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Heart attack and stroke are often caused by atherosclerotic plaque rupture, which happens without warning most of the time. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based atherosclerotic plaque models with fluid-structure interactions (FSIs) have been introduced to perform flow and stress/strain analysis and identify possible mechanical and morphological indices for accurate plaque vulnerability assessment. For coronary arteries, cyclic bending associated with heart motion and anisotropy of the vessel walls may have significant influence on flow and stress/strain distributions in the plaque. FSI models with cyclic bending and anisotropic vessel properties for coronary plaques are lacking in the current literature. In this paper, cyclic bending and anisotropic vessel properties were added to 3D FSI coronary plaque models so that the models would be more realistic for more accurate computational flow and stress/strain predictions. Six computational models using one ex vivo MRI human coronary plaque specimen data were constructed to assess the effects of cyclic bending, anisotropic vessel properties, pulsating pressure, plaque structure, and axial stretch on plaque stress/strain distributions. Our results indicate that cyclic bending and anisotropic properties may cause 50-800% increase in maximum principal stress (Stress-P1) values at selected locations. The stress increase varies with location and is higher when bending is coupled with axial stretch, nonsmooth plaque structure, and resonant pressure conditions (zero phase angle shift). Effects of cyclic bending on flow behaviors are more modest (9.8% decrease in maximum velocity, 2.5% decrease in flow rate, 15% increase in maximum flow shear stress). Inclusion of cyclic bending, anisotropic vessel material properties, accurate plaque structure, and axial stretch in computational FSI models should lead to a considerable improvement of accuracy of computational stress/strain predictions for coronary plaque vulnerability assessment. Further studies incorporating additional mechanical property data and in vivo MRI data are needed to obtain more complete and accurate knowledge about flow and stress/strain behaviors in coronary plaques and to identify critical indicators for better plaque assessment and possible rupture predictions.
- Atherosclerotic plaque rupture
- Blood flow
- Coronary artery
- Cyclic bending
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SEATTLE, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 - The results of the study called HVTN 097, titled "Immune correlates of the Thai RV144 vaccine regimen in South Africa" and led by Dr. Glenda Gray, Co-Principal Investigator of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN), headquartered at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, and President of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), were published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on September 18. This study was conducted in South Africa using the same HIV vaccine regimen that showed modest protection in an efficacy study conducted in Thailand, where clades B and E are prominent. Although clade C is the dominant circulating strain of HIV in South Africa, the RV144/Thai vaccine regimen mounted significant cellular and antibody responses in study participants enrolled in South Africa.
Despite major breakthroughs in HIV prevention and treatment, there were an estimated 1.8 million people newly infected with HIV in 2018: an estimated 5,000 new HIV infections around the world every day. The pursuit for a safe, effective and scalable HIV vaccine, although a challenging endeavor, is a global imperative.
Gray and her team evaluated whether the vaccine-induced immune responses would be similar in a South African cohort if immunized with the same RV144 HIV vaccine regimen used in Thailand. The U.S. Army-led RV144 was the first vaccine clinical trial to ever demonstrate any efficacy in preventing HIV that tested a heterologous "prime-boost" combination of two vaccines: ALVAC-HIV and AIDSVAX B/E vaccine based on clades B and E, which demonstrated moderate protection against HIV with a 31.2% efficacy.
"Vaccine-induced immune responses elicited from this clade B/E based vaccine regimen induced cross-clade responses in South Africans and, at peak immunogenicity, the South African vaccinees exhibited significantly higher cellular and antibody immune responses than the Thai vaccinees," said Gray.
The HVTN 097 study is part of a larger HIV vaccine research endeavor led by the Pox-Protein Public-Private Partnership, or P5--a diverse group of public and private organizations committed to building on the success of the RV144 trial. The P5 aims to produce an HIV vaccine that could have a significant public health benefit in southern Africa and to advance scientists' understanding of the immune responses associated with preventing HIV infection. P5 members include the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), HVTN, Sanofi Pasteur, GSK and the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. NIAID funds the HVTN and funded the HVTN 097 study.
"Since 2009, the HIV vaccine field has been building on findings from RV144 to understand and develop improvements in vaccine breadth and duration in order to protect more people for longer periods of time," said Lt. Col. Julie Ake, Principal Deputy Director of MHRP.
T-cell and antibody responses measured
The RV144 vaccine regimen in HVTN 097 vaccinees induced a significantly higher CD4+ T cell response rate than seen in the Thai vaccine recipients (RV144=36.4%; HVTN 097=51.9%), irrespective of age and sex. South African and Thai participants also generated cross-clade antibody responses against HIV clades AE, B, and C, which, in a panel of clade C antigens, were also higher and more prevalent in South Africans. In general, cross-clade immune responses were stronger than expected in South Africa. HVTN 097 is a precursor to studies that adapted the RV144/Thai vaccine regimen to be clade C specific, now underway in South Africa (HVTN 702).
"This breaks open the thought pattern that each region of the world needs a separate type of HIV vaccine based upon their circulating strains," said Larry Corey, M.D., Principal Investigator of the HVTN.
Associations between BMI and vaccine-induced immune responses
A previous clinical trial (HVTN 503/Phambili) conducted in South Africa demonstrated that higher BMI was associated with a reduction in vaccine-induced immune responses. Given the high rates of obesity in South Africa, the HVTN 097 study team, after stratifying the groups, found that a higher BMI was not associated with a reduced CD4+ T cell and antibody response rate or the strength of the response rate. Notably, CD4 + T cell responses were detected in 100% of vaccinees with a BMI greater than 30, giving hope for future HIV vaccine regimens based on the RV144/Thai vaccine regimen.
Differences observed in vaccine-induced immune responses between Thais and South Africans
The study team acknowledge that factors such as race, ethnicity, the microbiome, or genetic factors may have influenced vaccine-induced immune responses in South Africans.
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The HVTN 097 clinical trial was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) U.S. Public Health Service grants UM1 AI068614 (LOC: HIV Vaccine Trials Network), UM1AI068618 (LC: HIV Vaccine Trials Network), UM1 AI068635 (SDMC: HIV Vaccine Trials Network), UM1 AI069453 (Soweto-Bara Clinical Research Site), UM1 AI069519 (Cape Town-Emavundleni Clinical Research Site), and UM1 AI069469 (Klerksdorp Clinical Research Site). Within the terms of the Grant Award of the Cooperative Agreement with the HVTN, NIAID, as protocol sponsor, contributed to, reviewed, and approved the HVTN 097 study design. NIAID contributed to review and analysis of data, and preparation of the manuscript, and concurred with the decision to submit for publication, but was not involved in the data collection and did not perform statistical analyses. NIAID provided support in the form of salary for author E.M.S. No pharmaceutical company or other agency paid for the writing of this article. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication. We thank the James B. Pendleton Charitable Trust for their equipment donation. Additional funding for laboratory assays was provided by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and we thank the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their generous contribution to the Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory facility. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIAID or NIH. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be construed to represent the positions of the U.S. Army or the Department of Defense.
Glenda E. Gray, MBBCH, Ying Huang, PhD, Nicole Grunenberg, MD, Fatima Laher, MBBCh, Surita Roux, MBChB, Erica Andersen-Nissen, PhD, Stephen C. De Rosa, MD, Britta Flach, PhD, April K. Randhawa, PhD, Ryan Jensen, PhD, Edith M. Swann, PhD, Linda-Gail Bekker, MD, PhD, Craig Innes, MBChB, Erica Lazarus, MBChB, Lynn Morris, DPhil, Nonhlanhla N. Mkhize, PhD, Guido Ferrari, MD, David C. Montefiori, PhD, Xiaoying Shen, PhD, Sheetal Sawant, MPH, Nicole Yates, PhD, John Hural, PhD, Abby Isaacs, MS, Sanjay Phogat, PhD, Carlos A. DiazGranados, MD, Carter Lee, MBA, Faruk Sinangil, PhD, Nelson L. Michael, MD, Merlin L. Robb, MD, James G. Kublin, MD, Peter B. Gilbert, PhD, M. Juliana McElrath, MD, PhD, Georgia D. Tomaras, PhD and Lawrence Corey, MD.
About Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, home to three Nobel laureates, interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientists seek new and innovative ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. Fred Hutch's pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation led to the development of immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the immune system to treat cancer. An independent, nonprofit research institute based in Seattle, Fred Hutch houses the nation's first National Cancer Institute-funded cancer prevention research program, as well as the clinical coordinating center of the Women's Health Initiative and the international headquarters of the NIAID-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network.
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Numerous people want to start a new life in a different country, but the complication of the settling process makes it a challenging task. Few governments are ready to accommodate a big number of people who wish to settle in their country. Therefore, they place hundreds of obstacles in the way of those who wish to do so.
However, this is not the case in every country; many, such as Canada, welcome those who want to settle and prosper in their country. According to studies, more than 1 lakh people wish to move to Canada each year. The Canadian government has proposed a scheme that would allow 2 lakh individuals to enter Canada each year. Suppose you are residing in Saudi Arabia and wondering about How to apply for Permanent Residence in Canada from Saudi Arabia. In that case, you can go through this article to figure out your answer.
Brief description about the visa of Canada PR
It has been seen that visa of Canada PR is more frequently applied. The validity of the visa expires after 5 years though you need to make your visa done with the assistance of professionals.
The benefits of having a visa for Canada PR from the Saudi Arabian
Advantages for family
- Education for kids is free till adulthood.
- The entire family will receive the benefit of cashless health care.
- After you have Canada PR, it would benefit you with the authority to sponsor the settlement of your parents or grandparents.
Nothing depends upon your employment
- You benefit from enjoying Canada’s PR without having a fixed-job.
- The authority to work full-time in a company benefits your partner as well.
- You are not bound to work for only one company; you can work for as many as you choose.
- Canada is a country where everyone is treated with equal respect, regardless of religion.
- Irrespective of your nationality, Canada will allow you to settle in their country peacefully.
Relation based on trade
- Saudi Arabia and Canada have a good trading connection because Saudi Arabia is Canada’s largest oil trading partner.
- Hence, a person is considered the greatest property for the Canadian economy if that person is an experienced employee of Saudi Arabia.
How do I apply for a visa for permanent residence in Canada from Saudi Arabia?
There are several ways through which you can apply for a visa to Canada, though the best plan to settle in Canada from Saudi Arabia is the Express Entry Pathway.
- You need to score at least 5 on your language test (IELTS) to be eligible for the plan of Express Entry Canada.
- You need to have an educational credential assessment report if you are applying for permanent residency in Canada after completing your education in another country. This report is mandatory for the person who is applying through the Express Entry Pathway.
- Before creating your profile, you must check whether the NOC list has your occupation listed on it. Your score in the WES assessment should not be less than 65.
- When creating your profile, you should choose the problem for which you want to apply. Before applying for the program, check the eligibility criteria so that your profile does not get rejected.
- Once you are done with every process, submit your application after double-checking the accuracy of your details.
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How to Download WhatsApp
WhatsApp | Comunicación
What is Whatsapp?
WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging application in the world, as it allows you to stay connected and communicated with those people who are far from you, but also with those close to you, but you cannot see all the time.
This messaging application is one of the simplest, but the most popular, since it allows you to communicate very easily, since it has an elegant and very intuitive design. With this application, you will not only be able to communicate by text messages, in fact, you can send through the application, voice notes, photos, files of all kinds, and even share your location with your friends.
Through the years, WhatsApp has incorporated new functions to its platform, to make it more complete and attractive to handle for its users. Among its best, it has also incorporated video calls, through which you can talk and see your friends and family at the same time.
Different WhatsApp functions
However, to make the video call functionality more complete, it has the option of making group video calls, with which you can call and communicate with several contacts at the same time. Voice calls also have this option to call several contacts at the same time.
On the other hand, the application also has a great variety of default emoticons, to be used in chats, striking and fun. It has compatibility with other applications such as Google Maps or YouTube, to be able to share locations or videos within the same platform.
Also, through the application, you can share with your contacts, what you think or do at any time, since it has a function that allows you to upload images or videos of all kinds and share them in the form of a “story” with your friends and family members, for a certain time, since after a day it will disappear from the application.
WhatsApp on your mobile phone
This messaging app can be found and installed on your mobile phone, in the official Android or iOS stores, however, if you do not have access to the Play Store, you have another option to download it. You can find the APK of the application, which is an executable program, with which you can easily have it on your mobile phone. Visit the WhatsApp download area if you want to access the APK link of this application.
How to use WhatsApp on the PC?
Previously, the only way to access WhatsApp through your PC was by using WhatsApp Web, a web browser-based application that connected to your cell phone via an identification QR code. Later, the messaging app officially launched a version for the computer, available for both Windows and Mac. The application is basically WhatsApp Web but in executable mode, at first it had quite a few bugs, but after several versions, it is a fairly stable and safe option. | <urn:uuid:7946c27c-a81f-4fd5-ac1f-3954523392c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://en.descargar.studio/whatsapp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964057 | 586 | 1.554688 | 2 |
The eurozone’s economy grew steadily in the three months after Britain’s shock vote in June to leave the European Union, but it was a mixed picture with German economic expansion not as good as expected as exports fell.
Gross domestic product (GDP) in the entire currency bloc expanded by 0.3 percent in the third quarter, on a par with April-June, the EU’s statistics office said on Tuesday, confirming an earlier flash estimate.
However US President-elect Donald Trump’s protectionist threats are leading to worries about the outlook for next year, particularly for exporters like Germany.
Europe’s largest economy eked out weaker-than-expected growth of 0.2 percent in the third quarter as foreign trade slowed.
ING Bank economist Carsten Brzeski said Germany’s domestic economy should be strong enough to ensure solid though perhaps waning GDP growth in the coming quarters.
“However, if Germany’s single most important trading partner, the United States, really moves towards more protectionism, this would definitely leave its mark on German growth,” he said.
In addition, uncertainty about the length and outcome of Brexit negotiations between London and Brussels is also expected to limit the eurozone’s medium-term growth prospects.
Italy boosted by domestic demand
Elsewhere in the eurozone, Italy’s economy surprised between July and September. It rebounded a bit thanks to improved domestic demand which will be welcome news for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Industry and services activity expanded, while agriculture contracted, but growth still remains sluggish in the eurozone’s third largest economy. It was up 0.3 percent from the previous three months and 0.9 percent year-on-year.
Some of the region’s best numbers came from Portugal where growth accelerated sharply in the third quarter thanks to higher exports.
The economy expanding by 0.8 percent from the preceding three-month period and 1.6 percent compared to the same period of 2015.
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Leo, a 4-year-old Vizsla, adopted a baby from an entirely different species and surprised his owners. In the countryside, he lives with two sisters on a modern organic farm in Bavaria, Germany.
They are surrounded by meadows, forests, and fields. Around a year ago, Leo met a fawn they named Ludovica. Her mother left her in the garden and came by once and then never again.
Ludovica was left alone, and Leo knew right away what to do. The sisters saw that the fawn was hungry and limping. She was probably not fast enough to catch up to her mother.
Leo adopted the fawn, and the sisters became her new mothers. Ludovica needed special care and devoted attention. They invested a lot of time, especially in feeding her.
Ludovica ate milk from a bottle every two hours from day to night. The sisters took shifts, with one in charge of the daytime and the other in the evening.
They kept Ludovica outside so she could learn how to be wild, and Leo was always around to protect her. At first, she was reluctant to enter the woods, but Leo showed her it was okay.
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A recent New York Times Magazine feature titled, “Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction,” has been making the rounds recently. The article follows one student, Vishal, through a series of academic challenges that are uniformly pinned on his enjoyment and use of technology. Experts, parents, and teachers weigh in, and a few tangential anecdotes are offered to bolster the narrative, which essentially boils down to the Nicholas Carr argument that Google is making us stoopid. You know, technology is making us easier to distract, more susceptible to procrastination, and less able to achieve sustained intellectual engagement.
Are you still with me? Or did that little cry of “Squirrel!” go off in your head, tempting you to click away? Can you focus?
Unfortunately, narratives like the one offered in the Times largely fly in the face of the facts, proving that superficial and cliché thinking is a pitfall even for reporters and editors with supposedly superior concentration skills.
And it all smacks of a kind of anxiety-mongering aimed at oldsters.
Did the Times just get a demographic snapshot from its market research department and write this article in response?
Time available to spend online has been largely been liberated from time watching television. Yet, one of the few facts offered in the Times‘ story is that media engagement is up overall, as if this alone gives us cause for worry.
The Kaiser Family Foundation found earlier this year that half of students from 8 to 18 are using the Internet, watching TV or using some other form of media either “most” (31 percent) or “some” (25 percent) of the time that they are doing homework.
This is indicative of the kind of sloppy thinking the story has at its heart — failing to differentiate between passive viewing and active media usage, casting aspersions without true cause-and-effect relationships, and so on. Of course, spurious speculation follows close on the heels of mangled facts. In one part of the story, a woman described as a “veteran teacher” has this to offer:
You can’t become a good writer by watching YouTube, texting and e-mailing a bunch of abbreviations.
This is patently untrue. YouTube is full of interesting amateur videos, many of which are based on clever, uniquely voiced scripts or amazing, long-term projects that were certainly storyboarded out (those Post-it Note animations, for instance). There is already good writing buried within YouTube. The creativity it and its ilk have unleashed means more people are attending to writing, creating, crafting, and presenting information, and that leads to a higher level of information literacy. Texting and emailing well require all the things good writing does — a sensitivity to audience, the ability to tailor language and deploy rhetoric situationally, and a skill with capturing attention concisely. In fact, young people are probably writing more than ever.
Interestingly, Don Tapscott, author of the book “Grown Up Digital” and a significant researcher and observer of how technology and youth intersect, was not interviewed for the Times story. And no wonder. His facts would have ruined the narrative. Fortunately, the Times is no longer as dominant a media voice as it once was, so Tapscott could get his message out in a response on the Huffington Post.
And he wastes little time getting to the gist of his response:
. . . there is no actual evidence to support the view that this generation is distracted, performing poorly or otherwise less capable than previous generations. In fact the evidence suggests that on the whole, this is the smartest generation ever. IQ is up year over year for many years, university entrance exam scores are at an all time high and it has never been tougher to get into the best universities. Furthermore, volunteering amongst high school and university students is at an all time high and in the US the percentage of kids that are clean in high school — i.e. they don’t do drugs or alcohol — is up year over year for 15 years. This is a generation about which we can be enormously hopeful.
Tapscott is right that stories like this are potentially dangerous, making us believe that technology is the problem when economic inequality is the problem. An essay in the Fall issue of n+1 talks about how education is actually feeding the economic discrepancies in the United States even though it was hoped it would help to provide more social mobility for the poor:
The obscenely undemocratic model by which public schools are funded by local property taxes means that kids tend to be better educated (and college-admissions counseled) in wealthier school districts. . . . universities today are more elitist than meritocratic [because] going to one costs so much. Overall inflation since 1980 is 179 percent while the price of a college education has risen by an astonishing 827 percent. Income distribution has skewed radically toward the rich across the same period. . . . Over the past generation, in other words, US higher education went from being the main lever for equality to being the laboratory in which the elite — in the broadest sense — clones itself.
The bigger problems facing this generation, like every generation before, are economic — the lower economic tiers are still under-served, and the US tax system makes achievement a self-reinforcing loop. That is, because primary schools are financed largely by local property taxes, people who are well-off can afford better homes and make better schools which make better students who later can afford better homes, and so a cycle in which education divides society instead of uniting it sneaks in.
However, as Tapscott notes, many of those in the lower tiers probably could make it. But their schools are too boring and uninteresting to hold them. Part of this is economic (their environments are not up to snuff), but part of it is that their outside lives are more stimulating. Even here, though, technology is only playing a minor role. A recent Pew Internet study revealed that technology use is correlated with income — the more money you make, the more technology you have and use. So, the economic inequalities not only affect education, but also access to technology. It may be that a lack of access to the benefits of e-commerce, Google, and other online information treasures is also working against students already beset by economic problems.
The world is not getting worse. In many ways, it’s getting better for students and teachers. We’re just getting older, and the next generation’s form of rock-n-roll is making us nervous.
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Bed bugs are small parasitic insects that feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals.
Adult bed bugs are oval, wingless, about 1/5 inch long, and rusty red or mahogany. They’re known as bed bugs because they like to nest in beds and feed on the blood of sleeping people. Although bed bugs have not been proven to transmit any disease, their bites can cause itchy welts on the skin.
Bed bugs are widely distributed but most frequently found in the northern temperate climates of North America, Europe, and Central Asia. Their growth and development is optimal when they feeds on humans; however this insect also feeds on other species of mammals and birds found near the home including chickens, mice, rats, and rabbits.
Until recently, bed bug infestations were thought to be associated primarily with crowded and dilapidated housing. However, Bed Bug infestations have undergone a resurgence and can be found even in the finest hotel and living accommodations. The reasons for the resurgence are not totally understood but appear to involve increased human travel, ease of movement of infested luggage and items, and changes in the pesticides available to control this pest.
Bed bugs typically hide in places like seams in mattresses and box springs, cracks in bed frames, under loose wallpaper, behind picture frames, and inside furniture and upholstery. Occasionally people pick up bed bugs in theaters or on buses and trains. They also can bring them into their home on clothing, bedding, luggage, or firewood.
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Grass-only pastures mine nitrogen from the soil and over time, will lose productivity. Soil and animal health suffers as a result. A key aspect contributing to the reduction of pasture productivity in heavy clay soils is the reduced availability of nitrogen and nutrients to feed Buffel or other improved pasture grasses.
Pasture legumes such as Progardes® Desmanthus fix nitrogen from the atmosphere and cycle nutrients through leaf and pod senescence.
Persistent legumes like Progardes® Desmanthus have been proven to maintain pasture productivity and result in 200% more dry matter production compared to non-legume grass pastures. This not only ensures greater productivity but also a reduced need for mechanical renovation. Given mechanical renovation treatment ranges from $120-190/ha and may be required on a 5-10 year cycle to maintain 75% productivity, Progardes® Desmanthus, being capable of extending the inter-mechanical period, could save $12-38/ha per annum in direct costs.
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Progardes® Desmanthus grows in low rainfall areas and is tolerant to frost and heavy grazing.
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Progardes® Desmanthus is well adapted to annual rainfall of 400-1000mm per year, making it suitable for the majority of Australia’s beef-producing country.
Progardes® Desmanthus is compatible with native pastures such as Mitchell, Flinders and Blue grasses as well as introduced pasture species such as Buffel.
Progardes® Desmanthus has been established using a range of methods, including aerial seeding, precision planting, or broadcast with a light harrow. Some producers have also had success with faecal seeding (feeding Progardes® Desmanthus seed to cattle through a molasses supplement or similar and subsequent germination occurs in the dung).
Agrimix will work with you as an individual to tailor an establishment package covering seed bed preparation and seeding rates best suited to your country and enterprise.
Agrimix works with our resellers and with producers on an ongoing basis, trialing and refining paddock preparation and seeding methods on a range of soils and country to ensure establishment success across all of the northern beef-producing regions.
For general advice regarding establishment, refer to the Progardes® Desmanthus Establishment Guide.
To read about how some of our producer partners have prepared and sown their paddocks with Progardes® Desmanthus, you can read producer case studies here.
Progardes® Desmanthus is well adapted to the variable pH levels (slightly acidic to slightly alkaline) of clay-rich soils.
Agrimix Pastures will work with you as an individual to tailor an establishment package covering seed bed preparation and seeding rates best suited to your country and enterprise.
Agrimix Pastures works with our resellers and with producers on an ongoing basis, trialing and refining paddock preparation and seeding methods on a range of soils and country to ensure establishment success across all of the northern beef-producing regions.
In many beef-producing areas, cattle lose condition leading into the dry season as the quality and availability of grass pastures declines.
Progardes® Desmanthus increases the pasture production period by providing high-quality forage later into the dry season.
Cattle grazing Progardes® Desmanthus are in better condition due to the high protein and energy levels it provides, allowing them to gain weight faster. Being a legume, Progardes® Desmanthus also fixes nitrogen in the soil, conferring a benefit to the surrounding grass pastures and allowing them to stay healthier for longer when environmental conditions deteriorate.
Kilogram for kilogram, Progardes® Desmanthus delivers more Pure Live Seed for every dollar you spend. Three times more, in fact, so you don’t have to spend a fortune to get a paddock full of productive pasture.
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By Nick Giambruno, chief analyst, Crisis Investing
Suicide has killed more US soldiers than actual combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam… combined.
Every day, 22 veterans commit suicide.
It’s a tragedy that’s hard for a lot of people to understand.
Unlike physical wounds, which can heal over time, psychological and spiritual wounds don’t necessarily go away.
Of the over 2.7 million soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, around 20% have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That’s more than 540,000 people.
There is a lot of confusion about PTSD. Part of the reason is in the term itself. It’s sterile, not descriptive, and detached from humanity.
Here is how George Carlin described it. Though he was a legendary comedian, and this is a deadly serious topic, his take is still spot on.
I don’t like words that hide the truth. I don’t like words that conceal reality. I don’t like euphemisms or euphemistic language and American English is loaded with euphemisms ’cause Americans have a lot of trouble dealing with reality.
Americans have trouble facing the truth. So they invent the kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it. And it gets worse with every generation. For some reason, it just keeps getting worse.
I’ll give you an example of that. There’s a condition in combat. Most people know about it. It’s when a fighting person’s nervous system has been stressed to its absolute peak and maximum – can’t take any more input. The nervous system has either snapped or is about to snap.
In the first World War, that condition was called shell shock. Simple, honest, direct language. Two syllables. Shell shock. Almost sounds like the guns themselves.
Then a whole generation went by, and the second World War came along. And the very same combat condition was called battle fatigue. Four syllables now. Takes a little longer to say, doesn’t seem to hurt as much. Fatigue is a nicer word than shock, shell shock. Battle fatigue.
Then we had the war in Korea in 1950. Madison Avenue was riding high by that time. And the very same combat condition was called operational exhaustion. Hey, we’re up to eight syllables now. And the humanity has been squeezed completely out of the phrase. It’s totally sterile now. Operational exhaustion. Sounds like something that might happen to your car.
Then, of course, came the war in Vietnam… And thanks to the lies and deceit surrounding that war, I guess it’s no surprise that the very same condition was called post-traumatic stress disorder. Still eight syllables, but we’ve added a hyphen. And the pain is completely buried under jargon. Post-traumatic stress disorder.
I’ll bet you if we’d have still been calling it shell shock, some of those Vietnam veterans might’ve gotten the attention they needed at the time.
When doctors diagnose a veteran with PTSD, it’s not uncommon for them to prescribe a cocktail of dangerous pharmaceuticals.
One veteran recalled taking over 90 different prescription drugs.
For many, the prescription drugs are not only ineffective, but introduce even more problems.
Desperate to find anything that could help, a growing number of veterans have turned to unconventional – and in some cases illegal – treatments…
Psychedelic-Based Medicine Is Coming Soon
Many veterans have found life-saving relief from illegal psychedelic drugs.
Growing evidence suggests psychedelics can help treat depression, anxiety, addiction, and PTSD, potentially stemming the tide of suicides among vets.
Psychedelics are a class of drugs whose primary action is to trigger thought, visual, and auditory changes, and an altered state of consciousness. Major psychedelic drugs include mescaline, LSD, psilocybin (magic mushrooms), and DMT.
Humans have used these mind-altering substances for thousands of years.
But the federal government classifies most psychedelics as Schedule I drugs, its most severe category, which means it believes they have “a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use.” It’s a patently absurd situation.
It’s terrible enough for the politicians in Washington DC to send young people into these ridiculous Endless Wars. But it’s truly beyond unconscionable to threaten veterans with arrest and imprisonment when they return with PTSD and seek life-saving medicine.
Thankfully, the situation is changing rapidly. The legalization of psychedelic-based medicine is coming soon. It’s going to save countless lives.
It’s also going to create a new industry with enormous profit potential for investors.
A Trend Only on the Savviest Investors’ Radars
It’s a rare opportunity to get in at the ground floor of an industry that’s positively changing the world.
You may not be aware, but psychedelic legalization has taken a big step forward in the US in recent months.
Today, investing in psychedelics is only on the savviest investors’ radars.
