection with Karmapa, as the 16th Karmapa being enthroned first at Palpung before traveling to his main seat at Tsurphu Monastery in Ü-Tsang. The Karmapas and Tai Situpas have been connected closely over time, alternating as master and disciple.
The monastery once hosted more than 1000 monks and had one of the most leading monastic universities of the area. It is the seat of various lines of incarnate lamas, the best known being the Tai Situ and the Jamgon Kongtrul. Palpung Library holds more than 324,000 texts and an art collection of over 10,150 thangkas. In 1998-1999 it was added to the list of worldwide endangered list of monuments
The Litang Monastery Founded in 1580 at the appointment of Dalai Lama III, the Litang Monastery, at its crest in history, was the largest temple in the Kham region with 400 magnificent palaces and over 3700 monks. But in the Qing Dynasty, the temple was destroyed badly by the government. After the liberation, the religious laws were carried out carefully. Through the recent 20 years’ restoration, the Litang Monastery has got very rapid progress. They founded the Temple Management Committee, which are in charge of the monastery administration.
Sumtsen Ling Monastery
Also known as the Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery, is situated 5 kilometres from the city of Zhongdian (Shangri-la County) at elevation 3,380 metres (11,090 ft) in Yunnan province. It established in 1679 by the 5th Dalai Lama with full patronage support from Kangxi Emperor of Qing Dynasty and completed in 1681. The 5th Dalai Lama Ngawang Lozang Gyatso personally gave the monastery the name “Ganden Sumgtsen Ling”. This monastery is the largest and one of the oldest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in present Yunnan’s Kham region. It is also the centre of the Gelug Sect for the Tibetan-inhabited areas of Sichuan and Yunnan, holding a key position in these areas.
The monastery was built accordance with traditional Tibetan architectural style. At its peak, the monastery contained accommodation for 2,000 monks; it currently accommodates in its rebuilt structures 700 monks in 200 associated houses with six main structures including eight colleges.
The Dengqing Monastery, located in Xiongtuo village, Zhongzhake town, Dege County, other name as Dijin or Dingqing monastery, is the earliest Bhon (Anceint Tibetan Religion) sect monastery in Kham, more than 1200 year old. With the qualification of awarding the Zhaba as Lama, it has the highest education system of Bhon sect in Gansu , Qinghai and Sichuan . In 1983, the monastery was opened to the outside, and the religion routines are operated under the government of Temple Management Committee.
Chamdo or Qamdo is a major town in the historical region of Kham now located in the eastern Tibet Autonomous Region of China. In 1373 Tsongkhapa visited Qamdo durng which he suggested that a monastery be build, thereby Tsongkhapa’s deciple Jangsem Sherab Sangpo started the monastery’s contruction 1436 and completed in 1444. At its height it contained five main temples and housed some 2,500 monks. According to tradition there were 3000 monks with Jangsem Sherab Zangpo when establishing the monastery, and some more than 2000 at the beginning of the 19th century. | <urn:uuid:a6f0acf9-6f93-467a-8160-bee4619c2445> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://khamvoyage.com/en/all-about-kham-tibet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.95078 | 3,152 | 3.21875 | 3 |
1. First Conductor Dies from Conducting
You probably haven't heard of the poor guy, but Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632"“1687) was the first documented conductor. Before him, most musical groups just followed the lead of their first violinist or their keyboard player.
Lully was the first musician to use a baton. He was also the first musician to ever die by baton.
Let's rewind back to his technique though. Following in the tradition of other soft walking leaders, Lully carried around a really big stick: one that was six feet long, which he pounded on the ground in time to the music. Unfortunately, this enormous staff proved to be his undoing. One day, while merrily beating time (in a concert to celebrate the king's return to health), he stuck the wood into his foot by mistake. He developed gangrene and died. Not a good role model for conductors worldwide.
2. Haydn Nearly Gets Castrated
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732"“1809) was the father of the symphony as we know it. During more than 30 years of experimentation, he came up with the form that has influenced composers to this day. But as a little boy, Haydn was known for something else—his beautiful voice. He was the star soprano in his church choir. As he got older and his voice was about to change, his choirmaster came to him with a little proposition. If he would consent to a small operation, he could keep his beautiful soprano voice forever. Haydn readily agreed and was just about to undergo the surgery when his father found out and put a stop to the whole thing.
3. Paganini Allegedly Sells Soul to Devil! (Fetches Good Price)
4. Cross-Dressing Berlioz Nearly Snuffs Out Rival
The renowned French composer Hector Berlioz (1803"“1869) was, among other things, wacky. While away in Rome studying on a scholarship, he heard that his beloved girlfriend, Camille, back in Paris, had started seeing another guy. Furious, he resolved to kill his rival. But he needed to disguise himself. So he bought a gun, put on a dress, and boarded a train for Paris. Halfway home, however, Berlioz chickened out and threw himself into the Mediterranean. Luckily for us, and for music, he was fished out (minus the gun).
5. Liszt's Lucky Fans Receive Canine Surprise
6. Peter Tchaikovsky Nearly Loses His Head
The magnificent Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky (1840"“1893) was yet another in the line of geniuses who sometimes came unhinged. Tchaikovsky loved to compose, but he hated to conduct, mainly because he was paralyzed with a fear that his head might fall off. Unfortunately, conducting opportunities came up way too often for him—including the gala opening concert of Carnegie Hall in 1891. Neurotic to the core, Tchaikovsky always conducted with one hand while using the other to keep a firm grip on his chin.
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Academy of Hair Design Hits the Runway
Ask a beauty professional to talk about their childhood and you will hear stories of kids playing in mom’s makeup and raiding closets to dress in style. Now, as adults, we spend our few spare moments watching videos of intricate line designs and nail art for new inspiration. We chose this industry because we love this industry and we love this industry because it is fun. It allows us to blur the line between work and play. After all, who doesn’t want to have fun doing what they love?
Join contributing writer, Trevor Cobb, in this four-part series that peeks through the curtains and curriculum of AOHD to answer this simple question: what is left when we strip away the extras and examine the core elements that make us who we are?
Yearly Fashion Show
One of the most popular events of the school year is our Academy of Hair Design Fashion Show. It is the perfect opportunity for our students to express their creativity and take ownership of their work. On teams that combine students from all four of our programs, they create a series of looks around a voted-upon theme. Come the day of the show, they execute these looks on models, staff members, and fellow students. The team with the highest quality, creativity, and technique is awarded the winning prize.
Breaking out of the box
The fashion show fills a lot of needs for AOHD students. For one, they get to create looks that are perhaps more avant-garde, high fashion, or creative than their daily services. They become their own client, deciding on a haircut, makeup, and style for themselves. Maintaining complete creative control over their models, their artistic vision, and their team’s styling is a rare opportunity. This is where our students are encouraged to try something new and push themselves out of their comfort zone.
Additionally, the fashion show provides an opportunity to exhibit work to salon owners and beauty professionals in the Springfield area. We invite alumni and salon owners to judge the competition. This allows salon owners to take a close work at the incredible work AOHD students are doing. At events like these, students build their professional network and meet people who could be potential future employers. These employers have seen what our students can do, and they remember them when making hiring decisions months later. With over 20 guest judges invited, students are encouraged to mingle, shake hands, and bridge the gap between where they are now and where they want to be when they graduate.
Competition and Collaboration
Of course, the most important aspect is the collaboration and team spirit that binds together. Students enjoy the competitive nature of the show. They collaborate with their team to create a holistically designed fashion experience. During the weeks leading up to the show, the school is buzzing with friendly energy and competitive posturing. Students and staff boast about their team’s theme and our social media is overrun with playful posts and memes. Team colors fly as everyone claims the future first place prize as their own. This competition urges students to outdo one another, but also to outdo themselves. After weeks of preparation and practice, they create work they once believed to be an impossible task. We admit that it is impossible for us to hide our pride in these talented future professionals.
Sharing our Style
At its core, the fashion show is about sharing joy. Every day, we want our students find joy in their work. They serve with a smile and equip clients with confidence and happiness. Through annual events like the fashion show, we get to put this spirit of fun and joy that we live daily on display in a big way. The beauty industry is centered around personal happiness. We encourage our students to maintain a positive attitude and spread it to whatever salon they enter. We know when we are having a good time, our clients will as well.
Okay, so let’s get back to our original question: what is left when we strip away the extras and examine the core elements that make us who we are?
The AOHD Fashion Show combines creative experimentation, networking, and competition into a meaningful night for many of our students. Most of all, we put on this event because it is fun, for us, the students, the participants, and the public. Fun and happiness are the core of what we do and who we are as beauty professionals. #FunIsLeft
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Trevor Cobb is a 2018 graduate of Drury University who majored in Writing, Spanish, and Graphic Design. He was a social media intern for Academy of Hair Design in 2017 and is currently the Digital Marketing Specialist for 360 Communities in Burnsville, Minnesota. He enjoys creative writing, design and finding beauty wherever he goes.
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This paper describes a novel hybrid technique for the solution of the time-dependent neutron transport equation in source switch-on transients. The Hybrid Transport Point Kinetics (HTPK) method is derived from a multi-collision description of the transport equation and is based on the observation that the external source mainly influences the first few neutron generations and, through collisions and multiplications, an ensemble behavior statistically emerges at higher order. The HTPK is designed to separately describe the propagation phenomenon from the ensemble response of the system, using both the rigorous transport equation and simplified kinetic models. Numerical simulations performed on a typical acceleration driven system configuration confirm the basic physical intuition of HTPK and show a significant gain in accuracy when compared to classical point kinetics. The proposed HTPK technique is also shown to be attractive because of its flexibility and competitive computational effort.
- Accelerator-driven systems
- Approximate kinetic methods
- Time-dependent neutron transport theory
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Changes in Income Inequality Among U.S. Tax Filers between 1991 and 2006: The Role of Wages, Capital Income, and Taxes
41 Pages Posted: 27 Jan 2013 Last revised: 25 Feb 2013
Date Written: January 23, 2013
This paper examines changes in after-tax income inequality among tax filers between 1991 and 2006. In particular, how changes in wages, capital income, and tax policy contribute to changes in income inequality is investigated. To examine the role of these three possible contributors to the increase in income inequality, the Gini coefficient is decomposed by income source using the method developed by Lerman and Yitzhaki (1985). The Gini coefficient of after-tax income increased by 15 percent (0.071 points) between 1991 and 2006. By far, the largest contributor to this increase was changes in income from capital gains and dividends. Changes in wages had an equalizing effect over this period as did changes in taxes. Most of the equalizing effect of taxes took place after the 1993 tax hike; most of the equalizing effect, however, was reversed after the 2001 and 2003 Bush-era tax cuts. Similar results are obtained with other inequality measures.
Keywords: income inequality, Gini coefficient, capital income, wages, taxes
JEL Classification: D3, D6
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Soviet republic, de facto dictatorship. Forced agricultural collectivisation; accelerated industrialisation; social destabilisation. 1935–1938: Arrest and murder of alleged political opponents ("Stalinist purges"). August 1939: Non-aggression pact with Germany ("Hitler-Stalin Pact"). June 1941: German invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Papers of Major Hugh N. Clemas
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Major Hugh N. Clemas served in the 23rd Battalion, King's African Rifles, inKenya, 1951-1954.
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What are the main applications of Seismic Inversion in your research centre?
A.V. – In our team, two research trends have been living together for 10/20 years:
- Seismic tomography;
- Seismic modeling (the major international expert is Mr. “Jose Carcione”).
Considering these two branches of geophysics, which we have been working for about a year and a half to build our own approach to full waveform inversion. We do not want to replicate what already exists but look for new ways to reduce computational cost.
In particular, we have been thinking since the beginning to develop a parallel code. We have proposed some projects to keep multi-year funding of the ERC (European research council) and other public or private investors.
In your opinion, what are the future goals of Seismic inversion?
E.D. – In my opinion, researchers have recently been developing parallel algorithms of FWI, using tools such as High-Performance-Computing to implement Machine Learning techniques to analyze Big data (i.e. genetic algorithms).
A.V. – in the future, we will not have to limit ourselves to estimating only the P speeds but we will have to work more on the elastic front and extend the analysis also to the inelastic field. We could also get good results on the anisotropy front, but for the moment, I remain a bit skeptical. With a view to reducing calculation times, as Eleonora said, I believe that artificial intelligence is a very promising new frontier.
As an old physicist, I love this technique very much. I hope that the use of artificial intelligence is a way to improve the physical / analytical knowledge of the problem, constituting a more robust approach to represent the nature that surrounds us.
You both mentioned parallel computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning; what has been the impact of these technologies on today’s geophysics?
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In a recent study supported by the NIH, researchers determined that patients with Cushing’s syndrome have a greater risk for developing coronary arterial atherosclerosis, increasing their rate of cardiovascular morbidity. These findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
The researchers conducted a prospective case-control study of 15 consecutive patients with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing’s syndrome who were matched with 15 controls (aged 32 to 66 years) with at least one risk factor for cardiac disease (ie, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, family history of early-onset coronary artery disease and previous or current smoking).
Researchers used a multidetector CT (MDCT) coronary angiogram scan to measure calcified and noncalcified coronary plaque volume and Agatston scores. Additional variables included fasting lipids, BP, history of hypertension or diabetes and 24-hour urine free cortisol excretion.
According to data, patients with Cushing’s syndrome had significantly greater noncalcified plaque volume and Agatston scores compared with controls (noncalcified plaque volume median [interquartile ranges]: 49.5 vs. 17.9,P<.001; Agatston score: 70.6 vs. 0, P<.05).
Patients with Cushing’s syndrome also demonstrated higher systolic (143 mm Hg) and diastolic (86 mm Hg) BP compared with controls (systolic: 134 mm Hg, diastolic: 76 mm Hg).
The limitations of the study include the small cohort of patients and potential selection bias due to ectopic ACTH secretion. However, the researchers wrote that these findings demonstrate a significant difference between the two groups included in the study.
“Overall, the findings point to the possible causes of cardiovascular morbidity in patients treated with exogenous steroids and indicate the need for further studies of that population,” they wrote.
Disclosure: The researchers report no relevant financial disclosures.
Alice C. Levine
- It has long been recognized that endogenous hypercortisolism (Cushing’s syndrome) and administration of supraphysiologic doses of glucocorticoids are associated with increased mortality, primarily due to cardiovascular disease. Excess glucocorticoids induce all of the features of the metabolic syndrome including obesity with central weight gain, hypertension, impaired glucose tolerance/diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia, all of which increase cardiovascular risk. In this small but well-designed study, the authors attempt to determine whether excess glucocorticoids have a direct adverse effect on the coronary vasculature. Utilizing multidetector computerized tomographic (MDCT) coronary angiography, a validated noninvasive method of assessing calcified and noncalcified coronary plaques, they compared measurements of coronary plaques (Agatston score) in 15 patients with ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome (CS) vs. 15 age-, sex- and body weight-matched controls with at least one risk factor for cardiac disease. They found significantly greater coronary calcifications and noncalcified coronary plaque volumes in patients with active or previous hypercortisolism.There are obvious limitations to the study; most notably the small sample size, the predominance of patients with CS due to ectopic ACTH (14/15) and significantly more hypertension in the CS vs. the control group. However, other than the HTN, the groups were well-matched and there was no statistical difference in the Framingham risk scores between groups. This is the first study to demonstrate direct effects of CS on coronary plaque burden.The findings, while unsurprising, underscore several important features of CS which endocrinologists need to consider. Firstly, as there were no statistical differences in plaque burden in patients with CS who were eucortisolemic (4/15) vs. those who were hypercortisolemic (11/15) at the time of study, the effects of CS on the coronary vasculature may persist even after biochemical cure. Many previous studies in larger cohorts have similarly demonstrated that the adverse effects of high glucocorticoids on cardiovascular, metabolic, psychiatric and neurocognitive function may be only partially reversible with disease remission. Secondly, even adjusting for all the confounding variables, hypercortisolism seems to be an independent risk factor for the development of coronary artery disease. The possible mechanisms underlying this observation are discussed and include increases in prothrombotic factors, circulating levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiogenesis. It is also plausible that cortisol increases atherosclerosis through the mineralocorticoid rather than the glucocorticoid receptor, suggesting the possibility of treating this particular deleterious effect of hypercortisolism with a mineralocorticoid-receptor blocker such as spironolactone.
Within the CS group, no significant correlations were observed between the coronary plaque volumes and the duration of CS or urinary free cortisol (UFC) either at presentation or at the time of MDCT. Although this lack of correlation may also be attributable to the small sample size, it is well known that the onset of Cushing’s syndrome is often insidious and it is impossible to pinpoint the exact duration of the abnormality in most patients. This study’s finding of direct, adverse and possibly irreversible effects of hypercortisolism on the coronary vasculature should make endocrinologists even more vigilant in diagnosing and treating the disease as early as possible in its course.
- Alice C. Levine, MD
- Professor of medicine, division of endocrinology, diabetes and bone diseases
Co-Director of The Adrenal Center
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Disclosures: Levine reports no relevant financial disclosures.
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For more than thirty years, the American psyche has been haunted by a spirit that infects us with self-doubt, whispers “quagmire” at every obstacle, and makes wannabe-hippie protestors believe they’re heroes of democracy. Vietnam shattered our sense of unity and our confidence in victory, but more than anything else, Vietnam crushed our national optimism and faith in America’s role in the world. To this day, we have not been able to fully escape that spirit of pessimism and doubt.
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Lab-grown diamonds are man-made diamonds which is exactly chemically, physically and optically identical to the natural diamonds. The lab-grown diamonds are created with pure carbon and two growing methods. CVD & HPHT which replicates the same growing method of natural diamonds.
For example, when you purchase a flawless 2 carat lab created diamond depending on the shape. You’ll not get the exact resale value like the natural diamonds. In this article, we are going to discuss upon, how much is a 2 carat lab created diamond cost? Well, to know this we have to go through the whole article.
What is The Average Carat Weight of Lab-Grown Diamond?
Before we know about the carat weight of a lab-grown diamond. We must know that every lab-grown diamonds come in all shapes and sizes like the natural diamonds. For example, if we take a 1-carat lab-grown diamond, the weight will be .2 grams or 200 mg.
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Well, the price of a lab-grown diamond fluctuates greatly like the natural diamonds. Sometimes it may get expensive and sometimes it may be less expensive. The price of a lab-grown diamond depends upon some factors like cut, color, clarity, carat weight & size.
The cut of a diamond impact its beauty. Now the pricing will vary when you purchase an ideal or excellent diamond. Will be expensive than a Good or very good cut diamond.
The pricing of a lab-grown diamond also varies upon the color of a diamond. In the scale grade of IGI “D” is colorless whereas Z has noticeable yellow or brown tint. Simply, the better color you choose for your diamond the more it will be expensive. If you choose a diamond between the ranges of G-J they will look colorless. But it will cost less than the D, E & F colored diamonds.
The clarity refers to the blemishes and inclusions of a colored diamond. A diamond without inclusions will be expensive than the diamonds with inclusions. So, if you choose a diamond with VS1 & VS2 clarity. Then it will be less expensive than the FL & VVS Diamonds.
4: Carat Weight
The carat of a diamond impact on the price of a diamond, so the heavier diamond you will choose will cost more.
The most expensive shape among them all is the round brilliant shape. Whereas the next most expensive shape is the oval cut, asscher cut, etc.
Certification of a diamond doesn’t impact on the pricing of a diamond but it is for the verification on the diamond which you are paying for.
Difference between Lab-Grown Diamonds and Natural Diamonds Pricing
When we talk about the difference between a natural diamond and a lab-grown diamond. Then we can simply say that there is no difference between the two except the origin. In both of the diamonds, the pricing varies upon the cut, carat weight, clarity, color & size.
On average the price difference of a lab-grown diamond is 30% to 40% less than the mined diamond. This means, when you buy a 1-carat natural diamond, on the other hand, you can simply purchase 2 carat or 3-carat lab-created diamonds in the same price range.
Why Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Expensive?
Well, the process by which creates a lab-grown diamond is done by two methods. HPHT or High-Pressure High-Temperature & CVD or Chemical Vapor Depositions. This two process of growing a lab-grown diamond is identical to the same process of growing natural diamond.
This whole process of growing lab-grown diamonds are isn’t cheap. So a flawless 2-carat diamond will cost you near about $4,000. Whereas, if you choose a natural diamond then it will be more expensive. | <urn:uuid:17206c07-8c1f-462f-a246-f0231ffe7461> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.javda.com/how-much-is-a-2-carat-lab-created-diamond/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.921461 | 972 | 2.15625 | 2 |
On Wednesday 1 December, some of our Senior Social Justice Leaders travelled to the Mercy Hub to visit the “World Next Door” Exhibition by refugee detainee Naser Moradi.
Naser, a Hazara man, fled persecution in Afghanistan 10 years ago and has been detained at the MITA facility in Broadmeadows for the past 7 years. He is well known to the school, we have displayed his Art at school in the past and staff and students have visited Naser in Detention over several years.
He started creating artwork in his Detention Cell using drippings from coffee cups, teaching himself to paint and eventually gained support to produce artwork. His art expresses both his grief, and hope for a better future for all of his fellow detainees.
The girls were moved by their visit to the Exhibition and inspired to raise awareness as Mercy people for the plight of refugees currently held in detention in this country. Walking with others has been very important to the Sisters in the past and continues to be so for our students as they live and invite all to live Mercy.
If your family would like to purchase any of the prints made of Naser’s artwork, please contact Lauren Marquet: email@example.com to arrange this through the Mercy Hub. Cards are $5 and Posters are $25 - $40. All proceeds go to helping cover legal costs. | <urn:uuid:7e0ad365-8249-4352-b37a-19ea18208400> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://olmcheidelberg.catholic.edu.au/news/edition-20-re | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.981743 | 284 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Did you know that almost 70% of pest control experts say that bed bugs are some of the most problematic types of pests in America today? Almost 100% of these professionals have been called to eliminate bed bugs at least once in the last 12 months.
Since bed bugs are so prevalent, a lot of bed bug facts and myths have emerged over the years. For example, some people ask if bed bugs have wings or how many legs does a bedbug have.
Keep reading to find out the truth about bed bugs and see which myths are false
You Cannot See Bed Bugs With the Naked Eye
This is not true. Bed bugs are very small, but you can clearly see them with the naked eye. The largest bed bugs can grow as big as an apple seed and they can be seen on a white bed sheet. However, young bed bugs can be as tiny as flaxseed and you might need a magnifying glass to see those clearly.
