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Presents fifteen interlinked sonnets to pay tribute to Emmitt Till, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 for supposedly whistling at a white woman, and whose murderers were acquitted. The brutality of his murder, the open-casket funeral, and the acquittal of the men tried for the crime drew wide media attention. Award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson reminds us of the boy whose fate helped spark the civil rights movement. This martyr's wreath, woven from a little-known but sophisticated form of poetry, challenges us to speak out against modern-day injustices--to speak what we see. Newbery Honor-winning poet Nelson offers an evocative tribute to a 14-year-old boy whose lynching in 1955 helps spark the civil rights movement. | <urn:uuid:d3033ae7-712d-469c-be09-930925701cce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.booklists.yalsa.net/directory/results?author=2084 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.966663 | 164 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Vergleich von Desinfektionsverfahren für eine landwirtschaftliche Wasserwiederverwendung in Braunschweig
The practice of using the wastewater of the city of Braunschweig for irrigation on the surface areas of the Braunschweig Wastewater Association, over decades, starting in 1954, has changed from being a disposal of raw wastewater to a sprinkle irrigation of biologically treated wastewater including the use of the nutrients from sewage sludge. Future requirements on the disinfection of wastewater and also the expansion of agricultural crop growing portfolios could require the installation of a wastewater disinfection system. For this various processes have been tested in pilot trials. Generally, UV disinfection with long project run times and high average usage of the processing capacity are advantageous whereas short project run times or a lower utilisation of the maximum capacity rather favour a dosing of performic acid. A near-natural secondary treatment on the other hand proved itself to be not reliable enough. | <urn:uuid:4204aaeb-c09b-4fc2-be90-1c150164448d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://publications.kompetenz-wasser.de/de/publication/854/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.827785 | 207 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Answer from: Elli Papadopoulou, BSc
Let us focus on two words – reactions and others. And I will start with the word others. It is ultimately our choice how we share our decision for egg donation with our family and friends. It is important that it is a conscious decision, and it is agreed by both partners as to avoid miscommunications and breach of trust. And here we are leaving out the most interested party – the child itself. This issue is addressed in another question of this series. So I am not going to get into that right now. You decide who you tell, and it really depends on how you feel about things.
One consideration to keep in mind is that once you tell you cannot untell…Also, the timing of your sharing might be important to you – is it when considering egg donation, is it at pregnancy, after the baby is born or a bit later? So exactly in the same way I urge you to build your own support team consciously and thoughtfully when going through Assisted Reproduction, I am encouraging you to choose carefully who and how to share your decisions regarding egg donation.
Now let’s move on to the word reactions. We cannot control others’ beliefs and attitudes, their behaviors, or comments…they depend on their own model of the world, they are unique and quite often unpredictable…What we can control is our own reactions. Having clear in your mind and your heart of the reason why you are following the path of egg donation, and being at peace with that decision, is the best way to make yourself immune to any type of comment: the insensitive, the ignorant, the untactfully curious, or even the well-meant…This is one of the reasons why working with a fertility mental health professional to identify and solidify your very own reason for your decisions, can prove very helpful. For some people even going through different scenarios and working out possible outcomes and responses calms anxieties and negative thoughts.
Answer from: Becky Kearns
This can be a huge fear for people as well, what will people think, what will they say and I think it can really depend. From my own experience and through speaking to many others, I think quite often were pleasantly surprised by the reaction of people. I think we can worry about these things and worry that people will make comments and use an alternative path to parenthood.
I often find that if you give people the contacts and if you allow them to see the journey that you’ve been on, they more often than not will be empathetic to what that means to you. Sometimes it can be really difficult to find the words, it can be quite a personal thing to share, and I have create a resource which allows people to say to family and friends, this is what we’re doing, here’s some information for you to go and learn about it and it also talks to them about how they can best support you as a family, when you’re embarking down this path and it answers some of the questions they may have but may not want to ask you.
There are tools out there to help you with this. Personally I’ve not had any real negative reactions but I’ve had the odd reaction of ‘oh i don’t know if i could do that’, which can be quite difficult to hear because you kind of think to yourself ,well i’m not really asking for your opinion but it’s obviously not something that you would do, you can never make that judgment because they are not in that position, you can only make this decision if you’ve been through what you’ve been through and you’re in that position. Therefore I think that it’s important if you’re sharing this , say that you’re not asking for opinions, you’re sharing it with them because it’s personal to you, you trust them as a loved one with this information and that you hope they will support you with it. So I think it’s definitely a worry for many people, a generational issue can sometimes come into play where parents or grandparents may not understand how things work but there are tools there that help you talk to other people about it. It can be a huge weight lifted off your shoulders knowing that others are there to support you. Then also your children start talking about how they came to be and they won’t be met with blank faces or people asking questions. But instead there will be encouragement and empowerment as well talking about their story.
What reactions can I expect from others when they find out about egg donation?
Decision about proceeding with egg donation is difficult by itself. On top of that, patients worry about how and when to tell children and what reaction they can expect. How about others? Family members and strangers? | <urn:uuid:902cddf6-49e4-443d-a8e1-61d2ec7e417a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fertially.com/q/what-reactions-can-i-expect-from-others/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.977439 | 1,006 | 1.710938 | 2 |
NOTES ON THE ECOLOGY OF CYCLOCOSMIA TRUNCATA (ARANEAE, CTENIZIDAE) IN GEORGI A
R. Howard Hunt
From 23 September 1973 to 22 September 1974 nine specimens (five males, two females, two immatures) and five burrows of Cyclocosmia truncata were examined from the Johnson Crook area o f Lookout Mountain, Dade County, Georgia . Adult males wandered from 22 August to 2 October . Male and female specimens maintained burrows with silk-leaf trapdoors but sealed the entrances during molting periods, making field detection difficult .
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There is one area in political discussion that excels in bovine excreta. That is PPP or Public Private Investment. Things like toll roads and airports. Just to be different, let’s look at some of the facts.
Governments should provide infrastructure, but what infrastructure? In Australia, most rail is government owned. In America is is privately owned. How do you decide what should be built and owned by the government or built and owned by private enterprise?
If we take a step back, some infrastructure is too important to outsource. Water is a good example. Would you like to entrust the supply of water to a private firm? It is a monopoly and requires vast areas of land to build dams and pipes. Can you imagine a private firm buying up thousands of acres for a water catchment then building a dam? Would you trust them to not put up a few commercial premises on the land – which they would tell us have no impact on the quality of water of course – to make a profit? Can you imagine a couple of companies putting in pipes down the street, and then competing for you to connect to their source? So we do need some infrastructure to be a government monopoly.
To look first at the financing and building of infrastructure, the bottom line is it will need a large sum of money. The private sector will always tell you they can do it more cheaply. Is this true? A recent report on infrastructure says, not always. Some toll roads have gone very wrong during private construction. It is obviously in the interest of the private sector to say they can do it more cheaply even if they later find out they cannot do it more cheaply. By that stage, everyone is committed and the government is always there to bail them out.
A private company building infrastructure has two cost components that government does not. Firstly they have to deliver a profit to shareholders. A government enterprise may provide a dividend to government consolidated revenue, but in effect it is going back to the taxpayers. Secondly, both parties have to borrow money for building. The cost of borrowing is almost always cheaper to government than it is to private industry. In other words, a private development has to build in a profit margin and higher interest payments on borrowings to their estimate of costs.
Another key factor is timeframe. Governments have a focus of the next election – at best three to four years. Infrastructure has a focus of decades. There is little incentive to make an infrastructure decision that will only generate noise from those opposed to it in the current electoral cycle. The benefits will not be evident for many years, probably in another electoral cycle, and possibly enjoyed by the opposition if they are in power.
How often do those supporting an infrastructure announcement create more noise than those opposing it? Very rarely. Better to spend the money on something that will bring a quick political bonus. Spend x billion on a new rail line which will take 10 years to build, or give a tax reduction to workers just before the next election? It is a no-brainer.
So given the lack of political capital for an investment in infrastructure, it is much easier for a government to move the benefits around. Get the credit for announcing an infrastructure project, but get private enterprise to build it. Ignore any discussion of the efficiency of it being built by public or private organisations. Give the public company the right to collect money to use the infrastructure directly from the users for decades to come. The money collected does not have to be in any way related to the cost to build. In fact you can provide guarantees that if the money collected does not reach a certain level, the government will subsidise the amount.
In addition, the private company can be blamed for excessive charges. If the toll on a road is criticised as being too high, it is the fault of the private company, not the government. If parking at Sydney Airport is ridiculously excessive, it is all due to that greedy Macquarie Bank, not the government.
So what is the answer? I believe we need to further develop the concept of the infrastructure fund. We do have funds now, but we need to go a lot further. Here are a couple of things we can do.
- Make a percentage of all tax collection an automatic contribution to an infrastructure fund. My guess is the amount would be more than 10% and possibly as high as 25%
- Have the fund run as an autonomous body with powers that isolate it from government interference
- Create a charter for the infrastructure fund’s operation
- Infrastructure projects are selected on their social benefit rather than political benefit
- The fund develops long term – e.g. 5 to 20 year – infrastructure plans which are open to public comment
- Short term plans – up to 5 years – are locked unless there are unusual circumstances
- The government is allowed to set broad guidelines on infrastructure. These are only guidelines for the infrastructure fund board and do not determine where investment should take place.
- Infrastructure funding can be supplemented by general government tax collections. For example if the fund wants to build an airport, they might contribute 80% and the Federal Government contribute 20%.
Infrastructure development by government is not working. The focus of government is too short, and the temptation to spend today and forget tomorrow, too strong. We need to separate infrastructure development from the electoral cycle. We need to remove the fog around Public Private Partnerships. As a starting point, we must remove the misconception that a private company can do an infrastructure development more efficiently than a government managed organisation. | <urn:uuid:c6772c4f-139f-4021-b0a5-1f86a693d480> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://mycomment.com.au/2014/04/public-private-partnerships/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964722 | 1,126 | 2.453125 | 2 |
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, May 22, 2020, swore into office Justice Tanko Amadu.
At the swearing-in ceremony, President Akufo-Addo stated that this is the first time in the nation’s history that a Muslim has been appointed to the highest court of the land, adding that “I am delighted to have been the President to have the honour of doing so, and to do so appropriately in this Holy Month of Ramadan.”
Having worked as a lawyer in the great Federal Republic of Nigeria for nineteen (19) years, and going on to found his own firm in 1997, Justice Tanko Amadu was appointed to the High Court in 2008, and, four (4) years later, was promoted to the Court of Appeal, the President stated that, by dint of hard work and merit, he has been further elevated.
With the Constitution of the Republic affirming that final judicial power in the State is vested solely in the Judiciary, and not in any other agency or organ of the State, the President noted that the Judiciary has onerous responsibilities to protect the individual liberties and fundamental human rights of citizens, to act as the arbiter in disputes between the State and the citizen, to act as the arbiter in disputes between citizens and all persons, and to serve as the bulwark for the defence and promotion of the liberties and rights of the people.
“With all other Courts bound to follow the decisions of the Supreme Court on questions of law, it is obviously critical that Justices of the Supreme Court possess a sound knowledge of the law, and of precedent, the principle of stare decisis,” he added.
The President added that the situation where judges proffer judgements on the basis of decisions from lower courts and cite them as law, is not acceptable, and even less so, when judges cite no authority at all for their rulings, and give orders without reasons.
“Judges, more so Justices of the Supreme Court, must be learned, know their case law and ensure their decisions and judgements are properly motivated. It is in this manner that judges contribute to the orderly development of the nation,” the President said.
President Akufo-Addo noted that all Ghanaians, with their different views and their different perspectives, must work together for the realisation of the Ghana project – a united Ghana, driven by considerations of social justice and solidarity, and governed according to the rule of law, respect for individual liberties, human rights and the principles of democratic accountability.
“In these not so normal times, the era of the Coronavirus pandemic, in which we find ourselves, we must hold on firmly to these values, and work, within the confines of an open society, towards the defeat of the virus,” he added. | <urn:uuid:7a545ea1-651c-4973-ac5c-077c0bdcf07b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://politicoghana.com/akufo-addo-swears-in-first-muslim-to-supreme-court-of-ghana/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.971781 | 601 | 1.929688 | 2 |
Source – venturebeat.com
You’ve probably read that artificial intelligence is transforming medicine. While the field has yet to reach its full potential, researchers are exploring ways that machine learning, a subset of AI, can dramatically improve patient outcomes.
Machine learning is ultimately about understanding large amounts of data, making it an important tool for handling the flood of electronic data available to health care workers. Its benefits fall into a few major categories:
- Detect problems sooner
- Deliver better diagnoses when a patient reports a problem
- Predict what kinds of treatment will work, and how quickly
- Monitor the progress of that treatment
With the ubiquity of smartphones, image data is more abundant than ever. Computers are often better than humans at identifying patterns, which makes them particularly strong allies in highly visual fields such as plastic and reconstructive surgery, where they can detect, diagnose, monitor, and assess patient outcomes.
Contrary to popular opinion, plastic surgery isn’t just about aesthetics or cosmetics. In fact, plastic surgeons restore form and function over the entire body: managing burns, treating skin cancer, performing reconstruction after accidents and surgeries, and correcting congenital defects like cleft lips. AI can significantly enhance all of these procedures, in part because images and videos are already part of the plastic surgeon’s craft. They’re how plastic surgeons communicate complex problems to their colleagues, explain surgery to patients, and monitor the outcomes of operations.
AI can not only accurately assess the total surface area of a burn — essential for proper treatment — it can also predict whether a burn wound will heal without surgery. In one study, researchers used reflectance spectrometry and an artificial neural network to predict if a burn wound would take more or less than 14 days to heal.
AI used for the automatic quantification of the surface area of a burn.
Hands and arms are complex, mechanical things. The interaction of joints and muscles is hard to model well, making the area a perfect candidate for machine learning, which can help not only with treatment but with decisions affecting the patient’s quality of life after surgery.
Today, amputees generally have two options, a prosthetic limb or a hand transplant. Many criteria are involved in determining which of the two options is appropriate, and recent advancements in robotics and transplant surgery are making the choice available to a much wider number of amputees. Here again we see AI at work. Artificial neural networks have been used to design automated controllers for a variety of neuroprostheses, including those used to restore hand grasp and wrist control.
But hands are highly sophisticated, able to perceive touch, move in space, and execute precise movements like playing the piano or putting together a watch. So surgeons and engineers are also collecting data from these devices, which will facilitate better design and improved prosthetics in the future.
Craniofacial surgery involves moving the bones, muscles, and skin of the skull. Some infants are born with a congenital condition known as craniosynostosis, a disorder in bone growth caused by a premature fusing of the skull, which creates an abnormal appearance and increased pressure on the brain and which can delay growth. Babies as young as two months old may undergo major craniofacial surgery to re-shape their skull, and detecting the condition sooner is better. Plastic surgeons often use pictures of babies’ heads and CT scans to examine their skull shape and plan surgeries.
Researchers recently trained an AI to classify the shape of a baby’s skull in order to better catch early signs of craniosynostosis. This technology can be used to screen children and decrease the number of X-rays or CT scans a baby would need for diagnosis.
Plastic surgeons and dermatologists typically work together to treat skin cancer. When dermatologists detect a large cancerous growth, they will consult a plastic surgeon to cut out the lesion and reconstruct the hole that is left behind. Catching cancer early is a key to successful treatment, so using AI to improve automatic detection of skin cancers from photos is incredibly useful.
Recently, a team of researchers was able to train an AI to detect and classify skin cancer with greater accuracy than dermatologists. There are a number of studies that show the promise of AI in screening for melanoma. Sophisticated whole-body photographic scanners have been developed that could use AI to help quantify and detect dangerous skin cancers. It’s this kind of narrow, task-specific AI that holds the greatest promise for medical treatment today.
Aesthetic surgery of the face requires careful pre-operative planning and measurement of the patient’s facial dimensions. Although beauty is subjective, many people share a general intuition or feeling of what makes a face beautiful. Using large datasets of facial images, AI can assist surgeons in planning aesthetic surgeries and also in guiding patients’ choice of the best procedure.
In a recent study, researchers created an automated classifier for facial beauty — trained using extracted facial features from 165 images of “attractive” female faces that were also independently graded by human referees. In this model, a decision tree algorithm assessed a set of descriptive attributes — which in this particular investigation included different facial ratios — and attempted to determine attractive facial features most closely related to post-operative target variables.
When subjected to the testing set of images, the automated classifier was just as good as humans at assessing beauty.
A quantitative measurement of aesthetic improvements could not only set expectations but also discourage patients from undergoing procedures that offer marginal improvement.
There’s a lot of hype surrounding AI at the moment. But in medical fields with abundant data — such as plastic surgery — narrowly focused algorithms trained on images, videos, and patient histories are an important new instrument in the surgeon’s hands, offering earlier detection, better diagnosis, and improved outcomes. | <urn:uuid:1ec8275f-ca13-4e01-a03a-f1a090d3cc48> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.aiuniverse.xyz/artificial-intelligence-is-changing-the-face-of-plastic-surgery/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94073 | 1,215 | 3.203125 | 3 |
The one problem with the first module was it was not useable unless it was part of the layout. The club layout was only set up a couple weekends a year. The module was stored away the rest of the time. I created the yard module to attach to the side of the original module to make it useable. Two tracks connect the original module to the yard.
I also designed the yard module to be used without the original module. To do this, I had to fit in a yard and some industries. The yard consists of four tracks and a run around track. Two industries were located on either side of the yard lead. I still had enough room to fit in a team track and a place to park the engines. The yard track layout can be seen at the right side of this diagram.
The yard module frame was constructed in the same manner as the first module. It consist of two smaller modules measuring 2' x 1' and 3' x 1'. The two sections were permanently bolted together at construction. The frame was built this way so the yard could be lengthened in the future if desired.
Code 80 track was used for this module instead of the code 55 used on the first one. I created two 2" track pieces to connect the modules together and transition between the different track codes. To fit the yard in, I had to use the smallest radius Peco turnouts available. I also had to use a couple tight radius curves to bring the tracks around to connect to the original module. Because of these tight radii, I can not use long engines on this module.
Scenery was applied in the same manner as the first module. The one thing I did not use this time was a layer of construction foam applied to the top of the plywood. I did not need it because there were not going to be any different track elevations. I added a few scenery details including a couple patches of trees, some weeds, some bushes, and a gravel pavement area next to were the engines park. I decided the yard area looked a little bare, so I built up a hill and added an overpass crossing the yard. | <urn:uuid:47621d85-8928-42bf-9036-60a079dfd0dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://shadycreek.info/layout/new_module | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.976839 | 440 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side – Implementing What Helps
The word tightens and also loosens up does not appear to fit usually enough – that's why when it concerns your hips it can be such a vicious cycle. Limited hip flexors is a buzz term in numerous fitness centers around America. Individuals in sporting activities circles are frequently stretching their hip flexors; joggers are condemning their terrific stride on those muscular tissues, and also also your customers are probably grumbling concerning their limited hips to you. Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side
It's time to confront the trouble and claim adequate suffices. You can stretch your hips out all day and also never ever obtain the benefits. That's due to the fact that if you wish to improve at points you need to keep them tight. Here's a list of stretches that will certainly assist you do just that.Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side
One of the very best ways to work your hips is to depend on the balls of your feet as well as expand your legs directly. Make sure you're holding a dumbbell in your hands as well as raise your arms from your sides. Next off, flex your knees as well as return to the standing setting. Repeat this stretch as lot of times as you can.Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side
This stretch targets the glutes. Stand with one leg at your side and also keep your other leg straight. Currently, lean slightly back until you're nearly touching your contrary hip and also repeat beyond. This will target your hip flexors.Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side
This is additionally great for the hips. Depend on the side of a tough floor surface, like an action or a tiny collection of stairways, then prolong your legs out as far as they will go. Lean back against the edge of the step or the stairways, taking a tiny dive at the knees to bring on your own up to a resting setting. Repeat this stretch as sometimes as you can.Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side
These stretches can be done before and after you get harmed. They will assist you prevent tightness in the hips. If you are experiencing hip discomfort, don't disregard the problem. Attempt these stretches to alleviate some of your discomfort. You might be pleasantly amazed by how much extending as well as warm ups and also various other exercises can soothe your symptoms as well as make you feel much better.Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side
You can likewise ask your medical professional or pharmacologist to learn more concerning this topic. They will have the ability to provide you with even more detailed information about this condition and about hip cracks and also rheumatoid arthritis. You can likewise find a lot more information about this problem online. I've seen checklists of sources that have details on this topic that you can accessibility. Go on the internet and locate the info you require and afterwards share it with others that are worried regarding this vital subject.Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side
As constantly, make sure to get normal check ups from a licensed chiropractic physician. This is the most effective method to maintain your hips healthy. A chiropractic practitioner will certainly have the ability to recognize any kind of issues in your posture or your hip flexor muscle mass. He or she can after that collaborate with you to reinforce those muscles as well as to bring back the appropriate position.Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side
Some people experience signs similar to those explained over. This might consist of an ache or discomfort in the buttock, hips, groin, or knee. Other people may experience numbness or a prickling experience down their legs or in their arms or fingers. Occasionally people feel discomfort, heaviness and even a weak point in their legs. This can be triggered by trochanteric bursitis, which is inflammation of the cavity consisting of the trochanterin, a little fluid-filled bag that is secreted by the nerve that belongs to the hip joint.
Tight Hip And Leg When Leaning To One Side
There are a number of stretches that will certainly aid soothe this issue. One of the most common stretch for the hips is the feline stretch. It is called this since it goes from the hip to the sphere of the foot. Another stretch includes pushing your back with your knees up and a hand relaxing under the butts. With your feet hip size apart, gently draw your bent knees in the direction of the breast as well as pull your toes upward toward the head. You should really feel a stretch in the hamstring muscles that run up the hip shaft and also down the back of the legs.
An additional stretch includes resting on your back with your buttocks extended. While your legs are straight, pull the within of your knees toward your breast. You will certainly feel the stretch in the hamstring muscles that run up and also down the rear of your legs. Repeat on the other side. If you can not get to over as well as touch your toes, you can use a tiny block to sustain them. If you can not draw your butt to the ground, you might intend to have someone carefully use stress or pause.
One last stretch includes reclining number 4 stretch. This stretch is simpler than the feline stretch. To carry out the reclined number 4 stretch, very first pull your knees right to the floor with the spheres of your feet. Next, bend your knees so your feet are resting on the flooring. Currently, cross your legs over each other as well as location one foot in the front of the various other with the heel touching the flooring. | <urn:uuid:cbe47b7c-42f1-459b-bd5c-7a653543fc0f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://agenpertaminidigital.com/tight-hip-and-leg-when-leaning-to-one-side-implementing-what-helps/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958334 | 1,186 | 1.632813 | 2 |
The Story Behind THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE. If you've read his books THE WAR OF ART and TURNING PRO, you know that for thirty years Steven Pressfield (GATES OF FIRE, THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN etc.) wrote spec novel after spec novel before any publisher took him seriously. How did he finally break through?Ignoring just about every rule of commercial book publishing, Pressfield's "first" novel not only became a major bestseller (over 250,000 copies sold), it was adapted into a feature film directed by Robert Redford and starring Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron.Where did he get the idea?What magical something did THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE have that his previous manuscripts lacked?Why did Pressfield decide to write a novel when he already had a well established screenwriting career?How does writing a publishable novel really work?Taking a page from John Steinbeck's classic JOURNAL OF A NOVEL, Steven Pressfield offers answers for these and scores of other practical writing questions in THE AUTHENTIC SWING.
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CHICAGO - With gas prices on the rise, drivers across Chicagoland are pinching pennies at the pump.
In Illinois, drivers pay an average of 70 cents per gallon in fuel taxes. Cook County averages closer to $1 a gallon. Now, many are pushing for a break.
Some states are already addressing rising gasoline costs, like Connecticut, where Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday signed emergency legislation that would suspend its gas tax until the end of June.
Here at home, some are calling for the same.
"Right now, the gas prices are so high and everything is high with inflation and all," said Lynda Kamper.
At nearly 50 gas stations across the city and suburbs, lines stretched for blocks on Thursday morning.
"Stressful, stressful, just to fill up my tank is $60. Before it was $30," said one customer.
Thousands of drivers were eager to cash in on free fuel during Willie Wilson’s $1 million dollar gas giveaway.
"If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be able to go to work for two or three days," said another customer.
But could there be relief on the horizon?
Chicago's Committee on Finance posted an agenda for Monday’s meeting that includes an unspecified proposal related to Chicago’s gas tax.
"We’ve got to do our part as a city to provide some relief for the people that are struggling. Not everybody can take the CTA," said Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Adam Schuster with the Illinois Policy Institute said the city's gas tax of .08 cents is just one tax drivers pay on every gallon.
"They pay the 39.2 cents state motor fuel tax, there’s the Chicago motor fuel tax of 8 cents, the Cook County motor fuel tax of 6 cents, there’s an underground storage and environmental fee of about 1.1 cents," said Schuster, the Illinois Policy Institute’s senior director of budget and tax research. "And on top of all of that, you also have sales taxes."
Schuster says repealing or pausing any of those fuel taxes would be a major help to the public.
"You have to think not only per fill-up, but over the course of a year how much you drive, and this would be especially beneficial to people commuting in and out of the city," said Schuster.
Gas taxes in Illinois add up to be the second highest in the nation, next to California.
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- 1 At what age do old English bulldogs calm down?
- 2 How do I know if my bulldog is stressed?
- 3 How do you discipline a bulldog?
- 4 Why is my bulldog so active?
- 5 How do I stop my bulldog from pulling?
- 6 How do most bulldogs die?
- 7 How do you relax a bulldog?
- 8 What can I give my bulldog for anxiety?
- 9 How do I know if my bulldog is happy?
- 10 How do you teach a bulldog tricks?
- 11 Why are bulldogs so lazy?
- 12 Will Bulldogs attack?
- 13 How do you train a stubborn bulldog?
- 14 What age are English bulldogs fully grown?
- 15 Are Bulldogs hard to train?
At what age do old English bulldogs calm down?
So, if you’re wondering when do English bulldogs calm down, the answer is after reaching the age of 4 to 5 years. Till that time, you will have to get accustomed to that ball of energy, and try and teach it to calm down and channel that energy to learn some new tricks and skills.
How do I know if my bulldog is stressed?
Stress signs to look for include whale eye ( when dogs reveal the whites of their eyes), tucked ears, tucked tail, raised hackles, lip-licking, yawning, and panting. Your dog might also avoid eye contact or look away.
How do you discipline a bulldog?
How to discipline a bulldog? Bulldogs should receive a calm, but firm verbal correction. Address what the incorrect behavior was and clarify correct behavior with the bulldog through personalized training. As the bulldogs actions improve, recognize the successes and reward appropriately.
Why is my bulldog so active?
Normally, hyperactivity in dogs is caused by having too much energy stored. This means your pup may not be getting the exercise or activity needed daily. If that energy piles up, they become hyperactive. Many dogs are eager to please and that may include your bulldog.
How do I stop my bulldog from pulling?
5 Tips To Prevent Your English Bulldog From Pulling On The Leash
- #1 – Start Young. Many people make the mistake of not starting leash training right away.
- #2 – Teach Self-Control. English Bulldogs definitely have a mind of their own, which is part of the reason they end up pulling you everywhere.
- #3 – Practice Attention.
- #4 – Reward Correct Position.
- #5 – Don’t Let Pulling Be Reinforced.
How do most bulldogs die?
What do most bulldogs die from? A study of 180 bulldogs in 2004 found the median death age of 6 years and 3 months. Of the 180 bulldogs, 36 (20%) died from cardiac related causes, followed by 32 (18%) bulldogs who died of cancer. Sixteen bulldogs (9%) died of old age.
How do you relax a bulldog?
To calm a bulldog down, try taking them for a walk, giving them something to eat, or putting them be in a room by themselves for a while. Depending on the bulldog’s temperament, isolation may help them calm down. Over time these methods can help adjust their temperament.
What can I give my bulldog for anxiety?
List of Anxiety Medications for Dogs
- Alprazolam (Xanax)
- Clomipramine (Clomicalm)
- Dexmedetomidine (Sileo)
- Diazepam (Valium)
- Fluoxetine (Reconcile or Prozac)
- Lorazepam (Ativan)
How do I know if my bulldog is happy?
How do I know if my English Bulldog is happy?
- Smiling face. A ‘smiling face’ in a dog means that they have their mouth open, with a few teeth being visible but without being bared.
- Bottom and tail wagging.
- Puppy dog eyes.
- Relaxed smile, ears and body.
- Playing around.
- No destructive behaviour.
- Plenty of appetite.
- Tongue hanging out.
How do you teach a bulldog tricks?
This is among the easiest obedience command tricks you can teach your Bulldog. Start by taking your dog to a quiet place that is free from distractions and hold the treat up to their nose. Then, move your hand up a little. This will cause them to move their head and adopt a sitting position to follow the treat.
Why are bulldogs so lazy?
Bulldogs Dietary Needs Bulldogs love food and will be more than willing to eat any leftovers or under the table scraps. Bulldogs are the best pet vacuum in the WORLD! However, if a bulldog is not fed a nutritious diet centered on their specific health needs, it will lead to obesity and increased laziness.
Will Bulldogs attack?
Despite their overwhelming popularity, Bulldogs somehow gained a negative reputation as aggressive dogs that will bite and attack people if provoked. Like all dogs, they do bite, and unlike most other dogs, they have extremely powerful jaws that can lock tight and cause serious harm to a person.
How do you train a stubborn bulldog?
How to Train a Stubborn English Bulldog
- Employ gentle, positive training techniques.
- Determine what types of treats activate your bulldog.
- Use the treat to train your bulldog through luring.
- Remove the treat from the picture as soon as he understands the exercise.
What age are English bulldogs fully grown?
Just like with most other breeds of dogs, an English bulldog is considered to be fully grown around one year old. Although there might be a shift in weight with exercise and diet, you can most likely expect your pup to reach their final weight and height around 1 year and up to 18 months.
Are Bulldogs hard to train?
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Should you go to the dentist during the coronavirus pandemic? 05/12/20
HIGH POINT, N.C. — According to the American Dental Association , there are more than 200,000 dentist in the U.S. That includes approximately 3,900 dentists in North Carolina.
When Governor Roy Cooper issued the statewide "Stay-At-Home Order" in March, he labeled dental offices as "Essential Businesses". This determination was essential to keep our hospital system from being overwhelmed with non-Covid-19 related dental emergencies. Dentists had the option to close or continue to offer dental care for patients under tight guidelines.
Since the state is in Phase One of the re-opening plan,the North Carolina Dental Society says you should feel safe going to a regular dental appointment. Howerver, due to the coronavirus pandemic, you can expect some changes at the dental office.
Some of the new safety and health measures include:
- Your car is now the waiting room.This will help limit the surfaces touched by you and others. (If you must be in the waiting room, we will provide you a mask and ensure the proper social distancing.)
- The staff will ask you questions related to Covid-19 exposure and symtoms.
- The staff will take your temperature to help evaluate your potential exposure to Covid-19 and that you are not currently sick, in order to reduce risk to the office,staff and other patients.
- You will be provided a mouth rinse prior to dental treatment
- Hand sanitizers and wipes are available throughout the office
- Everyone will be wearing more PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to protect themselves and you from the risk of exposure
- All staff members are screened for potential Covid-19 exposure daily
NC Dental Society President Dr. L'T Bailey advises, "Oral Health is directly related to your overall health, so it is as important as ever to continue going to your regular preventive appointments."
In addition we may be the front line for helping patients realize they have other serious medical conditions based on things we see during your exam. Oral cancer is on the rise and during your routine exams, an oral cancer screening is included. Routine cleanings can help diabetics keep in balance. Cardio patients benefit from routine treatments as well.
" As Dentists,we are all navigating this new normal along with you, as a society, together. But rest assured, your dentist is here for you and working hard to unsure the cleanest, safest environment for you to receive your dental care."
Our commitment to your health and safety remain our highest priority!
We look forward to welcoming you back to the office soon,
Dr.s Cogburn, Teague & Van Praag and Staff
Coronavirus COVID-19 Update - 5/10/20
Since March 18th, 2020, our office has been providing only essential and emergency care during drastically limited office hours. We are pleased to announce that our staff has been back in the office in preparation for resuming our normal schedule in the near future. Of course, the practice of dentistry has forever changed. Our preparation during these weeks is centered on ensuring your safety, as we are developing new standards based on CDC, ADA, and NIH guidelines hat will dictate our practices when we resume our normal schedule. We all return to comprehensive and preventative care beginning May 12th, 2020. As part of our new protocol, please expect to be met in the parking lot by one of our assistants, who will escort you immediately to the operator. Also, please expect to complete a questionnaire and consent form that are relative to the COVID-19 National Emergency. We are limiting the number of patients seen and continue to practice social distancing and extreme infection control procedures to protect your health.
Please call our office with any questions or concerns.
Our most sincere best wishes for the health of you and your family.
Dr. Kerry Cogburn, Dr. Pamela Van Praag, Dr. Jack Teague
Dentist Clyde, NC - Cogburn, Teague & Van Praag Family & Cosmetic Dentistry
At Cogburn, Teague & Van Praag Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, we value our patient relationships, making it our priority to deliver gentle compassionate care that you deserve from a dentist in Clyde. We work hard to make you feel at ease by providing exceptional patient care in a relaxed, convenient atmosphere. We strive to develop lifelong relationships with our patients by combining the latest dental technology with a professional and compassionate staff. The result is a beautiful, healthy smile that lasts a lifetime.
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Telecommuting is currently used in many industries and is celebrated for fostering job satisfaction and increased productivity. However, telecommuting is not widely practiced in K-12 environments. Two departments in AISD implemented pilot telecommuting programs. This report presents survey results from these pilot implementation models and summarizes the lessons learned to better understand the challenges and best practices of implementation.
