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A business owner is someone that creates a new organization suggestion and also takes it to market. She or he can be an engineer, innovator, and even a mom. Actually, nearly all business owners are females. Right here are a few attributes of successful ladies business owners. Some individuals believe that all effective business owners are males, but the fact is that females can become effective business owners too. If you’re taking into consideration becoming an entrepreneur, here are some pointers to get you began.
An effective entrepreneur seeks to increase profits and lower costs to achieve the goals of their business. By producing new products and services, business owners develop brand-new markets and also wide range for the nation. They also increase employment, which aids governments fund public jobs. And they bring about social change also. New products and services create possibilities to break tradition and break out of stifling traditions. As an example, mobile phones have actually changed job as well as play across the globe. And also entrepreneurs are usually charitable and assistance creates beyond their own.
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If an entrepreneur is stuck in a shedding business, she or he need to take extreme activity to turn it around. They must create a new industry and usage cutting-edge economic climates of scope and also range. As an example, in 1982, Rebecca Matthias began a mail-order garments firm called Mommies Job. Although the reaction rates were not very high, she borrowed $150,000 to open her initial retail area. Within two years, Mommies Work had over a hundred stores and $59 million in profits.
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The meaning of an entrepreneur might be different for every person. Some might select to be their very own manager due to the fact that they desire a lot more liberty, more control, and a lot more flexibility. Other business owners may have a function in altering the world. Some intend to explore area, assist individuals remove hardship, or develop functional game-changing products. Some may want to raise money for their endeavors. No matter what your factors are, as long as you’re passionate concerning what you’re doing, entrepreneurs can alter the globe.
Business owners need creative thinking. Individuals like Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs both innovated items, yet that doesn’t suggest you can not introduce too. Regardless of whether you’re creating an entirely brand-new product or enhancing an existing one, effective entrepreneurs always introduce. They’ll come up with remedies that address troubles for customers. They’ll produce a new form of riches in the economic climate. As well as they’ll help society also. The skills of entrepreneur are transferable.
Unlike in conventional companies, business owners can also run within bigger firms. As an example, a large car manufacturing company’s boss accepts the creation of a bike department. Since the business has innovations and also procedures for making motorbikes, the boss of the firm can start the brand-new department. A successful entrepreneur will thoroughly assess the risk/reward connection as well as minimize exposure to risk. Eventually, the incentive is high sufficient to validate the threat. However what makes a business owner successful?
A business owner has the capacity to conquer self-doubt and be a clever person. Business owners believe long-lasting and also prioritize long-term gain over temporary gain. They stay clear of laziness as well as stay clear of allowing barriers to hinder. In a globe where points take place quickly, this kind of attitude is crucial for accomplishing success. For this reason, several entrepreneurs pick this career path. It can be a fulfilling, albeit tough, undertaking.
Entrepreneurs typically start a service due to the fact that they like what they do. They think their item will certainly be beneficial to individuals, and they intend to earn a profit along the road. Numerous entrepreneurs spend their cash in nonprofit companies as well as assistance triggers that issue to culture beyond their own. They likewise help to fuel the economic situation by creating services, items, and also solutions that benefit the entire area. So, while business owners aren’t perfect, they do add to the economic climate.
According to Schumpeter, a business owner is a person who has a concept that is distinct in some way. This suggestion commonly takes market share away from existing firms that mishandle and do not produce value. This process is called creative damage. In business, a business owner can turn a suggestion right into a market that is unique in its own right. However, it takes a great deal of threat to come to be effective as well as long-lasting. A new business might not be the very best concept on the planet, however it can be an excellent possibility if it is developed by someone who has the capacity to think outside package. Check out this site
While the term entrepreneur normally lugs the same interpretation as business owner, it is not constantly a solitary interpretation. It can include several different kinds of company. Small businesses and startups are one of the most typical examples. As an entrepreneur, you will be in control of your job as well as decide that will ultimately make business successful. You can also enjoy individual perks as a company owner. You will certainly delight in the flexibility to choose your hours and the way you work. | <urn:uuid:a16e6592-7c2b-4d46-bbb5-532970812284> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.directxscreensavers.com/2022/07/13/everything-about-business-owner-you-required-to-know-now/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.972833 | 1,463 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Rotary Club of Carrollton records
Scope and Contents note
Materials created by or collected by the Rotary Club of Carrollton dating from its founding in 1939 through 2008. Items include the club's bulletins ( The Buzzer, 1962-1971, and The Spokesman, 1971-forward), commemorative printed programs and brochures, newsletters, meeting minutes, photographs and negatives, scrapbooks, a plaque, souvenir keychains, correspondence, printed programs included those for the club's annual Christmas parties, a bound Guest Register and additional bound items, rosters, newspaper clippings, certificates, citations, committee reports, completed questionnaires (by past Carrollton Rotary Club presidents), media guides, notes, souvenir programs, Rotary Club histories, Rotary Club publications, the Rotary Club Constitution and By-Laws, a pictorial directory of members, and information on Rotary Club International founder Paul Harris.
- 1939 - 2008
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Open to all users.
Conditions Governing Use note
Rights transferred to the University of West Georgia.
The Carrollton Rotary Club held its organizational meeting on June 6, 1939, at the Clifton Hotel (now the United Community Bank building) in Carrollton with 35 men as charter members. The Newnan Rotary Club acted as the club's sponsor. Irvine S. Ingram, president of West Georgia College (now the University of West Georgia) was the founding president. Ingram later became the first Rotary district governor from Carrollton, serving District 165 in 1945-46. Carrollton Rotarian A.J. (Steve) André also served as a district governor in 1982-83. The club began inducting women in 1987 with Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald being the first. The first female president was Brenda Dangle in 1999-2000. Throughout its history, Carrollton Rotary Club has focused on a number of causes including initiating a fund to support the education of college students in financial need, enhancing recreational opportunities for Carrollton's young people, sponsoring international students, and supporting local community causes.
10.48 Linear feet (4 boxes, 4 ov items, 1 ov folder)
Materials created by, or collected by, the Carrollton Rotary Club, Carrollton, Georgia.
Records and scrapbooks are arranged in chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Galen Hobbs, President of the Carrollton Rotary Club, March 2019.
- Guide to the Rotary Club of Carrollton Records LH-0119
- Finding aid prepared by Erin Wright
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Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
What is the SDLC?
The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a process for quality assurance. It divides the software development into phases, which must be gone through for each change. Usually the following phases are distinguished:
- Requirement analysis
- Software design (e.g. design of the architecture)
- Test with final deployment if appropriate
These phases also fit into the well-established “Plan – Code – Build – Test” cycle.
For the implementation of these phases, different tools are required. Ideally, they work together in a toolchain. An example of a simple toolchain looks as follows:
- Requirements analysis and planning: using issue trackers and wikis, information is collected and tasks are defined. Tools include Redmine, JIRA, Confluence, or Smeagol.
- Development, testing and deployment: these phases are difficult to separate in terms of tools, as the tools interact very strongly with each other. However, these tools are needed:
- Source Code Management: SCM Manager (management of Git, SVN and Mercurial repositories).
- Build Server and Deployment: Jenkins
- Artifact Repository: Nexus Repository
- Issue Tracking and Wiki: see Requirements Analysis and Planning
These tools can be easily run in the Cloudogu EcoSystem platform.
SDLC and Agile
The SDLC fits very well with agile ways of working, as it contributes to quality assurance through the recurring phases. Agile projects go through the phases of the SDLC for each change in each iteration, in Scrum this means in each sprint. This ensures that each change is planned, designed, developed, and tested.
Advantage of the agile lifecycle
Working agile is characterized by the fact that an "all-encompassing" requirements analysis is not first performed at the start of the project. Instead, the most important topics are identified through continuous analysis, prioritization and planning. However, there is also a disadvantage to this approach.
Disadvantage of the agile life cycle
Both, agile methods and the SDLC have the disadvantage that they do not have an institutionalized customer focus in their basic form. The SDLC ends after the deployment and therefore has no reference to customers. Agile methods basically have a strong focus on customers, but there are no processes integrated into the methods to really interact with customers. It is up to you to find ways. In Scrum, for example, stakeholders can represent the opinion of customers if you cannot get feedback directly. This is because Scrum is essentially about development. For a holistic approach that encompasses the entire life cycle of a software product, additional ideas are needed.
SDLC and DevOps
Both SDLC and DevOps encompass both the development and operation of software and aim to improve the quality of software. The major difference, however, is that SDLC is a process for software development, while DevOps describes a culture or mindset that is lived in organizations. Despite these different approaches, however, there is no contradiction in using the SDLC process in the context of DevOps, e.g., by establishing a Continuous Delivery process. | <urn:uuid:128b31c2-b5a9-4de9-a68c-56ad955264d0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cloudogu.com/en/glossary/software-development-life-cycle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.941666 | 667 | 3.078125 | 3 |
What if building a data-science app could be as easy as replacing arguments in your data pipelines with widgets? Panel and hvPlot .interactive allow you to leverage the APIs you already know (Pandas, Xarray, Dask, cuDF, etc.) to build everything from one-off interactive applets all the way up to full-featured polished web applications.
What if building a data-science app out of your analysis code could be as easy as replacing any argument with a widget? By combining the power of PyData APIs you already use (whether Pandas, Xarray, Dask, cuDF, etc.), the new hvPlot .interactive API, and Panel’s ability to iteratively build polished web applications, you can now build reactive, data-driven apps and dashboards in just a few lines of code.
Instead of having to learn how to write and debug complex callbacks and event loops, with
.interactive you build a reactive application using the same data-handling APIs you are already comfortable with. With
.interactive, hvPlot captures your specified pipeline of operations along with which widgets to use for each call, and replays the pipeline whenever the corresponding widget value changes. For instance, you can explore a DataFrame one group at a time by filtering using an interactive
df.interactive[df.type == selector].head(). Each time the selector value changes, hvPlot will re-run your specified operations to get a new result to be displayed by Panel.
This approach scales from simple expressions to long or complex data-transformation pipelines leading to any supported Panel output type, from simple text to BI indicators, tables, and plots (Bokeh/Matplotlib/Plotly/Altair/DeckGL and many more).
In your favorite development environment (whether that is Jupyter(Lab) or your favorite editor), you can quickly and iteratively integrate these data-driven components into a full application. As a final step, you can easily combine the power of these APIs with the inbuilt Panel templates to build polished-looking web applications that are easy to deploy on your favorite web-hosting service. | <urn:uuid:335b7cb2-3c54-4681-86da-d86540b125cc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pydata.org/global2021/schedule/presentation/51/build-polished-data-driven-applications-directly-from-your-pandas-or-xarray-pipelines/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.868004 | 457 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Gad’s Hill School offers a broad range of GCSE choices and activities for U4th (Year 9) pupils making the transition from L4th (Key Stage 3). Along with sciences, humanities, and languages, we encourage sporting and musical excellence in our learners and support them to achieve their full potential.
The GCSE years are a challenge for all pupils and our ethos at the school is to support them in their learning, but also to challenge and push them to achieve their best.
We support this through regular teaching and learning and a constant dialogue with parents about how their child is progressing. Because Gad’s Hill School is a close and supporting community, we work very closely with parents to fully address all learning and pastoral needs.
All Upper School pupils have a dedicated form tutor who will work closely with the Head of the Upper School, the Director of Studies and our Key Stage 4 Lead for Standards and Aspirations to monitor and review the progress of each pupil under their care.
Parental reports are made available throughout the year together with a parental consultation evening for each year group where parents can speak with each subject teacher.
Every pupil in U4th, L5th and U5th (Years 9-11) will also be offered a choice of clubs within the extended working day and will study the core subjects along with their option choices made at the end of Key Stage 3. We pride ourselves as an all-through school and work hard to make the transition between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 as smooth as possible for all students. Small classes allow staff to engage all pupils in variety ways.
At Key Stage 4 the school continues to offer SMSC and Critical Thinking lessons, with themes supported by the work of the Form Tutor during daily tutor time. Each child is encouraged and empowered to participate in the life of the school and to reach their full potential whether on the sporting field, playing an instrument, raising money for charity or enhancing the school assemblies with topical presentations and dramatizations.
U5th (Year 11)
We understand at Gad’s Hill that U5th is a very demanding time for our pupils, big choices need to be made and exams must be thoroughly revised for. We promote the idea of preparing learners for all aspects of life too, and encourage a mature and responsible attitude amongst pupils by assigning prefect duties and choosing deputies and a head of school.
Pupils sit two series of Pre-Public Entry Examinations in the Autumn and Spring term in preparation for the summer public examinations. During the Easter Holidays the school often provides a series of revision sessions.
At the end of U5th (Year 11), pupils leaving us for sixth form colleges or other kinds of further education have our guidance, advice and help in crafting personal statements and choosing subjects that are right for them.
At Gad’s Hill we offer first class academic learning for pupils but we also seek to offer throughout the GCSEs a ‘whole’ education, preparing our pupils for an ever changing world.
From Upper Shell (Year 7) to U5th (Year 11), Gad’s Hill pupils follow a diverse curriculum leading ultimately to GCSE success.
During Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 8) our students follow a broad programme of English, Maths, Science, Computing, Design and Technology, Art, History, Geography, Spanish, Music, Drama, CCF and SMSC. All students also enjoy up to five sports lessons per week.
During those important Key Stage 4 years Gad’s Hill provides a splendid GCSE programme, with breadth of choice, catering for pupils with a wide range of abilities. All students study our core subjects of English, Maths and Science as well as CCF BTEC. Students also have weekly lessons in SMSC and Critical Thinking, which includes a programme of religious education and philosophy.
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In contrast to Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, or Yale, the universities and other institutions of southern California have always offered a far more relaxed, informal culture. When you’re an easy drive from the pounding surf and glowing sand, and the weather is usually agreeable with sunbathing and snorkeling, it's hard to spend all your time in laboratories and libraries. Even while walking the sun-washed streets of Pasadena — much closer to the mountains than to the ocean — and watching the palm trees sway in the gentle wind, thoughts of fun and frolic cannot help but interrupt any prolonged bout of utter seriousness.
Richard “Dick” Feynman loved his life there, and so did his talented former student (and gambling fiend) Albert “Al” Hibbs. Throughout most of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, they lived relatively close to each other in the town of Altadena, north of Pasadena. Among scientists, Altadena was (and is) best known as the home of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where Hibbs played a leading role as researcher and spokesman. Hibbs was a space pioneer, having designed Explorer I, the first satellite launched by the United States into Earth’s orbit in 1958. He continued to be the “voice of JPL” and would offer television commentary on Voyager and other missions. Hibbs had done his PhD under Feynman in 1955 on the topic of “The growth of water waves due to the action of the wind.” They co-authored a textbook, QED, and had remained dear friends ever since.
Having lived before in Ithaca, where it was freezing cold much of the year and he’d have to scrape the ice off his car, Feynman relished Altadena’s relaxed atmosphere where he could walk around in shirtsleeves or drive his Dodge van specially painted with Feynman diagrams, enjoying a bohemian lifestyle. One of his closest friends was the experimental artist Jirayr “Jerry” Zorthian, known for his sprawling ranch and his bacchanalian events there.
Feynman and Zorthian had made an informal agreement to take turns teaching each other art and physics. By all accounts, Feynman benefited the most from that deal, as he learned from Zorthian how to render realistic sketch portraits of various subjects. Feynman (often along with Zorthian and other friends) would sometimes have lunch in a Pasadena steakhouse that doubled as a go-go bar, where he would sit at a table, work out physics calculations, and sketch the dancers. He also recruited students and others to model for him at home, with his wife Gweneth’s full permission and support. (She was reported to have served the models milk and cookies.) Feynman’s talent grew enough that he was invited to publicly exhibit his work. He often used the pseudonym “Ofey,” a play on words, combining the French expression “Au Fait” (it is done) with “Feynman.”
Despite the prestige and speaking invitations (which he inevitably turned down) associated with his 1965 Nobel Prize, Feynman simply wanted to have fun. The evidence of this fun-seeking extended from his work in physics to painting portraits, taking relaxing jaunts with his family to the beach, or playing bongo drums with his close friend Ralph Leighton. He was active in Frosh Camp, the annual freshman orientation event at Caltech that included many outdoor activities such as kayaking. He joined the Caltech musical theater, directed by Shirley Marneus, and participated in numerous productions, such as Fiorello and South Pacific. An English professor, Jenijoy La Belle, who acted with him in some of the plays, introduced him to the poetry of William Blake and the joys of library reading rooms. Along with another friend from JPL, Richard “Dick” Davies, a lover of marathon racing, Feynman took up running. Davies also shared with Feynman an interest in art. In short, Feynman lived a life full of rich variety.
Despite the fun and frolic, Feynman’s years at Caltech were extremely productive, including his seminal work in superfluids, the V-A model of the weak interaction, speculations about nanotechnology and quantum computers, and the parton model of hadron (particles experiencing the strong force) constituents. His multifaceted, carefree existence (at least until he became ill with cancer in his final years) did not seem to detract from his brilliant contributions. In fact, Caltech managed to spawn (and still does today) numerous important advances and a steady stream of Nobel Prizes for cutting edge research, all while basking in the Pasadena exuberance.
Of all the days of the year, there was one that was very special for Feynman, Gweneth, and their circle of friends: April the first. That’s when Al Hibbs would often take a break from his JPL commentary and space mission work to conduct a themed April Fools Day costume party. Each year the theme would be different — involving a distinct question or challenge. And each year, as long as he was healthy enough to attend, Feynman would match the theme, assisted by Gweneth’s skills in costume making.
Hibbs lived in a spacious two-story American Craftsman Style house — just perfect for such social events — that had a lovely, natural pond on its grounds, surrounded by rocks. He began the parties in the 1970s, along with his second wife, Marka. They loved developing the challenges, delivering the invitations, and seeing the reactions from their guests in costume form.
One year, the challenge was to “come dressed as a character from myth or legend." Feynman cloaked himself in a flowing, white robe and donned a long gray beard. Someone asked him if he was supposed to be Moses. “No,” Feynman responded, “I’m God.” Hibbs quipped that everyone knew that all along.
Another year, the theme was “regions of the Earth.” Gweneth put together a wonderful outfit for her husband that resembled the traditional garb of a Ladakhi monk from the Himalayas. Local artist Sylvia Posner was so impressed that she painted a portrait of him in that costume, embellishing it with him holding a Feynman diagram in his hand that looked somewhat like lightning bolts.
Yet another occasion, the topic was “astronomical bodies,” perfect for Hibbs. Feynman simply wore a regular, plain suit. It was around the time that Feynman’s bestselling autobiographical account Surely You’re Joking appeared. According to Shirley Marneus, who was at that party, when other partygoers asked him what celestial body he was supposed to be, he said something like, “Well you think I’m joking, but actually I’m Sirius.”
Perhaps Feynman’s most outrageous costume came in response to the challenge, “Come dressed as a king, a queen, a knave, or a fool.” Guests were astonished to see a regal woman, wearing a plain, solid green dress, white gloves, and a homely pillbox hat, bearing a large purse, and sitting primly and properly on a chair. She looked very much like Queen Elizabeth II. On closer inspection, it was Feynman in women’s garb, wearing makeup and a wig. Guests were floored. At the end of the party, as the house band played raunchy music, Feynman stripped down, to the laughter of all.
After Feynman died of cancer in February 1988 after a long illness and repeated surgeries, Al and Marka Hibbs decided to honor him some months later with a special event, the “Richard Feynman Memorial Costume Party.” Guests were advised to “come dressed as an interesting question.” A saddened Gweneth attended by herself. She wore an ornament attached to a cord around her neck that ended in a sharp point. Her somber question was “what's the point?”
This Halloween season, let's recall the spirits of the Hibbs and the Feynmans, and the jovial, but inquisitive ambience of Pasadena in the 1970s and 1980s. Perhaps you might think of scientific questions to challenge your guests at your own themed costumed parties. Take the time to create your own fun, science-based outfit. As October reaches its festive conclusion, surely you’re cloaking! | <urn:uuid:68a6e1fd-271a-421f-ad89-1051dc0dafb8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/10/24/dressing-up-science-richard-feynman-and-the-costume-parties-of-al-hibbs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.979948 | 1,834 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson ruled out the possibility of negotiations with the US after the foreign minister of Russia expressed readiness to help Tehran and Washington hold talks.
Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Saeed Khatibzadeh reacted to the Russia foreign minister’s offer to mediate between Iran and the US, saying, “We have no doubts about the intention of our friends and cooperative parties in Russia, but what is doubtful is the US intentions.”
“The course of our policies on the US has not changed,” the spokesman underlined.
“The United States has no shame to say that it is after a nation’s hunger,” he deplored.
In recent remarks at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Lavrov said Moscow was ready to hold talks with both sides to pave the way for direct negotiations between Iran and the United States, but only if both sides are interested.
“We believe that it is better to raise differences and issues directly and receive direct answers,” the Russian foreign minister said.
He also pointed to the US’ attempt to trigger the snapback mechanism of the JCPOA to reinstate the UN sanctions on Iran, saying that the attempts are doomed to failure.
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All living beings have a secret code written in their bodies. The code is responsible for almost all physical and behavioral features of life. Brown or green eyes, tall or short height, and even our behavior, almost everything is pre-determined by the code. Half of our code comes from our mother and the remaining half from our father. That’s why it’s also responsible for the inheritance of traits from one generation to another. Reading this code can inform us about our health status, genealogy, and any future risks.
Whether you’re interested in getting sequenced yourself or just want to learn more about this exciting new field, keep reading! But first, I’d like to welcome the readers of JCSG.org. I hope you find this information useful.
What is a genome
The code of life is called the genome, and it is written in the form of four letters (ATGC) in different combinations. The human genome is made up of 6.4 billion such letters. These letters control most of who we are and even how we behave. Even a single change in the letter can cause substantial physical and functional problems in the body. For example, a one-letter change in the code that makes red blood cells would make faulty blood cells, i.e., causing sickle cell anemia. Another example is cystic fibrosis disease caused by the removal of only three letters from the genome at a specific location.
What is whole-genome sequencing?
Whole-genome sequencing is a technology that can read the complete genome. This includes the genome of humans, which is made up of 6.4 billion letters.
What is the purpose of whole-genome sequencing?
The purpose of whole-genome sequencing is to detect known genetic diseases and predict the risk of complex genetic diseases such as stroke or cancer. It can also help monitor new genetic diseases that are not known yet.
What is whole genome sequencing used for?
Whole-genome sequencing is widely used for research purposes. Researchers can study viruses and how they cause diseases. They study how the human body develops and performs regular functions in the womb.
What are the benefits of genome sequencing?
Genome sequencing provides a full resolution picture of the code responsible for who we are. Millions of years of evolution and inheritance can be observed in the genome. For example, 5-8% of the human genome is made up of viral genes accumulated through thousands of years of viral infections. Once you know your code, you will learn about any potential issues or known genetic risks. You will also learn about any genetic disorders that may be discovered later.
Imagine that scientists find that at site 20,545, if the letter “T” was changed with “A,” you are more likely to develop heart disease. If you have your genome sequenced, you can check the site and know if an A or T is present at the site.
What is the process for genome sequencing?
As the genome comprises four letters of DNA, the first step is to extract the DNA. Many sequencing technologies are available, but the most basic one is the chain termination method. In this method, fluorescent-labeled modified letters (A, T, G, C) are used that, when added to the genome, produce a color. We can precisely know the DNA sequence or the code by reading this color. For instance, ATGC is read like green, red, black, and blue. The whole human genome can be sequenced in days using automatic machines that can detect color.
What is the difference between genetic testing and genome sequencing?
Genetic testing, or DNA testing, is a service that sequences only a part of your genome and is what’s used for genetic genealogy. This is done to find important letters that play a vital role. Most genetic testing companies decode less than 0.02% of your DNA and assume that the remaining code is the same or unnecessary. For example, if you have ATCCGC as a gene, they sequence T because it is the most common place where a change can happen. However, knowing that T is present in the second place does not mean that your remaining sequence is correct.
Genomic testing provides more accurate results than genetic testing because it will give you a whole 6.4 billion-letter picture. Let us understand the difference with another example:
Imagine that there are two known codes, CLOCK, and BLOCK. Knowing that the first letter is C or B will give you an idea if you have a CLOCK or BLOCK, but it assumes that the remaining letters are the same and ignores the fact that it could also be BULL or CHALK. All combinations of ATGC are possible, even deletions or insertions of letters.
Is Next Generation Sequencing the same as whole genome sequencing?
Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) is a technique (or a group of techniques to be more accurate). These techniques are used to read or sequence the full genome quickly. For example, it took 13 years for scientists worldwide to sequence the first genome. This was done using traditional sequencing technologies, which cost around 3 billion dollars. Thanks to the NGS, we can now sequence a whole human genome in a matter of days in a small laboratory.
How much does whole genome sequencing cost?
The cost of genome sequencing has decreased drastically in the past two decades. Currently, it costs around 100 dollars to sequence an entire human genome. However, sequencing will only give you the 6.4 billion letters. The more challenging part is making sense of such big data and what the letters represent. For that, we need bioinformaticians who can help us understand what it means to have a particular sequence.
What companies currently offer consumer tests?
Most of the companies offer genome sequencing services only to researchers. Only a few companies provide genomic sequencing to consumers. One company called Nebula Genomics offers such services. As sequencing becomes more affordable and post-sequence analysis becomes more efficient, the number of companies providing consumer genomics is expected to increase.
Does 23andMe do whole genome sequencing?
No, 23andMe uses genetic testing through common variants. The test determines what letters are present at important sites. For example, one person might have the DNA letter A while another person might have a C at a particular site. It only determines a fraction of the full genome, and the rest of the code is assumed to be the same.
Consumer genomics is an accurate and high-resolution approach to traditional genetic testing. However, it is expensive, and the data produced through it (making sense of 6.4 billion letters) is hard to analyze.
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According to the USDA, more than 37 million people in the United States struggle with hunger.
Feeding America is a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries in America. The opportunity to work with an organization that works to end hunger in America was thrilling to me.
Due to the economies of scale in their supply chain, a donation of 10 cents to Feeding America is equivalent to a meal. This information would become a critical part of the solution we designed.
The solution we designed is a donation experience seamlessly integrated into the app-based food delivery process. With delightful interactive animations and summary pages, users can understand the impact of their donations in their community.
Our team chose to focus on the rapidly-expanding market of app-based food delivery orders - services like UberEats, Grubhub, and DoorDash. We interviewed stakeholders at Feeding America and users of these apps throughout our design process to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of our solution.
Our project was divided into a trio of three-week sprints, each building upon the learnings of the previous. We moved from low-fidelity paper prototypes of our solution to digital Figma prototypes, adapting our solution as we learned from users.
Early on, our team struggled with visualizing the impact of donations for users; insights showed that this was a powerful metric, but we weren’t sure how to tell users the story. By testing a variety of low-fidelity ideas, we were able to find out what resonated with users.
We tested low-fidelity prototypes to understand the types of interactions and impact users cared about. We learned that users were motivated by a connection to their community and local food bank.
Our user research led to the three key features of our final solution, shown below. We used animation to add delight without confusion. We focused on empowering advocacy by connecting users to their local food bank.
In our research, we found that users often use promotional categories in delivery apps to narrow their choices and make their options feel less overwhelming. We chose to position Mindful Eats as a similar promotional category, offering users free delivery if they donate with a participating restaurant.
Using a simple animated meal icon for each 10 cent donation added to the order at checkout, we drew attention to the cause without confusing users about what is being donated. Users found this to be a fun and engaging way to see their impact.
Building on the insight that users are more likely to donate when they can see their impact locally, we added a tab allowing users to learn about the campaign, their local food bank, and the donations made by their community.
Build out the corporate lunch order experience to amplify Mindful Eats with larger office meal purchases.
Understand the needs of partner restaurants and food banks to ensure the feasibility of the solution for these stakeholders.
Since the completion of this project in March 2020, Feeding America and UberEats partnered to roll out a donation campaign beginning in June 2020.
Working with Feeding America forced us to consider the viability of our solution as we encountered questions about how our campaign would affect stakeholders, which made our concept stronger and more realistic.
This was my first experience with agile methodology; I learned to make creative decisions on a tight timeline. Iterating in short design sprints resulted in a more thoughtful final product that had undergone multiple iterations.
Presenting to corporate stakeholders helped us hone our idea and its story into something that was concise and compelling. We always began with our user, but adapted the details to connect with our audience. | <urn:uuid:86cfebd3-f1be-4b31-86fe-60d9fe115233> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kellymccomas.com/work/feedingamerica | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.962064 | 730 | 1.8125 | 2 |
European borders are open, but not for Africans. White folks in Ukraine are blocking Black people from getting on trains, dragging Black people off buses, denying shelter to Black people in freezing temperatures, and holding Black students at gunpoint. The mainstream media, however, is not talking about this. We have seen lately how worldwide individuals, countries and NGO organisations are coming together to support Ukraine and the Ukrainian people against Vladimir Putin led Russian aggression. As the whole world is collectively praying and coming together for the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian people are leaving Africans to die.
Amidst the present humanitarian tragedy, many viral videos have shown clearly how the Ukrainian people and security agents locked arms to prevent Africans from boarding trains that could take them to safety. It is infuriating, hurtful, and saddening because the entire world supports fighting for freedom. Ukrainians and Polish authorities are busy doing the opposite when it comes to Africans. Several videos depict how Africans are stranded and left sitting at the border in freezing temperatures.
What do we name it – when you systematically separate people according to their origin or descent? When black people and “foreigners” are checked on the streets and squares more often than others? When children from other countries basically have worse chances at school? Ah, here is the answer: European-style Christian charity!
Many European journalists, analysts, and reporters commenting on Ukraine´s events have failed to understand that any human can descend so low to animalistic tendencies irrespective of origin or social status. These commentators say: “This is not a developing Third World nation. I am sorry. It is emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed, children being killed every day with Putin’s missiles”. These people are saying that they cannot understand why Palestinians are in their situation; They are saying that they cannot understand why Central Americans, Mexicans, Africans or why anybody who is not white is in any situation similar to the current Ukrainian situation. Furthermore, what that means is that they do not consider anyone who is not white civilised.
If we analyse what happened in the last refugee crisis in Europe in 2013, along with other EU countries that were very hesitant to accept refugees, a new, different, but unfair position is now present. If put bluntly, this new unfair treatment could be summarised as “these are not refugees from Syria. These are refugees from neighbouring Ukraine. Through these actions, these people are saying war and crisis are normal to non-Europeans. The happenings and differential treatment of the refugees in the EU, Poland and Ukraine have shown that Europeans are charlatans who change their so-called democratic and human rights rules according to their whims and caprices.
Ruthless exclusion – When it comes to refugees in Europe, all humans are not equal. It is even more apparent how mercilessly refugees from other regions of the world continue to be marginalised in Europe. On the Greek islands, boat people are stuck in internment camps. This time around, the people from Ukraine was not excluded but warmly received and welcomed. Even after the Balkan route hurdle was overcome in autumn 2015, they were welcomed with batons and barbed wire in Hungary. In 2022, refugee Ukrainians will be allowed to travel by train for free in Hungary. In Calais, France, food is forbidden to wandering refugees. On Poland’s eastern border, facilities to forcibly repel non-European migrants remain intact.
According to the UN’s International Organisation for Migration, more than 2,700 migrants died last year on flight routes in and out of Europe: It did not take Russian artillery or a war of aggression. It was simply the everyday life of European politics. How good that this everyday life no longer applies to the people from Ukraine. How devastating for everyone else. Unfortunately, no lessons have been learned from history.
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Red dates are so nutritious that you can eat them just like that. It is also known as Jujubes which supports healthy spleen functioning. They have been used in many Chinese medicine formulations for centuries. The fruit is sweet to taste and warm in nature, as well as nourishing the skin and anti-aging benefits, they also protect the liver, nourish the blood, prevent hair loss, strengthen muscle and bone, and assist with the digestive process.
Red dates are especially suitable to treat people with poor appetite, diarrhea, fatigue, skin problem, anxiety, and restlessness. The highest concentration of Vitamin C is found in red dates. The concentration is 7-10 times higher than that found in citrus fruits. They also contain protein, carbohydrates, organic acids, vitamins, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorous, and iron. These qualities make them an indispensable beauty product for women. There are six most important health benefits:
1. Protect the liver
- The carbohydrates, fats, and proteins contained in jujubes promote liver protein synthesis, increase serum albumin content and balance the ratio of albumin ( a simple form of protein that is soluble in water and coagulable by heat ) to globulin (a simple protein soluble in salt solutions and forming a large fraction of blood serum protein). In addition, jujubes can also help inhibit the effects of hepatitis for those who suffer from this disease.
2. Help digestion
- Red dates are rich in fiber. Three dates contain one-fifth of the adult daily fiber requirement. A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition indicated that consuming the right amount of red dates daily can improve the peristalsis rate of the intestines, reducing chemical substances that may cause cancer.
3. Natural sweetness
- Sun-dried red dates are so naturally sweet that people often think they have added sugar. This is not the case, as the fruit is so sweet it doesn't require any added sugar. It has high nutritional value whether it is consumed as dried fruit, as part of dessert, or as a snack. It has many nutritional benefits when consumed daily, however, diabetics should monitor their intake due to the high natural sugar content.
- Red dates contain Vitamin B, which promotes blood circulation. In addition, their high concentration of Vitamin C effectively reduces the production of melanin and spots, while also making the skin smooth and soft.
5. Prevent hair loss
- The fruit supports both spleens and stomach functions. Good spleen function leads to firm skin and shiny, healthy hair, minimizing hair loss.
6. Strengthen the body and nourish the kidney
- Red dates are rich in cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which has the effect of dilating blood vessels and improving blood supply to the kidneys Traditional Chinese medicine holds that red dates are good for men's health.
Red dates nourishing tea recommendation
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The fascination with conscription continues. See, for example, the lead story in the Week in Review section of today’s New York Times. One remarkable feature of this essay is that it says so little. There’s nothing new or interesting in it – which raises the interesting question: why does such a piece receive such prominent billing in the NYT?
Another feature of this essay – one it shares with almost all commentary on the draft – is that it overlooks the importance of substituting capital for labor. Even though military planners, unlike private business people, spend only taxpayers’ money when making military decisions, these planners are likely still, at the margin, to use less manpower the higher are the wages the military must pay. Because capital – such as more powerful and durable tanks, faster and more accurate bombers, and more high-tech weapons-control software – can substitute for labor to attain a given level of military effectiveness, the all-volunteer force encourages the use of more capital and less labor (compared to a military with the power to conscript).
One result is fewer military casualties.
