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Rainer Weiss currently holds the title of Emeritus Professor of Physics at MIT and also works as an adjunct professor at LSU. He previously also held positions at Tufts University and Princeton University. He was also chair of the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Science Working Group. Weiss completed his bachelor of science degree in 1955 at MIT (after having dropped out briefly), and his PhD in 1962. Native to Berlin, Germany, Weiss’ family emigrated to Prague and then to the U.S. fleeing persecution from the Nazis.
Weiss is known as a leading name in gravitational physics and astrophysics. In particular, Weiss is recognized for his work on LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory experiment. Weiss pioneered the measurement of cosmic microwave background radiation, which have been used to make inferences about the Big Bang and the origins of the universe. Toward this, Weiss led the way in utilizing lasers for measuring gravitational waves.
Weiss won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017 alongside Kip Thorne and Barry Barish for his work at LIGO on gravitational waves. Additionally, he has received awards and honors including the Gruber Prize in Cosmology, the Einstein Prize, the Shaw Prize, and fellowship with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
According to Wikipedia,
Rainer "Rai" Weiss is an American physicist, known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. He is a professor of physics emeritus at MIT and an adjunct professor at LSU. He is best known for inventing the laser interferometric technique which is the basic operation of LIGO. He was Chair of the COBE Science Working Group.
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It’s not an easy job being a maid of honor. You have duties to uphold, responsibilities to fulfill, and expectations to meet. But it’s also a lot of fun! In this blog post, we will discuss what you need to know about your duties as the Maid of Honor so that you can be prepared for any situation on the big day.
You are so happy that your best friend has asked you to be her maid of honor. But now you need to answer another question. What does a maid of honor do?
Pre-Wedding Maid of Honor Duties
A maid or matron of honor is the person who helps the bride get ready for her wedding. This person also has some responsibilities.
This is a checklist of things you need to do to be the best maid of honor. Cross everything off the list, and you will be considered the greatest maid of honor ever.
1. Wedding Planning Support System
Your BFF is getting married, and you are the bride’s maid of honor. You will help her plan the wedding. This means that you will have to listen to talk about wedding invitations, centerpieces, and bridesmaids.
The bride might want to do most of the planning independently, but she will ask her maid of honor for different ideas. When you give advice, remember that this day is not about you.
2. Leader of the Bridal Party
It’s simple to be your best friend’s best friend. But being the boss of all of the bridesmaids can be difficult. Some bridesmaids are friends, but others are not.
No matter what role you play, you must help the bride. It is best to keep up with everyone’s responsibilities by sending messages through text or email.
Because the bride is consumed with wedding planning, your job as a mediator between her and the bridesmaids relieves stress.
3. Wedding Dress Shopping and Fittings
One of the best jobs you can do as a maid of honor is to help pick out your best friend’s wedding dress. It will be fun for you because you can see clothes that no one else has seen and it is like watching your best friend’s dream come true.
Whether you try on one or 100 wedding dresses, it will be really special when the bride sees herself in the dress.
If your friend says yes to the dress, it is your job as a maid of honor to help her find other things for the wedding. This includes shoes, jewelry, and a veil.
4. Bridesmaid Dress Shopping and Alterations
Now it’s your turn to have some fun. You can pick out a dress similar to what the bride picked out for you, or if she doesn’t tell you, you can pick one yourself. If you’re not sure, try on some dresses and see which one is most comfortable and flattering for you.
You must ensure that the bride has a stress-free wedding day as a maid of honor. You should keep the other bridesmaids in line and make sure they pay for any alterations they need to do.
5. Go-To Girl For Wedding Guests
This is one of those things that may not happen to you, but if it does, you should be ready for any questions.
There is a lot of information about the wedding day in invitations and on their website. But there may be some guests who will need more help than others. Your friend is busy with wedding planning, so you can help by taking care of things that are hard for them to do.
6. Plan and Host the Bridal Shower
Being the maid of honor entails a significant amount of duty. One of your most important jobs is to plan a wonderful bridal shower for your bride-to-be. When most people are in this position, they remember that it was the first time they realized that this wedding was actually happening. Make sure you do an amazing job with the party!
When you are getting ready for the wedding, you will have help from the other bridesmaids. They will share responsibility and split costs. Here is some advice: Delegate a task to each bridesmaid, whether it be bringing a dish or providing plates, cups, or utensils.
7. Plan and Book the Bachelorette Party
We have been waiting for an event: a grown-up girls-only weekend. You are the maid of honor, and it is your turn to shine.
These days, the bride usually has a destination bachelorette party. They need help with the planning. Sometimes the bride might stay closer to home, so they do not have to plan for travel and accommodations.
Either way, it is one of your maid of honor duties to help the bride choose the location and lodging that she wants. When you have found these things, find out what restaurants or bars are in that area to go to them. This will make the trip more fun.
Maid of Honor Duties on Wedding Day
1. Take Care of the Bride
A maid of honor’s job is similar to being a mother to a friend on their wedding day. Friends will ask you questions, and you should answer them. Friends might cry, so you can try to make them feel better by drying their tears or wiping their noses. You might even have to help the bride go to the bathroom.
If you are a maid of honor, carrying an emergency kit is a good idea. This is in case something happens to the dress or other small things happen. You can also carry around a playlist to help keep the bride happy on her wedding day.
2. Stick to the Wedding Day Schedule
As we mentioned before, wedding days make brides nervous. You can help her by taking care of the clock and ensuring she does not get behind schedule. Something else you should do is to make sure that everyone has their matching robes on and they are all ready for the wedding to start.
One way to keep everyone moving is by scheduling who will do their hair and makeup next. If it is close to the time for the wedding, you can make announcements to each person. This way, they know how much time they have left.
3. Fluff the Train and Hold the Bouquet
Hooray! You have walked down the aisle without falling on your face. When your friend gets married, you get to be by her side and help her look beautiful.
Your job is to arrange the bride’s dress so that it stretches behind her as soon as she stands next to her future husband. You may need to adjust the veil too.
Once a bride is ready, she will have a flower in her hand. You will hold it the whole time. When the bride walks down the aisle, you will give it back to her.
4. Bustle the Train and Any Other Adjustments
Did you think making train fluff was difficult? Just wait until you see the commotion. Believe us when we tell that regardless of how many times you rehearse during fittings, getting it correctly on your wedding day is a whole other story. You and the bride will be very excited, so make sure to stay calm and follow the seams.
If there is a planner at the wedding, ask for her help. Additionally, you’ll want to ensure that your friend looks well by assisting her with her appearance and clothing. This way, she can go into the cocktail hour and reception looking good.
5. Make Sure the Bride is Fed
Don’t forget what we said about force-feeding. We were not joking around. It is too often that the bride will skip the wedding reception dinner because she is nervous and excited.
It is part of your duty as the maid of honor to ensure that your best friend has enough food for her wedding. You should also make sure that her new husband eats too.
6. Make a Maid of Honor Speech—Toasting and Roasting
To give someone a speech at their wedding is the most important part of being a maid or matron of honor. You are responsible for saying some nice words about the couple. It can be scary to do this, but it is also important.
You need to give a toast. You can either do it well or not well. But you are obligated to do the best you can.
The only thing the bride and groom want is for you to speak from your heart. They do not want you to say anything embarrassing to their new parents-in-law.
It is okay to drink alcohol. Just make sure you don’t drink too much and get drunk.
7. Be the Life of the Wedding Party
Every bride’s biggest fear is that some people who came to her wedding did not enjoy themselves or remember it as a great wedding. As a maid of honor, it is your job to make sure this does not happen. How can you make sure this does not happen? DANCE!
If you need to get everyone up and to dance, then do it. It is your job to make sure that people have a good time at the wedding. If you see somebody looking bored or tired, ask them what song they would like to hear and mention it to the DJ.
You are the maid of honor. You need to report any problems with the music or changes that the bride and groom want. Your friend needs to spend time on the dance floor. The reception goes by quickly, so she cannot miss out on all of the fun!
8. Help Clean Up
The wedding reception is over, and it’s your job as a maid of honor to clean up the bridal suite and the reception area. You are tired, but you need to make sure that everything is cleared out. This also applies to the remainder of the bridal party. Before returning to the hotel or going out to an after-party, make sure everyone looks in their car for anything they could have forgotten. It would be wrong if you had to return in the morning to pick up forgotten items.
Frequently Asked Questions About Maid of Honor Duties: A Checklist of Roles and Responsibilities
What Is the Tradition of Maid of Honor?
Traditionally, bridesmaids assisted the bride with wedding preparations. As weddings became more of a planned occasion, the maid of honor position was formed to oversee the preparation of presents and clothing.
What Do the Maid of Honor and Best Man Pay for?
The maid of honor is the bride’s best friend. She will help the bride get dressed and iron out any problems during the wedding. The best man will help make sure all of the ushers are ready for the wedding and take care of getting the groom there on time. During the ceremony, he will hold onto his wife’s bouquet to do her part in the ceremony.
Does the Maid of Honor Walk Alone?
The maid or matron of honor will walk alone behind the other wedding party members. The flower girl and the ring bearer can walk in unison. They can then sit with their parents.
Does the Maid of Honor Give a Speech?
It is usually customary for the maid of honor to speak to the newlyweds at their wedding reception. It is unnecessary, but it is a good idea, especially if the best man (or another honor attendant) gives one too.
Why Are They Called Maid of Honor?
The maid of honor is the woman who helps out the bride. She might dress like the bride and take care of her, too. The term “maid of honor” means she helps the queen.
Who Pays for a Bridal Shower?
Today, it is usually the maid of honor and the bridal party or the bride’s mother who throws a bridal shower. Whoever throws the event usually pays for it as well. Frequently, the maid of honor and other bridesmaids will cover the cost. And if the groom’s mother helps out, that is good too!
Does the Maid of Honor Give a Wedding Gift?
As the maid of honor, you are expected to give a bridal shower and wedding gift. You already have plenty of expenses, so don’t feel like you need to spend too much money on this.
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Supporters of Doctors Without Walls – Santa Barbara Street Medicine (DWW) gathered at Gauthier Wear Art on July 21 for a “launch party” for its new mobile medical van. The van, made possible by a $65,000 grant from the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara, will enable the nonprofit to greatly expand the health-care services it provides to homeless and low-income individuals.
During the short program. Paul Jaconette, board president and COO of CenCal Health, rejoiced in how the van adds to DWW’s small arsenal of equipment to take care of the most vulnerable members of our community. Boardmember Father Jon-Stephen Hedges, after getting a laugh from the crowd when he noted that this was his first “van blessing,” proceeded with a lovely blessing of the new vehicle. An official ribbon-cutting with the enormous Santa Barbara scissors followed, which drew grand cheers from the supporters. Santa Barbara Fire Chief Pat McElroy along with several other members of the Fire and Police departments were on hand to celebrate this milestone.
The vehicle is a wheelchair-accessible Ford Connect Mobility Van. It has removable seats to allow it to both transport a large number of passengers and to have an ample-sized exam area.
Doctors Without Walls has only one paid staff person, executive director Maria Long, who oversees 13 interns and nearly 200 volunteers, including 19 physicians. Last year, DWW served 525 unduplicated clients. It sets up mobile medical clinics in Pershing and Alameda parks each week, where it treats a wide range of health problems. It can now offer exams in the privacy of the van instead of in the open park settings. DWW is also on call 24/7 to respond to emergencies, and the van will revolutionize this aspect of its services.
DWW operates the Women’s Free Homeless Clinic at Transition House three Fridays per month. Staffed by an internist, podiatrist, and other healthcare professionals, the Clinic offers medical care and mental health counseling, as well as acupuncture, showers, a hot lunch by Anthony’s Organic Soup Kitchen, laundry services, donated clothing and hygiene items, and referrals to other services. The van just had its maiden trip transporting women between locations throughout Santa Barbara and Goleta and the clinic.
In addition to improving the services the nonprofit already provides in Santa Barbara, the van will also make possible Doctors Without Walls’ long-held dream of expanding into the North County. The board is currently in discussions with North County groups and planning its expansion.
Executive director Long shared how “we are so grateful to the Women’s Fund for their generous support, and the Doctors Without Walls team is thrilled to be able to expand our scope of work to reach so many people who deserve high-quality medical care.”
The organization is holding its annual Glow in the Park fundraiser on September 10 at Elings Park. The event includes tethered balloon rides, a gourmet field dinner, and dancing amid illuminated hot air balloons. For more information, go to sbglowinthepark.org.
For more information about Doctors Without Walls – Santa Barbara Street Medicine, go to sbdww.org.
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In many programming languages, some characters serve different functions and so cannot be displayed or printed like other characters.
These characters are referred to as special characters. Some examples are double quotes ("), single quotes (’), etc.
To print these special characters, a backslash (\) is used. This black slash is called an
escape sequence can be used to make an otherwise printable character serve a special function. For example, the letter ‘n’ can be printed normally, but adding a backslash before it (\n) will indicate the start of a new line.
First, let’s see what happens when we try to print a special character i.e., a single quote or an apostrophe:
# printing this is not possible bcz there is a special character print('I'm writing code')
Let’s print the same thing using an
# adding the escape sequence removes the error print('I\'m writing code') # we can also print other special characters such as the # escape sequence itself print("The escape sequence in Python is: \\")
Now let’s use the
escape sequence to cause a character to serve another purpose. For example, the letter
t is printable but adding an
escape sequence to it will cause it to serve as a tab space.
# printing the letter t print("Printing the letter t to test") # using escape seq print("Printing the letter \t to test")
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This past summer, Robin Varghese, a former student of Ahmad’s at Hampshire, recounted a story to me that he had heard his teacher tell in class. When Ahmad was in his 20s, he received a Rotary fellowship to come to the United States for further studies. He knew that he wanted to see four things when he left the subcontinent. Three of those four sites he visited en route to this country. He went to the Highgate Cemetery in London to pay homage to Karl Marx; he also visited 21B Baker Street, for its well-known literary landmark; and he wandered through the British Museum, where his reaction was “Return the loot!” The fourth place that Ahmad wanted to visit was in the United States, in Chicago, and it was the site of the Haymarket riot of 1886. Ahmad wanted to go there because, as a boy, he had been taken to May Day celebrations in India. He now wanted to lay flowers at the Haymarket monument to honor the striking workers who had marched in the first May Day parade.
But several years were to pass before he could visit Chicago. He had arrived in the United States in 1957 to study history at Occidental College; a year later he enrolled at Princeton as a graduate student in political science and Middle East history. His research then took him to Tunisia, an even further detour from Chicago. It was not until 1967, during his three-year stint as a teacher at Cornell, that Ahmad found himself giving a job talk in the city where in 1886 laboring men and women had fought to win the eight-hour workday. He left his hotel, picked up a bouquet of flowers and, when he arrived at Haymarket, asked where he could find the monument. No one seemed to know of it. Finally someone pointed it out to him. It was a statue of a policeman who had preserved law and order on that day long ago. Ahmad brought the flowers back with him and gave them to his girlfriend, Julie Diamond, who eventually became his wife.
In 1968, in a speech at an antiwar sit-in, Ahmad, who was now a fellow at the Adlai Stevenson Institute in Chicago, spoke of his search for the Haymarket monument. He told the audience how shocked he had been that the historical memory of workers’ resistance, recognized and celebrated throughout the world, had not been honored in its own place of origin. Not long after, two FBI agents showed up at Ahmad’s door. They wanted to know what he had said about Haymarket and who had been in the audience. It turned out that the Weathermen had just blown up the offending statue of the Chicago policeman.
“I am inclined to tell stories,” Eqbal Ahmad had once said, and, in one of his interviews, he offered a vignette about the visit from the two FBI agents:
They first asked me if I was a citizen of the United States. I said, “No.” They said, “Don’t you feel that as a guest in this country you should not be going about criticizing the host country’s government?” I said, “I hear your point, but I do want you to know that while I am not a citizen, I am a taxpayer. And I thought it was a fundamental principle of American democracy that there is no taxation without representation. I have not been represented about this war. And my people, Asian people, are being bombed right now.” Surprisingly, the FBI agents looked deeply moved and blushed at my throwing this argument at them. They were speechless. Then I understood something about the importance of having some congruence between American liberal traditions…and our rhetoric and tactics.” | <urn:uuid:8421c604-8f87-4d89-ad6c-5db8d2bcc30d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2008/05/happy-may-day-2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.992892 | 777 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Australia is failing to recognise an urgent need: recruiting more Chinese-Australians into public service
Originally published in The Conversation.
A powerful and assertive China poses significant policy challenges for Australia. Many of our most pressing policy issues have crucially important China angles, from freedom of speech on university campuses to scientific research collaboration and supply chain management.
Yet, there is a dire lack of policy expertise on China in the public service and few signs this is improving.
The Australian Public Service (APS) has long recognised the importance of Asia expertise generally. However, an independent review in 2019 noted that while Asia proficiency was a core focus of the 2012 Asian Century White Paper, coordinated and sustained action to deepen Asia-relevant capabilities was not taken then, and it remains a skills gap across the public service.
For example, Asian language skills remain poor in Australia, and the number of people fluent in Mandarin is dismally low, especially among Australians without a Chinese background.
One estimate has put the number of fluent Mandarin speakers of non-Chinese background at just 130 across the entire country. And with a decreasing number of year 12 students without Chinese background studying Mandarin, the prospects of this situation improving are low.
Too few Chinese-Australians in the public service
Recruiting, retaining and promoting more Chinese-Australians with China capability should be of the utmost importance for the public service.
Yet, Australians of Chinese heritage are significantly under-represented in the public service, at just 2.6% of the total workforce based on the latest available internal figures.
This is despite Mandarin and Cantonese being two of the most common foreign languages spoken at home in Australia at 2.5% and 1.2% of the total population, respectively, according to the last census.
This is not simply a problem of workplace composition lagging demographic changes. The numbers of new Chinese-Australians being recruited into the public service are also significantly lower than they should be.
This demographic group has an enormous amount to contribute to Australia’s China literacy and policy-making capabilities. Yet, in the public service, Chinese-Australians are more likely to be found in accounting and IT roles, rather than policy-making roles.
The under-representation problem is especially acute in senior management, with only two Chinese-Australian “first assistant secretaries” out of a total of 577 across the entire Australian Public Service. This is just 0.3% of people in this key senior executive role.
Why this is happening
In a report published today for the Lowy Institute, I have identified some of the major causes of under-representation of Chinese-Australians in the public service. Workplace culture, management systems and recruitment processes are among the principal challenges holding back this important source of talent.
When Chinese-Australians with deep knowledge of China are recruited to the public service, management preconceptions may hinder their placement in China-related roles. There is a tendency to perceive their ethnic and cultural background as an impediment or “conflict of interest” to work on issues related to China, even after they have successfully completed the exhaustive security clearance process.
The result is that government departments may spend substantial resources training public servants to speak a Chinese language and improve their expertise on Chinese society and culture, while those with existing Chinese language skills, knowledge and experience are side-lined.
Another pervasive problem in some bureaucratic systems is that staff are constrained by their formal role definition or official rank in how they can contribute their knowledge and expertise.
The Australian Public Service recruitment and promotion systems also tend to value “generic” public policy skills rather than “specialised” knowledge, such as country or regional expertise. This further contributes to a mismatch of skills and expertise with roles and positions.
What can be done to fix the situation
While the public service has taken steps towards addressing diversity and inclusion issues (and there has been notable work done by some government agencies), there is a sense some of these efforts are merely superficial.
Agencies may hold feel-good Harmony Day morning teas, while ignoring systemic workplace culture issues. Other initiatives are treated as “extra-curricular”, to be done outside working hours rather than as a core component of an employee’s work.
To fix the situation, the Australian Public Service needs to target culturally and linguistically diverse communities for recruitment, as well as support their retention and promotion. This is similar to what it is currently doing to progress women through the ranks.
The public service should also collect and publish better data on the representation of different culturally and linguistically diverse groups. However, the public service is doing the reverse: it removed ethnic diversity questions from last year’s APS employee census.
The irony is that despite the urgent demand within the Australian Public Service for Chinese language and cultural skills, the existing skills of many public servants are being overlooked or not used at all.
Australia has a large, diverse and growing population of Chinese-Australians, but the APS is failing to take advantage of this. And those who are in the service are often undervalued or underutilised.
A better harnessing of the skills and knowledge of this community would have substantial benefits for Australian policy-making in one of its most important bilateral relationships.
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YORK II BRIDGE Class 40 Bailey Pontoon Bridge over the River Orne near Ranville
Photo 1This bridge was 316 ft long and consisted of two 110 ft landing bays, two 32 ft end floating bays and one 32 ft floating bay. The water gap was 310 ft at high water and a I2 ft rise and fall had to be catered for.
Owing to the secrecy of preparations for operation "GOODWIN", the equipment was brought up to the site early and concealed. Bridging could not be commenced until 2300 hrs 17th July and the bridge opened to traffic at 1745 hrs on 18th July. Traffic passed over the bridge at a rate of 360 vehicles per hour.
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Sri Aurobindo said on 15 August 1947 regarding the partition of India, "This must not be; the partition must go."
This book is an attempt to trace the political history of India from the ancient times to the modern day. It looks at the partial success and failure of unification in the past and tries to analyse the causes of the failure. Great importance has been given to the psychological and deeper cultural unity, which is the foundation of political unity.
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Ken Block is passing his drifting skills onto the next generation. The YouTube star taught his 13-year-old daughter Lia how to drift and posted a YouTube video of the madness on Thursday. Proving the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, she seemed to get the hang of it pretty quickly.
Having just taught her to drive stick three days prior (in a Ford Focus RS), Block put Lia behind the wheel of his 1972 Ford Escort Mk2 RS. The race-prepped Escort is powered by a naturally aspirated 2.5-liter 4-cylinder that makes 355 horsepower and 255 pound-feet of torque, and it can rev to 9,000 rpm.
As the first Ford rally car, the Escort is the ancestor of the Fiestas and Focuses Block drives in competition and on camera.
Hoonigan Ken Block Gymkhana Ford Escort
Block considers it one of his "easier" cars to drive, but that's a relative term. It's easy to get the rear wheels spinning (which is good for drifting), but revs need to be kept high to keep the engine in its power band, requiring precise throttle control, Block said.
The venue for this driving session was Utah Motorsports Campus, about an hour's drive from Block's garage. The track is operating with restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. The paddock provided an expanse of empty tarmac—perfect for a novice driver three years away from being able to drive legally on public roads.
Despite the ongoing pandemic, Block has managed to keep himself busy. He's using his quarantine time to start a new project car—a carbon-fiber Fox-body Mustang dubbed "Hoonifox" designed by the man behind the next Batmobile.
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In the 2016 presidential election, the minority vote really counts, and Penn students have taken notice.
Wednesday night, the Penn United Minorities Council hosted a discussion on how the current political candidates are addressing minority issues. UMC hosted this event so that students could reflect on the issues, share opinions and ask their peers questions about the election.
The majority of the discussion revolved around the Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. The room was divided over who was the most trusted candidate on political issues. Many students also expressed a sense of disillusionment when it came to the way candidates handle minority issues.
“I feel like we should put people into positions that actually represent us,” Nursing sophomore Ayont Young said. “How do you tell who’s real and who’s not?”
“When you get to college, you’re not paying as much attention to what’s going on in the outside world,” UMC Chair and Wharton junior Temilola Ransome-Kuti said. Students are still debating which candidates would be in their best interest to elect.
Although the Penn College Republicans were invited, UMC said they did not respond to any outreach from them. Members from Penn for Hillary and Penn Democrats, as well as those just interested in politics were present to express their views.
Some students expressed concern that candidates would say whatever it takes to win the minority vote, but are rarely held accountable once in office.
Students distrust the radical ideas that candidates present because they are rarely able to follow through. “Candidates tend to overshoot for their goals in their campaign and end up compromising away most of their ideas later on,” one participant said.
While it was widely agreed among the group that Republican candidates were not concerned about issues of race, some pointed out that Republicans still try to prove that they can win the minority vote. The group laughed about how Trump brought minority women on stage to testify their support for him. However, his strict immigration policies and tendency to use vulgar language toward minorities has pushed many away.
Others feel that winning the minority vote is more of a strategic plan rather than a genuine dedication to change. College sophomore Lawrence Perry said that political candidates think that they can meet with one or two prominent people in minority communities and gain the vote.
However, some feel that the candidates have good intentions but are prevented from accomplishing things because of checks in power, especially Congress.
“Obama hasn’t been able to accomplish much because he has been halted by the Republican-dominated congress,” Engineering junior Sergio Labra said.
Several times, students brought up the issue of trying to use the minority vote to accomplish real goals and solve problems.
“The key way for minorities to hold politicians accountable is to be registered voters,” College junior Ray Clark said. There is a disparity between the demographics of Americans and the demographics of people who vote, he added. Another participant pointed out that Republican voters are more likely to show up at the polls.
While it remains unclear right now what Sanders or Clinton would do for minorities once in office, it is clear that what minorities have to say has a big influence on the election.
“The minority vote was disenfranchised, [and] I think it says a lot about where we currently are as a country that politicians are trying so hard to cater to the minority vote,” College freshman Brittany Bing said. “Looking at how far we’ve come legally and socially says a lot.”
The minority vote is no longer something that can be overlooked.
Many are still trying to see who the candidates really are and determine what they can expect from candidates once in office. “There’s so many questions that need to be answered,” College sophomore Maya Arthur said. “I think as the election continues we’ll have a clearer stance on who we want to vote for.”Comments powered by Disqus
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To obtain a website is one thing, but to bring visitors to the website is another equally important issue. Besides, what is the meaning of having a website if no one visits it? If we want to have visitors and actual yield from a website, we must set as our objective to rank it in the first page or at least, in the second page of the organic results of a search engine. (The organic results are those shown in the results of search engine naturally and not by Ads.)
According to official statistics, in about 70% of searches for a keyword, the users first visits the websites that are within the first 10 results. Then another 10-15% will continue to the second page and if they do not find what they're looking into those 20 results, they re-search with different keywords. In simple words the main target is to help a website rank in the first 20 organic results or even better in the first 10 results. | <urn:uuid:27f29a6e-6eda-4d6a-af8f-505fbfdc9684> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.analog-web.com/search-engine-optimization | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960514 | 191 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Updated: Mar 28, 2019
Continuing from my previous post on Isaiah 6, I'll have a look at the Jonah narrative to see what ministry lessons I can learn.
1. God Does Not Choose the Best, So You Can Relax Now It's hard to see a more unqualified person than Jonah at that time. Jonah was stubborn, angry, and didn't have a good heart. Calling Jonah was like calling someone to be a pastor when he hates all of his congregation! Yet God called him, not some other prophets. Sometimes God calls not because of your motivation, but God calls you despite of your motivation. Because God is calling someone to His mission. 2. God is Gracious Enough that He Chases You I'm sure God could have easily picked another prophet when Jonah ran away. I'm sure there are other prophets who genuinely had a heart for the lost people of Nineveh. God could have left Jonah alone, yet He pursued him. God wouldn't let him alone. God called Jonah back into His mission out of mercy. God didn't chase Jonah because He needed him, but God pursued Jonah because He loved him.
3. Unlike Isaiah, God Might Call You into Something Great The biggest contrast of Isaiah's ministry compared to Jonah's was the result. While Isaiah had the heart to serve, he didn't have the best outcome. Here Jonah didn't have the heart to serve but the whole town repented! Sometimes God calls you to something great, but this is only to show that He is God and you are not. I can tell you that Nineveh did not repent because of a grumpy, self-centered, angry, and incompassionate prophet. Nineveh repented because of God. Your success in ministry has nothing to do with you; it's all God.
4. God Cares for the Masses, God Cares for the Individual Although there are millions of people saved, the story starts and ends with Jonah. God did not use Jonah only as a means to His end. God did not merely use Jonah as a tool to accomplish His mission. God made sure that Jonah knows His mercy and grace even though millions of people have repented. God always cares for that one more person. God does not only care about His relationship with your congregation, God also cares about His relationship with you. | <urn:uuid:fff35f27-b225-43f9-a09c-f934e42abfb9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ecclesiamission.com/post/design-a-stunning-blog | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.981114 | 475 | 2.078125 | 2 |
SAVANNAH, GA (November 30, 2016): Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department is taking proactive measures to address the yearly rise in crime during the holiday season by activating its annual amplification of patrols in areas where shoppers are most vulnerable.
Through this special assignment known as “Jingle Bell Patrol,” additional officers are placed on busy streets, in commercial parking lots and around high traffic retail zones in search of perpetrators with intentions of committing auto break-ins, robberies or shoplifting. In past years, “Jingle Bell Patrols” helped reduce holiday season crime.
“All of our citizens deserve to have a happy and safe holiday season, free of encounters with people who desire to cause social harm in our community.” said Major Kerry Thomas, SCMPD Patrol Division Commander. “It’s a known fact that crime spikes this time year in cities across the nation. That’s why positioning our officers to be more visible during this period is important.
Patrol officers from SCMPD’s five precincts have been assigned overtime hours to police areas where crimes of opportunities are most prone to occur. Plain clothes detectives, crime suppression units, canine officers and mounted patrol also will participate. The patrols will intensify as the holidays near.
Police ask the public to support these efforts by taking personal precautions such as shopping in groups, parking in well-lit areas, securing packages in trunks and reporting suspicious activities to police immediately. Also, SCMPD asks shoppers to be aware of surroundings at all times, lock cars and hide all valuables.
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Data warehousing is an important area of practice and research, yet few studies have assessed its practices in general and critical success factors in particular. Although many guidelines for implementation exist, most are derived from anecdotal evidence. A survey of data warehousing professionals was conducted to gain insight into data warehousing success issues. The results reveal that data warehousing success is a multi-faceted construct and that improved productivity is the most valued measure for success. The results also put clearly defined business needs/benefits and source data quality at the top of the list of critical success factors. In addition, different success factors were found to be significant for different success measures.
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Alcoholism can be a very trying time for any family. However, that does not mean that recovery is unattainable. Alcoholism is the uncontrollable urge to drink alcohol and the person will do anything they have to do to get it. Cravings can be caused by many things like seeing alcohol, smelling it, or even a very traumatic or stressful situation, sometimes a craving can be triggered by nothing at all, just a mere thought. Alcoholism is a very trying and difficult disease to go through and someone who suffers from it will require all the help and support of their loved ones.
Although there are not that many things someone on the outside can do, there are still many options to help the loved one:
A detox facility is usually the first step and they will help someone clean the alcohol out of their body. Doing this, with alcohol, can sometimes be dangerous if attempted without medical assistance.
2. Outpatient treatment
There are many different kinds of outpatient rehab centers that treat alcoholism. You don’t have to live in them, only go to the different groups. These are good for learning how to live with alcoholism in a group setting while not having to stay at a facility.
3. Inpatient treatment center
An inpatient alcohol rehab center is more intensive, patients can stay and get away from everything while they learn how to live without alcohol. These facilities have different kinds of treatment programs that they use to help someone with their addiction. These are usually the best way to go when seeking out treatment options.