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By Eric Heilveil, Flow Product Manager, Siemens
Ever since Coriolis flow measurement technology achieved mainstream appeal, industry has been fervently striving to take advantage of its benefits. And while Coriolis is clearly a highly advantageous solution for many crucial flow measurement applications, it is not without flaw.
Coriolis meters measure the actual mass flow moving though a pipe (pounds and kilograms), and thus are resistant to the external influences that can cause dramatic offsets in velocity-based flow measurement systems.
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A new porting programme could see games released simultaneously for the PC, Mac and Linux.
'Cider' is an offshoot of the Cedega emulator for Linux, which allows Linux users to play some Windows games on their OS. Unlike Cedega, it's not a client-side utility - Cider is provided to games publishers who can integrate it into their PC code.
Cider provides an interface between the DirectX API calls that PC games make and the OSX operating system. It translates the Windows functions into operations that the Mac can carry out.
This is a lot easier now that there is no hardware emulation to be done - Macs now run on standard Intel x86 kit.
Currently, publishers like Aspyr and MacSoft spend months translating code to OSX by hand. There is a big possibility that Cider could make these companies redundant, allowing the main publishers like EA and Ubisoft, for example, to 'roll their own' Mac code.
TransGaming, which has developed Cider, said:
"Cider-enabled titles are just as native as any other Mac game on an Intel-based Mac. There is no virtualization or similar step involved -- Cider loads the game directly into memory and executes the code, which means it is running directly in Mac OS X. The game simply relies on Cider's implementation of the Win32 and DirectX APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), instead of those found in Windows."
"What we would ultimately like to see is the vast majority of PC titles being launched as Windows/Mac or, better yet, Windows/Linux/Mac hybrids. We believe that users should be able to buy their games in whatever store they want, and play them on whatever platform they want."
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An independent compilation of knowledge about the effects of dredging and sediment disposal on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area has found the impacts will differ, depending on the location, timing, size and type of dredging and disposal activity.
The Dredge Synthesis Report was produced by a 19-member panel of experts, brought together through a joint initiative of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).
The technical and scientific experts – with a range of skills from oceanographic modelling to coral ecology – were asked to review and synthesise existing studies and data on the biophysical effects of dredging and disposal, while also identifying key knowledge gaps.
The outcome is an overview of the potential impacts of dredging and disposal on habitats such as coral reefs and seagrass meadows, and on fish and species of conservation concern such as dugong or marine turtles.
Among its key findings, the panel concluded:
- In terms of direct effects, dredging and burial of seafloor habitats during disposal can have substantial impacts at a local level, but have only a small impact on the broader Great Barrier Reef and its biodiversity as a whole.
- In terms of indirect effects, sediments released by dredging and disposal have the potential to stay suspended in the water and move. This may be contributing significantly to the long-term chronic increase in fine suspended sediments in inshore areas, however there wasn’t consensus among the panelists on the extent to which this happens and its impact on biodiversity.
- Dredging and disposal may be a significant source of fine sediments in the World Heritage Area, in addition to other sources, such as land run-off. A general comparison shows past large dredging projects produced amounts of fine sediment similar in magnitude to natural loads coming from land run-off in the same region.
- The recent policy commitments to ban disposal of capital dredge material in marine environments will mean future disposal, which will be limited to maintenance dredging, will contribute much less fine sediment. This reduced amount will still need to be considered in the context of other cumulative impacts on the Great Barrier Reef.
Project leader Dr Laurence McCook said the report acknowledged the challenges in assessing effects. “Understanding the significance of dredging impacts compared to other natural and human pressures remains difficult,” Dr McCook said.
“For example, it’s difficult to compare sediment from dredging and the amount of sediment that flows off the land and into the ocean because there’s limited data and many differences in the physical and chemical make-up of different types of sediments.
“In many locations, the extent to which sediments are resuspended and transported by waves and ocean currents, or are stable in the long-term, is also poorly understood.”
Australian Institute of Marine Science research program leader Dr Britta Schaffelke said the panel proposed a number of ways to reduce the knowledge gap.
“A better understanding of how sediment moves, settles or disperses over the long term in the Great Barrier Reef can be achieved through more extensive, long-term monitoring and better integration of current monitoring and data,” Dr Schaffelke said.
“Further efforts are also needed to understand how increased turbidity and suspended sediments affect a wide range of marine species.
“The report also found the disposal of dredge material on land involves a different set of challenges to be considered, ranging from technical feasibility to the assessment of environmental impacts.”
The publication is part of ongoing efforts by GBRMPA and the Australian Institute of Marine Science to improve understanding of the effects of dredging and dredge disposal, enabling better management of the risks associated with these activities.
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The Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna circa 1800
Ah, Vienna! The name of that storied city conjures up visions of delicious pastries, waltzes, and elegance. But the city didn’t always have that image. Vienna, though a perfectly nice city before 1814, was transformed into a brilliant social mecca in the fall of that year.
What helped change that city’s image is what also changed the face of a conquered Europe following the Napoleonic Wars - The Congress of Vienna.
This September marks the 203rd anniversary of this gathering of diplomats who came together to answer the question of “now what?” once Napoleon had abdicated his throne in defeat and was safely put away on Elba (or so everyone thought).
The purpose of the Congress was to hash out an effective way to balance the powers of Europe to prevent future imperialistic power grabs and wars, like the one that had just ended.
The aristocrats, nobles, and royals convening in Vienna also badly wanted things to go back to the way they were before revolutionary fervor gripped Europe.
Ambassadors of every European nation attended, but the representatives from Prussia, Russia, Great Britain, Austria, and France pretty much ran the show.
|The Congress of Vienna, by Jean Godefoy, CC BY-SA 3.0|
Hosting the negotiations was Klemens von Metternich, Foreign Minister for the Emperor of Austria, Franz I.
Other notables who attended were Viscount Castlereagh, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain (Castlereagh later left and was replaced by Wellington) and Tsar Alexander I of Russia, a handsome and well-liked monarch. The summer before the Congress convened Alexander was in London, where he was the toast of the town as the populace celebrated Napolean's defeat and exile.
Prussia sent its Chancellor, Prince Karl August von Hardenberg, though the King of Prussia (Frederick William III) was often there, too.
Representing France was the clever and rather unscrupulous Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, known simply as Talleyrand. (I’ll write more about him in this Friday’s post.)
The delegates started gathering in Vienna in late September 2014, and the Congress officially opened on October 1 (though some sources say it was November 1). Deliberations lasted until June 9, 1815, when the Final Act was signed.
While Congress was sitting, Vienna became a glittering social scene for the enjoyment of its attendees and their entourages. The city’s social calendar was packed with operas, banquets, and balls. In November Beethoven performed his Symphony No. 7 in a concert attended by no less than the King of Prussia and two empresses.
An observer on the scene, the Duchesse d’Abrante, described Vienna during this time as “a place of enchantment and delicious pleasure,” and another witness to the festivities, Charles-Joseph, the 7th Prince de Ligne, commented that “le congrès ne marche pas, mais il danse” (roughly translated, "the Congress of Vienna isn't working, but it's dancing”).
But Napoleon cast a long shadow over the proceedings. That spring, while the diplomats talked and partied in Vienna, Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba and sailed to mainland Europe. (He didn't have to go far – Elba is only six miles off the Tuscan coast of Italy.)
Once Napoleon landed at the Gulf of Juan (on France’s Côte d’Azur) he wasted no time gathering an army and marching on Paris. On March 13, 1815, seven days before Napoleon reached Paris, the diplomats in Vienna declared him an outlaw. But that didn't stop him.
|An early 19th-century depiction of Napoleon on Elba|
On June 18, less than two weeks after the Congress of Vienna ended, Napoleon made his last, unsuccessful stand against Wellington in a field near a small Belgium town, in what came be known as the Battle of Waterloo.
Here are some highlights of what the Congress of Vienna accomplished, in spite of Napoleon’s pesky interruptions:
- Poland disappeared from the face of the map, with both Russia and Prussia getting pieces of it.
- Germany and Italy were sectioned off, neither one the whole countries we know today.
- Prussia’s gains, which in addition to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw included Swedish Pomerania, over half of Saxony and most of the Rhineland, upped its status as a world power.
- Austria’s share of the spoils included an enlargement of the Hapsburg Empire and access to the Mediterranean Sea. Austria’s newly-acquired land holdings included the kingdom of Venetian Lombardy (in what is now Italy) and Dalmatia (in Croatia, where those spotted dogs come from).
|Dalmatian dogs were wildly popular during the Regency. |
It was fashionable to have one trotting alongside your coach
as you wheeled through Hyde Park. They also guarded stables.
France and Britain’s gains were not as flashy. Britain may not have gotten any land in Europe, but it did get protection for its shipping lanes and kept enough of its holdings around the world to become a dominant colonial power.
France, even though it was technically a defeated country, made out pretty well thanks to Talleyrand’s diplomacy. France had to return some of the lands Napoleon took from its neighbors, but the nation retained its position as a world power as the monarchy was restored under King Louis XVIII.
So much for the French Revolution.
In all, the Congress of Vienna redrew the map of Europe, based on its pre-revolutionary border arrangements, and the continent stayed much the same until the First World War. Here is an informative animation illustrating how the map of Europe changed as a result of the Congress of Vienna.
Some historians regard the Congress of Vienna as a conservative reaction to the revolutionary and liberal ideas that had been sweeping across Europe, which began with the Enlightenment movement in the 18th century and culminated in two revolutions - the French and the American. The Congress of Vienna was intended to bolster the status of the old monarchies and reinforce their power.
And it did just that.
Other critics credit the Congress of Vienna with creating stability in Europe and a peace that lasted until the early 20th century. However, that peace lay just on the surface – underneath it the currents of change were still moving, leading to an inevitable outcome.
I’m no historian, but in my opinion, you can’t hold back change forever – its momentum is too strong. Despite all the discussions and treaties worked out during the fall, winter and spring of 1814-15 in Vienna, the progressive ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers on topics such as liberty, tolerance and constitutional government refused to die.
Before 1920 political change transformed most of Europe despite the best efforts of the Congress over a hundred years earlier to stem the tide.
Emperor Napoleon III, the last monarch of France, lost his throne in 1870. In 1917, Russia was convulsed by a revolution that toppled its monarchy. The next year, 1918, saw the Hapsburg dynasty come to an end under its last ruler, Charles I. And about that same time (1918-19) the Prussian nobility lost their political clout when their monarchy was abolished due to the German Revolution and the creation of the Weimar Republic in the aftermath of WWI, though Prussia wasn't formally dissolved until 1947.
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”
|JFK in West Berlin, 1963|
Those are the words of another consummate politician, John F. Kennedy. He said them in a speech to a crowd in Frankfurt in 1963, about 370 miles in physical distance and 149 years in time away from the Congress of Vienna. And I think those words are just as relevant today as they were in 1963, and would have been in 1815.
The timeless nature of change - just another one of history’s paradoxes, in the Regency and every era.
Sources for this post include:
- Our Tempestuous Day, a History of Regency England, by Carolly Erickson, William Morrow & Co., New York, 1986
- Events That Changed the World: 1800-1820, the Nineteenth Century, Jodie L. Zdrok, Book Editor, Greenhaven Press, Missouri, 2005
- Rites of Peace, The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, by Adam Zamoyski,, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2007
- The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency, 1811-1820, by J.B. Priestley, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1969
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Theatre New Brunswick will bring the lives of two famous female pirates to the stage in March with its production of Heroine.
Heroine – March 18-22 (Fredericton). On tour March 24-29, 2020
(Fredericton) What comes to mind when you think about pirates? Are you thinking peg-legs, parrots and Johnny Depp? How about eye patches, swords and tall ships? Are we getting closer? If we believe all the blockbuster movies, the countless children’s toys and the common lore we all associate with these swashbucklers of the high seas, it would be almost impossible to believe that, wait for it…not all pirates were men. But that’s the truth.
In the upcoming production of Heroine by Nova Scotia playwright Karen Bassett, Theatre New Brunswick will bring the stories of two real-life pirates to the stage. At the height of piracy’s Golden Age (1650-1720), two women, one English and one Irish, commanded their own crews and wreaked havoc throughout the Caribbean until their capture. This play tells their story.
“Heroine is a fictional story about two real-life women who lived extraordinary lives,” said TNB Artistic Director Natasha MacLellan. “Anne Bonny and Mary Read are two of the most famed female pirates who lived.
“It’s sometimes difficult to find female characters in pop culture who aren’t women relegated to the sidelines of a man’s story,” said MacLellan. “Too often the women in stories are girlfriends, mothers and wives to the main characters, without stories, goals and ambitions of their own. Heroine tells the story of two amazing historical women who lived life by their own terms. It’s the kind of story all of us should see. We all need reminding that gender clichés don’t serve us; that all of us are capable of so much more than traditional norms would have us believe.”
Heroine stars two New Brunswick actors – Abby Paige and Melanie LeBlanc – and features some of the most action packed scenes to ever hit the TNB stage. Sword fighting! Wrestling! Sharp-as-a-Blade Humour! Heroine has it all.
“I was there when TNB unveiled its new season and when Natasha announced that TNB was doing this play I thought, whoever is doing this show is so lucky,” said Paige. “And then I got to do it, and when I read it, it was great. It’s just been layers and layers of excitement.”
Heroine runs March 18-22 at the Open Space Theatre (55 Whiting Road) before touring the province March 24-29. Tickets are available at the Fredericton Playhouse box office or online at tnb.nb.ca
March 18-22 | Open Space Theatre (Fredericton)
March 24 | Bathurst, NB
March 25 | Miramichi, NB
March 26 | Moncton, NB
March 27 | Saint John, NB
March 28 | St. Andrews, NB
March 29 | Florenceville-Bristol, NB
Cast and Creative Team:
Written by Karen Bassett
Directed by Natasha MacLellan
Mélanie Leblanc as Anne Bonny
Abby Paige as Mary Read
Tilly Jackson – Assistant Director
Jean-Michel Cliche – Fight Director
Jeff Soucy – Stage Manager
Andrea Evans – Set Designer
Keelin Jack – Sound Designer
Sherry Kinnear – Costume Designer
Emily Soussana – Lighting Designer
Jamie Atkinson – Head Carpenter
Elaine Bellefontaine – Head of Props/Paint
Billy Doucet – Props/Paint Assistant
Get Your Tickets!
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How Using Fibre Can Increase Health
According to a recent study in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine around 20 percent of Americans require more fiber in their diets. Among the many benefits of eating more fibre is the lower risk of developing diabetes and heart disease. Ronette Lategan Potgieter, a Stetson University dietitian and assistant professor of nutrition, stated that eating more fiber is essential for overall health.
One of the many benefits fibre has is its ability reduce cholesterol. It helps prevent bile acids entering the arteries. It also improves bowel function and increases the volume of food we consume. In addition, fiber reduces the risk of stroke and heart disease. A recent Harvard study revealed that those who consume 25 grams or more of fiber a day have a reduced risk of both conditions. The key is to add more vegetables into your diet, since they’re high in fibre, along with whole beans and grains.
Fibre is found in food items. There are two types of fibre: soluble and insoluble. Soluble fiber forms a gel inside the intestine , which slows the absorption of cholesterol and fats. It is also a source of food for ‘friendly’ gut bacteria, which produce substances that are beneficial to heart health. Consuming more fiber can improve your overall health. Although insoluble fibre can appear unappetizing, research has shown that it can reduce cholesterol levels.
Lower blood sugar
Increase your intake of soluble fibre to lower blood glucose levels. These fibres can be found in a variety of fruits, vegetables , and legumes. Because they do not break down during the digestion process, their abundance in the diet helps the body process food more slowly. By slowing the absorption of glucose, these fibres are able to lower blood sugar levels. Consuming more soluble fiber can help lower blood sugar levels for those suffering from diabetes.
Contrary to other carbs, fiber does not cause an increase in blood sugar. This stops your body from absorbing fat and cholesterol. The result is lower cholesterol and triglycerides. In addition, fiber aids to improve your gut health and reduce your chance of developing colon cancer. These advantages make fiber an essential component of a balanced diet. It can also improve your overall health by lowering your blood sugar levels.
Lowers the weight
Fibre is a carbohydrate that is found in plant foods. It is difficult for the body to absorb. Fibre isn’t easily absorbed by the body, which can lead to side effects like digestive discomfort and flatulence. It also helps to prevent an abrupt rise in blood sugar levels, which can cause obesity and an increased risk of developing diabetes. You can reduce your chance of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, or even death overall by increasing your fiber intake.
Fibre also has other benefits including a decreased weight and better health. In women, high fibre diets may reduce the risk of breast cancer. It also helps regulate the digestive system and aids in weight loss. However high-fibre breakfast items may not be coupled with enough fluids that could cause constipation. Constipation is a common problem in adults and can be caused by breakfast cereals with high levels of fibre. Many adults don’t eat enough fiber, despite the numerous benefits. Research has found that low-fiber diets can lead to stroke, heart disease, and some kinds of cancer.
Reduces the appearance of bloating
Fiber is a crucial component of eating a healthy diet. But what amount should you eat? The National Academy of Medicine defines fiber as the dietary carbohydrates, lignans, insoluble and soluble cellulose as well as hemicellulose. All of these affect human health. Some types of fiber are fermentable and soluble which is beneficial for the digestive system, but other types are indigestible. Soluble fiber is present in cereal grains, whereas insoluble fiber is found in the cell walls of many fruits and vegetables.
Researchers believe that a shift in the microbiome could be the reason for the increased frequency of gastrointestinal bloating in protein-rich diets have been linked to the problem. A study of people who ate high-fiber diets found that the presence of black bloating decreased by substituting high-fiber protein by high fiber carbohydrates. While future studies are needed to determine the exact mechanism, it could be a good strategy for reducing bloating.
Fibre can decrease gas and improve health when consumed. It is best to introduce it slowly to allow the gut microflora time to adjust. Three studies showed that the body of the participants gradually adapted to beans and gas levels returned to normal within three to four weeks. Beans should be soaked for at minimum a few hours before cooking to reduce gas production. Avoid foods high in fiber, such as coffee and soda since they are usually high in sugar.
High-fibre diets delay gas flow and decrease the amount of boluses that are passed from the rectum. Although some individuals might experience gaseous symptoms after eating a high-fibre diet these symptoms are usually caused by the fermentation of gases by colonic bacteria. The recommended intake of fibre is between 20 and 35 g per day. The consumption of fibre has other benefits.
Reduces calorie intake
One of the most recent results on diets suggests that eating more fibre aids in weight loss. Participants were divided into four groups based on their diet composition. One group consisted of people who had a high intake of fiber and having a normal BMI. The other two groups were comprised of people who consumed less fiber. All in all, those who had met the Adequate Intake (AI) of fibre lost fewer calories than non-adherents.
Foods high in fiber are more nutritious and filling. They take longer to consume and result in less calories per serving. They may also extend your life span. Foods high in fiber, such as cereals are associated with a lower risk of dying from all types of cancers and cardiovascular disease. So, while eating more fiber can reduce calories it is still possible to enjoy delicious, nutritious food while reducing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. | <urn:uuid:62184fed-4c6a-4477-9e60-aef0fb425516> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thinktwicepakistan.com/high-fibre-soup-diet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.95273 | 1,259 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The Sullom Voe Harbour Area Masterplan was adopted by Shetland Islands Council as non-statutory planning guidance in spring 2022, subject to a five year review, or earlier if determined by the Council.
Having the status of adopted non-statutory planning guidance means that it will be a material consideration in planning decisions that are taken by the Council’s Planning Service for marine planning (aquaculture) and works licence applications.
Purpose of the Masterplan & Potential Development Zones
The Masterplan provides a clear picture of opportunities and constraints to guide future development within the Sullom Voe Harbour Area.
It identifies a number of ‘Potential Development Zones’ which could suit a range of potential uses including aquaculture, seaweed farming and renewable energy development. These are zoned in the Masterplan from Zone A to Zone G and consist of 17* separate potential zones for development. Development outwith the Potential Development Zones within the Sullom Voe Harbour Area would be considered by the Council to be contrary to the Masterplan.
*NB – the northernmost part of Zone B (the largest of the Zone B areas that are identified for sub-surface development only) is currently the subject of a lease option agreement that was awarded by Crown Estate Scotland to Nova Innovation in 2021
Crown Estate Pilot Leasing Project
The Masterplan forms a key part of the Council’s and Crown Estate Scotland’s local management Pilot Scheme for the Sullom Voe Harbour Area. It will be used to help guide and inform a Council run future local leasing round of sea bed assets for developments in the Harbour Area. More information on this will be provided in due course. In the meantime, we advise that you seek pre-application advice on your proposals. Please see below.
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My mom was known for two cakes, her Texas Sheet Cake and this Hummingbird cake. People would ask her to make these tasty treats all the time, she wasn’t big on a layer cake, she preferred to bake in a sheet pan. Regardless of shape, these flavors take back to my childhood.
Why is called a Hummingbird Cake?
No one knows the exact reason or origin but it’s assumed the original cake was first invented in Jamaica. And the name is assumed to come from the fact that the cake is sweet like nectar and could attract hummingbirds.
The cake became very popular in the states, mostly the southern states, in the 1960s. Housewives’ across the deep south were entering their best rendition of the cake in state fairs for years.
I had so much fun recreating this family favorite, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
For the Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour – leveled
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 +1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmag
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup canola oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1+1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 very ripe bananas
- 1 (12 oz) can crushed pineapple in juice (do not drain)
- 2 cups chopped walnuts (or pecans) – optional
For the Frosting
- 1/4 cup butter – at room temp
- 8oz cream cheese – at room temp
- 1 pound powder sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cups chopped walnuts – optional
For the Cake
- Preheat oven to 350F and prepare baking pans. Grease and flour either (3) 6″ rounds or (1) 9″x 11″ rimmed baking sheet.
- In a medium bowl combine the dry ingredients, flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt. Whisk to combine.
- In a large bowl whisk together the wet ingredients – canola oil, eggs, vanilla and banana and crushed pineapple.
- Slowly combine the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix well until everything is combined, do not over mix. Stir in the chopped walnuts.
- Pour batter into your preferred baking dish and bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
For the Frosting
- Combine all the ingredients (except walnuts) into a bowl, using a hand or stand mixer mix until everything is well combined. Note – make sure the cream cheese and butter are at room temperature, or it will be difficult to remove all the lumps.
- If using the round pans allow cakes to cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Once cool remove from pans and cool completely to room temp. Stack cakes with icing in between and all around the sides. Scrape some of the icing off the sides to look like the image above or leave a thick coating on the sides. Decorate with crushed walnuts or dried pineapple
To make the Pineapple Flowers
- Using a whole fresh pineapple remove the outer skin and carve out the dark spots.
- Being very careful slice pineapple as thin as possible, about 1/8th of an inch. Do not worry if the edges are very that will actually make for really pretty flowers. If you have a mandolin set to the thinnest setting.
- Place on a cooling rack that sits on a cookie sheet, this allows airflow on both sides of the pineapple. Bake at 200F for 2 hours, check after one hour to make sure they are not burning. As soon as the pineapple comes out of the oven press slices into the divots of a muffin tin. Allow to cool. If the slices are still to soft after a few house of cooling, place back in the oven for another few minutes.
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Fetch embedded resources
When browsing a website it’s not only the main page the webserver needs to serve - usually there are static resources such as images, stylesheets, scripts and more. Hyperfoil can automatically download these.
Hyperfoil implements a non-allocating HTML parser, with a pre-baked
onEmbeddedResource handler: This selects HTML tags with appropriate attributes that represent an URL:
- Embedded media:
The other part of the solution is executing a
GET request at given URL. Modern browsers don’t download the resources one-by-one, nor do they fetch them all at once - usually these download around 6-8 resources in parallel. In Hyperfoil this is implemented by adding the URL to a queue. The queue delivers each URL to a new instance of a sequence (automatically generated) that fires the HTTP request, and limits the number of these sequences.
Since Hyperfoil pre-allocates all data structures ahead, you need to declare a limit on number of resources that can be fetched. If the queue cannot store more than
maxResources URLs it simply discards the other URLs, emitting a warning to the log.
The parser signals the queue when there’s no more data on the producing side, and when all of them are consumed the queue can fire some extra action. Note that completion of the original request does not wait until all the resources are fetched.
Below is an example of a configuration fetching embedded resources:
- fetching: - httpRequest: GET: /foobar/index.html handler: body: parseHtml: onEmbeddedResource: fetchResource: maxResources: 16 metric: # Drop the query part - ([^?]*)(\?.*)? -> $1 onCompletion: set: allFetched <- true
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Oxytetracycline (Terramycin TM-100F, a medicated premix containing oxytetracycline at 220 g/kg) is approved in the United States to control certain systemic bacterial diseases of salmon and catfish when fed at a rate of 55-82.5 mg per kilogram of bodyweight per day for 10 d. Although oxytetracycline may also control certain systemic bacterial infections in coolwater or scaled warmwater fish, no safety data for such species are available. Our objective was to determine the safety of oxytetracycline administered in feed at nominal doses of 0, 82.5, 248, or 413 mg??kg-1??d-1 to yellow perch Perca flavescens and hybrid striped bass (striped bass Morone saxatilis x white bass M. chrysops) for 10 d and to walleye Sander vitreus (formerly Stizostedion vitreum) for 20 d. Yellow perch and hybrid striped bass consumed 50% to 100% of the diet, whereas walleye feed consumption was occasionally less than 50% of the diet. Feed or fecal material was present in the gastrointestinal tract of all necropsied walleyes except for one control fish. The single growth effect was that hybrid striped bass offered a nominal dose of 413 mg??kg-1??d-1 were significantly smaller than untreated controls. Oxytetracycline-related histopathological findings were limited to walleyes and were of low severity. The histopathological findings included decreased hematopoietic-lymphopoietic (H&L) tissue in the anterior kidneys, diffuse hyperplasia of the gill filament epithelium, and a decreased prevalence of fish with eosinophilic droplets in their renal tubular epithelial cells. Although the incidence of decreased H&L tissue tended to increase in proportion to oxytetracycline dose, this finding was statistically significant only for fish that received a nominal dose of 413 mg??kg-1??d-1. Given the pathogenicity of the types of bacteria that are controlled by oxytetracycline treatment and the long history of its use in major aquaculture species, the relative risk of the minor oxytetracycline-related changes observed in this study may be outweighed by disease control benefits. | <urn:uuid:1fcd5a93-a101-4d86-9923-403c2a922aef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70024685 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.935423 | 500 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Craft and Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering
Natural gas hydrates (NGH) are predominantly methane hydrates formed at high pressure and low temperature conditions typically in submarine sediments and permafrost. This dissertation is focused on the submarine methane hydrates formed by upward migration of free and dissolved gas. The methane gas stored within natural hydrates has more energy potential than all the combined oil and gas resources around the world. Numerical simulation of fluid flow, heat transport, and geomechanical stresses is used to characterize and evaluate the saturation, distribution, reservoir quality, and geohazards associated with hydrate-bearing sediments. Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) simulation of hydrate formation, dissociation, and slope stability can be used to characterize submarine hydrate reserves and predict conditions for submarine subsidence and slope failures.
Three case studies on hydrate formation and dissociation are performed with field data from Southern Hydrate Ridge and Northern Cascadia Margin in the Pacific continental margin, and Green Canyon block 955 on the Gulf of Mexico. Formation of hydrates in the Southern Hydrate Ridge is simulated testing three cases of free and dissolved gas migration and a combination of faults acting as fluid migration pathways. In the Northern Cascadia Margin, coupled THM simulations assess the possibility of slope failure under climate change conditions, production of methane gas by depressurization, and dynamic loading. The simulated hydrate dissociation caused significant slope failures during hypothetical long-term production, and under dynamic loading. The Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon block 955 was characterized by THM modeling and test cases on bottom water temperature rise and production by depressurization for 180 days are modeled. The results indicate that the Green Canyon site can be a feasible production site for methane gas with low depletion and minor mechanical displacement.
Hydrate resource potential can be evaluated, estimated, and characterized in detail with reservoir simulation, which can present us with information that is not available through well logging, seismic imaging, or core testing in the laboratory. It can help identify the resources that are not evident from large scale field expeditions, assess the reservoir quality, production potential and geohazards associated with submarine hydrate reserves.
Dhakal, Sulav, "Characterization of Gas Hydrate Formation and Its Impact on Slope Stability in Offshore Environments" (2022). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 5864.
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The European Union supports businesses and entrepreneurship through a wide range of programmes. Specific focus is given to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), as they form the largest share of EU businesses and provide the majority of jobs and turnover. SMEs are also important for EU regional competitiveness, as they often operate on a local scale and play a crucial role in strong regional economies.
In addition to financial assistance, the EU offers various types of business support, such as information, advice and training. The EU also supports SMEs through regulatory changes, such as eliminating obstacles in cross-border trade and streamlining administrative procedures. Providing access to finance is, however, a major EU SME policy priority, as small enterprises encounter the greatest difficulties to procure funding. European SMEs rely predominantly on bank loans, therefore the EU not only provides direct grants, but also tries to increase the credit available to SMEs.
Additional steps are taken to develop innovative financing instruments, such as risk-sharing schemes and guarantees, in order to mobilise venture and equity investors, and to encourage expanded use of capital markets for financing SMEs. SMEs applying for EU funding can do so via several sources. Grants from the European Structural and Investment Funds, which finance cohesion policy, are accessed through calls for application published by national and regional authorities who manage the funds. Various financial instruments (such as loans and microcredits), provided by the European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund, are available through local financial intermediaries, who offer loans to SMEs on preferential terms. Lastly, SMEs can apply directly for funding by programmes managed by the European Commission, such as Horizon 2020, COSME (Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium- sized Enterprises) and others, in areas including environment, transport, research and innovation.
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Scientists from Tianjin Medical University found that drinking coffee or tea may be associated with a lower risk of stroke and dementia.
They found drinking coffee was also linked to a lower risk of post-stroke dementia.
The research is published in PLOS Medicine and was conducted by Yuan Zhang et al.
Strokes are life-threatening events that cause 10 percent of deaths globally.
Dementia is a general term for symptoms related to declining in brain function and is a global health concern with a high economic and social burden.
Post-stroke dementia is a condition where symptoms of dementia occur after a stroke.
In the study, the team examined 365,682 healthy people aged 50-74 from the UK Biobank. These people were recruited between 2006 and 2010 and followed until 2020.
At the outset participants self-reported their coffee and tea intake. Over the study period, 5,079 participants developed dementia and 10,053 experienced at least one stroke.
The team found people who drank 2-3 cups of coffee or 3-5 cups of tea per day, or a combination of 4–6 cups of coffee and tea had the lowest incidence of stroke or dementia.
People who drank 2-3 cups of coffee and 2-3 cups of tea daily had a 32% lower risk of stroke and a 28% lower risk of dementia compared with those who drank neither coffee nor tea.
Intake of coffee alone or in combination with tea was also associated with a lower risk of post-stroke dementia.
The UK Biobank reflects a relatively healthy sample relative to the general population which could restrict the ability to generalize these associations.
Also, relatively few people developed dementia or stroke which can make it difficult to extrapolate rates accurately to larger populations.
Finally, while it’s possible that coffee and tea consumption might be protective against stroke, dementia and post-stroke dementia, this causality cannot be inferred from the associations.
These findings suggested that moderate drinking of coffee and tea separately or in combination is linked to a lower risk of stroke and dementia.
If you care about stroke, please read studies about what to eat for stroke prevention, and doing this after stroke is critical for long-term survival.
For more information about dementia, please see recent studies about common liver drug that may treat dementia effectively, and results showing that healthy lifestyle can reduce dementia even if you have a family history of the disease.
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They laid hold upon one Simon…and on him they laid the cross. — Luke 23:26
If we obey God it is going to cost other people more than it costs us, and that is where the sting comes in. If we are in love with our Lord, obedience does not cost us anything, it is a delight, but it costs those who do not love Him a good deal. If we obey God it will mean that other people’s plans are upset, and they will gibe us with it — “You call this Christianity?” We can prevent the suffering; but if we are going to obey God, we must not prevent it, we must let the cost be paid.
Our human pride entrenches itself on this point, and we say — “I will never accept anything from anyone.” We shall have to, or disobey God. We have no right to expect to be in any other relation than our Lord Himself was in (see Luke 8:2-3).
Stagnation in spiritual life comes when we say we will bear the whole thing ourselves. We cannot. We are so involved in the universal purposes of God that immediately we obey God, others are affected. Are we going to remain loyal in our obedience to God and go through the humiliation of refusing to be independent, or are we going to take the other line and say — “I will not cost other people suffering”? We can disobey God if we choose, and it will bring immediate relief to the situation, but we shall be a grief to our Lord. Whereas if we obey God, He will look after those who have been pressed into the consequences of our obedience. We have simply to obey and to leave all consequences with Him.
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Prilosec and Pepcid are two common medications for treating heartburn and acid reflux.
While they produce a similar effect—reducing acid in the stomach—they work differently.
In this article, we’ll discuss the differences between Prilosec vs Pepcid, including their side effects, effectiveness, and important interactions and warnings you need to know.
Pepcid vs Prilosec
Both medications are available over-the-counter or with a prescription.
While they have a similar effect on the symptoms of acid reflux, they are not in the same drug class and work differently.
What is Pepcid
Pepcid is the brand name for famotidine.
It is a histamine-2 blocker (H2 blocker), meaning it works by inhibiting histamine at the H2-receptor site in parietal cells in the stomach.
This blocks the production of acid and addresses symptoms of acid reflux and GERD.
Pepcid is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of:
- Gastric ulcers
- Duodenal ulcers
- Erosive esophagitis
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (a rare condition that produces too much stomach acid)
Pepcid is available as a pill, chewable tablet, or liquid.
OTC versions of Pepcid are lower doses than prescription versions.
What is Prilosec
Prilosec is the brand name for omeprazole.
It is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and works by blocking acid production in the stomach.