Casual empirical evidence for this effect can be seen in the trend of average annual battle deaths of American troops. In the last three wars the U.S. military fought with conscripts – World War II, the Korean war, and the Vietnam war – average annual battle-deaths were 73,032 (WWII), 11,217 (Korea), and 5,572 (Vietnam). In the first Gulf war, I estimate this rate to have been about 590 – nearly ten times lower than in Vietnam. (I calculated these figures with data from The World Almanac .) So far in the current Iraq war, this rate is about 670.
I realize that average annual battle-deaths is not a perfect measure of how safe the military is for its soldiers. The nature of the conflict and many other factors are in play. Still, the fact that average annual battle-death rates are so much lower in Gulf Wars I and (so far) II than in previous, conscript-using wars is suggestive, at least, of the effectiveness of the all-volunteer force at reducing the danger to U.S. troops. | <urn:uuid:30701907-849e-4b20-b247-9bad4f94e173> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cafehayek.com/2004/10/deadly_draft.html/print/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.941225 | 473 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Research Article | Open Access
Jeymesson Raphael Cardoso Vieira, Roberta Maria Pereira Leite, Izabela Rangel Lima, Daniela do Amaral Ferraz Navarro, Everson Miguel Bianco, Sônia Pereira Leite, "Oviposition and Embryotoxicity of Indigofera suffruticosa on Early Development of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)", Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2012, Article ID 741638, 5 pages, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/741638
Oviposition and Embryotoxicity of Indigofera suffruticosa on Early Development of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Aqueous extract of Indigofera suffruticosa leaves obtained by infusion was used to evaluate the oviposition, its effect on development of eggs and larvae, and morphological changes in larvae of Aedes aegypti. The bioassays were carried out with aqueous extract in different concentrations on eggs, larvae, and female mosquitoes, and the morphological changes were observed in midgut of larvae. The extract showed repellent activity on A. aegypti mosquitoes, reducing significantly the egg laying by females with control substrate (343 (185–406)) compared with the treated substrate (88 (13–210)). No eclosion of A. aegypti eggs at different concentrations studied was observed. The controleclodedin 35%. At concentration of 250 μg/mL, 93.3% of larvae remained in the second instar of development and at concentrations of 500, 750, and 1000 μg/mL the inhibitory effect was lower with percentages of 20%, 53.3%, and 46.6%, respectively. Morphological changes like disruption on the peritrophic envelope (PE), discontinued underlying epithelium, increased gut lumen, and segments with hypertrophic aspects were observed in anterior region of medium midgut of larvae of A. aegypti. The results showed repellent activity, specific embryotoxicity, and general growth retardation in A. aegypti by medium containing aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa leaves.
The mosquito Aedes aegypti Linnaeus is a vector and promotes the spreading of four serotypes of dengue virus. However, a decrease in the effective vector control has been described due to larval tolerance to chemical insecticides . The incidence of classical and hemorrhagic dengue fever in 2007 registered by the Brazilian Federal Organ was 559 954 cases, with 158 deaths in the country . Despite significant advances in the techniques used for its control during recent decades, the mosquito A. aegypti continues to pose serious public health problems . A dengue vaccine is still under development, and vector control is the only practical measure towards the reduction of dengue disease .
It has been demonstrated that insect gut is the target of many insecticidal compounds. Transmission electron microscopy of A. aegypti larvae treated with an aqueous extract of Derris urucu showed histological alterations in the midgut, and larval mortality was associated with peritrophic matrix damage . The peritrophic matrix of insects is constituted by proteins, glycoproteins, proteoglycans, and chitin, and its integrity is important for digestive processes as well as for protection against invasion by microorganisms and parasites . Plants have been evaluated as sources of natural insecticides against A. aegypti, and larvicidal bioassays have been conducted using third (L3) and fourth (L4) instars or comparing the effect of plant extracts on larval development of L1–L4 . Various studies have addressed the possibility of using the embryo culture technique as an assay for embryotoxic potential of xenobiotic compounds .
Indigofera suffruticosa Mill (Fabaceae) is a plant found in tropical and subtropical areas and well adapted to growth in semiarid regions and soil of low fertility . This plant occurs in Brazil Northeast countryside and has intensive popular use in the treatment of bacterial and fungi infections, inflammations, and other diseases such as epilepsy in human and animal models [9, 10]. In Brazil, the plants have been used as an infusion or decoct (flavor extract by boiling 1 L of hot water/5 g of leaves) .
A chemical investigation of this species (I. suffruticosa) in Natural Products Alert (NAPRALERT) and Chemical Abstracts databases has revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavanoids, steroids, proteins, carbohydrates, and indigo.
In the present study, we have investigated the process of oviposition, early development on eggs and larvae of A. aegypti, and morphological changes in larvae treated with aqueous extract from leaves of I. suffruticosa.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material
The leaves of I. suffruticosa were collected in October 2005 in Igarassu, State of Pernambuco, Brazil, and authenticated by the Biologist Marlene Barbosa from the Botanic Department, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE). A voucher specimen number 32859 has been deposited at the Herbarium of the above-cited department.
Eggs and larvae of A. aegypti were originally obtained from Centro de Vigilância Ambiental da Prefeitura Municipal do Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and female mosquitoes from the ecology laboratory of Chemistry Department of Universidade Federal de Pernambuco/UFPE. Adult mosquitoes (F0 generation) were fed with 10% glucose and with chicken blood and were reared in a room maintained at 27°C in humidified cages. Eggs of these mosquitoes were counted using a stereoscopic microscope. The larvae generated were fed with commercial cat food. Eggs and the 1st instars larvae were used in the experiments.
2.3. Preparation of the Extracts
Leaves (75 g) were weighed and chopped. The plant material was successively extracted in infusion with solvents of increasing polarity (hexane, ethyl acetate, and methanol). The solvents were removed by rotary evaporation. The percentage yields were hexane (0.67%), ethyl acetate (0.39%) methanol (3.9%), and (w/w) in terms of newly collected plant material. After the extraction processes with the aforementioned solvents, the same plant material was extracted with distilled water, resulting in the aqueous extract. To the egg-laying evaluation, 25 mL of aqueous extract was used with female mosquitoes. The other part of extract was lyophilized, and the dried powder plant material (4.2%) was stored at 20°C. This dry residue aqueous extract was homogenized using 100 μL of distilled water in microcentrifuge tubes, then diluting in water to the appropriate concentration 250, 500, 750, and 1000 μg/mL to evaluate the embryotoxicity on eggs and larvae.
2.4. Oviposition Bioassay
During 4 consecutive days, 90 female mosquitoes of A. aegypti were stored in polypropylene cages (30 × 30 × 30 cm) (Bugdorm-I, Mega View Science Education Services, Taiwan) with sacarose solution 10% at 25°C. Females were exposed to 18 substrates (paper filter) with distilled water (9 substrates) and 25 mL at 30% of aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa (9 substrates). The quantification of the eggs was assessed by observation under a stereomicroscope (1.2x). The oviposition bioassay was assayed as recommended by the World Health Organization .
2.5. Embryotoxicity Bioassay
Aedes aegypti L., whose common name is dengue mosquito, belongs to the Arthropoda Phylum, Hexapoda Class, Diptera Order, and Culicidae Family. The effect of aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa leaves on egg outbreak and larval development of A. aegypti was assayed as recommended by the World Health Organization . Eggs and larvae of A. aegypti were exposed to the extract in concentrations of 250, 500, 750, and 1000 μg/mL. Preliminary bioassay was performed using 40 eggs that were hatched in mineral water (200 mL) at 26°C–28°C. The test using larvae (n = 15, 1st instar) were carried out in duplicate for each concentration. Larvae were placed into 200 mL disposable plastic cups containing 25 mL of the test solution and incubated at 27°C. The developmental stages of larvae was determined at the start of the experiment (0 h) and 24, 48, and 72 h thereafter, and developmental stages were assessed by observation under a stereomicroscope (1.2x).
2.5.1. Morphologic Study of A. aegypti Larvae
Mosquito (A. aegypti) larvae from control and treated groups were fixed with formaldehyde (2.5%) for morphologic evaluation and were photographed using a digital video camera (Leica) connected to an inverted microscope (magnification of 200x.).
2.6. Statistical Analysis
We used Mann-Whitney using the SigmaStat (3.5 version) between the control and tested groups. The oviposition results were expressed in media (min-max).
3.1. Oviposition Bioassay
In the oviposition test, the mosquitoes of A. aegypti (90 females) the eggs were quantified (3.634 eggs) after 4 days using 30% of aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa. The substrate containing aqueous extract reduced significantly the posture of eggs (88 (13–210)), compared with the control treated with distilled water (343 (185–406)) (Figure 1).
3.2. Embryotoxicity Bioassay
No eclosion of A. aegypti eggs in the different concentrations studied was observed. The same number of eggs was used as a control that ecloded in 35% (Table 1).
aNo. of eggs = 40; baqueous extract of leaves of I. Suffruticosa; cdistilled water; dNo eclosion.|
The embryonic development of larvae of first instar (L1) of Aedes aegypti was observed from 0 to 72 h using concentrations from 250 to 1000 μg/mL of aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa leaves. Table 2 compares the effect of extract of I. suffruticosa at different concentrations.
aNo. of larvae = 15; baqueous extract of I. suffruticosa leaves; cdistilled water.|
Approximately 93.3% of live larvae treated with 250 μg/mL of extract stopped at second instar (L2) similarly to other concentrations (550, 750, and 1000 μg/mL), in which the inhibitory effect was lower with percentages of 20%, 53.3%, and 46.6%, respectively.
3.2.1. Morphologic Study of A. aegypti Larvae
Control Live L2 on distilled water (Figure 2(a)) and treated live L2 on aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa (Figure 2(b)) after 72 h of incubation were evaluated using inverted optical microscope. Morphological observation of anterior region of medium midgut of larvae of Aedes aegypti in early development treated with aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa showed disruption on the peritrophic envelope (PE) structure consequently resulting in a discontinued underlying epithelium, increased gut lumen, and segments with hypertrophic aspects in comparison with control larvae. The developmental delay is directly dependent of morphological changes that occur when the larvae are growing in contact with different substances of the extract.
The purpose of this study was to determine the repellent and toxic effects of Indigofera suffruticosa on oviposition and embryonic development of Aedes aegypti.
The results showed significant repellent effect on egg posture and specific embryotoxicity and general growth retardation on A. aegypti by medium containing aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa leaves.
Studies reporting repellent effect with Indigofera species were not found in literature, but many plants from the family Lamiaceae are toxic for insects including Ocimum basilicum, O. gratissimum, O. americanum, Cymbopogom nardus, Alpinia galanga, Syzyaium aromaticum e Thymus vulgaris, Mentha, Eucalyptus maculata citriodon, and Tagetus e Lantana camara, and they have been studied as natural alternative repellents .
A. aegypti eggs did not outbreak and larvae in early development showed an increase of abnormalities, mainly in the peritrophic envelops at different concentrations. At 250 μg/mL concentration the extract could affect one of the phases of the life cycle of A. aegypti. Higher incidences of specific embryotoxicity were found at concentrations that also caused general growth retardation . The in vitro counterpart of teratogenicity was defined as specific embryotoxicity that could be distinguished from general retardation of growth and development of the embryo. By using this definition, general toxic effects are not considered to indicate specific embryotoxicity, since general toxicity will be induced by virtually any compound if added at sufficiently high concentrations . Four compounds tested that were not teratogenic in vivo: amaranth and isoniazid had only growth retarding and/or lethal effects at high concentrations in vitro, whereas penicillin and saccharin did not show any effect at the highest concentration tested in culture. However, the most important confounding factor in the use of whole embryo culture as a screening test is likely to be the experimenter’s judgment regarding the scoring of specific embryotoxicity, especially the distinction between specific toxicity, on the one hand, and general toxicity and growth retardation on the other hand. The interpretation of malformed and retarded embryos is complicated further when effects occur at low incidences, as described in the present study for extract of I. suffruticosa. Aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa leaves was studied for adverse effects in preimplantation mouse embryos. Two-cell mouse embryos were cultured for 94 h in human tubal fluid medium (HTF), and the extract at a concentration of 5 mg/mL showed a development from morula to blastocyst stages similar to the controls, and at a higher concentration (10 mg/mL), all embryos persisted at the two-cell stage .
In vertebrates, mucus is the primary secreted layer, lining and protecting the intestinal epithelium, while assisting the digestion process . However, insects do not possess a typical mucus layer in the digestive tract, and instead, their midgut is lined by a unique protective structure, the peritrophic envelop (PE) . The PE is a mucinous structure, which is uniquely different from vertebrate mucus by its incorporation of chitin, resulting in proteinaceous structure reinforced by chitin fibrils . Despite these important functions, the biochemical properties and molecular biology of PE formation is still poorly understood .
This experimental study demonstrated that extract could act promoting morphological changes on PE in larvae of A. aegypti. Furthermore, the inhibition of PE formation severely affected the early development of larvae. In controlling second instar larvae of A. aegypti, the anterior region of medium midgut was recovered by a continued PE. However, morphological observation of larvae submitted to aqueous extract of I. suffruticosa leaves showed disruption on the PE structure. Clearly, we are far away from completely elucidating the mechanisms of I. suffruticosa to induce growth retardation in animal models. However, studies from our group also demonstrated that this plant is an extremely powerful inducer of cancer cell death and possibly the bioactive compound from I. suffruticosa could act binding many molecular targets inside the cell activating alternative apoptotic pathways or inducing mitotic catastrophe which indicates a form of cell death that is caused by aberrant mitosis by caspase 3 activation and oligonucleosomal DNA degradation . On the whole, all the aforementioned data indicate that I. suffruticosa can induce cell death via different molecular pathways and with different executing mechanisms, that is classical apoptosis, but also mitotic catastrophe. These activities and the main recognized molecular targets of I. suffruticosa are depicted in Figure 3. Due to these actions, I. suffruticosa can impinge upon different conditions (represented as circles in the Figure 3).
Plants and their derivatives were used for controlling and eradicating mosquitoes and other domestic pests before the advent of synthetic organic chemical .
The use of plant extracts in insects control is an alternative pest control method for minimizing the noxious effects of some pesticide compounds on wildlife, livestock, non target insect species, and the environment .
There is a general lack of effective and inexpensive chemotherapeutic agents for treating this disease that occurs in the developing world. In addition, specimens from sites where there has already been intensive use of the larvicide in dengue control programs are more likely to show resistance to the larvicide, and it has become a severe problem .
In this sense, new insecticides of herbal origin discovered through ethnopharmacological studies have shown interesting results. Our laboratory has initiated and developed original investigations, and we have evaluated the embryotoxicity caused by compounds from natural extracts of plants.
Purification of the bioactive component(s) from Indigofera suffruticosa is underway, and further investigations may improve our understanding of possible developmental changes from aqueous extract of this plant used in folk medicine.
CNPq and CAPES supported this work.
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This blog post from Fr. William Barry, SJ, is a reflection on Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, written by Bryan Stevenson. Ignatian Volunteers across the country are reading and reflecting in community on this book this year. This piece is written on Chapters Ten “Mitigation” and Chapter Eleven “I’ll Fly Away”.
Our work in the Ignatian Volunteer Corps and the reading of Just Mercy bring home a valuable lesson, don’t they? We will never be satisfied with pious platitudes about the blessings of American democracy. We can never forget the countless numbers of Americans who do not share in those “blessings.” Chapter Ten reminds us of the shameful history of our treatment of the mentally ill who are poor, and Chapter Eleven of the shameful history of racism in our country, a racism that still raises havoc on black lives and families. In her book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander makes the point that if the kind of police sweeps for drugs that goes on in poor Black and Latino communities occurred in middle class neighborhoods there would be great protests. The only way forward, she proposes, is for more and more suburban and middle class people to care about what is happening to the poor in our cities; the more we care about what is happening to our poor brothers and sisters, the more likely we are to raise our voices for change in the way things are. Stevenson’s book brings home to us in vivid story what life is like for so many of our poor Black and Latino brothers and sisters.
I was bowled over by the attitude change of the prisoner guard who was so hostile to Stevenson when he first went to visit Avery Jenkins. We never know how doing the right thing, as Stevenson did in explaining Avery’s mental illness, will affect those who witness it. Nor can we ever give up on anyone this side of the grave. Then, amidst all the euphoria and joy of Walter McMillian’s release, it was satisfying to read of Stevenson’s smoldering anger at the injustice that Walter had suffered and would still suffer as a result of this travesty of justice. We must never forget that Walter and many others are wrongly convicted because of the long, dreadful sin of racism that still afflicts our country.
Fr. Bill Barry, SJ is a Spiritual Reflector for IVC New England. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1950 and was ordained in 1962. He earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan in 1968. He has taught at the University of Michigan, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, and Boston College. Bill is the author or co-author of 20 books, including The Practice of Spiritual Direction, God and You, Finding God in All Things, Spiritual Direction and the Encounter with God, Who Do You Say I Am?, Contemplatives in Action, and A Friendship like No Other. For more on his writing please visit Loyola Press. | <urn:uuid:6046fc7e-3261-4321-9aaf-534952805814> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ivcusa.org/february/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956918 | 624 | 2.53125 | 3 |
This task produces plots of selected input periodic housekeeping (HK) data columns as a function of that file's TIME column. It also produces plots of selected auxiliary file data columns for selected CCDs as a function of a time value derived from the FRAME column of the AUX files for either EPIC or RGS. This FRAME column can be converted to real time by this task, which calls the oal Frame to onboard time (OBT) conversion subroutine OAL_getPosition (though this is not strictly necessary; y-axis values can be plotted versus Frame Number). This task has the flexibility to accept ANY valid column name for either the x or y-axis and make a simple plot, making it useful as a general plotting package (e.g. it is possible to plot a simple lightcurve by selecting the TIME and COUNTS columns in a lightcurve FITS file).
When plotting either HK or AUX data, this task allows the plotting of GTI intervals that correspond to the column data plotted. These GTI intervals are plotted underneath each individual plot window so they can be viewed better in context. The GTI plot simply shows which interval of the input data columns values occurred during a Good Time Interval. Also, when plotting either HK or AUX data, this task allows the selection of CCDs and/or GTIs individually. For example: one may plot an RGS1 Auxiliary File NACCEPTC and NREJECTC columns versus TIME (converted from Frame number) for ONLY CCDs 1, 2, and 3. Another example would be that one may plot a set of EMOS1 HK data file columns, but only plot GTIs for CCD 3.
The user may select the number of input file columns to plot, whether to plot Good Time Intervals (STDGTInn) with the input data columns (if applicable), the number of points to plot per page, the output device (eg. PS, PDF, GIF, XW, depending on which drivers are available), whether to offset the x-axis start point to zero (if the x-axis value is a TIME), the first and last row of a subinterval of a file to plot, whether to plot a subset of the available CCDs or all of them, and whether to convert Frame Number to time using the OAL conversion functions.
The user can plot as many parameters as he wishes, though if one is plotting many columns, many CCDs, and many points, the output (in MB's) of this task can get large (however, the task will not allow more than 18 plots per page for aesthetic reasons). For example: if one plotted 20 columns of an RGS1 file with 10000 points, and all 9 GTIs, at 600 points per page, this would result in 168 pages. It is also important to note that selecting the parameter “useccds” when running this task has a dual purpose. In the case of HK data, selecting on CCDs will open a separate GTI file and plot below the data columns selected the STDGTInn values corresponding to the CCDs selected (e.g. if ccds 1, 2, and 3 are selected, each data column is plotted three times, with each of STDGTI01, STDGTI02 and STDGTI03 data plotted beneath it). In the case of AUX data, selecting on CCDs will plot ONLY the contribution by the CCDs selected to the total data (i.e. the frames in the AUX file contributed by CCDs selected will be plotted). In addition, if the task is called with the parameter “usegtiset”, only the GTI's corresponding to the CCDs selected will be plotted.
Each page will contain a plot, with a common time x-axis, covering the range of points per page selected (the default is 600, or the total number of rows in the file if less than 600). The number of points covered on a single page will be fixed, so that if the number of points extends beyond this, each plot will be extended to multiple pages (e.g. if an input file has 10000 points and 1000 points per page is selected, the task will plot the data on 10 pages. If the number of CCDs/GTIs times the number of columns selected exceeds 18, all the columns and GTIs/CCDs will be plotted for a 1000 point subinterval on multiple pages before starting a new subinterval).
An offset can be selected that converts a TIME x-axis column to seconds since the first time bin (the default is the native form of the TIME column, ie: seconds from the beginning of the observation), so the x-axis appearing at the bottom of each page will be the raw x-axis value (if non-TIME), the raw TIME (presumably in seconds since MJDREF), or an offset TIME (in seconds since TSTART from the file OR the value of the first row of the file if TSTART is not found as a keyword).
The y-axis will be divided into equal size strips, one for each input parameter plotted on that page. Each strip will have its own y-axis scale, covering the range of values relevant for the parameter being plotted. Besides the range label for each parameter, a title for each strip will be plotted (which will be simply the FITS column name) as well as the units derived from the TUNIT column value.
If selected for plotting, the GTIs will appear as an additional strip at the bottom of each individual plot and will correspond exactly to the time range plotted for each column. This GTI strip will simply have the value of 0 or 1 depending on whether a time bin is a GOOD time interval. Contiguous GTI areas will be filled with hatched lines for clarity and will this appear to be histograms whereby if shading appears this region is a “Good Time Interval” and if no shading appears this region is a “Bad Time Interval”.
The title of each page of the plot will contain identifying information for the instrument, target, proposal and observation. Each page will also be numbered.
This task is specifically designed for producing the PPS summary plot data products. By default output files will be written in postscript, but the user will have the option of selecting an alternative output device, subject to availability in the package pgplot. It can, however, be used as a general plotting package because the task simply issues warnings if HK or AUX data or a GTI file and extension are not input, then completes a plot with whatever input (if valid for plotting) IS given.
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As working professionals, there are points in our careers when things take a turn for the worse in terms of our personal productivity.
The symptoms are sometimes clear to see. All of a sudden, commitments start falling through the cracks. We stop remembering all the things we think we should. Our Inbox fills up with unprocessed time demands that sit around like ticking time-bombs, causing us to lose sleep.
People start complaining to us that we aren’t keeping our promises. We often find ourselves late, stressed and cluttered. Sometimes, we put on weight and our relationships start to falter due to lack of attention.
These are all events that indicate that something is awry and often come about because something in our lives has changed. Some examples include:
- Significant life-changes take place, varying from getting married, having a new baby at home or needing to take care of an ailing parent.
- New, game-changing technology is introduced in our lives and we are either unwilling or unable to learn how to use it well. Facebook are smartphones are two examples of powerful time-savers when used wisely, but there are many who don’t use one or the other because they only see how addictive they can be.
- We accept greater responsibility at work, and as a result, the number of time demands we must process each day grows past a certain threshold that our current habits can’t handle.
Whatever the cause, the result is the same. We feel as if we aren’t coping.
Our tendency is to blame life, and try to return things to the way they were when we were on top of things, even when it’s clear that there IS no turning back. We want to go back to a time when our habits worked, but what we don’t realize is the fact that life changes, and even the best crafted habits need to evolve in pace with the fact that life never stands still.
We are actually victims of our success, as the habits that we used to succeed stopped working.
Take for example the simple habit of “putting things where you won’t forget them.” It’s a great practice that we are taught when we’re very young. Visual cues are very powerful, and they can often be used to trigger necessary actions, such as remembering to pick up the house keys before leaving on a long trip.
The reason that so many professionals have overflowing Inboxes and lost time demands is that they use this practice in ways that are simply unsuitable. When email comes in, they keep it in the Inbox — in order to remember to work on it later. It’s the reason why Whittaker and Sidner’s research showed that 53% of the average user’s email is sitting in their Inbox, rather than a folder.
They might do the same with important paper. They keep it on their desktops in order to remember to do something with it later.
The fact is, these tactics work when the number of email and paper-based time demands is low. Once they increase past a certain threshold however, the result is chaos, as the very opposite happens. Instead of helping someone to remember time demands, their very volume causes them to forget most of them, masking the commitments that they represent.
Another habit that works when volumes are low is “answering the phone each and every time it rings,” as we were taught as youngsters. In 2011, answering the phone whenever it rings is a recipe for disaster, now that we have 24-7 access to smartphones. Instead, we must turn phones off, ignore them and use voicemail in order to keep the peace of mind that comes from being productive.
The idea that no single pattern of habits, practices and rituals is good enough to last forever is at the heart of the 2Time system, which is what I call a “dynamic time management system,” as opposed to the “static” systems that others have invented.
If you are interested in learning how to upgrade your system on an ongoing basis for the rest of your working career, then there’s an opportunity coming up.
I’ll be offering MyTimeDesign 1.0.Free to the public again, and once again it’s free. To sign up to be on the early notification list, simply visit http://mytimedesign.com and I’ll let you know when my 6-week, e-learning program will be open for registration. | <urn:uuid:0020080e-e4db-4e20-9dcb-3189ee42c065> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://2time-sys.com/category/habits/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.955868 | 948 | 2.078125 | 2 |
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Inside Science's The Best of 2019
(Inside Science) -- This year marked the 50th anniversary of the first time humans set foot on the moon. Inside Science covered that anniversary, and many other stories throughout the year, bringing readers everything from newly revealed details about early mammals to Nobel Prize predictions and coverage. In this story, members of the Inside Science staff share two stories that they particularly enjoyed writing or reading. We hope you enjoy them, too. Happy New Year!
From: Chris Gorski, Editor
This story was based on a study of the brains of three people who had been diagnosed after their deaths with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (abbreviated as CTE). The disease is most closely associated with the kind of repetitive brain trauma that can occur in sports such as football and boxing. I think scientific efforts to understand the risks of these sports and how to protect against those risks are important, so I wanted to cover it.
I had received advanced notice of the study a few days before it was published in the prestigious journal Nature. The authors described how they investigated CTE using a technique known as cryo-electron microscopy. They told me that the results showed that the very fine structures that they looked at -- the filaments made of a protein called tau that are folded into structures narrower than one-ten-millionth of a meter -- were clearly different in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease than they were for people with CTE. But I wondered how important it was that the researchers had used their technique on what seemed like a small study sample. I didn't expect the other experts who I asked to comment on the research to say things like "it's pretty damn convincing" or "it's a heroic effort just to get to this point." But they did.
Writing and editing the story represented so much of what I really enjoy about science reporting. I've written about brain injuries and sports safety issues before, but this story was a much deeper dive into some very fine details about CTE. There was so much in the paper to learn about -- from the molecular details of several tau-related diseases to the idea that the researchers found a molecule encapsulated by the CTE tau proteins that they couldn't identify. Finding out what that molecule is could help researchers unlock even more about how this disease forms. As I come back to this story about nine months later that's what I'm thinking about. The researchers are surely thinking about it as well.
By someone else…
Inside the Controversial World of Composting Toilets, by Nala Rogers
One of my favorite stories we've ever done at Inside Science is Nala Rogers’ feature on composting toilets.
And not just because it's a detailed exploration of how people are trying to transform human waste into something useful, or at least something that requires fewer resources to handle.
First -- she opens the story with possibly the liveliest prose that ever appeared in the Journal of Economic Entomology: "[C]onsiderable consternation often resulted when a person lifted a privy lid and was greeted by a swarm of insects resembling wasps, or when upon leaving the privy he experienced a strange creeping and buzzing sensation due to flies being confined within his garments."
Second -- Nala obtained some all-time great quotes from her sources. Here's one, which The Atlantic's Sarah Zhang put in her tweet about the story:
"you should really make people understand how stupid it is to poop into clean water" https://t.co/tUcgWMOE3e
— Sarah Zhang (@sarahzhang) June 14, 2019
And I couldn't help myself either:
"If you put a sign up that says 'men must sit to pee' in a public toilet, people are going to pee on the sign." Another keen insight from @nala_rogers latest story for @insidescience https://t.co/OOxZHB5ltP
— Chris Gorski (@c_gorski) June 14, 2019
Third -- The story explained things I didn't think to wonder about. Composting toilets, it turns out, don't necessarily make the kind of compost that you might spread on your garden. But they do process the waste in a way that makes it less smelly and reduces the volume. It's also apparently quite important to separate the urine and feces. (Something that became apparent this past summer when I used some supposed composting toilets. It only takes a few words to sum up that experience: Ammonia is a powerful smell.)
From Catherine Meyers, Editor
If you’re like many Americans, the name Alexander von Humboldt may trigger only a fuzzy sense of recognition, if it registers at all. Although he was world-renowned at the time of his death in 1835, the Prussian explorer and naturalist -- most famous for his travels through South America -- has mostly faded from the general consciousness in the U.S. It’s a shame, because his story is a wild one.
I knew very little about Humboldt when I started researching an article in honor of his 250th birthday this year. As I learned more, a fascinating character emerged. One aspect of his personality stood out to me: his almost reckless curiosity.
Humboldt shocked himself with electric eels to see what happened. He crawled into dangerous tunnels in underground mines to test safety equipment he had designed. He risked altitude sickness, disease, and crocodile attack in his trek through the Americas.
One of the scholars I talked to called Humboldt’s curiosity and awe childlike. As the parent of a young human being who likes to jump on furniture, run through crowded spaces, and grab new objects with little regard for potential bodily harm, this characterization seemed spot on to me.
Humboldt’s curiosity may strike some as extreme, but I found it very endearing, perhaps because it is so human.
By someone else…
Apollonian Experiences, by Peter Gwynne
This summer, news outlets around the country recognized the 50th anniversary of America’s first crewed mission to the moon.
Inside Science ran several stories about the history and future of human spaceflight. My favorite was reporter Peter Gwynne’s personal recollections of his time covering the Apollo program for the Boston Herald Traveler and Newsweek.
Peter writes about the sights and sounds of a rocket launch, from the roar that shook the bleachers as the first manned Apollo mission ascended, to the way Apollo 17 -- the last crewed trip to the moon -- lit up a dark sky as it sped toward the heavens in the pre-dawn hours. He gives a glimpse of the tools of the trade for reporters at the time, including rotary phones and Western Union telegraphs, that now seem quaint. And he imparts a sense of the pressures and privilege of his journalistic duties.
I appreciated most the humility and gratitude with which Peter tells his story. The space program offered humanity a gripping tale of exploration and a sobering new perspective on our little planet floating in a vast, inky sea. Over time, the novelty of that perspective has worn off. Peter’s story reminded me of how meaningful it can feel to be a small part of something big.
From Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer
I have seen these “average face” articles before, usually along the lines of “here’s what each nation’s average beauty pageant winner looks like.” I wanted to generate the average faces of Nobel Prize winners in the sciences -- even though I was pretty sure what those faces would look like. I also wanted to learn about the methodology used to generate these faces.
Originally, I thought that the faces could be generated by resizing and stacking transparent front-facing portraits and lining them up using facial features as reference points. I assumed with enough photos, the differences among the portraits would eventually even out. Boy, was I wrong.
Turns out you need to morph each face somewhat before lining them up. In short, you need to calculate the average position of every facial feature for all the portraits, before morphing and stacking them. For a large dataset -- more than 500 photos in my case -- it is practically impossible to be done by hand.
Luckily, there are a few free-to-use web tools that do the job. After trying out a few different ones, I found the one I used for the article. And as expected, the average face visually reflected the existing overrepresentation of middle-aged white males among past winners.
It was a lot of work for a pretty short story. But this is one case when the picture told the story.
By someone else…
Imagine the terror of falling ill to a mysterious disease no one has a clue what to do about, without access to even the most basic knowledge of medicine, while living in a society that still believes in witchcraft and demons. Adding to that, the disease, countering the intuition of the day, attacks the young, healthy and rich, as opposed to the old, weak and poor. The sense of powerlessness must have been pure terror for the royals who never expected it.
Joel’s story touched upon one random but tragically common event that may have paved the way for the most important period of medieval England: the reign of Henry VIII.
My wife and I traveled to England earlier this year. Being of English and Scottish descent, she was naturally drawn to learning about the history of her ancestors. And so, like most London tourists, we visited the Tower of London and listened to beefeaters belting out colorful and slightly embellished tales of Henry VIII and his six wives. Riding on a high since we have been back from the trip, we still put on one of the dozens of medieval history channels on YouTube as we roll out the yoga mats and stretch before going to bed each night.
From Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
I will be the first to admit that I experienced major struggles with this illustration. I remember when this story was first announced at the AAS 233rd Meeting this past January.
I remember when this story was first announced at the AAS 233rd meeting this past January. I was badly in need of caffeine, seated nervously in a modest conference room among the dozens of other reporters. Then, Joan T. Schmelz took the podium and began talking about “Orion’s Dragon.” She showed a short video of the Orion Nebula in 3D -- within it, the shape of a dragon made of star dust. I was struck with inspiration, an image seeming to form in my mind’s eye. I was so excited to draw this beautiful, voluminous, starry dragon and create the most glittering image.
Then reality set in. I am not the first artist to experience being excited for the potential of an image held in her imagination, and then having to face the disappointing reality of putting that imagination down on canvas. It took me weeks -- remember, the AAS meeting was in January. This article was published in February. That was because I went back and forth, being unsatisfied with the lines my hands were drawing when I compared them to the image I could imagine when watching the 3D render rotate slowly on my computer.
Despite my initial struggles, I am so proud of the result. The eventual compromise of showing my illustration at a 50% opacity, overlaid over the 3D rendering, is extremely satisfying to me. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one. Within a few weeks, I had gotten a request from one of the researchers about whether they could use my illustration as a gift for their fellow collaborator. Seeing as their research inspired me to create this image, I was completely happy to share it with them. This illustration had an impact I could not have predicted, and I am so humbled that the scientists of SOFIA were touched by it!
By someone else…
The Crazy Things Biologists Do to Track Animals, by Nala Rogers
I thoroughly enjoyed Nala Rogers’ story about the zany and sometimes dangerous lengths biologists go to to track animals for research. As a digital artist who spends most of her time staring at pixels in an office cubicle, I don’t spend much time thinking about biologists getting their hands dirty chasing their creatures of study. Nala’s story paints its own picture of the struggles that humans face studying animals all across the animal kingdom.
Rogers writes a story packed with interesting facts, funny circumstances, and impactful results. I loved the moment when she writes about the role eyelash glue played in a study following hummingbirds. In a test to determine which glue would best withstand flying birds, a colleague of the biologist covered her arm with fake eyelashes adhered with different glues. I found this image hilarious, and the specific disclaimer that the government did not endorse the adherent glue even funnier. The tongue-in-cheek takeaway interested me both as someone who regularly wears makeup, and as someone who has never had to fasten anything to a hummingbird. Tidbits like this kept me amused through the whole read.
I found the story impactful as well. It left me thinking about the truth to the mystery of the “white shark café” that sharks flock to. It left me wondering if regulations for tree thinning in the southwestern U.S. will change to preserve endangered jumping mice. It also, importantly, gave me an honest look at the human side of research. All these biologists are dedicated and passionate about their jobs, so much so that some of them would risk jumping out of a helicopter to forward their research. That’s hardcore!