Tim Ferriss is a bestselling author and entrepreneur. He’s also a renowned angel investor who made well-timed bets on Uber, Twitter, Alibaba, Shopify, Duolingo, Facebook, and many others.
He recently said this about investing in psychedelics:
I view the next five years as an absolutely golden window. There’s an opportunity to use relatively small amounts of money to have billions of dollars of impact and to affect millions of lives. There just aren’t that many opportunities that are so dramatically obvious.
Billionaires like the founder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, and Mike Novogratz are just a few who are getting involved. So are hedge fund manager and owner of the New York Mets Steve Cohen and Bob Parsons, the founder of GoDaddy.
It won’t be long before psychedelics go mainstream, even if that seems unbelievable right now.
The first psychedelic medicine company went public on a major US stock exchange at the end of September. It’s share price skyrocketed over 70% on its first day of trading.
The momentum is building. The medicinal and profit potential is too big to ignore.
The Flesh of the Gods
Psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, is leading the way in psychedelic legalization.
Some historians believe art and other archeological artifacts show that humans may have used psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, as far back as 9000 BC.
The Aztecs used a substance called teonanácatl, which means “flesh of the gods.” Many believe it was magic mushrooms.
Today, more than 100 species of mushrooms worldwide produce psilocybin.
Scientists don’t entirely understand how psilocybin affects the brain. It seems to work by binding to serotonin receptors. Psilocybin also appears to help connect networks in the brain, leading to a higher state of consciousness and complex emotions.
According to Matthew Johnson, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, with psilocybin:
There’s no dose with observable organ damage or neurotoxicity. You’d be hard-pressed to find anything sold over the counter that you could say this about – including caffeine and aspirin.
And the magic mushroom legalization trend is gaining momentum.
Mushroom Millionaires and the Next Investment Frontier
The US government, and most others around the world, have long banned psilocybin. However, significant cracks in the prohibition regime have appeared – and are growing wider.
As was the case with cannabis, proving psilocybin with medicinal benefits has been a big step towards ending prohibition.
In 2012, Colorado made history by becoming the first state (along with Washington) to legalize recreational cannabis.
In 2019, Colorado made history again when Denver became the first US jurisdiction to decriminalize magic mushrooms.
Colorado was a bellwether for cannabis, and it will be for psilocybin as well.
Oakland and Santa Cruz, California, have not only decriminalized magic mushrooms, but ayahuasca and mescaline, too.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, has decriminalized several psychedelics.
Today, there are efforts to legalize psychedelics in about 100 other US cities.
Washington, DC, voted to decriminalize psychedelics during the presidential election earlier this month.
The state of Oregon also voted to legalize psilocybin, for therapeutic purposes, becoming the first US state to legalize psychedelic mushrooms.
Canada has also softened its psilocybin restrictions. In September, Canada legalized psilocybin use for certain cancer patients.
The situation with psilocybin is reminiscent of cannabis around 2012, right around when the first states started legalizing recreational use. It gave birth to a global megatrend worth hundreds of billions of dollars and created fortunes for early investors.
I think we’re going to see the same thing happen with psilocybin. But it could happen much faster, as cannabis has already blazed the legalization trail.
Cannabis provided a legalization template for other substances, and psilocybin is the next one.
That’s why investing in psilocybin today is like investing in cannabis at the very beginning.
I just recommended an exciting company at the forefront of the magic mushroom trend in my latest issue of Crisis Investing. For all the details on that, along with all my top picks to profit off the growing legalization of psychedelics and cannabis, go here.
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Swift, James (2006): Hydrochemistry measured on water bottle samples at station SAtl_1983_OC_22S/46. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.477556
Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.
Latitude: -23.616000 * Longitude: -34.200000
Date/Time Start: 1983-02-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1983-02-09T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 5.93 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 4343.03 m
This data sets is part of a compilation by James Swift for the Java OceanAtlas software. Data are from various pre-WOCE sources, mainly with contributions and quality control from Joseph Reid (SIO) and NODC.
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Three new approaches to rural land systems stand out: large-scale ecosystem restoration, regenerative agriculture and rewilding
How can farmers and landowners be encouraged and helped to improve wildlife habitats?
Looking at ‘biodiversity offsetting’, Rob Wreglesworth of the Environment Bank writes on how landowners can benefit from new regulations:
Prof Ian Hodge of Cambridge University, writing for the CAP Reform blog, looks at more of the regulatory framework:
We continue to face environmental losses across the farmed environment. At global, EU and UK scales, we are still seeing a decline in the populations of numerous species. This loss has been recognised in the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature: “Science clearly shows that biodiversity loss, land and ocean degradation, pollution, resource depletion and climate change are accelerating at an unprecedented rate”. The RSPB has claimed a lost decade in the failure to address the Aichi targets.
The indexes of farmland birds in the EU and the UK continue their downward trend. There are no obvious improvements in water quality with many water bodies failing to meet Water Framework Directive standards. There are growing concerns about soil and air quality. And agriculture is a major driver of these changes. In this context, the UK government has pledged to be the first to leave the environment in a better state than that in which it inherited it. What more can we do?
The implication must be that we need to see more fundamental changes in land management systems than we have seen to date. This requirement seems to be recognised by the European Commission (2020 p.8) : “To achieve these aims, it is essential to increase the value given to protecting and restoring natural ecosystems, to the sustainable use of resources and to improving human health.”
Three new approaches to rural land systems stand out as being potentially significant elements of such new approach: large-scale ecosystem restoration, regenerative agriculture and rewilding. | <urn:uuid:35c4f4ac-b418-4085-b264-23e10945dc26> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://visionforsidmouth.org/how-to-manage-our-farmland-better-for-wildlife/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.931717 | 404 | 3.109375 | 3 |
페이지 정보작성자 McGill Universi… 쪽지보내기 메일보내기 자기소개 아이디로 검색 전체게시물 작성일22-03-07 11:02 조회451회 댓글0건
Participants wanted for a study: Korean learners of English
The Department of Linguistics at McGill University is seeking native speakers of Korean to participate in a study called ‘Learning and using English words; a study on Korean speakers.’ They must be either:
(1) aged 30 or older and must have lived in Canada for 10 years or more.
(2) aged 18 or older and must have lived in Canada for 5 years or less.
You will be required to (i) listen to English words and write down what you heard and (ii) memorize objects presented on a screen and name the objects in English. The study takes approximately 30-40 minutes to complete and will take place on-line. All participants will be compensated with $12.00 for their time. This research is being conducted by Olivia Hyun, an undergraduate honours Linguistics student at McGill University, under the supervision of Prof. Heather Goad from the Department of Linguistics. For more information and/or if you are interested in participating, please contact Olivia Hyun at email@example.com.
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While providing safe shelter and support for victims of domestic violence is our focus, URI recognizes that the key to ending domestic violence is prevention. The Abusive Partner Intervention Program (APIP) aims to reduce recidivism among convicted offenders in Westchester Country and New York City.
Guided by the belief that preventing domestic and intimate partner violence requires a multi-pronged approach, URI developed innovative methods that enable us to provide individuals with the tools and resources to change their lives for the better. APIP fosters accountability among mandated participants in a group setting for up to 65 weeks in the greater New York City area. With support and in collaboration with the Office of the District Attorney of New York, URI operates a trauma-informed program in New York City through a blended therapeutic curriculum. The program also works with and is supported by a collaborative relationship with the Office of Probation in Westchester County, New York. In line with URI’s commitment to innovation, the programs also incorporates survivor perspective where feasible, the provision for referrals for interested survivors, opportunities for peer support following completion of the sessions, and access to a continuing accountability group post-program completion
Anchored in the belief that individuals are capable of change if given the support, tools and resources needed to do so, participants work with staff to better understand why their behavior is abusive, identify underlying thought patterns that influence behavior, and develop healthier habits and communities to reduce recidivism. Group services are enhanced by the provision of wraparound services, including ongoing case management, clinical services, and aftercare accountability management. | <urn:uuid:8bb7b32b-6703-48be-b81a-c9b37e078489> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://urinyc.org/program/apip/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.922952 | 319 | 1.789063 | 2 |
This is a picture of my grandparents and all their great grandkids. We took another picture a couple of weeks before this one but Micah wasn’t available at the time so everyone decided we needed to take another and include him. I can’t believe they’re basically all smiling!
Have you ever wondered about the word “amen?” Where did it come from and why do Christians say it?
The word “amen” is actually a Hebrew word. It has the idea of “I agree with what was just previously stated. I affirm that to be truth.” So, at the end of a prayer or at the end of a statement when you say “amen,” you are agreeing with what was just stated and claiming that you believe this is true.
This world would have you believe that truth really doesn’t matter bc there really is no such thing as truth anyway. But God’s Word says differently. Ps. 31:5 states that the Lord, Yhwh is “the God of truth,” and in John 4 Jesus says that the kind of worshipers God desires are those who “worship in spirit and in truth,” and He even goes on to claim that He is the Truth (Jn 14:6). There are many other Scriptures that speak of “truth” as if it actually exists. As believers today we stand against the kingdom of this world and proclaim “truth really does exist and we know Him by Name, Jesus the Christ, the Son of the Living God who’s Name is Yahweh.”
Have you ever thought about how that is a wonderful and amazing thing to be able to say? In the midst of a world and a culture where values are constantly changing, rules and laws are getting made and broken daily, where what was bad yesterday is good today and what was acceptable to say and wear last year is no longer, how good is it to truly know that there is a God who does not change, who’s Word is eternal and who’s truth is from everlasting to everlasting. In the midst of a world that’s constantly pushing and pulling – you can know that you stand on solid ground when you are standing on the word of God. No wonder Jesus also said “if you hold to MY teachings then you are really my disciples and Then you will KNOW the TRUTH and the truth will set you free.” (Jn 8:30-31) | <urn:uuid:e2d75844-7cbf-4df5-aa57-6409ed6639de> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.erikavanhaitsma.com/2010/09/30/truth/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.979012 | 524 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Taiwan-born American nanotechnology researcher based in Singapore
According to Wikipedia,
Jackie Yi-Ru Ying is an American nanotechnology scientist and the founding executive director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore. Early life and career Ying was born in Taipei in 1966. She moved to Singapore with her family in 1973 where she was a student at Rulang Primary School and Raffles Girls' School. Her family moved to New York when she was 15. She earned a B.Eng. degree, graduating summa cum laude from Cooper Union in 1987. She then attended Princeton University, receiving her MA in 1988 and her PhD in 1991, both in chemical engineering. She spent a year as a Humboldt Fellow at the Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken and researched nanocrystalline materials with Herbert Gleiter.
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According to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report, ad spend by media type continued on trend through the first three quarters of 2013, with television and display Internet advertising leading the charge globally.
While measured in a smaller subset of countries, display Internet ads grew by more than 32 percent in the first three quarters of 2013 compared to the same time period for the year prior. Internet ads are proving to be the “diaper dandies” of the ad industry and marketers widely consider them to be rapidly growing in importance. If the medium’s rapid growth is any indication, marketers projections are on the money.
Despite the rapid growth of display Internet’s ad budgets, TV continues to reign supreme with a 57.6 percent share of all ad spending and advertisers investing 4.3 percent more into the medium. Even in Europe, where total ad spending has been trending negatively for several consecutive quarters, TV advertising spending remained flat (0.0%) during the first three quarters of the year.
European advertisers, however, cut 6.5 percent of their ad spending on radio during the first three quarters of 2013. On the other hand, Latin American advertisers invested 12.4 percent more on this media type. Globally, radio advertising spending has decreased by 0.7 percent year-to-date. Also trending negatively, ad spend has dropped in newspapers, magazines and cinema (2.2%, 1.1% and 1.3% respectively), as advertisers increasingly move their ad budgets to both television and display Internet.
“While it comes as no surprise that Internet is the most rapidly growing media type for advertisers, television is still the leading medium by spend by a long shot,” says Randall Beard, Global Head of Advertiser Solutions, Nielsen. “But the really exciting development is how the two can work together. We are consistently seeing advertisers turn to integrated campaigns to connect with consumers on multiple screens, reinforcing their messages strategically to maximize impact.”
Nielsen Global AdView Pulse measures ad spending for TV, newspapers, magazines, radio, outdoor, cinema and Internet display advertising. Some markets may exclude select media due to data availability.
The external data sources for the other countries included in the report are:
- Argentina: IBOPE (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics)
- Bahrain: PARC (Pan Arab Research Centre)
- Brazil: IBOPE (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics)
- Croatia: Nielsen in association with Ipsos
- Egypt: PARC (Pan Arab Research Centre)
- Greece: Media Services
- Hong Kong: admanGo
- Japan: Nihon Daily Tsushinsha
- Kuwait: PARC (Pan Arab Research Centre)
- Lebanon: PARC (Pan Arab Research Centre)
- Mexico: IBOPE (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics)
- Oman: PARC (Pan Arab Research Centre)
- Pan-Arab Media: PARC (Pan Arab Research Centre)
- Portugal: Mediamonitor
- Qatar: PARC (Pan Arab Research Centre)
- Saudi Arabia: PARC (Pan Arab Research Centre)
- Spain: Arce Media
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Moses Greeley Parker's signature on the back
1879 - - (February 17th) National Bell Telephone Company formed. The purpose of this organization was to combine the first New England Telephone Company and the Bell Telephone Company into a nationwide licensing company in order to speed the establishment of telephone service to cities throughout the country. (Dissolved by decree of court, December 8, 1903).-- Telephone Numbers. The latter part of 1879 and the early part of 1880 saw the first use of telephone numbers at Lowell, Massachusetts. This story is that during an epidemic of measles, Dr. Moses Greeley Parker feared that Lowell's four operators might succumb and bring about a paralysis of telephone service. He recommended the use of numbers for calling Lowell's more than 200 subscribers so that substitute operators might be more easily trained in the event of such an emergency. The telephone management at Lowell feared that the public would take the assignment of numbers as an indignity but the telephone users saw the practical value of the change immediately and it went into effect with no stir whatsoever. (Although attempts had been made, the implementation of dial telephone systems had yet to occur.) In 1879 in Lowell, Massachusetts a measles epidemic broke out and physician Moses Parker suggested that each of Lowell's 200 subscribers were assigned a number just in case all four of the operators became sick and they had to quickly train new operators. As a result the first telephone numbers were issued and used in Lowell, Massachusetts in late 1879 and early 1880.
American Biography By William Richard Cutter, American Historical Company Published under the direction of THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc. New York 1918 Dr. Moses Greeley Parker Moses Greeley Parker, M. D.--In an extended search it would be very difficult indeed to find one who, better than the late Moses Greeley Parker, gave substantial proof of the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, when he said, "There is something better than making a living, and that is making a life." With a realization of this truth, Dr. Moses Greeley Parker persistently and energetically labored, not only to win success, but to make his life a continual source of benefit to his fellow-men. While many men owe their success to intense concentration upon one line of effort, and while this quality is of decided value, there are a few exceptions in American enterprise, where leaders of business matters have been so variously endowed by nature that they have been able to organize and manage successfully a number and variety of exceedingly important undertakings. Of these exceptional men. Dr. Moses Greeley Parker is an example par excel- lence. A man of great sagacity, quick perceptions, sound judgment, noble impulses, and remarkable force and determination of character, he commanded the respect and confidence of all who knew him. It is unnecessary to add that as a physician he was held in the highest estimation, the record of his daily life being filled with evidence of this fact. In all professions, but more especially the medical, there are exalted heights to which genius itself dares scarcely soar, and which can only be gained after long years of patient, arduous, and unremitting toil, and inflexible and unfaltering courage. To this proud eminence we may safely state that Dr. Parker rose. The influence of a human life can never be properly and fully estimated, but such men as Dr. Parker create and maintain the honor of the medical profession. Dr. Moses Greeley Parker was born in Dracut, Massachusetts, October 12th, 1842, son of Theodore and Hannah (Greeley) Parker, and united in his person the blood of two of the oldest and most renowned of New England families. On his father's side he was descended from Deacon Thomas Parker, and was related to the great abolitionist, Theodore Parker. On his mother's side he was descended from Andrew Greeley, who settled in this country in 1640. On his maternal side he was also related to the celebrated statesman and editor, Horace Greeley. Dr. Parker's great-grandfathers, Kendall Parker and Joseph Greeley, were among the minute-men who rallied to Lexington, on April 19th, 1775, and his grandfather, Peter Parker, served valiantly in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War. Dr. Parker was educated in the district schools of his native town of Dracut, Massachusetts, then later in the Howe School at Billerica, Massachusetts, and prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover. After teaching in the district schools of New Hampshire for three years, Dr. Parker took up the study of medicine at Long Island College Hospital Medical School in Brooklyn, New York. He later studied at the Harvard Medical School, from which he received his degree of M. D. in 1864, and this honor was followed by others from Europe, where he studied at the University of Vienna during 1873 and 1874, and in Paris, France, the following year. One week after his graduation from the Harvard Medical School, Dr. Parker enlisted for the remainder of the Civil War, being commissioned assistant surgeon in the Fifty-seventh Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Shortly after, at the request of General Benjamin F. Butler, he was transferred to the Second United States Cavalry Regiment, then at Fortress Monroe, and with this unit served at Suffolk, Williamsburg, Drury's Bluff, Point of Rocks, and the siege of Petersburg, at which latter place he was in the trenches at the time of the explosion of the great mine, on July 3Oth, 1864. From this service, Dr. Parker was transferred to the base hospital of the Eighteenth Army Corps, where he had charge of the First Division, and received the wounded from Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Cold Harbor, Dutch Gap, and Fort Harrison. He later superintended the building of an additional winter hospital with four thousand beds. He was serving as officer of the day just before the fall of Richmond, and as such had the honor of receiving personally President Lincoln, General Grant, and the latter's staff. He also was a member of the council of administration on the effects of the twenty-one hundred soldiers who died in the hospitals. Upon the close of the Civil War, Dr. Parker returned to Lowell, Massachusetts, and took up the practice of his profession, in which he developed a remarkable skill, and revealed a talent for special research and for progressive methods in medicine. In 1866 he became a specialist in diseases of the eye and ear. Nothing' has contributed so much to the advance of medical and surgical science as the creation of specialists devoted to the study and treatment of diseases of the various organs of the human body. It must be evident to every one that it is utterly impossible for any one mind to cultivate the whole field of medicine thoroughly, and that the tendency to special work has increased. In 1873, desiring to specialize in certain branches of the profession, Dr. Parker closed his office, and spent two years in study abroad. Returning to Lowell, he opened a free dispensary, and gave freely of his expert services to the poor of that city, his private practice meantime assuming very large proportions. In 1876 Dr. Parker became president of the Lowell Medical Journal Society, and was a member of the International Congress of Opthalmology at New York. For thirty years he was physician at St. John's Hospital in Lowell, his home city, and was a trustee of the Lowell General Hospital from 1898 to the time of his death. He was a trustee of the Howe School at Bil- Icrica, Massachusetts. He had been a delegate- to the National Arbitration and Peace Congress in New York in 1907. Dr. Parker had been greatly interested in the telephone industry from the days of the parent company, the American Telephone Company, and was a personal friend of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor. When Professor Bell first exhibited his crude telephonic apparatus in 1878, Dr. Parker was an interested observer, and was quick to see the marvelous commercial utility of the invention. As a result of one of the lectures given by Professor Bell, Dr. Parker built a telephone line from his house to his office, a distance of about half a mile, and was delighted at the advantage it gave him. In 1879 the Lowell District Telephone Exchange was established, and Dr. Parker was quick to see its vast possibilities, and so great was his confidence in the future of the telephone, that he was the first man to walk into the exchange and ask to be permitted to buy a block of stock. He associated himself with various small licensed telephone concerns, which, largely through his instrumentality, were later merged into the New England Telephone Company. From that day to his death, Dr. Parker served constantly as a director in the company, and as a member of its executive board. His activities in this great and growing business led to his retirement from the practice of medicine, in which, however, he retained a vivid scientific interest. He became one of the largest individual shareholders in the enterprises of both the American Telephone Company and the New England Telephone Company, and was regarded as one of the most far- seeing men connected with those mammoth concerns. Dr. Parker had been a director and member of the executive committee of the New England Company since its organization in 1883. He also was interested in the Bell Telephone Company, and was a director in the Aroo- stook Telephone Company and the Knox Telephone Company. Another evidence of Dr. Parker's foresight as applied to telephoning is the method of calling by number that prevails today. In the early days subscribers were called for by name. and, as the size of the exchanges increased, it became a matter of some difficulty to train operators to remember the switchboard locations of the different persons called for. Dr. Parker saw that, in the event of an epidemic, the telephone system might be rendered useless. He suggested, therefore, that subscribers, instead of being called for by name, be called for by number, which practice was adopted and still prevails. In many other ways Dr. Parker continued to contribute to the development of the telephone. During his busy life, Dr. Parker found time to devote to the study of electricity, and was the first to photograph the electric current and show that it takes the form of spirals. His scientific bent led him to experiment in photography as well as in electricity, and he was the first to photograph the tubercular bacillus from Cushing's microscopical specimens. He^ also invented a thermo-cautery, and not long after, devised and patented an improvement in the process of producing and maintaining a very high degree of heat by hydrocarbonization. He received a diploma from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association for an incandescent cautery. He was made president of the Middlesex North District Medical Society in 1898 and 1899. He was a member of the American Medical Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society; and was a contributor to medical and scientific journals. In politics, Dr. Parker was a stalwart Republican, but never sought political preferment. He was named a special member of the commission on tuberculosis by Governor Douglas, and had acted with similar boards in the State of New Hampshire and elsewhere at various times. In his later years of life, Dr. Parker turned his attention to various patriotic, philanthropic and charitable enterprises. He was long an active worker in the Sons of the American Revolution, serving first as president of the State society and later in 1911 and 1912, as national president-general, a distinction which he regarded as by far the most notable in his career. He was chosen by his intimate friend, Frederick Fanning Ayer, to work out the details of the Ayer Home in Lowell, Massachussets, and had always served that institution as the head of its governing board as president. He was also the leading spirit of the Lowell Day Nursery Association, and was deeply engrossed at the time of his death in plans for a new building, greatly extending the work. Dr. Parker was also a member of the Loyal Legion, the Bostonian Society, Bunker Hill Monument Association, the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars, of which he had been one of the board of managers; the Order of Colonial Governors, and the Grand Army of the Republic. He was president of the Parker Historical and Genealogical Association, and was affiliated with the Masonic order. Dr. Parker was sent by the United States government as a delegate to the International Medical Congress held at London, England, in 1913. The city of Lowell, Massachusetts, was profoundly shocked and grieved by the announcement of Dr. Parker's death, which occurred October 1st, 1917, in his seventy-sixth year. He was a man whose death at any time, under any circumstances, would have cast a gloom over the community, and the sorrow of the many who knew and loved him was greatly intensified by the suddenness with which the blow fell upon them. His judgment was excellent, his opinions were honest, and he was always loyal, faithful and patient. He was friendly, amiable and helpful, and his good nature was never known to fail. He was the possessor of fine natural abilities, and such a man is always stronger than he appears to be in any live, growing community. Being a descendant from two of the oldest New England families, Dr. Moses Greeley Parker lived up to the standard set by his illustrious ancestors, and dur Dr. Parker never married, and is survived by his sister, Mrs. Mary Greeley Morrison, and one nephew, Theodore E. Parker, who is division commercial superintendent of the Eastern Massachusetts Division of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. (The Greeley Line). Arms--Argent, on a cross sable five escallops or. The Greeley family is one of the oldest and most illustrious in the New England 4 States, having maintained a high place in the regard of the community from the very earliest Colonial period to the present time. Andrew Greeley, the emigrant ancestor, was born about the year 1617, and died in Salisbury, Massachusetts, June 30, 1697. His wife, Mary Moyse, died there December 24, 1703. Andrew Greeley was an early settler in Salisbury, Massachusetts. The exact date of his arrival there, or in what vessel, is unknown. He settled on a part which is now included in Seabrook, New Hampshire, and thereupon built a tide mill for the grinding of corn, on Kane's river. In 1650, in addition to this mill, he built a large saw mill. All of the children of the three successive generations of Andrew Greeley were born on the old Greeley homestead. 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Has the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent inflation goal become, for all intents and purposes, unattainable?
That may not be as far-fetched as it sounds. Eliminate food and fuel, and the price index tied to consumer spending has met or exceeded such a target just 26 percent of the time in the past two decades. During that span, the world’s largest economy has experienced booms in technology and housing, indicating periods of strong growth haven’t stoked sustained cost pressures.
Technological advances such as hydraulic fracturing in oil fields, online commerce and mobile phone applications have created a stubbornly low price environment, even with policy makers juicing economic growth through near-zero interest rates. That’s why Fed officials should consider lowering their inflation target or risk spurring financial instability by keeping monetary policy loose for too long, according to Allen Sinai, chief global economist and strategist at Decision Economics Inc. in New York.
“Technological change has changed inflation dynamics,” said Sinai, who’s been tracking the U.S. and world economies for more than four decades. “Two percent I don’t think can be right, given the reduction of costs almost everywhere.”
Sinai admits he’s in the minority among his peers. To him, an inflation target around 1.5 percent makes more sense. Though he’s not optimistic the central bank will contemplate a shift, there should be some debate, he said.
The Fed has had an explicit 2 percent inflation goal since 2012.
Fracking has been around for decades, but only in the past 10 years has the technology become cheap enough to be applied on a large scale, first with gas, and later with oil, said John Auers, executive vice president at the Dallas-based energy consulting firm Turner, Mason & Co.
And this may be just the beginning, according to Mark Mills, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research in New York. Innovation in America’s shale oil fields has advanced rapidly, he wrote in a report this year. The next improvements may bring the break-even cost of U.S. oil down to $5 to $20 per barrel, about the same as in Saudi Arabia, he said.
With industries from transportation to manufacturing dependent on oil as an input, cheaper energy will result in lower costs across the board. That gives companies the ability to hold prices in check.
Uber Technologies Inc., founded in 2009, puts price- limiting power in consumers’ pockets. People can pull out their mobile phones and request car service to get them from point A to point B, often less expensively than a taxi.
Expense-management company Certify Inc. found that more business travelers are choosing Uber over cabs, with the average cost coming in at $30.03 for the ride-sharing company versus $34.48 for a taxi.
Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc., which marketed itself as the world’s largest bookseller when it was founded in the 1990s, has become the place to purchase anything from toothpaste to televisions for less.
While the price leader in the retail marketplace is still Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Amazon has changed “shoppers’ value perception,” said Anne Zybowski, vice president of retail insights at Kantar Retail LLC in Boston. “Because Amazon covers Earth’s biggest selection and the millions of items that they carry, it definitely drives price visibility and dynamics.”
Laurence Ball, an economics professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, is among those who disagree with the premise that inflation is permanently lower. The reason prices have failed to accelerate is that the economy remains weak and too many people are underemployed, he said.
Ball said the Fed should aim for 4 percent inflation and encourage faster growth through monetary policy that’s looser for longer. Concern that such action would cause asset bubbles is unfounded, he said.
“The possible costs of overheating the economy a little bit are just trivial compared to the gains,” Ball said. “The times we see bubbles are when the economy is really overheated and people get irrationally exuberant, and it’s just not the problem in the current environment.”
U.S. central bankers are meeting Wednesday and Thursday to decide whether a rate hike would be appropriate, weighing improving labor-market data against financial-market volatility and concerns that growth abroad is slowing.
Officials also need to be “reasonably confident” inflation will return toward their target in the medium term.
The question remains whether fracking, Uber and Amazon are among the things shaking that confidence.
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A mental breakdown is a term used to describe an event in which someone undergoes a sudden and severe bout of depression, anxiety, or stress. It can be triggered by many things: the death of a loved one, harassment at work, unemployment, or something else. Mental breakdowns are usually short-lived and can be treated with therapy and medication. The symptoms can vary from person to person, but they are typically overwhelming, and coping is difficult. Fortunately, treatments for these problems and people who experience them should not feel hopeless or alone.
What Is a Mental Breakdown?
A mental breakdown is a term used to describe when someone experiences a mental health crisis, like depression or anxiety. This breakdown can lead to thoughts that they don't feel are their own and even suicidal ideation. It's essential for people who have never experienced this type of crisis before not to be alarmed if a loved one reveals these symptoms, as it doesn't necessarily mean they want to die.