When acid levels decrease, it reduces common signs of acid reflux such as heartburn and feelings of acid in the throat.
Prilosec is also used to treat other conditions such as:
- Stomach ulcers
- Duodenal ulcers
- Erosive esophagitis
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Prilosec is available as a pill or powder.
Over-the-counter Prilosec is not the same as prescription-strength pills, which usually have a higher dosage and are meant to be taken longer-term.
Possible side effects of Pepcid
Pepcid is generally well-tolerated.
It can cause a few common side effects:
Possible side effects of Prilosec
Prilosec may cause mild side effects such as:
Are Pepcid and Prilosec the Same Thing?
Pepcid and Prilosec are not the same thing.
While both treat GERD and acid reflux, they are different drug types and have different mechanisms to reduce stomach acid.
Both are available OTC and by prescription, but neither are quick-acting antacids.
Which is better?
There are a few pros and cons when it comes to Pepcid vs Prilosec.
- How fast do they work? Pepcid takes about an hour to start working, with the peak effect occurring 1-3 hours after taking. Prilosec may take 1-4 days before it reaches full effectiveness for managing GERD or reflux symptoms.
- Take with or without food? Pepcid can be taken with or without food. If you eat a meal that seems to cause reflux, you can take it when you are done eating and it will still work. Prilosec must be taken on an empty stomach before you eat.
- Long-term use? Prilosec works better for longer-lasting relief, whereas Pepcid kicks in faster but may not be as effective long term. Still, everyone responds differently to drugs, and a medical provider can determine which one is best for long-term treatment of GERD, reflux, or other conditions.
A small study of 98 people compared Pepcid and Prilosec for the purpose of treating GERD and found that Prilosec was more effective.
Interactions and Warnings
Pepcid and Prilosec have important interactions and warnings to be aware of.
Interactions can include:
- Pepcid: Cefditorin, cefpodoxime, itraconazole, ketoconazole, atazanavir, delavirdine, other antacids
- Prilosec: Ampicillin, flurazepam, calcium carbonate, ketoconazole, citalopram, vitamin B12, cycloSPORINE, diazepam, digoxin, methotrexate, disulfiram, gefitinib, indinavir, iron salts, phenytoin, triazolam, warfarin, Plavix, St. John’s wort
To avoid drug interactions, tell your healthcare provider and pharmacist about any other medications, supplements, or vitamins that you take.
Both medications also come with some serious warnings:
- Pepcid: Stomach cancer, central nervous system side effects
- Prilosec: Stomach cancer, kidney damage, severe C. difficile diarrhea, bone fractures (especially in the spine, wrist, and hip), lupus, vitamin B12 deficiency, magnesium deficiency
Prilosec is not indicated for pregnant persons or those who are breastfeeding.
Prilosec can pass through breast milk.
Prilosec is also not safe for people who have osteoporosis or may be at high risk for it since it can increase the risk of a serious fracture.
Pepcid is pregnancy category B, which means that it can be safely used during pregnancy.
Still, check with healthcare providers to ensure it does not interact with other medical considerations for pregnancy.
People who breastfeed should check with their medical provider before taking Pepcid, since a small amount may pass through the breast milk.
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We’re still in the midst of a cold winter, and some of you might be dealing with the bad weather for a few more weeks. Nevertheless, as we approach the end of February, everyone starts thinking ahead to the next season. It won’t be long before spring is upon you once again, and this can mean all sorts of things for your home. There are plenty of things to consider when spring arrives, so here are a few of the top things around your home you should be thinking of:
Spring cleaning is something of a cliche, yet it can be very helpful for homeowners. Clearly, you should be cleaning your home regularly throughout winter and all the other months of the year. However, spring is a chance to really dust off the cobwebs and breathe new life into your home after a cold winter. It’s an excuse to throw junk out, have a deep clean of your home, and really give yourself a sense of starting anew.
After all, spring is the season of new beginnings! It’s when animals come out of hibernation, plants start to grow, the leaves return to trees, and you see the sun for what feels like the first time in three months. So, it’s nice to carry similar vibes in your home, which is why spring cleaning is so popular. Your house probably isn’t a mess right now, but an extra deep clean and declutter can almost make it feel brand new. Mentally, it’s also a fantastic way of getting out of the winter funk you might feel, brightening your mood!
If you’ve neglected your garden throughout the winter, don’t worry! Nobody expects you to be outside in the freezing cold, pruning weeds or cutting the lawn. A lack of sunlight makes it harder for things to grow, as does the drop in temperature. This is why your lawn grows as much throughout the winter as it does within two weeks in the summer! You also have fewer reasons to use your garden when it’s cold and wet all the time, hence the neglect.
Still, your garden probably isn’t in its best condition at the end of winter. Summer is the prime season for garden usage, but you should start preparing it as spring comes around. This means you start cutting the grass again, removing weeds, and laying any seeds to plant flowers or vegetables; you name it! The idea is that you lay the foundations so your garden starts to thrive within a few weeks of spring starting, meaning it looks absolutely perfect and full of life when the weather gets even better. Again, it just helps your home get out of its winter hibernation and be ready for the garden parties and activities that come with nicer weather.
Start conserving energy
A bit of an odd thing to think about, yet it’s 100% worth doing! In winter, all of you will have your central heating on at full blast for hours a day. It’s the only way to survive the cold, and you couple this with lights being on more often due to the lack of sunlight. When you factor in the increased time spent in front of a TV over the festive period, your energy bill begins to ramp up. For instance, the average electricity bill is around $78 in summer, yet it goes up to $108 per month in winter. You’ll find that gas bills are similar, and it’s all because you use far more energy during the colder period of the year.
Even if you try your very best to save energy during winter, you’re going to use more than in the warmer and lighter parts of the year. As such, spring is a good time to think about conserving more energy in your home. Take advantage of the lighter days and throw your curtains open, letting natural light take over from your electricity. Turn the central heating down – or off completely! You may even think about solar panel installation in spring, using the sun to provide energy for your home and cut down on your electricity bill. All of this comes together to create a house that’s more energy conscious. Your bill will be a lot lower now than it was in the winter, which saves so much money over the next few months. This way, when next winter comes along, you’ve saved so much that the energy bill increase won’t be as big of an issue.
Interior design touch-ups
Again, this is like spring cleaning in that it’s a bit of a cliche. Most of you probably make interior design tweaks and changes all year round. That’s perfectly fine, but the start of spring is a good point for homeowners to think about making changes. We’ve already discussed how spring is the season of change, so it’s the ideal time to change little elements about your interior design.
It doesn’t mean that you undergo full-scale renovations, but you can make a few home improvements here and there. Consider simple ideas – like changing the color scheme in a room or moving around the furniture. If you’re really keen on your interior design, you might alter the way things look and feel between the seasons. For instance, right now, everything is designed to be warm and cozy. Your interior design is all about giving off winter vibes and encouraging everyone to snuggle up inside. There are rugs on the floor, thick curtains, and all the main colors are warm. When you move from winter to spring, you might get rid of the winter vibes and replace them with brighter spring ones. The rugs are put away, you change the color scheme – and so on. You do the same when summer comes around, and then again in fall. This is a really fun way of keeping your interior design fresh throughout the year.
Or, you could use the start of spring as a beginning and endpoint. Every year, this is the time where you mix things up and change your interior design. So, you might have your home looking a certain way for a year, then change it next spring – etc. Also, don’t forget about your exterior design! We’ve mentioned the garden, but consider your outer walls and give them a fresh lick of paint. Once more, it falls in-line with the spring theme of freshening things up!
Think ahead to the summer
Yes, as spring approaches, it’s the perfect time to think ahead to the summer. Okay, this might seem a bit over-the-top for some of you, but it can help you get everything ready when summer comes around. Mainly, we’re thinking about the garden yet again. All the preparation you do in spring will get that area ready for the summer months when you spend more time outside. However, if you have anything planned for your home during summer, now is the time to prepare for it. Spring can be a great season for fresh starts, but it’s just as good to prepare your home for summer.
January feels like the longest month ever, and then February flies by. Before you know it, March is upon us and spring is starting to arrive. It’s time for a new season, and your home needs to get ready for all the changes. You may not want to do everything on this list, and that’s perfectly fine! Still, feel free to use it as inspiration to learn what it means for your home when spring comes around.
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Are the January 6 Capitol riot defendants "political prisoners"?
Some conservative activists and Republicans have used the terminology, including Matt Braynard, organizer of the Sept. 18 "Justice for J6" rally at the foot of the Capitol.
The former Trump campaign strategist made the accusation in a complaint against the U.S. with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and said he met with "one of the commissioners" to discuss the complaint.
Mainstream media reacted with scorn. The Associated Press calls the terminology "a stunning effort to revise the narrative of that deadly day," leaving out that the Capitol Police killed an unarmed protester — the only fatality from a weapon of any kind.
The Poynter Institute's PolitiFact rated the language "mostly false," citing an absence of evidence that defendants "are being prosecuted for those beliefs." It convinced Facebook-owned Instagram to remove a post making the claim.
But a review of the January 6 defendants' treatment by the criminal justice system raises questions about how political beliefs may have factored into their prosecutions and incarceration, particularly in comparison to last summer's racial riots driven by progressive outrage about George Floyd's death.
Not only are January 6 defendants generally enduring longer periods behind bars for lesser charges than racial rioters, but some of their lawyers seem to believe judges will treat them more favorably if they publicly recant their political beliefs.
A new RealClearInvestigations database contrasts the January 6 prosecutions, in which "dozens" of defendants have been held in pretrial detention for months, with those of Floyd rioters ("several" long detentions) and long-forgotten rioters at President Trump's inauguration (none).
"The summer 2020 riots resulted in some 15 times more injured police officers, 30 times as many arrests, and estimated damages in dollar terms up to 1,300 times more costly than those of the Capitol riot," not to mention "more sophisticated and dangerous tactics," the database's introduction reads.
Yet across 2,000 police officers assaulted or injured and 16,000 arrests, only 44 federal assault charges were filed against racial rioters, a quarter of the total for January 6 defendants. The former had more weapons charges, though.
At least 90% of citations or charges were "dropped, dismissed or otherwise not filed" in most of the dozen major jurisdictions prosecuting racial rioters, while D.C. prosecutors dropped most felony rioting charges. They're on track to dismiss charges in most cases from riot-friendly Portland, Ore.
At least 50 January 6 defendants have been transferred to D.C. jail from their home states, with "[m]any held without bail on misdemeanor charges in separate D.C. lockup designated for Capitol rioters," according to the database.
Lawyers Marty Tankleff and Steven Metcalf, who together represent several defendants, have told Just the News they believe the D.C. transfers have no merit because virtual court hearings were the default under COVID-19 rules until recently.
"It was a well-thought out strategic plan" to get rioters to D.C. and put in the same space, where they can be "mic'd in a cage," Metcalf said.
The functional absence of attorney-client privilege in D.C. jail facilities is cited in their July 9 bail application for alleged Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola, along with allegations about withheld evidence, "nearly nonexistent" access to showers, and a two-week stint in "the hole" after a broadcast interview with his wife.
An observant Jewish client, Edward Jacob Lang, claims guards disparaged him as a "false prophet" as he prayed for other inmates. His Sept. 3 bail application covers much of the same ground, including the frequency of release on bail for worse charges.
Lang has spent more than three months total in solitary confinement, including two straight months in the hole "without a single disciplinary ticket," it says. Guards maced him less than a day after he rejoined the "Patriot Unit," while he held "a bible in one hand and family photos in the other."
The application cites an affidavit by another protester, Philip Anderson, who claims Lang saved him from being "killed by the police" at the Capitol as they were beating Trump supporters. "What we have been seeing in the press is not the whole truth," Lang's bail motion says, citing selectively released "snippets of videos and snapshots."
Anderson has said he was holding hands with protester Rosanne Boyland as she died, and blames Capitol Police for her death, which was officially attributed to "acute amphetamine intoxication."
Widely reported in the media as an "insurrection," the Capitol riot is not drawing comparable charges, again raising the question of why so many defendants stand to remain in jail until their trials next year.
Civil libertarian Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who helped Edward Snowden reveal National Security Agency surveillance operations, noted none of the defendants had been charged with sedition or treason six months later.
It's a "perfect symmetry" with the number charged with colluding with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, Greenwald tweeted. "If you actually believe that what happened on January 6 was an Insurrection (lol), shouldn't you be enraged at the Biden DOJ for this?"
The "political prisoners" argument is not popular in elite party circles, largely relegated to less influential lawmakers on the right flank.
It's not clear whether those best situated geographically to advocate for the January 6 defendants — the D.C. Republican and Libertarian parties — have done anything to raise awareness of how they are being treated in D.C. jail. Neither responded to queries.
The Virginia GOP didn't respond either, though Virginia Rep. Bob Good was part of the House Republican contingent that unsuccessfully pressed the Justice Department for information about the conditions of the incarcerated defendants.
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Periodic testing of your alarm system is essential to ensure proper functionality.
We recommend testing your system monthly. Testing the signal communication to our central office is easy and will only take a few minutes:
• Call 208-726-4788, let us know you will be testing your system and ask to have your alarm system put in “TEST” mode. You will need to be prepared with your “all OK” word.
• NOTE: To avoid deployment of emergency services you MUST put your alarm in “TEST” mode.
• Set your alarm as you normally would as if you were leaving. Wait until the delay time has expired and the alarm is set.
• Open a door or window that is connected to your alarm system. Once the siren begins to sound (if you have one), wait at least 45 seconds then you can disarm the system.
• Call us back at 208-726-4788 to confirm that the signal has been received and request that your system be taken out of “TEST” mode. Your phone line might be dead if the alarm panel is still communicating.
• You will probably need to reset the alarm memory on your system by entering your code at least one more time, or by pressing the memory reset button combination unique to your system. Check your manual for instructions.
This manual test ensures that your alarm system is properly communicating with the Central Station. However, it is recommended that you test all devices to ensure they are communicating with your alarm panel.
Testing the operation of all door and window sensors, and motion detectors without arming the system: This is best done with two people, but not essential.
• Verify that the system is in “READY” mode and NOT ARMED. The system must be disarmed to avoid accidental emergency dispatch.
• Open each protected door or window, one at a time
• Check that the keypad displays the door or window you are testing is open, you may have to press the “status” or “ready” button depending on your type of system.
• Close the respective door or window. The keypad should revert to “ready” mode.
• Repeat this procedure for each sensor in the system.
• When you walk in front of a motion detector, the keypad will momentarily show that zone as faulted.
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If it isn’t shining then you aren’t getting the most that you can out of it, you may have a great automobile but. Bring up in a vehicle that sparkles is an excellent method to impress friends, household, or a liked one without investing a load of cash on vehicle adjustments. When they see one that has actually obviously been taken care of properly, it’s simple to have a dirty vehicle and that is why people are amazed. These are some basic pointers that will help you and your car reach its maximum potential.
You understand exactly what that revealed me about selecting a diet plan program? That you need to never choose exactly what’s popular. since it’s popular. A high cost and name brand name acknowledgment is NOT a sign that a diet plan (or office chair) is going to be ensured reliable.
Waterless automobile wash solutions usually consist of a mix of unique lubricants and cleaning up agents that surround and raise dirt particles. This allows you to clean the surface area of your vehicle clean without scratching it.
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Nevertheless, the majority of them old technologies that are still discovered in the market consist of hazardous, hazardous materials and are certainly really hazardous for both – environment and health. The new generation waterless car car care care care products are opposite to those – no severe chemicals and toxins make them really eco-friendly. Water conserving is a big perk here!
Keep your engine in tune. Fixing a vehicle that runs out tune or has actually failed an emissions test can improve gas mileage by about 4 percent. So make certain to offer your car regular tune-ups. You’ll likewise wish to look out for used trigger plugs. A misfiring trigger plug can reduce a car’s fuel effectiveness by as much as 30 percent.
To understand how using a cover will keep residual value as high as possible, you’ll require to realize how pre-owned automobile buyers rate automobiles. In almost all cases, the data released by Kelly Blue Book (KBB) will be used to identify the value. Kelly Directory rates vehicles by their condition. They established a standardized grading system with 4 levels: bad, reasonable, great and outstanding. Based upon research study I performed using the KBB site, the monetary distinction from one full grade to another is around 15 % of value. Based on the exterior car condition alone, the difference can be as much as 5 % per grade.
Now comes the part you’ll need a little – or maybe a lot of – aid for. Fluids, fluids and more fluids. Having a professional at an auto repair center examine the fluid levels in your automobile is crucial to efficiency. Your car’s engine needs the proper quantity of oil to run smoothly and can seize if the oil runs low. Taken engine equals no beach, and that’s no fun for any individual.
Nevertheless in many cases, drivers are freed from the hoses and containers, cage of various chemical products and muddy bogs and can clean their vehicles throughout the city or even on the meadow.
Battery – Have your battery checked at every oil modification. The majority of shops will examine it free of charge upon demand. Change it as essential. A weak battery might leave you stranded at the worst possible time during your busy schedule.
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Anita Alvarez, an American swimmer competing at the World Championships is lucky to be alive after she fainted on Wednesday and had to be rescued by her coach Andrea Fuentes.
Stunning footage showed Andrea swimming down to the bottom of the pool in Budapest to save the 25-year-old synchronized swimmer who was competing in the final of the women’s solo free event when she fell unconscious.
Andrea dragged her athlete’s motionless body from the bottom of the pool to the surface of the water where she was met by another male swimmer who helped her with getting Alvarez to regain consciousness.
They were able to pull Alvarez out of the pool and she received immediate medical attention. She is said to have recovered and is doing well.
World Championship officials say this is not the first time Alvarez has fainted in the pool during a competition. She also fainted while qualifying for the Olympics in Barcelona in 2022.
Speaking to a Spanish radio station, Andrea said that she realized something was not right when Alvarez went down and didn’t come back up for air like she normally does.
“When a swimmer finishes, the first thing they want to do is breathe,” she said, according to the Daily Mail.
Andrea said when she realized what was going on, she motioned to the lifeguards to help but they didn’t see Alvarez so she decided to jump in the water and save her herself.
“I jumped in myself,” she said, according to the Daily Mail. “I went there as fast as I could. I went in even faster than when I was going for Olympic medals.”
Andrea said that Alvarez was not breathing when she first reached her but was able to quickly revive her and checked her for signs of damage to the body.
Andrea said, “Oxygen, glucose, heart, blood pressure, everything’s fine.”
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This morning M brought me paper and a marker. He wanted me to write rules for a treasure hunt. Now, I like a nice metaphor. I didn’t elect to start a PhD in a weirdly specialised area of English Literature for no reason, folks. But two items in on his list of rules, and it seemed to be jumping off the page. Look…
1. Have fun and learn.
That’s hopefully what we are doing, all the time. It doesn’t matter the hour of the day or the location of our bodies, we are exploring and playing and learning.
2. It’s not about racing and getting the most treasures.
AMEN. It’s not about that, not at all. Everyone develops at their own pace. Everyone considers different things a treasure. There is enough to go around.
3. Some treasure will hide super good.
Sometimes it’s hard to know where your heart lies. Sometimes even once you figure it out, it’s not the easiest thing in the world to achieve. That’s okay. It’s just hiding…super good.
4. After you get all the treasure (chocolate coins), eat it.
Accomplishments are to be celebrated with joy. No use in searching for that treasure then just reburying it. It needs to be integrated into who you are, enjoyed, and then perhaps shared with the world.
5. Hope you have great fun and come back again and again. Treasure is always out!
There is always more treasure available. New levels of treasure on old themes, or even totally new stuff. You normally like diamonds, fine. Excellent. But look! You can like emeralds, too. You can expand and change your mind, and maybe even branch into rubies. You can find treasures most anywhere, and it’s always worth looking.
Because, really, it’s great fun.
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Contrary to what you might think, the workplace can be rather dangerous for many of us. You don’t have to be employed in a hazardous field to get hurt on the job, of course. And if you do slip and fall at work, you could be among the 5% of people who fracture a bone as a result. But these kinds of accidents aren’t the only ways we can experience negative physical effects as a result of our employment. In fact, your job could be the very thing that’s infringing on your self-esteem and your long-term health.
According to recent data, roughly 50% of Americans say they’re unsuccessful at losing weight because they lack self-discipline. But as one study revealed, failing to reach our weight loss goals may not be entirely because we’re not dedicated enough. In some cases, it could be because we’re under so much work-related stress that we’re unable to cope with it in healthy ways — and we often gain weight as a result.
In a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia and involving nearly 1,000 individuals who worked full-time jobs, it was discovered that employees who had more substantial or more demanding workloads were also more likely to engage in unhealthy food-related behaviors (such as emotional eating or not knowing when to stop eating). What’s more, these individuals were also more likely to choose foods that were higher in fat. Pizza is the number one favorite comfort food of Americans, and when you’re stressed out from work, it’s all too easy to drown your anxieties in melted cheese.
Those who reported signs of burnout exhibited the same aforementioned tendencies, while both groups noted that they exercised less frequently than those participants with better work/life balances. Since less than 5% of adults participate in 30 minutes of physical activity each day as it is, it’s clear that the people who could benefit from the stress relief that exercise provides might be the very people who aren’t inclined to get enough of it. Simply engaging in just 10 minutes of physical activity every day can help you improve mobility and live longer — but it can be difficult.
But that isn’t necessarily because these individuals are inherently lazy or are inclined to make poor decisions, explains study lead author Heather Padilla.
“We have so many things coming at us every day, and we only have so much energy,” said Padilla in a statement. “When our energy gets used up, we don’t have the energy to make ideal decisions about what we eat.”
Anyone who’s ever been subjected to chronic work stress or other kinds of anxiety will likely be familiar with the experience of having little energy or motivation left over to go grocery shopping for healthy food or cook a balanced meal, much less spend an hour at the gym. Researchers have suggested that workplace weight loss and weight management programs should make certain to include employee exhaustion and workload, but these programs are not standard across all American workplaces. Despite the fact that mental health is getting more widespread attention, it’s all too common for employers to minimize the needs of employees or overlook the prevalence of burnout. But now that burnout has been classified by the World Health Organization as a diagnosable condition and overall epidemic, it may become harder for business owners to ignore.
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The leading artists involved were Matisse, Rouault, Derain, Vlaminck, Braque and Dufy. Although short-lived (1905-8), Fauvism was extremely influential in the evolution of 20th century art.
Was Albert Marquet a painter from the Fauvist period?
Albert Marquet (27 March 1875 – 14 June 1947) was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse.
Was Picasso a Fauvist?
Fauvism was the first avant-garde art movement of the 20th Century. Other Fauvists of note included Charles Camoin; Henri Manguin; Kees van Dongen; Georges Braque (who’d go on to co-found Cubism with Pablo Picasso); Othon Friesz; Jean Puy; Raoul Dufy; and Georges Rouault. …
Did Picasso paint bull?
Pablo Picasso’s The Bull is a series of eleven lithographs created in 1945. It depicts the bull at various stages of abstraction, starting with a fairly realistic depiction and ending with nothing but a few lines.
Did Matisse and Picasso fight?
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were already at loggerheads when Gertrude Stein introduced them in 1906, and their challenge of opposites—played out at Stein’s combustible soirées, in studio visits, and through an intriguing exchange of paintings—would continue even beyond Matisse’s death.
What is Fauvism style?
Fauvism is an art movement that was established towards the beginning of the 20th century. … Fauvist art is characterised by its bold colours, textured brushwork and non-naturalistic depictions. In some ways, Fauvist artists emerged as an extension of the Impressionist artists working at the turn of the century.
What does Marquet mean?
Marquet is an occupational surname of French origin, which means a woodworker in marquetry.
Why is Fauvism called Fauvism?
After viewing the boldly colored canvases of Henri Matisse, André Derain, Albert Marquet, Maurice de Vlaminck, Kees van Dongen, Charles Camoin, Robert Deborne and Jean Puy at the Salon d’Automne of 1905, the critic Louis Vauxcelles disparaged the painters as “fauves” (wild beasts), thus giving their movement the name …
How do you identify Fauvism?
Fauvism Art Movement – Characteristics
- Look for patches and splotches of shockingly bright colors.
- One color in particular dominates Fauvist paintings: Red. Vibrant, blazing red.
- Look for drawings with non-naturalistic, simplified design.
Who started Fauvism art?
André Derain, the co-founder of Fauvism, was a French artist whose paintings exhibit the writhing energetic lines and bright colors characteristic of the movement. He strove to keep art modern and current throughout his career.
Why is it called Neoplasticism?
From the Dutch ‘de nieuwe beelding’, neo-plasticism basically means new art (painting and sculpture are plastic arts). It is also applied to the work of the De Stijl circle of artists, at least up to Mondrian’s secession from the group in 1923.
What was the first pointillism painting?
The first pioneer of Pointillism was French painter Georges Seurat, who founded the Neo-Impressionist movement. One of his greatest masterpieces, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–1886), was one of the leading examples of Pointillism.
What was the bridge Fauvism and primitivism?
What was “The Bridge”? A group of artists that formed in Dresden to devote themselves to painting and exhibition.
What are the main characteristics of Fauvism?
The characteristics of Fauvism include:
- A radical use of unnatural colors that separated color from its usual representational and realistic role, giving new, emotional meaning to the colors.
- Creating a strong, unified work that appears flat on the canvas.
What Colours are used in Fauvism?
Matisse uses even a four main colors palette (Tetrad). Four colors are highly saturated in this case (4 main colors): blue for the hair and eyebrows, shadows; magenta; orange; yellow on the left side of the face. Another example of André Derain is using as well a Tetrad palette.
What was the goal of Fauvism?
Abstraction and simplified forms. The Fauves were among the first artists to place a strong focus on abstraction and simplified forms. They seemed to have no interest in carefully entering depth and form on the canvas like the artists who came before them.
Did Calder and Picasso know each other?
P ablo Picasso and Alexander Calder were never friends – despite the fact that the artists both lived and worked in Paris between the First and Second World Wars.
How did Picasso meet Mootisse?
When Pigasso met Mootisse, what begins as a neighborly overture escalates into a mess. … When Pigasso met Mootisse, what begins as a neighborly overture escalates into a mess. Before you can say paint-by-numbers, the two artists become fierce rivals, calling each other names and ultimately building a fence between them.
How are Matisse and Picasso similar?
Both Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso had a self-confident, combative intelligence. As evidenced in the cross comparison of their careers and the mutual respect and admiration apparent in their works, they were strong contemporaries whose fame often rose and fell in contrast to one another.
Why did Picasso paint Bulls?
There the artist used the bull as a metaphor – depending on its context, it has been interpreted in various ways: as a representation of the Spanish people; as a comment on fascism and brutality; as a symbol of virility; or as a reflection of Picasso’s self image. …
Did Picasso draw animals?
Picasso loved animals and kept a huge variety over his life-time. Many of these animals appeared in his work, and in particular his line drawings. … Lump was immortalised in Picassos drawing the dog as well as in a drawing Picasso did on a plate the day Lump arrived at Picasso’s home.
What animal was Pablo Picasso influenced by?
Founder of Cubism, Pablo Picasso, produced many continuous-line drawings of animals. His dachshund ‘Lump’ was the inspiration for one of them, but did you know that Picasso had a pet goat by the name of ‘Esmeralda? ‘ His beloved goat was immortalized in many drawings, sculptures, and numerous glazed plates.
Who started Suprematism?
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- The highest number of annual sales since 2004
- 42% higher than the previous 12-month period
- All states and territories recorded at least a 10% increase in turnover
Housing turnover has reached its highest level in almost 12 years, according to data released by CoreLogic.
There were almost 598,000 house and unit sales nationally in the year to August 2021, which is the highest number of annual sales since 2004 and 42% higher than the annual number of sales over the previous 12-month period.
This has taken housing turnover to a rate of 5.6% – the highest since December 2009.
Additionally, the number of dwellings sold was 31% and 24% above the decade average and 20-year average respectively.
Every state and territory – except for Tasmania – has recorded a lift of at least 10% in year-on-year sales.
However, the smaller increase in sales across the Apple Isle is more likely due to a lack of supply instead of a shortage of demand.
“The largest year-on-year increase in annual home sales can be seen in the previously weaker markets of Western Australia and Northern Territory where the market is playing catch up,” explained Tim Lawless of CoreLogic.
“Year-on-year home sales have risen by 62% and 59% respectively, while Queensland has recorded a 54% lift in year-on-year sales.”
Annual housing turnover, Australia
While the surge in housing demand may seem surprising given overseas migration has stalled, Mr Lawless explained the substantial rise can be attributed to a lift in domestic demand from previously low levels.
“Housing turnover (annual home sales as a percentage of total dwellings) trended lower from late 2015 as credit conditions tightened, housing affordability became more challenging and transaction costs such as stamp duty became increasingly expensive as prices rose.”
Tim Lawless of CoreLogic
National turnover did reach a low in June 2019 when just 3.7% of Australian homes were transacted over the year.
Thanks to the loosening of credit policies and mortgage rates, more Australians have participated in the housing market, Mr Laweless added.
“Additionally, a higher rate of household savings since March 2020 has boosted consumer deposit levels and mortgage serviceability, while government incentives such as stamp duty concessions and deposit guarantees have also supported demand.”
Mr Lawless expects housing turnover to increase a little further given the annual number of sales is yet to peak.
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▶ Podcast Episode 10: Delicious Plant Based Food Pairings to Help you Improve your Cooking Skills (Part 1)
Food pairings, aka foods that just go together like two little peas in a pod are what have helped me elevate my cooking the most, especially as a recipe creator, since 90% of the time I'm not cooking tried and true recipes but developing new ones (yes... it's an illness... yes, my husband is a happy man when I don't mess things up too much!).
When you're on this quest of improving your cooking skills, when you want to feel more confident in the kitchen, come up with new ideas and eventually learn how to cook without using a recipe, understanding food pairings is such a fantastic tool. I'm not talking about food and wine pairings, although these are great to learn too if you're a wine lover. I'm also not talking about the traditional and famous food duos like peanut butter and jelly, or caramel and sea salt, or french fries and ketchup, cookies and milk. I'm talking about going right back down into basic ingredients, and which ones go so well together you can build an entire meal on just a simple flavor combination.
In today's post I'm giving you some of my favorites... crazy style. What do I mean by crazy style? I just got so excited that I simply started writing and writing pairings on a piece of paper. No order, no particular way of organizing them, just perfect combos to help you in the kitchen and some simple ways of putting them together. I barely scratched the surface with these, so we'll have part 2 coming in a future post. For now, though, you've got a really handy list of perfect vegan food pairings with the options I'm about to give you.
Strawberries and black pepper
- Get some strawberries tender with a little sugar or drizzle them with maple syrup and add some freshly ground black pepper.
Strawberries and balsamic vinegar
- Perfect on a salad that includes balsamic, marinated in a combo of balsamic and sugar, or drizzled with a balsamic reduction.
Pineapple, maple syrup and black pepper
- Grilled pineapple slabs brushed with maple syrup and sprinkled with black pepper. Cook until caramelized.
Potatoes and rosemary
- Roasted potatoes, with lots of rosemary sprigs or chopped rosemary, some sea salt and pepper and a little oil for caramelizing.
Butternut squash and sage
- Previously roasted until tender and then sautéed in a pan with a bit of non-dairy butter, sage leaves and if you're feeling fancy, some gnocchi.
Dijon mustard, lemon juice and dried tarragon
- It makes the best salad dressing combined with a little agave and a bit of water to thin it out. Perfect as a sauce on crispy tofu as well!
Brussels sprouts and red grapes
- Roasted together with a little oil, sea salt and pepper until the sprouts are tender but still crisp.
Pumpkin and tangerine
- Puréed together in a soup with some vegetable broth, onions, garlic and sea salt and pepper. Topped with a little non-dairy sour cream and chives.
Avocado and whole wheat toast
- The trendiest breakfast staple right now but I had to mention it! Just mash avocado with a bit of lime juice or lemon juice and some sea salt, spread it on toast and top with some arugula or fresh cilantro.
Carrot and ginger
- Perfect together in soups and stir fries, but especially in an Asian style dressing with some green apple, lemon juice, rice vinegar and sesame oil, all puréed in a blender.
Cinnamon and lemon juice
- Whisked together as part of a marinade or dressing with some olive oil, sea salt and pepper, shallots or garlic finely minced, and you can also add additional citrus juices like grapefruit or blood orange. Not a very well-known pairing but absolutely dreamy.
Red cabbage and apples (plus apple cider vinegar)
- Braised in a pan with some caramelized onions, pecans, dried cranberries or raisins and always with a splash of apple cider vinegar to boost the flavor and intensify the color of the red cabbage.
Peanut butter and chocolate
- The perfect combo in any dessert, and especially as a chocolate sauce for fruit or fruit tarts.
Oatmeal and shredded coconut
- There's nothing like a bowl of warm oatmeal with a drizzle of maple syrup, some chopped fruit (my favorites for this one are peaches, pineapple and banana), and then sprinkled generously with unsweetened coconut flakes.
Chocolate and raspberries
- A famous pairing for a reason. Top any chocolate dessert with some berries and dig in, or create a raspberry sauce for topping rich raw chocolate cakes or tarts, or as a topping for a chocolate cheesecake.
Chocolate and chili powder or cayenne pepper
- Great combo in moles (a Mexican style sweet and spicy sauce with a chocolate base), or in Mexican hot chocolate (just add a pinch of cayenne or chili powder next time you have your hot cocoa).
Chocolate and sea salt
- Sea salt can boost the natural flavors in cocoa and chocolate, so always add it to desserts, hot cocoa or chocolate sauces to get a total flavor powerhouse.
Potatoes and truffle oil
- Anything with potatoes goes great with truffles or truffle oil. My favorite is to roast some potatoes in the oven until crispy, and drizzle with a bit of truffle oil at the table. Another great option is a potato and rosemary pizza drizzled with truffle oil when serving.
