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Climate Voices: A Film Night with IELP
- Date: Wed Jan 25
- Time: 7:00pm until 9:00pm
- Location: The Hollywood Theater 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard , Portland, OR
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- Join the International Environmental Law Project for the screening of two films that explore the personal face of climate change.
'To the Land of the Setting Sun' considers how perspective and framing impact the environmental reality we see. The award-winning short film was produced in Portland for a 48-hour Go Green film competition, and later screened at Cannes Film Festival in 2011.
'There Once Was an Island: Te Henua E Nnoho' chronicles the small island community of Taku as they face the first devastating affects of climate change. Lacking even electricity, the islanders come to understand how rising seas and failing crops are the result of climate change--and consider what they must do to save their community.
The International Environmental Law Project is a non-profit legal clinic housed at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. For the past two years, IELP has provided pro bono legal advice to Pacific small island developing States within the United Nations climate change negotiations.
The staff and student clerks of IELP will offer an update from the December 2011 United Nations climate change negotiations, as well as some reflections on the personal voices of climate change. The evening will conclude with a raffle.
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If you get pressure alerts or notifications when you run water, there may be an issue with your municipal water supply, or with your pressure-regulating valve (PRV). For example, if your pressure is too high (whether water is flowing or not), it is possible that your PRV is no longer functioning properly and needs to be replaced. Depending on the age of your home, it is also possible that there is not a PRV installed; check with your plumber. Just like blood pressure for people, high water pressure is a serious risk to the health of your home plumbing system. Many appliances are only rated to handle incoming water pressure up to 80 psi. Constant pressure above that level can cause supply lines to appliances to fail prematurely and burst.
Water pressure too low could indicate that there is an issue with the water line coming in to your home. This could indicate that there is a break in the water line that supplies your home before it enters your home (like a broken line in your lawn due to settling or aging). This can also be caused when there is work on or damage to the water main near your home (like during construction).
See below for the types of pressure alerts you may receive and what they mean:
- 70 psi – Just above Normal Pressure Reducing Valve Settings
- 80 psi – Prolonged pressure above these levels may damage appliances. (Recommended)
- 90 psi – Max rating for most whole-home filtration systems.
- 100 psi – Max rating for most appliances
- Disabled – Not recommended.
- 40 psi – Minimum Rating for many water filters
- 30 psi – Typical for homes on a well
- 20 psi – Minimum rating for most appliances. (Recommended)
- 10 psi – Fixtures will experience low flow and appliances may not operate properly.
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FORCE BLUE, the only non-profit organization in the world that retrains and redeploys former Special Operations veterans and military-trained combat divers to assist in marine conservation efforts, will be launching its latest mission, 100 Yards of Hope, this week at Super Bowl LIV in Miami.
The year-long coral reef restoration project, honoring the NFL’s 100th season and America’s military veterans, will feature FORCE BLUE veteran divers working alongside scientists from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to restore a football field-length stretch of coral reef in the waters off Key Biscayne.
The idea behind 100 Yards of Hope grew from an initial out-planting of 100 corals last June as part of the “greening” of Super Bowl LIV. That project united FORCE BLUE divers with NFL Green, Verizon, and the scientific partners mentioned above through the Super Bowl LIV Host Committee’s Oceans to Everglades initiative. 100 corals were planted to restore a section of Rainbow Reef off Key Biscayne. Scientists have been monitoring these corals and they are thriving, providing both hope and a framework for future restoration projects.
Seed funding for 100 Yards of Hope is being provided by a combination of public and private sector partners, including the FDEP, NOAA, GreaterGood.org, Free the Ocean and PADI. This week, FORCE BLUE will be launching a donation platform through GreaterGood.org, a national nonprofit that protects people, pets and the planet, that will encourage public citizens to get involved. For as little as $25, individuals will be able to “sponsor” a FORCE BLUE veteran’s dives or help fund the out-planting of corals.
“Through 100 Yards of Hope FORCE BLUE will be shining a spotlight on the importance of Florida’s Coral Reef, not just to Florida, but to our nation and to the world.” said Jim Ritterhoff, FORCE BLUE’s Executive Director and Co-Founder. “SEALs and scientists fighting the same fight. It is that collaboration and commitment we hope will inspire others to pitch in and protect this national treasure.”
As part of the pre-game activities for Super Bowl LIV, FORCE BLUE team members will be interviewed by the NFL, and a short video about 100 Yards of Hope will be broadcast inside Hard Rock Stadium prior to kick-off. FORCE BLUE and 100 Yards of Hope will also be the subject of a segment in the television series Indivisible that will air on the NFL Network during Super Bowl Week. | <urn:uuid:f2422848-a920-4e92-9734-de59056d52af> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://forceblueteam.org/news/force-blue-to-kick-off-100-yarforce-blue-to-kick-off-100-yards-of-hope-at-super-bowl-livds-of-hope-at-super-bowl-l/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.917689 | 581 | 1.71875 | 2 |
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Having a landscape full of trees is a real delight, and a great way to bring the beauty of nature to your suburban home. But having all those trees can also present a risk, especially if a family of termites decides to move in and start munching on all that wood.
The danger posed by termites in your landscape should be self-evident. Those tiny invaders may be happy with those trees for now, but what happens when they decide to move on to your home? Termite damage is among the costliest to fix, and severe damage could put the integrity of your home at risk.
Prevention is the Best Defense
The best way to protect your home from termites is to keep a close eye on your landscape. These tiny pests are not always easy to spot, but finding them in your trees now will give you time to send them packing before they move into your home.
So how do you know if your tree is invested with termites? What are the telltale warning signs of a termite infestation? Watching out for these early warning signs is the best way to keep your home safe, so pay close attention the next time you head into your yard.
Termites can fly, and the presence of wings should always be cause for concern. If you see discarded wings around your trees or in your landscape, you need to pay close attention and call a pest control service as soon as possible.
You should also look for discarded or fallen wings around the exterior of your home, since their presence could mean the pests have already moved in. The presence of wings around your home is definitely cause for concern, and a reason to call your local pest control service.
Holes in the Bark
When termites invade a tree, they leave telltale marks of their presence, including tiny boreholes in the protective bark. It is important to inspect your trees regularly for signs of damage, including tiny holes that could mean termites have already invaded.
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Awe and ore can be found in equal measure in Karratha. Known for its iron ore operations, this is the gateway to the marine-life rich Dampier Archipelago, the world’s most prolific prehistoric rock engraving site, Karijini’s four billion year old adventure playground and Millstream’s Chichester National Park. It’s also one of the few locations where you can witness the Staircase to the Moon.
Karratha is a two hour flight or a 16 hour road trip from Perth, and a three hour drive south of Port Hedland. From here, you can join one of many guided tours, or begin your own adventure.
A walk along the Jaburara Heritage Trail, starting from the visitor centre, gives you an introduction to the ancient Jaburara people and their legacy – the largest collection of Aboriginal rock engravings on Earth. Across the Burrup Peninsular, the Jaburara created more than 10,000 artworks, many dating back thousands of years.
A short hop by boat brings you to Western Australia’s hotspot for marine diversity and one of Australia’s best-kept fishing, snorkelling and diving secrets – the Dampier Archipelago. Its 42 islands and islets sit within a 45 kilometre radius of neighbouring Dampier.
Head two hours south of Karratha and find yourself in another world entirely. A lush oasis of tree-lined pools, spinifex hills and lily-filled wetlands awaits adventurous nature lovers at Millstream Chichester National Park. You can also follow in the tracks of early settlers along the Chichester Range Camel Trail and learn about the hardships they endured.
Venture further south to Karijini National Park and enter an outback playground of inviting plunge pools, 100 metre chasms and a 1,235 metre mountain four billion years in the making.
Using Karratha as a base makes perfect sense. As well as the largest shopping centre in the North West it boasts a good selection of accommodation, from luxury to budget-friendly.
If your visit coincides with a full moon between April and October, head for Hearson’s Cove at sunset where you can watch the moon rise over exposed mudflats creating the rare natural phenomenon known as the Staircase to the Moon.
Karratha is an Urban Location area within the local government area of Karratha in Western Australia, it is located approximately 1250kms from the capital Perth and extends over an area of 0.488 square kilometres. Karratha has a recorded population of 81 residents and is within the Australian Western Standard Time zone Australia/Perth.
If you are planning a visit to Karratha we’ve put together some of the things you can see or do while you are here. These include, places to stay, tours and attractions, some upcoming events and places where you can grab a meal. Go ahead, try one of the buttons above. Every destination has something worth seeing so start exploring… If you know Karratha and think we’ve missed something, let us know and we’ll share it here. | <urn:uuid:9ce936b2-74cb-4715-8ccb-61d46dde08a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.australias.guide/wa/location/karratha/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.92194 | 662 | 2.109375 | 2 |
A great deal of attention has been focused on exploiting novel methods to fabricate thin carbonaceous capsules from multiple components for advanced materials. A layer-by-layer (LbL) method is therefore being introduced to synthesize thin and multi-carbon nanotube (CNT)-based hollow capsules from CNT complexes with cationic or anionic complementarily functionalized β-1,3-glucans as building-blocks. These ionic β-1,3-glucans wrap around single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) to form water-soluble complexes with ionic groups on their exterior surface. Alternate self-assembly of these CNT complexes on the silica particles is demonstrated in solution by electrostatic interactions. The LbL adsorption processes were carefully monitored by ß-potential measurements, frequency shifts of a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), and electron micrographs. Silica particles were then dissolved away by HF acid to obtain CNT-based hollow capsules composed of SWNTs and DWNTs. We believe that these novel surface adsorption methods are useful for potential design of CNT-based advanced functional materials.
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As most of our world goes digital, the average consumer is still buying hardcopy books. Recent research found that, in the past year, 45% of the U.S. population bought a printed book, while 23% bought an ebook. But the latter number is impacted in part because of audiobooks, as more and more people opt for listening over reading.
Today, audiobooks can be quickly accessed on our phones while traveling or running errands, but audiobooks aren’t new. Their history dates back nearly a century, when books were put onto vinyl records for the visually impaired. This practice continued, and became increasingly popular with the general public, as cassette tapes debuted. Every format since has provided a medium for spoken-word entertainment, from novels and plays to motivational self-help books. But the ubiquity of portable electronic devices has only helped, and audiobooks are now more popular than ever.
Audiobooks were already growing before the pandemic, but the lockdown boosted their popularity in a hurry. According to Scribd data, searches for audiobooks on the platform barely registered in 2019, increased in 2020, and then skyrocketed in 2021, growing by an impressive 515% over two years. Beyond just searching for audiobooks, Scribd users actively listened to them. The average user spent 42 hours listening to audiobooks in 2021, a 32% increase over 2020. One reason that audiobooks have taken off in recent years is that people like to multitask — for example, by doing chores or exercising while still enjoying a good book.
To view this trend on a macro level, we can look to a recent study from Edison Research and Triton Digital. It found that roughly 131 million people listened to an audiobook in 2021, which accounts for about 46% of the total U.S. population age 12 years and older.
Audio formats extend beyond audiobooks, of course, with podcasts becoming increasingly popular in recent years. The same Edison and Triton research found that approximately 80 million Americans, or 28% of 12-and-older Americans, listen to podcasts weekly. This is a 17% increase over 2020’s numbers. Forty-one percent have listened to a podcast within the past month. All in, 162 million Americans have listened to a podcast at some point in their lives.
Digging deeper into listening habits, Scribd data also shows that people prefer listening to fiction over nonfiction audiobooks at a rate of 73% to 25%, respectively (2% of listens fall outside these categories). National data shows the most popular podcast categories across all platforms are comedy, news, true crime, sports, and health/fitness.
For further insights, we’ve mined Scribd data to find the platform’s top-five categories for fiction and nonfiction audiobooks, as well as podcast topics.
Scribd’s Top 5 Audiobook Nonfiction Categories
- Religion and Spirituality
- Biography and Memoir
- Science and Mathematics
Scribd’s Top 5 Audiobook Fiction Genres
- Mystery, Thriller and Crime Fiction
- Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Young Adults
- General Fiction
Scribd’s Top 5 Podcast Topics
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LOCATION: Butwal, nepal
TARGET SPECIES: Bengal tiger
STATUS: IN PROGRESS
Butwal, Nepal is a large metropolitan area sandwiched between Chitwan National Park and Bardia National Park. Tigers have been seen in the area, so there may be a “tiger bottleneck” happening in Butwal as tigers try to travel between the two large protected areas.
Our partner, tiger biologist Sam Helle, is trying to determine whether tigers are traveling through the area or not. To figure it out, she is analyzing tracks, scat, and camera trap photos, but she also is incorporating input from local people. We and Sam are reaching out to local community forest groups together, meeting with them, and asking for their help and ideas about which areas tigers are using.
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I was first introduced to motor points acupuncture a few years ago when I was teaching at the acupuncture college in Florida. Some students in the school clinic were already familiar with this somewhat new acupuncture modality as one of the faculty members taught the techniques within professional seminars. Motor points are a somewhat new technique combined with an already existing network of acupuncture meridians and points; however, some of the motor points are not on acupuncture meridians or are not acupuncture points, and some of them slightly close to some of the acupuncture points.
There are about 128 mapped out motor points on the body. More about the motor points can be read in Matt Callison’s Motor Point Index bext.
What does motor point acupuncture do and what are motor points?
The easy answer to this is that they release hypertonic or tight muscles and strengthen weak skeletal muscles, basically, the muscle gets restarted to function properly, it’s like a little restart button for muscles. The more scientific explanation is that motor points are the entry site of the motor nerves into the muscle where acupuncture needles can be used to retrain neuromuscular function that has been lost due to an injury. With this way of acupuncture, patients with musculoskeletal issue can heal much more efficiently and have increased range of motion, can regain muscle strength, and have improved ADLs (activities of daily living) faster than with just regular acupuncture.
I use motor points on a daily basis in my practice. They help me to treat hypertonic muscles a lot more efficiently than any other form, or modality, of healing. Practitioners often use many different modalities for hypertonic muscles, from Graston technique, Kinesio Taping, Post Isometric Relaxation, Electric Stim, to Ultrasound, and many other ones. But from my experience, none of them has worked for my patients as well as motor points acupuncture has. Patients tend to receive the almost immediate relief that lasts for a few days and sometimes pain is gone for good, all depending on many factors of healing and how long patient has been suffering from this condition.
How is motor point acupuncture done?
Not much different than any other form of acupuncture, one thing that is different is that needles need to be stimulated until you feel the release of the muscle or until you feel fasciculation or twitch of the muscle, and not just left in place like. As the founder of ACAOM, my alma mater, Dr. Liang used to say, “Students don’t stimulate needles, they just insert them and leave them there to stand like telephone poles!”
Let's mention a few of the motor points and where they are! Just a quick disclaimer that this is not even close to being a complete list, as there are about 128 motor points, and reading this article does not prepare you to practice acupuncture if you are not an acupuncturist, and if you are an acupuncturist this article will offer only a basic understanding of motor points, just enough to scratch the surface. The following motor points are just some of the most common hypertonic muscles that I see and use in my practice or regular basis. Piriformis - halfway between Ub53 and Ub54 Iliocostalis lumborum -Ub52 Gluteus Maximus -slight inferior to Ub54 Quadratus lumborum -lateral to Ub52 Upper trapezius -Gb21 Brachioradialis -LI11 and Lu6 Masseter -St6 Semispinalis capitis -Ub10 Semispinalis cervicis -Bailao.
Motor points can be an amazing and efficient way to treat musculoskeletal issues and can offer fast relief and fast recovery. Helps to restart muscle function and increases the range of motion, something a lot of our patients have an issue with, and also helps to improve things that we do around the house and outside of the house, the thing that we do in our daily actions. More in-depth about a motor point can be read in Matt Callison’s Motor Point Index book.
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Vaccinations for children are a very controversial subject and all the more reason for parents, and now all adults, to be making decisions from informed consent. As sovereign beings, we have a right to know, in full transparency, what is in vaccines. Most importantly, we have the right to determine what goes into our bodies.
Evidence has shown that vaccines are not safe, since they do not undergo rigorous trials as with all other pharmaceuticals.
Currently, with the perceived threat of COVID-19 there is another push to forcibly vaccinate the global population, as per Dr. Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, the World Health Organization and governments, including Trudeau in Canada.
This agenda reflects abuse of power, greed, corruption, and control of the human population, moving humanity into transhumanism. This is well demonstrated in Dr. Andy Wakefield’s new documentary and others listed below.
The following resources are for your discernment. Please take some time to consider what future you want for you, and your children or grandchildren.
Dr. Carrie Madej: Human 2.0? A Wake-Up Call To The World This is HIGHLY recommended and a “must-watch” for everyone. She offers an excellent explanation of the various concerns related to the vaccines being given for the coronavirus. Please share this widely.
The two primarily discussed medical patents and the involvement from Dr. Anthony Fauci. Highlights of their conversation include:
- Breaking down Dr. David Martin’s company ‘M·CAM’ and how he found a way to put up intangible assets as collateral security.
- The Bayn – Dole Act that led to Fauci profiting from royalties off University patents.
- Fauci working for the NIAID but failing to study infectious diseases and allergies.
- Fauci involved in dodgy deals and price-fixing medicine in the USA.
- SARS vaccine patented in March 2019, 8 months before the COVID-19 outbreak.
NEW Documentary “1986 The Act”, referring to the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA), by Dr. Andy Wakefield. Watch now online. This is not anti-vaccine. It’s more about reclaiming the power of a mother’s intuition and the care of her child. It’s about informed consent and truth. A must watch, not just for parents but all.
“Man and microbe, from Polio to COVID19… a never more relevant forensic examination of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and its consequences.
What happens when an ancient wisdom – a mother’s intuition – is pitted against powerful interests in a race against time?”
“One of the most controversial, misrepresented figures of recent times, Dr. Andrew Wakefield has been maligned in Wikipedia, the press, science journals and other mainstream outlets — all stemming from his challenge to claims that MMR vaccine is safe. In doing so, he has threatened one of the most powerful corporate cabals in history.” He was in Del Bigtree’s documentary “VAXXED From Cover-up to Catastrophe”, which was censored from the Tribeca Film Festival.
In Canada, an excellent resource for all issues concerning vaccines: VaccineChoice Canada.com
Del Bigtree of Highwire, and producer of “Vaxxed: from Cover-up to Catastrophe” speaks with Dr. Andy Wakefield unpacking in detail how his initial research between autism, gastrointestinal issues and vaccines came to be, and then how the attack on him from one reporter with conflicts of interest in the pharmaceutical industry unfolded.
Please know that the 2 documentaries Vaxxed speak not just to the vaccine-Autism controversy, but specifically the MMR vaccine, Gardasil/HPV and the harmful contents of many vaccines. It’s provided here with the intention of upholding truth, and the well-being of all beautiful children.
VAXXED website http://vaxxedthemovie.com/
In 2013, biologist Dr. Brian Hooker received a call from a Senior Scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who led the agency’s 2004 study on the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine and its link to autism. The scientist, Dr. William Thompson, confessed that the CDC had omitted crucial data in their final report that revealed a causal relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism. Over several months, Dr. Hooker records the phone calls made to him by Dr. Thompson who provides the confidential data destroyed by his colleagues at the CDC.
Dr. Hooker enlists the help of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the British gastroenterologist falsely accused of starting the anti-vax movement when he first reported in 1998 that the MMR vaccine may cause autism. In his ongoing effort to advocate for children’s health, Wakefield directs this documentary examining the evidence behind an appalling cover-up committed by the government agency charged with protecting the health of American citizens.
Interviews with pharmaceutical insiders, doctors, politicians, and parents of vaccine-injured children reveal an alarming deception that has contributed to the skyrocketing increase of autism and potentially the most catastrophic epidemic of our lifetime.
Polly Tommey, Del Bigtree, Dr. Suzanne Humphries and the VAXXED team travel over 50,000 miles to interview parents of vaccine injured children. MDs and other medical researchers also expose the vaccine fraud for what it truly is.
Dr. Suzanne Humphries, a highly educated medical doctor with specialities in internal medicine and nephrology talks about vaccines, diseases and health in an interview with Canal 2nd Opinion recorded in Ängelholm, Sweden in september 2014.
Dr. Humphries worked as a kidney specialist, when she saw a connection between vaccinations and kidney damage. She started questioning whether vaccines are safe and after doing a lot of research, she wrote a book together with Roman Bystrianyk called Dissolving Illusions, Disease, Vaccines and the Forgotten History. A book that thoroughly investigates what really reduced the death rate from different diseases that we currently vaccinate against.
Are vaccines safe? Dr Humphries gives her answer to that question by letting you decide yourself. She gives you the side of the story that is often suppressed, but necessary if you want to make your own balanced decision, and also what reduced some deadly diseases like cholera and tuberculosis in parts of the world without any vaccines at all.
Dr. Suzanne points out that she would never tell people not to vaccinate. She wants the people to listen to both sides, the for and against, and then make a decision themselves. She says the pro vaccine people are often aggressive and don’t want you to hear the other side and often don’t even understand the down side to vaccination themselves.
Robert F Kennedy Jr talks vaccines, Dr Fauci, family history and JFk assassination with Patrick Bet-David.
Children’s Health Defense “Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. serves as President of Waterkeeper Alliance, as well as Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Legal Counsel for Children’s Health Defense, and of counsel to Morgan & Morgan, a nationwide personal injury practice.
Mr. Kennedy is an esteemed author, with a long list of published books including the New York Times’ bestseller, “Crimes Against Nature.” Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Planet” for his success helping Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. His reputation as a resolute defender of the environment and children’s health stems from a litany of successful legal actions. He received recognition for his role in the landmark victory against Monsanto last year, as well as in the DuPont Case that inspired the movie “Dark Waters” (2019).”
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On today’s Feast of the Visitation, we remember when Mary visited Elizabeth. Our devotion focuses on Mary’s song, the Magnificat, and comes from Luther’s Works, Volume 21 (The Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat).
The young mother of our Lord Jesus showed commendable courage and faithfulness in bearing Him. In great humility, she sought to give all the honor and glory to God for this miracle, not to herself. May the Holy Spirit help us respond the same way to all of God’s actions in our lives!
For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. . . .
This, then, is the meaning of these words of the Mother of God: “In all those great and good things there is nothing of mine, but He who alone does all things, and whose power works in all, has done such great things for me.” For the word “mighty” does not denote a quiescent power, as one says of a temporal king that he is mighty, even though he may be sitting still and doing nothing. But it denotes an energetic power, a continuous activity, that works and operates without ceasing. . . .
She adds, “And holy is His name.” That is to say: “As I lay no claim to the work, neither do I to the name and fame. For the name and fame belong to Him alone who does the work. It is not proper that one should do the work and another have the fame and take the glory. I am but the workshop in which He performs His work; I had nothing to do with the work itself. No one should praise me or give me the glory for becoming the Mother of God, but God alone and His work are to be honored and praised in me. It is enough to congratulate me and call me blessed, because God used me and did His works in me.” Behold, how completely she traces all to God, lays claim to no works, no honor, no fame. She conducts no higher honors than before. She is not puffed up, does not vaunt herself or proclaim with a loud voice that she is become the Mother of God. She seeks not any glory, but goes about her usual household duties. . . .
That is the meaning of the clause: “Holy is His name.” For “holy” means “separated,” “dedicated to God,” that none should touch or defile it but all should hold it in honor. And “name” means a good report, fame, praise, and honor. Thus everyone should let God’s name alone, not lay hands on it or appropriate it to himself. . . . For we desecrate God’s name when we let ourselves be praised or honored, or when we take pleasure in ourselves and boast of our works or our possessions, as is the way of the world, which constantly dishonors and desecrates the name of God. But as the works are God’s alone, so, too, the name should be His. And all that thus hallow His name and deny themselves all honor and glory, rightly honor His name, and therefore are hallowed by it.
Devotional reading is from Luther’s Works, Volume 21 (The Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat), pages 324, 328–30 © 1956, 1984 Concordia Publishing House. All rights reserved.
Almighty God, You chose the virgin Mary to be the mother of Your Son and made known through her Your gracious regard for the poor and lowly and despised. Grant that we may receive Your Word in humility and faith, and so be made one with Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
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|Initial release||September 23, 2008|
|Platform||ARM, ARM64, x86, x86-64|
|Type||C standard library|
|License||Three-clause BSD license|
Bionic is an implementation of the standard C library, developed by Google for its Android operating system. It differs from the GNU C Library (glibc) in being designed for devices with less memory and processor power than a typical Linux system. It is a combination of new code and code from FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD released under a BSD license, rather than glibc, which uses the GNU Lesser General Public License. This difference was important in the early days of Android, when static linking was common, and is still helpful in introducing Android to software companies used to proprietary operating systems, who can be wary of the LGPL, and unclear about the differences between it and the full GNU General Public License (GPL).
Bionic is a C library for use with the Linux kernel, and provides libc, libdl, and libm (libpthread functionality is part of libc, not a separate library as on some other systems). This differs from the BSD C libraries that bionic shares code with, because they require a BSD kernel.
- BSD-licensed: Google wanted to isolate Android applications from the effect of copyleft licenses to create a proprietary user-space and application ecosystem, but:
- Android is based on the Linux kernel, which is subject to the copyleft GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
- The most widespread standard C library for the Linux kernel is the GNU C Library (glibc), which is subject to the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), also a copyleft license. In contrast to the GPL, the LGPL explicitly allows for dynamic linking but it does not allow static linking of proprietary software without providing source code or linkable object files.
- The permissive BSD license is a non-copyleft license that is compatible in both directions. A BSD-licensed glibc substitute could act as an isolation layer between the copyleft core (kernel) and the non-copyleft applications, and was therefore chosen by Google for its Bionic as a glibc substitute.
- Small size: Bionic was much smaller than the GNU C Library; more importantly its memory requirements were (and remain) much lower.
- Speed: Bionic was designed for CPUs at relatively low clock frequencies.
Bionic only supports Linux kernels, but currently supports the arm, arm64, x86, and x86-64 architectures. The platform itself required armv7 with Neon since Marshmallow, though the Android Native Development Kit (NDK) continued to support armv5 (which it called armeabi) up until NDK r16. The NDK still supports armv7 both with and without Neon. Historically there was partial SH-4 support in the platform, but no devices ever shipped and support has since been removed. The NDK never supported SH-4, and MIPS and MIPS64 support were removed from the NDK in r17.
The dynamic memory allocator implementation has changed over time. Before Lollipop there was a single native memory allocator, Doug Lea's dlmalloc. For Lollipop and Marshmallow there were two implementations: dlmalloc and jemalloc. jemalloc gives much higher performance than dlmalloc, but at the cost of extra memory required for bookkeeping. Most devices used jemalloc but low-memory devices still used dlmalloc. For Nougat through Android 10, all devices use jemalloc. Low-memory devices use a "svelte" configuration of jemalloc that disables the tcache to nearly match the lower memory overhead of dlmalloc while keeping most of the speed of jemalloc. In Android 11, the memory allocator for most devices was switched to Scudo, which sacrifices some of jemalloc's high performance for additional security hardening features. Low-memory devices, however, are still permitted to use jemalloc.
Some 64-bit devices, like the Nexus 9, are effectively low-memory devices because of the extra space requirements of 64-bit pointers and hosting of two zygotes. (Zygote is an Android system service that is the parent of all Android application processes.)
The dynamic linker (and libdl) were written from scratch.
There is no separate libpthread, libresolv, or librt on Android – the functionality is all in libc. For libpthread, there's no attempt to optimize for the single-threaded case because apps are in a multi-threaded environment even before the first instruction of third-party code is ever run.
The Android platform uses libc++ for the C++ standard library (releases up to and including Lollipop used stlport). The NDK historically offered stlport and GNU libstdc++, but those were removed as of NDK r18. Note that if any native code in an Android app uses C++, all the C++ must use the same STL. The STL is not provided by the Android OS, and must be bundled with each app.
Differences from POSIX
Although Bionic aims to implement all of C11 and POSIX, there are still (as of Oreo) about 70 POSIX functions missing from libc. There are also POSIX functions such as the endpwent/getpwent/setpwent family that are inapplicable to Android because it lacks a passwd database. As of Oreo, libm is complete.
Many of the most-used GNU extensions are implemented in Bionic, as are various BSD extensions.
Relationship to the NDK
Platform code uses Bionic directly, but third-party developers use the Android Native Development Kit (NDK). Many third-party developers still target older OS releases, which contributes to a widespread belief that bionic lacks many features. Gingerbread exported 803 functions from libc but Oreo exports 1278 (a 1.6x increase).
Prior to NDK r14, when "unified" headers were first offered on an opt-in basis, the NDK had forked copies of the platform headers for different API levels. This meant that header-only fixes (fixes to constant or structure definitions, for example) weren't available to most NDK users because they'd be targeting an older API level, but platform fixes were only going in to the current platform headers. In the Oreo development period the platform headers were annotated with API level information so that the same set of headers can be used for all API levels, with only those functions available at the developer's targeted API level being visible. These are the so-called "unified" headers, and have been the default since NDK r15.
Prior to NDK r16, the NDK linked a library called libandroid_support.a to code using libc++. This provided functions required by libc++ that weren't in old OS releases. This wasn't the same code used by the platform and introduced numerous bugs (such as breaking positional arguments to the printf family in any code that used libc++). In NDK r16 libandroid_support.a still exists, but is now built directly from platform source (current at the time the NDK is built).
As of Android Jelly Bean MR1 (4.2), Bionic supports similar functionality to glibc's
_FORTIFY_SOURCE, which is a feature where unsafe string and memory functions (such as
memcpy()) include checks for buffer overruns. These checks are performed at compile time if the buffer sizes can be determined at compile time, or run-time otherwise. Because fortify relies on runtime support from libc, its portability to older Android releases is limited. The platform itself is built with
Historically, one of the shortcomings of fortify has been that it is closely tied with GCC, which makes it very difficult to support well in other compilers, like Clang. This meant that when Android swapped to Clang as its default compiler, Bionic's fortify implementation became substantially less useful. In Android Oreo (8.0), Bionic's fortify was overhauled with Clang in mind, resulting in fortify on Clang providing an experience on par with fortify on GCC. Since this overhaul, some checks were added above and beyond glibc's to catch code that — while not necessarily causing undefined behavior — is obviously incorrect. Because this new implementation requires no more libc support than the prior one, the Clang-specific enhancements are available to applications targeting versions of Android before Oreo.
For the creation of Bionic, Google used GPLv2-licensed Linux kernel header files. To get rid of the GPL, Google claimed that it cleaned the header files from any copyright-able work, reducing them to non-copyrightable "facts". Linux creator Linus Torvalds considered Google's behaviour to be acceptable, but Google's interpretation of the GPL has been challenged, for instance by Raymond Nimmer, a law professor at the University of Houston Law Center.
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The name "Bionic" comes from the fact that it is part-BSD and part-Linux: its source code consists in a mix of BSD C library pieces with custom Linux-specific bits used to deal with threads, processes, signals and a few others things.
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License: we want to keep GPL out of user-space
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An article in the NZ Herald ran an interesting story recently that many airlines are ditching their ultimate First Class. Some airlines are planning new levels of high-end travel such as Etihad and Emirates but it appears to be against the trend according to Grant Bradley who wrote the article.
You may not have been aware, that according to the article it is reportedly close to $25,000 a single long-haul journey for Etihad's three-room suite with a living room, bedroom, bathroom and shower complete with a butler. One might even be game enough to ask whether the Butler might be either male or female for such a price tag.
Grant Bradley wrote Lufthansa is following that American Airlines who followed Brazil's TAM Airlines in getting rid of its first-class seats in favour of upgraded business-class cabins.
So there's the trend.
What has brought such a re-direction where so many are well heeled and are easily able to afford this is a little surprising, yet airline executives may sense an economic change coming on the horizon.
There was a time
There was a time where churches served the wealthier members of society where these established families purchased pews which were assigned to those family members in worship services, special occasions, weddings and funerals.
In some churches, post Reformation Protestant, pews were installed at the expense of the congregants, and were their personal property; there was no general public seating in the church itself.
In these churches, pew deeds recorded title to the pews, and were used to convey them. Pews were originally purchased from the church by their owners under this system, and the purchase price of the pews went to the costs of building the church.
When the pews were privately owned, their owners sometimes enclosed them in lockable pew box and the ownership of pews was sometimes controversial. Later to avoid this, sometimes churches were erected without any purchasing of pews as a municipal condition of building grants.
History repeats itself in church life and yes, there were commonly disputes over pew ownership. Certain areas of the church were considered to be more desirable than others, as they might offer a better view of services or, indeed, might make a certain family or person more prominent or visible to their neighbours during these services. During the late medieval and early modern period, attendance at church was legally compulsory (the life of Serfs on Estates), so the allocation of a church's pews offered a public visualisation of the social hierarchy within the whole parish.
In our own family ancestry in County Cavern, Northern Ireland there were several generations of Reverend Tronson's who were responsible for the spiritual welfare of the entire estate (with an Estate Chapel) which included the Serf's and their families.
At this time many pews had been handed down through families from one generation to the next. Alternatively, wealthier inhabitants often expected more prestigious seating in reward to contribution to the material upkeep of the church, such as the erection of galleries.
Smaller Protestant congregations
As the 20th century came around and growing prosperity with suburban and regional Protestant churches, particularly in the Non-Conformist scene, what we find, which continues down through the years to today, is that some churches financially depend on maybe 3-4 well to do families.
What we see therefore is a pew purchasing situation as was common as described above for centuries, rather we see that the very survival of the congregation's church structure (building, worship, welfare, community) and the Minister's salary was diametrically governed by these family's financial influence.
I am aware today, of Ministers who have moved on well before they thought their minstrations to that faith community was anywhere near concluded, but they had fallen out of favour of these 'corner-stone' families.
Today churches and missions split over a host of issues, not least as to who controls the finances and where the money is spent. As Solomon said, nothing is new under the sun.
Dr Mark Tronson is a Baptist minister (retired) who served as the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years (2000 ret) and established Life After Cricket in 2001. He was recognised by the Olympic Ministry Medal in 2009 presented by Carl Lewis Olympian of the Century. He mentors young writers and has written 24 books, and enjoys writing. He is married to Delma, with four adult children and grand-children. Dr Tronson writes a daily article for Christian Today Australia (since 2008) and in November 2016 established Christian Today New Zealand.
Mark Tronson's archive of articles can be viewed at http://www.pressserviceinternational.org/mark-tronson.html
Dr Mark Tronson - a 4 min video
Chairman – Well-Being Australia
Baptist Minister 45 years
- 1984 - Australian cricket team chaplain 17 years (Ret)
- 2001 - Life After Cricket (18 years Ret)
- 2009 - Olympic Ministry Medal – presented by Carl Lewis
- 2019 - The Gutenberg - (ARPA Christian Media premier award)
Gutenberg video - 2min 14sec
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To come to pass; happen; occur
Ensue is defined as to happen directly after or as a result of something.
Used with an infinitive to make polite requests:
To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
To occur at the same time; be simultaneous:
The definition of a plan is a document, program or diagram that shows how to proceed.
Orderly arrangement of parts or steps to accomplish an end:
(Law) An unforeseen event that occurs without anyone's fault or negligence
A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs.
A group of interacting mechanical or electrical components:
To occur is to happen or to be found.
To become known; come to light.
A fact or event accompanying another, either incidentally or as an essential condition or determining factor
(Chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
Any person or thing thought to merit special attention in such reports
an event that happens
To knock to a new position; shift:
Chance means to happen by luck or fortune.
To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
To happen to
To become fact; develop into something real or tangible; be realized
To pronounce; utter:
To be found to exist or appear:
To come about; happen or occur.
To come upon accidentally or unexpectedly:
Result is defined as to happen or end in a certain way as a consequence of something else.
To come, be, or lie between
To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
To come to have gradually; acquire:
The definition of come is to move closer to the requester.
(Archaic) To reach; to come to.
The definition of appear is to show up or become capable of being seen.
(Intransitive) To do or say again (again).
To issue or emerge suddenly:
To come forth, issue, or arise (from)
To result, issue, or proceed:
(Archaic) To strive for; follow; pursue
(Intransitive) To happen again.
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What is a spear pump? A spear sand screen is a PVC slotted pipe with a stainless steel screen around it, to keep the sand out. This sand screen is then sunk down into the water tableland (underground) with a PVC suction line, going back to the surface and fitted to a pump. The amount of water that you can get is largely determined by the coarseness of the sand granules, the bigger the granules, the faster the water can flow through it. The size of the pump will also affect the amount of water, the maximum depth of a spear pump is 12 meters; a spear pump is the best water cost saving setup you can have. Unfortunately not everyone can have one, you have to be on sand; however, if one of your neighbors has a spear, you have a good chance.
Beach-side areas generally have the best water, as further from the beach you get the more likely the water will stain hard surfaces. Even with water that causes staining, we can design a sprinkler system installation that keeps the water away from these hard surfaces, alternatively you can hand water.
A spear hooked up to 1 horsepower pump costs less than 50 cents per hour to run, yet pumps up approximately $ 6.00 of water minimum. Having trouble with the water being too deep in your area for a traditional spear, most people will tell you, you can only have a spear no deeper than 8m but we can get water from 12m, so if you are on top of the sand dune, we can get water for you. Many areas of Casuarina have this issue; please contact us if you have been told the water is too deep.
Irrigating a landscape during a rainstorm not only results in oversaturated plants and turf, it also wastes water.
Hunter’s Mini Clik rain sensor sprinkler system provides the simplest, most effective way to prevent sprinklers from running during or after any level of rainfall. The Mini-Clik stops scheduled irrigation when it detects a pre-set level of rain has fallen, this automatic process ensures landscapes aren’t watered during a storm, once the storm passes, the Mini-Clik allows the controller to resume normal irrigation. Mini-Clik is compatible with all Hunter controller and once plugged in, it ensures that a system doesn’t water during the rain. The Mini Clik is easily installed by our irrigation specialists on any automatic sprinkling system, is debris tolerant for reliable operation and no unnecessary shutdowns can be set to shut the system off from 1⁄8″ to 1″ of rainfall, includes 25′ of 20 AWG sheathed, two-conductors, UL-approved wire and warranty period of 5 years.
The New Rain Bird LNK WiFi Module allows easy access and control of a Rain Bird irrigation system from anywhere in the world. With the LNK WiFi Module and Rain Bird’s FREE mobile app, users get access to off-site management, real-time alerts and advanced water management tools via their smart phone or tablet. | <urn:uuid:a92caeb0-e351-4bfc-b1c4-51c981200449> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wetspotirrigation.com.au/water-cost-saving/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.93619 | 639 | 1.84375 | 2 |
LADYDUST THE BOOK
The story of ladydust is the story of an avatar whose roots are in full correspondence with the actions that led to the initial birth of the myth of ziggy stardust.The planet of its origin, ‘planet ladydust’, is symbolically, a planet close to this one of Ziggy: Mars.
Ladydust comes to haunt at different time and space coordinations from the avatar that made David Bowie famous, the life of a random girl, first by usurping her professional activities when she innocently signs with this trademark and then, deliberately placing her on an endless adventure that involves tragic incidents and has as a painful cost the loss of a long list of valuable things, including karma relationships.
Through this bloody journey having ’starring actors’ in it even David Bowie in person interfering in the plot, the avatar of Ladydust slowly unveils the message it wants to convey with its presence.
All the adventures in which she puts the girl through, sickness -loss -pain, are part of a specific & definite mission that unhorses stereotypes, punches under the stomach a number of bequeathed beliefs for centuries & proposes a totally different prism of perception coming to many things like art by putting it in its real dimension, this one of expression away from human pedestals, away from self targeted deprived values.
It even proposes a different prism of perception to the biggest enemy of humanity: fear.
Ladydust detaches fear from its contrived cloak, a cloak that just covers the blank space of oblivion in what has to do with the wholeness that rules everything. Fear just comes as the result of people’s weakness to conceive the multiple dimensions of the universe.
Her story though – in contradiction with what is perceived as ‘real through the human five senses’- reveals equivalencies between mundane incidents, symbols & even rock myths, all already written in the universe as archetypes.