It is important to note that the terms "mental breakdown" or "nervous breakdowns" are not medically accredited. However, these are commonly used descriptions for a group of symptoms some individuals may experience. Sometimes people feel ashamed of having a mental health breakdown. However, it's just one person trying to cope with the day-to-day stresses and anxieties that are too much for them.
It can happen anytime in your life, but it most often occurs during periods of high stress, such as when you're juggling school work and extracurricular activities or if you have recently experienced significant losses like a death in the family or divorce. A mental breakdown is not dangerous by default; however, some warning signs should be cause for concern:
- Suicidal thoughts
- Feeling hopeless all the time
- Constant feelings of worthlessness
What Are the Symptoms of a Mental Breakdown?
A mental breakdown is a time when someone's coping abilities have been pushed to the limit, and they are unable to continue providing for their emotional needs. A person might start breaking down mentally after experiencing extreme or traumatic events such as abuse, neglect, divorce, natural disasters, or accidents.
If you notice that your loved one has any of the below symptoms, it's important to help them get professional treatment right away:
- Feeling like life isn't worth living -- This symptom is referred to as anhedonia, and it can be a terrifying experience.
- Inability to sleep well at night -- If you have insomnia or cannot sleep at night because your mind won't shut off.
- Sudden lack of appetite -- It is common for people under stress to forget to eat or not desire food.
- Unusual outbursts of anger -- This is one of the most common symptoms of mental breakdowns and may also include paranoia or even violence.
- Lack of concentration -- This includes short-term memory struggles.
- Feeling depressed or anxious for no apparent reason -- This includes random crying.
Remember that the term “mental breakdown” or “nervous breakdown” doesn't refer to one mental health condition. This means the help of a behavioral health professional is necessary to identify the root cause. Once the symptoms have been properly diagnosed, individual treatment and recovery plans can be started.
How You Can Find Help
Finding the cause of a mental breakdown and then healing the factors that contributed to it can be an exhausting, difficult process. But if successful, the treatment restores a quality of life and sense of inner peace that was missing.
One of the most successful approaches to healing from a mental breakdown is, to begin with, Vista Del Mar Hospital. We offer various treatment programs that can provide the help and care you or your loved one needs. Trained professionals and specialists support our patients. These professionals can carefully monitor progress, create relaxing environments, and adjust treatments based on whether the treatment shows results.
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What Is Subject-Verb Agreement?
- Grammar Lessons >
- Subject Verb Agreement
Overview of Subject Verb Agreement:
- Introduction to Subject Verb Agreement
- What Is Subject Verb Agreement?
- Examples of Subject Verb Agreement
- Subjects within Noun Phrases
- Singular Verbs with Each, Every, and Many a/an
- Plural Verbs with All
- Plural Verbs with a Number of
- Singular Verbs with the Number of
- As Well as and Along with
- Singular Verbs with Titles
- Singular Verbs with Units of Measurement and Time
- Compound Subjects
- Indefinite Pronouns
- Expressions Indicating Portions
- Inverted Subjects
- Collective Nouns
- Subject Verb Agreement - Quiz
Is that is or are? Do I use study or studies? Ever since English grammar came into play, we have heard such questions repeatedly asked. To decide whether a verb we use should be singular or plural is no tall order. All we need to look for is if the subject is singular or plural. Now, declaring a subject as singular or plural is not that easy. Here, we have put together a list of common rules that students must be well-versed with before choosing between a singular or plural verb.
Subject verb agreement is no rocket science. It means the verb in a sentence must agree with its subject in number. To put it simply, a singular subject has a singular verb, and a plural subject has a plural verb.
Stacey stays in when it rains. (The singular subject "Stacey" has a singular verb "stays in".)
Indoor games are not as fun as outdoor games. (The plural subject "indoor games" has a plural verb "are".)
The physics assignment was hard for Chris. (The singular subject "the physics assignment" has a singular verb "was".)
All the milk is used. (The singular subject "all the milk" has a singular verb "is".)
All students have passed the test. (The plural subject "all students" has a plural verb "have".)
When the subject is part of a noun phrase, don't be distracted by the modifiers that occur between the subject and the verb.
The dog that chased our cats was Max. (The subject "dog" is singular; so, regardless of "our cats" which is plural, a singular verb "was" has been used.)
The dogs that chased our cat were Toby and Jack. (The subject "dogs" is plural; so, regardless of "our cat" which is singular, a plural verb "were" has been used.)
Quick Insight: If compound subjects and interrupting phrases were not around, the concept of subject verb agreement wouldn't be this tricky. It's interesting that the complexity that arises with these two (compound subjects and interrupting phrases) has inspired a whole compilation of subject verb agreement rules.
Although constructions with "every", "each", and "many a" refer to multiple people or things, they are followed by singular nouns and singular verbs.
Each American city is unique in its own way.
Every gift was precious.
Many a story was told by Grandma.
The word "all" is followed by a plural noun, so it takes a plural verb. Unlike "every", "all" both refers to multiple things and takes a plural verb.
All children were under the age of seven.
Every child was under the age of seven.
All my friends are here.
Every friend of mine is here.
We use a plural verb with a number of + noun construction. This is because the subject is essentially plural although there is an "a" in it.
At the park, there were a number of rides to choose from.
A number of people are queuing up to get tickets.
We use a singular verb with the number of + noun construction. This is because we are referring to the number (singular) of something and not the thing itself.
The number of people who attended the event was 50.
The number of animals endangered by deforestation is on the rise.
If the subject is joined with another noun using expressions such as "together with", "as well as", "along with", and "besides", the verb agrees with the subject. Unlike "and", these expressions don't act as coordinating conjunctions and have no impact on the subject.
Happiness, as well as anticipation, were my initial feelings. (incorrect)
Happiness, as well as anticipation, was my initial feeling. (correct)
Pearl, along with her brother, are on their way to the park. (incorrect)
Pearl, along with her brother, is on her way to the park. (correct)
Use singular verbs with titles of books, movies, and other similar works.
Rewards and Fairies is a historical fantasy by Rudyard Kipling.
The Birds was a horror drama.
Use singular verbs with units of measurement and time.
24 hours is such a short time.
How many gallons of oil was used?
A compound subject occurs when a sentence has more than one subject in it. The subjects are often connected using and, or, or nor. To decide whether to use a singular verb or plural verb after a compound subject, students should learn a few rules.
Use plural verbs with compound subjects that include "and".
Paul and Betty visit their grandmother every week.
The radio and TV are both interesting.
Use singular verbs with compound subjects that include "and" when the combination is treated as singular or the two subjects refer to the same person or thing.
Meat and potatoes is Dad's favorite meal. (The two subjects "meat and potatoes" are combined with "and", but we use a singular verb because they form a single unit—one meal.)
Fish and chips is a traditional British food.
My brother and my best friend has offered to help. (The two subjects "my brother and my best friend" are combined with "and", but we use a singular verb because both the subjects refer to one person—my brother.)
Use a singular subject when two singular subjects are combined using "or", "either ... or", or "neither ... nor".
Benjamin or his friend is going to help.
Neither Australia nor Antarctica is the largest continent.
When a compound subject that uses "or", "either ... or", "neither ... nor", or "not only ... but also" contains a singular and plural subject, the verb agrees with the subject closer to it.
Renee or Glenda is doing the dishes.
Neither Aunt Nora nor my cousins are coming. (The plural subject "my cousins" is closer to the verb; so, a plural verb "are" has been used.)
Neither my cousins nor Aunt Nora is coming. (The singular subject "Aunt Nora" is closer to the verb; so, a singular verb "is" has been used.)
When the subject of a sentence is an indefinite pronoun, we use a singular or plural verb based on certain rules.
Use singular verbs with singular indefinite pronouns. Examples of singular indefinite pronouns are "nobody", "everybody", "either", and "something".
Something has gone wrong.
Nobody agrees with me.
Either is fine with Gerald.
Everybody hopes the criminal will be punished.
Use plural verbs with plural indefinite pronouns. Examples of plural indefinite pronouns are "many", "few", and "both".
Many have raised their voice against the new policy.
Few were aware of the consequences.
I have two sisters; both are good athletes.
Use singular verbs with indefinite pronouns like "all", "most", and "some" if they are used with singular nouns. Use plural verbs if they are used with plural nouns.
Some of the eggs were rotten.
There is some cake in the kitchen.
All the milk was drunk by April.
All the thieves were caught.
Most of the story was fun.
Most of my friends go swimming.
Quick Tip: Your subject verb agreement will most likely have no problem when the subject is close to its verb. However, when the subject and verb are separated from each other by other words or phrases, you are likely to make mistakes.
Use singular verbs with expressions like "a lot of" if they are followed by singular nouns. Use plural verbs if they are followed by plural nouns.
A lot of the cake has been wasted.
A lot of cakes have been wasted.
A third of our students are international.
A third of the syllabus is yet to be taught.
Most of the time, the subject comes before the verb. There are, however, instances when the subject comes after the verb. An inverted subject is when the subject comes after the verb.
Traveling to Paris was Steven and Jason. (incorrect)
Traveling to Paris were Steven and Jason. (correct)
It can be a little confusing for students to decide which one to use. The simple trick here is to try writing the sentence in its normal order and see how it looks like. The subject here is "Steven and Jason" (a compound subject). So, the sentence should read as follows:
Steven and Jason is traveling to Paris. (incorrect)
Steven and Jason are traveling to Paris. (Correct, but we aren't there yet as we are talking about an inverted sentence.)
Traveling to Paris were Steven and Jason. (correct)
Do anyone know when the results will be declared? (incorrect)
Does anyone know when the results will be declared? (correct)
Here come the train. (incorrect)
Here comes the train. (correct)
A collective noun is a name for a group of people or things. Although collective nouns mostly go with singular verbs due to their singular construction, it's not uncommon for them to take plural verbs.
Use a singular verb when we refer to the members of the group as a unit.
The jury has decided to exonerate the police officer.
The board is meeting again this afternoon.
The team is traveling in a car.
Use a plural verb when each member of the group is acting separately.
The couple are going to eat dinner at two different restaurants.
The family have asked for individual gifts for everyone.
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The Deadliest Pandemic Part 2
In 1918 the Spanish influenza was one of the deadliest pandemics this country has ever faced. Yet, it wasn't without hope. Every other method seemed to avail little, but a simple treatment using water was found to be very successful in treating the deadly flu. It was called the Fomentation Treatment. Don't miss part 1 of this series: The Deadliest Pandemic Part 1. Here's the history & how to do the treatment:
His name: Paul Stuyvesant
The year: 1918
The location: Collegedale, Tennessee
The assignment: Impossible... actually, let me tell you the story (as told by his granddaughter):
“My grandfather, Paul Stuyvesant, had graduated from nursing school at the Hinsdale Sanitarium in Hinsdale, IL, near Chicago, the previous year. He moved down to Collegedale, Tennessee to help with building a new school (Southern Junior College) and to help as a school nurse for the male students. The school had moved to a new location and they were having to build all of the buildings on a very limited budget.”
“There were no dormitories built yet, so the young male students were living in tents that had very little heat. This particular fall there were two exceptionally bitter cold storms that came through dumping 18 inches of snow onto the ground, which for that area is very unusual.”
Then it happened…
“The college students started coming down with the flu. As the nurse for the young men, he set to work providing hot water treatments, known as fomentations. He was given a tent and an assistant and the two of them worked tirelessly to care for these sick men. Not one of those students died under his care, even though their living situations were far from ideal. This is especially remarkable considering the very high mortality rate of this pandemic.”
“Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, was also was hit hard with the epidemic. My grandfather and his assistant travelled there and provided treatments to those that were sick. Once again, God blessed the treatments and their efforts. Not one of their patients died. They then returned to Collegedale where the flu had returned. Again they treated the sick with success.”
“During this time, both my grandfather and his assistant became sick with the flu. My grandfather recovered, but his assistant died. For the rest of his long life, my grandfather, regretted that he had not been able to help his assistant to recover.” Written by Cheryl Hosford
So Now What?
The problem then was that too few people knew how to administer the hydrotherapy treatments. Only a few could be saved because there were so few workers. But you can learn the simple treatments now, and be in a position to help those around you, even today. In my experience, the common flu responds well to this treatment.
So it’s time to learn…
This is one of the treatments shown on our Lost Art of Natural Remedies, Hydrotherapy DVD & E-book set:
This next section comes from the Lost Art of Natural Remedies, Hydrotherapy E-book:
Why it works:
The application of heat to the skin draws the blood to the surface, and away from the internal organs. Heat relaxes the muscles and decreases pain and inflammation. Increased blood flow to the area stimulates white blood cell reproduction and action. The sweating caused by the heat increases the body’s ability to eliminate body wastes and toxins in the system. The treatment calms and soothes the nerves.
What they used this treatment for:
- Chest congestion in colds or flu, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, and pleurisy
- Heal and improve the function of internal organs
- Neuralgia (painful nerves)
- Painful muscles and joints due to back injuries, arthritis
- Difficulty sleeping
- Nervousness (use prolonged, mild heat to the spine)
- Detoxify liver or kidneys
- Warm a body part in preparation for another treatment
Not for use with:
Do not apply fomentations if there is bleeding or hemorrhage.
Things to be careful of:
- Be careful not to burn a patient who:
- is paralyzed.
- has edema (swollen tissues due to fluid retention).
- is diabetic.
- has neuropathy (loss of sensation).
- has loss of feeling (numbness) and decreased blood flow to the legs and feet.
- Body areas where the bone lies close to the skin surface may need extra padding to prevent burning.
- Avoid chilling—change fomentations quickly; keep the body covered.
- Be careful not to spread infection. Clean equipment thoroughly.
List of supplies used:
- Large pot of boiling water, OR canning kettle with canning jar rack on the bottom, OR Microwave
- Large foot bucket (if a foot bath is included in the treatment)
- Basin of cold water for cold compress to the head
- Tea kettle or pitcher of hot water
- Pitcher for ice water
- Large piece of plastic (to keep bed dry)
- Blankets—1 large or 2 small
- Sheets—1 large or 2 small
- Large, dry towels—4
- 3-4 extra small towels or washcloths
- 1 small hand towel
- Washcloths (for cooling compress to the head)—2
- Fomentations (may use large towels)—4 or 5 depending number of changes
- Fomentation covers (a piece of thick blanket or a large, dry towel)—3
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|Low Water||High Water|
|07:02 (0.1m)||13:31 (3.8m)|
|19:23 (0.4m)||01:56 (3.8m)|
|Time to low||2:22|
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|Mean Spring Curve||Mean Neap Curve||Intervening Period|
Small tidal stream inaccuracies can develop when advancing beyond HW Portsmouth +6. Because of this we only enable today's tidal stream chartlets to advance 24 hours. Future tidal planning is best accomplished by using Buckler's Hard's future tides predictor below.
The above image represents the current tidal streams offshore of this haven. Streams attaining three knots and above are highlighted by red arrows . All times are in local time with red text indicating springs, blue indicating neaps and gray between tidal events. Click [+] to advance the estimate by an hour and click [-] to step back. Future tidal planning is best accomplished by using Buckler's Hard's future tides predictor below.
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Arrows represent the direction of tidal streams with lighter or shorter arrows indicating weaker streams. Stronger streams are indicated by heavier or longer arrows, and as mentioned above, red arrows flagging rates of 3 knots and above. Numerals represent [mean neap, mean spring] rates in tenths of a knot. For example the numbers 12,23 would indicate a mean neap of 1.2 knots and a mean spring of 2.3 knots.
More local tidal detailsToday's Bucklers Hard tides — High waters: 13:31, 01:00, Low waters: 07:02, 19:23
Today's Dover tides — High waters: 01:19, 14:06, Low waters: 06:56, 19:18
We are now approaching the next tidal event that will be Neaps.
MHWS 3.4m MHWN 2.8m MLWN 1.6m MLWS 0.7m
HW Springs, Portsmouth -0040, Neaps -0010.
LW Springs, Portsmouth +0005, Neaps -0010.
The River Beaulieu has a double tide. The flood takes 6 ½ hours on Springs 7 ¼ hours on Neaps. Then after a gentle fall there is a second high tide some 2 hours later. This is followed by a period of slack water for about an hour. The ebb sets in and low water is reached in just 2½ to 3½ hours.
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Headline: Another very hot and largely sunny day.
Today: Another largely sunny and very hot day is expected. Although the sunshine is likely to turn a little hazy through the day, as some higher cloud spreads north. Staying dry, although some fair weather cloud perhaps building during the afternoon. Maximum Temperature 35C.
Tonight: Remaining dry with light winds and clear spells. Staying warm and feeling humid overnight with temperatures only slowly falling. Some low cloud perhaps moving into southwestern coasts. Minimum Temperature 18C.
Monday: Hot again for some, with sunny spells. However cloud will build with showers and thunderstorms possibly developing. Torrential downpours, frequent lightning and hail are possible, although many parts staying dry. Maximum Temperature 33C.
Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday: Cloudier, cooler and breezier Tuesday and Wednesday, with outbreaks of rain and heavy thundery showers. These easing Thursday with variable cloud, sunny spells, light winds and temperatures near normal.
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Contacting Coastguard and Emergency Services
Coastguard should only be used for distress and urgency calls as follows:
The National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC) based Fareham handles all operations in the area from Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset and Devon. They also assist other authorities such as the Police, Fire and Ambulance with their specialist expertise. The centre is manned 24x7 and has helicopters, based at rescue bases in Portland or Lee-On-Solent, at their disposal. Ch.67 that can be used for routine communications and the National Maritime Operations Centre can be contacted directly on +44 23 8032 9486 for administrative enquiries only.
Phone 999 when it is a Police emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, someone suspected of a crime is nearby, when there is a danger to life or when violence is being used or threatened. Phone 101, the police non-emergency number, when it's less urgent than a 999 call.
Useful Local Contacts
Wendy Stowe Harbour Master
Buckler's Hard Yacht Harbour, Beaulieu, Hampshire, SO42 7XB
+44 1590 616200 e: rivergbeaulieu.co.uk w: www.beaulieuriver.co.uk
Beaulieu Estate Office +44 1590 614621
Car Hire (Romsey) P: +44 1794 51145S
Doctors Waterfront & Solent Surgery P: +44 23 8084 1841
Lymington Hospital P: +44 1590 6&3000
Customs (24 hours) P: +44 870 7853600
Commercial Diving Services M: +44 7889 275815
National Motor Museum (visitor inquiries) P: +44 1590 612345
Royal Southampton Yacht Club, 'Gins Farm' P: +44 1590 616213
Seadown Veterinary Group (Ilythe branch) P: +44 23 8084 2237
Tourist Information Office & New Forest Visitor Centre P: +44 23 8028 2269
Cycle Hire P: +44 1590 622627
Taxi Services Buckler's third Water Taxi VHF 77 / P: +44 1590 616200
Lymington Taxis P: +44 01590 670670 / 01590
Marchwood Motorways P: +44 23 8084 2929
Mike's Taxis at Brockenhurst Railway Station M: +44 7525 864588 / 7786 599779
Beaulieu P: +44 1590 616200
Lymington P: +44 1590 672014
Cowes P: +44 1983 293952
Hamble P: +44 1489 576387
Yarmouth P: +44 1983 760321
Telephone Weather Information
Portland Coastguard P: +44 1305 760439
Solent Coastguard P: +44 23 9255 2100
Leisure Folios, Admiralty SC5600 ‘The Solent and Approaches’ and the Imray ‘2200 Solent Chart Pack - Selsey Bill to Poole, including the Isle of Wight’.
The following Admiralty Charts cover The Solent and Southampton Water. 2045 ‘Outer Approaches to The Solent’, 2035 ‘Western Approaches to the Solent’, 2021 ‘Harbours and Anchorages in the West Solent Area’, 2036 ‘The Solent and Southampton Water’, 1652 ‘Selsey Bill to Beachy Head’ 2037 ‘Eastern Approaches to the Solent’ ‘Selsey Bill to Beachy Head’, 2036 'The Solent and Southampton Water'. Also Imray "C" Chart C3 ‘Isle of Wight’, C15 ‘The Solent’.
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What is the best FPS for Lego stop motion?
The standard frame rate for most LEGO stop motion animations is 15, although this may vary and will be enforced by the video compiling software you use to put your animation together. Less than 15 will cause some frames to be added, while having more may skip a few.
How many frames per second is Lego stop motion?
A widely accepted framerate for a quality brickfilm is 15 frames per second, which is a compromise between minimum production time and smoothest motion.
What is the best frames per second for animation?
It’s commonly accepted that 60 frames per second is the rate at which animations will appear smooth.
How many FPS should a stop motion video be?
Frame rate Most moving images you watch are shot at 24 frames per second or thirty frames per second. When you’re shooting stop motion, you might not have time to shoot that many, but you can get away with shooting 12 frames per second or even 7-10 frames per second if you are okay with a little bit of a jerky style.
Is 10 fps good for gaming?
But is that 10 fps really noticeable? No. In the end, anything above 30fps is good and no lag will be noticeable. Only 30fps is really pushing it though.
How many pictures does it take to make a 30 second stop motion?
Making a stop motion can require a lot of stills. As a general rule of thumb, expect to use 10-15 photographs per 1 second of video–that’s about 300 photos for a 30 second clip.
How many FPS is Spongebob?
Spongebob at 60 FPS : r/Damnthatsinteresting.
Is 10 fps good for a camera?
10 fps means you will almost always end up with more images, which may or may not be a good thing. The bad is that you will need to ingest more images. The good is that some times you will get more frame selection choices.
What makes a good film in brickfilm?
Style is what makes a film, any film, great. Style in brickfilm is hard because everything is so small. Style give a scene atmosphere. Look at the frame above. The lighting and color gives the shot an eerie feel. While that film is far from perfect, it has a mood to it. When you’re making your next brickfilm, consider the mood.
What’s the best way to film a Lego stop motion?
8 Tips and Tricks for Filming Better LEGO Stop-motions. Tape your set down. Taping your set down is really important because when you don’t do this, every time you move something, you will move your set. It will look like there’s an earthquake. You can hold your set down with sticky tack or tape.
Why is eye contact important when filming Lego minifigures?
Eye level or eye contact is where the camera is parallel to the subject. The reason this is important is because it helps make suspension of disbelief (the audience feels like the story is happening, even if it is unfeasible). Though this can be difficult when filming LEGO minifigures, I really think its worth it. | <urn:uuid:6fb6e3b8-a019-4274-9a6e-d1802c8c5a1e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eyebulb.com/what-is-the-best-fps-for-lego-stop-motion/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.929352 | 670 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Not only is Schwarzenegger leading California to many firsts in climate policy, he’s also leading the way when it comes to talking about global warming.
Any savvy politician knows you can’t get policy on the books without first winning over your colleagues and constituents. And Arnie is surely one of the savviest politicos around. Here’s how he’s doing it:
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First, he taps into Californian pride and shared American values, stressing leadership, innovation, and a call to make history.
Our innovation, our science, our knowledge, our creativity is unequaled on the face of the earth…I propose that California be the first in the world to develop a low carbon fuel standard that leads us away from fossil fuels… Let us blaze the way, for the U.S. and for China and for the rest of the world
Next, the high wire act. The Govenator balances the urgency of the crisis with a buoyant, unflagging optimism.
We are addressing needs that have been ignored for decades. This is important work. It is hard, it’s heavy work. Yes, I know…We can do this because we have the economic strength, we have the population and the technological force…
He calls for immediate action
We are not waiting for our problems to get worse. We are not waiting for the federal government. We are not waiting—period. Because, the future does not wait…California has taken the leadership in moving the entire country beyond debate and denial … to action.
And he employs strong metaphors that play on our emotions and give us memorable visual images.
For too long California has just stared at this mountain of the future. We couldn’t climb it because our current problems blocked the path. We couldn’t climb it because it was politically too steep. We couldn’t climb it because we couldn’t agree on the route that would take us there. But last year, we made the decision, we took a deep breath and we began our ascent…And one day we will look down from [the top] and say to ourselves…look what we have accomplished for the people.
By the time he’s done, this Republican governor has effectively distinguished himself as one who will act boldly.
The implications are clear. There’s a job to do. There’s no time for procrastination, debate, or denial.
Arnie put it this way:
California has the muscle to bring about such change. I say use it.
He was Mr. Universe, after all.
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(Alexander Pope, geboren 1688, geftorben 1724, der fich unter den englischen Dichtern mehrern Gattungen eis nen so ausgezeichneten und gegründeten Ruhm erwarb, ver: fuchte die umarbeitung zweier Erzählungen von Chaucer, der hier abgedruckten, und der Wife of Bath. Wer sie mit ihren Originalen zusammenhält, wird freilich mehr Elegang und Ründung in Dope's Einkleidung dieser komischen Ers zählungen, aber immer noch mehr Naivetåt und Schicklich. keit des Tons zum Inhalt in Chaucer's Vortrage finden. Sehr richtig bemerkt Herr Joreph Warton, in seinem treffs lichen und ungemein lehrreichen Esay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Vol. II. p. V. daß die Schuld davon vielleicht in der Wahl des in heroischen Gedichten der Engländer ges wdhnlichen, und an fich mehr feierlichen fünffüßigen jambis fchen Sylbenmaaßes, ftatt der von Chaucer oder la fontas ne gewählten Versart ihrer komischen Erzählungen liege. Ues brigens bleiben in pope's Arbeit noch Schånbeiten genug übrig, um, nach dem lorazischen: Vbi plura nitent etc. die hie und da vorkommenden fittlichen, oder vielmehr unfittli chen, Freiheiten minder anft:fig zu machen.)
here liv'd in Lonbardy, as authors write,
In days of old, a wife and worthy Knight,
Of gentle manners, and of gen'rous race,
Bless'd with much fenfe, more riches, and some
Yet led astray by Venus' loft delights,
He scarce could rule some idle appetites,
For long ago, let priests say what they could,
Weak, finful laymen were but flesh and blood.
But in due time, when fixty years were o'er,
He vow'd to lead this vicious life no more;
Whether pure holiness infpir'd his mind,
Or dotage turn'd his brain, is hard to find.
But his high courage prick'd him forth to wed,
And try the pleasures of a lawful bed.
This was his nightly dream, his daily care,
And to the heav'nly pow'rs his constant pray'r,
Once, ere he dy'd, to taste the blissful life,
Of a kind husband and a loving wife.
These thoughts he fortify'd with reasons still,
(For none want reasons to confirm their will.)
Grave authors say, and witty poets fing,
That honeft wedlock is a glorious thing;
But depth of judgment most in him appears,
Who wisely weds in his maturer years;
Then let him chufe a damsel young and fair,
To bless his age, and bring a worthy heir;
To footh his cares, and, free from noise and strife,
Conduct him gently to the verge of life.
Let sinful batchelors their woe deplore,
Full well they merit all they feel, and more:
Unaw'd by precepts human or divine,
Like birds and beasts promiscously they join,
Nor know to make the present blessing last,
To hope the future, or esteem the past;
But vainly boast the joys they never try'd,
And find divulg'd the secrets they would hide.
The marry'd man may bear his yoke with ease,
Secure, at once himself and Heav'n to please,
And pass his unoffensive hours away
In bliss all night, and innocence all day;
Tho’ fortune change, his constant spouse remains,
Augments his joys, or mitigates his pains.
But what so pure, which envious tongues will
Some wicked wits have libelled all the fair;
With matchlels impudence they file a wife
The dear-bought curse and lawful plague of life;
A bosom serpent, a domestic evil,
A night-invafion, and a mid-day devil.
Let not the wise these fland'rous words regard,
But curse the bones of ev'ry lying bard.
All other goods by Fortune's hand are giv'n;
A wife is the peculiar gift of Heav'n.
Vain Fortune's favours, never at a stay,
Like empty shadows pass and glide away;
One folid comfort, our eternal wife,
Abundantly supplies to all our life:
This blessing lasts (if those who try say true)
As long as heart can wish - and longer too.
Our grandfire Adam, ere of Eve possessid,
Alone, and ev’n in Paradise unbless'd
With mournful looks the blissful scene furvey'd,
And wanderd in the solitary shade:
The Maker faw, took pity, and bestow'd
Woman, the last, the best, referv'd of God.