Banana and peanut butter
- Simply serve some banana chunks topped with peanut butter and sprinkled with chia or hemp seeds as a snack.
Black beans and cumin
- A simple sauté of onions, peppers, garlic, black beans, cumin and a little lime juice makes for the perfect filling for tortillas. Once everything is in the pan add a bit of water or veggie broth to create a bit of a sauce. Add a dollop of guacamole, some salsa when assembling your tacos and you'll fall in love.
Sweet potatoes and cinnamon
- Roast some sweet potato cubes in the oven tossed with some high heat oil (or veggie broth to keep them oil free), sea salt, pepper, paprika and cinnamon. Then serve as a side to any dish, or with some hummus for dipping, as a snack.
Mushrooms and garlic
- A simple sauté of mushrooms, garlic, fresh parsley and olive oil is a dream. Add a bit of citrus at the end if desired.
Mushrooms and oregano
- Sauté or roast large pieces of mushrooms and add some oregano and lemon juice towards the end of the cooking time.
Mushrooms and tamari soy sauce
- Slice up some shiitakes, sauté them in a pan and then deglaze the pan with some tamari soy sauce and serve.
Eggplant and tomatoes
- Make a delicious eggplant lasagna with a rich marinara sauce, or use some thinly grilled eggplant as cenneloni, stuff it with tofu and spinach ricotta and then bake with a rich tomato ragu on top.
Bok choy and umeboshi plum vinegar
- Grill up thick slices of bok choy until bright green and tender, drizzle with a bit of sesame oil and umeboshi vinegar. Umeboshi vinegar is made from Japanese plums and you can find it in the Asian section of the store or in health food stores.
Peas and onions
- Get some onions sizzling and nice and golden brown, and then add your peas. A bit of crumbled tempeh bacon is the perfect addition as well.
Pumpkin and peanut butter
- Roast some pumpkin in wedges, add a bit of peanut butter, some cinnamon a drizzle of maple syrup and enjoy as a snack or dessert.
Spinach and pomegranate seeds
- Spinach salads go great with a sprinkle of pomegranate seeds, and also a drizzle of balsamic.
Corn, lime and chili powder
- Re-create a total Mexican classic by adding a chipotle or chili powder mayo on corn and drizzle with fresh lime juice as you eat it. My favorite way is right on the cob.
Wild rice and pine nuts
- Here it's almost as much about flavor as it is about texture. You won't believe how well these go together. Add some dried cranberries for the perfect Fall touch.
Asian noodles and cilantro
- Next time you make a soba noodle salad, or your favorite pad thai recipe, top it with lots of fresh cilantro. It's a match made in heaven.
Avocado and nori seaweed
- Add avocado to nori sushi rolls, or simply wrap lots of raw veggies including shredded carrot and avocado inside a nori wrap (burrito style!).
Strawberry and rhubarb
- A classic for a reason. Perfect as a filling for pies or as a delicious homemade jam combo.
Pears and wine
- Cook your pears in a pot with some red wine, the scrapings of a vanilla bean and some sugar and have the most decadent and elegant dessert. You can serve it with a bit of cashew cream cheese or non-dairy ice cream.
Dates and peanut butter
- My daily go to snack. Simply fill a pitted date with a bit of peanut butter and stop that sweet craving in its tracks.
Plums and mustard
- Add sliced plums to your salads when you're using a mustard based dressing. It goes great with the mustard-lemon-tarragon pairing I mentioned above!
Figs, cashew cheese and balsamic
- The perfect combo next to some wine, or on an arugula or spinach salad with some slivered almonds.
Peaches and tomatoes
- Add chopped peaches to your salsa for a different taco topping.
Lentils or beans, and bay leaves
- Add a few bay leaves (not that one bay leaf per pot nonsense!) whenever you're cooking your beans or lentils from scratch. When bay leaves spend enough time in a pot cooking and flavoring a liquid or stew, they add a punch of flavor that goes great with beans.
Watercress and mandarin orange segments
- Make a simple salad with lots of watercress and arugula, some thinly sliced red onion, slivered almonds, mandarin oranges and an Asian style sesame dressing.
Rice and coconut
- A classic duo. Make a savory/sweet rice by adding coconut flakes, a little coconut cream and a bit of your favorite sweetener when you're cooking your rice. Top with toasted coconut shreds. Spicy curries go great with this dish.
Lentils and cabbage
- Make delicious stuffed (steamed) cabbage rolls filled with lentils and brown rice, and top everything with a hearty ragu or a simple marinara sauce.
Eggplant and miso
- Marinate the eggplant (in squares, slices or however you like) in a teriyaki or Asian style sauce that includes miso paste. Then grill the pieces, add them to kabobs or roast them. You can also make eggplant tempura and serve it with an Asian miso sauce.
Yuca or cassava and parsley
- Boil or steam the peeled yuca until tender, then toss the pieces in a bit of non-dairy butter, lots of finely chopped parsley, sea salt and pepper and go straight to heaven.
Stay tuned soon for part 2 where we'll be talking about lots more delicious food pairings, food combos and what we can prepare with them.
Just keeping these in mind will help you get super creative with your plant based meals, even without a recipe.
Let me know in the comments below which ones you loved and tried, what you made, and especially if I missed any of your personal favorites. Don't forget to share this post with loved ones and go experiment!
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This Surrealist portrait of Shirley Temple was completed by Salvador Dali in 1939 utilizing combined media such as gouache, pastel and collage on cardboard. Here we discover the Hollyhardwood star illustrated as a sphinx.
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At the time of the he created this artjob-related, she would only have actually been eleven years old and the artist was clearly commenting on the treatment of son stars within the US by the media. He was particularly came to at exactly how these youngsters would certainly be based on a type of sexualisation means prior to it was appropriate and also, bereason of the excitement that surrounded the film market in the United States, that this was being tolerated by the general public, even appreciated. The collage element to this development is in just how the artist takes a photograph of Shirley Temple and also just provides usage of the head itself, including the remainder of the complace himself.
Collage is an art create that we are all specifically familiar with now but was reasonably inexplicable during the late 1930s. It is currently viewed as a renowned creative create for youngsters and quickly allows those without good technical ability to put different imperiods together. Dali himself can of course have actually painted her portrait utilizing the exact same oils as used elsewhere in the piece, yet wanted to have his own fun with this artjob-related and likewise underline his commentary on the press' behaviour, by extracting something physically from their publications. The original item have the right to currently be found at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They also possess original artfunctions from the likes of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (The Little Tower of Babel), Wassily Kandinskies (Reiter (Lyrishes)) and also Hieronymus Bosch (The Wayfarer and also Nest of Owls).
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If we research the complace in even more information, the extracted photograph of Shirley Temple is placed on optimal of a red lioness, through cregulations and revealing breasts, which underlines Dali's commentary on the misbehaviour of the press in the direction of son celebrities. A bat have the right to be discovered on peak of her head and this surrealist number is inserted in front of a colourful backdrop of a beach, with a ship in the much background. There is also a relaxed sea front which creeps right into the ideal hand side of the paint. The sky is wildly expressive, via swirling lines of red within an all at once cream tone. At the bottom of the painting are the words, "Shirley!. at last in Technicolor".
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A student journalist and Ruderman Scholar in Jewish Studies on the changing landscape in Jewish journalism
by Deanna Schwartz.
In April, the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper, the UK’s Jewish Chronicle, shut down for good. They’re not the only Jewish media outlet to shutter recently — over the past 10 years, Jewish media has suffered greatly, along with the entire industry. Boston’s Jewish Advocate recently made the decision to suspend publication.
As many small regional papers have shuttered, a new kind of Jewish journalism has emerged: digital, pop culture-focused outlets that aim for virality.
Arguably, the two biggest Jewish media organizations are the Forward and 70 Faces Media, which encompass the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Alma, Kveller, My Jewish Learning, and The Nosher.
Both have long histories — the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (or JTA) was founded in 1917, and the Forward was founded in 1897. Both have taken a digital-focused approach to what appears to be success.
The Forward obviously has an important history, but their future is murky. Jodi Rudoren joined the Forward as editor-in-chief in July 2019, with the goal to bring the publication into the digital era. But Rudoren has an old-school mindset that’s representative of the publication.
Batya Ungar-Sargon, the Forward’s former opinion editor who just left the publication, gained infamy during her time at the Forward for her both-sides approach, willingness to publish offensive opinions, and documented history of mistreating Jews of color who wrote for her. She’s now at Newsweek, the newsmagazine that has driven off into the right-wing deep end.
The Forward’s news department mainly reports on national news — antisemitic incidents, Jewish celebrity news, Israeli politics, etc. Their reporters are New York and Washington, D.C. based, as most journalists are.
Also national focused is 70 Faces Media. The JTA has a similar scope as the Forward, with perhaps less of a clickbait-y approach. 70 Faces Media has carved out distinctive niches with their many brands — JTA is for hard news, Alma is the feminist, pop-culture publication, Kveller is the parenting vertical, Nosher is for food/cooking, and My Jewish Learning is for Jewish education.
The 70 Faces brands are very successful on social media. On Instagram, Alma has 75k followers, Nosher has 80k, My Jewish Learning has 35k, and Kveller has 25k. 70 Faces Media’s approach to social media has gotten new audiences to pay attention and is overall changing the game. Specifically, they’ve excelled at reaching younger audiences.
What makes these outlets different from the older forms of Jewish journalism is their digital approach. They’ve changed to fit the time and they’ve seen success.
With local newspapers being gutted and Jewish papers facing economic devastation, who is going to tell these stories?
Other smaller national outlets include Jewish Currents, the leftist magazine. Jewish Currents takes a fairly strong stance critical of Israel and looks for its audience in If Not Now-type young urbanite Jews. There’s Jewish Insider, which covers politics through a Jewish lens, the feminist Lillith Magazine, and Tablet Magazine.
Of course, many regional Jewish papers are still around. The ones that are still hanging in are trying their best to keep up with the digital age and adapt to new practices. Papers in predominantly Jewish areas like New York and South Florida probably aren’t going to die completely. But they may become hollowed-out shells of their former selves.
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Kabbalah in Print
The Study and Popularization of Jewish Mysticism in Early Modernity
Suny Press 2020
Long before Kabbalah books lined multiple books shelves in bookstores, Jewish educators in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, thought of copious ways of making Kabbalah more accessible for readers who were not acquainted with this lore. The book, Kabbalah in Print: The Study and Popularization of Jewish Mysticism in Early Modernity (SUNY Press, 2020), introduces the reader to an early seventeenth-century rabbi, Yissachar Baer, who lived and worked in Prague. Each of his four works seeks to illuminate a different facet of the Zohar (Book of Splendour), the medieval classic of kabbalistic speculation. His goal was to simplify the language of the Zohar as well as to assemble its halakhic teachings so Jews could enrich their daily observance of the commandments with the corresponding mystical explanation. He also wrote a short introduction to the study of Kabbalah and organized brief excerpts of the Zohar into an anthology. His works were important mediators of the Zohar and Kabbalah to Jewish and Christian readers alike.
Andrea Gondos is an Emmy Noether post-doctoral fellow at Freie Universität (Berlin) where her current research centers on women's health and healing as discussed in early modern Jewish recipe books of magic and practical Kabbalah Her next book project will examine how the female body and its reproductive powers constituted a unique epistemological space for ba’alei shem (Jewish wonder-working healers) where knowledge concerning creation and regeneration could be accessed and controlled. Prior to joining the Emmy Noether research group, she held post-doctoral positions at Tel Aviv University and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She was also a fellow at the Katz Centre of Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. | <urn:uuid:e4af7ea5-dd4f-4ec4-aa3c-729cb9e4c65e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newbooksnetwork.com/kabbalah-in-print-hb?token=yfqwcD8lWYKgJevODjpcgmXEbhGLPSqP | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94636 | 420 | 2.59375 | 3 |
The Level 3 Diploma in Bench Joinery qualification has been developed for achievement in a training environment which means you do not need to be employed to undertake this qualification.
This qualification enables you, the learner, to demonstrate and recognise your skills, knowledge and understanding so you can work as a Bench Joiner (also known as Architectural Joiner) within the construction industry.
You will be assessed against a set of performance and knowledge statements which have been derived from National Occupational Standards for your occupational area. You will be trained and assessed by an occupationally competent and qualified trainer whose job is to help you complete your qualification.
This qualification supports the learner to attain enabling, fundamental and transferable practical skills with associated underpinning knowledge.
This qualification can be taken as part of an apprenticeship framework, if desired. This qualification sits within the Construction Apprenticeship Framework in England and Wales.
This can be taken alongside the following qualifications in contribution towards achievement of a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship in Construction Building -Wood Occupations -Bench Joinery:
-Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Wood Occupations -Architectural Joinery
For further information about the Construction Apprenticeship Frameworks, please see website: www.afo.sscalliance.org.
This qualification is supported by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF).
The purpose of the qualification is to equip a learner with specialist knowledge and skills, enabling entry into employment or to progress in Bench Joinery (or Architectural Joinery) within the construction industry.
This NOCN_Cskills Awards Level 3 Diploma in Bench Joinery (Construction) qualification supports the learner to attain enabling, fundamental and transferable practical skills with associated underpinning knowledge.
The learner will learn key practical skills and knowledge in these mandatory and optional (if appropriate) units
Please refer to the qualification specification for a complete list of the units included in this qualification.
There are no formal entry requirements to take this qualification. This qualification can be undertaken without any previous training or qualifications in this subject area. You do not need any prior qualifications to undertake this level 3 qualification however we do offer a level 2 in Bench Joinery which will give you the knowledge and skills required to work in the construction industry. If you have already undertaken a level 2 qualification in Bench Joinery or a similar qualification or have relevant experience, you may already have the skills and knowledge required to undertake this qualification.
On completion of this qualification you will have obtained the skills, knowledge and understanding to progress on to a higher level supervisory or management qualifications e.g. Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision or progress into employment in their chosen trade. For further details on other qualifications available in this occupational area, see our Qualification Search on the NOCN website. Industry will accept the qualification on its own as entry to a job role.
Achievement of this qualification within an Advanced Apprenticeship in Construction Building – Site Carpentry could lead to a higher apprenticeship framework, if desired. This could include:
-Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship in Construction Site Management:
-Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Supervision.
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The Qualification structure below specifies the combination of units that need to be achieved for the individual to be awarded the qualification.
Qualification Title: Level 3 Diploma in Bench Joinery (Construction)
Minimum Credit Value: 125
Total Qualification Time (TQT) for this qualification: 1250
An estimate of the total time it could reasonably be expected for a learner to achieve a qualification. TQT includes guided learning hours (GLH) plus an estimate of the time a learner is likely to spend in preparation, study or other learning activities as directed by but not under the immediate guidance of a lecturer, supervisor, or tutor.
Minimum Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for this qualification: 885
The time a learner spends in activities under the immediate guidance or supervision of a lecturer, supervisor, or tutor. This includes assessment if under supervision.
To achieve this qualification a minimum of 125 credits need to be attained. This comprises the 6 mandatory units.
The assessment requirements set for this qualification are multiple choice knowledge tests and practical assignments.
All units in this qualification are mandatory and learners must attain at least a pass in each unit in order to achieve the overall qualification. Achievement of this qualification will be assessed via a combination of knowledge testing and practical assessments that can be combined for synoptic delivery.
Approximately 50% of this qualification is subject to external assessment via our knowledge test platform. The tests will be in a format of multiple choice questions and will be under invigilated conditions. Once each unit has been passed, it cannot be re-taken to improve the grade achieved. This qualification is graded using a Pass, Merit and Distinction format and has been included in the Department for Education performance tables.
Each of the qualification’s knowledge units will be graded pass, merit or distinction. These grades will then be aggregated into one overall qualification grade of pass, merit or distinction to apply to the overall qualification using an algorithm process built into our registration and certification system. The grading applies to the overall qualification and all elements must be passed to achieve the qualification.
Practical assignments have been developed for each individual unit, which gives you the flexibility to assess learners in the manner which best suits you. This gives you the option to sign learners off on a unit-by-unit basis to aid with retention and recognise every learner’s achievements.
These practical assignments have been designed so that certain units are able to be delivered together, however others should be delivered in isolation. Ultimately your learners’ will cover all of the skills learning outcomes and assessment criteria for all of the units. They are designed to be taken within a simulated construction environment, away from the stresses and distractions experienced on a real site. They are practical assignments that are to be taken within a set period of time. The assignments can be delivered by single unit, several units at a time or at the end of the whole qualification. The assignments are to be monitored and marked by the trainers.
The knowledge assessment is designed to be taken on a computer using the NOCN Cskills Awards online testing platform. However paper testing is also available. The tests are externally set and marked multiple choice tests where learners can choose one of four possible answers. The tests cover the learning outcomes for each unit and measures that they have been met. Testing can be by single unit, several units at a time or all the units at the end of the whole qualification.
Assessments designed by centres must be accessible and inclusive and the assessment methodology must be appropriate for individual assessment, giving due consideration to any assessment requirements attached to individual components.
If you are a NOCN Recognised Centre and have learners with particular requirements, please see the NOCN Reasonable Adjustment and Special Considerations Policy and Procedure found on the NOCN website at www.nocn.org.uk
This policy gives clear guidance on the reasonable adjustments and arrangements that can be made to take account of disability or learning difficulty without compromising the assessment criteria.
The NOCN Centre approval process requires the centre to hold policy statements on Equal Opportunities, Diversity and Disability Discrimination which will be reviewed by NOCN. Please refer to the NOCN Quality Assurance Manual for further details.
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For a full list of NOCN Approval Criteria, as well as further guidance and support in meeting that criteria, please refer to the NOCN Quality Assurance Manual, available on the NOCN website under the ‘Help & Support’ section.
Centre Staff Requirements
As part of the requirement to deliver this qualification, the Centre staff involved with the delivery, assessment and quality assurance of the qualification must have a demonstrable level of expertise. NOCN expects that all Tutors/Trainers, Assessors and Internal Quality Assurers are able to demonstrate that they have the relevant occupational knowledge and experience to perform their role.
Tutor/Trainer and Assessor Requirements
A Tutor/Trainer includes anyone within your Centre who is facilitating the training to learners in any environment e.g. tutor, trainer, teacher, coach, facilitator.
A Tutor is not required for NOCN_Cskills Awards NVQ qualifications, but is required for construction training diplomas.
All construction qualifications require an Assessor. For training diplomas, an individual can perform both roles of Tutor/Trainer and Assessor, where they meet the individual requirements for both. Tutors/Trainers and Assessors are not able to perform the role of the Internal Quality Assurer for cohorts where they have delivered training or assessment.
All Tutors/Trainers and Assessors must:
Any specific assessment/training requirements are detailed under the Assessment guidance and/or in the requirements section of each unit.
Internal Quality Assurer Requirements
All construction qualifications must be internally quality assured by an appropriately qualified and experienced IQA. Each Centre must have a quality system which ensures that decisions made by assessors are appropriate, consistent, fair and transparent, and that they do not discriminate any learner. The quality system must ensure the quality of the award, ensuring validity, reliability and consistency.
Further guidance regarding the requirements of a Centre’s quality system is detailed within the Quality Assurance Manual.
All Internal Quality Assurers must:
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Please refer to the specific resources and equipment specification for each individual training diploma.
Once recognised as a Centre, NOCN will allocate an External Quality Assurer. The External Quality Assurer will have ongoing responsibility for monitoring the Centre’s compliance with the requirements of Centre approval status.
The External Quality Assurer will make regular visits to all centres. During these visits they will:
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Min Credits : 125
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Min Credits : 125
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The ceiling is also quite often finished with plasterboard. Here, too, the ledge can be fixed without much trouble. The same brackets and fixing tools are used for this.
For ceiling mounts you must also first define the mounting points of the brackets. To do this you use measuring tools. You can use a level and a tape measure.
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The fastening points must be at an equal distance in relation to the window. They are mounted about 15 cm from it. Sometimes the option of mounting on the ceiling is preferable to mounting on the wall. This is typical of those houses that have low ceilings, where the distance from the ceiling to the window is minimal.
Brackets should be mounted at an equal distance in relation to the window. At the same time, you should make sure that they are at an equal distance from him.
Sometimes it is necessary to put a ledge between two walls. This option is also quite often used. This is especially true in rooms where the distance between the walls is minimal. Here, there simply can not be another option for fixing. With this method of installation it is worth measuring the distance from the corner of the wall first, and then from the ceiling to the window.
Once all measurements are made, the brackets can be attached to the drywall. This is done quite easily. It all depends on the fastener that is used for these purposes.
Once the brackets are installed, you can proceed to install the curtain track together with the curtains. Now you can admire the resulting beauty.
Sometimes the ledge to the drywall is attached not with brackets, but through special corners.
These brackets are not always included with the set, so it is better to order them in advance in specialized organizations. This method of attachment is used only in extreme cases.
Most often, mounting with the help of angles used when installing heavy element. In this case, ordinary brackets may not withstand the load, because we are talking about drywall. In addition, when mounted on the corners the load is distributed evenly on the surface of the drywall. In this case, it is less likely that the angle will simply fall off.
So, let’s get to work
To begin, we need to prepare all the necessary tools. Since we need to fasten the cornice at a height, we will need:
To mount the ledge to drywall is advised to use dowel-butterfly.
- A sturdy and stable stool or stepladder. Tip: When using a chair, place it with its back to the wall;
- safety glasses, because getting plaster or concrete crumbs in the eyes is a very unpleasant process, which is also not healthy;
- a hacksaw for metal;
- a small hammer;
- Phillips screwdriver;
- tape measure;
- inspection angle;
- special dowels for drywall.
A little information about drywall plugs. Butterfly this dowel, after a screw has been screwed into it, opens and thus securely fixes the fastener. Umbrella dowel, works like an ordinary umbrella. Once it has hit the empty space behind the drywall, it opens like an umbrella and thus increases the load distribution area on the drywall. And dowel self-tapping, does not even require pre-drilling drywall, as it is easily screwed with an ordinary screwdriver into the drywall itself. Tip: if you need to install a curtain rod for heavy curtains, in this case it is better to use anchor bolts. In this case, you need to drill the drywall, then drill a hole in the wall at least 5 cm. And the length of the anchor should be selected taking into account the thickness of the plasterboard, the distance between the wall and the plasterboard and the size of the hole in the wall.
Types of cornices for mounting on drywall
It is possible to install a baguette construction or a curtain rod made of plasterboard. The first option is more common, the second attracts an affordable price, as well as convenience in operation. PVC constructions are environmentally friendly, they are subdivided into 2 types, can be wall and ceiling.
Stringed wall cornices differ from other types of their lightness, the models fit well into the interior of high-tech. The designs are designed for the same light fabrics, on them hang tulle, veil, curtains made of organza. String cornices are in demand and inexpensive, they are placed on the wall, ceiling. The curtain rails have a distinctive name, as they resemble the strings of a guitar. They differ in length, fixed with brackets or small brackets.
Curtain rails are universal, ie. The rails are universal, i.e. can be fitted to various types of interiors. They have a spring that acts as a rod. The models are mounted on plasterboard surfaces or placed in the inner part of the window. In the process of installation brackets are not used.
Choose the method of installation of the construction, taking into account its dimensions, as well as other features. In each case, different details are used.
Method 1. special reinforcement of the base
If the ceiling has not yet been created, you should consider this option. The base is strengthened when there is a constructed frame. In the area of attaching the cornice to the plasterboard reinforce the surface inside, use different elements.
There are 2 ways to strengthen the base of the cornice on a drywall wall. First: fix a 3-4 cm thick wooden bar along the construction. The detail is mounted on the wall or ceiling, it is installed through hangers. The base must be secure and cover the entire length of the window. This will make it easier to attach the ceiling cornice to the wall.
To screw the gypsum plasterboard sheets use self-tapping screws on wood, they are securely fixed. The second option of installation involves strengthening the surface with a metal profile, designed for such sheets.
It is necessary to place additional elements near the line along which the construction runs. During installation use screws for metal. The advantage of the second method is the ease of installation. However, if the drywall sheets are already fixed, it is not possible to reinforce the construction.
Method 2 Use dowel “butterfly”
Gypsum plasterboard sheets are mounted on a ready-made structure, use dowels in the form of butterflies, opening on the underside of the cloth. Details allow different types of cornices to be securely fastened. The “butterfly” withstands a weight of more than 14 kg.
Fasten the cornice by means of such plugs simply. At first it is required to assemble it, then attach it to the surface and adjust. The interior element must be evenly positioned on the wall. After that, you must apply a pencil marking, make holes in the cloth, mark them at the points of attachment. In the course of work, it is important to ensure that the structure does not move.
Choose a mounting step (it should not exceed 60 cm) and start making holes. Drywall is not difficult to handle, the process takes 2-3 minutes. To make the holes even, you should hold the tool vertically. Before installing the ledge on the drywall, install dowels. Take 1 “butterfly”, squeeze the base, then insert it into the hole made and fixed to the stop, nailed with a hammer. Dowel is mounted before installing the construction.
It is better to fasten the ledge to the plasterboard. The second person will hold it, and the first person will screw in parts. Each self-tapping screw should be fixed until it stops. After the installation of the elements is finished, you need to put caps on the holes. For a bulky curtain rod with curtains you need to use metal parts instead of plastic ones, the construction will be more reliable. Metal butterflies are strong, comfortable and provide a secure attachment.
Method 3 use dowel type Driva
This method has 3 variants. The simplest: the use of cone-shaped parts that have a wide thread. Inside such elements there is a cavity for installing screws. The cone-shaped parts are available, the price of 1 pc. does not exceed 10
The second option: the use of dowels made of plastic, such elements have a drill bit, under it do not make holes. The tip simplifies the installation process, there is no need to use a drill or drill.
The last option: the use of metal dowels Driva. They are convenient to use, have their own drill. Such fasteners are often used for the installation of kitchen cabinets.
The cornice is installed as follows. First, it is assembled and evenly placed in the ceiling area, after the marking of future parts for fasteners. All the marks must be the same. When using simple dowels, holes should be made with a 7 mm drill bit. If the parts are used for installation with a drill bit, the dowel is put on the screwdriver and screwed into the place of marking.
It is forbidden to put on the part when the drill is on, the dowel may break and the user may be injured. Screw the self-tapping screws into the holes, put the ledge on and secure it with the same parts. Fix the hardware all the way to the stop. The entire process takes 10-15 minutes.
How to attach the ledge to the drywall
The choice of fasteners depends on the weight of the construction with window drapery, the gap between the wall and the GKL. Consider the most acceptable options, and you decide on the spot based on your case. It should be taken into account that in the kitchen, for example, you can hang a light curtain rod and only a lambrequin, so the fasteners can be for light constructions. In the living room, you will want to drape the openings with heavy curtains, which suggests the fasteners choose more secure. Considering how to hang the ledge on drywall, you should also take into account the fact that if there are little tomboys in the family, they often hide behind curtains, they can pull them, and the design will simply come off, if the fastening is unreliable. So I will give an approximate load that can withstand one or another fixture.
“Butterfly”. this type of fastening is more appropriate for lightweight constructions. The principle of operation is simple. in a drilled hole you insert the butterfly in the folded state, together with the screw. Screwdriver or an electric screwdriver to tighten the screw, and the butterfly presses its side elements to the plasterboard, creating a spread. Supports a weight of up to 10.12 kg.
Driva. a hollow rod that looks like a meat grinder screw. Available in nylon or metal. According to the design decision models can be with drill. Screw into the drywall sheet and then insert the screw into the inner hole. On it is good to attach the ledge to the ceiling of plasterboard (rails, for example). Holds up to 25 kg of weight.
Molli. it has a hollow rod design and there is a spacer at the end,
Expanding during installation, behind the sheet, pressed firmly to it. The construction is equipped with fixing spikes that do not allow the rod to rotate. In the center, a screw is screwed in, leading to the disclosure of the spacer. Drill a hole, insert the dowel, fasten with a gun, screwdriver. This is the most reliable attachment, supporting a weight of up to 40-45 kg. When the plasterboard is glued to the base on a special glue without a layer of air, it is advisable to use dowel. nail. There are no complications here, drilled a hole with the required diameter, inserted the dowel, screwed. There are other varieties, but briefly highlighted the most commonly used options. After selecting the appropriate fastener for your situation, we proceed to the question of how to hang the ledge on the drywall.
The correct ways to fix the ceiling ledge
Finally, the repair has come to an end, and you can begin to decorate the rooms. For example, to put furniture, install light fixtures, put the carpet on the floor and, of course, hang curtains. To perform the latter, you need to have an idea of how to mount the ceiling curtain rod, because today there are fewer and fewer models that are mounted on the wall.
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If we talk about the advantages of these structures, then we should highlight:
- They look more harmonious;
- With their help you make the fastening of the curtain rod to the ceiling;
- the ideal solution for apartments with a ceiling height of 2.5-2.6 meters;
- as for curtains, they can withstand a lot of weight, not to mention tulle and curtains;
- combine inexpensive cost and high quality;
- in spite of their simple appearance, they can be covered with textiles.
It is clear that in order to securely fasten the ledge to the ceiling, you will need to make its high-quality installation. But do not forget that the tulle and the curtains that will hang on it are of no small importance. After all, fully installed construction should not prevent you from using the window.
Therefore it is recommended to place the curtain track 5 cm above the window, so that the curtains don’t overlap the window sill and the radiator. If you will have several rows of curtains, start measuring from the layer nearest the window. Usually the length of the curtain track includes the length of the window plus 30-40 cm on the sides. You can adjust it according to the width, density, and characteristics of the curtains.
The length of the curtain track should allow opening the window opening with the curtains completely open, and if you have heavy curtains, take the construction with greater length. If you have two windows side by side, the length of the curtain track should overlap their total length by 30 cm on the sides. The number of tracks in the curtain track should correspond to the number of layers of fabric. For example, if you plan to hang tulle, curtains and lambrequins, use a three-row ceiling ledge.
In order to make sure the windows open easily, mount the ledge 10 or 15 centimeters away from the wall.
As a rule, tracks for the ceiling are made of PVC. This is a hollow construction, which has several lines. Despite the fact that the ceiling tracks can withstand a lot of weight, you should not make an experiment by hanging on them too heavy curtains.
As for the ways of fixing the eaves, it is used:
Fixing the ledge to the ceiling with their own hands
Installation of the ceiling rail can be done in three ways:
The choice depends on the type of ceiling. The easiest way to mount the rail for curtains with your own hands on a concrete slab or wooden floor. If this is a plasterboard or tensioned design, you must install support beams, which will be attached to the eaves, for hidden suspension device is a special niche.
Fixing the ledge to the ceiling
Making a marking for mounting on the rail itself. From the edges indent 2-3 centimeters, along the entire length at a distance of 20-50 cm. If the busbar is wide, multi-row, it is better to make 2 rows of holes, which should be staggered. Follow the rule: the heavier the curtains, the less distance between the fasteners. Use the drill to make the holes according to the marks. For the front part, choose a drill bit with a larger diameter to deepen the head of the self-drilling screw into the rail. Drill on the inside with a thinner nozzle.
- Fix the rail exactly along the line and mark the holes on the ceiling.
- Drill the marks according to the markings. Clean the workplace from dust.
- We insert the plastic plugs, hammering them flush with the plane of the overlap to ensure the tightest fit.
- Install the assembled tire in place, fasten the self-drilling screw in the middle, and then fasten from the center to the edges. Make sure the edge of the window goes exactly along the line you drew earlier, that way you will not create any misalignment.
- On the installed bar, put a decorative bar, if it is provided by the model, insert the hooks, you can hang curtains.
How to make a correct attachment to the dowels
Lightweight curtain rod, plastic or string, can be screwed without embedding to the ceiling of plasterboard. Use butterfly dowels instead of normal dowels. It is better to choose curtains that are not heavy: tulle, organza, thin and light synthetic material, cotton, etc.
How to properly install the cornice on the suspended and plasterboard ceilings
The decision about what kind of curtain rod will be installed, should be made even before the repair of the ceiling. The mounting of the ceiling bar to the plasterboard or tensioning system requires the embedding. Usually, this is a wooden bar, a width of 40.Instead of using ordinary dowels, you should use dowel nails and dowel pins 5050, 40-6060 mm, which should be fastened to the ceiling. If the ceiling is planned to lower even lower, then under the beam make pads. It is important that the lower plane of the embedded bar tightly adjoined to the drywall or stretch structure. For very wide eaves, it is recommended to fix two beams side by side.
The center of the mortgage must be exactly in the center of the width of the curtain track, take this rule into account when calculating the distance from the mortgage to the junction of the wall to the window / ceiling, do not forget about the width of the window sill, so the curtains will not stick out on this area.
The cribbing beam provides a rigid and secure base for mounting the rail. Next, the ceiling is mounted, then proceed as described above: how to mount the ceiling cornice to the ceiling. Instead of dowels in this case, you can use ordinary self-tapping screws. To the tensioning system, the ledge is drawn through special polymer rings-gaskets that allow you to minimize damage to the canvas.
A diagram of how to install the embedding beam correctly
Installing the ceiling ledge in the niche
The niche is arranged to install a hidden cornice, such a method is used for stretch and suspended ceilings. Here it is important to competently calculate the width of the niche:
- If the window sill is standard and protrudes from the slopes not more than 50 mm, then the width of the niche is considered ergonomic 150 mm. this distance is sufficient for convenient work with the rail;
- If the window sill is wide, then the size of the ledge from the slope should be added to the width of the ledge and another 50 mm.
We measure from the junction of the wall with the window/ceiling the resulting size, outline line, which will be the boundary between the hinged system and the niche. Fasten the bar or metal profile, the edge of the ceiling will approach it. The niche is formed, you can fasten the ceiling cornice to the ceiling according to the algorithm above.
How to hang the ledge on drywall
The choice of fixing method depends on the specific situation.
First prepare all materials and tools.
There are three variants: embedded battens are installed in the framework for gypsum plasterboard, the sheets are installed on a bearing wall, and the ledge must be installed directly on the gypsum plasterboard.