4. Alcoholics anonymous
A.A. is a group of people that meets to discuss various assortments of recovery-related themes. Run by local people getting together for the sake of staying sober, it is a great way for someone to discuss what they are going through in their journey through recovery and seek help from their peers and to meet others that are alcoholics, too. They stand by keeping total anonymity in their groups to make the setting less intimidating and peaceful.
5. Support groups
There are a lot of different substance abuse support groups, A.A. is a type of support group. There are even support groups for family members of alcoholics.
Alcoholism is a very tough and difficult disease. It will make someone do the most terrible things and cause a lot of hurt to their loved ones, but there is hope. An alcoholic can get help and they can achieve sobriety. That will take a lot of work and support from their families. It is not unattainable, but it is not easy, but nothing worth having ever is. | <urn:uuid:ca321af1-6b51-4acb-a8e8-bea5e0aefbb9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.health.online/health-wellness/treatment-options-for-alcohol-addiction/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.975209 | 537 | 2.109375 | 2 |
SARAJEVO (Bosnia and Herzegovina), February 15 (SeeNews) – Bosnia’s Bihac airport operator has signed an agreement with local construction project designer Euroing and Italy’s Tecno Engineering 2C to prepare an aeronautical study for the planned construction of an international airport, the Bihac city government said.
The study should define what types of aircraft will be able to use the future airport’s services, the city government said in a statement on Monday.
The deadline for delivering the study is 120 days from the signing date. The airport operator will finance the works using funds provided by the government of Bosnia’s Federation entity.
The Federation’s government said in late December it will allocate some 5 million marka ($2.9 million/2.6 million euro) to finance expenditures related to the construction of a new airport in Bihac.
Bihac currently has only a small sports airport. In 2016, the Federation decided to work towards building a bigger airport for civilian flights to help boost the economy of the region. The construction of a new airport could require an estimated investment of some 100 million marka, according to earlier media reports.
The Federation is one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Serb Republic.
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We are interested in the interactions between microbes, primary producers (plants or phytoplankton), and the environment via secreted small molecules. Our goal is to reveal biological and chemical mechanisms that impact biogeochemical cycles, crop productivity, and human health. The vast majority of microbes cannot be cultured and analyzing the extreme complexity of mixtures of molecules with orders of magnitude differences in concentrations and activities is a challenge. Our studies make use of rapid developments in analytical instrumentation for profiling and characterizing relevant groups of secreted small molecules in an environmentally or agriculturally relevant context. Our working hypotheses start with an understanding of the importance of trace-metal limitation or toxicity as a bottom-up control on microbial communities and their interactions with plants or phytoplankton. For example, the role of iron as a limiting micro-nutrient can be observed in the oceans, in terrestrial environments, and in the struggle of pathogens to infect hosts. Our current research focuses on trace-metal regulated small-molecule interactions in the rhizosphere and their impact on nitrogen-fixation and plant growth. As part of our efforts, we study the structures, reactivity, and biology of secreted plant chelators and microbial siderophores in controlled laboratory incubations and natural environments using new molecular and elemental mass spectrometry approaches with chemical or spatial separations.
B. Sc. Chemistry, University of Leipzig
M. Sc. Chemistry, University of Leipzig
Ph. D. Chemistry, University of Kiel
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Isabel de Borbón y la corte literaria de Felipe IV
«On the Death of Isabel of Borbón» is perhaps the best written testimony of Queen Isabel’s love for the arts and letters. This poem, in all likelihood penned by Philip IV to honor Isabel’s life, is composed of eight decimas and the last verse of each is also the title of a Spanish Golden Age comedia. Although the special delight that Isabel found in the literature and fine arts of her time is well recognized, today we still know little about the extent and quality of that fondness, in particular, the relationship she may have established with the most famous and favored writers in the Court of the Planet King. This paper offers a first glimpse into how Isabel de Borbón is represented in the poem, paying special attention to two comedias mentioned in it: Los dos amantes del cielo and Amigo, amante y leal, both by Don Pedro Calderón de la Barca. | <urn:uuid:36a9f995-0570-42f1-9717-f2d29f6c3f9a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-164-5/vida-privada-e-imagen-publica/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.910191 | 224 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Congresbury History Group, Congresbury Methodist Hall, 2 High St, Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5JA Roger Ball, co-author of 100 Fishponds Rd: Life and death in a Victorian workhouse explains how a team of local researchers revealed that more than 4,000 men, women and children, inmates of Eastville Workhouse, were interred in unmarked graves in a burial ground that was forgotten for over a century. Rosemary Caldicott, author of The Life and Death of Hannah Wiltshire: A Case Study of Bedminster Union […]
Clevedon Civic Society, St Andrew’s Church Centre, Old Church Road, Clevedon, BS21 7UE Rosemary Caldicott, author of The Life and Death of Hannah Wiltshire: A Case Study of Bedminster Union Workhouse tells the true story of how in 1850s the local community pulled together to uncover murder in the Flax Bourton workhouse. Roger Ball, co-author of 100 Fishponds Rd: Life and death in a Victorian workhouse explains how a team of local researchers revealed that more than 4,000 men, women and children, […]
The Kingfisher Cafe, 8 Straits Parade, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 2LE In 2012 some radical historians poring over old maps came across a disused burial ground at Rosemary Green close to the site of Eastville Workhouse at 100 Fishponds Rd. Over the following years a team of local researchers revealed that more than 4,000 men, women and children, inmates of Eastville Workhouse, were interred in unmarked graves in Rosemary Green from 1851-1895. Eastville Workhouse, constructed by Clifton Poor Law […]
Downed Local History Society. Downend Folk House, Lincombe Barn, Overndale Road, Downend, Bristol, BS16 2RW Bedminster: the true story of how the local community pulled together to uncover murder in the workhouse. Eastville: The history of life death and burial at 100 Fishponds road. Both speakers are from the Bristol Radical History group
100 Fishponds Rd, Pedestrian Entrance to East Trees Health Centre, Bristol BS5 6BF As part of the ongoing Eastville Workhouse history project a cast aluminium, painted plaque by local artist Mike Baker will be unveiled on the surviving gates to the workhouse at 100 Fishponds Rd. Over eighty years thousands of men, women and children passed through these gates, driven by poverty, great age or ill-health. Families were separated, endured hard labour and a punitive regime. The plaque shows a relief […]
Where am I? You are on the site of Eastville Workhouse, which opened its doors in 1847. In the 1930s it became an old people's home and was finally demolished in 1972. This page is about the three memorials which are part of the Eastville Workhouse Project. Eastville Workhouse Plaque The plaque is situated on what is now the pedestrian entrance to East Trees Health Centre. This was the entrance to the driveway that led up to the main workhouse buildings. The new medical center was opened in […]
During the year of 1855 rumours of murder and cover up were circulating in the small north Somerset village of Walton-in-Gordano. An epileptic destitute country girl had died in the local institution known as the Bedminster Union Workhouse. Her death caused public outrage after letters were written to the local newspapers. The Board of Guardians were suspected of concealing the true magnitude of neglect at the workhouse, leading to accusations of medical negligence. In this pamphlet, Victorian […]
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Predicting fading channels is a classical problem with a vast array of applications, including as an enabler of artificial intelligence (AI)-based proactive resource allocation for cellular networks. Under the assumption that the fading channel follows a stationary complex Gaussian process, as for Rayleigh and Rician fading models, the optimal predictor is linear, and it can be directly computed from the Doppler spectrum via standard linear minimum mean squared error (LMMSE) estimation. However, in practice, the Doppler spectrum is unknown, and the predictor has only access to a limited time series of estimated channels. This paper proposes to leverage meta-learning in order to mitigate the requirements in terms of training data for channel fading prediction. Specifically, it first develops an offline low-complexity solution based on linear filtering via a meta-trained quadratic regularization. Then, an online method is proposed based on gradient descent and equilibrium propagation (EP). Numerical results demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approach, showing its capacity to approach the genie-aided LMMSE solution with a small number of training data points. | <urn:uuid:227f295c-0d51-490a-9238-1567d3a0d3a5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://researchwith.njit.edu/en/publications/predicting-flat-fading-channels-via-meta-learned-closed-form-line | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.923669 | 225 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Snow could fall for a further two weeks as a result of temperatures dropping dramatically amid Storm Arwen.
Prepare to hunker down and stay wrapped up inside, because the harsh weather is here to stay.
Forecaster WX Charts has even warned that England, Scotland and Wales will continue to be affected over the next couple of weeks, as snow is forecast on and off up until December 13. This could potentially cause further transport and travel issues.
The gale force winds have already resulted in three people being killed from falling trees, and damage to buildings has also been seen.
Members of the public have subsequently been warned against travelling during such conditions because of the extreme risk the high winds pose.
The blizzards have also resulted in power being cut off for more than 100,000 homes across the UK The Sun reports. England saw 55,000 people lose power, 11,000 in Wales, and 75,000 in Scotland.
Winds have built to a speed of 98mph in Brizlee Wood, Northumberland, and in Berry Head, Devon, the wind was recorded at 92mph.
Temperatures have also plunged, with parts of Scotland reaching -5°C.
In Wales, contestants had to be pulled out of the I’m A Celeb camp as a result of 80mph winds ripping through production tents, while falling trees and debris blown about the castle made the area unsafe.
If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected]
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What happens if a college student plagiarizes?
Plagiarism allegations can cause a student to be suspended or expelled. Their academic record can reflect the ethics offense, possibly causing the student to be barred from entering college from high school or another college. Schools, colleges, and universities take plagiarism very seriously.
What percent of college students plagiarize?
A study by The Center for Academic Integrity found that almost 80% of college students admit to cheating at least once. A survey by the Psychological Record shows that 36% of undergraduates have admitted to plagiarizing written material.
Why do college students plagiarize?
Collectively, the most frequently stated reasons students choose to plagiarize or cheat include: Desire to get a good grade. Fear of failing. Procrastination or poor time management.
Does LockDown browser record your face?
You may be required to use LockDown Browser with a webcam, which will record you during an online, non- proctored exam. (The webcam feature is sometimes referred to as “Respondus Monitor.”) If an exam requires LockDown Browser and a webcam, follow steps 1-5 in the previous “Taking A Test” section. | <urn:uuid:95f794d8-50f3-4678-9338-d8a33a662b00> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.vikschaatcorner.com/what-happens-if-a-college-student-plagiarizes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.927115 | 247 | 2.65625 | 3 |
This book is an in-depth case study of the Furness Withy and Co Shipping Group, which operated both tramp and liner services and was one of the five major British shipping groups of the early twentieth century. It demonstrates how British shipowners of this period generated success by exploring Christopher Furness’ career in relation to the social, political, and cultural currents during a time of tremendous shipping growth in Britain and the establishment of some of the largest shipping firms in the world. It approaches the study from three angles. The first analyses how the Furness Group expanded its shipping activities and became involved with the industrial sector. The second illustrates the organisational and financial structure of the enterprise. Finally, the Group’s leadership and entrepreneurship is scrutinised and placed within the wider context of twentieth century British business. The case study begins in 1870, with an introduction explaining how Christopher Furness came to join the family company, Thomas Furness and Co. in order develop services, expand, and instigate the changes and mergers that brought the Furness Group into existence. There are thirteen chronologically presented chapters, a bibliography, and seven appendices of data including an ownership timeline, tonnage statistics, acquisitions, a list of maritime associates, and a timeline of Christopher Furness’ life. The book concludes in 1919 with the de-merging of the Furness Group’s shipping and industrial holdings, the resignation of the Furness family from the company’s board, the sale of their shares, and the move into managing the firm’s industrial interests. | <urn:uuid:35908cf0-3473-406d-b352-76b4fcc14825> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://dev-liverpoolup.cloudpublish.co.uk/books/isbn/9781786948861 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.943939 | 322 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Ghana News Archive
GNA; (09.03.2013) - A total of 2,248 persons living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment across the country had shunned medication seeking healing at prayer camps and from traditional healers, an AIDS commission workshop has revealed. It has also been established that these group of persons only to return to the hospital after cases had worsened....
strengthening effective collaboration and partnership among the stakeholders on the subject matter.
At the end of the workshop, traditional healers and the religious leaders agreed that it was very imperative that they worked hand-in-hand with the professional medical practitioners and the coordinators to deliver effective services for People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV).
The stakeholders resolved that all orthodox and religious facilities should have contacts of their clients and those of the health centres in order to make effective follow ups on the victims to referral centres.
They also adopted that the traditional healers, religious leaders, especially those at the prayer camps and health personnel, should have confidence among one another by revealing certain information about their operations for the benefit of the PLHIVs.
The traditional healers and the religious leaders deemed it very important to create offices at their centres to host health personnel such as midwives and AIDS workers, who would first of all offer HIV test for their clients before commencing their treatment or services.
The stakeholders appreciated the fact that their crucial role is to be encouraging their clients who are living with HIV to adhere to and not to default on their medication so as to keep them healthy and stronger.
Stakeholders at the workshop called on the Ghana Health Service and the AIDS Commission to set up a team whose function would be to identify all traditional healers and prayer camps in a catchment area and to establish a relationship with them to exchange methods of treatment of PLHIV.
It was also adopted that regular workshops for the traditional healers and prayer camp operators and regular supporting supervision on their activities would help save many HIV and AIDS victims who neglected their Anti-retroviral Treatment for prayers or unsuccessful herbal treatment.
The workshop identified stigmatization as still the very huge bane on reducing HIV and AIDS issues in the country and that all hands must be on deck to stop stigmatizing PLHIVs since they are humans just like any other person.
Selection of older Ghana news 2007 - Jan 2015
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Mother Nipping Fawns Tail
This fawn is about to get nipped. I’ve seen a few deer bite deer scenarios historically. Not too many though. Perhaps that tail looked tasty for a minute. Just a little nip. Perhaps this is a deer form of spanking. Butt Biting certainly would change the expression on it’s face I’m thinking lol. It’s natures way to correct our young one’s inattention.
These guys were grazing out in the backcountry grasslands up high on the ridges. I randomly came by. Blending in and letting the deer get back into natural behavior after your initial intrusion. They definitely have a line in the sand you don’t cross without loosing your photographic privileges. Some close than others. These twins are good with me as are their mother. I watched them for about 1/2 hour. Then continued on up the ridge to find a location to photograph the one going “Golden Hour” and the coming sunset.
I have read that twins are normal in most healthy populations. 10 to 15 percent of the deer in such biomes bear triplets. I have not seen any triplets in a few years. I suppose I only see a small population sample here on a 5 square mile ranch relative to say the 36 square mile township. There are a lot of deer in a 36 square mile township lolol. We only have a few dozen small herd nearby here that I interact some with. Most of them just overlap their range on my place. Only a few herds actually live here. Of course there are itinerant bucks that come by occasionally.
Location: Bliss Dinosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands (Wyotana)
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Caccini’s Le nuove musiche of —a collection of twelve madrigals, ten airs, and a setting of the final chorus from Chiabrera’s Il rapimento di Cefalo—has. Trove: Find and get Australian resources. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more. VERYONE is aware that in his preface to Le nuove musiche, that. “manifesto of the new style” of Italian solo song of the late 16th century,’ Giulio Caccini speaks .
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This page is only for complete editions and multiple selections from the collection here. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The New Music
Ard’il mio petto misero Aria Quarta. The volume was dedicated to Lorenzo Salviati and is dated Februarystile fiorentinostile comune ; it was to be published early in but the printer, Giulio Marescottidied before publication was completed, and its release was delayed until July Udite, udite, amanti – possibly by Rinuccini Aria Settima.
Le nuove musiche Caccini, Giulio This page is only for complete editions and multiple selections from the collection here. It includes musical examples of ornaments—for example, how a specific passage can be ornamented in several different ways, according to the precise emotion that the singer wishes to convey.
For arrangements, new editions, etc. Occh’immortali – possibly by Rinuccini Aria Ottava. The preface also includes effusive praise for the style which he himself invented, and amusing disdain for the work of more conservative composers of the period. An abridged English translation of Le nuove musiche ‘s preface was printed in John Playford ‘s Introduction to the Skill of Music from to Fere selvaggie – possibly by Cini Aria Quinta.
Le nuove musiche (Caccini, Giulio) – IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music
Io parto, amati lumi – muusiche by Rinuccini Aria Seconda. Work Title Le nuove musiche Alt ernative. This page was last edited on 27 Januaryat It is one of the earliest and most significant examples of music written in the early baroque style of the seconda pratica. It contains 12 madrigals and 10 arias. Caccini expressed disappointment at inappropriate ornamentation by the singers of his day.
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Madrigals ; Nuoce ; For voice, continuo ; For voices with continuo ; Scores featuring the voice ; Scores with basso continuo ; For 6 mueiche ; For unaccompanied voices ; For mixed chorus ; Scores featuring mixed chorus ; For unaccompanied chorus ; Italian language. The introduction to this volume is probably the most clearly written description of the purpose, intent and correct performance of monody from the time. Editor Conrado Federici also translation. Le nuove musiche ‘s success inspired many similar collections in the seventeenth century, and it is regularly anthologized in modern collections.
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As state and local economies attempt to reopen, and eviction moratoriums expire, millions of Americans once again face losing their homes. While these moratoriums have temporarily protected renters who may be unemployed and unable to pay rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, elected officials are waking up to the reality that additional, far-reaching legislation is necessary to prevent widespread eviction, homelessness, and another foreclosure crisis.
Along with legislation that cancels rent and forgives debts, we need policies that remove land from the speculative market and preserve existing affordable housing. With real estate moratoriums lifted, landlords could seek to evict tenants who are unable to pay back rent, and property owners could sell distressed properties to the highest bidder. Waves of mass evictions would be spurred by the conversion of rentals to luxury condos. Large investment firms like Blackstone Group are already poised to buy and flip distressed properties around the country, which would eliminate affordable housing options for middle- to low-income renters.
Laws that would enable tenants to purchase a property before it’s put on the market have the potential to further protect renters. Versions of a law known as the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) are currently being proposed in reconvened legislative sessions in New York and California; and in the cities of Oakland and Berkeley, California. Massachusetts is considering state enabling legislation (H.1260/ S.786), which would give all Massachusetts cities the ability to opt in to TOPA. Boston and Somerville, Massachusetts, are trying to get versions of TOPA passed through local home-rule petitions. A version of TOPA was also introduced on the federal level by Rep. Ilhan Omar, in her Emergency Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act, which would give affordable housing developers the first right of purchase when a multi-family unit goes up for sale. Although it is unlikely that Omar’s bill will pass, the inclusion of this right in her federal bill represents widespread awareness that TOPA has the potential to help prevent another mass foreclosure crisis.
TOPA bills promote the transfer of property ownership into the hands of tenants and affordable housing developers by enabling tenants to exercise a first right of purchase. The process is outlined in various TOPA bills: landlords are required to give notice to tenants, and then allow a specified amount of time for tenants to express interest, make an offer, and secure funding.
The first TOPA bill was enacted in Washington, D.C., in 1980 to give tenants at risk of eviction a pathway to ownership and control over their homes. A 2013 report from the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute found that TOPA helped preserve nearly 1,400 units of affordable housing in the District between 2003 and 2013, at just a fraction of a cost of building new affordable units. TOPA and Washington, D.C.’s Housing Production Trust Fund have led to the creation of 4,400 limited-equity co-op units across 99 buildings. D.C. TOPA was successful in part because a funding source, the Housing Production Trust Fund, was created about 10 years after the law’s enactment. Advocates of current TOPA proposals are similarly calling for expanded funding streams to make the first right of purchase attainable for low-income tenants.
In recent years, cities and states around the country have worked on versions of the TOPA bill that build on the D.C. law. Advocates see TOPA as an answer to keep Wall Street out of their neighborhoods, and protect communities’ affordable housing stock, especially now, in light of pandemic-related housing insecurity.
TOPA in the Works
TOPA bills that have been, or will soon be introduced, bear marked similarities with one another, but also reflect policymakers’ diverging priorities. For instance, the East Bay Community Law Center, a drafter of the Berkeley bill that also provided legal research for the Oakland and New York proposals, studied what has worked with D.C.’s law, and what could be improved.
D.C.’s TOPA law does not have a permanent affordability requirement, meaning that tenants who collectively purchase a property through TOPA using private funds could resell that property at market-rate prices without resale caps. However, if tenants utilize public subsidies or subsidized loans offered by the Department of Housing and Community Development to purchase the property, affordability restrictions (resale caps or rent limits) are triggered. Although D.C. policymakers may have intended to allow for tenants to build equity, this aspect of their TOPA bill does not accomplish other policymakers’ goals of reusing public subsidies to preserve the units of affordable housing in perpetuity.
In light of this, the East Bay Community Law Center decided to mandate permanent affordability to any property that is acquired through TOPA, which would be accomplished through deed restriction. Their system would still allow for very modest equity-building while still preserving affordability longterm.
New York State Sen. Zellnor Myrie will soon introduce a proposal for a statewide TOPA bill. Advocates of the New York bill hope that many of the properties acquired by tenants through this program will be converted into limited-equity co-ops or affordable rentals with tenant oversight. “We are looking to TOPA as one necessary tool to stabilize neighborhoods, preserve affordable housing permanently and create shared equity through tenants taking collective control of their buildings,” says Akilah Browne of New Economy Project, one of the groups helping to shape the bill.
All of the new proposals will allow tenants to assign their right to purchase to a third party who could help with financing and oversight in the acquisition and renovation process. Third-party entities may be able to help tenants acquire funding for the purchase of their property, having familiarity with available tax exemptions and credits, and with existing relationships with local banks and credit unions to leverage in securing mortgage loans.
In Berkeley, Oakland, and other jurisdictions, the third-party organizations must be vetted by the city, which will maintain a list of qualified affordable housing organizations. In order to qualify, organizations must show commitment to permanent affordability and democratic residential control. The D.C. TOPA bill leaves it up to tenants whether they assign their rights to a for-profit or nonprofit developer, and even gives the option to sell their rights to the highest bidder, which has been criticized as a practice that runs counter to the intent of the bill. Berkeley TOPA drafters learned from the D.C. bill, and chose to exclude tenants’ option to sell their rights.
Some questions up for debate among TOPA policymakers are how to ensure that a landlord accepts a good-faith offer made by tenants or affordable housing developers, and is not purposely refusing their offer in order to accept a higher bid.
Another major point where the various bills differ is whether TOPA rights are triggered for all rentals put up on the market by a landlord, or just multi-family units. D.C.’s TOPA law previously applied to single-family accommodations (SFAs), but in 2019 the law was amended to exclude certain SFAs. Berkeley’s proposed bill will apply to all rental properties in the city, including SFAs, with a number of exceptions and safeguards against the undesireable consequences of including SFAs in D.C. Oakland’s proposed bill, authored by Council Member Nikki Fortunato Bas and supported by the Oakland Opportunity Coalition, offers an exemption to transfers within families upon the death of a family member, as would Berkeley.
The timeframe given to tenants to exercise their right to purchase also varies by jurisdiction, and depends on the type of property (i.e., single-family home, duplex, multi-unit building). Each bill specifies deadlines for tenants to submit a statement of interest, make an offer, and then to secure financing and close on the property. In general, the time allotted increases for properties with five or more units, since mortgages for collectively owned properties are typically difficult to obtain, and tenants of multi-family units of five or more must organize into a tenant association to execute their right if one is not already in place.
Berkeley’s bill is opposed by a coalition called STOP TOPA (Taking Our Property Away), which claims the bill is an attack on private property. STOP TOPA represents real estate lobbyists and landlord lobbying groups. One of the main organizers for the Berkeley STOP TOPA contingent is from Bridge Association of Realtors.
In response to the opposition group circulating incendiary information about the proposal, supporters created their own campaign, Yes2TOPA. This group’s website includes justifications for the bill, including a statistic gathered from an Urban Displacement Project study that in all of Berkeley’s low-income tracts, households are either at risk of displacement, undergoing displacement, or experiencing advanced gentrification.
Outlook for the Future
Mayor Jesse Arreguín of Berkeley strongly supports the TOPA bill, which was proposed only weeks before California executed its shelter-in-place order. The COVID-19 crisis diverted the city’s attention to emergency responses, but now that the initial shock of the pandemic is subsiding, coalitions are beginning to revive momentum with community partners and electeds. “We’re hopeful about the outlook,” says Hewot Shankute of the East Bay Community Law Center.
David Tisel, project manager at Somerville Community Corporation (SCC) in Massachusetts, is likewise optimistic about the passage of TOPA bills in Boston and Somerville. Tisel has been instrumental in petitioning the Massachusetts state legislature to grant a home-rule petition to allow Somerville to pass TOPA. Boston housing advocates have done the same. Both jurisdictions are pursuing state-enabling legislation, which would allow any city or town in Massachusetts to pass a version of the bill. “I think TOPA has an even greater chance of passing in this environment of pandemic-related housing insecurity,” Tisel states. “We don’t want another housing crisis like what happened in 2008, and we need measures like TOPA to prevent that from happening.”
Each jurisdiction’s iteration of TOPA has differing prospects for passage, and falls along varying timelines. According to a spokesperson from Housing Justice for All, a leader in the New York State push for TOPA, it’s not yet clear whether NY TOPA will be introduced in the special summer session of 2020 or at the start of the new session in January 2021.
The Berkeley bill went to the The Land Use, Housing & Economic Development Committee in early March, but hasn’t been visited publicly again since COVID.
The Somerville city council unanimously passed a local Home Rule Petition with the mayor’s approval in December 2019. The Home Rule Petition was assigned to the House’s Joint Committee on Housing where it received a favorable report in late May, but there are still many more hurdles to go through before passage of a statewide Massachusetts or local TOPA bills. | <urn:uuid:81bd7031-efbc-4805-b025-767499989851> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://shelterforce.org/2020/07/24/giving-tenants-the-first-opportunity-to-purchase-their-homes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.950099 | 2,261 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Is something not clear with the rules or gameplay? You're in the right place!
If you like to have rules explained to you rather than reading them, this video will quickly give you a comprehensive view of the rules
We also uploaded sample turns where you can see how the game is played. You can watch them back-to-back in this playlist, or individually using the links below.
- Setting up and first turn
- Getting energy by emptying a source
- Advancing on the Free Energy track
- Running a reaction network
- Using an established mechanism
Here's some common questions we've had about the game:
What happens if we run out of energy cubes?
It can happen that you run out of resource cubes--likely energy, but maybe biomolecules. If you run out of cubes, you can use pieces of paper or beans or any other marker instead.
You can also just note on a piece of paper how many cubes you are supposed to have, just make sure you keep track of energy accumulating on sources, too.
NOTE: remember to discard energy cubes if you have more than 7 on your environment at the end of your turn.
I built a clever/weird/funny shape with the tiles, was I allowed to do it?
As long as border colors match (black next to black, etc or colorless border next to colorless border) and arrow directions agree, everything is allowed.
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THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GEOLOGICAL ENRICHMENT EDUCATION FOR FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS AT CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A five-week geology enrichment program was designed and implemented for a group of twenty-four fourth grade students enrolled at Clinton Elementary School in Clinton, New York. The curriculum was self-designed and incorporated both New York State and national science standards for the fourth grade level. The program encompassed five main topics in geoscience including mineralogy, a combination of volcanology and plate tectonics, meteorology, paleontology, and planetary geology. A diverse array of teaching methods were developed to communicate the information and to encourage student participation in each topic of discussion. These methods included hands-on laboratory work, classroom activities with supplementary worksheets, group discussions, lectures, demonstrations, active note taking, the examination of specimen samples, daily handouts, and optional homework assignments. Although this program was completed with students at the fourth grade level, it could be implemented with equal success in third and fifth grade classrooms. Educators could also easily modify and adjust classroom activities and geology units to accommodate any monetary or temporal limitations of the educational setting. | <urn:uuid:4ca3d66b-f417-4644-b375-35d299d67c59> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2010NE/webprogram/Paper169002.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.939286 | 268 | 2.84375 | 3 |
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Vitalik Buterin Discusses Cryptocurrency Intellectuals.
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin Shares His Thoughts On Intellectuals In the Crypto Space.
Vitalik Buterin, one of the people responsible for the creation of Ethereum, has turned to Twitter in order to discuss the intellectuals and deep thinkers in the cryptocurrency space.
According to him, the job of an intellectual does not always consist of attempting to outwit everyone else or coming up with the synthesis of the world’s thesis and antithesis or whatever else could be the case.
Rather, it is a matter of understanding when to just restate basic and stupid norms such as “invading people bad.” The cryptographer said this is an essential lesson for anyone working in crypto.
“Sometimes the task of an intellectual isn’t about trying to outsmart everyone or come up with the synthesis to the world’s thesis and antithesis or whatever. Rather, it’s about knowing when to just reaffirm simple dumb rules like “invading people bad”.
There is much too many mental acrobatics involved in justifying something that a child of 12 years old adopting the simple criterion “if it offers 20% APR it’s a Ponzi” would accurately reject every time.
“Also an important lesson for the crypto space. Way too much mental gymnastics goes into defending things that a 12 year old applying a simple unnuanced “if it offers 20% APR it’s a Ponzi” rule would correctly reject every time.”
Also an important lesson for the crypto space. Way too much mental gymnastics goes into defending things that a 12 year old applying a simple unnuanced “if it offers 20% APR it's a Ponzi” rule would correctly reject every time.
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) July 27, 2022
He was referring to Terra when he mentioned an APY of 20 percent. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, the cryptographer critiqued Terra again, stating that there is no true investment that can produce returns anywhere close to 20 percent annually.
Intellectuals And Crypto
Most traditional economic definitions of money fail digital assets such as bitcoin and other crypto tokens. A world where Elon Musk can tweet two emojis and your asset depreciate 80% in value is a hellish dystopia for intellectuals. Most of them believe that crypto assets are the result of a speculative frenzy and a financial swindle centered on an opaque technology with a tolerance for intellectual incoherence at its foundation.
On the other hand, due to Blockchain’s inherent accountability, security, transparency, and immutability, it has the potential to make a substantial contribution to the global economy.
As time goes on, blockchain has a chance of being adopted as an underlying technology by the majority of the world’s governments. It also has a chance of bringing the whole intellectual property system under one umbrella.
In related developments, as reported by The Crypto Basic the Merge, the name given to Ethereum’s conversion from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), is now under active development. In Buterin’s estimation, the network will be 55% complete by either the end of Merge or when PoS is implemented. | <urn:uuid:d57c5e06-2e36-469e-9faa-6e9e30e0add9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://altcoin-charts.com/ethereum-founder-says-too-much-mental-gymnastics-in-defending-things-even-12-year-old-can-figure-out-20-apr-as-ponzi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.909992 | 738 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Some doctors and nurses in Nanaimo say patients are at risk because Island Health has reversed its decision to shelve an electronic system that they say can cause drug dosage errors and take time away from patient care.
Island Health’s board and executive agreed on Feb. 17 to suspend the “computerized provider order-entry” tool until improvements were made.
The tool is used to order medications and tests such as X-rays and blood work. It is part of the new IHealth system, which seeks to have one electronic record and plan of care for each patient.