A wife! ah, gentle Deities! can he
That has a wife, e'er feel adversity?
Would men but follow what the sex advise,
All things would prosper, all the world grow wife.
'Twas by Rebecca's aid that Iacob won
His father's blessing from an elder son:
Abusive Nabal ow'd his forfeit lite
To the wife conduct of a prudent wife;
Heroic Judith, as old Hebrews show,
Preservd the Jews, and flew th’ Assyrian foe:
At Hefter's fuit the persecuting sword
Was sheath'd, and Ifrael liy'd to bless the Lord.
These weighty motives January the sage
Maturely ponder'd in his riper age;
And, charm'd with virtuous joys and sober life,
Would try that Christian comfort, called a Wife,
His friends were summond on a point so nice;
To pass their judgment, and to give advice;
But fix'd before, and well resolv'd was he,
As men that ask advice are wont to be.
„My friends," he cry'd, and cast a mournful
Around the room, and sigh'd before he spoke;
„Beneath the weight of threescore years I bend,
And, worn with cares, am hast’ning to my end;
How I have livd, alas! you know too well,
In worldly follies, which I blush to tell;
But gracious Heav'n has ope'd my eyes at last,
With dụe regret I view my vices past,
And as the precept of the church decrees,
Will take a wife, and live in holy ease:
But since by counsel all things should be done,
heads are wiser still than one, Chuse
who best shall be content When my desire's approv'd by your consent.
One caution yet is needful to be told
To guide your choice; this wife must not be old:
There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said,
Old fish at table, but young flesh in bed.
My soul abhors the tasteless, dry embrace
Of a stale virgin with a winter face :
In that cold season Love but treats his guest
With bean-straw and tough forage at the best.
No crafty widows shall approach my bed;
Those are too wise for batchelors to wed.
As subtle clerks by many shools are made,
Twice marry'd dames are mistreffes o’th trade;
But young and tender virgins, ruld with ease,
We form like wax, and mould them as we please.
Conceive me, Sirs, nor take my fense amiss;
> Tis what concerns my soul's eternal bliss;
Since if I found no pleasure in my spouse,
As flesh is frail, and who (God help me!) knows?
Then should I live in lewd adultery,
And link downright to Satan when I die;
Or were I curs:d with an unfruitful bed,
The righteous end were lost for which I wed;
To raise up seed to bless the Pow’rs above,
And not for pleasure only, or for love,
Think not I dote; 'tis time to take a wife,
When vig’rous blood forbids a chaster life:
Thofe that are bless'd with store of grace divine,
May live like saints by Heav'n's consent and mine.
And since I speak of wedlock, let me say,
(As, thanks my stars, in modeft truth I may,)
My limbs are active, still I'm found at heart,
And a new vigour spring's in ev'ry part.
Think not my virtue loft, tho. Time has shed
Thele rev'rend honours on my hoary head;
Thus trees are crown'd with blossoms white as
The vital sap then rising from below.
Old as I am, my lusty limbs appear
Like winter greens that flourish all the year.
Now, Sirs, you know to what I stand inclin'd,
Let ev'ry friend with freedom speak his mind.“
He said; the rest in diff'rent parts divide;
The knotty point was urg'd on either side:
Marriage, the theme on which they all declaim'd,
Some prais'd with wit, and some with reason
Till, what with proofs, objections, and replies,
Each wondrous ' positive and wondrous wise,
There fell between his brothers a debate,
Placebo this was callid, and Justin that.
First to the knight Placebo thus begun:
(Mild were his looks, and pleasing was his tone ;)
Such prudence, Sir, in all your words appears,
As plainly proves, experience dwells with years!
Yet you pursue sage Solomon's advice,
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Many fuel retailers provide a variety of octane options. When consumers choose ethanol at the pump, they are helping the environment. Unlike pure gasoline, ethanol is non-toxic and cleaner burning. Its use reduces greenhouse gases by up to 46%.
Ethanol is a renewable fuel source made from plants (most commonly corn).
Ethanol burns cleaner than petroleum-based gasoline, which means it releases fewer toxins into the air — making it safer for both the environment and the humans in it.
Ethanol burns cleaner — emitting fewer toxic emissions into the air.
In fact, the American Lung Association recommends the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol, because the toxins and particulate matter in petroleum-based gasoline poses a threat to human health.
According to a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) associated with corn-based ethanol are about 43% lower than gasoline when measured on an energy equivalent basis.
The corn used to produce ethanol is not the same corn bred for human consumption. About 99% of corn grown in Nebraska is field corn, which is primarily for livestock feed and ethanol production.
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Chocolate: a trip to Europe between history, tradition and taste
The Chocolate Way: the Dossier for certification as "cultural itinerary of the European Council"
After about a year of work, the dossier was presented to the Council of Europe for the recognition of the Chocolate Way Itinerary, with the addition of a pay off to the name Chocolate Way: Ethical, Cultural And Sustainable Legacy Of Cocoa In Europe, for highlight the indissoluble bond with cocoa. The historical and cultural part was elaborated by the president of the scientific committee, Grazia Dormiente, with a well-defined temporal contextualization of the attractors present on the itinerary and with specific references to elements of material and intangible heritage that can be used thanks to Chocolate Way. Valuable contributions from the members of the scientific committee the academics: Giorgio Calabrese, Clementina Battcock , Massimo de Giuseppe , Gian Carlo di Renzo , Roberta Garibaldi, Alexis Verdù Iborra , Vincenzo Russo , Filippo Grasso .
The ethical value of cocoa production was insisted upon with the dissemination of the decalogue drawn up by the Itinerary and with the dissemination of a petition in support of it via Change.Org. Partnerships with Latin America were highlighted, through the agreement with the Iila (Italian Latin American Institute), the agreement with the Ecuadorian University of Technology and the activities of Professor Massimo De Giuseppe of the Iulm University, member of the scientific committee, in Mexico. In addition, agreements have been signed with the following partners: Caffè Storici della Grecia; Itervitis European Cultural Route; “Principi Grimaldi” hotel institute in Modica.
The internationalization of the Itinerary, as suggested by the European Institute of Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, has been extended to Croatia, Switzerland, Israel and Azerbaijan. Museums and tour operators have remained the preferential target due to the approach to the development of sustainable food and wine tourism advocated by the Coe. In particular, the following institutions have applied for admission: La Fabbrica del Cioccolato foundation (museum, Switzerland); Loreto Aprutino foundation (museum, Italy); Amadria Park (hotel, Croatia); Ganja Confectionery Oisc (manufacturer, Azerbaijan); MoltoBen (tour operator, Israel); IncasTour (tour Operator, Italy). The tour operators involved in the itinerary have provided detailed publications relating to the products on sale in relation to the gastronomic theme.
Planning for the future, an annual European event is being planned for the exchange of production experiences between artisans from different countries through the involvement of Cna Brussels and Unioncamere Europa.
Among the activities towards young people, positively assessed in the submission phase of the dossier, the IULM projects and the memorandum of understanding with the Modica hotel institute were included, which will act as a pilot for agreements with similar institutions in the rest of Europe.
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Pakistan has been ranked 29th among the countries having natural gas reserves, publicized in the findings of a gas monitor report presented by Dr. Amanullah Mahar, Director Center for Environmental Sciences, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
He stated that total extractable potential is found at almost 24 TCFT, though, 4 billion cubic feet (BCFT) is the daily gas production.
Dr. Amanullah added that Sindh contained 124 gas fields and accounts for 63%. The largest natural gas field is in the Sui region of Balochistan accounting for 6%. Pakistan has proven reserves equivalent to 12 times its annual consumption.
Consequently, Pakistan has about 12 years of gas left. As the country is facing a severe natural gas shortage for the last two years, it has started depending greatly on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). However, the government must discover other energy sources to save the environment besides financial spending on the LNG import.
Moreover, the alarming situation for the country is that the natural gas supply is deteriorating gradually from domestic sources as the customer need is constantly increasing. Since the last decade, natural gas consumption has increased causing the import of LNG.
The largest user of natural gas is the power sector followed by residential. There are different gas losses between 11 percent and 14 percent because of theft along with other reasons, Dr. Amanullah remarked.
At the outset, LNG was started to fulfill the supply gap, however, now it has a share of 25 percent of gas supply for LNG power plants in the country. The spot prices have greatly affected the purchasing strategy of LNG which is left up to 40 percent of supply.
While presenting the findings of the report, Dr. Mahar said: “LNG is a very high carbon-intensive fuel and cannot be called “transition” fuel source to a cleaner energy system. Fossil gas (methane) can be leaked from the regasification, transport, and consumption and processing of it.”
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The Michigan Daily, the University of Michigan’s student newspaper, was the first to break the story.
Computer science professor Walter Lasecki had faced four allegations of sexual misconduct. Not only was the university aware of the allegations, but its investigation determined his behavior did not violate the school’s harassment policy. The same was not true, The Daily learned, for a computer science association linked to Lasecki. The association’s separate investigation found the professor in violation of its harassment policy and banned him from events for five years.
Just three months after The Daily published its investigation, Professor Lasecki resigned. For some following the coverage, the dots between the student newspaper’s revelation and the professor’s resignation were simple to connect.
“I think the student newspaper’s most impactful stories have been about professors and sexual misconduct allegations,” said Claire Hao, editor-in-chief of The Daily during the Lasecki investigation. “In several of those investigations, the professors have been fired or disciplined in some way.”
Holding the university to a high ethical standard is not a new job for The Daily, or for campus newspapers across the country. Many tote decades- and even centuries-long legacies of speaking student truth to administrative power. Although stories never exist in a vacuum, they stand to be one factor weighing in on university decisions.
At Michigan, student newspaper coverage seems to have paved the way for the departure of professors accused of sexual misconduct like Walter Lasecki or Steven Shipps. At Harvard University, an investigation exposing a racist, sexist culture within the campus police department preceded the retirement of the chief. At University of North Carolina (UNC), the editorial board slammed the administrative mismanagement of COVID-19 safety protocol before an announcement that campus would shut down for the fall.
Just as traditional media keep our nation’s lawmakers accountable, student newspapers, and the budding journalists that staff them, instinctively take on the role of watch dogs to university policymaking. But, if the job of student newspapers is familiar, it doesn’t mean it’s gotten any easier. Today, the COVID-19-era continues to usher in a unique set of challenges for students. Their emotional and behavioral health – impacted by isolation, racism, and public safety-related stresses, to name a few – has risen to high levels of concern and, with it, the stakes for newspaper coverage.
So, when it comes to the current college mental health crisis, how can student newspapers help turn the tides, specifically where policy is concerned? To what extent do their powers extend into the mental health realm, and what obstacles, including their reporters’ own mental health, stand in the way?
When COVID-era restrictions limited where New York University (NYU) students could eat on campus, new challenges around food arose for those already struggling with disordered eating. Washington Square News (WSN), the student newspaper, gave rising-senior Alyssa Goldberg the platform she needed to bring the issue to light.
Once a writer for her high school newspaper, Alyssa originally left journalism behind to focus on her primary interest: mental health advocacy. After learning that WSN was starting a Features Desk, she recognized an opportunity to dive into campus wellness concerns and reconsidered her step away from writing. “I didn’t see enough on mental health, and I wanted to be able to bring that perspective,” she said.
For her first article, an op-ed, she conducted interviews with some of her peers struggling with NYU’s new dining restrictions and paired them with a personal commentary urging the school to correct the problem.
Alyssa wasn’t the only one who took issue with the dining protocol. She said one of the students she interviewed served on the Student Government Assembly and was in the process of drafting her own letter to the administration asking for more dining options. “I do think my article had an impact,” Alyssa said, “because shortly after they did open up a few more [dining] spaces for students.”
A few months later, Alyssa published another article, the first ever for the Features Desk. The piece looks back on the tragic history of NYU’s Bobst Library, where students once jumped to their deaths before the school installed preventative barriers. The library’s architectural evolution was a starting point to consider how the university has responded to student mental health complaints in the past and probe more recent mental health challenges for students.
Alyssa was encouraged by the community’s engagement with her piece. Executive director of NYU Counseling and Wellness Services Zoe Ragouzeos responded with a “Letter to the Editor.” Alyssa says WSN’s Instagram post about the article reached over a thousand likes, compared to the hundred or couple hundred that stories typically received.
“It was trending for a week on the site, which doesn’t typically happen,” Alyssa said. “I think [it was because the content] of the story was very jarring, and it peaked interest from students.”
Sometimes, the mark of a student newspaper’s influence is not only student engagement, but outright controversy. Ashleigh Fields, former editor-in-chief of Howard University’s student newspaper, The Hilltop, said its coverage of a month-long student protest last fall saw student engagement ‘skyrocket’ but also met “pushback” from the administration. Ashleigh believes “first amendment rights look a lot different” for her paper, which is student operated but university owned.
The protest at Howard was a mental health issue from start to finish: It began because students, some of whom already faced financial strains, were frustrated with poor housing conditions and a lack of communication from the administration. When they staged a sit-in for four weeks at the Blackburn University Center, they confronted additional stressors: isolation and threats of administrative discipline.
Ashleigh said she worked closely with the administration and the Student Press Law Center to ensure her reporting reflected the reality of student concerns, while maintaining objectivity. She countered attempts to take down or censure certain articles “so that the community could read what was going on and [to tell] what was truthfully happening.”
The Hilltop’s conversation around mental health continued throughout the year, as Howard and several other historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats. In a “Letter from the Editor,” Ashleigh described student initiatives to expand the university’s support for students. “Other institutions had different policies, but at Howard, we were told to shelter in place during one of our bomb threats,” she said. “We never got a day off from class until our third bomb threat. We were still expected to attend classes and to be present.”
Now, Ashleigh said she sees her confrontations with the administration over the year as evidence of the honesty and rawness of the reporting. “I think that it set a huge precedent for students coming in next year—to say that student journalism is important and student journalists are journalists,” she said.
Others see this slightly differently. While these papers may influence media-mindful administrators, some say the fact that student journalists are still in training must be taken into account. “Administrations need to listen to student voices regularly, but it is important to encourage student journalists to adhere to the standards of professional journalists and make sure they have all the facts,” said Ragouzeos. “This is particularly important when covering sensitive subjects which have the potential to affect students’ use of critical university services.”
The Personal Toll
As University Desk editor for the Daily Tar Heel (DTH), UNC’s student newspaper, Allie Kelly was used to her role covering breaking news stories. That is, until over the course of one weekend, she became responsible for breaking the news of not one, but two student suicide attempts. The first incident fell on a Saturday afternoon and the next on Sunday morning.
“It was really kind of this cognitive dissonance of covering a student death while it was game day and everyone [was] rowdy and in their UNC gear and walking down the streets,” Allie said. Other students either hadn’t yet heard or fully registered the news. “I was in shock, I think.”
To write the story, she said she managed to turn on her “journalist brain.” But this reporting process was, thankfully, brand new to her. Suddenly, she needed to figure out how to confirm the reports with the university, how to handle privacy laws that protect the families involved, and what kind of language the situation required. “Unfortunately, I learned a lot.”
The tragedy from that weekend motivated The DTH to consider the path forward for its mental health coverage. “We really sat down and made a plan,” Allie said. “It’s like, ‘Okay, so I have this platform, and we have this platform. How do we identify holes in the system without making it seem like it’s hopeless?’”
Allie said the DTH team recognized it had the reporting resources, as well as the training, to take some of the onus off the rest of the student body. “We’ll do the research for you,” she said the staff decided. “Where can you get therapy in Chapel Hill? Where can you get affordable therapy in Chapel Hill? What is CAPS (Counseling and Psychological Services) actually for?”
“I think when there’s a campus-wide mental health crisis and people have died, as a student, I felt so powerless,” Allie said. “I don’t know how much [the reporting] made it better. If it made it better for one person, that’s awesome.”
At the same time, DTH decided to look inward to assess its own culture and policies around mental health. After the suicide, leadership decided to slow production for the week. It created protocol for how to break sensitive news to the rest of the staff. It now tries to make burnout a more open topic of discussion among writers and show them they have support.
Last year, burnout also weighed heavily on the staff at The Michigan Daily, where former editor-in-chief Claire Hao published an op-ed explaining why she was taking a week off from the paper. At the time, she had realized that the emotional and physical toll of balancing a 70-hour work week at The Daily on top of her academic course load was no longer sustainable.
In stepping back, Claire hoped to not only tackle her own anxiety but also set a precedent of wellness among the rest of the staff. She said she realized she was far from the only person at The Daily struggling with too many responsibilities and not enough time. “I think doing that—having a top person take a break when she needs it—helped encourage other people to take a step back when they need it and to ask for support,” she said.
Her leadership also made mental health a priority by cutting down production times and embracing hybrid work so staff could be more comfortable and sleep more. “Even before I took that break,” she said, “we were having conversations in the newsroom about burnout and how to have more sustainable workflows and how to communicate boundaries more effectively to each other.”
The implications of her self-care stretched past the bounds of The Daily newsroom. “Not only was there a lot of burnout within the student paper, which there was, there was also just burnout in the general campus community,” Claire said She said she believed writing about her own experience, rather than just quietly taking a break from her work, could help contribute to the campus-wide conversation about mental health.
After taking care of herself and encouraging others to do the same in the most public of ways, Claire returned to the newsroom after a week to find cake and posters signed in her honor. These acts of support for the people who do this work will be critical going forward as policies around the mental health of college students will become even higher priorities for college and university leaders. | <urn:uuid:51119c05-dee9-4a9f-96eb-bc1cd66a3328> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://marychristieinstitute.org/mary-christie-quarterly/personal-and-professional-the-influence-of-student-newspapers-on-college-mental-health/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.973714 | 2,591 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Anywhere you go—whether visiting the doctor or orthodontist, or attending a school function—you will quickly learn that people don’t know how to talk to your son if he doesn’t play sports. Our society is programmed in a way that makes a boy who doesn’t play sports an anomaly. What can we possibly have to say to him if we can’t ask him about football, basketball, or soccer? My son not only doesn’t play sports, but he also doesn’t watch them either. GASP! I know, it’s a tragedy, right?
My son has a deep abiding empathy for others.
My son is a critical thinker.
My son is constantly questioning the world.
My son is not a box checker.
My son has a thirst for knowledge about space that won’t quit.
But the world has no questions for him except for, “what’s your favorite sport to play”?
Really? This 13-year-old boy, who could possibly change the world, has to constantly answer why he isn’t interested in sports. Can’t society do better than that? Until he turned 11, I watched my son pick grass on the baseball field rather than be in the game. I watched him run half-heartedly down a basketball court and cheer for his teammates every single time they scored. We tried to involve him in every sport offered and encouraged him to get involved but, ultimately, sports were just not for him.
The looks I get from other mothers when I say that I gave him the choice at age 11 whether to play sports or not is one of reprehension. How dare I guide and support instead of mold him into the image that is expected for our boys?
I get it, I really do. Our boys are to follow a plan set out for success, right? We believe that by getting them involved in sports they will play through high school and gain popularity and acceptance along the way. This quells the fears society has instilled in us that if our boy doesn’t play sports, then he is uninvolved. He is clearly sitting around doing nothing.
We ignore the statistics behind head trauma.
We ignore the statistics regarding how many of those boys actually play in college.
We ignore whether our children are enjoying themselves.
We ignore what their true passion might be.
We ignore that competitive sports keep them so busy that they have little time for much else.
I am not saying that sports don’t have value. They do. Especially if your son or daughter loves the sport. A sport can cause someone to push themselves, learn about themselves, and challenge themselves and meet those challenges. These are all really good things. But if your son or daughter doesn’t have passion for the sport—I mean real passion—then what are we doing? Why not look deeper? Why not look beyond society’s expectations?
To what degree does your child’s involvement in sports have to do with you?
What if we got to know our child? What if we asked him if he wanted to play sports or get involved in robotics, student government, forensics, or the like?
What if we asked, “Who are you and what do you like?”
What if we said, “It’s okay to not like sports”?
What if we said “Whoever you are is enough”?
What if we put our desires aside and opened the door for more?
The self-worth gained from a parent who says to their son or daughter, “You are enough,” is valuable beyond measure. That parent opens the door to more. That parent learns more about their child and more about themselves than ever before.
We owe our boys more than molding them into a system they don’t fit into. If your boy isn’t an athlete, guess what, it’s OK. They are going to be OK.
You are enough, and so are they.
Question: If your son told you he doesn’t want to play sports, how would you respond?
Challenge: Have the courage to let your child be who he wants to be—even if it goes against society’s traditions. Tell your child today, “You are enough. I love you just the way you are.”
Article previously posted on Huffington Post .
Edited by Megan Roxas and Becky Fawcett.
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The One-Size-Fits-All Narrative of Your 20s Needs to Change
By Rainesford Stauffer
And the economy is not in our favor. Though we’re the largest part of the workforce, young Millennials own less than 5 percent of the wealth in the United States. When Baby Boomers were in their 20s, they controlled about 21 percent. According to the Economic Policy Institute, from 1979 to 2019, productivity rose 72 percent in the U.S. while hourly pay increased only roughly 17 percent. During the pandemic, young people have been unemployed at more than double the national average, and rates of uninsured young adults have risen, according to data from the Center for Law and Social Policy.
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As you may have noticed, female cartoonists are dominating sales charts (well graphic novel sales charts, anyway) and awards and current cartooning classes are anywhere from 50 to 75% female. It seems that a majority of the most notable “emerging cartoonists” are women, and a lot of folks have been joking that it’s hard to find up and coming men in comics.
When I first saw that cartooning students were overwhelmingly female, I was excited to see the long gender imbalance of the industry changing. But then I began to wonder if this meant that it would become a less prestigious industry.
Because as more women enter a field, the pay becomes lower. The New York Times laid this out in a piece called As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops and it has tons of studies and statistics to back up this grim and upsetting fact.
And there was substantial evidence that employers placed a lower value on work done by women. “It’s not that women are always picking lesser things in terms of skill and importance,” Ms. England said. “It’s just that the employers are deciding to pay it less.”
A striking example is to be found in the field of recreation — working in parks or leading camps — which went from predominantly male to female from 1950 to 2000. Median hourly wages in this field declined 57 percentage points, accounting for the change in the value of the dollar, according to a complex formula used by Professor Levanon. The job of ticket agent also went from mainly male to female during this period, and wages dropped 43 percentage points.
The same thing happened when women in large numbers became designers (wages fell 34 percentage points), housekeepers (wages fell 21 percentage points) and biologists (wages fell 18 percentage points). The reverse was true when a job attracted more men. Computer programming, for instance, used to be a relatively menial role done by women. But when male programmers began to outnumber female ones, the job began paying more and gained prestige.
Pay gaps between male and female cartoonists have been documented (at least one cartoonist with am ambiguous name got offered a lower page rate when her gender was know.) And as we’ve noted here many times, page rates have stagnated at best and fallen at worst in recent years. A lot of publishers who aren’t DC and Marvel pay rates well below the big two, and even art rates under $100 are sadly common.
Of course, this general fact that women’s professions are less pretigious and earn less is appalling in its own right. Why is women’s work so little valued in so many cultures around the world?
Granted, creative fields have very different pay rates than blue collar and office work. Female pop stars seem to do just fine. But even winning an Oscar wasn’t enough to get Jennifer Lawrence the same rate as her male co-stars in American Hustle. And Hollywood’s own wage gap is well documented.
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First came the Space Hippie. Now comes Cosmic Unity. Nike’s ventures into sustainability tend to have a futuristic spin.
Launching today, the Cosmic Unity collection is Nike’s first foray into sustainable performance wear, fronted by WNBA star A’ja Wilson. Available in-store and online globally from 26 February, the recycled materials capsule features one sneaker design in three colourways, an 11-piece apparel collection and a basketball.
It’s the latest in a stream of Nike products focusing on recycled materials — as of 2019, 76 per cent of Nike brand footwear and apparel products use some recycled material. This accounts for just over 1,100 products, 21 of which are footwear.
The capsule collection represents a response to Nike’s own sustainability targets and to its young consumers’ green expectations. But sustainability experts argue for even more, citing issues such as transparency, circular business models and workers’ rights.
Reducing environmental impact starts with recycled materials
Nike’s $150 Cosmic Unity sneaker includes at least 25 per cent recycled content by weight. Broken down, this means the midsole, tongue top detail and heel are made from so-called Crater Foam, which combines standard Nike foams with 10 per cent Nike Grind Rubber. This speckled material is made out of Nike’s 130 million pounds of manufacturing scrap — rubber, foam, leather, textile and plastic — combined with 32 million pairs of end-of-life footwear donated by consumers since Nike started its Reuse-A-Shoe programme in 1993.
Nike has diverted more than 7.5 billion plastic bottles from landfills and waterways since 2010 by turning them into recycled polyester — which appears in the Cosmic Unity cabling system, lining, tongue, sock liner and laces. The recycled thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) Swoosh detail also contributes to the 25 per cent recycled content claim. | <urn:uuid:987c6515-d450-401e-b668-efda9f312ebf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.voguebusiness.com/sustainability/unpacking-nikes-sustainable-basketball-capsule?utm_source=Membership%3A+Sustainability+Edit+%28paid%29&utm_campaign=8c7e9ebf10-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_04_02_member&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e92fb9c027-8c7e9ebf10-58952376 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.927386 | 403 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Passive aggressive behaviour is something many of us have encountered, but not many of us know the correct way to counter it. We asked the psychologists at online psychological support organisation LYSN for their advice on dealing with the behaviour, Here is what psychologist Noosha Anzab had to say.
“The thing to be curious about when it comes to passive aggressive behaviour is intent,” says Noosha. “It isn't always done to be evil, malicious or hurtful. Sometimes, passive aggression is employed as a coping method by those who are attempting to avoid potential conflict. People who engage in passive aggressive behaviour are allowing themselves to act out their hidden anger or frustration in what they believe to be a discrete way.”
1. Understand the behavior
Noosha says there are many different things that can fuel passive aggressive behavior, and the best thing yu can do is learn how to spot it.
“It might come in the form of a snarky remark, breaking a promise, acting stubborn, ongoing excuses, silent treatment or claiming to be a victim. It’s likely that person has repressed some hostility, anger and resentment from the past. Knowing how to spot their indirect aggression can help you to know how to react.”
2. Try to avoid triggers
Try to avoid fueling the passive aggressive behavior by removing the opportunity for the person to be passive aggressive.
“If you have some awareness around why the person might have some pent up aggression when it comes to a particular topic, try to avoid giving them the opportunity to be passive aggressive,” says Noosha. “Never normalize unacceptable behavior. Instead, consciously avoid talking about certain topics or reacting in particular ways which might ignite their aggression - in whatever form it may be. Try to limit your interactions and maintain boundaries around self-care.”
3. Don’t take the bait
One of the most important things about dealing with passive aggressive behavior is not reacting to it the way that person wants you to.
“If you know that their response is intended in a purely passive aggressive manner, don’t take the bait and respond to it the way they’re expecting you to. Try not to engage in the drama they’re trying to create and instead take the high road – That means answer the content not the context (if they’re being sarcastic) or changing the subject all together.”
For example, if a person sarcastically says ‘thanks for all your help’ is a way that’s passive aggressive, respond to the content of their comment and simply say ‘your welcome!”
4. Focus on the ‘now’
If you plan on confronting the passive aggressive behavior, Noosha suggests satying in the present, taking a deep breath to stay grounded and rather than airing a long list of past transgressions, talk about what happen right now in the present moment.
“If you decide to call someone out on their behaviour, be sure to focus on the present moment and don’t bring up the past,” says Noosha. “Tell the person how their words have made you feel by using "I feel [this way] because of [this action]" statements and concentrate on facts rather than judgment or speculation.”
5. Be assertive
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You may be more prone to acute or chronic shoulder pain if you engage in heavy lifting, lead an active lifestyle, or play contact sports. There are other reasons pain strikes as well. Our Sandy Springs, GA, chiropractor can pinpoint these causes. Our team of professionals at Lefranc Chiropractic LLC can then provide drug-free pain treatment to quickly improve your should pain symptoms.
Common Causes of Shoulder Pain
The shoulder is a complex joint of bones and strong connective tissues. It allows you to bear weight and facilitate a variety of arm motions including a 360-degree rotation. The problem with this extensive flexibility is that it increases the risk of pain and injury.