It gives the message that we all subconsciously choose our life ‘mission’, and co create our fate, in a similar way with the ancient preaching of the shamans.
The incidents that preceded Ladydust and are described in the book, all happened in the real life of Amanda (the heroine) but the birth of the avatar, happened digitally and that, wasn’t random either. Nor the route that followed.
There were people like Terence mc Kenna that first talked about the immense possibilities of the information, detached from the material world.
Douglas Rushkoff in his book “Coping in Cyberia’, in 1993, -before even internet would be spread all over the earth-,
also prophetically referred to how enough ‘Cyberians’, the habitants of the expected as upcoming era, were meant to actually invent a new, extra dimensional world where they could be in charge of things in a totally different conceived way.
That is maybe what happened in the case of Ladydust, too.
In ‘The Sophist’, Plato considered the fact that his temporal Forms must be able to enter into relation with phenomenal reality to make sense & ends up putting into the mouth of the central figure in his dialogue, the ‘Stranger from Elea’ a famous completely relational definition of ‘Reality’.
In the second century, the buddhist Nagarjuna took it even further by suggesting that the ‘point of departure’ doesn’t even exist. Of course, according to him too, (who had obviously none idea about the later discoveries of quantum mechanics) ‘nothing exists in itself’ independently of something else. As for ‘Reality’, he distinguishes it between two levels: the conventional apparent one with its illusory & prespectival aspects and Ultimate Reality which does NOT exist, since its essence is found in the absence, in vacuity’.
Coming back to Ladydust now, her ‘dust’ left behind gives the message to not obey to the kind of gravity that keeps low the human soul.
In the end, she stands next to the weak ones, the unprivileged, next to women, to all those that need more than anyone to be reminded of their strength, of the divinity of their battle.
She stands next to the muses of the artists, next to all those females around the world who have been crucified like in that first cover of the ‘LA WOMAN’ of the Doors that was showing a woman dying on a cross.
And as in Ancient Greek tragedy, everyone is mathematically guided in purification, called ‘catharsis’.
That is why her whole message is summarised in the tagline: ‘FREEDOM AGAINST GRAVITY’.
Either someone will take the story of ladydust as a story based on qualia, or will believe that there is really a world of ‘miracles’ & awsomeness out there, still he must appreciate that what is being held right here is a serious effort, to describe the bridge and the algorithm between all that via the inadequacy of human language.
For those who have probably read another book: “Helgoland’ of Carlo Rovelli, it will be clear enough that the story described in the book of Ladydust, is not just a story that contains simple semiology, it’s a story speaking about ‘relations’, therefore: ‘Quantum Physics’.
“I have just had the deep privilege listening on the phone to Marina Tsigonaki read chapters from Ladydust The Book…it is truly an epic of the inner world, a sweeping adventure that reveals how music, technology and spirit intertwine in the lives of “everyman” characters who touch mysteries in ways that make the numinous palpable and take one’s breath away. This is one of those works that is destined to make an imprint on the souls of millions.”
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The Black Student Union’s production, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, represents the diverse experiences of seven African-American women, as they struggle to find their place in the world.
Emotional, gritty and raw are terms that suit the production’s representation of characters, known as Lady in Brown, Lady in Yellow, Lady in Purple, Lady in Red, Lady in Green, Lady in Blue and Lady in Orange.
The play differs from other theatrical productions because it is “spoken word as a play,” said director Jamila Capitman, a film and media arts major who also plays Lady in Green.
The play, which is based upon Ntozake Shange’s work, chronicles the lives of several African-American women, each representing various aspects of the black woman’s experience. As these characters attempt to mold themselves into stronger women, they encounter numerous obstacles from their environments.
“[Lady in Blue] feels like she has to be rough because of her environment, but she does have a soft side,” said Temple alumna LaNeshe Miller, who plays Lady in Blue.
Each woman is from a different area of the country. They reside in cities across the nation, from San Francisco to Baltimore. Their characters are as diverse as the topography of the United States.
Lady in Brown is “an innocent child” who has a “strong sense of her culture,” said freshman theater major Nasya Gay about her character’s persona.
Lady in Brown is engrossed in her African-American heritage. On the other hand, Lady in Red attempts to cope with the domestic abuse she experiences at the hands of her boyfriend.
The members of the cast embody the anguish and determination their characters portray. Lady in Orange, played by junior BTMM major Ariana Santiago, expresses the difficulty of trying to mend a broken heart, while Lady in Green is trying to regain the piece of her she lost to a lover.
The play also addresses the brutality of issues such as date rape. The cast drew inspiration from their personal experiences and individuals around them.
“I had to find a way to portray being strong… being this woman of strength… [while] being weak on the inside,” said freshman theater major Kashayna Johnson.
“I drew inspiration from cousins and family members I know [and] also watching these talented young ladies [of the cast],” Santiago said about her character Lady in Orange.
Capitman wanted individuals that not only had basic acting skills but who seemed to understand the play and its thematic message.
She also thought it was important to have diversity among the looks of the characters to depict the various aspects of African-American womanhood. Capitman said the production could help expand BSU by drawing in individuals who were not necessarily interested in politics but enjoyed the arts.
Capitman said it was vital to update the play so people could better understand its themes. She updated Shange’s work by adding music from popular culture. Some of these tunes include pieces by Erykah Badu and Jill Scott.
“The content [of Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem] was so relevant. This isn’t a period piece, this is an all the time piece,” Capitman said.
Capitman expects the play to inspire others to seek out black art and perform more African-American works. She also wants the work to move both women and men.
“I want women to walk away feeling inspired and … renewed and men [to have] some kind of understanding about who women are,” Capitman said.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf will be held at the Freedom Theatre located at 1346 N. Broad St. The play will run from Nov. 21 to Nov. 22.The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $12 in advance or at the door.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 617-378-1870.
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Fifty years after the QE2 ocean liner was launched by the Queen, and almost a decade after its retirement, the great ship is still gathering dust in a UAE dock. We present a fact for each year of its existence.
1. In excess of 70,000 bottles of champagne were drunk every year, on average, on the QE2, prior to her retirement in 2008.
2. The ship’s owners were subject to a bomb threat and ransom demand in 1972, made when the QE2 was 1,000 miles from land. SAS and bomb disposal officers were scrambled to the ship, but the demand turned out to be a hoax played by a shoe salesman from New York.
How does the QE2 stack up against other famous ships?
3. The QE2 consumed around 18 tons of a fuel an hour, or 433 tons per day, with one gallon of fuel moving the ship around 15 metres – less than the length of a cricket pitch.
4. The QE2’s rudder alone weighed 80 tons – around the same as 10 double-decker buses.
5. An estimated one million admirers were present to see the vessel call in to Liverpool in July 1990, the first time the QE2 had visited the city.
6. The QE2’s total power output was enough to light a city the size of Southampton.
7. The QE2 could sail backwards (at a full speed of 19 knots) faster than most cruise ships sail forwards. She was the fastest merchant ship still in operation at the time of her retirement.
8. Cunard’s first ship, the Britannia, would have squeezed into QE2’s Grand Lounge.
9. The amount of fruit juice used annually on board the QE2 would have filled the ship’s swimming pools nearly eight times over.
10. The QE2 was not named after the current Queen but rather after the wife of King George VI. This explains the convention of using the actual number – i.e. Queen Elizabeth 2 – rather than the Roman numerals of Queen Elizabeth II.
11. She hit a sandbank in the Solent on her final voyage, was grounded in 1992 after striking an "uncharted" object off the eastern US, and also ran into trouble off the coast of Nova Scotia.
12. Beatrice Muller, from New Jersey, used the QE2 as a retirement home for 14 years, paying around £3,500 a month for the privilege. "My priorities on this ship are ballroom dancing, playing duplicate bridge, and trying not to eat - not necessarily in that order," she told Telegraph Travel in 2006."I like all kinds of dancing, but right now I'm not dancing sambas or the cha cha - I don't want to jump on my new hip just yet."
13. The 2,500 tea bags used each day on the QE2 would have supplied the average tea-drinking family for a year.
14. The QE2 was launched by the Queen on the Clyde in 1969, the same year the Apollo 11 mission reached the moon. The Queen used the same golden scissors that her mother had used to inaugurate the Queen Elizabeth and her grandmother had used to launch the Queen Mary.
15. The vessel boasted the largest cinema at sea (with a capacity of over 531).
16. Cunard paid £7.5m to compensate QE2 passengers after a trip dubbed the "cruise to hell", in December 1994. The ship began a voyage before a £30m refit was completed, leading to complaints of exploding lavatories, among other things.
17. The ship’s fuel oil tank capacity of 4,381.4 tons was enough for 10 days’ sailing at 32.5 knots, allowing it to travel around 7,800 miles without stopping.
18. 277,000 metres of clingfilm were used on the ship every year, enough to go around the QE2 approximately 731 times.
19. In January 1971, the QE2 rescued passengers from French liner Antilles, which had run aground near Mustique and eventually sank. The passengers from the ailing vessel were eventually landed safely in Barbados.
20. In 1995, Southampton officials criticised food hygiene on board, threatening legal action after inspecting the ship's Queen's Grill.
21. The ship carried around 2.5 million passengers in total – or about the equivalent of a city the size of Budapest.
22. Approximately 600,000 litres of beverage were consumed annually on board the QE2.
23. The ship circumnavigated the globe a full 25 times.
24. The QE2 marked her 40th anniversary voyage with a “lap of honour” sailing around Britain.
25. The ship had the only synagogue at sea, which incidentally was also the only room on the ship that had remained unaltered since 1969.
26. Passengers consumed nearly 20 tons of lobster and 1 ton of caviar each year.
27. The vessel was the only ship to be awarded five stars for its accommodation by the RAC.
28. The QE2 cost slightly more than £29 million to build in 1969 – after which Cunard spent more around 15 times that amount on refits and refurbishments.
29. The QE2’s total sailing time was the equivalent of 20 years non-stop motion – or 175,290 hours spent on the waves.
30. The QE2 was Cunard’s flagship vessel for 35 years, from 1969 to 2004, a position now occupied by the Queen Mary 2.
31. The ship completed 801 Atlantic crossings in its lifetime.
32. The QE2 was powered by nine diesel electric engines, each the size of a double-decker bus. A maximum of seven operated at any one time, allowing maintenance staff to do their work without affecting the ship’s cruising speed.
33. The QE2 operated with the most powerful propulsion plant on a non-military vessel.
34. The ship included a shopping arcade with 11 boutiques, including a branch of Harrods.
35. The QE2’s desalination equipment allowed 1,000 tons of fresh water to be produced each day.
36. The QE2 has had a total of 25 captains.
37. The largest marine motors ever built were used to power the QE2 on its voyages.
38. The ship’s engineers wore stripes of royal purple – as King George V decreed that engineers should following the loss of all the engineers on the Titanic in 1912.
39. In May 1982, the QE2 was requisitioned for the Falklands War as a troop transport, a decision which reportedly gave the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher a sleepless night. The ship sailed for South Georgia with 3000 troops aboard, arriving back in Southampton on June 11, 1982.
40. In March 1975, the QE2 made its first transit of Panama Canal, making it the biggest ship ever to travel through the canal. There was less than a foot to spare as the ship made its way through the canal locks.
41. In July 1990, the Queen became the first reigning monarch to go on a voyage on a commercial liner with passengers.
42. The QE2’s 1000th voyage was one of its many transatlantic crossings, from New York to Southampton. It took place in June 1995.
43. Nakheel purchased the vessel for around £50.5 million, with the stated intention of converting the vessel into a floating hotel. Those plans stalled in 2013, after the economic downturn, and it remains languishing in Port Rashid, Dubai.
44. In June 1970, the QE2 crossed the Atlantic in a record time of three days, 20 hours and 42 minutes.
45. The QE2’s cocktail bar, the Chart Room, featured the piano from the original Queen Mary.
46. According to National Archives documents, Cunard asked the Ministry of Defence to supply an elite anti-terrorism unit for the ship's planned cruise on the 25th anniversary of the founding of Israel in 1973. In the event, the MOD supplied 26 elite commandos instead, who apparently made the most of the trip.
47. In 1995, the QE2 managed to withstand a 30-metre high wave breaking across her bow during Hurricane Luis.
48. Theft was apparently rife during the construction of the vessel and some of the shipworkers were allegedly stealing from the ship faster than the yard could build her.
49. The QE2 had the largest library on the seas, with over 6,000 titles on board.
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|This page was written by Pluto and imported with their permission when LinuxMCE branched off in February, 2007. In general any information should apply to LinuxMCE. However, this page should be edited to reflect changes to LinuxMCE and remove old references to Pluto.|
This one provides standard command interface for the PBX, theoretically it can be plugged with any PBX, not sure if it can be done.
It has a virtual device id = -107, this way all telecom commands from orbiter are sent to Telecom_Plugin, and then it routes commands to specific devices (like from Orbiter to child Embedded Phone) or to Asterisk.
It depends on command the sender and such parameters as device or channel_ids.
For example PL_Originatecalled with PK_Device==EmbeddedPhone will send CMD_Phone_Initiate to the device or CMD_PBX_Originate to asterisk. The transfer when the call is already a conference call will be simple joining into the conference room instead of a blind transfer and so on.
It also provides several DataGrids getting information from internal datastructures in case of ActiveCalls, pluto_main for SpeedDial and asteriskcdr for RecentCalls.
Communication with Asterisk
In most cases the Telecom_Plugin keeps almost the same list of channels as Asterisk. The Asterisk is notifying Telecom_Plugin on all changes and they keep the list in sync.
In most of the commands(and events) exchanged between Asterisk and Telecom_Plugin one of the parameters is CallID or ChannelID string representing channels connected into a call (something like SIP/202-9577 IAX2/teliax-out/6)
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Just days after the magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Peru’s Utcubamba province, the region is struggling with flooding. The streets are covered with a thick layer of mud.
In the Peruvian province of Utcubamba, in the north of the country, a river rose and flooded. Residents saved everything they could from flooded homes. With the help of the policemen, they took all their belongings to the mud-covered streets on Friday (December 3). – The river Utcubamba is covered with mud, nowhere to run. We work, we are thirsty – said the resident of the province.
– We are trying to help this community that has been cut off from the world. We load the helicopter to get to the scene and provide some food for those people who lost everything – said Alan García Pérez, the mayor of the province. On Friday, he reached the affected area with the help of a police helicopter.
A few days earlier, there was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 in the province of Utcubamba. The shocks were felt even in Lima. At least 75 houses have been destroyed.
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In & Ga Graphite-crucible cells for Nitrides – MS
- High loading capacity
- Excellent flux stability
- Outstanding uniformity
- High reliability, durability and low maintenance
- Cost effective solution – made to last
- Re-usable crucibles
The Master Source benefits from a technology which consists of a specific crucible design combining high performance with low operating and maintenance costs. The ultra-pure beam of stable flux is a result of the MS crucible concept.
Crucibles are made of Pyrolytic Graphite, that is not wetted by Ga or In which guarantees a very low defect density. These cells are preferably used for Nitrides application, where In & Ga usually tend to overflow under nitrogen atmosphere with a PBN crucible. Conversely, graphite crucible may induce unwanted C doping that could disturb mobility in usual III-V applications.
The nominal capacity of the Master Source varies from 25 cc to 5800 cc, for research applications to production. The Master Source is the optimal cell technology for the evaporation of materials with low and medium vapor pressure. It is used for elements III, but also allows the evaporation of more exotic materials like Ag, LiF, CdTe, etc.
The MS crucible is designed in two parts: the reservoir containing the material, and the effusion nozzle screwed into the reservoir. The removable nozzle of the MS crucible is shaped in such a way that it gives better uniformity and an optimal utilization of the material on the wafer.
The cylindrical reservoir shape maximizes the capacity of the crucible and allows the loading of a single shaped piece of material. The use of a shaped charge helps to reduce surface contaminations and results in high layer performances. The nozzle shape defines the spatial distribution of the flux.
The innovative design permits a narrow or wide flux beam, governing material consumption and defining uniformity criteria for the geometry of each system.
|Cell characteristics||MS 240||MS 440||MS 540||MS1640||MS4000|
|Source capacity||40 cc||85 cc||130 cc||380 cc||400 cc|
|Temperature stability||± 0,2°C|
|Crucible material||Pyrolytic graphite|
|Filament type||Dual Ta wire|
|Thermocouple type||2x C-type|
|Typical operating temperature*||100 – 1150°C|
|Maximum outgassing temperature||1350°C|
|Power required for maximum temperature||250 W||400 W||850 W||900 W||3 600 W|
|Power supply||Two power supplies / Two temperature controllers|
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One-gabled Austral pavilion is a stretched structureperfect for being attached to already existing surfaces.
Gabled Austral pavilion is a stretched structure manufactured by Okatent perfect for industrial and warehousing activities.
Light pavilions are tents for covering limited spaces , with and standard structure and really suitable.
The Curved Austral pavilion is the tent with the most resistant structure of all the Okatent catalog, its curved form is designed to support different environments and assembly types.
The Austral Gothic pavilion is the Okatent tent with the most original and ergonomic design. Its convex form structure offers client a new way to understand the implementation of flags; the height is used for different kind of events like advertising, concerts, scene assembly, shows, sports events.
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Materials, materials, materials. When it comes to 3D printing, the biggest improvement that most in the industry wish to see, is the ability to print in more materials. Currently, most consumer level 3D printers are restricted to printing primarily in plastics, however, one 17-year-old from Virginia, named Sagar Govani, is well on his way to changing this. He is in the process of creating a 3D printer, more specifically a 3D printer extruder, that is capable of printing using metal filament.
We’ve seen attempts at this before. For example, others have creating 3D printers that are basically robotic welding machines, but these are far from being able to be operated safely in the comfort of your own garage, let alone inside a home. Most industrial level 3D metal printers utilize a selective laser sintering technology, where a metal power is melted layer-by-layer, using a specialized laser. These are both dangerous and extremely expensive.
Sagar Govani, however, takes a totally different approach. He based his idea on that of traditional FDM 3D printers – the ones that print in plastics, by melting and extruding molten PLA or ABS. He simply replaced the plastic with a metal alloy (solder), which consists mainly of tin (95.8% tin, 4% copper, and 0.2% silver). It uses an electronically heated coil to melt the metal, and another nozzle that deposits flux after each layer.
“It’s currently a solder which is a blend of antimony tin and selenium,” Govani tells 3DPrint.com. “The melting point is 274°. Im still researching how I would make it stronger, as it has to melt at low temperatures.”
Of course there will be many limitations for the type of metals and metal alloys that could be used with this printer, due to their melting points. Govani, however, plans to continue his research and development of more material options. In the two test prints that he has created, he printed 5 layers. The objects hold up about as good as their plastic counterparts do, with the exception of increased dentability, which can be expected.
Once he has completed the design and perfected it, Govani hopes to launch a Kickstarter project. It won’t be for an entire 3D metal printer, as his printer is basically a modified RepRap. Instead it will be a campaign to raise funds for the production of a 3D metal printing extruder. This extruder will be able to be added to already built 3D printers, thus allowing current 3D printer owners to print using metal. This extruder will also be based on a RepRap version, but it will require metal parts that can hold up to extruding metal filament. “I will soon begin the process of CAD designing each part and getting them CNC’ed out of stainless steel,” explained Govani. “I am trying to make a metal extruder that would work as a drop-in part for any plastic printer.”
This seems to be the main task remaining for Govani, as figuring out a formula for creating an extruder that is capable of handing the wear and tear of metal filament will be key.
“The most difficult part is making sure the molten metal doesn’t erode the nozzle, as my first nozzle went from .5mm to over 2mm due to some sort of chemical reaction between the 2 materials,” Govani tells 3DPrint.com. “Also the next problem is getting the solder filament to actually flow, it cools around the nozzle and forms a cap so I need to find a way to heat the whole nozzle better.”
You would think that the costs to create a 3D printer or extruder which is capable of printing in metal would be exceptionally high. However, Govani tells us that he is able to do so for under $100.
So how much can we expect Govani to sell these for, if and when he launches a Kickstarter campaign?
“I believe that after I can get a production version made I can sell it for around $150 and produce it for around $75,” he explains.
What do you think? Will this extraordinary idea work out? Would you be interested in printing objects using the 95.8% tin, 4% copper, and 0.2% silver blend? Discuss this idea in the Affordable Metal 3D Printer thread on 3DPB.com
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Customers are bombarded with options such as where to shop and how to shop. Being able to understand your customer’s state of mind plays an important role in connecting with clients and selling products.
Master neuroscientist, Ian Rheeder, discussed the neuroscience behind retail at the first South African Council of Shopping Centres’ (SACSC) Gauteng Chapter Networking Breakfast for 2018. According to Ian, the way messages are communicated is often more important than the actual message.
“It’s important to always remember that people only do things that they want to do. This has huge implications for leaders. It means connecting at an emotional level, one-on-one, with every person. And it’s not what you say, it’s the way you say it. Remember Carl Buechner’s words: ‘They may forget what you said but they’ll never forget how you made them feel.’ Feelings are more important than thoughts,” said Ian.
He added that there’s too much advice about what retailers should do and his advice is to get back to basics using the big neuroscience discoveries. Some of the tips that Ian offered about knowing your customers include listening to feedback from customers, conducting focus groups, to do research on what your customers prefer and why, and sampling your core customers to find out more about their preferences.
He also discussed research where he was able to record interactions with staff from a person-to-person view thanks to hidden cameras.
“Retailers can market and advertise till they’re blue in the face, but if the people on the floor are not happy, trust me, your customers won’t be happy either. Start on the floor and encourage staff to smile,” said Ian.
The big lesson that neuroscience teaches us, says Ian, is that humans are more social than any other mammal on the planet.
“We are at least 90% emotional, and trust is the key to doing business. Remember, just because you may not be consciously aware of the shopping environment, that does not mean that unconsciously you are not sipping it all in. Our senses absorb about 11 million new synapses (per second), yet we are only aware of 40 of these, which is why consumers often don’t know what they want. It’s not that they want to lie, they are just oblivious of the subliminal olfactory-logos (scents), sounds, contrasting lighting and the service attendant’s warm smile and single-eyebrow-flash,” concludes Ian.
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The commitment of pet ownership needs to be thoroughly considered and the pet owner must understand they will be responsible for that pet for the entirety of its life. The Center for Pet Safety has put together information about pets for anyone considering them as an Easter gift and also Easter pet safety tips for those with pets.
Bunnies make wonderful pets, but we suggest restraint from the impulse buy of baby bunnies at Easter. The same goes for baby chicks and ducks. Every year rescue agencies are inundated with bunnies, chicks and ducks once the novelty wears off – and the responsibility of pet ownership sets in.
Bunnies are affectionate and can be house-trained and litter box trained. The downside of bunnies is that they are crepuscular (most active at dusk and dawn) and can negatively impact your sleep. They have also been known to chew almost anything in your home when your back is turned – with electrical cords being one of the most dangerous items. Additionally, it is very important to have your vet spay/neuter your bunny before it becomes sexually mature. A potential pet owner should have a complete understanding of the management requirements of having a rabbit as a house pet prior to adding one to the family.
Chick and Ducks
Chickens and Ducks, while adorable when they are newly hatched, are not house pets and have special housing needs. According to the Department of Agriculture (1), every poultry premises must register with the Department of Agriculture to ensure adequate disease control in the case of an outbreak.
Remember, pet ownership requires a long-term commitment and should not be taken lightly. Not all animals are suitable as companion animals. Center for Pet Safety suggests pet owners complete thorough research before adding any pet to your household.
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The Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers has introduced a new scholarship that will enable a young person to learn to fly in a Tiger Moth.
The award – created in memory of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland – is open to people under the age of thirty who have not previously been awarded any such bursary.
The training will take place in the DH82A Tiger Moths of the Cambridge Flying Group at Cambridge Airport. The club’s yellow and silver biplanes have 60 years of providing this experience.
The Coachmakers’ Company is a City of London Livery Company, raising and distributing charitable funds within the aerospace, automotive and coach making industries and for deserving disadvantaged members of society.
Group Captain Marcus Wills CVO OBE, Chairman of the Coachmakers Aerospace Awards Committee said: “This is a very exciting award, and the Coachmakers Company is delighted to play a part in helping a young person to achieve an ambition when otherwise they might not be able to do so. I am sure that, in the long term, learning to fly a vintage aircraft will make a significant contribution to a more widespread general knowledge of airmanship and flight safety.”
No previous flying experience is required to apply, although evidence of a keen interest in aviation is a necessity. The scholarship value is approximately £4,500 and is to be match-funded by the successful scholarship winner. The closing date for applications is 5th July 2014.
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Apple has unveiled software upgrades that would let older iPhones run faster, help parents limit their children's screen time and make its Siri voice assistant work more like a rival feature from Amazon.com.
Taken together, the moves announced at Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose amounted to focusing on keeping its base of 1.3 billion users satisfied with their devices and catching up with some competitors.
Apple shares closed up 0.8 per cent at US$191.83 after the news, and rose to US$192.40 in extended trading.
Apple faced a backlash late last year when it emerged that the company slowed down some older iPhones with flagging batteries. The latest version of Apple's operating system for the iPhone and iPad, iOS 12, will make older devices, such as the iPhone 6, work better.
Software chief Craig Federighi said iOS 12 could carry out simple tasks, such as opening apps, up to twice as fast as its predecessor, iOS 11. The new system will work on a range of products that date back to 2013.
The company will also allow broader use of in-app voice controls, which it had limited to a handful of apps, such as PayPal and Uber. Amazon, by contrast, was much more open to controlling apps with its Alexa assistant.
Additionally, Apple rolled out group video chat sessions with up to 32 users, putting it in direct competition with companies such as Cisco Systems and Microsoft’s Skype.
In response to criticism that Apple contributed to computer overuse by children, iPhone and iPad users will now be able to limit the time children spend in apps, as well as which apps they can use.
"Some apps demand more of our attention than we might realise," Federighi said.
The parent control system sits atop a broader system that adults, too, can use to monitor and limit their screen time.
Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at Creative Strategies, said the flexibility of Apple's system set it apart from others designed only for parental monitoring, offering the ability for teens and adults to impose their own limits.
"It's a clear admission from Apple: 'Our installed base is so big, and no two users are the same, so we're not going to tell you what works for you,'" she said.
New features help protect users' anonymity online. The company said its Safari web browser for both Macs and iPhones will keep users from being tracked without their permission by websites that use "like" or "share" buttons from social media companies.
Apple unveiled new steps to make it hard for advertisers to distinguish among users, building on its effort, begun last year, to prevent such tracking.
Apple also rolled out new tools for augmented reality, saying users would be able to share worlds in games, for instance. LEGO, the maker of interlocking toy blocks, showed off an app in which two players using iPads could put out a virtual fire blazing on a physical house made of LEGOs.
Federighi said Apple had been working on a "multi-year" effort to make it easier to move iPhone and iPad apps onto Mac computers, a significant change because Apple's iOS is often a top destination for developers, who frequently choose Android phones as the second platform.
Federighi said the tools will come out next year.
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Over the past few years, a lot of companies in Canada have been stepping up to contribute their resources in making the country more environmentally friendly—and now a few are being named for their hard work.
Export Development Canada (EDC) has released their Cleantech Export Stars: Mississauga’s Hydrogenics, Vancouver’s Ostara Nutrient Recovery technologies, and Blainville’s Xebec Adsorption. These are the top three companies that have bridged the gap between domestic and international success in the clean technology industry.
“The naming of our first ever Cleantech Export Stars is a great way to showcase with the amazing potential that Canadian cleantech companies can realize by thinking globally from the get go,” said Carl Burlock, EDC’s senior VP of financing. “EDC is the largest provider of financial solutions for cleantech companies looking to export internationally and we’re excited to be a part of the innovation boom happening in Canada in this sector.”
The announcement comes as part of EDC’s Cleantech Export Week. The financial Crown corporation provides financing, insurance and more to help Canadian companies sell and invest abroad. EDC announced that they provided more than $1 billion in the cleantech sector during 2016 and expect that figure to reach over $7 billion before 2020.
Since 2012, EDC has helped more than 170 companies export their technology to 114 countries.
Hydrogenics designs and manufactures both industrial and commercial hydrogen generation solutions. The company supplies fuel systems for trucks operated by Norway’s largest grocery wholesaler and was recently selected to upgrade the largest renewable hydrogen fueling facility in the U.S.
Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies harvests phosphorus from the sewage treatment process thus protecting water sources around the world. The company has 15 installations around the globe.
Xebec Adsorption is a provider of gas generation purification and filtration solutions. One of the company’s latest innovations is a low-cost method of capturing 99 per cent digester and landfill gas to produce renewable natural gas.
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Poland signed a $4.6 billion contract with the US to acquire 32 F-35A stealth fighter jets in January 2020 as part of its ‘Harpia’ (harpy eagle) program to replace the Soviet-era Su-22 and MiG-29 aircraft.
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Surprisingly, during the 29th MSPO defense expo held at Kielce in Poland last month, JR McDonald, Lockheed’s vice president of business development for the integrated fighter group, mentioned a probable location for the second Polish Air Force F-35A squadron in the north-western region of the country, not far from the Russian border.
The US had approved to provide a Total Package Approach that not only included delivery of the 32 aircraft, but also provided aircraft, pilot and maintenance support training; advanced flight simulators, and ongoing aircraft maintenance; and a robust logistics support system equally shared with other F-35 partner nations.
Close To Russian Border
While the deliveries are expected to begin in 2024, the most likely spot for the F-35 squadron recently indicated by the Lockheed Martin official is the 21st Tactical Air Base “Maj Stefan Stec” in Świdwin.
And Świdwin happens to be roughly 410 km away from Kaliningrad – the Russian base where both 9K720 Iskander (SS-26 Stone) mobile short-range ballistic missile systems and S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler) air defense systems are deployed.
The EurAsian Times had outlined the awe-inspiring features of the S-400s which could be a “game-changer” for any military. With a range of detection that extends to as far as 600 km, the S-400 defense system is highly mobile and can be prepared in a matter of minutes to execute a strike.
All the radars, missiles, and launchers of the S-400 are positioned on 8×8 cross-country trucks, making them challenging to be tracked and destroyed. It is furnished with a 92N6E electronically-steered phased array radar that can detect 300 targets concurrently and fire four different missile types at them based on the threat and range.
Currently, Świdwin houses a dozen of aging Russian-made Su-22M4 Fitters and six Su-22UM3K Trainers of the Polish Airforce. And according to reports, Warsaw plans to keep the Fitters in inventory until 2025, in order to retain skilled pilots and technicians.
It is not clear if the plan would be to move personnel from Świdwin to supporting the F-35 upon retirement, or if they would be transferred to other bases.”
The Russian jets present at the Świdwin airbase are used to train new pilots and provide training to the traditional Air Force, Polish Special Forces JTAC, and Air Defence Unit training.
While the proposed F-35 squadron’s proximity to the Russian defense system is quite surprising, the fact remains that all Polish Air Force bases are situated within the range of Russian missiles.
Once part of the Soviet communist bloc, Poland became a full-fledged member of the US-led NATO in 1999. The two nations, Russia and Poland, currently do not share very amicable relations.
Besides sharing proximity with Russia, Świdwin lies just 60 km away from the Baltic Sea which has till now enabled the Polish to participate in the NATO exercises conducted in the region. Some of which include Baltops, Astral Knight, or Spring Storm.
The 2020 contract signed by Warsaw plans to replace the Polish Air Force’s outdated Soviet-designed Sukhoi Su-22 and Mikoyan MiG-29 jets with new fifth-generation jets.
MinDef @mblaszczak🇵🇱 : The US Congress🇺🇸 has agreed to sell 32 state-of-the-art #F35 ✈️aircraft to Poland.
This is one of the last steps before entering into the contract, but this is not the end of our work. We will negotiate to achieve the best price possible https://t.co/Aw2b5Hcy6Y
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The first batch of the Polish F-35 fifth-generation multi-role fighters also called Lightning II will be based at the 32nd Tactical Air Base in Łask and is said to be delivered by 2024-2025.
The second batch of aircraft is estimated to be delivered in 2026-2027, with Initial Operational Capability by 2026, and a fully stood up squadron there by 2030.
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Price Discovery vs Valuation
What is a good validation of company's value or why are there so called down rounds?
In our previous articles we’ve discussed in length terms like market value and fundamental value and also explored in-depth how to get from instrument price to market cap and how different instruments represent different parts of the company.
Today we try to think aloud about where the price comes from both during trading and fundraising campaigns. And also, why there’re up and down rounds.
On the marketplace, there’re always two prices:
Bid or the amount that somebody is willing to pay for any instrument
Ask or the amount that somebody is willing to sell the instrument for
If you enter a buy order with the ask price, it gets filled and the last price becomes ask price, pushing the price up.
If you enter a sell order with the limit equal or below the highest bid, it’s also matched and last price becomes bid price, pushing the price down.
The difference between ask and bid is called spread and on low liquidity market like Funderbeam, the spreads can be pretty wide, especially for the sparsely traded instruments.
The market makers usually quote the price in both ways and pocket the spread. There isn’t much thought process involved here, you just keep the orders small. Should the price move down suddenly, you might be holding instruments that you bought higher, but if the price moves up, you gain from the holdings anyway.
On the above example, the spread is 4 cents which seems low, but is actually 10%. If the last price was 0,4, buying 1 token from ask will make the price go up 10% and vice versa1.
Add some buyers to the marketplace, some influencers who will say good things about the company and voila, the price starts moving upwards. But issue a report with flat numbers and there’s sell-side pressure.
This constant search for equilibrium between supply and demand is price discovery.
Skin in the Game
Have you ever tried to play poker for just chips? Like, without having any actual money (or at least clothes 😊) at stake?
If you have, you might know how people raise and call down every hand and the bluffs never work cause people don’t have absolutely anything at stake. Of course the same can happen if people play way under their limits - they play with money towards which they’re completely indifferent.
Poker is meaningless if you don’t have skin in the game. And when you have, you suddenly start thinking about chances of making your hand, don’t call down every hand and the bluffs might start working too.
Let’s try to put that into the context of investments.
Imagine a 1 unit trade - Funderbeam prices usually being below 10€ - you don’t really care if it moves anywhere. For example, we’ve bought 1 share unit if we’re holding loan notes just to know if there’re any shareholders votes and what’s being voted on. The sums might be €€.
Next - the people who make money by quoting the spread usually do it with less than 500€ at a time. As we concluded earlier, this more about acting fast than deep analytics. €€€ might be moved here just hoping to pocket the spread.
Then the swing trades - people might have ideas about where the price goes short term (for us short term is days and weeks, not minutes) and they bet on it. Maybe it’s quarterly results or a product launch or stock split. People are likely to bet meaningful money (€€€€) here and are familiar with the company and the business at the very least.
And then come the investments - likely to be in €€€€€ range, depending on portfolio sizes of course. This is where people actually think about company fundamentals, look at the annual reports, product-market fit, team, sales channels and so on and so forth. They have skin in the game.
So we argue that the amount of due diligence is a function of investment size.
Recently we brought out a situation where some people are trying to buy Funderbeam 1 instruments at twice the price what seems to be the general consensus and at 3x than the lowest priced instrument. But these are below 100€ trades and the buyers probably haven’t put much thought into it.
Those small, €-€€€, trades happen quite often - in most of the cases daily, sometimes even hourly. They can change the value of the company considerably - in the example above, company value changed 10% just by buying or selling 1 token - yet this doesn’t have absolutely anything to do with this company’s financials. Siidrikoda regularly fluctuates 20-30% both ways without anything happening except low volume trading.
Add a couple of optimistic swing trades here and there into the mix, then good communication skills by the company, article or two in local business media which is concentrating more on market mechanics than actual business of the company - and you might have landed a winner.
Market cap soars, investors are happy, founders’ net worth is going through the roof. Nobody is paying attention if the price has any connection to the reality or not. Of course, from time to time someone takes a bit of profit, there’re corrections in price and then the party continues.
And it could continue if we were on a real stock market (where it often does), not Funderbeam.
So you’re sitting there, smiling at your fat multibagger of unrealized profit when suddenly the trading is halted and the company starts raising money.
Now the lead investor(s) begin doing their due diligence and suddenly the price that was OK to buy 50 shares at, is not good any more to buy 10 000 shares at.
The thesis “somebody buys it tomorrow for more” is replaced with a question: “does it make sense to invest at market cap 50x revenue?”. Might well turn out that it doesn’t and the company is valued well below what the market price was before the round.
Of course if you’re the one who bought at the top just before new fundraising started, you’re down and you’re angry. But in the grand scheme of things and long enough time span, there’re some good aspects to it:
If the company raises the current round at 50x revenue, then what’s the expectation for the next round? 50x might be fine in the very beginning (like, MRR below 10K but the IP looks promising), but maybe not for a 5y old company. Raising at too high valuation could make the next round trickier than necessary.
There’s expectation that at some point the P/S (or revenue multiple, whatever you prefer) comes down. For P/S to decrease, the company’s revenue has to either grow faster than price or the price has to come down. So the pressure to grow more might become unrealistic, and not meeting the expectations is probably worse than setting them lower in the first place.
If the company raised previous round at 10x revenue and is now raising at 30x revenue, one might ask what changed? It might well be that completely new markets opened up for the company and they’re raising money to seize the opportunity, but if the only reason for higher multiple is market price, then it raises a red flag.
What you usually experience when investing is one of the two:
Constant large-volume supply and demand based price discovery on stock exchanges (including a lot of speculation). Think of NASDAQ or NYSE.
Extensively DD’d discrete funding rounds with months/years between by VCs and syndicates. Think of EstBan or AngelList.
But Funderbeam is hybrid of these two - during ordinary trading, supply and demand based price discovery takes place and forms the market cap.
And every once a while - whenever the companies run out of money and need to sell more shares, the whole process switches into model-based valuation mode (even if the “model” is just revenue multiples).
Sometimes there’re conflicts between the two, but obviously the companies need lead investors and their money, so model-based valuation takes priority.
This is also a kind of reality check for the market - there rarely are any good reasons to get your money in at conditions that are considerably worse than during campaign.
This process raises opportunities for trading as you can usually get clues from the reports about when the fundraises are about to start and can run your own valuation models. If the companies are undervalued, it’s time to buy and if overvalued, it’s time to sell and add more during fundraises.
To gain some edge, you need to know where you stand at all times, meaning you always need to compare model-based value to actual price.
You might have a question - why are we giving away our edge by writing this down instead of using it to make money? There’re several reasons:
Market inefficiencies always work both ways - today we might gain, tomorrow we might lose. We’ve made a couple of good calls (see below) and we’ve been in unfavorable positions because of the market participants are not always rational.
We’re long-time investors and we believe that the prices (should) rise and fall in unison with companies’ results. Instead, what we see is small, insignificant events amplifying the price movements in both directions (exaggerated by low liquidity).
Here’re a few examples or recent funding rounds.
At the top of the craze, Barking’s price was over 30M, putting the revenue multiple at around 100x. By the time fundraising started, the market cap had come down to 20M, but was still way too much for the lead investors.
In the end the premoney valuation was agreed at 9M (still firmly above their first Funderbeam round at 5,3M premoney). Surely cold shower for some, but we tend to agree that it was a sensible move from future rounds’ perspective.
We owned Barking since first campaign and sold most of our position before round 2, because the price had gotten way ahead of revenues. We added a bit from second round.
Despite everything, we think that Barking’s 3rd round will be easier than Promoty’s one.
Funderbeam’s last campaign was also well below what the market had priced it:
Well, just days before campaign start, Change made the following statement:
If the market value goes from ~30M to 116M in a matter of 2 months based on 60K€ and 21K shares changing hands - does it mean we all have to pay that price now? That’s ~0,086% of the company, while during the campaign, a total of 6,65% was sold.
We’re not even discussing the fact that valuation was likely agreed well before the campaign start and that Change guys did some solo there seems like their own problem.
Funderbeam’s runway and other financials are reported regularly and it’s just a matter of doing your homework. We didn’t have stake in Funderbeam before and didn’t add during the campaign.