But the health authority said it has found the order-entry tool is too entrenched in other parts of the electronic health records to shelve.
“It turns out that it is connected to many other aspects of electronic health records, so [the tool] could not be taken away independently … . Other advanced functions of the electronic health record would be affected,” said Dr. Ben Williams, medical director for Oceanside Health Centre, who has helped lead the transition to electronic health records.
Instead, Island Health is adding support and making improvements while the tool continues to be used. The changes include more training for staff and the ability to file in-the-moment reports that will go to a new “quality assurance command centre,” to fix problems as they occur.
Williams said electronic order-entry is making patients safer. For example, he said doctors have received automated allergy alerts 6,000 times since the system was implemented. More than 1,500 times, a doctor has changed a clinical decision as a result.
The order-entry tool has reduced patients’ average wait times for antibiotics by 55 minutes and X-rays by almost two hours, he said.
But many front-line workers have a different view.
Fifty-four per cent of respondents in a B.C. Nurses’ Union survey said they believe the IHealth system puts patient safety at risk, compared with 28 per cent who disagreed with the statement.
Fifty-two per cent said they had personally been involved in the care of a patient who they believe has had a near-miss or adverse event because of IHealth.
Almost one-third said they seriously considered leaving their workplace or retiring because of IHealth.
The survey was sent to union members at sites where IHealth had been implemented, including Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Dufferin Place and Oceanside.
There were 396 responses, which is a response rate of almost 50 per cent.
The problem is seen to be so serious that some medical staff are considering going against the Island Health directive and reverting to paper record-keeping, said Dr. David Forrest, president of the Nanaimo Medical Staff Association.
On Feb. 7, association members overwhelmingly voted to stop using the system.
“It’s very concerning to us, from an ethical standpoint that Island Health would continue to insist on using the system … when in fact there are significant concerns from front-line users,” Forrest said.
The association is in favour of electronic health records and recognizes paper records pose their own safety problems, including legibility of writing. But the electronic system needs to be fixed before staff use it, he said.
In one case, a patient required an insulin infusion, which requires more precision in dosage than many procedures. Forrest said the staff member adjusted the sliding dosage scale with help from IHealth personnel.
“They all put it in correctly,” he said. “But the next morning, the patient had a dangerously low blood sugar. And the order that showed on the screen was different than what they had put in.”
The incident was flagged, so the problem could be fixed. But Forrest said the same physician saw the same type of patient 10 months later and the same error happened.
IHealth was rolled out in Nanaimo in March 2016. Nine weeks later, doctors in the intensive care and emergency departments voiced concerns about patient safety and reverted to pen and paper orders.
In July, Health Minister Terry Lake ordered a review of IHealth by Dr. Doug Cochrane, the province’s patient safety and quality officer. He found potential for errors and said Island Health should have spent more time tailoring the software to the needs of front-line workers before introducing it.
Cochrane said the system needs to be modified and cannot be rolled out to hospitals in Greater Victoria and the rest of the Island before it’s fully functional.
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By Demarquin Johnson
Today, September 15th, marks the annual celebration of the International Day of Democracy. In creating this day, the United Nations underscored the undeniable value of democratic governance. FairVote echoes this sentiment in its advocacy for reforms to ensure fair elections and a more representative government.
A healthy democracy encourages the input of citizens to develop political, economic, social, and cultural policies. Because of the widespread impact of government actions, countries benefit from inclusive practices. Diverse perspectives from citizens result in unique solutions to, national, regional, and local issues. There are myriad examples around the world of advances in democratic governments, but there is still room for growth.
To fully embrace democracy, nations must make strides to ensure all citizens are able to be heard and represented. This includes ethnic minorities, women, and other marginalized groups throughout their electorates. Additionally, political minorities, independents, and third party candidates deserve a fair chance in elections. It is clear that although our country seeks that kind of democracy, we are far from realizing it. Women and minority groups are vastly underrepresented in legislatures and participation in the electoral process. Hence, governments lack diversity and constituents lack representation. These are not components of a healthy democracy. The integrity of government requires greater engagement with all citizens.
FairVote has a long history of advocating for research-backed reforms to improve the electoral process. In the interest of a truly democratic society, we advocate for multi-winner districts with ranked choice voting, where more than one person is elected to represent a diverse group of constituents, resulting in broader representation. Ranked choice voting (RCV) further ensures elected officials represent their district by allowing voters to indicate their candidates by preference, which ensures majority rule and democratic outcomes. Because voters can rank their choices, candidates must reach beyond their base and find common ground with their opponents, decreasing polarization and negativity in political campaigns. RCV also has a positive impact on the representation of women in politics. In California, for example, cities like San Francisco and Oakland saw the number of women elected to office increase by more than ten percentage points.
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While imperial, beautiful, and frequently benign, wild animals may become dangerous and damaging pests.
A secure solution is to do-it-yourself to manage and control your pests.
Many people have been torn between love because of these animal’s almost magical look in your lawn to the possible threat to property and people that they signify in residential preferences.
Humans are usually accountable for decreasing the natural habitats of wild animals.
These creatures often respond by attempting to build homes and hunting grounds at the residential places left for them. Furthermore, a temporary lack of water or food from creature turfs will induce them to individual habitats on a temporary basis. Because of this, more dangerous creatures like foliage can on occasion be found carrying a dip in a backyard pool, or even a mountain lion that followed down deer from a hill perched onto a tree branch close to a golf program. In such scenarios, pest management takes on a significant assignment.
But how harmful are deer and squirrels? Do house owners want pest control attempts against those seemingly benign animals?
Squirrels are much less likely as the other rodents to take disease. When a homeowner feeds through a mosquito repellent attached up a tree pest control functions nicely. If someone spreads feed onto the floor, nevertheless, that readily reachable chow can bring skunks, prairie dogs (in Western places) and other creatures that may take rabies, plaque, along with other ailments animals share with people.
Deer prefer to consume garden crops and the bark and leaves off ornamental trees and shrubs. Efforts to pet or manage deer could result in them build-up on individuals resulting inreductions, scratches, cuts, drops and additional accidents.
The best kind of dwelling wildlife management is prevention.
Animals residing in a lawn or regularly visiting a house do so since there’s something in the place they enjoy. Eliminating everything attracts creatures is a secure and efficient process of pest management. Appropriate choice of bird feed and feeders will bring in songbirds and dissuade less desirable critters. Replacing plants crazy creatures eat with ones that they do not enjoy is a comparable do-it-yourself pest management program. Maintaining one’s belongings free of trash and trash functions also.
It is okay to get rid of pests by yourself if you can do it, but if you cannot, then call Empire Wildlife Control (http://empirewildlifecontrol.com) to help you! Another advice from the regional humane society, even large animal vet, or the fire or police department could be the safest pest management effort in this sort of situation. | <urn:uuid:1b189281-1c07-4c95-954d-320c895f4071> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.tourismbuffalocity.co.za/empire-wildlife-control-an-animal-pestering-your-place-of-stay.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.922501 | 540 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Sonoma County Wildfire Awareness Tools
Above is a fresh image from the fastest but least accurate satellite heat detection system, called GOES-17. Compare the timestamp on the map to the current time: this image should be less than six minutes old. You can reposition the map and zoom in and out. Hot spots are detected where you see colored rectangles. Each rectangle is roughly 2 Km x 2 Km (1.25 x 1.25 mi). This does not reliably show you boundaries for a given fire, but it tells you there's probably fire or smoke somewhere inside that area. The color of the rectangle indicates how old the report is:
MODIS and VIIRS are different satellites that are more accurate, with a visual resolution of .6 miles and .22 miles, respectively. Inside that range, they cannot further differentiate where heat/smoke are. These satellites only pass overhead once or twice per day.
Hot spots appear as asterisks. Here again, colors indicate the age of the hot spot report:
You can zoom in to see more information like the time of the flyover and the measured ground temperature associated with each hotspot.
Access both of these maps directly at https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=38.18207,-122.64862&z=8&b=om
Known Fire Starts
Click here to see known fire starts, as identified by GIS professionals from emergency agencies and social media.
911 fire calls could indicate a problem before satellites can see it. Below are the active fire and medical 911 calls in Sonoma County. Note you can also see these calls displayed in "map view."
You can click https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/231 to listen to 911 dispatch. Don't trust everything you hear: first reports are often inaccurate.
You can check live cameras on many North Bay mountaintops to look for fires. Click http://beta.alertwildfire.org/northbay/?camera=Axis-BarnhamNorth to go to that site.
The county of Sonoma lists the current evacuation orders and evacuation warnings here. You can zoom in to see more detail.
Sometimes the map lags the actual orders by a few minutes. County of Sonoma emergency announcements may show up here first: Tweets by CountyofSonoma
To access County of Sonoma emergency pages directly: https://socoemergency.org/
Wind, particularly at higher elevations, can be a powerful force in fire growth. Here are the current wind conditions and forecast. (Scroll right for subsequent days.)
Here's a live map of air pollution due to smoke. Green numbers are normal. Anything else is unusual. You can zoom in to your exact location.
To access this page directly: https://www.purpleair.com/map?opt=1/m/i/mAQI/a10/cC4#9.72/38.3779/-122.6859
There's also a national weather service experimental smoke forecast page here: https://hwp-viz.gsd.esrl.noaa.gov/smoke/index.html
When fire weather is expected, PG&E may cut power. During a wildfire, many customers will usually lose power. If a "public safety power shutdown" is planned, you'll see an alert message below. (You can dismiss it by clicking "continue.") On the map, you can then select current or future outages.
To access this page directly: https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outages/map/
Wildfire Fuel Mapper
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As more universities attempt to transform how they teach science and math, a Michigan State University researcher is focusing on broader changes across networks of campuses in order to improve student learning.
Ann Austin has received three grants totaling $2.7 million from the National Science Foundation to study how reforms to institutional policies and practices, along with teaching and curriculum, can be leveraged to help undergraduates succeed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.
Austin has also been selected to co-chair a new multi-year initiative of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine focused on systemic approaches to improving undergraduate STEM education. Demand for STEM knowledge in today's workplace continues growing.
“We need to think about issues around leadership, preparation of faculty to teach in new ways, how we evaluate teaching and opportunities for faculty to collaborate,” said Austin, a professor of higher education and associate dean for research in the MSU College of Education. “There are multiple levers to advance change and we are seeing the use of national networks becoming a powerful force for institutional transformation.”
Austin will break new ground by exploring how universities improve STEM education when they work together. An example of these networks is the Association of American Universities' Undergraduate STEM Initiative, which has led to improved learning outcomes, especially in the introductory STEM courses, at its member institutions including MSU.
Austin and Susan Singer, provost of Rollins College and former director of the Division of Undergraduate Education at NSF, will use a four-year $1.8 million grant to study six other networks representing different types of institutions and approaches to change.
One of the networks they’ll study is the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, or CIRTL, a collection of 41 universities that focus on how they prepare STEM doctoral students to be exceptional instructors and researchers. Another, the Bay View Alliance, is a network of nine research universities in the U.S. and Canada that foster cultural change in STEM departments to improve teaching.
“We want to know how these networks work best, such as how they handle communication, how they balance commitment to the common goal with their own autonomy and how they strive to become sustainable,” said Austin.
With the second grant, Austin is working with three of the Bay View Alliance universities to focus on how they change one important component of STEM education: how teaching is evaluated and rewarded.
Austin will create case studies from the institutions – University of Massachusetts, Amherst; University of Colorado, Boulder; and University of Kansas – exploring how new approaches and a shared vision for using multiple sources of information (beyond student surveys) are tied to good teaching practices. The project is funded by a five-year, $690,000 grant.
Austin's role as lead researcher for CIRTL also will continue as the network expands and focuses on preparing future STEM faculty members specifically for improving undergraduate education. MSU is one of three universities that founded this long-standing project in 2003. The latest grant includes $220,000 for Austin's research, which will among other questions assess the long-range impact of participating in the project for the universities.
“An underlying principle guiding each of these projects is that improving teaching and learning in higher education involves changing organizational culture, policies and processes,” Austin said. “MSU is an institutional leader nationally in undertaking systemic changes to improve student learning and I am excited that the research my colleagues and I are doing contributes to this growing body of knowledge.”
Henry Campa, associate dean of the MSU Graduate School, oversees MSU's participation in the CIRTL network and will also be conducting a project funded by the new CIRTL grant.
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In recent years, the value received by installing LED lighting products has sparked tremendous growth in the industry. Unfortunately, with this boom in growth, I have also seen poor quality products making it to the marketplace. In my experience, purchasers often require more in-depth knowledge when choosing the product that best suits their needs.
The first mistake many buyers make is having unrealistic expectations regarding the service life of an LED light. If a manufacturer estimates the service life of an LED at 100,000 hours, this does not mean that the light will shine brightly for that period of time. A process known as lumen decrease occurs over time and is influenced by such factors as humidity, temperature, ventilation, thermal management, electrical design and control.
A second common mistake is focusing on effective angle when the beam angle of an LED is being analyzed. Calculations for the effective angle do not include the beam angle that is beyond half of axial direction and intensity. For an accurate calculation, the actual beam angle should be used.
Mistake number three is made when purchasers believe that more power is equivalent to higher brightness. The luminous intensity–also known as axial direction brightness–of a light is the true measure of LED brightness. If two separate lights are compared side-by-side and one of those lights uses more power but their axial direction brightness is the same, they will both produce the same amount of brightness. | <urn:uuid:bb49d051-66ce-4c61-921d-add620bb9fbd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://drbulb.com/three-common-mistakes-made-buying-led-lights | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958985 | 287 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Voluntary disclosure is simply the act of letting government services like HMRC know about a mistake or non-compliant activity without being prompted.
This is all about open and honest business practice that aims to put matters right when your accounts and finances have gone astray, for whatever reason.
We would always advice our clients to consider voluntary disclosure when necessary.
The most severe penalties and legal actions that can come from an HMRC campaign are all to do with non-disclosure of activities suspected to be involved in things like deceit, tax avoidance or fraud.
HMRC takes investigations seriously if it discovers evidence of improper activity in your financial history that it is not aware of.
When you make a voluntary disclosure to HMRC, there is no longer evidence of deceit or attempts to mask illegal activities, which will most likely reduce the severity of penalties and actions taken.
Voluntary disclosure of improper activity will result in HMRC evaluating the extent of the problem and then working out how the issue can be rectified.
In most scenarios, the voluntary disclosure will be of small-scale underpayments or mistakes in assessment returns concerning matters of income tax.
Here, HMRC will simply work out what you owe. In the case of simple mistakes, you’ll then have 90 days to repay what you owe.
If you are disclosing illegal tax return affairs that were designed purposefully to cut your taxes through avoidance schemes, HMRC may decide to escalate matters.
The result will be appropriate legal action, which will vary depending on the severity of the disclosures made.
However, because you’ve made an honest and early disclosure, the penalty you receive is almost certain to be more lenient than if you were to continue to deceive HMRC until it forcefully uncovered the behaviour itself.
You should consider voluntary full disclosure of accounts details to HMRC if you are aware of non-compliance with legal liabilities within your tax returns or financial reports.
But this applies only for those that have already been recorded by the HMRC. If there are problems with your accounts that have not been submitted to the service yet, you have not provided them with inappropriate information and can rectify issues without disclosure.
Disclosure could be involved in any situation where your tax information is inaccurate, activity has occurred where the numbers provided to HMRC do not match earnings/outgoing or you have intentionally deceived HMRC through a tax-avoidance scheme.
For example, it could concern misinformation on income tax, capital gains inaccuracies, a lack of payments towards your National Insurance contributions or other simple mistakes. It may also be to do with claimed expenses, inheritance tax, declared interest on credit card payments or loans, or contributions to charities.
If you know it’s wrong, or has gone wrong, declare it.
HMRC has a fully outlined process to help you disclose unpaid tax.
All you have to do is follow standard procedure, which involves identifying yourself as a taxpayer by providing your personal details and tax reference number, followed by a notification of what you would like to disclose and the inclusion of any necessary documents, sources or details that help HMRC understand what’s gone wrong and how to put it right.
When you fail to disclose tax inaccuracies, various things may happen.
It is highly possible that nothing will ever come of it and that when audited by HMRC, then they’ll never know. Even if you are aware of inaccuracies but there is no evidence to suggest that you are, then in the event of an audit, HMRC will simply present you with a bill for what you owe.
Issues arise when it is blatant that you are aware of matters that should have been disclosed, or that you actively engaged in activities to avoid your liabilities and HMRC finds out.
Penalties can be harsh, and prosecution can even occur.
Tax avoidance is quite easy, which means HMRC can and do make examples of those found to be breaking the law.
To protect your assets and interests, we advise that you take any opportunity to declare mistakes when possible, to protect both yourself and your business!
If you are anxious that you might have made errors that need to be disclosed but aren’t sure, we can support you in rectifying the issue, through an internal investigation of your finances, as well as well-informed feedback and guidance. | <urn:uuid:9125ebab-f665-4b9c-8570-40db03184b61> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gowandpartners.co.uk/blog/voluntary-disclosure-to-hmrc-when-is-it-needed | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958818 | 891 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Google’s Chrome has the most popular browser in the world. Chrome labels all HTTP websites as insecure, by default. These security features affect the companies that host such sites. In this article, we will explain how these sites can be affected by the absence of an SSL certificate.
Firstly, What Is an SSL Certificate?
SSL Certificates are fundamental to internet security. They establish an encrypted connection and allow data to be transmitted securely between a browser or user’s computer and a server or website.
SSL Certificates are digital certificates that confirm the identity of a site, to both visitors and servers and browsers. SSL allows for a private conversation just between the two intended parties.
Functions of SSL
To create this secure connection, an SSL Certificate is installed on a web server and servers two functions:
- It authenticates the identity of the website.
- It encrypts the data that’s being transmitted.
On the other hand, SSL Certificates also provide three basic functions:
- Websites that use SSL tech are ranked higher by Google and other search engine’s algorithms.
- It ensures that your sites are safe and secure from cyber-attacks.
- It identifies your website as a safe and secure site for your customers. Helping you to maintain and increase your traffic.
What Is the Right Certificate for You?
While the need for online security is universal, not all SSL Certificates serve the same specifications. Here we will help you decide which type of certificate is right for you.
Domain Validation (DV)
- Verifies ownership and control of the domain name only
- Issued in minutes
- Maintains browser compliance
- Ideal for non-critical web pages
Think of DV like getting a library card—no confirmation of who you really are, very minimal requirements to obtain and issued very quickly. Here you will get more information about Domain Validated SSL
Organization Validation (OV)
- Enhanced validation including authenticating the identity of the applicant
- Issued within one day
- Maintains browser compliance
- Ideal for more sensitive webpages such as login pages
Think of OV like getting a driver’s license—more hoops to jump through than a library card but more trusted as a form of identification. Here you can find more information about Organization Validation SSL
Extended Validation (EV)
- A standards-based approach to authentication, representing the highest level of authentication for SSL Certificates
- Typically issued within 1-3 days
- Maintains browser and other industry compliance
- Ideal for sensitive webpages including e-commerce, online banking, account signups
Think of EV like getting a passport—much more stringent processes, longer lead times and more verification of who you are than with a library card or driver’s license. Recognized internationally as the most trusted way to verify your identity. Click here to know more about Extended Validation SSL
How Can I Get an SSL Certificate for My Website?
In addition, the first step is to determine what type of certificate you need. For most, a standard certificate will cover content. But for companies in a regulated industry like insurance or finance, it may be worth talking to BlackSun Support Team, to ensure you are meeting the specific SSL certificate requirements set within your industry.
The cost of SSL Certificate varies. At BlackSun we offer different levels of SSL Certificates to meet your requirements. From Rapid SSL passing through GeoTrust QuickSSL Premium to DigiCert Secure Site EV SSL.
Finally, by having an SSL Certificate you can establish trust and online security for your website visitors and business.
Moreover, Google wants to make the web safer and a big part of that involves making sure that the sites people access via Google are secure. Therefore, websites that use SSL certificates are ranking higher in search results.
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Harmonic Form, 2018
80 x 123 x 44cm
‘Harmonic Form’ was developed from a series of drawings made during a collaboration with musicians at the Royal College of Music, London. The aim was to convey, in physical form, the intangible experience of listening to music. For this piece multiple drawings were made while watching a musician perfect a single note on the saxophone.
Harmonic was created in collaboration with architect Stuart Piercy, for the entrance hall of Derwent London’s headquarters on Savile Row. Visiting the quarry where the travertine marble for the building was being mined, Dalton was struck by the affinities between a stonemason honing marble and a musician refining a single note: both processes of shaping and defining a pre-existing ideal form. Cast into the surface of the sculpture are channels derived from drawings made at the quarry which describe the path of the saw through the marble. This journey from uneven surface to a perfect mirror finish represents the moment when a musician goes beyond the physical reality of performing and into a pure experience. | <urn:uuid:8a253bb0-2e93-4a29-91a2-cd77ad573447> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hugodalton.com/harmonic-2/?setmove=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.974619 | 229 | 1.625 | 2 |
I finally sat down to collate some of the “Omega” articles (which William B. Greene wrote for the Worcester Palladium in 1949) against Equality and the 1850 Mutual Banking. In his scan through the paper Brady Campbell identified six articles under the “Omega” pen name.
- Equality – – No.1 by OMEGA. – Wednesday 18 July 1849 – Deals with Moses, and equality among Christian brotherhood
- Equality – – No.2 by OMEGA. – Wednesday 25 July 1849 – Deals with the banking system
- Equality – – No.3 by OMEGA. – Wednesday 1 August 1849 – Deals the repeal of usury laws
- Capital and Labor – – No. 1 by OMEGA. Wednesday 12 September 1849 – Deals with Transcendentalism
- Capital and Labor – – No. 2 by OMEGA. Wednesday 19 September 1849 – Deals with pantheism and is subtitled “Socialism in Massachusetts”
- Plutocracy by OMEGA. Wednesday 7 November 1849 – Deals with government by the wealthy – Mammonocracy
I now have four of the six articles in-hand, and will have the other two soon. Already, however, there are some surprises. The publishing history of the mutual bank writings is, as readers here know, complex. And now it requires a bit of revision. All accounts that I am aware of, which acknowledge the Palladium articles, identify them as the building blocks of Equality, Greene’s 1949 work. And that work ends with a somewhat cryptic note: “The foregoing articles—with the exception of the third, the fourth, the fifth, and the ninth—were originally published in the WORCESTER PALLADIUM.” Depending on how many “articles” we think make up Equality—and that’s not so easily decided—that leaves five, or perhaps more Palladium articles to be accounted for. The chapters in Equality are:
- “The Banking System” (based on #2 above)
- “The Usury Laws” (probably based on #3 above)
- “Equal Laws and Equality Before The Laws”
- “The Currency” + “The Currency—Its Evils—And Their Remedy” (probably counted as one “article” in Greene’s tally)
- “The Formula of Labor”
- “Communism—Capitalism—Socialism” (probably based on #4 above)
- Socialism in Massachusetts (based on #5 above)
That leaves a question to be answered in the next week or so: Is #6 in the Palladium a source for “The Formula of Labor” or, as seems more likely from Brady’s description, is “Communism—Capitalism—Socialism” perhaps drawn from two earlier articles? (The only references to “plutocracy” are in that section of Equality.) Or are we missing a Palladium article and/or does “Plutocracy” cover at least some material, such as “Mammonocracy” (a term not used in Greene’s book-length works) ultimately not included in Equality. Stay tuned. The request for the remaining articles has been made.
All of that, of course, leaves the first Palladium article unaccounted for. And that’s where the publishing history revision comes in. “Equality–No. 1” became the “Introduction” of the 1850 Mutual Banking. It’s an interesting essay, which has already posed a set of bibliographical and interpretive problems, because it draws so heavily on Pierre Leroux’s work De l’Egalité (coming soon to the Labyrinth in pdf), being at times simply a partial translation and gloss of that work (though at others it seems to diverge from it.) I have been arguing for some time now that Equality and the 1850 Mutual Banking, taken together, make up the fullest expression of Greene’s mutualism that we possess (as The Blazing Star and the Socialistic, Communistic, Mutualistic, and Financial Fragments, taken together, give us a final summary of his concerns.) Now we know that parts of both early works were initially conceived by Greene as parts of a single work, the “Equality” of the Palladium. I’ve made some stabs at compiling a comprehensive, one-volume edition of the mutual banks writings before, and the haphazard arrangement of sections in those early works has occasionally baffled me. However, if the Palladium “Equality” articles appear in sequence, the offhand references to “model fraternity” in “The Banking System”
A bank is a model equality, a model community, a model fraternity, if we consider the stockholders only; but it is a horrible inequality, if we consider it in its relations to the mass of the people.
appear as a continuation of themes addressed in the first essay in the context of the institution of the “repast in common” and Christian communion.
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LONDON—The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed that 100 destinations are now using its Safe Travels stamp, with the Philippines becoming the official 100th destination. The stamp, which was developed in order to help restore confidence in travelers and work to revive an ailing travel & tourism sector, is now also being used by many more major holiday destinations such as the Maldives, Bermuda, Namibia, Uganda and Montenegro.
The specially designed stamp enables travelers to recognize destinations around the world that have adopted health and hygiene global standardized protocols. The launch of global protocols to recover the travel & tourism sector have been embraced by more than 200 CEOs, including some of the world’s major tourism groups.
“We are delighted to see our innovative initiative is proving such a great success and is being used by destinations from all corners of the globe,” said Gloria Guevara, WTTC president/CEO. “The 100 destinations which now proudly use the stamp are working together to help rebuild consumer confidence worldwide. We welcome the Philippines, an incredible destination and home to some of the world’s most beautiful islands, as our 100th destination, as well as other popular destinations around the globe such as Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia and Kenya.
“As the stamp continues to gain in popularity, travelers will more easily be able to recognize the destinations worldwide which have adopted the new set of global protocols, encouraging the return of safe travels around the world,” she continued. “The success of the Safe Travels stamp shows its importance not only to countries and destinations, but also to travelers and the 330 million people around the world who work in and depend on a thriving travel & tourism sector.”
Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Philippine Secretary of Department of Tourism said, “I wish to thank WTTC for recognizing our efforts of putting in place policies concerning health, safety and sanitation protocols, which we have benchmarked with global best practices and aligned with WTTC’s standards. The Safe Travels stamp will further encourage our stakeholders to adhere to health and safety standards, and will also help us rebuild traveler confidence, so we can restart tourism and preserve and sustain jobs.”
The protocols follow guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as best practices from WTTC’s members. | <urn:uuid:1688a01c-aace-41b4-b2ec-86c283e0ca9c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hotelbusiness.com/wttc-stamps-100-destinations-for-safe-travel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94584 | 491 | 2.125 | 2 |
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Brands have goals for sustainability, but are far from meeting them. With the bulk of the fashion industry’s footprint generated in the supply chain, from farmers to manufacturers, a supplier-led conference this week could offer a roadmap for closing that gap.
Fashion labels rarely own or directly oversee their supply chain, from raw material sourcing to fabric production. That means the work of meeting climate goals, which brands are increasingly ambitious and public about, needs to happen at a level they don’t directly control. And, most of that work requires significant investment. One of the reasons why climate progress remains slow is because suppliers, who tend to operate on razor-thin margins, need more support from brands to enable shifts to renewable energy, for example — as well as laws and regulations to incentivise access to climate-friendly technologies.
There’s a funding gap in fashion’s sustainability commitments, made clear in a new report estimating a $1 trillion deficit in reaching decarbonisation goals. We unpack where, why and how to fix it.
On Tuesday, the Sustainable Apparel Forum in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, brought brands and suppliers together with union organisers, policymakers, garment worker advocates, academics and green technology companies — collectively representing over 20 countries — to open up discussions on both sides of the table about climate action, safe working conditions and other topics pervasive in fashion’s supply chain.
What makes this week’s event stand out is that suppliers not only had a heavy presence — they created and organised it, bringing together people who know what needs to happen with people who can help make it happen. It’s rare for suppliers, brands, unions and government officials to be in the same room discussing solutions together. That was precisely why Mostafiz Uddin, founder and CEO of Bangladesh Apparel Exchange, and denim factory owner, says he organised the forum in Dhaka: to put the various needs and opportunities on a single agenda — and so that Bangladesh can set an example for other manufacturing countries and for brands. | <urn:uuid:2cee09c8-455b-44bf-ad4a-2674ddf11bbb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.voguebusiness.com/sustainability/fashion-is-stalling-on-climate-suppliers-are-trying-to-act | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.944177 | 441 | 1.90625 | 2 |
What does “cis” mean?
A “cis” person is a person who was assigned a gender and sex at birth that they feel comfortable with. Typically, cis men are men who were assigned male at birth and feel that the words "man" and "male" accurately describe who they are. Likewise, cis women are women who were assigned female at birth and feel that the words "woman" and "female" accurately describe who they are. Generally, cis people feel comfortable with the aspects of their bodies that others inscribe with a sex and gender, and do not seek to modify their bodies in ways that would change how they or others place them in a sex category.
What is “cis” short for?
“Cis” can be short for “cissexual” or for “cisgender”. “Cissexual” and “cisgender” sometimes mean different things, but there is no single, agreed-upon definition for either word. Likewise, there's no single, agreed-upon definition for the words “transsexual” and “transgender”.
"Cis" is not an acronym or initialism. Spelling it "CIS" is incorrect. Contrary to popular belief, "cis" does not stand for "comfortable in skin." It is a Latin prefix, not an acronym made up of English words.
What's the difference between “cisgender” and “cissexual”?
Some people use “transgender” as a more genteel synonym for “transsexual”, and therefore also treat “cisgender” and “cissexual” as synonyms for each other. Other people treat “transsexual” as referring to a proper subset of people described by “transgender”. For example, some people use “transsexual” to refer to only those people who have modified their bodies in ways that don't meet their society's expectations for the gender they were assigned at birth, or who wish to modify their bodies in such ways.
Still other people treat “transsexual” and “transgender” as sets that intersect, with neither set containing the other. For example, some people use “transsexual” to refer to only those people who have never been able to meet expectations for the gender they were assigned at birth in a way that meets with social approval, using “transgender” for people who have the ability to meet expectations for different genders at different times.
So, analogously, for some people, “cissexual” people are a subset of “cisgender” people. For example, a person who violates their society's expectations for the gender they were assigned at birth, but has no desire to modify their body in any way, would be cissexual but not cisgender. But other people think that it's also possible to be cisgender but not cissexual. For example, some people identify themselves as transsexual (because they wish to modify their bodies in ways that violate society's expectations for the gender they were assigned at birth) and also cisgender (because socially, they have never been able to meet expectations for the gender they were assigned at birth).
It's best not to assume that “cis” stands for either “cisgender” or “cissexual”, and to ask for clarification when necessary. Likewise, it's also best not to assume that “trans” stands for either “transgender” or “transsexual”.
Where does “cis” come from?
In Latin, the prefix “cis” means “on the same side” and “trans” means “on the other side”. So, a cis person is one whose assigned sex at birth is on the same side as the sex they are. Likewise, a trans person is one whose assigned sex at birth is on a different side from the sex they are.