From Nala Rogers, Staff Writer
I originally envisioned this story as a lighthearted piece about funny animals and awkward situations. Sticking scientific instruments to wildlife! How cute!
But when I talked to real wildlife telemetry researchers, their stories hit me like a punch. Animals suffer for the sake of data needed to save their species. Humans grapple with agonizing moral quandaries. Often, people put their lives on the line in efforts to minimize the risks to the animals they trap and tag.
I talked to someone whose knees were destroyed from years spent jumping out of helicopters and wresting deer and bighorn sheep to the ground. He did it that way to spare the animals from the risks of sedation and to minimize the amount of time they were subjected to stressful handling. I talked to another researcher who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to venomous snakes when they stopped breathing on his operating table. A third source faced down an 8,000-pound bull elephant seal armed with nothing but a broom handle, refusing to let the male seal approach and perhaps crush the female that lay sedated behind him.
As I did my reporting, it soon became clear that the tone of the article had to change. Yes, there are funny stories, and I told several of them. But the true story was the inner tension of these scientists -- passionate animal lovers balancing trade-offs between the welfare of whole populations, and the individuals they hold in their hands.
By Someone else…
How Running a Marathon Changes Your Gut Microbes, by Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
One article I enjoyed this year was Rodrigo Pérez Ortega’s story about the effects of intense exercise on a person’s microbiome. With snappy, engaging prose, Ortega explained how researchers collected samples of “solid waste” from Boston Marathon athletes. After the race, the athletes’ guts had more of a type of bacteria that breaks down lactate, a byproduct released when muscles work. In follow-up research, the scientists found that the lactate-gobbling bacteria could help mice run longer.
It’s a topic everyone can connect with -- the hidden ways our microbial passengers are involved in our lives and health. The findings also raise hopes that we might manipulate lactate-eating bacteria and other gut denizens to our benefit. Here, Ortega walked a tightrope: exciting readers with the potential of future probiotic treatments, while framing the idea with appropriate cautions. He emphasized the limitations of the study and clarified that some of the authors might have a financial stake in developing probiotic supplements. Despite these caveats, the story maintained its momentum, leaving readers with a balanced, clear-eyed optimism. | <urn:uuid:5d666ac3-9033-46f3-8f72-4f52f301dea3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.insidescience.org/index.php/news/inside-sciences-best-2019 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.970207 | 3,437 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Make advantage of these important tips that will help save you money and make your home cosy.
Use Fluorescent Bulbs
Out with the old, in the new, Incandescent bulbs produce a lot of heat and are very inefficient. Replace your home lighting with compact fluorescent bulbs. Fluorescent bulbs use 25% of the energy that traditional incandescent bulbs use. In addition to that, fluorescent bulbs last a lot longer.
Solar Outdoor Lights
Today’s solar outdoor lights are not only cost effective but the designs are really nice, too. You’re sure to find the right solar lights that match your home’s design style</a> all while enhancing the look of your garden for free. Paid for by the sun.
Think you can’t afford a new refrigerator or microwave? Think again. Replace your appliances with Energy Star rated appliances. You will save in the long run and rest content knowing you aren’t wasting energy. Hire garbage bin rental to help get rid of all your unneeded JUNK EQUIPMENT and more.
Get Programmable Thermostats
When you are headed off to work is there any reason to keep your thermostat at the same temperature you need it while your home? This is a big waste of energy and we don’t always remember to change the setting before we leave. With programmable thermostats you basically just hired an assistant to take care of this for you. So relax.
Dimming your lights can save anywhere from 10-50% in electricity and can extend the bulb’s life by 20 times making your home energy efficient.
Using scenes of illumination
Does the garage light either wake up or come from the workplace, to see how glowing the window comes from the front office? Only such lights can be brought on the lighting control device while you cook, eat or read. All the light can be switched off at once in your powerful house or lighting can be turned off from a convenient location in other rooms.
Motorized Shades Monitor Climate
You know the best time when your windows are not directly under the sun, but there is ample outside light to minimize indoor light. Should we always remember natural light rather than light in our house? Do we always remember it? I know I don’t. I know that I don’t. Invest in motor shades that can be opened at the right time of day to let natural light into your home.
Solar panels on the south-facing roof will provide ample power for all of your houses. Don’t be concerned that you won’t have a huge metal twist item on your roof, Solar panels look like shingles on the roof that fit the elegance of your energy-efficient home.
Air Handler Variable Speed
Another effective way to cool and heat your home is to use a variable speed air handler. You can rely on less noise and a more productive airflow into your home when beginning softly and not so suddenly.
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Benefits of Using a Professional Moss Removal Service for Your FenceDecember 26, 2014
A moss outbreak on a wooden fence is a serious problem. It doesn’t just make the fence look bad, it can also destroy the wood and put allergens in the air. While you might want to handle the job of cleaning the fence on your own, it’s a good idea to go with a professional cleaning service. That way, you can get it done right the first time.
What Doesn’t Work
Many companies start their moss and algae removal from fences with a pressure washer. While this may remove some of the algae, you also risk damaging your fence and surrounding landscape. And pressure washers just provide a temporary fix by removing the surface algae. What is left behind will quickly bloom again and you’ll be right back where you started, and possibly have a damaged fence to boot.
Harsh chemicals might kill moss and algae on your fence, but it can be toxic to your family and damage surrounding landscape. And while it may provide a temporary fix, it may not provide long term removal and prevention of future algae and moss outbreaks.
ROTban Prevents New Moss Outbreaks
What sets ROTban apart is that it is a simple, inexpensive and safe product used to remove and prevent moss on your fence. And compared to the irritating sound of a pressure washer, it is noiseless and has not carbon pollution from exhaust.
In addition to gently and safely removing the algae and moss from your fence, ROTban prevents future algae blooms. The treatment keeps working for up to 3 years, saving you time and money from having to continually clean your fence. This is especially beneficial during cold, wet winter months.
Once your fence is treated with ROTban, it will look like new. Not only that, but it will also last longer and you won’t have to worry about allergens floating through the air. Call us to day to see how ROTban can help you restore the beauty of your fences and keep your family safe and healthy.Previous Post Next Post | <urn:uuid:983e5a30-b46f-483c-9c89-12e7e447540e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rotban.ca/blog/benefits-of-using-a-professional-moss-removal-service-for-your-fence/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95592 | 435 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Chinese Medicine describes health from a different angle, using different words to say the same thing as Western medicine. It’s more lyrical, more like singing than speaking.
Chinese Medicine may talk of Digestive Fire. In Western Medicine converting Food into Energy for the Body/Mind is described by “Oxidation”- the addition of Oxygen to molecules, producing a molecular “Fire”.
Chinese Medicine discovered long ago that the body has many pathways and many connections. The major pathways are called Meridians, paths through which energies flow. In fact, some of the pathways are very similar to the arteries, veins, nerves that cross our bodies. Thousands of years of observations have formed a rather large body of knowledge, with a deep understanding of the complex interactions of the Body and Mind.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine it is stated that when the Body/Mind is in Balance, the Qi – or Life Force- runs freely through the Meridians. There are many types of Qi, and under close observation, correlate well with western terms. For instance Wei Qi has many similar functions to the Immune system.
How does Acupuncture work?
Acupuncture is the insertion of disposable, ultra-fine needles, into key points on the Meridians of the body. This aims to balance systems which can be impeded, too weak or stagnating.
Does it Hurt?
Acupuncture needles are a lot thinner than medical needles, so they are hardly felt.
Most often people don’t even know when the needle has been inserted, including people with needle phobia. Often it’s the idea more so than the needle. Some points may be more sensitive than others, I always advise if this is the case.
How many sessions are needed?
It depends! Usually the longer or the more chronic the issue is, it may take a bit longer to resolve. Some only need one or two treatments. Very generally speaking 5 treatments is about average. I always ask myself questions in deciding the course of a Treatment Program:
What treatment suits this person best? Do they need Acupuncture only, herbs, or nutritional advice? Do they need to be referred?
Have they been to a GP? (I advise people to go to a GP with urgent or chronic problems first)
Acupuncture can be of great benefit to help regain better Health, as an adjunct to Western Medicine. It is also wonderfully relaxing!
Side Effects and Safety
Acupuncture is on of the safest treatments modalities available, when performed by a professionally recognised practitioner.
Along with the therapeutic benefit, most people find the treatment one of the most relaxing things they have experienced.
Acupuncture is one of the few recognised Complementary therapies, and as such, you can claim treatments partially back from all major insurance companies (depending on your plan, and as long as your Acupuncturist is professionally recognised and registered.)
What can be treated with Acupuncture?
Acupuncture treats much more than just Musculo-Skeletal issues, it can treat the following (recognised by the World Health Organisation):
(However, more conditions can actually be treated- always feel free to enquire!)
(TCM actually offers an even more complete range, these are just the researched conditions)
The World Health Organization in it’s global and independent role has
evaluated the effectiveness of many treatments be they Western or Oriental
In it’s study of approved acupuncture trials carried out over the last 3 decades, “Acupuncture was proven through controlled trials to be an effective treatment” for a wide variety of conditions.
Diseases and disorders that can be treated with acupuncture
The diseases or disorders for which acupuncture therapy has been tested
in controlled clinical trials reported in the recent literature can be
classified into four categories as shown below.
1. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which acupuncture has been
proved-through controlled trials-to be an effective treatment:
Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
(including hay fever)
Depression (including depressive
neurosis and depression following stroke)
Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer,
acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)
Facial pain (including
Induction of labour
Low back pain
Malposition of fetus, correction
Nausea and vomiting
Pain in dentistry
(including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)
2. Diseases, symptoms or conditions for which the therapeutic effect of
acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed:
Abdominal pain (in acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal
Alcohol dependence and detoxification
chronic, with acute exacerbation
Craniocerebral injury, closed
Epidemic haemorrhagic fever
simple (without generalized or local disease)
Eye pain due to subconjunctival
Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
Hepatitis B virus carrier status
Herpes zoster (human (alpha)
Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic
cocaine and heroin dependence
Pain due to endoscopic
Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Postextubation in children
Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome
Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection
Retention of urine,
throat (including tonsillitis)
Spine pain, acute
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Above is a list of conditions that the WHO (World Health Organization) recommend to
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As per the latest details gleaned from the Inter Nations Expat Insider 2016 study, which covers as many as 200 nations, migrants have named Melbourne--the second largest city of Australia--as the best urban place to stay and do a job in the world, even as they praised the city’s amazing work life balance. The city is also allegedly an easy place to live in.
In general, Melbourne was at the fourth position in the working abroad study which asks migrants to rate 30 features of their new dwelling, comprising the overall quality of life, the ease of settling in, the general cost of staying, and weather.
Out of the migrants, residing in Melbourne, nearly 79% reportedly stated they are normally happy with their work life balance even while 27% rated it outstanding, and this is much better, in relation to the global averages of 60% and 17%, in that order.
Melbourne also performed well in the job and careers subclass, making it to the third place globally. Certainly, 71% of the survey participants expressed general happiness with their job, and an additional seven in 10 are mostly pleased with their career breaks in the city.
Still, in the Quality of Life Index, the city closely missed the topmost 10, finding a place at the eleventh spot. Even as its position in this index was rather good for leisure choices with 55% rating facilities as first-rate, and also for health and welfare, migrants feel the city appear pretty secluded, in terms of travel and transportation.
However, the study also reportedly reveals that migrants believe residing in the city may be fairly expensive. Melbourne was at the 24 position out of 35 in the cost of living section even as 46% reportedly stated the price of living is normally high.
Nevertheless, the study participants are seemingly able to manage as just 11% judged their personal financial condition in the city in a negative manner, vis-à-vis a worldwide average of 17%.
Against this, migrants in Sydney--which occupied the eighth spot behind cities such as Houston in Texas and Madrid in Spain--reportedly proclaimed though they were not pleased with their general financial state in the city, they took a great deal of pleasure in the local weather and also the welcoming behavior of the local people.
According to a concerned person from Inter Nations, the migrants in Sydney were repeatedly not pleased with their financial state, which cost the city a superior position. She stated that not only are the migrants seemingly gladder in Melbourne, but they are more content with their personal state of finance.
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If you are thinking about the things that everyone else is thinking about—pro or con—you are asleep and your intellectual life is merely part of man’s collective dream. That covers it—there is nowhere else to look, and nothing else to say about the matter.
If you are thinking about things that the rest of humanity thinks about, you are not individually thinking. There is nothing at all creative going on in your mind, and none of your ideas are original.
Ordinary life operates quite well under these conditions, but if your hunger is to get-to-the-bottom-of-things, leaving your mind totally in the hands of the mimicking, plagiarizing thoughts that magically appear there, will keep you forever traipsing along the tinfoil plated path without ever getting backstage and seeing the real Wiz who’s been paving the road.
Having an original thought is close to impossible, but what you can do immediately, that will take you nearer than humans are meant to be, is to not entertain the thoughts that are already out there.
When it comes to the ideas upon which mankind dines—
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As COVID-19 cases surge across the nation and the world, many companies are going back to enforcing mask mandates for their workers. In the latest sign that the pandemic is not lessening, large corporations are attempting to keep more regulations from occurring by enforcing mandatory masks for their workers. While many companies have decided to do this in just the last week, the most notable corporations include McDonald’s, Walmart, and Target.
Many companies have also decided to require their workers to be fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. These companies include United Airlines Inc, Centene Corp, Microsoft Corp, and Tyson Foods Inc, as well as many others.
Corporations have also decided to ask customers to wear masks while entering their stores or workplaces, even if they are vaccinated. Perhaps the most notable of these are Mcdonald’s and Disney (Disneyland and Disney World).
This return to mask regulations comes amid surges in COVID-19 infections nationwide. The Delta variant of the virus, which is said to be more contagious than the other forms, has caused infections to surge in many parts of the United States. As a result, many companies and businesses are struggling to accurately deal with these new cases.
While nobody truly wants regulations and restrictions to return, businesses realize that they’ll do better if masks or vaccinations are required for their employees (and, for some, their customers). Economists for the past few weeks have stressed that they don’t believe the economy will shut down as it did in 2020, when the pandemic was first underway and forced many businesses to shutter. However, as virus infections surge, many are worried about how this could affect the economy.
Businesses, however, do have the luxury of understanding what is to come. Last year, everyone was facing the pandemic for the first time, and companies were struggling to do business with many laws and regulations in place. This time, companies are the first to reenforce certain regulations, and governmental laws have largely stayed out of in (in most areas).
With this surge in infections, however, the labor market does still seem to be recovering. While the economy surged ahead earlier this year as regulations and laws first went away, the labor market struggled as people continued to be laid off, and as people didn’t return to the workforce. Now, however, it does look like more people are returning to work, and fewer people are being laid off.
The latest weekly jobless claim numbers reveal the first set of data we’re able to analyze since the Delta variant started affecting our society and economy. For the most part, it doesn’t appear as if the Delta variant has yet really affected the labor market. As long as this continues — and these mandatory mask rules may help, as it can help stop virus spread — then the labor market should continue to move in the right direction.
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Let’s face it… America is filled with books that promote religious indoctrination in children. There are thousands of titles available for Christian kids which range from the relatively benign to the downright maniacal.
The lack of overtly atheistic children’s books neatly illustrates the “protective cocoon” that religion has woven for itself… unfortunately with our help (the “secular” are generally WAY too concerned about being “controversial” or appearing to be “antagonistic” towards religion).
While there are some very good (and fairly current) parenting books for freethinkers on the market (Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide to Parenting Beyond Belief is a good one), there is a distinct lack of books for kids that give the very concept of “gods” the scrutiny it so deserves.
There are a few- Dan Barker’s Maybe Right, Maybe Wrong examines morality without supernaturalism. As one reviewer said, the book is “good for undoing religious brainwashing”.
Dan Barker also authored Just Pretend: A Freethought Book for Children which pretty much compares belief in gods to belief in Santa Claus, etc. (and justifiably so).
We also have S.C. Hitchcock’s Disbelief 101: A Young Person’s Guide to Atheism– this one is aimed at Grade 9 & up, though.
Fortunately, there are indeed many pro-science and pro-critical thinking children’s books on the market… some of you might want to list some good ones below in the comments.
But for those parents who are looking for a childrens’ book that includes those things, but also delves into the absurdity of religious dogma itself (the “heart of the beast”), the pickin’s are very slim indeed.
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Houseplants have exploded in popularity and have a prominent place in home decor. This beginner guide will help you keep your plants thriving.
In the last 5 years houseplants have found their way back into many homes. What started as a simple home decor trend with plastic plants, has now blossomed into full blown plant keeping.
Social media has tremendously helped boost the popularity of plants. You can find tons of wonderful care tips and information in the plant Instagram world, and the TikTok plant accounts.
Houseplants have become a less daunting and scary undertaking with the abundance of information out there. We love watching new people fall in love with plants.
This beginner guide should help you get a good handle on caring for your new plant baby.
Choosing a new houseplant
Picking out your first plant can be an overwhelming task. There are so many attractive and beautiful houseplants out there. However, not all plants are created equal and some are extremely finicky. I have a few “go to” plants that I always recommend for new plant parents
Most Pothos or Philodendron plants are going to be fairly easy to care for and make great beginner plants. We have a post that has some great options in it for beginner houseplants. If you have the opportunity to do research before going plant shopping, I highly recommend it.
Get an idea for what plants you would like (trailing, climbing, bushy etc). It’s a good idea to have a feel for the lighting in your home. You will need to know what windows have the best morning and afternoon light. Make sure you have an area that is large enough for a mature plant.
Most nursery plants will come in small immature form. They are usually planted in a 4 or 6 inch pot. Almost all houseplants will outgrow these spots and become quite a bit larger when they mature.
Quarantine your new plant
If you have any other houseplants at all, you will need to quarantine your new plant away from the rest. Any place that sells plants, no matter how big or small will have some amount of pests. Houseplants and pests go together, whether we like it or not.
Always check your plant over before purchasing. Lift the leaves and ensure you do not see any small pests (some of them are almost microscopic in size). Make sure you don’t see signs of pest damage. This can look like tiny damage spots on the leaves, or large yellowing areas.
Most plants will have some amount of damage from shipping or being jostled around at the nursery. However, if it appears there is a pest invasion on that plant, do yourself a favor and put that one down.
I like to give all my new plants a wash with some neem oil to remove any unwanted hitchhikers. Even if the plant appears healthy, it’s easy to unknowingly bring pests home.
Choosing the right spot for your plant
Finding the right place to put your plant can be a challenge. You will need to consider a few things before deciding on a forever place your plant. Ensure that whatever spot you choose, it will accommodate the mature size of the houseplant.
Lighting is one of the most important factors in keeping a healthy and thriving plant. You should know the lighting needs of your plant before placing it somewhere. There are low light plants, and plants that require many hours of bright indirect light.
You should know which window has the best lighting at certain times of the day. for a lower light plant, a north facing window works great. For a plant that needs lots of bright indirect light, south or west facing windows work great. Just make sure your plant isn’t sitting in hot direct sunlight for extended periods of time. Most plants will get sunburnt leaves when left in bright direct light.
How to water your houseplant
Watering your plant correctly is arguably the most important thing you will ever do in plant care. The vast majority of houseplants are killed with kindness (overwatering). Many people assume that you water houseplants the same way you water outdoor container flowers in the summer. Most houseplants can go extended periods of time without water.
In nature your plant would need to sit and wait for it to rain. Our goal is to mimic nature as close as possible when caring for our plants. Watering a little bit at a time and often (multiple times a week) will put your plant at great risk for root rot.
The best practice is to first know how much water your plant likes (a succulent has very different watering needs than a fiddle leaf fig). Some plants like to dry out completely. A snake plant can go well over a month with no water. And some houseplants like to keep evenly moist soil. researching your plants watering needs is very important.
I like to water mine every 2-3 weeks. I almost always bottom water my plants, this allows them to soak up as much water as they need. To do this simply place your plant in a bowl of water. The plant will absorb water up through the drainage hole. I leave mine in the bowl of water for 10-15 minutes.
Choosing a proper soil mix for your houseplant
The proper potting medium is essential for a happy and thriving houseplant. The soil needs will differ between different kinds of houseplants. Most of my aroids (monsteras, philodendrons, pothos etc.) I keep in the same medium. I like to use potting mix, extra perlite, and orchid bark.
Succulents however will require a different mix. Since they like to have dryer roots, a quick draining and light medium works best. Most people use a mix with potting mix, sand, and extra perlite.
Always do your research on the proper potting mix for your plant. This can also help the plant survive uneven watering schedules and other periods of stress.
Do I need to repot my new houseplant?
This is a controversial topic. However, there are a few things to look for that can help you make that decision. Check the root growth out on the bottom of the pot. If there are lots of roots growing and circling outside the bottom of the pot, it is probably root bound and could use a repot.
There are a few pros and cons involved with repotting a new plant. One of the pros is getting a chance to look at the root health. Some growing operations will start plants in a mesh plug. If left on, your plant roots can get stunted and die. Always check the roots if you are repotting.
Another pro is repotting your plant into fresh, clean potting medium. Sometimes fungus or bacteria can live in old potting soil. Many people choose to repot so they know the plant is in safe and fresh new potting medium.
A huge con is stress, your plant has already been through quite a bit of stress just getting to the plant shop. Repotting causes a huge amount of stress on a plant. You also need to ensure that the new pot is the right size for your plant. If you pick a pot that is too large, your plant is at a higher risk for root rot.
If you do end up repotting your plant, make sure that the new pot has a drainage hole. Always choose a pot that is only an inch or two larger than the previous pot.
Long term care tips for your new plant
Once you have the basics care needs for your plant covered. There are just a few more tips and tricks to keep your plant in tip top shape.
Fertilizing is important for plant growth. Most potting mix will come with nutrients already in it. However, as the plant sits in the potting mix, it will break down and deplete those nutrients over time. A good practice is to fertilize your plant every 6 weeks or so. Make sure you follow the directions carefully when you fertilize. You can accidentally burn the roots if you overdo it.
Pruning can be necessary depending on the plant. Some tabletop plants that grow in a bush pattern can become leggy over time. If your plant is becoming leggy or too long, go ahead and prune it using sharp sterile scissors.
Propagating plants is a great way to multiply your houseplants, or create new plants to share with friends. Most plants can be propagated in water. Just look for the node (usually located where the leaf joint is) cut below the node and place in water. Since the needs vary by plant, make sure you look up propagation needs for your specific plant.
Dusting your leaves is very important. I like to dust mine every 2 weeks or so when I water them. Dusting can remove pests from the leaves and discourage them from making your plant their home. Removing dust from the leaves helps open the plant spores (the stomata) it also helps the plant photosynthesize more effectively.
My final piece of advice is to do research on your specific plant. Know what climate your plant comes from. Find out the watering needs for your plant. Ensure you have the proper soil mix, and what kind of lighting your plant will do best in. We have printable care guides on our website for lots of different houseplants.
If you are having a difficulty with your plant (yellowing leaves) or your plant seems like it isn’t thriving, let us know! We would love to try and trouble shoot your plant problems with you.
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For fire-rated materials such as walls and ceilings in a building, and for load-bearing structures such as pillars and beams, specially made fire protection paints can be used, which in the case of heat swell up and form a porous, heat-insulating layer which protects the wood or steel and also underlying material. If you use fire protection paint in a building, you can greatly extend the time for evacuation and extinguishing work.
It is common for public buildings, which have high requirements for fire protection, to be painted with fire protection paint. This applies to both industries and premises such as libraries, nursing homes, hospitals, etc. These buildings often have load-bearing steel structures, which can be protected by fire protection.
But it is also not unusual for spaces such as winds and basements in residential buildings to be painted with fire protection paint. Anyone who is going to paint with fire protection paint should, however, be careful with which products are used, how they should be used and which products they should be used with. Fire protection paint is usually sold in systems, where it is important to stick to products within the same system in order to achieve a satisfactory fire protection.
Fire protection for wood and steel
There are fire protection colors for both wood and steel, and it is important to choose the right kind of color. The paint not only protects the material, but also the underlying material. Fire protection paint contains substances that cause it to expand by about 30 mm during heat and develop a heat-insulating layer that resists heat and fire development and prevents the material from emitting flammable gases that accelerate the fire process. This provides plenty of time for evacuation and fire fighting. Should the fire continue for a long time in a wooden house, the wood’s surface layer will carbonize without being ignited, which creates additional protection.
By applying fire protection paint to load-bearing structures of steel in a building, it can be ensured that the building is safe even with a longer fire, because otherwise steel is sensitive to high heat from surrounding materials. Steel can either be painted directly with fire protection paint, or insulated with fire panels painted with fire protection paint. Which system you choose depends on the type of building and the circumstances. An expert on fire protection painting should always be asked about an appropriate system early in the construction process.
Always use color within the same system
If you plan to paint surfaces in your home with fire protection paint, such as the attic floor, you should always first consult an expert on fire protection paint or a professional painter, to get tips on the right products. It is also very important that you use products that are intended to be used together, otherwise the fire protection can be without effect.
Usually, a fire protection paint can be painted over with a regular color, to achieve the desired shade and finish, but then it is important that the color you use is intended to be used in conjunction with the fire protection paint.
Read about fire classes and fire protection
If you wish to know about fire classes and fire protection in private houses and public buildings, we recommend that you read through the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning’s Building Regulations for fire protection. It gives a good overview of what to consider when it comes to fire protection in both private homes and public buildings.
Health aspects of fire protection paint
The products used in fire protection painting and sold in Sweden meet the general requirements for health and the environment. However, one should use face protection and in some cases also protective clothing when working with any type of paint indoors where good ventilation is missing, and this also applies to fire protection paint.
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How much sleep do you need? “At least 8 hours” has been the old standby in our cultural consciousness for some time. But this isn’t quite the right answer – in fact, it’s not necessarily quite the right question, either.
Determine how much sleep you really need
Each person’s sleep needs will change throughout their life span, so age is a really important factor here – recommendations can range from 14 to 17 hours for newborns and 7 to 8 for adults 65 and older. You also have to take into account what sort of sleep you’re getting – is it uninterrupted, deep sleep or very restless, for example, as well as how much sleep seems to be just right for helping you feel your best during the daylight hours. All of that being said, we do have details that can help you best figure out what number might make sense for you.
Know that how much sleep you need varies
That well-worn 8-hour recommendation isn’t too far off. Experts recommend between 7 and 9 hours of sleep each night for adults between the ages of 26 and 64. A little more or a little less sleep may be appropriate for certain people. As many as 10 hours or as few as 6 hours may be healthy, but more or less than this isn’t recommended. For younger adults, aged 18 to 25, the core recommendations are the same, though as many as 10 to 11 hours on the higher end may be appropriate for certain people. Sleep outside of this range isn’t really recommended and could mean that someone is experiencing a serious health problem.
What this means is that the middle range of 7 to 9 hours is what experts agree is the amount they’re comfortable recommending. But really, you need to pay attention to your own body and how much sleep seems to work for you. What you should really pay attention to – and there’s probably no major surprise here – is how much sleep you need to feel happy, productive, and like your very best self.
Listen to your body
For example, if you sleep for a solid 7 hours every night but still feel really groggy in the morning and not well-rested during the day, then maybe what’s right for you is a few more hours of shut-eye. Again, some people might need as many as 10 hours or as few as 6 hours to feel great.
You’ll also want to try to pay attention to details like: Do you wake up feeling refreshed? Do you feel alert and not particularly sleepy during the day? Can you concentrate on everything you need to? Or are you often tired during the day? And do you notice that you’re not sleeping well at night? How often do you seem to be getting a good night’s sleep? Do you need a lot of coffee to make it through the day?
Track your sleep patterns
As you pay attention to some of these details, it can be really helpful to track how much sleep you’re getting and how you’re feeling during the day. (And, hey, you can use Ovia for that!) If you do this for a few weeks, you can likely get a good sense of what your particular sweet spot for sleep is.
Keep in mind that if you’re experiencing sleepiness during the day when you think you should be feeling alert, are feeling depressed, are having trouble breathing during sleep, are snoring during sleep, have tingling or cramping in your legs during sleep, have regularly disturbed sleep, have had a partner tell you that your sleep seems to be off in some way, have a lot of trouble falling asleep, often take lengthy naps (meaning longer than 20 to 30 minutes), or if there’s anything else that seems to be preventing you from sleeping well at night, you should talk with your healthcare provider to help you figure out if there might be an underlying problem that’s keeping you from getting the sleep you need.
Sleep is immensely important for your health and overall well-being. Everyone deserves to spend their days feeling happy, alert, and ready to take on the world. That might take just 6 hours of sleep, it could take as many as 10, or you might find the number of hours that are right for you fit neatly within that 6 to 8 hour range. That Goldilocks-style “just right” number will be unique to you, so get to know what it is, and you should be feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed before long.
- Happy days and restful nights: How to know if you’re getting enough sleep
- Bedtime goodies for grownups that may help you get some sleep already
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Rebecca Hoh never envisioned herself working in HIV research — let alone in science. In fact, she was an undeclared major until theRebecca Hohdeath of her father steered her to dietetics.
But a serendipitous request from a professor to do nutritional counseling with HIV-positive patients led to a more than 20-year career at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where the amfAR Institute for HIV Cure Research is based. She works closely with Institute researcher Dr. Steven Deeks on SCOPE, a prospective observational study of HIV-infected individuals.
On May 22, Hoh received the Lloyd Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine, one of the university’s most prestigious awards. Established in 2000, the award is named for Dr. Lloyd H. (Holly) Smith Jr., chair of medicine and associate dean for 35 years, who passed away on June 18.
In an email interview, Hoh spoke about her interest in HIV cure research, the SCOPE study, and the obstacles that stand in the way of a cure.
What made you choose dietetics as a career?
I was 18 and heading towards university as an undeclared major when my father died from massive cardiac arrest. The fact that he had all the classic symptoms for heart disease (overweight, diabetes, etc.) was a wake-up call. I wanted to learn whatever I could about preventative health. While science was never my thing in high school, I was exposed to a fantastic science curriculum at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), and a new world opened up. UC Berkeley had an excellent program for nutrition and dietetics, which fit my interests perfectly.
How did you learn about the program at Ward 86 (the HIV clinic at San Francisco General Hospital), and what was your role there?
Marc Hellerstein, one of my professors at UC Berkeley, was also on faculty at UCSF. He needed a dietitian to help with a UCSF research study on smoking and metabolism. I began working with Marc in the early 90s assuming it would be a short-term gig. Around that time, Marc was asked to start a Metabolic Clinic at Ward 86 to address HIV-associated wasting. This was in the pre-protease-inhibitor era when wasting syndrome (severe weight and muscle loss) was a devastating issue. I was doing nutrition counseling and body composition analysis. Marc started clinical trials on anabolic steroids, growth hormones, and nutritional supplements. Those studies were attempting novel therapies to help AIDS patients retain muscle mass and quality of life. I didn’t realize it at the time but it was essentially boot camp training for translational research.
I understand Dr. Steven Deeks made a case for you to join his team. What did he say to convince you?
Rebecca Hoh and Dr. Steven DeeksIf you’ve met Steve, then you know he is a hard person to turn down. I initially met Steve in the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) research unit where he was collaborating with Marc on a project. Steve was starting studies looking at ART (antiretroviral therapy) drug resistance and a new observational study called SCOPE. He was building a team and his enthusiasm was hard to resist. Many of the patients I’d grown to know and love over the years at SFGH were joining Steve’s studies and it seemed like a natural fit for me as well.
SCOPE has been billed as one of the most successful clinical studies in the world. Can you describe what it is?
SCOPE began in 2001 as a five-year observational cohort looking at the long-term effects of HIV. Seventeen years and 2,000 participants later, we’re still here.
What SCOPE does is to provide specimens and data to HIV researchers who wouldn’t otherwise have access to clinical specimens – essentially it’s a bridge between the clinic and basic scientists. It’s team science at its best.
I work with a team of study coordinators to carry out SCOPE and its nested projects. Essentially we are scientific event planners – we decipher scientists’ request for clinical specimens, identify patients who may be eligible and interested in participating, and then carry out the study.
Since SCOPE began we have provided over 100,000 samples to over 500 unique investigators. Some of the most exciting work has been in the areas of chronic inflammation and aging, elite control of HIV (providing clues from those who naturally control the virus), and understanding and measuring viral reservoirs. Our ultimate goal is to find a cure for HIV.
The nature of complex trials often leads to a narrower demographic profile of those who can participate – and that in itself is a hurdle to cure.
amfAR’s goal is to develop the scientific basis of a cure by the end of 2020. What obstacles stand in the way?
There are many relevant hurdles in the path to a cure, but as a study coordinator, I have to mention the one our participants must navigate: trial design. Complex logistics, frequent and/or larger blood draws, and visit schedules that cover months, if not years, are major commitments. It’s especially difficult for those who are caretakers or who have inflexible work schedules. Add to that the pressures of living in the San Francisco Bay Area – financial and otherwise. These factors often mean that those most able to commit to an intense study tend to be older, male, and often more financially stable. We are absolutely grateful for anyone who will even consider signing up for a blood draw let alone an intense cure study. However, the nature of complex trials often leads to a narrower demographic profile of those who can participate – and that in itself is a hurdle to cure.
You have been at UCSF for more than 20 years. What are the most challenging and most rewarding aspects of your work?
There are plenty of challenges in academic research – contract delays, staffing shortages, budget headaches — typical red tape. We are lucky to have a small but outstanding administrative team that lets us focus on the science and the patients as much as possible. As for the flip side, working with the research participants is by far the most wonderful part – the time, energy, blood. The research participants are a constant source of motivation for the entire team. Many of the SCOPE participants have been volunteering for studies for over 20 years. They are like a second family.
What does winning the Holly Smith Award mean to you personally and professionally?
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Tianna Barton | Rebuking the Male Gaze
“I read a really interesting article pointing out how female masturbation is romanticized in films, where she buys herself lingerie, draws a bubble bath, lights a candle,” laughs Tianna Barton (BFA, 2019).
“The author was pointing out that this glamorization is only for the male gaze. I would prefer to see it represented as habitual and methodical.”
Not shying away from topics that could make you blush, Tianna began the early iterations of what later developed into her grad project, The Wanking Project + Vessel III.
“I started to investigate the representation of female masturbation a couple years ago and explored it with a plaster project using my hands,” shared Tianna. “I realized quite quickly that it wasn’t the right material to express this.”
At the same time, Tianna was also making ceramic uteruses as part of a discussion around functional ceramics typically falling into women’s craft. These vessels are simultaneously a celebration of femininity and womanhood as well as a critique of the view that women are simply vessels to produce additional life. The debate surrounding women’s reproductive rights was just being reopened at this time.
“I made the first vessel in 2016 and even then there were already conversations about abortion rights within Canada,” said Tianna. “At the time, I was also frustrated with the rhetoric of the wild woman where women are from nature and men are from industry. A well-meaning celebration of a sentiment that really came out of a patriarchal belief system. The project was born to explore that frustration.”