If you can’t fasten the ledge yourself, call a professional.
Fasten with glue
This method can be used if you want to attach decorative curtain rails. In this case, the procedure consists of the following steps:
- Cutting the rung to the size of the room. For precise trimming, it is better to use a plane or a prepared template made of cardboard.
- Finishing of gypsum plasterboard with ceiling primer. It will promote a better adhesion to the glue.
- Applying adhesive mass to the product and fixing it to the ceiling or wall.
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Conversation this morning with my son, highlights the power of our conversations And most important bit….the stuff that isn’t said, that you need to listen to, so that you get the results in relationships that you want.
Me “Have you tidied your bedroom, my version of tidy, not yours.
Me No you havn’t that gap in your Yes means that you haven’t done that and in actual fact you are highly likely playing on your phone instead, and you have just looked up to check the state of your room.”
Son “Yes, I have tidied my room.”
Me “No you still haven’t, but you are now looking around the room deciding that you really need to tidy this mess before your mum walks in the room. And so said yes in a long drawn out fashion because you were actually considering how you will need to take action to get me off your back.”
Son stomps into bathroom and says “How were you watching me from in the bath?”
My reply “I’m a coach, its my job to listen to the important stuff, and that’s the stuff you don’t say!”
The point here is yes it took me a long time to train and then hone my skills. However we all have the ability to listen between peoples words. To listen to where the other party takes a breath, to note the gaps in the sentence and many other things to ensure the power of our relationships improve.
Because let’s be honest when we have good relationships with all those around us we then feel better, we feel happier and when we are at our happiest we are at our most productive and creative and thus we are more successful in what we do.
So how can you power up your skills in relationships?
You don’t need to not see the person. Just looking at someone’s body language can give you clues. If you have asked a person a question and their body language changes from open to closed, ask yourself why?
Use words that allow a person to expand on what they are saying rather than give you a short answer. Instead of saying things like “This is what you should do.” Say things like “Could this be more interesting for you to do taking into account what we are discussing?” This is powerful because the minute you TELL someone what to do, you are likely to get their hackles up and they will fight you. Letting people feel like it was their idea creates responsibility and ownership and a desire to get a result.
Give people the space to think for longer. If you find your a person who struggles with a gap in a conversation, in your mind say what they are saying, so that you are really hearing them. You may not feel any different. But the other party will definitely feel it. They will feel listened to and that is very powerful in good relationships.
The length of a word. A Breath at the start or midway through are all indicators. What could they be indicating to you without saying?
Picking up on the subtleties of what people are not saying and the way that they are conversing with you will power up your relationships. People will feel more respected. More listened to and more valued. You will have a greater understanding of their viewpoint and that in turns gives you more information to work with.
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Business Etiquette When Travelling
Largely thanks to the Internet, many businesses worldwide have embraced globalisation, and networking and trading between countries is now more widespread than perhaps at any time before in history. This means that now, a variety of cultures throughout the world are interacting more than ever. Although this exposure means that a lot of the business conducted between different cultures has tended to lean toward Western practices, business etiquette across the world is by no means completely standardised. Invariably there will be cultural differences, and the minutest cultural faux pas can be translated as unprofessional, rude and ignorant.
Good manners can make the difference between business success and failure. It can affect future business dealings, reputation and ultimately the outcome of a business deal. Therefore it’s imperative when travelling abroad in business to be aware of the cultural differences between oneself and a foreign business counterpart. Etiquette is the crux of both business and any associated social dealings – assuming a level of cultural self-training is a great step towards successful business dealings in a global market.
But because there are so many different cultures, it would be difficult to summarise all varieties of business etiquette when travelling to countries with different cultural practices. However, this article attempts to cover some of the more common cultural differences in business etiquette practices when travelling.
Meeting And GreetingThey say that first impressions last, and this is no exception in business. In fact, where business etiquette is concerned, first impressions may be even more poignant than usual.
In most cases, if both business counterparts are male, then the accepted business etiquette is to shake hands on meeting. In some countries, such as China, a gentle handshake may be initiated, or replaced with a short bow from the shoulders. In Japan, this is also the case, but the bow comes from the waist, and the lower the bow, the more respect you are bestowing on your counterpart. It’s always best to wait to see what your foreign equal initiates first if you’re unsure.
In places such as Latin America and Europe, a firm handshake accompanied with a smile and direct eye contact is considered proper business greeting etiquette.
In parts of the Middle East and Asia, good manners include a gentle handshake followed with a greeting such as “salamu `alaykum” (peace be upon you). In Muslim countries across the world, whether Asia, Africa and the Middle East, you should never shake hands with your left hand, as it is considered unclean.
Who you greet first will also vary between cultures. In some instances, the most elderly or person in the group should be met and greeted first. In other instances, the most senior business contact will be addressed first. However, if you’re in any doubt, the likelihood is that you’ll be led by introduction by your host. When addressing someone in business, formality is the best bet; therefore it would be universally considered good manners to use formal titles such as Doctor, Mr, Director or Engineer if the title is known to you.
Meeting and greeting between men and women varies, depending on country and culture. In more Westernised cultures (Europe, Americas in particular), handshakes between men and women are generally undertaken. In some instances, a man will merely greet a woman, and handshakes will only take place if the woman offers her hand first. Eye contact between men and women should not be intense or prolonged as it could be interpreted as inappropriately assertive.
Dress CodesAs with general business etiquette, conservative is the way to go. A conservative business suit – darker colours, formal tie and jacket – for men is most acceptable in most, if not all, cultures. A well-cut suit speaks volumes, as in countries such as Argentina, being well-dressed is especially important with regards to respectability and an air of professionalism.
Women should opt for conventional business attire – in some more conservative countries, long sleeves and long skirts, and modest dress are a must. Again, in Latin America, Europe and the US, a well-cut, fitted suit together will be appropriate for women. It is also generally expected that women should look groomed, with hair and makeup often an important element of an overall ‘look. However, in more conservative countries, women should opt for looser fitting clothes with bare or minimal make-up.
Table Manners & DiningTable manners are an important aspect of business etiquette. This is because social interaction may be a key part of a business relationship. So, for instance, it is important to remember that in Muslim countries, one should never eat with the left hand, as it’s considered unclean.
In some cultures such as Latin America, it is expected that a dinner party guest should arrive around 10-20 minutes after the stated start time – arriving too soon could come across as too keen or even greedy.
Remember that in countries such as China, Thailand, Singapore and Japan, acceptable table manners may be markedly different. For instance, in Japan there may be a strict protocol with the order that food is eaten, although allowances may be made if you are unfamiliar. You may be expected to eat with chopsticks, and in China in particular, slurping and speaking with your mouth full is not considered vulgar at all. In fact, in some countries, fervent burping is considered to show gratification! If you’re at all unsure, try to take cues from your host or hostess.
Try to thoroughly research the customs and etiquette of the country that you are visiting. You may even be able to undertake a short course in business etiquette training if your company is linked to a foreign field office. Your efforts should be gratefully received by your business counterparts and hosts, making for smoother and successful business dealings.
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Galvanized sheet refers to a steel sheet coated with a layer of zinc on the surface. Galvanizing is an economical and effective anti-corrosion method that is often used. About half of the world’s zinc production is used in this process.
Japanese steel plate designation: SGCC, HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL is hot-dip galvanized steel. Generally thin galvanized sheets.
- Material designation: SGCC
- Standard: JIS G3302-2007 Hot-dip zinc-coated steel sheets and coils
- Country and Region: Japan
- Steel group: Structural steel
- Note: Cold rolled steel sheet and steel strip used as the base metal and industrial use.
Application and advantages of SGCC
Hot-dip galvanized sheet is galvanized on the surface of thin steel plate and steel strip by continuous hot-dip method, which can prevent corrosion and rust on the surface of the thin steel plate and steel strip.
Galvanized steel sheets and steel strips are widely used in machinery, light industry, construction, transportation, chemical, post, and telecommunications industries.
Hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is mainly used in the construction industry, vehicle and ship manufacturing industry, container manufacturing industry, as well as electromechanical industry and household appliance industry, as equipment shell, support frame or light bracket, etc.
Hot-dip galvanized steel pipes are mainly used in the petrochemical equipment industry, water conservancy engineering and mining industry, construction industry, etc. as metal structure or transportation pipeline.
Hot-dip galvanized steel wire is mainly used in dry metallurgy, petroleum, machinery, chemical industry, electric power, aviation, and other industries.
Hot-dip galvanized steel structure and section steel are mainly used in industries such as electric power, communications, and transportation.
The main characteristics of hot-dip galvanized steel (SGCC): 1. Corrosion resistance; 2. Paintability; 3. Formability; 4. Spot weldability. Usage: Very wide range, small household appliances, good appearance, but more expensive than SECC.
Galvanized steel has good resistance to atmospheric corrosion. Since the potential of zinc is lower than that of iron, the zinc layer is positive for the steel substrate and iron is negative.
In the electrolytic solution, the zinc layer is easily dissolved, thereby protecting the steel substrate from corrosion. In the general atmospheric environment, the corrosion product of the zinc layer is usually basic zinc carbonate, which is difficult to dissolve, so it has a certain protective effect on the zinc layer.
Chemical composition and mechanical properties of SGCC
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Physicians have been using natural Platelet-rich-plasma for many years to help patients heal from injuries. PRP involves extracting influential growth factors from the patient’s blood, then injecting them directly into the soft tissues. PRP in Houston, make an appointment for a consultation with Dr. J. Michael Bennett, Orthopedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine Specialist in Sugarland and Houston, TX.
What is platelet-rich plasma injection?
The PRP injection consists of introducing platelets from patients’ blood into the painful joint. Rich in growth factors, the plasma concentrate has regenerative properties on the cartilage that is damaged.
PRP is a plasma treatment containing more platelets than what is found in the blood. PRP therapy exposes a diseased joint or damaged soft tissue to a highly concentrated platelet solution. When the solution enters the body, it eases inflammation, promotes circulation, and triggers new cell and tissue production.
How Do PRP injections Work?
A blood sample is drawn from the person being treated and placed on a centrifuge, or a specialized device that spins at high speed. This process separates platelets from the rest of your blood components.
The platelet concentration is then injected into the area that needs to be treated. The PRP solution enters the bloodstream, and the platelets stimulate your body’s healing process.
What Conditions Can PRP Treat?
Chronic tendon injuries. PRP is reported to be the most effective treatment of chronic tendon injuries, especially tennis elbow, which is a widespread injury of tendons outside the elbow. Other chronic tendon injuries, such as inflammation or Achilles of the patellar tendon at the knee (Jumper’s knee), are also treated using PRP, which is very promising.
Acute ligament and muscle injuries. PRP therapy has received much publicity about treating sports injuries, such as muscle and ligament injuries. PRP accelerates the healing process of these injuries.
How Long Does It Take To See The Benefits Provided By PRP Injections?
PRP injections accelerate healing and growth over time. You probably won’t notice an immediate change in your symptoms. You will start to see gradual changes in your body after some weeks or months.
As the healing process continues, the pain will decrease, improving mobility and better quality of life.
What Are the Benefits of PRP injection?
Naturally induced rejuvenation. PRP injection does not involve the use of pharmaceutical, chemical, or strong acids. Instead, a concentrated solution of blood platelets is introduced. The body responds to this and accelerates the natural rejuvenation process.
Effectively heals and reduces inflammation. It takes time to heal an injured ligament, muscle, joint, or any part of the body. PRP therapy is a technique that provides an effective, safe, and fast healing process. Pain management effectively reduces swelling and inflammation.
PRP is a promising therapy for those suffering from tissue damage or hair loss. It appears to be effective in the treatment of chronic tendon injuries.
Reduced scarring. PRP injection is reliable because there is minimal scarring, making it perfect for minimizing visible scar’s appearance.
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For real, the first few weeks of school are kind of a crapshoot. Backpacks aren't going in the right place; summer-drunk kids aren't making their lunches. To get through our complex days, experts say we entrust 40% of our decisions to habit — but those habits aren't in place yet. That's why the pace feels frantic and moving permanently to a distant tropical isle starts looking awfully good.
But hold on: Though Google data says searches involving "stress" spike in the fall, they drop by the time the holidays roll around — and one poll found October to be a particularly happy month. Systems are in place and you remember you can breathe.
So how do you get through the "OMG" chaos? "Success builds on success," says behavior researcher B.J. Fogg, director of the Persuasive Tech Lab at Stanford University. Plan your mornings so you begin with a win every day, even if it's tiny. You could sweep the crumbs from around the kids' chairs (feels good, right?) or give yourself a foot massage (even better). Pretty soon you'll be cruising through the drop-off lane, barely remembering what all the agita was about.
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Long, lovely suppers are a wondrous thing, but they're absolutely not the only time you can cozy up with your kid. Even when sports team schedules (theirs), work travel (yours), or deadlines (everyone!) get in the way, these moments pay dividends.
Breakfast: Americans eat about 25% more breakfasts than they did in 1994, according to restaurant industry research, and for many late-working parents, breakfast is a more reliable all-hands-on-deck moment than dinner. It can be the bonding-est time of the day.
While running errands: It's easier for kids to open up when your eyes are on the road and no one's going to walk away from the conversation. A British study this year found that kids were more likely to confess — bad grades, friend problems — in the car, partly because they didn't have to look directly at their parents.
At bedtime: They're sleepy, which means defenses are down, and the pre-zzz's lull is naturally a snuggly, intimate time. If your kid is a sleep delayer, connect for a set amount of time — one five-minute back rub, for instance. Experts suggest maintaining that nightly check-in for as many years as you can.
Watching TV: A kid's media diet has to come with lots of talk from you, interpreting or inspiring thought about what they're seeing. One scene can launch a dozen conversations. This is why the universe invented the pause button, folks.
Via text: Thumbing it out can get you responses to questions without the added "What's that face about?!" drama. It's not for heart-to-hearts, cautions family counselor and parenting expert Alyson Schafer, but kids can sometimes be more candid in their "native" language.
Or just fine: "Sometimes, the good-enough dinner really is good enough," says Lynn Barendsen, executive director of The Family Dinner Project, a nonprofit housed at Harvard University. For more joy and less work, do like these moms.
"No one can leave the kitchen until dishes are in the dishwasher (not the sink), and every one of my four kids needs to help clean up. That truly has increased my happiness quotient, because cleaning up sucks!" —Carolina Buia Barefoot, Palm Beach, FL, Blogger At Barefoot Palmbeach.com
"There's this idea that parents are solely responsible for meals, which isn't how it should be. Often children are home before their parents, so they can take things out of the fridge, put a casserole in the oven, or start a rice cooker. It's less work for you if your family does this together — and it builds kids' confidence and skills." —Nutritionist Cheryle McKee, Owner Of Nourishing Abundance, Frederick, MD
"As a single mom for over 18 years, I don't have much time for brilliance in the kitchen. I lean heavily on 'brinner' — breakfast for dinner — which is easy and always a hit." —Marjohn Heath, Chevy Chase, MD
"We go around the table and ask everyone to say a good thing and a bad thing that happened that day. It gives us information without a grilling session and ensures that each person has space/room/time to talk (which, in a family with four kids, is vital)." —Carla Norman, Montreal, Quebec
It's not bad parenting or innate slackerdom that's behind your child's inability to remember his notebook: "Children don't develop the mental tools to form habits the way adults do until they get to be teenagers," says psychology professor Wendy Wood of the University of Southern California. "They tend to be spontaneous and a bit scattered. They need parents' help structuring their days." (Translation: You're giving "necessary prompts," not "nagging.")
Maybe you've got a kid who struggles for four hours over what could, on another day, be 20 minutes of homework. Or maybe you can't get the kitchen clean because oh, look, there's that box you were going to sort through! It's all about focus and how hard it can be to muster that up. Employ the Pomodoro Technique: Originally created by a grad student frustrated by his lack of concentration, it breaks up work into chunks of time, providing boosts of accomplishment (and breaks) that vanquish that Will this ever be over? feeling. "I've seen it work for super competitive star students and for kids with learning disabilities," says schoolhabits.com founder Kathryn Azevedo, a tutor in Massachusetts who has worked with over 3,000 kids (and who uses the technique herself for cleaning). To do it:
Choose a task: Minimize nearby distractions and place a blank piece of paper or a notebook nearby.
Set a timer for 25 minutes: It's just 25 minutes, right? Right. (Fewer might actually be more reasonable for a little kid, but do pick a specific time frame.)
Work until it goes off: No interruptions or distractions allowed. If you suddenly realize you have something else you must do, write it down.
Make a check on the paper and take a break: Give yourself five minutes to stretch or check your phone. If the 25 minutes got you in the zone, you may be tempted to power through. Resist! Your brain needs to regroup.
Repeat until you've made three or four checks, then take a longer break: This time you'll take 20 or 30 minutes off.
REPEAT UNTIL FINISHED!
1. Keep a steady bedtime: For younger children, pick an hour (before 9 p.m., please) and stick with it.
2. Have a bedtime routine — a warm bath, a snack — that signals that sleep is coming. This can start as far as an hour ahead: Let 'em lounge!
3. Spend time as a family. A study last year suggested that, for teens, it led to better sleep.
4. Read together, say a prayer, have a ceremonial passing of a water bottle — just take the time to connect, even if your kid's too old to be read to.
1. Even a drink and a half can affect your sleep. Keep any imbibing moderate, and do it early (e.g., a couple of hours before you snooze).
2. Avoid doing work — even answering email on your phone — in the two hours before bedtime.
3. Do your next-day planning early in the evening. Your last hour should be devoted to relaxing.
4. Go to your room only when you're ready to get in bed — alone or together. (In other words, reserve the room just for zzz's or xxx.)
For both of you:
1. Check the temperature in the bedrooms: Cool (around 65°F) is best.
2. Sixty minutes before bed, turn off all devices. For kids, video games and social media seem particularly disruptive to snoozing, according to a 2016 study.
3. Set phones to charge outside the bedroom.
Find all of your essentials: shoes, backpacks, keys, wallets. Establish where they are now, and you won't be hunting for them under the gun in 10 hours. Bonus points: If they have designated spots, get their owners to put 'em there.
Do a five-minute family pick-up. Make this part of the kids' regular good-night routine, and set a timer; there'll be less grumbling if they know it really is just five minutes. (Joke's on them: If you're a four-person family, y'all just collectively cleaned for 20 minutes!)
Clear your sink. It doesn't take much time in itself, but if you do it regularly, you'll inevitably end up taking more control of your dishes and counters, swear cleaning experts Marla Cilley and Dana White.
Look in the fridge. Yup, that's all you have to commit to — looking. But chances are you'll end up considering tomorrow's breakfast and mentally planning lunches.
Give a thought to gas. There's nothing worse than remembering you're on empty just as you turn on the car. This way, if need be, you can revise your leave-the-house time in your head for the next morning.
Get into pj's. Even if you're still planning to stay awake and finally catch up on Game of Thrones, go ahead and do your bedtime stuff. The call of routine is so strong, you may find yourself hitting the hay anyway.
Got 5 more minutes?
Jenny Rosenstrach, creator of the blog Dinner: A Love Story, suggests putting the ingredients for a morning smoothie into a blender, then popping it in the fridge. Breakfast — without the dicing and measuring — will be waiting.
Really on a roll?
Devote a bit of time to what Dana White, author of How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind, likes to call "procrasticlutter": you know, like that laundry you just couldn't put away or those forms you have to sign. It may not greatly change your tomorrow, but keep it up and it'll really change your a-month- from-now.
How long does it take you to get where you're going in the morning? If you're like most of us, says transportation researcher Alan Pisarski, chances are the number of minutes you'd give as an answer is the rosiest possible estimate. "Usually the time it would take on a Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.," he jokes. First, be brutally honest about how long your commute really is. Then, because we're not yet teleporting Star Trek–style, settle in and make it a better ride.
Get informed: If your commute has a use — besides blasting your blood pressure like a party horn — research suggests it's as a chance to transition, to mentally switch over from mom to worker bee or vice versa. The American Automobile Association has deemed audiobooks a low driving-distraction risk, so listen to something motivational or informative, but not too technical or alarming, says Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us). "Your main task is still to pay attention to traffic."
Embrace the boredom: Research has found that some of the most creative thinking happens when your body is in motion but there's not too much thought needed — yep, just like driving a well-traveled route. And evening is particularly fruitful, studies say. So if you've been chasing a breakthrough on that vexing office conundrum, put on calm music and let your mind wander once you hit the highway on your way home.
Switch it up: A top reason commuting is stressful: It's totally unpredictable. "One stalled car can delay hundreds of commuters," says Vanderbilt. Varying the way you get to work keeps you from overinvesting in the idea that it should take exactly 27 minutes, so you can enjoy your time and stress less. (If choosing the back roads lets you see more nature, all the more soothing, research has found.) Pisarski makes this a habit. "Even if it ends up taking a little longer, I think, Well, I got to drive by the lake."
Stay in your lane: Lane-hopping is one of the most dangerous driving activities, but even if you think it's saving you a teeny bit of time — which is definitely not a guarantee — are those seven seconds/two car lengths really worth the collision risk? Thought not. Oh, and you know that arrival estimate Waze just gave you? It's not like some Olympic record that's there to taunt you into beating it. "That defeats the purpose," says Vanderbilt. "Not to sound too Zen, but just go with the flow."
Add humans: For our species, happiness and company go hand in hand, yet 76% of drivers commute alone. So if you can, shake that up by getting in some time with your husband, a colleague, a friend, or your kids — even if the overall drive is longer, it will be happier. Bonus: "Statistics say we're better drivers when we have passengers," says Vanderbilt.
Weekends are our happy times: Everything from scientific studies to light-beer commercials confirms it. Which is why it can be so teeth-gnashing to face down a Sunday night — after two days of nonstop tournament games, grocery-buying, and laundry—thinking, I didn't do anything I wanted to do! It shouldn't be that way, says Brigid Schulte, a mom and the director of the Better Life Lab at the New America Foundation. "Our weekends are uniquely precious, so we have to protect and curate them," she says. Here's how:
Schulte suggests thinking ahead to one thing that will make you really happy — whether it's a closet reorganization, a few hours of reading time, or attending a family barbecue — and making that your weekend's tent pole. Make it doable, but schedule it and commit to it. That way if you only get one thing done, it'll be the one you wanted to do most.
It's 4:45 p.m., and your desk is still piled with papers — meanwhile, your brain is sodone with the week. This is the time when many of us think, I'll just take this work home with me. Instead, push on through, and don't let the office follow you out the door. Even just answering an email here or there takes an outsize toll on your weekend, says Schulte. Her best tip: Try to rid your week of busywork so you won't find yourself in this position to begin with. A third of the work we do, she has found, is just to prove to others that we are working.
Great news: Research says you're likely to wake up in a cheery mood on Saturday — it's the happiest day of the week. To keep it that way, try to stay away from stores. Time-use studies say we think of Saturday as our get-stuff-done day, so you'll run into fewer folks if you shift your errands to Sunday, Friday night, or almost any other time. And if you do have to hit the big box stores: "The most fulfilling way to get through must-do tasks is to make them structured, meaning setting clear objectives and time limits," says Schulte. Endlessly wandering aisles doesn't qualify.
If you've reached the second half of your weekend without doing any socializing, you need to correct that stat. Saturdays and Sundays remain enjoyable even as more people have flexible work schedules (meaning, say, Tuesdays off instead of Sundays) because they're the days we're most likely to find others to play with, studies say. This is also the day you'll feel the payoff of finishing that paperwork on Friday: It should help ward off "Sunday neurosis," a creeping anxiety that attacks mostly white-collar workers as the start of the workweek approaches. | <urn:uuid:151c3fce-4d5c-4d98-8b67-1f6cc00a6d97> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.redbookmag.com/life/money-career/advice/g1467/how-to-manage-your-time/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.957972 | 3,474 | 1.804688 | 2 |
This fortified city has a strong military tradition and its legions are governed by a council of six (now five), called the Sword Council, whose members are the leaders of the local merchant families and clans. The unelected "advisor" of the Sword Council General Larak Cramerdawn who hold the position mainly by force of personality. The other Shield Council members are:
- Lord Mirkaal Danyr
- Lady Jania Gieg
- Lord Tans Kertronn
- Lord Vex Krevol
- Lord Baen Shaumn (assassinated)
The city of Gladius is one of the Fortresses of Romanus, the namesake for the house of Gladius. The city of Gladius and the surrounding regions and territories are ruled by High Lord and Lady of the House of Gladius; they are High Lord Gladiusus Attis and High Lady Gladiusus Invidia.
The city is located in south-west of the empire.
The House of Gladius
As the seat of the House of Gladius, the city and surrounding territories bear the colors of the House of their High Lord: Teal and Brown.
Gladius is known as the "Shield City" because it had more troops stationed there than anywhere else in Romanus. The business of the city largely revolved around the military with hundreds of blacksmiths, weaponsmiths, armorers, leatherworkers, stablekeepers, etc. which occupied the northern and western quadrants of the city. Large mining operations pulled iron and nickel out of the Troll Mountains to feed the smelters and ultimately produce the trappings of martial might. The eastern portion of the city is almost exclusively dedicated to the mining and related industries. The chief exports of Gladius are arms, armor, military equipment and training, mercenaries, and iron ore. Less lucrative but important for civic pride, the southern ward of the city is home to sculptors, artisans, and musicians.
Fortresses maintained by the house of Gladius
The house of Gladius maintains no fortress
The Legions of Gladius bare the Heraldic design of Teal and Brown.
Gladius is first settled by colonists around the year 100 The citizens declared their independence and lived proud and free for over 300 years. However, around the year 400, they joined the empire.
Sometime during its history, Gladius had at one point been completely burned to the ground.
Rumors and Legends
- Gladius is one of the few cities that contained a portal to the shadow realm.
- Tharko's Thieves are thought to control or operate some gambling establishments and festhalls, and run a payday loan business that appealed to some soldiers. All rogue activity is kept inconspicuous by necessity due to the heavy military presence in the city. If any misconduct is blatant enough to be noticed at the top of the chain of command, the General is not above turning the tables and having a siege weapon misfire and accidentally hit these shady businesses. | <urn:uuid:22856029-d365-4c8b-be76-f8e0c63c56e2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pax-romanus.fandom.com/wiki/Gladius_(city) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.959261 | 622 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Bettye Collier-Thomas is professor of history at Temple University. She specializes in race and gender history, particularly religion, politics, and civil rights. Her publications include “Jesus, Jobs, and Justice”: African American Women and Religion (2010), Daughters of Thunder: Black Women Preachers and Their Sermons, 1850-1979 (1998), and Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement (2001). She founded and served as first executive director of the Bethune Museum and Archives National Historic Site, in Washington, D.C. In 1994 she received the Conservation Service Award from the Department of the Interior for creating the first institution in the United States that focuses solely on black women’s history. She is currently writing a history of African American women and politics. | <urn:uuid:bffb78e9-b980-49f2-b0a2-6592e88cc3ab> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.oah.org/lectures/lecturers/view/1451 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.941452 | 167 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Policy and Behavior: Comparisons between Twitter Discussions about the US Tobacco 21 Law and Other Age-Related Behaviors
Tobacco 21, tobacco use, health communication, sentiment, age-restriction
To combat the e-cigarette epidemic among young audiences, a federal law was passed in the US that raised the minimum legal sales age of tobacco to 21 years (commonly known as Tobacco 21). Little is known about sentiment toward this law. Thus, the purpose of our study was to systematically explore trends about Tobacco 21 discussions and comparisons to other age-restriction behaviors on Twitter. Twitter data (n = 4628) were collected from September to December of 2019 that were related to Tobacco 21. A random subsample of identified tweets was used to develop a codebook. Two trained coders independently coded all data, with strong inter-rater reliability (κ = 0.71 to 0.93) found for all content categories. Associations between sentiment and content categories were calculated using χ2 analyses. Among relevant tweets (n = 955), the most common theme—the disjunction between ages for military enlistment and tobacco use—was found in 17.8% of all tweets. Anti-policy sentiment was strongly associated with the age of military enlistment, alcohol, voting, and adulthood (p < 0.001 for all). Opposition to Tobacco 21 propagates on social media because the US federal law does not exempt military members. However, the e-cigarette epidemic may have fueled some support for this law.
Dobbs, P. D., Colditz, J. B., Shields, S., Meadows, A., & Primack, B. A. (2022). Policy and Behavior: Comparisons between Twitter Discussions about the US Tobacco 21 Law and Other Age-Related Behaviors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (5) https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052613
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Language name: Macuna
ISO Language Code: myy
GRN Language Number: 3732
Language Scope: ISO Language
Language State: Verified
Sample of Macuna
These recordings are designed for evangelism and basic Bible teaching to bring the gospel message to people who are not literate or are from oral cultures, particularly unreached people groups.
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January 24, 2018
Three Answers You Need to Know
“In the beginning God [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1 NIV).
Friend to Friend
Who are you?
Where did you come from?
Why are you here?
These are three very important questions to which you need to know the answer.
When I was writing my chapter for our new GiG book, Knowing God by Name, I discovered that the very first name for God in the Bible is Elohim, and it is found in the very first sentence of God’s Word. “In the beginning God [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1 NIV).
Before the creation of the world, there was nothing. Our human minds can’t even conceive or imagine nothing. But into the nothing God spoke, and what was not became what is.
When God hung the sun in the morning sky and the moon in the inky expanse; when He sprinkled the stars to dance in the night; when He separated the waters of heaven from the waters of the earth; when He shaped the dry land, scattered seed for vegetation, stocked the seas with marine life and filled skies with winged foul; He did so with words. “And God said, ‘Let there be’… And it was so.” “By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of His mouth” (Psalm 33:6 NIV).
But on the sixth day, God did a little something different. “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness…’” (Genesis 1:26 NASB).
So the holy hand of God bent low, gathered dust of the ground, and with sacred fingertips formed man. God then leaned over the lifeless form, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being (Genesis 2:7).
After each of the first five days of creation, as the sun set over the horizon, God said, “It is good.” Six times, at the end of each phase of His handiwork, He reiterated his approval. We ride the rhythm of repetition only to be brought to a sudden halt by the Creator’s words when He looked at the lone man with no suitable companion. “It is not good for the man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18 NIV).
“So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. The Lord Godfashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man” (Genesis 2:21-22 NIV).
Eve was the crowning touch of God’s creative masterpiece and the inspiration of man’s first poetry. She was not an afterthought, but God’s grand finale – His magnificent masterpiece. God concluded the first week of the world’s existence and the curtain fell with the words: “God saw all that he had made, and it wasvery good” (Genesis 1:31a NIV).
Knowing God as Elohim answers three big questions for all of us. Who am I? Where did I come from? Why am I here?
Who are you? You are an image bearer of God. Elohim said, “Let Us make man in Our own image.”
Where did you come from? God fashioned you, formed you,and created your innermost being.
Why are you here? You were created for God and to glorify God (Isaiah 43:7), because it pleased Him to do so (Ephesians 1:5). The concept of glory can be a difficult concept to wrap our human minds around. Simply put, God’s glory is how He makes His presence known. You, my friend, are a platform from which God displays His magnificence and makes His presence easy to see.
Knowing you were created by God and for God, answers a thousand questions. You have great value and great purpose, regardless of how you feel about yourself, regardless of how you came into this world, regardless of what others have said about you in the past. Every human life is sacred, no matter how it began.
Now let me go a little deeper. As you ponder God speaking the universe into existence with but a word, is there anything in your life that is too difficult for Him to take care of?
Any problem too complex to solve?
Any illnesses too severe to heal?
Any child too rebellious to tame?
Any marriage too far gone to restore?
Oh sister, nothing is impossible for Elohim, The Mighty Creator. He can breathe life into any seemingly hopeless situation that comes your way. “For nothing is impossible with God” (Luke 1:37 NIV). You can depend on Elohim to weave a design out of the tangled circumstances of your life, even when they may seem as shapeless and void as the earth was prior to His first utterance of “Let there be.”
Elohim, Mighty Creator, I praise You for all that You have made. Thank You for the way You have fashioned my body. Tiny eyelashes that keep dust from my eyes. Flexible fingers that grasp and hold. Legs that stand and bend. Feet that walk and run. A heart that beats. A mind that thinks. Skin that protects. A soul that loves. I pray that I will represent You well today - that I will glorify You in all that I do.
In Jesus’ Name,
Now It’s Your Turn
What do you think it means to be created in the image of God?
Read Genesis 1:31 How did God feel about what He had made?
Based upon God’s response to His creation, what conclusion can you draw about your value as a woman created in the image of God?
Does knowing that you are created to reflect God (to glorify God) affect how you live?
Is there any change you need to make to better reflect Him?
More from the Girlfriends
Today’s GiG devotion is adapted from Knowing God by Name by Sharon Jaynes, Gwen Smith, & Mary Southerland by permission of Multnomah, division of Random House, Inc. This is the perfect book for individual study or for gathering a group of friends in what we call GiG Groups. With impactful devotions, study questions, journal pages, and free on-line video intros, this book is a resource you’ll refer to time-and-time again.
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A friend commented that she was struck by the sense of sadness. There was also fear, but much less of the carnival-like atmosphere of previous marches. One of the hallmarks of emotions in groups is that, if they affecting the whole group, they are less obvious because people don’t look around and see others in a radically-different space. My friend’s words called my up short, and made me wonder.
Freud’s essay Mourning and Melancholia suggests that the big difference between the two is that, in mourning there is real grieving for something that has been lost, such as after the death of a loved one, but in melancholia, though the sadness is real, but it’s not so clear what has actually been lost. That’s part of the territory of depression.
19 October 2019 was a day of high drama in Parliament — in its first Saturday sitting since the Falklands invasion. The media has been awash with speculation and interpretation — often adding more heat then light. Perhaps that’s justified, but I wonder if it was also a distraction from something much harder to name.