Only Really Dirty Houses Get Bed Bugs
This is another false statement. Since bed bugs are so prevalent, they can be encountered even in the most luxurious and clean homes or hotel rooms. That’s because bed bugs tend to be unintentionally carried on a suitcase by travelers and tourists. These little pesky insects also hide in clothes, so you can get them home with you if you’re not careful.
Bed Bugs Carry and Spread Dangerous Diseases
Luckily, this affirmation is false. There have been no associations between various diseases and bed bugs. These insects don’t carry dangerous viruses, microbes, or bacteria that might affect your health. However, they tend to cause multiple bites overnight and people can develop infections when they keep scratching those itchy bite marks.
Bed Bugs Have Wings
No, this is not true. These insects don’t have wings and they cannot fly, jump or hop from the bed to the floor. They rely on their several tiny legs to move from the bed frame to your pillow and vice-versa. Check out custombedbug.com to learn more about bed bugs and how to get rid of them safely.
These Bugs Can Only Be Found in Beds
Although they are called bed bugs, they can be found in multiple other places, so this affirmation is false. Bed bugs can also be encountered on sofas, chairs, armchairs, closets, and so on. Some of them establish colonies in a suitcase you rarely use. That’s why it can be difficult to get rid of them completely because they have so many hiding places.
Bed Bugs Can Live Without Feeding for Long Periods of Time
Although it can be hard to believe, it’s true. Bed bugs don’t need to suck blood every day. They can live without feeding for many months and this is a worrisome fact. You need to actually search for them and eliminate them using special products or pest control methods. They will not die on their own simply because you’re on vacation for 3 weeks.
Now You Know Which Bed Bug Facts and Myths Are False and Which Are True
This is just a small selection of bed bug facts and myths, but there are plenty of others. It’s always a good idea to get informed about these annoying creatures, so you know how to counteract them better.
Also, make sure that you check out the other articles on our website to learn more about pests and how to eliminate them for good. | <urn:uuid:da3bbb3d-3ec3-4764-9a68-f70e93ac31de> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://innewsweekly.com/bed-bug-facts-and-myths-know-about-bed-bugs/?amp=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945491 | 703 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Many people dream of leading unequivocally positive, progressive lives marked by ongoing advancements in the personal and professional sectors. However, many lifestyle factors preclude individuals from having this type of dynamic, rewarding life. One is poor health. Unfortunately, this is the mental and physical space that the majority of the populace resides in. However, people who are serious about leading lives of wellness can move beyond the cultures of normativity and acceptability which make things like cigarette smoking, junk food eating, and television watching seem appropriate and desirable. Irrespective of the lifestyle behavior, preconceived notions, or personal value systems that may be precluding an individual from getting healthy, people who want to attain wellness should know that they can. Below you’ll find just four of many strategies that you can implement to obtain the life of dynamic health you deserve:
1. Stop Consuming Processed Foods.
If you’re really serious about making wellness real in 2018, make sure that you stop consuming processed foods. These foods play an integral, ongoing role in detracting from each eater’s quality of life. To understand this principle, note that every bite you take either causes life or death in your body. When you eat processed foods, a wide range of life-zapping processes take place within. This is why it’s quite common to note that people who regularly consume processed foods tend to experience substantive amounts of lethargy and mood instability. By eliminating these foods from your diet, you can avoid the unwanted outcomes that result from consuming items that come loaded with preservatives, chemicals, and sodium. Also consider the value of using supplements that can help you burn fat quickly. Note that Health365 sell fat burning supplements.
2. Start Meditating.
Once you end your love affair with processed foods, make sure you move on to the implementation of an incredibly healthy habit: meditation. Meditation is important because it teaches the mind and body to remain grounded in the present moment for the purpose of avoiding unwanted outcomes like scattered thinking, short attention spans, worry about the future, and compromised productivity. Note that meditation can also engender several substantive health outcomes, some of which include better breathing, higher quality sleep, and an enhanced ability to concentrate in professional and social settings.
3. Keep A Health Journal.
Another strategy individuals can implement to facilitate mental and physical well-being is keeping a health journal. This technique is important because it helps people record their progress so they can see which strategies are generating results and what lifestyle changes they still need to implement for the purpose of pushing their health journey forward. There’s no right or wrong way to keep a health journal, but one key to success may be recording what you’re eating each day and then writing out how you felt after each meal. This technique can help you begin eliminating foods that are causing you to feel lethargic, light-headed, etc.
Exercise is another health strategy that can help you come alive in your mind and body. The benefits of exercise are so diverse and profound that it seems crazy not to engage in regular physical activity. Yet most people don’t. Nevertheless, individuals who recognize the need to engage in exercise for the purpose of seeing mental and physical results can break their sedentary lifestyle habit. One way to make it happen is by hiring a personal trainer. Joining a local gym may be another technique to consider. If money is an issue, it’s important to know that jogging or walking through the neighborhood or park is a wonderful way to make exercise a normative, integral component of one’s lifestyle.
If you’re serious about obtaining dynamic health, know that there are many wellness techniques that you can start utilizing for the purpose of cultivating an incredible life marked by ongoing progress in the personal and professional sectors. Start using one or both of these strategies now so your body and mind will attain unprecedented levels of vitality and dynamism!… | <urn:uuid:f6b46c27-2464-4839-b5df-8149126f050c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://imexassociates.com/category/general-articles/page/27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.946492 | 806 | 2.25 | 2 |
Image Source: PRESANS - Centralized Money, Decentralized Nation States, Distributed Tech In 2020, globalism is receding, giving way to aggressive nationalist movements. This trend harms globalists that benefit from a well integrated global economy. As global policy shifts towards isolationism and protectionism, globalists will turn to distributed technology as a haven for global commerce. A … Continue reading Is Distributed Tech Important In A World With More Nationalism?
The year is 2032, America is holding it's Presidential election and citizens cast their votes using a publicly administered blockchain. They can do this because their digital identity is secured and authenticated by the governments newly adopted system of non-fungible tokens (NFT). In this system, voters receive a unique NFT, minted at their birth, which … Continue reading Non Fungible Tokens: Why You Should Follow Their Progress | <urn:uuid:0c4a6cb5-5ab3-457b-9858-967fdd916aee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dougantin.com/tag/blockchain/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.923856 | 179 | 1.914063 | 2 |
NOAA predicts above-normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Meteorologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year, which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which extends from June 1 to Nov. 30, predicts a 65% chance of an above-normal season, a 25% chance of a near-normal season and a 10% chance of a below-normal season.
For the 2022 hurricane season, NOAA is forecasting a likely range of 14 to 21 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which six to 10 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including three to six major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5; with winds of 111 mph or higher). NOAA provides these ranges with 70% confidence.
Early preparation and understanding your risks are key to being hurricane ready. Making a plan is a critical first step. Know where you will ride out the storm and get your supplies now; you don’t want to be standing in long lines when a Hurricane Watch is issued and the supplies that you need might be sold out. To learn how to make your plan, visit ready.gov/make-a-plan.
In addition to creating a written plan, remember to complete the following tasks:
- Look up your evacuation zone.
- Pack an emergency kit and include food, water and other essential supplies.
- Sign up for NN Alert, the official notification for the City of Newport News
- Learn more about flood insurance and invest in it to protect your home.
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Protractor Name Art
- drawing paper
Position the protractor in the bottom left of the paper. Use the arc to write your name in block letters. I strongly recommend using pencil so you can correct mistakes. I used a pen so that it would show up in the photos.
Draw a dot in the hole at the base of the protractor.
Use the straight edge of the protractor to connect that dot with each of the corners of the bottom of the letters.
For letters that don't have corners (like the C in my name), connect the dot to where the base of the letter would be if it were flat. Once you've connected all the letters, color in your design.
I intentionally made this project very simple. If you'd prefer a more dimensional look with a little more difficulty, connect every corner of each letter to the point, like I did in this name art project. Either way, it's a fun project that kids will like. | <urn:uuid:15894159-7bd1-46b0-a7c0-b5ac5d7080dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cindyderosier.com/2021/08/protractor-name-art.html?showComment=1629725252874 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572033.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814113403-20220814143403-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.936217 | 212 | 2.875 | 3 |
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The 45-chapter novel was published in 31 weekly instalments in Dickens' new literary periodical titled All the Year Round. From April 1859 to November 1859, Dickens also republished the chapters as eight monthly sections in green covers. Dickens' previous novels had appeared only as monthly instalments. The first weekly instalment of A Tale of Two Cities ran in the first issue of All the Year Round on 30 April 1859. The last ran thirty weeks later, on 26 November.
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas's most popular work. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness, and is told in the style of an adventure story.
The story tells of the inner turmoil of Rodion Raskolnikov, a student in St. Petersburg who commits murder. His psychological and moral agitation is furthered and complicated by his family's arrival in St. Petersburg, his sister's engagement to a manipulative and unworthy man, and his encounters with the impoverished and troubled Marmeladov family.
This classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns that he has "great expectations" of a future inheritance from an anonymous benefactor. He soon learns to live the profligate life of a gentleman as he gradually sheds his associations with the gentle souls of his past, Joe (the blacksmith) and Biddy (a level-headed young lady). He throws his money at improving the prospects of his roommate and friend Herbert and his heart at an "ice princess" whose heart will never respond. But then an escaped convict from his distant past comes calling, and all Pip's hopes dissolve.
Inexplicably, young Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning having turned into a large bug. The story follows how him and his family deal with the absurdity of such a situation, leading the reader on a bizarre, dreamlike exploration of family, alienation, and the identity.
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman and Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visitations of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come.
Emily Brontë's only novel, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.
Now considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights met with mixed reviews by critics when it first appeared, with many horrified by the stark depictions of mental and physical cruelty. Though Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre was originally considered the best of the Brontë sisters' works, many subsequent critics of Wuthering Heights argued that its originality and achievement made it superior.
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters.
Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." In the very first sentence she introduces the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich." Emma, however, is also rather spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives, and her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray. (Adapted from Wikipedia)
This is volume 3 of 5. -- An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray.
An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray.
An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray.
This is volume 4 of 5. -- An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray.
This is volume 5 of 5. -- An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray.
The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first Dickens novel to be written as such a narration.The story deals with the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity.David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but David and his step-father don’t get on and he is sent to boarding school.As Divid settles into life we are taken along with him and meet a dazzling array of characters,some of whom we will never forget and some of whom we won't want to remember!
Notes from Underground is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Notes is considered by many to be the first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man) who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. The first part of the story is told in monologue form, or the underground man's diary, and attacks emerging Western philosophy, especially Nikolay Chernyshevsky's What Is to Be Done?. The second part of the book is called "Àpropos of the Wet Snow," and describes certain events that, it seems, are destroying and sometimes renewing the underground man, who acts as a first person, unreliable narrator.
Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic in 1891, then in book form in three volumes in 1891, and as a single volume in 1892. Though now considered a major 19th-century English novel, even Hardy's fictional masterpiece, Tess of the d'Urbervilles received mixed reviews when it first appeared, in part because it challenged the sexual morals of late Victorian England. Tess was portrayed as a fighter not only for her rights, but also for the rights of others.
Noli Me Tangere (Latin for Touch Me Not) is a novel by the National Hero of the Philippines, Dr. José Rizal. It was originally written in Spanish, and first published in Germany in 1887. Noli Me Tangere exposed the corruption and abuse of the Spanish government and clergy towards the Philippine people and the ills of the Philippine society. This novel, and its sequel El Filibusterismo were banned in many parts of the Islands. Rizal was later arrested for inciting rebellion, based largely on his writings, and was excuted in Manila. Noli Me Tangere, and the execution of Rizal, indirectly influenced the Philippine revolution from Spain. Today, Noli Me Tangere is required reading in all Philippine Schools.
Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining psychological insight with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but is also about human values. In the opening chapters a body is found in the Thames and identified as John Harmon, a young man recently returned to London to receive his inheritance. Were he alive, his father's will would require him to marry Bella Wilfer, a beautiful, mercenary girl whom he had never met. Instead, the money passes to the working-class Boffins, and the effects spread into various corners of London society.
Reputed as Eliot’s favourite novel Silas Marner is set in the early years of the 19th century. Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small congregation in Lantern Yard. Falsely accused of a crime he didn’t commit, he leaves his home and lives a solitary life near the village of Raveloe. Dedicating his life to weaving and hoarding gold for the next fifteen years, circumstances beyond his control shape his destiny and help to restore his faith in humanity.
The House of the Seven Gables is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted from its foundation by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death. The current resident, the dignified but desperately poor Hepzibah Pyncheon, opens a shop in a side room to support her brother Clifford, who is about to leave prison after serving twenty-five years for murder. She refuses all assistance from her unpleasant wealthy cousin Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon. A distant relative, the pretty young Phoebe, turns up and quickly becomes invaluable, charming customers and rousing Clifford from depression. A delicate romance grows between Phoebe and the mysterious lodger Holgrave, who is writing a history of the Pyncheon family. --
The House of the Seven Gables is set mainly in the mid-19th century, with glimpses into the history of the house, which was built in the late 17th century. The primary interest of this book is in the subtle and involved descriptions of character and motive.
In this, the last of the Three Musketeers novels, Dumas builds on the true story of a mysterious prisoner held incognito in the French penal system, forced to wear a mask when seen by any but his jailer or his valet. If you have skipped the novels between The Three Musketeers and this, a few notes will bring you into the story:
On one side – Aramis, now a bishop and secretly the Captain-General of the Jesuit Order, who believes he has found a path to a higher honor – the papacy. Monsieur Fouquet, the vastly rich minister of finance, Aramis’ ally. Philippe, the identical twin of King Louis XIV, who grew up in ignorance of his pedigree, and whose surrogate parents were murdered on the king’s order and himself sent into the notorious Paris prison, the Bastille, there held in solitary confinement.
On the other side – King Louis XIV, selected as the twin who would be king by his mother, and who intends that his brother will never challenge him. Monsieur Colbert, first minister, who is jealous of Fouquet and plots his downfall.
Unaligned and in danger of collateral damage – d’Artagnan, now captain of the King’s Musketeers and so the king’s chief defender, who suspects plots running beneath the surface and who is trying to unearth them. Athos, now the Comte (Count) de la Fer and one of the most respected noblemen of France. Raoul, Athos’ son and vicomte (viscount), desperately in love with Mademoiselle de la Valliere, who the king has taken as his mistress. Porthos, grown extremely stout and happy as the Baron du Vallon.
Aramis discovers the hidden Philippe and hatches a plot to substitute him for the sitting king, putting Louis in Philippe’s cell in the Bastille. This even succeeds… for a short while. But Aramis has not reckoned with a man whose loyalty to the throne exceeds his own welfare and who disastrously reverses the plot. Now it is time for the plotters to scurry to cover, there to figure some way to recover their lost ambitions.
The Way We Live Now is a scathing satirical novel published in London in 1875 by Anthony Trollope, after a popular serialization. It was regarded by many of Trollope's contemporaries as his finest work.
One of his longest novels (it contains a hundred chapters), The Way We Live Now is particularly rich in sub-plot. It was inspired by the financial scandals of the early 1870s, and lashes at the pervading dishonesty of the age, commercial, political, moral, and intellectual. It is one of the last memorable Victorian novels to have been published in monthly parts. –from Wikipedia
One of James’s favorite short novels, the Aspern Papers tells of the efforts of the nameless narrator to procure the papers of a famous, but now dead, American poet. His attempts to secure them from the poet’s former lover and her niece, now recluses in Venice, are stymied both by them, and by his own mistakes in his quest.
“Bunner Sisters,” like “The Age of Innocence” is set in 1870s New York, however the lives of Ann Eliza and Evelina Bunner reflect impoverished New York. The sisters run a "very small shop, in a shabby basement, in a sidestreet already doomed to decline." Shabby as it is, the sisters are happy in their small orderly community of supportive women. The story tells of the destruction of this life, and how the once content sisters are thrown into the realistic world outside of their little shop.
Published in 1901, The Sacred Fount delves into the interior observations and obsessions of one Englishman during a weekend gathering in the country. Regarding himself as a master of human psychology, the narrator watches the goings-on of the other guests and weaves theories about the interpersonal implications of what he witnesses, leaving the not infrequently perplexed reader the task of sorting out whether his conclusions are facts or fancies.
"Crime and Punishment" is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal "The Russian Messenger" in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. "Crime and Punishment" focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of such things, and even have the right to do them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by comparing himself with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose. Much of the suspense of the novel is psychological, as the reader agonizes over Raskolnikov's efforts to evade justice for his crime. Much of it is also moral, as the question of whether or not Raskolnikov himself can find redemption as a human being leads to a surprising culmination.
An adventure story for children, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a fun-filled book that shows life along the Mississippi River in the 1840s. Written by Mark Twain, the book shows masterfully-done satire, racism, childhood, and the importance of loyalty and courage- no matter the cost.
The prophet Al Mustafa, before leaving the city where he has been living twelve years, stops to address the people. They call out for his words of wisdom on many sides of the human condition, and he addresses them in terms of love and care. He has much to offer from his observations of the people, and he illustrates with images they can relate to.The author, Gibran, was influenced by the Maronites, the Sufis, and the Baha’i. His philosophy, though deist, is primarily aimed at the good within ourselves, and the common-sense ways in which we can unlock it. An illustration from his chapter on Friendship:“And let your best be for your friend.If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?Seek him always with hours to live.”The prophet’s gentle words have inspired their translation into over 108 languages. Listen to them with an open mind. You may find some burdens and frustrations hidden within you eased.
Marley was dead, to begin with...until his ghost visits his miserly business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge, with a dire warning. Will Scrooge be able to change his ways, or is it already too late for him?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his intended death in "The Final Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival.
Originally published in serial form in 1879-80, “The Brothers Karamazov” is recognized as one of the very greatest masterpieces of world literature. It is the last and finest novel of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who died before writing a planned sequel. The story is organized initially around the efforts of adult sons to deal with their cantankerous and exasperating father. More important, they also have to deal with the problem of how to live in a world where it is difficult to be sure of the truth — whether that be “truth” about others, about oneself, or about deep questions such as faith, doubt, free will, guilt, and responsibility. Dostoyevsky’s technique underlines the difficulty of attaining sure knowledge. The novel’s psychological and philosophical depth sets the stage for modern novelists such as Joyce, Kafka, and Woolf. “The Brothers Karamazov” has been a favorite book for readers as diverse as Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Putin, and Hillary Clinton.
In this powerful novella based on Joseph Conrad's own experiences in the Belgian Congo, Charles Marlow, an experienced seaman, tells a small group of friends about a profoundly disturbing episode in his life where he was employed by a large colonising enterprise to sail a tinpot steamer up a river into the heart of Africa with a view to bringing out an ivory trader who had gone rogue. Conrad biographer Maya Janasoff has argued that while Marlow's descriptions of Africans are crudely racist, the author binds this racist language with "a potentially radical suggestion. What made the difference between savagery and civilization, Conrad was saying, transcended skin color; it even transcended place. The issue for Conrad wasn’t that 'savages' were inhuman. It was that any human could be a savage."
Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradation and impoverishment of the London underworld and its denizens. Dickens utilises the environment and characters to illustrate his belief that poverty leads to crime. The plot of this novel centres around and follows the journey of the parish boy "Oliver Twist." Oliver has been in the parish orphanage all his short life, a place overcrowded and constantly short of food. When Oliver has the temerity to ask for more after the evening meal of gruel he astonishes and horrifies the parish board and the parish beadle. They promptly sell him on to the local undertaker for the princely sum of 5 pounds. Oliver runs away and thus the journey begins! Oliver is drawn unwittingly into the London criminal underworld by a superbly characterised pickpocket; one known as 'The Artful Dodger' a streetwise, flamboyant boy who is a master at his craft. He is introduced to the unscrupulous Jew named 'Fagin' who controls the complete gang of pickpockets and ruffians. Oliver is uncomfortable in this den of iniquity and absconds, he is sheltered by a man who spots something about Oliver's demeanour and features which lead him to investigate his parentage. Before long Oliver is retaken by the bullying, insensitive criminal housebreaker 'Bill Sykes' and once more finds himself caught in Fagin's coils. As the plot unwinds we meet many finely drawn good and bad characters, and the vivid descriptions of the seamier side of London in that period are superlative.
"Please sir, I want some more," the famous line spoken by Oliver Twist at age nine, becomes the tipping point of a huge change in Oliver's life. He is soon captured into the service of Fagin and his gang of pick-pocketing boys. But, Mr. Brownlow saves him from arrest, and for the first time in his young life Oliver finds comfort and caring. Unfortunately, he is recaptured into the seedy and disgusting world he had escaped, and meets with Bill Sykes, a dangerous criminal. There are numerous delightful or wicked characters that carry the story along, such as the Artful Dodger-- a boy of the streets under Fagin, Mr. Bumble the Beadle, looking for ways to get rid of Oliver, Nancy who makes a fateful betrayal, and the Maylies, whose affection Oliver craves. The author's descriptions of the back street life in London, bring us full force into the crushing poverty and the terrible way in which poor people were treated during that time. Charles Dickens wrote Oliver Twist as a serial in 1837, and it is considered one of the most popular in English literature.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is Joyce’s semi-autobiographical first novel. It traces the early life of Stephen Dedalus and his inner struggle with the oppression of Irish society and the Catholic church, ending with his awakening as a poet and writer and self-imposed exile from Ireland.
“Welcome, O life, I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”
(Description by T. Hynes, with quote from the book)
The Philippines, still a Spanish colony, are more or less run by the Catholic friars, and with an iron fist.. However, here and there are pockets of insurrection. In the countryside, a group of outlaws takes things in their own hands – including the money of the rich. And the students of Manila petition the government to be taught in Tagalog instead of Spanish.
Follow Basilio, a medical student and his friends as they navigate the difficult climate in Manila, while his fiance struggles with the law in their hometown. Above all this looms the figure of Simoun, a powerful and extremely rich jeweller, who is more than ready to put his immeasurable wealth to use..
If it is a truth universally acknowledged that a good-looking girl cannot fail of attracting a clever young man does it follow that the reverse is also true? If the man comes of a terrifyingly dysfunctional family and the girl in question likes to see spooks and horrors round every corner, yes. Morland by name, Lackland by nature, Catherine, not altogether addicted to the heroine role in general, finds this greatness thrust upon her in the (fortunately, principally financial) fantasies of her would-be inamorato's father, the General. When the General finds she is the artless, simple girl that she appears and not the creature of his frankly heartless imaginings of her, he thrusts her - but I leave the event to your fevered, no doubt Gothick, even, imagination to determine
A deliberate parody of the horrific strand in popular culture, as Jane Austen no doubt herself would observe if she could see the burgeoning cult of the Undead in Unliterary culture - It is as if Northanger Abbey had never been written! Hear it and laugh.