The idea that women need to be tamed while men do not is one Tianna continued to address in her work.
“I see how it’s a bit odd that my frustration around these ideas caused me to create a uterus,” said Tianna. “I was dissecting my own discomfort with those ideas about a particular celebration of womanhood, and challenging my perception.”
The vessels Tianna made stand upright, giving them a phallic presence and marking them as profoundly outside of the world of the digitized, pink cross-sections so often found in popular representations of female anatomy. The vessels command attention and force the viewer to take them in from all angles. Their presence is assertive.
“The vessels were separate but as I started to develop the hands project, I began to notice a connection through sex education,” said Tianna. “I’m very interested in sex education. I almost considered becoming a feminist erotic filmmaker, like Erika Lust.”
The hands project then moved away from plaster and into photography. “I got the idea to photograph as many hands as I could in the position of female masturbation,” said Tianna. “Not all of the hands belong to women, although all of these hands belong to people with vulvas.”
Originally planning to display each individual photograph on a wall, as Tianna flipped through the images digitally, the concept of animating them seemed like an obvious choice.
“I realized at that moment how gestural they looked,” said Tianna. The gestural quality of the work further highlighted that the default gesture for wanking is male-identified, and that the absence of a female equivalent represents a missed opportunity.
The Wanking Project + Vessel III compliment and contrast with each other, simultaneously communicating both power and fragility.
“I do like that it’s become an installation,” said Tianna. “Someone said that there was a lot of contrast between the still, static sculpture and the soft, moving video. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. It generates a conversation.”
The pairing of the two pieces prompts the viewer to consider female agency, while their juxtaposition creates a broader, shared context. The presence of the vessels, for instance, renders the hand gestures in the video more legible, even without having to read the title of the work.
Tianna’s work also made an impression on the visual arts jury, who selected her as the recipient of the John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Visual Arts.
“It was incredibly validating and encouraging to receive that award,” expressed Tianna. “It acknowledged that I was on the right track instead of just making work in conversation with myself. The key is to keep that momentum going.”
What’s next for Tianna? Exploring projects that don’t require a physical space. While she misses ceramics, she is looking to do more performative work. No stranger to performance, Tianna received media acclaim for her work Waiting for the Beach #rising #sealevels, a multi-location performance piece and public intervention on global warming and rising sea levels earlier this year.
“I’m currently working on a piece playing with the idea of shooting clay pigeons but using English bone-china teacups,” she said. “Although maybe my next project should be the romanticizing of male masturbation.”
(BFA, 2019) is an interdisciplinary artist from Cortes Island who now operates out of Vancouver, BC. A graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Barton uses a broad range of mediums from performance art, film and social practice, to sculpture, photography and mixed media installation. Her surreal and playful works prompt further questions and conversation while tongue-in-cheek themes poke fun at social norms and cause mischief. Barton investigates gender, class and modernity within the context of the anthropocene.
This installation is comprised of projected film behind a large hand-built ceramic uterus. The GIF-like film features photographs of hands in positions of masturbation. Not all of the hands are women or women-identified but all of these hands belong to people with vulvas. The ceramic sculpture is a warm-toned raw clay body of a uterus. Complete with internal clitoris the static sculpture contrasts the softly moving hands and gives a sense of anatomy and sex education. The clay is a rough and rustic body, fired to temperature and stained to a warm speckled glow. The ceramic sculpture is a continuation of an earlier project called ‘Vessel’ which was created at a time when abortion rights were just beginning to be rediscussed and abused.
Tianna’s work in The Show received the John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Visual Arts.
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The history of the lottery dates back to ancient China. Lotteries were used to fund important government projects during the Han Dynasty, such as the Great Wall of China. Later, lotteries were organized during the Roman Empire and were used as entertainment at dinner parties. Emperor Augustus organized the first commercial lottery to help repair the City of Rome. In modern times, lottery-style games have become widespread, and can be found in almost every supermarket, gas station, or gaming establishment.
Lotteries differ from other forms of gambling in a number of ways. Most lotteries are run by a state and are, therefore, regulated by that government. Many countries have taken steps to protect their monopoly over these games, and some have banned non-state lotteries. These laws are important because many people have lost a significant sum of money due to non-state lotteries. In addition, there is no way to verify the legitimacy of a lottery ticket.
In addition to gambling, lottery enthusiasts may be tempted to make predictions about the outcomes. This is known as “gambler’s fallacy” and is based on the false belief that random events affect each other. Many lottery enthusiasts believe that past draws determine future draws. They use these predictions to find hot or cold numbers in lottery draws, and they pick them based on the numbers that have not come up in the past. These strategies often fail.
Many lottery players choose to play the lottery in person, rather than online. By going to a lottery site or download an app, they can check whether their tickets have won. If they do, they’ll receive an automatic check for the money they won, unless their number was the winning one. Some people may also prefer the security of playing the lottery in person, as they feel more secure and can trust the lottery operator. However, there are also some disadvantages to playing the lottery online.
There are numerous apps available in the App Store that allow lottery players to play their favorite games. They’re easy to use and don’t require filling out lottery slips, waiting in gas stations, or going to a lottery website. Using a lottery app makes playing the lottery convenient for anyone with a smart phone and an Internet connection. There’s no better way to experience the thrill of winning a huge jackpot – or life-changing cash!
While some states are opting to offer their lotteries online, only seven jurisdictions offer it. As of 2015, eight jurisdictions were operating online, but Minnesota ended its online lottery program. In 2011, the Department of Justice clarified its position regarding the Wire Act, making it possible for states to sell lottery tickets online. Some states have created their own online lotto apps while others defer to third-party apps. The states that don’t offer lottery games online cite verification challenges.
The New Hampshire Lottery was established in 1964. Its draw games include Powerball and Mega Millions. In addition, it also has seven state-only games, including Lucky for Life and Powerball. Proceeds from the lottery are allocated to public education and pension programs. While the New Jersey Lottery is not as well known as its neighboring states, its online operation has allowed players to purchase tickets without visiting the lottery’s website. It has been a successful venture, resulting in millions of dollars in prize money. | <urn:uuid:9d585881-838a-43f7-ae17-893ff46693e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.allfreevectors.com/how-lottery-gambling-differs-from-other-forms-of-gambling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.975595 | 687 | 2.796875 | 3 |
In addition to its annual conference held every March, the global Women in Data Science (WiDS) organization hosts workshops and other activities year-round to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field. On June 29, LLNL’s Cindy Gonzales led a WiDS Workshop titled “Introduction to Deep Learning for Image Classification.” The abstract follows: Image classification is a task in the Computer Vision domain that takes in an image as input and outputs a label for that image. Deep learning is the most effective modern method for modeling this task. In this interactive workshop, we will walkthrough a Jupyter Notebook which will overview how to perform multi-class image classification in Python using the PyTorch library. The intention is to give the audience a broad overview of this task of classification and inspire participants to explore the vast fields of visual recognition and computer vision at large. Watch the video on YouTube. | <urn:uuid:2efb570b-ab13-4e81-b612-3955433a0e28> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://data-science.llnl.gov/latest/news/introduction-deep-learning-image-classification-workshop-video | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.911924 | 204 | 2.546875 | 3 |
What is OID in JWT?
oid. String, a GUID. The immutable identifier for an object in the Microsoft identity system, in this case, a user account. This ID uniquely identifies the user across applications – two different applications signing in the same user will receive the same value in the oid claim.
What is OID token?
An OID is a unique system identifier that is not typically visible in the VersionOne user interface. OID Tokens are composed of the name of an asset type and an integer ID. … This is not the same as the user visible Number attribute available on many (but not all) assets.
What is OID in OAuth?
OpenID Connect 1.0 is a simple identity layer on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol. It allows Clients to verify the identity of the End-User based on the authentication performed by an Authorization Server, as well as to obtain basic profile information about the End-User in an interoperable and REST-like manner.
What is AIO in JWT token?
aio stands for “Azure Internal Only” and is an opaque string that should be ignored.
What is claim in JWT?
Claims constitute the payload part of a JSON web token and represent a set of information exchanged between two parties. The JWT standard distinguishes between reserved claims, public claims, and private claims. In API Gateway context, both public claims and private claims are considered custom claims.
What is claims in Azure AD?
Claims in Azure AD
When a user signs in, Azure AD sends an ID token that contains a set of claims about the user. A claim is simply a piece of information, expressed as a key/value pair. For example, email = email@example.com . … The user authenticates. The Identity Provider (IDP) sends a set of claims.
What is Tokenvalidationparameters?
Contains a set of parameters that are used by a SecurityTokenHandler when validating a SecurityToken.
What is Preferred_username?
preferred_username. String. The primary username that represents the user. It could be an email address, phone number, or a generic username without a specified format.
What is JWT token in Azure?
All tokens used in Azure AD B2C are JSON web tokens (JWTs) that contain assertions of information about the bearer and the subject of the token. The following tokens are used in communication with Azure AD B2C: ID token – A JWT that contains claims that you can use to identify users in your application.
What is claim in token?
JSON web tokens (JWTs) claims are pieces of information asserted about a subject. For example, an ID token (which is always a JWT) can contain a claim called name that asserts that the name of the user authenticating is “John Doe”.
What is claim in OAuth?
Claims are name/value pairs that contain information about a user. So an example of a good scope would be “read_only”.
What is scope and claim?
Scopes are often described as a mechanism to limit the access of the requesting party to the user’s resources. … The claims are more on the identity or user level. They are pieces of information about the identity itself.
What is TID in JWT token?
tid is the tenant identifier of the Azure AD that issued the token.
What is the refresh token?
A refresh token is a special token that is used to obtain additional access tokens. This allows you to have short-lived access tokens without having to collect credentials every time one expires.
What is OAuth client?
More specifically, OAuth is a standard that apps can use to provide client applications with “secure delegated access”. OAuth works over HTTPS and authorizes devices, APIs, servers, and applications with access tokens rather than credentials. … Nowadays, OAuth 2.0 is the most widely used form of OAuth. | <urn:uuid:cb92a259-0dc2-499a-a531-4c90923b44a3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://coveryourprivacy.com/identification/frequent-question-what-is-oid-in-jwt-token-2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.877504 | 844 | 2.3125 | 2 |
by Donna Friedsam
Wisconsin hospitals have again performed very well on measures of health care quality compared to the average of all States nationally. The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in August reports that, compared to all States the performance for all Wisconsin measures falls in the strong range, as it did in the baseline year. Wisconsin also rated top among all states on the composite of all measures, an achievement widely recognized in the media.
Less recognized but perhaps of greater significance: While substantial disparities remain in performance related to various populations, care measures for Wisconsin’s Black population show improvement, moving from weak performance at baseline to average performance in the current reporting year.
The disparities in quality of care by Wisconsin’s health care providers have been a long-standing challenge and persist despite Wisconsin’s overall strong quality ranking. Beyond disparities in the quality of health care delivery, Wisconsin shows persistent disparities in health status and outcomes.
Quality improvement in general, and achievement of equity in particular, require intentional and committed effort. The AHRQ report suggests that such efforts are underway. A promising recent development: the UW’s Dr. Maureen Smith has joined with the Wisconsin Collaborative for HealthCare Quality to measure and publicly report disparities in quality of care.
Attention to disparities have important policy implications. The move to value-based purchasing ties payment to quality measures. As this occurs, it is important to account for the factors that allow providers to achieve their reported process and outcome measures.
Multiple factors – physical, mental, social, economic and environmental, as well as the quality and effectiveness of healthcare — contribute to health outcomes. The profile of a patient population on all these factors will affect a clinician’s or health system’s performance on a measure, such that it may or may not represent the quality care provided.
For example, a provider may serve a predominantly low-risk, highly resourced patient population, more likely to provide a healthy baseline and adhere to recommendations for screening, medications, and other measures. Such a provider will more easily rate well on standard quality measures. On the other hand, a provider that serves a high need, low-resource population will more likely start out with a patient population’s lower baseline health status with lower ability or likelihood to adhere to screening and treatment recommendations. These starting factors, separate from the quality of care provided, will likely compromise this provider’s performance measures.
Risk-adjusting quality measures might provide a solution, but it also presents a new challenge: the potential to normalize expectations for lower quality care and outcomes for specific populations. The National Quality Forum has explored these challenges through a national discussion on risk adjustment. This culminated in the release of a final report in 2014 with principles and recommendations pertaining to risk-adjustment, stratification, and the relationship between performance measurement and health disparities.
Such principles help put into context the various health rankings regularly reported in the professional and popular media. Next time a headline reads that Wisconsin or a county or a health care provider ranks top or bottom of something, look at the comparative populations. | <urn:uuid:178487ad-f3cf-4dad-afac-0ae8151e7fd8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://uwhealthpolicy.wiscweb.wisc.edu/2017/08/31/health-care-quality-disparities-signs-of-improvement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.943127 | 636 | 1.734375 | 2 |
“I am already full of excitement,” exclaims Tatenda. “When the new therapy project opens, I will be the receptionist welcoming any one coming through the door, and answering the phone too.” Tatenda, a member of L’Arche Harare, Zimbabwe, is just one of many people looking forward to July when the project opens its doors to the people.
Community leader Time Baluwa shared that, “The Therapy Project will empower persons with disabilities with Occupational and Physio-therapy services. About 100 people will come here to receive these services and this means not just members of L’Arche, but others living in the neighbouring communities, rich and poor. In this way, L’Arche gets better known, and some of our members with disabilites, like Tatenda, will be able to get employment. Others could become cleaners, or help with the laundry.”
For Time, this is part of a bigger vision of local engagement: “one way is to make L’Arche a meeting venue for people; another is our immersion volunteer programme. We may not have a lot of money, but we still need to share the riches of L’Arche.” | <urn:uuid:6951746d-b4b4-4da5-a4f8-505a3135ee02> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.larche.org/make-a-difference/stories/hello-how-can-i-help-you/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956475 | 262 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Many bright minds mean more safety.
Whether you're old or young, a driver or a jogger: we can all play our part in ensuring greater visibility and safety on the road. Learn here how other people are easily integrating practical visibility and safety measures into their daily lives.
Lights are fun.
When I play outdoors with my friends, I like to wear neon-coloured clothing. It makes me more visible and safer.
I play it safe – even when I’m cycling.
I like to ride my bike to school. When I’m cycling, I always have my high-visibility vest, my reflectors and my bike lights.
The easiest trick: 360° visibility.
The right kit is important for skateboarding. And of course, that includes reflectors.
Safety is vital to us.
On our evening jogs, both me and my dog Rocky are easy to spot.
Reflectors are more important than gold medals.
I’m the fastest marathon runner in Switzerland. But to me, it’s not just my performance that’s important – it’s also that I’m always safe when I train. | <urn:uuid:c19e1a96-553f-4854-b303-fffaad09a00d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thebrightest.generali.ch/knowledge/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.93318 | 248 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Don't let anger or bitterness rule your life.
After a long, tiresome day, often the last thing we think of is thanking God for what transpired. Yet, the spirit in which we fall asleep can impact subsequent days and if we fall asleep angry or bitter, we will likely wake up angry and bitter.
St. Ignatius of Loyola has some advice in this regard. He suggests in his Spiritual Exercises to perform a general examination of the day before retiring. Before delving into the various sins or failings of the past day, he advises the soul to express gratitude to God.
Ignatius writes, “The first Point is to give thanks to God our Lord for the benefits received.”
This is important, as it forces us to look at our lives in a positive way, from God’s perspective. While we may have struggled throughout the day and thought it was horrible, God sees things differently. He allows all sorts of things to occur for our ultimate good and salvation. It is up to us to recognize his providential hand and let him be the driving force in our lives.
This profound advice is reminiscent of an iconic scene from the movie White Christmas starring Bing Crosby. During the movie two characters are discussing the best way to fall asleep, especially when a person’s spirit is restless.
Bing Crosby’s character goes on to provide his solution by singing a song.
When I’m worried and I can’t sleep,I count my blessings instead of sheep,And I fall asleep counting my blessings.When my bankroll is getting small,I think of when I had none at all,And I fall asleep counting my blessings.
This type of attitude can refresh us at the end of a long day and remind us that everything happens for a reason. It also reassures us that God is in control and desires our ultimate good, as he said to the prophet Jeremiah.
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11).
Try to end your day in a spirit of thanksgiving, allowing the peace of love of God wash over you, sending you off to a restful night of slumber.
Want to sleep peacefully? Pray this prayer of the night
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Want to know what the ‘screaming barfies’ are? Or how ice axes are rated? Eddie Bauer alpine climbing guide Caroline George tackled some of the hardest ice and mixed routes, from the Alps and Ouray to Norway, Iceland, and the Canadian Rockies, as well as competing in the Ice Climbing World Cup. She’s here to answer the internet’s most asked questions about ice climbing.
00:39 – What gear do I need to ice climb?
The basic gear you’ll need head to toe, a helmet, ice axes for your hands, a harness and crampons and stiff boots that you can fit your crampons to. So that’s the basic gear that you need. You’ll also need a belay device to belay your partner, and if you’re a leader you’re gonna need more gear. So you’ll need a whole set of ice screws, minimum 10 ice screws, and some clip dress to clip into the ice crews, a double set of ropes, if you’re gonna do multi-pitch roots so you can wrap down the roots and a single rope if you’re gonna go do top rope climbing for in a park. For clothing, you’re gonna need some warm clothes. So a nice hat that’s gonna cover your ear. That’s really important and that doesn’t wobble too much under your helmet. Some warm clothing on the bottom as well as dry gear. So a hard shell for the top and for the bottom and a really big down belay parka to stay warm while you’re belaying your partner or hanging out in the park.
01:40 – Do I need to know how to rock climb before ice climbing?
You do not need to know how to rock climb before you ice climb. A lot of the skills that you’ll learn rock climbing for body movements, you can replicate ice climbing. And if you can really replicate the skills from rock climbing into ice climbing, ice climbing will be a lot easier and a lot more intuitive but you can learn ice climbing without knowing how to rock climb.
02:04 – What kind of ice is best for ice climbing?
The colder the temperature, the more stress is in the ice and so when you swing your tool in the ice you might get like a really big fracture through the ice. So cold temperature is not so great. Really warm temperature when the ice is too wet is also not that great because the protection you’ll put it in the ice won’t be so solid. What’s really important to note though is the worst for the ice is a very big shift in temperature overnight. So if you go from warm ice to suddenly very cold temperatures, this is gonna create massive stress in the ice.
02:44 – Is ice climbing dangerous?
For sure, ice climbing can be dangerous. We see ice climbing as a sport where falling is forbidden. So your surrounding can also be dangerous ice climbing as well as your gear and as well as ice as the medium. So you really have to be aware of your surroundings and knowledgeable about the risks that you’re facing to mitigate.
03:08 – What are the different types of ice axes and how are they rated?
There are two ratings for ice axes in the market. There’s a T-rating and a B-rating. T-rating is for technical ice axes and B-rating is for basic ice axe. I have a basic ice axe Schlumpf from Blue Ice. These ice axes are more for like snow travel when you’re skiing drawing in the wintertime. And so these are not rated for ice climbing. And then we have technical tools. This is the Ergonomic from Petzl and on the shafts you will see that it is written a T. These tools are rated for ice climbing and are a lot more sturdy and strong. So a T-rated tool will be a lot more versatile than a B-rated tool.
03:52 – What should I look for in an ice climbing ice axe?
I look for an ice axe that has a good handle so that my knuckles are really well protected. On this ice axe you can see that when I grab it, between this and this my hand is completely protected from the wall. So I can swing into the ice and my hand is not banging against the ice. And also the bulge clears all the bulges in the ice. So that’s also a really nice feature so that if you’re climbing steep ice with ice bulges, your ice axes doesn’t bounce off of the ice. There’s different types of ice axes on the market and so I would refer to specialist and see exactly what you wanna do.
04:36 – What kind of crampons are used for ice climbing?
For climbing we’re looking for technical crampons that have sharp serrated points. So they have teeth so that the crampon doesn’t slide out of the ice. There’s different types of crampons and I personally like a mono-points, so it’s just a one point in the front so that I can use my crampon edging with this point and the site point or this point and the other site point so that it works a little bit like a rock climbing shoe. It’s a little bit the same. There’s a point on the rock climbing shoe and for me that’s the mono-point and that I can use the edges to balance myself off of the ice. What I think is important in crampons is to have a plate underneath so it allows your snow travel sometimes to access the climbs. You need to climb up some snow and so if you, it balls up when you come down from the climb and the snow is warmed up, it can be almost a hazard. So I like to have these plates.
05:39 – Does it have to be below freezing outside to ice climb?
Early season when the ice is still forming, it’s really important that it is freezing outside to go ice climbing so the ice is really well frozen. Once the ice has been freezing for a couple months, throughout the winter time, sometimes you can go ice climbing and it’s not fully freezing outside and it can be actually pleasant to climb on a warmer day when it’s actually not completely freezing. Until you really know how it works, it’s better to ask a professional.
06:09 – What does reading ice mean?
Reading the ice means to look at the ice and to see the features where it is good to anchor your ice tool. So, for example, if you are trying to anchor your ice axe in a bulge, so something that is round shaped like this, in any round shape there is tension. If you make a fist, you can see that your skin is stretching over your knuckles. A bulge creates tension and it’s an area where a bulge is more likely to release. When we read the ice we like to look for divots in the ice, natural features, that we can tap into and because it is a divot, there isn’t that tension and so it’ll be easier to anchor the tool and also there’s less chance of the ice fracturing in that spot. Another way to read the ice, would be to understand if the ice is too cold or not too cold, if there’s fractures that have occurred and to understand how safe the ice is.
07:06 – Are glaciers and crevasses equally good as waterfalls to start ice climbing?
I would say it’s not the best place to start ice climbing. Sometimes the ice can be really old on glaciers and almost impossible to climb on because it’s too hard. So it depends where the glacier is or what the temperature is, what the season is. But I know that in the summertime a lot of people go ice climbing on glaciers to train. So if you find somewhere that is safe and that, you know it’s safe to climb on it’s a glacier, it’s good but I think it requires different skills and pure ice climbing.
07:44 – What is a successful ice screw placement?
It’s when you place the ice screw perpendicular to the ice and when I place it, then there’s a carrot. We call it carrot that comes straight out of the cone here. And if it is completely continuous, then it means the ice screw replacement is good.
08:05 – Why are ice screws hollow?
The ice screws are hollow so that you go into the ice and it fits bigger surface of the ice and it gives more support in the ice for the ice screw to hold.
08:21 – What are the most common mistakes that lead to falling?
Ice axe and crampon placements will define your confidence on the ice. If you swing your ice axe in the ice and you feel like it’s not good, likely the next swing you’ll make into the ice, won’t be that good. A lack of confidence leads to another lack of confidence. So when I try to swing my ice axe in the ice, I swing it mostly with my wrist and then once it’s anchored, I pull back on it. If there’s resistance, I know my ice axe is in the ice properly and then I can move on from that to the next tool. Another common mistake that people make that can lead to falling is that, people often kick their feet in the ice facing down. We wanna kick our crampons into the ice as if we’re kicking a soccer ball. So we’re kicking upward. By kicking my crampon upward, as you can see these teeth bites into the ice and settle on the ice as well. So with my heel down, I have more pressure on the ice and more stability than if I’m just on my front point and then I’m really unstable and the front comes out.
09:33 – How do I manage body heat when ice climbing?
Starting with a base layer that is dry and warm, preferably wool, will keep you quite a bit warmer even if you get a bit wet. A wool shirt, a thin down jacket and then a hard shell. I’ll climb with that and when I get to the anchor, I’ll layer up so it might be one more thin down jacket. When I’m climbing I have thin gloves on because they provide me more dexterity. Inside my jacket pockets, I always always have a warm pair of glove that I carry with me so that when I get to the anchor I can switch to warmer gloves. My legs, I have typically a really warm base layer and then I have a hard gel on top of this. And usually not more if it’s really, really cool then I’ll add tights. I also like to wear a neck gaiter to keep my neck warm because a lot of the heat comes out from that.
10:30 – What are screaming barfies?
When you’re climbing your hands are above your head. So the blood goes down, comes outta your hands and so you’re not really getting good circulation in your hand. And when they come back down then the blood comes rushing back in and it feels like your flesh is gonna explode out of your skin ’cause it seems so dense in there and it makes it really, really painful. I get screaming barfies pretty much every pitch. I don’t have like the best circulation in my hands so I get them a lot. Some people pass out even from them and sometimes it makes them wanna vomit and they makes them wanna scream too. So hence the screaming barfies.
11:11 – How do I descend down ice walls?
If you’re doing a multi-pitch root, you will repel down the wall like you would repel down a rock face. So if there’s fixed anchors, then you’re repelling down on the fixed anchors. You’ll thread your double ropes through the anchor. I use an overhand knot with the two ropes and then I just repel like that. Sometimes on ice climbs there aren’t fixed anchors and you have to make them yourself.
11:44 – What’s the reason for using an A-thread versus a V-thread anchor?
A V-thread is when we screw into the wall horizontally, an A-thread is when we screw into the wall vertically. What matters is the quality of the ice and the ease of making the anchor. So there’s not that much of a difference. Both have similar ratings, for strength. It’s generally your preference and you should try and practice with both so you’re used to doing either or.
12:15 – What do I do with the placements when I am not happy with them?
So when I’m not happy with the placements, I will pull my ice axe out and try to re-anchor it better. If there’s a huge plate that came around my placement because of the tension in the ice, I will break that plates and remove the broken ice and then go behind and once I’ve cleared all the ice then I will try to replace my ice axe. If that’s not possible, I also will try to place my tool somewhere else. And it’s the same with an ice replacement. If I place my ice crew and I don’t like the quality of the ice, then I will try to find a better place for my ice crew.
12:57 – What does controlling the pump mean?
Pump is when you are holding onto something and suddenly your forearm starts burning from the lactates. A very key safety point for ice climbing is knowing how to rest on your ice axes to get rid of the pump. So shaking out one hand on a tool, then switching hands and once you feel like you’ve recovered enough then you keep going.
13:21 – How do I find ice climbing partners?
Learning with a professional in a course setting will enable you to meet people who are like-minded and I would say that’s the best way to go about it.
13:31 – Are dual-points or mono-points more effective in steep ice?
Personally, I only climb with mono-points in steep ice. I find ways around the issues that provides. I think it’s just a matter of preference.
13:46 – What are good ice climbing snacks?
I think in the mountains, the snacks that are good are the ones that you don’t get tired of and that don’t make you sick. In the wintertime, I really like to drink broth that I’ve made myself with cook bones and vegetables. It’s warm, it’s easily digested and it has good calories. I think for ice climbing snacks that are a little bit hardy like good cookies that you might like that are healthy will go nicely with a cup of tea on an ice climb.
14:17 – How to rest partway up climb?
It is important when ice climbing to know how to find stability on both your feet and to able to shake out on your tool. So if you form a perfect triangle underneath your ice axe, it’s easy to switch hands on your ice axe and recover that way. So this will get rid of the pump, it will rewarm your hands and it will enable you to rest as well. It is also possible to place an ice screw and clip into it to rest and recover.
14:50 – What has been your favorite ice climbing experience?
This one that I did with the friends in Norway where we tried this climb, there was 700 meters and hadn’t been climbed that year so there was no hooks, nothing in place. And it was pretty hard with like this overhanging roof you had to come out of and coming out of the roof the whole climb was cracked through and through. And so, there was a lot of fear in that, but then you have to go back to your mind and think, well the conditions are stable, the temperatures are stable. It cracked but now it seems like really stable again. We made it to the top and then we knew we would wrap down in the dark where there’s no fixed anchor or anything and so we had to fully rely on our knowledge and experience to make it down safely in the dark. It’s quite the reward especially with such challenging conditions and being alone all alone there. That was pretty magical with the, yeah the Arctic setting sun. That was like a really special moment.
Eddie Bauer Alpine Climbing Guide (IFMGA)
For more than a decade, Caroline George has lived for the vertical dimension, tackling some of the hardest ice and mixed routes. Raised by climbing parents, George followed in their footsteps by sharpening her skills in the Swiss Alps, then earned her guiding certs in the male-dominated ranks in a profession steeped in alpine tradition. A true working guide, she has also participated in an impressive tick list of climbing expeditions that have taken her from Mt. Vinson, Antarctica, to the deeply carved fjords of Norway. | <urn:uuid:dfa20b79-97b0-4867-8f0e-576ab01bb390> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.eddiebauer.com/stories/ifmga-alpine-guide-answers-top-faqs-about-ice-climbing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.954373 | 3,673 | 1.625 | 2 |
Summary Filtration is a simple and effective tool to capture particles of different sizes. It is one of the tools used in the occupational health and safety field to control exposure to ultrafine particles (UFPs) and nanoparticles, both in limited and makeshift working spaces and in general or specific ventilation systems. The current standard, in the case of general ventilation, limits the evaluation of the effectiveness of filtration to particles with a diameter ranging from 0.3 to 10.0 µm. Although the size of the most penetrating particles in the case of purely mechanical filters (and media) with a slow filtration speed is generally acknowledged to be 300 nm, the literature mentions a range of diameters from 100 nm to 300 nm. Since the current state of knowledge showed that in general the performance of filters based on the size of nanoparticles is still very limited, the main objective of this project was therefore to develop a measurement procedure to evaluate the performance of filters used in ventilation systems to filter particles smaller than 300 nm including UFPs. What makes this work original is the fact that it obtained reproducible effectiveness measurements as a function of size for particles smaller than 300 nm. To do this, a test bench was designed and validated and then a measurement procedure was developed to determine the performance of mechanical filters. The measurement procedure was validated by comparing penetration measures for nanometric particles on two test benches. Three different filters were used for the comparison: one rated MERV 8, one rated MERV 14 and one rated HEPA. The three filters revealed the range of penetration that could be measured on the test benches. Performance measures (penetration and pressure drop) of five filters were then obtained. The results are in accordance with classical filtration theory for mechanical media and with the previous experimental measures for media and filters. The data presented in this report show that a range from 150 to 500 nm gives one the best estimate of the diameter of the most penetrating particles, unlike a fixed diameter of 300 nm. This project was executed under the agreement between the Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail and Concordia University to develop a research platform on the filtration of particulate matter and gases. It therefore constitutes the first step in creating the particle filtration laboratory, located at Concordia University. | <urn:uuid:6c44f6ce-9682-4736-bfb2-db21c88edaec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/publications-tools/publication/i/101087/n/evaluation-performance-filtres-ventilation-particules | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.932869 | 479 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Tesla Motors Inc. announced Tuesday that it has made an offer to buy SolarCity Corp. , which would marry Elon Musk's biggest Silicon Valley startups. Musk is chief executive of Tesla, which makes electric cars and lithium-ion batteries, some of which are built for home usage with systems like the residential solar-power offerings of SolarCity. Musk serves as chairman for SolarCity, which was founded and is run by his cousins, Chief Executive Lyndon Rive and Chief Technical Officer Peter Rive. Tesla offered its own stock in the deal, which values SolarCity at $26.50 to $28.50 a share, according to a blog post from the company posted Tuesday afternoon. SolarCity stock closed at $21.19 Tuesday, but has sold for as much as $84.96 since going public in late 2012. SolarCity shares soared more than 20% in late trading Tuesday to more closely mirror the suggested price, topping $26; Tesla shares dropped more than 10% in after-hours action. Musk owns a 21.3% stake in Tesla and a 22.2% stake in SolarCity, according to FactSet data. The entrepreneur is also chief executive of SpaceX, which is based in Southern California.
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If you’ve hung around the CityLab site, sat through a City Council meeting, or hobnobbed with a housing developer, you’ve probably run across the term “inclusionary zoning.” You might even think you know what it means. But wait, do you? Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. Welcome to the pilot edition of “CityLab University,” a resource for understanding some of the most important concepts related to cities and urban policy. If you like this feature, have constructive feedback, or would like to see a similar explainer on other topics, drop us a line at email@example.com.
In Washington, D.C.’s rapidly gentrifying Petworth neighborhood, the recently opened Fahrenheit building could easily be seen as a symbol of the area’s increasing unaffordability. Its bright red exterior and ground-floor craft cider house send a powerful signal about the price of the apartments above, which range from $2,400 to $2,745 for a two-bedroom unit. But all is not as it seems. Three of the Fahrenheit’s 31 units are available at below market rates as part of the District’s inclusionary zoning (IZ) program, which, in fiscal year 2016, offered two-bedroom apartments for an average rent of $1,636. | <urn:uuid:45dedc62-fb60-42b0-8b64-f8196d9eb2d8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-17/inclusionary-zoning-everything-you-need-to-know?sref=wINQCNXe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.94462 | 288 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Marion County Literacy Council
Listing Last Update: August 26, 2020
- To read and write better
- To study for my high school equivalency exam
- To learn English
- To improve my math skills
- To improve my technology skills
- To volunteer at a program
You may use the contact information above to reach out to the program
or call 1-877-389-6874 for more help.
Adult Basic Education (ABE)
The ABE program helps adults get the basic skills they need to be productive workers, family members and citizens. This program emphasis the basic skills needed for everyday living such as: reading, writing, math, English language competency, and problem-solving. The classes cover a wide range of subjects depending upon the needs and goals of the students. For example, some students want to read to their children and help them with schoolwork. Others want to prepare for the written driver's license exam or understand printed forms. Each students sets their own personal goals
General Education Degree Preparation
The GED program prepares students for the general equivalency exam. Students are paired with a tutor who works with them at their pace to prepare for the 5 subject test while teaching them to test taking skills needed to overcome test anxiety and promote success. Students are evaluated upon registration and progress is checked periodically to ensure they are moving closer to their goal of passing the GED. Some students may need only a few months of preparation and other may need years to reach their goals – each are tutored specific to their needs.
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
The ESOL- Program helps adults; non native speakers who want to improve their comprehension of written and spoken English in order to become more self-sufficient and engaged, better informed and better able to participate in the life of the community. The ESOL Program offers classes for beginners to advance students. A more specific, conversational English class is now offered to help students communicate more effectively in social and work settings.
The Literacy Council offers a number of other programs throughout the year including workshops in citizenship, basic computing, financial literacy, health literacy and college and career coaching. In the next year they will be adding programs targeting Family and Workplace Literacy. These additions will not only expand the outreach of the organization, but more specifically target the needs of the students they are seeing.
Hours of operation: 8:00am-4:00pm
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The Australian Reptile Park are thrilled to announce that Elsa the koala, the world’s most famous koala, has had her first joey emerge from the pouch! The fluffy bundle of joy is the first to emerge from the pouch for this year’s koala breeding season at the Australian Reptile Park. This adorable news being much needed with Greater Sydney currently experiencing a flood disaster. Luckily, the flooding event has not affected Elsa, her joey and the other animals at the Australian Reptile Park.