Upsteam is a different beast - they’re raising their 3rd round a bit above market value, but current 10,5M is still down from 13M premoney in their 2nd campaign. As their business and expansion plans didn’t go all that well during Covid time, so they had to trim their expectations a bit.
Our thought process regarding Upsteam went as follows:
Their business is cyclic - they earn way more during warm weather than in winter
Their runway was known and the 3rd round was never a secret
They surely worked their asses off to show the absolute best numbers they could before the campaign
At the time we started thinking about investing (more) in Upsteam, the loan notes were traded below 5M mcap and share units at ~30% premium. So we sold share units from 2nd round (at small loss) and put the same money into loan notes.
This is not just hindsight, we also said it before the campaign:
It didn’t catch much public attention, but Change was valued around 320M at the top, but soon after raised money outside Funderbeam at 175M and is now valued at 140M. Quite a rollercoaster, but way less bad publicity than Barking 2 campaign. We’ve stayed out of Change so far.
By the way, Change’s CNG instrument regularly trades well below share unit in their own app, but is denoted in BTC. This opens up some interesting possibilities for arbitrage and moving from BTC to EUR (see the whole thread if interested):
Bikeep raised at market value, but the one aspect we forgot was that in first round, loan notes were issued and in second round they’ll most likely add share units. We discussed this issue and different pricing quite emotionally here (there’ll be a moment of truth soon, when share units start trading):
Due diligence during fundraises works both ways - we’ve covered down rounds this far, but there’s always the potential to have up rounds.
Recently we noticed that Nudist is hinting at new round - we’re pretty sure that would be an up round considering that the company has shown good results, but the price is still at first campaign level. They raised at 2,75M previously and can probably pull at least twice that in second round.2
Another potential candidate for up round is Costpocket, although their price has already gone up since we first wrote this (this article has been 1,5 months in the making). But being at breakeven surely adds optionality.
Wrapping up - here’s a list of things you should follow for your investments:
Runway - runway shows how many months are left until the company runs out of money. Profitable companies usually don’t report this, but sometimes still raise money to cover big one-time expenses (like Ampler raising money for new factory).
Breakeven/profitable - in theory, you might not need to raise money ever again if you’re profitable. These companies might trade at elevated multiples just because now might well be the best entry point there is.
Revenue multiples (P/S) - follow the revenue number and make sure revenue growth doesn’t get too much behind price growth.
Revenue growth - faster growing revenue justifies higher multiples, but it still has to make sense.
Funderbeam has a hybrid approach where during trading supply and demand based price discovery is used, but every once in a while - during fundraises - this switches to model based valuation. We think it’s a good thing that the market doesn’t go completely unchecked for extended periods of time.
In order to be successful, you constantly need to know where the market price stands in relation to models, especially when the companies’ runways get shorter. This way you won’t get caught off guard with down rounds and on the other hand, you might sometimes find undervalued gems.
All this contributes to general market efficiency, which we believe is in the interests of all market participants.
If you don’t bother to follow our everyday ramblings on Twitter (https://twitter.com/NugisAino) where we also announce the new articles, you might want these longer articles delivered to your email:
Considering Funderbeam is taking 0,5% fee on sales, it’s more profitable to trade the instruments which spread is the widest.
Note added 16.09.2021 - please be aware that Nudist currently has loan notes and is likely to emit share units next, which, even if there’s no real reason, could put loan note holders into unfavorable position (as we’ve seen with multiple other cases, namely Upsteam, to lesser degree Ampler and the next candidate is Bikeep, although the share units don’t trade yet). | <urn:uuid:e16b04fd-538f-4a6d-b7dd-573342bcf704> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nugis.substack.com/p/price-discovery-vs-valuation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957884 | 3,480 | 1.96875 | 2 |
There are 175 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan Nov. 24, bringing the provincial total to date to 6,883 cases.
The seven-day average of daily cases is 209 (17.3 new cases per 100,000 population).
The new cases are located in the Far Northwest (5), Far North Central (5), Far Northeast (13), Northwest (14), North Central (5), Northeast (4), Saskatoon (28), Central West (9), Central East (2), Regina (70), Southwest (3), South Central (9) and Southeast (4) zones and four (4) new cases have pending residence information.
Five cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far Northeast (1), North Central (3), and Northwest (1).
Of the 6,883 reported cases, 2,927 are considered active. A total of 3,919 people have recovered.
One-hundred and five people are in hospital. Eighty-five people are receiving inpatient care; seven in the Northwest, 10 in North Central, one in Northeast, 32 in Saskatoon, two in Central East, 11 in Regina, two in Southwest, and 20 in the Southeast zone. Twenty people are in intensive care: two in Northwest, one in North Central, ten in Saskatoon, two in Southwest and five in Regina.
Of the 6,883 cases in the province:
452 cases are travelers;
3,027 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
1,427 have no known exposures; and
1,977 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan to date:
207 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
1,458 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
2,441 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 1,835 are in the 40-59 age range; 901 are in the 60-79 age range; and 243 are in the 80-plus range. Confirmation of age is pending for five cases.
51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
37 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
Of 6,883 confirmed cases:
2,005 cases are from the Saskatoon area
1,462 cases are from the north area (511 northwest, 680 north central, 271 northeast)
1,095 cases are from the Regina area
931 cases are from the south area (340 southwest, 369 south central, 222 southeast)
797 cases are from the far north area (547 far northwest, 72 far north central, 178 far northeast)
563 cases are from the central area (258 central west, 305 central east)
30 cases have pending residence information
To date, 324,060 COVID-19 tests have been processed Saskatchewan. As of Nov. 22, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 209,706 people tested per million population. The national rate was 291,058 people tested per million population.
Yesterday, 3,174 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.
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09 March 2018
Morrisons is facing an equal pay claim expected to be worth as much as £100m in compensation on the heels of similar cases being brought against major supermarkets across the UK.
Shop-floor workers in large food retailers are more likely to be female, and warehouse workers are more likely to be male. It has been highlighted in cases against ASDA, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and now Morrisons that warehouse workers take home a higher wage, but it is argued their work is about equal in value to the company to that of shop-floor workers. Under equal pay laws, this would make the employer liable to provide the same wage and other benefits (such as holiday pay) to shop floor workers as they do warehouse workers.
In the ASDA case, this argument has been accepted, setting an optimistic precedent for the potential success of claims against other retailers.
At Morrisons, around 70% of shop-floor workers are women, and they are paid almost £2 less than distribution centre staff (who are mostly men). The law firm bringing the case – Roscoe Reid – believes that up to 25,000 staff may have a claim.
Tesco is facing a challenge from Leigh Day, which claims that over 200,000 Tesco workers could have been underpaid by £20,000, racking up £4bn in total compensation sought by the law firm on behalf of shop workers.
Ellie Pinnells, a lawyer at Roscoe Reid, said: “We fully expect these claims to succeed and we also expect many more current and former store workers to join our current group of claimants.
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This week only, Heathrow opened a brand new terminal, Terminal 2 also known as Queen’s Terminal and enriched it with the best of sophistication by making use of smart technology. The first flight that arrived was United Airlines 958 from Chicago, on Thursday. Flights from United Airlines are only operating from the new terminal at present but soon the number will increase to 26 airlines carriers. Germanwings, Aer Lingus and Virgin Atlantic Little Red and many other Star Alliance operators provide service.
Since Heathrow airport is one of the busiest international airports in the world, the airport authority id implementing smart technologies in most of the arenas. LED lighting system, energy-efficient photo-voltaic solar panels to self check-in computers and a sophisticated new baggage management system are the important features. Another interesting but rare feature is the smart toilet. You may be surprised initially but imagine in such a busy airport the toilets are used to a great extent by so many people. So a Smart toilet will always take care if the hygiene and quick service.
The smart toilets have special sensors that record data from the toilet like frequency of usage and others and prompt the service persons to act accordingly. If a washroom is used to a specific number of times as set by programming it reports the related workers to take action and check the bathrooms. Even if a bathroom is not used for long then also it will report to ensure if any amenity or accessory is out of order.
The smart toilet sensors are developed by Italian firm EuroTech, using technology created by Intel. EuroTech is highly experienced in smart technologies. It developed a cloud-based platform for train toilet monitoring for the UK’s TBM Rail Group. This is an extreme good example for interactive computing and smart technology. | <urn:uuid:9aeb1074-0434-45a3-842d-b697fbb40512> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.techentice.com/london-heathrow-airports-new-terminal-known-terminal-2-introducing-smart-toilets/?amp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.928163 | 355 | 1.773438 | 2 |
ROSALIND KRAUSS. Toward the center of the field there is a slight mound, a swelling in the earth, which is the only warning given for the. University of Barcelona, Krauss, Rosalind La escultura en el campo expandido, in H. Foster (ed) La postmodernidad, Barcelona, Kairós, ( ). Rosalind Epstein Krauss () is an American art critic and theorist. . ( Brazilian Portuguese); “La escultura en el campo expandido”, in La.
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Sculpture is rather only one term on the periphery of a field in which krasus are other, differently structured possibilities. Sculpture, it could be said, had ceased being a positivity, and was now the category that resulted from the addition of the not- landscape to the not-architecture.
That is, the not-architecture is, according escultuta the logic of a certain kind of expansion, just another way of expressing the term landscape, and the not-landscape is, simply, architecture. They were part of a universe or cultural space in which sculpture was simply another part —not somehow, as our historicist minds would have it, the same.
And once this has happened, once one is able to think one’s way into this expansion, there are —logically— three other categories that one can envision, all of them a condition of the field itself, and none of them assimilable to sculpture.
Similarly, the possible combination of landscape and not-landscape began to be explored in the late s. Over the last three decades, the blurred boundaries between art and architecture have rowalind a series of works known as installations, whose conceptual, spatial and material trajectories have produced a new and expanding network of relations between the domains of architecture, sculpture, interiors and landscape.
Skip to main content. The Sculpture in edcultura Expanded Field. Rodin’s Gates of Hell and his statue krausss Balzac were both conceived as monuments.
Enter the email address you signed up with and we’ll email you a reset link. These installations, emerging from both architects and artists, operate on the fundamental conditions of the architectural, without producing buildings.
Which is to say one enters modernism, since it is the modernist period of sculptural production that operates in relation to this loss of site, producing the monument as abstraction, the monument as pure marker or base, functionally placeless and largely self-referential. And it also seems the case that within the limited position of sculpture itself the organization and content of much of the strongest work will reflect the condition of the logical space. Remember me on this computer.
It follows as well that any single artist might occupy, successively, any one of the positions. The expansion to which I am referring is called a Klein group when employed mathematically and has various other designations, among them the Piaget group, when used by structuralists involved in mapping operations within the human sciences.
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But in addition to actual physical manipulations of fampo, this term also refers to other forms of marking. The first were commissioned in as the doors to a projected museum of decorative arts; the second was commissioned in as a memorial to literary genius to be set up at a specific site in Paris.
Through its fetishization of the base, the sculpture reaches downward to absorb the pedestal into itself and away from actual place; and through the representation of its own materials or the process of its construction, the sculpture depicts its own autonomy.
The one already fxpandido use in other areas of criticism is postmodernism. Because as we can see, sculpture is no longer the privileged middle term between two things that it isn’t. Their purpose and pleasure is exactly that they are opposite and different.
With these two sculptural projects, I would say, one crosses the threshold of the logic of the monument, entering the space of what could be called its negative condition —a kind of sitelessness, or homelessness, an absolute loss of place. In this sense sculpture had entered the full condition of its inverse logic rosslind had become pure negativity: Bywith the Partially Buried Woodshed at Kent State University, in Ohio, Robert Smithson had begun to occupy the complex axis, which for ease of reference I am calling site-construction.
In with the observatory he built in wood and sod in Holland, Robert Morris had joined him. Help Center Find new research papers in: This is because these terms express a strict opposition between the built and the not-built, the cultural and the natural, between which the production of sculptural art appeared to be suspended.
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Our culture had not before been able to think the complex, although other cultures have thought this term with great ease. Log In Sign Up. It is organized instead through the universe of terms that are felt to be in opposition within a cultural situation. In every case of these axiomatic structures, there is some kind of intervention into the real space of architecture, sometimes through partial reconstruction, sometimes through drawing, or as in the recent works of Morris, through the use of mirrors.
These considerations apply, obviously, to other work as well — Charles Simonds, for example, or Ann and Patrick Poirier.
Sculpture in the Expanded Field, en: The purest examples that come to mind from the early s are both by Robert Morris. For, if those terms are the expression of a logical opposition stated as a pair of negatives, they can be transformed by eosalind simple inversion into the same polar opposites but expressed positively.
And what began to happen in the career of one sculptor after another, beginning at the end of the s, is that attention began to focus on the outer limits of those terms of exclusion. So our diagram is filled in as follows: But to think the complex is to admit into the realm of art two terms that had formerly been prohibited from it: As was true of the category of the marked site, photography can be used for this purpose; I am thinking here of the video corridors by Nauman.
Which is not to say that they were an early, or a degenerate, or a variant form of sculpture. I am thinking here of the sculpture of Joel Shapiro, which, though it positions itself in the neuter term, is involved in the setting of images of architecture within expanddido vast fields landscapes of space.
Corpus Delicti / Rosalind Krauss
But whatever the medium employed, the possibility explored in this category is a process of mapping the axiomatic features of the esculltura experience —the abstract conditions of openness and closure— onto the reality of a given space. Smithson’s Mirror Displacements in the Yucatan were probably the first expadnido known instances of this, but since then the work of Richard Long and Hamish Fulton has focused on the photographic experience of marking. Because it was ideologically prohibited, the complex had remained excluded from what might be called the closure of post-Renaissance art.
There seems no reason not to use it. It follows, then, that within any one of the positions generated by the given logical space, many different mediums might be employed. The failure of these two works as monuments is signaled not only by the fact that multiple versions can be found in a variety of museums in various countries, while no version exists on the original sites —both commissions having eventually collapsed.
It is these two characteristics of modernist sculpture that declare its status, and therefore its meaning and function, as essentially nomadic. Labyrinths and mazes are both landscape and architecture; Japanese gardens are both landscape and architecture; the ritual playing fields and processionals of ancient civilizations were all in this sense the unquestioned occupants of the complex. | <urn:uuid:924660e0-da3c-405d-8d8e-1fbf79ef5a6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://noema.info/escultura-campo-expandido-rosalind-krauss-52/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956659 | 1,803 | 1.742188 | 2 |
Gaming is the best friend for many kids and even for grown-ups. It has evolved through decades, from Video games, which initiated and popularized in public porticoes. Game lovers spent hours playing vintage video games like Pac-Man, Galaga, and more on a big bulky standing machine with a built-in joystick and CRT monitors.
Later, the gaming consoles were born, grown, and took over! They helped gamers to play their favorite games at home, resting in chairs peacefully. The first generation of popular consoles were Atari 2600 and Nintendo. They were basic consoles.
Today, the consoles are embedded with stunning features like 4k – Ultra HD output & VR adaptive capabilities, compatible with popular OTT streaming services and game libraries.
Types of Video Games:
Everyone isn’t the same. Likes and dislikes are different from person to person, and so the video games. The best video game is the one that you love to play the most. Video Games are of different genres such as:
- Strategy and more.
Nowadays, games are coming with multiple genres, which include more than one genre. First, decide which genre you like to play. It’s so simple to buy a gaming console, but you may finally end up wasting money and disappointment in addition.
Best gaming consoles 2021:
These are the famous and gaming consoles worldwide:
- Play Station 4 Pro:
- XBOX One S:
- Play Station 5:
- Xbox One X Cyberpunk 2077 Limited Edition Bundle (1TB)
- Nintendo Switch:
- New Nintendo 2DS XL:
Factors you should consider while buying a Gaming Console:
You got to be wise and knowledgeable while choosing a gaming console. Try playing games on your friends’ consoles. Find where your interest lies in, which genres, and which consoles have the popular games of that genre. Go for that console and buy it. And also know the Best Gaming Stocks to Invest in video game stocks
Selecting a gaming platform among the consoles like PlayStation, XBOX, and others is always tricky as each of them has its exclusivity. No gaming console is compatible with all games. Many developers are being particular and design only for selected platforms. List your favorite game(s) or the genres, choose a compatible platform, and have most of them.
Hardcore and Softcore gaming:
Serious gaming fanatics, also termed hard-core gamers, always crave for latest features like VR capability, 4K resolution, and U-HDTVs. If you are a hard-core fanatic, then Play Station 4 (PS 4) pro, XBOX One X are the go-to choices. For kids and families, who usually tend to be Softcore gamers, they are suggested to go with simpler or light consoles such as Nintendo 2DS XL and play it using gaming keyboards.
If you travel frequently and would never like to give a break for playing in your way, and wish to make it our travel partner, then portable gaming consoles such as New Nintendo 2DS are the solution.
Gamers nowadays are demanding multitasking gaming consoles, and the consoles do so. Gaming companies have upgraded older versions of the consoles with updated and stunning new features. Buy that gaming console with all or at least many of the required features you expect or demand.
Cost & Bundle Values:
Planning your budget before buying a console is important. Gaming consoles aren’t free of cost. They demand deep pockets. The costs you incur for a gaming console and the games, their peripherals, and online gaming, every aspect demand money. It would help if you were wiser in making purchase decisions. Buying the games in bundles can reduce the costs effectively. Usually, any gaming console along with bundles of games is sold between 200$ to 300$.
There are various sites, which offer great deals and discounts on video games and bundles. You can expect great discounts on gaming consoles and video games individually or in bundles.
Factors such as Storage capacity, online services, Media support, OTT compatibility, backward compatibility are also key factors to consider before buying a gaming console.
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NORTH ADAMS — Climate change is expected to precipitate more frequent and intense weather events and change soil moisture patterns in Massachusetts forests.
Notch Reservoir woodlands, a roughly 1,000 acre woodland property that is in both North Adams and Adams, will see the impacts of climate change, too.
The city has a new Forest Stewardship Climate Plan for the reservoir area, a drafted report written by New England Forestry Consultants and funded by a state grant.
The public can get more information about the 47-page report and weigh in on it at a meeting Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. in North Adams City Hall.
The city's main goal with the property is to make sure the environment around the reservoir and brook can supply drinking water, the report says. "The property is extremely important for the protection of water quality for the City of North Adams," it reads.
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My friend Elizabeth is from the South Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga, an exotic locale long fixed in my memory with images of Polynesian paradise.
Tonga has sadly been in the news lately after an inter-island ferry sank on August 5 drowning over 70 people. It’s a huge tragedy in such a small place and it has saddened all Tongans around the world.
When I first met Elizabeth I had no idea that there were so many Tongan Americans living in large communities in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Dallas and other cities across the USA. Elizabeth is producing a documentary film on the history of Tongans immigrating to America and she knows a lot about the subject.
But surprisingly, a subject Elizabeth didn’t know a lot about is Tonga’s frontline role as a victim of the climate change crisis. | <urn:uuid:9f3e7710-5fd4-47e9-8d37-e92645945513> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://creativegreenius.com/2009/08/17/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940951 | 178 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Debt Consolidation | Consolidation Loans | Personal Debt
What is Debt Consolidation?
Debt Consolidation is a method used by many self employed people/sole traders to consolidate their debts into one lower affordable payment, therefore making your monthly outgoings more manageable. Debt Consolidation is normally successful if you have some sort of asset to put against the loan, such as your home or a business property, also referrred to as a secured loan. This enables the provider to have some sort of security over the debt being paid.
Benefits of Debt Consolidation
- All current repayments on credit cards and loans are converted into 1 monthly payment that is generally easier to manage and keep track of
- Interest rates can be usually lower, so you may have a more affordable payment.
- Less pressure and harassment in dealing with multiple creditors
- In the long run you may save money and you will have a date when the loan will be paid off if you keep to your repayments.
- Could help your credit rating as you will be less likely to default
Disadvantages of Debt Consolidation
- Don’t be fooled into thinking you have cleared your debts. You have just shifted the debt to a different payment plan
- Be wary of interest rates. Try to get a fixed rate if you want a payment that doesn’t change
- Fees may be payable to arrange the new loan.
- If you have a poor credit rating you may have a higher rate of interest to pay which can mean it is less affordable. Another debt solution may be better for you.
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Stem cell scientists have made a breakthrough as they’ve created synthetic embryos without the use of eggs, sperm or fertilisation.
Scientists built up their work from 2018 research
While the creation has been regarded as a major step forward, many said these could not fully be considered as embryos as they also warned about ethical considerations in the future.
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science led by Palestinian stem cell scientist Jacob Hanna started by collecting cells from the skin of mice. They then made them artificially return to the state of stem cells.
This research was built up from 2018 work that had a bundle of mouse stem cells self-organised into the beginnings of an embryo that contained fewer cells.
The stem cells from Hanna’s team’s research were placed in a special incubator. This was continuously moved to mimic the embryo being within a mother’s womb. However, most of the cells did not form into anything.
A mouse’s average gestation period is 20 days, after eight days of this experiment, scientists noticed early signs of a brain and a beating heart. These embryos were described to be 95% similar to normal mouse embryos, reports EWN.
“The embryo is the best organ-making machine and the best 3D bioprinter — we tried to emulate what it does,”
Ethical discussions surrounding humans
If human organs could be grown in labs, this would ease stress for thousands of people by providing life-saving transplants. Hanna founded a company which aims to find a way to use technology for therapeutic purposes such as this.
Many researchers believe it is too early to consider a technique such as this could be used for human embryos
James Briscoe of Britain’s Francis Crick Institute spoke about the prospect of synthetic human embryos is still distant.
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Beverly Cleary, celebrated Children’s Author died on March 25, 2021, at age 104.
Originally from McMinniville Oregon, Cleary, as both an author and a former children’s librarian, is well known by several generations of young readers for her creation of novels for children, most notably the Ramona Quimby series.
Zoe Chace from NPR’s All things Considered mentioned “Cleary’s simple idea — to write about the kids in her own neighborhood — ensured that her books have never gone out of print.”
In addition to all of the books that she has written, she was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000, and in 2003 she received the National Medal of Art from the National Endowment of the Arts.
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Global Off-Grid Forum
18 – 20 February 2020
The Global Off-Grid Solar Forum and Expo is the premier meeting of the off-grid solar sector providing a unique platform for knowledge exchange, networking and showcasing off-grid solar products and services. The event aims to accelerate the development of the global off-grid solar market contributing to achieving universal energy access by 2030.
Learn from practical experiences of industry leaders and experts, and from those beyond the industry, how your company can navigate the off-grid solar market better, or how your organization can support them. Potential topics include:
- Conquering new markets, exploring new frontiers
- Development towards industry maturation – what can we learn from other industries? E.g. consolidation; mainstreaming financial investors, evolution from easier to more difficult markets
- Deep dives:
- Consumer Protection
- Credit Assessment
- Distribution/ margin control (including “Path to Profitability”)
- PAYGo Performance, Reporting, and Measurement (PERFORM)
- Customer Insights – findings from recent research
- E-waste – business practices and things to know for companies.
- Country deep dives
- The nexus of agriculture, water and electrification
- How to turn electrification of public institutions into an off-grid business opportunity
- What role does public funding have to leverage investment and activate markets? How to adapt business models and channel subsidies to reach the most remote and poorest households – thereby leaving no one behind
- Can manufacturing and distribution costs be reduced further to lower end-user prices and reach lower income households?
- Regulation – what’s on the horizon? What are supportive policies and regulations, which ones are not helpful? Includes data and consumer protection.
- Is the sector ready for commercial capital? Do we want to become ready? What is the risk-absorption capacity (Equity and Debt)?
- Business models beyond PAYGo – which other business models should we keep in mind?
- Interoperability Grid vs Off Grid – how to provide the best experience to customers with weak grids
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Women’s bodies go through a myriad of changes during the course of their life. Hormones play an integral role in those changes at each stage of development, from puberty to post-menopause.
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Just how To Fix Your Clothes dryer
What is a clothes dryer? A dryer is a device that is used to remove moisture from garments. This can be carried out in several ways, yet one of the most usual method is by using a burner and fan to blow air through the clothing. This gets rid of the water and makes the clothes dry.
Clothes dryers come in several designs as well as sizes. There are front filling clothes dryers as well as top packing dryers Dryer Repair Brooklyn NY 11233. Front packing clothes dryers are one of the most common type and are additionally one of the most costly. They make use of a big drum that rotates inside the maker and pushes the garments via the drum as the drum spins. The drum includes a burner that heats the air in the drum as well as enables the garments to completely dry. Leading packing clothes dryers function similarly other than the clothing are pushed out of the clothes dryer by a rolling activity as opposed to the drum.
A dryer is usually purchased for two reasons. One factor is that they are less costly than washing makers and also will save cash in the long run. One more factor is that a clothes dryer is easier since it can dry out numerous tons at the same time. Most people don’t realize that they can obtain a 2nd life out of their clothes dryer if they repair it appropriately.
If you have a dryer that has quit working or isn’t drying clothing in addition to it should after that you need to call a specialist to repair it. There are many points that can fail with a clothes dryer and it is important to know just how to fix them before you try any kind of repair work. If you are not sure what is incorrect with your dryer after that you should call an expert repair service business.
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How should a muallaf who has yet to memorize Surah al-Fatihah perform his prayer?
When a non-Muslim embraces Islam, it is obligatory for him to learn the procedure of prayer and perform it according to his capability as a person who has just learned Islam. Originally, the two recitations that is obligatory to be recited in prayer is Surah al-Fatihah, tasyahhud and praise and salutations to the Prophet PBUH. While all the other recitations are sunnah. For a muallaf, we think that there are several main procedures that can be followed if he hasn’t memorized Surah al-Fatihah. For further discussion, please refer to al-Taqrirat al-Sadidah, p. 217; al-Mu’tamad fi al-Fiqh al-Syafie, 1/255-256; Nihayat al-Muhtaj, 1/484-485; Mughni al-Muhtaj, 1/357-358; al-Majmu’ Syarh al-Muhazzab, 3/374.
- If he is able to recite it by reading it but hasn’t memorized it yet, it is permissible for him to hold a piece of paper with Surah al-Fatihah printed on it. Or it is saved in his smartphone, tab and others so that it will be easy for him to recite it when praying.
- If he is able to recite it but hasn’t fully memorized it, then it is obligatory for him to recite it according to his capability and he has to repeat his recitations.
- If he is unable to read it and hasn’t memorized it but he is able to repeat the recitation of others, then it is suggested for the muallaf to be helped by a facilitator who is able to recite Surah al-Fatihah properly. For example, the facilitator can pray as the imam / beside / or he doesn’t pray but stays beside the muallaf reciting Surah al-Fatihah loudly so that the muallaf can follow and repeat it. Furthermore, the muallaf can also use a voice recorder or smartphone equipped with an earphone as to not disturb the other congregants.
- If he is unable to recite, memorize or follow the recitation of Surah al-Fatihah by a facilitator, then it is permissible to recite 7 verses from any of the surah in the Quran or repeat any verse of Quran. He can also combine the recitation of some of Surah al-Fatihah and some from other surahs that he memorized.
- If he can’t recite or memorize, then recite dhikr with any dhikr that he memorized. For example (سبحان الله والحمد لله ، ولا إله إلا الله ، والله أكبر ، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله)
- If he can’t recite, memorize and doesn’t know any dhikr to be recited, then he should follow anything the imam does without reciting anything. However, it is still obligatory for him to learn and study as well as memorize it properly.
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It has been more than a month since rapper Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead in the northern Indian state of Punjab. But he is still making headlines.
Some of this is because of the way he died and the ongoing police investigation.
But his music is also continuing to make waves.
In June, Moose Wala’s last song SYL was removed from YouTube in India after the government lodged a legal complaint. The posthumously released song talks about decades-long dispute over sharing river water between Punjab and the neighbouring state of Haryana, while also touching upon some other controversial subjects like Sikh militancy.
It’s fitting that his legacy of asking hard questions continues even after his death.
In a career spanning just four years, Moose Wala wrote several powerful lyrics that explored the history and current state of Punjab. Critics say the state has an unsavoury side, involving a gritty gangster culture, corruption and rising unemployment and his music spotlighted that.
His fans see him as a man who was engaged with social realities. But what set him apart from his contemporaries was that he also offered a divergent vision of how Punjabis perceive themselves and his ideas were often considered unsettling and incendiary.
His affinity for guns and attempt to force listeners into complex and sometimes even uncomfortable conversations – like YSL – made him the subject of intense scrutiny.
“There is no doubt that he was a man of contradictions,” says Harinder Happy, a research scholar who has studied Punjab closely. “But his style spoke to the times and to living in a post-modernist society where everyone has the right to assert their identity the way they understand it.”
Moose Wala was also deeply rooted to his home and village in a state where thousands are looking to immigrate to foreign shores in search of a better life.
“He was many things, but above all he was deeply connected with the ecology of his village,” says Pritam Singh, professor of economics at Oxford University, who has followed Moose Wala’s music closely.
The singer was born as Shubhdeep Sidhu in a well-off, upper-caste Jatt-Sikh family. He studied engineering in Canada, where hundreds of thousands of Sikhs have emigrated.
It was there that he began his music career, releasing his debut album PBX 1 in October 2018 under the stage name of Sidhu Moose Wala – or “Sidhu of Moosa”, his village.
The singer maintained a distinct hip-hop vocabulary, from clothes to style, which made him an instant hit on the global stage. His music at the time was also typically macho – as rap music often is – and swaggered on the edge of violence. Unapologetically belligerent, he sang about his fondness for guns, boasted about his caste and gave details of a put-down of his enemies.
“Moose Wala could’ve lived anywhere he wanted. But he chose his village, his parents and his people,” Mr Happy says. “He not just held on to his village identity but also sought to elevate it, despite its complexities.”
Mansa district, where Moose Wala’s village is located, is widely seen as a backward region – it has one of the highest farmer suicide rates in Punjab and high unemployment levels and a serious groundwater crisis.
“People don’t want to be identified with the region – they want to leave and never come back,” Mr Happy explains. “But Moose Wala was different. He took pride in his roots and his music urged listeners to proudly accept the village as home.”
This is captured most powerfully in Tibeyan Da Putt (Son of the sand dunes), signifying the semi-arid landscape of the region. “We do not belong to noble families/ Brought-up in the village and townships/ I don’t have any existence of my own/ Yet, influential people fear me,” the lyrics say.
Song after song, Moose Wala evoked the pull of village life, urging his listeners to embrace an agrarian lifestyle. In Bambiha Boley, he highlighted the beauty of traditional folk music; in Never Fold, he turned to stories of Robin Hood-like folk heroes who robbed the rich to help the poor.
Mr Happy says that Moose Wala came to embody the aspirations of the entire region, helping people cope and take pride in their identity.
“And he was accessible – anyone could meet him and he loved his fans. The singer often shot most of his videos in his village, featuring his family, which made him even more relatable,” he adds.
Over time, Moose Wala’s music also became more socially, culturally and politically conscious.
The most iconic of these was 295 – a song about freedom of speech in India. The title refers to Section 295 of the Indian Penal Code, which penalises actions “intended to outrage religious feelings”.
In 2020, his song on India’s contentious agricultural laws became an anthem for protesting farmers. The lyrics – “This is none other than the Punjab, which takes revenge with an open challenge” – were hailed for embodying the power of resistance, but critics said they were problematic and glorified violence.
Moose Wala never really stopped being controversial – he continued to sneer at his enemies and pose with guns.
“But over time, he moved away from casteist metaphors and his engagement with weapons became more measured,” Prof Singh says.
This thematic shift, he adds, is central to the singer’s personality. “That’s because Moose Wala’s story is also one of personal evolution. And unless we understand that, we cannot understand why he was so popular.”
The contradictions don’t end there.
Both Prof Singh and Mr Harry point out that unlike other rappers, Moose Wala’s music lacked the sexual explicitness often associated with hip-hop and especially rap and his music never objectified or degenerated women.
In dear Maa – a song dedicated to his mother – Moose Wala does not eschew overt sentimentality. Rather, he embraces it, Prof Singh says.
“It is remarkable that a man who is accused of being masochistic and violent is actually saying ‘mother, I am like you’. And he captures the nuances so beautifully – one moment he says he’s hot as the sun but other times he is soft like her.”
In his memoir, popular American rapper JayZ wrote: “Rap is built to handle contradictions.” And Moose Wala’s music almost always carried multiple meanings, from political leanings to the messiness of identity and questions that often defy simple explanations.
Mr Happy says that music was Moose Wala’s way to hold difficult conversations, to talk back and to assert his identity.
“His music’s most persistent subject has been what it means to be Punjabi and how identity cannot be a monolith. Every album, every song, and every word is dedicated to demonstrating this truth,” he adds.
This inquiry into the Punjabi identity was also rooted in his insistence that life in Punjab was more than just violence and drugs. By blending folk music with slick beats and sounds, Moose Wala was able to create rhymes that addressed the lives of Punjabis in ways they understood.
“It was this rural rootedness of his which resonated with people so deeply,” Prof Singh says.
More than anything, Moose Wala, Mr Happy says, put forth an exciting idea that there was freedom to be found within music.
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King's College London (informally King's or KCL; formerly styled King's College, London) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's is arguably the third-oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, receiving its royal charter in the same year. St Thomas' Hospital, which is now a teaching hospital of King's College London School of Medicine, has roots dating back to 1173. In 1836, King's became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London. It has grown through mergers, including with Queen Elizabeth College and Chelsea College of Science and Technology (in 1985), the Institute of Psychiatry (in 1997), and the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery (in 1998).
King's is based in the centre of London, spread across four Thames-side campuses in central London and another in Denmark Hill in south London.Its academic activities are organised into nine faculties which are subdivided into numerous departments, centres and research divisions. King's is one of the largest centres for graduate and post-graduate medical teaching and biomedical research in Europe; it is home to six Medical Research Council centres and is a founding member of the King's Health Partners academic health sciences centre. King's has around 25,000 students and 6,113 staff and had a total income of £604 million in 2013/14, of which £172 million was from research grants and contracts.
King's College London was founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then Prime Minister) in 1829 as a university college in the tradition of the Church of England. It now welcomes staff and students of all faiths and beliefs.
King's professors played a major part in nineteenth-century science and in extending higher education to women and working men through evening classes.
The university has grown and developed through mergers with several institutions each with their own distinguished histories. These include:
- United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals
- Chelsea College
- Queen Elizabeth College
- Institute of Psychiatry.
King's had the 13th highest average entry qualification for undergraduates of any UK university in 2018, with new students averaging 171 UCAS points. In 2015, the university gave offers of admission to 66.7% of its applicants, the 7th lowest amongst the Russell Group.
24.4% of King's undergraduates are privately educated, the fourteenth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities. In the 2016-17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 67:12:20 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 62:37.
A freedom-of-information request in 2015 revealed that the university received 31,857 undergraduate applications and made 13,302 offers in 2014–15. This resulted in an offer rate of 41.8%, a yield rate on offers of 45.3% and an overall acceptance rate of 18.9%. In 2018, King's College London received 39,102 undergraduate applications, with only 4,728 places accepted it means an overall acceptance rate of 12.1%. The School of Medicine received 1,764 applications, only 39 offers were made resulting in an offer rate of just 2.2%. Nursery & Midwifery, Physiotherapy and Clinical Dentistry had the lowest offer rates of 14%, 16% and 17% respectively.
Whether you’ve been doing it for years or feel like trying something new, there are an enormous variety of opportunities where you can get involved, make new friends, have fun and be part of the student community. These include:
- sports clubs
- volunteering opportunities
- student media
- campaigning groups.
King's College London Students' Union (KCLSU) provides both financial and logistical support to help activities run smoothly, but it is up to you how these activities are organised.
KCLSU can also help you get your own student activity group up and running.
There are over 50 sports clubs, many of which compete in the University of London and British Universities & Colleges (BUCS) leagues across the South East. The annual Macadam Cup is a varsity match played between the sports teams of King's College London proper (KCL) and King's College London Medical School (KCLMS).
Research excellence and expertise
You will be taught by leading academics in their field who write the books and articles that shape the disciplines of American Studies, History, Literature, and Cultural Studies. The Institute of North American Studies at King’s draws on researchers from around the university, many of whom are in departments awarded the highest marks by the Research Assessment Framework.
Alongside the core courses and optional courses offered by the Institute, our students can choose to take courses from a number of departments – including history, literature and cultural studies. Have a look at previous years’ course options here.
We are the only Russell Group university in London to offer a truly interdisciplinary, transnational, culturalist approach to American Studies. American Studies is taught less as just one of many ‘area studies’, and more as a distinctive (inter-)discipline with its own history and future.
Open door policy
The Institute prides itself on providing excellent pastoral care to its MA and PhD students. We listen to our students and respond to their suggestions.
Our students actively participate in our research seminars and are valued members of the scholarly community.
As part of the MA in American Studies, students can take an Internship Module which assists them in securing an internship within a US-based or US-related organisation.
We offer PhD research scholarships to excellent internal and external candidates. Click here to find out more.
Based in KCL’s Strand Campus on the Thames, the Institute is ideally located for the student of culture – we are within walking distance of the Courtauld Institute of Art, the National Theatre, the National Film Theatre, the Royal Opera House and countless other cultural institutions. Our students become a part of London, the centre of the country's professional, political, legal and cultural life.
A world class education
King’s College London is ranked as one of the top twenty universities in the world. That means your Masters or PhD in American Studies will be recognised globally.
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When a righteous person dies, Angel of mercy comes to take his soul. When a hypocrite or a sinner dies, it is the Angel of punishment that comes to take his soul. It is an immensely difficult thing for the soul to leave the body, surely it would be made easier by the angel of mercy and how painful it would be when the angel of punishment is doing so. Each soul will answer three questions in the grave:
Who is your Lord? Who is your Prophet? What is your religion?
When a righteous person answers, Allah is my Lord, Muhammad is my Prophet, and Islam is my religion. A voice from the heavens will tell the angel “my servant answered in truth”. He will be left in peace until the resurrection begins.
When a hypocrite or sinners tries to answer, that, I heard that Allah is The Lord and so on, a voice from the heaven will say that, “he is nothing but a liar”! The angel then slams that person with a hammer until he turns to dust, the grave is filled with fire and this punishment continues till the resurrection. May Allah protect us!
When a man dies he leaves behind 3 things: Family, wealth and his deeds. The only thing that remains with him in his grave are his deeds. These deeds take on the shape of some creation. For the believer it is a beautiful and pleasing being, when he asks ‘who are you?’ The reply is ‘I am your good deeds’. When the person is dealt with good in the grave, than what is ahead is even better. So the person prays ‘O Allah let the day of judgement begin so I may receive the truth’. While the hypocrite/ disbeleiver sees an ugly creature in the grave as his deeds. Their grave is exposed to the hellfire. They say “O Allah do not let the hour begin ” for them what is ahead is far worse.The grave is a very lonely place.
Asma bint Abu Bakr told that she once heard everyone crying and weeping and there was an uproar in the masjid. It was when the Prophet( SAW) was talking about the trials of the grave. He (SAW) said that everyone would be squeezed by the earth. Sa’ad ibn Muadh was a Sahaba who had hosted the Prophet in Madinah. RasulAllah(SAW) said that when he died, the Arsh of Allah Shook, 70,000 Angels accompanied his funeral and that, even he was not spared the squeezing by the earth!
Reasons for the punishment in the grave:
Stealing, Slander and lying – Prophet (SAW) once passing by a 2 graves said, the 2 men in these graves are being punished for something minor one for not cleaning after urinating and the second one because he used to slander other people.
Neglecting the Quran – not reciting or listening.Their head will be crushed with a rock repeatedly until the day of Judgement.
Dealing with Interest, Adultery, Debt not repaid – debt has serious implications in the hereafter, Prophet(SAW) said that a Martyr (Shaheed) would sit by the door of Jannah until his debt is paid off. The longest Ayah in Surah Bakarah (282) is regarding debt it is sometimes known as Ayah Addain. Prophet(SAW) only prayed the janazah prayer of anyone after he made sure that they did not owe any debt.