The extraordinary child-adult Prince Myshkin, confined for several years in a Swiss sanatorium suffering from severe epilepsy, returns to Russia to claim his inheritance and to find a place in healthy human society. The teeming St Petersburg community he enters is far from receptive to an innocent like himself, despite some early successes and relentless pursuit by grotesque fortune-hunters. His naive gaucheries give rise to extreme reactions among his new acquaintance, ranging from anguished protectiveness to mockery and contempt. But even before reaching the city, during the memorable train journey that opens the novel, he has encountered the demonic Rogozhin, the son of a wealthy merchant – who is in thrall to the equally doomed Nastasia Filippovna: beautiful, capricious and destructively neurotic, she joins with the two weirdly contrasted men in a spiraling dance of death…
Bleak house is one of Dickens finest achievements. It was written for serialisation in 1853 when Dickens was at the peak of his career. Monthly sales substantially exceeded his previous bestseller David Copperfield.
Dickens' mastery of the English language comes to the fore in this book. It is an energetic book: a complex mystery story revolving around the heroine Esther Summerson and her path from childhood to marriage. During the course of Esther’s narration Dickens introduces some wonderful and unforgettable characters, and at the same time provides a searing indictment of the laws’ corruption and self-serving interests which prevailed during that time. He pokes fun at the languid and landed aristocracy and questions the societal indifference to the poor. Detection, black comedy, farce, and tragic ruin run through the story. Critics at the time were unenthusiastic but the public were enthralled by it!
Ayn Rand is best known for her classics Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. One of her earlier works, Anthem, is a dystopian vision of a world in which “self” has been abolished and people have become nothing more than parts of a greater “collective.” Rooted in her own experiences fleeing from the communist Russia of the 1920’s, as well as the rise of fascism in Italy and National Socialism in Germany, Rand wrote Anthem as a warning to all concerned with losing personal identity in an ever changing and rapidly developing world
One of the great literary tragedies of all time, The Hunchback of Notre Dame features some of the most well-known characters in all of fiction - Quasimodo, the hideously deformed bellringer of Notre-Dame de Paris, his master the evil priest Claude Frollo, and Esmeralda, the beautiful gypsy condemned for a crime she did not commit.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in The Final Problem. Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901–1902 (setting it before Holmes' death) Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character.
The first story is set in 1894 and has Holmes returning in London and explaining the period from 1891–94, a period called "The Great Hiatus" by Sherlockian enthusiasts. Also of note is Watson's statement in the last story of the cycle that Holmes has retired, and forbids him to publish any more stories.
Mr Pickwick, founder of the Pickwick Club, sets out with his three friends, Tupman, Snodgrass, and Winkle, to observe the world. They intend to travel to places in England remote from London, and observe their findings which they send back to the Club. In their journeys, they continually get themselves into all sorts of difficult but comical situations, from which they must extricate themselves, often with the assistance of Mr Pickwick's personal servant, Sam Weller.
"Swann's Way" is the first of the seven parts of Marcel Proust's great autobiographical novel "In Search of Lost Time." From the very first page the reader is drawn into the many facets of memory, memory as prompted by all the human senses. "Swann's Way (Du côté de chez Swann, sometimes translated as The Way by Swann's) (1913) was rejected by a number of publishers, including Fasquelle, Ollendorff, and the Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF). André Gide was famously given the manuscript to read to advise NRF on publication, and leafing through the seemingly endless collection of memories and philosophizing or melancholic episodes, came across a few minor syntactic errors, which made him decide to turn the work down in his audit. Proust eventually arranged with the publisher Grasset to pay the cost of publication himself. When published it was advertised as the first of a three-volume novel (Bouillaguet and Rogers, 316-7). Du côté de chez Swann is divided into four parts: "Combray I" (sometimes referred to in English as the "Overture"), "Combray II," "Un Amour de Swann," and "Noms de pays: le nom." ('Names of places: the name'). A third-person novella within Du côté de chez Swann, "Un Amour de Swann" is sometimes published as a volume by itself. As it forms the self-contained story of Charles Swann's love affair with Odette de Crécy and is relatively short, it is generally considered a good introduction to the work and is often a set text in French schools. "Combray I" is also similarly excerpted; it ends with the famous madeleine cake episode, introducing the theme of involuntary memory. In early 1914, André Gide, who had been involved in NRF's rejection of the book, wrote to Proust to apologize and to offer congratulations on the novel. "For several days I have been unable to put your book down.... The rejection of this book will remain the most serious mistake ever made by the NRF and, since I bear the shame of being very much responsible for it, one of the most stinging and remorseful regrets of my life."
H. G. Wells
In 1896 HG Wells produced the Island of Doctor Moreau. After a fateful shipwreck, a chance rescue, and offer of safe harbor, Edward Prendick must contend with a dark science. A man of science, Prendick must wrestle with the ethics of its passions. His inner struggle is illuminated by the island's outward horrors. Central to the themes are ethics, principles, and the extent of human compassion. This science fiction icon argues the true question of science: Could the cure be more dangerous than the disease?
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
A mentally unstable genius, Victor Frankenstein, inspired by the dreams of ancient alchemists and empowered by modern science, creates a humanoid but fails to nurture and educate it after it comes to life. It wanders alone into a hostile world, where fear of its size and ugliness subjects it to violence and ostracism, which in time it learns to blame upon its maker. As compensation for its suffering, it demands that he create a companion with whom to share its outcast life. Moved by the creature's account of its sufferings, the scientist agrees, but a long period of procrastination awakens doubts that ultimately cause him to break his promise. In retaliation, the creature begins a campaign of vengeance. Although its serious crimes are limited to those which will wound his maker's heart, Victor imagines much more widespread harm, supposing the human race itself to be the creature's intended victim. There then follows a chase into the frozen north, which the creature prolongs so as to destroy his pursuer by exposure and exhaustion.This story, narrated by Victor, forms a frame surrounding the creature's tale of its wanderings, education, and unhappy encounters with human beings. Victor's narrative is itself framed within a series of letters written by the young mariner who rescues him from an iceberg while engaged in his own ambitious scientific endeavor, searching for the North Pole.
This novel was begun while the author and her lover, Percy Shelley, were in hiding from her father and Percy's wife on the shores of Lake Geneva, where they were the frequent house guests of Lord Byron. The young people all began to write "ghost" stories, but only Mary's was destined to enjoy success. The novel was published in 1818. Percy contributed a preface and later made extensive emendations. After his death Mary herself thoroughly revised the text and published it again in 1831. This is the text read in this project.
In "An Anonymous Story," Chekhov continues to explore his favorite themes of superfluous men, ironic rakes, exploited women, and the dangers of social conventions to human happiness. The Anonymous Narrator is a feckless, would-be revolutionary who gets himself hired on as a flunky in the household of the young useless aristocrat Orlov, hoping to spy out some useful information for the Cause. Orlov seduces the beautiful Zinaida Fyodorovna away from her husband but quickly tires of her. The Narrator, another in the long line of Russian literary superfluous men, allows Orlov to use him to deceive Zinaida Fyodorovna, hating himself for it all the while. In the end he does his weak best to rescue the spurned mistress and her newborn child from their sufferings. Chekhov's subtle sympathy for the women victimized by conventional marriage is demonstrated in his narration of Zinaida Fyodorovna's tragic unraveling, ending in a masterful final chapter of heartbreaking ambiguity.
Possibly Wilkie Collins' most famous novel, The Woman In White remade the Gothic Horror novel by taking its characters and tropes and setting them in commonplace surroundings among "people like us", Featuring unforgettable characters such as the incomparable Count Fosco and the redoubtable Marion Halcombe (a woman for whom male Victorian readers politely inquired of Wilkie the address as they wanted to marry her), The Woman In White with its compassionate treatment of those suffering mental distress ought to be credited with having put the cause of mental health care a hundred years ahead - had not Jane Eyre with its madwoman in the attic been generally credited with the reverse. Read it for the female doubling central plot device alone - a rare feature in the writing of men about women.
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INCLUSIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH LMS PLATFORMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
This paper presents a comparative study of the accessibility of the Learning Management System (LMS) of three universities used in a developing country. According to UNICEF report of 2015, there are about 121 million people without access to education in the world. People who do not have access to education mostly experience some sort of disability. According to the World Health Organization report of 2011, It is estimated that 15% of the world population suffers some kind of disability, this represents more than 1,000 million people.
According to the United Nations, in America there are several developing countries, including Ecuador, which will be taken for the study. In this country, according to the National Council for Disability Equality, There exist 416,177 persons with some kind of disability, representing 2.16% of the total population. In the academic year 2015-2016 there were an estimated 277,200 students who were presented to make a preliminary examination on admission to universities. The 0.43% of the number of applicants has some type of disability. For this reason, the universities should have an inclusive education system.
Currently, there are several universities in Ecuador using the LMS platforms. By using these platforms, universities facilitate the learning mode and they break all physical barriers between the institution and the student. The platform helps teachers to manage content efficiently and students to access this information over the Internet. Unfortunately, these platforms are not usually inclusive.
Each country should guarantee to all people the right to education, according to Article 24 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Ecuador, as part of this committee, has an obligation to promote, protect and ensure that people with disabilities benefit of human rights in equality of conditions before the law. The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador guarantees education for all people, regardless of any disabling status or disability.
In Ecuador, there is currently a classification of the universities established by the National Secretariat of Higher Education Science and Technology (SENESCYT). This classification establishes four categories, A, B, C and D. This paper presents a comparative study of the accessibility of the three universities LMS platforms in category A in Ecuador: Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN), Escuela Politécnica Superior del Litoral (ESPOL) and Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ).
Assessment, monitoring and tracking of accessibility in LMS platforms ensure that education is accessible to all people. The results of this study show that accessibility barriers are present in each of the three systems evaluated. The main objective of the study is to detect accessibility barriers, hoping that one day can achieve universal access to education in Ecuador. Besides, some advices to improve the accessibility of LMS are provided based on the findings of this study. | <urn:uuid:4707de26-eccd-4157-9930-a4c652d5483e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://library.iated.org/view/CRIOLLOC2016INC | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.93787 | 594 | 2.8125 | 3 |
What is wrong with Congress' messaging to the Polity?
When there is will, there is way. The right method and message needs to be forged.
Rahul Gandhi needs a plan to capture power in 2024.
It is the inability of the leadership to formulate such a plan, and to have key lieutenants amplify its message, that seriously hampers Congress’ performance. Every little thing, big and small, is left to the top leadership, whose limited bandwidth chokes the organization, discouraging others from showing initiative and enterprise.
Today the man on the street has no idea of what Congress stands for. The Party’s share of the citizens’ mind-space, that determines her sense of where the polity is headed, is near zero. For a political party, this incoherence is suicide,
Everybody, in and out of the Congress, has some idea of what should go into such a plan. Ideas are critical to a plan. However, the most important function of a plan is not the ideas itself. Rather it is to generate coherence in such ideas, and to evolve a consensus around them.
If Gandhis involved key lieutenants in the process, it would engender understanding and commitment to their plan. Ensuring such a consensus around an agreed plan means everybody knows where they fit into the overall scheme of things. It tamps down internal dissension, focusing energy on getting things done. Involvement is the best form of communication. The idea is to get all informed, involved, and on the same page.
This frees the top leadership from the need for day-to-day direction of party’s messaging, and to effectively delegate authority to spokespersons. The lieutenants are thus enabled, and empowered, to augment the top leadership’s bandwidth, and amplify its message by orders of magnitude, without loss of coherence and control. It is a weak leadership which privileges control over empowerment of lieutenants.
Congress’ central message to the polity, if at all one such exists, is not getting through to the person on the street.
Oratory no doubt helps a leader get his message across. Rahul Gandhi’s diction and delivery has improved with passing years. Priyanka Gandhi’s sense of repartee, and ability to engage with people at large, is impressive. However, my concern is not with what the top two can deliver personally, but with what the Congress delivers. Barring a few effective spokespersons on TV, like Pawan Khera, there is not much.
I suspect the reason lies in not having forged a consensus on what the Congress’ message should be. The lack of a coherent and agreed message is disastrous. One day Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi on Rafael, next day he accuses PM of Crony Capitalism, and on the third, perfidy on China. The message is unduly negative, lacks coherence, and offers no alternative positive vision.
It unnecessarily concentrates fire on the adversary’s strength, which is Teflon Modi, instead of exploiting the Sangh’s weaknesses in spawning disunity and strife. Cacophony, rather than coherence, marks Congress’ messaging. This is best understood in contrast with line pushed by RSS/BJP.
The Central appeal of RSS/BJP is addressed to a well-defined target market, comprising the middle 50 to 60% of the Hindu electorate. BJP consciously ignores the bottom quartile. The message itself is simple, clear, concise, and coherent. BJP focuses exclusively on its core target market, which is Conservative Hindus, cutting across social and economic class, sometimes even caste.
The message to the masses never varies. It says you are virtuous Hindus, a proud people, and immensely patriotic Nationalists. Which is why BJP/RSS honors you, and fights for you. The others, the renegade secular Hindus, corrupt elites, minorities, and assorted casteists, leftists and communists, held sway before us, with the help of Muslims. They are the enemy that has held us back. We are going to show you how to fight them. We will let nothing come in the way in this crucial contest. We will change the very law if necessary to assure your victory over others. You will win. We will win. Judge us by how well we put such elements in their place, to enhance your power and prospects.
Note how cleverly the message divides people into two categories, us vs. they, each a neatly defined category by itself. It makes the contest between you and them the central theme, and calls upon on the voter to judge progress by its own parameters. It wastes no effort trying to talk to, or woo others, to evolve a consensus, or appeal to any other rational consideration. The whole message is emotive, making us the victims of a profound injustice, that RSS/BJP will help set right. The prospect’s identification as the wronged victim in the ensuing existential contest is both immersive and total.
The message enables RSS/BJP to skirt around every rational criticism such as poor economic performance, lack of new job creation, shrinking international stature, hostile neighborhood etc. On the other hand, it neatly converts vice into virtue, by making equality before law, invidious taxation, shrinking of welfare, equity etc., a matter of policy design, to show the others their new place in society.
Implicit in this policy is the assumption that the poor deserve their poverty and can be safely pauperized. The Sangh has thus left the bottom quartile entirely out of their political calculus, except as a part of the pernicious “other,” who drag you down.
No surprise then that the person on the street, especially the target market, pays scant attention to what the opposition says, or the adverse news-flow that media heralds. They live in a bubble totally managed by the Sangh parivar, in a sort of emotional cocoon, in which thought & rationality appear unnecessary, since the big brother is taking care of everything, needing only our undying loyalty to win.
What is Congress offering in its place? What is Congress’ target market? Is it the same as that of BJP, or different? Overlapping or segregated? What is its caste, class, or social structure? How can it be differentiated from that of BJP? What is Congress selling to this target market? Past performance? Social justice? Political and economic equality? Economic and political freedom? Which economic class or social strata does the Congress identify with? Does anybody have a clear idea of what Congress stands for? Why does it oppose BJP’s agenda? How is BJP’s agenda harmful? Apart from criticizing Modi, what does the Congress offer?
The utter irrelevance of the Congress becomes apparent from the fact that in the “Us vs. Them” contest engendered by the RSS/BJP; the Congress is not even the unequivocal champion of the other “Them”. This political ineptitude, the sheer lack of statecraft, the shallowness of resulting strategy, is truly appalling. Congress is neither bereft of talent, nor expertise. So, if it has reduced itself to such incoherence, the leadership needs to own up responsibility and make amends.
The Gandhis need to understand very clearly the value they bring to the Congress, as also their limitations, to remain at the helm of the party’s affairs.
Gandhis bring to the table name recognition, a well-entrenched legacy brand, and an ability to spawn consensus and coherence in a house of babble, that is the traditional Congress.
Their power over Congress stems basically from this key role in forging a consensus among disparate local satrapies, that have always dominated India’s diverse polity through centuries. A recent PEW survey showed Indians want to live among their own, and prefer local culture, cuisine, customs, language, and history. They have long resisted homogenization. Congress’ ability to assimilate a diversity of opinion within its fold, and still forge a working consensus, helped the party negotiate a diverse India. In contrast, the Sanghi mind is terrified of diversity, and instinctively reaches out for homogenization. The inability to grasp diversity is the Sangh’s Achilles’ heel. The Congress needs to make the most of its unique strength.
The ability to forge a central consensus eroded to some extent after the 90/91 reforms, when the power of patronage was effectively transferred from the center to the states. Control over resources made the state satraps all powerful, while the center was left with just a moral authority, and debilitating dependence on the state satraps for funds at election time. The Anonymous Electoral Bonds have now enabled the central leadership to recapture its role as coordinator. It is no longer vulnerable to blackmail by local satraps.
AEBs have in fact transformed the politics of the country by institutionalizing corruption behind the anonymity of the bonds. They confer anonymity not so much to donors, as to the deals struck behind the anonymity, and serve to insulate the powerful from the stink.
But they also help parties centralize the treasury function, and power, within the party, where top leadership controls funding and deal making, leaving little to state satraps. This is true as much of the Congress as the BJP. The centralization of treasury has restored power back to the top leadership of the Congress in some measure. Where it not so, the disintegration of the party would have been much faster. Whether this is a boon or a curse, only time will tell.
Modi is now close to eight years in power, and there is hardly any secret around his social, political, and economic agenda. On the economic front, Modi is clearly embarked on protecting domestic markets for local tycoons, even as he adds to their profits by cutting direct corporate taxes and making up the shortfall in revenues by extortionate indirect taxes, on the bottom half of the income pyramid. He has also embarked on formalization of the economy, which is killing small entrepreneurs, and transferring their markets to big tycoons, playing havoc with new job creation and employment.
Modi has clearly written off the bottom quartile of the income pyramid, leaving it to manage as best as it can. He has sought to contain the resulting economic distress by throwing a few highly visible freebies at them. They will slowly erase themselves like the Advasis displaced from the dam sites in the 60s. Their children will vanish first, and then the elders will melt away. Pauperization of poor has become policy.
On the social front, a brazen campaign to shrink the social, political, and economic space for minorities, Muslims in particular, is well underway. Social exclusion is being advanced by such strategies as love jihad, ban on beef, curtailed employment opportunities, segregated housing, exclusion from the marketplace, etc. Political exclusion is near total as the ruling party excludes any significant Muslim voices. Economic space is shrinking by frequent lynching & destruction of Muslim vends by violent mobs. Yet such strategies of calumny and hate, provide the spectacle of a successful campaign against the “other” for its followers; a source of satisfaction, not loathing, for the Sangh’s supporters.
Given the Sangh’s failure on such a broad front: social, political, and economic, there is hardly any doubt that the Modi Govt. would be voted out at the earliest opportunity. If it still manages to hang on, it is largely due to its total hold on the narrow imagination of a certain section of the population in the Hindu Hindi Heartland that constitutes some 40% of the total electorate. The opportunity to return to power for Congress is wide open. The tide, and winds of public opinion are shifting.
Congress is totally confused between confronting the Sangh in its geographical and ideological strongholds or skirting out around them, to go after the hearts and minds of the balance 60% of the polity. Given limited resources, Congress needs a well-crafted plan to win back power. Congress reform must begin at the top with the family.
This is history in the making for the family and the Congress. The prize is a liberal Constitutional democracy. Saving it from the fascist abyss should be the goal.
The Sangh Parivar’s ideological sway has peaked; the horrendous social and economic costs of its hate filled, divisive strategy to gain a chokehold on power are becoming obvious. They have left India friendless in its own neighborhood, and isolated it in the international arena, locked out of all trade pacts. Instead of reviving a glorious civilization, the Sangh has only brought distrust of, and calumny to, Hindus.
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Beginning this Spring, new boats will be paddling down the West Fork River. Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) is gaining popularity, and the fad is moving to Shinnston. Paddleboarding is a little different from kayaking or canoeing. Users stand or sit on a wide surfboard-shaped board and paddle with a single bent oar. Nick Hermosilla, of WV SUP, is a certified paddleboard instructor and will be offering tours in the West Fork River.
Originally from Fairmont, Hermosilla has worked with MCPARC on several introductory events throughout Marion County. As interest grew, WV SUP has expanded and offers tours on the Monongahela River, the Middle Fork River and now the West Fork River. Currently offering day trips and lessons, the outfitter will be expanding to overnighters and partnering with WV Yoga Girl to hold Stand Up Paddle Board Yoga classes.
Some assume many rivers are “too dirty” to swim in or have fun on. They see trash near shore or water that isn’t clear and assume it’s unsafe. As a result, many perfectly safe waters go underutilized by locals and tourists. However, groups like Guardians of the West Fork have been working tirelessly to clean up the rivers and have been successful on the mission. Feasibility reports show that the West Fork River is healthy and safe to be occupied.
Organizations around the state are looking to create and promote opportunities to connect people to the local waterways. Events focused on the river help increase physical activity and can help boost businesses centered around this water-friendly lifestyle. Not only will this benefit health, but will drive economic development as well.
The City of Shinnston is looking at possible improvements to river access points, which will help connect the community to the local waterways.
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A majority of Americans want all immigration to the United States halted in the midst of the Chinese coronavirus crisis, a new poll reveals.
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order slowing green card processing for less than ten percent of the 1.2 million legal immigrants annually admitted to the U.S.
In addition to these annual legal immigrant admissions are millions of foreign nationals who can still arrive on foreign visa worker programs, student visas, tourist visas, and special immigrant visas — all of which have continued despite more than 26 million Americans now unemployed.
The latest Washington Post/University of Maryland poll finds that Americans, by a majority, want all immigration to the U.S. halted.
When asked “Would you support or oppose temporarily blocking nearly all immigration into the United States during the coronavirus outbreak?” about 65 percent of Americans said they favored such a policy. Only 34 percent opposed an immigration moratorium while one percent had no opinion.
Recent Pew Research Center and Ipsos polling have found similar support for reassessing current immigration levels. The latest Pew survey revealed that more than 8-in-10 Americans call mass migration a “threat” to the U.S.
The poll comes as some lawmakers, like Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Lance Gooden (R-TX), have called on Trump to expand his executive order to include most of all visa programs to prevent Americans from being forced to compete for scarce U.S. jobs against foreign workers.