Elsa the koala melted hearts all over the world back in 2019 when she first made her debut into the world. In a tough start to life, Elsa was hand raised by Keeper Hayley after requiring keeper interference to ensure she was going to survive as Elsa’s mother Irene was unable to produce milk. Thankfully, both are happy and healthy koalas and Irene since went on to have Elsa’s little sister, Anna! It did not take long for Elsa’s popularity to reach new heights with several videos of the fluffy koala going viral with her videos being seen over 15 million times.
Keeper Hayley Shute, Elsa’s adoptive mum and resident koala whisperer, said “It melts my heart to see Elsa thriving, considering the first time we met she was at risk of not making it. I look at her happy and healthy and now with her joey emerging from the pouch and I get a bit emotional that she’s growing up!”
Ms. Shute continued, “Elsa has spread so much joy to everyone all over the world but most importantly has raised awareness for koalas as a species in peril that needs our help now more than ever. Koalas are estimated to be extinct by 2050 and we need all of the help we can get protecting these amazing animals. We know Elsa has made an impact on people and we love sharing her story with the world.”
Elsa the koala currently resides in one of the many koala yards at the Australian Reptile Park and is frequently spotted by visitors front and centre either enjoying a deep sleep or eating some fresh leaves for lunch. Visitors will now be able to see Elsa and her joey cuddling. Visitors have travelled from far and wide to personally meet Elsa the koala themselves and have their photo taken with her.
Proud of being an active supporter of wildlife conservation, The Australian Reptile Park continues to breed their koalas in an effort to help boost population numbers for the endangered species and educate Australians about koalas. The wildlife sanctuary located on the Central Coast of New South Wales also hopes this heightened awareness helps protect the species from extinction. | <urn:uuid:8330d8d5-f2e0-4a81-b1b3-1094746b5951> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.reptilepark.com.au/elsa-the-koala-first-joey-arrives/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.972937 | 554 | 1.851563 | 2 |
It is widely understood by now that anyone who tries to travel by plane this summer will have their patience and endurance tested. Airlines, hit hard by back-to-back lockdowns during the pandemic, laid off many employees who did not return to their jobs after the return to – a particularly erratic – normality.
Something similar happened with airports around the world. All those people who were laid off during the pandemic either found work elsewhere (as they had to survive) or have not been rehired. The result is a generalized deregulation of a particularly sensitive system, which, above all, should presuppose not only the comfort, but also the safety of passengers.
Fortunately, safety has not suffered, but comfort has been severely affected, as has the relative certainty of passengers that they will depart on time – or, very importantly, that they will be able to board their connecting flight at another airport on time. The greatest anxiety of many passengers is this latter point. Another annoying problem is the (even temporary) loss of luggage, which has increased to such an extent that now increasing numbers of people are making sure to travel light, taking a small piece of luggage in the aircraft cabin. Of course, it was known that commercial airlines had suffered a huge downturn after the international financial crisis, but the coronavirus delivered a second major blow.
Now that the holiday season is nearing its peak, the problem is emerging in all its wretchedness. However, according to an article in German financial newspaper Handelsblatt (“European airports in chaos – not so in Greece”), which was reprinted in Kathimerini, the situation in our country is a little better compared to other European airports.
Another annoying problem is the loss of luggage, which has grown to such an extent that now increasing numbers of people are making sure to travel light
The coronavirus inflicted various blows, not only to our health, but also on a cultural level. One of them is that it affected the concept of travel, and not just during the lockdowns. We see that this has continued with a reality that seems to be telling you: “Don’t travel. You’ll regret it.”
If we add to this the much higher fares for passenger ferries or the price of gasoline for road travel, it is as if travel in general has become prohibitive.
At the moment when everyone feels at their wits’ end and is looking for an escape, the season itself seems to be telling us, “Pull yourself together.” Of course, this is no comparison to what the Ukrainians are going through.
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Memorial Park Newsletter 2 for Teachers
Tēnā koutou, Shelley here,
Next week (19-21 November) you will join me in Wellington for the Memorial Park field trip. This trip is supported by NZTA.
Things to do from this newsletter - (previous newsletters for this field trip can be read here)
- book your class in as a speaking school for a live audioconference now.
- prepare for your students' participation in the field trip by using the background readings and activities.
1. ENROL YOUR CLASS
- Please enrol all the classes you are taking on this field trip; this enables us to report accurately to our supporters, continue to offer LEARNZ free of charge and it helps us to support you and your students.
- Personalise the field trip for your students by taking part in a live audioconference using the MoE audio-bridge at no cost. During audioconferences students will be able to put questions to experts who are on location.
- Two 20-25 minute audioconferences will be held each day on 19-21 November.
- All you need for an audioconference is a speaker phone. Skype can also be used.
- Check the audioconference topics on the timetable and book your audioconference now by emailing email@example.com.
3. ASK AN EXPERT WEB BOARD
- Once your class has read the Memorial Park background readings, students are welcome to ask questions on the Ask-an-Expert Web Board.
- Students should read 'Guidelines for using Ask-an-Expert' before posting questions. Students don't need to register when posting questions.
4. LISTEN TO THE BACKGROUND PAGES
- Students will be able to listen to the background pages being read to them by the LEARNZ field trip teacher.
- Each background page will have a headphone icon and the word "listen" near the top of the page. Clicking on this will download the background page audio file.
- If you have questions regarding the field trip please email me firstname.lastname@example.org or call the Teacher Freephone 0800 CALL LEARNZ (0800 22 55 53).
6. FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE NEW TO LEARNZ:
- There is no prescribed way of using a LEARNZ virtual field trip.
- Curriculum links are available for you to check and see how the field trip relates to your class programme.
- Use your teacher access login (username and password) if you use the site for planning purposes.
- Give the class login (username and password you set up for them in MyLEARNZ) to your students to use.
- For help with login procedures see login explained and/or call 0800 22 55 53.
- The Prepare Students section of the Memorial Park site ensures your students are ready when the field trip gets under way.
- The background readings give an overall idea of the topic and can be used to generate further inquiry. The activities consolidate new learning and encourage deeper thinking.
- During the field trip your class can follow the action in my daily diary, watch the videos, and ask questions or listen during live audioconferences with our experts. Combined with the background readings, activities and Ask-an-Expert, these components are powerful mediums for inquiry learning.
- See also Getting started with LEARNZ.
I look forward to you joining us on the Memorial Park virtual field trip.
Nāku noa, nā
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Over the last few months the project team have been excited and inspired by the stories of the ex-miners and workers from the Bideford Black Pigments Ltd, from people who grew up playing around the mines, as well as from others with incredible knowledge about the local history and geology surrounding the pigment. From tales of long dirty hours working underground to practical jokes and games out of sight of the boss (if you were caught you would be polishing his black Riley sports car!), along with reams of newspaper cuttings, maps, photographs and fascinating relics acquired from the derelict mines and complex geochemical papers we are accumulating audio and video and good-old-fashioned written recordings about the subject. So now to unravel and assess the material, to arrange and rearrange and compose it all to reveal a simple and effective means to share The Story of Bideford Black for everyone to enjoy.
Wally Mugford (ex-foreman), Jimmy Mugford (processing-plant worker) and brother with lorry driver at the mines, holding mining lamps, c.1953.
Bideford Black Pigment Ltd mining lamps donated to the project by Don Kersey.
Having brought everything together and chosen the most appropriate parts to express the essence of this tale, we will next be taking the Story to a few local schools, along with a specially created Teacher’s pack by Learning Co-ordinator Sadie Green. 120 children will be treated to a special Bideford Black day where they will be taken on a walk to look at the few remains of the mining industry in the town in the company of artist Pete Ward and ex-miners Gerald Ford and Ron Pither and then invited to paint their interpretations of the stories using Bideford Black itself. Some of the pictures will then be displayed in a special exhibition to be held in the Burton Gallery when the new display is unveiled in October. It’s going to be a busy summer! | <urn:uuid:4a8f6cf1-73ca-462f-86bb-71ddecbff59b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bidefordblack.blogspot.com/2013/05/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953131 | 400 | 1.765625 | 2 |
VD: What forms does it take and what are the major causes? Some of the bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics, and yet early treatment is essential if the disease is to be completely cured. A man is shown attending a clinic, a girl describes her distress at learning that she has been infected. A doctor explains some of the facts. Made for 15 year olds in 1973 and therefore the treatments are not going to be up-to-date. Please note that HIV/AIDS were not known and are not mentioned.
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Absolutely. You can co-finance a house through a lender with one or both parents. Under current lending regulations, you can even jointly buy a house with the support of someone who is neither a family member nor a spouse.
Can I use someone else’s credit to buy a house?
Since every person who uses credit has their own credit history, you cannot use someone else’s credit report, or credit scores, to qualify for services unless you use their identifying information and not your own, notes Griffin.
Can you use your spouse’s credit to buy a house?
If your spouse has a significant amount of debt as compared with income and they’re applying for the mortgage along with you, it might be denied. Even if your joint mortgage application is approved, your loved one’s poor credit or high DTI could land you with a higher interest rate than if you’d applied alone.
Is it illegal to use someone else’s credit?
You can use someone else’s credit card if they let you. But if they don’t give you permission, it’s fraud – and that is a crime. … The issuer only authorized the person who got approved for the card to access its credit line. So even using someone else’s card with permission is a violation of that card’s terms.
Can I use my parents credit score?
If your parents’ card has a high balance relative to its limit or a record of late payments, then being removed as an authorized user could even give your credit score a lift.
Can I use my boyfriend’s income to buy a house?
The short answer to your question is that someone else cannot use your income to help them qualify for a mortgage. … Even if your income is deposited into the same bank account as the person who applies for the mortgage, the lender does not consider the income when the person applies for the loan.
Will my partner’s bad credit affect me getting a mortgage?
Deciding to apply for a joint mortgage depends on which option will get you the best mortgage. On one hand, including the partner with bad credit could disqualify you for a loan. Even if you do qualify for a mortgage when one partner has bad credit, you might not qualify for a good interest rate.
Can a married couple buy a house in only one person name?
The short answer is “yes,” it is possible for a married couple to apply for a mortgage under only one of their names. … If you’re married and you’re taking the plunge into the real estate market, here’s what you should know about buying a house with only one spouse on the loan.
Can you go to jail for using a leaked credit card?
“Minor offenses can result in fines, jail time, or both, but felony-level credit card theft and fraud can lead to prison.” … However, if you don’t have documentation from law enforcement that your identity was stolen, future creditors may hold you accountable for your loved one’s credit malpractice.
Can I go to jail for using someone’s debit card?
People who commit credit or debit card fraud can face jail time and fines, but the exact penalties vary based on the extent of the fraud, the amount stolen, and the goods obtained. In most cases, as the amount increases, so too does the penalty.
How long do you go to jail for credit card theft?
Penalties for Credit Card Fraud
Credit card fraud that involves the theft of the card or the number typically has a prison sentence of 1 to 5 years. Identity theft is treated much more harshly with prison sentences up to 10 or 20 years.
Can I get my 12 year old a credit card?
No, a 12 year old cannot have a credit card of their own. Legally, you have to be at least 18 years old to be able to get a credit card. There is, however, the option to become an authorized user on someone else’s account.
What credit score do you start with?
Your Credit Score Doesn’t Start at Zero
If you haven’t yet built a credit history, there’s no information on which to base that calculation, so there’s no score at all. Once you begin to establish a credit history, you might assume that your credit score will start at 300 (the lowest possible FICO® Score☉ ).
Will adding my daughter to my credit card help her credit?
The action of adding your child to your existing credit card account won’t have any impact on your credit score. Nothing on your credit report indicates whether your credit card is used by authorized users or just the primary account holder. Yet your credit could be impacted if your child makes charges on the account. | <urn:uuid:16aa327c-887a-40de-b4f9-d92b77307844> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kvdevelopers.com/buying/can-you-buy-a-house-with-someone-elses-credit.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957649 | 1,012 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Is unstoppable domains on Ethereum? Unstoppable Domains Icann
Yes so in terms of Unstoppable Domains Icann…a verisign for example so all these various domain extensions have different registries and the function of the pc registry is simply to handle the administrative data for that specific domain name nft domain versus the standard dns system what’s the difference well the conventional dns system is a central system as i alluded to earlier based around icann so you have actually icann you have your domain registries then you have your icann licensed domain name registrars nfts by contrast are non-fungible tokens non-fungal meaning like you can’t jump in and alter it however like what does that particularly mean a non-fungible token is simply a piece of information discovered on a blockchain that is verifiable and represents a special digital item in this circumstances our domain dot crypto versus dot zill what’s the difference with these 2 so if you jump over to unstoppabledomainnames.com link in the description you’re going to discover that you can’t geta.com.net.org why well you can’t you need to already kind of know why since those are managed by verisign which is a domain computer system registry which is handled by icann that’s part of the dns system that’s why you can’t get those kinds of domain names through unstoppable domain you can only get blockchain based domain names today they just have a dot crypto in dot zo at the time of recording this video the main difference is that these two are tied to different block chains that’s it so you have Unstoppable Domains Icann
your dot crypto which is connected to the ethereum blockchain you have your dot zill which is connected to the silica block durian blockchain is way more developed and you have a bit more functions and services developed around uh at the ethereum blockchain with a dot crypto domain than you do with a dot zill but functionally speaking they are the same individualized crypto addresses that can be established as a payment entrance so this is the primary feature of unstoppable domain clearly in time as like we have actually decentralized web host establish in time it will be possible to utilize like a decentralized domain and a decentralized webhosting to develop your own decentralized site presently it’s not actually possible i suggest you can do it however it’s pretty technical uh.
One-time purchase of domain.
Streamlines method which individuals engage with crypto addresses.
Censor resistant domain kept in your wallet.
More functionality than traditional domains.
Supports 276 crypto possessions.
Have to invest ETH to claim domain.
Still some concern as to whether Unstoppable Domains will achieve prevalent adoption.
Some domains are still pre-sale only.
What is Unstoppable Domains?
Unstoppable Domains was founded in 2018 by Matthew Gould, the existing CEO, who saw a requirement for it to be easier for users to communicate with crypto addresses. The goal of Unstoppable Domains is to be like the DNS system that came into place, so users did not have to find out IP addresses in order to get to websites, except for crypto addresses.
In this manner they have succeeded considerably, as they have developed a domain system that allows users to establish payments for 276 digital possessions under a single domain, while also having the ability to be used as a fully operating site that can even have dApps built onto them because the domain is hosted on the blockchain. With no annual renewal and a single payment charges, Unstoppable Domains is an interesting tool for crypto users.
Is Unstoppable Domains Safe?
Unstoppable Domains is very safe due to the fact that as soon as claimed the domains exist under your address on blockchain, implying they are as safe and secure as the blockchain itself.
It is twice as safe since this also means that the domain can not be blocked by anybody other than you, so your website is never at risk of being down due to censorship. The website for buying the domains is safe too and can be protected with two-factor authentication.
Just How Much is Unstoppable Domains?
The expense of Unstoppable Domains depends upon a 2 main elements, though it ought to be noted that purchasing a domain is a one-time expense and requires no yearly renewals of any sort.
The very first aspect is the expense of the domain itself, this can range from $20 USD to well over $1000 USD depending on the domain you select, as cost is based on domain type (. crypto is more than.wallet for instance), and the length of the domain, with much shorter domains costing additional. In addition, there are exceptional domains that cost 10s of thousands.
The next element is the gas charges related to using the Ethereum blockchain to claim your domain, due to the fact that the domains are kept on the Ethereum blockchain, the deal to declare them comes in ETH and is not consisted of in your preliminary purchase. The gas charges you will pay will depend on the present expense of ETH and the network congestion at the time of the transaction. In general you can get likely yourself a cheap.crypto domain and claim it for under $50 total.
What Are the very best Features of Unstoppable Domains?
There are a couple of features of Unstoppable Domains that stand apart. The reality that it is a one-time purchase with no annual renewal is extremely enticing thinking about the way traditional domain ownership works, and in addition, the domain is censor resistant, indicating it can not be taken down by anyone aside from the owner.
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Hans Philipp was credited with his first victory on the fifth day of WWII, a Polish PZL P.24 near Radomsko. He continued to score during the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain, and was awarded the Knight’s Cross on 20OCT40 for 20 victories. He then flew in the Balkan Campaign, where he added two Yugoslavian-flown Bf 109’s to his total.
JG 54 was re-equipped with the improved Bf 109F-2 for Operation Barbarossa. Philipp continued to score steadily against the Soviets, who were overmatched in both equipment and in training. In March 1942 he was presented with the Swords and had achieved his 100th victory, the fourth Luftwaffe pilot to do so. A year later he had achieved 200 victories.
Philipp was transferred to the West to command JG 1 in April 1943 to combat the ever-growing streams of American heavy bombers. Like many Luftwaffe fighter pilots, Philipp found the transition from fighting small groups of Soviet tactical aircraft to large formations of American heavy bombers and their escorts difficult. On 08OCT43 he led his Geschwader against a formation of B-17 Flying Fortresses escorted by P-47 Thunderbolts. His Fw 190A-6 was hit by defensive fire from a B-17, Philipp bailed out but was too low for his parachute to open and he was killed. Some sources credit LCOL Robert Johnson, an ace with the 56th FG with downing him. Philipp was credited with 206 victories.
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Marco Aime, a famous Italian anthropologist, takes us on an exciting journey into the world of human science with the book Think differently. In ten terms, it brings us closer to a discipline that can help us understand the increasingly rapid changes, which directly affect our life and culture.
Cultural anthropology, a pluralistic science born as the study of cultures of peoples far away from the West, has today expanded its field of activity to here and now: at the center of its interest is man, simultaneously a biological, behavioral, psychological, social and economic phenomenon, viewed as part of a community.
Speaking about different conceptions of the world, the author shows us that our way of life is one of many possible, neither better nor worse than others, and that knowing the rules and mechanisms by which we become human and establish societies is as important as knowing that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
- Year of the edition: 2022
- Original title: Pensare altrimenti
- Original language: Italian
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con-med is undoubtedly a fantasy medicine
Two papers published in the Lancet recently present contrasting views of the future of health care. Researchers in Scotland highlighted the fact that many people with chronic conditions suffer from more than one disease at a time.
The study looked for 40 chronic conditions among the participants’ data. Researchers found that 42% of patients had one or more conditions and 23% had two or more. It also found that only 9% of those with coronary heart disease, had that one disease alone. Similarly, only 23% of those with cancer, had only cancer and no other long-term disease
Why is this such an important point? Well, as the authors of the paper say
“Any country with an ageing population is heading in this direction. All these countries are waking up to the problem. “The status quo isn’t an option because it leads in the wrong direction.” Prof Watt said that rather than more specialists…
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Pope Francis launches a new Vatican department, including an office for refugees reporting directly to him
Advancing with determination in the reform of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis has created an important new department for “integral human development” and, as expected, has appointed the Ghanaian cardinal, Peter Turkson, as its first prefect.
The Vatican announced the establishment of this new department (“dicastery” is its official title) on Aug. 31. At the same time, it published the “Motu Proprio” or decree, written by the pope creating it, and also the statute for this body.
Article 1 of the statute states that the new dicastery will have responsibility in the Holy See “for that which relates to justice and peace, including questions related to migration, health, works of charity and the care of creation.”
The dicastery includes an office “for refugees and migrants,” which Francis has decided will, “for now,” respond directly to him. He wants to emphasize the importance of this new department and to guarantee that the church responds adequately to the phenomenon of migration, the greatest humanitarian crisis since World War II. In section 1 of article 4 of the statute, it states, “this section is placed for the time being under the guidance of the Supreme Pontiff who will exercise it in the ways that he deems opportune.”
In his “Motu Proprio,” Francis states that “in all her being and actions, the Church is called to promote the integral development of the human person in the light of the Gospel. This development takes place by attending to the inestimable goods of justice, peace, and the care of creation.”
The term “integral human development” is highly significant and wide ranging. It first appeared in Pope Paul VI’s ground-breaking encyclical “Populorum Progressio” (“On the Progress of Peoples”), published in 1967. It is a concept that goes beyond the secular understanding of development as purely economic and technological, and emphasizes the need to put the human person at the center of all development. It involves the triple duty of human solidarity, social justice and universal charity. It also involves promoting the goal of reconciling humanity with God and people with each other in a way that respects and protects the integrity of all creation.
Francis, in the “Motu Proprio,” explains that this new dicastery “will be competent particularly in issues regarding migrants, those in need, the sick, the excluded and marginalized, the imprisoned and the unemployed, as well as victims of armed conflict, natural disasters, and all forms of slavery and torture.”
According to the statute, the new dicastery will be headed by a prefect, who will be assisted by a secretary and at least one under-secretary “that can also be lay faithful.” Laity, from different parts of the world, will also be on the board of this new department, which will have commissions for ecology, charity and health workers.
Pope Francis has appointed the internationally well-known and joy-filled Ghanaian cardinal, Peter Turkson, as its first prefect. In Oct. 2009, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI called him to Rome to head the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Cardinal Turkson, who is a biblical scholar, shares and firmly supports Francis’ vision for the church. (His office played a key role in helping draft “Laudato Si’” and, subsequently, in promoting it.)
The new department is the result of a creative merger involving four existing pontifical councils of the Roman Curia, namely: Justice and Peace, the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants, Cor Unum—the papal charity that provides humanitarian assistance and encourages coordination and cooperation of Catholic charitable works including Caritas Internationalis—and the Pastoral Care of Health Workers. The first three were established by Pope Paul VI as a follow-up to the Second Vatican Council, the fourth was created by St. John Paul II in 1985. All four will be suppressed on Jan. 1, 2017, when the new dicastery comes into existence.
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The far-right Israeli political leader Itamar Ben-Gvir caused an uproar on Saturday when he posted a video that was even criticized by his far-right political partner, Bezalel Smotrich.
The video posted by Ben-Gvir, an ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, depicts a fake group chat in which election candidates plot to take over and fundamentally change the country's character.
It shows candidates from across the political spectrum would form a coalition with the Joint List alliance of majority-Arab parties, revoke the law of return, change Independence Day to Nakba Day, make Yasser Arafat a national hero, and institute a national day of support for Hamas. It drew particular condemnation for showing Labor Party candidate Ibtisam Mara'ana sending an image of Adolf Hitler with a heart icon.
The "group chat" included opposition leader Yair Lapid, Labor Chairwoman Merav Michaeli, Yamina Chairman Naftali Bennett, and New Hope Chairman Gideon Sa'ar, as well as Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh.
Smotrich sharply criticized the video, writing on Twitter that "the Holocaust is out of bounds." Ben-Gvir subsequently said that in retrospect, he should have "thought about it a little more" before posting the video, but added that it reflected the truth.
Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are running on a joint slate in the upcoming March election at Netanyahu's urging, hoping to avoid having either of their parties fail to pass the electoral threshold required to enter the Knesset.
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A group of researchers is using artificial intelligence techniques to calibrate some of NASA’s images of the Sun, helping improve the data that scientists use for solar research. The new technique was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics on April 13, 2021.
A solar telescope has a tough job. Staring at the Sun takes a harsh toll, with a constant bombardment by a never-ending stream of solar particles and intense sunlight. Over time, the sensitive lenses and sensors of solar telescopes begin to degrade. To ensure the data such instruments send back is still accurate, scientists recalibrate periodically to make sure they understand just how the instrument is changing.
Launched in 2010, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has provided high-definition images of the Sun for over a decade. Its images have given scientists a detailed look at various solar phenomena that can spark space weather and affect our astronauts and technology on Earth and in space. The Atmospheric Imagery Assembly, or AIA, is one of two imaging instruments on SDO and looks constantly at the Sun, taking images across 10 wavelengths of ultraviolet light every 12 seconds. This creates a wealth of information of the Sun like no other, but – like all Sun-staring instruments – AIA degrades over time, and the data needs to be frequently calibrated.
Since SDO’s launch, scientists have used sounding rockets to calibrate AIA. Sounding rockets are smaller rockets that typically only carry a few instruments and take short flights into space – usually only 15 minutes. Crucially, sounding rockets fly above most of Earth’s atmosphere, allowing instruments on board to to see the ultraviolet wavelengths measured by AIA. These wavelengths of light are absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere and can’t be measured from the ground. To calibrate AIA, they would attach an ultraviolet telescope to a sounding rocket and compare that data to the measurements from AIA. Scientists can then make adjustments to account for any changes in AIA’s data.
There are some drawbacks to the sounding rocket method of calibration. Sounding rockets can only launch so often, but AIA is constantly looking at the Sun. That means there’s downtime where the calibration is slightly off in between each sounding rocket calibration.
“It’s also important for deep space missions, which won’t have the option of sounding rocket calibration,” said Dr. Luiz Dos Santos, a solar physicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and lead author on the paper. “We’re tackling two problems at once.”
With these challenges in mind, scientists decided to look at other options to calibrate the instrument, with an eye towards constant calibration. Machine learning, a technique used in artificial intelligence, seemed like a perfect fit.
As the name implies, machine learning requires a computer program, or algorithm, to learn how to perform its task.
First, researchers needed to train a machine learning algorithm to recognize solar structures and how to compare them using AIA data. To do this, they give the algorithm images from sounding rocket calibration flights and tell it the correct amount of calibration they need. After enough of these examples, they give the algorithm similar images and see if it would identify the correct calibration needed. With enough data, the algorithm learns to identify how much calibration is needed for each image.
Because AIA looks at the Sun in multiple wavelengths of light, researchers can also use the algorithm to compare specific structures across the wavelengths and strengthen its assessments.
To start, they would teach the algorithm what a solar flare looked like by showing it solar flares across all of AIA’s wavelengths until it recognized solar flares in all different types of light. Once the program can recognize a solar flare without any degradation, the algorithm can then determine how much degradation is affecting AIA’s current images and how much calibration is needed for each.
“This was the big thing,” Dos Santos said. “Instead of just identifying it on the same wavelength, we’re identifying structures across the wavelengths.”
This means researchers can be more sure of the calibration the algorithm identified. Indeed, when comparing their virtual calibration data to the sounding rocket calibration data, the machine learning program was spot on.
With this new process, researchers are poised to constantly calibrate AIA’s images between calibration rocket flights, improving the accuracy of SDO’s data for researchers.
Machine learning beyond the Sun
Researchers have also been using machine learning to better understand conditions closer to home.
One group of researchers led by Dr. Ryan McGranaghan – Principal Data Scientist and Aerospace Engineer at ASTRA LLC and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center – used machine learning to better understand the connection between Earth’s magnetic field and the ionosphere, the electrically charged part of Earth’s upper atmosphere. By using data science techniques to large volumes of data, they could apply machine learning techniques to develop a newer model that helped them better understand how energized particles from space rain down into Earth’s atmosphere, where they drive space weather.
As machine learning advances, its scientific applications will expand to more and more missions. For the future, this may mean that deep space missions – which travel to places where calibration rocket flights aren’t possible – can still be calibrated and continue giving accurate data, even when getting out to greater and greater distances from Earth or any stars.
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Human Rights Council – Forty-fouth session
2 Luglio 2020 – ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON RIGHTS
It is urgent that the poorest children in the world, like those from the Congo, and the richest children, like those from British or American societies, together, have a second common language, that Anglophones have a second language.
To achieve the greatest profits, some nations put in place the economic and commercial exploitation of human beings (Transatlantic Slave Trade) and/or the occupation of territories belonging to other peoples and their enslavement (Colonialism). From the nations that most “influenced” other countries, peoples and children to gain wealth and favours, are English and American scholars who give us figures:
- Stuart Laycock in All the Countries We’ve Ever Invaded: “Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, Britons have invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171”, almost 89% of the countries of the world;
- Christopher Kelly in All the Countries the Americans Have Ever Invaded, “The USA, since their formation, have invaded, fought conflicts or exercised control in 190 out of 193 UN member states”, nearly 99% of the countries on the
In the last 90 years, however, colonialism and forms of enslavement have become more sophisticated and aggressive, representing a new form of genocide, the linguistic-cultural one, and a new form of slavery: that of the minds, discriminating not on race, religion or sex but on language.
The same nations protagonists of what historians Laycock and Kelly denounced, understood that, with much less risk and fewer resources, it was possible to obtain much better prizes through the linguistic and cultural domination of other peoples. It is above all the United States of America (USA), rather than the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), that stimulate and structure, to their own advantage, the neoliberal and financial globalization, relying not only on material factors such as military and scientific capabilities, production of goods and services, Internet dominance, control of energy and monetary flows, but propagandizing as “internationalization” what is actually an assimilation process.
This new way of conceiving colonization consists in the construction of the new Empires of the Mind as Churchill defined them –dialoguing with Roosevelt – on September 6th, 1943 explaining at Harvard: «The power to control language offers far better prizes than taking away people’s provinces or lands or grinding them down in exploitation. The empires of the future are the Empires of the Mind.»1
The English language thus places itself at the centre of a global system, where it plays a role similar, but far more harmful, to that of the dollar in the international monetary system: as the dollar, with its dual status as means of payment and international reserve currency, enables USA to live thanks to the enormous contribution from the rest of the planet, holding the international linguistic monopoly confers them another formidably advantageous position and is a discrimination for all non-English speaking peoples because:
- Citizens of English-speaking countries are granted a significant market in terms of pedagogical material, language courses, translation, interpretation into English, linguistic competence in drafting, revising texts,
- English native speakers never have to invest time and/or money in translating the messages they convey or wish to
- English native speakers do not have a real need to learn This translates, for English-speaking countries, into huge savings, starting with education costs. This revenue afforded annually to the United Kingdom is estimated at around 18 billion Euros (Françoise Grin).2
- By contrast, non-English-speaking countries have to invest increasingly in economic and human resources to learn In the European Union (EU) alone, costs of linguistic discrimination for 445 million non-native English European citizens are estimated, approximated by defect, at €487,408,500,000.00 yearly (Áron Lukács) while they remain, always and anyway, eternal second to born Anglophones. Considering the world population is 7.7 billion people,3 of which 380,000,000 are native Anglophones,4 if the remaining 7,320,000,000 people had a degree of development/well-being equal to the European citizens’, the estimated annual figure for learning English would be €8,015,400,000,000.00!
- All money and time resources not dedicated to learning foreign languages can be invested in development, research and teaching/learning other For example, the USA, with the $16,000,000,000 saved on foreign language teaching, in 2004 funded 1/3 of their public research.
- Even if non-English speakers make a considerable effort to learn English, they never succeed, with exceptions, in reaching such a degree of language mastery that can guarantee them equality with native speakers:
- in understanding,
- when speaking in public debates,
- in negotiations and conflicts.
- discrimination in hiring between born English-speaking citizens and others: there are countless classified advertisements in non-English-speaking countries where only mother-tongue English are offered jobs, with the consequence that some citizens, despite an excellent knowledge of English and perhaps higher professional skills, are discriminated against and not hired.
- anyway, whether we like it or not, it is the mother-tongue Anglophones who hold the legitimate monopoly of linguistic correction, just as the state holds the legitimate monopoly of force, only they have the right to establish what is correct or incorrect in their language.
- there is also a further discriminatory phenomenon within non-Anglophone countries deriving from social class belonging and from family economic capacity: in non- English-speaking countries, more and more families send their children directly to recognized Anglo-American schools in their own country and, subsequently, directly to American or English schools and universities.
- discrimination of linguistically-disabled: these are all those who have difficulties learning foreign languages and, particularly, English which, for example, is especially difficult due to thousands of exceptions; to learn it, one actually needs to learn two languages, one written and one spoken, which complicates life, particularly for children who have dyslexia
We must therefore carry out an epoch-making cultural paradigm change, carry forward, all together, an innovative goal for freedom, democracy and children’s rights in the world, conduct a nonviolent battle of fundamental importance for sustainable development, peace, cultural biodiversity on the planet: the battle for the humanity’s right to the International Auxiliary Language (IAL).
Not having the IAL causes each child to linguistically suffer the law of the “strongest” who also wants to set itself up as the “justest”, thus implementing a colonialism of the minds that produces discrimination and devastating psychological, socio-economic, political and cultural effects.
To achieve peace, brotherhood, cultural biodiversity and well-being for humanity, the United Nations (UN)’s progenitor organization, the League of Nations saw the delegates of Brazil, Belgium, Chile, China, Colombia, Czechoslovakia (present Slovakia and Czech Republic), Haiti, Italy, Japan, India, Persia (present Islamic Republic of Iran), Poland, Romania and South Africa at work during the first two General Assemblies to carry forward resolutions suggesting the League of Nations to universally recommend teaching Esperanto in schools as IAL. The majority of member nations favoured the adoption of the International language (called Esperanto) as a working language. However, France’s veto prevented the implementation of this project. Anyway, in 1922 the League of Nations unanimously approved, during its third General Assembly, the Report on Esperanto as IAL, also with the convinced support of Lord Robert Cecil, Nobel Prize for Peace in 1937.
A great world-renowned scholar, Umberto Eco, defined Esperanto “a linguistic masterpiece” and in The Search for the Perfect Language5 devoted a lot of space to Esperanto, IAL, examining the “Theoretical Objections and Counter-objections”6 and the real “Political Possibilities of an IAL”.7 From the same period, is a detailed, positive study by the Italian Ministry of Education.8 The USA themselves used it for almost 20 years in their military exercises. 9
If, already since 1922, the International Language (called Esperanto) was considered ready to be adopted as IAL, today it is more than ever: it has 133 years of international linguistic experimentation; it is recognized by the PEN Club International as the world’s 114th literary language (1993); from 1994 to 2012 it was one of the 60 languages in which the Pontiff gave his “Urbi et Orbi” blessing to Catholics all over the world twice a year; it is Google’s 64th translation language; it is the language of Nobel Laureates for Economics such as the German Reinhard Selten; it is the language of a transnational community in over 120 countries.
For long, organizations working for peace and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals have more or less occultly been working to ensure that children, especially those from the poorest countries, are denied the right to education in their language or, worse, forced to renounce it, thus snatching them from their mother-tongue in favour of English, stepmother- tongue.
A clear example of this comes from Fund For Peace which, for its campaign against poverty, has Khan Mangok Tier, South Sudan, say “He is happy when he thinks that his children are on the path to a better life as they have already started to learn how to speak English”. 10
In short, the rich English-speaking countries keep their mother-tongue and, instead of strengthening efforts to eradicate poverty as established by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, plunder the poorest ones by cutting off even their tongue, precisely among the children, who are every people’s future.
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Yes and no. Glass stands little chance against the fast, narrow bullet. However, the angle of the glass may partially deflect rounds. Windshields are also made in layers which will not shatter.
How much glass can stop a bullet?
It’s a matter of anticipating what type of gun is the most likely to be used and matching the right kind of bulletproof barrier to protect against it. In the bigger picture, the thickness of bullet resistant glass can range from 0.25 inches up to 3.5 inches and more.