An un-nameable loss
I could point a finger at both the Conservative and Labour parties, suggesting that they’ve both lurched to extremes, leaving many of their traditional supporters with a sense of abandonment. I could point to the serious threat of Brexit, in both economic and cultural terms. But these have all been around for a while. They don’t adequately explain the sadness now.
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A man at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting tells a story woven from clichés, every beat and twist as familiar as the refrain of a popular song.
A follower of Francis of Assisi tells the story of the night Francis ordered Friar Leo to tell him that his sins were so grave that he deserved “the deepest hell.” The baffled but obedient Leo opened his mouth to proclaim his beloved Francis accursed, but God filled his mouth instead with praise for the good works the Lord would do through Francis, who would surely attain paradise.
A classic Chinese author tells a story through a series of melodramatic episodes adorned with digressions and repetitions. The episodes are linked not causally, but by themes and associations.
None of these stories were intended for the audience of a contemporary American writing workshop: the place where students in MFA programs learn what it means to write well. Matthew Salesses’s recent book, Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping, argues that most writing workshops would label work modeled on these examples as “bad writing.” Salesses’s foremost concern is the way that the behavioral and artistic norms of writing workshops suppress or distort the voices of writers of color, but his deeper purpose is to suggest that the question “What makes a story ‘good writing’?” can’t be answered until you know who the story is for.
Salesses is himself both a product of the fiction-industrial complex and embedded deep within it. He has a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing, and an MFA in Fiction; he teaches creative writing in the MFA/PhD program at Oklahoma State University. And Craft bears the hallmarks of good teaching: it’s curious and exploratory, it makes sure to explain things from several different angles, it understands itself simultaneously as an intellectual endeavor and as a professional act of service. Like the Asian literary traditions Salesses often cites as a counterpoint to Western models, Craft is multivocal and episodic. Salesses even offers “Four Things to Grade,” because he knows that writing teachers who make dramatic changes in their approach to workshopping fiction will still need to present certain products to their employers at the end of each term.
He opens with the fairly intuitive argument that “‘Pure Craft’ Is a Lie.” Different audiences create their own cultures of good and bad craft, and if a writing workshop doesn’t know the tradition in which an author is working or the audience to whom she intends to speak, their ability to improve or even understand her craft will be sharply limited. Workshop culture often requires the author to stay silent while everybody else critiques the story (or parades their own intelligence), making it harder for authors to explore aspects of their stories that their peers don’t immediately grasp. Members of minority literary cultures find themselves translating, warping, or discarding the stories that make sense to them in favor of a whole new set of values and expectations. Meanwhile, the majority are writing for an audience much like themselves, which is defined as the normative audience: Salesses is scathing on the practice in which workshop participants attribute their personal judgments and preferences to “the reader,” as if there’s only one kind. A writer working within a literary tradition that is dramatically underrepresented in workshops, whether that tradition is Chinese literature or genre fantasy, will find herself criticized in terms designed to make her work more intelligible and familiar…to majority-culture fiction workshoppers.
This is an acute alternative to the standard complaints about the rise of “program fiction.” Mark McGurl’s ambivalent 2009 The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing argues, “The rise of the creative writing program stands as the most important event in postwar American literary history.” As more and more of the authors we know come from these Play-Doh Fun Factories, everybody tries to define what makes “program fiction” recognizable. But these laments usually overstate their case, whether they focus on broad characteristics (“program fiction” experiments with point of view; programs turn writers into joyless darling-murderers), psychological damage (programs breed narcissists and trauma-mongers), or prose tics (my own least favorite is the weird adjectives hitched together by a series of “and”s: “Her smile was thin and raw and ritualistic”). Salesses cuts deeper because he’s assessing the process and its norms, rather than generalizing about the products. | <urn:uuid:e47030ef-9611-4245-825e-c7390204a581> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/whos-it | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.957391 | 956 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Why Add Unsolicited Content in A Human to Computer Dialog?
Humans may engage in human-to-computer dialogs with “automated assistants.”
For example, humans may provide commands and requests using spoken natural language input (i.e. utterances) which may in some cases be converted into text and then processed, and by providing textual (e.g., typed) natural language input.
Automated assistants are typically reactive, as opposed to proactive.
At the onset of a human-to-computer dialog session between a user and an automated assistant, the automated assistant may provide at most a generic greeting, such as “Hi,” “Good morning,” etc. The automated assistant does not pro-actively obtain and provide specific information of potential interest to the user.
Consequently, the user must provide initial natural language input (e.g., spoken or typed) before the automated assistant will respond with substantive information and initiate tasks on behalf of the user.
Techniques are described herein for configuring automated assistants to proactively incorporate, into existing or newly-initiated human-to-computer dialog sessions, unsolicited content of potential interest to a user.
An automated assistant configured with this patented process may perform such incorporation when it determines that in an existing human-to-computer dialog session, the automated assistant has effectively fulfilled its obligations to the user (e.g., the automated assistant is awaiting further instructions).
This can be as simple as the user uttering “Good morning” and the automated assistant providing a generic response, “Good morning to you.”
In such a scenario, the user may likely still be engaged (at least briefly) with the human-to-computer dialog session (e.g., a chatbot screen showing an ongoing transcript of the human-to-computer dialog may still be open, the user may still be within earshot of an audio input/output device through which the human-to-computer dialog is implemented, etc.).
Accordingly, any unsolicited content that is incorporated into the human-to-computer dialog session is likely to be consumed (e.g., heard, seen, perceived, understood, etc.) by the user.
Advantages of Inserting Unsolicited Content Into a Human to Computer Dialog Session
Incorporating unsolicited content of potential interest into a human-to-computer dialog session may have several technical advantages.
- An automated assistant may appear more “lifelike” or “human” to the user, which may lead to increased interaction with the automated assistant
- The incorporated content may be interesting to the user because it is selected based on characteristics of the user, such as the user’s current content, such as location, status travel plans, known topics of interest
- A user does not have to solicit such content, which may be helpful for users having diminished capabilities to provide inputs, such as while driving, or with physical limitations
- A searcher may receive potentially helpful content that it may not otherwise have occurred to the user to solicit
- The user may be provided with information that the user otherwise may have sought by submitting additional requests, and may conserve computing resources required to parse and interpret these requests
Ways that A Computer May Provide Unsolicited Content
The automated assistant may initiate a human-to-computer dialog for the incorporation of unsolicited content and incorporate unsolicited content into an existing human-to-computer dialog in response to various events.
One event may comprise when a user is within earshot of the automated assistant.
It is possible that a standalone interactive speaker that operates an automated assistant could use a sensor to detect that a human is nearby using:
- An IP webcam
- A motion sensor/camera incorporated into an appliance such as a smart thermostat, smoke detector, carbon monoxide detector
- Detecting co-presence of another computing device carried by the user
Examples of unsolicited content could include:
- Don’t forget your umbrella today, rain is expected
- Don’t forgot today is your sister’s birthday
- Did you hear about last night’s injury to
power forward? has gone up 8% over the last several hours
An automated assistant on a first computer may receive signals from another computer, via a sensore such as bluetooth. These signals may include:
- Computing interactions by the user, such as performing a search, researching a topic, or reading an article
- Runing an app, such as playing media, playing games
- So forth
I have had my speaker ask me if I wanted to receive news stories on my phone for news that it just sent to me, and that made receiving those stories very convenient.
How does this passage from the patent sound?
For example, suppose a user is listening to a particular musical artist on a standalone interactive speaker (which may or may not operate an instance of the automated assistant). An automated assistant on the user’s smartphone may audibly detect the music and receive signals from the standalone interactive speaker, and in response, incorporate, into a newly-initiated or preexisting human-to-computer dialog, unsolicited content such as additional information about the artist (or the song), recommendations regarding other similar artists/songs, notification(s) of upcoming tour dates or other artist-related events, etc.
This approach to a device providing information could be very helpful. The patent goes on to provide additional examples:
Unsolicited content that is incorporated into a human-to-computer dialog may include information of potential interest to a user, such as weather, scores, traffic information, answers to questions, reminders, and actions of potential interest to a user, such as playing music, create a reminder, add the item to shopping list.
What Types of signals could bring unsolicited content?
This patent tells us that information and actions of potential interest could be selected based on a variety of signals.
- Past human-to-computer dialogs between a user and an automated assistant Suppose a user researches flights to a particular destination, but does not purchase any tickets. And that a subsequent human-to-computer dialog between the automated assistant and the user is triggered, and that the automated assistant determines that it has responded to all-natural language inputs from the user. In such a scenario, the user has not yet provided any additional natural language input to the automated assistant. Accordingly, the automated assistant may take the initiative to incorporate unsolicited content including information relating to the user’s previous flight search, such as “Did you ever buy a ticket to your destination,” or “I don’t know if you’re still looking for a flight, but I found a good deal on a website.”
- User location which might prompt the automated assistant to proactively suggest particular menu items, specials, calendar entries (e.g., “Don’t forget your anniversary is next Monday”), appointments (e.g., an upcoming flight may prompt an automated assistant to proactively remind the user to perform online check-in and to start packing), reminders, search history, browsing history, topics of interest, such as interest in a particular sports team might cause an automated assistant to proactively ask the user, “Did you see the score last night?”), documents (e.g., an email including an invitation to an upcoming event might prompt the automated assistant to proactively remind the user of the upcoming event), application states (e.g., “I’ve performed updates of these three applications,” “I see that you still have several applications open, which may strain the resources of your device,” “I see you’re currently streaming
to your television; did you know that ?”, etc.), newly-available features (e.g., “Welcome back. While you were away I learned to call a taxi. Just tell me whenever you need one”), weather (e.g., “I see that it is nice outside. Would you like me to search for restaurants with outdoor dining?”), and so forth.
This unsolicited content for human to computer dialogs is at:
Proactive incorporation of unsolicited content into human-to-computer dialogs
Inventors: Ibrahim Badr, Zaheed Sabur, Vladimir Vuskovic, Adrian Zumbrunnen, and Lucas Mirelmann
Assignee: Google LLC
US Patent: 11,232,792
Granted: January 25, 2022
Filed: March 25, 2020
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described related to automated assistants that proactively incorporate, into human-to-computer dialog sessions, unsolicited content of potential interest to a user.
In various implementations, in an existing human-to-computer dialog session between a user and an automated assistant, it may be determined that the automated assistant has responded to all-natural language input received from the user.
Based on the characteristics of the user, information of potential interest to the user or actions of potential interest to the user may be identified.
Unsolicited content indicative of the information of potential interest to the user or the actions may be generated and incorporated by the automated assistant into the existing human-to-computer dialog session.
In various implementations, the incorporating may be performed in response to the determining that the automated assistant has responded to all-natural language input received from the user during the human-to-computer dialog session.
Unsolicited Content in Human to Computer Dialog Conclusion
It is fascinating seeing the variations covered in interactions between humans and computers in natural language dialog between the two, and how Google is attempting to anticipate how people using an automated assistant might interact when humans change topics, or when it might be a good idea for a computer to provide unsolicited content into the dialog.
There have been other patents about human to computer dialog besides topic changes or unsolicited content, and I will work on getting to those too.
Keep an eye out for your speaker device providing you with unsolicited content during or at the start of a dialog with it.
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My previous article on sustainability (Sustainability: The time to lead by example is now!) concluded that “green imperatives will be intrinsically linked to every aspect of the business including brand love and loyalty”. Let’s dig a little deeper!
According to an October McKinsey report, current consumer behaviour largely reflects the Covid-19 crisis, with drivers such as shifting to value and essentials via digital channels as hygiene and touch-less technology play a major role in purchasing preference. Alongside, brand loyalty is in crisis as consumers are easily switching brands as value, quality, and brand purpose are becoming increasingly salient.
Next in line to the pragmatic now shoppers is Generation Alpha, the Millennials’ offspring, remarkably ethically-minded and value-driven. According to a 2019 report from Wunderman Thompson Commerce, 67% of 6 to 9 year-olds say that saving the planet will be the central mission of their careers in the future, largely joining forces with GenZ currently waging war.
GenAs will redefine terms such as Brand love and Brand loyalty, unwaveringly binding them to great expectations regarding sustainability 360 and brand transparency siding with company campaigns imbued with social justice, fairness and “green” consciousness. In describing the distinguishing characteristic of the new consumer base, Micha Kaufman at Forbes brilliantly pointed out that “The product itself is not important, only the experience that they contain”.
For now, some fashion brands are back to the drawing board, having dropped out of Spring 2021 collections altogether to re-strategize, while others are feverishly redesigning, reinventing, remodeling with recycled materials or even publishing sustainability declarations. So, what core changes are now imperative to cultivate Brand Loyalty? In the shifting constituencies’ eyes, the answer is simple: Sustainable brands with “green” principles. With the advent of the pandemic, hearts and minds have gradually shifted, which is apparent in the fashion industry.
Take a look at the Fashion Industry!
“This September’s London Fashion Week was a shadow of its former self”, as last September’s Vogue edition states, while “the unseemly, unsustainable excesses of the fashion circus have been brought to a screeching – and some would say, useful – halt” prefacing future consumer habits with the beginning of what is now known as the “end of ownership” trend.
The estimated 1.5 trillion fashion industry-behemoth produced approximately 100 billion clothing items annually, accounting for more than 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, as the United Nations Climate Change News states. Second, only to the oil industry, fashion is the largest polluter on a global scale, flashing reprehensible statistics.
Month by month, the pressure on the fashion tycoons increases in a pledge for assuming the responsibility to Re-Imagine, Reinvent- Re-make fashion in line with the ethical imperatives of the shifting consumer base, which has already adopted a more pragmatic outlook on shopping according to Paypal.
What happens next? From Loyalty to Advocacy
An opportunity arises! Customer retention, brand loyalty or expanding one’s consumer base seems no easy business nowadays. The new reality puts more pressure on firms and challenges their capability to adapt to the new demands for sustainable products and greener missions.
In return, consumers will be more than just brand loyal; they will turn to advocates. “Demonstrating shared values and helping the customer act sustainably enhances the emotional aspect of customer experience, and 72% of customers will share a positive experience with 6 or more people“, a study concludes.
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Cities are on the up. More and more people want to live in them; innovation and economic growth are increasingly emanating them. So is designer coffee, come to that.
Cities aren’t just getting bigger; they’re getting more competitive. Countries aren’t where it’s at any more: cities from different continents are competing directly with one another. If this were the Olympic Games, you could forget the country parade at the start, it’s every athlete for herself.
So is it all about cities now then, is it? Well, no. Although cities may be wonderful places, they’re dependent for many things on the areas round them: open space for recreation, housing for workers who travel in from outlying suburbs or commuter towns, office space for businesses which want to locate outside the city but within easy reach. And above all, cities need space to grow.
That’s because, all over the world, the way cities are run has not kept pace with this brave new world. In particular, in many countries, cites are underbounded: a technical term which translates as “having a boundary too close in”. What this means is that, in many parts of the world, the areas around cities are governed by independent organisations.
The OECD has published a list of what it really takes for a city to be successful these days. One of their key abilities is “governance for functional geographies”: in other words, those which are most successful are those which have worked out how to cooperate with their immediate neighbouring.
In England and Wales this no less necessary than anywhere else. Many of our cities are underbounded, included those with the best prospects for substantial future job growth. These maps put together by Matthew Spry, of the planning consultancy Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners expresses the problem graphically. The grey is the built up area, which, in many cities, runs right up to the boundary. Much of the green space is flood plain.
Oxford and Cambridge
Reading and Norwich
Southampton and Northampton
In a report out last month the Royal Town Planning Institute looked at planning for housing, jobs and transport and the environment over areas wider than a single council – a process we call strategic planning. The report looked at 14 case studies in the UK, Ireland, France and Australia: cities which had in different ways got to grips with this challenge.
Here’s what we found that cities should be focusing on:
- Setting agendas so that all parts of a wider area – especially the outer areas – stand to gain from cooperation;
- Letting areas – such as counties and city regions – devise their own means of cooperation;
- Making sure the cooperation arrangements cover a wide range of activities – not just housing, but also jobs and transport;
- Getting strong buy in from local politicians and businesses;
- Making sure you look beyond the edge of the area over which you’re cooperating.
In England we haven’t always got this balance right. Some governments have enforced co-operation, others seemed unbothered as to whether it happens much at all – to the detriment of housing supply.
Government could help this process along by rewarding the hard work on getting joint plans for enough houses agreed – but at the moment there is no mechanism for doing this. Perhaps when the government gives grants in City Deals or Growth Deals, it should stipulate that genuinely providing enough houses is required.
Richard Blyth is head of policy at the Royal Town Planning Institute.
*See Rt Hon Greg Clark & Greg Clark Nations and the Wealth of Cities Centre for London 2014
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Income Tax Act 58 OF 1962, Section 12R(4)(b)
Binding General Ruling (BGR) dated 22 February 2022
The Department of Trade and Industry has established various special economic zones (SEZ’s) within designated areas in South Africa.
SEZ’s are geographically designated areas of a country set aside for specifically targeted economic activities, supported through special arrangements and systems that are often different from those that apply in the rest of the country.
These SEZ’s are supported by means of government-provided infrastructure, business support services and streamlined approval processes. A number of targeted tax incentives are provided by Government to ensure SEZs’growth, revenue generation, creation of jobs, attraction of foreign direct investment and international competitiveness, which include income tax, value-added tax (VAT) and customs-related incentives.
This BGR provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the excluded activities under section 12R(4)(b) conducted by a qualifying company located within an SEZ. It does not address any aspect of the accelerated building allowance available under section 12S. This ruling sets out SARS’s view.
Although a company may be classified a “qualifying company” as defined in section 12R(1), it may be disqualified from participating in the income tax incentive if it conducts an activity listed in either section 12R(4)(a) or an activity listed in the SIC Code as gazetted by the Minister of Finance under section 12R(4)(b). In this regard the Minister of Finance issued a Government Gazette listing the activities from the SIC Code that constitute a disqualifying activity by a qualifying company.
The problem arises in that some of the activities listed in the Government Gazette may constitute ancilliary activities to the main business of the qualifying company. Because the qualifying company may conduct any of these activities, it could be disqualified from participating in the income tax incentive.
The disqualified activities under section 12R(4)(a) relate to certain specific manufacturing activities that are not targeted as part of the income tax incentive. Section 12R(4)(b) allows for the Minister to proclaim through the issuing of a gazette certain further non-manufacturing activities to constitute a disqualifying activity. The list of non-manufacturing activities in the gazette relate mainly to ancilliary activities that support the main trade of a qualifying company.
Both, subsections 12R(4)(a) and (b) refer to “a company that conducts any activity” and “is not a qualifying company”. Applying the same strict interpretation under both paragraphs, as is required following the judgement in Western Platinum Ltd v C:SARS, would result in a qualifying company being disqualified to participate in the income tax incentive as it is conducting a disqualified activity under section 12R(4)(b), which may only be an ancillary activity to the main trade of the qualifying company.
SARS lists some examples in the BGR to explain this dilemma.
Example 1: An excluded ancillary activity conducted by a qualifying company
Company M, a qualifying company, carries on the trade of manufacturing electronic appliances in a designated SEZ. Company M packages the final manufactured product for its safe and secure transport. Customers are invoiced for the final product and not separately for the cost of packaging.
Result: The activity of packaging is listed as an excluded activity in Government Gazette 39930.
The packaging activity is a necessary activity in support of the manufacturing trade of Company M and is not conducted as a separate income-earning activity. As the packaging activity is ancilliary to the income-earning activity, Company M will not be disqualified from participating in the income tax incentive by virtue of the application of section 12R(4)(b).
Example 2: Excluded activity conducted by a qualifying company as a separate income-earning activity
Company D, a qualifying company, carries on the trade of manufacturing motor vehicles in a designated SEZ. Company D owns and operates a fleet of customised vehicles to transport the vehicles it manufactures to the harbour which is several hundred kilometres away, for export. On the return trip Company D, on behalf of other motor vehicle manufacturers situated in the SEZ, transports vehicles imported by such other companies for a fee.
Result: The activity of land transport is listed as an excluded activity in Government Gazette 39930.
The activity by Company D of transporting the vehicles it manufactures to the harbour will be considered a necessary activity in support of its manufacturing activity and will not be disqualified from participating in the income tax incentive under section 12R. However, the activity of transporting vehicles imported by other vehicle manufacturers is not a necessary activity in support of its manufacturing activity and will be considered as one of the dual-trades of Company D. Company D will be disqualified as a qualifying company under section 12R, as it conducts an excluded activity as envisaged under section 12R(4)(b), and is therefore not entitled to the income tax incentive for that year of assessment.
In essence, a qualifying company will be disqualified from the income tax incentive under section 12R for that year of assessment if it conducts any activity listed in the Government Gazette. However, where that activity is an integral part of the manufactured product to protect or transport the final product, it is accepted that it is not disqualified, provided the secondary product is not sold separately.
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Tigers & Rhino Tour
Miles and miles of dense forests and grasslands, beautiful water sources, and rare species of animals wandering in the wild – a wildlife safari to any national park in India transports you to an altogether different world. And giving you a chance to relish all that, we offer Tiger & Rhino Tour. This wildlife expedition starts off with a visit to Sunderbans National Park – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in West Bengal, Sunderbans is known as the world’s largest mangrove forest. Cruising through the creeks, wildlife expedition in Sundarbans gives you a chance to capture rare wild species including Indian tigers, reptiles, aquatic mammals and birds. From Sunderbans, this tour takes you to another popular wildlife destination in India – Kaziranga National Park in Assam. The park is a declared Heritage Site by UNESCO and is known as the dwelling land of Indian one-horned rhinos that only existed in the Jurassic-era. Along with the rhinos, here you can also expect to capture the sights of other wild animals like Indian Elephant, Sloth Bear, Swamp Deer, Wild Water Buffalo, Leopard, Hoolock Gibbon and more. This 11D/10N tiger & rhino tour is not just restricted to wildlife, this expedition also includes a sightseeing tour of Shillong and Cherrapunji. Ward Lake, Hydari Park, Nohsngithiang Falls, Mawsmai Cave and Nohkalikai Fall are some popular tourist sites in Shillong and Cherrapunji that we have included on this tour Our travel packages are insured with impeccable service and great arrangements of food, transportation and accommodation. To know more about this tour, check out the below mentioned 11D/10N tiger & rhino itinerary.
Day 01: Arrive Kolkata
Upon arrival at Kolkata airport meet with our representative and transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 02: Kolkata – Sunderban
After breakfast drive to Gadkhali jetty through beautiful countryside’s, rural bazaar. Arrive at Gadkhali. Transfer of luggage and persons to our motorized boat. Briefing and interpretation by our local guide cum naturalist over Tea/Coffee/Welcome drink followed by 2 hours spectacular cruise through river Bidya, Durgaduani and Gumdi. Optional stopover at Gosaba – one of the earliest human settlements of Sunderbans to visit the house of Sir Danniel Hamilton, a Scottish banker who introduced agriculture and initiated the first co-operative movement of India here. Upon arrival transfer to the wildlife resort. Hot lunch followed by birding and game cruise to Sajnekhali Tiger Reserve. Back to the resort by evening. Dinner and overnight stay at wildlife resort.
Day 03 : Sunderban
Morning Tea, Breakfast. Full day game cruise and birding tour to Sudhanyakhali watchtower and a canopy walk at Dobanki. Lunch will be served on board. Return to the resort by later aftrenoon. Dinner and overnight at wildlife resort.
Day 04 : Sunderban – Kolkata
After breakfast proceed to Gadkhali. Arrive at Gadkhali and transfer to Kolkata. Upon arrival Kolkata transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 05 : Kolkata – Guwahati (by flight) – Kaziranga National Park
After breakfast drive to Kolkata Airport for Guwahati. Meet on arrival at Guwahati Airport and drive to famous Kaziranga National park (220 kms 4 hrs drive). Check into a Jungle resort on arrival. Stay overnight at Kaziranga.
Day 06 : Kaziranga National Park
Early morning elephant safari 05:30 am to 06:30 am. Wake up call half an hour before the ride. Return back to resort for breakfast. After breakfast jeep safari (either central or western range). Return to lodge for lunch. After lunch jeep safari (if visited central range in the morning then western range or vice versa. Overnight stay at wildlife resort.
Day 07 : Kaziranga – Guwahati, 220 km
Morning jeep safari to the national park for wildlife viewing. Later return to the resort. After fresh-n-up leave for Guwahati. Upon arrival check into the hotel. In the Evening enjoy sunset cruise on river Brahmaputra. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 08: Guwahati – Shillong, 100 km
Morning after breakfast we will leave for the capital city of Meghalaya- Shillong, fondly known as the Scotland of the East. On the way to Shillong we will stop at the Umiam Lake, which is located just 15 km before to the capital city of Meghalaya. The crystal clear blue lake is about 220 sq km in radius and surrounded by the beautiful hillocks. The lake also represents the scenic beauty of the state which you will be going to explore here in next few days.
During summer period the Lake looked lush and vibrant adorned by Gulmohar trees (Delonix regia) in full blossom. The Lake commonly known as Barapani is the best place for picnics and outings. If you are travelling with kinds, then adjoining the Nehru Park will be perfect place for them to spend few thrilling hrs enjoying a motorboat rides and other activities.
Further continue drive to Shillong. Upon arrival check into the hotel in Shillong. After fresh-n-up sightseeing around Shillong visiting the Ward Lake and Hydari Park.
Later return to the hotel. Evening have a leisure walk around the famous Police Bazar. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 09: Shillong – Cherrapunjee, 60 km one way – Shillong
After an early breakfast leave for Cherrapunjee which is barely 65 kms from Shillong. It is the wettest destination in the world and on your drive to Cherrapunjee, you will come across roaring waterfalls diving into unfathomable gorges. Upon arrival visit the famous Nohsngithiang Falls, Nohkalikai fall, Mawsmai Cave.
Later return to Shillong, on our way back we will visit the Elephanta falls. Further we will have a short halt at Shillong Peak, just 18 km before the city. The peak is situated at an altitude of 2000 mt and is the highest point in Meghalaya. The peak offers breath-taking bird’s eye view of the city and the sprinkled villages nearby. The view from here is as mesmerizing in day time the night view is absolutely awe inspiring as the dwelling lights provide the ground below an aura of the night sky.
Later continue drive to Shillong. Upon arrival at Shillong we will transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay in Shillong.
Day 10: Shillong – Guwahati, 100 km – Kolkata, by flight
After breakfast leave for Guwahati. Upon reaching transfer to the airport to board the flight for Kolkata. Upon arrival at Kolkata airport meet with our representative and transfer to the hotel. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 11: Kolkata Departure
After breakfast transfer to the airport for onward connection.
Tour and Services Ends.
Wildlife holiday packages for Sunderbans
Duration : 10 Nights - 11 Days
Destiantion : Kolkatta - Sunderbans - Nagpur - Kanha - Bandhavgarh - Jabalpur - Agra
Duration : 8 Nights - 9 Days
Destiantion : Kolkata - Sunderban - Guwahati - Kaziranga - Shillong - Guwahati
Duration : 16 Nights - 17 Days
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Mary Boone ( my co-author on the HBR article) sent me the attached circular from her old college. Good to see someone taking a stand for treating students as human, realising the limit of explicit tests and standing up for education not processing information bundles (the students and the course material). Everytime I travel on the “T” in Boston I see adverts guaranteeing to increase your SATS score, something which is meant (although it cannot be) to be an independent measure of intelligence. It amazes me that more people don’t see the contradictions.
To Alumni and Friends:
Recently we announced that Wake Forest will no longer require prospective students to submit scores on the SAT or the ACT — two standardized tests that universities typically use to determine who is admitted to their undergraduate class.
In an email to our constituents in May, we shared details of the study that led to our decision and invited you to be in touch with feedback about this action. I appreciate the feedback that you have sent to the University and I am writing now to respond to that feedback and to underscore the importance of your involvement and support.
There are three key points that are helpful in understanding this new policy.
First, some of you have asked how this new policy affects our admissions standards. As in the past, Wake Forest seeks to enroll students who excel at the very highest level in high school. We are still looking for excellent high school performance in the most rigorous curriculum available, evidence of talent, motivation, character, curiosity, maturity and strong writing ability. To ensure that we enroll the nation’s highest achievers who are also people of character and promise, our admissions staff will review all of the measures of achievement our applicants submit and take every opportunity to know each applicant well. By making the SAT optional, we are not moving away from our current standard of excellence, but rather claiming greater opportunity to make our decisions on more reliable predictors of success.
Second, Wake Forest is absolutely committed to equity and we do not like the idea that just by its very nature, one test might eliminate qualified students who would do well here. There are many excellent students who just aren’t good standardized test-takers. Similarly, there are those who ‘test well’ but do not work as hard or have the academic discipline needed to succeed at Wake Forest. Given that recent studies show that high test scores — especially on the SAT — are not the best predictors of college success, we worried that reliance on standardized testing narrowed our ability to attract students who could and would succeed if they were admitted. This change makes it more likely that very hard working students with lower scores will apply and be judged on their body of high school work, rather than a single test score.
And by making the SAT optional, we are affirming that Wake Forest will not be guided by standardized test scores in the admissions process, and that we are open to all the factors that qualify a student.
Third, we believe that this decision is consistent with our heritage, motto and belief system. Wake Forest has a long and honorable history of paying attention to people and accepting them for their character and talent. Because we are small in university terms, we can do a better job of getting to know the students who apply. The SAT and ACT tests are proven to be biased toward those who can afford to take the prep courses that raise scores. Thus, if we allow the SAT to continue playing a key role in the admissions decision, we will increasingly get the student body that the SAT predicts, not necessarily the kind of student body that we want. This change is a step to preserve what is best in the Wake Forest tradition and return us to a more individualized consideration process that allowed many of our current alumni to enjoy the benefits of a Wake Forest education.
Wake Forest’s history is replete with stories from alumni, especially those from families of modest means, who were able to attend because of personal attention from a perceptive admissions officer, an interested faculty member, a dedicated administrator – someone who recognized potential in an eager young person. Our aim is to ensure that this important characteristic of Wake Forest is not only retained, but strengthened. We want students who are hungry for learning and able to succeed, whatever their economic or cultural backgrounds. We want to evaluate them personally, just as we give personal attention in the classroom. We want to ensure that Wake Forest is welcoming, challenging and a place where those who want to do well and do good for humanity will find a supportive alma mater. Far from changing Wake Forest into something else, this step is a means of preserving one of the most honorable principles of our heritage.
You should know that our decision on the SAT optional policy has the full support of the Board of Trustees. Our admissions staff, senior leadership and many, many faculty members agree that the change will add significantly to our distinction. As with other important decisions, we will study this move carefully as it unfolds.
In closing, let me add that Wake Forest has, in the course of its history, taken a number of calculated risks that have led to the University’s status as a leading national university. The move to Winston-Salem, the decision to join the Atlantic Coast Conference, the establishment of our professional schools, the change in our relationship with the NC Baptist Convention that created an autonomous Board of Trustees, the Plan for the Class of 2000 that gave our students and faculty new tools of technology – all of these steps and many other less visible ones have served us exceedingly well, even though they created some controversy at the time they were initiated.
As alumnus Gerald Johnson (’11), revered editor of the Baltimore Sun, once wrote, ”independent thinking and bold assertion do not make for tranquility.” We certainly respect and appreciate the opinions of those who differ with the decision to drop the SAT and ACT as requirements for admission, but we believe that this decision is ethical and based in sound research. We will keep you informed of the results of our actions.
As I said in earlier in this letter, please be in touch with your questions and ideas about this decision or any aspect of our future. We have updated the frequently-asked questions about this change based on some of the questions and feedback we have received and hope these points will be helpful to your understanding of the change. I invite you to visit the site here. Also online is our initial FAQ, which described particular aspects of this change (application process, NCAA considerations for athletes, etc.), links to the research that led to our decision, and some links to media stories; those are available here.
With warm regards and thanks for your invaluable support,
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BENEFITS OF HONEY
The honey is the world´s oldest known sweetener. The mix of natural sugars and water is absorbed by our organism in a slower way that the normal sugar and makes that we have less sugar ups and downs. The honey bee is not only a sweetener it also has a lot of little substances (more than 200)
The honey has alimentary and therapeutic properties but also can sweeten up to 25 times more that the regular sugar.
The natural honey bee is bactericide, antioxidant and antibiotic.
The following table presents the most common components of the honey bee:
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||28 – 44 %
||22 – 40 %
||0,2 – 7 %
||2 – 16 %
||0,1 – 8 %
|Proteins and Amino acid
||0,2 – 2 %
|Vitamins, enzymes, hormones
and other organic acids
||0,5 – 1 %
||0,5 – 1,5 %
||0,2 – 1,0 %
The honey has many components that makes it has lot of benefits.
Been the honey rich in polyphenols make it acts as an antioxidant. This is because the polyphenols are bioactive compounds with antioxidant capacity and those generate healthy benefits, prevent several diseases and neutralize aging process, to name a few.
The honey helps the probiotic bacterium to grow in our organism. The oligosaccharides that the honey contains motive an increase in bifid bacterium and lactobacillus and those give power to the probiotic effect in our body.
According to several studies the bactericidal properties of honey can be very effective in preventing gastrointestinal disorders that are caused by bacterium, such as peptic ulcers, gastritis or gastroenteritis.
On the other hand it has been observed that pure honey unprocessed help to control tumor growth and metastasis; because of that the honey could become a nutritional supplement in cancer therapies.
Another benefit that pure unprocessed honey has is that helps reducing cardiovascular risk factors, that is because of the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides goes down with the honey and increases the HDL cholesterol. This effect occurs even that two of its compounds (sucrose and fructose) are considered as risk factors for heart disease.
The bactericidal properties and anti-inflammatory action of the honey help to clean the wounds infection, reduce pain and improve circulation and accelerating the healing process. It's the same in the treatment of burns; with increased resistance of bacterium has been found that the unprocessed honey increase the burns healing of second and third degree.