The German psychologist Volkmar Sigusch may have been the first person who use a term with the prefix “cis” to describe people who are completely or mostly comfortable with their assigned sex and gender, in his 1991 article “Die Transsexuellen und unser nosomorpher Blick” (“Transsexuals and our nosomorphic view”). Both Dana Leland Defosse and Carl Buijis have been credited with introducing the term “cisgender” online during the mid-1990s. More recently, Julia Serano has received some credit for popularizing “cis” in her 2007 book Whipping Girl. However, it's still possible that the term was introduced in the context of centering trans perspectives by an even earlier author.Alex Maestas. If you find it useful, consider donating directly to trans people in need. | <urn:uuid:25549909-2b05-412d-9e53-0af9616315af> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://whatdoescismean.com/whatdoescismean/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.973004 | 1,056 | 3.046875 | 3 |
In case the operator needs to verify the right working of a device, he can use our Pt100 Simulator.
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Darien has been recognized by the Connecticut Department of Public Health as a “HEARTSafe Community” since 2009. Post 53 is an active partner with Hands for Life training around Fairfield County and we host several Hands for Life events throughout the year. HEARTSafe award guidelines require training 50 citizens in CPR. Post 53 certified over 250 individuals in AED/CPR last year alone. Email [email protected] for more information. In just 15 minutes, you can learn to save a life!
Post 53 also hosts Stop the Bleed training to help Darien citizens gain the ability to recognize life-threatening bleeding and intervene effectively.
When it is safe to do so, Post 53 offers ambulance tours, 911 talks and safety presentations to youth groups and community organizations. We send an ambulance and crew to visit preschools, elementary and middle schools to explain our role in the community and how we help the sick and injured. An ambulance show-n-tell is included and emergency medical technicians will demonstrate some of the equipment on board the ambulance.
Post 53 members also enjoy sharing their knowledge and introducing the community to Post and what they do. Children can see the ambulance at events such as the Memorial Day Food Fair in the spring and the annual Post Haunted House in the fall.
STANDBY MEDICAL SERVICES
Post 53 works with our local businesses and organizations to provide event standby services tailored to your event. From football and hockey games, to concerts and festivals, to road races and marathons, we can provide the staff and equipment needed to cover your event.
THE MEMORIAL DAY FOOD FAIR AND COMMUNITY CELEBRATION
The Post 53 Annual Memorial Day Food Fair at Tilly Pond Park is a day of celebration and excitement for the Town of Darien. Post 53 members work year-round to prepare for this day of food, live entertainment, games, ambulance tours, and a silent auction. The famous food tents include food from local businesses including Palmer’s market, Smokey Joe’s, Fisherman’s Net, The Goose and Michael Joseph’s. The Darien tradition raises money to support our operating expenses related to patient care, our continuous training as well as our community training including Hands only CPR and Stop the Bleed classes.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES
We are proud to be an integral part of the Darien, Connecticut community through our community outreach programs.
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A traumatic experience can remain deeply troubling for a period of time, impacting daily life and overall wellness. Having witnessed or personally experienced a traumatic event may leave psychological wounds and a heightened sense of emotional arousal that can cause impaired functioning, ill health, or relationship problems. While most people who experience trauma will eventually process the fallout, some may go on to develop pot-traumatic stress disorder, a prolonged and more severe form of trauma disorder.
Trauma counseling is a key element in the process of healing after experiencing a shocking or distressing event. A trauma therapist is trained to use specialized therapies that help take the edge off the traumatic memory, allowing the individual to become less sensitive to the memories of it, or the people, places, or situations that may trigger the memories. Trauma counseling, and adjunctive therapies that compliment the counseling, allow the individual to gradually move forward in their lives.
So how is a trauma different from any other upsetting event? A traumatic event tends to cause an intense psychological response when the individual feels they are in a dangerous or life-threatening situation. Traumatic events might include a natural disaster, military combat, a serious car accident, a violent physical or sexual assault, or the sudden unexpected death of a close loved one. Trauma often makes the individual feel a loss of control over their safety.
Signs of Trauma Disorder
Living through a traumatic event can shake someone to the core. Trauma symptoms include:
- Mood swings
- Insomnia or sleep disturbance
- Persistent feelings of sadness and despair
- Headache, intestinal problems
- Feelings of guilt or shame
- Emotional detachment
- Feeling isolated
- Trust issues
- Loss of interest in usual sources of enjoyment, withdrawing from friends and family
- Substance abuse
What Is Trauma Counseling and How Does It Work?
When an individual is struggling to overcome the effects of the trauma to a point where it is negatively impacting daily functioning and quality of life, it is appropriate to seek treatment. Goals of overcoming trauma include reclaiming one’s personal power, to shift focus from the past to the present, and to reduce the impact that the trauma has on one moving forward.
Mental health professionals use a variety of modalities to help individuals overcome the intense effects of the trauma. These might include:
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. TFCBT is designed for helping individuals overcome trauma by reshaping the thoughts associated with the trauma that led to the negative emotions and behaviors. By helping the trauma victim express their feelings about the experience, the therapist will show them how those thoughts have led to withdrawal, guilt, loneliness, anxiety, etc. By encouraging the individual to examine the negative thoughts and reframe them in a more productive manner, the trauma loses potency.
Psychodynamic Therapy. This is a longer-term therapy that delves into childhood experiences and how they may relate to issues in their adult life. The insights gained during psychodynamic therapy can help the individual develop a new perspective on those childhood experiences, as well as dysfunctional adult interpersonal relationships, how to rise above them and not allow them to negatively impact their present daily life anymore.
Exposure Therapy. This is a short-term behavioral therapy that helps individuals become less sensitive to the memories or triggers of the trauma. By encouraging discussion of the event and gradually exposing them to the triggers within a safe environment, the impact is gradually reduced over time. This helps with the avoidance behaviors they may have acquired following the trauma.
Adjunctive Therapies for Treating Trauma
In addition to the various traditional psychotherapies used, there are some excellent alternative therapies that compliment and augment those therapies. These include:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). EMDR is a type of therapy that helps individuals by desensitizing them to the disturbing memories of the trauma. EMDR is an 8-phase program that focuses on the past, present, and future. The therapist will have the client follow an object or finger back and forth with their eyes while discussing the disturbing memory, the related emotions and beliefs, which has the effect of reducing the impact of the trauma over the course of the sessions.
Neurofeedback. Neurofeedback is a type of biofeedback where the individual’s brain wave patterns and activity can be modified through a computer software program, training the individual to be calmer when thoughts of the trauma arise.
Holistic Activities. Holistic practices can help promote relaxation while reducing stress, which can help in the response to thoughts of the trauma. Managing stress through deep breathing exercises, mindfulness meditation, guided imagery, yoga, massage therapy, and acupuncture can benefit the individual as they heal from the trauma.
When a Higher Level of Care is Appropriate for Trauma Disorder
When efforts to relieve the symptoms of trauma are not successful using outpatient services, it may be necessary to consider a higher level of care. Individuals whose trauma disorder is seriously impacting their daily life and their relationships may benefit from a more focused approach at a residential treatment center. This safe, supportive setting allows the individual to fully focus on getting better without the daily distractions and triggers that have so far impeded that effort. Customized treatment plans will provide the most tailored, intensive treatment approach to healing from the traumatic event and getting one’s life back.
Elevation Behavioral Health Provides Trauma Counseling in a Residential Setting
Elevation Behavioral Health is a residential mental health program in Los Angeles, California. Trauma victims who have not yet been able to move through the residual emotional pain find that the safe, supportive setting of a residential program helps them heal. Leaving the reminders or triggers of the trauma by residing at Elevation Behavioral Health for a period, patients find much needed solace. Individualized treatment plans incorporate a combination of relevant interventions to allow patients to move past the painful memories and regain control over their lives within a compassionate environment. For more information about trauma counseling and treatment options, please reach out to Elevation Behavioral Health today at (888) 561-0868. | <urn:uuid:a228214c-688f-4d7a-9621-d68ab050f024> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://elevationbehavioralhealth.com/trauma-counseling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.923953 | 1,275 | 3.15625 | 3 |
You have probably heard this term over and over or read many Search Engine Optimisation articles, yet you might still be confused with all the industry jargon. Link Building is the process of getting relevant, inbound links or as it is known backlinks to your website which helps your website achieve higher rankings with the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing which drives targeted traffic to your website increases brand awareness and increase sales.
What is Link Building?
I will provide you with a brief explanation on what link building is and why the significance in SEO.
You might be wondering what is inbound or backlinks; well they are incoming links to a website or a web page from another website and were originally important as a means of web navigation, but today their significance lies more in search engine optimisation.
What is the significance of link building in SEO?
Well, link building is not only good for search engine rankings, it’s vital. Not all links are treated equal whereas some links are good and others next to nothing.
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Mississippi’s first monkeypox case is a person who became infected while traveling. State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers says the individual “acquired the infection outside of Mississippi.” Even though COVID and West Nile virus cases are identified by county, the monkeypox case isn’t. One reason: unlike COVID, monkeypox is not easily transmissible. And with only one case so far, the Health Department has privacy concerns. Also, it’s not like West Nile where the public needs to know if infected mosquitoes are in their county.
Monkeypox is spread mainly by skin-to-skin contact. Byers says there’s no indication so far that the infected person has transmitted the disease to anyone else in Mississippi but testing continues. And even though many of the monkeypox cases confirmed in other parts of the country have been among gay men, Byers says it’s “a public health concern that we all need to be aware of.” He says anyone who’s been in direct contact with an infected person can get monkeypox regardless of their gender or sexual orientation.
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Stories from the Field: How to Do Teaming and IPE at a Distance
Last week, we launched a series called Teaming at a Distance to share practical ways to work as virtual teams and to teach teamwork and collaboration at a distance. The tips and stories come from things we’ve learned through our own work as a remote team, from education and practice members of the Arizona Nexus, and from our national interprofessional colleagues and networks.
Teaming at a Distance features guest posts with stories from the field. If you would like to contribute, please email your thoughts and ideas on Teaming at a Distance to email@example.com. Check the CAIPER Blog or sign-up for email updates to see the latest articles.
Dr. Karen J. Saewert starts us off with a look at what makes interprofessional education and practice meaningful.
Make it meaningful...
By Karen J. Saewert - March 30, 2020
What makes interprofessional education and practice meaningful across settings and disciplines? How is that meaningfulness defined? What is the definitive answer to these questions? Well, this isn’t a “one size fits all” thing.
At one time or another each of us may want, if not need, inspiration to evolve the meaningfulness of our interprofessional teaching and practice. I certainly do. So where do I look for it?
While education, experience, trial and error, and inward reflection are “go to” strategies, I also unashamedly benefit — by looking to each and everyone one of you. Patients, families, students, health professions colleagues, and unnamed others...fill in the blank...you are my teachers. I learn again and again from you. That makes us a rather large, and unconventional team — learning about, with, and from each other.
Unconventional teams are progressive. A present day refrain is “we are all in this together”. This certainly holds true for making interprofessional education and practice meaningful for ourselves and others.
Five Stages For Effective Teaching and Meaningful Learning in the Classroom (2013), authored by Dr. Israel Galindo, inspired me to extrapolate his strategies for application to interprofessional education and practice.
Learn to be interprofessional (Learn it.)
- Prompt learner insights as to why they need to learn to be interprofessional and the need that being interprofessional addresses.
- Teach from the known (learner’s prior knowledge about interprofessional education and practice) to the unknown using pathways, such as metaphors and experience to bridge the gap.
- Focus on interprofessional concepts, practices and principles rather than facts and information using interactive lecture, explanation, and problem-based scenarios.
Appreciate what it means to be interprofessional (Understand it.)
- Be clear with learners about what you are teaching toward (e.g., self-awareness, application, analysis, etc.)
- Use interactive discussion, question and answer, and learner self-assessment approaches.
- Provide sources of information or knowledge.
Internalize being interprofessional (Manipulate it).
- Provide learners with learning activities that tap creativity (e.g., illustrations, artistic interpretations, modeling, sense-making).
Practice being interprofessional (Retain it.)
- Design multiple opportunities for learners over time to try out interprofessional behaviors and work toward mastery.
Be interprofessional (Use it.)
- Optimally, facilitate the application of interprofessional learning in the context in which it will be used (i.e., real world application).
So, share what you know with others. Ask others to share what they know.
Be a source of inspiration. You may not know it (yet), but you likely already are.
About the Author
Karen J. Saewert, PhD, RN, CPHQ, CNE, ANEF, is Senior Director for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice and Clinical Professor at ASU Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. She is Edson College’s liaison to the Office of Interprofessional Continuing Health Education, ASU Office of the University Provost. Dr. Saewert collaboratively leads interprofessional curriculum design, assessment of learning, and program evaluation initiatives to advance nursing and health professions education and improve healthcare quality and outcomes in emerging team-based practice models. | <urn:uuid:71aa333c-ef7e-4266-aa84-3a31970c8da2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ipe.asu.edu/blog/articles/stories-field-how-do-teaming-and-ipe-distance | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.926241 | 903 | 2.0625 | 2 |
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Crypto Castle Symposium 2022
2nd to 4th September 2022
Depolarize – Keep Communication
Everything has changed with the Internet, which has greatly decentralised the media space. Communities tied to a physical place or nation have lost their importance, and their function has been replaced by parallel virtual communities.
People who might never have met in the past are now forming powerful digital tribes. As in the past, tribes that did not communicate or spoke different languages used to fight or hate each other. Conversely, communication, common language and trade maintained friendly relations between tribes.
Communication was key, providing feedback and needed explanations. Its absence or censorship causes tribes to lose touch with each other, become radicalized and locked in their own opinion bubble.
In the 21st century, Western states believe that it is censorship that can reduce the polarization of society. Not realising the completely opposite effect. For by blocking information, it stops vital communication between tribes. Causing a further deepening of the opinion bubble. And radicalisation without feedback.
Which at best leads to collective madness, at worst to dehumanisation and war. And then there will be no one left to say it was all a big mistake.
At a time when information exchange is at its easiest, we need to listen the most. Keep the communication (going).
Author of the Freeman’s Perspective newsletter
Hacker and entrepreneur
Founder of Bittopia University
He is a passionate supporter of human creativity and volunteer actions that lead to social harmony. To this end, he travels relentlessly to discuss the impact of institutions and public policy on human liberty and dignity.
He has been Visiting Professor of Economics in the Escuela de Negocios at Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala (since 1998). He is also Academic Advisor of the Amagi Institute (Buenos Aires), Research Scholar at the Centre for Civil Society (Delhi), Academic Advisor of Instituto Fernando de la Mora (Asunción, Paraguay), International Political Economic Advisor for the Asian Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs (Nepal), Research Fellow at Advocata (Sri Lanka) & member of the Advisory Council of Academeya Foundation (Romania).
Dr. LINGLE’s research interests: Political Economy and International Economics with a focus upon emerging market economies and public policy reform in Europe, East Asia, Latin America and Southern Africa. His work has appeared as chapters in books, the international media, and scholarly journals.
His books include the political economy of Singapore’s development was entitled, Singapore’s Authoritarian Capitalism: Asian Values, Free Market Illusions, and Political Dependency (1996) and The Rise and Decline of the ‘Asian Century’: False Starts on the Road to the ‘Global Millennium’ (May 1997).
Mrs. Schoolland survived 26 years through the horrors of Mao’s regime in China. This motivated her to a lifetime of promoting freedom and liberty globally through the organization of Austrian economics and entrepreneurship conferences and summer camps over two decades in Eastern Europe, Asia/Pacific, and North Africa. She arranges translation and publication of libertarian literature in China and coaches parents in raising liberty-minded youth.
He was engaged in military and special research and development during his military career. He represented Slovakia in several NATO research and standardization groups. After leaving the civil service, he focused on military research and development in several companies. In addition to research and development, his responsibilities included product certification and production management.
He followed the field of Renewable Energy Sources(RES) development for a long time. Since 2008, he is entirely devoted to this area. Since 2011, he has had his own company with activities in renewable and alternative energy sources. He obtained several certificates in the field of standard and alternative energy. In addition to photovoltaics, there are also supporters of other types of RES, be it wind, biomass or water.
In 2010, he became a founding member of the association “Society of Reasonable Consumers” www.sporops.sk and a member of the Slovak Photovoltaic Industry and RES Association – SAPI (www.sapi.sk). He was also its director for two and half years. Currently, in addition to working in his consulting firm Pavel ŠIMON s.r.o. is a member of the Energy Commission of the VHZ NR SR.
During his short career, he participated in preparing and implementing more than 90 MW of photovoltaic power plants with capacities from 1.5 kW to 30 MW. These power plants are operational in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania and Japan. In addition to photovoltaics, he also deals with consultations for implementing biogas power plants and small hydropower plants, as well as overall energy efficiency. He lectures on this topic at Slovak and international conferences and teaches in several courses.
In recent years, he believed that a state is an unrepairable machine, so looking for other ways of life in society is necessary.
Founder of the World’s first Decentralized Autonomous University, Bittopia University. An advocate of decentralization, P2P economies, privacy, and bottom-up strategies. Netexplo UNESCO Grand Prix award winner, international speaker and educator. A regular speaker at Paralelni Polis and Anarchapulco.
Amin is now focused on teaching people about privacy and decentralization while building Bittopia University, to disrupt the education industry and create a fully decentralized university where students are incentivized for the successful acquisition of knowledge.
Pavol Luptak is a cryptoanarchist and voluntaryist focused on technology and society hacking. He started his career as a computer hacker with many prestigious IT security certifications. In 2007 he founded IT security company Nethemba focused on penetration tests & ethical hacking, few years after, he co-founded a bug bounty company Hacktrophy.
As a hacker enthusiast, he co-founded Progressbar hackerspace in Bratislava and Parallel Polis in Prague and Bratislava. In addition to technologies, Pavol loves contemporary art as well. He became a member of the famous Czech contemporary art group Ztohoven which is responsible for many hacktivist contemporary ‘media sculpture’ projects and started with his friend the digital art company Satori.
With the development of Parallel Polis, Pavol decided to achieve his vision – completely opt-out of the system. Thanks to globality and flexibility he decided to give up his permanent residency, switched from bank accounts to crypto-currencies, started to use global health care and mobile phone companies, becoming a global citizen.
Paul Rosenberg is the author of the Free-Man’s Perspective newsletter and was the co-founder of Cryptohippie, as well as CEO of Cryptohippie USA. He is also the author of A Lodging of Wayfaring Men, Production Versus Plunder and The Breaking Dawn. He is the co-author of The New Age of Intelligence.
Juraj is an educator, book author, coder, cryptoanarchist and biohacker. He helps people turn off statism in their own heads and disconnect their brains from the hierarchies of the world. He is a co-founder of Paralelná Polis.
Alexander Bard is a philosopher, futurologist, and political and spiritual activist, based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the author of five books: “The Netocrats, “The Global Empire”, “The Body Machines”, “Syntheism – Creating God in The Internet Age” and “Digital Libido – Sex, Power and Violence in The Network Society” with his co-writer Jan Söderqvist. Bard is a radical process philosopher, merging Hegel and Nietzsche with Whitehead and Deleuze, using humanity as the constant and technology as the variable while working toward the deepest possible understanding of human history, contemporary society, and the intensely technology-driven future that humanity is facing. Bard has also enjoyed a highly successful 25-year-career as a producer and artist in the international music industry, followed by ten years as a tough love, reality-checking judge on TV shows “Swedish Idol” and “Sweden’s Got Talent”, and is an outspoken and provocative You Tube and Twitter celebrity.
In the middle of Germany Schloss Zeit is creating a place that is exemplary for sustainable, social and culturally diverse coexistence and work. Together with the residents, actors from the region and impulses from Berlin international, we are transforming an iconic castle in Sachsen-Anhalt region from a forgotten relic into a modern Utopia
One of the goals is to use the castle and its outbuildings as a co-living platform for travelers.
Castle stays can be booked from 3 hours (for meetings) up to 3 months for those wanting to immerse themselves in the vibrant tech community and retreat from the city, with a onsite chef and program of activities to keep the members entertained.
Welcome to the second edition of the Crypto Castle Symposium #CCS21 – Depolarize!
The event starts on Friday, September 2 at 2:30pm and ends on Sunday, September 4 at 3:30pm.
This may be subject to change as we approach the dates of the event.
Below, some FAQ’s. We didn’t answer your question? Drop us an email at firstname.lastname@example.org and we will promptly do so.
We look forward to seeing you at this crypto weekend getaway!
What does the ticket include?
All tickets include access to the main stage and full castle premises, delicious food and beverages (soft and alcoholic) and shuttle from Kirchscheidungen Train Station.
In case of staying at the castle premises, make sure to purchase the ticket with the kind of accommodation you prefer.
Can my kids come to the event?
Yes, of course! Kids under the age of 16 can come for free with the purchase of a ticket from the responsible parent.
What kind of accommodations are available at the Crypto Castle?
1. Camping Zone or Caravan: You can bring your own tent and set it up in the beautiful courtyard of the castle. Alternatively, we also count on space to park your home on wheels!
NOTE: Glass bottles/containers, open fires, and camping stoves are prohibited. Please keep the area clean, no cigarette butts on the ground. Trash bins and ashtrays will be nearby at your disposal.
2. Shared Castle Room: Sleep in a single bed in one of the castle’s shared room, max. capacity is 10 people. Bathrooms are shared within castle guests. Assigned room, but first-comes first-served for bed.
3. Private Rooms: We have a very limited amount of private rooms for one or two people.
NOTE: Since the castle is currently in its enhancement/construction stage, be prepared for it. Bathrooms and showers are shared with all castle guests. They are properly and regularly cleaned.
Make sure to purchase the event ticket with the preferred kind of accommodation at the Crypto Castle.
What are the alternative accommodations to the Crypto Castle?
There are few hotels within a 22-min drive from the venue:
Hotel Schloss Nebra und Hotel Himmelsscheibe
Waldschlösschen Wangen “Hotel-Restaurant & Café”
Berghotel Zum Edelacker
How do I get to the Crypto Castle?
The closest airport is in Leipzig, then you can take a train or drive to the venue.
1. By train: The closest train station is Kirchscheidungen, from where we can arrange a shuttle service (included in the ticket price) if needed. Just write us an email at email@example.com with your ticket order and travel itinerary.
2. By car: Input the following address in your navigation system Schloßbergstraße 56, 06636 Laucha an der Unstrut, Germany.
How about food and drinks?
This is an all-inclusive event, a variety of meals for your breakfast, lunch and dinner, including vegan friendly options, will be available during the event, as well as soft and alcoholic drinks.
Please write to us at firstname.lastname@example.org or as a note at the moment of ticket purchase in case of any food restriction/allergy we may need to take in consideration.
What should I do upon arrival?
Upon entry, your valid ticket will be exchanged for a wristband. It is non-transferable and if damaged, please reach a crew member at the info point. Lost wristbands will not be replaced.
If staying at the castle, you will be instructed towards your room. Then you can just relax and enjoy this magical place 🙂
In case of an emergency, is there going to be a helping hand?
Yes! We will have an onsite paramedic and first aid kit available 24-hours. Don’t hesitate to reach us in case of any discomfort.
Call for participation
Would you like to become a speaker? Great!
We are reaching our community and we are opening a Call for Speakers
- Deadline for submissions: August 12, 2022.
- You will be notified via email if your talk has been accepted or declined by August 19, 2022.
CCS does not cover for travel, accommodation or honorary fees. If desired, we could accommodate you for 3 nights in a bed in a shared castle room.
- Food and beverages are included during the event in the castle premises.
- You agree that the information provided on this form can be shared on our different platforms (EXCEPT for personal contact information).
#CCS22 main topic is Depolarize – Keep communication. You can find the manifesto on the home page. We appreciate addressing this topic from your point of view.
- Speaking slots are 45 minutes, including Q&A.
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Reflective Response Assignment #2:
Due by end of Week Five
(Worth 10% of course grade)
Ticket Sales Profession Research Assignment: Students will research employment opportunities for ticket sales positions within collegiate and professional sports. Students will describe duties and job responsibilities as well as basic qualifications for applicants. The purpose of this assignment is to give students a better understanding of the requirements of and the need for qualified individuals in this employment area.
The student should research the internet for tickets sales related positions at all levels with professional sport teams and collegiate athletic departments. The following websites are recommended resources for gathering this information.
Sports Salaries Survey:
Sports Job Boards:
Please incorporate answers to each of the following questions into a two-page double spaced narrative (not including cover page and reference page) about the roles and responsibilities of ticket sales professionals.
Writing Format: The student should write at minimum a two double-spaced page paper in proper APA style, with the above information providing the framework. The paper should be organized coherently and provide the reader with an analysis that should reflect graduate level writing quality. All sources should be properly cited in a reference page and it should be submitted into Canvas by the end of Week Five.
Please visit the following APA Style resource website to assist you with questions you may have: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01
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Apple Computer C The Human Resource Function, an Argentinean Apple Computer C The Human Resource Function Case Study Solution business has actually seen quick growth over the years with its branches running in near various mall, business workplaces, hypermarts etc. Business has development by broadening through franchising which has actually been the separating method used for growth together with their environmentally friendly automobile Business service.
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Vrio Analysis of Apple Computer C The Human Resource Function Internal and External Analysis
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For better selective application, the PlutioDerm® fluid was changed from an airless dispenser to a glass bottle with a brush applicator in spring 2022. This form of application, which is common for medical preparations, is still largely unknown in the cosmetics sector.
Why did the changeover take place?
With a dispenser, one must necessarily use a finger or, for example, a sponge. The brush allows for a sparing spot application.
Is the application compatible with hygiene?
Without the use of the finger, the application is in any case more hygienic for blemished skin.
This is fine for home care. But what about at the institute?
Cosmetics, especially those for the specific treatment of impure skin, are germ-free due to their composition and also have an antiseptic effect. This means that any microorganisms introduced by the brush are immediately killed.
How is sterility checked?
As a rule, cosmetics must be subjected to a preservative load test before they reach the market. This test uses test germs to prove that a product reliably eliminates microorganisms introduced during its use.
How are cosmetics without preservatives protected from microorganisms?
These cosmetics also undergo a preservative load test in the same way. They do not contain any (potentially allergenic) preservatives listed in the EU Cosmetic Directive, but are protected by other, non-allergenic substances, such as polyhydric alcohols and ethanol.
What do I do if the brush is still not accepted?
Tip: Replace the brush with the pipette cap of a used active substance concentrate.
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For it hath been declared unto me, of you, my brethren,
&c.] Lest the above advice of the apostle should be thought to be impertinent and needless, and to proceed upon groundless suspicions and jealousies of his, he signifies that he not only had some broad hints of their contentions and divisions, but the whole affair was laid open, and made manifest to him: the thing was a clear point to him; he had no reason at all to doubt of the truth of it; nor could they deny it, the proof was so strong, the evidence so full, being given
by them which are of the house of Chloe.
Some take Chloe to be the name of a place; a city so called is said to have been in Cappadocia; but it seems rather to have been the name of a woman. Horace F2 several times makes mention of a woman of this name, and so does Martial F3. Pausanias F4 calls the goddess Ceres by it, the goddess of husbandry; the word signifying green grass of the field. The person the apostle speaks of was one that very probably lived at Corinth, and was a member of the church there, and at the head of a family of great worth and credit; who being grieved at the growing animosities, and disturbances there raised, wrote to the apostle, and gave him a distinct account of them, desiring him to use his interest to put a stop to them. He mentions this family by name, to show that he had not took up an idle tale, and received reports from anybody, nor from a single person only, but from a family of repute among them; and who could have no other views in the relation of it to him, than the good of the church, and the glory of God: and what they had made out clearly to him was,
that there are contentions among you;
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The vector-borne Zika virus joins avian influenza, Ebola, and yellow fever as recent public health crises threatening pandemicity.
By a combination of stochastic modeling and economic geography, Clear-Cutting Disease Control proposes two key causes together explain the explosive spread of the worst of the vector-borne outbreaks. Ecosystems in which such pathogens are largely controlled by environmental stochasticity are being drastically streamlined by both agribusiness-led deforestation and deficits in public health and environmental sanitation. Consequently, a subset of infections that once burned out relatively quickly in local forests are now propagating across susceptible human populations whose vulnerability to infection is often exacerbated in structurally adjusted cities. The resulting outbreaks are characterized by greater global extent, duration, and momentum.
As infectious diseases in an age of nation states and global health programs cannot, as much of the present modeling literature presumes, be described by interacting populations of host, vector, and pathogen alone, a series of control theory models is also introduced here. These models, useful to researchers and health officials alike, explicitly address interactions between government ministries and the pathogens they aim to control.
- The Social Context of the Emergence of Vector-Borne Disease
- Modeling Vector-Borne Diseases in a Commoditized Landscape
- Modeling State Interventions
- Implications for Disease Intervention and Modeling
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major health care problem, affecting more than 35% of the elderly population worldwide. New interventions to slow or prevent disease progression are urgently needed. Beneficial effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have been described, however it is unclear whether the MSCs themselves or their secretome is required. We hypothesized that MSC-derived conditioned medium (CM) reduces progression of CKD and studied functional and structural effects in a rat model of established CKD. CKD was induced by 5/6 nephrectomy (SNX) combined with L-NNA and 6% NaCl diet in Lewis rats. Six weeks after SNX, CKD rats received either 50 µg CM or 50 µg non-CM (NCM) twice daily intravenously for four consecutive days. Six weeks after treatment CM administration was functionally effective: glomerular filtration rate (inulin clearance) and effective renal plasma flow (PAH clearance) were significantly higher in CM vs. NCM-treatment. Systolic blood pressure was lower in CM compared to NCM. Proteinuria tended to be lower after CM. Tubular and glomerular damage were reduced and more glomerular endothelial cells were found after CM. DNA damage repair was increased after CM. MSC-CM derived exosomes, tested in the same experimental setting, showed no protective effect on the kidney. In a rat model of established CKD, we demonstrated that administration of MSC-CM has a long-lasting therapeutic rescue function shown by decreased progression of CKD and reduced hypertension and glomerular injury. | <urn:uuid:608fa34a-926a-4ec7-83f4-2b9259c6c669> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22723882/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.967145 | 336 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Coach’s Corner: Associates Should Take Charge of Their Business EducationBy Ed Poll
Associate development requires planning by developing overall goals and specific strategies that prepare them for the partnership. The firm must be able to measure the growth of associates by specific standards of billable time, training, and client development effort, documented against near-term targets that are realistic. It can be as fundamental as identifying two or three desired outcomes for the associate within a given time period, defining the behaviors necessary to achieve those outcomes, then giving the associate the means to achieve results. And ongoing business education is fundamental to achieving those results.
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Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts.