Having good deeds will save one from the punishment of the grave. These good deeds will come from above, beneath and the sides and will make an argument for the dead
The day of Judgement or Qiyama is known by many names such as:
Qiyama is the Day of standing, referring to the Day of Judgment. The following are some of the names that are used to reference the Day of Judgment:
Yawm al Ba’ath – Day of resurrection
Yawm az Zalzala – Day of Earthquake
Yawm an Nushoor – Day of resurrection
Yawm at Tamma – Day you cannot get out of
Yawm as Sa’akha – Day that hits you
Yawm al Azifa – The Day true news is announced and when it starts there is no stopping
Yawm al Hisab – Day of reckoning
Yawm ul Jamma – Day of gathering
Yawm at Talaaq – Day of meeting
Yawm al Haqq – Day of Truth
Yawm at Tagabun – Day of exchanging deeds(meeting out justice by exchanging deeds)
Yawm ul Wa’eed – Day of warning
Yawm ul Hasrah – Day of regret
Yawm al Ghashiyah – A day that will cover you all over with no escape(overwhelming)
Yawm ud Deen – Day of Judgment
Yawm ul Khuruj – Day of exiting graves
Yawm al Akhirah – The last Day
Yawm as Sa’a – Day of the hour
Yawm al Qaria – Day of the Calamity or striking
Yawm al Fasl – Day of Separation when the final decision is enforced
Yawm al Ma’ab – Day of Return
Yawm al Ard – Day of Exhibition
Yawm al Khafida ar Rafiya – A Day that brings some low and exalts others
Yawm al A’seer – A Day of distress or an immensely difficult day
Yawm al Azeem – A Great Day
Yawm al Mashhood – The Day Witnessed
Yawm al A’qeem – The Day Held
Yawm al Qasaas – Day of revenge
Yawm ul Jiza – Day of compensation
Yawm un Nafkha – Day when the trumpet is blown
Yawm un Naaqoor – Day when the trumpet is sounded
Yawm ul Firaar – Day of fleeing
Yawm at Tublas Sarairah – Day or revealing secrets
After Angel Israfeel blows the first trumpet all of creation will be destroyed and then Allah SWT will ask, “who has the Kingdom today?” Allah SWT will answer, ‘It is for Allah alone, the irrisistible’. Keep the Day of Judgment in your heart at all times.
Say your prayers knowing that:
Allah sees you from above
The Sirat (bridge over hellfire) is below you
The heaven is to your right and
The hell to your left
The Angel of death behind you &
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India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code or pin code to each district/village/town/city to ensure quick delivery of postal services.
The first three digits of Oddupalli PIN represent a geographical region called a sorting district that is headquartered at the main post office of the largest city and is known as the sorting office. The fourth digit of Oddupalli, ANANTHAPUR Pincode represents the route on which a delivery office is located in the sorting district. The last two digits of Oddupalli, ANANTHAPUR, ANDHRA PRADESH postal code represent the delivery office within the sorting district starting from 01 which would be the GPO or HO.
Oddupalli Pin Code is 362520. Pin Code is also known as Zip Code or Postal Code. Oddupalli ANANTHAPUR is located in district ANDHRA PRADESH, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA.
Postal Code of Oddupalli Branch Post Office
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They assume it should not be taught in public colleges because it’s religiously motivated and has no credible scientific basis. And the courts have consistently held that the instructing of creationism and clever design promotes religious beliefs and due to this fact violates the Constitution’s prohibition towards the federal government institution of religion. They say it differs from creationism because it doesn’t essentially ascribe life’s design to a supernatural deity or supreme being. Over the years, some states have outright banned teachers from discussing evolution in the classroom. Others have mandated that students be allowed to query the scientific soundness of evolution, or that equal time be given to consideration of the Judeo-Christian notion of divine creation (i.e., creationism).
- Previously, he was a chief financial officer, a hedge fund investor, and worked at Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, and the White House.
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A New York Times article published on April 20, 2020 said: Business travel worldwide has basically come to a standstill in the coronavirus pandemic. “Everyone will have to learn how to be comfortable around people, especially in large airports, on crowded planes, and in very large convention hotels and resorts,” said Henry Harteveldt, founder of Atmosphere Research Group, a travel analysis firm in San Francisco.
In a survey, this month by the Global Business Travel Association, a trade group for corporate travel managers, nearly all its members said their employers had cancelled or suspended all or most previously booked or planned international business travel, while 92% said all or most domestic business travel had been cancelled or suspended, the article said.
In India, too, there was huge speculation about air travel and with the government shutting down flights till May 31, 2020, the month is gone for the hospitality sector. “We have already lost May, where hotels were more focused on business travel, normally decent business, compared to April which was slow because of year ending,” a highly placed hospitality executive, on condition of anonymity, told us.
Flights coming back also doesn’t guarantee business to return. In fact, with alarming and tragic news—like the passing of the BMW CEO for India, even if its reportedly due to cardiac arrest, top executives may not be willing to travel across the country, our source added.
At this stage, everyone is speculating, no one knows. From a business perspective if the Covid-19 infection goes and comes back and the government keeps shutting and opening sectors, things will take a long time to recover. With Delhi and Mumbai shut, where will the revenue come from? They added.
Rumours are rife in the market as far as jobs are concerned and there is news of people resigning from their position.
A prominent Indian hospitality company may be doing a round of VRSs post the reopening of the economy, while a very prominent international management company may be shutting their India operations, again, if the grapevine was to be believed, the source added.
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Unemployment in Colorado remained essentially flat in June, the state’s labor department said last week, marking the 15th consecutive month that the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has kept the statewide unemployment rate above 6% – a level more than double the pre-pandemic rate, which averaged 2.7% in 2019.
Colorado employers reported adding about 10,500 payroll jobs in June, according to the latest monthly report released by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. About half of those gains came in the leisure and hospitality sector, which continues to recover amid the widespread lifting of pandemic-related public health restrictions. Of the 86,200 private-sector jobs added in Colorado in the first six months of 2021, about 50,300 have come in the food service and entertainment industries, the report said.
Despite the payroll growth, slightly fewer Coloradans reported being employed in June than in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly household survey, meaning the state’s unemployment rate stayed flat at 6.2%.
That’s slightly higher than the national unemployment rate of 5.9%, but CDLE officials say that the difference can be explained in part by Colorado’s relatively high labor force participation rate – a BLS statistic that measures both those who are employed and those who are actively looking for work. Because more unemployed people in Colorado are searching for a job, rather than exiting the labor force altogether, the state’s unemployment rate appears higher than many others, said CDLE senior economist Ryan Gedney.
“Colorado’s relatively fast recovery in the participation rate is a driving factor in keeping the state’s unemployment rate elevated compared to the rest of the nation,” Gedney said in a press call Friday. “If the U.S. had a rate of recovery in the labor force participation rate similar to Colorado’s, the national unemployment rate would increase from 5.9% to 8.1%.”
In May, state officials announced the launch of the “Colorado Jumpstart” incentive program, which offered up to $1,600 to unemployed Coloradans who returned to work in May and June and remained employed for at least eight weeks. To date, more than 18,000 unemployment-insurance claimants have opted into the program, and 7,417 people have been paid the first installment in their incentive, CDLE Executive Director Joe Barela said Friday. | <urn:uuid:e0d59fa8-0b0a-43be-89c6-b8692d9cae2e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/colorados-unemployment-rate-remains-flat-at-6-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.961013 | 512 | 1.570313 | 2 |
An Exchange-Traded Fund or ETF is a fund that is traded on a stock market. They function as investment funds which allows everyone access to an index or commodity providing the same profit to investors as the major markets do. Thus, ETF stocks are one of the most popular among exchange users because of the easiness to invest in industries without being charged by the fund manager. Before buying an ETF, it is necessary to check what is included in the fund.
By 2018, it has been reported that The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering the idea of creating a Bitcoin-ETF. A Bitcoin-ETF would be an investment tool using Bitcoin as the main asset. The main purpose of it would be to facilitate the investing process into cryptocurrency and make it more attractive for the community. | <urn:uuid:effd8553-adcd-48c8-afce-5a5446383214> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fr.cointelegraph.com/tags/etf/amp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.966352 | 164 | 2.34375 | 2 |
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Urban Waters Federal Partnership Launches Ambassadors Program to Support Revitalizing Urban Waterways in U.S. Communities / First Ambassador Selected; Will Help Coordinate Los Angeles River Watershed Project
Release Date: 03/02/2012
Contact Information: EPA Press Office 202-564-4355
WASHINGTON - The Urban Waters Federal Partnership, made up of 11 federal agencies, today announced a program in seven cities that will accelerate and coordinate on-the-ground projects that are critical to improving water quality and public health, restoring forest resources and fostering community stewardship in urban watersheds. Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Urban Waters Ambassadors program will work with state and local governments, non-governmental organizations and other local partners. The Urban Waters Federal Partnership is an effort to help urban and metropolitan areas, particularly those that are underserved or economically distressed, connect with their waterways and work to improve them.
The first Urban Waters Ambassador has been selected for the Los Angeles River watershed pilot project with additional ambassadors to follow for the Anacostia River watershed (Washington, D.C. and Maryland), the Patapsco River watershed (Baltimore, Maryland), the Bronx and Harlem River watersheds (New York City), the South Platte River (Denver, Colorado), Lake Pontchartrain (New Orleans, Louisiana) and Northwest Indiana. Each of the pilot locations was selected due to the strong local and community leadership spearheading restoration efforts underway. Lessons learned from these pilot locations will benefit communities across the country.
Later this year, the Council for Watershed Health, a non-profit partner on the Los Angeles River watershed location, will host a staffer from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development who will focus on coordinating the pilot project. The Los Angeles River location includes more than 30 partner organizations – federal, state and local governments and non-profit organizations – focusing on a range of restoration projects, studies and outreach in the Los Angeles area.
“The Urban Waters Ambassadors will be a driving force in community efforts to tap the environmental and economic potential of clean water and thriving waterfronts,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “They will help the members of the Urban Waters Federal Partnership connect with the needs of the individual communities we serve, so we can put our expertise and resources to use in ways that will protect health, improve the environment and strengthen local economies.”
"These ambassadors represent our coordinated approach to partnering with local organizations working across the country to restore America’s great urban rivers," said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. "Rivers are the lifeblood of our communities. This initiative is part of our locally-driven strategy to restore the health of our great rivers and support residents of urban neighborhoods that depend on them for business and recreation access."
"Conserving our natural heritage is an objective shared by all Americans,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “The Urban Waters partnership gives thousands of urban Americans access to the great outdoors in a way they haven’t had before and creates partnerships between the federal government and American communities on conservation issues. At USDA, the Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service are working in thousands of communities across the country to conserve and revitalize forests and watersheds, many impacting urban areas. At the same time, we’re connecting people with our land and resources by promoting outdoor activities and healthier lifestyles.”
"The protection and revitalization of rivers and watersheds in urban areas not only demonstrates this administration's commitment to improving public health and restoring natural resources in urban communities, but also helps beautify and increase property values in neighborhoods that are being developed or revitalized close to urban rivers," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. "Neighborhoods such as Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights, and Highland Park which are developing housing options close to the river will undoubtedly benefit from the work of HUD's and other federal agencies ambassadors to the Urban Waters Federal Partnership."
Urban Waters Ambassadors will help local partners identify existing federal tools and resources available for their local pilot project. The ambassador will serve as a catalyst to successfully complete on-the-ground projects in the short term, and build relationships and capacity to lay a foundation of continued success for decades to come.
The Urban Waters Federal Partnership closely aligns with and advances the work of the White House’s place‐based efforts, including the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, to revitalize communities, create jobs and improve the quality of life in cities and towns across the nation. The Urban Waters Federal Partnership also advances the work of President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative.
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What is the meaning of the term pro-life? How should Christians define this term? This is a point/counterpoint discussion. Michael W. Austin defends his viewpoint from his article “The Meaning of the Term Pro-Life. A Point/Counterpoint Conversation: Pro-Life for All Human Life” (available by clicking here) and Seth Gruber defends his viewpoint from his article “The Meaning of the Term Pro-Life. A Point/Counterpoint Conversation: You’re Not Really Pro-Life Unless…You Oppose Abortion. That’s It!” (available by clicking here).
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The Future of Linux is Google
Google's slow, steady march into the OS realm has begun to pay off. It's time for the Linux world to rally.
I used to think Ubuntu was destined to lead Linux into the mainstream, but now it's looking much more like Google--not Canonical--will be the first Linux vendor to truly challenge Microsoft.
Google's migration into the operating system business has been so gradual that many industry watchers have shrugged it off. When the company announced its Android OS for phones, it looked interesting. There was nothing new about the idea of using Linux on a handset, and (apart from Google's involvement) little reason to expect it would carve out substantial market share in the competitive smartphone arena. But, with about 20 distinct Android handsets in the hands of more than three million users worldwide--and about 30 more devices expected to roll out in 2010--Google's mobile OS is now looking like a force to be reckoned with. [...]
It goes on to describe how Google has been successful at promoting Linux on phones and handheld devices, hitting Microsoft in a area where it is weak. Google is poised to release it's Linux Chrome OS on netbook computers, further expanding it's reach into a Market Microsoft wants to dominate. If Chrome succeeds in the netbook market, it could also conceivably extent that influence into the desktop market as well.
The article explains the hows and whys of it all. And why Microsoft has a real competitor in Google. I say great, more choices for us all.
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We recently bought a boat. It was a great day as we hooked it up to my truck for the first time and hauled it home. I grew up around boats. Dad was always buying one, fixing it up, then selling it. So now as an adult (whatever that means) I had images of grand boat outings with smiling kids, tan lines, and windswept hair. This image was fulfilled on our first few outings, but then came D-Day.
I readied the boat and was all set to take my wife, our 3 kids, two of my brothers, and my niece out for the first time–8 people in all. We drove down to the local marina and put the boat in the water. Up till this point, everything was running smoothly. I then started the motor and headed toward the dock to pick up the family.
They boarded without a hitch, and off we went toward our grand boating adventure. About 30 seconds into our journey, I suddenly realized I had forgotten to put the plug in the boat.
For you boating novices, most boats have a hole in the back to drain water out after you pull it from the lake. Obviously, you’re supposed to return the plug to the hole before putting the boat back into the water. I did not. And of course, it’s all my wife’s fault.
I keep the keys to the boat and the plug in the same place inside my truck. But on this day, wifey brought me the keys before we got to the marina, so she threw off my usual routine of grabbing the keys and the plug together. Thus the predicament we found ourselves in—NO PLUG, aka, WE’RE ALL GOING TO DROWN AND DIE AND IT’S ALL MY WIFE’S FAULT.
(Drown AND Die? I suppose that’s a bit redundant.)
I knew from my youthful days of boating that if you can go fast enough, a boat will rise out of the water just a bit. If it rises enough, you can drain water out of the plug hole if someone somehow forgets to place said plug into said plug hole before entering water (i.e., me, but wifey’s fault).
So once I realized the plug was out, I gunned it and headed down the river. But, because we had EIGHT people in the boat, it wasn’t getting on top of the water far enough to drain. Instead, we were just taking on more water.
At this point, my wife (who was at fault) and the 4 kids in the boat got wind of what was happening. Wifey is not good in pressure situations. She freezes up like Terrence Howard reading a teleprompter. The panic in her eyes caught the attention of the kids (ages 2-8), and her panic quickly overtook them, as well.
Fear of death was imminent. Tears began to flow as they wondered if they would ever see Jake and his Neverland Pirates again. Their lives were flashing before their eyes. Amidst all the near death wailing, I was trying to devise a plan to keep my boat from sinking.
Once I realized I couldn’t get the water to drain, I turned the boat around and headed for the dock. The boat was getting hard to steer, sloshing back and forth with every turn of the wheel. The situation was becoming dire. I had to try to get to shore and get the plug from the truck as quickly as possible.
I figured I’d slide into the dock as fast as I safely could. My wife would then take the truck keys and run like the wind to the truck for the plug while the rest of us assured the children that they would live to meet their beloved Neverland Pirates.
We pulled up to the dock, the boat more than halfway submerged into the river, plowing water as we went. As soon as we slowed down, wifey jumped out of the boat to get the plug. When she did, I heard a GASP, and an immediate, shrill, shreaking, “OH NO!”
This cannot be good.
“Darren, I DROPPED THE KEYS IN THE WATER!”
“I DROPPED THE KEYS IN THE WATER!”
I tried to calm myself, but my innate calm-er was not working.“THEN JUMP IN AND GET THEM!”
But she couldn’t. Her Terrence Howard syndrome was in full effect. “BUT THE WATER IS NASTY!”
I was polite as I could be with the following … “I DON’T CARE HOW NASTY IT IS. GET IN AND GET THE KEYS. THAT’S MY ONLY SET FOR THE TRUCK!”
While calmly trying to convince wifey to find the sunken keys, I decided I needed to plug the hole somehow to stop the water from coming into the boat. So I got down on my hands and knees and wedged myself into the tiny little box opening in the back of the boat, stretching my arm out as far as I could while squeezing it next to my head, and extended my thumb into the plug hole.
I immediately felt the sharp end of several screws penetrating the skin of my forearm as I wedged my thumb into the opening. And this only made me more calm as I spoke to wifey again. “GET IN THE WATER AND FIND THE KEYS!” She continued to be frozen in fear. Standing on the dock, staring into the abyss.
At some point a friendly neighborhood do-gooder came down from the bar at the marina. I thought our saving grace had come, but my hopes were quickly disspelled. He actually more stumbled down from the bar in a drunken stupor. He heard what was going on and jumped into the water to search for the keys.
After about 10 seconds, he slurred, “Can’t touch the bottom!” and jumped out, never to be seen again.
With wifey (who was at fault) still frozen on the dock, and me still trying to keep my arm from bleeding out, my brother Dusty decided he would jump in. But, only after doing so did he remember that his arm was in a sling and he couldn’t swim. He’d had surgery on a torn pectoral muscle just weeks before, and somehow this fact had eluded him as he dove headfirst into the water.
Wifey and my other brother had to hoist him out.
Finally the other brother, Mike, switched thumb duty with me so I could jump in and look for the keys. So I crawled out of the plug box, bandaged my bloodied arm, received a few pints of blood, and jumped in.
I immediately felt the bottom. It was less than 7 feet deep. Not sure what Mr. Drunken Good Neighbor felt, but I’m guessing his feet were too numb to know where the bottom was.
Although I could touch the bottom, it was covered in a foot of loose mud. For the next 40 minutes I scoured the bottom with my feet, coming up every 30 seconds, gasping for air, then heading down again, praying I could feel the keys with my toes at some point. But I never did.
I did find several rusty beer cans and bottles, a telescoping fishing pole, and an iPhone.
In the midst of my searching, the marina owner got wind of what was happening and found an old plug to put in the boat. Thankfully this released Mike’s thumb and bloodied arm from the box-o-pain, but we were still without my truck keys.
Thankfully Mike had driven his truck over, and happened to have the proper hitch. With the borrowed plug in place, we pulled the boat out with his truck, let all the water drain, then headed to the house to get our van so we could come back and pick up all the little ones who were still recovering from their near death, we-almost-drowned-and-never-met-the-Neverland-Pirates experience.
When we got back with the van to pick up the family, another guy came out and told me he had a large magnet he often used to find things on the bottom. To quote a 90s movie, “Once again, things that could have been brought to my attention YESTERDAY!” Or at least 2 hours ago. (Who can name that movie?)
So we spent another 30 minutes dragging the bottom of the sludge with a magnet. Once again, a total wash. Unless you count the 3 bolts and screws we pulled up.
So, how’d it all end?
The ending was much less eventful than the outing. A mobile locksmith came out and gouged me for $300 to break into my truck and make a new key.
I believe my 3-year old niece summed it up best when her mother asked her if she had a fun day …
“Yeah, ‘cept fo when da watah was comin into da boat.”
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rass is high maintenance compared to some other landscape alternatives. Grass will provide its greatest benefits where it can be used for its best functions, such as the high traffic and recreational areas of your yard.
Other areas can be maintained in greenery by substituting turf for a wide variety of low growing ground covers. Some ground covers may be drought tolerant and stay green all through the seasons, tolerate some foot traffic, as well as stay attractive.
Switching to ground covers as an alternative to turf will cut down on mowing, fertilizing, watering, pesticides, and erosion. Ground covers are also a great idea for those areas where grass is more difficult to grow such as in dry shade.
Here are a few suggestions to get you started.
Ajuga (Ajuga reptans) – grows rapidly, tolerates clay, prefers sandy to light drained soil, is suited to shady areas.
Cinquefoils (Potentilla spp.) – short, runner spreader, tolerates a dry sunny area.
White Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens L.) – tolerates foot traffic, sun or shade, drought tolerant, can be mixed in with lawn.
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster spp.) – deciduous to semi evergreen shrub, small glossy leaves, pink-white flowers, red berries, ideal for slopes, full sun to partial shade. Dwarf
Junipers (Juniperus spp.) – low-maintenance, evergreen, require well-drained rich soil, excellent for hot, sunny, dry places.
Japanese Spurge (Pachysandra) – excellent ground cover for deep shade.
Moss Pink (Phlox subulata) – good spreader, dense creeping carpet, plant in sunny or partial shade areas, tolerates a range of soil types.
Sedums (Sedums spp.) – drought tolerant, do well in thin poor soil, tolerate sun and a part shade.
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) – tolerates wet, shady conditions.
Snow- in-Summer (Cerastium tomentosm) – grey foliage with little white flowers, excellent choice for a small-scale ground cover, an edging along paths, or between stepping stones.
Thyme (Thymus spp.) –full sun, well drained soil, many species to choose from that create mounds, foliage scented, some species can withstand moderate foot traffic.
Wild strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) – native species, sunny slopes, low and dense ground cover, white flowers in spring, will grow in acidic, poor soil.
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) – native species, slow spreader, good for shady slopes, large heart shaped leaves.
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Leadership Theories Relevant In Contemporary Organisations Management Essay
Leadership theories talk about different methods or ways that a leader follows to complete a given task with a group of people (followers or subordinates). These theories also talk about leader’s behavior, character, knowledge, and the environment the team is working in. as it is the leader’s task to complete the given work in given time and environment. Different theories talk about different leadership styles or methods a leader can choose to follow to complete the given task.
Leadership theories relevant in contemporary organisations:
Leaders play a vital role in determining the organizations effectiveness. Effective leaders are critical to the effectiveness of the contemporary organizations. Whether leadership can be taught, or even how effective it might are the question to answer (Collinson and Keith in year 2005). Leadership is not just a single man process, but it is a shared process (Hunt and Murrel 1997, 2004), leaders can become followers and followers can become leaders depending on the process, situation and the task. In simple terms, leadership is a process in which an individual or a group influences others to accomplish a specific task providing the necessary directions to the organization to become more effective. With growing technology and globalization, organizations are competing with each other like never before. As a result, how well and organization can use its resources plays a very important role. Some also argue that the effects of a leader on an organization are less when comparing with political, economical and environmental forces (Lieberson and O’Connor, 1972; Pfeffer, 1977), natural disaster in Japan recently is a perfect example of this.
Situational Leadership Theory
The situational leadership theory which is first introduced as “life cycle theory” was developed b Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard says, the effective leadership varies not only with the person or group but many other factors influencing the organization like environment, politics, economics, etc, which can affect the workflow of the organization. So, the most successful leaders are those who can adapt their leadership styles according to the situation and to the maturity of the individual or group they are attempting to lead or influence.
Maturity can be seen as
1. The ability or capacity to set high but achievable goals. 2. Responsibility and commitment to complete the task. 3.Relevant education and experience with respect to task.
There are two fundamental concepts in Hersey-Blanchard situational leadership theory.
Individual’s or group’s maturity level. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situational_leadership_theory)
Hersey-Blanchard situational leadership theory talks about four different leadership styles and four different maturity levels of the individual or group. How different leadership styles can help different maturity levels is what the theory is about.
M1/S1: If the individual or group is not matured enough, leader should constantly tell them and direct them towards the goal. M2/S2: If the maturity level is medium and skills are limited, leader should coach them and direct them towards the goal, not constantly. M3/S3: If the maturity level is medium and the skill level is high, leader should participate with the group or individual and support them to achieve the goal. M4/S4: If the individual or the group is highly matured, leader involves him/her self in the process to check the development or the progress of the task. (http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_44.htm).
Some of the factors that will affect the leader’s decisions are:
Capacity and the influence of the leader.
Capacity and motivation of the subordinates or followers.
Relation between leader and team.
How serious is the situation or amount of the pressure on the leader and the team.
What are the resources available for the leader and the team?
As a leader plays a major in any organisation, it is important to have necessary information and knowledge about the planning and should have a clear vision. So, he or she can help the team or subordinates to have clear vision and together they can archive the common goal. There are many strategies a leader can approach (like task oriented or people oriented etc). However the approach can change according to the situation. In many areas situation plays major role, so understanding the situation and supporting the team will help the leader and the team to reach the desired goal.
Leaders should mainly know about:
Subordinates or follower’s motivation and capacity to work in various situations.
Do all the subordinates know or understand what they should do ( action plan or vision )?
How the work is organised.
Understanding between team members (it plays a major role in completing task).
What are the resources that are available?
Information about external groups that a leader can coordinate and take support form in unpredictable situations.
Hersey’s and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Theory illustrates the development of the team in four stages. The four stages are:
Forming: Forming a team. It is important for the leader to select a team with a group with enough information and knowledge which helps leader forming plans and take actions to complete the tasks.
Storming: leader should have a clear vision of what he or she is doing and should have a clear plan how to do it. Leader when has a clear vision he or she can help the team to form a clear vision which helps the team to reach their goal. Clarity is very important for the leader and the followers.
Norming: Understanding between the team members or followers is very important for the team leader, as it plays very important role for the leader’s life. If the team members have a good understanding it is easy for the leader to complete the task with less trouble in unwanted situations.
Performing: Leader with all the information and knowledge about the task and all the resources that organization has, to complete the task. Making a perfect business plan is just beginning but performing according to the plan is tough and not easy. With proper motivation and leader’s charm it is possible to complete the task.
Disadvantages/Limitations of the Situational Leadership Theory
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Clove has been used for years in dental preparations, candy, and gum for its flavor and ability to cleanse the mouth, yet it provides a myriad of benefits. Its main chemical component, eugenol, makes it a very stimulating and energizing essential oil that can be used as a warming massage oil.
Clove contains powerful antioxidant properties and supports cardiovascular health when taken internally. As a cooking spice, Clove adds a spicy flavor to any dish or dessert while providing internal health benefits. One drop can clean the teeth and gums while promoting fresh breath. Add one drop to toothpaste to clean teeth and gums. Place one drop in two ounces of water and gargle for a soothing effect. Take in veggie capsules to support cardiovascular health.
Clove oil uses are incredibly impressive, ranging from improving blood circulation and reducing inflammation to helping acne and boosting gum health. One of the best-known clove oil uses is to reduce the pain associated with dental problems. Even mainstream toothpaste makers agree that clove oil reduces the pain and swelling that comes with a toothache.
In addition to being a proven anti-inflammatory and pain reducer, one of the common clove oil uses is as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial to keep countless diseases at bay, which is why it can be such a wise choice for boosting your immune system as well as a powerful addition to homemade cleaning products.
Are you ready to learn about all of the amazing clove oil uses?
Plant Origin of Clove Oil
Indigenous to Indonesia and Madagascar, clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) can be found in nature as the unopened pink flower buds of the tropical evergreen tree. Picked by hand in late summer and again in winter, the buds are dried until they turn brown. The buds are then left whole, ground into a spice or are steam-distilled to produce clove essential oil.
The island of Zanzibar (part of Tanzania) is the world’s biggest producer of cloves. Other top producers include Indonesia and Madagascar. Unlike most other spices, clove can be grown throughout the entire year, which has given native tribes that use it a distinct advantage over other cultures because the health benefits can be enjoyed more readily.
Cloves can be anywhere from a half-inch to three-quarters of an inch in length. They generally are composed of 14 percent to 20 percent essential oil. The main chemical component of the oil is eugenol, which is also responsible for clove oil’s strong fragrance. In addition to its common medicinal uses (especially for oral health), eugenol is also commonly included in mouthwashes and perfumes, and it’s also employed in the creation of vanillin. | <urn:uuid:34d9c068-53b1-458a-9f98-bc7d2fb307a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.russianfoodusa.com/oil-essential-carnation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95484 | 566 | 2.59375 | 3 |
For years, many motivational speakers have encouraged their audiences to join ‘Automobile University’ to grow mentally during long commutes in their car. Over the years, inventions like the cassette Walkman, CD players, MP3 players, and today’s smart phones have opened up new avenues with the same end-goal.
Personal Audio Players are wonderful devices. I brought my first MP3 player in January 2002 as part of my goals for that year (to replace the cassette player I bought in 1992). It was a Rio 800 (see picture above) and a very sleek device for the time. Note: I really liked this player; yet, it was not robust nor built for longevity as it only lasted 13 months. I quickly burned all my CDs to MP3 so I could listen to my music. However, I had made a commitment to myself that 70% of the time I would use my Rio to listen to educational programs and audio books.
I go for a one hour walk daily. Instead of jamming to tunes, I use that time to enrich my mind as well. I believe this is a great way to have your cake and eat it too.
I will admit, I’m a big fan of audible.com and have listened to over 200 books with this service since joining in 2002. However, you can get many free audio programs from the web, your local library, and friends. Also, there are huge number of high quality podcasts as well.
Better than College (No Exams)
Let us do the math. First, I will assume that you are only able to do this 5 days a week and that you have two full weeks of vacation a year. Second, I will assume you only can budget one hour a day to listen to audio programs.
1 Hour x 5 Days x 50 Weeks = 250 Hours
Now, the average length of time for a non-fiction audio program is 6 hours. This means that you could listen to over 40 books, on any topic you choose, in a single year. Listen to 40 books on 40 different topics and you’d gain a wide breadth of knowledge. You could also concentrate your studies on one core area and become a subject matter expect. Imagine how much information you could learn in your field after assimilating the material from 40+ books. If you continued to do this for ten years, that would equal 400 volumes.
The numbers dramatically increase if you decide to include one or both days from weekends as well.
If you you’d like to include some top-notch fiction in your program, I’ll recommend the 4 plus 1 plan. This means for every 5 audio programs, 1 would be a novel, short-story, poetry, or play of your choice. I know several people who swear that well-written science fiction has helped them with breakthrough concepts in life and work.
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Former stable block The Hayes Conference Centre, off Hayes Lane, Swanwick, built in 1867.
The original enclosed stable block was built in 1867 by Francis Wright of the Butterley Company as part of a property for his son Fitzherbert. The house was just to the southwest, farm buildings some distance to the west and glass houses with an enclosed garden to the south. The 1st edition 25" OS map of c1880 also shows a gate lodge to the north. It had been extended by the time plans dating to 1895 were produced, and again c1900. In 1910 the property was sold to the First Conference Estate Ltd and became the first Christian Conference Centre in England. During the First World War the house was requisitioned and used as an army barracks. During the Second World War, the property was again used, this time as a prisoner of wart camp for Germans and Italians, and Franz Von Warra, a pilot, escaped from the facility by means of a tunnel that a group of prisoners excavated, being the only person to escape from English PPOW camps twice. Elsewhere on the property, it was also used as a girls' school for children evacuated from London. IT continues to operate as a Christian Conference Centre. (1)
Unpublished document: Martyn, K and L Catt (Donald Insall Associates). 2019. The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire: Pre-application Historic Building Report.
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For those of us who are used to being active, it’s no secret that we are always on the move in some way or another. Whether it’s walking to and from the toilet, to wiggling around in our chairs, we just need to move. That is why we cannot sit still for two straight hours to watch a movie. True story.
But you know how it is with weekday lunches. You go out with your colleagues, grab whatever you can closest to you and then head straight back to the office, sit yourself down and let all that energy go back into toilet breaks and wiggling at your table again. It’s not enough to let out all that pent up energy for sure so for those who are yearning to do something a little more strenuous during your lunch break, here are 3 things you can attempt.
1. Take a long walk
Instead of going back to that usual lunch spot, why not take a walk to that shopping mall that you have wanted to go to but have been putting off due to the distance? In our kind of weather, a 10 to 15-minute walk will do us some good as we sweat and get our muscles and body working. This also helps to get rid of all that energy that we needed to flush out so that we can focus and concentrate when we are back in the office. A little tired, yes, but definitely more focused on getting work done.
2. Take up an exercise class close to your office
Many workout institutions (I mean gyms, yoga schools, etc), have been sprouting up near office populated districts to make working out that much easier for us. You can opt to go for their lunch time exercise sessions to make the best use of your hour. Some of them even come with a light lunch so you don’t have to worry about setting aside time for a quick bite after your class. Depending on where your office is located, you can choose from yoga to Zumba to even muay thai or boxing!
3. Choose to eat healthy
If going for classes or taking some time to walk a little further is not doable for you (some companies have very strict lunch hours, I can understand that), the next best option is to eat healthy. Especially if you are in highly sedentary job, having less carbs and protein during lunch may be a good way to ensure you don’t overeat and you don’t start feeling sleepy at the mid-day mark. | <urn:uuid:d70eb221-8a34-4f2e-9075-5944f11689ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.justrunlah.com/2016/10/13/3-things-to-do-during-your-lunch-break-to-boost-your-health/?replytocom=45587 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969595 | 515 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Kasper Kristensen , Researcher05. May 2020
What motivated you to become a scientist?
I have always wanted a job where I could make a positive contribution to the world. In principle, there are many different jobs that allow for that, but having a flair for the mathematical and natural sciences, I found these disciplines to be a natural career path for me. As a scientist, I have the opportunity to contribute with important knowledge that essentially may help to guide the development of new technologies.
How did you end up doing what you do today?
I originally studied Physics and Nanotechnology at the Technical University of Denmark, but during my time as a student, I found out that I was also very interested in many other topics within the biological and pharmaceutical sciences. I therefore ended up with a very interdisciplinary education, bringing me to join Professor Thomas Andresen’s group to do a PhD within biophysics. Upon finishing my PhD, I have stayed in the same group for a number of years working on a range of different projects, all related to drug delivery.
What are you working on at the moment?
Within the RIBBDD network, I am working with liposomal drug delivery systems, that is, I am working with synthetic nanoscale lipid vesicles that may carry drugs to specific locations in the body, including the brain. I am in particular trying to understand the biological mechanisms that determine the fate of the lipid vesicles in the body, for example, to elucidate the functional role of proteins binding to the vesicles in the bloodstream.
What do you think the most exciting about being a scientist is?
There are so many nice aspects of being a scientist. For instance, I enjoy spending my workday interacting with many interesting people, and also to go into the laboratory to try out new and exciting ideas. But if I have to choose just one thing, it would be that I really love to have a job that is actually not only a job but also a great interest of mine.
What do you do when you are not working?
I spend most of my spare time with my wonderful wife and four-month old daughter, not forgetting my always-energetic dog. I also enjoy reading books, and when not in the combined baby and corona virus bubble, meeting with friends and family as well as travelling the world.
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- We grow several varieties of leeks that mature over the fall and winter seasons. We also enjoy leek scapes (like garlic scapes) and leek flowers in the spring.
Store leeks in the coldest part of refrigerator which is usually the bottom crisper drawer. Leeks can be hard to clean! Cut them in half lengthwise, keeping the root in tact. Run water over the whole leek rifling through the layers to give them a good rinse. If needed, do this a couple of times to make sure all of the fine silt is removed.
Leeks can be easily frozen for later use in soups, stews or casseroles. After cleaning, place cut leeks on a clean, dry towel and allow them to air dry. Flash freeze by placing them on a sheet tray in a single layer until just frozen. Placing a sheet of waxed paper on the tray before spreading out the leeks can make transfer once frozen a little easier.
Leeks are a good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin B6, Folate, Iron and Magnesium, and a very good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Manganese.
- The leek is associated with the Welsh Saint David. It was claimed that girls who slept with a leek under their pillow on St David’s Day would see their future husband in their dreams.
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Why do goldfish turn black? This is a question you are likely to ask yourself if you are not well acquainted with the care of your pet goldfish.
Goldfish is one of the most popular pets for an aquarium as they look the most attractive while inside an aquarium.
There are a lot of other benefits of including goldfish in your fish tank. But if you are to include goldfish, you should learn to take optimum care of them so that they remain happy and healthy.
Nowadays, more and more people are keeping an aquarium in their home. Aquariums are great for improving the aesthetics of the house, relaxation, and are also a great conversation starter when you have visitors. Having goldfish in your tank makes it very attractive.
Obviously, any time a fish turns black, this can be an that your Goldfish is not in good health and you immediate attention is required to investigate what might be the cause.
But what are the factors that contribute to this? Why do goldfish turn black?
Before we answer that question, let’s first justify our urge to grow goldfish.
Benefits of Having Goldfish As Pets
The following are the benefits of having goldfish in your fish tank:
- They are among those fish species which are easily available for people to keep as pets. Some other species of fish may not be readily available locally in the aquarium stores.
- The also fall under the class of fish considered as low maintenance.
- The also aren’t expensive and do not have a specialized diet and their ideal food is available in most supermarkets and aquarium stores.
- Keeping goldfish in your fish tank is also a hobby which you can easily commercialize by breeding them and then offering them for sale.
Why do Goldfish Turn Black?
Goldfish are the most colorful species among all the aquarium fishes. Including them in your fish tank gives a beautiful contrast of colors which is great to look at.
In a due course of time, the nature of the goldfish can change or vary because of the aquarium conditions. Why do goldfish turn black?
These are 5 triggers which are fairly common in triggering their change in color.
1) Ammonia Burns up
This is actually the most frequent reasons that they change color. Ammonia is produced inside the fish tank due to excess fish food in the tank which eventually decomposes and if the water in the tank is not being adequately filtered/Cycled.
The ammonia itself does not cause the skin to turn black, but the healing process which happens naturally turns their color to black.
In the event the water isn’t correctly filtered and cleaned out frequently, that toxins may cause burns up to the goldfish. That black color is actually a sign the infection is healing, and so cleaning out the container correctly can help make sure the infection does not come back.
With time, that goldfish should certainly go back to normal color.
2) Change of color caused by environmental factors
The location of your aquarium can also affect the color of the skin of your goldfish. It is advisable that an aquarium should be kept in a well lit area.
This is because when the fish are kept in a dark area they tend to secret a black pigment known as melanin which may appear as black patches on the skin of the fish
3) Temperature of the water
It is important to select the location for your tank away from sources of heat such as direct sunlight and high and bulbs and lamps that may emit huge amounts of heat when in operation.
Small tanks will also tend to heat up more quickly when exposed to hot environments. That said, this is not to overlook the importance of a heater in your goldfish tank.
4) That tank is actually small
The fish tank might too small which may lead to faster saturation of ammonia and carbon in the tank due the low water volume present. It is common to start out with small tanks as most of the fish bought from the Pert stores are usually small in size.
The downside is that as the fish grow in size we tend to overlook the need to move them to an appropriately larger size tank.
Buying a 10 or 20 gallon container for your fish is usually adequate to ensure the goldfish has lots of space to thrive in the water.
Keep in the ideal tank size will be dependent on the quantity and size of fish you put in the tank. for larger sizes and quantities you could even scale scale up to 40 Gallon breeder tank.
This rapid build up of toxins in the small tank present greatly increases the chances of your fish contracting disease.
5) Disease May cause Goldfish to Turn Black.
Including water snails along with the goldfish in the same tank is a a bad idea as the snails considerably increase the chances of your fish contracting disease from the snails.
There is disease known as schistosomiasis which is a parasite carried by freshwater snails and is spread by water contamination. That eggs of the parasite casing this disease, burrow deep into the pores and skin of the Goldfish and form protective very hard cysts that are black in color.
The consequence of this infestation causes the overall look of black spots in the Goldfish.
Optimum Care and some precautions to avoid Problems
After finding out why do goldfish turn black, you need to find the optimum solution. But you don’t need to panic every time your goldfish develop some dark patches on their skin as the the patches to often tend to clear up quickly sometimes there is not much going on with the fish.