Additional benefits and uses of pure unprocessed honey are:
• Effective for Cough: Honey with Lemon helps relieve cough, because it kills bacteria, covers the walls of the throat and soften it.
• Calming effects on the body: Eat a spoonful of honey a day, produces a calming effect on our body.
• Excellent for allergies treatment: The honey stimulates the immune system, this helps to control pollen allergies.
• Lowers Cholesterol: Honey is a great remedy for lowering cholesterol in the arteries.
• Prevents Heart problems: Honey fights heart problems because it strengthens the muscle and rhythmic movement.
• Prevents constipation: Honey is effective for constipation because it's a natural laxative.
• Promotes digestion: The honey helps digestion naturally.
• Helps lowering weight: Take one tablespoon of honey every night helps to lose weight, because this causes metabolic changes and helps to have a better rest with the release of serotonin.
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On January 30th, 2015, Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe was elected as the new annual chairman of the African Union. The 90-year-old, seven times elected President of the former British colony seems an outrageous choice given that any other head of state from the Southern region of the African Union could have been elected in his stead, a region that includes South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Lesotho and Swaziland. With Boko Haram raging in Nigeria and terrorist organizations coursing through the Sahara and Sahel regions, it is highly doubtful that Mugabe’s controversial personality will be able to bring Africa together to deal with these issues.
During its first 2015 bi-annual meetings, the African Union elected Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as its new chairman for the year to come. As a quick reminder, the African Union is the get-together of African leader, an institution meant to grapple with African-wide issues whether they relate to security matters, economic development or sanitary pandemics such as AIDS or Ebola. As you may expect, it is a gathering of all African heads of state, except Morocco, and is therefore an institution representing the interests of no less than 54 different countries.
On the other hand, Robert Mugabe, who will turn 91 on February 21, has been at the helm of Zimbabwe ever since the country, formerly known as South Rhodesia gained its independence from the British Empire in 1980. He was first the Prime Minister and then became President in 1987, a function he has occupied ever since. His record over this period has been nothing short of appalling. While Nelson Mandela was advocating reconciliation, he sought to take revenge of former white colonialists who remained in the country. His policy of re-empowering Black people after years of colonialism, while very commendable in itself, was very poorly and violently carried out and the series of white expropriations resulted in Zimbabwe, a former agricultural star, started suffering from food shortages, hyperinflation and flight of foreign capital due to the very nationalistic carried out.
Moreover, mimicking many of his colleagues, he has never relinquished power despite domestic and foreign calls for him to stand down and ever since the year 2000, all elections in Zimbabwe have suspected of being rigged. In other words, while Mugabe may have represented something akin to a freedom fighter during his guerilla war in the 1970s against white domination, he has now turned into yet another African dictator.
What can be expected from his leadership? More divisions and inaction.
Now, why would the African Union elect Mugabe as its next President in spite of his dismal record, when they already passed Omar Al Bashir of Sudan in 2006? While this election is not something to lose sleep over given the vastly symbolic nature of the Chairman of the African Union, it still sends a strong, negative signal that African Heads of State are not yet ready to tackle some of the most acute challenges facing their continent, including but not limited to male-female equality, human rights and democracy.
Given his contested figure, it is also unclear whether he can push the necessary responses to deal with the most pressing issues related to widespread terrorism on the African continent that sometimes threaten the very existence of other Member States. His experience as a guerilla fighter might prove an asset but there remains much doubt over his capacity to lead, even for one year, a 54-country strong institution. Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt, however, and maybe he will surprise the world. | <urn:uuid:a3765410-10a2-4283-9421-bc35b50899ff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://les-yeux-du-monde.fr/actualites-analysees/21419-robert-mugabe-head-african-union | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.978312 | 726 | 2.265625 | 2 |
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Cleanse Your Kidneys and Promote Good Circulation with These Juices
Maintaining good lifestyle habits is essential to promote good circulation and overall health. But, you must take advantage of certain ways to boost them by taking care of your kidneys. These juices, shakes, and infusions we’re about to discuss are made with all natural ingredients
As you know, nature has lots of materials that can bring your body internal balance, keep your kidneys functioning properly, and promote better blood circulation.
Fruits and vegetables are full of essential nutrients and having them on a regular basis can dramatically improve your health. And while you can eat them in various ways, it’s often easier to enjoy them in the form of a beverage.
The importance of taking care of your kidneys
The kidneys are two fist-sized organs located towards the middle of the back, just below the ribs. Inside them are the nephrons — their functional units.
The main function of the latter is to filter waste and excess water from the blood and maintain electrolyte balance. In addition, they also secrete three essential hormones:
- Erythropoietin, responsible for stimulating the production of red blood cells
- Renin, responsible for regulating blood pressure
- Calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, which allows us to preserve bone calcium
Maintaining a poor diet hinders proper kidney function.
The activity of the kidneys is intense but the basis of good health. The organism can live with only one kidney but there’s always a danger of failure when having a single one. Thus, the body wouldn’t be able to properly eliminate toxins.
In addition, a malfunctioning kidney can also result in poor circulation and heart problems. There’s an increased risk of high blood pressure, dysfunction of the blood vessel walls, inflammation, and oxidative stress.
As you can see, it’s important to take care of the kidneys so they can function properly and prevent deterioration. Diet and other lifestyle habits are two of the keys to do so.
Juices to cleanse your kidneys and promote good circulation
To promote proper blood circulation, it’s necessary to help the body get rid of toxins. You’ll need, above all, foods that provide vitamins, minerals and, of course, antioxidants.
In addition, you must ensure these don’t have an excessive fiber content but contain enough water and compounds to help with diuresis.
For example, a blend of carrots, cucumber and lemon juice can help your body rid of toxins and regulate blood pressure. Continue reading to find out how to make it, there are also other recipes you can enjoy on a daily basis.
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1. Carrot, lemon, and cucumber juice
The mixture of these three ingredients can help you strengthen your immune system, thanks to its nutrients and antioxidants. You’ll feel much better after taking care of this one area of health as it improves others.
- 1 cucumber (150 grs)
- 1 glass of water
- The juice from 1 lemon
- 2 medium carrots (150 grs)
- Wash, drain and peel the carrots. Then, cut them into slices (medium thickness).
- Separately, wash and slice the cucumber.
- Add it all to the blender along with the cup of water and process it to a smooth consistency.
- Drink it immediately with a meal or as your dinner.
2. Lemon and watermelon juice
Watermelon provides water and fiber, so, it’s an excellent natural diuretic. Blend it with lemon and you’ll get a refreshing drink packed with vitamins and antioxidants that’ll keep you hydrated.
- 1 c. of watermelon (220 g)
- The juice of 1 lemon (50 ml)
- 1 glass of water (250 ml)
- Take a piece of watermelon and proceed to cut it into small cubes. Be sure to remove all the seeds.
- Add all the ingredients to the blender and process until you get a homogeneous mixture.
- Drink immediately.
- Optionally, you can add a touch of honey to disguise the acid taste of the lemon.
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3. Celery and radish to promote good circulation
The nutrients in radishes may help relieve urinary tract infections. They’re also low in calories. Don’t worry about their spicy taste as it’s due to glucosinolates, compounds with high antioxidant capacity.
Be sure to try this combination of radishes and celery – it’s a great way to maintain your health due to its rich vitamin and mineral content.
- 1-2 stalks of celery (50 grs)
- A few radishes (100 grs)
- 1 glass of water (250 ml)
- Wash and drain all vegetables well.
- Next, proceed to cut the radishes into thin slices. Then, cut the celery into small pieces.
- Process everything in a blender at medium speed to a homogeneous consistency.
- Drink immediately. We recommend enjoying this drink about three times a week.
Other things you should know about juicing for your kidneys
These types of drinks are a good way to maintain proper kidney function as they provide water, nutrients, and antioxidants that help relieve relieve inflammation.
You can complement them with other types of fruits and vegetables such as pineapple, orange, blueberries, broccoli, watercress, tomato, and beet.
Now, these aren’t the only way to support kidney function and prevent damage so take them in moderation. (A glass a day, for example.) Have them be a part of a well-balanced diet. An excess of these juices could displace the presence of other important foods.
These juices are contraindicated for those already experiencing kidney dysfunction. As the Kidney Foundation points out, you must moderate the intake of fluids and certain nutrients if you already have this kind of problem. For this reason, it’s necessary to consult a doctor before adding juices to your diet.
Kidney disease may not present symptoms in its initial stage. Blood and urine tests are a good way to monitor yours.
Thus, if you have any doubts or signs that may seem alarming, consult your doctor. These juices are neither a cure for kidney failure, kidney stones, nor urinary tract infections.
Other tips to take care of your kidneys
Drinking juices, herbal infusions, and water is a good way to prevent kidney damage. But there are other essential practices that must be part of a proper lifestyle for good kidney health.
Here are some of those recommended by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases:
- Prevent some conditions that predispose to kidney disease such as high blood pressure, obesity or diabetes. If you have these conditions, it’s essential to keep them under control.
- Besides fruits and vegetables, eat other healthy foods like whole grains, lean proteins, and low-fat or semi-skimmed dairy products.
- Moderate the presence of salt (both table salt and that in processed and canned products) and added sugar. Cook with herbs and spices to add flavor to your dishes.
- Be active on a daily basis and exercise whenever possible, the amount will depend on your specific needs.
- Limit or avoid your alcohol and tobacco consumption.
- Get adequate rest and avoid stress.
One thing to keep in mind when it comes to maintaining good hydration is that, if you already have kidney problems, you should choose a type of water that suits your needs. In this regard, we recommend the kind that’s low in minerals.
Low mineral water has a dry residue of 50 milligrams/quart or less, while weakly mineralized water contains less than 500 milligrams/quart.
Furthermore, avoid those with a high calcium or magnesium content to prevent further kidney damage.
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Genre: Top-Down Action, Puzzle
Technology: SFML, Box2D, C++, PiskelApp, GitHub, Google Solutions
Duration: 3 Months
Team Size: 2
Role: Game/Level Designer, Game Programmer
Dig It is a 2D top-down action/puzzle game where the player controls a greedy dwarf who ventures into haunted mines. The dwarf was sent to find an ancient treasure armed only of a pick-axe and willpower.
The game puts the player in a maze-like map where the walls are made of different kind of rocks: solid and breakable.
The core mechanic of the game lets the players “Dig” creating their ways by freeing up space from the map, and shaping new paths.
To add more tension to the exploration part of the game, when a block is destroyed, there is a chance that a ghost or the desired ancient treasure will spawn on the map.
I wanted to make the exploration of the mine both exciting and dangerous, and for these reasons, I added this spawning system that offers a risky reward for each block destroyed.
The game idea was partially inspired by two famous games: Bomberman and Spelunky.
- Bomberman was the main spark of our game for its level design and the possibility of destroying parts of the map to make your way.
- Spelunky, instead, offered inspiration for the themes: the mystery of exploring an abandoned mine full of danger, ghosts, and rewards behind every corner (blocks in our case).
Dig It gameplay features two main modes: Single Player and Tutorial.
- Tutorial: this game mode provides a basic playthrough covering the main game mechanics and rules. It starts with the movement commands then it introduces the player to different types of blocks: breakables and solid walls. The player will be asked to try to break both to find which one is the breakable wall. In the third phase, a treasure will spawn from the broken block, a 20 seconds timer will trigger, and a ghost will be added to the screen following the player. The tutorial is completed if the player manages to keep the treasure safe until the end of the timer, avoiding the chasing ghost.
- Single-player: this game mode includes all the mechanics and rules from the tutorial and new ones that the player can discover while playing. For example, in the tutorial, the ghost is spawned only after the treasure pickup and the ghost will follow the player regardless of the distance. In single-player, this only happens when the player has a treasure, but if he doesn’t, the ghost will have a detection range, so that the player can outrun it. Also in single-player, breaking blocks have an increased chance of spawning a new ghost that will start chasing the player after a set amount of time. The player wins 20 seconds after having found the treasure. The player loses if touched by a ghost.
During the development of Dig It, I learned a lot about multiple parts of the game development pipeline. In particular, I value the expertise acquired in planning and designing the game. Due to my background and knowledge, I covered the role of a Technical Game Designer on the team, while my teammate, Giovanni, wrote part of the back-end code.
In the first part of the project, I sketched out a diagram of what the game would have been in terms of core loop and features. Then, after a discussion with Giovanni, I refined the concepts using the points raised in our first meeting. After that, I wrote a pitch and a detailed design document.
When we started writing the code following the structure of the diagram, I evenly divided the tasks based on our area of expertise. I laid out the basic structure of the game by using and adapting the engine developed during the practical session at University and researching the A* Pathfinding algorithm.
After the research, Giovanni implemented the entities framework and AI code, while I sketched out and implemented different maps layout.
In the final part, I was more involved in refining the spawning mechanic and the timer system linked to the finding of the treasure: the player wins only if protects the treasure from the ghosts for 20 seconds. In this phase of the game, the ghosts spawn randomly all over the map: 1 ghost every 5 seconds. Giovanni, instead, performed a series of tests and bug fixes.
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From Apple’s SIRI to self-driving cars, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is progressing speedily. Whereas fantasy usually portrays AI as robots with human-like characteristics. In real life, AI will include something from Google’s search algorithms to IBM’s Watson to autonomous weapons.
AI nowadays is correctly called slim AI (or weak AI). In this, it’s designed to perform a slim task (e.g. solely automatic face recognition or solely net searches or solely driving a car). However, the long-run goal of many researchers is to form general AI (AGI or robust AI). Where a slim AI could outmatch humans at whatever its specific task is (Say like taking part in chess or resolution equations) AGI would outmatch humans at nearly each psychological feature task.
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WHY ANALYSE AI SAFETY?
Staying as close to the term, the goal of keeping an AI’s impact on society useful motivates analysis in several areas, from economic science and law to technical topics like verification, validity, security and management. Whereas it should be very little over a minor nuisance if your laptop computer crashes or gets hacked, it becomes a major problem when an AI system will do if it controls your automobile, your aeroplane, your pacemaker, your machine-controlled trading system or your power system. Another short challenge is preventing a devastating race in deadly autonomous weapons.
In the long run, a crucial question is what is going to happen if the hunt for robust AI succeeds and an AI system becomes greater than humans in the small cerebral tasks. As acknowledged by I.J. Good in 1965, coming up with smarter AI systems is itself a cognitive task. Such a system may probably endure algorithmic improvement, triggering an intelligence explosion leaving human intellect so much behind. By inventing revolutionary new technologies, such a super intelligence may help the United States of America to eradicate war, disease, and poverty. Plus, the creation of a robust AI may well be the largest event in human history. Some consultants have expressed concern, though, that it would even be the last unless we tend to learn to align the goals of these AI with ours before it becomes super intelligent.
Some question whether or not a robust AI can ever be achieved, and others who insist that the creation of superintelligent AI is sure to be useful. We tend to believe analysis nowadays can facilitate us higher than oneself and stop such potentially negative consequences within the future. Therefore enjoying the advantages of AI as well as avoiding the dangers.
HOW WILL AI BE DANGEROUS?
Most scholars agree that a brilliant intelligent AI is unlikely to display human emotions like love or hatred. Due to which there’s no reason to expect AI to become purposely benevolent or malevolent. Instead, an AI may become a risk when:
- The AI is programmed to try to do one thing: devastation. Autonomous weaponries are AI systems that are automated to kill. Within the hands of the unfitting person, these weapons may simply cause mass casualties. Moreover, an AI race may unknowingly cause an AI war that additionally ends up in mass casualties. To avoid being foiled by the enemy, these very weapons would be designed in a way that would be very tough to easily “turn it off,” Thus humans may believably lose management of such state of affairs. This is a risk that’s present even with slim AI.
- The AI is programmed to useful things. However, it develops a harmful technique for achieving its goal and this is bound to happen when we will fail to align the AI’s goals with ours. For example, if you task an intelligent automobile to take you to the field as quick as possible, it would get you there chased by helicopters and lined in vomit, doing not what you needed however virtually what you asked for. If an excellent intelligent system is tasked with a formidable geoengineering project, it would make disturbance with our scheme as a side effect, and consider any human who tries to prevent it as a threat.
As these examples illustrate, the priority regarding advanced AI isn’t malevolence. Instead, its competence. A super-intelligent AI is going to be very smart at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we have a problem. You’re most likely not an evil ant-hater who steps on ants out of malice. However, if you’re to blame for a hydroelectric green energy project and there’s a mound within the region to be flooded, unfortunate for the ants.
WHY THE RECENT INTEREST IN AI SAFETY
Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, and lots of alternative massive names in science and technology have recently expressed concern within the media and via open letters regarding the risks exposed by AI, joined by several leading AI researchers.
The idea that the search for a robust AI would ultimately succeed was long thought of like a fantasy, centuries away. However, due to recent breakthroughs, several AI milestones that consultants viewed as decades away were just 5 years past and have currently been reached, creating several consultants take seriously the chance of superintelligence in our period. Some consultants still guess that human-level AI is centuries away, most AI researches at the 2015 Puerto Rico Conference guessed that it’d happen before 2060. Since it should take decades to finish the specified safety analysis, it’s prudent to begin it currently.
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According to an IBM Cost of Data Breach Report 2022, which calls cyberattacks the biggest challenge to the industry, data breaches have cost Indian businesses an average of ₹17.6 crore in 2022, the highest amount ever recorded.
The cost increased 6.6% from last year, when the average breach cost was Rs 16.5 crore. The IBM report said the cost was up 25% from ₹14 crore in 2020.
Industrial companies, including engineering, chemical processing, and manufacturing, paid the highest for data breaches. The average cost of each breach was about ₹9,024 this year.
For the services industry, including legal, accounting, and consultancy, the average cost of a breach was ₹7,085, and for technology industries comprising software and hardware companies, the cost was ₹6,900.
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When used effectively, discussion protocols have the power to help educators cultivate highly impactful, collaborative spaces. Learn how you can lead structured and productive discussions in your own learning community with Meeting Goals. The author provides scaffolds for frequently used protocols as well as examples of protocol application. Both new and veteran educators can rely on this resource to help them facilitate constructive meetings and, as a group, catalyze great work.
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Bregoli’s new history of the Livorno Jewish community — the nazione ebrea—challenges the notion that economic utility, freedom, and engagement with enlightenment philosophy necessarily produced a rejection of traditional Jewish society and adoption of an individualistic modern outlook. Using a wide array of new archival sources, Bregoli demonstrates that, as was the case with many “port Jews,” the Jews of Livorno experienced a state of “economic usefulness” that proved essential to the development of Tuscany. This “usefulness” yielded a number of significant advantages for the Jews, in that they “gained liberties and privileges that Jews elsewhere did not possess, short of political inclusion.” These liberties and privileges included the unhindered pursuit of their mercantile lifestyles, maintenance of the jurisdictional autonomy of their community, and the sanctioned state protection of the “benevolent Ruler” of Livorno. Moreover, Livornese thinkers were never obliged to defend their religion — the Italian enlightenment never strove to overthrow religion, and the philosophers were able to participate “in the culture of the times, not in their Jewish capacity, but as members of the ‘human family.’”
Yet in the face of these advantages the Jews of Livorno gravitated toward the conservative maintenance of the status quo. Though they continued to make appeals to the Grand Duke and to make frequent use of the Christian courts, the Livornese Jews tended to compartmentalize their lives. While engaging in the intellectual and cultural life of the majority society they maintained the traditional political and corporate integrity that had always persisted in their community. As Bregoli explains, “both the state and the Jewish leadership in Livorno were invested in maintaining the old ‘national’ framework for Jewish privileges.”
This conservative outlook yielded what some might see as drawbacks. Unlike other port Jews — such as those in Trieste — the Jews of Livorno were not directly, nor positively affected by the programs of toleration enacted by such overlords as Joseph II of the Hapsburg Empire. This meant, in turn, that the Livornese Jews were not able to enjoy the promised increase of civil inclusion and legal parity that came with greater toleration. They preserved their communal organization, but they were not able to become members of the larger culture. Whether this was better for the Jews or not depends on one’s perspective.
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Google and Taiwan’s Asus are launching a “computer on a stick” which can plug into a display to turn it into a PC.
Google said in a blog post that the Asus Chromebit would be arriving mid-year with a low price tag.
“By simply plugging this device into any display, you can turn it into a computer. It’s the perfect upgrade for an existing desktop and will be really useful for schools and businesses.”
The statement offered no other details on the device, but Google also announced its lowest-cost Chromebook laptop computers at $149 in partnership with Chinese electronic groups Haier and Hisense.
With a display of 11.6 inches, the Haier computer is being sold through Amazon and the Hisense PC through Walmart.
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The Pinoleville Pomo Nation Environmental Department looks to sustainability through the promotion of renewable energy, sustainable communities and green technologies. The goal while examining sustainable practices and technologies is to maintain culture and tradition throughout the generations. The focus is to create projects to utilize renewable energy while incorporating cultural and traditional values and promoting self-sufficiency.
Some of the department’s recent endeavors include a renewable energy feasibility study from the Department of Energy. Within that study, PPN examined the feasibility of solar, wind and biogas energy sources within the boundaries of the Pinoleville Pomo Nation.
The department also looks to sustainability through building practices. The “co-design” process of the prototype homes along Pinoleville Road focused on weaving together the various energy technologies in building designs. The goals were to examine low cost energy efficiency through natural materials to yield net zero or positive energy buildings.
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Why are we still obsessed with gold?
From the moment humans first glimpsed its luminous surface, this shiny yellow metal has seduced the inhabitants of every continent and every age.
Here is a tale of desire that conquered the globe; a story that begins in a 6,000-year-old grave brimming with brilliant gold bracelets and culminates on the big screen, with a 24-carat feathered cape wrapped round the shoulders of a young Elizabeth Taylor.
Through the lens of time, and with insight from the experts behind a spate of new exhibitions exploring the history and luxurious applications of gold, we uncover what lies at the heart of this eternal desire.
When workmen began digging a ditch in the town of Varna, Bulgaria, in 1972, they could have never imagined they would stumble on one of the most important gravesites in history.
On the shores of the Black Sea lay what has come to be known as the "Varna Necropolis" – hundreds of tombs, many holding a fantastic array of gold bracelets, necklaces, and scepters dating back to the 5th millennium BC.
It's the oldest gold treasure ever found, and reveals not just the craftsmanship of early humans – but a complex social structure.
"These objects are markers of social positions in society," explained Vladimir Slavchev, curator of Prehistoric Archaeology at the Varna Museum of Archaeology.
"And that is why they are so important for archaeologists – we can see there is some complex structure of human society for the first time in history."
The most fabulous treasure trove of all was Grave 43, in which over 1.2 kilograms of gold objects were discovered.
Inside lay the skeleton of what is believed to be the chief of the community – a 40 to 45-year-old man still draped in radiant necklaces, headwear, and perfectly molded bracelets (pictured).
And there's another, more usual adornment, just to the right of the hip.
"The dress of the man was decorated with the model of a gold penis," explained Slavchev.
"During excavations, the model was found to the right of the right leg. But we think it was placed just on top of his stomach."
"Gold is very soft and even when you start to hammer big pieces it can produce a lot of material," Slavchev said on how the people of the Varna Necropolis may have crafted these ornamental bulls.
"Afterwards you can cut a plate into different pieces using copper chisels."
It's not known where exactly the people of this necropolis sourced their gold, though Slavchev said it may have come from an area up to 80 kilometers south west of Varna, where gold has since been found in rocks.
It's a long way to travel for a piece of metal. But judging by the fantastic array of jewelry buried here – still shimmering an otherworldly glow thousands of years later – it was obviously thought worth the journey.
There is a certain bittersweet quality to a mummy entombed with golden jewels it will never admire, mirrors it will never gaze into, and sandals it will never walk in.
In ancient Egypt, these were the dazzling funerary objects buried with the dead, carefully placed for what they believed to be the afterlife.
The spiritual significance of gold meant it was often used to craft such treasures.
According to the British Museum, "the use of gold [in mummy masks] was connected to the belief that the sun god Ra, with whom the mummy hoped to be united, had flesh of pure gold."
Perhaps the most famous – and spectacular -- Egyptian artefact ever found is that of Tutankhamun's gold burial mask.
Featuring a protective cobra and vulture on the forehead, the elaborate mask was discovered in the young pharaoh's gold coffin, itself weighing a hefty 110 kilograms.
It was one of many treasures found in the teenage king's almost intact tomb by British archaeologist Howard Carter, in 1922, and dates back to around 1320 BC.
More than 3,000 years after King Tutankhamun's death, this intricate gold diadem was found on his mummified head.
The young pharaoh is believed to have ascended the throne when he was just eight years old, ruling until his death at 17 – though the cause remains a mystery.
Spot the British archaeologist. Howard Carter, the man credited with discovering Tutankhamun's spectacular tomb, is pictured on the left with Egyptian government officials at the entrance of the Pharaoh Ramesses VI in 1922.
They may not be the most comfortable footwear, but it's unlikely you'd have heard too much complaining from the mummy wearing them.
These gold sheet sandals were found in the tomb of one of the three foreign wives of Pharaoh Thutmose III – dating back to around 1400 BC -- with similar shoes also found on the mummy of Tutankhamen.
"In life, only the highest-ranking individuals in ancient Egyptian society wore sandals as an article of dress," said Diana Craig Patch, curator at the Department of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
And thousands of years after their death, they're still a remarkable sight.
Welcome to the "golden age" of Chinese history, where poetry, music, and exquisite craftsmanship flourished under the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907 AD).
Reopened Silk Road trade routes created a new appetite for luxury foreign goods, and Chinese metalworkers stepped up to demand by experimenting with new materials and techniques.
"Presumably this mirror was used in the Imperial household – I can't imagine such a lavish use of gold for any other kind of patron," said Keith Wilson, curator of ancient Chinese art at the Smithsonian Institution, of this piece dating between the late-7th century and early-8th century.
"Because of gold's rarity and value, artisans used different methods to literally stretch it as far as it would go," Wilson said of then innovative techniques such as gilding and panel-beating.
"They might apply a pasty mixture of gold and mercury to surfaces. Heating evaporated the mercury and left the sparkling gold behind – needless to say, it was a toxic process."
This melon-shaped box with rodent handle, dates between the late-7th century and early-8th.
"Many people look to the Tang as one of the most cosmopolitan eras in all of Chinese history," added Wilson.
"Inspired by bowls, cups, and other functional objects imported from West and Central Asia, they perfected metalworking techniques introduced from Iran and Sogdiana."
And in this age of Tang Dynasty creativity, their golden cup runneth over.
The desire for gold has driven many a foolhardy explorer across the globe only to return empty handed – if they returned at all.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Europeans were seduced with new fervor by the tale of El Dorado – a mythical city in the Americas bathed in unimaginable riches.
Needless to say, El Dorado was never found, and the very term has been absorbed into our lexicon denoting any place of fabulous wealth.
But there was a grain of truth to the legend. And it can be found in the jungles of Colombia...
It might not be an entire city made of gold, but the intricate "Muisca Raft" (pictured above) supposedly tells the story of a chieftain covering himself in gold dust and diving into Lake Guatavita, Colombia, during an inauguration ceremony.
Precious pieces of gold and emeralds were thrown into the lake during the festival, and the story is believed to have sowed the seed of the El Dorado myth we know today.
Measuring almost 20cm long, this delicate model was crafted from extremely pure gold – over 80%. It was discovered in a small cave near Bogota, Colombia, in 1969, and is believed to date back to the late period of the Muisca culture, between 1200 and 1500 AD.
This decorative flask in the shape of a man was used to hold lime – and not the type that grows on trees.
"The lime was obtained from burning and grinding seashells," explained the British Museum.
"The alkaline lime was chewed with cocoa leaves to release their active stimulant and enhance clear, contemplative thinking."
Which might also help explain the look of concentration depicted on this particular flask's face.
This Indian representation of Inca royalty dates back to 1800. Notice their gold crowns bear the emblem of the sun. The Incas believed gold was the sweat of the sun, which they worshipped.
A fantastic miniature army appears to perch on this gold pectoral. The wonderfully detailed ornamentation originates from the Tayrona culture, which existed around the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region of Colombia, from 900 to 1600 AD.
The golden city of El Dorado may be a myth, but thanks to this treasure trove of pre-Columbian jewels, its imagined beauty beguiles us still.
Emperor Shah Jahan is perhaps best known as the man behind India's Taj Mahal – built as a magnificent marble tomb for his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
But he also presided over the Mughal Empire, a fabulously wealthy dynasty which stretched across the Indian subcontinent between the 16th and 19th centuries.
The following painting shows the weighing of Shah Jahan on his 42nd lunar birthday in 1632, and can be found in exquisite Islamic Manuscript the "Padshahnama" -- currently on show as part of the "Gold" exhibition at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Written in Persian on paper flecked with gold, the manuscript is part of Britain's Royal Collection, and is the official record of the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan, who ruled between 1628 and 1658.
We asked "Gold" curator Lauren Porter to give us an insight into the stunning image.
"Twice a year, on the occasion of his lunar and solar birthdays, the Emperor would come before his nobles to be weighed against gold, silver and other precious items in the golden 'Scale of Auspiciousness'.
"An amount equivalent to the Emperor's weight would then be distributed as alms to the poor (the recipients are pictured at lower right with their hands outstretched). It was believed that this charitable act would enhance the spiritual and corporeal wellbeing of the Emperor.
"Gold regularly featured on the pages of Islamic manuscripts and could take the form of gold leaf, which could be polished with agate to achieve a high level of shine, or shell gold (paint made from ground particles of gold) which would be applied with a brush to provide delicate highlights and a more subtle sheen."
What pleasure there is in a tiny, glittering box in the palm of your hand – and to know the childlike secrets buried within.
In 18th century Britain, that "secret" may well have been snuff – a perfumed powered tobacco favored by the aristocratic, and later middle, classes.
While the working class puffed on tobacco pipes, the upper echelons of society preferred to inhale a pinch of snuff -- and not just from any old box.
The snuffbox was as much about signifying your own social standing in the world as carrying tobacco – the more spectacular the object, the more esteemed the owner.
And by the evening's candlelight, the boxes that glowed brightest were those made of gold...
"Gold was the ultimate luxury metal," explained Vicky Avery, keeper of Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, currently exhibiting "Up-close and Personal: 18th century gold boxes from the Rosalinde and Albert Gilbert Collection."
"It was incredibly expensive, but it could also be shaped into ovals or squares or rectangles. It could be embossed, chaffed, engraved, and be covered in jewels to make it even more luxurious."
This gold snuffbox timepiece originates from England between 1766 and 1772.
Tiny pearls form the tail of this intricately painted lion, originating from Geneva, Switzerland, between 1804 and 1809.
Hidden pictures often appeared under the lid, such as this one of Philip V of Spain, dating back to Paris, 1714.
Snuffbox adorned with maps, from Germany, 1757. With tobacco from America, gems from South East Asia, and the metal itself wrought in continental Europe, these exotic boxes were, as Avery says: "like holding the world in your hand."
Gold in 1920s America was a bit like the young hedonists who flaunted it – a lot of razzle dazzle, but not always authentic.
This was an affluent new era of fast-living fellas and free-wheeling flappers, where money was spent just as quickly as it was made -- and though everything glittered, it wasn't necessarily gold.
"A lot of 'gold beads' were actually glass painted with a gilt exterior," explained Jennifer Marshall, professor of North American Art at the University of Minnesota. "They were fancy, but not always precious."
"This was an American wealth that cared more about appearances than actual value. They didn't know it at the time, but looking back, it was an age of quick wealth, not old money."
If you had a car made of pure gold, it's unlikely you'd ever take it out of your garage, much less park it in the street. Luckily, this 1920 Pierce-Arrow Model 48 2/3-Passenger Coupé is just painted gold. Though that didn't stop it selling for $139,136 in 2010.
Where did this newfound affluence come from?
"The boom is fed by post-WWI consumerism and manufacturing," explained Marshall. "There's this real feeling that the U.S. is taking the mantle of Western Civilization.
"So in terms of gold, you see a lot of revival styles – Tudor, Chinese, Egyptian – in the U.S. If this is the new seat of civilization, then why shouldn't it also have those styles?"
No need to go home to freshen up between parties -- just whip out your demure golden enamel and diamond powder compact and lipstick holder.
Which incidentally sold at Sotheby's recently for over $10,000.
"When we imagine the nightlife back then, think of the lighting in clubs, of what gold looks like under incandescent bulbs, in a speakeasy in Harlem," said Marshall.
"Gold really reacts to light in a different way to other metals."
Decades before Paris Hilton tottered around town with a miniature dog in her oversized handbag, the party people of the Roaring Twenties were sporting 18 carat gold, ruby and diamond evening bags in the shape of a pug's face.
This little number sold for $17,500 at auction.
Money can buy many things -- taste isn't always one of them.
Sparkling, desirable, and unattainable. Our kings and queens of the screen are gold personified.
And even the most ordinary objects -- from a lighter, to a pen, or watch -- can be transformed into a valuable collector's item once they've come into contact with these otherworldly creatures.
Add a famous back story, engraved signature, and the allure of gold, and you're looking at a treasured piece of history that can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The spectacular gold cape worn by Elizabeth Taylor in 1963 film "Cleopatra," was auctioned for $59,000 in 2012.
"Elizabeth Taylor wears that cape in very epic, over-the-top, pivotal scenes — including when she dies — so it also becomes her death cape," explained said Margaret Barrett, director of entertainment auctions at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, U.S.A, who oversaw the sale of the Academy Award winning costume.
"It was made from gold painted leather, with each piece cut into the form of a feather. And boy it was heavy – like picking up a small dog!"
Frank Sinatra's 14 carat gold pocket watch, a gift from Dean Martin in the 1960s, was auctioned for $12,500 in 2012. The initials "FAS" (Frank Albert Sinatra) are engraved on the outside, while inside is the message: "To the ‘Daig,' Love Dean" (evidently a private nickname for Sinatra).