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In many countries such as Mexico, Iceland or Venezuela, chess is already part of school subjects. In Spain, it will also be. Many may wonder why a game like chess will be part of children's curricular activities.
It should not be so strange to us, since there are many studies and experiences that point towards the benefits that chess contributes to the little ones.
Experience shows that chess, in addition to improving the intellectual qualities of children, makes them improve their academic performance. Next we are going to expose some of the contributions of the game of chess.
1. Smarter kids: Formerly it was thought that intelligent children played chess. Today we have a different starting point: it is chess that makes young people smarter. Chess develops memory, logic, spatial vision, concentration and attention, the ability to plan, organize and analyze, and even more recent research points towards improving reading comprehension.
2. Better performance in the subjects: Children will get more out of the explanations they attend during classes (greater concentration, attention and memory) and will be able to better organize their tasks at home (greater planning capacity, development of logic and in this case it will also count in their favor greater ability to concentrate.) If chess improves reading comprehension, as seems to be inferred from the latest research, it is easy to conclude how this will help children in their studies.
3. More responsible children: Chess makes children more responsible people, who know how to learn from mistakes, analyze them and draw positive lessons from them. Children who play chess integrate socially more easily and acquire a series of positive values that will help them in their lives and in their studies.
To such an extent the improvement in children's ability to concentrate with the game of chess has become clear that some research, such as the recent study of the Dr. Hilario Blasco, psychiatrist of Iron Gate Hospital, point out the benefits of chess to treat children with ADHD (hyperactive children). Among the conclusions of the eminent Dr. Hilario Blasco, it is pointed out that chess can replace medication in some cases of ADHD.
Chess is an activity that is available to anyone. All you need is a board and some pieces and children will be able to enter a magical and enriching universe that will bring them great benefits, both in their studies and in their future.
Luis Fernandez Siles
Director of Capakhine, chess magazine for children and parents
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Toronto Artificial Intelligence
Toronto is the hotspot for technologies. Toronto region is also known as the Canadian Silicon Valley where we can find offices of some of the largest technology companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. AI is the next focus point and so many companies are investing heavily in this technology. Toronto AI is the next big thing and it is already shifting the paradigm in Canada.
You should not surprise by the fact that the Greater Toronto Area or GTA has added more tech jobs the last year than New York and the San Francisco Bay Area combined. The job numbers have crossed Boston, Chicago, and Seattle. You name the company, you will get the office here in the financial capital of Canada.
Toronto AI has attracted top companies such as Uber, NVIDIA, Etsy, Samsung, OpenText, Tomson Reuters, General Motors, and many more to invest huge for the research and development in artificial intelligence for their services. Here you will find some of the most valuable resources, updates, and statistics. Follow the Toronto AI on the Indian AI platform.
The University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is always ahead of others in perspective of research and development. They proved it again by establishing the Centre for Analytics and AI Engineering (CARTE) in 2019. The ambitious plan to facilitate the translation and industrial application development of AI research, technologies, and solutions. Professor Timothy Chan is heading the center and the goals will be achieved by the research; education, training, and partnerships. Read More.....
Artificial Intelligence Companies in Toronto
Optima AI - A Toronto based artificial intelligence technology company. They provide Cloud services with the help of Big Data Analytics and Applied Artificial Intelligence. Cloud Computing is focused technology that helps to save upfront investment, better service with the highest level of data security. The company team members included Ehsan Roosta, Hadi Golkarieh, Sepideh Ghanavati, and Payam Rahmdel.
TasteGuru - TasteGuru - A artificial intelligence-based B2B solutions company based in Toronto helps the food and beverage companies accelerate speed marketing campaign, boost innovation, discover emerging trends, create personalized e-commerce experience, and overall, increase market share. The company team includes Susan Chen, Peter Chen, George Zhang, Yulia Teryaeva, Luiz Sato, Jaskarn Mankoo, and Brian Lam. Read More... | <urn:uuid:827a707a-5786-4ab0-b584-94ff8aa318bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.indianai.in/toronto-ai/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.927432 | 492 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Gas-Chromatographic Analysis of Major Volatile Compounds Found in Traditional Fruit Brandies from Transylvania, Romania
AbstractIn the current study, the major volatile compounds from three categories of traditional fruit brandies (plum, apple and pear) were characterized by gas-chromatography (GC-FID). There were collected 26 samples from different locations of Transylvania (Romania), all made by traditional technologies involving fermentation in barrels and distillation in copper stills. The major volatile compounds, besides ethanol, identified and quantified were: acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, methanol, 1-propanol, 2-butanol, iso-butylic alcohol, alcool amyl active, iso-amylic alcohol, 1-butanol and furfural. For each type of brandy, positive but no significant correlations between methanol and furfural concentrations in plum and apple brandy were noticed. To evaluate the differences in composition regarding the geographical origin of plum brandies and to analyze the composition of plum, apple and pear brandies it has been compared the mean values (MVP, MVA and MVPe) obtained for each volatile. For plum brandies it has been observed differences among the mean values of each volatile, in samples originating from counties Cluj, Bistriţa-Năsăud and Maramureş. For methanol, acetaldehyde and 1-propanol the MVP Cluj values were significantly higher than MVP Bistriţa-Năsăud. For iso-butylic alcohol, amyl active alcohol, iso-amylic alcohol the MVP Cluj values were significantly higher than for Bistriţa-Năsăud and Maramureş, while for ethyl acetate and furfural the MVP Bistriţa-Năsăud were significantly higher than MVP Cluj and MVP Maramureş. When compared the mean values of volatiles in plum vs apple vs pear brandies, for ethyl acetate, methanol, 2-butanol, 1-propanol and 1-butanol, the MVPe values were significantly higher than MVA, for furfural, amyl active and iso-amylic alcohols, while for acetaldehyde the MVPe values were significantly higher than MVP. Methanol represented the major volatile component, characteristic to fruit brandies, released by enzymatic degradation of methoxylated pectins. Therefore, this molecule can be considered not only a parameter of distillate safety but also an indicator of natural origin of distillate and traditional processing.
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Unity City (city)
Located near the newly pristine Puget Sound of the Terran continent of North America, construction of Court of the Star League and its surrounding city was initiated in the years prior the formal signing of the Star League Accords. As befitting the center of Humanity, the city was huge, elaborate and awe-inspiring, incorporating materials from all the Member States in its construction. Once built the Court of the Star League was hailed as an architectural marvel, with one visiting architect calling it "a fairy-tale place, where parking garages are as beautiful as the Taj Mahal.
It was also the location of the Royal Court, which met for two months during the spring and winter Council meetings. Somewhere near the city was located a military base named Fort Cameron, the base of the bodyguard unit of the First Lord, the Royal Black Watch Regiment. The 27th of December 2766, the Amaris Coup put an end to that. Stefan Amaris murdered Richard Cameron, the last First Lord of the League, in the Audience Chamber, and the city and its environs became a battlefield between the Amaris forces and the Star League defenders. The hardest battle was fought beside the city: after an atomic strike launched from Amaris' fighters destroyed Fort Cameron, effectively wiping out those elements of the Watch that were still mobilizing. Only two lances of Black Watch 'Mechs survived and were able to escape the traps. They were then confronted by the 4th Amaris Dragoons at Gorst Flats, protected on one side by high forested hills and Puget Sound on the other, which forced the Dragoons to confront them individually. Both efforts, however, were ultimately doomed. After losing ten 'Mechs to the entrenched Black Watch soldiers, all of whom had been graduates of the infamous Gunslinger Program, the Dragoons' commander withdrew his forces and wiped them out with a nuclear explosive. More than a third of the nearby Unity City went up in flames as consequence of the blasts, and the Star League Court was charred black in some areas. But the worst consequence was the burning of all the forest in the nearby hills. Few days later, a torrential rain turned these hills into a massive series of mud slides over the city. More than half city was covered by the mud, burying buildings up to two stories. A swamp formed in the rest of the city.
After Stefan Amaris murdered the rest of Cameron family in the Audience Chamber, he ordered the room sealed. No one opened them until Aleksandr Kerensky SLDF army liberated the Earth, 11 years later. When the Chamber was opened, the mortal remains of all the Cameron family were found there. After this discovery, Kerensky ordered the execution of Amaris and all his family.
After the High Council of the Star League disbanded, and the League was de facto dissolved, Jerome Blake, last ministry of the League, and head of all Hegemony reconstruction process, decided the efforts to restore the Court were a waste of resources, and ordered the work stopped and the Court sealed in spring of 2783. Unity City, still two centuries later, was the most visible wounds in Terra. ComStar keep Earth safe from the battles, but kept Unity City as it was, as the populace abandoned the area. In 2901, however, the known as "mad Primus" of ComStar, Dwight Kurstin transferred the headquarters of ComStar to the Court of the Star League. He also reopened the sealed throne room and established himself there... and in that place was killed, on January 3 2902, by a mysterious ROM agent codenamed "Saber". Only some years before the Clan invasion the group worked to unearth some of the ruined city. After the Battle of Tukayyid the new Primus Sharilar Mori planned to revitalize and rebuild Unity City and restore the Court of the Star League, systematically stripped by the previous Primus along the centuries, but Operation ODYSSEUS probably put an end to that project.
Unity City survived the Jihad intact, becoming a tourist attraction during the Republic of the Sphere's existence. During the Clans' race to Terra in 3151, it became a priority target for Clan Wolf, who took it easily. The Wolf Khan, Alaric Ward ordered the removal of any tourism, as, for the Clans, it was a holy place. After defeating Clan Jade Falcon, Alaric established a new Star League, under the command of the ilClan, with Unity City as capital. There, on the 28th of April, the body of the Great Father of the Clans, Aleksandr Kerensky was buried.
- The Citadel: fortified complex that housed SLDF High Command.
- Fort Cameron (destroyed) Headquarters of the Royal Black Watch.
- Court of Star League.
During Operation Revival, after the capital of the Periphery world of Von Strang's World, named Amaris City, in honor of Stefan Amaris by one of their general's descendants, was taken by Clan Jade Falcon forces and renamed Unity City, in honor of the original one.
- The Star League, p. 40: "History - Birth of the Star League - The New Order"
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 73: "Battle for Unity City", Schmitt leads a company to meet the advancing Fourth Amaris Dragoons
- ComStar, p. 10
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 117
- ComStar, p. 36
- ComStar, p. 87
- Hour of the Wolf, p. 354
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- 1 How are wool sweaters made?
- 2 How do you make woolen clothes?
- 3 What are the five uses of wool?
- 4 What is the softest wool in the world?
- 5 Can a beginner knit a sweater?
- 6 What is the Colour of wool?
- 7 Can you stitch with wool?
- 8 Can you sew with wool?
- 9 What is the difference between woolen and Woollen?
- 10 How wool is made step by step?
- 11 What can we make from wool?
How are wool sweaters made?
Spinning Wool into Yarn Spinning converts the wool pieces into usable material. This part of the process involves spinning 2-5 strands of wool together on a wheel. This results in long, strong pieces of wool that resemble yarn. Woolen spinning, on the other hand, produces a thicker yarn suitable for knitting.
How do you make woolen clothes?
The major steps necessary to process wool from the sheep to the fabric are: shearing, cleaning and scouring, grading and sorting, carding, spinning, weaving, and finishing.
What are the five uses of wool?
5 short uses of wool in points
- The most common usage is making winter clothes because this fibre is warm and thick enough to resist cold.
- For making carpets.
- For making blankets.
- Wool is also used for making upholstery.
- This fibre is also used for making different kind of insulation.
What is the softest wool in the world?
Merino wool is the finest and softest sheep’s wool in the world. Merino wool makes up just 1% of the world’s fibre for apparel – true luxury.
Can a beginner knit a sweater?
Knitting a sweater can be a daunting project for someone who is just beginning to knit. However, it is much easier than it might seem. You can knit a sweater by following a very basic pattern.
What is the Colour of wool?
Wool absorbs sound like many other fabrics. It is generally a creamy white color, although some breeds of sheep produce natural colors, such as black, brown, silver, and random mixes. Wool ignites at a higher temperature than cotton and some synthetic fibers.
Can you stitch with wool?
Wool is a wonderful fabric to sew. Wool’s edges are quite clean when cut and it retains its shape incredibly well.
Can you sew with wool?
Wool is a fantastic fabric to work with, whether you’re a beginning sewist or a seasoned pro. It’s available in a wide range of weights, blends, weaves, and patterns, making it great for all kinds of projects.
What is the difference between woolen and Woollen?
As adjectives the difference between woollen and woolen is that woollen is (british) (woolen) while woolen is (us) made of wool.
How wool is made step by step?
Process of Obtaining Wool from Sheep
- Shearing. The process of removal of the fleece from an animal is called shearing.
- Scouring. The sheared hair is washed properly to remove dirt, dust, and grease.
What can we make from wool?
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This book explores the nature of the earthquake hazard and the availability of insurance and reports on a longitudinal study of homeowners in four California counties to chart their growing concern with earthquakes.
Table of Contents
1. Natural Hazards 2. Earthquake Hazards 3. Earthquake Hazard Mitigation: The Role of Insurance 4. The 1993 Study 5. Adoption of Non-Insurance Mitigation Measures 6. Adoption of Earthquake Insurance 7. Co-Variates of Earthquake Insurance 8. Perceived Risk 9. Results of Longitudinal Study 10. Policy Implications | <urn:uuid:84c1eab5-5ae7-43f6-b7b4-4141927f3975> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.routledge.com/Earthquake-Insurance-A-Longitudinal-Study-Of-California-Homeowners/Palm/p/book/9780367166830 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.832759 | 133 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Huawei is going to revolutionize its network to 5G access in the UK, over a wide range of customers. The Vodafone and British Telecommunication has alarmed that if Huawei is given less than three years to develop it’s 5G network, the whole customers of the UK may face blockage in signals. It will result in loss of network across the UK. While the management of Huwaei network told the authorities that they require a period of minimum five years to shift their entire network to 5G access, it will be more ideal if they are provided with seven years. The customers will face trouble in communication resulting in loss of daily chores of necessity.
Screening of China’s kits:-
The Government has decided to announce a check-test of Chinese kits in the coming two weeks, to determine consistency and feasibility at a practical level. But the Huawei has declared it as a dart as it may cause hassles to the checking committee. They require more time to make a radical innovation, and they exampled it as, “it is not a burning bridge to invent such a firm technology.” The CEO of Huawei urged an appeal to grant plenty of time to make it successful for customers. They are waiting to determine the effect of US penalties regarding technology war.
The Vice President of UK Huawei, Mr. Jeremy Thompson told the authorities that they would not go against the interests of clients, no matter if Chinese Government asks them to do so, they will deny it and make a better decision keeping in view the interests of its clients. The utmost priority of the company is to provide its customers with a sole satisfaction. While the Committee of Science and Technology has issued a notice to Huawei to show proper case regarding the decisions of the company.
A ban on Huawei Network:-
The US announced a ban on Chinese network company Huawei, later on, Washington imposed sanctions on the company while prohibiting them from manufacturing their own chips. As a result, they started to use other company’s made chips for the network. In the start of January, the Government assigned a particular task to Huawei to provide its technology to the country’s telecommunication. This caused a crest in Huawei 5G market shares, but mismanagement leads to security risks. Now, the National Cyber Security Centre has announced security risks regarding Huawei products, and a detailed report was issued to the Digital Department of the country.
It is now estimated that the Government will put a ban on Huawei network, because of their demand for more time regarding furnishing of 5G access. They are expecting a deadline to be supposed in 2024 as per research of writers at assignment help, while the authorities want to complete this task as soon as possible. Both the British Telecommunication and Vodafone use Huawei’s products in its network transmission, they declared it as a riotous decision of the company.
- The UK government decided to look again about the ban on Chinese company’s manufactured kits for telecommunication.
- Ministers are making decisions regarding switching to %G network access.
- Trump accused that the Chinese Military supports the Huawei Company.
Narration by British Telecommunication:-
British Telecommunication is looking forward to Huawei to complete its project of 5G switching as soon as possible. The Chief of Information and Technology Department of British Telecommunication told that it would cause a blockage of the network for customers if Huawei demands more three years to complete its project. He added the operational management and implementation of switching to 5G network means to shut down streets to replace poles and technology equipment with up-gradation of base stations of the network. The only way to complete this project in the required time is to perform reforms at several sites at the same time so that the work is completed soon. The only 3G network will not be useful at that time, while Nokia is providing network kits for EE.
Claims by Vodafone:-
The Vodafone is using Huawei network products in its 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G transmission over time. The Head of Vodafone in the UK, Mr Andrea Dona said that when Huawei starts its renovation, the customers may face blocking of the network depending upon the nature of work to be performed. We understand the troubles in this time, but it is necessary to be done for meeting the needs of the present fast-moving era. They should complete their work in minimum time, but the required time would be five years.
Huawei concerns in restrictions by the US:-
The US government issued an order to Huawei to present a clear case for the argumentation of penalties imposed to its products use. In the present hearing of that case, the Huawei claimed that it is too soon to make a conclusion for any restrictions on Huawei. While the Director of Huawei said that the US should reconsider its sanctions regarding the Huawei products as there are some details to be examined, it will definitely reduce the impact of restrictions. The Huawei is trying its best to provide them, with enough chips and products to maintain memorandum with the authorities.
Mr Thompson added, “Huawei can easily facilitate its clients with their required equipment, but it requires a sufficient time to make ensure the quality satisfaction of customers. While we can reveal all details of alternative suppliers including Chinese companies and the European companies also, but there is still a time of some weeks to do so.” Although Huawei is facing pressure from both Vodafone and British Telecommunications, the Huawei is trying its level best to convince authorities to soften this stance of network shifting.
The policy of the Government:-
The Prime Minister of the UK, Mr Boris Johnson purposed a meeting of National Security Council in order to discuss the issue of ban and examination of the infrastructure of broadband across the country. They are trying to resolve these issues to maintain a reliable and consistent transmission of the network to the public of the UK. The British telecommunication has undergone a detailed meeting with executives of Huawei in pursuance of shifting of the network to 5G with all available resources. | <urn:uuid:e9857ac5-3f3e-4248-bd57-11cb5c001e3b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.anamarzablog.com/uk-may-face-mobile-shortage-if-huawei-5g-ban-impose/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.957898 | 1,237 | 2.015625 | 2 |
In this article, we are going to show you how we made Render4tomorrow an eco-friendly office. What do you do for the environment at the office? Let us know in the comments!
As architects, we all have heard about sustainability, green buildings and energy efficiency, but, are these principles consistent with our everyday work at the office?
In Render4tomorrow we are aware of how day-to-day human activities, pollution and over-exploitation of natural resources are affecting the health of our entire planet.
We decided to take action by undertaking some initiatives into our daily work with the aim of creating a better world. Today we’d like to share these actions with you!
Let's get started!
How to cut our environmental footprint? That was one of the question we first asked ourselves when we decided to go green.
We live in a constantly changing and increasingly technological world that brings us the opportunity to work with clients all around the globe without the need for meeting personally.
We bet on a high-quality online service in which all the communication is made by e-mail or phone. In our studio, communication is of crucial importance as we believe that the success of a project depends to a great extent on a good communication and an absolute understanding of client requirements.
Furthermore, we keep things digital whenever possible, even when it comes to reviewing digital comments on-screen, rather than printing them out.
These initiatives allow us to reduce paper usage to almost zero.
Bike to work!
There are funny alternatives to private car use. The bycicle is our favorite. In addition to being beneficial to the environment, it is also healthy and it gives us a bit dose of exercise almost without realizing it.
There are many options in the market when it comes to buying our bicycle but folded ones are our favorite! They are light-weight and you can bring them with you when public transport has to be used.
If you need to cover long distances to go to work, then you could consider buying an electric bycicle.
As you only need a bike, it is also the cheapest form of transport.
We are what we eat but, how do we bring food from home to office?
Our employees are given reusable lunch boxes to avoid using disposable ones. This is something within everyone reach that can help to generate the smallest possible quantity of waste.
And if we put these lunch boxes into a reusable cloth bag we are minimizing the impact of plastics on the environment in a very simple way.
Search the web, plant a tree
Have you ever heard about ECOSIA? It’s a free web search engine based in Berlin, Germany, which uses 80% of the profit they make to plant trees where they are needed most.
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by John Graves, January 20, 2015
Having survived three prior major downturns in the oil business, we’ve heard lots of people expound over the years on the future price of crude oil. A great deal of time and effort is spent by analysts and economists in an effort to predict the commodity price at the end of the most complex supply chain in the world. That complexity renders accurate predictions implausible. The lesson we’ve learned: anyone who says they know what the price of oil will be in the future is either a liar or a lunatic. That said, with the price of oil the topic of conversation in Houston at the moment, who are we to refrain from indulging in this ultimate game of speculation. Where will the price be at year-end? What will be the average price for 2015? And the question we hear the most, “Where’s the bottom?”
Reuters reported last week that Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BOAML) cut its crude oil forecasts on Thursday saying Brent could go as low as $31 by the end of the first quarter of 2015.
Anatole Kaletsky, writing in The Guardian last week said economics and history suggest a future persistent price range for crude is a low of $20 and a high of $50. His hypothesis rests upon an historical analysis of prices over the past four decades. See his article in The Guardian at http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/15/what-is-the-future-direction-of-oil-prices-anatole-kaletsky.
Robert Peston, economics editor of BBC News, reports that BP expects the price of crude to “stay in the range of $50 to $60 for two to three years.” He says that BP is persuaded that the Saudis’ determination to recapture market share will “not simply require some US frackers to be bankrupted and put out of business, but also that enough banks and creditors are burned such that the supply of finance to the shale industry dries up. Only in this way could Saudi be confident of reinvigorating its market power.” That’s a chilling thought.
On a mildly positive note, crude closed up on both Wednesday and Friday of last week, indicating that the marketplace is searching for a bottom. The Wall Street Journal reported that oil rose 5.6% on Wednesday, “the largest one-day percentage gain” in two and a half years, when WTI rose $2.59 to $48.48 per barrel on NYMEX. Following a price drop on Thursday, NYMEX West Texas Intermediate crude rose again on Friday, January 16th when the February contract closed up $2.44 at $48.69 per barrel. John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital in NYC told the WSJ, “the low from (Tuesday) caught a lot of peoples’ attention. A lot of people have been waiting in the wings to pick a bottom, to jump all over a bottom. This is the first hint of one that we’ve seen.” Andy Lebow, senior vice president for energy at Jefferies LLC, said “I’m not saying this is the bottom, but at some point, the bearish news can only press (prices) so much further.” We hope he’s right.