Will a window stop a bullet?
The thickness of the hurricane glass windows or doors can improve the trajectory of a bullet and as been know to stop it. In reality, we don’t install impact windows to stop bullets. Consequently, high-quality impact windows can stop wood debris going 200mph!
How much is a bulletproof window?
Pricing for Bullet Resistant Flat Glass can start from around $25.00 per sq. ft. to over $100.00 per sq. ft. (Depending on sheet size and level of protection needed.)
How thick is a bulletproof window?
Bulletproof glass varies in thickness from 3⁄4 to 31⁄2 inches (19 to 89 mm).
Can a tornado break bullet proof glass?
2) That “bullet proof glass” can shrug off a 9mm bullet, an RPG, raging seas, enraged dinosaurs, and an F3 tornado with equal ease. This isn’t entirely irrational.
Can Bullets ricochet off glass?
Bullets that ricochet off of glass and other non-yielding, smooth surfaces at low angles will leave a tail indicating the direction of rotation. In cases where there were multiple guns fired, the direction of rotation could often give clue to which gun the ricochet was fired from.
Is bullet proof glass hurricane proof?
Bullet-resistant glass can also be made using laminated materials, just like the hurricane-proof windows. … In short, both hurricane-resistant windows and bullet-resistant windows rely on laminated glass. Bullet-resistant products are similar to hurricane-resistant windows, but use a thicker version of laminated glass.
How can I make my car bulletproof?
When looking for materials to bulletproof your car, only a few are up to the task that can actually be thin enough to fit inside a vehicle and stop the desired threats. Recommended options are Armormax, fabric consisting of ballistic nylon, steel, polymer, and armored glass.
Are police cars bulletproof?
Yes – some police vehicles come equipped with various Armormax packages. We design our armoring technology to fit a variety of vehicles and have specialty packages made to fit police vehicles for added protection.
Are there bullet proof tires?
Are there bulletproof tires? … Technically there is nothing like bulletproof tire, but there are tires resistant with rubber or metal band inside. There are some other tires having an insert around the inside of the rim to provide control and degree of traction when the tire is shredded.
What will stop a bullet?
What common or household objects will stop bullets?
- Most household objects won’t reliably stop a bullet.
- Bullets easily puncture most walls, doors, and floors.
- However, brick, concrete, and cinder blocks effectively stop most common calibers. …
- A full water heater can effectively stop at least handgun rounds.
What does bulletproof glass look like?
The ability of bullet-resistant glass to stop a bullet is determined by the thickness of the glass. At first glance, bullet-resistant glass looks identical to an ordinary pane of glass, but that’s where the similarities end. An ordinary piece of glass shatters when struck by a single bullet.
What kind of glass is bullet proof?
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Published: 10 January 2018
There are significant health risks, especially to children, from dog fouling, both from the obvious bacteria carried and from some unpleasant parasites.
It is an offence to allow a dog to foul on open land to which the public have access. Anyone responsible for the dog must clear up any excrement and failure to do so could result in legal action being taken.
Please ensure that all dog waste is wrapped in a plastic bag and put in a dog waste bin or a normal litter bin.
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This is the third in our series of blog posts highlighting the amazing work done by some of the industry’s best VFX artists using Adobe After Effects in a few of this summer's blockbusters.
Resurrecting the classic science fiction franchise of Star Trek is certainly a challenge that any motion graphics and VFX artists would gladly accept. For the latest installment, Star Trek Into Darkness, Andrew Kramer of Bad Robot and author/owner of the site Video Copilot was the lucky one tapped to create more than 30 title sequences for the movie. Production studio OOOii eagerly took on the job of designing all user interfaces and future technologies within the movie. Kramer, OOOii CEO Kent Demaine, and Lead Designer Jorge Almeida all shared their great experiences working on the latest seminal Star Trek film (available on DVD September 10, 2013).
Adobe: What were some of the unique challenges of creating titles for Star Trek Into Darkness?
Kramer: I’m sure the folks at OOOii will agree that one of the biggest hurdles was that the film was shot in stereo so everything had to be “true” 3D from start to finish to look realistic and fully dimensional. We used After Effects and Video Copilot’s Element 3D plug-in to create real 3D object-based particles within After Effects. We had a short timeline to create 30-plus titles, so we did not have the hours or need to delve into what people might consider a full-fledged 3D tool. The other challenge was that we had to stick to the same basic Star Trek aesthetic, but make everything more refined and pay strict attention to details.
Adobe: Tell us about the work you did on the film.
Kramer: With a short timeline to create and finalize the titles—filled with very long days and nights—we created more than 30 different titles. JJ Abrams, the film’s director, asked me to come up with a more refined, updated-look for the extreme space fly through title sequence. We had a small modeling team that created a library of high-quality 3D planets, from moons to asteroids and ice planets. The planets were color-corrected and we even designed a planet that broke into pieces of debris. We replicated the pieces hundreds of thousands of times and had them breaking off to give the scenes a sense of depth.
There were multiple “spacescapes” and we needed to make sure they were colorful, vivid, and tangible with debris, asteroids, lens flares, and so on. The cool thing about the lens flares is that they are built from scratch by filming them and then isolating each individual lens flare frame iris in Photoshop and then adding textures. We got some really fun effects. Ultimately, we wanted each title scene to have its own unique world. For example, we created one unique world with the sun burning with hot-looking tendrils as the core. We built a texture using animated fractal noises. As you can tell, we had a lot of fun and tried new techniques that we never had before. The ability to work natively in After Effects for a stereo workflow, not having to render out each planet individually, and being able to make changes dynamically that affected all of the designs was pretty critical.
Adobe: Kent, what was your team’s primary role?
Demaine: OOOii worked closely with the art team and the Production Designer Scott Chambliss to develop iconography and a visual language for this iconic film. Our interfaces and vision of future technologies helped define the revamped USS Enterprise and Starfleet and support the unique vision of the filmmakers. Our specialty is information technology design and human-technology interaction. This involves the creation of things such as holograms, digital signage, and interfaces on devices. Our use of this expertise in films helps provide a vision into new interaction modalities with technologies such as mobile phones—everything we do focuses on natural interaction models that happen between users and information.
Almeida: All of our designers are set up with full Adobe Creative Cloud pipelines. We started by creating some concept art that gave an idea of the style and then we designed based on those concepts, using the previous movie as a guide. Initial designs were done in Illustrator and Photoshop, but by the middle of the film when we had a lot of the elements built we would just go straight into After Effects. Once we hone in on a look everyone likes, we start showing animation tests. There is a lot of back and forth, but as the production moves along everything becomes more specific.
Adobe: Can you give us an idea of the scope of the work that OOOii did on the film?
Demaine: We created more than 300 production and post-production shots over a year’s time. We do the designs and we often composite them, too, but in this case ILM composited the graphics and HUDs into the scenes.
Adobe: Here’s a question for both you, Andrew and Kent: did you use Adobe Premiere Pro for any of your work on Star Trek Into Darkness?
Kramer: We used Adobe Premiere Pro for editing, timing, and prepping primarily. We would do all of our timing and figuring out the music beats, bring in the score, and lay in the still frame designs before we did the camera movement and final compositing. We also used Premiere Pro to determine reference points of different locations for animators so that everything moved in one flowing, orchestrated whole. This was important because there were thousands of layers involved because of the complexity of our stereo camera rig.
Also, one of the key things in the title sequence was getting the color right. For that, we used Adobe Bridge to open the screen shots of each planet design, for instance, and show them all on the screen at one time to see what color palette looked the best: blue highlights, green highlights, too much red, needed more monochrome, and so on. We used it as a color reference for final output before animation.
Demaine: We were traditionally an Avid or Final Cut Pro shop but we’re now exclusively Premiere Pro. We do a lot of plate acquisition through RED cameras, and with Premiere Pro we’re able to drop whatever we are given onto the timeline. We can get camera data from ILM and render out graphics using that information. Like Andrew, we also used Bridge as a file management tool because it let us preview files, visualize layers in files, and drop them into different programs with ease.
Adobe: What about Adobe Creative Cloud? Are you using it, and if so, what are you most enjoying about the newest version of Adobe’s cloud-based video and creative software?
Kramer: I’ve been using Creative Cloud for a while now and, although I know it’s not an entirely new feature, the Warp Stabilizer in After Effects is definitely more advanced and mature. The stabilization movements seem more fluid, and that saves a lot of time. Also, After Effects seem to work more responsively with plug-ins, with faster GL rendering speed, so that saves a lot of time. The quality is magnificent, akin to IMAX feature quality.
Almeida: I’m having a lot of fun using the 3D features in After Effects to build animations. I’ve also just started to dive into Cinema4D and look forward to exploring what that integration can do. The speed and flexibility of After Effects are what I like the most. I often get to the point in post where I’m designing directly in After Effects as much as anything else. I actually prefer it because I can start building things that are more of a finished product and After Effects just lets me design on the fly.
Demaine: Adobe Creative Cloud came along right when we were finalizing this project, but we were already beta testing it and we are impressed. We really like the instantaneous feature updates and more predictable pricing that Creative Cloud offers. I think it’s a good step forward that will let us take advantage of Adobe innovations even faster than before. We’ll also continue to venture into other areas of Adobe’s tools without additional charge. For example on this project, we worked with BlackBox Digital and used Adobe Flash Professional and Adobe AIR extensively to create a cool mobile app that revolves around some of the most impressive VFX scenes in the movie. We think this is just the beginning of what Adobe Creative Cloud will facilitate.
See how Andrew Kramer created the titles for Star Trek Into Darkness using After Effects and Element 3D.
Learn more about the video apps and services in Adobe Creative Cloud
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Although this pandemic has caused many to be disheartened, to lose hope, and many other negativities, there are some people who rose up to the occasion and turned the challenges into opportunities. These people manifested their ability to find ways and overcome the difficulties in the midst of the pandemic and made their resourcefulness a key to the limitless innovations, even limitless possibilities.
Have you heard about BMW’s flying car that completed the first-ever inter-city flight on June 28, 2021? How about Zoom, Webex, or Google classroom that made large gatherings possible in midst pandemic? Do Bitcoins and Ethereum sound familiar? These are just some of the international innovations that we can hear nowadays that somehow addresses some of the problems we are currently facing. These shows the resourcefulness of the people who came up with solutions for specific problems on traffic congestion, non-face to face interaction, and investments or cashless payments.
Many of our countrymen also showed resourcefulness during this pandemic. Of course as Filipinos, we are known for our adaptability and resourcefulness - we adapted to the new normal and thought of creative ways to overcome difficulties. Some of our countrymen’s innovative ways include the use of the motorcycle delivery services when people’s mobility were restricted due to the pandemic; OFWs who were sent back to our country set up their own businesses using their skills and talents; While others maximized the use of the internet by working online, teaching online, and selling online.
One famous manifestation of resourcefulness is the community pantry which was started by Ana Patricia Non. Her simple act of sharing what she has to those who have nothing more to eat through an outdoor “community” pantry paved way for her hungry neighbors to be filled. Her resourcefulness was not for personal gain, convenience, nor accolade, but for the love of her neighbors whom she deeply cared for. This is another level of resourcefulness as it is powered by selflessness. Ms. Non’s resourcefulness reminds us about the story in the Bible where a boy who offered his five loaves and two fishes paved way for the five thousand men to be fed. In the case of Ms. Non, although only her community was benefited by her simple act of kindness, it multiplied and fed the “thousands” when others replicated the same in the different provinces, municipalities, and cities. It even reached far places when this was adopted by other nations.
The highest level of resourcefulness is one that would create signs, wonders, and miracles. And that happens when we have our full reliance on God, when we tap on our ultimate source. As defined by the Oxford Languages, resourcefulness is the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. We have many stories in the Holy Scriptures where the people who were confronted with difficult circumstances overcame with victory by relying on God’s Word. Say for example, Moses when the Pharaoh Ramses and his armies were running after them, tapped on the Heavenly sources which resulted to the splitting of the Red Sea and they were able to cross safely. Daniel, when thrown to the den of lions, came out unhurt as he tapped the Creator of all and sent angles to shut the mouths of the lions. David, using only a pebble but tapping the accurate source, precisely hit Goliath on his forehead that stopped the mockery of their enemy. There are more stories in the Holy Scriptures that when we meditate, will give us endless possibilities if we tap to the Right Source.
Possibilities have no limit with resourcefulness. To further develop resourcefulness, let us follow the model of the boy with five loaves and two fishes. Know the need, know what you have - your skills and talents, act on the need by first consulting God, listen to what needs to be done, and accurately implement. This times of pandemic, let us not limit ourselves with physical resources but prepare ourselves for greater things by tapping on our spiritual resources. Where it seems to be no way, connect to Him through prayer, worship, and reading His word, and surely, God will make a way. (CGLG, CRFV)
CRFV Winning Team
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What Editors Want: Tips for Good Writing - April 8
Recorded On: 04/08/2022
This interactive session will highlight best practices for writing clearly and concisely. We will discuss strategies at the word, sentence, and paragraph levels, including using plain English, using terms consistently, and using the active voice. Examples of clear and unclear writing will be explored. We will offer approaches for editing your work and describe resources available from the AAMC to advance your work as a researcher, writer, and reviewer.
After participating in this session, participants should be able to:
- Understand strategies for writing clearly and concisely at the word, sentence, and paragraph levels.
- Describe approaches for editing their work.
- Find key resources for advancing your scholarship from the AAMC.
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Jessica T. Servey, MD, MHPE, FAAFP (Facilitator)
COL(ret), U.S. Air Force, Professor of Family Medicine, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Jessica Servey, MD, MHPE, FAAFP, is the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She oversees a large faculty development program with 600 workshops annually. She continues to practice full-scope Family Medicine as well as an active teacher of medical students in addition to faculty mentoring.
Toni Gallo is a senior editor with the journal Academic Medicine and an Educational Resources and Scholarship Lead at the Association of American Medical Colleges. She has nearly 15 years of experience reviewing and editing scholarly and other writing and has led reviewing and writing workshops at medical schools and national and international meetings. She founded Academic Medicine’s blog AM Rounds and hosts the Academic Medicine Podcast. | <urn:uuid:7d045242-fec2-4094-9676-be8c6a6e0d47> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aamc.elevate.commpartners.com/p/220408_Writing?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gdiadhoc&utm_content=webinar | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.922052 | 409 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Q. After ten years as a bonusfamily, my partner is having trouble with my young adult son (21). He’s struggling having dropped out of school and is not presently working. He moved back in with us and he’s trying to find a job. She’s given him a deadline–since its around Thanksgiving, the first of the year–which I find difficult. While I understand her frustration, I cannot put my son on the street. Help!
A. Actually, I think her strategy of giving your son a deadline is an excellent one if she discussed it with you first and you both agreed on a reasonable time frame. That way, when you presented it to your son, you would appear to be on the same page, and it would serve as a source of strength for him, rather than make him feel insecure. If she didn’t discuss it with you, but just gave him an ultimatum, then it sounds like you two have some backtracking to do. Make a plan, like I hope you did, when you first got together.
Next, let’s examine the reasons for your son’s decisions. No job, dropping out of school, these are huge red flags. This could suggest three things in a 21-year-old:
First, mental illness, specifically things like Depression or Bipolar Disorder. If there is a history in your family an immediate medical check-up is in order. The early twenties are often when you first see the signs.
Second, I have to say it–drugs. Lack of motivation and depression are both warning signs for repeated drug use. If he IS suffering from depression, for example, self medicating would not be out of the norm. At first the drug is a diversion, then it becomes the problem. Young adults rarely can tell the difference.
Third, it is not uncommon for a 21-year-old person to become completely overwhelmed by life. All of a sudden he or she realizes they’re no longer in high school when everything was so simple and they’re simply not emotionally prepared. If he really doesn’t know what he wants to do, it makes his confusion overwhelming and his place of solace is your house. Moving home during the holidays is very predictable, but it probably does complicate things at home.
Your wife may have been doing a little dance of joy when he moved out–not because she didn’t care for him, but because she was just ready for him to be on his own–and here he is back again and she doesn’t have the patience. You, on the other hand, being dad and a softy, want to make him feel safe and secure, so you bring him back into the fold, make him hot chocolate, and hope he gets better soon. She wants to motivate him. You want to take care of him. He probably needs a little of both. So, with that, we’re back to the plan. Call a family discussion and honestly discuss his options with him. Help him put a plan in place.
Finally, he may want to look into counseling. If he is suffering with any of the three things mentioned he needs more help than offering him a place to live. As a matter of fact, if drugs do play a part in his indecision, he may be facing addiction issues. If that is the case, offering him a place to live may be the least helpful to his recovery.
You all have some soul-searching to do. Start by sitting down together and being honest with each other. Put a plan in place and ALL of you stick to the plan.
Dr. Jann Blackstone specializes in child custody, divorce, and stepfamily mediation. She is the author of six books on divorce, remarriage, and co-parenting, specifically, Ex-Etiquette for Parents: Good Behavior After Divorce and Separation, Ex-Etiquette for Weddings, Ex-Etiquette for Holidays, and My Parents are Divorced, Too: A Book for Kids by Kids, published by the American Psychological Association, now in it’s second printing. Dr. Blackstone is also the founder of Bonus Families,501 c3 non-profit organization dedicated to peaceful coexistence between divorced or separated parents and their combined families. | <urn:uuid:7a41ade9-0e6f-470b-ba5f-46c9491e1679> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bonusfamilies.com/when-an-adult-child-moves-home/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.979842 | 902 | 1.703125 | 2 |
March 1, 2018
A brief history of literary violence
by Ian Dreiblatt
This week, while international headlines have been preoccupied with exhaustive coverage of the man with red sauce on his face who has been charged with meatball theft, a more literary—and even more sinister—story made the rounds from Dublin — of forty-year-old John Paul Mulready, charged with stabbing and biting his neighbor, one Dermot Byrne, “because of ‘poetry recited incessantly’ from upstairs.”
In fact, a quick historical review reveals literary violence as a phenomenon that has long plagued humanity. Just a few years ago, we wrote about two friends whose argument over whether poetry or prose was better escalated to the point of murder. Ernest Hemingway’s occasional fisticuffs were the stuff of legend (just ask Andy Rooney). And of course, as we’ve also written before, Verlaine shot Rimbaud (’cause he loved him so).
There are other examples, too. In Names of the Lion, his translation of a tenth-century Arabic list of euphemisms for lions, poet and translator David Larsen tells the story of a fight between the list’s compiler, Persian grammarian Ibn Khalawayh, and the poet Abu ’l-Tayyib al-Mutanabbī. After arguing about a fine point of Arabic grammar, Mutanabbī told Ibn Khalawayh, “Watch it. You’re no Arab.” Whereupon Ibn Khalawayh stabbed him in the fucking face with an iron key.
The earliest known lit crime was the public conflict in the Roman Forum between Marcus Pedicabus and Lucius Irrumabus. Reportedly, the two were exchanging quotations from Sappho, when a stray olive pit spit out by a wandering centurion struck Pedicabus in the forearm, inciting his legendary temper. “Dinkus maximus!” the patrician is said to have exclaimed. “I just had this toga washed.” Whereupon it seems that Irrumabus stomped his sandal and bellowed, “You recite hendecasyllables like a cursed Syracusan!” Both men were condemned to the Colosseum, though Tacitus would later write in vindication of Pedicabus, praising his “legendary shade.”
Notorious to centuries of English jurists is the fourteenth-century case of Unferth v. Manciple, in which a rowdy coppersmith in the hillside town of Flopshamshire “outraged the good character, and made attacks upon the barrels, of a fellow townsman,” causing “a pestilential humor to flower in his person, and the spilling of ale to a quantity of two-thirds of a barrel.” The two men had apparently been arguing over “which Canterbury tale ruleth moste hard,” when tempers got the better of them. Today, law students read it for its articulation of the well-known Four Pig Principle, by which a convict could resolve any criminal charge against them by bringing four pigs to the home of the local magistrate.
Finally, let us consider the case of the nineteenth-century poet Secundo Strozzapreti, who got into an argument with his court rival, Cosimo Mafaldine, over whether the Tuscan or Neopolitan dialect was more perfectly “that sweet lyre of earthly music plucked by the poet’s tongue.” Local gendarmes were forced to ply both men with several tankards of wine, simply to keep the party pleasant.
There are countless instances of more general literary criminality, too — there’s the case of Ivan Prestupnetz and Vladimir Nakazan, who were jailed in 1862 for attempting to secure a loan in Nikolai Gogol’s name. There’s François Villanelle, the poet who spent weeks in a Parisian jail for shaving the moustache off his rival, Jean-Jacques Rondeau, while he slept. The Norwegian novelist Kjell Uendeliggrå was at some point revealed to have been behind a string of late-night maritime arsons, to which he apparently responded, “Eh, there’s not much to do up here.”
We can only wonder what the future holds for the world of literary wrongdoing.
And with that, we return you to the developing story of Manwithredsauceonfacegate, already in progress.
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WHO and scientists back South Africa’s ban on tobacco sales
by TAMAR KAHN
The World Health Organisation (WHO) as well as several research and civil society organisations have thrown their weight behind the government’s continued ban on tobacco sales as it begins to relax the lockdown, saying the prohibition would reduce the number of severe cases of Covid-19 and lessen the load on the health system.
SA is among a tiny minority of countries that have imposed a ban on tobacco sales as part of its efforts to manage its Covid-19 epidemic, which has affected at least 6,000 people and killed more than 100. India and Botswana have also banned the sale of tobacco products, and several other countries are considering following suit, according to the non-profit National Council Against Smoking (NCAS).
The emerging science on Covid-19 indicated people who used tobacco products were more likely to become critically ill, need a bed in intensive care and require mechanical ventilation, and were at increased risk of death, said the organisations in a joint statement on Monday. The group includes the WHO, the NCAS, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the Human Sciences Research Council, the Medical Research Council, the Cancer Association of SA, Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
They said e-cigarettes had been linked to lung damage and cardiovascular disease during the pandemic, and smokers with Covid-19 were more likely to develop severe disease than non-smokers.
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I think we can all agree that at times we do struggle to achieve our five a day. Most of us think it has to be an actual piece of fruit, or vegetable, in its regular form, but in reality, it can come in many different forms and still count! We just need to think differently, think out of the box a little, and at the same time, think variety. Variety is key!
The Lunchbox World Review Panel took a look a the Dole Fruit and Juice Pots to see if they really stand up. Each 113g Dole pot does actually counts as one portion of fruit, and there are five sumptuous combinations to choose from: Pineapple, Mandarins, Peaches, Tropical Fruit and exotic Sunny Fruits – all in refreshing juice. Available in a convenient pot that can be popped into your bag and enjoyed as a mid-afternoon snack or part of lunch – what could be easier! What’s more, they are fat free and a source of Vitamin C.
These really are a healthier snacking option. And because they don’t need refrigeration, all of Dole’s fruit pots are perfect for packed lunches, picnics, and are a great snack for ‘on the go’. Simply store in a cupboard, no need to keep them in the fridge.
They don’t need to be kept in a fridge. A cupboard is fine. This also means they don’t have to stay chilled in the lunch box! Great all round and count as another one of your 5 a day!
What’s not so good:
Check the label for sugar content and opt for the ones that are in natural juices rather than syrup.
Now over to you. What do you think? Have you tried them? What do you do to increase your 5 a day?
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Cornelius David Krieghoff painted images of Canada when the development of popular imagery of the country was in its early stages. He was an entrepreneur and created a populist vision of the country’s landscape and peoples, describing the customs and traditions of various Native peoples and the activities and character of the French-Canadian settler or habitant.
Krieghoff emigrated to New York and joined the United States Army in 1837. There he met his future wife, Émilie Gauthier, and in 1840 they moved to Montreal, where he began working as an artist. He travelled to Paris in 1844, where he copied masterworks at the Louvre under the direction of Michel-Martin Drölling, and returned to Montreal in 1846, advertising himself as an artist. He established a studio and began painting his views of people and activities. In these works, clothing and supporting objects are painted in fine detail while faces of the figures are more generalized. By 1850 Krieghoff was producing numerous paintings and had made prints from ten of them that were available in both colour and black and white. He was exhibiting and selling at auctions, with his ambitious production aimed for sales to a rising middle class.
He and his family moved to Quebec City in 1853, where Krieghoff painted city views and the surrounding region. Among his repertoire were emblematic figures of Native peoples and habitants with particular attributes and actions defining their class or regional characteristics, as well as scenes of social celebration and winter festivities.
Krieghoff continued to exhibit his work and sell prints and photo-reproductions of his work while he lived in Europe (1863 -1870); however, the prolific production that he was engaged in during his years in Quebec slowed down. He maintained connections with Canada while abroad and the sale and exhibition of his work continued. He returned briefly to Quebec in 1871 before announcing a move to Chicago, where he died a few months later in 1872. | <urn:uuid:816268be-c440-47d7-8bb1-6fd2810e6338> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/cornelius-krieghoff | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.987953 | 406 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The research group is engaged in a research program on public contracts with social impact. Following the English Social Impact Bonds (SIB) which, for more than 10 years, have been developed in many countries on small-scale experimental projects, the question arises of their extension to larger-scale projects with large investments. See the Chair’s policy paper on this subject (in French).
The objective is, through contracts with obligations of social results, to promote innovations and to ensure an efficient use of public funds. Social impact investments, to be effective, require precise measurement of expected and realized impacts. These measures are beginning to emerge and make possible a capitalism 2.0, aligning the objectives of governments and companies, in order to meet the SDGs by 2030.
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The so-called “sovereign Internet” law, adopted by lawmakers and signed into law by President Vladimir Putin earlier this year, requires providers to install equipment that could route Russian web traffic through points that are controlled by the state.
It also includes provisions on the creation of a Russian domestic domain-name system.
Backers of the law say it will make what they call the Russian segment of the Internet — known as Runet — more independent. They argue the law is needed to guard Russia against potential cyberattacks.
But critics have warned the law will lead to censorship across wide parts of the Internet and allow for greater surveillance of Internet users by Russian intelligence agencies.
The Russian Communications Ministry said on December 23 that the drills were aimed at ensuring the “integrity” of the Internet.
“The purpose of the task is to ensure the reliable operation of the Internet in Russia in any conditions and under any circumstances,” said Aleksei Sokolov, deputy communications minister, in televised remarks on December 23 from the Monitoring and Cyber Threat Response Center.
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We think the provisions in SB 1160 represent an important step in the ongoing effort to ensure a balanced and effective Workers’ Comp system that truly serves those for whom it was created – injured workers.
Lous Paulson is President of the California Professional Firefighters.
President, California Professional Firefighters
It’s the end of August and, like the rest of California, Sacramento is seeing temperatures rise. But over at the Capitol, legislators are sitting in the middle of a blizzard of alarmist rhetoric from the chemical industry about legislation to disclose the use of toxic flame retardants on furniture. From banner advertising to op-eds to a torrent of legislative attacks, the chemical lobby has unleashed a torrent of fear mongering about fire safety to take down SB 1019.
Over the course of a career, firefighters are relentlessly exposed to a hellish mix of toxins. These exposures put firefighters at a substantially greater risk of getting cancer — a reality documented in more than 80 peer-reviewed medical studies.
Personally, I don't need the studies. In my three decades in the fire service, I’ve seen many succumb to job-caused cancer, including my best friend. Law enforcement officers – regularly exposed to toxins and often without breathing apparatus – pay a similarly heavy price.
To us, this sacrifice is every bit as noble as that of one who dies in a fiery instant.
If there’s one thing the debate over public employees’ pensions has taught us, it’s that California needs to invest more in mathematics instruction in its public schools.
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Lizbeth Mateo seems to be a woman that’s going places. She was the first person in her family to go to college. She has a law degree, and her own firm in metro Los Angeles. She was just appointed to a California state senate committee.
She’s also an undocumented immigrant.
It’s believed to be the first time in state history that an undocumented immigrant has been put on a statewide committee, and her appointment is rubbing some people the wrong way in a state known for thumbing its nose at President Trump’s anti-immigrant policies.
Mateo was appointed Wednesday to the Student Opportunity and Access Program Project Grant Advisory Committee, which seeks to increase college opportunities for low-income students.
Her appointment was praised by state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, who also took a shot at the President.
“One day after President Trump came to California to see prototypes of his border wall, the state Senate made history Wednesday by selecting the first undocumented resident for a statewide appointment,” de Leon said in a statement, according to CNN affiliate KCBS. “While Donald Trump fixates on walls, California will continue to concentrate on opportunities. Ms. Mateo is a courageous, determined and intelligent young woman who at great personal risk has dedicated herself to fight for those seeking their rightful place in this country.”
Mateo was born in Mexico and came to the US at age 14 with her parents. She graduated from California State University, Northridge, and got her law degree from Santa Clara University. She’s advocated for immigration rights, including passage of the Dream Act.
“While undocumented students have become more visible in our state, they remain underrepresented in places where decisions that affect them are being made,” said Mateo, according to KCBS. “I welcome this opportunity to advise and help the Student Aid Commission achieve its goals.
But on Twitter, there was a strong backlash to her tweet thanking de Leon for her appointment, with many questioning how someone in the country illegally can serve on a state committee.
Some state lawmakers don’t like the move either. Travis Allen, a Republican state representative who is also running for governor, said in a Facebook post talking about Mateo’s appointment that “the California Democratic Party now prioritizes illegal immigrants over California citizens.”
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Duncan Ryūken Williams presents “American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War”
5:00 p.m. Reception | 6:00 p.m. Presentation | 7:00 p.m. Book Signing
The Institute for the Study of War and Democracy is delighted to host the 2019 Faith in Wartime Lecture presented by Baptist Community Ministries, featuring Duncan Ryūken Williams, PhD. Dr. Williams will be speaking on his new book American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War.
In this path-breaking account, Dr. Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation’s history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American.
Nearly all Americans of Japanese descent were subject to bigotry and accusations of disloyalty, but Buddhists aroused particular suspicion. Government officials, from the White House to small-town mayors, believed that Buddhism was incompatible with American values. Intelligence agencies targeted the Buddhist community for surveillance, and Buddhist priests were deemed a threat to national security.
On December 7, 1941, as the bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, Attorney General Francis Biddle issued a warrant to “take into custody all Japanese” classified as potential national security threats. The first person detained was Bishop Gikyō Kuchiba, leader of the Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist sect in Hawaii. In the face of discrimination, dislocation, dispossession, and confinement, Japanese Americans turned to their faith to sustain them, whether they were behind barbed wire in camps or serving in one of the most decorated combat units in the European theater.
Using newly translated sources and extensive interviews with survivors of the camps and veterans of the war, American Sutra reveals how the Japanese American community broadened our country’s conception of religious freedom and forged a new American Buddhism.
The reception and presentation, brought to you by the Institute for the Study of War and Democracy and Baptist Community Ministries, are free and open to the public but please register to attend.
Can't join us at the Museum? Watch the conversation as it's happening via livestream.com.
For more information or to register, call 504-528-1944 x 412.
About the Author: Duncan Ryūken Williams is Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages & Cultures at the University of Southern California and Director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture. Previously, he held the Ito Distinguished Chair of Japanese Buddhism at University of California, Berkeley, and served as the Director of Berkeley’s Center for Japanese Studies. He also served as the Executive Vice President of Japan House/LA, a public diplomacy initiative of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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- President Joe Biden signed an executive order to improve voter rights, particularly for minorities and individuals with disabilities.
- The move coincides with the 56th anniversary of a peaceful protest for voters' rights in Selma, Alabama, that was met with violence.
- The president's move is aimed at serving as an initial step. He also plans to work with Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act and other voter rights legislation.
President Joe Biden on Sunday signed an executive order aimed at helping to ensure all Americans have the right to vote by increasing access to voter registration services and information.
Biden also called for Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law in 1965 following a violent protest in Selma, Alabama, that left some participants injured.
The late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who was one of the activists leading the march, suffered a fractured skull. Lewis passed away last year.
Biden's executive order coincides with the 56th anniversary of that protest, known as Bloody Sunday.
"Today, on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, I am signing an executive order to make it easier for eligible voters to register to vote and improve access to voting," Biden said in prepared remarks.
"Every eligible voter should be able to vote and have that vote counted. If you have the best ideas, you have nothing to hide. Let the people vote."
Biden's executive order is an "initial step," according to the White House. The president plans to work with Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act, which eliminated discriminatory practices such as requiring literacy tests in order to vote.
"I also urge Congress to fully restore the Voting Rights Act, named in John Lewis' honor," Biden said.
In 2013, the Supreme Court invalidated a central plank of the act which required 9 states with a history of discrimination, mostly in the south, to receive federal approval to change their election laws.
Biden also plans to work with lawmakers to pass the For the People Act that was passed by the House last week, which includes additional reforms to make voting "equitable and accessible."
"This is a landmark piece of legislation that is urgently needed to protect the right to vote, the integrity of our elections, and to repair and strengthen our democracy," Biden said.
Biden's executive order aims to take initial steps toward making the polls more accessible to Black and other minority voters, including Native Americans and people with disabilities.
It also calls for initiatives to improve access to voting for federal employees, active duty military and other voters overseas, and Americans in federal prison.
The executive order directs federal agencies to increase voters' access to registration and information on elections online, as well as through more regular distribution of vote by mail and voter registration applications.
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This Day in History: 2018-11-12
(November 12, 2018)
Stan Lee, an American comic book writer who worked for Marvel Comics and helped invent such legendary characters and teams as the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Avengers, and the X-Men, died at the age of 95.
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MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government is revising higher its forecast for economic growth this year, to 2.7 percent from 2.3 percent previously.
Economy Minister Roman Escolano says the upgrade is due to an improving international economic climate, an upturn in business investment, and a return to stability in the restive region of Catalonia, where the central government has taken administrative control.
Spain’s economy, the fourth-largest in the 19-country eurozone, has in recent years posted some of the fastest economic growth in Europe. Last year it reached 3.1 percent.
The new forecasts published Tuesday include a jump in expected domestic demand, up 2.3 percent compared with an earlier forecast of 1.8 percent. The budget deficit is predicted at 2.3 percent of GDP.
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Over 85% of the vineyard area is dominated by white varieties. Germany has become a synonymous with the Riesling grape, the king of the white wines. Other white varieties grown here are: Müller Thurgau, Sylvaner, Pinot Gris, Weissburgunder (also Pinot Blanc) and many others.
Amongst black varieties we can find Spätburgunder (better know as Pinot Noir), Trollinger, Dornfelder, Schwarzriesling (globally known as Pinot Meunier).