A number of things can go wrong with the collarbone, shoulder blades, arm bones, rotator cuffs, muscles, tendons, or ligaments. Pain is commonly linked to a fall, accident, sports, or overuse injury, or mechanical issues such as poor posture. Here are some examples:
- Muscle strains
- Rotator cuff tear
- Adhesive capsulitis
- Rotator cuff tendinitis
- Bone fracture or dislocation
- Impingement syndrome
- Spinal injury or misalignment
Non-mechanical causes include arthritis, irritation of the neck nerve, bone tumors, or infection. Sometimes the pain isn't local, but radiates from the neck or upper back.
Shoulder pain varies in intensity from person to person. It may be debilitating or improve or worsen with position changes in some cases. You may feel tingling, numbness, or muscle weakness if the pain is associated with a pinched nerve in the neck or upper back. Other possible symptoms include swelling, stiffness, muscle spasms, trouble bearing weight, and reduced range of motion.
Shoulder Pain Treatment from Our Chiropractor
Dr. Andrew Lefranc, D.C., will assess your symptoms and range of motion. He will look for signs of joint deformity and run various tests to get to the root cause of the problem. His findings will help guide us as we personalize your pain treatment plan.
Chiropractic adjustment is our main pain-relief tool. Adjustments are used to realign the bones and tissues of the shoulder. This reduces pain and inflammation and stabilizes the joint. Spinal adjustments may be performed if you're experiencing referred pain from the neck or back.
Adjusting the vertebrae helps to correct misalignment and relieves numbness and tingling associated with pressure on a nerve. Nerve interference often results from inflammation and disc herniation. Dr. Lefranc may also recommend therapeutic massages and exercises to relieve muscle pain and strengthen the connective tissue.
Lasting Relief Is in Sight!
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WASHINGTON — The unprecedented crisis among the Gulf Arab states threatens U.S. military support to its Arab allies, a report said.
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy said the confrontation between three Gulf Cooperation Council states and Qatar would “complicate” efforts by the United States to integrate Gulf Arab strategy.
The implications of the GCC crisis with Qatar over its support for the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizbullah are far-reaching, the report said.
After six months of waiting for a change under Emir Tamim, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have concluded that Qatar was firmly in Iran’s orbit. The withdrawal of ambassadors from Doha signals the virtual end of the GCC as an alliance headed by Riyad.
In the report, the institute said Qatar, opposed by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, has demonstrated resistance to an expanded U.S. military deployment in the emirate.
“Yet Qatar has apparently constrained U.S. deployments intended to deter Iran,” the report, titled “Gulf Arabs In Crisis,” said. “Last year, the United States deployed F-22s to the UAE instead, which is less nuanced in its views of Iran’s capability for mischief.”
“…[This] very public GCC rift is a setback to U.S. diplomacy with its Gulf allies and another item for the president’s upcoming meeting with Saudi King Abdullah, the council’s unofficial leader,” the report said.
“Qatar also continues to use its Al Jazeera satellite television network as an important tool of soft diplomacy — one that has undermined U.S. positions in the past,” the report said.
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How Florida Is Helping With Dorian Relief Efforts
Florida emergency management efforts shifted Thursday from storm preparation to providing assistance as Hurricane Dorian, after devastating the Bahamas and skirting Florida’s East Coast, threatened to cause heavy damage in the Carolinas.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state awaits aid requests from South Carolina and North Carolina and is offering help, where it can, to the Bahamas, as some islands were leveled in what was a Category 5 storm.
“We have a lot of supplies, I think mainly we’re looking at some of the water,” DeSantis said. “We have hundreds of thousands of bottles of water for this hurricane season that are going to expire when this hurricane season ends.”
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In advance of Dorian, Florida had deployed 860,000 bottles of water and 1.8 million meals to counties that were facing the storm, and another 819,000 gallons of water were ready for distribution. Also, 730,000 pounds of ice were ready for distribution.
“We’re not out of hurricane season, obviously we’re at the peak, but there is obviously a chance we don’t have a storm and that water would go to waste,” DeSantis added, noting that Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz is “confident” the supplies can be quickly replenished.
Emergency response workers at the state Emergency Operations Center were advised shortly before DeSantis addressed the media Thursday that, based on meteorological forecasts, they should expect to be back within six weeks.
Besides Dorian, four other systems were being watched in the Atlantic, including a trough of low pressure about 500 miles east of the Leeward Islands that had a 10 percent chance of forming within five days and a broad area of low pressure halfway between the coast of Africa and the Cabo Verde Islands that was given a 50 percent chance of becoming better organized within five days.
Early projections are that Dorian churned up “tens of millions of dollars” in beachfront damages in Florida and is tied to two deaths in the state.
DeSantis, who said he doesn’t plan to go to areas of the state affected by the storm to avoid interfering with restoration efforts, advised people who have travel plans to the tourist-dependent Bahamas to check with their destinations because Dorian didn’t fully devastate all of the 700-plus islands and cays.
“They have many islands in the Bahamas. Some were decimated, others were not,” DeSantis said. “Canceling those plans doesn’t help them with their recovery.”
The impression of total devastation is something Florida tourism officials often must fight when the state faces a disaster in one area.
DeSantis expects the federal government may request assistance from the Florida National Guard to assist the Bahamas, a request that would be honored. He has also asked John Rood, a former U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas under President George W. Bush, to be the state’s “point person” in the relief efforts.
DeSantis anticipated receiving a quick assessment of the needs from Rood, a Jacksonville businessman who was expected to travel to the Bahamas on Thursday.
“A lot of people want to help, which is good, it’s a great impulse, but we don’t want this stuff ending up in some warehouse where it never ends up being used by anybody,” DeSantis said. “We want to make sure whatever our efforts are targeted in a way that is actually going to bring relief over there.”
State Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Wednesday said she had reached out to Michael Pintard, the Bahamas’ minister for agriculture, and she was working with some Florida farmers to provide aid to the islands.
DeSantis’ comments Thursday came as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said he has reached out to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green to assess available humanitarian assistance for the Bahamas and whether additional funds will be needed for disaster relief.
“Realizing the Bahamian Government will require the assistance of the United States, I strongly urge you to ensure all possible resources are made available to secure the safety and protection of Bahamian citizens and to assist in post-recovery relief efforts,” Rubio wrote.
On Wednesday, Rubio and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., urged President Donald Trump to waive or suspend certain visa requirements for Bahamians citizens with relatives in the U.S.
Asked about the waiver request, DeSantis said he talked to Rubio on Thursday about Florida and the Bahamas, but the visa-related request is a federal decision.
DeSantis said the situation is different from Hurricane Maria, which caused massive damage in Puerto Rico.
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Why? Why do people do what they do? Why do people collect material goods?
People collect things for a hobby. They collect as a pastime. They collect as an investment. They collect as a way of staying connected to the past. They collect as a way of staying connected to their pasts.
John Eisenhauer is a collector. He collects local milk bottles. His collection is valuable, but to no one more than himself.
“There are a lot of bottles I really like,” said Eisenhauer. “There are some I would not sell at this time. In a way, I’ve become attached to them. It’s just an object, certainly not as important as God or family or country. But it’s important. It keeps me going.
“It’s something I can’t explain,” continued Eisenhauer. “I really don’t know why I do this. Why does anyone collect anything that just sits there? Half of it is the hunt. I look for bottles and then when I get them, it’s anticlimactic. If I had every bottle, would I be as interested?”
Eisenhauer, a former Wengert’s Dairy employee for 38 years, owns about 400 local milk bottles, housed and displayed in the basement of his North Lebanon township home. Through his passion, he has become a foremost authority on milk bottles in Lebanon County and quite accidentally one of the most knowledgeable historians on the local agriculture business.
“It’s a history of agriculture in the county,” said Eisenhauer, 60. “You get to see who tried, and failed. Only a few dairies made it, and now there’s only one. I’ll hold a bottle and wonder how many times it went out and who had it.
“I get satisfaction out of it,” Eisenhauer added. “I think enjoy the history of it. Nobody knows everything about these bottles, but I like to learn.”
At one time, Lebanon County was home to over more than 100 dairies. Bottles for milk came into use around the turn of the 20th century, and it allowed county farmers to share their wares for profit.
The oldest bottle in Eisenhauer’s local collection dates back to 1900.
“If you had two or three cows, you probably had too much milk,” said Eisenhauer. “Once bottles started getting popular, dairy farmers could sell their milk. Before bottles, deliveries were made in cans. You would dip into the cans and pour it into the customers’ containers.
“Oh yes, you had to return the bottles,” Eisenhauer continued. “The bottles cost more than the milk that was in them. If they didn’t return your bottles, you went out of business. Bottles were big investments. That was half the reason the dairies would put their locations on them, so they would get back to where they came from.”
Milk bottles were financially relevant for about 100 years. In the 1980s, they were replaced by waxed cardboard cartons and then eventually plastic.
“They were hand-blown in the beginning,” said Eisenhauer. “Then they went to machine molds. Then they went from round to square, so they would take up less space. Home delivery of milk was phased out around the 80s. The early ones were crude and heavier. The newer glass broke easier.
“Bottles went out in the early 80s,” added Eisenhauer. “Now, basically everything is plastic. That’s the way it is. If they still made glass bottles, these wouldn’t be as valuable. I don’t think glass will ever come back. It’s too expensive.”
Eisenhauer began collecting local milk bottles through his processing and pasteurizing work Wengert’s Dairy in the late 80s. He retired in 2015.
Through the years, his collection has taken on a life of its own.
“I collected, didn’t do much for a long time, then started up again,” said Eisenhauer. “I worked at the dairy. I started collecting mostly Wengert’s bottles, because that’s where I worked. Then I started collecting bottles from Lebanon County.
“It got bigger,” continued Eisenhauer. “It’s getting to the point where I’m looking for scarcer bottles now. I branched out to Lancaster, Dauphin and Schuylkill, and milk bottles from those counties. I’m only collecting rare bottles now, because you get too much stuff.”
What’s driving Eisenhauer’s collection currently is a need to complete it.
“I’d like to complete my collection,” said Eisenhauer. “I’ve just got to keep looking at auctions. Some people call me up. Some people go on my website. There are eight to ten bottles I haven’t found yet. I also have eight to ten bottles that only I know exist.
“But just because a bottle is old doesn’t mean it’s worth a lot,” added Eisenhauer. “If they’re rare, they could be worth $400-500. I occasionally sell bottles if I have two of something, it helps feed my hobby. For any bottle I need yet, I’d gladly pay $200 or $300. A plain milk bottle is worthless. It’s got to have something on it.”
The future of milk bottle collecting in general, and Eisenhauer’s collection specifically, is murky at best. But for now, he is still adding.
“I’m still adding, but not at a huge rate,” said Eisenhauer. “I’m very selective about what I add. There will come a time when I have to let it go. But I’d like to complete the collection. To put it bluntly, collectors are dying off and not being replaced by younger collectors. Prices have gone down.
“My kids have no interest in it,” Eisenhauer continued. “They don’t want even one bottle. I think eventually milk bottles will be worth less and less. But I don’t collect them just for the value. Sometimes I’ll come down here and sit and look at it. It gives me pleasure.”
Because one man’s milk bottle is another man’s treasure.
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Health care providers truly appreciate electronic medical record (“EMR”) templates because they make documentation faster and easier. However, abuses such a cloning and “exploding” notes are putting reimbursement and compliance at risk. If too much information is replicated from one EMR to the next, there is very little to distinguish patient encounters, which undermines physician attempts to establish medical necessity — the foundation of Medicare reimbursement — and might implicate quality of care.
Although Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has not adopted a position on templates, the agency has noted that they are supposed to encourage physician documentation, and not do most of the work. The problems with templates have become a hot issue because EMR systems are becoming more popular. Moreover, physicians are constantly working to comply with Medicare’s 1995 or 1997 evaluation and management documentation guidelines. However, experts warn that prepopulated templates and cloning may be too easy to help. Cloning may work for certain elements of the history, but it should not be used for the history of present illnesses, the exam, or the medical decision-making portion.
Medicare carriers do not like the use of so-called “default documentation” because they really cannot tell what kind of work is performed in each encounter if the records are so similar. Also, payers want the documentation to support medical necessity, but it is difficult for physicians to document medical necessity because it is a cognitive process. Carrying forth documentation that is not relevant to what the physician did, through the use of cloning or prepopulated templates, is not eligible to receive payment because it is not medically necessary. The government is becoming increasingly aware of this because EMR is becoming so widely used.
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ROCHESTER, Minnesota — If you have watched "Top Gun: Maverick," you saw a fictional portrayal of fighter pilots performing incredible aerial maneuvers at high G-forces, or the force of gravity. Here is the story about the role Mayo Clinic had helping U.S. pilots reach those heights in World War II.
In 1942, the U.S. government secretly tasked a small group of Mayo Clinic physicians and researchers with developing technology that would help lead the U.S. and its allies to victory a few years later.
Mayo Clinic physician-researchers Walter Boothby, M.D.; W. Randolph Lovelace II, M.D.; and Arthur Bulbulian, D.D.S., had designed an oxygen mask, called the BLB mask (for Boothby-Lovelace-Bulbulian), a few years earlier to solve the problem of airplane passengers experiencing low oxygen levels while flying. Now adjustments were needed to better suit military needs for the war effort.
Dr. Bulbulian quickly began improving the mask for pilots flying jets higher and faster than typical aircraft. The updated BLB mask, now known as the A-14 mask, provided pilots with as much supplemental oxygen as needed, was frost-resistant and had a microphone for radio communication.
As Dr. Bulbulian solved one problem, the U.S. military quickly discovered another. Pilots experienced G-forces so severe it resulted in blackouts. At 2-Gs, pilots feel twice their body weight pushing them against their seats. At 3-Gs, they experience triple their weight, and so on. As the G-force increases, it becomes increasingly difficult for the heart to pump blood to the head, resulting in a lack of oxygen to the brain. To discover how pilots tried to combat this on their own, researchers went right to the source.
"Pilots would consistently say that they would just yell at the top of their lungs as they were about to pull out of their bomb-diving run," says Jan Stepanek, M.D., director of aerospace medicine at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. "When you really yell hard, you create increased pressure in your chest, which results in high blood pressure as long as you're yelling."
The goal of Mayo Clinic researchers Earl Wood M.D., Ph.D., and Charlie Code, M.D., was finding a practical way to keep blood flowing to the brain during gravitational stress, because pilots could only yell for so long. This led to the development of the M-1, or Mayo-1, maneuver. This eventually developed into what is known today as the anti-G straining maneuver, nicknamed "the grunt."
"What it is is a straining maneuver that is designed to primarily increase arterial blood pressure. It consists of voluntary contractions of both legs, calves, thighs, arms and increasing pressure in your abdomen," Dr. Wood said in an interview for the Mayo Heritage film, "Reaching New Heights: Secret Stories of the Mayo Clinic Aero Medical Unit." "When someone knows how to do that, they can increase their blood pressure … if they work at it hard enough."
This maneuver had pilots focus on constricting their bodies and controlling their breathing so blood could flow more easily to their hearts and brains, preventing loss of consciousness under higher G-forces. The anti-G straining maneuver alone couldn't get them to safely fly over 3- and 4-Gs. Still the anti-G straining maneuver is incredibly important for pilots even now: "The maneuver was teachable and trainable, and arguably more important than the G-suit," Dr. Stepanek says.
While the original model of the G-suit had already been developed, improvements made by Dr. Wood, and David Clark, a weaver from Massachusetts, allowed pilots to fly up to a force of 9-Gs. Dr. Wood and Clark took the revolutionary concept of the G-suit, developed in 1941 by a team led by Wilbur Franks, M.D., at the University of Toronto, and devised an inflatable, five-bladder system that could be slipped into a garment. At the same time, the aeromedical team perfected a valve to reliably connect the suit to the plane's air pressure system. While the previous design focused more on the gravitational pull, Dr. Wood's design focused on increasing arterial pressure without needing the pilot's attention or effort.
Testing the suit's design wasn't easy. Researchers and physicians didn't want to test the concept on others because the effects G-forces cause — lack of oxygen to the brain and blood flow to the heart — weren't yet known. So, they tested it on themselves.
The need for testing G-suit designs led Mayo Clinic researchers to build a gigantic human centrifuge in the Medical Sciences Building in Rochester. The centrifuge, designed and built by Dr. Code; E .J. Baldes, M.D.; and Adrien Porter, was the first of its kind in the U.S. A simulated cockpit was attached to the end of a tubular steel structure powered by the remains of a wrecked Chrysler automobile engine. Two 20-ton flywheels provided the momentum and energy to spin the cockpit at high speeds, creating intense G-forces. Using the centrifuge, the Mayo Aeromedical Unit gathered the most complete data ever recorded on the effects of G-forces.
When asked about the unknown damage lack of oxygen causes to the brain, Dr. Wood said in the film he didn't really think about it: "I don't remember having any concern that the repeated blackouts and so on might cause residual damage. We never worried about it very much."
Even with the data, pilots wanted real-world proof that the suits would work before trusting their lives to them. This led the Mayo Clinic Aeromedical team to request a fighter plane — a Douglas Dauntless dive bomber — and a volunteer pilot. To test the inventions, the pilot flew the plane while the researchers sat in the back seat. These real-world experiments, led by Edward Lambert, M.D., Ph.D., proved that the G-suit alone could provide protection up to 7-Gs. When the suit was combined with the anti-G straining maneuver, pilots could function up to forces of 9-Gs. After the tests, the concept of the new G-suit was accepted by the Army and Navy and is sometimes credited as making a difference in winning the war.
Today, the G-suit concept and anti-G straining maneuver created by the team at Mayo Clinic are used by fighter pilots worldwide. To learn more, visit Discovery’s Edge, Mayo Clinic History & Heritage website and the Department of Defense Medical Research Office webpage.
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Offered is a group of five, antique paper, hand-personalized and signed, New York Public School student merit awards from the 1840's, each priced separately, and suitable for framing.
All 5 of these artistically-rendered awards were presented to the same student, Maria Royce, and signed by her teacher, Isabella F. McCormick, as well as two representatives of the school committee for "regular and punctual attendance with correct deportment and diligent attention to her studies." Maria obviously was educated in a one room school house given that she had the same teacher over a four year period.
The awards are dated May 1841, May 1842, March 18-- (year inadvertently omitted), June 1842, and January 1844.
The merit awards measure 8 inches wide x 10 inches long and are adorned at the top of the award with a well-executed black line etching of a teacher and her students viewing a large world globe with an elegant school house of formal architecture standing imposingly in the background-- and at the base of the award, a delicate and detailed floral wreath.
The awards are in fine condition with very minor wrinkling to the edges. May 1841 and March 18-- also have minor edge-area foxing that will not be visible once the award is matted and framed.
These early examples of school ephemera are quite rare and would be a fabulous addition to a vintage school memorabilia collection!
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I detest Iran’s dark embrace of the Hitlerian regime of Damascus, but Tehran does have a right to possess a Nuclear deterrent.
I, too, shouted “Istiklal Azadee, Hukamati Islamee” (independence, freedom, Islamic government) and “tau Margi Shahi Kha’en, Nehzat Idameh Durad” (until the death of the treacherous Shah, the revolution will continue.” That was in the late 1978, when I, along with the bulk of Muslims around the world, Sunnis and Shiites, gave the late Imam Khomeini and his companions the benefit of the doubt. We thought the Sun of Islam would rise anew from the land of Abu Hamed al-Ghazali, Umar Khayyam and Saadi Shirazi. We were tragically wrong, as the Grand Ayatollah soon took off the outer cloak of true, authentic Islam in favor of the repugnant Turban of schismatic sectarianism. (See my book “My story with the Shiites: Major Contradiction in the Shiite Imami Religion.”
I didn’t immediately lose the hope for some reforms that would correct the course of the revolution which was facing overwhelming challenges from a huge cacophony of internal and external enemies at the top of which stood the United States and Israel, as well as a number of despicable Arab regimes that were at Washington’s beck and call. But as the years passed, Iran’s sectarian character became hard to hide and harder to defend.
The Iranian intervention in Syria
The brutal ugliness of Iran’s face became quite conspicuous to everyone, friend and foe alike, when the clerical regime in Tehran trained, funded and dispatched more than 50 Shiite militias to help the Butcher of Damascus exterminate his own people, including women and children. Read my article: Is Iran trying to create another Israel in Syria.
These mostly ignorant zealots hailing from as far as Herat, Mazari Sharif and Karachi were told that they were going to fight the enemies of Imam Hussein and that whoever died of them in battle would go straightforward to paradise in the company of Imam Ali, Imam Hussein and Fatema, the daughter of the Prophet (peace be upon him).! Needless to say, this perfidy by the regime in Tehran was a slap to world Muslims as well as to free and honest men and women around the world.
Bashar Assad is not really Shiite. He belongs to an esoteric sect called Alawites, which believes that Ali, the Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law and the fourth of the rightly-guided Caliphs who ruled the fledgling Islamic state following the Prophet’s death , was God-incarnate, which constitutes absolute blaspheme, apostasy and polytheism in Islam.
So what would make the most revolutionary Muslim country embrace a decidedly nefarious mass murderer and certified war criminal, who murdered hundreds of thousands of Syrians, destroyed Syria and expelled more than 50% of Syrians to the four corners of the world, all in order to remain in power for a few more years? Read my article: The Syrian regime must change, or it will be changed
The answer is sad and lamentable. The clerics of Tehran had no moral credentials whatsoever and apparently hated Sunni Muslims much more than they loved their own children.
Having elucidated my views on the cleric’s regime in Tehran, I believe Muslims, notwithstanding the regime’s many days of infamy, ought to be fair and just with regard to the Iranian nuclear program. This is in line with the Qur’an, God’s final revelations to mankind. Which instructs us to be fair and just in all circumstances even toward foes and enemies:
“O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah. For Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do. (al-Ma’eda, V. 8)
Iran has absolute right to possess Nuclear weapons
In my opinion, Iran has an absolute right to possess a nuclear deterrent. For that matter, I believe Major Muslim countries such as Egypt and Turkey should possess a deterrent. Israel has had a nuclear deterrent since the late 1950s, with the help of France and the US. Indeed, why should a small and notoriously- bellicose country, like Israel, have over 90 nuclear warheads whereas a country such as Egypt with a 100 million –plus population, or Iran, with more than 80 million people, are forbidden to have the bomb?
Besides, how should Iran defend her people if Israel decided to drop a nuclear device on Tehran or Mashhad or Shiraz? Who would, indeed who could restrain, let alone deter Israel then? America? You must be kidding!
The possession by Iran of a nuclear deterrent would probably mitigate Israel’s insolence, megalomania and arrogance of power, but nothing else. Indeed, the very maximal potential level of deterrence Iran would possibly reach is what is known as “Mutual Assured Destruction, or MAD.
But MAD is not necessarily a mad concept after all. Indeed, most strategic experts attribute the non-occurrence of a nuclear Armageddon between the West and the former Soviet Union to the MAD theory and rational fear of humanity’s extinction.
The Ukrainian crisis
It is widely believed that the Ukrainian leadership is more or less remorseful for giving up its nuclear arsenal following the downfall of the Soviet Union. The argument made by some Ukrainian military leaders, and privately by President Zelinsky, is that Russia wouldn’t have invaded a nuclear-armed Ukraine in broad daylight and in full view of NATO and the West? I realize that it would be “probably unwise” to take this argument for granted. None the less, it is true that the world has been transformed into a real, brutal jungle thanks to the rapacity, arrogance and criminality of the big powers, especially the US and Russia.
I do believe a nuclear Iran would be an immensely destabilizing factor especially at the regional level. I know Israel, which has been demonizing and vilifying Iran since the downfall of the Shah, is in no mood to listen to a voice of reason and sanity regarding Iran. This is because the apartheid entity is hell-bent on retaining and expediting its belligerent regional hegemony.
Arabs have only themselves to blame
I could anticipate that Saudi Arabia would have to choose between developing or buying! its own nuclear deterrent, or embarking on a road leading to a cordial normalization and full alliance with Israel in exchange for placing the bloated kingdom under Israel’s nuclear umbrella.
There is already a strong proclivity by the de facto King, Muhammed Bin Salman (MBS) to go in this direction. But Israel is notoriously parsimonious, and an insolent Zionist leadership would most likely insist that MBS must recognize Jerusalem (East and West) as Israel’s united and eternal capital. So, once again the Palestinians would be the main losers if Israel had her way.
This is the price the Arabs of our time would have to pay for succumbing to their treacherous “rulers” who acquire their “legitimacy” from Israel’s guardian-ally, America, which doesn’t give a damn about Arabs and Muslims, or their rights, honor and dignity (END). | <urn:uuid:90e6254b-c9a7-4baa-a0fd-602e5d15521b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mzemo.com/2022/07/06/let-iran-have-the-bomb/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.959032 | 1,578 | 1.601563 | 2 |
The Romans settled in the Pla de Barcelona to make a port. The reason for the origin of city was commerce, which was usually done on the beach or in the natural harbor at the foot of the hill of Montjuïc.
Born to trade
We do not know for sure if an artificial port was built, although in 2013 a containment dam was found that could be part of it.
The study of this dam is very interesting, as elsewhere in the Empire (Caesarea Marítima stands out), the materials used became more and more resistant to contact with water.
From Barcino, wine, fishing and garum were exported. We know this by finding numerous amphorae in different parts of the empire, such as Pompeii, the Garonne valley, the Rhone valley, or Rome itself.
Barcino was also noted for the slave trade, which was a real luxury product. A slave cost between 2,000 and 8,000 sesterces. A farmer could live a whole year with 400 sestercis and a legionnaire would earn 900. Therefore, only the upper classes could buy them.
Like any other Roman city, Barcino had numerous public spaces. One of the most popular were the terms.
On both sides of the Portal del Mar, in the 1st-2nd century AD, two public thermal complexes were built, one for men and the other for women.
With the new fortifications that were made in the 3rd century, the baths had to be remodeled. The masculine ones, became part of the new fortifications. Those of the women, were left outside the wall and destroyed. However, today we can see his remains on Regomir Street.
Relaxing in the thermal baths
Within the baths was a circuit based on a route of spaces at different temperatures: the cold water room, the hot water room and the warm water room.
There was also a massage room and a gym.
From this thermal complex the pool of the cold water and remains of another room are preserved, but it seems that the whole original complex was about 1,500m2.
Its dimensions show the importance of Roman Barcelona. Traders, sailors and travelers from all over the world used them as a meeting place and trade exchange, and there they got the information to do better business in the city.
You can discover more of the Roman remains of Barcino on our tour of medieval Barcelona
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A draft report evaluating current EU copyright legislation set the cogs in motion for a major EU re-think of copyright law when it was published in January of this year. This alert considers the background and content of the draft report, its current status, the potential implications if the report is implemented as drafted and forthcoming developments.
Directive 2001/29/EC (the "InfoSoc Directive") was aimed at harmonising copyright and related rights. Over ten years later, the European Parliament tasked Pirate Party MEP, Julia Reda, with evaluating the implementation of the Directive. Her draft report includes a number of key proposals that, if implemented, could significantly change the scope of copyright protection in the EU.
A final version of the report will be put to a vote in the Legal Affairs Committee on 6 and 7 May 2015. The EU Parliament will then vote on it on 10 June 2015.
Proposed changes - exclusive rights
Most significantly, the draft report calls for the introduction of a single European Copyright Title based on Article 118 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). It would apply directly and uniformly across the EU. This is designed to tackle what Reda dubs, in her explanatory notes to the report, the "continuing fragmentation of national copyright laws among Member States". In these notes, she also draws on the creation of the European unitary patent and the revision of the Community trade mark as examples of how a single European Copyright Title could be created.
The report also contains proposals to harmonise the existing term of protection of 70 years down to just 50 years. Given that some rights owners have sought an extension rather than a reduction of the copyright term in recent years this proposal is likely to be met with opposition. There are also proposals to exempt works produced by the public sector within the political, legal and administrative process from copyright protection in a bid to lower the barriers for re-use of public sector information.
In addition, the draft report calls for improvements to the contractual position of authors and performers in relation to other rightholders and intermediaries. In the report's explanatory notes, Reda acknowledges that although technology has helped to increase creative output, the negotiating power of creators against providers of online services influences their remuneration, which needs to be addressed.