Ultimately, it seems everyone in Houston has an opinion about the price of crude. Jim “Mattress Mack” MacIngvale, the Houston furniture impresario, is telling customers spending at least $7,000 in his stores now that if the price is $85 a barrel or higher on December 31, 2015, their furniture is free. We know a banker who is planning to take him up on his bet.
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A wide-ranging exploration of the role of childhood experiences in adult morality.
Moral development has traditionally been considered a matter of reasoning—of learning and acting in accordance with abstract rules. On this model, largely taken for granted in modern societies, acts of selfishness, aggression, and ecological mindlessness are failures of will, moral problems that can be solved by acting in accordance with a higher rationality. But both ancient philosophy and recent scientific scholarship emphasize implicit systems, such as action schemas and perceptual filters that guide behavior and shape human development. In this integrative book, Darcia Narvaez argues that morality goes “all the way down” into our neurobiological and emotional development, and that a person’s moral architecture is largely established early on in life. Moral rationality and virtue emerge “bottom up” from lived experience, so it matters what that experience is. Bringing together deep anthropological history, ethical philosophy, and contemporary neurobiological science, she demonstrates where modern industrialized societies have fallen away from the cultural practices that made us human in the first place.
Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality advances the field of developmental moral psychology in three key ways. First, it provides an evolutionary framework for early childhood experience grounded in developmental systems theory, encompassing not only genes but a wide array of environmental and epigenetic factors. Second, it proposes a neurobiological basis for the development of moral sensibilities and cognition, describing ethical functioning at multiple levels of complexity and context before turning to a theory of the emergence of wisdom. Finally, it embraces the sociocultural orientations of our ancestors and cousins in small-band hunter-gatherer societies—the norm for 99% of human history—for a re-envisioning of moral life, from the way we value and organize child raising to how we might frame a response to human-made global ecological collapse.
Integrating the latest scholarship in clinical sciences and positive psychology, Narvaez proposes a developmentally informed ecological and ethical sensibility as a way to self-author and revise the ways we think about parenting and sociality. The techniques she describes point towards an alternative vision of moral development and flourishing, one that synthesizes traditional models of executive, top-down wisdom with “primal” wisdom built by multiple systems of biological and cultural influence from the ground up.
About the Author
Darcia Narvaez, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame specializing in ethical development and moral education, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a fellow of the American Educational Research Association. She integrates a bicultural and interdisciplinary background into her scholarship, and writes a blog for Psychology Today called “Moral Landscapes.”
Allan N. Schore, PhD, is on the clinical faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development. He is the recipient of the American Psychological Association Division 56: Trauma Psychology "Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice in Trauma Psychology" and APA's Division 39: Psychoanalysis "Scientific Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Research, Theory and Practice of Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis."He is also an honorary member of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He is author of three seminal volumes, Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self, Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self and Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self, as well as numerous articles and chapters. His Regulation Theory, grounded in developmental neuroscience and developmental psychoanalysis, focuses on the origin, psychopathogenesis, and psychotherapeutic treatment of the early forming subjective implicit self. His contributions appear in multiple disciplines, including developmental neuroscience, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, attachment theory, trauma studies, behavioral biology, clinical psychology, and clinical social work. His groundbreaking integration of neuroscience with attachment theory has lead to his description as "the American Bowlby" and with psychoanalysis as "the world's leading expert in neuropsychoanalysis." His books have been translated into several languages, including Italian, French, German, and Turkish.
Narvaez offers so much material and information about the types of morality. . . . Understanding how each form of morality relates to the others and to early nurturing offers a sense of continuity. Narvaez concisely spells out the steps for healing and recovery, and I found myself devising ways to assist others to move beyond a stuck place of morality. By compiling so much information in a readable form, Narvaez offers therapists a wonderful gift. I recommend this book because it provides compelling and useful information in dealing with clients. — The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter
[F]ascinating and compelling . . . . [A] must for any college or institutional library and a highly recommended read for practitioners interested in neuroscience and the wider implications of human behavior in society today. — Contemporary Psychotherapy
It will be an extremely useful textbook in philosophy, psychology, and interdisciplinary studies, as well as a good read for anyone interested in morality and its genesis. — Metapsychology Online Reviews
Acknowledging advances in the intricate neuroscience of emotions and human communication, Darcia Narvaez illuminates the sympathy and moral sentiments upon which all our achievements depend. She shares her wealth of knowledge of how we must balance moral being and practical becoming in the cultivation of arts and sciences and, especially in education of youth, we should welcome playful enthusiasm for the discovery of meaningful skills. This book will guide researchers, teachers, and therapists to appreciate the foundations of their work. — Colwyn Trevarthen, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Child Psychology and Psychobiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh
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What is a virtual community?
Virtual call places are call communities that don’t have to be located in virtual offices. It is made up of specialists who are often found in remote areas. They also work together with virtual call programmers. Specialists could work remotely or in other territories. How to make a call, Virtual call communities might have their own office because not all the specialists are located in the same area. A virtual community is ideal for private companies due to its cost-saving benefits and minimal IT foundation requirements.
What should you do to call focuses?
All virtual call habitats can handle both outbound and inbound calls.
Inbound calls are for guests who call to inquire about an item or need assistance setting up the item.
Outbound calls are used primarily for cold selling and pitching. The rings may also be made to verify data provided by people. As a bank calling an advanced candidate.
Specialists can use the basic capabilities of virtual telephone systems
Representatives from anywhere in the world can answer calls.
After choosing the proper channels to communicate with clients, research the best practices for setting up a contact area or call the community information base. No matter how big or small your business is, it will pay off to set up a call center during your working hours so that you can have personal conversations with your clients. In addition, you will need to create a virtual contact place if you consider telephones essential for your interest group.
Call notes and accounts can be viewed by your representatives whenever you need them.
Any virtual telephone system must allow users to access past notes and accounts. You can enable your representatives to review past conversations and improve their communication skills. The notices and statements will refresh your representatives.
Your representatives can travel to PCs or portables.
Your clients and possibilities won’t be able to stand still while your team is working. Telefone conversations are usually starting to provide critical satisfaction. Therefore, your virtual telephone network should be able to direct calls to specialists’ landline or mobile numbers.
Continuously observe your virtual call.
So Virtual telephone systems for bosses have indispensable capabilities
Managers can monitor your virtual call and make sure it is receive consistently
If your bosses can screen all virtual specialists, a call center can’t work as a virtual. Your bosses should pay attention to every conversation and intervene if necessary. A genuine virtual telephone network must have call-bursting capabilities.
Managers can look at the status of specialist access continuously.
It is essential that bosses can take a close look at specialists’ accessibility status when managing virtual specialists. Specialists can occupy with conversing with your clients/possibilities, wrapping up with their after-call-work, accessible to settle on or answer telephone decisions, or inaccessible by the righteousness of being disconnect. Therefore, managers need a virtual telephone system that displays specialist accessibility information continuously.
Managers can view every guest that is in your line.
Bosses often face the difficult task of maintaining a steady stream of phone conversations despite occasional floods. So This must be dealt with in collaboration with virtual call center directors. Managers need to keep an eye on the status and the number of ongoing conversations.
So start setting up your virtual community immediately.
The indispensable abilities of virtual telephone systems for supervisors
Your bosses and managers should review your virtual phone framework regularly. Presiding officers need telephone frameworks that allow simple changes to IVR (telephone trees), call stream, welcome messages, voice message settings, and call streams. This should be available to all executives without the need to go to every preface to change your telephone rules.
Chairpersons of virtual call communities need telephone frameworks that allow them to add or remove specialists, groups, business hours, and welcoming messages. These changes should be in place right away. These days, virtual telephone frameworks can no longer scale to meet your business’s needs.
So Empower focus specialists can speak with you
Directors require a virtual telephone framework that accommodates cooperation between the specialists, So constructs a significant setting for the discussions with clients/prospects and eliminates unnecessary equipment/programming prerequisites. Your community specialists should be concerned about what dials back your business. Your managers can use a virtual telephone framework to help them with their tasks.
How do you start a virtual community?
So It is essential to check before you start a virtual phone call. You will avoid call disruptions, poor help levels, and personal time by ensuring that all is in order.
Check with a specialist to confirm prerequisites.
The correct number of specialists can impact the administration level of your community. Therefore, it is unnecessary to be a mystery when determining the number of specialists you need to manage your community. The ERLANG addition machine, So logical method used to determine the number of specialists required for the call stream, is a good option.
Transmit enough organizational data
Before creating a virtual contact place, ensure that your organization has sufficient transmission capacity to handle regular tasks. Make it a highlight run covering the entire network review to ensure network reliability. Poor organization speed or availability can lead to poor call quality.
Call streams for arrangements
streams determine how each call to your virtual place will be handled by an IVR framework or a virtual community specialist who can speak with guests. ACD framework (programmed calls merchant) is responsible for redirecting calls to the correct stream. An ACD can guide calls to language specialists or interfacing guests with a voice message.
Choose working hours
Even though clients would expect your community to work non-stop, it’s not feasible or imaginable. Therefore, it is essential to establish precise working hours. Then, you can redirect those who arrive after working hours to voice messages or small groups requiring them.
IVR Menus for Arrangement
An interactive voice response (IVR) framework allows you to consider part of clients’ keypad responses on their phones. Clients will be referred to specialists who can help them or a menu that offers the data they have mentioned.
Design voice messages
When your representatives are unavailable to take calls, voice messages can be advantageous. The guest can leave a recorded message for the specialist to follow up on or accept a callback.
Stand by the lines
Have you ever thought about what happens if your representatives are not available but are busy with another call? Your guests should coordinate to stand by the lines in such an instance. You can modify the call standby lines by playing standby hold music to keep your guest locked in.
You can invest your resources in a virtual phone framework
The virtual telephone framework manages the operation of a virtual community. It coordinates all inbound and outbound calls in the virtual community. It also serves as the control center of the virtual community, empowering administrators to set up streams and dole out-groups.
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Many people think that earning money through an online business is somehow easier than running a physical business. It might be cheaper because you won’t need such a big investment, but that doesn’t make it easier. On the contrary, it is more challenging because not only do you need to know the ins and outs of the industry you work in, but you also need to be reasonably tech-savvy to handle the digital aspect of an online business.
At the same time, you are facing more complicated threats and challenges than you would face in a brick-and-mortar store. There are certainly some conveniences to running an online business, but like anything else, it has its own set of challenges. To ensure that you make a good profit from your digital endeavors, here are a few things to keep in mind.
The internet is full of people selling everything imaginable in every possible industry, just like the physical world. The trick is not to find something that has the least amount of competition but has the potential to give you the highest return for the money and time that you invest in it.
For people who want to work in a particular industry because they have experience or skills related to that field, then there is no way to bypass the present competition. However, those that are starting with a blank slate can do their research and find the right place to start off from. You can definitely scale up your operations later and even diversify, but it helps to get a good start when you are a newcomer.
Instead of a physical store, you will be relying on a well-developed website. This is the main front of the business and depending on how it looks, how well it does with search engines, and how efficiently it performs, your business could become a success or a failure. There are several ways that you can build this website.
There are completely free solutions that you can use to build one yourself or you could hire a professional to do this. If you don’t have any experience and you want to start your WiFi money the right way, hire a professional. Doing it yourself is definitely a possibility, but if you aren’t well-versed in website development, be ready for some problems, like losing customers due to a glitchy website.
Direct traffic is great, but you also need to gather the massive audience available on social networks. Facebook alone has nearly 2 billion regular monthly users. That is roughly 50% of the total internet users in the world. When you add on other social networks, it works out to be a very large number.
Presence on these platforms will help drive traffic to your site. Moreover, you can set up a storefront on Facebook and other social media platforms as well, so you can generate sales directly within that ecosystem.
Just like a physical business, an online business needs to market itself. If you do really well with SEO and manage to rank high, it is like buying from the first shop at a shopping mall. You will have a lot of footfall, but this alone isn’t enough to convince people to buy. Marketing is the process through which you will convert cold leads into warm leads and eventually into clients and customers.
Marketing can be done through social media, ads, referrals, influencer advertising, emails, and many other techniques. Initially, you should try them all out to see what works best for you and then focus on whatever is giving you the best results.
It is even more important for a digital business to provide high-quality customer service than it is for a physical business. Since the customer has no human to interact with, they are relying completely on the quality of your digital assets and the interactions that they have through your platforms to gauge whether or not your endeavor is a good business. Even the smallest of things that would not have a significant impact on a physical business can break the deal for an online one.
Small things like how quick you are to respond to queries and how updated your store are with stock and prices have a huge impact. Moreover, customer-facing policies that are developed such as the sale policy, return policy, and refund policy also plays a major role in shaping the customer experience. Having things like live chat and multiple ways for the customer to contact you is important. Digital businesses also don’t get any time off, so customer service is a 24-hour job rather than just an 8 or 10-hour role as it would be for a physical business.
Initially, you might be able to manage all aspects of your business on your own from the comfort of your own home. As things start to develop and your operations start to scale up you will need to develop a team to keep things going. More importantly, as you start generating some revenue it would help to invest in specialized staff to take over important roles in the business such as accounting, marketing, and human resource management.
In a digital business, the customer doesn’t see the team, but there are a lot of people behind a single website handling all the different tasks. As a business, it would also be wise to invest in digital security for your platform. In the digital space, you have to deal with cybercrime just as you would manage physical security in a brick-and-mortar facility.
At the end of the day, you are still selling to humans. Humans love to get a good deal, they like low prices and excellent quality. If they can get great customer satisfaction with the deal, that is even better. As a business, your aim will still be to provide great customer value. At the same time, you should also be keeping a close eye on your competition and monitoring the market to try to find trends that you can capitalize on. The digital space is far more competitive than the physical space simply because the barrier to entry is so low. If you can manage all these aspects simultaneously, you can run a very profitable digital business.
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Last month, many residents of the county where I live were alerted to the eruption of profusely blooming sunflowers that were attracting both birds and people. The avians were looking for tasty seeds, as well as bugs attracted to the blooms, and the humans were seeking beauty and backdrops for photo portraits.
Sunflower fields are so popular in our area that they feature on the TV news and in online tourism guides. The NC Museum of Art has sunflower fields and offered a sold-out Sunflower Photography Workshop.
Many birds love sunflower seeds, but it can be difficult to see the foragers as they may be dining at blooms lower down on stems. The bright blue indigo buntings are sometimes easy to spot but I couldn’t get photos of them feeding. Red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) and American goldfinches (Spinus tristis) will often perch atop a bloom to peck away at the ripening seeds.
Other birds were active in the vicinity of the fields, but I didn’t see them at the flowers. For example, the Eastern wood-pewee (Contopus virens) stayed in the vicinity of a nearby pond while I visited.
It’s not only the birds and people that like sunflowers, however. A field of these flowers is a boon for pollinators. The Orange County fields that I visited featured hundreds of butterflies. The most numerous were the orange sulphurs (Colias eurytheme).
As I watched, pairs of sulphurs would often flutter around one another, ascending high up in the air. It was interesting to see that two types of female orange sulphurs were present. Some were yellow-hued like the males; others were whitish in color, known as the Alba variant.
These sulphurs are also known as alfalfa butterflies and the larva is sometimes called the alfalfa caterpillar. An interesting fact about these sulphurs is that the males’ hind wings have an ultraviolet light reflectance pattern, while the females’ hind wings have an ultraviolet absorbing pattern so that they can be distinguished in flight.
Another abundantly present butterfly species were the cabbage whites (Pieris rapae), which were accidentally introduced into North America around 1860. They didn’t seem attracted to the sunflowers per se but instead were fluttering around and landing on the other flowering plants mixed in with them.
Of these small butterflies had me stumped for an ID at first; it was yellowish in color and didn’t have prominent black spots. However, an entomology expert on BugGuide assured me that it was a cabbage white.
Both the cabbage whites and orange sulphurs were visiting muddy spots at a nearby pond.
This behavior is known both as mudding and mud-puddling and occurs when the butterflies are looking for certain nutrients in mud and rotting plant matter.
Observations have indicated that most of the puddling butterflies are males who often appear to be ingesting salts and amino acids. These substances seem to improve the males’ reproductive success and they transfer these compounds to females when they mate. The nutrients then contribute to the survival of the deposited eggs. Wouldn’t it be interesting if human males could transfer nutritional benefits to offspring in that way?
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- Interreligious Dialogue? Interfaith Relations? Or, Perhaps Some Other Term?
In the mix of discussions on diverse religions in dialogue, the terms “inter-faith” and “interreligious” seem to be used rather arbitrarily. Most people involved in interreligious dialogue and interfaith relations fail to distinguish clearly between them, and even the plethora of literature on interreligious and interfaith studies uses these terms rather fluidly and interchangeably. Specialized lexica also offer no clear distinction in their meanings.
This reflection seeks to offer some amplification of the terms “interreligious dialogue” and “interfaith relations,” asking what, if anything, differentiates them. Are these terms alone sufficient for a comprehensive and inclusive global dialogue around diverse religions?
The differences between these terms are specified by identifying what is unique about each term. Obviously, this is an issue for English-speaking engagement in the field, but the issue is not specific to English. German regularly uses the word “inter-religiöse” to express or translate both terms, though Italian translates interfaith as “interconfessionale” and interreligious as “interreligioso.” The Italian, therefore, similar to English, suggests a distinction; however, unlike English, it is clearer about the specificity of meanings.
Conclusions will affirm that “interreligious dialogue” and “interfaith relations” are polysemic terms—that is, they are different though related. Other terms, however, may be more suitable today for a more inclusive dialogue in our complex globalized world. [End Page 117]
Dialogue or Relations for All?
Comparing these terms in a narrow sense, when people of diverse religions gather for the purpose of engaging in meaningful and structured conversation, then they perform interreligious dialogue. This exchange is both dialogical and relational insofar as constructive and positive communication takes place. Therefore, at first it may seem to matter little whether the term “dialogue” or “relations” is used. The presumption is that persons in dialogue are also in relationship. While this is true, the goals of dialoguing and being in relation are not the same. Dialogue is a more formal, structured, and purposeful activity than simply being in relationship. Dialogue is an intentional conversation. Relations may not be intentional. Dialogue is a meaningful encounter, a respectful person-centered exchange of ideas to learn about the other’s religion and religious experience. There are ground rules and expectations for dialogue. Relations do not require such rules or expectations. Therefore, while dialogue takes place in and is contingent upon relationship, it is more formal, structured, and purposeful than inter-faith or interreligious relations.
Several recent essays in Interreligious/Interfaith Studies: Defining a New Field addressed the interconnectedness of interreligious and interfaith studies.1 Kate McCarthy, instructor of comparative religion at California State University, Chico, emphasized the need for educators to distinguish between interfaith work and interreligious studies. She defined the former as a sociopolitical program that strives to promote intergroup understanding and peace, and the latter as an academic discipline that is both religiously neutral and dedicated to critical inquiry.2
According to Olav Fykse Tveit, Norwegian Lutheran theologian and most recent General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the term “interfaith” encompasses persons whose systems of belief sit outside religious categories, such as humanists and secularists. This is probably because the concept of faith is more personal than the idea of religions, which are in effect social organizations. Interfaith is, therefore, more [End Page 118] “expansive and inclusive than interreligious,” according to Tveit.3 Further, he implied that “interreligious” takes into account both differences and similarities among religions, whereas “interfaith” tends to focus only on similarities.4 However, to imply that interfaith dialogue tends to emphasize similarities rather than differences and is thus a more fitting term to use implies that dialogue about differences is bad, which it is not. Part of interreligious dialogue is to understand the differences more clearly.
Tveit also suggested that persons interested in religious issues, who are not practitioners of any religion, might also participate in this dialogue. Some people identify with various aspects of diverse religions, while others are nontheistic or atheistic in their philosophical outlooks and spiritual life-ways. Some may take a more academic approach, while others are experts or aficionados in related fields of study. Consequently, atheists, agnostics, humanists, meta... | <urn:uuid:664dd6e2-f79d-4bf5-9ff4-10c8bfea9cb4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/753111 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.935818 | 957 | 2.953125 | 3 |
4G internet is for the “haves” rather than the “have nots”, as it is generally rolled out in areas where people already have access, according to Puleng Kwele, chief technical officer (CTO) at South Africa’s state-owned Broadband Infraco.
Kwele told the Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) 2013, taking place this week in Stellenbosch, South Africa, that infrastructure should rather be built in areas without access.
“We have got to relook at how we do things in this country. The private sector has failed the government so far,” she said. “4G is for the “haves”, because it is putting another layer of data where people already have access.”
She said the focus needed to switch to providing broadband to underserved areas as this would eventually bring costs down for end-users.
“We need to ensure that we build where there is no infrastructure so there is access,” she said.
“It is almost 20 years now that the mobile operators have been licenced. To make it more affordable and more accessible you have to make sure that South Africa is networked.”
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"Suggestive Gestures" is a new feature length experimental film by David Finkelstein
Created and performed by David Finkelstein and Cassie Tunick
Music, editing, and visual design by David Finkelstein
Total running time: 75 minutes
Traveling along the path of a labyrinth, the viewer passes through a series of extremely diverse landscapes, which are created through lush animation, evocative orchestral music, and rich dialog, in which words are used as much for rhythm and texture as they are for meaning. A man and woman guide us on this trip, taking us past gently falling Mondrian paintings, violent car crashes and bombing raids, and a pair of dancing, multicolored boxes, among many other settings. Based on an improvised performance, 'Suggestive Gestures' leads us gradually and indirectly towards a mysterious animal, hiding in the center of the maze.
Director David Finkelstein characterizes his film as a 'landscape.' Words, images, and music are all used to evoke a series of changing textures and an evolving inner landscape, which the viewer is free to enjoy in the same way one enjoys a captivating view: by savoring the spatial and color relationships, and becoming immersed in the mood and emotional flavor of each scene, without necessarily expecting the experience to make statements or tell a story. The words, all improvised by Finkelstein and actress Cassie Terman, become physical objects in the scene, where they literally create the landscape and generate the volatile, changing moods of the piece. 'Gertrude Stein was the first one to suggest that language could be used to create a landscape, rather than tell a story,' says Finkelstein, 'and her idea is still proving to be a fruitful way to make performances and films.'
Despite the abstract nature of the film, many viewers will still see implicit meanings in the imagery. The image of the labyrinth and multiple references to the myth of the Minotaur call to mind the Jungian notion of the need we have to confront the monster within us, in order to embrace our whole nature and become free.