<p>Rheingau is one of the 13 wine regions in Germany. Rheingau wines are grown on vineyards with clay-slate subsoil, which face south, giving them the best sunligh. The Rhine River, up to 1 Km wide in some places, acts as a large mirror, reflecting sunslight onto the vineyards and thus ensuring a temperature balance. It was here that the first late harvest wines, called Spätlese, were produced.</p> <p>The Riesling variety is the most succesful here (78% of total production). The wines are elegant, fruity, fresh and often spicy, with balanced acidity.</p> | <urn:uuid:79ecb5e5-7268-456f-a43a-6c2179905a97> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vino-delikatesy.cz/en/14-germany | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.945096 | 314 | 2.625 | 3 |
Where will your retirement money come from? If you’re like most people, qualified-retirement plans, Social Security, personal savings and investments are expected to play a role. Once you have estimated the amount of money you may need for retirement, a sound approach involves taking a close look at your potential retirement-income sources.
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Turkey To Facilitate Talks To Establish A Safe Corridor For Grain Exports Amid Russia-Ukraine War
Plus: Ultra-nationalist Jews storm Al-Aqsa, Israel signs historic trade deal with UA, NFTs get Egyptian women out of debtor's prison, and much more.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Turkey facilitating talks to establish a safe corridor for grain exports
Turkey is in talks with Russia to establish a safe corridor for blocked Ukraine grain exports via Istanbul, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, May 31.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is set to meet his Turkish counterpart next week, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan made progress on the grain-shipment issue on Monday, May 30.
Russia's offensive in Ukraine and western sanctions have disrupted supplies of wheat and other commodities from the two countries, fuelling concerns about the risk of shortages and hunger around the world.
About 30 percent of the global wheat supply is produced in Russia and Ukraine.
Russian control of Ukrainian ports has blocked dozens of container ships and choked off exports of wheat, sunflower oil, and other products.
Mines placed by both warring sides in the Black Sea have also hindered navigation.
Turkey would play a role in mine removal and ensuring that Russian navy ships would allow the safe passage of freighters out of Ukraine.
Ultra-nationalist Jews storm Al-Aqsa ahead of the Israeli flag march
Hundreds of far-right Jewish nationalists entered Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, May 29, ahead of a provocative flag march that could re-ignite confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the leader of a small ultranationalist opposition party in the Knesset, entered the compound early on Sunday, May 29, along with dozens of supporters.
Israelis prevented Palestinian journalists and photographers from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque and threatened them with arrest.
Israeli forces fired rubber bullets at Palestinian protesters in the compound to disperse them.
According to Israeli police, at least 18 Palestinians were arrested from within occupied East Jerusalem's Old City.
The march is meant to celebrate Israel's capture of occupied East Jerusalem in the 1967 war. Israel subsequently annexed the area in a move that is not internationally recognized.
Palestinians, who have been forced to shutter their businesses and stay indoors, view the march as a blatant provocation as Jewish settlers flaunt their sovereignty over the occupied territory.
Israel signs historic trade deal with UAE
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed on Tuesday, May 31, a multi-billion dollar free trade agreement, the latest product of the two countries' historic normalization deal in 2020 known as the Abraham Accords.
With a stated target of increasing annual bilateral trade to more than $10 billion over the next five years, the trade agreement is the largest ever between Israel and any Arab country. According to Israel's economy minister, it covers 96 percent of the trade between the two Middle Eastern countries, which reached $885 million last year.
Nabih Berri re-elected again as Lebanon house speaker
Nabih Berri was re-elected as Lebanon's Speaker of the House on Tuesday, May 31, marking the lawmaker's seventh consecutive term since he first took the job 30 years ago.
Berri, the 84-year-old leader of the Shia-dominated Amal Movement, was elected by 65 votes, the minimum amount needed. In 2018, he received an absolute majority with 98 votes.
Read more on The New Arab and my pre-election analysis on the same online publication.
Iran building collapse sparks anti-government protests
Iranian protesters chanting anti-government slogans took to the streets of several cities, including southwestern Abadan, where a building collapse blamed on widespread corruption killed at least 37 people.
Demonstrators vented their anger at Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, chanting "Death to Khamenei" late on Thursday, May 26, as they stormed the gate of Abadan.
Syrian rebels say they are ready to back Turkish intervention in northern Syria
On Sunday, May 29, Syrian rebels said they would be ready to join Turkish troops in a possible new offensive threatened by Turkey against Kurdish YPG fighters in northern Syria to seize back towns and villages held by Kurdish-led forces.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week Ankara would soon launch new military operations along its southern borders to create safe zones 30 km (20 miles) deep to combat what he characterized as terrorist threats from these regions.
Turkey has conducted three incursions into northern Syria since 2016, seizing hundreds of kilometers of land and pushing some 30 km deep into the country in operations targeting mainly the US-backed Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.
NFTs get Egyptian women out of debtor's prison
The Children of Female Prisoners Association (CFPA), an Egyptian organization helping poor female debtors, has partnered with the creative collective Horizon FCB Dubai to raise funding and awareness outside the country about the plight of these women in an innovative way: through non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
The Emirati collective is asking international artists to create NFTs to sell for the amount it will cost to clear a woman's debt and get her out of jail. The organizations also hope that the project will attract notice outside Egypt and help to accelerate legal change in the country.
Iran's enriched uranium stockpile 18 times over 2015 deal limit, UN nuclear watchdog says
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday, May 30, that Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium had grown to more than 18 times the limit laid down in Tehran's 2015 deal with world powers.
Its latest report on Iran's nuclear program says that it "estimated that, as of May 15, 2022, Iran's total enriched stockpile was 3,809.3 kilograms."
The limit in the 2015 deal was set at 300 kg (660 pounds) of a specific compound, the equivalent of 202.8 kilograms of uranium.
The report also says that Iran is continuing its uranium enrichment to levels higher than the 3.67 percent limit in the deal.
Iran has always insisted its nuclear program is peaceful.
The report said Iran explained that the higher levels are due to an "act of sabotage by a third party to contaminate" the sites. However, no proof was provided to corroborate this.
The latest reports come as talks to revive the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers remain deadlocked after stalling in March.
Iraq makes it illegal to attempt normalizing ties with Israel
Iraq's parliament approved a law on Thursday, May 26, that will ban normalizing relations with Israel at a time when several Arab countries have established formal ties.
Iraq has never recognized the state of Israel since its establishment in 1948, and Iraqi citizens and companies cannot visit Israel. However, the new law goes further, explicitly criminalizing any attempts to normalize relations with Israel.
Some Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, are forging ties with Israel against a backdrop of shared concerns about Iran's threat to the region.
Saudi Arabia ready to pump more oil if Russian output sinks under ban
Saudi Arabia has indicated to western allies that it is prepared to raise oil production should Russia's output fall substantially under the weight of sanctions.
There have been tensions between the US and the Saudi leadership. Saudi Arabia has repeatedly rejected calls from the White House and the G7 to accelerate production increases immediately. But several visits in recent weeks from a high-level US delegation have helped improve the relationship, according to a person familiar with the diplomacy.
Meanwhile, The European Union has agreed to an embargo on most Russian oil imports. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU Commission, said the ban "will effectively cut around 90 percent of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of the year".
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It’s time to shine a light on our unsung education heroes.
We all know someone who just gets on with their work, day-in day-out, dedicating themselves to their students, and always thinking of a better way to teach and learn.
Well, it’s time to reward them for their efforts. To say thanks for everything.
And tell them how exceptional they are.
Nominations for the 2022 NEiTA Awards are now closed.
What happens if your unsung hero wins..?
Award winners receive a professional development grant of up to $10,000 to further their career and to find ways to help their students reach their potential. They’ll be honoured in a virtual awards ceremony and be invited to meet and network with the other recipients and NEiTA alumni.
And most importantly, they’ll know they’re appreciated, noticed, and that we’re all truly thankful for what they do.
These acknowledge outstanding teachers who’ve gone above & beyond for their students. 12 primary and secondary school teachers are selected in Australia, and four in New Zealand. There is a $5000 professional development grant for all winners.
Recognising the efforts of preschool teachers, and early childhood educators, who lay the foundations for lifelong practice and enjoyment of learning. Two are chosen from Australia, and two from New Zealand, with a $5000 professional development grant given to both.
This year a Seed ‘Teams’ Award is also up for grabs, with a shared professional development grant of $10,000 going to the winning team.
For principals and school heads, in recognition of outstanding stewardship of student education and welfare, and exemplary teacher and school community leadership. A $10,000 grant to be presented to at least two recipients in both Australia, and New Zealand.
Powering Potential Awards
Created in a partnership between NEiTA Foundation and The Smith Family to celebrate and reward remarkable teachers who are working to help children experiencing disadvantage achieve their potential.
These awards will be presented to two educators – one primary and one secondary – drawn from schools supported by The Smith Family in Australia. Each teacher will receive a $10,000 grant from the NEiTA Foundation.
Recipients are also eligible for extra professional recognition.
The Terry O’Connell Regional and Remote Teachers’ Award
In memory of our former NEiTA Foundation Chairman, this award is given to those who go the extra mile – literally – for their students in remote and regional areas of Australia.
Early Career Teaching Award
This award recognises the achievement of an early career teacher, who has been teaching from one to five years. It’s given to those who manage to incorporate advanced strategies, to meet the learning needs of their students.
Teacher Mentor Award
Teaching is a collegiate profession, with sharing of practice an ideal part of professional development, and this award is available for each of the Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary categories.
The NEITA Foundation actively encourages the development of formal and informal mentoring programs, and this is part of the process.
Futurity Parents’ Awards
This award goes to the most deserving teacher, or early childhood educator, as nominated by the parents, and members, of Futurity Investment Group. One award is available, in Australia only.
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Digital marketing is one of the most popular jobs we see today. One of the reasons for its growing popularity is that it can allow you to work from anywhere, and you don’t necessarily need a degree to get into the industry. However, if you intend to succeed in digital marketing, there are some skills you will need, and in this article, we will go over 4 of them.
4 Digital Marketing Skills You Need to Succeed in 2022
If you have been looking to make the break into digital marketing, that’s great, but you would need to have some important skills first if you want to succeed. Below are 4 of the main digital marketing skills you should look out for:
- UI/UX design.
- Content writing.
- Video editing.
- UI/UX design
A nice website is more likely to get people interested in what you have to say. UI/UX design skills don’t just apply to websites – you can also use them when creating mobile apps and even your social media page.
Many modern companies know that they need more than a good product to succeed, so they try to incorporate a nice design to their website that is under-friendly. If you learn UI/UX design, you will likely never be unemployed, as this skill set is very important for many professionals, including digital marketers.
- Content writing
As a digital marketer, you would likely need to write some content online. This might be as part of an email marketing campaign, or perhaps as a way to maintain a social media page.
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- Video editing
A well-written email or social media post will likely make many people curious about your product, but in today’s age, videos are a lot more effective at engaging the viewers. However, simply posting a video won’t lead to automatic likes and shares.
You would have to make it interesting and creative, and this is where a video editing skill would help. You can master the video editing skills that will allow you to create powerful messages through some basic online learning. Put in the effort and your digital marketing campaign will thank you for it.
If you have ever searched for something on the internet, you might have noticed that some content tends to make it to the top of your search list, while some equally qualitative search results remain unseen by web users. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is responsible for this, as it involves the optimization of content to make it rank better on internet search results. As a digital marketer, you would need to learn your local SEO, and find out how to help your website appear on the first page of internet search results. However, writing SEO-friendly content is a real challenge, and this is something an essay writing service online can help with. Professional writers can deliver serious types of content, academic and otherwise, that will help you succeed.
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2022 Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum
Brunswick, Maine, June 22-24, 2022; optional field trips and workshops before and after the meeting
Note that all abstracts should be presumed as accepted.
SGTF is an interactive venue for discussing important frontiers, new ideas, and current research in structural geology and tectonics. The Forum also provides opportunities to discuss effective and inclusive teaching of structural geology and tectonics, including integrating research with teaching. The three-day Forum includes "one-at-a-time" technical sessions and an all-conference field trip to see rocks exposed along the Maine coast and discuss inclusive, equitable, and accessible teaching practices. Optional workshops and field trips are scheduled before and after the Forum. Although the Forum is aimed at professional geologists, we encourage advanced graduate students to attend.
This is the 6th Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum. The prior five successful ones were held at Arizona State University in January 2018, Sonoma State University in August 2016, Colorado School of Mines in June 2014, Williams College in June 2012, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in May 2010.
US National Science Foundation
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Patients want to know whether acupuncture will work for their pain and if it will be more effective than pain medication. This is one aspect that was examined in the following review paper on the efficacy of acupuncture treatment for sciatica.
Ji, M., Wang, X., Chen, M., Shen, Y., Zhang, X., & Yang, J. (2015). The efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of sciatica: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, p. 1-12. doi:10.1155/2015/192808
Retrieved from http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2015/192808/
This review searched for articles in eight English and Chinese databases.
- Randomized or quasi-randomized clinical trials
- Diagnosis of sciatica, pain along the sciatic nerve distribution or tenderness at the nerve roots
- Comparison with Conventional Western Medicine (CWM)
- Oral drugs
- Topical drugs
- Outcome measures of pain intensity or pain threshold
- Studies of back pain without sciatica
- Studies that compared different acupuncture approaches rather than acupuncture versus CWM
- Studies that compared mixtures strategies and treatments
Out of 446 records, 12 papers met the inclusion criteria and represented 901 participants in the treatment groups and 941 in the control groups. All the papers were from the Chinese language databases.
Criteria for Improvement:
- All signs and symptoms gone with no relapse for six months, full resumption of work.
- Markedly improved. Signs and symptoms mostly cleared, some relapse, but able to do light work.
- Symptoms relieved pain always recurred.
The pooled data from nine of these studies indicated that there was a highly significant reduction in pain levels in the treatment groups (780 patients) versus the medication groups (771 patients). This did not vary with the type of medication being compared (steroid, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, topical, etc.)
The review paper concludes that acupuncture is an effective method for treating sciatica, although more rigorous clinical trials should be performed.
The treatment approach used to select points in all of the studies is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory (TCM). TCM views sciatica as a “channel disorder” (dysfunction in the meridian) of the Gall Bladder (foot-Shaoyang) and Bladder (foot-Taiyang) meridians. Acupuncture points “removing channel obstruction and promoting qi and blood circulation” are indicated to treat the pain.
Points that were used in at least five of the studies are listed below along with their frequency of use in the studies. In addition, the common Anatomical Acupuncture indication for each point is included.
|Acupuncture Point||Number of Studies||Anatomical Acupuncture Indication for Points Used in Sciatica|
|BL 23*||5||Sympathetic Switch|
|BL 25*||6||L4 nerve root|
|BL 54||7||Inferior Gluteal nerve, close to sciatic nerve|
|GB 30*||12||Sciatic nerve local point|
|BL 40*||8||Parasympathetic switch, along nerve distribution|
|GB 34*||5||Special sympathetic switch, along nerve distribution|
|BL 57*||5||Distal point in area of pain/along nerve distribution|
|BL 60*||8||Distal point in area of pain/along nerve distribution|
|GB 39||6||Distal point in area of pain/along nerve distribution|
*Acupuncture points taught in Foundations of Anatomical Acupuncture (AA1) Course
Note that all nine points are taught by Acupuncture Canada in our Core Program. Acupuncture Canada teaches the anatomical indications for the points and the guidelines for treating pain according to autonomic nervous system theory and the relevant anatomy and neurophysiology of the condition being treated. Our students would be able to successfully treat sciatic pain using the majority of the points listed in the chart above after completing the first course in the Core Program.
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Initially clients may doubt the need for paycheck protection. They may falsely believe that their health insurance coverage exempts them from incurring hefty medical bills. Yet studies find that even those with health insurance, experience escalating debt when managing serious illnesses and injuries. Those who are covered by high-deductible plans and plans with large out-of-pocket maximums are particularly vulnerable.
In fact, the Kaiser Family Foundation study found that high-deductible plans had a significant bearing on medical debt burdens. Families with high incomes are not exempt from this challenge. Of those struggling under the weight of medical expenses, more than 40 percent were from households with incomes greater than $50,000. Of those struggling to pay medical expenses, two-thirds of respondents cited an acute condition like a short-term illness or injury, or a hospital stay or accident, rather than chronic, long-term conditions.
While the unexpected budgetary impact of medical expenses is significant, the loss of income during these times magnifies the problem. Roughly 30 percent of study respondents reported decreased household income due to the inability to work. And medical debt is just the tip of the iceberg. When the paycheck stops, all types of debt and past-due payments ensue.
According to the Council for Disability Awareness, disabilities come in many disguises, often unrecognizable to the client as a condition that can be covered by disability insurance.
Cancer is the second most common disability diagnosis. Based on information from the US National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database, during our lifetime, 30 to 40 percent of us will be diagnosed with some form of cancer.
The cancer mortality rate has decreased 25 percent since 1990; survivorship rates continue to improve. The improving trend shows the progress of health care professionals to combat the disease. It also makes paycheck protection even more important. Cancer treatments are rigorous and may interfere with the ability to work.
Use this information to help your clients understand the crippling debt that comes from crippling injuries and illnesses. If you can shift your clients’ perspectives, you can close sales that will provide valuable protection.
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Ralph Ring is a brilliant innovative technician who as a young man in the late 1950s worked closely with Otis T. Carr. With the aid of his small team, Carr, who was himself a protegé of the great inventor Nikola Tesla, built a number of flying disks which worked, prior to their experimentation being forcibly terminated by government agents.
They built a flying disk, powered by rotating electromagnets in conjunction with a number of small, ingenious capacitor-like devices called “Utrons”. A number of prototypes were built, ranging in size from experimental models a few feet across to a passenger-carrying craft which was fully 45 feet in diameter. The smaller disks flew successfully – one even disappeared completely and was permanently lost – and Ralph himself testifies to having co-piloted, with two others, the large craft a distance of some ten miles, traversing this distance instantaneously.
The Utron was the key to it all. Carr said it accumulated energy because of its shape, and focused it, and also responded to their conscious intentions. When they operated the machine, they didn’t work any controls, but went into a kind of meditative state and focused their intentions on the effect they wanted to achieve. Carr had tapped into some principle which is not understood, in which consciousness melds with engineering to create an effect. | <urn:uuid:0160a06b-0a61-4551-86bb-5239932bfce8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/57071 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.983851 | 287 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The following is the Central Elections Committee decision regarding public services which will function as usual on Election Day, as per clause 10 of Basic Law: The Knesset, and clause 71a of the Knesset Elections Law 5729, 1969.
In accordance with clause 10 of Basic Law: The Knesset, and clause 71a of the Knesset Elections Law 5729, 1969, the Central Elections Committee decided, on 21 Tammuz, 5779 (July 23, 2019) that the following public services will function as usual on Election Day:
- Employees of the Central Elections Committee – those who have a role or are providing a service for election day – and employees of the parties running for Knesset – who have a role ofr are providing a service
- Restaurants, coffee shops, kiosks, hotels, motels, inns and guest houses
- Transportation services, parking lots and gas stations
- Factories and agricultural plants which produce continuously
- Media services
- Water and electrical suppliers
- Delivery and transportation of fuels
- Theaters, cinemas and other entertainment facilities
- Newspapers, radio and television
- Distribution of bread, fruit, vegetables and dairy products – on Election Day until 11:00am
- Stored which sell food products, between the hours of 6:00am until 12:000 noon (up to 6 hours)
- Bakeries baking bread and dairies producing milk products
- Hospitals and other medical services which operate in a special format on the Sabbath and holidays, in the same special format they use on Sabbath and holidays
- Security and rescue forces
- Burial services
- The judicial system, in order to deal with urgent issues relating to the enforcement of the Knesset Election law 5729, 1969, as well as related secondary laws, the Election Law (Means of Publicity) 5719, 1959, and to deal with urgent arrests, between the hours of 8:00am and 12:00 noon
- Other services which operate in a special format on the Sabbath and holidays, will operate on Election Day in the same format
In all of the above services and businesses, employees must be given the opportunity to vote.
Signed on this day, 7 Av, 5779 (August 8, 2019).
Just. Hanan Meltzer
Deputy Supreme Court Chairman
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As worsening drought conditions continue to place Humboldt County at risk of a wildfire disaster, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) is launching a new program which will allow commercial agriculture producers to attend to their crops or livestock inside a wildfire evacuation zone.
“The August Complex Fire was the first time in several years that a wildfire required a large-scale evacuation in a portion of Humboldt County,” OES Manager Ryan Derby said. “Through that incident, the need for agricultural access to evacuation zones became increasingly apparent and an interim plan was put in place to meet that need. The Restricted Area Access Pass Program has been developed with consideration of the issues and lessons learned from the 2020 fire season.”
Agricultural producers, licensed commercial cannabis cultivators and commercial livestock operators must submit an application to OES by October 15, 2021, for verification and enrollment into the Restricted Area Access Pass Program. Once enrolled, the participant is issued a personalized pass which, based upon safety conditions and incident status, may be used to gain entrance into an evacuation zone or other restricted area in order to provide food, water, medical treatment or other care to large-scale commercial livestock, and/or to tend to crops.
“The access pass is not a guaranteed permit to enter a restricted zone but is a necessary pre-registration step making it easier for agricultural producers to access their livestock or crops during an emergency,” Derby said. “Please make every effort to apply for this program prior to an emergency occurring.”
How it Works
The passes will be administered and approved through OES, in partnership with the county Agricultural Commissioner’s Office and the Planning & Building Department. Once issued an access pass, agricultural producers with operations located within an evacuation zone must notify OES or the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office of their interest in accessing the property. Authorization to enter restricted zones will be given daily and decided based upon the conditions. The pass holder will be notified of approval.
Following notification, pass holders can access their property through a law enforcement checkpoint during daylight hours. The Restricted Area Access Pass does not grant authority to the pass holder to stay at their residence and/or business when an evacuation order is issued.
The access passes will be valid through December 31, 2021. Producers must apply yearly for an access pass.
“In the event that Humboldt County experiences fires or other natural disasters, the AgPass Program will be critical for ensuring that agricultural producers can respond to care for and protect crops and livestock in as timely a manner as conditions allow,” Humboldt County Agricultural Commissioner Jeff Dolf said.
Humboldt County residents can learn more about the Restricted Area Access Pass Program and apply at https://humboldtgov.org/3162/Restricted-Area-Access-Pass-Program.
All Humboldt County residents are encouraged to prepare now for wildfire season by creating a wildfire action plan, assembling an emergency supply kit and creating a family communication plan. To ensure you receive the most up-to-date information and emergency alerts, sign up for Humboldt ALERT, Humboldt County’s emergency alert system.
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CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s transitional authorities have agreed to hand over ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face trial on charges of war crimes and genocide, a top Sudanese official said Tuesday, in a deal with rebels to surrender all those wanted in connection with the Darfur conflict.
For a decade after his indictment, al-Bashir confounded the court based in The Hague, Netherlands. He not only was out of reach during his 30 years in power in Khartoum, but he also traveled abroad frequently to visit friendly leaders without fear of arrest. He even attended the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where he kicked a soccer ball playfully during an airport welcome ceremony and watched matches from luxury seating.
The military overthrew al-Bashir in April 2019 amid massive public protests of his rule, and he has been jailed in Khartoum since then. Military leaders initially ruled out surrendering him to The Hague, saying he would be tried at home.
But the joint military-civilian Sovereign Council that has ruled Sudan since last summer has agreed with rebel groups in Darfur to hand over those wanted by the ICC to face justice in The Hague, according to Mohammed Hassan al-Taishi, a member of the council and a government negotiator.
He didn’t mention al-Bashir by name, but said, “We agreed that everyone who had arrest warrants issued against them will appear before the ICC. I’m saying it very clearly.”
He did not say when they would be handed over.
“We can only achieve justice if we heal the wounds with justice itself,” he said. “We cannot escape from confronting that.”
He spoke at a news conference in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, where the government and multiple rebel groups are holding talks to end the country’s various civil wars, including Darfur.
In the Darfur conflict, rebels from the territory’s ethnic central and sub-Saharan African community launched an insurgency in 2003, complaining of oppression by the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum.
The government responded with a scorched-earth assault of aerial bombings and unleashed militias known as the Janjaweed, who are accused of mass killings and rapes. Up to 300,000 people were killed and 2.7 million were driven from their homes.
Al-Bashir, 76, faces three counts of genocide, five counts of crimes against humanity and two counts of war crimes for his alleged role in leading the deadly crackdown. The indictments were issued in 2009 and 2010, marking the first time the global court had charged a suspect with genocide.
The ICC has indicted two other senior figures in his regime: Abdel-Rahim Muhammad Hussein, interior and defense minister during much of the conflict, and Ahmed Haroun, a senior security chief at the time and later the leader of al-Bashir’s ruling party. Both have been under arrest in Khartoum since al-Bashir’s fall. Also indicted were Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb and a senior Darfur rebel leader, Abdullah Banda, whose whereabouts are not known.
Al-Taishi also said that the transitional authorities and the rebels agreed on establishing a special court for Darfur crimes that would include crimes investigated by the ICC.
ICC spokesman Fadi Al Abdallah said the court had no comment until it received confirmation from Sudanese authorities. However, he said the country would not have to ratify the court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, before sending al-Bashir to The Hague.
“There is an obligation for Sudan to cooperate” with the court’s arrest warrants, he said. “The ratification of the Rome Statute itself is not a requirement for the surrender of suspects.”
Another member of the Sovereign Council said the government delegation to the Juba talks has a “green light” from military leaders in the council, including its head, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, to announce that Sudan will hand over al-Bashir.
“We want to reassure the armed groups that we are serious and want to achieve peace as soon as possible,” he said.
The Sovereign Council member also said any extradition “might take months,” because he is wanted for other crimes in Sudan related to the “revolution” and the Islamist-backed military coup in 1989. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.
The decision could face a backlash from within Sudan’s military, from which al-Bashir emerged, and also from Islamists in the country.
Al-Bashir’s lawyer, Mohammed al-Hassan, warned that handing him over would have “dire political and security repercussions” for Sudan. He said he hoped Burhan “keeps his obligation that al-Bashir or any Sudanese won’t be handed over to the International Criminal Court.”
“This matter will not happen easily,” he told the AP by phone.
Handing over al-Bashir is a sensitive issue in Sudan as the country tries to steer toward democratic and economic reforms. The deputy head of the Sovereign Council, Gen. Mohammed Hamadan Dagalo, commands a paramilitary unit that was involved in crushing the Darfur insurgency. The transitional government is under pressure to end its wars with rebel groups as it seeks to rehabilitate the battered economy, attract much-needed foreign aid and deliver the democracy it promises.
“The fledgling post-Bashir Sudan government is demonstrating a serious commitment to human rights principles in its first months in office.” said John Prendergast, expert and co-founder of the Sentry watchdog group. “Finally seeing a small measure of justice done for the mass atrocity crimes in Darfur will hopefully breathe new life into global efforts in support of human rights and genocide prevention.”
If al-Bashir is handed over, it would be only the second time a country has surrendered a foreign leader to the ICC. Ivory Coast transferred former President Laurent Gbagbo in 2011 to The Hague, where he was acquitted last year of crimes against humanity charges linked to alleged involvement in post-election violence.
Al-Bashir would be the highest profile figure yet to appear before the ICC, which was founded in 2002 but has been unable to gain acceptance among major powers, including the United States, Russia and China.
“Although the ICC has generated important legal precedents, it has had few important cases brought to verdict,” said Jens David Ohlin, vice dean of Cornell Law School. “Al-Bashir is the ICC’s ‘white whale.’”
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, tweeted that handing al-Bashir over to the ICC is “potentially a huge and long-awaited step for justice for the people of Darfur.”
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Specialty: Combination of Rhythm, Voice & Drum
Baba Jamal Koram has been called the “storyteller’s storyteller.” He is the recipient of the Zora Neale Hurston Award of the National Association of Blackstorytellers; the Circle of Excellence Oracle Award of the National Storytelling Network, the Smithsonian Legacy Award, and has been a featured storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival, the Kennedy Center; Smithsonian museums and festivals,outdoor and regional events, theaters and museums. With a jembe drum and mbira, Baba Jamal tells stories, nationally, in pre k -12 schools, and libraries; and has performed at army bases in Germany, and in schools, colleges, libraries, prisons througout the USA and in Pretoria and Johannesburg in South Africa. In addition to storytelling, Baba has directed Rites of Passage camps, storytheater presentations, and is currently the director of the African American Storytelling Arts Annual Retreat. Baba Jamal has earned the B.A., M.S., and Ed.S. degrees. His stories encourage creative thought; promotes common courtesy, respecting elders, keeping friends, and stimulate hope, courage, and overcoming obstacles. | <urn:uuid:c8e70200-ccf5-48c5-8f46-bd94976459bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://storycrossroads.org/events/april-festival/featured-tellers-story-artists/featured-teller-baba-jamal-koram/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.936258 | 257 | 1.59375 | 2 |
What are design defects?
Design defects are defects in a product due to its flawed design, making it dangerous to use. At times, these defects are dangerous enough to cause damage, either physically or financially.
Design defects are different from the other types of product defects, such as a manufacturing defect, which only occurs in a few items due to a production malfunction. On the other hand, faulty design generally affects the entire production line, making all of the manufactured products dangerous and ineligible to use. Additionally, only the manufacturer can be sued for a design defect, not the seller or assembler.
What does the plaintiff need to prove in a defective design case?
A plaintiff needs to show that the defect in the particular product turned out to be dangerous for the consumer who is using the product for its intended purpose.
For example, if the manufacturer designs a car to be lightweight, which significantly compromises its protection during an accident, which leads to a substantial increase in the risk of death or maybe cause severe injuries. The car’s design is to blame, and therefore the manufacturer could be liable for any damages that occur.
Again, this type of defect will affect every car produced under this design structure, and therefore anyone damaged can take legal actions against the manufacturer and sue the firm.
You will need to demonstrate the defect in a court of law and prove how dangerous the design defect is for the buyers. However, not every jurisdiction considers this sufficient. At times, the plaintiff must also prove that there were other alternatives that the manufacturer could have done which would have limited the risk of unreasonable danger to the buyer. The plaintiff would also need to prove that the alternative suggested is reasonable from both a practical and economic perspective, considering the product’s primary function.
For instance, let’s take the example of the car mentioned above. To make the vehicle more crash-resistant, the plaintiff would need to collaborate with an expert and suggest the best alternatives for the car’s design so that the vehicle remains lightweight and withstands serious hits and crashes during accidents.
Moreover, the expert will have to prove that the alternative suggestion doesn’t cost more than the plaintiffs’ medical bills.
Usually, a plaintiff sues the manufacturer for design defects based on either negligence or strict liability law. The negligence standard alleges the manufacturer be aware of the product’s design’s risk and that the manufacturer did this anyhow. Under the strict liability law, the complainant alleges that the manufacturer produced a defective product that caused unreasonable danger to consumers. | <urn:uuid:51c15f53-956a-4fbf-9472-a89c2e251117> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://milliondollarlawyer.com/design-defect-laws/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963362 | 521 | 3.0625 | 3 |
In collaboration with “Doctors of the world (MDM)” and Bhar Lazreg municipality, we conducted a multi-sectoral activity that included the following:
-A capacity-building training for community-based volunteers about the Law 58-2017, gender-based violence and prevention from sexual abuse as a preparatory phase for the outreach activity that took place at the municipality of Bhar Lazreg La Marsa.
-A focus group discussion through a movie screening that treats gender-based violence, human rights, and consent followed by a debate.
-An outreach activity led by migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in order to raise the host community’s awareness against gender-based violence, its types, and the notification mechanisms
-A raising awareness space at the municipality: information dissemination through one-to-one meetings, counseling, group discussions, and referrals. | <urn:uuid:61b86147-8281-4725-921f-9532357f42b6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ctrefugees.tn/news/closing-ceremony-of-the-16-days-of-activism-in-tunis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.947203 | 178 | 2.015625 | 2 |
We have always heard, 'It is better to give than receive'. Well that is our motto at Kitty's Loo! we want to give our BEST to making cat owners the best, safest and smartest cat toilet training kit/seat for your cat. We also believe in paying it forward by donating a percentage to trust worthy organizations that rescue pets and animals in need. Just recently we donated to the devastating fires in California. Thanks to your continued support we are able to do this. So, remember Kitty's Loo thinks of others too!
Happy Holidays from us at Kitty's Loo to you and your family!
You know the saying, 'You have to work for it to see results!' That is what toilet training your cat is. It's not going to happen over night and it won't happen if you don't stick with it and be consistent. It will happen if you know your cats' behavior and know what will work for your cat.
Being litter free is the goal when using Kitty's Loo. From your cat using the litter box to them using Kitty's Loo on the toilet, it takes time and patients. And all cats have their own pace. Some train in a week or two and others may take a few to several weeks. In rare cases, and I mean rare, some cats will get to the stage of using Kitty's Loo on the toilet with the litter bowl and no litter. They may stay at this stage longer than you may want. But remember how far you and your cat have come. You don't have the litter box or the dirty, stinky litter you have to clean!! You don't have the expense of the liners and litter or deodorizers!! Instead you have money in your pocket, a fresh clean home and a toilet trained cat! And that is our goal at Kitty's Loo. A happy healthy cat and a happier you!
When toilet training your cat using Kitty's Loo or actually any other cat toilet training kit, the biggest issue is their pooping. Some cats take a little longer to figure out that their poop can also go in the same spot their pee goes. Remember, you cat was using a litter box before and there is a lot of room to go in. Did you notice that they would poop in a different location than where they peed? So, they have to learn that both wastes can go in the same location. Some cats figure it out immediately and others take a while. If you find that your cat has pooped next to the toilet or behind, that all you have to do is place their poo in the training bowl or in the toilet bowl, depending on which stage your cat is in. Praise them as if they did it on their own. That usually solves the problem and they figure it out from there. Now, if you are training a kitten, well, they are young enough to not have developed that litter box behavior and therefore the training is easier. Just remember that training is team work and you are a very important part of the team and success comes from being consistent and helping your teammate out! Now you have the solution to the poopy problem!
Springtime is HERE!! It’s time to clean up and clean out! To get rid of the old and bring in the new! To make things fresh and clean! Most people will be cleaning out closets, cabinets and cubby holes. But what about the cat’s litter box? How do you make that fresh and clean? Well, how about get rid of litter box and bring in something new for your cat? What about Kitty’s Loo? It’s fresh and clean and it’s where cats GO!!
It has been a great year for Kitty's Loo! We changed our name, improved the look of the litter bowl holder and we began selling on Amazon. We have sold to cat owners all throughout the United States and overseas as far as New Zealand, helping them to become litter Free!! Now that's a great way to start out a New Year! Kitty's Loo also donated to the SPCA of Houston and South Florida in wake of the devastating floods. What a blessing it is to give back to those that need it the most!
I would like to thank all of our customers and supporters for a great year. I'm looking forward to this New Year of 2018 of continuing to make the Best Cat Toilet Seat, Kitty's Loo! Have a great Year!!