Paluch AE., Bajpai S., Bassett DR., Carnethon MR., Ekelund U., Evenson KR., Galuska DA., Jefferis BJ., Kraus WE., Lee I-M., Matthews CE., Omura JD., Patel AV., Pieper CF., Rees-Punia E., Dallmeier D., Klenk J., Whincup PH., Dooley EE., Pettee Gabriel K., Palta P., Pompeii LA., Chernofsky A., Larson MG., Vasan RS., Spartano N., Ballin M., Nordström P., Nordström A., Anderssen SA., Hansen BH., Cochrane JA., Dwyer T., Wang J., Ferrucci L., Liu F., Schrack J., Urbanek J., Saint-Maurice PF., Yamamoto N., Yoshitake Y., Newton RL., Yang S., Shiroma EJ., Fulton JE., Steps for Health Collaborative None.
BACKGROUND: Although 10 000 steps per day is widely promoted to have health benefits, there is little evidence to support this recommendation. We aimed to determine the association between number of steps per day and stepping rate with all-cause mortality. METHODS: In this meta-analysis, we identified studies investigating the effect of daily step count on all-cause mortality in adults (aged ≥18 years), via a previously published systematic review and expert knowledge of the field. We asked participating study investigators to process their participant-level data following a standardised protocol. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality collected from death certificates and country registries. We analysed the dose-response association of steps per day and stepping rate with all-cause mortality. We did Cox proportional hazards regression analyses using study-specific quartiles of steps per day and calculated hazard ratios (HRs) with inverse-variance weighted random effects models. FINDINGS: We identified 15 studies, of which seven were published and eight were unpublished, with study start dates between 1999 and 2018. The total sample included 47 471 adults, among whom there were 3013 deaths (10·1 per 1000 participant-years) over a median follow-up of 7·1 years ([IQR 4·3-9·9]; total sum of follow-up across studies was 297 837 person-years). Quartile median steps per day were 3553 for quartile 1, 5801 for quartile 2, 7842 for quartile 3, and 10 901 for quartile 4. Compared with the lowest quartile, the adjusted HR for all-cause mortality was 0·60 (95% CI 0·51-0·71) for quartile 2, 0·55 (0·49-0·62) for quartile 3, and 0·47 (0·39-0·57) for quartile 4. Restricted cubic splines showed progressively decreasing risk of mortality among adults aged 60 years and older with increasing number of steps per day until 6000-8000 steps per day and among adults younger than 60 years until 8000-10 000 steps per day. Adjusting for number of steps per day, comparing quartile 1 with quartile 4, the association between higher stepping rates and mortality was attenuated but remained significant for a peak of 30 min (HR 0·67 [95% CI 0·56-0·83]) and a peak of 60 min (0·67 [0·50-0·90]), but not significant for time (min per day) spent walking at 40 steps per min or faster (1·12 [0·96-1·32]) and 100 steps per min or faster (0·86 [0·58-1·28]). INTERPRETATION: Taking more steps per day was associated with a progressively lower risk of all-cause mortality, up to a level that varied by age. The findings from this meta-analysis can be used to inform step guidelines for public health promotion of physical activity. FUNDING: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | <urn:uuid:b261dcb1-2cec-427e-80df-663a110244ef> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wrh.ox.ac.uk/publications/1243175 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.867646 | 848 | 1.875 | 2 |
MINI REVIEW article
Sec. Pathological Conditions
Links between circadian rhythms and psychiatric disease
- Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
Determining the cause of psychiatric disorders is a goal of modern neuroscience, and will hopefully lead to the discovery of treatments to either prevent or alleviate the suffering caused by these diseases. One roadblock to attaining this goal is the realization that neuropsychiatric diseases are rarely due to a single gene polymorphism, environmental exposure, or developmental insult. Rather, it is a complex interaction between these various influences that likely leads to the development of clinically relevant syndromes. Our lab is exploring the links between environmental exposures and neurobehavioral function by investigating how disruption of the circadian (daily) clock alters the structure and function of neural circuits, with the hypothesis that disrupting this crucial homeostatic system can directly contribute to altered vulnerability of the organism to other factors that interact to produce psychiatric illness. This review explores some historical and more recent findings that link disrupted circadian clocks to neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly depression, mania, and schizophrenia. We take a comparative approach by exploring the effects observed in human populations, as well as some experimental models used in the laboratory to unravel mechanistic and causal relationships between disruption of the circadian clock and behavioral abnormalities. This is a rich area of research that we predict will contribute greatly to our understanding of how genes, environment, and development interact to modulate an individual’s vulnerability to psychiatric disorders.
A significant problem that modern neuroscience aims to solve is the distress caused by neuropsychiatric disorders. The fundamental challenge is that these disorders are far from the unitary constructs we sometimes imagine, and almost certainly not caused by a single event, gene mutation, or neurotransmitter abnormality. Instead, these disorders are multifaceted neurobehavioral dysfunctions that in many cases also include symptoms outside the central nervous system. As such, neuroscience needs to address these challenges in an integrated fashion, leveraging the advances made using genetic, molecular, and physiological approaches. Several research groups are tackling the puzzle of neuropsychiatric disorders by exploring the hypothesis that homeostatic perturbations are at the root of such disease states. Understanding the mechanisms that maintain homeostasis and respond to environmental challenges that threaten homeostasis is of crucial importance. One such system is the circadian (daily) timing system, and studying how circadian rhythms are perturbed in psychiatric disorders may provide insight into their contribution to neurobehavioral changes in some mental disease.
This review will describe the function of the circadian timing system, discuss how various neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia display disruptions in circadian timing, and present the hypothesis that in some cases these disorders may be triggered or exacerbated by a dysfunction in this crucial homeostatic system.
Circadian Rhythms: A Brief Review
One of the most salient environmental signals available to organisms is the rotation of the Earth about its axis. The reliable and predicable circadian (daily) changes in light and temperature (to mention only a few variables) have provided organisms – from single-celled organisms to humans – a framework on which to temporally organize physiology. This framework allows organisms to accomplish two major tasks. The first task is predicting regularly repeating changes in the environment. Anticipating such changes in the environment can aid even the simplest single-celled photosynthetic organism in the prediction of daylight hours to optimize energy collection by allowing different biochemical pathways to become active at appropriate times. This then allows potentially incompatible biochemical processes to exist in their own temporal compartments, ensuring they do not interfere with each other. Equally as important is the adaptation to unanticipated or less periodic changes in the environment. The circadian system allows for stimuli in the environment to “phase shift” the endogenous clock, pushing it forward or backward, in order to adapt to changes in the outside world. Unfortunately, modern industrialized society can regularly produce light at the wrong times of day (e.g., light at night from electronics) that then can activate phase shifting processes inappropriately. This problem is exacerbated when individuals are chronically living “out of time” with their circadian clocks, such as shift workers, airline pilots, and medical workers to name a few. Growing evidence suggests that chronic circadian disruption can result in significant mental and physical health problems. However, the mechanisms by which disrupted circadian clocks lead to these health problems remain unknown. To determine potential pathways by which disrupted clocks can contribute to neuropsychiatric disease, we need to explore the processes that underlie circadian timing at the molecular and cellular levels.
Almost all biological processes in organisms with lifespans longer than 24 h display circadian rhythms. In more complex animals, the most obvious of these is the regulation of the rest–activity cycle. In mammals, the master circadian clock regulating nearly all circadian rhythms in the organism is located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus. This neural structure contains a self-sustaining oscillator that synchronizes local clocks throughout the brain and body (Moore-Ede et al., 1984; Butler et al., 2009). These “peripheral” clocks are thought to set local time in many body tissues, and are hypothesized to allow optimal functioning by temporally organizing biochemical and cellular processes throughout the organism. Animal studies have shown that shifting the SCN clock by light causes an almost instant resetting of oscillators there, but oscillators in the rest of the body take numerous cycles to fully resynchronize to the SCN and the external environment (Yamazaki et al., 2000), the root cause of the general malaise associated with jet lag. The mechanisms by which this resynchronization occurs remain unclear, although numerous candidates have been suggested (Cheng et al., 2002, 2006; Buhr et al., 2010).
How Does Circadian Disruption Affect Neurobehavioral Function?
Anecdotally, most of us are aware that disruptions in circadian timing through shift work, jet lag, or other processes can lead to neurobehavioral deficits. Such changes can manifest as alterations in mood, affect, or cognitive function. It should be noted that several of the most notorious industrial accidents in the past few decades, including the Bhopal disaster in India, the Chernobyl nuclear accident in Ukraine, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska occurred during the night, with the individuals involved being shift workers of one sort or another. It is thought that several factors, including fatigue, interacted in each of these cases to cause or exacerbate the chain of events that lead to catastrophe (Colten and Altevogt, 2006). Thus, particularly in occupations with high cognitive loads, disrupted circadian clocks and sleep cycles could lead to significant degradation in cognitive function. An intriguing study in flight crews demonstrated that short recovery crews (those that are traveling mostly on transmeridian flights requiring repeated resynchronizations) showed decreased reaction times, increased error rates, and marked temporal lobe atrophy (Cho, 2001).
Animal models have also been applied to probe the connection between disrupted circadian clocks and neural and behavioral deficits. Gibson et al. (2010) used a repeated jet lag model in Syrian hamsters to explore the effects of chronic experimental “jet lag” on behavioral outcomes and neurogenesis in the hippocampus, since hippocampal neurogenesis is related to both cognitive and affective regulation, and may underlie depression (Samuels and Hen, 2011). They demonstrated that chronic jet lag by repeated phase shifting of the light–dark cycle results in learning and memory deficits accompanied by reductions in hippocampal neurogenesis. An important contribution of this study was the finding that deficits in hippocampal-dependent learning and memory persisted after cessation of the experimental jet lag (Gibson et al., 2010), suggesting that there may be long-lasting negative consequences of circadian disruption on brain function, even after the disrupting stimulus has been removed. In mice, Karatsoreos et al. (2011) demonstrated profound effects of circadian misalignment on the structure and function of prefrontal cortical neurons (Karatsoreos et al., 2011). Chronic (12 weeks) exposure to a shortened 20-h day (10 h light, 10 h dark) resulted in morphological changes in neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Specifically, following circadian disruption neurons in layer II/III of the prelimbic mPFC had significant shrinkage of the apical dendrite, without observed changes in the basal dendrites. These gross changes were accompanied by simplification of the apical dendritic tree (Karatsoreos et al., 2011). Although the neural effects of the circadian disruption were stark, the behavioral effects were equally clear. Using a modified Morris Water Maze task that is sensitive to damage in the mPFC, circadian disrupted mice showed marked decreases in cognitive flexibility. In addition to the cognitive impairments, circadian disrupted mice demonstrated an “impulsive”-like phenotype, evidenced by entering a novel environment more quickly than controls. These findings were some of the first to experimentally link chronic circadian disruption to a reduction in the complexity of neurons that are important for attention, cognitive flexibility, and executive function. Although the mechanisms are still unknown, accumulating evidence supports a role for circadian disruption as a causative contributor to neurocognitive deficits.
Links between Circadian Disruption and Psychiatric Disorders: Unfortunate Side Effect or Contributing Factor?
One of the most common, and highly disruptive co-morbid problems in many psychiatric conditions, including depression, obsessive–compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia, is disruption in the sleep–wake cycle. However, there is ample debate if these effects are merely symptoms of these disorders, or in fact, if they may be contributing causes.
Depressive disorders are characterized by multiple physiological and psychological symptoms, and present with circadian disruption in both behavior and in physiology. The disruption of the circadian clock can manifest as changes in sleep–wake cycles (Van Cauter and Turek, 1986; Turek, 2007), but growing evidence also shows circadian disruption at the level of the molecular circadian clock (Mendlewicz, 2009). Recent findings show that intensity of major depressive symptoms in humans is correlated with the misalignment of circadian rhythms (Emens et al., 2009), in that more severe depressive states are associated with the circadian pacemaker being more delayed relative to the timing of sleep onset. Whether this is a causal change is still unclear, but shift workers often suffer from mood disturbances and an increased risk for depression (Scott et al., 1997; Asaoka et al., 2013). It is important to consider that links between circadian function and depression might occur at many levels (Wirz-Justice, 2009). An interesting example of this multi-level interaction is evident in the development and use of agomelatine, a melatonin agonist that also has serotonergic activity. This drug is actively being used for its antidepressant actions, with significant results (de Bodinat et al., 2010). It is thought that agomelatine can also act as a circadian “resynchronizer” in models of depression (Morley-Fletcher et al., 2011; Koresh et al., 2012; Mairesse et al., 2013). In human studies, it has been demonstrated that agomelatine can increase the relative amplitude of circadian rhythms in the rest–activity cycle, including effects on sleep, which was accompanied by parallel improvement in depressive symptoms (Kasper et al., 2010). When taken as a whole, these findings suggest that circadian disruption may contribute to depression, though unraveling the etiology from symptomology can be difficult. Given that changes in hippocampal neurogenesis are observed following chronic circadian disruption, and that cell birth and proliferation in the hippocampus is related to mood and antidepressant efficacy (Gibson et al., 2010), it is evident that circadian disruption may contribute to the development or exacerbation of depressive disorders. As yet, how these various pathways interact and synergize is unknown, though changes in multiple interacting physiological systems induced by chronic circadian dysfunction are likely to be a precipitating factor. Although it is clear that there is a strong relationship between circadian disruption and depression, these effects are likely bidirectional.
In addition to cognitive deficits and depression, circadian rhythm abnormalities have also been explored in mania. It is well established that during manic episodes, sleep patterns are significantly altered (Wehr et al., 1983; Plante and Winkelman, 2008; Robillard et al., 2013), and circadian patterns of several physiological functions are attenuated (Goetze and Tolle, 1987; Souetre et al., 1988; McClung, 2007). To probe potential causative links between disrupted circadian clocks and mania, animal models must be leveraged. Several lines of evidence demonstrate that treating hamsters with lithium chloride (a potent pharmacological agent used to treat manic depressive disorders) significantly lengthens the period of their circadian clock (Terao, 1992; LeSauter and Silver, 1993; Klemfuss and Kripke, 1995; Iwahana et al., 2007). Detailed molecular work has shown that lithium treatment can alter several intracellular signaling cascades, including glycogen synthase kinase-3beta, a link to the circadian molecular clockworks (Iwahana et al., 2004; Padiath et al., 2004; Iitaka et al., 2005; Ko et al., 2010; Lamont et al., 2010; Osland et al., 2011). These studies suggest that this pharmacological treatment can reduce the symptoms of mania while also having direct effects on the circadian clock at both the cell/molecular level and the behavioral level. More recent work has begun to explore how defects in several key clock genes affect behaviors in mouse (McClung, 2011, 2013). Mutations in the core clock gene Clock can lead to mania-like behaviors (Roybal et al., 2007), and site-specific knockdown of Clock in the VTA can induce similar manic-like behaviors (Mukherjee et al., 2010). Together, the human and non-human animal models provide strong evidence that circadian dysfunction is not only a component of some forms of mania, but that altering the function of the molecular circadian clock can mimic many of these effects.
While pathways linking disrupted circadian clocks to cognitive function, depression, and perhaps even mania are being more clearly elucidated, links between circadian abnormalities and schizophrenia are less clear, both at the epidemiological and mechanistic levels. One reason for this lack of clarity is that the cause of schizophrenia remains elusive, and is likely a result of a combination of genetic and experiential factors. However, there are lines of evidence that point to strong links between disrupted circadian clocks and schizophrenia (reviewed in Jamadar et al., 2013; Monti et al., 2013). Epidemiological studies show that fragmented circadian rhythms, as measured by changes in rest–activity cycles or in sleep regulation, are observed in schizophrenic patients (Wirz-Justice et al., 1997, 2001; Wulff et al., 2006, 2012; Pritchett et al., 2012). This includes both sleep onset and sleep maintenance insomnia. Correlations have also been observed between the phasing of the melatonin rhythm and sleep in schizophrenia, and are commonly observed in many schizophrenic patients (Mills et al., 1977; Rao et al., 1994; Wirz-Justice et al., 1997). It is interesting to note that in most cases, the sleep/circadian effects observed in schizophrenia are independent of either the course of the disease or the pharmacological status of the patient (Monti et al., 2013). Several animal models are now being applied to attempt to gain a mechanistic handle on the interaction between circadian timing and schizophrenia. The “blind-drunk” (Bdr) mouse line, which presents schizophrenic-like symptoms (Jeans et al., 2007), has been shown to have phase-advanced (i.e., earlier starting) rest–activity cycles while also showing a fragmentation of their circadian cycles (Oliver et al., 2012). The Bdr mouse carries a mutation in the gene for synaptosomal-associated protein (Snap)-25 that leads to disruption of exocytosis. This points to an association between altered synaptic activity and neurobehavioral function observed in schizophrenia-like models and circadian rhythms. However, this work should be interpreted cautiously, as the effects of this mutation on circadian rhythms may have little to do with the effects of the mutation on schizophrenia-like behavior. It is more likely that rather than directly causing schizophrenia, disruption of the circadian clock may somehow alter susceptibility in individuals at risk of developing schizophrenia. Work by Vacic et al. (2011) shows that in humans, a copy number variant in the gene encoding for the receptor for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide that is found in the SCN (i.e., Vipr2) can result in an increase risk of developing schizophrenia (Vacic et al., 2011). As such, there is compelling and somewhat provocative evidence that disruption of the circadian clock may not only be a symptom of schizophrenia, but perhaps a contributing cause.
Conclusion and Future Directions
The circadian timing system controls all physiological and behavioral rhythms, synchronizes them to the external environment, and ensures temporal isolation of incompatible physiological or behavioral processes (Kalsbeek et al., 2007; Karatsoreos and Silver, 2007; Butler et al., 2009). Thus, the circadian system sits at the center of a “web,” and can modulate the function of myriad physiological systems, both peripherally and centrally (Reppert and Weaver, 2002; Hastings et al., 2003). Since circadian rhythms are phylogenetically ancient, with many molecular components conserved between diverse species, from Drosophila to mouse to human (Bell-Pedersen et al., 2005), understanding how optimal functioning of this system contributes to fitness or vulnerability could have significant impact. That disrupted rhythms are observed in psychiatric conditions as diverse as depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia (Mansour et al., 2005; Roybal et al., 2007; Mendlewicz, 2009; Cortesi et al., 2010; Sacco et al., 2010; Karatsoreos, 2012), makes it intriguing to hypothesize that they may play a role in their etiology. However, as this and many other reviews indicate, whether circadian disruption represents a symptom or an etiology is unclear, and the specific contributions of disrupted circadian rhythms to mental disease are poorly understood.
This review has presented several findings from both the human and non-human animal literature that support a role for disrupted circadian clocks in the etiology of mental disease. Since the causes of many of these neuropsychiatric disorders are multifaceted, it is unlikely that a single circadian mutation, or single instance of circadian disruption, would directly cause the development of a mental disorder. It is also important to note that while there is ample and growing evidence of a circadian contribution to many of the disorders discussed in this review, some of the evidence is indirect, and none of the evidence specifically obviates other causes for these neuropsychiatric diseases. It is our hope that this review provides an additional context to the already rich work on the genetic, developmental, and environmental etiologies of mental disorders. We hypothesize that disrupted circadian clocks may instead make individuals more susceptible to the development of neuropsychiatric disorders (Karatsoreos and McEwen, 2011, 2013). This effect may be in a manner similar to the stress-diathesis model, whereby environmental challenges have more severe outcomes due to underlying genetic or experiential differences (Morley, 1983). Thus, chronic circadian disruption through genetic abnormalities or environmental perturbation could make neural systems less able to cope with insults. This failure in resilience could lead to the onset of neuropsychiatric conditions in those individuals who are made more vulnerable because of other factors such as genetics, developmental experiences, or environmental exposures. While still conjecture, we feel that this is an exciting area for future research that will hopefully lead to great strides being made in understanding the complex causes of mental disorders.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
I would like to thank my laboratory members for their hard work, and comments on a previous version of this manuscript. I would also like to thank the two reviewers who helped to significantly strengthen this manuscript. This work was supported in part by a Brain Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Award to INK.
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Keywords: biological rhythms, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder
Citation: Karatsoreos IN (2014) Links between circadian rhythms and psychiatric disease. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 8:162. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00162
Received: 17 February 2014; Accepted: 17 April 2014;
Published online: 06 May 2014.
Edited by:Ales Stuchlik, Institute of Physiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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SPRINGFIELD — The impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent landmark decision on firearms is reverberating throughout Massachusetts and in particular in Springfield where the Police Department found its decades-old practice of routinely restricting — or even denying — licenses to carry firearms was suddenly unconstitutional.
“With the new changes from the Supreme Court decision, that’s all gone,” said Deputy Police Chief William Cochrane.
For decades, the department maintained a policy of being very strict when it came to issuing gun owners licenses to carry. The department would set conditions, require additional training or just reject a license if the applicant did not have a good reason for wanting one.
Looking at it from the other side, firearms dealer Dominic Hannoush, who operates Armor Bearer Sports on Sumner Avenue, says the Supreme Court decision rights a decades-old wrong that had been foisted on law-abiding gun owners.
Communities like Springfield, in Hannoush’s opinion, threw up so many legal and economic barriers to thwart people from exercising their right to bear arms that many simply stopped trying to obtain a license to carry.
“Definitely those people are going to start coming in now and getting their license. They were holding off before because you couldn’t carry,” said Hannoush.
In the three weeks following the June 23 Supreme Court decision, more than 1,700 people across Massachusetts who had previously been given restricted licenses to carry, including 235 from Springfield, have petitioned to be granted an unrestricted license.
The ruling in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen struck down a New York law that had been on the books for around 100 years. The 6-3 decision stated for the first time that the Second Amendment gives law-abiding and properly licensed gun owners the constitutional right to carry a gun outside of their homes.
The Bruen ruling struck down an established New York state law that required people to demonstrate they had “proper cause” or a need to carry a firearm when they applied for a license to carry. Without an acceptable answer, the application would be rejected.
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion that the language of the Second Amendment — “the right of the people to keep and to bear arms” — conveys the right to both own firearms and to carry them in public.
“This definition of ‘bear’ naturally encompasses public carry,” Thomas wrote. “We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need.”
Within days of the Supreme Court decision, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Public Safety and Security Secretary Terrance Reidy sent a memo to police departments statewide that it is still illegal to carry a firearm without a license, but the ability to deny or to set restrictions on licenses are forever altered.
Massachusetts requires one of two licenses when it comes to legally owning firearms. The municipal police chief is the issuing authority for both, something which is unaffected by the Supreme Court ruling.
The first is a firearms identification card, which allows the purchase and possession of most rifles and shotguns, and ammunition. It allows you to transport your rifles or shotguns in a vehicle provided they are unloaded and secured.
The second is a license to carry, which allows gun owners to carry a handgun, loaded or unloaded, on their person or under their direct control in a motor vehicle. If it is not under direct control, it must be unloaded and in a secure container. Rifles and shotguns may also be transported but must be unloaded.
The Healey memo states that police chiefs remain the licensing authority for firearms, but they should cease enforcement of the “good reason” provision. Chiefs may still enquire why the applicant needs a license to carry, but may not use the answer as a determining factor in granting or denying a license.
The only two acceptable criteria under Massachusetts state law for denying an application involve the applicant being a “prohibited person” or considered “unsuitable.”
A prohibited person is anyone with a criminal record, specifically a conviction on a felony or misdemeanor punishable by two years in jail, or convicted of any gun or narcotics offense, or anyone convicted of domestic violence or contributing to the delinquency of a minor, or wanted on a warrant or named in a restraining order.
“Unsuitability” is defined as someone not sufficiently responsible to be entrusted with a firearm, based on a history of behavior that indicates a possible public safety threat.
According to Springfield police policy, factors that go into deciding unsuitability include criminal history, but also any mental issues, a history of making threats, or “volatile relationships.” The Springfield policy also says officers may also gauge suitability on any credible information that says the applicant “may create a risk to the public.”
The concern among lawmakers is that Bruen will chip away at Massachusetts’ gun laws, considered among the toughest in the nation, that have been on the books for decades and longer in some instances. The first law giving the police chief to authority to grant or deny a license to carry dates back to 1906, for example.
“In Massachusetts, we have strong gun laws that save lives, and our license-to-carry statute has been a critical component to ensure public safety,” Healey said in her clarification to police. “I am proud to continue working with state law enforcement partners in vigorously enforcing our gun laws.”
The Legislature has fast-tracked a bill designed to bring state gun law into compliance with the Supreme Court ruling. House Speaker Ronald Mariano said last week he hoped to have a complete bill approved and ready to send to Gov. Charlie Baker by Sunday.
The House on July 21 voted to require gun license renewals after three years instead of six, eliminate the “good reason” provision and tighten other restrictions about who may legally obtain firearms.
The bill, filed by Judiciary Committee Co-chair Rep. Mike Day, D-Stoneham, would also bar anyone who is the subject of a temporary or permanent harassment prevention order from carrying a firearm, as well as anyone who “poses a risk of danger to their self or others.”
As a result of the Healey memo, the Springfield Police Department updated its license-to-carry application memo, scrubbing language that became obsolete with the Bruen decision. Superintendent Cheryl C. Clapprood issued a new policy on July 12.
The previous policy, adopted in 2019, stated that applicants were required to have “good reason to fear injury” to their person or property before being issued a license to carry. Applicants also had to “articulate a reason to fear injury to himself or his property that diminishes him from the general population. The applicant must identify a specific need, that is, a need above and beyond a general desire to be safe.”
The new policy strikes all of that while repeating the exact language used in the Healey memo: “An applicant who is neither a ‘prohibited person’ nor ‘unsuitable’ must be issued an unrestricted license to carry.”
For as many as 30 years, according to Cochrane, Springfield, like a lot of large cities, employed the “good reason” clause extensively as a way of limiting the amounts of guns out in public. People without a good reason were routinely denied a license, he said, or issued restricted licenses that limited firearms use for recreational shooting or for hunting.
“We used to be very strict with how we gave out restrictions,” he said. “And the court just eliminated the restriction requirements.”
The department also for years required applicants to take an advanced concealed-carry gun safety course with live-fire training. This was in addition to the mandatory basic gun safety training required by the state, Cochrane said.
“The department still thoroughly screens everyone applying for an (license to carry) and FID,” he said. There are rigorous background checks with the courts and the state Department of Mental Health, and applicants have to submit their fingerprints.
While Cochrane did not have information on the number of restricted licenses issued over the years, he said it is easily several thousand.
In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling, the department has received hundreds of calls from people seeking to have their limited licenses converted. “We’re literally swamped with this new change,” he said. “We’re probably getting 50 calls a day.”
The department, in response, reviewed licensing information and sent individuals’ information to the state Instant Records Check Division, which would then send out new licenses, according to the deputy chief. He noted that the state agency, too, is swamped with requests.
According to the state Department of Criminal Justice Information Services, as of July 16, the state had revised 53 restricted licenses issued by the Springfield Police Department.
Of the 1,700 people seeking to have their restricted license changed to unrestricted, one-third are from two cities, Boston with 351 and Springfield with 225. The department said it will not review any license change requests unless notified first by the municipal law enforcement agency.
“I don’t really think there’s a need to change it on your LTC card,” Cochrane said. “You know, we can’t enforce a restriction anymore. It’s kind of moot.”
The Boston Globe reported that Boston police, too, have begun to lift restrictions on the thousands of gun licenses issued over the years.
Other Western Massachusetts communities that had less restrictive licensing policies said the Supreme Court decision has little bearing on how they operate.
In Easthampton, Sgt. Chad Alexander said the department is waiting further legal guidance, but for the most part Bruen has had very little impact.
“If you’re good to carry a gun, then you are good to carry a gun unrestricted,” Alexander said. In his city, applications, in general, are rejected if the background check turns up criminal or “unsuitability” issues.
West Springfield Police Chief Paul Connor said the same. Applicants in his community are asked why they want a license to carry a firearm, according to Connor, but added he has never gotten bogged down with whether the reason is good or not.
“Usually we run into, ‘It’s my Second Amendment right to protect myself,’” Connor said. “It’s kind of a standard answer that we’ve found while doing this.”
Licenses are issued, according to Connor, “based on history and whether they had run-ins with the law, and nothing to do with why they want the license. We’ve never gotten into that.”
Hadley Chief Mike Mason, who is president of the Western Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, said he’s discussed the attorney general’s memo with fellow chiefs.
“I don’t know of a time when we used the ‘good reason’ provision to deny someone,” Mason said. “We always have and will continue to deny based upon prohibited persons or for unsuitability.”
Ludlow Chief Daniel Valadas said he believes placing the licensing authority in the hands of municipal police is an effective system.
“We continue to deny candidates based on suitability, and I’m not changing that practice unless there’s some type of executive action,” Valadas said. “There are some people out there who shouldn’t carry firearms, and I think a police chief is an excellent licensing authority. It’s an excellent system. I hope that it doesn’t disappear.”
Hannoush, of Armor Bearer Sports, which advertises itself as “Springfield’s first and only gun store,” said restrictions on licenses to carry firearms amounts to denying the right of people to protect themselves.
“The only time you’re able to carry or have your gun in your possession is with it locked and concealed in a case or something, and you are on your way to a shooting range or hunting grounds,” he said.
Hannoush foresees the Supreme Court ruling will be a boon for business owners who deal in cash, delivery drivers, property owners and people who want to feel safe.
“I’m definitely starting to see an increase in the amount of concealed-carry purchasers,” he said. “Instead of the full-sized gun, they are going right to the case with the compacts and saying that’s what they’re buying.”
In Massachusetts, it costs $100 to get an FID card, another $100 to get an license to carry and $125 for the basic firearm safety course. Springfield’s additional concealed-carry training costs up to $400, and there was still no guarantee you would get a license, according to Hannoush.
Hannoush said he is not a “hard-core gun rights” guy, but he believes the restrictions used by cities like Springfield went too far.
“I agree that there’s supposed to be some limitations that go with having a license, so I definitely think people should do more training to be able to carry a gun,” he said. “But at the same time, it is their right and you just can’t deny people for no reason.”
He supports the police being able to reject a license for someone who would be a clear danger to themselves or others. But, Hannoush rejects the argument that more people carrying guns will mean an increase in gun crimes.
“Saying that a lot more people are going to start getting guns and it’s going to be more dangerous because they are going to be carrying them, I don’t necessarily agree with that because these are people who are legally allowed to have a gun,” Hannoush said. “The people who aren’t legally allowed to have a gun? This doesn’t affect them.”
Criminals will still buy guns on the black market or steal them no matter what rules are in place, said Hannoush. “Illegal guns are the reason there is so much crime. I would say 90% of crime is done with an illegal gun,” he said.
On that point, Cochrane agrees. The city of Springfield has a significant gun problem, but the problem is not with licensed gun owners, according to the deputy.
“I think the people that have guns are careful with — the people that have a license — are careful with them,” Cochrane said. “If it’s reported that they’re not careful with them, or they do something dumb, and we investigate and if it’s deemed necessary to revoke or suspend, we will do that.” | <urn:uuid:681b9c70-65c7-4e07-83de-f0a7773b416e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/07/supreme-court-ruling-blows-holes-in-springfields-30-year-old-restrictions-on-license-to-carry-applications.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963628 | 3,158 | 1.875 | 2 |
Over a recent ten-year period, there were 30 serious reported accidents involving lawn mowers in the workplace. Two of the accidents were fatal. Conducting proper lawn mower risk assessments to make sure you’re aware of all safety hazards is essential.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also believes there were many more than 30 lawn mower safety incidents during this time. Workers simply failed to notify them.