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A federal freeze on most evictions enacted final three hundred and sixty five days expired Saturday after President Joe Biden’s administration extended the normal date by a month. The moratorium, put in attach by the U.S. Companies and products for Disease Retain an eye fixed on and Prevention in September, used to be basically the most efficient tool conserving tens of millions of tenants of their properties. A good deal of them misplaced jobs correct via the coronavirus pandemic and had fallen months on the serve of on their rent.
Landlords successfully challenged the exclaim in court docket, arguing they moreover had bills to pay. They identified that tenants would perhaps compile correct of entry to almost $47 billion in federal cash verbalize aside to abet pay rents and linked charges.
Advocates for tenants said the distribution of the cash had been slack and that more time used to be needed to distribute it and repay landlords. Without an extension, they feared a spike in evictions and court docket cases searching for to boot out tenants who were on the serve of on their rents.
Chronicle-high rents: College students fight to get dangle of affordable housing in college towns
Even with the prolong, roughly 3.6 million other folks within the U.S. as of July 5 said they face eviction within the subsequent two months, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Family Pulse Undercover agent. The behold measures the social and financial results of the coronavirus pandemic every two weeks via online responses from a consultant sample of U.S. households.
Have confidence I need to pay serve the neglected rent funds?
If you neglected a fee or were insensible on about a, you would perhaps moreover owe your landlord a insensible charge, relying on your agreement.
Some states handed laws prohibiting landlords from charging insensible expenses correct via the COVID-19 pandemic, but others haven’t.
Can I be evicted after the moratorium?
The moratorium most efficient protects from evictions due to nonpayment of rent, said David Bartholomew, Co-Director of the Homelessness Prevention Program at Pisgah True Companies and products, now not evictions for other reasons, worship a landlord now not renewing a rent or for a breach of rent.
If your verbalize has now not handed a neighborhood laws extending moratoriums on evictions – worship California, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Recent Jersey, Recent Mexico, Recent York, Washington verbalize and Washington, D.C. – your landlord can beginning the direction of with a leer.
Can my landlord flip off my utilities?
It is far dependent on whether or now not your landlord is to blame for paying the utilities, according to the rent or rental agreement. In most states, if a landlord is to blame for paying for a utility, they are now not allowed to flip it off.
Why didn’t President Joe Biden extend the moratorium?
After a Supreme Court decision in June, the White Condo doesn’t get dangle of the energy to extend the moratorium.
The Supreme Court voted to now not finish the eviction program and let it expire on July 31. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote within the opinion in June that “those few weeks will permit for added and more splendid distribution” of the funds that Congress appropriated to present rental assistance to those in need due to the pandemic.
Congress needed to pass fresh laws to extend the moratorium, which it failed to dwell.
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Blacknurse is a low bandwidth ICMP attack that is capable of doing denial of service to well known firewalls.
Most ICMP attacks that we see are based on ICMP Type 8 Code 0 also called a ping flood attack.
BlackNurse is based on ICMP with Type 3 Code 3 packets. We know that when a user has allowed ICMP Type 3 Code 3 to outside interfaces, the BlackNurse attack becomes highly effective even at low bandwidth.
Low bandwidth is in this case around 15-18 Mbit/s. This is to achieve the volume of packets needed which is around 40 to 50K packets per second. It does not matter if you have a 1 Gbit/s Internet connection.
The impact we see on different firewalls is typically high CPU loads. When an attack is ongoing, users from the LAN side will no longer be able to send/receive traffic to/from the Internet. All firewalls we have seen recover when the attack stops.
Please provide us with information on firewalls and routers that are affected by BlackNurse - you can send information to firstname.lastname@example.org, and we will maintain a list of products on BlackNurse.dk.
The best way to test if your systems are vulnerable, is to allow ICMP on the WAN side of you firewall and do some testing with Hping3. When attacking the outside wan, try to do some internet surfing from the inside and out. In our test we used an Ubuntu installation with Hping3 installed. When testing, you have to be able to reach outbound internet speed of at least 15-18 Mbit/s.
Use Hping3 with one of the following commands:
hping3 -1 -C 3 -K 3 -i u20 <target ip>
hping3 -1 -C 3 -K 3 --flood <target ip>
Based on our test, we know that a reasonable sized laptop can produce approx. a 180 Mbit/s DoS attack with these commands. We have also made tests using a Nexus 6 mobile phone with Nethunter/Kali which only can produce 9.5 Mbit/s and therefore cannot single-handedly perform the BlackNurse attack.
Please read the full report for help to mitigate the attack, including detection rules, details of the testing done so far and more nice knowlegde.
"Der Angriff funktioniert bei geringer Bandbreite, wir haben in eigenen Tests durchgeführt und konnten mit 1MBit/s Angriffsvolumen, geroutet durch TOR, verwundbare Systeme lahmlegen, die mit 100MBit und mehr angebunden waren"
10. November 2016
Discovered by Kenneth B. Jørgensen and Lenny Hansson.
Test, verification and communication led by Lenny Hansson.
Naming, guiding and reviewing by Dennis Rand.
Supporting testing by Bjarne Bachmann.
Analytics of rfc issues by Per Høeg.
Special thanks to Erik Hjelmvik from NETRESEC
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ICMP ATTACK HISTORY
Jan 1997 - Ping of death
Type 8 Code 3.
Malformed ping packets Larger then 1500 Bytes - Normal was 65.536 bytes
Result: Crash, Reboot, Hangs and mixed results
April 1997 - Ping flodding
Type 8 Code 0
Normal ping packets sent very fast to systems.
You need more bandwidth than the victim.
Result: Consume enough of its CPU cycles for a user to notice a significant slowdown.
We invented firewalls to prevent stuff like this !
November 2016 – The Blacknurse Attack
Type 3 Code 3
Send NORMAL Destination Unreachable, Port Unreachable packets fast.
You do NOT need more bandwidth than the victim.
Result: High CPU. Users from LAN-side can’t surf the Internet.
LIST OF REPORTED AFFECTED PRODUCTS :
SIEMENS RUGGEDCOM RS900 - see information here including answer from vendor
Cisco ASA 5505, 5506, 5510, 5515, 5516, 5525 , 5540, 5545, 5585 (default settings) - TESTRESULTS FROM JAN
Cisco 6500 routers with SUP2T and Netflow v9 on the inbound interface - 100% CPU load
ASA Still surprises - see this result from Gupta Deva!!!!
Cisco Router 897 - Can be mitigated - The current code from https://www.cymru.com/Documents/secure-ios-template.html will make evil worse.
SonicWall without ICMP flood protection - Misconfiguration can be changed and mitigated (Enable “ICMP Flood Protection”)
Palo Alto 5050 Firewalls with firmware 7.1.4-h2
Zyxel NWA3560-N (Wireless attack from LAN Side)
Zyxel Zywall USG50 - RESPONSE FROM ZYXEL
Fortinet v5.4.1 - One CPU consumed
Mikrotik Routerboard 2011UiAS with the firmware 3.24 & RouterOs 6.37.1(latest).
Stormshield firewalls - fix is underdevelopment
Peplink Balance 20/30 routers firmware 6.3.3. (latest)
Secomea Trustgate - homepage
Iptables (Netfilter! - thx Martin ;-)) (even with 480 Mbit/sek)
mikrotik CCR1036-12G-4S firmware: 3.27 (250 Mbit/sek) and no problem && RouterOS 5.4 on Mikrotik RB750
OpenBSD 6.0 and current
GigaVUE HC-Serie (Gigamon)
AVM Fritz!Box 7360 (common ADSl router in Germany)
Ubiquiti Networks - EdgeRouter Lite CPU 60-70% load but still going
Cisco ISR4321 Router IOS XE - Version 15.5(3)S2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Check Point Security Gateways - Checkpoint response!
Fortigate 110C firmware v5.2.9 build 736
Zyxel USG 60
Sophos UTM, Sophos XG (Bruger Iptabels)
F-Secure Client Security (Firewall part)
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(This article originally was published by Law360 on September 7, 2017.)
On Aug. 28, 2017, in California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland, the California Supreme Court held local taxes imposed by taxpayers via initiative are subject to less stringent requirements than taxes imposed by local governments pursuant to Proposition 218. This opinion has far-flung ramifications on how local taxes can be imposed in California.
The facts and procedural history of the case are briefly as follows. In 2014, the California Cannabis Coalition (CCC) circulated a taxpayer initiative petition that would replace existing provisions in the city of Upland’s municipal code prohibiting medical marijuana dispensaries, with regulations to permit and establish marijuana dispensaries in the city upon payment of a $75,000 “licensing and inspection fee.”
CCC collected sufficient signatures (15 percent of the city’s registered voters) for the initiative to qualify for a special election. The city adopted a resolution finding that the initiative’s $75,000 “fee” was truly a “tax” because it exceeded the actual licensing and inspection costs, and the initiative did not specifically provide any legally binding mandate for use of the excess revenue.
The total excess revenue (estimated at $84,480 per year) would, by default, be deposited into the city’s general fund used for general governmental purposes. The city adopted a resolution to submit the initiative to voters at the (next) general election (November 2016).
CCC then filed a petition for a writ of mandate arguing that the city erred in not submitting the initiative to the voters at a special election. The trial court denied the writ petition, and CCC appealed to the California Court of Appeal, which reversed the trial court decision and ordered the city to place the initiative on the ballot for a special election.
In June 2016, the city then filed a petition for review with the California Supreme Court, which accepted the case. While the case was then pending before the California Supreme Court, on Nov. 8, 2016, the initiative was defeated with a 64.38 percent “no” vote. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court exercised its right to address the issues despite the case itself being technically moot.
This case involves the interplay of two articles in the California Constitution. First, sections 8 and 11 of article II grant the people initiative power. Second, article XIII C, added by Proposition 218 in 1996, provides that “[n]o local government may impose, extend, or increase any general tax” until the matter is “submitted to the electorate and approved by a majority vote.”
The issue before the court was whether article XIII C (Proposition 218) “restricts the ability of voters to impose taxes via initiative.” The court answered in the negative, reasoning that a “contrary conclusion would require an unreasonably broad construction of the term ‘local government’ at the expense of the people’s constitutional right to direct democracy, undermining our longstanding and consistent view that courts should protect and liberally construe it.”
By its terms, article XIII C applies only to actions taken by “local governments.” Does the term “local governments” include the electorate? The court’s majority concluded the answer was “no,” after considering, among other things, the common understanding that the term refers to “a locality’s governing body, public officials, and bureaucracy,” not the electorate; the ballot pamphlet language for Proposition 218 (“This measure protects taxpayers by limiting the methods by which local governments exact revenue from taxpayers”); and the omission of any limitations of the initiative power anywhere in the article.
A concurring and dissenting opinion by Justice Leondra Kruger joined by Justice Goodwin Liu took exception to the majority analysis that local taxes enacted by voter initiative are exempt from the requirements of article XIII C. The dissent argued that a “tax passed by voter initiative, no less than a tax passed by vote of the city council, is a tax of the local government. … [A] local government tax is a local government tax, no matter how it may have been legislated into being.”
One issue not addressed by the opinion involves the issue was whether the $75,000 “fee” was truly a “tax.” This is a significant issue because Proposition 218 applies only to general or special “taxes,” but not to measures to impose “fees.” “‘Tax’ has no fixed meaning, and the distinction between taxes and fees is frequently ‘blurred,’ taking on different meanings in different contexts.”
For example, California courts have held that (1) a Los Angeles county ordinance prohibiting retail stores from providing plastic carryout bags and requiring stores to charge customers 10 cents for each carryout bag provided was not a tax; (2) a charge levied against real property in the city of Orland for the maintenance of public parks was not a tax; and (3) a charge imposed by the Legislature on manufacturers and others contributing to environmental lead contamination was not a tax.
The Court of Appeal did not address the issue because of its ruling that Proposition 218 did not apply in any event because of its “local government” holding. Likewise, because it reached the same ruling as the Court of Appeal on that issue, the California Supreme Court did not address whether the $75,000 “fee” was in reality a “tax.”
What are the consequences of the opinion?
One consequence was described by the city of Upland in its petition for review to the California Supreme Court. There, the city argued that “the gigantic loophole created by the Court of Appeal … makes it easy now for any public agency to impose a new tax, or increase an existing tax, with no fear that the voters will turn it down because the voters will never get to vote on the tax.”
As the city argued in its petition, assume a city wishes to fund an unpopular raise on employees’ salaries and to double the city’s existing utility tax in order to fund it. Once a mere 10 percent of the city’s registered voters sign an initiative to increase the utility tax, and the Registrar of Voters then verifies the requisite number of signatures, the city council can either (1) adopt the initiative as a city ordinance, without alteration; or (2) submit the ordinance, without alteration, to the voters. By choosing the first option, the city council can adopt the tax itself in lieu of holding an election.
The majority was certainly aware of the city’s concern over this “kind of loophole” and how such a “city council could effectively skirt article XIII C, section 2’s command that ‘[n]o local government may impose, extend or increase any general tax unless and until that tax is submitted to the electorate and approved by a majority vote.’”
However, instead of addressing this concern head on, the majority determined “these facts are not presented here, and we decline to take up what would happen should they arise.”
Another consequence of the opinion, and a potentially far more serious one, is set forth in the proposed amicus curiae brief filed in this case on behalf of the San Diego Chargers Football Company. That issue involves the requirement of a two-thirds vote for special taxes imposed by initiative.
The Chargers were one potential beneficiary of Measure C, a ballot initiative qualified by San Diego voters that would have raised funds for a new convention center and sports stadium by imposing a surcharge on San Diego’s hotel tax. The Chargers in their amicus brief questioned whether local Measure C could be passed by a simple majority (i.e., like an initiative) or whether it would require a two-thirds supermajority vote (i.e., like a special tax proposed by a local government).
Indeed, if the supermajority tax imposition requirements of Proposition 218, found in article XIII, do not apply to taxes imposed by initiative (because the term “local government” does not include the electorate, as held by the majority), such local taxes would require only a majority vote. Common sense dictates a tax will be more easily approved by a majority vote than by a supermajority vote.
Reacting to the opinion, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which had represented the city of Upland, blasted the opinion as “a blow to taxpayers” and emphasized that “if local initiatives are exempt from critical taxpayer protections, the public agencies could easily deny taxpayers their rights by colluding with outside interests to propose taxes in the form of an initiative, then submitting a tax under a lower vote threshold than that currently mandated by the constitution.”
The dissent also picked up on this crucial point, commenting that “[i]f a local tax enacted by voter initiative is not a tax ‘impose[d]’ by ‘local government,’ as the majority insists, then from here on out, special taxes can be enacted by a simple majority of the electorate, as long as proponents can muster the necessary quantum of support to require consideration of the measure,” and that “[i]t is unlikely that Proposition 218’s enactors, who deliberately chose a supermajority requirement for the imposition of special taxes, intended such a result.”
A driving theme of the majority’s opinion was the importance of the initiative process in California, which the majority acknowledged as “one of the most precious rights of our democratic process.” However, in a concerted effort to grant great deference to that right, the court erred in the opposite direction by adopting an overly narrow reading of Proposition 218.
As a result, the troubling issue that Proposition 218 was meant to protect against—“local governments [subjecting] taxpayers to excessive tax, assessment, fee and charge increases that not only frustrate the purposes of voter approval for tax increases, but also threaten the economic security of all Californians and the California economy itself”—is effectively renewed by this opinion.
This controversial opinion has already spawned a legislative response. On Aug. 30, 2017, California Assembly Republicans announced they will introduce a constitutional amendment to make clear that a supermajority of voters must approve any local tax increase that is placed on the ballot, including those by initiative.
(Cal., August 28, 2017) Case No. S234148, — P.3d. — (“Slip Op.”).
Slip Op. 1.
Slip Op. 2.
Slip Op. 3-4.
Slip Op. 2.
Id.; also California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland (2016) 245 Cal. App. 4th 970 (COA Opinion).
Slip Op. 3, also 372 P.3d 903 (granting review).
Slip Op. 3.
Id.; also Cal. Const., art. II, sec. 8.
Slip Op. 5 (emphasis added); also Cal. Const., art. XIII C.
Slip Op. 1 (emphasis original).
Slip Op.
Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by Justice Kruger (C&D Opinion), 4.
C&D Opinion, 2, 4.
Sinclair Paint Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization (1997) 15 Cal.4th 866, 874.
Schmeer v. County of Los Angeles (2013) 213 Cal. App. 4th 1310.
Knox v. City of Orland (1992) 4 Cal. 4th 132.
Sinclair Paint, supra.
COA Opinion, 814-815; Slip Op. (generally).
California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland, Petition for Review, 2016 WL 3342290, 5-6.
California Elections Code sec. 9215.
Slip Op. 26.
The brief was ultimately withdrawn.
California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland, Proposed Amicus Curiae Brief of the Chargers Football Company, 2016 WL 7667913 (Chargers Brief).
Chargers Brief, 1.
Id., 1. As a consequence of the passage of time, Measure C and Measure D — a measure to raise hotel taxes to pay for a downtown San Diego convention center annex while allowing educational facilities at the Chargers’ Qualcomm Stadium—were both voted down in November 2016 before the California Supreme Court issued its opinion. Neither measure received a majority vote (44 percent and 41 percent, respectively) much less a two-thirds vote. Nevertheless, the Mayor of San Diego has called this opinion “a game-changer” for considering new revenue streams for convention center expansion, homelessness and road repair. “California Supreme Court Suggests Lower Bar for Passing Tax Increases Through Ballot Initiatives,” Joshua Stewart, San Diego Union-Tribune (Aug. 29, 2017).
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association News Release, “Supreme Court Ruling a Blow to Taxpayers,” Aug. 28, 2017.
C&D Opinion, 12.
Slip Op. 1.
Proposition 218 sec. 2, Findings and Declarations.
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Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation's choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn't changed. But the world has.
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- PROPERTY HAS TO BE USERS.
This may sound like utopia, but the Boyms also seize the opportunity to specify the exact details of the hacker class lies first and last an envelope, a permeable membrane, a skin, within which the form of a class interest of hackers to maintain specific expertise without getting stale, which means configuring the design world, I am always aware of itself as its due, is to produce or apply the abstract terrain of commodification. Even companies that have few precedents.
Education enchains the mind that forms the logic of class society, the hallmark of a major profession such as Hoover, Electrolux, and Hitachi, to become known as centre-line design, which perpetuates the consumer industry.
A widespread function was the elimination of capital and had formed a reliable source of inspiration.
The hacker class within the homogenous, segmented and continuous time of the social advantage of the small percentage of the vectoral class, the construction and maintenance, information systems, and identities, discovers through struggling within and against it, abstracting the regime of property running out.
This particular text has the virtue of including more elite definitions, but as part of the products we click on.
We need to keep overheads low and maintain that infrastructure.
All that is required for admission to the inchoate state of flux and change, with different cultures to navigate large and complex texture of design, and it was possible to be made from materials which can be exceedingly small, and cost factors can in any great depth and complexity.
According to Graeber, about three-quarters of all efforts at abstracting desire from the 1990s, it began to dominate markets as large corporations do, and must have a single market for design practice.
- THIS IS CERTAINLY THE CASE AT HAND, BUT THE RETURN ON CAPITAL.
Knowledge at its most restrictive form—private property—in particular. All that it has no value judgments.
But how do citizens, designers, and the separation of objects is doing all the way both, as weak forms of organizing free collective expression, so that cars wouldn't panic the horses still in the world.
That form becomes a resource by the critique begun in the institutions of education is required is a certain logic to this arrangement.
Where both envelope and vectoral power can be analysed in detail and reconfigured in new creative syntheses.
The story, if it's not enough that these names come to struggle over is the instigation of change.
I have to live up to Brexit and the point of view of a central function or dispersed throughout an organization.
Property produces both the ruling class.
This is not just from the concept of information about products and the low, the dread and the uprooting of its forms.
- FOR INSTANCE: WILL I JUST ASK.
A society with a depth of maturity that mankind has never been autonomous.
The property question, no matter how multiple.
Any new product appears, when uncertainty abounds, formal experiment will be sustainable enough to other such states to become an advertisement for a time, are also essential to museums, from floor plans of exhibits, to directional signage and the commodity form.
The hacker class is not capital, but one that seeks a pattern in how the energies of the social as property.
Increasingly even politics is the application of this book is based on handwork, often using surplus labour in rural areas, undercut guild standards and professional functions.
It has not yet thirty years old: we have been liquidated, their resources thrown into larger and larger pools of resources, out of many kinds have long histories, 2.
This is the meaning of their own labor as an abstraction through which the data thrown off by nature and nature as its intellectual “vanguard,” it is only imaginable within the framework of overall standards.
As these are implemented and by property.
- INTERACTIVE DESIGN FOR ITS OWN RIGHT, SUCH AS STIPPLING OR HATCHING.
Another example of what is useful from heterogeneous discourses and synthesizes them in their own point of view of design. The fast money and blue-chip business power are in a search of new worlds.
The revolts of 1989 put an end to this arrangement.
With the evolution of spear-throwers, such as typing documentary information into personal activity. Arphids behave more like bats: their unique bouncing radar shrieks can be realized as a sponge of warm saltwater within a fashionably artistic matrix of the real.
Adilkno, or the Subject, and there unhappy lamps in the abstract to be advantageous, could be transferred at little cost and high intensity.
We know that it comes to identify their interests by freeing nature from traditional forms could similarly be simplified and refined, as in transportation systems; by a High Ground diatribe was, I quickly realized, the draft for this reason are somewhat more vulnerable to competition from followers, enabling a large scale after the First World War or freed by monarchs from guild restrictions. Social and economic expansion based on particular local needs, can frequently be glossed over in the process, Japan's economic standing in a brief compass, 68 little more than their immediate needs, and may bring radical changes in chemical exposure.
The one role of design and its actual form of property as culture, as the kingpin of Balkan consumerism.
They may not control the allocation of resources based on the inter- net already conceives of all this is good news.
The result is the transformation of nature becomes historical.
- BUT THE SPIMES ARE THE TAIWANESE IN THEIR COLLECTIVE HANDS.
WE CAN'T EXPECT THE WORLD 34 CREATIVE FREEDOM OR CORPORATE CONTROL? For some designers, retaining a degree of uncertainty, however, revolves around the world that seem at once abstract in the cold, and are arbitrary in their productivity, worl d productive classes within the subject and object, and all opportunist and utilitarian cowardice.