Proposed changes - exceptions and limitations
The draft report calls for two major changes to Article 5 (Exceptions and Limitations) of the InfoSoc Directive.
Firstly, it proposes that exceptions and limitations in the InfoSoc Directive should be made mandatory "to allow equal access across borders and to improve legal security"(para 11). Secondly it calls for the adoption of an "open norm introducing flexibility in the interpretation of exceptions and limitations in certain special cases that do not conflict with the normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author or rightholder" (para 13).
Various other recommendations have been made regarding freedom of panorama, text and mining data, research and education, e-lending technological protection measures, caricature, parody and pastiche and hyperlinking.
Opinions on and status of report
Since the report has been published, it has been subject to rigorous review by various Parliamentary committees. Although the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) is responsible for the final report, other relevant committees (Internal Market & Consumer Protection 'IMCO', Culture and Education 'CULT', and Industry, Research & Energy 'ITRE') have been asked to submit their 'opinions' on the draft report.
These opinions were submitted throughout February and March this year and contain over 600 suggested amendments to Reda's draft. Details of the amendments can be found on Reda's website.
On 6 and 7 May, JURI will review the opinions and vote on whether to adopt or reject the suggested amendments in the final report. It will then go to the European Parliament for a final vote on 10 June 2015.
Last week it was reported that the EU Commission's draft report on the Digital Single Market (DSM) Strategy has been leaked by Politico before it is officially due to be released on 6 May. The draft report deals with a number of issues including the harmonisation of copyright protection in EU Member States.
The report announces legislative proposals to address unjustified geo-blocking and copyright reform, notably by allowing, text and data mining and ameliorating civil enforcement. By limiting reform to these issues, the Commission's agenda would end up being notably more limited than what Reda has proposed in her draft Report. In particular, it would appear that there would be no major reform to Article 5 of the InfoSoc Directive, let alone the introduction of an open norm as proposed by Reda. Rather, the only apparent (minor) change would be to provide legal certainty and enable researchers and education institutions to text and data mine.
However, the draft DSM Strategy report does indicate that there has been some 'bargaining' going on in Brussels. While rightholders would be clearly penalised from the prohibition of geo-blocking, it seems that the Commission would like to make the pill sweeter for them to swallow by promising initiatives on civil enforcement and reviewing the role of internet service providers (ISPs).
There is no escaping the fact that changes in technology and the way in which it is used have advanced significantly since the implementation of the InfoSoc Directive and impacted on copyright protection throughout the EU. These technological advances have clearly driven many of the reforms advanced in the draft report. Indeed Reda comments in her explanatory notes that "it seems common-sense that one of the main objectives of the Digital Single Market should be removing territorial restrictions and encouraging pan-European accessibility of services".
If Reda's recommendations are implemented, we could see a major overhaul of the existing copyright regime. It could potentially involve the introduction of a newer, more modern legal framework that makes it easier for the exchange of knowledge and culture across EU borders, particularly using digital media.
Julia Reda's draft report has attracted a wealth of commentary. It has divided opinion, with some commenters claiming it is simply "more of the same", while others claim it is "hugely important" in raising and dealing with the key problems with existing copyright protection.
With 600+ suggested amendments to the report, it goes without saying that Reda's proposals will have evolved by the time the final report is published. However, the draft report has undoubtedly ignited the debate on the extent to which existing copyright protection is fit for the twenty first century.
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When we picked June 4th as the launch day for HuffPost's new Green section, little did we know the Democratic nomination would be decided just the night before.
So today, as well as celebrating the culmination of a historic primary race, we here at HuffPost are also celebrating the kick-off of HuffPost Green.
Ever since we launched HuffPost, environmental issues have been a significant part of our focus -- indeed, part of our DNA. In fact, long before HuffPost was even a twinkle in our eye, I was championing, via the Detroit Project, the need to push the nation's energy policy in a more sustainable direction -- better both for our environment and our national security.
And our HuffPost community has made it clear that you are interested in learning about -- and talking about -- living in a more environmentally-friendly way.
So as we continue the Huffington Post's expansion, creating a go-to destination for the latest and most useful Green content was a logical next step.
HuffPost Green features up-to-the-minute news stories, blog posts, video, and community forums. The focus is on eco news and trends -- from the latest scientific findings and environmental legislation to the latest green lifestyle tips. The section will also feature advice on sustainable investing and highlight eco-friendly businesses such as renewable energy, green building, recycling and organics.
While bringing about real change is critically important -- we don't think going green has to be like taking your medicine. So don't expect any finger-wagging (well, not too much anyway). We're not interested in being greener-than-thou -- just greener today than yesterday. Our philosophy is pretty simple: it's not about some people doing everything, but everyone doing something to make the world a more sustainable and better place to live.
And to ensure that we are bringing you the smartest, freshest, and most useful green content, we have partnered with two of the world's premiere green media brands -- Discovery's popular sustainable-living website, TreeHugger.com, and Planet Green, Discovery's 24-hour eco-lifestyle television network.
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How and Why to Execute Rare Disease Patient Journey Market Research
“You can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.”
We all appreciate the importance of empathy in patient interactions. However, this understanding is even more important in the world of rare diseases, because the emotional toll on patients and families can be substantial.
Consider these dynamics:
- Patients and families often face multi-year journeys before receiving an accurate diagnosis, turning the journey into an odyssey
- Patients and caregivers are forced into the role of disease expert because physicians don’t understand their rare disease
- Support networks may be limited even for those who have been properly diagnosed
- Access to treatment is often difficult, making it challenging for patients to initiate and adhere to therapy
The more you understand patients’ lives, the better you’re able to partner with and support them, and the more successful your brand will be.
By exploring the patient journey (which we define as the full patient experience from symptom onset to diagnosis and management), manufacturers can:
- Understand barriers to diagnosis, including misdiagnoses
- Determine which types of physicians may be appropriate targets for disease education
- Explore specific patient needs for education and support programs
- Evaluate barriers to treatment / adherence and explore potential solutions
So, how do you conduct patient journey market research that maximizes useful insights?
Based on our experience, here are the best practices:
Understand the lay of the land before speaking to patients
While patients have the deepest insight into living with symptoms and disease progression, KOLs can provide a helpful foundation. Understanding their perspective on how the differential diagnosis is made, which diagnostics are ordered, how to approach management, and their future outlook helps inform conversations with patients.
Understand the events, but don’t ignore the experience
“Patient journey” is often used as a synonym for “buying process.” In other words, teams focus on documenting events, but forget to include feelings. Emotions are inextricably linked with decision-making – particularly when dealing with a rare disease. So, rather than a decision tree, we think of the journey as a winding pathway. Brands can glean actionable insights by deeply examining the emotional influences on patient choices and actions and looking for opportunities to improve the experience. To uncover these emotions, we recommend projective techniques that help patients access non-rational processes driving decision-making and behaviors.
Make the most of your time
Asking patients to document part of the journey before a conversation helps organize their thoughts and reminds them of events that may have occurred years ago. A homework assignment prior to the interview helps patients get in the right mindset to discuss their broader journey. We often collect essential background information (e.g., age of onset, key symptoms, physicians seen) in a short online survey before the interview, an approach that captures useful demographic and buying process information while freeing up more time to explore emotional elements during the interview.
Don’t forget the family
Caregivers and family can be essential to understanding the patient journey. Caregivers can have a clearer understanding of how specific events unfolded and often take on a primary role in communicating with physicians and researching treatment. Meanwhile, caregivers and families have their own experiences with the burden of their loved one’s disease. Exploring caregiver and family perspectives on the journey often reveals useful (and even unexpected) opportunities to serve the entire patient family better.
Put on the white gloves to recruit
Despite what you might fear, it is possible to recruit rare disease respondents! It just takes some creative thinking to move beyond a traditional approach.
Key strategies include:
- Partnering with advocacy groups
- Networking with KOLs and centers of excellence
- Partnering with specialty pharmacies
- Connecting on social media
- Seeking referrals within the patient community
Most importantly, every communication with members of the rare disease community must be handled with the utmost sensitivity and respect. Demonstrating your commitment to the community starts with recruiting.
Bring your findings to life
The goal of any market research is to share findings that are usable and live on within your organization. Individual stories are one of the most powerful components of patient journey research, and it’s essential to communicate the insights without losing the essence of each patient. An infographic, poster, or immersion workshop that shares different components of the patient journey can bring findings to life.
As organizations push to ensure their thinking and actions align with patient needs, patient journey research can make an invaluable contribution to strategy. While there are challenges to conducting this type of research among people with rare diseases, their often-circuitous path to diagnosis and day-to-day struggles make understanding their odysseys all the more critical to developing meaningful brand strategy.
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Adobe plans in February to close a dangerous hole in its Shockwave application that causes the application to be downgraded when a user launches older multimedia content, allowing hackers to target years-old vulnerabilities.
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (U.S. CERT) issued an advisory on the vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to deliver malware and execute arbitrary code, considered to be one of the most dangerous kinds of flaws.
U.S. CERT notified Adobe of the problem on Oct. 27, 2010, but an Adobe spokesperson said Wednesday that the problem will be closed with the next major upgrade of Shockwave, scheduled for Feb. 12.
"We are not aware of any active exploits or attacks in the wild using this particular technique," said Wiebke Lips, senior manager with Adobe corporate communications. Adobe did not consider the issue a high risk to users.
Shockwave is used to play content created in Macromedia and Adobe Director, which offers advanced tools for creating interactive content, including Flash.
U.S. CERT cited Adobe documentation that says if a user encounters content that does not specify to use the latest Shockwave version 11, an older ActiveX control is downloaded that pulls components of the older Shockwave 10 player. Shockwave uses an ActiveX control when content is requested within Microsoft's Internet Explorer and is present as a plugin in other browsers, according to U.S. CERT.
The Shockwave 10 runtime contains vulnerabilities as well as the application's "Xtras," which are components of content. The downgrading of Shockwave to an older version also opens up Adobe's Flash multimedia application for attack, the agency said.
"Because of this design, attackers can simply target vulnerabilities in the Shockwave 10 runtime, or any of the Xtras provided by Shockwave 10," U.S. CERT wrote. "For example, the legacy version of Shockwave provides Flash 22.214.171.124, which was released on November 14, 2006 and contains multiple, known vulnerabilities."
U.S. CERT has published two other document describing the issues with Xtras and Flash, which Adobe said it is analyzing. The first concerns Shockwave's downgrading to an older Flash version, which affects both Windows and Apple's Mac. The second involves the problem of malicious Xtras.
"We are not aware of any active exploits or attacks in the wild using these techniques either," Lips said.
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ISLAMABAD: The law ministry has proposed cutting the duration of civil litigation by amending the law in such a way that the final decision in a civil suit may be passed and implemented in less than five years rather than in more than 25 years, as is the prevailing practice.
Minister for Law and Justice Dr Farogh Naseem told the press that in a recent meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan, he discussed a proposal to abolish the second round of litigation for the execution of civil suits and a bill to amend the law may be tabled in parliament soon.
According to him, in the existing civil procedure a litigant has to wait decades for a civil suit to be finalised, and it takes a similar amount of time for the decision to be implemented.
Under the existing law, a litigant files a civil suit before a civil judge whose decision is challengeable before the district and sessions judge.
Proposed amendments would abolish second round of litigation in civil suits and treat final SC order in first round as decree
The case then reaches the high court, where a single and then division bench hears the appeal. The matter ultimately reaches the Supreme Court, where the decision becomes final after the SC decides the appeal and its review petition.
After attaining finality, the successful litigant must undergo another round of litigation. The litigant goes to the clerk for the issuance of a decree, which is then produced before a civil judge. The process continues until it is again decided by the SC.
Mr Naseem safely estimated that the timeframe for the average civil suit is 20 to 25 years, but a number of cases have been pending in court for more than four decades.
He expressed the hope that if the law is amended, the litigant may see the final decision in less than five years.
While explaining the proposed amendments, he said the ministry had suggested that the second round of litigation be abolished completely and the SC’s final order in the first round be treated as the final decree.
In the first round, he added, there would be two civil judges – one for stay matters and another for trial proceedings – who will conduct simultaneous proceedings in order to prevent delays because of stay matters.
If the case is decided, the stay would lapse automatically, he said.
Instead of appealing the civil judge’s order before the district and sessions judge, the appellate forum would be the high court, where a single bench will hear the appeal and instead of an intra-court appeal, the plaintiff would then approach the SC, where the case will be finalised.
However, he said, the new law would not be applicable to the two million pending civil suits, and will be prospective.
Cases instituted after the law is promulgated may be dealt with through this ‘fast track’ method, he said, while the proceedings in the backlog would continue using the old procedure.
The minister said the backlog may be cleared under the new law after two or three years.
He also expressed the hope that parliament would approve the amendments since this is not a political matter but one related to the difficulties facing citizens.
He added that legislation was being made for the issuance of succession certificate through the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) as it is not possible for the overburdened sessions court to issue succession certificates on time.
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When you think of Rado, the first quality that comes to mind is the brand’s pioneering status in case material innovation that evolved over the past half-century at a pace unmatched by any other brand. As early as 1962, Rado introduced the legendary DiaStar, a watch with a case crafted from tungsten carbide and featuring a sapphire crystal, resulting in the industry’s first scratch-resistant watch. In 1972, it unveiled the first gold-coloured DiaStar case and in 1986 introduced the first watch bracelet in ceramic. In 1990, the brand unleashed its first fully ceramic watch, the Ceramica, and in 1993 brought cermet – a titanium-based ceramic – into the world of watchmaking. In 1998, Rado’s Ceramica became the first plasma high-tech ceramic watch. In 2002 it created the incredible V10K, the world’s hardest watch (with a surface hardness of 10,000 Vickers – equivalent to that of diamond). This was achieved by taking a watch made of a hard metal substrate and using a furnace capable of recreating the atmospheric pressure of Jupiter to coat the entire watch in synthetic diamond.
What you may not be aware of is Rado’s history in dive watches. Last year it reminded us not only of a very cool vintage dive watch that dates back to 1962, but created a highly appealing modern homage to this watch, named the 'Captain Cook'. It’s clear Rado has been following the prevailing love affair of the new generation of consumer with vintage dive watches. And it should be applauded for retaining the 1962 Captain Cook’s perfectly proportioned 37mm case size for its modern reinterpretation.
When high tech met vintage
While the new watch certainly displays touches of retro-themed fun – in particular the grey-brown dial and the luminous indexes coloured to remind us of aged tritium – the contemporary Captain Cook also comes replete with some very nice modern innovations. Case in point the high-tech ceramic bezel, which utilises the brand’s high-tech pressing process for ceramic. It also replaces the original acrylic with a highly appealing and totally scratch-resistant domed sapphire crystal. The dial is clear and highly legible and the hands – arrow-shaped for the hour, sword-shaped for the minute and arrow-tipped for the seconds – are both very cool looking and very easy to distinguish from one another in low light conditions, thanks to being luminous. The Rado anchor logo at 12 o’clock rotates when the watch is moved about, a detail that is found on all Rado automatic models and a feature that was developed to protect the brand against being copied. The movement providing power to this gem of a watch is the ETA C07.611, an automatic winding calibre that features an impressive power reserve of up to 80 hours. It also drives the watch’s signature red printed date wheel visible through the aperture located at 3 o’clock.
Because the Captain Cook does not feature a screw-down crown its water resistance is limited to 100 metres. But this is clearly enough to participate with impunity in the vast majority of casual recreational diving or any ocean-related sports like sailing or jet skiing. Perhaps most importantly, it offered all this wonderful style and dependable performance for under US$2,000, making it an incredible value proposition for a Swiss-made watch.
At the 2018 Baselworld watch fair, after professing my love for the Captain Cook to Rado CEO Matthias Breschan, we began to discuss a possible collaboration on a limited edition of this great watch. Several of the timepieces we have worked on at Revolution have attempted to enhance the already existing vintage codes of their respective watches by endowing them with an extra measure of patina. However, the standard model Captain Cook has already travelled down this vintage path with great results evidenced by its grey-brown dial and yellow-green indexes. We initially made forays into an even more “distressed” watch based on images of vintage 1962 Captain Cooks, but somehow the designs just were not appealing as they started to feel mannered.
Then we started to think about another way in which some very special watches have a tendency to age. A “ghost” bezel is one that as a result of sun and seawater and general exposure over time, turns from a solid black into a highly appealing translucent grey. In some instances, dials also exposed to these conditions turn this appealing shade of grey instead of the more usual brown. I’ve seen some Comex dive watches in particular that end up this way. And the result is a sort of hallucinatory, ethereal appearance for these watches where the bezel and dial are both a ghost-like grey.
The idea of the Rado x The Rake & Revolution Captain Cook “Ghost Captain” began to come together. What is impressive is that with Rado’s vast in-house manufacturing ability in HyperChrome, the brand was able to render the perfect shade of grey ceramic to counterpoint the grey dial. Instead of the faux-aged luminous indexes, we decided to keep the lume plots a clean white colour, which we feel offers a more appealing contrast to the prevailing grey/silver colour scheme of the watch.
In addition to that, the Rado Limited Edition “Ghost Captain” will come on a grey leather NATO-style strap and be accompanied by a second grey fabric NATO-style strap. We have also kept the price of the watch as close to that of the standard version as possible to retain its attraction as an amazing value proposition. Says Breschan: “It was great to hear how much Revolution loved the 37mm Captain Cook, which reflects the extremely strong success we’ve had with this watch. We like that the limited edition we’ve created together has a completely different look and style to the 2017 model and that it demonstrates another dimension for this icon of ours.”
150 limited edition pieces of The Rado x The Rake & Revolution Captain Cook “Ghost Captain” are available to purchase at a price of $1900. Get your piece of horological history now at TheRake.com.
Rado Captain Cook “Ghost captain” specifications:
ETA automatic-winding C07.6II; 80-hour power reserve; date at 3 o’clock.
37mm polished steel with grey high-tech ceramic insert in a steel turning bezel; box-shaped sapphire crystal; water-resistant to 100m; caseback engraved with “LIMITED EDITION REVOLUTION xxx of 150 pieces” (with consecutive numbers).
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UNESCO has recognized the potential of arts education and creativity to enhance social cohesion and to promote a culture of peace. In 1999, the Director General of UNESCO issued an appeal on arts education which stated,
at a time when family and social structures are changing, with often adverse effects on children and adolescents, the school of the 21st century must be able to anticipate the new needs by according a special place to the teaching of artistic values and subjects in order to encourage creativity, which is a distinctive attribute of the human species. Creativity is our hope.
Canadians participated actively in the first UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2006, which emphasized the value of arts education and the important role it can play in building creative capacities for the 21st century. Wishing to share the gathering's international findings, Canadian delegates identified the need for a broader national voice for arts and learning which would build on existing initiatives and promote awareness of the benefits of the arts and creativity for all Canadians. In 2008, the evolving group passed a Framework for Action at its symposium in Kingston, Ontario, and at its 2009 symposium in Toronto, the Canadian Network for Arts and Learning was formally established. In 2012 the Canadian Network for Arts and Learning achieved charitable status.
Over the past decade The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning has developed to include artists, artist-educators, teachers, arts organizations, researchers, universities and advocates across the nation, and has built a skilled staff, recruited dedicated board members, created a remarkable advisory council and engaged outstanding, celebrated Canadian champions. The Network has hosted seven profile building national conferences, launched relevant research studies, gathered valuable resources and made these easily accessible to the public. Currently The Network is constructing a digital map that will represent arts and learning across Canada.
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For starters, take into consideration your zip code. Those people in large-criminal offense areas will face higher charges. Furthermore, insurance organizations take visitors volume into account. Also, ensure that you don’t have any mishaps or promises on the report, as these will boost your rates. And finally, Understand that you need to Evaluate premiums every 6 months in order to avoid paying out over You need to. It’s also wise to consider getting a multi-coverage price reduction if you’ve more than one plan with a certain insurance company.
While credit score scores are not lawfully utilized by insurers in certain states, they’re even now crucial things to consider when evaluating vehicle insurance policy rates. In Hawaii, motorists with inadequate credit pays 168% greater than equivalent thoroughly clean motorists. In Massachusetts, significant-chance drivers fork out thirty% over thoroughly clean drivers. For brand spanking new drivers, a DUI, rushing ticket, and negative credit will enhance rates a lot more than Many others. Make sure to receive a few offers before making a decision.
The zip code you live in is A significant Think about the cost of insurance coverage. If you reside in an area with significant crime and incident prices, you’ll be able to hope to pay for far more for insurance quotes. Also, elements like targeted visitors quantity and incident history can enhance the expense of insurance policy. Most insurance coverage firms also look into a driver’s driving background to find out what fee they must demand for his or her policy. Commonly, motorists with a weak driving history pay back much more for coverage than Those people having a cleanse driving file.
Car insurance policy has risen by $fifty – $one hundred in the last five years, as wellness treatment costs have already been growing. Drivers may also be required to have uninsured and PIP insurance plan, which can be above-regular condition requirements. Several states only demand legal responsibility insurance plan, but The big apple requires drivers to carry each. These optional coverages boost the price of insurance plan, and can usually increase the overall quality. Finally, motorists should Look at their protection limits, as some procedures have a decreased bare minimum volume of protection than Other people.
In Ny, the normal person spends 2.eight percent of their profits on automobile insurance plan, which happens to be marginally greater compared to national common of two.forty per cent. Persons in their 30s, 40s, and 50s can pay a little bit fewer than the standard. The 70+ age group pays larger premiums than motorists with fewer driving experience. Those who are married pays a little higher rates, but still reduce than one people today.
In combination with reduced premiums, motorists could also get defensive driving classes. These lessons are 320 minutes in duration, and include things like discussions of driver Frame of mind and targeted visitors guidelines. Additionally they teach defensive driving strategies that could dramatically cut down the expense of coverage. They may also aid to improve their driving history, so completing a training course can lessen the cost of an auto insurance policies quote. On the other hand, in case you are Uncertain about the precise coverage you’ll need, it is possible to Verify with the Insurance coverage Details Institute.
Even though gasoline selling prices fluctuate by point out, the cost of an automobile insurance policies estimate in other states may be increased or lessen than your own personal. Some things may perhaps account for this, including The proportion of uninsured drivers, point out insurance policies laws, and the speed of theft. Also, the incidence of terrible weather conditions can adjust the cost of insurance in several states. The subsequent table displays typical automobile insurance policy premiums in several states. These estimates are based upon a comparison of state insurance necessities.
Missouri is The most affordable state for total-protection vehicle coverage, paying out just $944 below Louisiana. In addition, this point out has one among the lowest prices for each capita, and is also ranked fifth when it comes to price of living. In contrast, Texas drivers spend quite possibly the most for their vehicle insurance coverage, spending just as much as 33% of their once-a-year revenue in total. This disparity might be on account of the fact that the condition contains a significant quantity of uninsured motorists and many lawsuits.
The national ordinary for whole coverage car insurance plan is $one,771 a calendar year. The state with the most expensive coverage quality is Louisiana, using a top quality of $two,839, a 19% raise from 2020. Conversely, Maine’s typical coverage premium is just $858. This is because no-fault states have larger insurance policies rates. The cost of a car or truck insurance plan coverage in other states can vary appreciably. There are numerous elements to contemplate, which includes your state’s rules on insurance plan.
If you are trying to find substantial-danger driver auto insurance plan in the vicinity of me, you may be thinking ways to get a lower-Expense plan. Substantial-danger motorists pay higher insurance coverage rates than ordinary drivers. This is because they tend to possess additional accidents or violations on their record. Dependant upon the condition, the Restrict could possibly be a few yrs or 5 years. Sometimes, you can obtain bargains if you are taking a driver security training course.
Even though the countrywide averages for prime-risk driver car insurance plan in the vicinity of me are rather reliable, you will discover that rates fluctuate wildly from condition to condition. Some organizations regulate their premiums to different states, Therefore if you reside in a certain condition, it’s possible you’ll discover that one insurance provider offers you the most beneficial protection for your reduced cost. The most cost effective substantial-risk driver motor vehicle insurance in close proximity to me emanates from Condition Farm, which has an extended-standing track record for furnishing outstanding service.
The simplest way to find a high-threat driver vehicle insurance around me will be to enter your ZIP code and Assess quotes. The price of high-chance car or truck insurance plan in the vicinity of me can vary from state to condition, but most significant insurers supply these coverage. Some businesses concentrate on large-chance coverage, including Countrywide Typical. You might even be capable of finding a cheaper coverage if you have excellent grades and a lower-threat vehicle.
There are plenty of advantages of comparing automobile insurance policy businesses. In this post, We’re going to explore several of The most crucial options, like ratings, bargains, and customer service. Selecting the most effective coverage is essential for your safety and defense, so make an effort to check the various procedures from distinctive corporations. By the point you finish examining this article, you’ll need an notion of which insurer features the most effective protection at the lowest Price tag. Here are some ways to pick the ideal one particular to suit your needs:
To have the best rate, you need to Evaluate vehicle coverage quotations from unique businesses. Insurers use a lot of elements to determine the expense of insurance. It’s essential to determine your person demands and Review rates from various suppliers. For example, sports activities autos can Charge extra to insure than typical autos. On top of that, your locality and driving heritage might also impact the prices you are quoted. Through the use of a comparison Instrument, yow will discover the lowest level on exactly the same coverage With all the very same deductibles.
Insurance rates could vary drastically, so it really is important to understand how Every single policy functions. One of the elements that influence premiums are driving background, age, and credit rating history. You can even Review the perks that every business offers, including roadside help or accident forgiveness. Despite the fact that this might look like a frightening endeavor, it might help to check quotations from unique companies and select the appropriate 1. Outlined underneath are some tips to get you begun.
When it comes to evaluating car insurance plan organizations, you might want to start with the J.D. Ability vehicle insurance company rankings. These are generally depending on purchaser pleasure surveys that survey A huge number of vehicle insurance plan buyers nationwide. The results are compiled into numerical scores that depict the businesses’ typical consumer pleasure score. These rankings are posted yearly, and the most beneficial vehicle insurance plan providers in Every single category are awarded gold medals. But how do you know if the companies you are looking at are any good?
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Automobile insurance policies companies offer you several different discounts. Quite a few of these discount rates might not be available for All people, so it’s important to check the business Web page to make sure you qualify for that discount rates that apply to you personally. Some companies present numerous discount rates, and It’s also possible to ask your insurance coverage agent If they’re qualified for just about any certain discount. Having said that, the procedure is a snap and sometimes usually takes a lot less than one hour. Under are a few examples of possible motor vehicle insurance discount rates.
Legacy Special discounts: An auto insurance provider might offer a discount to new drivers who buy their policy through their dad and mom’ business. This discounted is mostly all-around 10 %. That is one way to thank your parents for your company over time, and it can help you save dollars on your automobile insurance policies coverage. Lots of firms give legacy reductions to young drivers, and it’s well worth examining to discover In case your insurance company provides one. It’s also possible to take a look at procedures offered by American Family, Farmers, or USAA.
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A lot of things impact the expense of automobile insurance policies discounts, together with age. Age influences your level by greater than 30 percent, and in some states, a young driver will pay Just about four periods approximately a thirty-yr-aged. Inexperience is another important element, as youthful teens are more likely to get into mishaps. By knowing what factors have an effect on your rates, you could negotiate decrease expenses for yourself. Shown below are a few of the ways in which age influences your vehicle insurance coverage.