It is also important that sometimes goldfish will naturally turn change color for short duarations due to reasons that are purely natural for them.
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While cloud computing is as old as the advent of the internet, companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google really brought the terminology to consumers. Ever since then, cloud computing has become the new norm. As a result, incorporating cloud computing into Learning Management Systems (LMSs) has been an important revolution for online training.
The development of cloud-based LMS platform allowed trainers or companies to train their employees with little IT skills. Also, it allows trainers to access eLearning courses from remote distances. These platforms offered cloud storage while allowing trainers to access their services for a fee depending on the number of students and their technology needs. Before checking out the various benefits these cloud-based LMSs provide, let’s go through the different types of LMSs available to users.
Types of LMS
While there are up to nine different types of Learning Management Systems, we’ll be going through six of these types. They include:
1. Enterprise LMS
Enterprise Learning Management Systems that cater to large companies with up to 500 employees. This type of LMS has numerous features to career to the company’s needs even as they grow.
2. Individual LMS
This category caters to small organizations or an independent course creator who doesn’t have a large audience yet. They offer subscription plans and are also scalable to meet more extensive needs.
3. Free LMS
This is pretty much self-explanatory. Most LMSs have free versions of their apps that offer a fraction of their full functionality. However, most of them are easy to install, and most users can easily deploy them without an IT professional.
4. Commercial LMS
This category classified LMSs sold for a price. They’re easy to set up, and you get prompt IT support. However, they require frequent updates, addressing bugs, and incorporating new features into the software.
5. Cloud-based LMS
This category describes LMSs that allow users to access educational content from anywhere in the world using any device with an Internet connection. It usually incorporates features most other LMSs would have. It’s only different feature is its cloud-based perk.
6. On-premise LMS
An on-premise LMS is a licensed product built and set up to suit a company’s specifications and hosted on their chosen server. If this type of LMS is used in a large company, it might require more than a server to make it function properly. In addition, it could be costly to set up.
Note: One LMS product could belong to more than one of these types of LMS, depending on its features.
Benefits of Cloud-Based LMS
Cloud-based LMSs are particularly favored for their:
When running a company or an online learning course, being able to save every possible penny while still delivering value is paramount. With traditional LMSs which needed a particular software or hardware installation, all trainers got was a one-size-fits-all solution. However, with cloud-based LMSs, trainers can now purchase subscriptions depending on their specific needs.
For example, people with a small number of students can purchase lower-priced subscriptions. On the other hand, those with an enormous amount of employees/trainees or with some special requirements can also find subscriptions to fit their needs. Of course, you can always increase your subscription with an increasing number of trainees.
The cost-effectiveness also favors trainees. For example, in a physical training class, they’ll have to spend additional fees on logistics. However, with cloud-based LMSs, these costs are absent.
Learn more about existing LMS pricing models here
2. Increased Accessibility
With traditional LMSs, you had to have the app or software to access or edit a course. This was really constricting, and you might not be able to lug your PC along everywhere you go. However, with cloud-based LMSs, you can access your courses anywhere you go. So whether you’re in the office, at home, or on vacation to the Bahamas, all you need is your login credentials, and you’re back to learning.
Also, this increased accessibility favored trainers as well. Making revisions using traditional LMSs was almost impossible. In these cases, trainees would have to download the updated version of the course all over again. Sometimes, the trainers had to go through the whole course creation process again just to effect some corrections. However, with cloud-based LMSs, trainers can easily effect changes to their courses. The changes made would be reflected in the trainees portal once uploaded.
3. Large Storage Space
Another restrictive feature of traditional LMSs is their requirement for large storage spaces to create courses. For example, if you want to create an extremely comprehensive course with videos and several media, you’ll need large amounts of physical space on your PC. Now, if you had to create multiple courses in this same manner, the amount of storage you’ll need will be humongous. This will increase the costs as you’ll have to cater to this need by purchasing external storage options.
However, once you subscribe to a cloud-based LMS, you get access to large amounts of storage, making creating these courses easier. So now, one software is solving your course creation and storage problem. Also, if you find the space insufficient, you can purchase extra units.
4. Increased Security
With everything online, there tends to be a possibility of hack attacks. Cloud-based LMSs are no different as they tend to contain sensitive information. They include the personal information of trainers and intellectual property hosted on the platform. Some trainees might also have their credit card information on these platforms. The manufacturers of these services keep these possibilities in mind.
They make sure to keep their users’ data off-site and conduct regular backups to prevent loss of data. In addition, they use a range of safety measures such as a secure socket layer (SSL), data encryption, and password protection. However, it is also important to note that users also have to protect their information.
5. Mobile Responsive Design
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The ease that comes with using these devices can help trainees watch, read, and understand these courses better.
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Oman’s reinstatement of diplomatic ties with Syria is another defeat for NATO in Syria.
Omani state news agency reported that Syria’s foreign minister on October 3 accepted the credentials of its ambassador, Turki bin Mahmood al-Busaidy.
Muscat became the third Gulf sheikhdom to reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria after the UAE and Bahrain did so in 2018.
Washington-backed Persian Gulf monarchies would not opt for such a highly politicized move without nod from the US.
Omani ambassador’s return to Damascus indicates that the US regime accepts its failure in Syria.
These regimes’ normalization of relations with Damascus will further complicate Turkey’s position in the region.
Ankara remains the only power which is stuck with all the political, military, social and economic mess left from the proxy-war on Iran in Syria.
In the coming months it is quite likely that Turkey’s biggest problem in its Syrian fiasco will be a blowback from the takfiri militia in Idlib, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), that it is aligned with.
HTS-type regressive groups have time and again demonstrated that they lack political vision and a coherent strategy.
When Pakistan with US support backed movements with a Salafi bent to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan, these movements became a major problem for Islamabad after the Soviet withdrawal.
Saudi funding and indoctrination further exacerbated the problem.
It is possible that a similar situation would occur in Turkey’s relationship with the US-backed takfiris in Syria.
Turkey has not demonstrated the requisite maturity in dealing with the situation in Syria.
This will create difficulties for Ankara as others continue to restore relations with Syria.
In an in-depth analysis on Turkey’s failures in Syria, Burak Kadercan, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Policy at the United States Naval War College, accurately highlighted the following: “With their eyes fixated on the prize, Erdogan and Davutoglu could not see they were both wrong… the shallowness of Davutoglu’s strategic calculus fueled Ankara’s belief in a quick and decisive victory over Assad.”
Damascus is likely to utilize the restoration of ties with Oman to gain access to global economic mechanisms.
Muscat being traditionally independent of Saudi and UAE adventurism, is unlikely to refuse Syria’s request.
This will definitely irritate other GCC members.
Thus, an informal alliance of sorts between Oman and also Qatar is likely to emerge.
How they handle reestablishing their relations with Syria will add to existing divisions among GCC regimes.
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Fried bacon will be salty and hard!Cook two steps before stir-frying. The preserved meat is tender and fragrant, and the salt is moderate
Fried bacon will be salty and hard!The preserved pork is soft, tender and fragrant, with moderate saltiness. It is prepared every year for the Chinese New Year and the first lunar month.Preserved pork is soft, tender and fragrant. It is mainly steamed and fried.Stir-fried bacon is relatively simple and brings out the best flavor of the bacon, no matter what ingredients it is stir-fried with.How to fry bacon?Just slice it up and fry it?The cured meat will be dry and hard, just like chewing bark, which is not tasty at all.And bacon is relatively salty, if directly fried, will be too salty to eat.Therefore, bacon can not be fried directly, but also need to master some skills.What is the best way to fry bacon?Today, I would like to share with you the correct recipe. If you like to eat preserved pork, you can learn from it to ensure that the fried preserved pork is soft and fragrant, and the salt is moderate.In fact, the technique is very simple, are 2 steps that many people ignore, let’s take a look.Prepare 150 grams of bacon, 3 garlic shoots, 3 green peppers, 3 red peppers, 5 garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon of chili powder, 1 teaspoon of white sugar, and a little salt.1. Prepare a piece of bacon, put it into a basin, add a spoonful of edible soda, stir well and soak it for 5 minutes, then rub the bacon clean with your hands.The cured meat was hung in the sun for a long time, with a lot of dust on the surface and washed very clean with edible lye.2, prepare a basin of water, add appropriate amount of salt, stir with chopsticks to dissolve the salt, and then put in the bacon, soak for 4 hours.Bacon tastes fresh and is dry, so it cannot be fried directly. It must be soaked in light salt water first.By using the difference in concentration, the excess salt in the preserved meat can be dissolved in water, and the preserved meat will become weak.And the preserved meat will also absorb the moisture, and the preserved meat will become soft.3. Remove the bacon after soaking, put cold water into the pot, bring to the boil, then turn to low heat, cover and cook for 30 minutes.Preserved meat contains some bad substances, such as nitrite and bacteria, which can be removed by high temperature cooking.Moreover, cooked bacon is further softened, and some salt is removed, making it moderately salty to eat.While the bacon is cooking, let’s deal with the side dishes.Wash all the ingredients, separate the stalks from the leaves and cut them into diagonal sections with a knife.Slice the green red pepper with a diagonal knife, pat the garlic, cut into large chunks.5, use chopsticks to stab the bacon, if you can Pierce it thoroughly, you can fish it out. When it is hot and sliced, it is 2~3 mm thick. If it is too thin, it will be burnt and hard.6. Pour proper amount of oil into the wok, pour into the bacon slices, stir fry for a few minutes with low heat, fry the bacon grease out, but after the meat slices become transparent, add garlic, garlic shoots, quickly stir fry until fragrant.Add a tablespoon of chili powder, stir fry and remove first.7. Refuel the pot, add green red pepper, quickly stir fry until broken raw, add bacon, minced garlic, sprinkled with garlic leaves, add a spoonful of sugar, turn on the fire and stir fry for half a minute, let the ingredients taste, you can out of the pot.8, fried chili garlic fry fried bacon color is bright, spicy salty fresh, and the taste is very soft and tender, not dry wood, is a very good meal.When frying preserved meat, there are two steps to do before frying, that is, “boil first and then soak”, which can effectively reduce the nutrients of preserved meat and make it soft, so that it can be delicious when fried. Remember that?Think my article is good, please give me a like, comment, forward, favorites, follow, see you next time. | <urn:uuid:9f8702c3-0a4c-43ab-bb00-1885e99e095a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.aoskwyaag.cn/2022/07/03/Fried-bacon-will-be-salty-and-hardCook-two-steps-before-stir-frying-The-preserved-meat-is-tender-and-fragrant-and-the-salt-is-moderate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.937879 | 916 | 1.828125 | 2 |
For the past few years, we have been seeing the next-generation cellular networks begin rolling out. 5G has arrived, and all of the carriers, ranging from AT&T and T-Mobile to Verizon have been making 5G available to the masses. Some rollouts have been slower (Verizon), while others (T-Mobile) are already available to more customers.
5G is just slightly different from the likes of the 4G LTE networks that we have become accustomed to. There are three different bands in which 5G operates, all of which aim to provide faster speeds than LTE. For example, Verizon’s mmWave technology, which takes advantage of high-band network spectrums, is capable of seeing speeds up to 10Gbps. When comparing that to LTE, which maxes out around 12Mbps, it’s easy to see why 5G is receiving such a push from carriers and smartphone makers alike.
Over the past year, just about every major smartphone release has included compatibility with 5G networks, regardless of which carrier you are using. This includes the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, because who wouldn’t want a futuristic phone with faster-than-life network speeds?
Turn off 5G
The problem with 5G is that it’s still in its infancy, and is not as widely available as the LTE network. If you keep the 5G antenna in your Galaxy Z Fold 2 enabled, but never actually see 5G speeds, you could end up with less-than-stellar battery life.
What’s the point of leaving something turned on if you can never really make use of it? That’s the train of thought for many, as battery life is much more important than super-fast network download speeds.
Here’s how you can turn off 5G on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2.
- Open the Settings app on your Galaxy Z Fold 2.
- Tap Connections.
- Scroll down and select Mobile Networks.
- Tap Network Mode.
- From the drop-down, tapLTE / CDMA (if Verizon).
- If on AT&T or T-Mobile, tap LTE / GSM / UMTS
- Restart your Z Fold 2.
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Local Depot 41 Scam Text >> According to reports, a new scam is circulating that targets people in the UK who receive text messages from a company called Local Depot 41. The scam works by convincing the victim to click on a link in the text message, which then takes them to a fake website that looks very similar to the reputable delivery services. The victim is then asked to input their personal and financial information, which the scammers use to commit fraud.
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What is Local Depot 41 Scam?
Local Depot 41 Phishing Text is a text message that purports to be from a local delivery firm. The message typically contains a link that, when clicked, directs the user to a spoofed website that looks identical to the legitimate parcel site. The purpose of the spoofed website is to trick the user into entering personal information, such as login credentials or credit card information.
Local Depot 41 Phishing Text messages are often sent out to large groups of people in an attempt to collect as much information as possible. In other words, the crooks are blasting texts to a huge degree as it increases their chances of making money. So, learn to recognise the traits or else, things might affect you drastically.
Most people are familiar with the term “phishing,” which is when scammers try to trick you into giving them your personal information by pretending to be a legitimate company or organization. “Smishing” is a similar scam, but instead of using email, the scammers contact you via text message.
Smishing scams are on the rise, and they can be very difficult to spot. The scammers may spoof the sender ID of a legitimate company or organization, or they may send a generic message that looks like it’s from your bank or another trusted source.
The goal of the scam is to get you to click on a link or download an attachment, which can then infect your computer with malware or steal your personal information.
If you receive a text message that looks suspicious, do not click on any links or open any attachments. Instead, delete the message and block the sender. You should also report the scam to your cell phone carrier and other relevant entities.
How to stay safe from Local Depot 41 Scam?
There are a few things you can do to protect yourself from this scam. First, never click on links in text messages unless you are absolutely sure that they are legitimate. If you are unsure, you can always go to the website directly by typing the URL into your browser.
Second, be cautious of any text messages that come from local numbers, especially if you don’t recognize the number. And finally, if you do receive a Local Depot 41 scam text, be sure to report it to your local law enforcement agency so they can investigate.
Nowadays, the number of scams are going parabolic. Every day, there are new traps being peddled by the crooks. Until and unless there is a one shot cure for all the issues, the best thing one can do is stay updated and avoid viral hustles.
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“If Christ Has Not Been Raised” (1 Corinthians 15:1-26)
Alleluia! Christ is risen! (He is risen indeed! Alleluia!)
Yes, he is risen indeed! Risen from the dead! Risen bodily. And everything depends on this. Your faith, your forgiveness, your future. Your eternal future. The future of your loved ones who have died in the Lord. Everything hinges on this great and glorious fact: that Christ has indeed risen from the dead.
But what if Christ has not risen from the dead? What then? What would be the consequences? You know, not everyone believes that Christ has risen from the dead. And for us who do believe, what if our faith is misplaced? What if it never really happened? What if this is all a big made-up story? Or what if we’re just misunderstanding the idea of Christ “rising from the dead”? Maybe it just means that he kind of rose spiritually, but not bodily? Like, his memory lives on, the great moral example that he set, the nice teachings that he set forth about loving one another, and so on. But not that he rose bodily from the dead! Surely that is too much! Let’s not go that far! You know, that is what a lot of people think about Jesus. Good moral teacher, fine example, died unjustly, but that was it. His body must be somewhere. His followers must have taken it and hidden it and made up this story about Jesus rising from the dead. For surely there is no such thing as a real, physical resurrection of the dead!
But then this is nothing new, this way of thinking. It was around also way back in the first century. This idea had even infiltrated the early Christian church, that there’s no such thing as a bodily resurrection of the dead. It apparently was the thinking of some people in the church in Corinth, because the apostle Paul takes on this notion and contemplates the consequences of it, if that were the case. That’s what’s going on in our Epistle reading for today from 1 Corinthians 15. So let’s ponder that prospect now for a few moments, under the theme, “If Christ Has Not Been Raised.”
“If Christ has not been raised”: It’s a hypothetical that Paul is setting forth, for the truth of the matter is quite the opposite. But Paul wants the Corinthians–and us–to consider just what would follow if it were true that Christ has not been raised from the dead.
And actually he starts from the other way around. What if there were no resurrection of the dead in store for the Christians who have died? Well, if that’s the case, that there is no such thing as a bodily resurrection, then it follows that Christ himself has not risen, and if that in turn is true, then everything falls apart. The whole Christian message becomes meaningless and false, if Christ has not been raised.
Let’s track this along with Paul. He says, “Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?” You see, Paul had proclaimed very clearly that Christ Jesus has been raised bodily. And he reminds the Corinthians of his previous preaching to them: “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you–unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,” and so on, recounting the various resurrection appearances that the risen Lord made to many witnesses.
Paul is saying that the physical death and the physical resurrection of Christ is of the first importance to the Christian gospel. It is indispensable and essential, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, absolutely central to everything we believe and hope for. It is the cornerstone of our salvation.
So if this is what Paul had preached to the Corinthians, how can some of them now say that there is no such thing as the resurrection of the dead? Now they may not have been saying this about Christ himself. But they were saying it about the Christians from their church who died. They thought they would not be raised bodily, that a physical resurrection was impossible. But if you believe that, Paul is saying, then you are subverting the very gospel I preached to you. Because, to be consistent, you then also have to say that Christ himself was not raised, and if you do that, then you are undermining the entire Christian message. Follow?
You see, these two things hang together. The bodily resurrection of Christians, which will happen on the day when Christ returns, and the bodily resurrection of Christ himself, which happened on the first Easter Day. The two go together and are inseparably linked.
Here’s how Paul puts it: “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.”
“If Christ has not been raised”: What else follows from that? Paul tells us: “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.”
If Christ has not been raised, then your faith is in vain. It’s empty, it’s futile. What’s the point? For in that case, not only would there be no hope for you after death, you would not even have forgiveness for your sins right now. It would mean that Jesus was just a man who died unfairly, but that’s all. Nothing for you. It would mean that God did not accept his death as the sacrifice for sin, for your sins. Because sin produces death, and if Christ has not been raised from the dead, then sin has not been dealt with. And thus you are still stuck in your sins, and God is against you. The whole gospel falls apart.
And if Christ has not been raised, then those Christians who have died–there’s nothing for them, either. They have perished, died eternally. End of story. Pretty hopeless.
And what a joke, what fools, we Christians are shown to be! We above all men are most to be pitied. Why are we putting up with all the deprivation and even the persecution that Christians have to endure, if all we are doing is having a faith that doesn’t last, that is not powerful enough to overcome the grave? What a weak serving of thin gruel we have been fed! This life is full of sorrow and tears, and if a resurrectionless Christianity is all we have, what a pitiful bunch we are! If all you’re having is your best life now–a life that, no matter how successful and prosperous you are, is still full of tears and loss and ends in death–if all you have is your best life now, well, there’s not much to look forward to then, is there?
But the good news is, we are not having our best life now! Our best life is still to come! Why? Because Christ has indeed been raised from the dead! And here is where Paul makes the shift into high gear: “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” But Christ has been raised from the dead! It’s a fact, Jack! And it means that this life is not all there is! The best is yet to come! Christ is the “firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.” That Christ is the “firstfruits” means that there are more to follow. His resurrection guarantees the resurrection of those who trust in him. And “those who have fallen asleep” means those Christians who have already died, trusting in their Lord. Christ’s resurrection is just the firstfruits. There are lots more who will be raised, bodily, when Christ comes again. “Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.”
Dear friends, here is hope for you! Here is hope you can have for your friends and loved ones who have died in the Lord. You will be raised, they will be raised, imperishable, at Christ’s return. The trumpet will sound, and we will be changed, in the twinkling of an eye. Christ will call forth our dead bodies from the grave, just like he called forth Lazarus–just like Christ himself rose from the dead. As Paul says in Philippians, Christ “will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject all things to himself.”
What a prospect that will be! No more sorrow, no more sickness, no more death! Only life and gladness stretching out before us! The whole company of the saints, all who have trusted in God’s promise of salvation through all the centuries–all of us gathered together around our Savior, to enjoy life as it was meant to be, at peace with God and in fellowship with one another. That will be our best life, and it will last forever! Take hope in this, dear friends! Take your stand on this, for it is the rock-solid foundation of our faith. Rejoice in the promise of the resurrection, your resurrection, tied inseparably to the resurrection of Christ your Savior.
“If Christ has not been raised. . . .” But wait! “In fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.”
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When scientists were looking for a name for a new virus which could provide innovative treatment for infections, they didn't have far to search
The team at the Institute of Food Research at Norwich Research Park have opted to name it after Colney, the very village where they work - and where it was discovered.
The village's claim to fame until now was that it was home to Norwich City FC's training ground and its village church had a distinctive and pretty round tower.
But the vital research into treating bacterial infections has changed all that and it will be now known as the Colneyvirus.
The new virus is a 'bacteria eater' or bacteriophage, recognised as being useful in tackling C. diff infections.
The C. diff bacteria infects the bowel and causes diarrhoea, most commonly during a course of antibiotics, according to researchers at Norwich’s Quadram Institute.
The Colneyvirus, first discovered at the institute in Colney Lane, may form the basis of future treatments to combat C. diff.
Members of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) decided the new bacteriophage was genetically distinct enough to form a new genus of phages.
The ICTV named the bacteriophage the Colneyvirus on the suggestion of scientist Evelien Adriaenssens, who chairs the ICTV’s bacterial viruses sub-committee.
She also does work at the Quadram Institute, in the parish of Colney, where the research institute that made the discovery is now based.
Dr Adriaenssens said: “As bacteriophage taxonomists responsible for classifying and naming new taxa, we always look to honour people, places or institutes involved in the first description of a new group of phages.
“In this case, I had the opportunity to help create and name a new genus of phages based on a discovery by my own colleagues, made long before I joined the Quadram Institute.
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In the Agency’s Manual of Procedures, v.3 and 4, in the part describing the requirements of the attributes of the two types of UMM XMLs, the description of the “Message ID” attribute says:
“The field ‘Message ID’ consists of two parts: ‘UMM thread ID’ and ‘Version Number’ separated by the underscore character. ‘Message ID’ = ‘UMM thread ID’_‘Version Number’
‘UMM thread ID‘part is the identifier of a series of UMMs reporting on the same event after potential updates. The ‘UMM thread ID‘remains unchanged even if the UMM is updated. The format of the ‘UMM thread ID‘part is to be set by the entity disclosing the information but should include no more than 25 alphanumeric characters.
‘Version Number’ is the unique identifier of UMM versions in a single UMM thread. It helps to reconstruct the history of prior publications. ‘Version Number’ consists of a sequential number with 3 numeric characters where 001 stands for the first UMM in a thread, 002 marks the first update, 003 the second update and so on.”
Context of the question:
- UMMs publication by an MP on any Platform for Inside Information publication and on its own web-site;
- definition of convention for creation of the “UMM thread ID” part of the ”Messaged ID”.
How should we interpret the requirement: “The ‘UMM thread ID‘part is the identifier of a series of UMMs reporting on the same event after potential updates. The ‘UMM thread ID‘remains unchanged even if the UMM is updated. The format of the ‘UMM thread ID‘part is to be set by the entity disclosing the information”?
Who should define the ‘UMM thread ID’ – the MP or the Platform for publication of inside information? Do you require the published ‘UMM thread ID’ and the one submitted to ARIS to be one and the same?
In case that an MP would like to publish UMMs on its own web-site and on a Platform for disclosure of Inside information, it is reasonable to expect the Message ID for both publications for one and the same event to be equal.
One interruption event of gas infrastructure may affects many assets or units (points). If an MP publishes one single UMM for one event, including all of its affected points, both on its own web-site and on a Platform for Inside Information disclosure,
- According to the Agency’s Manual of Procedures’ requirements, the information for every single affected asset or unit shall be made available via web-feeds to the Agency by individual XMLs.
Taking the above-mentioned into consideration, the Platform operator would have two options for identifying the messages submitted/made available via web-feeds to the Agency:
1) The Platform operators uses the Message ID (‘UMM thread ID’) provided by the MP for the UMM publication and replicates it for all XMLs for each affected by an event assets or units (points). Thus, in case of several affected points within one event, there will be several UMM XMLs (made available via web-feeds to the Agency) with one and the same Message ID (‘UMM thread ID’). It will still be possible to differentiate them via the “Affected asset or unit name” attribute content.
2) The Platform operator generates completely new Message ID for every single XML (made available via web-feeds to the Agency), per affected asset or unit (point) by an event. The Message IDs (‘with the original Message ID (‘UMM thread ID’), used for the UMM publication on the MP web-site and on the Platform for Inside Information disclosure. It could be possible to see both Message IDs when accessing the published UMMs on the Platform operator/MP web-site, but the XMLs made available to the Agency will contain only the Message ID (‘UMM thread ID’) defined by the Platform operator.
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All Big Cats Size Comparison
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All big cats size comparison. Jaguar vs leopard physical differences Size. Ask students to compare the size length of their canine teeth to those of lions and adult humans. Adult lion canines are about 10 centimeters long and adult human canines are a little more than 15 centimeters long.
Jaguar and leopard are similar heights with jaguar just a couple of centimeters taller at the shoulder. The biggest difference between these two cats though is that they live on different continents. The very largest dogs would be here.
However only the first 4 of these species are able to roar. 11 rows This list of largest cats shows the 10 largest extant Felidae species ordered by maximum reported weight and size of wild individuals on record. Even though the average size of the Maine Coon is slightly lower than a Norwegian Forest Cat size they seem to have larger variation in size which explains why the largest cat in.
But somethe lion tiger leopard snow leopard clouded leopard jaguar lynx and cheetahare big. Also known as the mountain lion cougar or panther pumas are found across the length of North and South America in habitats including mountains forests deserts and wetlands. In order from smallest most dogs are smaller than leopards cougars and cheetah.
A fully grown Bengal cat might weigh between 12-22 pounds or more and range in height anywhere from about 14-18 inches tall. The Panthera genus contains the main roaring cat types also known as the big four tigers lions jaguars and leopards. As well as being slightly larger jaguar are significantly bulkier cats than leopard with males weighing up to 120 kg compared to the 80 kg male leopard.
How big do Bengal cats get. There are four big cats that can roar. They are faster.
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Currency is nothing but money, that is, a means of exchange used by all nations in various transactions between individuals or businesses. Today, there are a large number of national currencies in the world, but the degree of trust in them varies. Therefore, ratings of the most reliable and safe currencies are regularly compiled. Covid-19 pandemic briefly “turned off” the existing economic order, thus restarting some previously predictable processes. These include the currency market and the central role of the US dollar. Given the unprecedented suspension of globalization processes, the dollar is threatened with a real fall in 2020.
We tried to make our top trustworthy currencies.
Kuwaiti Dinar – KWD
It is characterized by both the exchange rate, which is currently the highest to the US dollar, and the thriving economy. The large-scale oil production has made the currency of Kuwait the most important in the world of money. Despite the fact that this currency is highly stable, reliable, and so expensive, it is far from the popularity of the US dollar in the financial trading market.
Bahrain is one of the most financially secure countries, so it is not surprising that Dinar is one of the most secure payment means in the world. This is the reason why many foreign employees prefer to work in Bahrain. According to the economic freedom index, Bahrain is the highest in the Middle East and North Africa. Moreover, this country ranks tenth among the world’s free economies.
United States dollar – USD
Approximately 85% of transactions on the Forex market and financial exchanges around the world are conducted with the US dollar. It is also used as the national currency by some other states, such as El Salvador. It is used in many countries as a reserve currency. In some countries, it is used with national money or as a means of daily household payments among the population, and it completely replaced them. Official US policy promotes the wide distribution of dollars in the world and declares its reliability.
In addition to Australia and its external territories, which are part of the Australian Union, it is used in Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu’s independent island States. The Australian dollar has long been one of the most traded currencies in the world. This is due to the fact that Australia is a large state with a developed economy, which, due to its isolation, is significantly less susceptible to crisis phenomena in the world economy than other countries.
The British pound is widely known as the official currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as all its overseas territories (former colonies). The pound sterling is indeed a very significant currency. It is almost the safest currency to invest in and the main leader in the financial markets in terms of investments.
Japanese money is currently ranked as the 6th most stable currency in the world. Every day, 20 percent of transactions on the international currency market is linked to Yen. It is one of the most stable currencies in the world.
This year, the Canadian dollar has an average share of 5.3% in daily currency transactions in the world. Before the formation of Confederation, most of the country was organized as small rural settlements spread over a large area; therefore, banking was more convenient to carry out not as a single unit but divided geographically. Gradually, the unified national unit of account gained more and more respect. Canada is now the world’s 11th largest economy.
Hong Kong dollar-HKD
This currency is in circulation in Hong Kong. It became the eighth most traded currency in 2014, and the same level can be assigned to it for reliability. The Hong Kong dollar, like all others, consists of 100 cents.
Cayman Islands Dollar-KYD
Currently, it is the official currency of this small state. The Cayman Islands do not have direct taxation, and the Islands thrive as an offshore financial center. This is really one of the most valuable currencies. In addition, it is the most expensive currency among all dollars.
This is the currency of Switzerland, as well as Liechtenstein. Unofficially, it is also the currency of the Italian enclave of Campione d’Italia and the German exclave of Busingen. This is the last type of franc still circulating in Europe. Its stability and resilience have become a byword.
To be or not to be?
So, the last and most important question is: “Is it worth keeping your savings in a currency?”. According to experts, it is worth it. Moreover, in the near future, the investments in the currency will pay off with interest. It is a matter of taste which currency to choose. Let’s not forget that one of the best ways to invest, which certainly will never fail, is to buy gold. However, it is not very convenient to store ingots. Therefore, experts advise to keep money in several stable currencies, it is quite justified to buy liquid shares. | <urn:uuid:eaf67f99-a8fb-4d14-a75d-868f962b0c72> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.advancedconsulting.cy/knowledge-base/about-safe-currencies-today/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963148 | 1,061 | 2.5 | 2 |
There are 3 common ways scammers reach out: by email (phishing), phone/voice (vishing) and text (smishing). Often, their goal is to trick you into doing or sharing something you shouldn’t, so that they can steal your money or identity.
Phishers uses bogus email addresses, websites, or pop-up windows to get you to share your personal info, usually with an offer that seems too good to be true. Many times, they pretend to be companies you know and trust, like us.
If you receive a strange email from what appears to be Fido:
Don’t reply to it or forward it -- instead, take a screenshot of the email and forward it to email@example.com. Ensure it includes your email address, the contents of the email and any website it asks you to visit. And don’t forget to include the header.
You won’t receive a response to the email, but we’ll definitely look into it and do what we can to identify the phisher.
**If you clicked on a link or responded to the email and later thought “Hey, that might have been a scam,” we strongly recommend you change all your passwords and PINs.
If you receive a strange email from another company:
Vishers call and offer fake rate plans and incentives or invite you to complete surveys while asking you to “verify” your account information. But don’t be fooled — all these scammers want is your personal and/or financial info.
If you receive a suspicious call from someone who says they work for Fido:
Hang up. It’s that simple. If you’re uncomfortable hanging up on people, hear them out but don’t give them any information.
Do write down the phone number that appears on your call display, make notes about what the other person said during the call, and then call Fido to give us the details. We’ll take it from there.
** If you gave the caller info and think it may have been a scam, change your passwords and PINs immediately. **
If you’ve received a suspicious call from another company:
Smishers use text messages to scam you into giving up your personal or financial information, usually by inviting you to a visit a website or call a number. These can be difficult to identify given how little text there is, but if the tone of the text feels off, then it’s probably a fake.
The good news is that Fido uses sophisticated anti-spam software in our network to help protect you from SMS spammers. The software uses advanced threat detection algorithms to constantly hunt for and identify suspicious activity.
If you received a smishy text from “Fido”:
Don’t respond to it and don’t click any of the links in it. You can submit the spam message to be blocked by forwarding the text message to 7726. Not sure if you’ll remember it? 7726 spells out SPAM.
Note that only message content is considered for blocking, not the senders telephone number as those tend to change often. Once you’ve forwarded the message, you can safely delete it from your phone.
To forward from an Android device:
Press and hold the spam SMS message > Select the “forwarding” button/arrow > Send to 7726
To forward from iOS:
Press and hold the spam SMS message > Select more > Select messages > Select the “forward” arrow > Send to 7726
** If you accidentally clicked on a link or responded to the suspicious email and now you’re having second thoughts, you should log in to your Fido account and change your passwords and PINs. **
1. Be wary of requests for personal information
Most legit businesses don’t use emails or pop-ups when gathering personal information like a bank account number. And they won’t direct you to a shady URL to enter your bank account info, either.
2. Watch for alarmists
If you get offered lottery-sized payouts for a little bit of information, or you’re threatened if you don’t share your information, it’s a scam.
3. Look for typos in URLs or email addresses
Scam artists will often register domains with minor variations on actual domain names, like www.ffido.ca
4. Misspellings or grammatical errors
Keep in mind that most reputable companies have editors and proofreaders check everything before it goes out.
5. Look for the “s”
When you see “https” in front of a URL, you know it’s secure. Don’t see the “s”? Don’t submit.
6. Stay informed
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Ever wonder how your horse’s digestive system works? What goes on in there? Why are they so sensitive? And why should I divide the feed ration into 2 or 3 feedings per day? Let’s take a closer look to better understand.
The Equine Digestive Tract:
Mouth & Teeth: Teeth are the beginning of the entire process. Designed to grind foodstuffs into smaller pieces, the act of chewing also stimulates three glands in the mouth to produce saliva. These glands can produce up to 10 gallons per day of saliva. The saliva contains bicarbonate (a natural acid buffer) and amylase (assists with carbohydrate digestion). Teeth are an important component to digestion and should be checked annually to insure proper function. A horse that is unable to effectively chew long stem forage, such as a senior horse, is at higher risk of impaction colic. If you have a horse like this, be sure to consult with your veterinarian for a comprehensive care and feeding program.
Esophagus: The purpose of the esophagus is to funnel food from the mouth to the stomach. Approximately sixty inches in length, this is a one-way passage. Unlike humans, horses cannot vomit. This is why horses who ‘bolt’ their feed (eat too fast and don’t chew adequately) can get into trouble and feeding practices need to be adjusted to reduce the risk of bolting feed.
Stomach: Small in size compared to the rest of the horse’s body, food will only spend about 15 minutes in the stomach before it moves on. The stomach is designed to function best when it is ¾ full; therefore, care takers are encouraged to provide horses with a steady supply of forage throughout the day. Because of the small size, a horse should not be fed more than 0.5% of body weight in one meal. Meals of grain are best divided into 2 or 3 portions per day.
Small Intestine: After leaving the stomach, food will spend anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes here; a good thing with the many nutrients that are absorbed. Nutrients such as proteins (amino acids), vitamins A, D, E and K, calcium, phosphorus, and other minerals along with starches and sugars. Cereal grains such as oats, barley, and corn that are high in carbohydrates (starch and sugar) are easily digested here. The horse doesn’t have a gall bladder, so bile from the liver flows directly into the small intestine to aid in the digestion of fat.
Large Intestine: is comprised of the cecum, large colon, small colon and rectum.
- The cecum is located on the right side of the horse and is where fiber is digested and converted to energy and heat. The shape of the cecum is unique because the entrance and exit are located at the top of the organ. Able to hold up to 10 gallons of food and water, the cecum contains populations of bacteria and microbes which further break down food (fiber) for digestion and absorption. These microbes are accustomed to digesting a horse’s ‘normal’ diet, so any adjustments in feed or forage should be done slowly, allowing the microbes to adjust.
- If a horse consumes too much starch in one meal, it is unlikely to be digested fully in the small intestine. It would pass through the small intestine into the cecum where the microbial organisms rapidly ferment the starch, producing excessive gas and lactic acid that could ultimately cause digestive upset or colic.
- The large colon continues the digestive process by absorbing additional fiber components and water. This is where B vitamins are absorbed.
- The small colon is where excess moisture is reclaimed to the body. This is also where the formation of fecal balls occurs.
- The rectum is where the fecal balls are expelled.
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There are some things a robot can’t do, but catching a flying object is no longer one of them.
With its four-fingered, three-jointed hand, a new robot can catch a ball, a bottle or a tennis racket thrown in its direction in less than five-hundredths of a second, researchers reported in the journal IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
Fast-reacting robotic limbs have many potential applications. They could be used on satellites to clean up some of the space junk in orbit, or on cars to reach out and break an impact.
“Increasingly present in our daily lives and used to perform various tasks, robots will be able to either catch or dodge complex objects in full motion,” Aude Billard, head of the team at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) that developed the arm, said in a statement.
To catch flying objects, a robot must react to unpredictable events and integrate several pieces of information in very little time, the researchers said. Many robots today have preprogrammed behavior, and make calculations that take too long for them to respond in a rapidly changing situation, such as to catch a moving object.
To achieve such rapid responses, researchers took inspiration from human learning methods of imitation, and trial and error. They used a technique called “programming by demonstration,” in which the robot is not given specific instructions. Instead, researchers manually guided the arm to a catching position several times, until the robot learned to move into position itself.
The team tested the arm by throwing several different objects at it: a ball, an empty bottle, a half-full bottle, a hammer and a tennis racket. These objects have different centers of gravity, presenting unique challenges for the robot.
During the first learning phase, the researchers threw objects at the robot several times. The robot used a series of cameras positioned around it to measure the trajectory, speed and rotation of the object in order to model its movement. It then performed a speedy calculation to move itself in the right direction, correcting its trajectory in real time and synchronizing its finger movements to catch the object.
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Keep a Cube Challenge
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Design a container that keeps an ice cube from melting for as long as possible.
Recommended Grades: 3rd, 4th, 5th
Watch challenge instructions below:
Identify the Problem
- The most critical step of any engineering challenge is to understand the problem you are trying to solve.
- The problem you are trying to solve is heat transfer. This is when the heat in the air of the room is transferred to the ice cube, causing it to melt.
- Insulation is any material that reduces heat transfer. Using insulation in the walls of a container allows us to keep hot things hot and cold things cold.
- Start collecting materials for your container. You will need two ice cubes later after you are done building.
- Suggested container materials:
- a cardboard box or shoebox
- masking tape
- aluminum foil
- rubber bands.
- Don’t have all of these items? Look around and see if there are other materials you can use that would make good insulators.
- Don’t have a cardboard box? Can you make one out of an old pizza or cereal box or use a plastic take out container?
- Don’t have aluminum foil? What about using old t-shirts or rags instead?
- Review the challenge and the problem you are trying to solve.
- Look at your materials. Do you think the materials you collected are good insulators? Why or why not?
- Record the materials you are using and whether you think they will make good insulators.
- Start building! If possible, take pictures of the materials as you build. Maybe one at the beginning, one during the process, and one at the end.
- When you are finished building, make a prediction. How much will the ice cube melt in your container?
- Record your prediction.
- To test your design, you will need two ice cubes – one for your container and one for the control.
- When you are ready, place one ice cube in your container. And place the second ice cube in a bowl outside of your container.
- If possible, take a picture of the two ice cubes at the beginning to remind yourself of what they look like.
- Set a timer for 90 minutes (or use a clock and record the start time).
- After 90 minutes, look at both ice cubes and report the results.
- What do the two ice cubes look like after 90 minutes? If possible, take a picture.
- Did the cube in the container melt as much as you predicted?
- Did the cube in the container melt as much as the control?
- Examine your container. Are there any places where air or heat is getting into their container?
- Are there any changes you want to make to your container?
- Other materials you want to try?
Now it’s time to redesign your container and try again!
Share your design with a video or photo on Flipgrid.
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At Christ Church we teach French to all children as part of the National Curriculum statutory requirement to teach a modern foreign language.
We believe that that the earlier a child is exposed to a foreign language, the faster the language in question is acquired. It is vital that the quality of that teaching is accurate and engaging so that children’s interest in language and culture are
heightened. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures and should foster pupils’ curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world.
The teaching will over time enable pupils to express their ideas and thoughts in another language and to understand and respond to its speakers, both in speech and in writing. It will also provide opportunities for them to communicate for practical purposes. Language teaching should provide the foundation for learning further languages, equipping pupils to study and work in other countries in their adult lives.