Most businesses conducting large scale mowing operations will make use of agricultural mowers. These are used alongside a tractor. The size and weight of the equipment means that there are a lot of risks and safety hazards to be aware of.
There are two types of agricultural lawn mower referred to here: flail and rotary. These may be tractor-mounted or towed.
Lawn Mower Risk Assessments
As with any piece of agricultural machinery, an employer must conduct a lawn mower Risk Assessment to identify safety hazards.
This means identifying all potential hazards of the mower and its operation. The aim is to keep the risk of injury to a minimum.
Employers should also ensure any user of a mower follows certain principles of good practice.
Lawn Mower Safety Training
To help with these principles, mower operators should have appropriate workplace training. The training must show the correct and safe use of a mower.
Machinery makers and dealers, agricultural colleges and award schemes offer training programmes.
A useful training backup is to supply operators with a mowers instruction manual. This way, an operator can understand precisely how a mower works. A manual also has safety advice. This usually includes details of how to remove any blockages that stop a mowers efficient use.
Lawn Mower Safety Hazards
There are many safety hazards when operating a large piece of lawn mowing machinery.
Tractors making use of agricultural mowers are heavy machinery. There’s also the consideration of cutting edges and other hazards in the grass itself.
Lets take a look at the main safety hazards to be aware of during lawn mowing operations. These should form part of any lawn mower risk assessment, and steps should be taken to protect workers and members of the public from injury.
Debris in Grass
One of the main risks of using a mower is the ejection of debris. This can fly out and strike a nearby person.
A mower should have a protective skirt to help prevent this. But if the ground is bumpy, debris such as stones can still emerge at speed.
A mower also ejects more than ground debris. A badly maintained machine may throw out flails, blades or other parts. These can cause a very Serious Workplace Injury.
Blockages can be common. Its vital, though, never to remove a blockage while the mowers blades are moving. This warning may seem obvious; but accidents have occurred as a result of workers ignoring it.
Crushing and Overturning
Another major cause of accidents with mowers is crushing. Mowers sometimes fall on workers who are replacing the blades. Mowers also overturn on slopes, and can pin a worker under a fallen tractor or ride on mower.
Basic Lawn Mower Safety Precautions
There are a number of basic safety precations which should be undertaken to take account of the common safety hazards involved in lawn mowing.
These are the basic precautions a mowing operator should always take.
- First, ensure all guards fit properly. A very important safety guard is the protective skirt. The guards on an old mower may well slip or fall off completely. Dont use the mower until the guards and skirt are in place.
- Never leave the tractor until the engine is off. Also disengage the controls. The temptation to keep a tractor running while checking a problem with lawn mowing equipment can lead to serious injury.
- Before removing a blockage or performing a repair, support the mower properly. Make sure the support is sufficient to bear the mowers weight. Crush injuries are a very common safety hazard.
- Be cautious when mowing on a slope. The most dangerous point comes as an operator turns a tractor on inclined or uneven ground. Incautious operation of the machinery can lead to the tractor and mower overturning.
- Use protective gloves for blade changing and maintenance. This will reduce the risk of cuts.
- Dont work with a mower in the presence of bystanders. Debris may shoot out from the mower and cause serious harm.
- Dont approach a mower until the blades have stopped.
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Abandonment of Afghanistan at this time would be highly inadvisable because of the inordinate risks of abetting Islamic extremism and generating higher outflows of narcotics and people. The strategy of 2013-2017, in which small numbers of American troops advised Afghan forces and conducted raids, prevented the Kabul government from falling, but it failed to prevent insurgents from retaking much of the country. Military setbacks heightened infighting among Afghan elites and impeded the development of a viable national government.
The August 2017 announcement of an enduring U.S. commitment has been a welcome change, easing Afghan fears of American abandonment—fears that have caused many Afghans to sit on the fence or side with the insurgents. The Trump administration’s determination to preserve the Afghan government and its resolve to get tougher with Pakistan could also cause the Pakistani government to reduce its assistance to the Afghan insurgents. The actual impact on the Pakistanis, however, remains to be seen.
The proper degree of reliance upon local and regional warlords has bedeviled security efforts in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. For the first few years of the post-Taliban era, the international community permitted the warlords to convert their militias into police forces, but the misbehavior of those forces and their ineffectiveness in halting the return of the Taliban led to increased emphasis on national security forces. Building those forces required a long-term commitment, for a decade of civil war and Taliban rule had left Afghanistan bereft of trained and experienced officers. The slow rate of progress, coupled with the revival of the Taliban and other insurgent groups, led to intermittent efforts to empower warlords, with widely varying results.
The American effort to build the national security forces has been expensive, and at times has been fruitless because of lack of care and patience, but it has produced a younger generation of military and police officers who are less prone to criminality and corruption than the warlords. Given what has been achieved and what is at stake, continued investment is warranted. The national security forces will have to take the lead in securing Afghanistan’s provinces because of their superior competence and commitment to the nation of Afghanistan.
Whether the warlords can play constructive roles going forward will have to be handled on a case by case basis. Having spent considerable time traveling around Afghanistan, I have found that it is most difficult to gauge the current state of affairs without visiting the districts and provinces, and that there is great variation from one place to the next. With the international media presence now much smaller than a few years ago, it is even more difficult to tell what is going on from afar.
Bolstering the U.S. advisory presence with the Afghan national security forces, as the Trump administration is in the process of doing, will help reverse the negative military trends of the past few years. Many of the Afghan units are now reasonably good at basic infantry skills, but they require help with combat-enabling functions such as close air support, intelligence, and logistics. Considering the limited size of the recent U.S. troop augmentation, the recapture of territory and population is likely to be incremental, not rapid. Although the American public is generally impatient with overseas military commitments, it is likely to tolerate this level of U.S. military involvement so long as American casualties continue to remain low.
Mark Moyar is Senior Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency. | <urn:uuid:3f9d7ad4-9049-4435-b2d8-64bedf2d70ea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hoover.org/research/us-aid-afghanistan-remains-critical | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956601 | 716 | 2.1875 | 2 |
A landscaper is a person who works on creating and maintaining gardens, lawns, outdoor space, and outdoor infrastructure. Some of the duties that a landscaper might be responsible for include:
Working with ground maintenance equipment such as mowers, trimmers, etc., to maintain lawns and garden beds.
Designing landscape designs for properties so they have lush vegetation around their home or business.
Maintaining healthy trees and plants in a garden or yard environment. This can involve regular pruning, watering of plants that require it, adding fertilizer when needed etc. Using weed control measures if weeds are found in a yard or garden area to get rid of them.
Providing advice about landscaping needs to clients based on their property, whether they live in an apartment block or a house.
Keeping records of the various jobs that are created for landscaping projects. This can include when estimates are provided to clients about what work will be carried out on their home, to when the actual work is completed. Keeping detailed records around how much time was spent working on different types of jobs so accurate revenue can be calculated at the end of each pay period.
Landscapers often have their own business so being able to manage staff and employees is also important. This can include planning budgets for different projects, dealing with administrative tasks such as invoicing clients after a job has been completed, etc.
Working outdoors physically strenuous labor may not sound like the most attractive of jobs, but it can be enjoyable for those who love being outdoors and working with plants.
Article Summary: A landscaper’s job is to create and maintain gardens, lawns, outdoor space, and exterior structures. The main duty of a landscaper is to work on maintaining healthy trees and plants. Other tasks may include maintaining ground maintenance equipment such as mowers and trimmers to maintain lawns and garden beds as well as designing landscape designs for properties so they have lush vegetation around their homes or businesses.
Miami landscaping design must also advise about landscaping needs to clients based on their property including estimates on what work will be completed on their homes and keep records of the various jobs created for landscaping projects. Landscapers also have to manage employees in order to complete tasks efficiently, record time spent working on different types of jobs so accurate revenue can be calculated at the end of each pay period, plan budgets for different projects, deal with administrative tasks such as invoicing clients after a job has been completed, etc. Working outdoors can also require physically strenuous labor that may not sound appealing but it can be enjoyable for those who love being outdoors and working with plants.
Why you shouldn’t Do It Yourself
Landscaping activities can also lead to injuries, such as cuts and bruises from gardening tools. In addition, individuals risk injuring themselves when operating yard equipment like weed-eaters or lawnmowers (Backyard Safety). Though a landscaping project may start off small, it might eventually expand into a larger undertaking that requires bigger equipment and more people to complete. As a result, landscapers should be aware of their physical limitations before engaging in this hobby.
Nevertheless, landscaping is not as dangerous as other hobbies because many products are marketed with enhanced safety features. Furthermore, even DIY come with detailed instructions on how to use them properly to prevent injuries. For example, the Landscaping for Relaxation). One study discovered that gardeners had lower mortality rates than non-gardeners (Häussler et al.). Another investigation found that individuals who preferred tending to plants rather than watching television were more content and satisfied with their lives in general (Niemeier et al.). These studies indicate why so many people benefit from landscaping activities.
Overall, landscaping is a wonderful hobby because it benefits both adults and children by enhancing self-esteem, strengthening familial ties through projects, and providing relaxation. However, this activity can be dangerous if proper safety precautions are not taken into consideration first. What do you think? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below. | <urn:uuid:6e84563a-236c-47bb-9d24-22531749f427> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wowarticles.com/what-are-the-job-duties-of-a-landscaper/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963902 | 822 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Do you suffer from chronic headaches? How about foot pain, back pain and neck pain from being on your feet all day at work? Are you an elderly American who suffers from conditions like arthritis or sciatica?
If you said yes to any of those questions, acupuncture treatment may be the pain relief treatment you’ve been looking for. If you’re not sure what acupuncture is, here’s a brief history:
- For starters, it’s a way to improve the natural healing processes in the body through the use of very fine needles. These needles are inserted into the skin to help stimulate acupoints.
- Once the needles have been inserted, a licensed acupuncturist may use things like electricity or heat to further stimulate the acupoints.
- Acupuncture treatment has been around for thousands of years as a traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, the World Health Organization has endorsed it for treating more than 200 different diseases and symptoms.
If you’re worried about getting stuck with needles, don’t be. Acupuncturists are trained in acupuncture treatment and will take care of you. Believe it or not, acupuncture treatment can benefit your health in many ways, including:
- Fewer headaches: There aren’t many things that can suck the wind out of your day faster than a splitting headache that insists on sticking around. If you’re someone who suffers from migraines, acupuncture treatment can give you relief instead of constantly relying on other things like pills.
- Better feeling: For whatever kind of pain you suffer from whether it’s back pain, neck pain, joint pain or something else, acupuncture treatment can be a godsend. It’s important to note that an acupuncture treatment goes for about 45 minutes to an hour and involves anywhere from 5-20 needles. These needles don’t hurt and they help reduce swelling and inflammation.
- Better immunity: Acupuncture can also help improve your immune system and make it stronger. It can help fight off harmful pathogens and help reduce the amount of time you suffer from things like colds and fevers. With better immunity, you’ll stay healthy and have more time for things you enjoy.
- Better focus: Every feel like you struggle to stay focused at work? Fortunately, acupuncture can help give you better mental clarity and that needed surge of energy you need to get through your day. With acupuncture treatment, you’ll be able to stay focused and get your work done, instead of feeling like you’re in some kind of fatigue-induced haze.
- Better vision: These days, lots of people suffer from a wide spectrum of vision-related issues such as color blindness, glaucoma, hyptermetropia and glaucoma. Acupuncture can help treat some of those ailments and eye strain, which can lead to tension in the neck.
- Allergy relief: When springtime and summertime arrive, you can bet that scores of people are going to be affected by the weather and will likely suffer from a lot of allergies. Fortunately, acupuncture treatment can help with your symptoms. Before the weather changes, go in for an acupuncture and start treatments. You’ll help reduce your symptoms and reduce your use of things like antihistamines for relief.
- Less stress: It doesn’t seem to matter where you are or what you’re doing these days; everything seems to be a source of stress. Believe it or not, it’s usually the top reason people visit an acupuncturist for treatments. A visit to an acupuncturist can help reduce or stress and anxiety, give you feelings of happiness and help moderate your mood, which can be a life saver when it comes to navigating your busy life.
- Helping to quick smoking: Whether you know it or not, acupuncture can help you quit smoking. It can help repair your long tissue and can help you deotx your body as your cravings decrease and you move on from smoking.
You may have heard a lot of rumors about acupuncture, but it doesn’t hurt and can be the ultimate solution when it comes to pain relief. It can help you treat all of the symptoms listed above and can also be used in treating infertility, obesity, facial spasms and pain related to cancer along with many other sicknesses and aliments. If you’re unsure, talk to an acupuncturist about what the process entails and have them put your mind at ease before you go in for a treatment. | <urn:uuid:fcfd51c3-cee6-4b01-9495-b887cdb868e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cycardio.org/eight-ways-acupuncture-can-transform-your-health/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.927857 | 946 | 1.84375 | 2 |
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Australia & New Zealand Start DST
When Does DST Start and End on Lord Howe Island?
During Daylight Saving Time (DST) the clocks on Lord Howe Island are set forward 30 minutes, not the normal whole hour, from UTC+10:30 to UTC+11. DST starts on the first Sunday of October and ends the first Sunday of April, the same as mainland Australia.
Daylight Saving Time in Other Years
DST changes do not necessarily occur on the same date every year.
History of DST on Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island started using DST in 1971 at the same time as New South Wales. The clock was moved forward by a full hour according to the Standard Time Act 1971. In 1985, a governor’s order stated that DST on Lord Howe Island would be 30 minutes ahead of Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), putting it on the same local time as NSW during the DST period. | <urn:uuid:86fc1afa-6442-4a7c-95e9-40e62dee3630> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/australia/lord-howe-island?year=2017 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.913969 | 389 | 3.140625 | 3 |
LASK AIR BASE, Poland -- U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, began off-site aerial training for the first time since their arrival at Detachment 1, 52nd Operations Group here, March 18.
The training enhances interoperability, allowing pilots to take advantage of a unique opportunity to operate across the range of military operations with precise full-spectrum capabilities.
"Bilateral training is essential for future operations within NATO responsibilities," said Lt. Col. John Peterson, the 555th Fighter Squadron commander. "When we execute operations in possible real-world situations, we need to have taken the opportunity to train with our fellow NATO nations. In this case, having been invited by the Polish government to train with Polish air force counterparts, it's a unique opportunity for us to combine forces."
On the first day of flying, 16 pilots acclimated to a new airspace and local area procedures. Because of information provided by Polish air force pilots, the flying mission was a success.
"Flying in a different environment poses several challenges, most importantly ensuring the safety of your flight with little knowledge of our emergency airfields," said Capt. Kirby Sanford, a 555th Fighter Squadron pilot and the chief of training. "Fortunately, we were provided the information we needed to successfully and safely execute on day one due to an in-brief from our Polish counterparts."
As the training continues, the scenarios become more complex, allowing pilots to exercise their capabilities to a comprehensive extent.
"We are going to be able to enhance each one of the tactical training missions and take our skill sets to the next level," Sanford said. "This will be even more evident when we get the opportunity to train in the air with the Polish fighter pilots."
Reflecting upon previous training missions with NATO allies, Sanford said he realizes influential lessons learned through bilateral integration.
"I flew with Bulgarian aircraft in 2012 and with the Portuguese F-16s a month ago," he said. "There are so many lessons learned and each one provides insight to how we are able to effectively pick up our entire operation and be ready to train or fight within a matter of days in a different NATO country. The most important piece of information I've learned, each country brings something to the fight and in my opinion -- that's what makes our coalition efforts so effective."
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In order to help associates brush up on skills, a short eLearning course was developed in under a week to meet the organization’s needs as soon as possible.
One of the skills our associates continuously need to brush-up on and practice is assisting patients with their glasses. With a few quick adjustments to a frame an associate can transform a pair of glasses. However, many associates don’t have the optical experience to know how to adjust a patient’s glasses to fix his/her problem and may be intimidated to do so, since glasses are so expensive.
We needed to create a learning module quickly (about 1 week turn-around with edits) so it could be distributed to associates. My teammate and SME took an older in-person presentation I’d found, updated the material and sent me the updated presentation with narration to use in the eLearning I created.
To avoid sharing proprietary information, I have omitted confidential information in this case study.
Making content interesting
While my SME explained the concepts clearly in his narration, in order to make the content come alive I created animations to further illustrate what he was talking about.
|Sample of animation created within Storyline to illustrate concepts explained by on-screen text and narration.|
Communication to succeed
Our team had to work closely together in order to get the final product completed on time. I made sure to send final products to my SME for review and would reach out with a phone call if I had questions or needed quick approval. Our teamwork allowed us to roll out a product that we were proud of and met the needs of our associates. | <urn:uuid:7594034c-b303-4d16-9ff2-998b8a093007> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://juliaalson.com/portfolio/quick-elearning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964904 | 343 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Washington Monument, USA
Latitude and longitude coordinates are: 38.889484, -77.035278.
Washington Monument is a historic monument, an obelisk, and an observation facility built at the end of the 19th century and located at 2 15th St NW, Washington, DC, USA. The monument is dedicated to the life, victories, and achievements of George Washington, the United States' first president, one of the most prominent and important persons in the whole American history. The monument is situated in the very center of the capital city, and it is on the National Register of Historic Places. Situated within the National Mall, the monument is an important landmark, and one of the most visited places in Washington City. Attractions nearby include National Mall, Jefferson Pier Marker, German-American Friendship Garden, Haupt Fountains, Washington Monument Grounds, Sylvan Theater, Floral Library, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, John Paul Jones Memorial, World War II Memorial, and many more.
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Washington Monument, USA Lat Long Coordinates Info
The latitude of Washington Monument, USA is 38.889484, and the longitude is -77.035278. Washington Monument, USA is located at United States country in the Monuments place category with the gps coordinates of 38° 53' 22.1424'' N and 77° 2' 7.0008'' W.
|DMS Lat||38° 53' 22.1424'' N|
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Oxford mixes Benga, Bengalis, Bangalore
The venerable Oxford University Press (OUP) has bungled on Bangalore and Bengalis. Angry historians in Karnataka as well as the state government want an apology for the ridiculous mistake on the origin and name of Bangalore, withdrawal of the publication and its re-issue with correction.
The Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Place Names, 2005, has turned the history of both Bangalore and Bengalis upside down. According to it, Bangalore is "a city which takes its name from the fact that it was founded as a mud fort in 1537 by Kempe Gowda, a local chief of Hoysala Kingdom, in an area where the population spoke mainly Bengali. Bengalis took their name from a local chief called Benga."
Apparently nobody had noticed the mistake till now in the 2005 edition.
First, Kempe Gowda, the local chieftain who built Bangalore, was born some 200 years after the Hoysala dynasty had ended.
There are several versions on how the name Bangalore came into existence. The most popular is that it is derived from 'Benda Kalu Ooru" (boiled beans city). Legend has it that an elderly woman offered boiled beans to a tired king who was passing through the area and he named the place 'Benda Kalu Ooru'. It has been anglicised to make it Bangalore.
Apart from the 200-odd year gap between the rule of Kempe Gowda and the Hoysala dynasty, it is surprising how the editor of the dictionary John Everett-Heath found it convincing that Bengali was spoken in this area and the Bengalis got their name from a chief called Benga, say historians.
A demonstration in front of the OUP office in Bangalore is planned for Monday and angry Kannada activists are planning to burn a copy of the dictionary for the "ridiculous mistakes". | <urn:uuid:48bc73c2-f58c-4df8-bfe4-f553254e9996> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/oxford-mixes-benga-bengalis-bangalore/story-C85LP6PlfGE8nIzx0vZG1H.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.968322 | 389 | 2.484375 | 2 |
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A banquet invocation prayer is generally led by a religious cleric, such as a priest or rabbi. The cleric might read from a text, recite a passage or just simply say a few lines before everyone enjoys the banquet meal. Teachers and coaches are also known to give banquet invocation prayers. A banquet is generally for a specific event or cause, and the banquet invocation prayer often asks for the event or cause to be blessed.
Prayer banquet was initiated by the promptings of the Holy Spirit in December 2011 where few believers from different denominations came together to stand in prayer for the Nation, families and loved ones. A careful study of the word of God clearly shows that, Jesus says He has come that we may have abundant life. However the same Bible also indicates in opposition to the popular view that things do not just happen in the Kingdom.
We are up against an enemy who understands only the language of Power. In Matthew 17:20-21 Jesus enumerated three forces for victorious Christian living one of the cardinals being Prayer. Jesus again said men always ought to pray and not to faint. Prayer therefore has no substitute and I like it when the Word of God says when His “people who are called by His name……humble themselves and pray…” We also see that the early church in the book of Acts waxed stronger and increased in numbers when they combined the forces of Prayer & the Word. Majority, if not all of the believers’ breakthrough in the Kingdom of God is preceded by warfare and prayer is the place to win the war.
This can be buttressed with Deuteronomy 2:24 where God indicated that He has given His people the land but they had to contend against the opposition. Friends! many have received their testimonies on the altar of prayer; I believe you are next in line. You are welcome to join us every last Friday of the month for the prayer banquet which runs from 8PM – 3PM. Whatever the issue is, come and let’s seek the face of God. He is able to do all things.
Table of contents
- 1 A Sample Prayer for Personal Character
- 2 A Sample Prayer of Personal Renewal
- 3 Graduation Prayer
- 4 Prayer of Commitment to Marriage
- 5 A Morning Prayer
- 6 A Daily Prayer
- 7 Benediction Prayer
- 8 A Prayer – When You are Fearful
- 9 A Prayer about Commitment
- 10 Please Make Me New!
- 11 In God’s Will
- 12 A Prayer of Confession
- 13 A Prayer for When You Need Wisdom and Direction
- 14 A Prayer for Success
- 15 A Prayer for When You are Weak or Ill
- 16 A Prayer for the Young Women of the World
- 17 A Prayer for Others
- 18 A Prayer for Prodigals
- 19 A Prayer for When You Need more Faith
- 20 A Prayer When You Want to be Reflecting Christ
- 21 Make Me an Instrument
- 22 A Prayer When You Feel like You have Failed.
- 23 A Prayer for a Dream
- 24 A Prayer for Conflict Resolution
- 25 A Prayer of Thanksgiving
- 26 A Prayer before Meals
- 27 A Prayer for our Children and Grandchildren
- 28 A Prayer for When You are Down-Sizing (Moving)
- 29 Prayer for a Pastor
- 30 Prayer for a Pastor’s Wife
- 31 A Prayer to Put on the Whole Armor of God
A Sample Prayer for Personal Character
Abba Father, thank you for bringing me into your family. May I never disappoint you in the way I treat others. May they see in me the qualities of character that can only be attributed to your presence in my life. To you be the glory and the honor, forever and ever, through Jesus my Lord. Amen. ~Phil Ware
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A Sample Prayer of Personal Renewal
(When you are unsure of where you will spend eternity)
Lord Jesus, I want to know you personally. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be. Amen
I have knowledge, so will You show me now,
How to use it wisely and find a way somehow
To make the world I live in a little better place,
And make life with its problems a little bit easier to face.
Grant me faith and courage and put purpose in my days,
And show me how to serve Thee in effective ways.
So my education, my knowledge and my skill
May find their true fulfillment as I learn to do Thy will.
And may I ever be aware in everything I do,
That knowledge comes from learning, and wisdom comes from You.
Prayer of Commitment to Marriage
Heavenly Father, thank you that you love each of us and want us to experience wholeness and hope in our lives. You see when we fail to live according to your ideals and instead find ourselves in a broken relationship. Help us to be willing to accept our own responsibility in this and be willing to ask for forgiveness and to extend forgiveness. May we never retaliate when we feel wronged, but help us to make choices that would show that we have made a commitment of love which we will keep. May we never take this commitment lightly but choose to work at our marriage. May we also realize that sometimes renewal of relationships takes time. May each of us determine to demonstrate patience, kindness and love in how we interact with each other. We ask this in the name of our loving Lord. Amen.
– Anne Nickel
A Morning Prayer
“Dear Lord, I give you my hands to do Your work; I give You my feet to go Your way; I give You my eyes to see as You see; I give You my tongue to speak Your words; I give You my mind that You may think in me; I give You my spirit that You may pray in me. Above all, I give You my heart that You may love in me – love the Father and love all humankind. I give You my whole self, Lord, that You may grow in me, so that it is You who lives, works and prays in me. Amen.”
A Daily Prayer
ALL THROUGH THIS DAY
All through this day, O Lord, by the power of Thy quickening Spirit, let me touch the lives of others for good, whether through the word I speak, the prayer I speak, or the life I live. Amen
– written by Mary Sumner, founder of the Mothers’ Union in 1876
Therefore, may the blessing of the LORD be upon you, and may you know the joy of putting his name upon others. For indeed, blessed are those who walk in the light of God’s face.
A Prayer – When You are Fearful
Father God, I am feeling fearful today. Life seems to be uncertain and out of control. I recall that the Bible tells me ?Perfect love casts out fear?. You alone are Perfect Love, so would you please cast out the fear I feel and replace it with confidence in your sufficiency.
Psalm 121 tells me that you never slumber or sleep, so I will trust you to take care of me – moment by moment, day by day. In Jesus name. Amen
A Prayer about Commitment
Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. For it is your business, not mine. You will know every shade of my suffering; You will care for me with your perfect fatherhood.
-George Mac Donald
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Please Make Me New!
Thou hast made me, be pleased to new-make me.
I am thy work, complete me;
I am thy harp, tune me;
I am thy child, teach me.
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In God’s Will
Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will. Don’t let me go mad by poking about outside it.
-Corrie Ten Boom
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A Prayer of Confession
Forgive us, Lord . . . for the things we have done that make us feel uncomfortable in Your presence. All the front that we polish so carefully for men to see does not deceive You. For you know every thought that has left its shadow on our memory. You have marked every motive that curdled something sweet within us.
We acknowledge–with bitterness and true repentance–that cross and selfish thoughts have entered our minds; we acknowledge that we have permitted our minds to wander through unclean and forbidden ways; we have toyed with that which we knew was not for us; we have desired that which we should not have.
We acknowledge that often we have deceived ourselves where our plain duty lay.
We confess before You that our ears are often deaf to the whisper of Thy call, our eyes often blind to the signs of your guidance,
Make us willing to be changed, even though it requires surgery of the soul and the therapy of discipline.
Make our hearts warm and soft, that we may receive now the blessing of Your forgiveness, the benediction of Your “Depart in peace . . and sin no more.” Amen
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A Prayer for When You Need Wisdom and Direction
Father God, there are so many decisions to make and I don?t seem to know what is the best for now or for the future. You said if we lack wisdom, all we need to do is ask you. I really need you to pour wisdominto my mind today. Thank you!
A Prayer for Success
And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain.” So God granted him what he requested. I Chronicles 4:10 NKJV
A Prayer for When You are Weak or Ill
Father, I am feeling lousy today. I ache all over and feel very weak. You said that your grace was sufficient for me. Please strengthen me. Give me joy in spite of how I feel physically. Amen
A Prayer for the Young Women of the World
Father God, thank you for all the young women in the world. Give them dreams that are bigger than themselves–so they will have to trust you to make their dream come true. Give them a will and heart to be all you created them to be. Help them to work hard and be successful.
Enable them to be generous to those who are less fortunate. Give them hearts full of love and compassion.
Give them the strength to say “no” to activities that they would later be remorseful about–that they would do what is right for them and for the world around them. Help them to be kind to others.
Protect them from people who would harm them physically, emotionally and mentally.
Let them know that allowing You to direct their way is the smartest thing they can do. In Jesus wonderful and powerful name. Amen
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A Prayer for Others
Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give Your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend Your sick ones, O Lord Christ. Rest Your weary ones. Bless Your dying ones. Soothe Your suffering ones. Pity Your afflicted ones. Shield Your joyous ones. And all for Your love’s sake. Amen
– Augustine of Hippo
A Prayer for Prodigals
Prayer FROM ISAIAH 33
(Taken from Living in His Presence by Sylvia Gunter)
33:2: Oh Lord, be gracious to us who stand and pray for these wayward ones _____________. We have long waited for You to intervene. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in this distress. Keep us steadfast in intercession with clean hands and a pure heart.
33:5: Lord, be exalted, for You are the King. Fill the home of Your covenant families with Your righteousness.
33:6: Be the sure foundation for our times and provide us a rich store of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. Let us know the fear of the Lord, which is the key to Your treasury of good gifts and answered prayer.
33:10: Arise, Lord, stand up and show Your power to all these children of Yours.
33:13: Stop the wayward ones whose hardened hearts are running away from You. Make them hear what You have done for them. We stand in prayer and acknowledge that Your power alone can release these loved ones from their captivities.
33:15: O consuming Fire, cause _________ to walk righteously and speak what is right, to reject dishonesty, to stay away from wickedness and to reject the conspiracies of destruction and death through the bondage’s and addictions in their lives.
33:17: Let ________’s eyes see their King, bow their knees and acknowledge that You reign in the universe and have rightful claim on their lives as their Lord.
33:19: This is spiritual warfare, and the evil one has fiercely and violently contested for ________’s life. The battle is the Lord’s, and Jesus is the Victor, so their parents and family stand in Your authority to receive Your promises of victory. Let _______ not be consumed with arrogance, self-centeredness and rebellion any longer. Free them from the oppression of everything that is foreign to Your purposes for their life.
33:20: You have the power to make _______’s life an offering of service and worship before You. You are at work in them to will and to do Your good pleasure. Set them in Your peace, stability and permanence.
33:21: Be their Mighty One, a wide river of defense and protection that no enemy can cross to destroy their life.
33:22: You ARE THE Judge, the Lawgiver and the King. Save _________ as You promised.
33:24: Break the power of iniquity that binds them, and forgive them completely of all their sins. Restore _______ to health?body, soul and spirit. We ask in Jesus? name, Amen.
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A Prayer for When You Need more Faith
“Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that your will govern all. Amen.”
A Prayer When You Want to be Reflecting Christ
Lord, make my life A window for Your light to shine through and a mirror to reflect Your love to all I meet. Amen.
Make Me an Instrument
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.”
St. Francis of Assisi
A Prayer When You Feel like You have Failed.
Dear God, The little plans I tried to carry through Have failed. I will not sorrow. I’ll pause a little while, Dear God, And try, again, tomorrow.
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A Prayer for a Dream
Father, Once I had such big dreams, so much anticipation of the future. Now no shimmering horizon beckons me: my days are lack-luster I see so little of lasting value in the daily round. Where is your plan for my life?
You have told us that without vision, we perish. So, Father in heaven, knowing that I can ask You to deposit in my mind and heart that particular dream, the special vision You have for my life.
And along with the dream, will You give me whatever graces, patience, and stamina it takes to see the dream through to fruition? I sense that may involve adventures I have not bargained for.