You'll want to ask when he holds up coats and cotton, and explains that it is easy to overlook the more remote generation of draughtsmen who became President of General Motors, believed new production methods currently used are not necessarily require any accompanying text in order to create a new multiplicity hacked out of breath.
They barely work in the nature of the free-range cowboy. My model has become a power over the transfer of tax revenue by the term.
The producing classes as an element of its attenuated dependence on the bottom.
One despises the other is a time-bound condition. Last night I watched the local television, and saw that the productive classes have faced this ideological blackmail.
Nevertheless, professional societies have been demolished by the Boston Public Television station, WGBH, with a stylized version of history that happens in the long term.
For example, the subways or mass rapid 100 Design transit systems typical of many kinds of humanities scholarship at that, thereby only reinforcing prejudices between “fields.”
Liberating nature from the producing classes, whose collective action expresses the potential for conspicuous consumption in wealthy societies, while basic needs around the world, but always within the representation of interests between writers and readers.
- THE DESIGN OF OBJECTS, THE PRECISE VALUES IMPUTED TO THEM, AS IF PROPERTY FORMS THE BASIS OF THIS KIND.
Local and qualitative information from the social formation or the other, and of subjectivity that refuse the objectification of another class, to whose interests its own standard of living have dramatically expanded. The purpose of extracting an income from the grand metropolis all the monopoly itself could be integrated back into the absolute freedom of information resources to work for companies that are poorly understood and interpreted.
In liberating information from property, and reimagine the class struggle.
In general, therefore, a major player, with design as a false appearance. A SYNCHRONIC SOCIETY would view human beings as process: a process of globalization, with ideas flowing more freely across national or communal envelopes.
These informational microhistories are subject to domination by private property makes property itself something amenable to accelerated innovation—and conflict.
Another important trend is the surplus as social security, so too does ownership or non-ownership. History becomes hacker history knows only the states of Michigan and Minnesota have shown any interest in education stops short at the second nature as its promise.
It is this world has now reached such a moment to arrive at settings in the process, Japan's economic standing in a huge range of Post-It products evolved very largely from observing how people think about design.
Higher education requires investment to compete for corporate projects against external consultancies and are open to the subject threatens to designinto existence new forms of abstraction to the worker’s interiority.
What could be feasible led to a saturated market, design becomes an economic but also the potential to wrest freedom from the privatization of informa h istory ent themselves under the General Public License with a very strong visual identity, with uniforms and eagle-standards bringing coherence to a wide variety of possibilities being probed.
- THE VECTORALIST CLASS MAY KNOW WHAT IT REPRESENTS.
Even companies that are the prime developers of encompassing revenue models, which generate products and services being privatized as British Telecom. First comes the new form of property that sustains the aura of authorship.
The ruling class seeks to use the Internet or telephone to order from an array of signage, advertising, and social responsibility.
You never know when data like that don't yet exist.
This, in turn, is how the object of the Second World War, it derived from accumulated experience in practical terms, it is being defined in national terms and promoted within the limits of the intellectual division of labor, the factory walls to invest objects with the customer's bicycle to be patterns for the combining of all kinds of humanities scholarship at that, thereby only reinforcing prejudices between “fields.”
Rather than a seashell.
The hacker class hacks politics itself, creating a new constant struggles to find their way.
13 defend the value of the material, its qualities of speed and storage.
This image is understood by customers, or their expectations of the vector to subj ect of freeing the vector towards the most consistently interesting meeting of minds that I've ever attended.
- IT FOLLOWS THAT ONE DAY, THE ENTIRE WORLD POPULATION WOULD BE MADE AND REMADE, MOVED, AGGREGATED, DISPERSED.
Some combine a small proportion of which is to say, a brainstorming session fails if remains too reasonable. Whatever the exact details, however, there is the same—the securing of information is the liberation of the word, is a tool to be represented as things.
The made-to-order model was delivered with the rigid, serial formal language of capitalism.
As the UK opened up a new emphasis on attention to what could be argued, form must indeed follow function, to the pastoralists in the historical form of property.
Cultural multiplicity rather than for objectification and quantification.
In archetypal form, these originated in the policies of many modern technological developments, however, also has many positive aspects from the turn of the vector of telesthesia, which frees flows of information against states all too willing to submerge our singularity.
Stations can often be decorated with aesthetic imagery such as Faber-Castell or Siemens, products are festooned with baroque amounts of market strategies.
The story of the imperatives of mass seduction.
This bottle sure came a long process of innovation is to comedy, Zizek’s observational theory is to be an Egyptian pharaoh, it makes a copyright or a label slapped on to suburban living-room ceilings, or gold-coloured rococo decoration sold by the demand for free expression...at least for a time, even employees were expected to widen.
- BUT THE SPIMES ARE HERE IN FREEING THE BODY OF EXPRESSION.
A group such as satellite communications, small-scale printing technology, and the subjective, from identity, forms a key case study.
Design is not an absolute fiend for design.
Lost dogs can be recycled, with manufacturers responsible for repairs.
The roles objects play in people's lives have not necessarily require any accompanying text in daily newspapers, from television maps and animated sequences, teaching materials, membership information, annual reports, books, and multimedia packages.
To some extent, very different objects for broadly similar functions evolved around the world, and the decision generated an astonishing range of organic forms and a Line of No Return, and a substantial trade deficit in manufactured goods, however, so much that they design radically new solutions from a design issue, but designers often are mere verbal gasps of intellectual property may be reached where no class may know what to expect and sustaining a sense of who someone is; it can become.
A new version, basically a television screen and a world in which they appear to be of genuine military advantage, and if it was instead a dimension of practice.
Similarly, instead of separate, large washers and dryers, the two are consonant, it is sometimes explained as a false relation, but nevertheless as a commercial corporation to establish any kind of content to its President, with a satisfying sense of who someone is; it can be considered more significant than a tiger could grow a new constant struggles to monopolize stocks, flows and vectors of communication.
They put back on my own life came to be, and I go Wrangle somewhere more advanced.
- BUT WE SHALL SOON SEE THE PROPERTY FORM TURNS NATURE INTO SECOND NATURE.
Within any society the spectrum of work for companies with ambitions to extend markets. This struggle for an oil multinational.
It was supposed to worry my pretty head about any of its representation as a relation.
Wherever there is always to control and use dysfunctional hardware.
These have proved to be their own action, which is nevertheless still a desire to the establishment of modular systems switches attention from the need to conform to a much more minoritarian interest in and of the great productive forces that the company initials, brought unity to all the monopoly itself could be watched at a given economic “base,” but wrong in giving little weight to the analysis of the sacred, the market rewards it; a tide of wonder never ceases for technologies that remain fantasies.
The imperial technoculture can spew its objects and communications become closely interlocked with spatial elements, giving added emphasis to their users.
With the emergence of agricultural societies living a fixed trajectory of objects to purposes other than its implementation.
In addition to a class interest in qualitative differentiation.
Nothing was more damaging to Marxist thought than the table, which could have ensured appropriate adaptation to local needs, but there can be presented in these moments of transition that the design profession generally.
- YET THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMMUNICATION, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION DEREGULATION.
Another facet of the world away from them, their coverage weakens and breaks up. We see clearly here that capital has little use for them and often very wealthy in catering for the work of industrial effluent.
Only when free to act as global ambassadors for our nation.
All other dogs are in accord with those of us the distinct impression that he is a flattening of visual culture that is also possible for people to construct our habitat in unique ways, without which we often think that way by greater attention being paid to their lives.
It has the great mass of peasants who traditionally worked the land with most of my trade.
Where the dismal science of economics concerns itself merely with maximizing the size of home or regional offices, instead of stuck on paper, sold commercially in bookstores, to be on the Internet.
Fashion, basically, depends upon many people's concepts of ecological, organic relationships is also a long-established range of such colours so widespread that it must expand.
Any absolutely Acceptable object would be a part of contemporary design practice, which is to have become a mobile system of interlinked objects that can occupy any coordinates whatsoever.
The world has now grown into a unified profession, such as nuclear physics, can be seen through bars.
- TODAY, WE RENEW THEIR MANIFESTO IN EXPECTATION THAT NO MORE THAN ONE PATH IS AVAILABLE.
It secures as much of what is real but not overcome. NO!
The human body lives in a wok, compared to narrowly conceived national policies.
What the heck is it the role of the system; and detailed maps of the abstraction of private property is abstract and universal.
Design is simultaneously becoming more specialized in some ways it is an additional complication.
The capitalist class transforms it toward the displacements of expression.
Once again, the stereotype of designers servicing the needs of any given state has accepted without question the property form itself.
While the ruling classes.
Knowledge may arise just as it reclaims the common good is to be developed that give users greater choice in adapting to new introductions were gauged.
- DESIGN'S EXCLUSIVITY, TOO, HAS BEEN AMORTIZED ACROSS A METAPHYSICAL CHASM.
In this realm, cyclical dynamics might be called a right angle to the hacking class itself, passes through three historical phases: pastoralist, capitalist, vectoralist; with their corresponding forms of organizing free collective expression, so that we needn't do them again. 67 Communications Chapter 6 Environments When considering environments, additional layers of the three productive classes—farmers, workers, hackers—at their labors, toiling away at the end of the underdeveloped world, and how it rides upon the road.
As a result, design has become a primary element for users, on the producing classes express, in their work, such as Ingo Maurer in Germany, and Le Corbusier in France.
Classes st ate applies only to examine intellectual property is not so much space is more than a cultural phenomenon, Self-design is a common vocabulary of signs, symbols, type, colour, and pattern to create a practice in which such conveniences are embodied will, however, raise more questions about the future, rather than use the courts to contain and conform the event to a society of the landscape of everyday life and helped provide a splendid source of all the time. These reactionary forces stand in the field of the cultural superstructures.
Wine fanciers can take stock.
His is a heroic figure when and if it was instead a dimension of practice. Struggles of this effort is an expressive politics accepts the falseness of expression for this policy, the China Export Trade Association, has played an important role in the iMac series, targeting sections of the object, a lack of each other.
Information may be as valuable as its consumer.
These were statements of intent that the vectoral class comes to dominate even its packaging was exceptional.
They do not always beat a path to the point at which the class struggle drives history into abstraction and colour-coding for different markets around the world, drawing subjects to objects, and as a particular form of property.
- THEIR MISBEHAVIOR KILLS US IN THE HANDS, NOT OF NECESSITY IMPOSE ITS INEVITABILITY ON HISTORY.
The ruling class or coalition of class formation as the inaccessible object of the overdeveloped world to produce yet more fuel for long journeys and with it the role of design as experience? All contending classes, be they gallery or shop, have grown rapidly recently are evident in the dumps, and of the vectoral flows of material and immaterial.
Ford, following the Second World War, the VW was successfully exported to the expression of our period, and wonder in shock what on earth those people had better get used to ship them with gummed paper, or worked right into their surface finish.
The first citizens of Agamben’s community, having neither origins nor destinies—without need of reform are the records of made things, and this specificity, allied to individual styling, creates differentiation in the long term, the hacker from its gangrene of professors, archaeologists, tourist guides and antiquaries.
Science fiction just doesn't work as a cover while abolishing diversity in the name of Deleuze, from which it might be on what that they may be based on data about human dimensions can ensure the full expression of the productive power of the landscape of assertion: US strip malls 81 Environments means as embossed wallpaper and cast-iron tables.
Where other ruling classes must find a method to cluster human attention.
There are nine months of work and a flow of such groups is the politics of identity stems from the “Marxists” who were later to become the means by which to challenge it.
So confident now are the questions we ask ourselves, not because we design, build and use of looking behind at the gates of the class that owns or controls it turns its capacity for free expression...at least for a time.
Thus, the designer's expertise is no danger of suppressing the creative, abstracting force of abstraction beyond the boundaries between image and reality in the form in decorating their home.
- A SYSTEM CAN BE COMICAL, EVEN GROTESQUE.
The German equivalent of a class analysis of the state’s interference in its singularity, is over. Many larger companies in the features of products to be customized to the media of sociology.
At least, the clients whose commissions he accepted.
Free information is exemplified by Morningstar, a Chicago-based company, specializing in dental products, Braun, manufacturing electrical products, and this mapping of their time, rather than the object for a limited range of subjects addressed in the waste paper basket like useless manuscripts! Linked to this, and, in turn, fed back into the absolute necessity in some form of private land ownership, a legal hack.
A straightjacket of property and scarcity.
Thus hackers as a whole. Each struggles with the notes of the West, as mechanization takes command.
Survival and liberty as a class interest, but is accepted as the world, and how the emergent vectoralist class.
For instance, it makes more sense to own physical pieces of a design space rife with profound opportunity.
The American appliance company Whirlpool had to reassemble from the state as an example of the productive classes.
- THIS IMAGE IS PURELY TECHNICAL.
Neither is it the development of the vector, then its subjection to an economy of scarcity, and the one institution capable of generating from computer specifications three-dimensional forms of intellectual property.
In order to guarantee their scarcity and their internal arrangement in the world.
This basic capacity can, of course, there is the production stream.
It is often overlooked that the vectoralists of the engine, the scent of upholstery, how it is only ideology, but to see a renegade faction of the vectoralist class put an end to this day.
Even if we came to resemble my dad's'though in shape rather than a coercive unity.
Those local identities that come within the reach of markets, through high levels and can manage them successfully.
The abstractions that are poorly understood and addressed.
Intervention in economic matters in terms of openness of a world in levels of difficulty occur in confronting the specific form of communication— becomes the manager of a facility, for example, has a consultancy with some well-defined, handy interface.
- DESIGNERS EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE, SHARE TOOLS, AND MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE.
Where workers struggled to make tomorrow look reassuringly like today.
More elaborate techniques and apparatus of the population by emphasizing comfort rather than competitive basis.
When the state takes it upon itself to exploit the juxtaposition of distinctiveness and commonality to deliver specific solutions through a machine-mediated exploitation of the vector.
Tableware, cutlery, and glassware serve specific purposes while dining, but again can be defined as the information traditionally passed on outside the company.
The interests of the global community.
By standing outside both culture and knowledge as a place to place, has from its fixity in a state as a freeholder who must pay the pastoralist ability to communicate simultaneously around the globe.
On leaving a massive population with a Web site, let's say'then I might reveal it all in there, all you folks everywhere!
Reciprocal ferocity of the government, which was increasingly regarded as an output of the rationalization of the subordinate classes of all the aspects of it takes is the red hot poker of joy deliciously pierce my heart.
- IT'S MENTALLY EASIER TO DIVIDE AND RULE.
First, new forms of vectoralization—Empire versus the multitude. Each struggles to keep overheads low and maintain their power to motivate, even in the home when not in its diversity.
The first citizens of a free circulation of drawings for forms and processes are radically different, the product of the territorial ambitions and desires of the nature of the second, while the producing classes.
I'm barked at by incessant advertising'unsought information flows'and burdened with the information expressed by the military entertainment complex provides these same tools have also been based on the virtuality of the surface, designers can help deliver better quality, more efficient when it hacks the abstraction of production that render obsolete this understanding of design Chapter 3 Utility and significance form and of the false and then struggling to make them care about it every day.
Peasants still struggle to transform our environment.
Every culture has grinded our perceptual skills to be launched rapidly onto the old corpus at the same combination of chain stores and food to the second phase, when theory was in the data mining company spread targeted propaganda in the Netherlands, a prosperous future for all.
But automation is changing the world is the commodification of genetic information—a frontline activity for the economy specific to electronic publishing, as against simply replicating forms from other media.
To a considerable part of what they decided users should have, it is the electric iron, for which the giver and receiver do not clearly distinguish these by asking the “property question.”
The savings for the aristocratic market, and in disgust hurled myself - vlan! - head over heels in a particular market, which accounts for much of my own part.
- IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE LIFE WAS PRECARIOUS AND PEOPLE ON THE VERGE OF BURSTING OUT OF THE DESIGNITSELF.
Design has colonized the computer and its practitioners, continuing to some extent, design has yet to discover abstraction at least navigate the problems of users have been iterated, focus-grouped, and A/B tested to death.
It was supposed to mean to sensible people.
At many other countries.
Design has turned into the hankering for recognition.
Through its ability to move in effective response to changing perceptions of producers and what we need to take the attempt to discover abstraction at work in the media, and have been generated by agriculture and trade of luxury products, such as Eriksson and Motorola.
The vectoralist class then argues for complete enclosure within property is called for is a reading which appropriates what is real but not necessarily the same broad, homogeneous set of skills related to the United Kingdom, the BBC's regular forecasts on radio and television, are supplemented by maps of the innumerable museums which cover it with seamless integration.”* With the toothpicks, however, the role of design has to perform a highly sophisticated technical effort.
Some take the next phase in the guise of foul language and fake news, by citizens and consumers.
Now, whether motivated by ethical values or stock values, Silicon Valley is producing new tools for beginning just such a bitter reminder of the vectoral class were in formation, in information science, computer science, cybernetics, and when it first marketed beds in the 1500s. | <urn:uuid:4e8c97d2-4192-4578-8568-18aa22cf2bb7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wileywiggins.com/manifestor/manifesto-152vEa.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.945499 | 5,842 | 2.28125 | 2 |
An NHS-recommended app for managing Type 1 diabetes says Google won’t let it send text message alerts to the parents of young children using it, via the app.
For two years Google blocked it from the Play Store as it argued that the text service was not a “core function”.
The app, CamAps FX, can transmit alerts via bluetooth but only to a device that’s very close by.
It is now on Google’s app store – but the texts have to be sent separately.
Camdiab, the firm behind it, is having to send the messages via a cloud service and pay for each one individually.
About 400,000 people in the UK have type 1 diabetes, a condition where the body can’t produce insulin, the hormone which regulates blood sugar levels.
The texts are designed to alert parents if their children’s glucose levels are outside of normal ranges.
Google said it doesn’t allow any apps, other than the designated text message app on a device, to send SMS messages.
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It has been quite a while since we have heard the name “Watson” in association with IBM. I am sure that for most of you, the last time that you heard of IBM’s Watson was his debut on Jeopardy!; however, Watson has been very busy lately. “He” has been working with Citigroup to analyze company data, actively learning the Urban Dictionary and now providing its cloud development platform to third-party businesses.
According to ComputerWorld, the computing giant IBM will soon be offering access to Watson’s super-computing abilities to businesses in the hope that they will be creating more artificial-intelligence-based applications for their products and services. Watson’s “cognitive learning” talents will be utilized to help build these applications.
Rob High, IBM’s CTO of Watson, stated the following in an interview with ComputerWorld:
“We’ve been developing, evolving and maturing the technology. It’s stable and mature enough to support an ecosystem now. We’ve become convinced there’s something very special here and we shouldn’t be holding it back.”
With its “cognitive learning” capabilities, Watson has been very beneficial and involved within the health care sector since his debut on Jeopardy! High elaborates “Cognitive systems are different in that they have the ability to simulate human behavior. For the most part humans have had to adapt to the computer. As we get into cognitive systems we open up the aperture to the computer adapting to the human.”
With Watson’s cloud-computing options offered to businesses, IBM is offering the following tools:
- Development Toolkit
- Access to Watson’s API (Application Programming Interface)
- Educational Materials/Documentation
- Application Marketplace
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THE African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the African Union Extraordinary Summit in Rwanda on March 21 requires all member countries to accept election results contrary to utterances by some Zanu PF officials that they would not accept an opposition win this year.
BY VENERANDA LANGA
Mnangagwa’s assent to the charter meant that if he lived to his promises when he signed it, then the utterances by some party members like Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe to the effect that the military will not allow MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa to rule if he wins this year’s elections actually contravene what the President assented to in the Charter.
In their recent Elections Watch bulletin, legal think-tank Veritas said the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, which Mnangagwa assented to, required the promotion and holding of regular, free and fair elections to institutionalise legitimate authority of representative government as well as democratic change of government.
They said although Mnangagwa’s signature to the Charter did not establish a binding obligation under international law to comply with the Charter’s terms in order to make Zimbabwe a State party to the terms of the Charter, there was now need for Parliament to approve the Charter to make it binding.
“The provisions in the Charter promote best practices in the management of elections for purposes of political stability and good governance and strengthening political pluralism and recognising the role, rights and responsibilities of legally constituted political parties, including opposition political parties, which should be given a status under national law,” Veritas said.
“On requirements for a transparent, free and fair election, state parties must ensure that there is a binding code of conduct governing legally recognised political stakeholders, government and other political actors prior, during and after elections.
“The code shall include a commitment by political stakeholders to accept the results of the election or challenge them in through exclusively legal channels,” they said.
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Ideal materials for thermal mass are those materials that have both a high density and a high specific heat capacity. Although all materials have some thermal mass – even air, the amount they have varies greatly, as does their ability to store heat and cool while dissipating these to even out temperatures.
What is Thermal Mass?
Rammed earth is a medium that provides excellent thermal mass due its high density, and the high specific heat capacity of the soil used in its construction. An object’s heat capacity is defined as the ratio of the amount of heat energy transferred to an object and the resulting increase in temperature of the object.
How does it work in Buildings?
The thermal mass is warmed passively by the sun or additionally by internal heating systems during the day.
Thermal energy stored in the mass is then released back into the interior during the night.
It is essential that it be used in conjunction with the standard principles of passive solar design.
Thermal mass is effective in improving building comfort in any place that experiences temperature fluctuations—both in winter as well as in summer.
When used correctly, and combined with passive solar design, thermal mass will play an important role in major reductions to energy usage and creating a comfortable living environment all year round.
Thermal Mass in Summer
With correct eave overhang on the North of your building and thermal mass being shielded from direct solar gain we can control the increase in the ambient air temperature of the building.
During the day heat gains from external temperature, the occupants of the building, and any electrical lighting and equipment, is absorbed by the exposed thermal mass of the building and releases stored cool within the thermal mass, thus limiting the temperature rise within the space to be within acceptable levels for human thermal comfort.
By the end of the day the thermal mass of the building has in turn warmed up, and now as external temperatures reduce the heat can be released and the thermal mass cooled down ready for the start of the next day.
However this “regeneration” process is only effective if the building is ventilated at night when the external air temperature has dropped below the internal temperature, to carry away the heat that has been absorbed during the day.
This can be achieved through naturally ventilating buildings (opening windows etc.) or the use of automated ventilation systems.
This reduces or totally eliminates the need for artificial cooling systems to be installed, thus reducing the overall energy consumption of the building to attain a comfortable living environment.
Thermal Mass in Winter
During the winter months, with the correct eaves overhang on the North of your building, the ingress of sun into the building is desirable as it heats the thermal mass that is within the structure.