Kitty's Loo recently received two 'Thank You' letters. One from Houston SPCA and the other from South Florida SPCA thanking Kitty's Loo for the money donation that was giving in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and Irma. You, the customer, helped us do this by your purchase of the Kitty's Loo. Remember our giving never stops! Helps us continue this by spreading the word of Kitty's Loo, that we are a give back product. To Pay It Forward is the greatest gift to give, especially in times of need, like the most recent tragedies. No amount is too big or too small. Our domestic animals depend on us to help them as well as helping folks. We can only do this by doing this together. So thank you so very much for your support and for being the best customers ever!
Happy National Cat Day to you and your cat! Here at Kitty's Loo we are celebrating by having an all week SALE on Kitty's Loo! That's right you can buy Kitty's Loo this week and SAVE BIG!! Folks from all over are finding out that Kitty's Loo is the easiest and less stressful way to train your cat to use the loo. That's right toilet training your cat is easier and can actually be fun to train them. Folks love not having to deal with the litter box anymore and enjoy seeing their cats use the toilet with ease. Get your cat Kitty's Loo this week and be litter free before the holidays! Happy National CAT DAY!!
How does one make a difference? It all starts with a decision. Just one decision can make all the difference in the world. And that decision, is it for the greater good? To make this world a better place it starts with good decision making. Kitty's Loo is a product that stands for the greater good. Not only does Kitty's Loo help to prevent you from having to buy litter and add to a growing litter problem, but with the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Kitty's Loo is donating 10% of every sale to the victims and their pets. As you may have seen from the news clips, those that had to evacuate took only a few belongings, including their pets. Some folks only took their precious family pets. Our pets are so important to us and that is why Kitty's Loo is the BEST cat toilet training seat because we believe in the greater good. So join us in making good decisions and MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
If you are reading this blog it’s because you are wanting to toilet train your cat. A toilet trained cat use to be a dream cat, but it is now reality. My saying is, “If you can train a cat to use a box then you can train them to use a bowl.” It is SO EASY now to toilet train your cat with Kitty’s Loo. Our main goal at Kitty’s Loo is to make toilet training easier than the other cat toilet training systems and be more successful and we are! Cats love Kitty’s Loo and customers are enjoying the freedom of not having to clean up tracked litter throughout their living space and throwing away unnecessary waste. Training your cat to use Kitty’s Loo is one way to show that you love our planet earth. We MUST help to preserve it now! You can be another one of Kitty’s Loo success stories of having a toilet trained cat and make a dream a reality. Buy one today!
Cleaning the litter box can be challenging for some. If you are elderly, have a disability or have limitations and you have a cat you may need help with caring for the litter box. Maybe you have a back injury or have had surgery and you are now limited to what you can and cannot do. The weight of the litter alone is heavy and can be difficult to pick up. The leaning over to clean up after your cat is a risk of you losing your balance and perhaps falling. If you feel that cleaning and caring for the litter box has become too much, then Kitty’s Loo is exactly what you and your cat need! There are so many reasons why you and your cat need Kitty’s Loo. This is just another one and a good one at that! Kitty’s Loo is a household solution to a cat litter box problem. Once our cat is trained on Kitty’s Loo you won’t have to worry about falling or losing your balance when changing the litter box. You won’t have to worry about how will you be able to carry the litter into the house or pouring into the box. And let’s not forget about cleaning up after them and filling the trash with the waste. That is heavy as well! Do yourself and your beloved cat a favor and invest in Kitty’s Loo today! Kitty’s Loo removes all the worry and leaves you feeling relaxed and feeling safe. It leaves you with the wonderful feeling of doing good for yourself, your cat and the environment and having the enjoyment of your cat and not having the worries that the litter box can bring. | <urn:uuid:da6fc3fa-ca1c-47a0-b2db-3c23a2061b72> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kittysloo.com/blog | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969001 | 1,992 | 1.515625 | 2 |
In early December, the guy at the desk at my gym commented on how busy things will be early in January, and then laughed wryly and said, “Well, you can always just wait until February when things get back to normal.” People embrace big changes at the beginning of the new year, as if that particular moment in time is especially potent for change-making.
I have participated in this ritual for many years, setting intentions and identifying things I want to move toward. Today, though, I wonder about it a bit. Change is a constant. Change is always happening, and often we resist and regret change. So why do we want to embrace personal change on January first?
I am thinking it is all (ALL) about control or at least the illusion of control. If I decide what kind of change I want, and how I want to accomplish that change, then I am not at the mercy of the random-feeling sorts of changes that happen without my permission and without even notification. This isn’t true, of course, but it is a way that we can comfort ourselves into feeling safe. Yes, I can go to the gym every day and eat nothing but lettuce leaves, and that will keep me safe from really big painful changes. Maybe it will just numb me to other changes, or keep me so preoccupied with trying to stay on track that I don’t have to acknowledge that somebody had died, that my job isn’t satisfying, that my children are struggling and that I don’t know how to help them.
So that’s a theory for today. But even cursory notice makes it clear that it is an illusion. We actually live in a world where we have little control. In the realm of our personal behaviour we do experience ourselves as being able to make choices and manage our responses, but that’s often because we don’t realize the degree to which we have been limited and programmed by our previous experiences or deeply entrenched beliefs.
There is a terrible mythology operating among sensible, educated, intelligent women, and the result of this mythology is a whole host of trouble: increasing stress levels, anxious thinking, moodiness, roller-coastering emotions and self-esteem. This is the myth of the perfect mother, who, with no apparent effort, has perfect children. She is totally self-sacrificing, perpetually loving, has boundless energy to give to her children, and her life, because she has sacrificed everything, is perfect. Her children lead charmed lives, as well, because she is a perfect mother.
Do you believe this? I know that in your intellectual mind, you understand that it is an impossibility, unachievable. We all “know” that nobody is perfect. But deep in your heart of hearts, do you believe that if only you are perfect you can protect your baby and child from harm? That you can support her development to the degree that she can become something wonderful and special? That if you breastfeed longer, play the right music, keep her away from screens, anticipate her every need, that you can protect her from anything that might befall her?
Many moms seem to have this belief underlying their everyday behaviour. There is a terrible fear of being less than perfect and thus putting your baby at risk. And maybe the worst part is this “perfect” is a moving target! Today it is about co-sleeping. Tomorrow it is about enforcing a schedule. Avoid peanut butter. No, no, offer it early, prevent allergies! When you are in the middle of this, it is impossible to see the whole context…. which is that the “right” way to raise baby is going to be different next week….and in five years, you’ll look back and say, oh, I can’t believe we thought that was right….
A mom got really angry with me once for suggesting that she could maybe try to be a “good-enough” mom. This concept is time-honoured, and I’ll get to the background in a minute. The mom who got angry thought that she would be short-changing her children if she only was “good enough.” She needed to be more than that, more than even what is possible, in order to justify her having these children in her life. She couldn’t relax into the idea of being “good enough” because that would mean she didn’t actually deserve to have children. What a painful, limiting way to think….and she wasn’t completely aware of it until it came out in therapy. When those ideas get some light and air in therapy, then we have the ability to think about them, and decide if we want to believe them. We develop the capacity for making choices in how we will mother.
So what about the “good-enough” idea? Well, it got its start with Donald Winnicott, a very important psychiatrist from the U.K. in the last century. He suggested that children have very particular needs in order to develop to their highest capacity. Most mothers supply these needs without a lot of outside intervention. And once those needs are met, then adding more doesn’t do anything to support development. It is actually energy spent that could be doing something else, like maybe taking care of yourself, or working at your career, or doing something you love.
How can you switch to being a good enough mommy when you have been programmed since forever to aim for perfection? You have to reprogram your inner world and then restructure your outer world.
Check your default thinking. When you interact with your child and you hear self-critical thoughts come up in your mind, see if you can think “that was probably good enough.” If that’s impossible, see if you can think “I wonder what good enough would be like?”
If you tend to catastrophic thinking (i.e. if I give my baby a bottle all these terrible outcomes could happen), do a reality check. Specifically, how likely are those outcomes? If one happened, would you manage it? Another approach to that worst-case thinking is to just notice that you are doing that kind of thinking again. If it is a pattern for you, you might be able to notice that you are in your pattern. Once you can see the pattern, you have some traction for fact-checking. “Oh, this is my scary thought pattern. I don’t have to believe these thoughts; this is just my pattern.”
Practice thinking about what is constitutes “good enough.” Do I have to read three books at bedtime or is one book enough? Does the baby need to nurse five times a night at six months or is less going to be enough? Don’t expect to know what enough is…. but at least when you are asking the question you can notice when you are giving too much.
Destress your life as much as possible, and focus on enjoying the time with your baby or children. More about that later.
Check your context. Are you inundated with other peoples’ views on perfect parenting? Do you spend time on social media listening to women judge other peoples’ parenting? Or do you spend time in social groups trying to improve your parenting? See if the context supports your sense of being okay or if it contributes to a sense that you are not okay at this mothering thing. It probably won’t be all or nothing: there may be parts that feel good and supportive, and parts that feel judgy and uncomfortable. See if you can extricate yourself from judgement. That includes offering judgment as well as being the recipient.
Ask for what you want. In an effort to change the context to support you in being “good enough” instead of perfect, you can ask for support. Ask for support for your parenting and tell them what that will look like. For example, “Mom, I’d really like you to tell me that I am doing a great job, and that you know it is sometimes hard, and that you think I’m a good mom.” You can’t control whether she will do it, but you will have made your preference very clear.
Destress your life as much as possible. Yes, you did just read that in the list above, but it is essential for both inner peace and an outer serenity. More about this later.
Getting out from under the burden of perfectionism in motherhood is not easy, but it can be liberating. You know what your child needs, and you know how you want your family life to be. You and your spouse get to make those decisions for your family. It can just like the folks next door, or people on Pinterest, but it probably won’t be. And just as perfect mothering cannot protect your child from real life, it cannot keep you from struggling with the complicated feelings that arise as our children grow, change, and face their lives. Liberating yourself from the myth of the perfect mommy offers the possibility of deeply enjoying the process of raising children.
Photo credit: Thanks to Katie Huffman, of Looking at Life through Agreeable Hours for the lovely hands on mug picture.
I have clients in my practice who have suffered through traumatizing situations, people who struggle with PTSD, the real deal. Sometimes they have seen so much that it can be hard to hold any idea of the world other than the one that is framed by that experience.
If you have been a helper in this world, one who sees the suffering enacted on humans by other humans, one who tries without success to bring order into chaos, one who wants desperately to reach out a hand to help but knows that a hand isn’t enough, the world can look like a terrible place, where people do unconscionable things to each other, where behaviour lies outside of our capacity to understand, and where compassion seems to have dried up and blown away.
I know, though, that we have an inherent capacity to tolerate trauma. Our nervous systems are wired up to experience it, work through it, and work it out. PTSD happens when that natural system is disrupted. Instead of feeling our feelings, watching our memories, noticing our body sensations, we are trained to avoid all of that, pretend we are okay when we are not, and smile….at all costs, to smile. When we are good at avoidance, we can sometimes pretend that we didn’t have those experiences. At least we can pretend to others, but it is harder to pretend to ourselves, especially at night.
But because I know we are self-healing, I know that people can and do recover from trauma and from PTSD. What can be hard though is when the darkness from the worldview starts to invade your heart and mind. You can get to a place where you wonder if the world is really all dark, if people really cannot be trusted, and if there is no self-righting tendency in anything. That can be the edge of despair: not a place we especially like to visit. And if you haven’t been there before, it can feel like there is no way out.
Despair. Despair: if you’ve been there, you know it. Despair is the last protest of hopelessness, the energy that powers our movement back toward the light. It is the NO that shifts gears from ever increasing darkness. When the dark forces gather, we resist and try to push the feelings away. But letting go into the experience of the body allows for the cry of despair….and that is our protest. The cry is both the indicator of the depth of feeling and the movement out of that feeling.
Our literature and beliefs are rife with examples and expressions of despair. It is a very human experience, and we try like crazy to avoid it. But it is what comes when things are overwhelming, sorrows abound, fear and sadness and loss are activated to a high level. We see the world and ourselves as without redemption. But making the protest, crying out despair, especially with your therapist, your lover, or your friend, can open a door to recovery.
A platform for therapists, lovers and friends…..holding space for another person (a bit of direction)
When you cry out that there is nothing, no one, that you are unutterably alone, I can hear that. When you cry out and I witness your despair, you experience something different. You are not alone. You are not carrying this burden by yourself. You are not unsupported, unloved, unseen. I will not give you up to a world that is all darkness. Even when you cannot imagine that there is anything else, I can hold the space so you can feel into your despair. When you feel like you have to give up, because you just cannot go on any more, I have strength and room for you. When you cannot believe in a future, I can believe in it, and I can believe in you. Even if you cannot see the light, I will hold it for you until you have sunk into your despair and made that cry that moves you away from it.
Where I live in the Canadian Maritimes, late fall can look a lot like winter elsewhere.
This is the time of year that leads people to (frantic?) celebration, lighting up houses and trees, sprinkling glitter in unusual places, more parties, more drinking, more attempts to push back the darkness in any way we can. But the darkness deepens. Hours of daylight are few: the sun is barely visible over the horizon at the beginning of the workday, and by the time supper is taking shape in my mind, much less on the stove, the darkness is encroaching again. So we dance, and sing, and light our homes and maybe get half lit ourselves. What are we celebrating?
With the growing darkness two things come up in us: first, there is a primal fear that the darkness is all. That there is really only darkness and any suggestion of light is just self-deception or ignorance. The world growing dark merely demonstrates the darkness of the human heart. There is a lot of darkness in the world right now. Our hearts and minds grow dark, and we focus on the violence, the poverty, the problems both public and personal. We fear that we will be overtaken by dark, there will be no more warmth, no more growing season, no sunlight toward which we turn our faces to soak in the energy of our star.
But there is also something else in us, sometimes a very small something but it is there. There is also a spark, of faith, or belief, perhaps, but something that reminds us to keep on going. Even when the days are long and dark, when the nights seem to last forever, there is something in our human spirit that keeps us plugging along. I don’t think it is hope. Hope is too intellectual, too cognitive a concept. It is something more like life itself. Within us there is the fear of the ultimate darkness but more important, there is a push toward the light, toward life, a movement within us that says, “Yes” when all the world looks so much like “no.”
So maybe I need to re-frame my picture of our end-of-fall holiday mania. Maybe it isn’t really about desperate pushing away of the darkness. Maybe, instead, it is about our own small lights within reaching out to join with other lights, to band together until the light comes back into the world.
May you join your spark with many others to help bring light to the world. Now more than ever, your life is needed to bring light into the darkness.
I could be happy if only…….if only this, and this, and this……what would have to happen to allow me to be happy?
We are victims of a perfection-image mentality. That is, it seems as if we cannot be happy unless everything is perfect. That means all of our circumstances, all of our relationships, all of our surroundings and – heaven help us – we, ourselves, have to be perfect.
Wow! What a burden.
If we are really operating that way, we’ve pretty much put the limit on ever being happy. If happiness requires that circumstances, other people and we ourselves have to be perfect, well, we might as well resign ourselves right now that happiness is unattainable.
What do you think of that? Insert sad face emoticon. Yeah. It stinks, right?
I think that perfection is unattainable, by definition. And I also think it is a poor use of time and energy to keep on striving for something that is both unattainable and probably not even very useful if you could attain it. (What good would it be to me to be perfect for one day or one minute? The next minute I’d be back to striving…..ugh. Too tiring to think about). It makes sense to me to be OPEN to the possibility that happiness could happen regardless of your circumstances. It could happen regardless of whether your relationships are in right order or whether you are feeling perfect or utterly imperfect.
In fact, happiness often arrives when we are quite outside of ourselves, out of self-consciouness and awareness of our limitations and deep in self-criticism. Happiness arrives, like a spring day, and blesses us with a lifting of the spirit, a lightening of the body, an easing of tensions.
It is not a gift or reward for a perfectly clean house, perfectly made-up face, or perfect parenting. It comes like grace, like a breeze, like a zephyr…and it goes that way, too.
Let go, let down, let it be. And then see what happens. It would be a shame to miss moments of happiness because you were striving so hard to do more, be more. And when it comes, soak in the moment, relax in the sensations and deeply enjoy….and then let it go. Happiness is like that. You can cultivate it but you can’t make it stay.
If I am unwilling or unable to feel my emotions as they are happening, then I have to do something to keep them from being in my consciousness. So I tense my musculature, tighten and constrict so that nothing gets through.
Okay, so today is only Day Three, and maybe that’s a little early to be making any statements about this new practice of mine. I am trying to commit to a 28 day practice of engaging in the sequence of bioenergetic exercises that David Bercelli has pulled together and labeled “Trauma Releasing Exercises.” Click here to go to his website: trauma prevention
I’m not sure I entirely accept all of the claims made by the proponents of the method but I do know that the first part of the series is profoundly grounding and the second part opens up the opportunity for the body to discharge a lot of energy in the form of movement. I also know that when I work through a stress-release, stress-release sequence of movements, I usually can feel a lot more and mostly I feel better.
The FEELING more is what counts for me. I am pretty good at shutting things down in my organism, i.e., my body. I look quite contained and relaxed, and situations and events do not visibly distress me. I also have chronic tension in my neck and shoulders (my physiotherapist would just shake her head at this point) and sometimes stomach upsets and sometimes trouble with sleeping. If I am unwilling or unable to feel my emotions as they are happening, then I have to do something to keep them from being in my consciousness. So I tense my musculature, tighten and constrict so that nothing gets through. Not feelings, not energy, and if I am particularly tight, I can even limit the flow of fluids through my tissues. And I am not alone in this: many people are expert at this sort of shutting down. So opening up is a good thing!
On the weekend, I was delighted to have a group of bioenergetic therapists and trainees visiting me in my home and office. We shared a lot of good ideas and some of our particular interests. Margaret Bernard of PEI led our group through the TRE and that was a great reminder for me that daily bodywork is really a must for me to stay connected to myself. I can readily connect with my thinking parts but find connecting with the feeling parts takes more attention. TRE helps me to bring that attention and also to let go of the holding and constriction.
So in only three days, I’m noticing that my feet are connecting to the ground differently. I have increased flexibility in my toes, which is a bigger deal that you think. Toes are a critical connector to the ground, and thus when we have good movement in our toes, they can hold on better. Really! Take off your shoes and try it. Squinch up your toes and try to walk around. Yes, really do it. Do it until your feet have some intensity of feeling in them, say, a seven out of ten. (Intensity, also known as PAIN!!!) Then mindfully spread out your toes on the floor, feeling everything (relief?) and try walking with all of them active and engaged. Aahhh……thank you, toes.
So toes. That’s good. I also notice that when the vibrations get going,, I can let them move quite readily up my body but that things get hung up at my diaphragm and throat. This is not new news to me; I know that I have blocks there, pretty typical ones from childhood. But when I allow myself to make a sound with those vibrations, the blocks ease up a bit. And when the sound starts to soar, almost like it isn’t part of me, then my body opens up to laughing and sobbing and all sorts of spontaneous movement. It is very cool.
I stay aware in this process, too, because I know that these kinds of unusual movements often permit the free flow of thoughts, memories, images, and sensations in the body-mind. This is access to my unconscious, and I don’t want to miss a thing! What I have found is that after I am finished (and how to decide to be “finished?”), I sit to write in my journal and the ideas are also flowing….ideas about so many things, not just the constricted content of my usual thoughts. Who knew that bioenergetic exercise would also open up my thinking self?
I’ll keep doing my daily practice and let you know how it proceeds. In the meantime, you can do TRE also…there are books and videos available from that website and also therapists and bodyworkers who are trained to help you learn the sequence. You can find a practitioner on the website. You can also just follow your body into movement and charge and discharge, but I know that can be harder to do than it sounds. Let me know how you do! Below is a video about TRE.
I wonder how often I attribute my choices to my mood? “I wasn’t in the mood to do the dishes,” for example. Or, “I’d exercise more, but I’m just not in the mood.” When I think this way, it is almost as if my mood is something outside of me, or something that comes over me without my awareness, knowledge, or permission. And then I give it the power to decide whether I’ll do the dishes or exercise.
Or maybe (MAYBE) I let my mood dictate my behaviors because I don’t want to take responsibility for my choices. Somehow it would not be as okay to claim the choice to sit on my couch and not do something.
We often feel like we are subject to the whims of our internal lives, as if our moods and emotions rule us. I don’t think we were constructed that way: I think that moods and emotions are information for us but they are not masters and we their slaves. But when we just react our way through our days without even really noticing our inner life, then it may feel like our feelings are running US.
How do we get out of that? How do we get to take charge of our own lives?
We first have to have awareness of our thoughts, our feelings, and our body sensations. We need to be able to notice our vitality affects, for example (energy level), and notice sensations of prickling, tightness, openness or lightness, whateer sensations are present. We need to be attuned to our own selves as well as to the world around us, and that means that sometimes we have to turn down the stimulation and just check inside ourselves.
Pay attention to the shift in your emotion, no matter how small. When you notice yourself getting more upset or distressed, ask yourself, “What am I telling myself right now?” or “What is making me feel upset?” It is likely a thought which has occurred to you. But how might you feel if that thought had not occurred to you?
In other words, how would you feel if you didn’t believe that thought?
Ah….maybe I’d feel just fine, thank you very much.
Conversely, the body can give us messages that we interpret to mean something. The other day, I felt fabulous…had just finished a long walk with a little running, was working a positive inner dialogue about my progress, was able to notice the trees, the air, the birds…all those things that contribute to my personal sense of well-being (your list will be different). Suddenly I found myself irritated at some minor frustration, very irritated. Wait! How did I get from feeling fabulous to feeling irritated? I checked in on my thoughts, my experiences, and by body sensations and yes, there it was…the tiniest little bit of aching in my groin from running. The endorphin flow had slowed, I could start to feel the work that my joints had done, it was painful though only slightly….and suddenly I was easily irritated. And probably underlying that body ache was some automatic thought…”Oh, this again,” or “Ugh, I hurt,” or “I don’t feel so good,” and so irritation happened.
Mood is a number of things but whether we let our moods dictate our lives is a personal choice. If I only did things when I felt like it, well, I’d have some pretty severe limits on my life! So I choose to watch my thoughts and remember that thoughts, mood, and feelings are all part of my body, and they all are fluid and shifting…so I might as well live my life and let my mood catch up with me.
Dr. Scott Baum, in his paper “When Love Avails Not” has written about anhedonia in the person whose mistreatment at the hands of others has resulted in the death (and dearth) of love. That is, in people who have been so badly abused that all love, all capacity for experiencing the general goodness of the world, has been drained or squeezed or ripped out of them.
“People use the word pleasure to cover a broad spectrum of feelings. We could break it down into many categories: relief, gratification, satisfaction, enjoyment, joy, fulfillment—and surely there are more. Not all these meanings are tied to goodness—for example, sadistic revenge can be gratifying, and we ignore that fact at our peril. However, I choose to use “pleasure” as I think Reich and Lowen intended—meaning the capacity to feel connected to the benevolence in the universe. Surely this is related to love….Pleasure’s opposite, anhedonia, is a complicated psychosomatic phenomenon. … One aspect of anhedonia is that the person’s capacity for love — to feel the cushioning, warming envelopment of the energetic field, which I am quite sure exists on some physical level—is destroyed. This can, of course, be a temporary state. In grief, for example, or in the aftermath of a catastrophic event, a person may lose the capacity for pleasure or hopefulness. This loss may be intermittent or persistent, but it is a transient state, and eventually the person’s underlying capabilities to experience pleasure are reinvigorated. This can happen with the passage of time or because of more direct intervention, such as psychotherapy, where this restoration of function is a directly intended outcome.”
Fortunately, most people experience anhedonia as a temporary situation, one in which the capacity for pleasure has become limited. Focusing on the body’s language helps people to notice both their lack of enjoyment (pleasure, gratification, joy) and also the tiny light that appears as one begins to regain that capacity for feeling. Often, there is an obstacle that lies in the way of pleasure. For many of us, it can be our practice of avoidance. That is, we may believe we have a need to avoid our unpleasant thoughts, memories, images…any of the mental content that generates big unpleasant feelings. It seems paradoxical: in order to get back our capacity for enjoyment, we need to dive right into what many people consider the opposite: our rage, our terror, our horror, our despair.
In simple terms, when you work to shut down emotional experience in one realm, you effectively shut it down across the affective area in general. Specifically, suppose I was terrified as a child, spent my very early childhood fearful of parental anger, and subsequent years trying my hardest to keep my parent happy, or at least avoid getting him or her angry. In order to get out in the world and survive, for example, in order to manage school, I had to figure out a way to function without being frozen, so I learned to numb out that fear. I also avoided ever feeling angry, because that would trigger my angry parent. I probably didn’t feel much in the way of sadness, either, and happiness was a very light surface skim of a feeling, mostly relief because it went with avoiding punishment.
As an adolescent, I might have found places to go where there was a bit more safety, or I might have just assumed that all places were as unsafe as my home. As an adult, I might actually begin to look at my childhood and realize that everyone didn’t have terrifying parents, and that maybe there are lovely people in my life and I could perhaps learn to be a little trusting. But feeling good….well, that might not actually be possible. It might be far to frighterning to feel good….and I certainly don’t want to go into feeling that terror from childhood. I grew up so I didn’t have to feel that, right?
Unfortunately, that model isn’t reflective of how people actually work….If I want to feel the joy that I think is probably available to me, then I need to let my body feel that terror, that rage, that despair that are all stuck in me somewhere. Saying yes to pleasure means I have to say yes to all of my feelings, not just the ones I think I’d like to experience.
Mark Nepo, in Seven Thousand Ways to Listen, says “…there are small pressure points of residual feelings that live in our bodies, small pockets of trauma that hold the sediment of the stories that have shaped us. We carry these residual feelings like emotional time capsules……” and sometimes those time capsules open right up. We try out best to shut them down, to close them up, and we do it using our bodies. We tighten, we cut off our breathing, clench the jaw, tense the shoulders, do whatever we can to not feel. But then we miss out. Nepo goes on to say about those emotional time capsules “… whose small doses of healing are released when we bump into life unexpectedly. It is natural to recoil from the rupture of those potent feelings but it’s the meaning carried in them over the years that begins to heal us…” And once we have allowed those feelings, actually felt them, allowed the body to open up, expand and integrate the feelings and the meanings we make of our experience, then, THEN, pleasure can become available again.
We can start the process of feeling pleasure by tuning into sensations. Notice the warmth of your coffee cup on your hands. Notice the way that the warmth moves into your hands and begins to move up your arms.
Notice where you are blocked, and where you are holding on tightly, so that you cannot feel. Allow warmth and softening to enter those tight places and notice what else is present to you at this moment. Notice any sensations of movement within your body, or desire or intention to move in some way. Notice whatever sensations and feelings arise for you without judging or turning away from what you experience. Let your experience happen; let your life flow bringing whatever emotions are present for you. Feel whatever it is and let it flow. The path to pleasure can be circuitous, especially if you have cut off the pathways for many years. But getting back there is so worth the effort.
I am pretty excited to be able to tell you about a two-workshop series I am offering this spring. It is for people who work with postpartum moms, or who want to work with that population. The first day, on Friday 17 April, we’ll focus on the background information needed to effectively work with women who’ve experienced reproductive trauma. The second workshop is more specifically focused around clinical skills used within therapy sessions, and I hope you’ll bring your experiences to share.
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Yesterday, China sent a new module to its new Tiangong space station, something we wrote about earlier here. Earlier today, the new research module was docked with the core module that was sent into Earth orbit last year.
In the clip above, you can check what it looked like when the three astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station opened the hatches between the two modules and examined the latest module.
China plans to complete the Tiangong space station with a third module scheduled for launch in October. Sometime before the end of the year, the space station is planned to be operational.
Now two of the three space station modules are in place
Yesterday, China sent the second of three units that will form the new Tiangong space station. The unit sent yesterday is called “Wentian” (“Search for Heaven”) and in it the Chinese astronauts will conduct various research experiments in the future. Wentian left Earth aboard one of China’s Long March 5B rockets, and the launch reportedly took place as planned, according to China’s CCTV channel. In October, the space station’s third module is scheduled to be connected to the two now in existence. It is called Mengtian (“Dream of the Heavens”) and is also intended to serve as a research unit. China plans to operate Tiangong at full capacity before the end of the year. The space station would then have a volume corresponding to one-fifth the size of the International Space Station. Below is a diagram of what the space station looked like before the latest unit was attached to the Tiangong station.
Will continue to complete the construction of the Tiangong space station
Yesterday, the Chinese space agency CNSA sent a new crew to the new Tiangong space station. It took the three crew members about 7 hours to reach the space station from Earth and they are supposed to stay on the space station for six months. This will be the third crew to head to the Tiangong space station, which the three crews will help continue building. In the next six months, China plans to attach two more units to Tiangong. Sometime in December, Tiangong is supposed to be finished and begin to be used for space exploration. China plans to use Tiangong for at least the next 15 years.
Chinese astronauts left Earth earlier today
Here is a short clip showing China’s Shenzhou 12 spacecraft docked with the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong Space Station. In the clip, we also see as the three astronauts Ni Haisheng, Liu Beoming, and Tang Hongbo descend into China’s new space station and learn about the environment there. Shenzhou 12 left Earth last night Swedish time and arrived at Tianhe about seven hours later. This was China’s first manned space mission in five years. The three astronauts are scheduled to be aboard Tianhe for three months before returning to Earth.
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The following is from the March 9, 2009, edition of Texas Lawyer. Karen Sargent of SMU's Dedman School of Law provided expertise for this story.
March 12, 2009
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
It may not be time for desperate measures quite yet, but career services offices at Texas law schools are doing more this year to help worried students find clerkships and permanent positions as the troubled economy crimps the job market.
The mood of the law students around Texas is one of concern and worry, if not panic, say career services officials at several Texas law schools. . .
The bottom line is consistent from school to school: Positions are scarce, so students need to put more effort into their job hunts.
While career services officials are trying new ways to connect students to prospective employers, some tried-and-true methods aren't working as well. For instance, Karen Sargent, assistant dean and director of career services at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas, says the career services office usually generates job postings from firms of various sizes after sending e-mails or postcards to firm contacts reminding them about the law school. But recently, she says, it's mostly smaller firms that respond with job opportunities for students. . .
On March 2, Sargent says, she and Dean John Attanasio held two seminars to give second- and third-year law students at SMU some "straight information" on the economy and the state of the legal market. She says the students need to understand they must "call on their inner strengths and resources and adjust their expectations."
Amanda Ellis, a recruiter in Dallas who graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 2001, gave the SMU students some advice at the seminars. Ellis says she told students to network creatively, such as through Twitter, and to network with individuals who do business with lawyers, such as consultants or accountants. She also suggested looking for jobs outside the big cities, like she did in 2001 when she moved to Boston after graduation and landed a job at a firm 40 miles outside the city. She says students who are becoming lawyers as a second career should try to leverage their past experience, such as a former teacher practicing school law.
Ellis told students to be open to possibilities. "What you do right now does not mean you will be doing it 10 years from now," she says she told the students.
While technology can help students contact prospective employers, Sargent says, the SMU career services office this month is sponsoring a "good old-fashioned résumé drop" for second-year students. She's asking students to put paper copies of their résumés in practice-area buckets, and her office is contacting alumni to let them know about the buckets of résumés.
Also, Sargent says, last week her office started distributing to students a brochure comprised of letters from alumni of the law school with their best job-hunting advice. The office solicited advice from lawyers who graduated in 1991 and 1992 and 2001 and 2002, which are years when firms were feeling the effects of previous economic downturns.
Read the full story.
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When the pressure rises in the workplace, nerves often affect our communication skills. We can end up bigging ourselves up to try to make ourselves sound important, but it usually makes us sound pushy and pompous. Alternatively, stuttering or mumbling indicates a lack of confidence and self-doubt. So, how do we impress our colleagues with our calm and collected people skills?
Here, communication coach Robin Kermode highlights five things not to do when you’re talking to colleagues…
1. Dont big yourself up.
How many times has a colleague asked you at the coffee machine or at a networking event, ‘What are you up to this weekend?’ only to follow it up immediately with ‘Well, we’re going a mini-break to Paris’ - or something that they think is equally smart? That isn’t really a question, it’s just an excuse to boast about themselves, which makes you feel small, and no one likes to be made to feel small.
In the same vein, often people can end up sounding self-important when giving a talk at work because nerves make them wear a public mask of formality. To avoid this, make sure you speak with your natural, genuine voice, avoiding jargon or phrases you wouldn’t normally use. This ensures you stay down to earth and colleagues get to see the real ‘you’.
2. Dont underplay yourself to impress others.
Nerves can also make us put others on a pedestal. When you bump into a celebrity that you idolise or the CEO of the company that you really admire, it’s hard to have a regular conversation without getting nervous.
We think that by underplaying ourselves, even knocking our achievements will make ourselves more likeable, but in fact, it does the opposite! When you display self-doubt, people will struggle to believe in you and you won’t be taken seriously. Show respect, of course, but speak on a peer-to-peer basis. People will only connect with us if we give them respect and we respect ourselves.
3. Dont ride the roller coaster of emotions be consistent!
Consistency is important when it comes to ensuring that your colleagues respect you. As a manager, if you are clear and consistent in your expectations, your team will know where it stands and will know how to meet your targets.
This is true across the corporate world. Consistency is vital when it comes to a customer’s expectations of a brand. When we visit a business’ website or see an advert on the TV, we immediately recognise the design, colour scheme and font. Consistent branding, across all platforms, helps us to feel a particular way about a corporation and as a result, we know what to expect from that business. Conduct yourself in the same way.
In the workplace, your colleagues, clients and friends will have set expectations about you, and if you aren’t consistent, they will be uncertain about you and your character.
4. Dont speak before thinking.
In the same way that you shouldn’t write anything in an email that you wouldn’t want on the front page of a newspaper, you shouldn’t say things before thinking about the consequences. Although this is easier said than done, it can really help prevent any awkward situations with colleagues and clients.
Not only can you look foolish by jumping in too soon, it can actually pay off to sit back and see what’s really going on in a meeting, so you can take an intelligent and measured approach.
5. Dont be dishonest.
Authenticity is about being genuine, saying what you mean and what you believe. Your colleagues will spot inauthenticity a mile off. It pays to be honest and it will gain you respect in the long run.
The HR department is a good example of an authentic body in the workplace. It provides honest feedback in appraisals and in times of crisis, is the first point of call for a helping hand. In order for the department to work within the wider company, there needs to be a level of trust and this is the same for individual relationships. | <urn:uuid:19fc3f5e-7845-4392-b560-8ac74422021c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.changeboard.com/article-details/16589/think-before-you-speak-be-aware-of-how-you-re-perceived/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.952574 | 873 | 2.109375 | 2 |
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