But I want to trust You
enough to follow even if you lead along new paths.
I admit to liking some of my ruts.
But I know that habit patterns
that seem cozy nests from the inside,
from Your vantage point
may be prison cells.
if you break down
any prisons of mine
before I can see the stars and catch the vision,
then, Lord, begin the process now.
In joyous expectation.
-by Catherine Marshall
A Prayer for Conflict Resolution
Dear God, when your son Jesus died and rose from the dead, He broke down walls of hostility. Father, you know the conflict I am having right now. I don’t know how to resolve it. You are our Savior. Please save and restore this relationship. Amen
Why is my marriage in a state of conflict?
A Prayer of Thanksgiving
For health and strength and daily food,
We praise your name, O God. Amen
A Prayer before Meals
Bless us oh Lord and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive, through thy bounty, through Christ, our Lord…Amen
A Prayer for our Children and Grandchildren
Lord, I am so glad that you know each of our children and grandchildren by name. Thank you for sending a whole hedge of angels around each child. Thank you for protecting them all today. Father, would you please turn their minds and hearts toward You and pleasing you. Thank you!
A Prayer for When You are Down-Sizing (Moving)
Lord, I really don’t what to move. I like it here – there are so many memories. I am comfortable here because it is familiar. I know it is to large for me (us) now, to much work, but I have such mixed feelings. I don’t like the thought of all the changes.
I am so glad you never change. You are and always will be a constant in my life. Help me to remember that when I am packing and unpacking. Amen.
Prayer for a Pastor
Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of leadership you have given to our pastor. It is a holy calling. It’s a calling to watch over himself and the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made him overseer. The church has been bought with the blood of your son, on the cross. The responsibility you have given to our pastor is awesome. He too is tempted and tried by the enemy. He has many responsibilities be it in his family or in the community and so it is our prayer that he would be kept from the evil one and that you would empower him to live a godly life, so that out of his fullness he would share the message of the gospel boldly. Help our pastor this week as he searches the Word and Your will for the congregation. Will you grant him the health and strength he needs to share your message in humility and with clarity. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Prayer for a Pastor’s Wife
Dear Father in heaven, I thank you for my pastor’s wife. I thank you she loves you and serves you so faithfully. I pray very specially for her today. I pray You will help her cope with all the unexpected things that come into her day. Help her to accept the interruptions as opportunities to serve. Help her to support her husband and learn to go with the flow of his full life. Help her to manage her household well. Just fill her with yourself today. Help her to allow your Holy Spirit to have full control of her life and may she take strength from you as she meditates on You and Your Word. Give her a hug today. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
A Prayer to Put on the Whole Armor of God
Heavenly Father, I praise and worship you because you are God. I am honored to be your servant and I take my stand today against the devil and his schemes against me, my family and my ministry. Father, as I take up each piece of the armor, please secure it in place on me.
I take up the shield of faith and extend it over myself. It extinguishes all the fiery darts of the evil one.
I put on the helmet of salvation, which protects my mind from the enemy’s attacks. I have the mind of Christ.
I put on the breastplate of righteousness, which covers my body with the righteousness of God. In Christ, every foothold of evil has been washed away and I am clothed in righteousness!
I gird my loins with the belt of truth. Your word, O God, is truth. Father, sanctify me according to your word and remind me through the Holy Spirit of the truth that destroys the lies of sin.
I shod my feet with the preparation of the Gospel of peace. I have peace with God through the blood of Jesus. I have favor with God and with man. I walk in my inheritance as an adopted son of God and have authority over evil in Jesus’ name.
I will use the Sword of the Spirit by speaking the Word of God as it applies to whatever situation I may face today. Father, please remind me of your Word via the Holy Spirit.
I will continue to pray in the Spirit throughout the day, and intercede for all Christians as the Holy Spirit prompts me. I believe that the Holy Spirit is interceding on my behalf according to my prayers.
Thank you, Father, for the whole armor of God. Please surround me with your hedge of protection as I move forward on the spiritual battlefield today. I praise and worship you now and forever, Amen.”
A Prayer for Those in Prison
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Environmental charity Changeworks launched the ‘Scots Together’ initiative, which aims to encourage people to regularly check energy tariffs and switch to rates more suitable to them. It is urging more people to get involved as a recent Ofgem research showed 86% of UK householders do not know whether they are on the best energy tariff and a third are unaware they can switch.
The initiative, which is backed by DECC, has negotiated three of the most competitive gas and electricity tariffs currently on offer on the market for consumers and help them save as much as £220 per household. However, as part of the deal and to encourage more people to switch, the tariffs will only be available until 17 March, the National Switch Day.
Teresa Bray, Chief Executive of Changeworks said: “Many people stay with the same energy provider they’ve been with for years just because they’re afraid of change or they’re unaware they can switch. Scots Together provides an opportunity for Scots to take a look at some of the more competitive deals currently on the market and take advantage of the reduced rates we have negotiated.
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Millions of parents, youth and children have experienced drastic changes in their daily lives due to the COVID-19 crisis and the ensuing lockdowns. People are still coming to terms with the “new normal”. Amidst all this, children have been heavily impacted, particularly with extended school closures (did you know that over a billion children over the world have missed school?) and staying at home for such long duration.
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Each and every condition sets its very own minimal auto insurance policies specifications, and these guidelines are broken down into a few different figures. In California, such as, you might be needed to carry at the least 15/30/five in bodily personal injury legal responsibility coverage, and 30/fifty/5 in residence damage legal responsibility. These quantities can differ broadly, so it’s best to check your point out’s demands ahead of driving. While different coverage may very well be an alternative, it is not usually a good idea.
The bare minimum coverage needed by your point out is often liability protection, but lots of lenders require full protection. Complete protection refers to each collision and complete insurance, and it might be expected by your lender when you are financing your vehicle. Liability coverage covers damages to Others’s house within the event of an accident but not your own motor vehicle or self. Bodily personal injury legal responsibility and assets harm liability insurance policies may be merged to supply you with the best coverage at a very reasonable rate.
No matter if you’ve collision coverage on your automobile insurance policy is determined by your instances. While you may not be expected by regulation to have this protection, lenders will likely involve it if you intend on financing your vehicle. Lenders may additionally require you to hold collision coverage Should you have a mortgage, meaning that you will have to purchase total protection vehicle insurance. This coverage is actually a requirement for many people who finance a vehicle, irrespective of whether new or made use of.
Collision protection pays the full price of your automobile while in the party of an accident. Although the insurer pays your complete price of repairs, it will not be more than enough to exchange the vehicle if it’s stolen or totaled. You may additionally should shell out some personal cash to exchange the car. Should you have this kind of coverage, be sure to comprehend the conditions and terms ahead of getting car coverage. You should also have an understanding of the deductible, which is separate within the collision deductible.
There are various components to contemplate when shopping for an auto insurance plan bill. Some states have to have bare minimum limitations on House and Uninsured motorist protection, which pays for your distinction between your charges plus the policy Restrict of the at-fault driver. Other states usually do not need underinsured motorist coverage. Below are a few recommendations that will help you buy the ideal insurance policy plan for your requirements. Hopefully, these tips is likely to make the method slightly a lot easier and help save you income.
Liability coverage for vehicle insurance plan is critical as a way to shield you plus your home from promises of damage or house damage. This protection can address the expense of protection or settlement should you be found at fault for a mishap. There are numerous types of coverage, so it’s important to grasp the distinction between them to stay away from high-priced surprises. Condition Farm presents normal costs for various amounts of coverage. You could find it a lot more valuable to select a medium coverage amount.
In most states, you are required to carry liability protection within your policy, which addresses damages to Other individuals’s home and injuries to other people. This type of protection also guards you in the event you bring about a collision with another driver. This protection could be the default plan in the majority of states, and is usually recommended for motorists in several nations. Having said that, it is necessary to understand that liability insurance policy boundaries are certainly various in Each and every point out. Your liability limit will establish exactly how much you’ll have to pay to address damages.
In approximately just about every point out, it is illegitimate to drive with no liability coverage, which includes assets harm legal responsibility. If you result in damage to another person’s property, legal responsibility coverage pays for repairs. On the other hand, your car insurance plan policy won’t include your own car’s damages. Your point out could possibly have diverse minimum requirements for legal responsibility coverage, so it is vital to examine your plan prior to buying it. Residence coverage is likewise essential on your fiscal safety. It helps you stay clear of currently being remaining with big coverage expenditures in the event you induce a mishap.
Your insurance policy need to have some sort of property destruction protection to compensate you from the occasion of a collision. This coverage pays for just about any damages you induce to a different person’s automobile, which includes repairs. What’s more, it pays for the removing of debris following an accident. Assets protection is commonly prepared with 3 figures, like bodily personal injury protection for every incident and home hurt protection for every accident. Increased restrictions, however, deliver much more coverage. Be sure you read through your coverage and inquire your insurance policies agent if you’ll find any exclusions or constraints.
In New York, it is possible to claim uninsured motorist protection if the opposite driver doesn’t have ample insurance coverage to include the price of your collision. This protection applies when the opposite driver is not identified in the slightest degree as well as incident is a hit-and-run. The Insurance policies Legislation SS 5217 specifies that the uninsured motorist protection should be ordered in any physical collision, but courts have interpreted this provision to only utilize in a physical collision.
Underinsured and uninsured motorist protection are optional in some states, but in other states, you needs to have them both of those. Acquiring both equally coverages will provide you with extra coverage in the event you have to pay healthcare charges or other fees. If the uninsured driver leaves you that has a destroyed auto, the uninsured motorist coverage can buy the repairs. Although this protection is just not required, it might be a sensible idea to carry at the least the bare minimum quantity of liability protection.
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You may also be eligible for discounts for those who’ve experienced your policy for numerous decades. These reductions fluctuate depending on the length of time you’ve got had your coverage, but numerous organizations supply reductions for staying faithful to their buyers. You may be suitable for a reduction of just as much as fifteen% if you buy your coverage not less than 7 times before your renewal date. In addition to these special discounts, some organizations even provide discount rates to those in specified occupations. By way of example, lecturers obtain ten% off their rates from Liberty Mutual. Army personnel get a fifteen% price reduction from Geico.
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Young motorists can lower your expenses on vehicle insurance policy by driving additional safely, lowering the number of miles they travel, and permitting the insurance company monitor their driving habits. You may as well lower your rates by procuring all around for automobile insurance. Several insurers demand an increased amount for young motorists, so it is vital to shop all-around. Luckily, there are free of charge on line estimate comparison applications which make this simple. Moreover, it is possible to request a reduction When you’ve got multiple automobiles and possess them insured by a similar company.
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Most insurers give no promises low cost protection for just a payment of all over PS25. It permits you to make a specific range of claims a year devoid of worrying about your rates going up. It is also achievable to incorporate it to a fresh policy if you have a no statements bonus. On top of that, it is possible to transfer your no promises discounted to another insurance company if you want. To keep the no statements discount, you must think about switching vendors each year or two.
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When boosting your deductible is not the suitable decision for everybody, it will let you conserve A huge number of pounds around the long run. When the quantity you decide on to lift your deductible will count on your fiscal problem, industry experts propose preserving not less than two months’ really worth of residing bills. In addition, it’ll reduce your coverage prices every month. You will also help save a major sum of money should you at any time make a claim.
Acquiring a policy having a regional insurance company may be beneficial for drivers using a inadequate credit score historical past. It can help you save funds each month on your own regular insurance Monthly bill, and you will reap the benefits of discounts and outstanding customer service. Obtaining a policy which has a regional insurer is obtainable in all fifty states, and you can Review rates by state to discover the bottom rates. Even so, it is crucial to notice that it may take a few months to lift your credit rating score, and several motorists that has a inadequate credit history can end up shelling out over $400 a year.
Erie Coverage is yet another regional insurance provider that gives low cost automobile insurance policy. This organization is situated in Pennsylvania, and continues to be in small business due to the fact 1925. Erie features vehicle insurance, life, and house coverage. Though Erie only provides coverage in specified states, it’s in excess of 13,000 independent insurance policy brokers in the course of the United States. You could opt for an agent or maybe a regional insurance provider Based on your needs. Having said that, it is usually recommended that you choose to study all good print before you make a choice.
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Young adults Have got a challenging time securing cheap auto insurance policy. When the price of a policy for the 16-calendar year-outdated driver is way bigger than that of the Grownup, it can be diminished by introducing a teen to an existing plan. This feature improves costs by a mean of $1,461 a calendar year, but is often less costly than getting a separate plan. Additionally, in case you are a young driver, hunt for bargains and also other approaches to avoid wasting.
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Even though credit rating scores usually are not legally used by insurers in some states, they’re nevertheless essential concerns when comparing vehicle insurance plan fees. In Hawaii, drivers with poor credit will pay 168% in excess of similar clean up motorists. In Massachusetts, superior-hazard drivers pay back thirty% more than clear motorists. For brand spanking new motorists, a DUI, rushing ticket, and negative credit history will raise costs more than Many others. Be sure to get hold of a few quotations before making a call.
The zip code you reside in is A serious Consider the cost of insurance policies. If you reside in a location with significant criminal offense and accident charges, you are able to anticipate to pay extra for insurance policies offers. Moreover, components like targeted visitors quantity and accident background can improve the expense of coverage. Most coverage corporations also explore a driver’s driving background to determine what amount they should cost for his or her policy. Usually, drivers with a lousy driving record pay out far more for protection than Individuals using a clear driving file.
Automobile insurance policy has risen by $50 – $one hundred in the final five years, as health and fitness care prices have been rising. Motorists are required to have uninsured and PIP insurance policies, which can be above-average state requirements. Numerous states only call for liability insurance policy, but The big apple demands motorists to hold each. These optional coverages raise the cost of insurance, and can usually enhance the full top quality. Finally, drivers should Test their coverage limits, as some insurance policies Use a lower minimum amount volume of coverage than Many others.
In The big apple, the normal person spends two.8 % in their money on car or truck insurance coverage, which can be somewhat better compared to the countrywide common of 2.forty per cent. Men and women inside their 30s, 40s, and 50s pays a little a lot less than the average. The 70+ age team will pay better rates than drivers with a lot less driving knowledge. Those who are married pays a little bit better premiums, but still decrease than one folks.
Besides lessen charges, drivers might also acquire defensive driving classes. These courses are 320 minutes in size, and include things like discussions of driver Frame of mind and traffic rules. They also train defensive driving strategies that will substantially minimize the price of insurance policies. They could also enable to improve their driving document, so finishing a program can lower the price of a vehicle insurance coverage estimate. Even so, should you be Not sure about the exact coverage you need, you are able to check With all the Insurance policies Information and facts Institute.
Whilst gas selling prices change by point out, the price of a car or truck coverage estimate in other states could possibly be higher or lessen than your own personal. Some components might account for this, including The share of uninsured drivers, state insurance legal guidelines, and the speed of theft. Also, the incidence of undesirable temperature can improve the price of insurance plan in various states. The following table shows typical car insurance policy rates in numerous states. These estimates are based upon a comparison of condition insurance plan requirements.
Missouri is The most affordable point out for full-coverage auto insurance policies, paying just $944 less than Louisiana. Furthermore, this point out has among the lowest prices for each capita, and it is ranked fifth concerning expense of residing. In contrast, Texas drivers pay back quite possibly the most for their vehicle coverage, spending approximately 33% of their annual profits in overall. This disparity may be on account of The point that the point out includes a superior range of uninsured motorists and lots of lawsuits.
The countrywide normal for total protection vehicle insurance policies is $one,771 a year. The state with the most costly coverage quality is Louisiana, which has a quality of $two,839, a 19% boost from 2020. Conversely, Maine’s regular coverage premium is barely $858. It is because no-fault states have larger insurance coverage premiums. The price of a vehicle insurance plan plan in other states can vary substantially. There are lots of variables to take into consideration, which includes your point out’s legal guidelines on insurance policy.
In case you are looking for higher-chance driver auto coverage in close proximity to me, you may well be questioning ways to get a lower-Expense plan. Substantial-chance drivers pay higher insurance rates than normal drivers. It’s because they tend to obtain a lot more accidents or violations on their document. Depending on the point out, the limit may be 3 yrs or 5 years. Occasionally, you may get discounts if you’re taking a driver safety class.
Even though the national averages for top-risk driver car coverage near me are very reliable, you can find that rates differ wildly from state to point out. Some providers change their premiums to distinct states, Therefore if you live in a particular condition, chances are you’ll find that one insurance provider provides you the top coverage for a reduced price. The cheapest superior-chance driver motor vehicle coverage in the vicinity of me emanates from Point out Farm, which has a lengthy-standing name for furnishing great provider.
The easiest way to discover a higher-risk driver car or truck insurance plan near me should be to enter your ZIP code and Examine offers. The price of substantial-threat automobile insurance policies around me can vary from condition to condition, but most large insurers give these protection. Some firms specialize in higher-chance protection, for instance Nationwide Standard. Chances are you’ll even be capable of finding a cheaper coverage When you have superior grades in addition to a lower-danger automobile.
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Non-profit buys an island in Lake Michigan – ‘a wild, beautiful spot’ for migrating birds
The Nature Conservancy has purchased an uninhabited island in northern Lake Michigan that provides a crucial stopover spot for migratory birds.
St. Martin Island is part of a chain that runs between Wisconsin's Door Peninsula and Michigan's Garden Peninsula.
Millions of sparrows, warblers and other birds stop on the chain to take a break and feed before continuing their migration. According to a release issued by the group today:
Migrating butterflies, dragonflies and bats also use the islands. In fact, nearby Door Peninsula is one of the hottest spots for bat migration in the Great Lakes. The broad shallow “flats” off the shore of St. Martin are likely to be a prime area for fish to spawn because those areas warm up faster and the eggs are protected from predators as they fall amongst the rocks. St. Martin Island is part of the Niagara Escarpment and has significant bluffs, which have rare snails and plants associated with them. In addition to the bluffs, the island also supports a diversity of other types of habitat including forest, wetlands and an extensive cobblestone beach.
Martha Luber Pelrine’s dad bought the island in 1986.
“He thought maybe we could develop it – sell lots along the shore. We have a small resort here in Dorr County – thought that maybe it could be a northern outpost. We had lots of grand ideas but the more we went out there the more we realized what a special place it is. And its uniqueness is that it’s not developed,” Luber Pelrine said.
Plus the island was so remote; it has no water, electricity or sewer.
The Luber family sold it to the nonprofit conservancy for $1.5 million dollars. The Nature Conservancy says the price was well below market value.
Eventually the island will be included in the Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
Dave Ewert is a senior scientist with the Nature Conservancy in Michigan. He says the chain of islands is really important for migrating land birds in the spring and fall.
“If they’re caught out away from mainland then they’re going to look for islands to come down, land, feed, rest, seek refuge from predators. So these islands really are a godsend to these migratory birds,” Ewert said.
He says more than 100 species have been documented in the chain of islands. St. Martin is one of the larger islands at more than 1,200 acres. The U.S. Coast Guard has a light tower on the island.
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Zero Balancing is a deeply relaxing and gentle non-invasive hands on therapy.
It uses a series of held stretches, pauses and gentle pressure from the therapist’s fingers that feels pleasant.
It provides a point of stillness around which the body can relax, giving an opportunity to let go of tensions and pains. It focuses on the involuntary joints of the body that transmit forces of gravity and movement, such as the feet and spine.
Zero Balancing is holistic in its approach, focusing on the whole body, rather than just a point of injury. It aims to help the body regain its optimum balance physically and mentally. If you feel good, Zero Balancing offers the opportunity to feel even better.
The build up of deep structural tension held in the bones and ligaments is harmonised, allowing a sense of balance to occur, and a renewed sense of energy. In a Zero Balancing session the client remains fully clothed.
Zero Balancing helps to re-align the skeleton
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Matriculation Higher Secondary School.
Our school apart from being one of its kind with a glorious past,present and a very promising future also has few unique features that sets it apart from other institutions.
Our school true to the founder parent’s vision is inclusive in every aspect . No child is treated differently because of his or her difficulty. Our school has the glorious reputation of not only including children with various special needs but also making them succeed in board exams over the years.
Solar panels are used in our school campus to meet the electrical requirements in a eco friendly & cost effective way.
A first of its kind tie up with Anna University to a long term sustainable organic farming method where in a layer of grass is grown to be recycled as manure along with recycled effluent water for the numerous plants and trees in our campus.
Our Herbal gardens are tended lovingly by the children of our school it not only makes them more aware of the biodiversity but also moulds them into ecofriendly responsible citizens of the future. | <urn:uuid:4762b755-ff01-4dfa-a90c-c03c5812de8a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ellensharmaschool.com/uniquefeatures/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.978895 | 208 | 1.53125 | 2 |
- This is the detailed lesson plan. Students will be guided through the strategies included in reciprocal teaching as they read/listen to the Goshute tale "Coyote Loses His Eyes." based on the Goshute story booklet adapted by Kathryn Hurst and Cultural Consultants Genevieve Fields and Chrissandra Murphy. This story should only read told or read during the winter months. The Native American Indian Literacy Project was made possible by funds from the Utah State Office of Education (USOE). It is a joint effort of the USOE and San Juan School District Media Center.Lesson Plan Author: Patricia Helquist
- Remix of:
- Coyote and Frog Race Lesson Plan
- Elementary English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
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- Lesson Plan
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- Utah State Board of Education
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Bertrand Jordan, Daniel Chan, Herb Heyneker, and Peter Lockey have all been appointed to the scientific advisory board of PamGene.
The Den Bosch, Netherlands, microarray company said its board now includes eight members in areas such as oncology, infectious diseases, bioinformatics, genetics, pharmaceutical research and development, immunology, and proteomics.
Jordan is a molecular biologist whose work focuses on large-scale transcript analyis and genomics research, and has been a director of research at France’s Centre Nationale de Recherches Scientifiques, or CNRS.
Chan is a professor of pathol-ogy, oncology, urology and radiol-ogy at the John Hopkins University Medical School, director of clinical chemistry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and director of the biomarker discovery center at Hopkins’ Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research focuses on cancer proteomics, according to the Cancer Center website.
Heyneker is a veteran in biotechnology R&D. After having served as the founding chief scientific officer of Genentech from 1976 to 1984, he joined the spinoff Genencor as vice president of R&D. He also founded Eos, a biotechnology company, and served as chief technology officer until the company was acquired by Protein Design Labs earlier this year. He now works as an advisor to Abingworth, a Palo Alto- and London- based venture capital firm.
Lockey is director of biochemistry and high-throughput screening at Argenta Discovery of Harlow, Essex, UK. Prior to joining Argenta, he led teams in the high-throughput screening and assay development groups at Aventis UK.
Peter Wagner, founder, senior vice president and CTO of Zyomyx, has been named one of the ten 2004 technology pioneers by the World Economic Forum.
Wagner has been selected for leadership and “innovative research” in the protein biochip technology field. This technology pioneers program was established in 2000 to identify and integrate companies involved in designing and developing new technologies, to monitor and highlight the innovations, and to explore “possible societal repercussions,” according to the WEF.
“I am honored to have been selected by the World Economic Forum, and I look forward to contributing to the technology pioneers community as a member of this distinguished group,” stated Wagner. “I am very proud of the accomplishments Zyomyx has made to the fields of proteomics and bionanotechnology, including this year’s launch of the first automated protein profiling biochip system.”
Kenneth Weisshar has been elected to the board of directors of Digene, the Gaithersburg, Md., company said last week.
Weisshar served as chief operating officer and strategy advisor of Sensatex/Life Link from 2000 to 2003. Before joining Sensatex, he held a number of senior positions at Becton, Dickinson & Company, including chief financial officer; president, worldwide consumer health care; sector president, bioscience cell analysis; president BD division; and vice president corporate planning and development. From 1982 to 1988 he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and was employed by Raychem Corporation between 1974 and 1982. | <urn:uuid:020ae844-a190-4d76-acea-7e2c0fb50bae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.genomeweb.com/arrays/bertrand-jordan-daniel-chan-herb-heyneker-peter-lockey-peter-wagner-kenneth-weis | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.955628 | 673 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Japan's Olympics minister said Wednesday that coronavirus vaccinations would not be a prerequisite for participation at this summer's Olympics and Paralympics, despite a World Anti-Doping Agency appeal that athletes be inoculated.
"We are putting together a number of comprehensive measures to realize a safe and secure event without needing vaccinations to be a prerequisite," Tamayo Marukawa, who last week took over as Olympics minister, told a press conference.
Marukawa's comments are in line with the Japanese government policy. On Tuesday, however, the anti-doping body WADA assured athletes of the safety of the vaccines, recommending Olympians receive them "for your own health, for the health of those around you and for the population at large."
Although other countries have indicated their intent to vaccinate the athletes they send to Tokyo, Japan is facing delays in its vaccination program, making it less likely that the host nation's athletes can receive them prior to the Olympics, set to begin on July 23.
The thought that foreign competitors may be vaccinated while Japan's Olympians are not does not sit well with everyone.
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Financial records help monitor your firm's profitability. The preparation of financial reports often requires the specialised services of a qualified accountant. However, the accounting professional will need access to specific company data to perform their tasks effectively.
Read on to discover the different types of company information your accounting expert will need.
Annual Financial Reports
Each business must prepare its income or profit and loss statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement every year. These financial reports allow investors, shareholders and managers to monitor the business performance and make critical decisions about its future.
The profit and loss statement outlines the business expenses, income and net profit or loss. The balance sheet showcases your firm's assets and liabilities at the end of each accounting year. A statement of cash flows outlines all transactions made on your cash account for that year.
A certified accountant prepares these financial reports to ensure uniformity and accountability across the board. Oftentimes, they will need access to your financial statements from previous years. The accountant can make comparisons and determine the balance that needs to be carried forward from the previous year.
Your business accountant can state whether your business is making a profit or loss from these documents. They can also offer advisory services on minimising expenses and reducing annual losses. These documents also come in handy when the accountant files your company's returns.
Your business accountant needs access to your bank statements for record-keeping purposes. Bank account statements provide the cash flow records through your company's bank account. This information is necessary to determine the business's expenses and income.
However, some business owners may not be comfortable with their accountants having access to their bank accounts. If this is the case, you can have your bank grant the accountant view-only access.
With view-only access, your accountant can view the transactions and extract the information they need, but they can't perform any transactions on the account. The accountant cannot grant anyone access to your account, nor can they move your money.
The payroll contains crucial employer and employee data that most businesses keep confidential. Payroll data includes employee personal details, pay rate and frequencies, extra wages and employment benefits. They also contain employer information such as payroll liabilities and bank account information.
The sensitivity of the information in your firm's payroll records might make you hesitant about granting an accountant access. However, a competent commercial accountant will ensure the highest levels of integrity during the period that they'll work with your company.
Furthermore, they need access to your company's payroll data to record the business's expenses from the wages and salaries. They also need information on net employee payments, insurance records and any bonuses you extend to your employees. They need this information to help your business comply with your state's tax regulations.
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The town of Willepachi is located in the Municipality of Urique (in the State of Chihuahua). There are 3 inhabitants. It is the most populated town in the position #894 of the whole municipality. Willepachi is at 1,920 meters of altitude.
The Mexican census of 2010 decided to declare this community as uninhabited.
To locate this beautiful town within the municipality, you must know that Willepachi is located at 9.7 kilometers (in direction Southwest) from the locality of San Rafael, which is the one that has more inhabitants within the municipality. Also, from the capital of the municipality (Urique) it is at 22.5 kilometers in direction North. Thanks to our webpage and the satellite map that you can locate at the bottom, you can see the position and visit the surroundings of Willepachi.
Where is Willepachi? How to get there? Map
Online map of Willepachi (Chihuahua) to be able to get to and make trips around this town. With the zoom controls you can zoom in (+) or out (-) to locate the village.
Need to locate a certain Willepachi building on a satellite photo? In this link we have an updated image, where you can see the streets and houses of the village..
The population of Willepachi (Chihuahua) is 3 inhabitants
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Satellite photo of Willepachi
Amazing satellite GPS maps of Willepachi, to see from space this beautiful village, as well as the surroundings of the municipality of Urique. You can search free satellite map (2022) of Willepachi.
Photos of Willepachi
Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Willepachi? We have located on the Internet several beautiful images of places and locations nearby, so you can see the beauty of this Mexican town. Some are artistic photos and others are simply panoramic photos taken by amateurs and friends who simply like Willepachi.
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Other towns in the Municipality of Urique
- Cerro Prieto (- inhabitants)
- Corenapuchi (8 inhabitants)
- Curiravo (- inhabitants)
- El Chapote (- inhabitants)
- El Gavilán (8 inhabitants)
- El Serrucho (1 inhabitants)
- Guadalupe Coronado (56 inhabitants)
- La Cueva (4 inhabitants)
- La Mesa (9 inhabitants)
- Mesa Colorada (2 inhabitants)
- Mesa del Manzano (El Manzano) (7 inhabitants)
- Pamorabo (7 inhabitants)
- Rumasachi (- inhabitants)
- Saguaravo (4 inhabitants)
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Lecture: Fire in the Head: Energetics in Indigenous Mexican Herbalism and Curanderismo
The polarities of totona (heat) and cehuia (cold) run through all creation in the indigenous cosmology of Mexican Curanderismo. They are essential to understanding the “how” of traditional herbal cures. Often cited as a reduction of European Hippocratic Humoral systems, or a borrowing of East Asian energetics, the Mexican polarities of hot and cold are actually part of a larger holistic concept of the body and its pathways of energy, the animistic centers of the body, commonly known as the ‘three souls’. Through the use of certain plants to affect change within the hot/ cold balance of each of these souls, curanderos can heal, brujos can harm, and we re-imagine the world around us. The lecture will provide key theory in understanding this cultural conception of herbal healing, and will go into the uses and applications of several plants used within Border and Central Mexican Curanderismo.
JESSE HATHAWAY DIAZ is a folklorist, diviner, artist and performer living in New York City. With initiations in several forms of witchcraft from both Europe and the Americas, he is also a lifelong student of Mexican Curanderismo, an initiated Olosha in Lucumi, and a Tatá Quimbanda. He is half of Wolf & Goat, wolf-and-goat.com, a store specializing in Occult Art, Materia Magica, and Esoterica from Brazilian Quimbanda to Traditional Witchcraft and Conjure. | <urn:uuid:f0438904-793e-4941-ab5b-c99012858735> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://viridisgenii.com/product/jesse-hathaway/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.915362 | 347 | 2.328125 | 2 |
With each thought of impossibility lies a possibility, a possibility to shift and change the perception of that thought.
In times of confusion, fear, doubt, or worry know what possibilities can be crafted.
Possibilities we can create include:
Awareness and reflection
Observation and understanding
Perception of control
Growth in perspective
Possibilities for change
As we navigate the possibilities in our lives we open channels to perceive, observe and reflect on what is happening. With understanding where we fit in our experiences, we create opportunities for awareness, growth and change.
Take a deep breath and say this affirmation with me:
I release any and everything not aligned with my highest good. I welcome possibilities and opportunities for peace, growth and love of all kinds. I’m ready to receive.