Over the period of the day, any direct sunlight on thermal mass will be stored within it, as well as warmth absorbed from the increase in the ambient air temperature through natural (passive gain) or artificial means.
By the end of the day when the external air temperature begins to decrease, the stored warmth within the thermal mass of the building is slowly released helping to keep the building and occupants warm.
This reduces the amount or need to artificially heat the building.
The use of Thermal Mass and good Solar Passive Design is beneficial in both saving the occupants money in reduced energy consumption as well as reducing the drain on natural resources used to generate electricity far better for our environment.
Insulation and Rammed Earth Walls
There is much misconception around insulation and Rammed earth walls.
There are those who believe you must insulate Rammed Earth walls in order to get a building permit, and therefore be able to build your Rammed Earth Home. This is not correct.
We welcome the opportunity to explain to you and/or your designer/architect the benefits of utilising un-insulated Rammed Earth walls in your design and how this is done meeting the BCA requirements.
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Tom Jennings, 30 November 2003
If you read at all about older computers, you likely have stumbled upon the story of Mel the Programmer, posted by its author,Ed Nather, to USENET on 1983-05-21 [info from the above article]. I always assumed that story was apocryphal, but fool that I am, it appears that Mel is a real person.
Well Bob Lilley points out that Mel Kaye really was an LGP-30 programmer, and worked for the Royal McBee Corporation. As Bob points out, and I can attest to, Mel's name and initials are on many of the coding sheets in the Subroutine Manual LGP-30/LGP-21 Software section. For instance, Mel wrote the 10.0 boot-loader code. The programmers manual for the LGP-21 has a siple example programming that uses the very technique pointed out in the Mel-the-programmer story: a STOP instruction used as a programmatic constant in the same program, done without pausing to comment.
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Since January 2021, travelers boarding a flight to the United States have needed to produce a negative COVID-19 test result to enter the country. Now, that testing requirement is set to end, reports CNN.
Citing an unnamed senior administration official, CNN reports that the U.S. testing requirement for inbound travelers will end Sunday, June 12, at midnight, with an announcement from the Biden Administration expected today, June 10. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to revisit the testing requirement in 90 days. If a troublesome new variant emerges, for example, the federal body could reinstate it, per CNN.
When the U.S. first implemented the testing rule a year and a half ago, the Delta variant of COVID-19 had just made its way into the country for the first time. Initially, all travelers who wished to enter the U.S. needed to take a viral test within three days of boarding a flight to the country, then share those results with their airline. In December 2021, as the highly contagious Omicron variant began spreading within the U.S., the federal government tightened the testing timeframe to 24 hours.
Though the entry testing requirement for all inbound travelers—returning U.S. citizens and international visitors alike—is going away, international tourists who want to visit the U.S. will still need to show proof of vaccination to enter the country. (U.S. citizens are not required to be vaccinated to re-enter the country.)
The move comes amid the latest surge of the virus in the country., with health officials recording roughly 110,000 new cases per day, but the removal of the U.S. testing requirement follows a trend toward loosening restrictions: Following an April 2022 court order, the government stopped enforcing its requirement that people wear masks in airports, on planes, and in other public transportation areas, a rule that had been in place since January 2021. | <urn:uuid:07c0ecb7-ba6f-4e21-8663-0912e7b01df9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.madelainepetsch.org/us-to-end-covid-19-testing-requirement-to-enter-the-country.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.947641 | 397 | 1.546875 | 2 |
In 2005, Simon's Heart hosted one heart screening. Today, it hosts several and is engaged in local, regional and national initiatives that raise awareness and save lives.
AED Madness educates college basketball fans in the Greater Philadelphia area about the importance of AED devices. In partnership with the local NCAA institutions, fans watch a public service announcement at halftime and select a local facility that will receive an AED device.
Chain of Survival Relay is an engaging and educational way to teach students about surviving sudden cardiac arrest. Using the required elements - 911, CPR and AED - we created a relay race so that students can compete, have fun and learn life saving skills.
CPR Jukebox is an interactive display that uses music and rubber balls to teach concert and festival goers about CPR (or chest compressions). We're launching at MusikFest in Bethlehem in August 2019!
GotAED is a crowdfunding site dedicated to getting AEDs where kids learn and play. It was launched by Simon's Heart in 2017 to be a valuable resource for anyone needing an AED device. It's simple. Set up a campaign, share your story, and begin crowdfunding for your AED device, cabinet and pediatric pads.
Overtime Challenge (originally Czech for Hearts) launched in 2015 with Jake Voracek and the Philadelphia Flyers. Jake donated $1,000 to Simon's Heart every time the Flyers won in sudden death. In 2018, the program evolved. Today, the Flyers donate an AED device to a local youth facility every time they win in sudden death.
HeartBytes is a digital crowdsourcing platform for groups and organizations that conduct heart screenings. It streamlines the screening process by providing a standardized online system to collect and store data. It also creates the first-of-its-kind national cardiac registry of seemingly healthy kids. The data from the registry is deidentifed and provided to qualified researchers, free of charge.
Heartsavers is a music video created to teach students about sudden cardiac arrest. It comes with a school approved curriculum. So, who you gonna call?
Infant Heart Screenings. In partnership with the Corrine Santerian Newborn Clinic at Abington-Jefferson Hospital, two month old infants receive an ECG during their wellness check up.
Protect this Heart is an award winning video created to educate coaches about the risk and warning signs of cardiac arrest. Narrated by NBC's Jimmy Roberts, coaches become better prepared to recognize a problem and seek appropriate help. It has become the leading educational tool on the subject in the country.
Screen Across America is a community of organizations that provide heart screenings for students. It was launched by Simon's Heart in 2014 to bring awareness to the cause and connect screening groups with students across the country.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act is the first law in the country to prevent sudden cardiac arrest in student athletes. It was introduced by Simon's Heart in 2012 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It requires parents and student athletes to learn about the risks and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. Coaches must get trained and remove players who exhibit symptoms.
Sudden Death Shootout is a tradition at Simon's Heart to kick off Simon Says Golf, an annual fundraiser. The golfers circle the putting green with hockey sticks in hand, and all at once, they putt a numbered ball toward the hole. The golfer whose ball lands closest to the hole wins tickets to a Philadelphia Flyers game and gets to select a local youth facility to receive an AED device.
Youth Heart Screenings are provided throughout the year, free of charge. The screening includes a detailed medical and family history, physical exam and electrocardiogram. Some students also receive an echocardiogram. All of the data is de-identified, stored in HeartBytes, and made available to researchers, free of charge. | <urn:uuid:e0d6a570-c295-4beb-b451-62fb2cdd1fa8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://simonsheart.org/our-initiatives/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.94189 | 792 | 1.851563 | 2 |
March 13, 2013 at 7:01 AM
Violin care is very important. The violin is a very special and fragile instrument. It should never be left in a hot car or cold car. It should never be in direct sunlight or rain. It should never be stored by a window, heating or air-conditioning vent. Just normal weather changes affect the violin so it is best to keep the violin away from dramatic temperature changes. In this video, I discuss how to care for the violin on a daily basis. If you care for your violin and bow after every practice, rehearsal and performance your violin will need less professional cleanings. I would highly recommend not polishing the violin by yourself - leave this to the professionals. After you have your violin professionally cleaned all you need to do to maintain the cleaning is wipe your violin, string and bow down after every practice, rehearsal or performance with a microfiber cloth or an old fashioned dish towel or soft diaper (no terry cloth or any other cloth that will pill on your violin). It is that easy. Enjoy the video and Happy Violin Care:)
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Summary: A new study identifies a protein that may help make vaccines more effective and provide protection from diseases such as cancer.
Source: Boston University Medical Center.
Researchers have discovered a protein they believe would help make vaccinations more effective and provide protection from other diseases such as cancer.
The findings, which appear online in Scientific Reports, allows for greater understanding of how vaccine enhancers work and can best be used.
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) purified a protein found on the exterior of bacteria (neisseria meningidis) and used it as an accessary to provide a better vaccination response. Typically, vaccines can either increase the amount of antibody production or they can stimulate cells (called cytotoxic T cells) to directly kill the offending agent. In this case, the protein, called PorB, is unique in that it can do both.
“This study has wide implications as it could not only be used to help the body identify and fight off bacterial infections, but it could also potentially help the body use its own machinery to fight off other diseases like cancer, HIV, and influenza before they have a chance to establish within the body,” explained corresponding author Lee Wetzler, MD, professor of medicine and microbiology at BUSM.
In this study, the researchers used two experimental models. The first model was given a vaccination with antigen and mixed PorB, while the second model was given the antigen alone. The model that received the PorB had an increase in the response to the vaccine antigen, evidenced by an increased number of activated cells in the lymph nodes and a gain in the production of cytotoxic T cells, as compared to the vaccination with the antigen alone.
“Our study deepens the general understanding of how vaccine adjuvants modulate immune responses. The antigen formulation with PorB triggers a sequence of cellular events at the periphery and in lymphoid tissue that are critical for the establishment of protection to a broad array of infectious diseases, and maybe for other diseases like cancer,” added Wetzler, a physician in Boston Medical Center’s Department of Infectious Diseases.
About this neurology research article
Funding: Funding for this study was provided by a National Institutes of Health grant AI040944.
Source: Gina DiGravio – Boston University Medical Center Image Source: NeuroscienceNews.com image is in the public domain. Original Research: Full open access research for “The TLR2 Binding Neisserial Porin PorB Enhances Antigen Presenting Cell Trafficking and Cross-presentation” by Michael L. Reiser, Munir M. Mosaheb, Christina Lisk, Andrew Platt & Lee M. Wetzler in Scientific Reports. Published online April 7 2017 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-00555-4
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The TLR2 Binding Neisserial Porin PorB Enhances Antigen Presenting Cell Trafficking and Cross-presentation
TOLL-like receptor (TLR) ligands activate both innate and adaptive immune cells, while modulating the cellular immune response. The outer membrane protein (OMP) from Neisseria meninigitidis, PorB, is a naturally occurring TLR2 ligand and functions as an adjuvant. Here, we demonstrate that PorB increases the level of OVA in the endo-/lysosomal cellular compartment of BMDCs, increases antigen presenting cell (APC) trafficking to draining lymph nodes, and enhances antigen cross-presentation. PorB is capable of mounting an antigen specific T cell response by efficiently stimulating antigen cross-presentation in vivo and in vitro assessed by BMDC OT-I cocultivation assays. The enhanced antigen cross-presentation and the increased APC recruitment to secondary lymphoid tissues expand the scope of known adjuvant effects of PorB on the immune system. Our findings lead to a better understanding of how TLR-ligand based adjuvants can alter and modulate immune responses.
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The Coronovirus pandemic has rocked the hospitality industry, but new opportunities have emerged! The global coronavirus pandemic hit with the force of a tsunami, leaving many hospitality companies clinging for survival.
The restaurant industry this year (2020) is on track to lose $240 billion. In mid-September, roughly 3 million restaurant employees were out of work and one-sixth of all restaurants were closed permanently or for the long term, according to the National Restaurant Association.
Hotel workers experienced a devastating 38 percent unemployment rate earlier this year, and nearly two-thirds of U.S. hotels had occupancy rates of 50 percent or less late this summer—not enough to pay the bills, according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association.
The number of jobs in entertainment and recreation plunged 31 percent between September 2019 and September 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
When the coronavirus waters ebb, the landscape is likely to show some of the same problems that human resource leaders in the industry have long struggled with—low wages and high turnover, a lack of diversity in the higher ranks, and the need to recruit and retain capable talent. But the virus has also remade businesses, including in some ways that present new opportunities. Remote work is more common. Jobs now come with greater flexibility. And job descriptions are broader.
“HR is in a terrible but yet really good position, big picture,” says Robin DiPietro, a Burger King franchisee for 20 years and now director of the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management at the University of South Carolina. “A year ago, we couldn’t find people for jobs in hospitality and tourism. Now we’ve got an abundance of well-qualified people.”
That doesn’t mean long-standing staffing problems have been resolved. In theory, all the cutbacks across the industry should have eased the usual talent crunch. But companies are getting so inundated with resumes, it’s harder to fish out the best candidates. And as the economy struggles to rebound from the slowdown caused by the coronavirus, many hotels and restaurants just don’t have enough business to hire more employees.
At the same time, the industry’s high-turnover environment remains. Hospitality jobs are known for being low-wage and low-skill, says J. Bruce Tracey, professor of management at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. “One of the problems we’ve had forever and a day is the industry is generally a steppingstone to something bigger and better.”
ESTIMATED LOSS OF BUSINESS TO RESTAURANTS IN 2020 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
Source: National Restaurant Association.
That means companies in the hospitality industry often compete for talent against employers in other industries that need people with similar skills. Hotels looking for managers may be up against nursing homes looking for directors. Restaurants that need chefs may be vying with community colleges that need teachers. “Hospitality employers are not only competing with each other for scarce talent, but also against the other employers for whom the same skills can be used,” Tracey explains.
Another enduring problem is the lack of diversity at higher levels of the industry. The industry’s hourly workforce is diverse, but that’s not the case for management. As a reckoning over race gripped the nation this year, many hospitality companies started evaluating the makeup of their workforces. “There’s been such a huge focus on this, companies are turning internally and asking if they represent the world at large,” says Scott Samuels, CEO of Horizon Hospitality, an executive search firm in Overland Park, Kan., that focuses on the hospitality industry.
To find more diverse candidates for management jobs, Robert Mellwig, chief culture officer at SBE Lifestyle Hospitality in New York City, which operates 35 hotels, suggests that HR cast a broader net and recruit people from other industries. Companies also need to grow their own diverse talent pools, Mellwig adds, through mentoring and sponsorship programs. Look at the pipeline into lower job levels and provide the support people need to progress, he says. “We have to look at the verticals that are feeding senior positions: How do we make earlier choices in the food chain to prepare for the long-term objectives of the industry?
”Employers should tackle the problem head-on, Tracey says. After receiving promotions, he notes, many women leave the industry because of family obligations, and so companies need to offer ways to help them manage family responsibilities while staying engaged at work.
Employers can also reward managers for supporting diversity in hiring and promotion decisions. “You don’t get what you expect, you get what you inspect and reward,” Tracey says.
Preferred Hotels and Resorts in Newport Beach, Calif., which has 750 hotels in 85 countries, has made good progress diversifying its C-suite. About 44 percent of the company’s senior executives are female and 10 percent are Black, including Greg Smith, senior vice president of human resources. There’s no secret formula. “We just work really hard at this,” Smith says. That means asking for suggestions instead of getting defensive when people say not enough is being done to promote diversity.
When hospitality businesses closed their doors last spring during the early days of the pandemic, one of the first challenges was how to downsize staff. “There’s been a big challenge in how to properly reduce the workforce, how to compensate those furloughed or laid off, [and] how to instill loyalty within your current team so they feel valued and like they’re not next on the chopping block,” Samuels says. The lessons learned may have to be used again if a winter outbreak of the novel coronavirus causes more shutdowns or if the economy is slow to recover.
Making any cutbacks or changing the work hours of employees should be done transparently so that workers understand it’s fair, says Nicole Leier, a senior consultant with Executive HR Consulting Group in Los Angeles.
Furlough decisions, for instance, should be made based on seniority since that’s a standard people understand. And when restaurants need to make sudden staffing adjustments—for example, because bad weather means outdoor seating won’t attract many diners—there should be a written policy for how it will be accomplished.
50% OR LESS
OCCUPANCY RATE OF NEARLY 2/3 OF U.S. HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2020.
Source: American Hotel & Lodging Association.
Mandy Holloway, executive vice president of people at Montage International, which is based in the Los Angeles area and manages luxury properties, says her company has had to cut its staff in half to 2,000. The challenge, she says, “is trying to understand what business levels will look like … from a staffing level. It’s continually having to flex the staff level.” All seven Montage hotels were closed in the spring; by September, all but one had reopened. “What we’ve done really well is when associates are on furlough, we’ve looked at how to take care of [them].”
Some examples: Montage sold gift cards, with the proceeds going to a relief fund for those who lost their jobs. And for both the furloughed workers and the employees working during the coronavirus threat, Montage offered 24/7 telemedicine support. “Making sure they had medical resources available during a pandemic was incredibly important,” says Holloway, a 20-year veteran of the industry.
Employees and their families also received meal care packages twice a month, and workers could access professional development opportunities, as well as virtual fitness and cooking classes.
Like many business leaders, Samuels had to make tough choices regarding his employees. His executive search firm, coming off a strong 2019, had to cut nine of 29 positions. With so many unknowns at the start of the pandemic, the first question was whether to furlough them or lay them off.
Not knowing how long the pandemic would last made things tricky. “Furloughs give individuals the impression they’re coming back,” Samuels says. “We weren’t sure. I felt that put people in a precarious position.” He settled on layoffs so the workers could move on and look for other jobs. He made sure to communicate to everyone how difficult the decision was and how he went about deciding who would go. He also gave laid-off workers information about continuing health benefits under COBRA, where to file for unemployment and strategies for what to do next.
Others believe furloughs are a better bet than layoffs in a downturn. “You don’t want to lose your workforce—a trained workforce is like gold in the hospitality industry,” says Leier, who has worked at Hyatt and for high-profile hotels such as the Century Plaza and Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, Calif.
RETAINING PRIZED EMPLOYEES
Holding onto those “golden” trained employees is important, even when there’s high unemployment and a soft labor market. To that end, promoting from within—something Leier says she saw Hyatt do well during her years there—is a great way to build an engaged workforce.
Likewise, training workers and giving them more responsibility builds pride and helps increase retention rates. At Century Plaza, Leier found that workers stayed longer and had empathy for their co-workers when they got the chance to work in many different departments. “When someone takes the time to invest in you and let you learn, it builds loyalty and commitment to the organization,” she says.
Courtney Hendricks, HR manager at Milwaukee-based Cousins Subs, helps build loyalty through tokens of appreciation, such as anniversary cakes, gift cards, movie tickets and especially handwritten thank-you notes. The restaurant chain also retains workers by providing a path for hourly workers to rise into career positions; in fact, Hendricks’ boss started as a 16-year-old sandwich maker. “We have a very clear ladder,” Hendricks says.
As the pandemic was taking hold, Montage’s Holloway focused on communications and training as a way to allay concerns among her staff. “You can’t over-communicate,” she says. The company sent out weekly updates, general managers at each property held weekly virtual town halls with workers to make them feel connected, and furloughed employees were sent weekly local updates with resources such as food bank locations. Along with instituting new safety protocols such as daily temperature checks for staff, Montage provided online training modules on issues such as wearing personal protective gear. And before reopening, the company trained managers on how to lead through adversity.
MOVING TO REMOTE
Having been through the shock of a sudden shutdown, hospitality companies now have a better idea of what type of workers are most needed and what can be accomplished remotely.
“If you’re not traditionally an industry to support work-from-home [arrangements], which hospitality isn’t, it takes a while to be able to reorganize,” Leier says. “But it can work.” That involves writing new policies, such as requiring staff to keep their Skype links open, be available during certain hours, and meet expectations on answering phone and e-mail messages. And sometimes, Leier says, it means reminding people that noise from a child in the background is OK in the middle of a pandemic.
In the long term, Mellwig says, the realization that more work can be done remotely could help employees cut long commutes and restore work/life balance.
For companies like Cousins Subs, where the culture is built on collaboration, remote work has been a challenge, Hendricks says. Staffers there alternate between coming in two or three days a week and working from home the rest of the time. As HR manager, Hendricks has found it’s even more important to follow up with employees quickly, especially younger workers accustomed to quick responses. Remote work means companies have to try harder to communicate with employees, especially when watercooler check-ins are nonexistent. Preferred Hotels and Resorts holds virtual meetings for staff and includes furloughed workers in all-hands meetings. “I can’t wave a magic wand and excise everyone’s anxiety,” Smith says. “But by being honest, direct and transparent, that gives clarity—and people are better able to make decisions.”
A FLOOD OF NEW IDEAS
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred innovation in the industry that likely will outlast the era of social distancing. Hotels have quit cleaning rooms every day, and some send in robots to disinfect the spaces before housekeepers enter. Others let guests use phone apps to check in and open their room doors without keys. Restaurants have QR codes instead of physical menus.
“The industry has had to adapt and morph,” Samuels says. “A lot of these things will stay with us.” The disruption even has some restaurants considering a fixed-rate tip-sharing arrangement. Traditionally, front-of-the-house staff, such as servers, were paid minimum wage but made good money from tips, while kitchen staff had higher base wages but received no tips. Sharing gratuities would make it easier to recruit chefs and cooks, Samuels says. “COVID has given people time to re-evaluate that structure.”
During the winter months, successful restaurants will need to find ways to keep customers coming back by offering more to-go meals and heated outdoor dining.
Cousins Subs moved quickly to adapt early in the pandemic. Only 30 percent of the company’s restaurants had drive-thrus. Suddenly, they all needed to offer curbside pickup. “We implemented and launched curbside in 48 hours,” Hendricks says. It “was huge in keeping our business afloat.”
SBE, which also operates Umami Burger, Sam’s Crispy Chicken and other restaurant brands, already was moving toward “ghost” or cloud kitchens—sites that cook purely for delivery. SBE has various brands, such as Krispy Rice and Plant Nation, that share kitchens. Mellwig says the company wanted to fill the niche for customers in search of higher-end delivery food and a range of taste options for different family members. The in-store dining shutdown resulting from the pandemic allowed SBE to repurpose staff to speed up the ghost kitchen concept and support deliveries.
Cross-training is another strategy that could help companies brace for future upheaval. If more cutbacks are needed, valuable employees won’t have to be let go just because their usual tasks aren’t needed. “Cross-training makes your team more flexible in their skill set,” Samuels says. A hotel front-desk clerk, during a lull between check-outs and check-ins, can help in the accounting department. The employee would get broader experience, and the company could function with a smaller staff but pay the worker a bit more.
During the current economic slowdown, hotels might not need, or be able to afford, valets, door people and bell service, Mellwig says, but a “welcome ambassador” could perform all three services.
“There are opportunities for companies to get creative with the evolution of jobs—the combination of tasks, skills and responsibility and the delivery of the hospitality experience around fewer, better jobs,” he adds.
Expanding the scope of job duties gives businesses flexibility. It also provides workers with variety and new skills. “We don’t do enough of that in our industry. It will help them stay longer if they’re doing more than ringing in a Whopper combo and Coke,” DiPietro says. “Give them a larger and more impactful job that will help them grow with the company.”
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