We provide French teaching to children in all years for one hour a week. This is provided by a Junior Jam specialist teacher who is a native speaker.
The curriculum that we deliver is based on the guidance given in the revised National Curriculum. We teach the children to know and understand how to:
listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by joining in and responding
explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words
engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help
speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic language structures
develop accurate pronunciation and intonation so that others understand when they are reading aloud or using familiar words and phrases
present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences
read carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple writing
appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language
broaden their vocabulary and develop their ability to understand new words that are introduced into familiar written material, including through using a dictionary
write phrases from memory, and adapt these to create new sentences, to express ideas clearly
describe people, places, things and actions orally and in writing Languages
understand basic grammar appropriate to the language being studied, including (where relevant): feminine, masculine and neuter forms and the conjugation of high-frequency verbs; key features and patterns of the language; how to apply these, for instance, to build sentences; and how these differ from or are similar to English.
Teaching and learning style
We use a variety of techniques to encourage the children to have an active engagement in the modern foreign language: these include games, role-play and songs (particularly action songs). We emphasise the listening and speaking skills over the reading and writing skills. We also use a multi-sensory and kinaesthetic approach to teaching, i.e. we try to introduce a physical element into some of the games, as we believe that this serves to reinforce memory. We make the lessons as entertaining and enjoyable as possible, as we realise that this approach serves to develop a positive attitude in the children to the learning of modern foreign languages. We build children’s confidence through constant praise for any contribution they make in the foreign language, however tentative.
The Junior Jam scheme of work was introduced in September 2020 and is organised into four levels of difficulty intended for each year within KS2. All children at Christ Church are taught as follows until the scheme is embedded and progression is in place for each cohort:
2021/2022 Academic Year: Year 3 - level 1, Year 4,5 and 6 will be taught at level 2.
2022/2023 Academic Year: Year 3 - Level 1, Year 4 - Level 2, Year 5 and 6 - Level 3
2023/2024 Academic Year and all subsequent years: Year 3 - level1, Year 4 - level 2, Year 5 - level 3 and year 6- level 4.
Each level consists of six units each with a minimum of six lesson, additional weeks are used to embed and reinforce vocabulary and assess the children’s knowledge and understanding.
Level 1 Syllabus
Unit 1 – Greetings and Numbers
Unit 2 – Colours and Animals
Unit 3 – Days of the Week, Seasons and Fruit
Unit 4 – Food, Drink and Giving Preferences
Unit 5 – Family, Stories and Conversation
Unit 6 – Cultural Diversity
Level 2 Syllabus
Unit 1 - Revising Numbers and telling the time
Unit 2 - Parts of the body and feeling unwell
Unit 3 - New food and drink
Unit 4 - Likes and dislikes
Unit 5 - Weather and transport
Unit 6 - Clothing and shops
Level 3 Syllabus
Unit 1- Verbs including tenses and questions
Unit 2 –TV, music and movies
Unit 3 – Around the house and at school
Unit 4 – Food and eating out
Unit 5 - Leisure and Sport
Unit 6 – Friendship and personalities- familiar conjugating verbs in the present tense
Level 4 Syllabus
Unit 1 – Friends and family. Gender, adjectives and wider vocabulary
Unit 2 – Descriptions, adjectives, placement prepositions
Unit 3 - Familiar places. Conjugate the verb ‘to go’ in the present tense
Unit 4 – Our World – culture of France and vocabulary about the environment
Unit 5 – Special Occasions including French celebrations
Unit 6 – Daily routines
Our languages curriculum is high quality, well thought out and is planned to demonstrate progression and build on and embed skills. It focuses on progression of knowledge and skills in the different language components. Children’s knowledge and understanding are monitored consistently and lessons adapted to meet their needs.
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Does the thought of organizing school supplies send shivers up your spine?
Today’s post covers one of the bigger back-to-school topics: how to organize all those school supplies!
Here are a few ideas to help you get those school supplies organized and under control:
Sort supplies by type.
When it comes to school supplies, sorting supplies according to type or function can make it easy to find what you need in a pinch when you need it.
You could follow the old standby and store like with like (pencils with pencils and books with books, for example) or you could try out your own methods for sorting supplies.
Use your imagination and sort items according to your needs!
Let’s say you are a really tactile person; you like being able to organize items by touch or use and might decide to group supplies according to their tactile function for easy retrieval:
Sticky – glue, paste, rubber cement, tape, tack
Pointy – scissors, compass, stapler, staples, thumbtacks, paper clips
Smooth – writing paper, loose leaf, construction paper, writing notebooks, plastic sleeves, binders
…and so on and so forth.
You could also sort items according to class or subject (plastic bricks and compass for math class, magnifying glass and scale for science), by color, by weight, or go with the old standby of like with like.
Separate everyday supplies from project supplies.
It makes little sense to sort through a mass of supplies to find a small item that you need on a regular basis, such as a pair of scissors.
Once you’ve sorted supplies by type (see above), it’s time to figure out what items you will use on a regular basis. These supplies should be stored on top of, inside of, or kept close to the student’s desk or homework station.
Less frequently used supplies, perhaps such as glitter, fabric, ribbon or other items used for projects, presentations and other events, should be stored away from these daily use items.
You might store project supplies in a spare bedroom, empty closet, or in a corner of a room on a shelf or in a large container.
Diversify storage containers.
Over the course of a school year you’ll come across lots of different projects and supplies.
While small plastic containers are great for smaller items such as crayons, markers and the like, they aren’t too helpful for larger items such as poster board, large sheets of paper or pieces of canvas.
When planning storage for school supplies, be sure to include small, medium, large and flat storage containers.
Place items into appropriately sized containers or vessels for easy retrieval and storage–it doesn’t make much sense to store a handful of pencils into a giant five gallon plastic tub or tin!
Remember, you don’t have to purchase storage containers to organize or store items: take a look around your home for sturdy boxes, baskets, plastic containers, tins and the like that could be re-purposed.
Now to you…what school supply do you think is the most difficult to organize and/or store? Leave a comment below and join in the conversation!
Organizing supplies for individual student is something I did a lot of in my classroom. This was because it saved me so much prep time (and learning time) to just already have it ready to go for students to take back to their centers.
However, now with the need to keep student materials separated during this time, I know many teachers who have never set up their classrooms in this way are scrambling for ideas. I wanted to offer some ways that I have worked in my classroom that you could implement in your own.
White Board Organization
I used these for my small math and reading groups, and they are the perfect way to keep individual white board supplies separated!
- The cases are 5x 7 IRIS photo cases from Michaels.
- The erasers are face scrubbers from the Dollar Tree
- The 5 x 7 mini white boards are from Lakeshore Learning
Place Value Blocks Organization
I love using sandwich Tupperware from the Dollar Spot to house individual place value blocks. They’re the perfect size for your hundred flats, ten rods, and ones units.
These are something I created a long time ago because I was so tired of having to prep coins for my students, divvying up pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters each time we needed to do an activity. (Not to mention cleaning piles upon piles of coins after those activities.)
These coin banks have been a game changer, and I love how easy the prep and clean up have become. The visuals have also proven to be a great way to for my students to sort coins and reinforce their names and amounts while working.
- These boxes can be found HERE from The Container Store
- These labels are free HERE
I used to save all of our baby food containers and use the for student dice containers. Each student just grabbed a container and they were set.
Pro Tip: You can also glue felt to the bottom to soften the sound they make when shaking.
Unifix Cubes Organization
In addition to baby food containers, we also saved all of our formula tins. These made an amazing home for unifix cubes.
I include two different colors in each tin (perfect for creating different colors for different addends) and organize them in sticks of ten. I find this to be really helpful at reinforcing the concept of ten, even when putting away their supplies.
Individual Math Tool Kits
Over the summer, I created a set of printable math manipulatives to send home to families to support remote learning. However, they are also an awesome solution to organizing supplies for in-person learning right now as well!
These are specific to the needs of first, second and third grade math content. Inside, you can find:
- Base Ten Blocks
- Pattern Blocks
- Coins (U.S. & Canadian)
- Rulers (inches & cms)
- Square inch tiles
- 1-10 Color Rods
- Ten Frames
- Playing Cards
- 1-100/0-99 Chart
- 1-120/0-119 Chart
- Fraction Bars
- Multiplication Chart
- Fraction Bars
- Number Lines
- Number Bonds
- Par/Part/Whole Model
- Blank Clocks
You can grab your free set here:
Small Manipulative Organization
I have always kept things like counters and game chips in small Tupperware containers because it just made my life easier when setting up activities. Now, these little containers are the perfect way to separate supplies for in person learning!
- You can find these containers HERE.
- You can find the labels HERE
Math Manipulative Bin Labels
Organizing Everyday Student Materials
I have kept my students daily materials in pencil boxes for the past few years. This had really helped support our flexible seating efforts. Students could grab their “tool box” and sit anywhere in the classroom that would be a good fit.
Now, the “tool boxes” are a great solution to keeping individual supplies together (crayons, scissors, glue sticks, pencils, highlights…etc.).
I hope these tips have been helpful as you navigate how to organize your supplies this year. Wishing you all the best!
Whether you are in high school, college, or beyond, organization is key to academic success. Did you know that you can actually improve your grades if you can organize your homework and study time effectively? One way to do this is to incorporate a color coding system into your homework routine.
Here’s how it works.
1. Gather a Set of Inexpensive, Colored Supplies
You may want to start with a pack of colored highlighters, then find folders, notes, and stickers to match them.
- Sticky notes
- Colored labels, flags, or round stickers (for sale items)
2. Select a Color for Each Class
For example, you may want to use the following colors with a system like this:
- Orange=World History
- Yellow=Health or PE
3. Make a Mental Connection Between the Color and the Class
For instance, you might relate the color green to money—to make you think of math.
You may have to play around with the color system to make each color makes sense for each class. This is just to get you started. The color connection will be clear in your mind after a few days.
Obviously, you’ll use each folder to keep track of homework for each class. The type of folder isn’t important; just use the type that is best for you or the type that your teacher requires.
5. Sticky Notes
Sticky notes are useful when doing library research, writing down book and article titles, quotes, brief passages to use in your paper, bibliographical citations, and reminders. If you can’t carry around several packs of sticky notes, then keep white notes and use colored pens.
6. Colored Flags
These handy markers are for marking pages or reading assignments in books. When your teacher gives a reading assignment, just place a colored flag at the beginning and ending points.
Another use for colored flags is marking a date in your organizer. If you carry around a calendar, always place a flag marker on a date when an important assignment is due. That way, you’ll have a constant reminder that a due date is approaching.
Highlighters should be used when reading over your notes. In class, take notes as normal—and be sure to date them. Then, at home, read over and highlight in an appropriate color.
If papers get separated from your folder (or never make it into your folder) you can easily recognize them by the colored highlights.
8. Labels or Round Stickers
Stickers or labels are great for keeping your wall calendar organized. Keep a calendar in your room or office, and place a color-coded sticker on the day that an assignment is due.
For instance, on the day you receive a research paper assignment in history class, you should place an orange sticker on the due date. This way, everyone can see an important day approaching, even at a glance.
Why Use Color Coding?
Color coding can come in useful in a number of ways, even for a very disorganized student. Just think: if you see a random paper floating around you’ll be able to know at a glance if it’s a history note, research paper note, or math paper.
Organizing your notes and paperwork isn’t the only part of a good homework system. You need a space designated for the time spent studying and working that is also well kept and organized.
Ideally, you should have a desk in a well-lit, comfortable, and quiet area. Keeping your workspace organized is just as important as your work. Even though you may keep a planner with you, a wall calendar can be exceptionally useful. School isn’t your whole life and sometimes you have a lot of clubs and engagements to keep track of. Having all that information in one spot will help you organize everything in your life, to make sure you never have conflicting obligations.
You Can Make a Big Difference In Your Community
Looking for a simple way to give back this summer? Organize a backpack drive with your friends, family or co-workers. It’s a simple way to help kids in your community.
Did you know that the average cost of a backpack full of school supplies is $87? Wow! That’s an expense families living in homeless shelters simply can’t afford.
When you donate a new backpack and school supplies to Operation Backpack®, you help prepare kids in need with the tools to succeed in school.
In this guide, we’ll show you easy steps to host your own back to school backpack and supply drive.
It’s as easy as A, B, C, 1, 2, 3!
1. Learn about who you are helping
Take a moment to read (okay, or skim) our How-To Guidebook, which is a thorough explanation of what Operation Backpack® is, who it helps and how to get involved. It even includes sample social media posts you can copy and paste to spread the word.
Operation Backpack® is a back-to-school drive that collects and distributes new backpacks full of school supplies to thousands of homeless and at-risk children throughout the greater Cincinnati/Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus and Indianapolis areas.
All of the backpacks and school supplies benefit local children in our programs and those living in homeless shelters. Teamwork makes the dream work so we also work with partner agencies to ensure as many children as possible benefit from Operation Backpack®.
2. Tell us how awesome you are
Send us a quick email telling us that you are planning on organizing a drive.
Email us at [email protected]
Take photos of your crew and your back to school backpack and supply drive. If you’re collecting backpacks in your workplace lobby, take some Before and After pictures. Snap a photo at the start and then another at the end of the drive to see just how many backpacks were collected. You’ll be amazed at how your lobby fills up!
We want to see all the amazing work you’re doing so feel free to email your photos to us too.
3. Round up the gang and give them the 411
Gather up your crew and tell them what’s going on.
- To get everybody involved, set up collection boxes in well-trafficked areas like a lobby or near an entrance.
- Hang up posters to let friends know what they should donate and when to bring in the donations.
- Be sure that the receptionist or those near the collection bin are able to answer questions and have information about your back to school backpack supply drive.
4. Get creative with your backpack drive!
There’s no right or wrong way to host a backpack drive. The possibilities are endless! Think about what would appeal to your group of friends or co workers.
- Host a 50/50 raffle where 50% of profits are donated to Operation Backpack® and the other 50% go to a lucky winner.
- Hold a bake sale. Everybody can bring in homemade goodies, then sell the treats for $1 each, and either donate the profits or use the money to buy new backpacks.
- Offer employees the option to dress-down if they make a small pledge
- Have a weekly trivia question about Operation Backpack® and correct answers are eligible for a prize drawing.
- Join the Pack Challenge. Can your team collect over 50 new backpacks filled with school supplies? Compete against fellow teams inside your company or with other companies. A little competition never hurt anybody.
5. Spread the word
Shout it from the rooftop that you are organizing a backpack drive. (Okay, don’t actually climb on the roof.)
You can let people know about your back to school backpack and supply drive through a number of ways.
- Hang up a poster on a bulletin board
- Create a display in your lobby about your backpack drive
- Mention Operation Backpack® in your newsletter
- Bring it up in team meetings
- Send out an email to everyone
- Share your progress on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Be sure to use #OperationBackpack and tag @voaohin so we can pat you on the back for all your great work.
6. Drop off your backpacks and school supplies
Our generous sponsors and partners have made it possible to have many convenient drop off locations in Columbus, Cincinnati/Dayton, Cleveland and Indianapolis .
Make sure you drop off all your backpacks and school supplies on time, before the drop off deadline. We want to get the backpacks and supplies to kids before they start school.
Be sure to send us your Reporting Form so we can keep track of the donations and formally thank you. Don’t forget your name, phone number, address and email address.
Thank you for all your support! Feel free to reach out to us with questions.
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Part of maintaining an efficient office is ensuring that everyone has access to the tools they need. While it can be difficult to decide which tools an office can most benefit from, one resource that the entire office uses is office supplies. But when everyone needs access to the same supply room, how do you prevent it from being abused?
Managing Office Supplies
Office supplies are easy to use and easier to run out of. Paper, pens, inks, toners, staples, tape, paper clips, and more are all important, but can become a hassle if they aren’t monitored. Also, your employees may take too many office supplies at once, which can lead to over-ordering and overspending.
Workplace flexibility can increase these issues. How should you regulate supply use when some employees work remotely for some or all of the week?
Looking for better ways to manage your office supplies? See our strategies below:
Limit access to supplies
Start by improving the organization system you already have. How do you currently keep track of supplies? Open supply rooms, while great in theory, are often poor in practice because they don’t limit which or how many supplies employees can take.
There are three ways to limit access. First, you can appoint someone to be the gatekeeper. This person is in charge of the supply room; if employees need office supplies, then they must go through the gatekeeper to get them. This is the most effective method for maintaining inventory, but it may be inefficient for offices that don’t have someone who can absorb a gatekeeper’s responsibilities.
Second, you can limit access to a select group of employees. By installing a keypad or putting a lock on the supply room door, you can still control the flow of office supplies. The group of employees you select should be the only individuals who know the keypad code or who have a copy of the supply room key. They can then distribute office supplies to employees as is necessary.
Finally, you can create a log for employees to use and keep it in an open supply room. Employees should write down which supplies they take, how many they take, and when they take them every time they leave the supply room. While this may be the easiest of the three options, it is also the least effective because it relies on the honor system. Employees may forget to fill it out, which can cause confusion and bring the office back to square one. Choose the option that is best for your office based on how often you use office supplies and whether or not your office is already experiencing a misuse of supplies.
Download the Checklist for New Offices
Organize what you already have
Once you have decided how to limit access to office supplies, it’s time to organize your supply room. Make it easy for employees to find the supplies they need by grouping similar items together (for example, put paper clips and thumbtacks on the same shelf). Place the most frequently used items on shelves at eye level and place less popular items higher up. If something isn’t being used, toss it and make a note not to order more in the future.
Keep the supply room as neat as possible. Encourage employees to put extra supplies back where they found them. If you have a larger supply room, you may want to post a list that explains where different supplies can be found. Organizing your supply room this way will also make maintaining an inventory much easier.
Use it up first, then buy more
Prevent over-ordering by encouraging employees to use up what the office already has before they break into new supplies. After a certain amount of time, paper will turn yellow, inks and toners will dry out, and pens will stop working, so use up what’s already available first. This also prevents the office from wasting money by throwing out supplies that were never opened but grew too old to use. You’ll reduce waste and the office’s carbon footprint — and you may even help out the planet a little, too.
Strategize when to reorder supplies
Many office supply companies offer a discount when companies order in bulk. To get the most out of your company’s dollars, you want to order the most supplies your office will need right when you run out of them. The ultimate goal is to avoid an excessive order (see tip above), but to place one that is large enough to merit a bulk discount.
Keep track of which supplies your office uses the most and how long it takes to receive a shipment of those supplies. You should combine these numbers to find a time when the office will be low on supplies but not so low that it will run out before the next shipment arrives. It’s a careful science, but one that will pay off in the long run.
Consider setting up an automated reorder process with some or all of your supply companies. This way, you will always receive a shipment in time and you won’t forget to place an order in the future.
Keep an inventory log
Keeping an inventory log is the best way to ensure that you always know how many supplies the office has. If you are unsure where to start, try downloading a free office supply inventory template from one of the many available online. This one is great to start with, and you can adjust it to fit your office’s needs.
But an inventory log only works if it is regularly updated. Be sure to periodically perform inventory checks so you can revise your log and remain aware of which supplies may be running low. A good rule of thumb is to always have enough office supplies on hand to keep your workplace running for one week.
These tips can help you get the most out of your supply room and prevent dreaded office supply shortages. Manage your office supplies now to prevent headaches later
With proper resources at their disposal, students find the confidence to return to school day in and day out. Teachers, too, are empowered to do their best work when they are supported by the resources they need to maintain effective, equitable learning environments.
By hosting a supply drive, you can level the playing field in underserved schools.
Already have supplies collected? Complete the supply drive donation form. We’re proud to offer free shipping from anywhere in the country for boxes under 50lbs!
Hosting a school supply drive requires the dedication of time, energy, and effort to mobilize a group’s efforts.
Here are the aspects of your supply drive to determine before you get started:
Type of drive:
- Collect supplies only
- Collect supplies + financial support (designated for supplies)
- Collect financial support only designated for supplies (online and/or in-person)
Method of collection:
- One-day event
- Designated timeframe of collection (week/month/etc.)
Additional collection ideas:
- A one-day event in which donations are brought to one location to fill a school bus/large truck.
- A week or month-long collection with barrels or boxes in stores, businesses, and highly trafficked areas where items can be dropped off.
Tips for Success
How do you want to collect supplies? Two popular options include:
- A designated day, week, or month-long collection with barrels or boxes in stores and businesses
- A one-day event in which the community brings donations to fill a school bus or a large truck or supplies are collected in conjunction with a corporate, community, or sporting event
Who will you invite to participate? Engage the corporations, businesses, and individuals in your community who will help promote and support your project. Share details about your drive in your social media spaces. Issue a press release about your drive and follow up with local media about running your story. Create signs and posters to promote your drive.
Collect what students need most. Kids In Need Foundation is grateful to accept all new school supplies. According to teachers, crayons, glue sticks, markers, notebooks, pencils, and pens are what they need most. Please avoid any used school supplies or items that have offensive words, artwork, or symbols on the packaging or surface.
Try a friendly competition! Create competitions among businesses, departments, and individuals to see who can collect the most supplies.
Ship or deliver your collected supplies. When your supply drive is complete, simply click here to complete a supply drive donation form. On the form you will see two options for delivering your supplies to students:
- You can ship your supply drive products, free of charge, with a special shipping label courtesy of our generous partner, Zappos, and its Zappos for Good campaign. All collected supplies will be shipped to Kids In Need Foundation at no cost to you and distributed to students and teachers from underserved schools at no cost to them. Simply box up the collected supplies, print and attach a unique label for as many boxes as you have (50 lbs limit per box), and drop your boxes off at any UPS shipping location. Your donation will be on the way to making a difference in the lives of students! Click here for details.
Follow-up! Send thank-you letters to all who supported your drive, letting them know how much their support means. Let them know how many supplies were collected and how many students will be able to participate in their classroom activities because of your school supply drive.
The average student spends about 17 hours a week preparing for classes, which involves completing homework, reading materials and studying for tests. This statistic doesn’t even account for other events — like extracurriculars, athletics and family obligations — that also place time strains in your schedule.
Knowing how to organize your schoolwork is essential to gain as much as you can from your education. By learning different organization hacks for school now, you can help prevent things from piling up and becoming overwhelming. Plus, practicing tips for staying organized in school now will help you get ahead in your high school and future college education. Below, we’ve gathered 10 of the best school organization tips for students of all ages.
1. Get Into a Routine
Creating a routine can help you stay consistent day-to-day and week-to-week. Write down your general weekly schedule on a whiteboard or calendar, then establish time blocks that you will spend doing your homework. This schedule can help focus your time and stay on task.
Remember your routine may change if a last-minute obligation comes up. You can update your schedule to plan ahead and adjust accordingly.
2. Set Rules for Yourself
Setting rules for yourself can help you understand what you need to complete each day and not feel rushed to complete an assignment. Some rules you could make to keep yourself on track might be:
· Complete all projects two days before the due date.
· Start studying for tests one week in advance.
· Finish essays three days before they’re due.
3. Write Everything Down
Write down everything — homework assignments, test dates, essay topics and even little details like how to turn in your paper. That way, you don’t have to remember it, and you can use your writing as a way to double-check what you need to complete.
4. Set Your Own Deadline
Create a new deadline at least two days ahead of the actual class deadline. Plan ahead and complete the assignments according to your early due dates rather than the ones your instructor assigns.
Deciding on an early due date will reduce your stress as you will not be working on the assignment last minute. It also allows for extra time in case the task takes longer than expected or you have an unforeseen issue.
5. Don’t Multitask
Multitasking seems like it would be beneficial because you could get more done in less time. However, studies show multitaskers spend 50 percent more time trying to accomplish a task.
Focus on one assignment at a time, and only turn your attention to the next task when you’ve completed the first.
6. Use Tools to Stay Organized
You can find a vast array of school supplies dedicated to keeping your materials organized. They can keep everything you need for your classes and assignments together so that nothing gets lost or misplaced.
Consider using these tools in particular:
· Planner: Write down schedule and assignments as you’re given them.
· Multi-pocket backpack: Use the various pockets to organize your items so that you know exactly where to find them.
· Pencil pouch: Keep your writing utensils together to avoid digging through your backpack before each class or losing supplies.
· Folder: Keep all papers for a class in one central location. Use a different folder for each course to find items more easily.
· Notebook: Get a notebook for each class to keep all relevant information together.
7. Use a Planner
A planner can be one of the most useful tools for organizing your school work because you can visually see everything on your schedule.
Write down all homework, projects and test due dates with one color and sports practices, extracurricular meetings and family obligations with another. This way, you can remember everything you need to do. When you get to class, put your planner on your desk so that you can immediately write down anything the teacher mentions.
A variety of digital options are also great possibilities.
Planners come in various formats, so find one that works best for you. Most retail stores sell them, or you can print template pages online.
8. Take Organized Notes
Notes will only be useful if you record them with a method you can understand later. These might include:
· Cornell method: Record only key points and questions rather than all the instructor’s examples. Then, summarize the main ideas at the bottom of each page.
· Mind map method: Draw bubbles and lines and label them with key points to connect similar ideas.
9. Color-Code and Label Everything
Color-coding your materials is a visual cue that allows you to easily see what belongs together. For example, buy a blue folder and notebook for math, a red folder and notebook for science and so on.
Placing labels on these items can help your organization by giving everything a designated place. In a folder, you could use the left pocket for previous assignments and the right for new ones, for instance.
10. Break Down Big Tasks Into Smaller Ones
Looking at everything you need to do for a big task, like writing an essay, can seem overwhelming and discouraging. By breaking it down into easily manageable parts, you can work on parts of the assignment each day and not feel rushed.
A breakdown for writing an essay could look like this:
· Pick your essay topic.
· Read three articles on the topic.
· Write your thesis statement.
· Write your first main point.
· Write your second main point.
· Write your third main point.
· Proofread the essay.
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By Amanda Morin
Your child’s backpack is an important link between home and school. But if your child has trouble with organization, keeping it neat can be a challenge. Over time, a backpack can become a mess of junk and crumpled papers. If kids can’t find what they need in there, the link breaks down.
Families can help kids get their backpacks under control. Here are eight ways to organize your child’s backpack. You can also watch this video to see these organization techniques in action.
1. Find a backpack that matches your child’s needs.
Organizing your child’s backpack begins with finding the right one. Young kids, especially if they struggle with motor skills, can have a hard time handling a large backpack unless it has wheels. Some schools don’t allow backpacks on wheels. If your child needs one, be sure to clear it with the school.
Make sure the backpack you choose is sturdy and has multiple compartments and zipper pockets. If your child gets frustrated looking for things or has a hard time with zippers, opt for Velcro and fewer pockets.
2. Start with an empty backpack.
If your child has a brand-new backpack, you’re ready to organize. But if you’re starting with a backpack you already have, empty it out and start from scratch.
Have your child sort everything that was in the backpack into two piles. One is for school supplies, like pens, pencils, notebooks, and papers. The other is for miscellaneous items that need to go back and forth from school, like gym clothes or a lunchbox. Everything else gets put away at home or goes into the trash. (Don’t forget to shake the backpack over a trash can to get out all the crumbs and crumpled-up paper.)
3. Sort and group school supplies.
Help your child sort school supplies into clear categories. For example, put pens, pencils, and highlighters together. Match up notebooks with folders and textbooks.
Next, assign each category to a compartment or zipper pocket. One big compartment can be for books and another for notebooks and folders. Choose a smaller pocket for writing tools. You may also need a compartment for things that change from day to day, like gym clothes.
4. Map out the backpack.
Once everything has a place, help your child draw a picture of the backpack, labeling it with what goes where. A backpack “map” will remind your child where things go once homework is finished, or when packing up for the next day. Have your child practice using the map by emptying out the backpack and then putting everything back in its place.
Keep a copy of the map in the main front pocket of the backpack, plus another one at home.
5. Use a luggage tag checklist.
Use a clear luggage tag to keep track of stuff. Remove the address label. Then print out and follow the directions on our luggage tag checklist.
If you don’t use our backpack checklist, you can create your own. Use a red marker to make a checklist on a piece of paper that will fit in the tag. It should list what your child needs to bring to school in the backpack. Use a blue marker to make a checklist of what needs to come home from school.
Place the papers back to back and put them in the luggage tag. Attach it to the zipper tab of the backpack and show your child how to use the checklists as a guide.
6. Make a school-to-home-to-school folder.
Give your child a folder for all the papers the teacher passes out but doesn’t collect. Remind your child that this folder needs to come home at the end of the day.
Check the folder each afternoon and sign the forms that need to go back. Take out anything that doesn’t need to go back. Then have your child put the folder back in the backpack for the next day.
7. Ask for extra textbooks to keep at home.
One big cause of backpack mess is carrying textbooks. Speak to the school if your child tends to forget to bring home the right books for homework or study, or if the backpack can’t fit them all. You may be able to have an extra set to keep at home.
(If your child has an IEP , you can ask the team to make having extra textbooks an accommodation . Stress that having extra books makes it easier for your child to stay organized and remember to do homework.)
8. Schedule a regular time to do a backpack check-in.
Getting organized is one thing. Staying organized is another. To keep your child’s backpack from getting disorganized, set aside time for backpack check-ins. This is a good time to get rid of all that crumb and tissue buildup. You can do this together every Sunday night, every two weeks, or monthly.
Keep in mind that kids may need a lot of practice before they can consistently keep their backpacks in order. Talk to your child about the different ways to stay organized. And give lots of opportunities to practice these techniques.
- Learn more about how to teach your child organization skills.
- Watch a video on color-coding school supplies.
- Get a list of tools for getting your child organized for school.
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I recently mentioned my newly rekindled desire to set up a tinkering/creation station in our new house for the kids. So – of course – I had to put our resident professional organizer on the job to make sure I had all the resources I needed to get it done right.
Here’s Annie with her ideas on how to create a beautifully functional and organized art space for your kiddos.
School’s out for summer, which means generous doses of free time for children and the seemingly endless task on your part to help them fill it.
The best way to encourage continued creativity (and temporarily distract kids from the screens) is to ensure that the art supplies in your home are organized, accessible, and therefore, inviting. Kids crave order as much as they do self-expression. But the only way they’ll be putting crayon to paper is if they can locate the supplies first.
Establishing clearly defined art supplies storage also helps children learn to clean up after themselves. After all, they can only be expected to properly do so if it’s clear to them where things belong.
But where to start? How to set it all up? How to decide the best storage system for your space?
Fear not – I’ve rounded up 10 stellar examples of art supplies organization. Prepare to be inspired.
1. If flexibility is what you’re seeking, Tinkerlab has got just the thing. Their “Art Cart” is a virtual arts and crafts room on wheels, capable of being stationed wherever it’s most convenient at any given moment, and kept out of sight when not in use.
Cart that thing out like a game show host would a free car, and listen for the squeals of delight.
2. Tiffany of Raising Lemons had a little theory that if art supplies were kept in a highly visible spot her children would be more apt to utilize them. Her glass canister system is so naturally enticing I dare you to avoid the desire to get your craft on after seeing it.
3. For those of who looking for a budget-friendly organization option (who isn’t, really?) that can cater to your multi-aged family, you must check out the baby-proof and toddler friendly DIY Creativity Center featured right here on MPMK.
Intentionally set up to be accessible for a slightly older sibling but completely out of baby’s and toddler’s reach, this DIY Creativity Center has space for all variety of art supplies, and, with the materials coming from IKEA as they do, costs around $70 to establish. Winning.
4. Raven Major of Do Not Milk The Dog makes a case for using jars with lids to organize art supplies. One look at her system and you’ll see she’s right: they’re perfectly sized to the supplies contained within and they go a long way towards ensuring said supplies don’t end up spilling all over the floor.
5. Perhaps the easiest to establish (and maintain!) and simultaneously most small-space-friendly is the over the door solution utilized by Kara’s Classroom. It doesn’t hurt to mention that it cost Kara about $11.
6. Jen of IHeart Organizing puts things in admirably simple terms with her organized art caddy. It’s got divided sections for keeping things like markers and crayons upright, plus enough room to add a confetti-filled mason jar and a glue bottle or two.
7. As a massive proponent of cubbies as an ultimate storage solution, it’s no wonder why I’ve chosen to include Meri Cherry‘s art supply system (that’s her real name, by the way). Cubbies define a space for each supply category. They also allow you to utilize individual containers best suited for each respective art material, and retain a cohesive look overall.
8. I love the method used by Deep Space Sparkle for those of you who want to keep art supplies in a highly accessible place, but not necessarily advertise their presence. The solid white containers she uses neatly conceal the contents so that the shelves appear clean and clutter-free. Meanwhile, the addition of chalk labels stylishly identifies the supplies contained within.
9. Simple As That‘s system goes beyond merely corralling art supplies. Through the use of individual containers–all stored together in a set of drawers–she ensures that the drawers, themselves, stay organized, makes it easy for her kids to access all the materials they’ll need to do a particular kind of project, and makes it possible to take art supplies to go.
10. Lastly, Fig Milkshakes offers an organizational idea that is nothing if not convenient: a 3-ring art supplies binder. Transportable, capable of being personalized, and most of all, maintainable for the budding artiste.
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The physical arrangement of a laboratory can have a strong effect on a bioscientist’s efficiency; those extra steps and seconds of time can really add up! Here is a compilation of tips to help you organize your lab space to minimize inefficiencies and maximize your productivity in the lab.
Organize Your Lab Space with Stations
Keep all supplies and tools for a process or protocol together. One example is a weigh station near the chemical supply with an analytical balance, weighing dishes, weighing boats, and lab scoops. You have everything you need to measure out a quantity of chemical in one place. If the procedure has multiple steps, arrange the equipment from left to right by step for intuitive use. You can even demarcate the location of each step or sub-step on the lab bench surface with label tape so everyone knows where all pieces of equipment “live”.
Corral Most-Used Supplies in Clear Bins
Clear bins are useful because they a) can maximize previous real estate on shelves and b) hold items of many different sizes and shapes. Furthermore, they’re clear, so you can see the stuff inside easily, and they’re easy to clean and reuse. In a small space, someone looking for a small chemical bottle on a shelf jumbled with equipment and products can lead to everything toppling down in a giant mess. Bins can help avoid that!
Use Vertical Space
Vertical space may be overlooked when you organize your lab space. Are you using the full height available in the area? For instance, you may have dead space under a table or bench where you could store bigger supplies. Can you stack equipment on top of one another (assuming it doesn’t damage the equipment)? Could you hang multi-use shelves or hooks for lab coats to an open wall?
You Can Never Have Too Many Labels!
In a shared space, labels aid in communication between lab members and may need to be in service for months or years. Labels can be used to mark contents of a container or to demarcate areas on a shelf. They can add notices, notifications, dates, initials, or any combination of these. You may want to purchase an inexpensive label maker for the lab so that handwriting doesn’t need to be interpreted. However, marker on a piece of colored label tape works well too!
Designate an “Overflow” Space for Extra Supplies
Many supplies in a laboratory are used up quickly and require frequent restocking, such as pipette tips, cell culture flasks, or common buffers. Keep supplies currently in use in an easy-to-access place near eye level, and also designate a space to store extra and overflow supplies. Whenever someone needs to unpack a new shipment of disposable supplies, they know where to go first.
Remember Ergonomics When You Organize Your Lab Space
Storing frequently-used supplies near eye level ensures that they are the easiest to see and reach. Keep items on the bench where they are the most convenient and comfortable for you. For example, it is much more comfortable to use your benchtop biohazard bin on the right side of your work station if you are right-handed. The same principle applies for pipette tips, too.
Manage Freezer Contents
There are both free solutions and commercial solutions to keep a freezer inventory. A low-tech solution is to draw a diagram of the shelves inside each freestanding freezer, along with each box or container on those shelves. Then give each box a unique identifier, such as a number or letter. On a spreadsheet, list out the contents of each box along with important information regarding those samples or supplies. This spreadsheet can be shared with the lab through Google Docs and updated easily as needed. Alternatively, you can use software such as Freezerworks or FreezerPro to maintain an accurate record of freezer inventory. The advantage of the software solutions is the ability to save time and improve accuracy compared with a more manual system.
Maintain a Lab Notebook Archive
If your lab uses physical lab notebooks, you need a system to archive filled notebooks so that lab members can find old data and protocols in the future. One solution is to keep all lab notebooks together in a file cabinet or on a shelf organized by date or lab member. Alternatively, you can use an electronic lab notebook system such as LabArchives. These systems have the added benefit of being searchable and are easier to read compared with deciphering handwriting.
Develop a Lab Inventory System
Do you know what to do when you receive a new supply or want to order a refill of something? It greatly improves communication within a lab group to establish a system for this and stops reagents or equipment being misplaced or lost. Such a system could be simple, such a binder with printed purchase orders for recent packages, or more complex, such a full electronic lab inventory system like eLABInventory or BrightLab. Some software solutions can integrate with electronic lab notebooks for an even smoother experience.
Embrace Flexible Systems
Laboratory needs change over time as projects evolve, the lab buys new equipment, or existing equipment is upgraded. Consider adjustable shelving instead of built-in cabinetry. Furthermore, the number of people requiring bench space may grow or shrink as lab members come and go from the research group. Enduring systems, whether they are physical or electronic, are those that can expand, reconfigure, or shift over time.
In addition to being more enjoyable to use, a well-organized space makes onboarding easier for new lab members. It can also reduce time wasted looking for a particular item or gathering items necessary for a protocol from a bunch of different areas. A more productive researcher is able to better reach their fullest potential!
For more tips on having an organized lab space, check out our article on How to Marie Kondo Your Laboratory.
It finally happened, y’all. Both of my kids are now at the same school and I no longer have to navigate a double drop-off. This means I can confidently take my favorite detour to the coffee shop drive-through (which is only 1.75 miles out of the way) and still make it on time. I’m not saying that my desire for being caffeinated without leaving my car has ever jeopardized my children’s education. I mean, what says “I’m ready to learn” like walking into class fashionably late with a cake pop that your mother bribed you with so you’d finally put your shoes back on? Just kidding, I’m well aware that a kid with a sugar-high only leads to more parent-teacher conferences. I’ll pass.
With that said, do you know what having two kids in elementary school at the same time also means? A NEVER-ENDING CYCLE OF PROJECTS. No, not the ones they complete at school and bring home with them (which are never-ending in their own right and often breach my strict no-glitter policy), I’m talking about the ones that they have to do at home.
rule #1: prepare ahead of time
Sure, I’m all about visual learning, but not about the fact that if I don’t keep a steady supply of pom-poms, pipe cleaners, glue sticks, googly eyes, yarn, and every *class-approved* marker, crayon, and paint in my home, then once again I’ll be that exhausted mom who waits until the last minute and ends up pleading with a store employee to not just point her in the direction of the craft aisle, but personally escort her.
It’s pretty simple: Be prepared, shop online so you don’t have to leave the house, and make sure that if you are spending your hard-earned money on a variety pack of pom-poms and pipe cleaners, you are at least getting something in return for it.
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rule #2: help them to help you
In addition to my role as Craft Services, I’m also the Project Manager. I find it’s always better to err on the side of caution because as they say, “When you give a kid a pair of scissors, she may try to cut her brother’s hair.” Kids are notorious for making messes, in addition to not being able to find something even when it’s right in front of them. The best thing you can do is to create a functional system with storage solutions that allow kids to access the items they need and make clean-up less of a chore.
Use canisters and light bins to store supplies in separate categories, which makes it easy to remove only what you need from a shelf or cabinet and return it when they are done. This will help you stay on top of the mess by organizing as you go in small steps.
If you have kids, let alone a house, you need turntables in your life. They provide easy access to small items and since art supplies can be sorted in ROYGBIV, we are huge supporters of letting a turntable live its best life on a tabletop. It helps to include cups or jars in a turntable for items like crayons to keep them upright, making it easier to see every color.
And when all else fails, pour yourself a glass of champagne (or if you’re Joanna, some candy), remember you got 1.5% cashback on all of this (thanks, Capital One), and hit the spa.