Generally, the youthful you will be, the decreased your premiums might be. But When you are a man, age does affect the expense of automobile insurance policy. Whilst young male drivers pay a lot less than their more mature counterparts, rates for motorists within their sixties and seventies skyrocket. Statistically, males are two and also a 50 % occasions as more likely to be associated with a car or truck crash than Women of all ages, Therefore the gender hole decreases with age.(protection options)(homeowners insurance policies)
The point that a man pays a greater premium for automobile insurance policies than a lady is not fully stunning. Many Adult men make poor selections whilst driving, causing a lot more mishaps and promises. Having said that, There are several things that make Gentlemen dearer to insure. Here are several of the best explanation why. Continue reading to find more details on the most well-liked things that affect car insurance policy costs by gender. And if you are still confused, contemplate the following pointers for reducing your premiums.(car insurance coverage procedures)(auto insurance policy quotation)(motor vehicle insurance fee)
The Oregon Division of monetary Regulation has instructed automobile insurers to support consumers who Do not specify their gender. Discrimination versus non-binary men and women may be grounds for unfair discrimination prices, and insurers have to file premiums for people drivers commencing in January 2019. These prices may be better than those for male and female motorists. Assuming that they don’t seem to be extreme, Ladies can lower your expenses. Also, Don’t be concerned about the “non-binary” fee for younger drivers.(car insurance coverage assert)(hole insurance policies)(auto plan) | <urn:uuid:ea3a161c-1403-4b84-a08c-259d59fb83c1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://codesharehub.com/car-insurance-in-albany-oh/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.950616 | 7,237 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Where is Chateau de Chenonceau?
Chenonceaux is home to Chateau de Chenonceau. Chenonceaux is a walkable city well known for its great selection of restaurants. If you'd like to find things to see and do in the area, you might like to visit Zoo Parc Beauval and Mini-Chateaux Park.
Things to see and do near Chateau de Chenonceau
What to see near Chateau de Chenonceau
- Clos Lucé Castle
- Loire Valley
- Chateau de Montrichard
- Château de Montpoupon
Things to do near Chateau de Chenonceau
- Mini-Chateaux Park
- Grand Aquarium of Touraine
- Caves du Pere Auguste
- Chateau de Nitray
How to get to Chateau de Chenonceau
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Let’s face it; the first English attempts to set up a successful colony in the New World failed dismally. That first outpost of English culture, Roanoke, mysteriously disappeared. The proud little settlement of Jamestown suffered through starvation and indigenous attacks. In general, people who went to the colonies in search of a better life ended up dead, and for some odd reason this made it difficult to recruit new colonists.
Without people to work the land and expand the English dominion, the Colony of Virginia was pretty much doomed, so I suspect the directors of the Virginia Company perked up substantially when someone came up with the bright idea to use indentured servants to populate their land
The practice of indenture had been around for centuries. In essence it was a contract whereby one person voluntarily entered the service of another person for a stipulated period of time. In general, any payments for the service were paid out in arrears, which meant an indentured servant who absconded could not claim on his back pay.
The system set up in Virginia was somewhat different. Someone had to assume the cost of transporting the servant across the sea, and so rules were set in place whereby landowners in the colony could bring over servants at their own expense and receive up to 50 acres in compensation for their efforts. The indentured servant was compelled by contract to work off his debt for transportation and would at the end of his period of service receive some further compensation – plus some land. The problem with this little set up was that the need for indentured labour exceeded the demand – most people were reluctant to cross the sea to an unknown wilderness from which they might never return.
If people didn’t queue up for the fantastic opportunity of expanding their horizons at no cost but their hard toil, maybe some light coercion would help, and what better way to achieve this than by snatching people off the street and have them set their cross to a document they didn’t understand? Quite a number of people were carried overseas against their will, and once on the other side, there was very little they could do but submit to the inevitable and work off their years.
To further swell the ranks of available labour, the powers that were quickly realised that deporting people was an excellent way of delivering able bodied men to the struggling colonies while ridding the kingdom of such undesirables as protesters in general and criminals. During the first eighty years of its existence, the Colony of Virginia received regular complements of deported people, very many of whom were Scots who clung to the Scottish Kirk, refusing to kowtow to the Anglican faith.
Whether forced or voluntary, the life of an indentured servant was no walk in the park. For a woman, there was the constant risk of being raped – these were societies with a chronic shortage of women – and should she become pregnant her term of service would be extended. The men ended up in the fields, disposable beasts of burden that were often worked until they dropped.
A disobedient (or “wilful”) servant was punished – in some cases so severely as to permanently maim the servant. Trying to run away was a serious offence that could lead to beating so brutal the person in question died, and on top of this the reluctant immigrants had to cope with food shortages and unknown ailments. On average, four out of ten indentured servants died in Virginia during the seventeenth century. No wonder the colony had problems recruiting them!
Life in the colonies – both as an indentured servant and as a settler – play an important part in my series The Graham Saga. My male protagonist, Matthew Graham, is a devout Presbyterian, a veteran of the Commonwealth armies and a man who initially at least tends to see the world as black or white. (Which is why I gifted him with Alex Lind, an opinionated modern woman who had the misfortune (or not) of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, thereby being dragged three centuries back in time to land concussed and badly singed at an astounded Matthew’s feet.)
In the second instalment of The Graham Saga, Like Chaff in the Wind, Matthew is one of the unfortunates who are sold as indentured servants to Virginia. The experience leaves him scarred for life, and some aspects of his life as a slave come back to haunt him in future installments of the series. However; first things first, so below is an excerpt from Like Chaff in the Wind, giving some insight into Matthew’s experiences in Virginia. I hope you enjoy it!
Five unbearable days, and on the afternoon of the sixth day he was so tired that he accidentally upended the sled, tipping the load of tobacco plants into the dirt. Jones flew at him.
“Fool! Look at what you’ve done!”
Matthew got to his feet, an effort involving far too many protesting muscles. His shoulders were permanently on fire, the harness had left broad, bleeding sores on his skin, and no matter how he tried to use his worn shirt as padding, the sores deepened and widened, a constant, flaming pain.
“I’ll just load them back.” He bent to pick up an armful. His arms were clumsy with weariness, and it took far too long to reload the sled, with Jones an irate, vociferous spectator. Matthew leaned forward into the straps, bunching his thighs. Dear Lord! He couldn’t budge the load, the leather cutting even deeper into his lacerated skin. He tried again, and still the sled wouldn’t move. Matthew looked back across his shoulder to find Jones sitting on the sled.
“Go on,” Jones sneered, “get a move on.”
“You’re too heavy,” Matthew said, “you can walk.”
Jones raised a brow. “Of course I can. But now I want you to pull.”
Matthew felt his pulse begin to thud. Wafting curtains of red clouded his vision.
“I’m a man, aye? I’ll work as you tell me to, but you can move of your own accord, fat though you may be. I won’t be your yoked beast, I’m a man.” There was absolute silence around him, his companions staring at him with a mixture of admiration and exasperation.
Jones stood up and moved towards him. “That’s where you’re wrong, Graham. You’re no man, not here, not now. You’re a slave, a beast to be worked until you’re no use.” He looked at Matthew expectantly, his hand tightening on the handle of his crop.
Matthew knew he should back down, grovel and mumble, but inside of him the fire grew, red hot rage at the man in front of him, at his traitorous brother, and the injustice of it all.
“I told you. I’ve never done anything wrong. I’m a free man.”
Jones laughed. “Free? Then why are you still here? Why aren’t you on a ship back home?”
“You know why! I have no money.”
“And we own you, until you can pay yourself free, we own you.”
“Nay, no one owns me. I’m a free man.”
“And I tell you you’re but a slave,” Jones hissed.
Matthew punched him straight into the face, having the distinct pleasure of hearing the cartilage in Jones’ nose crack. That was really the last thing he observed clearly, then it was all hands and feet, and the sting of the leather crop. He heard Jones call men to him and Matthew had the shirt torn from his back, he was thrown face down onto the ground and then there was the snap of leather that came down time and time again on his bared skin. One of his arms was twisted up behind his back, and in his ear he heard Jones’ heavy breathing.
“So, what are you?”
“A free man,” Matthew gasped. The pressure on his arm was tearing at his tendons.
“What are you?”
Bend! Alex shrieked in his head, for God’s sake Matthew, bend. But he didn’t want to, he had to salvage some pride, and the pain in his shoulder increased to the point where he knew it would soon be dislocated.
“What are you?” Jones hissed again, throwing his considerable weight against Matthew’s trapped arm. Matthew groaned. Please! Alex cried, please, Matthew, for me. Don’t let him maim you for life, my love, please! In his fuddled state Matthew wasn’t sure if she was here for real, or if it was a hallucination, but the despair in her voice rang through his head.
“I’m a slave,” Matthew mumbled, closing his eyes so that he might still see Alex, not the red earth an inch from his nose.
“What? I didn’t hear you.”
“I’m a slave,” Matthew mumbled again.
“Say it out loud.” Jones heaved Matthew to his feet. “Look at all the men before you and say it.” To his everlasting shame, Matthew did as he was told.
“I am a slave,” he said, repeating it time and time again until Jones released him to tumble to the ground.
He lay where he had fallen, and around him he heard the sound of people moving off, leaving him to lie unaided. No one dared to touch him, lest Jones should vent his anger on them as well, and Matthew found himself staring at his hand, so close to his face. He didn’t want to move. He no longer wanted to live.
“Please let me die. Sweetest Lord, just let me die.” He closed his eyes, and in his mind he saw Hillview, he saw a wee lad running up the lane to meet him, and there she was, laughing and crying at the same time, her skirts bunched high as she flew towards him, and he knew that of course he couldn’t die. He owed it to Alex to stay alive; he owed it to himself. | <urn:uuid:3affba3a-66da-4132-b1b5-6bd8055afbec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.annabelfrage.com/2015/06/11/indentured-servants-an-alternative-to-slavery/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.985812 | 2,237 | 3.421875 | 3 |
The Everyday Astronaut will take you on a simulated trip to Mars today (May 4), just a few hours before NASA launches its latest mission toward the Red Planet.
Photographer Tim Dodd created the Everyday Astronaut persona after buying a used Russian spacesuit in an online auction in 2013. What started as a lark has become a long-running, elaborate art-and-education project that takes Dodd around the world — and now, onto your computer screen, in the new Facebook Watch series "Spacing Out with the Everyday Astronaut."
The series consists of five episodes, each of them 10 to 15 minutes long. The first one premieres today, and you can watch it on Space.com's Facebook page. (Space.com is a partner on the show, which is produced by Jupiter Entertainment and MadWest Content.)
In today's episode, Dodd rigs up a system in an attempt to experience Mars' lower gravitational pull here on Earth. You'll have to tune in to see how it goes. You can also ask Dodd all about the show in a Reddit AMA here from about 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT (1700-2000 GMT).
"Basically, a dream of mine came true. We did something I've been wanting to do for years, via weather balloons," Dodd said of the first episode. "I think that's probably my favorite one; it'll be tough to top that one."
The episode's release coincides nicely with the launch of NASA's InSight Mars lander, which is scheduled for Saturday (May 5) at 7:05 a.m. EDT (1105 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
If everything goes according to plan, InSight — which is short for "Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport" — will arrive at the Red Planet in late November. It will then begin a two-year prime mission to investigate Mars' interior structure, gathering data that should help researchers better understand how rocky planets form and evolve, NASA officials have said.
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We have invested in a CBCT scanner so that we can complete all your treatment in-house and you don’t have to make a separate journey to London for a scan.
WHAT IS CBCT?
Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is a special type of 3D x-ray equipment used to give more comprehensive information than is possible with regular 2D x-rays.
- The scan takes about ten seconds.
- It is a smaller, faster version of a CT scanner, but with a much lower dose of radiation.
- It produces 3D images of teeth, soft tissues, nerve pathways and bone.
- It allows assessment of the shape of bone well before treatment commences.
WHY DO I NEED A CBCT?
- A CBCT scan is extremely accurate and provides essential information in the case of patients being considered for dental implants, complex root-canal therapy and wisdom tooth removal.
- Allows for highly accurate planning of treatment which minimises risks, costs and recovery time.
- We can also take panoral radiographs and virtual bitewings for patients with a strong gag reflex.
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How far is Marsa Alam from El Arish?
There are several ways to calculate distances between Los Angeles and Chicago. Here are two common methods:Vincenty's formula (applied above)
- 382.585 miles
- 615.711 kilometers
- 332.457 nautical miles
Vincenty's formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points on the earth’s surface, using an ellipsoidal model of the earth.Haversine formula
- 383.835 miles
- 617.722 kilometers
- 333.543 nautical miles
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New study places Firefox at the top of vulnerability list for for the first half of 2009.
Application security vendor Cenzic today released its security trends report for the first half of 2009 application. In it, Cenzic claims that the Mozilla's Firefox browser led the field of Web browsers in terms of total vulnerabilities.
According to Cenzic, Firefox accounted for 44 percent of all browser vulnerabilities reported in the first half of 2009. In contrast, Apple's Safari had 35 percent of all reported browser vulnerability, Microsoft's Internet Explorer was third at 15 percent and Opera had just six percent share.
The 2009 figures stand in contrast to Cenzic's Q3/Q4 2008 report, where IE accounted for 43 percent of all reported Web browser vulnerabilities and Firefox followed closely at 39 percent.
As to why Firefox's numbers were so high, Cenzic has a few ideas.
"It's a combination of different things," Lars Ewe, CTO of Cenzic, told InternetNews.com. "They've gotten more traction as a browser, which is good for them and the more you get used the more exposure you have. As well a fair amount of the vulnerabilities have come by way of plug-ins."
Though Firefox had the highest number of vulnerabilities, that doesn't necessarily mean that Firefox users were more vulnerable. [...]
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Professor Maurice Samuels took the podium and sighed. “As many of you know,” he said, “this has not been an easy summer.” To me, it didn’t look like those in attendance—faculty members, elderly New Haven couples, and a few undergraduates informed of the lecture through the Directed Studies program or the Polish Club—had found their way to the Wall Street auditorium on the heels of controversy. That September afternoon in Yale University’s Whitney Humanities Center, Samuels was introducing Princeton history professor Jan Gross, who would give a lecture called “On the Periphery of the Holocaust: Killing and Plunder of Jews by their Neighbors.” Samuels’s words were a reminder of the fierce debate surrounding his program, which made the afternoon’s talk unusual among the enormous number of department-sponsored lectures on Yale’s campus.
“Professors of nineteenth-century literature like myself aren’t usually accustomed to the media spotlight,” Samuels said. “And I have to admit that I was somewhat taken aback by the vehemence of the critics I faced on both sides of the political spectrum, and before I had even done anything.”
What occurred over this past summer was, on its surface, little more than a bureaucratic shift in the Yale academic machine: the Yale Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA, pronounced “yee-suh”) was shut down and replaced almost immediately by the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism (YPSA, pronounced “yip-suh”). Acronyms change, faculty shift their affiliations with various boards and institutes: so the seasons pass in academia. “YPSA will discuss both contemporary anti-Semitism and historical anti-Semitism,” said Samuels, who had just been appointed director of the fledgling YPSA, in a June 21 statement. “Like many, I am concerned by the recent upsurge in violence against Jews around the world and YPSA will address these concerns. I also believe that we benefit a great deal by placing current events into historical context. YPSA will not refrain from exploring any controversial contemporary topic.”
This carefully worded statement wasn’t enough to stop the public from reacting with ire to the transition. Commentators accused Yale of hushing dialogue on what former YIISA director Charles Small called a “current crisis facing Jews” and focusing instead on the more politically neutral study of historical anti-Semitism. The verb “kill” occurred frequently in columns about YIISA’s closing. In Slate, in the Wall Street Journal, and in many Jewish publications, critics accused Yale of allowing leftist political sympathies to stifle scholarship exposing Muslim anti-Semitism. David Greenberg, writing for Slate in July, posed a charged question: “How did liberalism—historically the philosophy of toleration and equal rights—come to be so squeamish about confronting Jew-hatred in its contemporary forms?”
Jew-hatred. I have a very vivid memory of being six years old and worrying that a neo-Nazi was going to kill my mother. In Illinois, a lawyer named Matthew Hale was preaching white supremacy and one of his followers had shot several Jews walking to their synagogue in Chicago. So, running errands with my mom, I would cross my arms over my chest in a way that would cover up the word “Jewish” on my Jewish Community Center summer camp T-shirt—that way, the white supremacists we encountered wouldn’t know it was us they should be shooting. We never did run into one—or, if we did, my trick worked, and we survived. Around that time, the Ku Klux Klan staged a march in my home city, Pittsburgh. They were met by protests, which my mother and older siblings attended. I was not allowed to go. I was very disappointed at being denied the chance to gawk firsthand at the hooded anti-Semites: an exotic, dying species of bigot which I had so often heard about but never met.
In Hebrew school, and eventually, in public school, I learned about Hitler, Kristallnacht, the Nuremburg Laws, and Auschwitz. At 12, I watched Schindler’s List and visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. What made these history lessons different from others was their ominous refrain: It could happen again. Anti-Semitism was a disease that could appear dormant but break out when least expected, and it was our duty as Jews to be vigilant. Before the Democratic primaries for the 2004 presidential election, a Sunday school teacher told me that he would move to Israel were Joe Lieberman ’64 elected president. “If the terrorists attack again, people will blame the president, and then blame the Jews.”
He left the rest up to my imagination, but by that point I was already growing skeptical of what in my view was a kind of paranoia. For all the Holocaust films I watched, I couldn’t make the connection between Germany in 1938 and the United States in 2004. Lieberman didn’t win the primary, so my teacher’s theory was never tested, but I felt sure anyway that it was unfounded. The Klan never came back to town. I came to Yale, where, just like everywhere, some people have funny opinions about Jews, but where, just like anywhere, I have yet to meet a real anti-Semite. I thought I’d left the fear of my childhood behind for maturity and rationality. And before the events of this summer, I was used to shrugging off criticisms of the American university as a stronghold of leftist politics. So what if my history professor is a self-avowed Marxist? Where else was I going to meet one?
I was nonplussed by accusations this summer that a historically anti-Semitic university was hushing a group of academics simply because their ideas were unpalatable to the University’s liberal supporters. When editorials called for “not another Jewish dime to Yale,” I couldn’t comprehend the uproar. Why was the media so up in arms, especially when another program to study anti-Semitism was going to take YIISA’s place? As I talked to different scholars in the field, I began to think that these visceral reactions to YIISA’s closing reflected the same problematic assumptions that lay underneath the old institute’s research.
The foundation of YIISA’s scholarship was the concept of “New Antisemitism,” which scholars define as the latest incarnation of an ancient prejudice which focuses primarily on demonization of the State of Israel. Alvin Rosenfeld, director of the Institute for the Contemporary Study of Anti-Semitism at Indiana University, Bloomington, traced for me the historical evolution of anti-Semitism, from the religious anti-Semitism that accused Jews of Christ’s death, to the racial anti-Semitism that laid the groundwork for the Holocaust, to the modern political anti-Semitism targeting Israel.
“The fact is that we are living in a time when there is much too much hostility to Jews and the Jewish state,” Rosenfeld told me. “And by the latter I don’t mean criticism of Israeli policies that someone might object to on legitimate grounds, but the need to call into question the legitimacy of the state and its future. When [Israel’s critics] use Nazi language to compare the state of Israel to the Third Reich, or South African language to compare the State of Israel to apartheid South Africa, that is something else, and I have no problem calling that something else anti-Semitic.”
Rosenfeld referred me to a working definition of anti-Semitism accepted by the European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia. The definition, which is used by the Indiana institute and appeared in a 2008 Congressional report on global anti-Semitism, provides examples of anti-Zionist rhetoric which is also anti-Semitic: “Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination… by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor” and “Applying double standards by requiring of [Israel] a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.”
I can see where Rosenfeld is coming from. What is going on in the Palestinian Territories, for all of its ugliness, is not equivalent to the Nazi Holocaust. Making that comparison is alienating and unproductive. I feel queasy when a friend dismissively asks, “You’re not doing that Birthright thing, are you?” I imagine that many Jews, both my age and older, and of all political persuasions, also suspect that anti-Zionism stems from a particularly sticky form of anti-Semitism. But intellectually, I know the issue is sometimes more complicated. Those entrusted with studying anti-Semitism should think deeply about these complexities. My major issue with scholarship on New Antisemitism, of which YIISA was a prime example, is its insistence that large swathes of potentially useful or revealing ideas are anti-Semitic and therefore deserve no serious discussion in academia.
Take, for example, the South Africa-inspired strategy of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel as a means of ending the occupation of the Palestinian Territories. Critically analyzing the BDS movement instead of dismissing it immediately as anti-Semitic would be alarming to many scholars who subscribe to the doctrine of New Antisemitism, because it compares Israel to a historically racist state. In a 2006 paper for the American Jewish Committee, Alvin Rosenfeld wrote that “progressive” Jews who promote discussion of the BDS movement are “profoundly wrong. Such thinking is also harmful in its likely effects, for in calling into question Israel’s legitimacy and moral standing, it abets the views of those who demand an end to Jewish national existence altogether and lends a coveted aura of Jewish support to the advancement of this eliminationist goal.”
Rosenfeld avoids exploring the premises of the movement he criticizes. Similarly, I wouldn’t have dared to discuss the reasoning behind Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions in my Hebrew school classroom. But Yale is not a Hebrew school classroom. Dogmatic restrictions on studying anti-Semitism put seriously considering the reasons for anti-Zionism on the same moral level as crediting the claims of Holocaust deniers. The truth is that the failure to distinguish between the two also makes me queasy.
Yaman Salahi, a soft-spoken third-year law student, contributed an op-ed to the News last fall criticizing the old YIISA before its closure. Instead of attempting to place anti-Semitism in the context of other forms of hatred, Salahi wrote, speakers at a YIISA conference focused conspicuously on Muslim and Arab anti-Semitism. Scholarship at YIISA, Salahi told me, reflected “a body of knowledge out there which is saying: ‘O.K., who is criticizing Israel right now? Let’s find out how to make them anti-Semitic.” This dogma was what led to the closing of YIISA: its research was sometimes unscholarly, its speakers oftentimes uncritically pro-Israel in their rhetoric, and the institution itself ultimately undesirable at Yale.
Wondering about the possibility of alternatives to New Antisemitism, I got in touch with Jonathan Judaken, an anti-Semitism scholar at Rhodes College in Memphis. In an email, Judaken stressed that the academy should not shy away from politically charged scholarship, as long as the research being produced is innovative. If controversial and opinionated scholars “have insights that challenge conventions not already an important part of the public debate,” he wrote, “then either perspective should be voiced in the academy. There is no better site in our culture for voicing the most difficult or dangerous ideas because the academy actually has tools and criteria for judging such issues.” Difficult and dangerous ideas might include not only questioning specific Israeli policies, but also the fundamental doctrines that underlie them—even if this means doing away with the restrictions of the New Antisemitism school.
I don’t think it’s controversial to say that all scholars of anti-Semitism think it is a problem that a small American child fears for his Jewish life at the end of the twentieth century, whether they call the problem New Antisemitism or something else. But the greatest challenge of researching anti-Semitism is not labeling and cataloguing offensive acts but asking the essential question: “Why does man hate?” It is a frustrating question, partly because it has no definitive or universal answer, and partly because it’s hard to see how any answer could stop Iranian newspapers from publishing hateful cartoons or untangle the knot in my stomach I feel when my friends criticize Israel. Academic research, no matter how contrarian, can feel inadequate when there are so many problems in the world that require tangible solutions. It can be frustrating to hear a professor such as Samuels suggest that scholarship must take care not to cross the line into activism. “Scholars can help define anti-Semitism; they can map its contours; they can explain its manifestations,” Samuels, YPSA’s embattled figurehead, told me. “This is not to say that scholars cannot have opinions, or take sides on issues. But the work of the scholar is different from the work of the advocate.”
Both Rosenfeld and Judaken will be coming to Yale this year to speak at YPSA events. Rosenfeld’s lecture is titled “Sources of the ‘New Antisemitism’” and Judaken will talk about “Theorizing the Study of Antisemitism.” No theory about anti-Semitism or the state of Israel will ever be politically neutral, but from the list of speakers and their lecture topics, I can surmise that the range of views expressed at YPSA will be wider than that of its predecessor, and I feel that YPSA is in good hands. My hope that its scholars do take an activist stance, though not in support of or opposition to any nation-state. Instead, I’d like to see YPSA advocate and be a model for a more open and heterogenous academy, where scholars argue new ideas in front of a critical audience instead of preaching established theories to a complacent choir. As easy at it is to ignore Yale’s seemingly esoteric academic turmoil, as students we are right in the middle of it. It’s hard to say which ideas will make their way out of the ivory tower, where we are safe to appreciate their complexity, but we can’t wait until they enter the world of politics and sound bites to start paying attention. | <urn:uuid:f5e62440-956b-4c69-a413-7cf5613389e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thenewjournalatyale.com/2011/10/working-definition/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.96397 | 3,125 | 1.625 | 2 |
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Protection of the environment is a great issue of concern for all modern day professionals. Excavation-related activities during the construction of a building often have a negative impact on the environment. This creates the need for increased awareness on how to minimize the negative effects of such activities.
Therefore, general contractors need to be familiar with the basics of environmental good practice for excavation-related activities. Discussed below are a few ways through which a general contractor can ensure minimal damage to the environment as a result of excavation.
Re-Use Of Excavated Soil And Rock From The Site
Re-using excavated soil and rock from a construction site is one of the best ways to reduce the negative impact of excavation. Excavated materials can be put to alternative use on-site or off-site. Excavated soil and rock can be re-used in the construction of driveways within the building site. It is cheaper to re-use excavated soil on-site because there are no costs to be incurred for transportation of the soil.
Similarly, the excavated materials can also be re-used off-site on major infrastructure projects such as road construction. Re-using excavated soil and rock off-site is an especially good idea for general contractors who are handling multiple projects at the same time.
Re-using excavated soil and rock helps to reduce the environmental impact by reducing the likelihood of surface run-off in the event of heavy rains.
Reducing The Production Of Dust
Excavation of land can pollute the environment through the release of dust particles into the atmosphere. Production of dust during excavation can be minimized by 'damping down'. This refers to the process of applying a fine spray of water to the soil before commencing site excavation.
It is important for general contractors to know that they may be forced to use chemical additives to achieve the same effect on construction sites where repeated application of water may not be environmentally acceptable. Magnesium chloride is a good example of chemical additives that can be used in such a situation.
Dealing With Harmful Emissions And Odours
General contractors also need to prevent air pollution that may result from the production of harmful emissions and odours. These emissions often emanate from the use of poorly maintained excavation equipment, site toilets and fire outbreaks on-site.
Reducing the production of harmful emissions therefore requires a general contractor to ensure that they use properly maintained and serviced excavation equipment. This is especially important for contractors who hire such equipment from an excavator hire or equipment rental agency. Contractors should also ensure that site toilets are positioned as far as possible from public areas.
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25 September 1854–24 August 1943 (Age 88)
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
When Ann Hazen was born on 25 September 1854, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Hazen, was 22 and her mother, Mary Ann Bainbridge, was 25. She married Andrew Wood Cooley on 14 February 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1865 and lived in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900 and Newton, Cache, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 24 August 1943, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
Ann Hazen was a baby when she left England to immigrate to Utah with her parents, Robert and Mary Ann Hazen. After crossing the Atlantic Ocean they lived for a few years in the East and the Midwest w …
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14B.4 Sticks – sticks too long for floorball
Comments about this discussion:
In section 14B.4 about sticks we say that sticks need to be allowed for either ice hockey or floorball without defining this further. Floorball has a limitation on the length of the stick which doesn't really make sense for us and often people can either extend their stick or buy a longer shaft anyways.
I suggest we add wording such as "there's no limitation on the length of sticks used" or similar. In cases where people make their own modifications we could add wording indicating that that must be done in a safe manner.
I haven't seen anything to suggest there would be any more danger in playing with the longer floorball sticks (which are still shorter than ice hockey sticks) but there may be edge cases. In any case the purpose of this change is simply to update the rules to reflect how we currently interpret them rather than changing something fundamental about the game :)
Ice hockey sticks have as well a limitation on the length (but they are pretty longer). A couple of years ago the rulebook committee allowed in addition to the heave and long ice hockey stick to use the light weight, short and easier stick handling floorball stick.
Its up to the player which kind of stick he likes to use.
Why doesn't make it sense for you? I remember UNICON 2016 the Team "Danish Dynamate" with Magnus became B-Champion out of over 30 teams, all played first time with floorball sticks on UNICON. For me is this an indication that with an easier to handle shorter floorball stick it might be already an advantage to play with.
Yeah, in Denmark we use floorball sticks. The issue here is that defining the rules are deferred to the rules of two other sports: floorball and ice hockey. The issue is specifically is that the floorball rules specify limitations on the length of the floorball sticks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floorball#Equipment). There are reasons why these limitations exist in floorball but those reasons don't apply for unicycle hockey. Most people play who play with floorball sticks play with either the longest available floorball stick length or one that's longer (and thus would not be allowed in a floorball competition).