"What I like about gifts like this is it's very clear who gave it and who received it. Once it's engraved, we have its history there forever," said Barrett.
Long after the King has left the building, his precious possessions continue to capture the imaginations of fans.
This black star sapphire and gold ring sold for $44,812 at auction last year.
You're probably more likely to stumble across an image of screen siren Marlene Dietrich smoking, than not.
So it feels apt that this gold cigarette lighter, like a time capsule from another world, had her very special stamp on it.
Dating back to 1939, the piece of Hollywood history sold at auction for $3,000 last year – an object of desire as golden as its owner.
"These things are special because people don't really give gifts like that anymore," said Barrett of the engraved cigarette cases and lighters she often sees auctioned for thousands of dollars.
"It's a nice, sentimental piece of property from the past."
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Gourmet on Grass!
When we started the farm, we sought a breed that was docile, and does well in a 100% grass-fed environment. Fellow area farmers told us we could never finish beef successfully without a “fattening up” corn-based period. This might be the case for other beef breeds, but we’ve found that our Devon cattle produce gourmet, quality beef on 100% grass.
Herbicide and Pesticide Free Pasture: We’re sure that you and your family don’t want to eat beef from an animal that has been digesting herbicides and pesticides. Essentially, we’re trying create the biological consistency the animals had in the 19th century, prior to the chemical saturation on farm fields.
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Do you remember what you were told college would be like? Not only from friends and family, but from social media, movies, and more. I remember everything, buying every idea that they sold to me. My wild imagination painted a vivid picture that featured incredible classes that would expand my worldview, parties that looked like “Project X” come to life, and vast opportunities to change the world. After 3 years at one of the top public universities in the world, I can say with confidence that someone definitely lied to me. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love college and the parties are pretty wild. I’ve been given endless opportunities to grow and I’ve even taken a few life-altering classes. The most salient thing I’ve learned, however, is that some of the greatest knowledge you’ll acquire comes from outside of the classroom. It comes from the people around you, from the diverse community that your university offers you. If you look at the major success stories that are born in college, such as innovative startups or breakthrough research, they all stem from the ability to communicate and collaborate with fellow scholars around you. But if the most useful part of attending college is the network of students you’re given to connect with, why do the classes themselves discourage student interaction? It’s ironic how in a communication-driven age, the supposed institutions of innovation have not yet caught up.
It only took until the first lecture in my college career for me to receive my reality check. Astronomy was a subject I was so excited to explore at a university level, and I spent all summer imagining passionate lectures leading to thought-provoking conversations with my peers. Instead, I just got a wrist cramp from transcribing the professors lengthy monologues. This isn’t to say that I wasn’t learning, just that I clearly wasn’t absorbing information in a way that engaged my interest. For a 5-digit price tag that seems to follow you around for life, I believe that we deserve to feel an equally valuable passion for the subjects we spend hundreds of hours learning. When you read reviews for college courses on sites like Rate My Professor, almost every review is reduced to the criteria for how easy it is to get an A, how little reading you need to do to pass, and how many times you can skip class before it becomes a problem. Shouldn’t we instead be inspired to write about how exciting the lectures are, the vibrant dynamic amongst your classmates, or the magnetic pull of the topics presented? Higher education is beginning to feel less like a privilege and more like an economic and societal burden that is a prerequisite to making ends meet.
It wasn’t until the summer before my junior year that this idea was challenged by a graduate student professor who would unknowingly change my life. From the moment we walked into his class, we were greeted with upbeat music and told to add our favorite songs to the class Spotify playlist listed on the board. There was instantly a buzz of excitement in the room from the possibility that this class may not be like the others. The naive and hopeful freshman inside of me reappeared and wondered if this could be the type of class I once imagined. Luck was on my side that day, as it turned out I was right. Below the link to our class Spotify playlist was another URL, this one an invitation to a class Slack workspace. If you’re not familiar with Slack, it is a revolutionary tool used to increase rapid communication amongst large groups like company teams and organizations. When used in the classroom setting, it gave me and my classmates an organized group chat where we could ask each other questions, create study groups, share resources, and more. Rather than have us raise our hands to ask questions, which we all know rarely happens, the professor suggested we post our thoughts into the group chat. The transformation that soon took place was incredible. Within the first lecture, students began posting their questions in the chat. Other students who understood the topic they were asking about would quickly answer, allowing everyone to smoothly continue on through lecture without confusion. The Slack workspace created an interactive atmosphere that functioned in and out of the classroom. By halfway through the course, we were using Slack to create our own study groups and share study guides that resulted in soaring grades. As the refreshing course came to a close and I left retaining more knowledge than ever before, I realized that somehow we needed to scale this solution across every single class out there. It was here that the drive to disrupt the education industry as we know it was born.
The course I took that summer burned in my memory for months. I familiarized myself with Slack until I knew it better than the back of my hand, and thus realized that creating a Slack workspace for each individual class and then sending out that custom link was not a viable solution. How could we scale this communication solution to every class at every university across the nation? We live in an era characterized by vast social networks and rapid communication, so it didn’t make sense why nobody was creating a platform where students on the same campus could easily connect. Luck met opportunity when my housemate Jordan approached me with a brilliant idea to solve this very issue. Hundreds of candid conversations with students and a deep passion for revolutionizing education came together to create Nectir. Nectir is a social education tool that drastically multiplies student communication. Optimized to each individual university, students use their .edu email to quickly create an account and receive access to class group chats for every course on their campus. Searchable by major, one simply has to select their classes for the quarter and are then instantly added to each channel with the rest of their classmates. As long as you’re a student of that university, you’ll always have access to every channel at your school, meaning you can view the valuable messages and resources in each channel whenever you need. Classmates can use these permanent channels to ask and answer each other’s questions, share resources, create study groups, and more. Lost on an important topic from lecture today? Post your question in the class channel and another student will have the opportunity to reinforce their understanding of it by reiterating it to you. Dropped your Hydroflask while the professor was announcing the topics on the final? No problem, simply open the Nectir app, ask away, and a fellow classmate will fill you in. You can also use Nectir to directly message your classmates, create private channels for study groups, and even create public channels for any classes or topics you don’t see. Whether you want to join the #Econ10A class discussion or find out what’s happening at the #AnacapaDorms, it’s an app personalized to your community that connects the campus with ease. Nectir does more than solve simple communication issues, it provides a resource for students to instantly connect with a deeper wealth of knowledge than ever imagined. By giving college students a much needed tool to make passive learning more active, we are encouraging a shift in how education should be provided everywhere.
Eric Mazur, a Physics professor at Harvard, described his traditional lectures as simply a “transfer of information”, noticing a widespread loss of learning and retention amongst his students. For years he remained puzzled as to how to wake up his class and keep them engaged, until he looked to the students themselves for the answer. Creating a conversational environment, similar to my beloved summer course, unsurprisingly resulted in better grades. In his master class on the benefits of interactive teaching, Mazur explains how something as simple as students communicating to collectively find the answer can “triple learning gains” and help students become emotionally invested in the subject. Nectir optimizes this practice to allow every class on campus to become instantly interactive. With an easy-to-use app that students can access at any time, we are taking learning into our own hands. The best part is that Nectir was made by the same students who will use it, ensuring that every facet is created with one thing in mind — adding more value to our education. The future of higher education has finally arrived and it’s only getting better from here. | <urn:uuid:e6c3804d-a661-4060-a9b0-4af6f27fab4d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nectir.io/blog/wait-i-paid-40-000-for-this | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969525 | 1,693 | 2.046875 | 2 |
How to Fix It When a Second Monitor Is Not Working – Rearrange your displays
DVI, meanwhile, has перейти versionsand it’s possible to plug an incompatible DVI cable into a computer or monitor.
Your operating system enables you to display your computer image across multiple monitors or projectors by cloning or extending your desktop. This article will guide you through both types of display configuration. Right click on your desktop and select Personalize. Click Detect to allow Windows to detect your displays.
Finally, you can click the drop down box titled Multiple Displays to toggle between Extend the displays and Duplicate these displays. Click Connect to a projector to allow your projector to detected as a valid display. The steps above can be carried out for all connected displays. In all cases, the displays will appear as icons in the window, and you can rearrange them as necessary.
Click the Apple icon and select System Preferences , and then choose Displays. Click Arrangement. Click Detect Displays to allow your Mac to search for all connected displays. If you click the Mirror Displays box, the left screen will be cloned to the right screen. Should this remain unchecked, the display will extend to the right. The steps above can be used to however many displays you have connected.
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If you want to take advantage of a vertical screen, you need to choose a monitor that can be rotated or buy a separate rotating mount to attach your monitor to. How satisfied are you with this reply? How to Set Your Computer to Lock Your Screen Automatically If your computer is managed by Cornell, it should already be set up to lock the screen at approved intervals. In reply to A. No jargon. | <urn:uuid:3e710c8e-dd5a-478e-bb69-08e4ac48a5c6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.professionalpetnanny.com/how-to-use-the-multi-display-function-on-windows-8/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.854906 | 559 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Canada Invites Africa, Caribbean, South American Leaders To Meeting During Upcoming G8 Summit
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Sunday invited several leaders from Africa, the Caribbean and South America "to a meeting on development and security issues, to be held on the sidelines of the G8 summit later this month," Agence France-Presse reports.
The meeting will aim to "broaden representation and maximize results on international development and peace and security issues," according to a press release from Harper's office, the news service writes. Leaders from Algeria, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, Jamaica, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa were invited.
"The G8 has a long tradition of developing credible solutions to global challenges in partnership with Africa and others in the international community," Harper said in the release (6/13).
Ahead of the weekend, Harper met with Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Toronto Star reports.
Kazatchkine praised Harper's support of the Global Fund. "The very fact he could arrange a meeting at this time, two weeks prior to the G8 is clearly a strong sign of support to the Global Fund and to global health," he said. Kazatchkine also said G8 countries should expand their support for global health. "(If) the effort could be sustained and expanded that could lead to a world without malaria deaths by 2015 and to a huge impact on maternal and child health like virtual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV," he said, noting that achieving both goals is a realistic possibility (Talaga, 6/13).This is part of the KHN Morning Briefing, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. Sign up for an email subscription. | <urn:uuid:7bacc1e9-170f-4875-8314-ac180c698d0b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://khn.org/morning-breakout/gh-061410-g8-africa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.948047 | 370 | 1.75 | 2 |
PE at Holy Family
Holy Family’s Vision for Physical Development
ALL pupils should leave primary school physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy, active lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.
At Holy Family, Physical Development lies at the heart of our curriculum. We recognise that it is an integral aspect of whole child development. Our vision is to provide children with a physical vocabulary which grows confidence, self-belief and an ability to realise that the key to unlocking their potential lies within themselves. We know that high quality Physical Education will support each child to become self-aware and progressively enable each individual to begin to understand the potential they have. In developing their understanding of the importance of a healthy lifestyle we hope that every child can begin to make healthy choices.
In 2013 the Government demonstrated their commitment to Physical Education by announcing the allocation of funding. This funding was jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and saw money going directly to primary school head teachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. The drive behind this funding has always been to ensure that schools can make improvements which are both sustainable and also provide children with opportunities to develop a lifetime commitment to be healthy and active. This funding has continued since, and in 2018/19 the school received £17,040 and in 2019/20 and 2020/21 received £17,500.
In 2021/22 and 2022/23 school received £17,071.
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City governments that tweet less-frequent, but more focused, messages tend to have higher engagement with the citizens who follow their accounts, researchers report.
In a study, researchers found that the more municipalities tweeted messages, the less likely that their followers would react to the message, also referred to as engagement, according to Jeffrey Stone, assistant professor of information sciences and technology at Penn State Lehigh Valley and an affiliate of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences.
“What this study suggests is that the most active Twitter accounts are not the most engaging,” says Stone.
He adds that engagement for this study meant the popularity and virality of the tweets. Popularity of the tweets looked at how often followers liked the tweets, and virality examined how often the followers retweeted the tweet.
Stone says that municipalities that were most active on Twitter were more likely to tweet health-related messages. In the case of municipalities using Twitter to communicate those health messages, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic, Stone says that social media handlers should resist the urge to over-communicate, but instead rely on a disciplined messaging strategy.
“If you tweet too much, it tends to be— at least in my opinion—’white noise,'” says Stone. “In terms of what we see in this data, you want to alter your messaging strategy so that you have more focused, more credible, and more direct messages.”
The researchers say that health-related tweets typically are meant to draw attention to public concerns, which may increase the relevance to the citizen. Stone says the study results suggest that municipal tweets that appeal to group affiliation and common, personal motivations (e.g. health) were more likely to be engaging.
Several linguistic factors also seemed connected to an increase in engagement, according to the researchers.
They found that tweets that featured emotional elements, such as feelings of anxiety, anger, and faith, tended to increase engagement. However, Stone cautioned, emotional elements in a tweet did not necessarily mean that the sender of the tweet was emotional—rather it suggests that these messages themselves drew attention because they contained provocative wording, or references to addressing violence, or alerting citizens to potentially violent situations.
“You have to be careful when you say ‘angry’ because, for example, a town government may tweet about a workshop on domestic violence, which doesn’t mean the government officials are angry,” says Stone. “It could mean, for example, that they’re looking to address domestic violence, or that they are tweeting about a memorial service for victims of violence.”
Likewise, rather than expressing a specific spiritual opinion, municipality tweets on faith were more likely to contain references to a broad range of meetings or services at the community’s places of worship.
To conduct the study, the researchers obtained primary Twitter account names—or handles—from 100 of the largest US cities, based on the United States Census Bureau’s 2017 population estimates. One city did not have a Twitter account and another city failed to tweet in a month, so the researchers omitted those two cites and added the next two most populous cities. Six mayoral accounts were removed, resulting in a final set of 94 cities.
These cities had a total population of 57,392,361, or 17.55% of the US population based on US Census Bureau estimates at the end of 2017.
A software program extracted the tweets from the Twitter application that allows public access, or API. The tweets covered a 91-day period between September 1 to November 30, 2019. A textual software program was used to examine the tweets’ linguistic properties.
According to the researchers, future research might look at examining a larger dataset to make sure these results apply, in general, to other municipalities.
“We would love to get some data and a longer period of data to dig into this a little deeper,” says Stone.
“We would also like to differentiate these tweets by engagement to investigate what types of tweets are more engaging—are they informational tweets, are they tweets about events, are they tweets about health concerns?”
The findings appear in Government Information Quarterly.
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- Features captivating TIME For Kids content to motivate readers
- Includes engaging layouts, high-interest photos, sidebars and more
- Engaging material makes reading a fun adventure for students
- Written in Spanish and designed for 3rd-graders
Shell Education TFK Spanish 2nd-grade 30-Book Set Printed Book - Book - Grade 2 - SpanishShell
Reading is an adventure with these engaging books written in Spanish. Each book features engaging layouts, TIME For Kids content, high-interest photographs, informational text, vocabulary and sidebars. Books are designed for second-graders.
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DESCRIPTIONListens for Syslog messages and logs to console and optional file. Tries to decode according to RFC 3164 message format. Syslog columns are:
Source IP Address Source UDP port Facility Severity Timestamp (or 0 if not matched) Hostname (or 0 if not matched) Message
-4 Force IPv4. -6 Force IPv6 (overrides -4). -d <dir> Output file directory. --directory DEFAULT: (or not specified) [Current]. -i # UDP Port to listen on. --interface DEFAULT: (or not specified) 514. -l Output list format. --list DEFAULT: (or not specified) Line. -t Print time in human-readable yyyymmddhhmmss format. --time DEFAULT: (or not specified) Unix epoch. -w Log to "syslogd.log". -w -w Log by facility in "<facility>.log". -w -w -w Log by hostname in "<host>.log".
LICENSEThis software is released under the same terms as Perl itself. If you don't know what that means visit <http://perl.com/>.
AUTHORCopyright (C) Michael Vincent 2010
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Utilising digital tools to ensure
planning policies and design proposals deliver social, economic, and environmental value.
PLACE LOGIC utilises urban network analysis to highlight the underlying forces which shape our towns and cities, all of which have a major impact on the quality of the urban environment.
Unlike other modelling systems which rely on costly and time- consuming data-collection, PLACE LOGIC uses readily available maps as source material and provides outputs quickly and economically. These can be used as stand-alone media or as explanatory aids in more complex models.
The principle behind PLACE LOGIC is that successful places depend on two important and inter-related factors: a logical movement network and an appropriate distribution of functions. Towns and cities are highly complex entities and case studies have demonstrated that there is a remarkably close correlation between connectivity and viability, so explaining why some places ‘work,’ and others do not.
This information is useful to a
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Join A Circle
Lean In Circles are small groups of peers who meet regularly to learn and grow together. We know there is real power in this kind of support: research shows we are able to learn and accomplish more in groups.
Today there are more than 70 Circles with over 1800 members. Circles meet everywhere from living rooms to company cafeterias—and they are spreading from city to city and country to country by word of mouth. The best part is, they work: 85 percent of members attribute a positive change in their lives to their Circle. Women are asking for more, stepping outside their comfort zones, and leaning in.
- Lean In Delhi Circle Testimonial
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By Claire West
The Deregulation Bill has been published, with the aim of freeing UK businesses from red tape and making life easier for ordinary Britons.
Ken Clarke, Minister without Portfolio, and Oliver Letwin, Minister for Government Policy, has published the draft Deregulation Bill, which will free thousands of businesses from red tape and make life easier for individuals and civil society. The draft bill will now be scrutinised by a joint committee of MPs and peers, and legislation will be brought forward when parliamentary time allows.
The draft Deregulation Bill is the latest step in the government’s ongoing drive to remove unnecessary bureaucracy that costs British businesses millions, slows down public services like schools and hospitals and hinders millions of individuals in their daily lives.
The government’s Red Tape Challenge has already brought in reforms that have saved business over £212 million a year, not all of which needed legislation passed by Parliament to achieve. A significant number of further measures will be implemented by the end of 2013, including an overhaul of employment tribunals to save business around £40 million per year. Overall, ministers have already decided that over 1,900 substantive regulations will be scrapped or reduced. The Chancellor announced in the Budget that a second phase of the Red Tape Challenge will start in summer 2013.
How will the deregulation bill remove unnecessary burdens from businesses?
The Bill frees businesses from red tape by:
•scrapping health & safety rules for self-employed workers in low risk occupations, formally exempting 800,000 people from health and safety regulation and saving business an estimated £300,000 a year
•putting a deregulatory ‘growth duty’ on non-economic regulators, bringing the huge resource of 50 regulators with a budget of £4 billion to bear on the crucial task of promoting growth and stopping pointless red tape
•making the system of apprenticeships more flexible and responsive to the needs of employers and the economy, as recommended by the Richard Review. The Bill will remove a lot of prescriptive detail in the current legislation and clarify the employment status of apprentices. An implementation plan for apprenticeship reform will be published in September.
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What do the standards look like?View the Common Core math standards by grade. We believe most parents have never actually read the standards, so here's your chance! The standards are not too long.
Why does the Common Core Exist?Before the Common Core existed, every state in the United States, including D.C., had their own separate set of standards and tests. It was impossible to compare the performance of students in one state with students in another state. Furthermore, speaking from our own experience with aligning with dozens of state standards, we can honestly say that most of the state standards documents in the past were ambiguous and subject to great interpretation, which is not a good thing for a standards document! The Common Core attempts to unify as many states as possible with identical standards. Best of all, we feel that the Common Core standards are well written. The states that have not adopted the Common Core math standards are the following: Texas, Nebraska, Alaska, Virginia, and Minnesota.
How would you characterize the Common Core math standards?The Common Core math standards promote a balance between deep understanding of mathematical concepts and basic computation skills. Here is an example of both types at the early grade levels:
Basic computation skills
- By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.
- By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.
These standards are simple and unambiguous.
Critical thinking skills
- Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Given a question like 50 - 19, it is apparent from the standards that merely computing the answer of 31 is not enough. Ideally, the student could recognize 19 as "1 less than 20", so instead of subtracting 19, you could subtract 20 and then add 1, resulting in "50 - 20 + 1", which is very easy to compute. This is in fact the thought process that should occur when you solve this problem in your head, and the Common Core attempts to steer students toward this type of thinking. | <urn:uuid:4aa58222-26d2-4695-b023-d1970fdd3a1f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.mathscore.com/math-standards/common-core/things-to-know.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958462 | 438 | 4.125 | 4 |
As part of the intensifying belt of settlement activity in and around the Old City, there has been a recent burst in touristic settlement projects in the area of Gei Ben Hinnom/Wadi Rababe as well as developments within Silwan illustrated in Ir Amim’s updated map below, offering a zoomed-in perspective of the space. While a small section of Gei Ben Hinnom/Wadi Rababe is situated in West Jerusalem, the remaining portion is located in East Jerusalem adjacent to Abu Tur and Silwan.
Further blurring the Green Line, these projects are being implemented around the vicinity of the planned cable car recently approved (#31 on the map), which will together create a more seamless link between West Jerusalem and particularly Silwan and divert tourist traffic from its traditional routes via Jaffa and Damascus Gates:
- Approximately two months ago, the Elad settler organization opened a new cultural center, “A House in the Valley – the Center for Music and Culture” (marked B on the map) replete with an on-site restaurant strategically located between the Palestinian neighborhoods of At-thuri and Silwan along the seam between East and West Jerusalem. The planned pedestrian bridge (#30 on map) over Gei Ben Hinnom/Wadi Rababe will ultimately originate from the new Elad center and lead towards Silwan.
- The Jerusalem Municipality recently constructed a promenade (marked A on the map) connecting the Jerusalem Cinemateque, a popular cultural establishment in West Jerusalem, directly to Elad’s new complex in East Jerusalem. Public funds have been invested in this project which will lead unwitting Israelis and tourists alike into an arts and culture center owned and managed by a nationalist settler organization and from there onwards into the heart of Palestinian neighborhoods.
- Two weeks ago, the Jerusalem Municipality hung signs in Wadi Rababe, announcing the municipality’s intent to seize 40 dunams of private Palestinian land in the area,(marked C on map) adjacent to the new Elad cultural center for landscaping purposes slated to include gardens, terraces and a walking path. Palestinian land owners have been given a 30-day period to appeal the decision. While according to the municipality, the land would be confiscated for a duration of five years with the declared intent of beautification of the space, there is no guarantee the five-year period will not be extended.
Portrayed as a seemingly innocuous new establishment for arts and culture designed to serve the Israeli public, Elad’s “House in the Valley” serves as an entry point into the settlement ring around the Old City. The new promenade, constructed by the municipality to aid and abet Elad’s efforts by connecting its center with the Jerusalem Cinemateque, not only enables access from West Jerusalem to an Elad-managed site beyond the Green Line, but it propagates the idea of a contiguous Israeli space, while blurring its Palestinian surroundings and diffusing the political agenda behind these efforts.
Additional developments inside Silwan
In parallel to the government’s co-optation of tourism as a tool for erasing the seam between West and East Jerusalem and creating additional links between settlement projects around the Old City, the number of recent developments inside Silwan are further eroding its Palestinian presence.
- On June 16, the Jerusalem municipality approved the naming of several streets in the Batan al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan after prominent Jewish rabbis. While the move is largely symbolic, it serves to further illustrate Israeli attempts to alter the character of the neighborhood and promulgate the idea of the area as an Israeli environment. Batan al-Hawa is the hotbed of Ateret Cohanim's settler activity where it is waging the most comprehensive settler takeover campaign in East Jerusalem, placing roughly 600 Palestinians at risk of eviction.
- On June 18, after a 24-year-long legal battle, the Jerusalem District Court dismissed the appeal against the eviction of Jawad Siyam and his family, conveying the majority of the family's property in Wadi Hilweh, Silwan to Elad. Wadi Hilweh has been the locus of Elad’s settlement operations for the past three decades, where it manages the City of David National Park and taken over roughly 75 Palestinian homes. The ruling in particular deals a severe blow to the Palestinian community in Silwan since Jawad Siyam, a social worker and longtime community activist, who built community centers for local children and youth, serves as a central figure in community mobilization to safeguard the Palestinian presence of Silwan. | <urn:uuid:fcc603c8-7489-497e-b05f-8197b2ceed34> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ir-amim.org.il/en/node/2311 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.941573 | 950 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Go to the Visualisation Tool
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Introducing the Overall Project
Recognising the importance of policy integration for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
initiated a project on "Sustainable Development Goals Interlinkages and Indicators” in 2015 focusing on SDG indicators and the interlinkages between the SDG targets. The project identifies the causal links between relevant SDG targets based on a literature review and the results from relevant international consultation processes on SDG indicators. Indicators with trackable data are identified for SDG targets based on the official indicators that are listed in the Global Indicator Framework for SDGs and Targets and various data sources. The identified causal relationships between relevant targets were further quantified for 27 countries in Asia and Africa based on statistical analysis of the time-series data for the indicators. Using network analysis techniques, the structure of the interlinkages network can be analysed from a systemic perspective. Country-specific dashboards indicating potential synergies and trade-offs between the SDG targets are provided. IGES developed a web tool,
SDG Interlinkages Analysis & Visualisation Tool,
to enable users to visualise the interlinkages, explore indicator-level data, and identify synergies and trade-offs among the SDG targets. This project is expected to support national SDGs planning, priority-setting, institutional arrangements, and the enhancement of policy integration across the 17 SDG areas.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the targets interact with each other in an indivisible way. On the one hand, achieving one goal or target may contribute to achieving other goals or targets. For example, enhanced food security (Goal 2) will reinforce poverty eradication (Goal 1). On the other hand, the pursuit of one target may conflict with the achievement of another. For example, an increase in agricultural production to help end hunger (Goal 2) can result in an increase in water use that may compete with water demand for achieving universal access to drinking water (Goal 6). The SDGs and targets form a complicated network of interlinkages. Analysing the interlinkages can help identify the synergies and trade-offs between relevant SDG targets and inform policy-making from a systemic perspective (see more on
Methodology). The web tool,
SDG Interlinkages Analysis & Visualisation (V4.0),
enables users to visualise the interlinkages between SDG targets and explore indicator-level data for 27 countries from Asia and Africa. Users can make a selection of countries, Goals and Targets to visualise the interlinkages between selected targets and others, and explore time-series data for selected indicators. The web tool enables users to identify the synergies and trade-offs between relevant SDG targets. Provided for free, users can download the data in CSV format as well as the visualisation charts in image files.
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This lens marking system is based on our G2-150 modular pad printing system. The purpose of the system is to print registration marks on lenses prior to the grind process. For this application, the G2-150 was outfitted with two independently-actuated print heads and a two-up 115mm inking kit.
The print cycle is triggered automatically by the on board intelligent visual inspection system. This system senses the presence of the lenses in the fixture tooling, and in response it activates a vacuum retention device and backlighting for each lens. The print cycle is executed, and then the results are automatically registered by the visual inspection system.
The two-up fixture tooling is mounted on a two-position shuttle for conveying the lenses between the load and print stations. An automatic pad tape-off unit is also installed on the system. In production, the lenses to be marked vary greatly in diameter and thickness; the engineering of this system enabled it to accommodate the variations without operator intervention. | <urn:uuid:18ada84c-6b28-466f-b49b-0b4e5429bc8d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://printexusa.com/optical-lens-printer-with-visual-inspection/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.929295 | 203 | 1.632813 | 2 |
The problem with writing poetry after work is my mind is still focused on work things, work people, and the work way of living. I’ve been told that a person can have it all, work your 9 to 5 job, be a writer, a husband and a father, climb the corporate ladder, buy a house with a morgage, get the new car, put the children in private school…
but this is not true. It is the big lie that we are sold.
Existence is better when we minimize things, people, unnecessary conversations
Existence is better when we embrace chaos and don’t contribute to it.
Existence is better when we minimize distractions and know what we are about.
Only when you know this can you commit to your purpose. If you entertain other possibilities, then it is not likely to happen.
This focus lets you know when you are investing your time and energy on the most important thing and when you aren’t.
Money becomes a tool to buy time for your purpose.
Only with this time can you make the right decisions. They won’t be the decisions of others and they will lead to your freedom.
It is frightening to commit to things, but this is the only way you can have meaning.
Lastly, and probably most importantly, know that nobody is for you, but you. Slaves envy a free man or woman, especially one who has been a slave. You are responsible for the messages you believe. You are responsible for the things you do and don’t do. Do you want a retirement party after 40 years of service? Selfishness is a virtue. Do not serve anybody but yourself.
At the end of your life, you must account for it. Will you worry about the time you wasted or will you feel inner relief, knowing that you tested your flesh? It was all you were given. Did you use it? | <urn:uuid:f7c4bd6b-f1f6-4de9-babb-d88b88c56844> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://intellectualshaman.com/2019/03/30/450/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969793 | 397 | 1.664063 | 2 |
I'm a textbook overthinker.
And as much as I'd like to say that it can be "helpful" or "valuable" in some sort of sense, it isn't. It is a constant hindrance to my life that I can usually push to the side by diverting my attention elsewhere. However, thanks to social distancing, it is pretty hard to distract myself from, well, me.
My mental health has taken a sharp decline ever since the pandemic hit, largely by great virtue of having to face my thoughts as well as trying to figure out what to do with my days so I won't go insane.
I know many people are struggling with the same exact thing — being cooped up in the house and forced to listen to your own negative thoughts is exhausting and takes an immense toll on our mental health.
However, as I've realized, having to face our negative thoughts can sort of be a blessing in disguise. Mindfulness is a great tool, but can only go so far; sitting around and waiting for that thought to pass isn't so therapeutic in the long run.
Negative thoughts are a part of being human. If we are constantly distracting ourselves from them — pushing them away or repressing them or waiting for them to vanish — they will just get worse.
In all other aspects of our life, we tend to avoid scary things to stay safe — for example, a dangerous person. However, this doesn't work the same with our thoughts. If we keep avoiding them, the thought may become stronger and more convincing the longer you push it aside.
Rather than accepting your thoughts as an ultimate truth, recognize that negative thoughts will come and go, and explore into why you are having them.
For example, say you have the pervading belief that you are not a good person. Say to yourself, "I am having the thought that I am not a good person," and then continue to explore that with curiosity: "Because I am going through a tough time right now, it is understandable that I am not thinking highly of myself. But that doesn't mean it is true and that I do not have a positive impact on people. There are many people who appreciate my time and I shouldn't be focusing on who doesn't."
This type of thought process is beneficial in the sense that we are checking on the validity of our thoughts. Where meditation and mindfulness encourage us to get rid of the thought completely, we aren't actively checking why we think that way, and thus that leads to the negative thought popping up more. When we choose to actually face it and understand our thought process leading up to it, it is easier to stop ourselves earlier in the process rather than it snowballing into a heaping pile of dog dookie. In other words, those big, nasty negative thoughts lose their power.
Additionally, recognize that these thoughts will not last forever. You will one day have joy that patches this pain. You will read books that you haven't read that will inspire you. You will make great friends and laugh so hard that your stomach hurts and have mind-blowing conversations. You will dance and eat delicious new foods. You will hear your future new favorite songs and go on amazing adventures. Life is waiting for you, and it is worth it. So hang on in there, and I assure you everything will be okay. | <urn:uuid:d515ee3e-cabf-426e-9583-3eeb998fd599> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theodysseyonline.com/stop-overthinking-2645753907 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.974557 | 689 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Addie Smith | Sports Editor
I’ve never been one for hand-eye coordination. Honestly if you threw a ball at me there’s an 83 percent chance that it will fall to the ground or that I will spaz out before it comes within a foot of me. However, as the sports editor of The Duquesne Duke, I felt the urge to learn how to stop a penalty kick with the help of Duquesne men’s soccer sophomore goalkeeper Sam Frymier.
So, on Monday afternoon I found myself on Rooney Field with Sam, junior forward Josh Ellis, assistant sports editor Pat Higgins and two photographers/videographers all prepared to learn more about the penalty kick.
Josh would be teaching Pat the method behind the kicking, while I would be learning proper goaltending techniques from Sam. As Pat gathered kicking instructions from Josh, I stood to the side and watched Sam as he prepared to stop Josh’s shot. All I gathered is that I needed to step up my hand-eye coordination. It also helped that Sam knows where Josh’s shot is going to go 90 percent of the time from practicing together for two years.
Sam let one of Josh’s shots go past him, but stopped Josh’s second shot with ease. Now, it was time for Sam to talk me through defending a penalty kick.
The basic gist of Sam’s speech to me, “just try to read the kicker’s body language.” I nodded; figuring out Pat’s body language and where he was going to kick the ball seemed easy enough.
Now, it was time for Pat and I to take to the field and show off our skills that we gathered in the 10 minutes prior and showcase them. We ignored the quizzical glances coming from Academic Walk as Pat swung his leg back to take the penalty kick.
Before I continue on, I would like to say that I was incredibly handicapped in this excursion out to Rooney Field. Pat had played varsity soccer in high school and I quit soccer in the seventh grade (by the way, I was only goaltender at the age of 11, so even that skill had been washed away). Obviously, this wasn’t going to end well for me and Pat was going to be victorious.
Pat’s first kick thankfully went wide, making my lurch to the side of the goal pointless. Now, it was time for Pat’s second and final shot, which he guaranteed me was going to the left of the net. Being incredibly too trusting, I lurched to the left, while Pat’s shot sailed into the right side of the net.
Needless to say, I did not end the day happy. Even though Pat and I technically ended in a draw, the competitive fire in me was unhappy with the way the day had ended.
So, if you’re ever goalkeeping in an intramural soccer game and have to face a penalty kick, remember to just follow someone’s body language and never take someone’s word for where the ball will end up. We can’t all be as good as Sam, but with these tips, we may be able to defend a penalty kick a little bit better than before. | <urn:uuid:9f5a4f4a-a7e0-49c4-bd06-f1ef1655439b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.duqsm.com/the-art-of-saving-a-penalty-kick/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.977762 | 679 | 1.96875 | 2 |
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