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Come see how one mom was able to simply and inexpensively organize kids craft supplies in her home. Follow these tips for organizing success.
I have 4.5-year-old twins who LOVE to do “projects”. In fact, the opportunity to do a “project” is often used as a bribery tool in my home. Hurry up and get dressed, and then we can do a project. Eat all of your veggies, and then we can do a project. If no one yells or fights for the next 30 minutes, we can do a project. You get the picture.
Today I’m giving you a peek behind the curtain. I’m literally opening my cupboards and letting you take a peek inside. Come see how I keep my kids’ arts and craft supplies organized – in a real home, without fancy or expensive organizer systems.
How to Organize Kids Craft Supplies
Organizing should not be complicated or expensive. Here are 4 simple tips to help you design a successful organizational system of your own.
1 – Minimize!
The answer is not more organization. The answer is less stuff.
While we may do lots of crafting in our house, we do not have lots of craft supplies. We keep it simple and let our imaginations do the work!
2 – Think About Where they Craft
Think about where your kids do most of their crafting. At a desk in their bedroom? In a playroom? The family room? Your kitchen table? You want their craft supplies to be handy, so where they craft is going to be the biggest influence on how you store their craft supplies.
We do 99% of our crafting in the kitchen – either at the kitchen table or at the little play table right next to the kitchen table. Both have the same concrete table top finish that is easy to clean, making them perfect for our crafting activities.
Since all of our crafting takes place in the kitchen (which is maxed out on storage to begin with), I had to create extra storage in our dining area for craft supply storage. This came in the form of (1) a sideboard with cabinets to hide our supplies and (2) a little craft caddy for stylish storage at our fingertips.
3 – Make it Accessible to Them
The day that I gave the twins total access to their craft supplies was a day that drastically changed my life. Ok – everything except paint. I’ll never trust them alone with paint.
Adopt the mantra: A place for everything, everything in its place. Then teach it to your children. When you give your children access to craft supplies at their level, two things happen. 1. They can be creative whenever they want (Yay!) and 2. They can be responsible for putting away their art supplies when their craft time is over (double Yay!).
This is about more than just giving your children access. This is about instilling in them the understanding that their belongings have a designated place. If they want to be able to find and use that craft supply again next time, they need to put it away. This obviously takes practice, but after having to search high and low for a favorite roll of tape, even a four-year-old will start to get the picture. A place for everything, and everything in its place.
This is also much easier to accomplish when you follow Tip #1. If you have fewer craft supplies, and keep the system simple, even the youngest kiddos can help keep things organized.
Aside from the craft caddy above, we have two sideboard cupboards with supplies that the twins can play with whenever they want. On the right side, we have a basket with coloring books, pads of craft paper, and stickers.
Then on the left side, we have two dollar store baskets. One has play dough supplies, and the other has lacing beads, flash cards, and other miscellaneous supplies.
4 – Make a Craft Supply Stash
Ok, moms. Hear me out. You NEED to make a craft supply stash. Trust me here.
Now, here’s the key to success. Your kids must never find out about this stash. Never, never, ever! Ok? This is one shelf in our hall closet. It’s the same closet with our first aid supplies, and some other miscellaneous mom stuff. It has a child-proof cover on the handle, and the kids are not allowed in here.
This one shelf in our hall closet is filled with craft kits that I snag at Target or buy on clearance at the end of the season at the craft store. I wish I were a “Pinterest Mom,” who plans craft activities and homemade meals. I’m not. I’m a “buy a pre-made craft kit from the store Mom,” and I’m OK with that.
So here’s my budget mom pro tip: buy craft kits at the end of the season when they are marked down on super clearance, and then put them in your Craft Stash. Your kids can deal with playing with last year’s craft kids. They will survive.
Now, whenever you hear “I’m bored,” or “Mom, I want to do a craft project,” you can sneak into your stash and save the day.
So there you have it! 4 simple tips for organization success. It’s not complicated. It’s definitely not expensive. But it works for us, and that’s what matters. I hope these tips help you create a more organized system in your home. Happy organizing!
For children with ADHD, the ability to organize, prioritize, and manage time is impaired by neurological deficiencies that make it hard for them to stay on top of school assignments. Find out how to help ADHD students master organization at home and at school.
The problem: The child forgets to bring the right books and supplies home or to school. His desk, locker, backpack, and notebook are in disarray. He forgets deadlines and scheduled activities.
The reason: The neurological process that lets us organize, prioritize, and analyze is called “executive function.” Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and related neurobiological problems have impaired executive function skills due to abnormal dopamine levels in the frontal lobe of the brain.
The obstacles: Punishment will not change disorganized behaviors that are related to brain pathology. It’s confusing to teachers and parents when students with ADHD are inconsistent in their ability to organize because it may seem like the child is just “sloppy” or “lazy.” If a child handles one task in an organized way, it’s tempting to believe he could always be organized if he wanted to, but that’s not necessarily the case.
Solutions in the Classroom
Children who take ADHD medication may show some improvement in their ability to stay organized; however, they still need teachers and parents to provide support and teach them essential life skills. The key to helping kids stay organized is constant communication between teachers and parents.
Provide additional supplies. If possible, provide the student with two sets of books and supplies—one for home and one for school. This way, there is less for the child to remember to bring back and forth to school, which will also help conserve the child’s mental energy for his most important task: learning.
Use the right supplies. Have ADHD children use assignment notebooks with larger-than-usual spaces in which to write. Also, if the child tends to cram and stuff papers in his folders, a binder with pocket-type inserts in which to stuff papers may work better than the standard three-ring binder with tabbed sections.
Give assignments in writing. If printed instructions aren’t possible, check that the child has written down the entire assignment and seems to understand what he needs to do at home.
Color-code books and supplies by subject. For example, use yellow for all geography book covers, notebook dividers, and files. Use red for everything related to history class, and so on.
Design a folder system that works. If ADHD students misplace or forget assignments with your standard folder system, work with the child to come up with an organization system that works for him. It may take time and experimentation, but keep trying, and listen to the student—kids often come up with their own good ideas.
Solutions at Home
Organizational skills rarely come naturally. Consider yourself your child’s organization consultant and spend some time teaching her the basics of planning and organization. Involve her when setting up organization systems so she is invested and allowed to make choices and decisions. Help your child practice her skills on a regular basis, and follow through with the systems you create together.
Enforce time concepts. Understanding time is essential for ADHD students to learn to keep on task and stay organized. Help your child practice by giving specific verbal cues—first, next, then, before, after—as you develop a routine. Make it fun: “First do 10 jumping jacks, then write your name backward.” Have your child give you directions, as well. A child who masters the concept of sequence will be better able to organize and prioritize tasks.
Make a calendar. Calendars offer multisensory learning opportunities by being a visual record of activities that you and your child write down and cross off, and it prompts auditory reinforcement as you talk about the day’s events. Calendars will also help your child develop other skills like accountability because he’ll see when you will or will not be available to help with a project, and can plan accordingly and assume responsibility for himself.
Create a filing system. Set up a color-coded file system, with colors matching the system devised for school, on your child’s desk. He then can easily store all of his science or English papers together in one place. This way, all of his work that doesn’t have to go back and forth each day can be easily found in one place.
Provide a place for everything. Keep a box for school supplies, a holder for CDs, a shelf for books, a bulletin board for announcements, an under-bed box for old artwork and papers. If your child rejects your efforts to help him stay organized, impose logical consequences; for example, if he loses a CD, he has to be the one to replace it.
Emphasize accomplishments and successes. Praise your child as you continue to work with him on new skills. Your support and perseverance help make organizing a positive and effective experience for your ADHD child, one that will prove to be a lifetime asset.
Solutions at Home: Quick Tips
Check assignment books. Double-check your child’s assignment notebooks or planner to make sure that homework is in its proper place once completed. With guidance, she can learn to write down all homework deadlines and avoid last-minute cramming and unpleasant surprises.
Keep copies of important papers. Make multiple copies of permission slips, event announcements, and other paperwork to post in several areas of the house. These will serve as visual reminders of important dates and deadlines.
Have a hole punch handy. Keeping a three-hole punch on your child’s desk will help him make sure that important papers can be easily punched and inserted into his school binder.
Have a weekly clean-out. Check your child’s belongings daily and help him organize them weekly. Once a week clean out and reorder backpacks, assignment notebooks, and work binders.
Whether you have an office the size of a closet, a whole classroom or even a traveling cart, school counseling office organization can be daunting. Do you prioritize having a Pinterest perfect space or functionality? Can you have both? These 10 steps will help you get that school counseling space organized regardless of the size. The most important thing is having a space that lets you connect with and effectively support students.
Add Personal Touches
We can spend over 8 hours a day in our classrooms and offices, making it a home away from home. Adding personal touches adds comfort, makes the space inviting, and helps you make connections with staff and students. I love adding pictures of my dogs. Students want to know more about them and I get to ask about their pets. It’s a natural icebreaker.
Choose Your Color Palette Wisely
Themes come and go as you and your school change with each new school year. So pick a foundation of colors that can work for any theme. Use these colors as the base of your bulletin boards, storage bins, rugs, etc. Then, add on top specifics based your theme or the school theme that year.
Don’t Go Broke
It’s easy to get carried away in the Target Dollar Spot, but it can add up quickly. Before you buy something new ask yourself:
“Do I need this or do I just want this?”
“How will I use this?”
“Does this add use to my space or does it just add clutter?”
“Does this go with my theme and style?”
Make Labels Your Friend
It may take time early on, but it will give you time back later when you need to quickly grab a book on behavior. I love using The Responsive Counselor labels because they fit into the square label pouch from the Target Dollar Spot. The clear pouches make it easy to change and relabel as your space continues to grow. I organize most of my books by topic and some by the author.
I use Book Buddy Pro and Goodreads to inventory my books. When I see a new book in a store, I can easily check and see if I own it and Book Buddy Pro allows me to track who I’ve loaned books out to.
Don’t just inventory your books, take time to inventory all of your supplies. Taking the time to inventory your supplies will help you see what you are using most, uncover items you may have forgotten, help identify what you need, and organize your space for summer pack up. Apps like Box Me Up or Sortly to create QR codes as you pack up your boxes at the end of the year.
Think About Your Line of Sight
When you open your refrigerator, where do you first look? Probably the middle shelf, right? Our eyes naturally go to eye level spaces, so take this into consideration when organizing your room. Store the supplies you use most frequently at eye level height. This goes for students as well. Don’t want students grabbing scissors or tearing up your favorite book? Place these items higher up. Out of sight, out of mind!
Have Individual Props Ready to Go
Most days we hit the ground running and don’t stop until the coffee is cold. I try and take time in between students to review notes and set up, things don’t always go as planned. For example, I may have a referral to meet with a student about friendship skills, but through conversation, I realize anger is a central issue. I love using the visual of a “fuse” using yarn or string, but it can slow down the momentum of a session if I have to dig through my office trying to find it. Put your individual props in an easy to access location. Check out more ways to use props in school counseling.
Plastic Tubs Instead of File Folders
For 10 years I tried unsuccessfully to keep file cabinets organized and neat. Finally, I traded in my folders for document holders . I organize my document boxes by topic and include all my notes, files, and copies in each box without worrying if the papers will get shoved, lost and wrinkled. Check out this before and after!
Minimize to Maximize
Each year I do a huge purge of my office and classroom. As I do, I am finding items I had forgotten or not used and ask myself “why?”. Did I forget it and need to move it to a not so hidden location or did I not need it? A good rule of thumb, if you haven’t touched it in a year: get rid of it.
Go Slow and Steady
I read a gardening tip which suggested living in a house for one year before planting, so that you could know the light patterns of your house. I like to take the same approach to my office. You don’t need to have a space straight out from Pinterest your first year. Live in the space, get to know the flow and needs of the school, and then slowly decorate and make the space fit you instead of you trying to fit into the space.
What tips do you have for school counseling office organization? Share in the comments below!
Check out our other School Counseling office posts here and here.
Just in time for back to school.
Published Aug 15, 2019 7:00 AM
Why is it that your kids’ art supplies are always so hard to tidy up? Bundles of yarn defiantly intertwined, half-open jars spilling glitter everywhere, that one rogue marker whose origins remain unknown…it’s a nightmare. But it doesn’t have to be. Professional organizer Shira Gill (@ shiragill ) knows how to get it done—and according to the expert, it won’t take more than 15 minutes.
“If your crafting station or your children’s art supplies are beginning to gather dust, it’s time to reevaluate and start fresh with a little editing session,” she says. “Organized clutter is still clutter!” Set aside a chunk of time this weekend, blast your favorite playlist, and get started. Who knows? You might just find a buried treasure that’s perfect for that DIY headboard you’ve been planning.
Step 1: Start With a Clean Slate
The most important thing to do in any decluttering project is to figure out what to keep and what to get rid of. Gill recommends laying everything out on the floor or a bed so you can assess the damage. “Consider how often you use the supplies, and make sure the items you keep are truly worth the real estate they take up,” she explains. “If you’re feeling stuck, ask yourself: Would I buy this item for full price today? Would I take this item with me if I moved? Could it be more useful to someone else right now?”
And don’t just toss the supplies that didn’t make the cut! Do Mother Earth a favor and donate them to a local charity, school, or nonprofit.
Step 2: Divide and Conquer
Separate the frequently used supplies from the specialty tools. “It’s generally handy to have scissors, pens, pencils, tape, and paper easily accessible, whereas a stamp collection or watercolor kit can be stowed away for occasional use,” offers Gill.
Step 3: Make Little Groups
Next, zone items by both type and usage. For example, bundle all gift wrap together, all markers, all tape dispensers…you know the drill.
Step 4: Choose the Best Homes for Your Collection
If your art station is on the smaller side, maximize vertical space with a wall-mounted storage system or even pegboards . “Rolling carts or modular units with drawers work well for bulkier items, like fabric, stuffing, and yarn,” says Gill. She suggests using prime tabletop space for the items you use daily, and relegating the things you’ve deemed “specialty supplies” to harder-to-reach shelves.
Step 5: Add Finishing Touches
Now for the fun part: Styling everything! “Streamlined storage will keep crafts looking cohesive and stylish—ditch the bulky packaging and decant staples into uniform bins , baskets, and jars,” says Gill. Try Mason jars or even washed-out jam containers for things like pencils, confetti, and pom-poms. (Psst: Keep reading till the end to shop a few of our favorite storage items.)
Oh, and don’t forget labels. If you opt for a ton of opaque boxes, it will end up being difficult to remember which one houses the colored paper and which one holds the fabric . Digging through everything and making a mess will just land you right back where you started—no, thanks.
Do you unexpectedly run out of printer toner, paper and pens in your office or workspace at critical moments?
In today’s post I’ll give you some tips to track and keep on top of your office supplies.
Whether you work in an office building or work from home, you’ll be able to keep tabs on existing supplies and soon-to-be ordered supplies.
Make a detailed master list of supplies.
This list is more than just a simple shopping list of paper, pens and notebooks — it could be considered the ultimate list!
Create a detailed list of all your regularly used office supplies, including the product brand, name, number, color and other details.
Having all the details in place will make it easier to order or restock items, especially when it’s important to get a particular brand or type of product.
For example, you could make a note in your list of the specific brand and type of toner your large printer needs so you won’t have to keep checking the details each and every time you need a replacement cartridge.
Store items in a central location.
It’s much easier to keep track of your office supplies when they are stored in the same area.
If you don’t have a centralized office supply area, you might want to consider creating one on a shelf, inside of a closet, or on top of an unused desk or counter in the office.
After you’ve carved out an area, you can organize items by frequency and use.
What items are more likely to be used on a daily or weekly basis than a monthly or quarterly basis?
Consider labeling storage shelves, baskets and containers so everyone knows where to find the materials they need.
Schedule a routine supply check.
Don’t wait for your supplies to run out on you the night before you have to print up a giant presentation for a client!
Schedule regular supply checks for your office, be it weekly, bi-weekly or monthly and make note of the items that need to be restocked.
You could also keep track of which supplies move the fastest (you’ll have to order these items more frequently than others) as well as the lowest possible level of supplies on which you can function before you need to order more items.
For example, you might find that once you get down to half a case of printing paper, it’s time to order several more cases.
Take advantage of office supply rewards programs.
Lastly, consider taking advantage of online ordering of office supplies.
There’s several good reasons behind this: you can often save orders so it’s easy to reorder supplies in future.
Plus, you can sign up to receive points or rewards for your purchase and apply them towards future purchases.
How about you? What’s the one office supply item that always seems to catch you by surprise once you’ve run out of the item? How will you use the above tips to help prevent last-minute restocking? Join in the conversation and leave a comment below!
Teenagers don’t always welcome our input and ideas. Sometimes they need to learn the hard way, and other times we need to make sure they’ve got specific supports in place. Here are six essential organizational strategies that will make a big difference in your son’s academic life.
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Q: “How do I get my 13 year old to use ADHD-friendly strategies for organization such as writing assignments in his agenda, handing in homework, having one book for school and one for home, etc.?” — TamaraRT
Over the years, I have seen so many students struggle with trying to manage all the organizing tasks that come with school. It’s overwhelming to say the least. Most students need a simple and manageable system to organize themselves for school.
Here are my general rules of thumb.
1. Clear is king. If your son can’t see it, it doesn’t exist. Clear folders, dividers, etc., will give him a natural way to receive reminders of where everything is and also prompt him to remember to turn that math homework into his teacher!
2. If it takes more than two steps…your child won’t do it. So perhaps, for your son, writing in a planner is too many steps for him at this time. He may find it easier to take a snapshot of the whiteboard, record an audio reminder or even text it to himself. Think unfussy and streamlined when coming up with systems that will work for him.
3. Pair like with like. In other words, ditch the homework folder. They are dumping grounds where important assignments and papers are easily misplaced. Group materials by subject. Math homework goes in the math binder. Science lab in the science folder.
4. Simplify supplies! Any way you can. I can’t stress this enough. Less stuff to manage = greater organization. Most students need a simple, manageable solution to organize school papers, so they spend less time on the looking and more time on the doing!
5. Set up a launching pad for your son. This is a designated place in your home to keep his belongings that go back and forth to school every day. This will take the stress of “I forgot to bring my homework to school!” or “I don’t know where that book is!” out of the equation. Pick a location that is heavily trafficked by your son. It could literally be outside his bedroom. His completed homework, books, backpack, etc. should all be stored here.
6. Make a reminder checklist… for his locker! It’s one thing to have organizing systems in place at home. It’s another at school. Have him post a reminder checklist on the inside door of his locker so he is reminded everyday what needs to travel home with him. Make sure to include items, such as his lunch bag, gym clothes, musical instrument, etc., as well as his school supplies.
If you want more tips and tools for getting and keeping your son organized, please check out our website at orderoochaos.com.
ADHD Family Coach Leslie Josel, of Order Out of Chaos, will answer questions from ADDitude readers about everything from paper clutter to disaster-zone bedrooms and from mastering to-do lists to arriving on time every time.
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Having school supplies they need to achieve helps keep kids focused and learning at school. With school starting up again soon, August is a great time to organize a school supply drive among family, friends or an even larger community of people who know how important it is to help at-risk youth get the school supplies they need to succeed in the new school year.
United Way of Cullman County held its first school supply drive on the National Day of Action, held annually on June 21. “It was not that difficult to put together” said Jacqueline B. Schendel, Marketing Communications Director. “We did not get sponsors for this event, but may in the future. It did not cost us any money. We had free advertising with our local paper, radio station and TV stations. We promoted it for several weeks and requested people drop off supplies at our office. We stood in front of Walmart one day and collected over 90 percent of the supplies. It was a great way for us to give back to the community.”
School supply drives are flexible and can be tailored to your community. Here are the three basic steps to organizing a school supply drive:
- Begin with the end in mind. Ask schools or youth-serving organizations agencies that will receive the supplies what they need, when they need it, and how it should be packaged so that the supplies can be stored and distributed easily. While you are at it, ask how they would like to be involved!
- Recruit partners. Identify and recruit partners to serve as collection sites, supply sorters, transportation providers, etc.
- Collect supplies. Make it easy to be involved. Provide the sites with what they need to promote the supply drive within their organization and collect the supplies
- Sort supplies. Many hands make light work. Hold a “sort-a-thon” and make it fun.
- Deliver supplies to schools or agencies who will provide them to children in need.
View United Way Worldwide’s School Supply Drive Volunteer Project Idea to learn more about planning a drive and how to make an impact on education.
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How many times in a week do you walk into your homeschool space and see papers strewn across the table in some version of stacks, teacher edition books earmarked and scattered around, and think to yourself, “I have GOT to get organized. And where did that red pen go?”
According to moms who do this every year, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Getting your homeschool curriculum organized may take a little time, but it’s very doable, and once you get there, life will be so much easier. Fortunately, homeschool moms love to share their tricks and tips, and here’s one that is tried and true: the crate method.
The Crate Method
The idea behind the crate method system is that you do the work on the front end to get daily (and weekly) worksheets and lessons pulled together in one place, so that each day, all you have to do is pull out that tab (or that binder) and go. By the end, you’ll have an organized system for each of your kids’ weekly schoolwork for all 40 weeks of school.
Step 1: Start by pulling out each day’s worksheets and stacking them.
Get out your video manuals or lesson plans and accompanying workbooks, and pull out each lesson’s worksheets for each day, and stack them together. Then, file them together by day of the week into a filing folder.
**Note: There will be some textbooks you won’t want to pull the sheets out of. Notating that in a planner will help you remember.
Step 2: Group the daily lessons into weeks.
Take the daily grouped lesson sheets for each week and place them into their own three-ringed binder for easy access. Using a clear, two-pocket (front and back) filer, place each day’s lesson sheets inside the frontside pocket. The backside pocket can be used for your child to add his or her completed work each day. Label the file for each day of the week with a tab.
Repeat steps 1 and 2 for all 40 weeks of the school year.
Step 3: Place weekly lessons into the crate by week.
File each week’s lesson into the crate in chronological order for the school year, and place it somewhere easy for you and your kids to access every day. That’s it! You’re done.
➔ Keep the books you don’t tear the lessons and worksheets out of in a separate bin for easy access.
➔ If you don’t finish a lesson or worksheet one day, having a planner on hand to make notes in and reference the next day will help you stay on track.
➔ If you plan to tear out pages for the crate method, purchasing unbound books will make it easier.
➔ Color-coding your subjects when you’re organizing your manual is a helpful trick. Label sections of your manual to match the color of the corresponding folder or binder for each subject.
➔ Try using the same-color highlighter or pen for each task or activity you find to be regularly included in the teacher edition or manual. For instance, use a pink highlighter to bring attention to places within the teaching manual for review, a blue highlighter for math speed drills, and orange for the reading practice outlined. And then keep a notecard with the color code for yourself, in case you forget.
Do you have an awesome way to organize your A beka Homeschool curriculum each year? Leave us a comment at the end of this post, or share it on our Facebook page ! We’d love to hear from you.
If you’d like to see a real mom taking on the crate method, here’s a super-helpful video created by an Abeka mom on YouTube.
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I have a really big binder for each semester. With labeled dividers for each student and each each subject. All of my kids have their own 3 ring binders they use for weekly assignments and study notes and organized by subject as well. At the end of each week we all sit one on one and go over everything we’ve completed and take the time to go over anything they may not have fully comprehended throughout their studies. This helps us decide what we are able to move forward on and what we need more help and learning on. This isn’t a public school “no child left behind act program” this is real parents wanting the very best for their children. It is a program that allows us parents to truly see our children’s strengths and weaknesses as well as gives us the personal one on one time to help teach them in the ways each of them require to truly learn it all. Its not about just getting our children by. It’s about then actually understanding it to a degree they can utilize in real life at the drop of a dime. Thank you Abeka.
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Whether you’re a parent or nanny of one or twenty, making a kids’ school lunch is often time-consuming — and one.more.thing.you.have.to.do. Yuck. Here is a simple trick to organizing your refrigerator so lunches can be more grab-and-go style.
- Four clear plastic fridge-storage bins (like these)
- Lunch supplies
- Have lunch boxes cleaned and set up next to the refrigerator. Also place bread (if left out) right by your fridge.
- Take three plastic bins and designate one for cold snacks (yogurt, cheese sticks, fruit, etc.), one for water, juice or milk boxes, and another for sandwich fixings (include condiments you typically use). Make space for these bins to live in your refrigerator — and only be used for lunch items. Label your bins with a lunch box so kids know this food is only for school days.
- Standing in front of the fridge with your lunch box, grab the drink and snack, put them in the bag. Then take out the bin for sandwich fixings.
- Grab your bread and make your sandwich. Put sandwich in the lunch box and the bin back in the fridge.
- Place one last bin or bowl next to your refrigerator for room-temperature snacks, such as granola bars or small bags of cookies and crackers. Throw one in your lunch box before sending it off to school.
To get you started, fill your fridge with the ingredients for these 4 Easy Lunch Box Recipe Ideas.
Andrea Rice is an award-winning journalist and a freelance writer, editor, and fact-checker specializing in health and wellness.
By the time your child reaches high school, you may feel concerned that it’s too late to instill some basic organizational skills—but the truth is that it’s not. In fact, it’s more important now than ever, especially if your child plans to attend college. Being organized is also an important work skill. Use these tips to help your child get organized for high school.
Plan Their Week With Them
Gone are the days when your child comes home yelling, “Guess what happened to me today?!” More likely, they’ll walk in the door and head straight to their room without saying much. If you’re like most parents of high school students, you probably find out about things either very last-minute or even after the fact.
A weekly meeting can help you stay in the loop regarding your teen’s school progress without smothering your child. Sunday evenings are a great family meeting time for you to go over homework and other important school-related issues.
Everyone should consider bringing their planners or calendars to your family meeting. If your teen doesn’t have a planner, be sure to get them one. Work your way through each day asking what everyone has scheduled for work, practices, games, and before and after-school activities. Next, determine all transportation needs. Does your child have a ride to each event on their calendar, or will you need to provide transportation on one or more days?
Next review school-related things. Are any projects due or big tests scheduled? Does your child have all the necessary tools or supplies?
Lastly, cover their social calendar. Do they want to go to the Friday night football game, go to the movies with friends, or have a birthday party to attend? If so, discuss the needs for each event like transportation. Does your child need anything like a special outfit washed or dry cleaned, or a gift for their friend? Then fit the preparation items into your calendars.
While these weekly meetings will be important to you as you juggle both work and family responsibilities, their true value is teaching your child to think and plan ahead. That’s a skill that will come in handy for years to come.
Clean Out Your Bags Together
Your child lives out of their backpack all week, just like you might with your purse or briefcase. At the end of your weekly meeting, take time to empty out your bags together. You can lead by example and reinforce the benefits of getting organized and starting the week off on a clean slate.
A backpack has many compartments. Make it a point to have your teen clean out every little pocket so they can get rid of unnecessary clutter and refill the bag with school essentials.
Help Them Unlearn Procrastination
Many teenagers seem predisposed to procrastination. While this will no doubt drive some parents crazy, try resist the urge to micromanage them. Here are some ways to encourage your child to stop procrastinating.
Don’t try to have a rational conversation about procrastination with your child when they are in the middle of getting something done at the last minute. Tempers will flare and it’s quite likely nothing productive will come out of it.
Instead, discuss the situation at a later time. Ask your child to explain the circumstances that led to the last-minute time crunch. Looking back, is there anything they could have done differently? With that action plan, help them figure out how can they apply it to their next project or test so they’ll avoid procrastinating again.
Not all children are taught studying strategies in middle school, which only catches up with them in high school and beyond.
Many schools and tutoring clubs offer study skills classes designed to teach your child how to study efficiently and effectively. Consider enrolling your child in one of these courses. It’s an investment with long-term dividends.
Set Expectations and Consequences
By high school, you should have a pretty clear understanding of your child’s capabilities. Tell your child what you expect from them in terms of grades and test scores based on their capabilities. Some parents even put them in a written academic contract between themselves and their teen.
Whether you communicate your expectations verbally or in writing, you should also include the consequences if the expectations are not met. Decide with your children what the consequences will be such as eliminating extracurricular activities, no weekend social events, or loss of phone or gaming privileges.
When it comes to time management and organization, one of the best lessons you can teach your child is personal responsibility, self-discipline, and the understanding that there are consequences for every decision.
Don’t Bail Them Out
It’s 9 p.m. and your child comes running into your room holding a dirty uniform they need for tomorrow’s big game. What do you do? If these situations rarely happen, you can, of course, wash it. But if they are a common occurrence, perhaps it’s time to stop bailing out your kid.
If you do choose to bail them out, you are reinforcing your child’s disorganized habits. You are also sending the message that it doesn’t matter if they are organized or not; that it all works out in the end. But you won’t be there to bail them out in college, and you certainly won’t be there when they get their first post-college job.
That doesn’t mean you need to be stern about this, either. Express sympathy for the predicament and show interest in your child’s ideas for solving the problem themselves. You may find that they can get out of the jam without your help. That’s a great way to build independence, confidence, and life skills.
Teach Them Organizational Tools
Now that they have a planner consider what other organizational needs they might need. A different color folder for each subject can help them grab the right paperwork quickly. Sticky notes for quick messages, sticky tabs to mark important reference material in a book, or sticky dots can help them prioritize their workload.
If they need to store notes for a long period of time try a classic three-ring binder, and get them their own three-hole puncher and tabs. Another option is finding an accordion file folder to organize loose papers.
Also, get them their own timer or watch, or show them how to use the timer feature on their phone (if they have one). We all know the importance of taking breaks during our workday and this same notion can be applied to your teenager. Teach them how a quick 15-minute break may help them overcome writer’s block or help solve that hard math problem.
You could also show them how to use highlighters or colored pens for note-taking. Not only is this great for finding information quickly, but adding a bit of creativity to the learning process can be fun! If you want to encourage them to get even more creative, consider giving them their own whiteboard. You probably use one (or two) to keep track of lists, so why not give them one to help them do the very same thing.
The Ultimate Organized Classroom
Step One: Organize resources and materials.
Every teacher gets buried in paperwork from time to time. But there are painless ways to reduce clutter and confusion. Here are a few tips:
- Color code everything. Use the same color for all materials for each subject or unit. If you can, color code assignments and handouts by using colored copy paper. If you don’t have access to colored paper, then use colored labels. Use colored labels on resource books for students so they’ll return articles to the right notebook. Use different colors for student records in each class.
- Put everything in binders. Place your teacher resource books in three-ring binders using plastic sleeves. Once again, color code these binders according to subject. Use binders to store articles that you’d like to keep.
- Store items in boxes. Use plastic tubs or cardboard file boxes to store holiday projects, art projects, special books, and supplies. Be sure to label these boxes with the name of each project or unit.
Step Two: Organize student records.
As soon as you get your student list, set up a system that will allow you to access student records quickly and easily. Here are a few suggestions:
- Assign numbers to students. Assign the same number to each student that you used in your gradebook. Have each student write his or her number on every assignment. Use corresponding student numbers to label all student materials, including mailboxes.
- Use an online gradebook. Online gradebooks allow you to automatically give out online assignments and record grades. Check out http://mygradebook.com for an example.
- Make labels with each student’s name. Have your students write their names and numbers on labels, which you can peel off and use for all folders, notebooks, and other materials that need student identification, including forms. This is a real time-saver.
- Be prepared for new students. Have packets of information for new students prepared ahead of time so that when a new student enters your class in the middle of a lesson, you’re ready.
- Create a seating chart. As soon as your class list is final, create a seating chart from your perspective at the front of the class. This should help you learn students’ names and help keep some order in the classroom.
- Create an assignment basket or tray. Use a basket or tray for students to turn in assignments. You can have a different basket or tray for each class or subject. Then train your students to turn in assignments in these places.
Step Three: Train your students.
When your students know and understand class rules and procedures, they’ll help you maintain order in the classroom throughout the school year. Here are a few key points:
- Establish classroom rules and policies. During the first week of school ask your students to suggest class rules. Chances are, the rules that they suggest will be similar to those you have in mind. If not, you can guide them. (“Should we have rules for getting ready for lunch? What should they be?”) Include general classroom standards such as cooperation and routines, including restroom use, assignment turn-in, and work standards.
- Go over district rules with students. These might include suspension and school behavior codes.
- Explain class organization to students. Tell students where they will find supplies and how they should put supplies and materials back. Give them rewards or credits for following directions.
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The first step to organizing your home office is to declutter your office. That can be pretty scary for many of us. But it doesn’t have to be a daunting task, when you follow these 11 tips and use the free printable Declutter Your Office checklist.
How Do You Declutter an Office?
You can find more details and in-depth explanation for each step in the declutter your office process are below.
- Remove obvious and easy to access items that don’t belong in the office.
- Pull everything out – and that means everything.
- If the job will take too much time and you have limited space, you can tackle one area at a time, for example the top of the desk, one drawer at a time, the bookshelf and so on.
- Put all the items into categories as part of the declutter your office process.
- As you sort, immediately place trash, recycling and donation items into labeled boxes or bags.
- Within the categories, put like items with like items.
- Wipe down all furniture and surfaces. Clean behind and under furniture.
- Be ruthless as you determine which items to declutter.
- If the job is too large, you can place items into labeled boxes for you to sort through later. This is a last resort hack to declutter your office. And the key is that you will sort through it in the near future.
- Make every single item earn its spot in your newly organized office.
- Consider going digital as much as you can.
If you haven’t already, be sure to sign up for the Organized Home Challenge so you’ll have access to the support group, additional videos, and even giveaways.
Declutter Your Office
Let’s go through each step as though I’m there with you as your professional organizer working along side with you.
Make Space to Start Decluttering
Remove obvious trash or items that don’t belong in the office. Don’t waste time digging through piles or drawers yet. Your goal is to make more space for you to work and to give yourself and easy early decluttering win.
Pull Everything Out
You need to pull everything out so that you can determine what you have and how much of each item you have. You won’t realize that you have five staplers if you just leave them all where they are.
Plus, pulling everything out now as part of the home office decluttering process makes it easier to assess what you have and how to better organize it later.
It’s ideal if you can pull every single thing out and sort it all into piles and groups. However, this isn’t always possible given time and space limitations, so let me share two alternate solutions.
Address Smaller Areas of the Home Office One at a Time
You can choose to tackle one area at a time if, this is the better solution for your situation. However, you’ll have to be very careful to keep track of duplicate items that show up when you move onto other areas. You’ll need to group those duplicate items together so you can address them at one time.
You should only use this strategy if you are committed to work though your entire office decluttering and won’t give up after a few hours, having only created a bigger mess than you started with.
Declutter Your Office Hack
This hack should only be used as a last resort. But if you are overwhelmed, then this may help you.
Ideally, you’ll go through every single piece of paper and make a decision about whether to keep it and where it should be filed. However, if that’s just never going to happen because of your life situation, I suggest you remove the past six months of papers from the top of the stacks and any critical files or documents.
Put those in a bin marked current. You will sort through these papers as soon as you can. This will allow you to start fresh after you’ve completed the declutter your office process and stay on top of keeping paper organized from this point on.
Take the older paperwork and files and place them in a box(es). If you can easily identify the year or subject, identify those piles by binding them together with the identifying information.
If you can’t easily identify what the piles of papers are, then simply place them in a box. Do your best to keep them in the order that they’re already piled. You’ll keep them this way, because they’re most likely already in a rough chronological order with the oldest papers at the bottom of the piles.
Let’s be honest. If you had to find a specific piece of paper now, you’d have to dig through all those piles. So if you place these papers into a box and have to locate a specific single piece of paper, you can still dig through the papers – just in boxes rather than stacked in your office.
Be sure to mark the boxes with the date that you boxed them up. This will help you in the future know when you can declutter the entire box.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Organized Money Management
Erin Huffstetler is an expert on budgeting whose advice has been featured in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, and many other publications. She founded the My Frugal Home blog, and has also been published by The Spruce, TripSavvy, and Byrdie, among others. Huffstetler has a bachelor’s degree from Maryville College.
Charlene Rhinehart is an expert in accounting, banking, investing, real estate, and personal finance. She is a CPA, CFE, Chair of the Illinois CPA Society Individual Tax Committee, and was recognized as one of Practice Ignition’s Top 50 women in accounting. She is the founder of Wealth Women Daily and an author.
Living frugally means being in control of your finances, which can sometimes feel like a full-time job—especially when life gets busy. Who has time to do all the little things to save money, like clipping and using coupons, or finding ways to cut costs with do-it-yourself projects? Some of those personal finance “to-dos” often fall by the wayside.
But there are some simple ways you can organize your income and expenses in a way that contributes to your financial success. This four-step guide will help you to determine your net worth, set financial goals, track your spending, and create a budget.
- To find out your net worth, add up assets such as cash or valuable property, then subtract liabilities such as credit card debt or student loans.
- Identifying your financial goals will help you stay organized and create a clear plan for achieving them on a specific timeline.
- You can track your spending by recording your expenses for a month or examining your bank statements from the previous months.
- Create a budget by calculating your monthly income, then allocating that among your expenses in a way that allows you to work toward financial goals.
Determine Your Net Worth
Your net worth—the total of all your assets minus your liabilities—can tell you a lot about your current financial health, and it can also help you to plan for your financial future.
Your net worth is the cash you would pocket if you were to sell everything you own and pay off all your debts. If you take a hard, honest look and determine this simple figure, you can work backward to create a budget, set financial goals, track your spending, and, ultimately, take control of your finances.
When making your net-worth calculations, these items are considered assets:
- Cash (savings and checking accounts)
- Investments, including stocks, bonds, securities, and retirement accounts
- Real estate equity
- Art, jewelry, collector’s items, and other valuable items
The following items are liabilities:
- Credit card debt
- Student-loan balance
- Balance remaining on your mortgage or car loan
- Any other debt
Add up the value of your assets, then add up the value of your liabilities. Subtract your liabilities from your assets; the number you get back is your net worth.
After finding out what your net worth is right now, get in the habit of recalculating it yearly or whenever there is a significant change to your finances.
It might be tempting to skip this step, but determining your net worth may be one of the most important parts of organizing your finances.
Set Financial Goals
To get your finances in order, you first need to decide what you hope to accomplish. Do you want to save for your retirement, a vacation, your child’s college education, a new car, or a house? Do you hope to pay off debt or build up an emergency fund? Spend some time identifying your financial goals—big and small—and put them on paper. Think about how you’re going to reach those goals.
A financial plan can help you get ready for whatever that big expense is with minimal worry. If you take the time to plant the seeds for your future by creating a plan with clear goals and a specific timeline, you will reap the rewards years down the line.
Don’t forget—while it may seem like a good idea to direct all or most of your money toward accomplishing your specific goals, it’s important to be realistic. You still have to account for everyday expenses and life’s unexpected moments.
Track Your Spending
Do you know how much you spend each month? If not, now is the time to find out.
Whether you decide to pore over bank statements from the past few months or track your spending over a one-month period, knowing where your money goes can help paint a clear picture of your spending habits.
Are you spending too much on incidentals, such as coffee and vending machine snacks? Are you falling behind on your savings goals or spending more than you make? Looking at the hard numbers may show that small things really add up.
By the end of the month, you should have a better idea of where you’re spending money and where you may be able to cut back.
Create a Budget
Once you have established a list of financial goals and have taken a close look at your spending habits, it’s time to create a budget that reflects how you want to spend your money. To create an effective budget, start with a budget worksheet, where you’ll gather all of your financial statements, record your sources of income, create a list of monthly expenses, and make adjustments to those expenses. Then, you’ll want to learn how to budget your annual spending and break that down to develop a monthly spending plan. | <urn:uuid:52a57a15-8d87-4725-9280-11ae6e1c167e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lifashionist.com/how-to-organize-your-school-supplies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.9416 | 23,462 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Altaripa, archéologie expérimentale et architecture navale gallo-romaine
Author(s): Béat Arnold
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In his preface to his ‘Shemoneh Perakim’, the Rambam urges us to ‘accept the truth [regardless of] which person said it’, and while this is an excellent piece of advice in all situations, the reason for me mentioning it here is in response to an exchange between Rav Shmuel bar Yitzchak and Rabbi Abba found in today’s daf (Sukkah 3a).