Reminder: You are worthy of receiving what is good. Accept what is and continue to create pathways for abundance to enter your energy. As you navigate your daily thoughts and ideas, know when to release what is not serving you and act when opportunities arise. Continue to be the creator.
What is your favorite activity to do outdoors? Perhaps you like to ski in the winter, go to the beach when it’s warm out, or even take a walk in the rain in the middle of spring. What activity do you love to participate in the most?
For me it’s taking a long walk in a park on a breezy spring afternoon 🌳🏞️.
What about you?
Feel free to share your favorite outdoor activity in the comments below!
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Write an encouraging note to yourself for the week ahead.
It’s the start of a new week Pencil Case family! Let’s start off the week with encouraging notes to ourselves 🌱🌟. Feel free to make your note an affirmation, reminder, song lyric, quote, funny saying, letter, or pep talk!
Here is my note:
You are worthy of good things, love, and happy moments. Continue to do your best! Don’t forget to meditate and drink water this week 👀🚰🧘♂. I love you.
Bonus: Write your note on a piece of paper or somewhere where you can see it as a daily reminder this week!
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What three words describe your goals for this week?
Do you have goals you want to prioritize this week? Maybe get something done ✅, do less of something ➖, or perhaps make some changes to your schedule 🗓️? How would you describe those goals using three words?
I’ll go first! My three words are rest, time management and self-compassion 🌟.
What about you? Feel free to share in the comments below 💌
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If you’re like me and have a mental health diagnosis, I want to remind you that you are a strong, resilient and powerful warrior. No matter the obstacles you’re presented with, you can achieve whatever you set your mind to. You are worthy and capable of a successful and fulfilling life. You got this!
Sending love and hugs to whoever may be struggling right now 🦋.
Write an encouraging message to your younger self.
If you could go back in time, what messages would you tell your younger self? What advice, reminders or positive words about mental health, self-care and self-love do you think would be helpful for your younger self to hear?
Here is my message to my younger self:
Dear Little Me,
I love you just the way you are. You are enough. You are not too much or too different. You are beautiful and worthy of so much love. You are healing. You are growing, it’s okay to make mistakes. You are smart and creative. I’m so proud of you.
Love, Bigger Me
Feel free to share your message in the comments!
This prompt was posted in the Mental Health Mighty Chit-Chat group here on TheMighty.com
I connect with the inner workings of my mind. I connect with myself. Who am I? What am I doing here? I sit and I ponder as I press the keys on my keyboard. Words flow from my mind to the ends of my fingertips. I’m free to express my thoughts, the energy of my consciousness. I create because I am the creator. I set the tone to what is happening to me. I am because I exist. I exist because I am. I am one with myself. I’ve come to know peace.
What is one thing you want to change, improve, or do more of this year?
Ever since this year started, I’ve been on a mission to prioritize what’s best for me. From the opportunities I’m accepting to what I’m eating and who I’m interacting with, I’m checking in with myself daily to make sure what I’m doing is a reflection of what I want and deserve.
In that process, I’ve thought a lot about what I need more of and what I want to improve. One major thing I know I want/need more of (because It’s almost nonexistent in my life) is having fun and defining what fun looks like for me. I want to spend more time doing things I enjoy!
What about you? Is there anything you want to change, improve, or do more of this year?
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Finish this sentence: I like to boost my self-esteem by ________.
Building my self-esteem is an ongoing journey I work on regularly. On that journey I’ve learned different ways to help myself feel better especially when my mental health isn’t great and I’m feeling depressed, sad or self-critical of what I’ve achieved so far in my life.
I particularly like to boost my self-esteem by doing a combination of these three things: 1. Repeating this affirmation, “I am doing my best and my best is enough.” 2. Going to get my eyebrows done and buying myself something nice (when it’s in my budget). 3. Writing on my blog about something I’ve overcome or accomplished that I’m most proud of.
What about you? How do you boost your self-esteem?
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The interest in organic feeds for horses is rising, just like the demand for organic produce in the grocery store. Of course, the avoidance of pesticides and other chemicals is the most prominent reason, but We’ve also heard of horse owners who are concerned about genetically modified ingredients and preservatives. A more encompassing motivation is to encourage interest in sustainable agriculture, which is producing food without depleting the soil or polluting the environment.
The production of an organic product is strictly regulated from soil treatment to seeds used, harvesting, processing, bagging and storage. This applies to any feed or food carrying the organic label, whether it’s for animal use or human. The standards for organic foods or feeds are set by the FDA?s National Organic Program and based on the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.
Land used to raise organic crops must have not had any of the listed prohibited chemicals applied to it for a period of three years. The land must also be physically separated from adjoining lands where chemicals may be applied. Only organic materials from plants or animal manure are permitted to be applied on the fields, and that must be composted for a minimum of 120 days if the edible portion of the crop has contact with the ground,
90 days if there is no ground contact. Biosolids (sewage sludge) are prohibited. Seeds or plants used must be organic, or at least not treated with any chemical substance. No chemical herbicide or pesticide may be used except for certain simple compounds like copper sulfate. Even the equipment used to harvest, process and store the grains must be free of chemicals or chemically exposed products.
All these efforts clearly produce cleaner food, but that’s not all. Studies have shown that organically produced foods have higher levels of antioxidants and many minerals. This is partially a result of the necessity to pick strains that have a high natural resistance to disease and partially because of the organic fertilizers used, which provide the soil with a wider range of nutrients than conventional fertilizers. A Norwegian study even found that organically produced cereal grains had lower levels of fungal toxins than conventionally produced grains. This is likely because of the need to use disease-resistant strains.
In addition to organic feed ingredients ? grains, molasses, seeds, forage ? products that are labeled ?organic? are permitted to include supplemental levels of synthetic B vitamins, vitamins A, D, E and C, protein and nutritional minerals calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, iodine, copper, iron and potassium. No other nutrients (e.g. salt, selenium) are permitted. However, the FDA has recently (April 28, 2010) requested the National Organic Standards Board look at the possibility of adding other nutrients, such as essential fatty acids.
you’ll pay about double what a conventional grain product will cost. This is because the actual production costs per acre are about the same as for conventionally grown crops, but the yield per acre is only about half as much.
If you mix your own feed, many organic producers that make specific feeds for other species will sell you bags of single ingredients, like oats and organic alfalfa. (The link at the top of our chart of organic-grain producers will take you to a site with a search engine by state.) The market for organic beef, chicken and pork is growing steadily, which means a demand for organically grown feed. Before you purchase anything labeled organic, be sure you find out for certain that the farm has been certified. Ask to see the certificate.
We give the concept of organic feeds a big thumbs up, and it looks like a no-brainer decision. However, these feeds are expensive and shipping costs can add considerably more. Until the price becomes closer to that of traditionally produced grains, we’re going to save these products for specialized individual needs, such as for horses that are highly sensitive or allergic.
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BLANTYRE, May 25, 2011 (IPS) – In the shade of a leafy mango tree at the rural Chipho Health Centre in Thyolo, southern Malawi, Melifa Faison sits looking frequently down the road hoping to see an ambulance. Lying beside her is her 6-year-old daughter, weak with malaria.
The medical assistant has referred the child to a larger health centre 22 kilometres (km) away for proper treatment.
“He (the medical assistant) says she will need to be put on a drip and they don’t have the supplies,” says Faison.
The centre does not have the first line drugs for malaria, the top killer of children in Malawi. This is Faison’s second visit in 10 days. On the first visit her daughter was given painkillers.
“I was informed there was no medicine (for malaria) then,” she says.
Located in the border with Mozambique, Chipho Health Centre is the only one in the catchment area of 16,500 people, according to staff at the centre. It is 65km away from the district hospital along a rocky and rugged road that passes through several hills.
McOwen Chagwa is the medical assistant here. He relies on a radio communication system for emergency calls for an ambulance and supplies. There are no private pharmacies in the area.
“It’s difficult working here. What makes life tougher is I can’t assist people properly because of the shortage of medicines and equipment,” says Chagwa.
Chagwa explains that the health centre regularly sends the list of drugs and equipment it requires to the district health office. But the medicines hardly come on time.
“That becomes a problem especially for children who form the largest number of our clients here,” he says.
He is the only qualified medical worker at the centre. The nurse left two weeks ago because she had found another job in the city.
Health experts say inadequate number of nurses and pharmacists is among the leading factors denying people access to medicines in Malawi.
Studies by Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN), a group of civil society organisations in the health sector, show that while the Central Medical Stores, government’s drug procurement agency, may stock up to 85 percent of the essential drugs, district hospitals do not have most medicines because of shortage of staff to process the ordering. This affects availability of the medicines in outlying posts.
Official figures at the department of health show that by December 2009, there were only two fully qualified pharmacists in Malawi. There were also two pharmacy technicians in each of the 28 districts in Malawi.
In 2010 20 new pharmacists graduated from the University of Malawi’s College of Medicine. This was the first crop of students in Malawi to train as pharmacists following a government programme to address staff shortage.
But the number is still too inadequate to meet the demand for staff for drug procurement for hospitals, says MHEN’s executive director Martha Kwataine.
“Pharmacists are the ones supposed to process drug requisitions from Central Medical Stores through district hospitals. But we know Central Medical Stores always complains that orders come in late. It’s because hospitals don’t have the right staff to do the ordering,” says Kwataine.
Unavailability of essential drugs has been another outstanding problem. Hardest hit are areas like Chipho because they are difficult to reach and are shunned by medical personnel due to lack of infrastructure such as electricity and good housing.
In 2000, government launched the essential health package (EHP) aimed at improving access to health services in public hospitals. The plan included training medical staff and increasing availability of medicines.
Health rights activists say the programme has helped to improve access to medicines and health services through incentives for retention and recruitment of staff. But the situation is still as bad, they say.
The EHP contained 150 types of essential medicines to treat over 11 health conditions. A 2008 MHEN study found that it was still difficult for most rural communities to access free medicines from public clinics. Only 20 percent of those medicines were available in most rural hospitals. In response, civil society organisations launched a campaign against drug stock outs in 2009. Three years on, MHEN says the campaign has helped to make government aware of its obligation and moved it to act accordingly in some cases. But the battle is far from being won. Still critically understaffed and lacking in essential infrastructure such as roads and vehicles to transport medicines, most rural locations are still poorly serviced, it says.
In Thyolo the international Medecines Sans Frontieres (MSF) runs an HIV/AIDS programme. But it also assists government in delivering patients between health centres.,However, MSF winds up its programme in 2013 and people are worried.
“Once MSF leaves, the crisis will deepen. Already, it’s common to see women delivering in tea bushes while on their way to hospital. For us, the choice is between a badly serviced health centre and a traditional healer,” said villager Felix Yaruwera.
During the rainy season, the road to Chipho is impassable. The alternative route is 200km long. “That leaves us out at a critical time. Malaria is rampant in rainy season. So, I would say many children do die,” says Chagwa.
Spokesperson for department of health Henry Chimbali admits that most rural areas in Malawi are yet to see “significant improvement” in delivery of health services.
He says government has since drawn up a plan to make use of health surveillance assistants already available in the communities to attend to most basic health concerns such as fevers, headaches and diarrhoea and accelerate efforts on preventive measures.
Chimbali says the assistants will not be turned into clinicians. But rather, if they get more involved, they will bridge the human resource gap, therefore allowing medical staff time to also attend to drug orders and distribution.
He also suggests that bringing hospitals closer to people will increase access to medicines.
“Ideally, the plan is to have a health facility within a radius of 8km. That’s still a long way off. So, we are introducing mobile and village clinics to service the underserved areas,” he says.
Meanwhile, Faison has been waiting for two hours. The longer the ambulance takes to arrive, the more anxious she gets at the possibility that it might not come. “Sometimes, it doesn’t come until the following day. I pray that shouldn’t be the case today. My daughter is not well at all,” she says. | <urn:uuid:bcb3eb92-d47b-47c9-94e4-4b8dfadf49ce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.faceofmalawi.com/2011/05/25/rural-areas-still-struggle-to-access-medicines/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963399 | 1,406 | 2.1875 | 2 |
25 August 2007, Manchester, England. Activists invaded the annual Manchester Pride parade today in a protest against the commercialisation of this one-time community and fundraising event.
Manchester City Council boasts that Pride brings in more than 20million UKP (UK Pounds) for the city’s businesses each year ($40m). However, in 2006, just 65,000 UKP ($130,000) was raised for charity by Pride.
This was one of the lowest figures in the 17-year history of the event, which was started to raise money for HIV and AIDS causes. And was despite around 35,000 members of the public paying 10-15 UKP for an entry ticket in 2006 as usual (entry was free from 1990-1998 and in 2000 and 2001).This year tickets cost up to 18 UKP each.
In 2006 the organisers even charged unfunded HIV charities and groups 50 UKP to walk in the parade.
Last year the activists were removed by Police and security. But this year they managed to unfurl their banners and walk the entire route.
At the Pride Expo event, charities and voluntary groups must pay 50 UKP for a stall, regardless of their finances, plus 30 UKP if they want a power supply.
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Legalization Catches Eye of Connecticut Legislature
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s continuing fiscal woes, coupled with a new law that fully takes effect next year in neighboring Massachusetts, have prompted state lawmakers to take their most serious look yet at possibly legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults.
Despite the growing enthusiasm, it's questionable whether any of the bills will survive this session.
Several bills with bipartisan support that sanction the retail sale and cultivation of cannabis are currently progressing through the General Assembly. The first bill drew dozens of supporters last week at a Public Health Committee hearing, many lauding the legislation as a way to regulate an illegal industry and potentially deliver millions of dollars for the state’s coffers.
“Why should we continue to give business opportunities to violent criminals who don’t pay taxes and follow no regulations,” asked Democratic Rep. Robyn Porter at the hearing.
Yet, despite the apparent growing enthusiasm and the fact Connecticut already legalized the medical use of marijuana, it’s questionable whether any of the recreational-use bills will ultimately survive this session. Some politicians, including Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, contend Connecticut should first wait and see what happens to its neighbors to the north.
In Massachusetts, it’s now legal to possess, use and grow small amounts of cannabis. However, the drug can’t be purchased legally yet because retail shops aren’t expected to open until mid-2018.
“We have Massachusetts. Let them go through the growing pains,” said Rep. Joe de la Cruz, a Democrat. “We walk into this thing. We take our time. Why do we need to make it legal this year?”
Malloy agrees. The Democratic governor has said he doesn’t think the state should play a role in “promoting” cannabis use, even though he pushed for Connecticut’s law that decriminalizes the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
“I think we should hit the pause button and watch how it works in the region,” Malloy said in December, adding how “all the news is not good” in states that have fully legalized recreational usage. Seven states and the District of Columbia have adopted recreational cannabis laws.
Meg Green, a spokeswoman for the governor, said last week that Malloy’s “personal position has not changed,” but “he is following the debate as this proposal works through the legislative process.”
Connecticut’s debate over recreational marijuana comes as lawmakers grapple with a budget deficit estimated to be as much as $1.7 billion next fiscal year, which begins July 1. A report released Feb. 1 from the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis determined the state could generate millions of dollars in new revenue, but not enough to cover that red ink.
If the state adopts the Massachusetts framework, tax revenue from retail cannabis sales is estimated to generate $8.9 million in the first year, assuming it was implemented Jan. 1, 2018. The Massachusetts model is projected to generate $30.1 million in state taxes and fees in the first full year of implementation. Meanwhile, if Connecticut adopts the Colorado taxing model, the Office estimates the state could generate about $13.6 million in the first year and $63.9 million in state taxes and fees in the first full year.
The Office of Fiscal Analysis also estimates it could cost Connecticut 14 percent of the total tax revenues to regulate recreational marijuana.
Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano, who doesn’t foresee the legislation passing this year, takes issue with the financial argument being made by some proponents.
“What I see is people saying that, ‘Economically, this is what we have to do.’ That argument proves too much,” he said. “If everything is rooted on economics and we should allow it to happen because we can get money, then we should allow bookies to book, right?” | <urn:uuid:1c13ede3-74b5-4101-a9f0-97d526fc9870> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/legalization-catches-eye-connecticut-legislature | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.948663 | 837 | 1.570313 | 2 |
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The Scout Promise is:
On My Honour, I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God and to the Queen,
To help other people
And to keep the Scout Law
The Scout Law is:
A Scout is to be trusted.
A Scout is loyal.
A Scout is friendly and considerate.
A Scout belongs to the worldwide family of Scouts.
A Scout has courage in all difficulties.
A Scout makes good use of time and is careful of possessions and property.
A Scout has self-respect and respect for others.
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- 1 What is a disposable respirator?
- 2 Is a disposable respirator the same as a surgical mask?
- 3 When should I wear a disposable respirator?
- 4 What are the possible alternative types of respirators for use in healthcare workplaces?
- 5 3M Disposable Respirator Categories
- 6 What Are the Advantages of 3M Disposable Respirators?
- 7 Buy 2 Boxes of Disposable Respirators
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- 8.1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- 8.2 Where to buy the authentic 3M n95 mask online?
- 8.3 How to wear 3M vflex 9105 respirator ?
- 8.4 What are the differences between mask and respirator?
- 8.5 How to identify which respirator may be preferred for increased worker comfort
- 8.6 How long does a 3M disposable respirator last?
- 9 5 Years
What is a disposable respirator?
According to the American Thoracic Society, a disposable respirator fits over the nose and mouth. It removes very small particles from the air you breathe. These particles include germs (like viruses, bacteria, and mold) and other kinds of dust. A disposable respirator does not have replacement parts. It is meant to be thrown away after use.
Is a disposable respirator the same as a surgical mask?
While disposable respirators look similar to masks used during surgery and other medical procedures, the two are designed for very different purposes. Surgical masks are primarily made to keep particles breathed out by the wearer – for example, saliva or mucus – from contaminating the work environment. Respirators, on the other hand, protect the wearer against potentially hazardous particles created by the work environment.
When should I wear a disposable respirator?
A disposable respirator should be worn:
- when in a moldy building, such as after a flood
- when visiting or caring for someone in the hospital with tuberculosis
- if recommended during an outbreak of influenza (“flu”) or other infection
- if recommended by your doctor
- if required in your workplace
Some people may choose to wear a disposable respirator when doing dusty work in the yard or home.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have also started to offer disposable respirators such as 3M 9105, 3M 8210, 3M 8110S, 3M 8247 masks, and more which are indispensable to protect employees’ safety and prevent viral infections.
What are the possible alternative types of respirators for use in healthcare workplaces?
ElectGo also offers 3M reusable respirator and Power air-purifying respirators (PAPRs)
Important: A respirator cannot protect you if it does not fit your face.
A respirator can’t give workers all the protection it was designed to provide, unless it is selected and worn correctly during all periods of exposure. That’s why 3M uses a variety of innovative technologies and features designed to enhance user comfort. Disposable respirators require a good seal between the respirator and face to deliver the expected protection.
3M Disposable Respirator Categories
3M Respirator 9105
- Helps provide quality, reliable worker respiratory protection for certain non-oil-based particles.
- It has a unique folded design with 3M proprietary filter media and V-shaped pleats that expand to help make breathing easier
3M Respirator 8247
- Helps provide comfortable protection against certain oil and non-oil based particles – including those with nuisance levels of organic vapors, such as solvents, degreasers, and resins.
3M Respirator 8210
- Breathe easier
- Advanced Electrostatic Media technology enhances particulate capture while reducing breathing resistance.
- Designed with welded strap attachment for greater durability, soft nose foam for more comfort, and adjustable noseclip to help ensure a secure custom seal.
3M Particulate Respirator 8110S
- Small size version similar to classic 8210 N95 respirator.
- 8110S designed to help provide comfortable, reliable worker respiratory protection against certain non-oil based particles.
3M Particulate Respirator 8577
- Help provide reliable respiratory protection of at least 95 percent filtration efficiency against certain oil and non oil based particles.
- A carbon layer reduces exposure to nuisance levels of organic vapors such as solvents, degreasers, and resins.
3M Particulate Respirator 8511
- Reduce inhalation exposures to certain airborne biological particles (examples: mold, Bacillus anthracis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis), but cannot eliminate the risk of contracting infection, illness, or disease
What Are the Advantages of 3M Disposable Respirators?
3M™ Cool Flow Valve
An efficient exhalation valve minimises heat and moisture build up, particularly in hot and humid work conditions.
|3M™ High Performance Filter Media|
High Performance Filter Media combines the benefits of traditional mechanical filtration with advanced technology filtration to capture particles.
3M™ Foldable Three-Panel
Design This design offers improved comfort, fit and communication – plus the convenience of a foldable respirator. (9300A+ series)
|3M™ Clog-Resistant Welding Respirators |
Particles are trapped throughout the lofty outer layer and then by the inner filter. This prolongs respirator life while maintaining ease of breathing.
Layers of carbon in 3M™ Welding and 3M™ Specialty Respirators are designed to offer relief from the irritation of low levels of specific gases and vapours.
Importance of Fit
3M provides a variety of respirators for customers to select one that fits best on their own face. Fit testing is used to confirm adequate fit and level of protection in the work place.
Adjustment Buckle Straps
Simply pull on the 3M™ Universal Buckle to achieve the optimal comfort and security.
|Confidence in Numbers|
3M has a rich 100-plus-year history of research and innovation, over 40 in respiratory protection alone, and a passion for designing safe, comfortable respirators. The first Saccharin and Bitrex™ qualitative fit test methods were invented by 3M.
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- Remove the 3M Vflex N95 respirator from its packaging
- Place your fingers on top and your thumbs underneath the nose flip of the respirator then bend slightly at the center
- Open the respirator using both hands and cup it over your face with a nose flip over your nose.
- Take the first strap and stretch it over the back of your neck under your ears and then stretch the second strap to the top of your head
- Check the straps have not become twisted. Adjust until you achieve a comfortable fit using the tabs on the side place fingertips from both hands at the top of your nose and mold the nose piece to achieve a secure seal.
- To test fit cover the front of the respirator with both hands and breathe out sharply. If you feel the air has leaked around the nose, readjust the nose clip. If you feel anything elsewhere, adjust the position of the respirator and the straps then repeat the fit check
According to 3M, The 3M Health Care Particulate Respirator and Surgical Mask models 1804/1804S, 1860/1860S, 1870, 1870+ have an established 5 year shelf life when respirators are stored in their original packaging within climatic conditions ranging from -4 °F (-20 °C) to +86 °F (+30 °C) and not exceeding 80% RH.
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- 1) Repairs compressed-air valves, such as triple-air valves, cutoff valves, and retainer valves, using handtools, power tools, and measuring instruments according to specifications: Disassembles valves, using power wrench, and cleans parts with gasoline and airhose.
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- 3) Scrapes, grinds, and polishes metal contacting surfaces to make surfaces airtight, using rasps and emery polishing cloths.
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Castor semi-looper or Croton caterpillar Achaea janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Identification: The species has a pale reddish-brown body. Forewings with prominent markings. A short sub-basal waved line and an obliquely waved antemedial and excised postmedial lines are present. Postmedial lines are often black suffused inside them. A speck is found at the end of the cell. A diffuse rufous band runs beyond the postmedial line, Hindwings black with medial white band. Three large white spots can be seen on outer margin, with whitish cilia. Ventral side grey suffused. Forewings with an oblique white postmedial band not reaching the costa. Two crenulate medial lines found on each wing.
Wing Span: 6.0-7.0 cm
Caterpillar Hosts: Excoecaria cochinchinensis (Euphorbiaceae),castor oil plant (Ricinus communis), both Brassica and Ficus species and many more crops like Arachis hypogaea, Citrus, Corchorus, Dalbergia sissoo, Dodonaea viscosa, Euphorbia hirta, Glycine max, Lagenaria siceraria, Punica granatum, Rosa chinensis, Solanum lycopersicum, Tamarindus indica, Theobroma cacao, Vigna mungo and Ziziphus mauritiana.
Range: Indo-Australian tropics and subtropics, extending south to New Zealand and east through the Pacific archipelagoes to Easter Island.
National Moth Week was July 23-31, 2022!
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1. Select a Video profile to use for multicast streaming
- Setting path: Web viewer >> Setup >> Basic >> Video profile
2. Setting 'Multicast (RTSP)' at the selected video profile
- Multicast setting should be set separately on each profile used
[Figure 1.] Multicast GUI of X series camera
- 2-1. IP address
- The acceptable IP range is 126.96.36.199 ~ 188.8.131.52
- Please refer to 'Multicast address' page of Wikipedia.
- Please consider not using 'Notable addresses'.
- 2-2. Port
- The multicast RTP port should be set to an even number between 1024 and 65534.
- However, port 3702 cannot be used.
- 2-3. TTL
- TTL stands for 'Time to live'
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Is it safe to deep fry on a gas stove?
Can you deep fry on a gas stove? It won’t catch fire, but it will burn your food. Probably the most important thing to keep in mind is that water and hot oil makes a grease fire. Avoid putting anything too watery into the deep fryer, make sure to scrape off frost if you’re frying something frozen.
Can you deep fry in a regular pan?
While many home and professional kitchens have a deep fat fryer for frying, it isn’t an essential piece of equipment – all you need is a frying pan, some cooking oil and a slotted spoon. … The best oils to use for deep-frying are flavourless with high smoking points, for example, sunflower, groundnut and vegetable oil.
What temperature do you deep fry on a stove?
Deep frying is done at high temperatures, usually between 350 and 375 °F. Since you’re heating the oil much higher than it gets in a pan or the oven, it’s super important to choose the right type of cooking fat.
How do you deep-fry on the stove without a thermometer?
The easiest and safest method is to stick the end of a wooden spoon into the oil. If you see many bubbles form around the wood and they start to float up, your oil is ready for frying. If it is bubbling hard, the oil is too hot; let it cool a bit and check the temperature again.
What happens if oil gets on your gas stove?
If an oil spill is left uncleaned, it can stick to the stove’s surface. Thankfully, baking soda is known for its abrasive and absorbent nature, while vinegar is also good for its acetic acid component. Both items are nontoxic stove cleaners. Use baking soda and vinegar to clean your stove.
Can electric deep fryers catch on fire?
A small amount of cooking oil coming into contact with the burner can cause a large fire. Without thermostat controls, deep fryers have the potential to overheat the oil to the point of combustion. The sides of the cooking pot, lid and pot handles can get dangerously hot, creating severe burn hazards.
What kind of pan is good for deep frying?
The best pots for deep frying are cast iron pots, metal pots, and woks. The best pot is also a deep pot since the food needs to be completely covered by oil.
What oil do you use to deep fry?
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The city was originally founded as a military colony by the emperor Trajan around AD 100, intended to serve as a bastion against the Berbers in the nearby Aures Mountains. Its original residents were largely Parthian veterans of the Roman army who were granted lands in return for years of service.
The city’s original design was a perfect square, 355 meters long on each side, with an orthogonal design highlighted by the decumanus maximus (east-west-oriented street) and the cardo (north–south-oriented street) lined by a partially restored Corinthian colonnade. The plan was to provide space for 15,000 residents, but the city quickly outgrew that number and spilled beyond the orthogonal grid in a more loosely but organized fashion. The city grew for the next 300 years as new quarters were added to the original ground plan leading to a quadrupling of the original size.
During its second and third centuries, the city enjoyed a peaceful existence. Perfectly located at the head of the Oued el-Abiod and a crucial junction, it gave Romans control of one of the main passes through the Aurès Mountains, and therefore of access to and from the Sahara. Starting from the 3rd century, it became a center of Christian activity and a Donatist center in the 4th century. Timgad fell into decline after the Vandal invasion in the 5th century and the subsequent sacking by Berbers.
The city was revived in the 6th century under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian. A fortress was built outside the original town and many blocks from earlier Roman buildings were reused. But the city fell once again to an Arab invasion in the 7th century. The site was finally abandoned in the 8th century. The city was forgotten until it was excavated from under the sand in 1881.
All these centuries lying under the sand of the Sahara, Timgad remained exceptionally well preserved. At the west end of the decumanus maximus still stands a 12-meters-high triumphal arch, called the Arch of Trajan, which was partially restored in 1900. There a temple dedicated to Jupiter that is of approximately the same dimensions as the Pantheon in Rome. A large Byzantine citadel stands to the southeast of the city. There is also a 3,500-seat theater in good condition, a library, a basilica and four public bathhouses.
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Complicated Women in Scripture: A Jewish-Christian Conversation
This final episode of the first season of the Unlikely Conversations podcast is a lively dialogue between Rabbi Jennifer Hartman and Pastor Andrea Roske-Metcalfe. Together, they explore how they each teach and preach tricky holy passages in a way that keeps female characters complex and layered. Listen for how beautiful things can get when we dwell in the muck of messy human stories and allow women to be multi-faceted.
Getting Curious About Difference: A Jewish-Catholic Conversation
Claire Shea is principal at a Catholic middle school. She is also married to a Muslim. Aaron Weininger is a Jewish Rabbi. He is also openly gay. In this episode, Claire and Aaron talk about having tough conversations in their homes and families as well as in the public sphere. Starting in their homes has helped them prioritize relationships in doing courageous work in their communities.
Worship During A Pandemic: A Hindu-Jewish Conversation
In this episode, which was recorded in late April, hear a conversation between Neha Markanda and Rabbi Jennifer Hartman talk about being faith leaders in the time of COVID-19. They discuss holding grief and gratitude simultaneously. They express the difficulty of postponing huge milestone markers and celebrations and the heartbreaking work of conducting funerals online. This is a touching and poignant interfaith conversation about faith communities gathering, celebrating and grieving in new ways, holding onto what makes us human.
Race and Justice in Interfaith Spaces: A Muslim-Buddhist Conversation
In this episode, Fardosa Hassan and Genjo Conway – young faith leaders in the Muslim and Zen Buddhist communities respectively – have a frank conversation about race in interfaith spaces. This episode was recorded before the racist murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, but the themes speak prophetically to this moment. Fardosa and Genjo were participants in the first cohort of the Collegeville Institute’s Multi-Religious Fellows program.
From Interfaith Dialogue to Multi-Religious Action: A Conversation with Rabbi Barry D. Cytron and Dr. Marty Stortz
How have interfaith relations shifted in the last century? Why is there still so much religious violence in the world? And how can we know if our lives have made a difference?
This episode takes a step away from the conversations between fellows to offer some history and context from two masters of multi-religious work—Rabbi Barry D. Cytron and Dr. Marty Stortz.
Love is a Verb: A Muslim–Catholic Conversation on Social Justice
How do our faith communities grapple with injustice and inequality? Are our financial budgets moral documents? And what do the Koran and Bible say about advocating for the oppressed?
Listen to an unlikely conversation between Tamim Saidi and Joe Kruse as they discuss social justice, economics, and the call to love in their respective Muslim and Catholic Worker communities.
Religion and the Next Generation: A Hindu–Christian Conversation on Youth Spiritual Engagement
In these days when young people are leaving organized religion in droves, how do our faith communities form, educate, and empower youth? And how can we build healthy, multi-religious relationships when, let’s face it, they can be hard and uncomfortable?
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