Rav Shmuel bar Yitzchak taught that, ‘the halacha is that [a sukkah] must be [of sufficient] capacity for someone’s head, most of [their body], and their table [to fit inside].’ However, Rabbi Abba challenged Rav Shmuel, stating that this position is [seemingly] identical to that of Beit Shammai who, in contrast to Beit Hillel, ruled (in Mishna Sukkah 2:7) that someone ‘whose head and most of [their body] was in the sukkah, while their table was in their house’ does not fulfil the mitzvah of dwelling in the sukkah while eating.
For Rabbi Abba, the very idea that Rav Shmuel would rule in accordance with Beit Shammai was apparently impossible for him to compute. In one version of their exchange, he responds with bewilderment saying, ‘according to WHO [are you ruling]? Like BEIT SHAMMAI?!’, to which Rav Shmuel replied, ‘according to who [should I rule when I consider Beit Shammai correct in this case]?’, while in another version of their exchange, Rabbi Abba asked Rav Shmuel, ‘who told you this ruling?’ to which Rav Shmuel responded, ‘It is [the opinion of] Beit Shammai, and do not budge from it!’. Significantly, both in this and a number of other cases, we do rule in accordance with Beit Shammai.
Yet notwithstanding the timeless advice of the Rambam, as well as this clear example where Rav Shmuel protests ‘according to who [should I rule when I consider Beit Shammai correct in this case]!?’, there are many people who would rather ignore the opinions of particular individuals or certain institutions because they have convinced themselves that ‘everything’ that such-and-such a person or institution has to say must ‘automatically’ be wrong.
Such ‘baseless’ rejection – which is sadly so prevalent today – not only increases the deep fractures and divisions within communities and in society, but it also deprives us of wisdom and truths that would likely enrich and enhance our lives, our communities, and society in general.
Given this, as we approach Tisha B’Av on which we mourn the destruction of the Temple and meditate on the harm caused by baseless hatred (see Yoma 9b), perhaps it is time to recommit ourselves to Rambam’s principle and try a little harder to give credence to wisdom and truth which – until now – we may have dismissed baselessly. | <urn:uuid:1eac6a49-1d3d-4477-a827-53f7f3ac998e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rabbijohnnysolomon.com/sukkah-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.970071 | 682 | 1.992188 | 2 |
Since the United States appears to be in the midst of a socialist-inspired insurrection, history may instruct on the human toll previous communist revolutions have wrought in terms of persecution, suffering, and death. For the past several decades such stories have been censored or stricken entirely from scholarly treatises, education and popular culture. As a result, the American public has little wherewithal to discern the communist revolutionaries’ methods for seizing power and ultimate goals, the foremost of which involves the elimination of anyone suspected of “counterrevolutionary” activities.
Under communism the state, its policies, police and military are elevated to “God-like” status, all countervailing ecclesiastical and political viewpoints are automatically considered thoughtcrimes that carry the death sentence. As a result in post-revolutionary Russia alone several million Christian men, women and children were mercilessly tortured, raped and murdered. The Chekist is an excellent starting point for understanding the barbaric and murderous end game of the Marxist-communist state.-Ed
The film The Chekist (1992), a Russian-French co-production, was directed by well known Russian director Alexander Rogozhkin and based on a short story by Vladimir Zazubrin.
The film takes place during the Russian civil war, following the 1917 Russian Revolution. Andrey Srubov, a revolutionary from a Russian upper class family, heads a local “CheKa” (Lenin’s Soviet secret police) department in a Siberian town recently taken from the anti-communist White Army. Srubov, together with his colleague Isaac Katz and Ian Pepel (the latter based in part on Latvian CheKa leader Martin Latsis) sign the death warrants of countless people who’s main fault is belonging to the “enemy class” of the Soviet regime.
(Warning: Graphic Subject Matter and Visual Content)
Former White officers, priests, “bourgeois” intellectuals, and anyone who stands in the way of suspicion are led into a cold rat infested cellar, forced to undress, and are shot without trial or even the pronouncement of sentence. Their bodies are carried out by truckloads every night, while their clothes are divided up by their executioners. Srubov, who’s own father was executed by his current cohort, Katz, finds ways of morally justifying the murders he is committing in the name of the ‘revolution’.
This film, which is currently no longer in distribution, offers a gristly look at the realities of Lenin and Trotsky era Bolshevism, known as the “Red Terror”. In all fairness to history, the film spares the audience of the full extent of the horrors of the Cheka basement, but it gives enough of an idea. It also reveals the psyche and attitudes of the killers themselves, offering us a peak into their dark world.
The film was based on the short story by Vladimir Zazubrin called Schepka (Wood Chip).
Zazubrin’s short story was released very briefly in a Soviet literary magazine in 1923, then was banned within a year’s time. Copies of the magazine were destroyed. Zazubrin himself ended up becoming a victim of the apparatus he wrote about during the purge of 1937. The story was only published again in 1989, during the Glasnost era.
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The Omega nebula, also known as the Swan nebula (although it looks more like a snail to me) in Sagittarius is a tricky one from this latitude (54° north) as once the summer twilight passes and it’s dark enough to take photos again, it barely gets above the horizon. I had a good go at capturing it though, despite massive light pollution which kept the exposures down to just 15 seconds.
Just above the Omega nebula lies the Eagle nebula (I was able to fit them both in the same shot). A 36 minute stack of 144 shots was enough to bring out some detail, including my favourite, the ‘Pillars of Creation’ in the centre of the nebula.. You’ll need to look closely..
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What is a Special Needs Trust?
A Special Needs Trust is a very beneficial tool that can dramatically improve the quality of life for someone who receives one or more public benefit programs like Medicaid or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
A Special Needs Trust is a very specific kind of trust that offers the option of keeping someone eligible for public benefit programs while also receiving the benefit of a supplemental fund. This supplemental fund can pay for an entire range of services and goods that are not covered by public programs.
Special Needs Trusts can be established with funds that belong to the person who is receiving public benefit programs or with funds that belong to someone else such as one or more family members. Different rules will apply depending on whose funds are used to establish the Trust, but the person receiving public benefits will still receive the same benefit from the Trust no matter which rules apply. The public benefit recipient will still receive the same benefit from the Trust because they will always be the Trust beneficiary.
There are several kinds of Special Needs Trusts with different names, but they all share the common trait of maintaining eligibility for asset tested public benefit programs. The names that are used to describe these different kinds of Special Needs Trusts can be confusing, but they do not need to be. Just keep in mind that there are only three different kinds of Special Needs Trusts, and they are not confusing if explained in plain English.
Trusts that are funded by family members of the Trust beneficiary are normally called Third Party Special Needs Trusts to indicate that the assets funding the Trust originally belonged to someone other than the Trust beneficiary. By contrast, Trusts that are funded by the Trust beneficiary are often referred to as Self-Settled Special Needs Trusts to indicate that the assets funding the Trust originally belonged to the Trust beneficiary.
Self-Settled Special Needs Trusts come in two varieties, non-Pooled and Pooled. A non-Pooled Special Needs Trust is established for one Trust beneficiary, and the Trustee can be anyone who is qualified to act as Trustee. This is the kind of Trust most people refer to when they use the term Special Needs Trust. However, a lot of the confusion about Special Needs Trusts comes from the fact that many people use the term generically without a clear understanding of the differences between Trusts. It is ok to use the term generically, but it is also important to have a good understanding so you do not perpetuate any confusion.
A Pooled Special Needs Trust is also established for one Trust beneficiary, but the Trustee cannot just be anyone who is qualified to act as Trustee. By contrast, Pooled Trusts must be established and administered by a non-profit association. You can find additional information about each kind of Special Needs Trusts on our website, but to summarize the differences, here are the three basic types:
Third Party Special Needs Trusts, which are funded with the assets of someone other than the Trust Beneficiary;
Non-Pooled Special Needs Trusts, which are funded with assets belonging to the Trust beneficiary; and,
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I'm not sure when I should use
ContentPresenter instead of
ContentControl (and vice-versa). At the moment, I'm using
ContentControl pretty much all the time in my
DataTemplates. When would
ContentPresenter be a better choice? and why?
ContentControl is a base class for controls that contain other elements and have a
Content-property (for example,
ContentPresenter is used inside control templates to display content.
ContentControl, when used directly (it's supposed to be used as a base class), has a control template that uses ContentPresenter to display it's content.
My rules of thumb (not applicable in every case, use your judgment):
- Outside of
DataTemplateand outside templates) try not to use any of them, if you need to, you must prefer
ContentControlif you are creating a custom "lookless" control that host content and you can't get the same result by changing an existing control's template (that should be extremely rare).
I recently wrote a post on my blog regarding these two controls:
The ContentPresenter.ContentSource is what actually makes the biggest difference between the two classes.
ContentSource property makes sense only within a ControlTemplate; it determines which TemplatedParent property the content should be mapped with.
For example, if a control contains a dependency property
MyProperty1, then we might find the following within its
<ControlTemplate TargetType="MyControl" > [...] <ContentPresenter ContentSource="MyProperty1" /> [...] </ControlTemplate>
The content of the ContentPresenter will receive the value of
Please note that if the name of the property is
Content, there is no need to specify
ContentSource as it is the default value.
For those who know angularJs: this is similar to transclude mecanism.
Its an old question but I was just finishing developing an animated Tile Control, template based for a universal app, look at this code from the old Phone WP7/8 SDK:
<ContentControl x:Name="contentControl" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch"> <ContentPresenter x:Name="contentPresenter" CacheMode="BitmapCache"/> </ContentControl>
Here you can see the ContentControl is the Container and the Presenter for displaying content. In most cases the ControlTemplate will be the Container but if you want in your
ControlTemplate another container you can put an extra Container:
ContentControl in it and for presenting the content a separate
ContentPresenter. If you dont need a separate container then just use
ControlPresenters for displaying content blocks at least thats what the guys at Microsoft did when they developed the WP7/8 SDK. The ContentControl can also be used for displaying content but then it serves both as container and presenter. So in the sample code above its purpose is splitted in Container and Presenter. In dynamic samples you could display the container (it can have an empty background or something thats not there yet) and then dynamically fill it with the presenter content. A container has dimensions (width,height etc.), you put those properties on the container control and present content on it. In the sample the ContentControl determines what has to be done with the presenter content.
Sometimes an example is easier than theoretical jargon. In an MS web site (Scroll to the bottom: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.contentpresenter(v=vs.110).aspx), it uses a button as an example. A Button has a ContentControl, which allows you to place one control or a custom control that could be an Image, Text, CheckBox, StackPanel, Grid, whatever.
After the customization of Button, now on the Xaml, you can write
<my:Button> <my:Button.Content> <my:AnotherControl> </my:Button.Content> </my:Button>
In the above example code, the "my:Button.Content" is the ContentControl. The AnotherControl will be place to what you had specified where the ContentPresenter is.
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Sewer Inspection Techniques
There are several techniques utilized for sewer evaluations. Aesthetic evaluations involve the examiner considering conditions around the pipe. In larger sewage system systems, CCTV is connected to a raft that floats between manholes. CCTV is likewise used in smaller sized sewers. It gives high-quality aesthetic information as well as can be quickly pivoted in both horizontal as well as upright planes. Nevertheless, this technique is not always suitable for sewers that are also narrow to be evaluated by hand.
In a traditional sewer inspection, a plumbing removes a toilet to get in the pipeline. A video camera is then affixed to a long cable television and fed with the pipe to search for any breaks or obstructions. The professional will certainly keep going up until they reach the drain major. This technique is perfect due to the fact that it enables the plumbing professional to pinpoint damage a lot more easily. With a video clip evaluation, the plumbing can quickly identify any type of damage or break in the pipeline. Once he has the video clip footage, the plumbing can after that determine if an extra extensive drain evaluation is required.
In bigger cities, drain systems can be huge and elaborate, going back years. Sewage system inspectors require to visit different areas of the system often, including a citys private drain lateral. Often, this implies creeping through little and limited areas to find an issue area. Sewage system assessment needs the use of safety and security tools and appropriate garments, consisting of handwear covers and a full-face mask to safeguard against sewer, falling into covert sewage system lines, and being able to walk around.
Today, sewage system inspection is a lot easier than in years past, when plumbings would certainly have to collect a sewage system to see its issues. With the use of video clip modern technology, plumbing professionals can utilize a high-resolution camera that remains on the pointer of an adaptable pole. The plumbing technician can then make use of the video to identify the specific depth of the blockage and also where it has actually formed. This technique is especially practical when getting rid of tree origins, which may obstruct a drain system.
There are many ways to address issues associated with a sewage system line. The most effective method to prevent them is to invest in preventative upkeep and also routine sewage system examinations. If you do locate a problem, the service technician will certainly be able to recommend a means to take care of the problem. If the issue cant be resolved with easy repairs, hydro jetting or epoxy pipe lining is the solution. Nonetheless, you ought to look for the support of a professional for this job, as it entails making use of devices and specialized knowledge.
Before undertaking a drain assessment, its important to know the materials of the pipes. If the pipes are galvanized, they may have lead or zinc coatings. Lead can trigger health issue if you drink water that contains this metal. Furthermore, these pipelines can rust inside, triggering a reduction in water pressure as well as eventual tear. A sewer inspection can aid recognize any kind of concerns before they end up being a significant concern. Its vital to obtain a drain assessment done before going through a significant improvement project, since renovating can relocate pipes and walls.
PacWest Home Inspections
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A screening test is done to find possible health problems or diseases in people who don't have any symptoms. The goal is to find a disease early so lifestyle changes can be made and you can be watched more closely to lower the risk of disease, or to find it early enough to treat it most effectively. Screening tests are not diagnostic. But they are used to find out if more testing is needed. Health counseling is vital, too. This plan does not include recommendations for pregnancy. You and your healthcare provider may decide that a different schedule is best for you. But this plan can guide your discussion.
Who needs it
Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes
All adults starting at age 45 and adults with no symptoms at any age who are overweight or obese and have 1 or more additional risk factors for diabetes
At least every 3 years
At routine exams
Yearly checkup if your blood pressure is normal.
Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 mmHg.1
If your blood pressure reading is higher than normal, follow the advice of your healthcare provider.
Screening with a mammogram every year is an option starting at age 40. Talk to your healthcare provider regarding your recommended frequency depending on your risk factors.
All women, except those who had a hysterectomy (with removal of the cervix) for reasons not related to cervical cancer and no history of cervical cancer or serious precancer
Women between the ages of 30 and 65 should have a Pap test plus an HPV test (called "co-testing") every 5 years. This is the preferred approach. But it is also acceptable to continue to have Pap tests alone every 3 years.
Women of average risk ages 45 years and older
Several tests are available and used at different times.
Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years, or
CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every 5 years, or
Colonoscopy every 10 years, or
Yearly fecal occult blood test, or
Yearly fecal immunochemical test every year, or
Stool DNA test, every 3 years
You will need a follow-up colonoscopy if you choose any test other than a colonoscopy and you have an abnormal result. Screening recommendations vary among expert groups. Talk with your doctor about which test is best for you.
Some people should be screened using a different schedule because of their personal or family history. Talk with your doctor about your health history and what colorectal cancer screening schedule is best for you.
Women at a higher risk for infection
At routine exams if at risk
All adults in clinical practices that have staff and systems in place to assure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and follow-up
Sexually active women at a higher risk for infection
Adults at a higher risk; 1 time for those born between 1945 and 1965
All women age 45 and older at a higher risk for coronary artery disease
For women ages 19 to 44, screening should be based on risk factors; talk with your healthcare provider
At least every 5 years
At routine checkups
Adults at a higher risk for infection
Check with your healthcare provider.
Baseline comprehensive exam at age 40; if you have a chronic disease, check with your healthcare provider for exam frequency.
Breast cancer, chemoprevention
Women at high risk
When risk is identified
BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility
Women with a higher risk
Diet and exercise
Adults who are overweight or obese
When diagnosed and at routine exams
Women of child-bearing age and older women with a higher risk
Sexually transmitted disease prevention
Adults at a higher risk for infection
Tobacco use and tobacco-related disease
Tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (Td/Tdap) booster
Td: every 10 years
Tdap: substitute a one-time dose of Tdap for a Td booster after age 18, then boost with Td every 10 years
All adults in this age group who have no record of previous infection or vaccinations
2 doses; the second dose should be given at least 4 weeks after the first dose
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
1 or 2 doses
Flu vaccine (seasonal)
Yearly, when the vaccine becomes available in the community
Hepatitis A vaccine
People at risk4
2 doses given 6 months apart
Hepatitis B vaccine
People at risk5
3 doses; the second dose should be given 1 month after the first dose; the third dose should be given at least 2 months after the second dose (and at least 4 months after the first dose).
Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB)
People at risk
1 to 3 doses
People at risk**
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23)
1 American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines
2 American Cancer Society
3 Recommendation from the American Academy of Ophthalmology
4 For complete list, see the CDC website
5 Exceptions may exist. Please talk with your healthcare provider.
Other guidelines from the USPSTF
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“The nuclear doomsday machine.” It’s a Cold War term that has long seemed obsolete.
And even back then, the “doomsday machine” was regarded as a scary conjectural fiction. Not impossible to create—the physics and mechanics of it were first spelled out by U.S. nuclear scientist Leo Szilard—but never actually created, having a real existence only in such apocalyptic nightmares as Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.
In Strangelove, the doomsday machine was a Soviet system that automatically detonated some 50 cobalt-jacketed hydrogen bombs pre-positioned around the planet if the doomsday system’s sensors detected a nuclear attack on Russian soil. Thus, even an accidental or (as in Strangelove) an unauthorized U.S. nuclear bomb could set off the doomsday machine bombs, releasing enough deadly cobalt fallout to make the Earth uninhabitable for the human species for 93 years. No human hand could stop the fully automated apocalypse.
An extreme fantasy, yes. But according to a new book called Doomsday Menand several papers on the subject by U.S. analysts, it may not have been merely a fantasy. According to these accounts, the Soviets built and activated a variation of a doomsday machine in the mid-’80s. And there is no evidence Putin’s Russia has deactivated the system.
Instead, something was reactivated in Russia last week. I’m referring to the ominous announcement—given insufficient attention by most U.S. media (the Economist made it the opening of a lead editorial on Putin’s Russia)—by Vladimir Putin that Russia has resumed regular “strategic flights” of nuclear bombers. (They may or may not be carrying nuclear bombs, but you can practically hear Putin’s smirking tone as he says, “Our [nuclear bomber] pilots have been grounded for too long. They are happy to start a new life.”)
These twin developments raise a troubling question: What are the United States’ and Russia’s current nuclear policies with regard to how and when they will respond to a perceived nuclear attack? In most accounts, once the president or Russian premier receives radar warning of an attack, they have less than 15 minutes to decide whether the warning is valid. The pressure is on to “use it or lose it”—launch our missiles before they can be destroyed in their silos. Pressure that makes the wrong decision more likely. Pressure that makes accidental nuclear war a real possibility.
Once you start to poke into this matter, you discover a disturbing level of uncertainty, which leads me to believe we should be demanding that the United States and Russia define and defend their nuclear postures. Bush and Putin should be compelled to tell us just what “failsafe” provisions are installed on their respective nuclear bombers, missiles, and submarines—what the current provisions against warning malfunctions are and what kinds of controls there are over the ability of lone madman nuclear bombers to bring on the unhappy end of history.
As for the former Soviet Union, the possible existence of a version of a doomsday machine is both relevant and disturbing.
In the Strangelove film, the Soviet ambassador tells the president and generals in the U.S. war room that the device was designed to deter a surprise attack, the kind of attack that might otherwise prevent retaliation by “decapitating” the Soviet command structure. The automated system would insure massive world-destroying retaliation even if the entire Soviet leadership were wiped out—or had second thoughts. As a result, some referred to it as the “dead hand” doomsday device.
It is Dr. Strangelove himself, the madman U.S. nuclear strategist played by Peter Sellers, who detects the flaw in this plan. After being apprised of the system’s existence by the Soviet ambassador, and the likelihood of its being triggered by a U.S. bomber on an unauthorized mission to nuke its Soviet target, Dr. Strangelove exclaims:
Yes, but the … whole point of the doomsday machine … is lost … if you keep it a secret! Why didn’t you tell the world, eh?
In other words, a doomsday machine kept secret is no good for deterrence, only for retaliation by extinction.
Did the Soviets actually design a variation on a doomsday device and not tell us about it? And could an accidental or terrorist nuclear attack on Putin’s Russia (by Chechens, for instance) trigger an antiquated automated dead-hand system and launch missiles capable of killing tens, maybe hundreds, of millions at unknown targets that might include the United States?
Up until Aug. 10 of this year, I would have thought these questions were best consigned to the realm of apocalyptic film fantasy. But on that day I came upon a startling essay in the London Times Literary Supplement. It was a review (titled “Deadly Devices”) of a book recently published in the United Kingdom: Doomsday Men: The Real Dr. Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon by nuclear-age historian P.D. Smith of University College London. (It will be out in the United States in December.)
The TLS reviewer, Christopher Coker (who is on the faculty of the London School of Economics), asserted that the book demonstrates that “only after the Berlin Wall had been breached and … the Cold War began to thaw did military analysts realize the Russians had actually built a version of the [doomsday] device. The details of this top-secret Soviet system were first revealed in 1993 by Bruce G. Blair, a former American ICBM launch control officer, now one of the country’s foremost experts on Russian arms. Fearing that a sneak attack by American submarine-launched missiles might take Moscow out in 13 minutes, the Soviet leadership had authorized the construction of an automated communication network, reinforced to withstand a nuclear strike. At its heart was a computer system similar to the one in Dr. Strangelove. Its code name was Perimetr. It went fully operational in January 1985. It is still in place.”
Wait a minute. Still in place?! How is this possible?
In the endnotes of Smith’s book (which turns out to be an illuminating portrait of the Doomsday weapon concept and its cultural implications), I found a reference to a further description of the Perimetr system in a 2003 Washington Post op-ed by Bruce G. Blair, the former Minuteman ICBM launch control officer who first revealed the existence of the program. (When he wrote the op-ed, he was a Brookings fellow; he is now head of the World Security Institute in Washington, a liberal think tank.)
The op-ed offers a far more detailed and chilling picture of Perimetr than the brief mention devoted to it in the book and review:
Die-hard [U.S.] nuclear war planners actually have their eyes on targets in Russia and China, including missile silos and leadership bunkers. For these planners, the Cold War never ended. Their top two candidates [i.e., targets] in Russia are located inside the Yamantau and Kosvinsky mountains in the central and southern Urals. Both were huge construction projects begun in the late 1970s, when U.S. nuclear firepower took special aim at the Communist Party’s leadership complex. Fearing a decapitating strike, the Soviets sent tens of thousands of workers to these remote sites, where U.S. spy satellites spotted them still toiling away in the late 1990s.
Blair sources his information on these command bunkers to “diagrams and notes given to me in the late 1990s by SAC [Strategic Air Command] senior officers,” men in charge of targeting our missile and bomber forces.
From them, he paints a Strangelovian picture:
The Yamantau command center is inside a rock quartz mountain, about 3,000 feet straight down from the summit. It is a wartime relocation facility for the top Russian political leadership. It is more a shelter than a command post, because the facility’s communications links are relatively fragile. As it turned out, the quartz interferes with radio signals broadcast from inside the mountain.
A quartz nuclear-war mountain! Something phantasmal about it, like a satanic big rock candy mountain. But the quartz mountain melts in comparison with the Perimetr dead-hand system at Kosvinsky.
“Kosvinsky,” Blair tells us, “is regarded by U.S. targeteers as the crown jewel of the Russian wartime nuclear command system, because it can communicate through the granite mountain to far-flung Russian strategic forces using very-low-frequency (VLF) radio signals that can burn through a nuclear war environment. The facility is the critical link to Russia’s ‘dead hand’ communications network, designed to ensure semi-automatic retaliation to a decapitating strike.”
Of course, there’s a world of difference between a “semi-automatic” doomsday device and the totally automatic—beyond human control—doomsday device in Strangelove, something that Blair is careful to note. The Soviet facility does require a human hand for the final fatal push of the button. But Blair believes that the human brain behind that hand has not been programmed to suddenly turn peacenik. And the details of the device are far from reassuring.
“This doomsday apparatus, which became operational in 1984, during the height of the Reagan-era nuclear tensions, is an amazing feat of creative engineering.” According to Blair, if Perimetr senses a nuclear explosion in Russian territory and then receives no communication from Moscow, it will assume the incapacity of human leadership in Moscow or elsewhere, and will then grant a single human being deep within the Kosvinsky mountains the authority and capability to launch the entire Soviet nuclear arsenal.
“Kosvinsky came online recently,” Blair wrote in 2003, “which could be one explanation for U.S. interest in a new nuclear bunker buster.”
Blair also suggested that the Bush administration’s recurrent interest in funding the development of nuclear “bunker buster” bombs was at least in some respects designed to give them the capacity to destroy the dead-hand device buried deep in a Kosvinsky bunker, an argument that, if true, would suggest the dead-hand doomsday device was still thought to be operational. And perhaps you’ve heard something about its deactivation, but I haven’t found any evidence of it.
Blair, who has written previously on the extremely rickety structure of presidential nuclear decision-making, believes that the current U.S. contingency plan is itself a “doomsday strategy”:
President Bush’s nuclear guidance doubtless instructs the Pentagon to plan the destruction of Yamantau and Kosvinsky, along with 2,000 other targets in Russia and hundreds more in China. But such targeting requires very high-yield weapons, typically 10 to 100 times more destructive than the bombs dropped on Japan in 1945. We are talking about a doomsday plan in which Yamantau and Kosvinsky are struck as part of an all-out nuclear exchange that would kill hundreds of millions of people.
There’s some ambiguity in Blair’s use of “doubtless”: Does it imply that Bush’s “nuclear guidance” includes only one all-out, 2,000-target response, or “merely” the capability of it? But shouldn’t we know at least that in a genuinely “doubtless” way?
Blair’s primary recent concern is not the prospect of a deliberate, ideological, Cold War-type nuclear war, but accidental war caused by the continued deadly presence of all-too-easily triggered Cold War arsenals. In four fascinating papers on the subject (all available online, and well worth reading), Blair describes the “launch on warning” bias built into our nuclear command structure, and foresees the possibility of a doomsday that results from our attempt to pre-empt their doomsday plan, all of which might be touched off by accident, mistake, or malfunction on either side.
Blair is not a wild-eyed Cassandra raising unsupported suspicions. Colleagues in his field regard him as a serious and cautious scholar raising real questions. Stephen M. Meyer, an expert on the Russian military at MIT, told the Times that Blair “requires of himself a much higher standard of evidence than many people in the intelligence community.”
Blair’s troubling papers, along with his book The Logic of Accidental Nuclear War, serve as a reminder that the illogic, irrationalities, and vulnerability to catastrophic error of our Cold War nuclear war command and control mechanisms were never resolved or fixed, just forgotten when the Cold War ended. His analysis suggests that during the Cold War, we may have escaped an accidental nuclear war by luck rather than policy.
It was Blair who pointed out, in congressional testimony, another continuing problem with nuclear launch posture, this one involving the much-ballyhooed “de-targeting”—a process by which the United States and the former Soviet Union purportedly reduced the risk of accidental nuclear war by insuring that their missiles were—after the fall of the Soviet Union—not still targeted at each other. Blair told Congress that, especially on the Russian side, detargeting was only “cosmetic and symbolic,” and easily reversible, implemented in name only.
What drove Blair? I was particularly fascinated by one of Blair’s other papers, his more personal “Nuclear Recollections,” which might have been called “Memories of a Minuteman Missile Crewman,” and describes his period of service in a missile silo at the Malmstrom, Mont., Air Force Base, hundreds of feet beneath the Great Plains.
Especially because I’d been there! Down in one of those silos, under the bleak landscape of the Great Plains (this one in Grand Forks, N.D.), interviewing missile commanders like Blair (for a Harper’s story), only a few years after Blair resumed life aboveground and retired.
In the course of talking to Minuteman commanders down in their underground launch capsules, I’d glimpsed what they might be called upon to do. They had the ability to launch from their underground pods up to 50 missiles able to kill 200,000 or 300,000 people each. You do the math.
They certainly had, and it showed beneath their black-humored jokes about coming above ground after a nuclear war and finding “only huge mutant bunny rabbits alive.”
They were, thank God, not automatons. As Blair points out, their training system was designed to turn them into automatic button pushers, but the ones I spoke to retained a sharp sense of skeptical individuality. About the gravity of their “mission”: killing that many people. And about the sketchy mechanics of it.
One crew member even disclosed to me a flaw in the “command and control” “permissive action” system that was supposed to prevent a madman missile commander from launching his “birds” and starting an apocalyptic nuclear war all by himself. The flaw: the system’s susceptibility to the “spoon and string” improvisation.
So much focus has been placed—in film, fiction, and nonfiction—on our supposedly “failsafe” barrier to a lone-madman launch. We’d been told that to launch a missile, two keys must be inserted simultaneously into their slots by two separate launch officers, and that the slots for the keys were located at a sufficient distance from each other that one madman couldn’t, say, shoot the other crewman and then use both his arms to twist both the keys simultaneously.
But the missile crewmen I talked to told me they’d figured out a way to defeat that impediment with a spoon and a string. Not that they were planning to do it, but that they knew someone could do it.
You just shoot the other guy and “rig up a thing where you tie a string to one end of a spoon,” he told me, “and tie the other end to the guy’s key. Then you can sit in your chair and twist your key with one hand while you yank on the spoon with the other hand to twist the other key over.”
American ingenuity! Can’t beat it for finding a new way to end the world.
I always wondered if I should follow up on what happened after I published this information. (In a piece reprinted in The Secret Parts of Fortune, I assumed the flaw had been fixed somehow, and have long credited myself with saving the world. Kidding!)
I actually turned down an invitation to lecture about such matters from the Air War College in Alabama * (because of my peacenik inclinations at the time), and assumed that if they read the article, they must have taken action to save the world from a lone madman with a spoon and string, to whom I’d in effect given instructions for an unauthorized missile launch that could destroy the world. (Hmmm, maybe I’d come close to destroying the world, rather than saving it. Sorry about that.)
But it’s clear from Bruce Blair’s “Nuclear Recollections” that the experience of holding the lives of tens of millions in his hands when he held those keys left a profound mark on him. I know that when the missile crewmen I was interviewing let me hold the keys, even twist them into the (deactivated) locks, that it had a profound effect on me. The keys to Kingdom Come!
And while I may have abandoned my responsibility for too long, I was grateful that Bruce G. Blair was still on the case, raising the right questions. In fact, he’s devoted his subsequent life to raising the alarm about our flawed nuclear alarm and launch system, using what an actual missile commander learned about its dysfunctions and biases.
Blair’s work continues and I think it’s urgent, now that Putin’s “nuclear bombers” are flying again, that Congress re-examine the whole issue and take seriously Blair’s warnings about the variations of doomsday we still face.
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由 Brendon Nafziger
, DOTmed News Associate Editor | April 01, 2013
Many doctors and hospitals across the country wish it were a joke but it's not. A 2 percent cut to Medicare physician and hospital payments goes into effect today, as part of the sweeping cuts to federal spending known as sequestration.
The sequestration comes about from a 2011 law that requires Congress to pass a balanced budget or have the government face more than $1 trillion in across-the-board cuts. So far this year, Republicans and Democrats have failed to agree on a budget deal or shield Medicare payments from the cuts.
Although the sequester went into effect March 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced early last month that it would take until April 1 to apply the cuts.
An American Hospital Association spokeswoman said the AHA had not calculated the total financial impact to U.S. hospitals because hospital budgets are too different from each other (some hospitals have more Medicare patients than others, for instance). But she said affected hospitals could "look to jobs and access to services" as a result of the snip.
"Do they need to cut back somewhere? That will play out differently for every hospital."
However, the group did co-commission a September 2012 report from the firm Tripp Umbach, which estimated that close to half a million jobs could be lost in the first year of the sequester, either directly at health care organizations or indirectly at companies supported by their business.
The Congressional Budget Office reckoned the cuts in payments for Medicare services would total some $11 billion the first year they went into effect, and reach $16 billion by 2021.
The Medicare cuts also affect the country's electronic health records incentive program. In a talk at HIMSS13 in New Orleans last month, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said the cuts would shave $3 million off his department's $60 million budget.
"Absent a furlough in our hard-working staff, it's going to mean we have a major cut in the contracts that we have," he told attendees
. "There's going to be things that the industry expects us to do that providers and patients expect us to do that we simply will not be able to do." | <urn:uuid:b83fe8cc-bda8-48ae-9d2f-d406c626aa92> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://zh.dotmed.com/news/story/20815 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.972057 | 472 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Author Says Public Fiber Networks Would Enhance Economic Growth And Social Justice
From Texas Standard:
Fiber: it's not just what's for breakfast anymore. Now, it also means a super-fast connection to the internet. In fact, a lack of fiber can be fatal when it comes to a particular city or town competing for business. Author Susan Crawford argues in her new book, “Fiber: The Coming Tech Revolution – and Why America Might Miss It,” that not upgrading internet technology and speed on a local level is doing real harm to the nation.
Crawford says fiber-based connectivity will change everything, from how fast we can access the internet to the way health care is delivered and where we’re able to work and live. But cable companies and other private providers of internet access have not invested in fiber.
“The comparison between fiber and a regular internet connection is something like the comparison between a 15-mile-wide river and a little dribble of water,” Crawford says. “And what that makes possible for health care is eye contact, a feeling of human presence, being able to visit the doctor from wherever you are.”
Even when your phone and a tiny receiver near your home are able to bring you a fast 5G connection, Crawford says cities and towns will need fiber to reach the wider internet at top speeds.
“You can’t have those very high-capacity wireless connections without having fiber everywhere, connecting to those little cells that are carrying 5G,” Crawford says. “Saying that we could have wireless without fiber is like saying you could have an airplane without an airport, and that tsunami of data coming from that high-speed wireless connection has to land on a fiber node to be carried to the rest of the internet.
Fiber connectivity is rare across the nation, and in Texas. Google Fiber is available to around one-third of Austin, but the company isn’t planning to expand that network. And like most other Texas cities, Austin hasn’t stepped up to build a public fiber network. A few smaller cities, including Lampasas, Taylor and New Braunfels, and a coalition of East Texas governments, have been studying or planning how to bring fiber to their communities. Crawford’s book details how Chittagong, Tennessee, Wilson, North Carolina and other communities have built fiber networks. They’ve experienced benefits to their education and health-care delivery systems but have also faced pushback from cable companies who don’t want competition from public networks.
“Just a couple of years ago, a court said any town in Texas that has what’s called 'home rule authority' – that can make rules for itself without asking permission from the state – has the authority to put in a fiber network … and sell service to residents," Crawford says. "That applies to any big city, too.”
Fiber networks today can be compared to electrification efforts in the early part of the 20th century. Like electricity, fiber provides a backbone upon which commercial services can be built.
“You can think of this like a street grid,” Crawford says. “The city doesn’t necessarily have to sell services itself, but it needs to make the basic fiber available to retail providers who can then get involved in selling services. Where there’s enough density and competition, I can imagine several providers of retail services emerging.”
Crawford says that leaving internet infrastructure to the private market has left people behind, and put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage with countries that have built fiber networks.
“The entire country is getting bossed around by about five big companies: Comcast, Spectrum, AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink,” Crawford says.
And, she says, the companies that control internet access have intentionally made their offerings confusing for customers and regulators. She says legislators are often “bought off” to protect the monopolies or near-monopolies of incumbent telecommunication providers. That protection often includes laws that prevent local governments from building their own networks.
Crawford says that in Texas, where AT&T is based, it’s unlikely that the state legislature would pass legislation to support fiber networks.
“What we need to give those state legislators is air cover – political cover – saying, absolutely there is a government role for involvement in communications. … This is not a partisan issue. This is about social justice and economic growth.”
Written by Shelly Brisbin.
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A Quick Guide to Bankruptcy
The first bankruptcy law in England was passed in 1542, with the term being an amalgamation of the old English word bankus referring a tradesman’s table and ruptus, meaning to break. At this time, bankruptcy was introduced as a solution for the creditor, not the debtor. Only traders could face bankruptcy, as a way of their creditor recouping what was owed.
In the present day, bankruptcy laws don’t just apply to traders; technically, if you owe in excess of A�750, you can be declared bankrupt. The bankruptcy should refer to your own personal debt; not the debt of a company or legal entity.
The initial step is the attainment of a bankruptcy petition. This must be filed at court; either by the individual debtor or this can be served by the creditor. If served by the creditor, this will follow a statutory demand. You will attend a hearing in court. Prior to the bankruptcy proceedings, you must not transfer any assets or hand over cash to family or friends.
From the moment the bankruptcy petition is filed in court, the date and time of your declaration of bankruptcy is recorded. You are then given a minimum time of 28 days to clear your debt.
Once you have incurred bankrupt status, your financial information is transferred to the Official Receiver, and you will cease to have any direct contact with your creditors. The Official Receiver is the government department who will assess your affairs. As the debtor, you will be required to attend an interview with the Official Receiver, conducted either face to face or perhaps via telephone. If it is deemed that your case is of simplicity, your affairs will be dealt with by the Official Receiver. If your debt problems are determined to be complex, your case will be passed over to a private insolvency practitioner.
The usual time period of a bankruptcy is 12 months. During this time, you are permitted to incur credit; however you must notify your creditor of your bankrupt status. You may also attain a bank account.
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by AZALEA AZUAR / pic source: Asian Development Bank FB
SOUTH-EAST Asia’s (SEA) green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic has the potential to create US$172 billion (RM760 billion) investment opportunities and generate more than 30 million jobs by 2030.
The latest report by Asian Development Bank (ADB) has identified five areas that support post-Covid recovery through greenery development, one of which is regenerative farming.
Accounting for 18.4% of global emissions, ADB warned that the agriculture sector contributes to the largest greenhouse gases emissions.
ADB DG for SEA Ramesh Subramaniam gave an example of some rural parts in Myanmar, where improper crop management practices such as soil tilling and monoculture led to land degradation.
“Coupled with rising average temperatures due to climate change, crop yields have fallen, while the costs of land cultivation and the amount of uncultivable land area have increased.
“The report also urged us to focus on developing sustainable cities and transports as they consume 78% of the world’s energy and are susceptible to the impacts of climate change such as flood,” he said during a webinar jointly organised by ADB and ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute today.
Moreover, he added, the energy sector plays a role in decarbonising SEA economies since fossil fuel consumption in the region has also increased by more than 80% in the past two decades.
“A report has found that reaching the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require the region to achieve at least 50% of decarbonised electricity generation by 2030 and 100% by 2050, through deploying a wide range of renewable energy (RE) and storage technologies.
“Enhancing energy efficiency across all sectors such as through the electrification of end-use sectors like transport, buildings and manufacturing, will also be an important element of SEA’s climate mitigation pathway in achieving the Paris Agreement target,” Ramesh added.
With climate change being linked to material use, ADB suggested looking into circular economies and shifting away from linear “take-make-waste” models toward regenerative systems which enable waste to be minimised and converted into valuable outputs.
Moreover, the report stated that oceans have been affected by rising seawater temperature and overfishing, which are bad for the region’s markets that depend heavily on marine biodiversity.
“Globally, coral reef damage will hit SEA economies the most, particularly Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand due to their heavy reliance on marine ecosystems and the large populations of smallholder fishermen,” Ramesh said.
Other highlights in the report include green technology research, the role of women entrepreneurs in green businesses and managing biodiversity better through open and integrated data systems.
ADB also hopes that SEA governments can identify sustainable sources of financing that will fund climate-friendly infrastructures and leverage green growth opportunities.
Such solutions include mobilising domestic resources through environmental and carbon taxes, reducing subsidies for fossil fuels and mobilising private investment, among others.
Also present at the webinar was Indonesian deputy assistant for Investment Strategy, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs Ferry Akbar Pasaribu who said the Indonesian government has included some incentives to attract more private investors in RE.
“We want to help more foreign and domestic investors go into RE,” he said.
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