I suggest we add language that the length (and weight restrictions) of floorball sticks don't apply in unicycle hockey, since that's how the rule is being interpreted right now.
Floorball sticks can have a cupped blade which enables moves not possible with straight sticks. Airhook and Zorro movements are possible because of a cupped blade and cupped blades are illegal on ice hockey sticks.
Example of what a cupped blade can do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6qikiV4-Fw
In my opinion the cupped blade gives an advantage not received with a hockey stick. For that reason I am quite happy with the disadvantage of having a shorter stick.
Granted I am biased as I don't really like floorball sticks in hockey I accept it because it means more people get to play. But I do think we need to go off the other games rules for eligible sticks as it means we don't need 40 pages dedicated to what is a regulation stick.
For what it's worth I have never seen anyone do airhook movements in unicycle hockey, so while it may be possible it's not a part of the regular game. Whenever I (or other players) have tried making such moves we've quickly gotten into problems with high sticks, something I don't think changes when the stick is longer. Another thing is that floorball sticks typically are softer, so as the stick length increases it's better to use ice hockey sticks.
I've brought this up because this is a rule that's rarely if ever enforced as written – we've never had our floor ball sticks measured even if they technically should be.
I see a couple of options here:
1) Add a note that there's length restrictions for floorball sticks and make sure someone measures them in cases of doubt (to fully adopt the floorball rules)
2) Add a note that height and weight restrictions for floorball sticks don't apply to unicycle hockey
I prefer the latter since that's formalizing how the rule has been used until now. Otherwise the next unicon hockey committee should make sure to send out communication that the rule will be interpreted in a different way at the next unicon so people have time to get different sticks.
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As a child, there was nothing I liked better than swashbuckling movies about Robin Hood and his Merry Men who lived in England’s Sherwood Forest. I had a special reason. One of his favourite lieutenants was Little John…a seven-foot giant who had a way with a longstaff. My last name comes from Scotland not England, and it is spelled as one word, plus my family is not known for its towering stature. Still, I felt a strong kinship to the big guy who scooped Robin out of danger so many times. When an opportunity came up to visit Nottinghamshire recently, I grabbed it.
For most of us who know the stories, Robin Hood is a man of legend. According to historic-uk.com, documents in the British Museum state he was a real person – born in 1160 in Lockersley, South Yorkshire. He became a hero to the downtrodden when he and his Merry Men started robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. Robin’s love was Maid Marion and his arch enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham, who enforced King John’s laws that punished common folk who hunted deer for food in the royal forests. As Robin foiled many of the sheriff’s plans to capture him, his reputation grew among the local people.
Entering the leafy kingdom of Sherwood Forest, just north of Nottingham, I felt like I was like stepping back in time. “The forest once covered a third of the county. Now we have 450 hectares,” explained Sally Granger, the site’s visitor experience manager. Sitting in the café of the forest’s new Visitor’s Centre, we sipped tea and discussed the heroic outlaw.
In the gift shop, I got into the spirit and bought a green felt cap, complete with red feather, just like Robin wore. I wasn’t alone, numerous 10-year-olds were milling about in the same garb. Noshing on a grilled cheese sandwich, I listened as Sally fed me with facts. “We have 997 ancient oaks and most are more than 400 years old. Half of them are dead but they are still valuable for research.” My big question, was the Major Oak where Robin and his men gathered, still alive? My heart leapt when she smiled. “Yes! The Major Oak is 28 meters across, weights 90 tons and is 800-1100 years old.” A total of 11 people are needed to hug the grand old tree, which is hollow inside. “In the stories, Robin hid from the sheriff inside the tree. Later, the Victorians had tea parties in there,” said Sally.
My excitement mounted as we followed the trail and got closer. The trail was filled with children, and some adults, decked out in their green caps, carrying toy bows and arrows. Finally, we rounded the corner and the magnificent tree was before us. Multiple branches were propped up with wooden staffs and I could see the entrance to Robin’s hollow hiding place. I leaned against the fence around the tree and spent a few quiet moments, visualizing lithe men in tunics blending in with the forest as an angry sheriff came crashing by on his horse. Sally then led me down the Path of Giants. Gnarly and massive, the trees looked like Middle-earth Ents from a Lord of the Rings movie. I had never seen so many Goliaths allowed to stand, long after insects had descended upon their insides. “It takes an oak tree 300 years to grow, 300 to stand and 300 to die,” explained Sally, noting that the forest was a National Nature Reserve and all its flora and fauna were protected and studied by scientists. Red storks, nightjars, wood larks, woodpeckers, spotted flycatchers, rabbits, badgers and deer were just some of the creatures that made their homes there.
Robin and Maid Marion were said to be married in the village of Edinstowe, a 10-minute drive away. We made our way directly to St. Mary’s Church where we met Greg Abbott, a local historian dressed in period rig, complete with bow and arrows. “Robin Hood was an archer. In those days they could shoot 15 arrows a minute at a 200-yard target. When the locals walked through Sherwood Forest, they would make sure to take the string off their bow and tuck it under their hats so they wouldn’t get charged with poaching on the king’s land,” he explained. Even though there is no official evidence that the couple were married here, Greg said the ancient church was likely on this site in Robin’s time – in the forest that was his home.
That night, my husband and I stayed in a cedar bungalow in the heart of Sherwood Forest. The Sherwood Hideaway offered 22 luxury accommodations in a woodland setting. Our unit had two bedrooms, kitchen, laundry, hot tub and a wood-burning stove. The perfect place to unwind. Dinner was at a nearby pub called the Fox & Hounds. Family owned, the establishment had an excellent menu – I dug into a delicious plate of sea bream wrapped in bacon, while my husband enjoyed a savoury meat pie.
The next day we headed to Creswell Crags, a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves that featured the United Kingdom’s only Ice Age rock art. Plus, there was a cave where Robin and his men may have hidden, evading the sheriff.
The biggest thrill of this pilgrimage was our visit to Hathersage. We drove through the haunting moors and came to the St. Michael and All Angels’ Church. Exploring the graveyard, I came to a little sign pointing to a very long grave. Local lore says that in the years after Robin’s death (betrayed and killed by his aunt) a seven-foot-tall man came to live in the village. When he died he was buried in this churchyard. Nobody can be sure it was Robin’s big friend, but my guiding sense of magical realism said it was.
Our final night on the Robin Hood trail was in the city of Nottingham. We checked into the centrally located and refurbished St. James Hotel, just across the street from Nottingham Castle. The 1,000-year-old castle was closed for upgrading, so we went for dinner at the Hockley Arts Club, a local hipster hangout. After, we nipped over to Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, a pub that claims to have been around since 1189 and was a stop for crusaders before they traveled to the Holy Land.
Filled with nooks, crannies and rooms carved from rock, it was just the place to reflect on our own pilgrimage. I felt that Robin Hood and Little John had been real men, but what of the tales associated with them? Were they wildly embellished? Maybe, but I didn’t care. This was a journey of the imagination – one I’d never forget. The thrill of seeing my surname interlaced with such timeless heroes of the forest will stay with me forever.
WHERE TO STAY
- The Sherwood Hideaway, Newark Upon Trent,
- The St. James Hotel, Nottingham: stjames-hotel.com
WHERE TO EAT & DRINK
- Fox and Hounds, Nottinghamshire: foxblidworth.co.uk
- Hockley Arts Club, Nottingham: thehockleyartsclub.com
- Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, Nottingham: greeneking-pubs.co.uk
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We continue to see hundreds of walkers on the path past and into the overlook. Many are visiting Carpinteria and have lots of questions about the seals. Please consider volunteering to help out! Its a beautiful place to spend a couple of hours.
Harbor seal protection: The federal Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibits harassing or disturbing marine mammals in the wild. Disturbance refers to acts that have the potential to disturb a marine mammal in the wild by disrupting behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to, migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering. Harbor seals need rest on the beach, but they are relatively defenseless on land and flee promptly from threats This law provides substantial fine or imprisonment for violations.
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Why did we launch Phonics Worksheets?
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Sep 2, 2021
Are America’s schools becoming too political?
FIRE’s Director of High School Programs argues, “Yes.” Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder is an educator with over 20 years of experience, and she’s worried by what she sees.
Amidst controversies surrounding so-called critical race theory, school walkouts, and standardized tests, Snyder increasingly hears reports of children “being indoctrinated, bullied, and harassed by their fellow students and teachers for not falling into line on various topics.”
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Oct 29, 2019 · Here I'll show you the basic characters behind the code. The premise behind the conversion process is to take the inputted text and convert it to it's ASCII equivalent and then into it's Binary equivalent. Of course we just do the reverse when going from Binary to Text. Here is the listing of ASCII characters and the Binary equivalent: Text.. "/>
View the translation, definition, meaning, transcription and examples for «Binary digits», learn synonyms, antonyms, and listen to the pronunciation for «Binary digits ... binary alphabet -. 6-Color Binary Alphabet. The 6-Color Binary Alphabet was invented by David Kelley as an alternative alphabet for English using different binary combinations of six different colours. Notable features. Type of script: alphabet; Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines; Used to write: English; The 6-Color Binary Alphabet. Sample texts. While working with binary may initially seem confusing, understanding that each binary place value represents 2 n, just as each decimal place represents 10 n, should help clarify.Take the number 8 for example. In the decimal number system, 8 is positioned in the first decimal place left of the decimal point, signifying the 10 0 place. Essentially this means:. blue iris hls stream
Browse 1,660 binary code alphabet stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Pixel game font. Retro games text, 90s gaming alphabet and 8 bit computer graphic letters vector set binary code alphabet stock illustrations. Pixel game font. Binary decoder: Online binary to text translator. Computers store instructions, texts and characters as binary data. All Unicode characters can be represented soly by UTF-8 encoded ones and zeros (binary numbers). Find out what your data looks like on the disk. NATO alphabet Trifid cipher Caesar cipher decoder. Seat the sender and receiver at the table, and give the receiver an identical piece of 10 x 10 grid paper. The sender will “read” the message to the receiver, one line at a time. If the square is filled, he/she should say “one.”. If the square is empty, he/she should say “zero.”. The receiver will fill in a square when they hear.
The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the Norwegian language. Below is a table showing the Norwegian alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word. Norwegian Alphabet. English Sound. Pronunciation Example. A (a) a. Here I'll show you the basic characters behind the code. The premise behind the conversion process is to take the inputted text and convert it to it's ASCII equivalent and then into it's Binary equivalent. Of course we just do the reverse when going from Binary to Text. Here is the listing of ASCII characters and the Binary equivalent: Text. Binary code is a simple, effective way to talk to machines (computer hardware for example) because with electricity, it's either on or off. Our cell phones, computers, and other digital equipment use a 256-letter alphabet if they are based in the English language.
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Text to Binary is very unique tool to convert Text to binary code (0 and 1). This tool saves your time and helps to convert text data to binary with ease. Convert Words to Binary allows loading the Text URL, which loads Text and converts to Binary number. Click on the URL button, Enter URL and Submit. Users can also convert Text File to Binary. Feb 11, 2021 - Explore Ang Bishop's board "Binary Alphabet.", followed by 102 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about binary, alphabet, coding.. ascii binaryalphabet 1001110 1010000 1010001 1010010 1010011 1010100 1010101 1010110 1010111 1010111 1011001 1011010 a 1000001 b c 1000011 d 1000100.
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ASCII characters are characters whose code points range from 0x00 to 0x7F.So, to encode any ASCII character in binary, we need at least 7 bits. In practice, an 8th bit is added and used as a parity bit to detect transmission errors. However, these 8 bits (1 byte) also allow us to represent a greater range of characters: those with code points in the range from 0x00 to 0xFF - also known as. Apr 16, 2020 · Hours: 10am - 5pm WED - SUN. Phone: 541-482-6767. Email: [email protected] Mail: 1500 E. Main St., Ashland OR 97520. Start studying BinaryAlphabet. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Here I'll show you the basic characters behind the code. The premise behind the conversion process is to take the inputted text and convert it to it's ASCII equivalent and then into it's Binary equivalent. Of course we just do the reverse when going from Binary to Text. Here is the listing of ASCII characters and the Binary equivalent: Text. being a different letter of the binary alphabet. A 01000001 B 01000010 C 01000011 D 01000100 E 01000101 F 01000110 G 01000111 H 01001000 I 01001001 J 01001010 K 01001011 L 01001100 M 01001101 N 01001110 O 01001111 P 01010000 Q 01010001 R 01010010 S 01010011 T 01010100 U 01010101 V 01010110 W 01010111 X 01011000 Y 01011001 Z 01011010 a 01100001 .... Users can also convert Text File to Binary by uploading the file. Nov 07, 2018 · The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when an individual, ... 2021 · This panel not only indicates the font name and size, it also shows the font’s alphabet and its color (as a hex value).
Binary decoder: Online binary to text translator. Computers store instructions, texts and characters as binary data. All Unicode characters can be represented soly by UTF-8 encoded ones and zeros (binary numbers). Find out what your data looks like on the disk. NATO alphabet Trifid cipher Caesar cipher decoder. Binary ascii characters table, special characters codes. Binary Ascii Characters Table. Binary ascii characters table, special characters codes. Facebook Twitter. Char Ascii Binary! chr(33) 00100001 " chr(34) 00100010 # chr(35) 00100011 $ chr(36) 00100100 % chr(37) 00100101 & chr(38) 00100110 ' chr(39) 00100111 (chr(40). Browse 157 alphabet in binary stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. matrix rain of japanese katakana - alphabet in binary stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images. Illustration of HD 189733 b, an exoplanet in the V452 Vulpeculae binary star system, created on July 24, 2021.
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The binary search tree is an advanced algorithm used for analyzing the node, its left and right branches, which are modeled in a tree structure and returning the value. The BST is devised on the architecture of a basic binary search algorithm; hence it enables faster lookups, insertions, and removals of nodes. This makes the program really fast. First of all, you need to enter the binary code in the first input box. There are three ways to enter data. You can upload the binary code file that you want to convert. Paste or write code in input area. Drag and drop your file in input box. So, you can. Binary numbers are added from the right to the left. Very simple rules are used : 0+0 = 0 1+0 = 1 0+1 = 1 1+1 = 0 and the 1 is carried to the next column. When adding in any previous carry there may be 3 binary digits to add on, eg 1+1+1 = 1 and the 1.
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By Eetta Prince-Gibson September 03, 2021. As part of her capstone project at her Tel Aviv-area college, graphic artist Michal Shomer revamped the Hebrew alphabet — adding a dozen new letters to. This stands for the uppercase alphabet "A" in ASCII text, you can verify from ASCII Table and with the Binary Code Translator. What does binary number 01100001 mean in English Text (ASCII)? This stands for the lowercase letter "a" in ASCII text, Use conversion tool given at start to verify the number or use the ASCII Table. The better you pronounce a letter in a word, the more understood you will be in speaking the Norwegian language. Below is a table showing the Norwegian alphabet and how it is pronounced in English, and finally examples of how those letters would sound if you place them in a word. Norwegian Alphabet. English Sound. Pronunciation Example. A (a) a.
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Mental Health Facts
Adolescents’ developing brains, coupled with hormonal changes, make them more prone to depression and other mental health disorders. Approximately 20% of adolescents have a diagnosable mental health disorder and between 500,000 and one million young people aged 15 to 24 attempt suicide each year.
- Between 50% and 75% of adolescents with anxiety disorders and impulse control disorders (such as conduct disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) develop these during adolescence.
- An estimated 67% to 70% of youth in the juvenile justice system have a diagnosable mental health disorder.
- Existing mental health problems become increasingly complex and intense as children transition into adolescence.
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The term “dark web” refers to internet content that is encrypted and not indexed by standard search engines. Specific browsers, such as TOR Browser, are required to access the dark web. When opposed to ordinary websites, the dark web provides a tremendous deal of privacy and anonymity.
Did you know that a large portion of the internet is hidden from the average user? This darkweb is made up of websites and services that are intentionally difficult to access, often for nefarious reasons. But what is this darkweb all about, and how can you use it safely? In this article, we’ll explore everything you need to know about the darkweb. We’ll cover how to access it, what kind of content is available, and how to stay safe while using it. So keep reading to learn more!
As a business owner, it’s important to be aware of what’s happening on the DarkWeb. This is the part of the internet that isn’t indexed by search engines and is often used for illicit activities. By monitoring and scanning the DarkWeb, you can stay ahead of any threats and protect your business.
I’m sure by now you’ve heard about the several massive data breaches that happened in the last 12 months. If not, where have you been? Anyway, if your company’s data was found on the DarkWeb, don’t panic. There are things you can do to protect yourself and your customers.
How to Check if Your Data is on the Dark Web
Your banking, social media, and email accounts, as well as your Social Security number, may be sold on the dark web. Try scanning the dark web to check if any of your data is there. You can also use a dark web monitoring service. These tools alert you when they find your data.
What You Can Do If Your Business Data Is Found On The Darkweb?
Unfortunately, there’s little you can do to get your information off the dark web once it’s there. However, you may improve the security of your personal data to ensure that anyone who has access to it will not pose a threat to you.
Identify What Type of Data Was Found On The Darkweb
The type of information discovered will determine how you continue. If it was a credit card number or something related to your bank, immediately freeze your cards and accounts and contact your bank to find out what steps to take next.
If it was your driver’s license, make an appointment with your local DMV to receive a replacement. Report it to the US State Department if it was your passport number. Contact the Social Security Administration if you have a leaked Social Security number.
If your email address was compromised, you should reset the passwords for all accounts associated with it. You may begin to notice spoof emails as well. Notify your email service provider right away.
Virus-check Your Computer
If a hacker obtained your information via the dark web, it’s probable that they’ve already breached your security. Check your computer, smartphone, and other devices with operating systems with antivirus software.
All Passwords Should Be Changed
If your email address was revealed, resetting your password is necessary. Even if it wasn’t your email address that was exposed on the dark web, you should reset passwords for as many of your accounts as possible, especially those where payment information is stored.
Why should you monitor your company and personal data on the dark web?
Dark web monitoring is the technique of searching for and tracking personal data on an area of the internet not normally accessible. If your Social Security number or other identifying information is stolen, it may be sold on the dark web to someone looking to commit fraud. Dark web monitoring can help you secure your identity and thus your finances.
Hundreds of thousands of websites are scanned every day by dark web monitoring services for personal information that hackers can use to steal your identity. Social Security numbers, email addresses, passport numbers, medical identification numbers, bank account numbers, phone numbers, driver’s license numbers, credit/debit cards, retail/membership cards, and other personal information may be included.
Proactive Monitoring Can Help Reduce Your Risk
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I can’t remember any conference which I attended in the last few years where at least in one major speech the subject of complexity was not prominently addressed. There is no longer any discussion on the future of society, economy, finances, education or science in which the contributors do not admit that the interrelationships and dependencies have developed towards a size, a level of opacity and multi-dimensionality which can only be characterized as complex – not just complicated. Being complicated is not being complex; it means that a certain effort is needed to solve a problem, but it is manageable anyway. Not so a complex problem.
Everybody knows what complexity is because everybody has a subjective or a professional interpretation and a way of coping with it. For example, a mathematician aims to find formulas describing phenomena that have proven hard to capture, such as changes in weather or financial markets. The interest of a technician is to learn how to master a huge and virtually impossible to understand machinery or facility. A medical doctor is hardly in a position to consider all factors which are relevant in a disease which is new or not yet curable. A psychologist or a cognition scientist may wonder how people take decisions in situations in which they do not have all data and facts needed and may be irritated. At the “lower end” of obfuscations, computer scientists do research on the complexity of algorithms, and, at the “upper end” they are confronted in understanding the complexity of large system, the largest being the Internet. And finally, sociologists seem to have surrendered in interpreting how society in its rapid development can be explained.
There is no question that in such a situation, where large parts of society no longer understand in a logical sense what is happening in politics, economy and science tend to adopt esoteric models of explanations communicated by some self nominated Messiahs, most often consultants who want to make us believe that complexity can be reduced, as though factual complexity could be spirited away. In the best case we may admit that there exist “recipes for thinking” about how such hydra can be fought. At least, we may acquire the courage to fight against it.
On the other side there exist options in terms of research institutes and researchers on world scale who take up the challenge to study and to resolve complexity, as are the Santa Fé Institute in New Mexico, the IIASA Institute near Vienna, Austria, the COSY research group of Stefan Thurner in Vienna or the department for foresight research at the Austrian Institute of Technology. Their intellectual foundation can be found in the constructivist school of thinking. As an individual researcher and laborious worker, consider John Casti, living as well in Vienna, who was doing research in several of the above mentioned institutes and who wrote several books on the subject of complexity. All these experts are quite engaged; however, within the large community of scientists they are represented only in subcritical numbers. One of those colleagues in the domain of complexity research told me that for his scientific career he has to work during the day in a classical discipline (say, physics) and in the evenings he invests in the still little-respected discipline of complexity science.
As a veteran of many years in science management it is clear to me that a full generation and several failed existences of scientists are needed until a new direction becomes accepted, the benefit of which cannot be immediately recognized. Nevertheless, I cannot understand that a discipline to be called “complexity research” and the resulting knowledge body about complexity and its mastering still has not yet been introduced in universities, given that everybody perceives that the problems at hand, i.e. the Grand Challenges, by their nature are complex. This holds especially for all the different aspects of securing our future living conditions, e.g. climate, demography, diseases, finance, etc. It is even worse: the ignorance of methodologies for coping with complexity seduces one into taking decisions too often with catastrophic consequences, which, in retrospect, we must wonder how naive and with how little analytical competence the authorized decision makers have acted. There exist many such examples – think of Chernobyl or of the current catastrophes in the financial sphere – which seem to hit us like unpredicted meteors.
More and more citizens are starting to see that those owning the power and sitting in the governments evidently are not as much in the know as they make us believe. Polls made recently e.g. in the Austrian Parliament finding out about competences of the MPs in the field of financial politics disclosed concussive results. And this is not a singular case. We must recognize that even highly respected personalities in world politics lack the know-how in the kinds of complex matters they are engaged to resolve.
In general I think that the reason for such non-understanding has its roots in the still predominant paradigm of the past which makes us believe that mankind is challenged “to subdue the earth” and that this is doable somehow with deterministic thinking. Albert Einstein, who himself was convinced of the rational and logical foundations of the world, was intelligent enough to state that problems cannot be solved with the methods which have produced them. In a metaphoric (!) sense, this conforms to Kurt Goedel’s discovery, which tells us that within a formal system of mathematics there may exist mathematical problems which cannot be decided if they can be solved within that system. Thus, the paradigm which limits our potential in understanding complexity results from the enlightenment of 250 years ago. So far its “laws” were helpful and produced the whole body of knowledge on which our modern society and technologies relies. However, the example of not understanding complexity demonstrates that we need new foundations of thinking. This is being achieved in science – an excellent example is quantum physics – but certainly not yet in everyday life.
In my own environment so far I could identify one new direction in founding a new paradigmatic basis that is helpful in dealing with complexity. The “ideological” precondition, which makes us humble in our expectations, resumes from the discussion on constructivism. It tells us that in the end we only can master what we can understand, i.e. what we can explain, being founded on scientifically sound insights. We may not believe that beyond our own competences and capacities there exist absolute and objective truths, which at the end of time will solve all our problems anyway. The only way to cope with (and, if you want to) “master” complexity is to behave in a competent and educated way versus complex situations which means, not to lose one’s head or even to panic. The future, which is always a complex animal, cannot be foreseen, but what we can do is to participate actively in its design, and that is mainly what constructivism tells us.
What is the practical consequence? Besides the formal accreditation of “complexity research” as an official meta- and trans-disciplinary art, its methods and insights have to become part of any program in research and education. As science history proves with respect to new scientific directions in economy, psychology or constructivism, a place like Austria always has been a fertile ground to let such new disciplines grow. We have sufficiently many scientists who are able to found and to grow research groups in this field. There is an intensive need for results from “complexity science” in politics and management, mainly in domains of financial business, environmental regulation, infrastructure development / operation, social organizations, etc., etc., etc.
A new enlightenment movement will emerge through the employment of ever higher levels of understanding in trans- and meta-disciplines, such as a science of complexity.
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The Kashmir valley is known for its picturesque hills, glaciers and green Felds. However, the lives of local inhabitants is fraught with daunting hardship every day. Situated at 5600 sq ft above sea level makes the availability of potable water scarce, forcing locals to toil for hours to meet their daily water needs. The freezing temperatures during winter makes it harder for women as they may have to walk even longer in search of water. Moreover, the erratic electric supply makes it extremely challenging to get water using electric motor pumps. Getting water manually through hand pumps can be physically draining. The task at hand is to create an effcient water supply mechanism without relying on the state's electricity grid.
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Anti-terrorist barriers have been erected at Birmingham's Christmas market.
Giant concrete bollards were seen being installed in Colmore Row and Bennetts Hill to stop vehicles travelling towards New Street.
It is believed that the bollards were installed to safeguard the estimated 5.5million that will visit the seasonable German market before it finished on December 29.
The move follows a rash of global attrocities involving car or truck bombs. Vehicles packed with explosives have been used to cause carnage.
A member of the emergency services told the Sunday Mercury: “We were told by the police they are there to prevent terrorist attacks.”
Packed events have, in the past, been hit by suicide squads.
Last July, 86 revellers died when a truck rammed into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.
The lorry struck following a fireworks display, its driver opening fire on the crowd before being shot by police.
In all, 434 people were injured.
Just last month it was revealed counter-terror police are on high alert following tip-offs that ISIS and al-Qaeda plan attacks on shopping areas.
A security source told the Daily Mirror: “Britain is very much in the sights of the jihadists but thankfully plots and plotters have been disrupted and stopped.
“Whilst UK agencies have been extremely good at preventative intelligence operations against jihadist groups, other European equivalents have been less successful, sadly.
“This means the entire continent is vulnerable to attack, as we have seen in France, Germany and Belgium, but particularly in the run-up to Christmas.
“It is a Christian period of festivities, bringing together large crowds of soft target civilians, and will attract attention from those who wish to inflict harm.”
The threat level to Britain for international terrorism has been at “severe” since 2014, meaning that an attack is “highly likely,” although no known plot is underway.
American State Department officials have warned US travellers to be vigilant when travelling to Europe – and to be particularly careful when going to Christmas events.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “Our officers worked alongside colleagues from Birmingham City Council to plan this year’s annual Frankfurt Christmas Market.
“As part of this, a number of security measures were agreed before the market opened, including installing some concrete bollards at a number of locations.”
Superintendent Andy Parsons added: “The installation of the bollards formed part of the original security plan and is not a result of any new or specific intelligence.
“It is a busy time of year for the city and we want to ensure a safe and enjoyable time for everyone who visits over the festive period.
“Police will be working closely with market security staff to share information on a daily basis and to reassure people that there is an adequate police response available if needed.
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Background: Although there is high-level evidence to guide optimal medical care for percutaneous coronary interventions, there are less explicit guidelines to support nurses in providing care. Aim: This study describes the practice standards and priorities of care of cardiovascular nurses in Australia and New Zealand. Method: Item generation for the survey was informed by an integrative literature review and existing clinical guidelines. A 116-item Web-based survey was administered to cardiovascular nurses, via electronic mail lists of professional cardiovascular nursing organizations, using a secure online data collection system. Results: Data were collected from March 2008 to March 2009. A total of 148 respondents attempted the survey, with 110 (74.3%) completing all items. All respondents were registered nurses with an average of 12.3 (SD, 7.61) years of clinical experience in the cardiovascular setting. A range of practice patterns was evident in ambulation time after percutaneous coronary intervention, methods of sheath removal, pain relief, and patient positioning. Respondents consistently rated psychosocial care a lower priority than other tasks and also identified a knowledge deficit in this area. Conclusion: This survey identified diversity of practice patterns and a range of educational needs. Increasing evidence to support evidence-based practice and guideline development is necessary to promote high-quality care and improved patient outcomes.
- Clinical practice nursing research
- Transluminal percutaneous coronary
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- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy is one of the most important books about terraforming (and interplanetary colonization) of the past 20 years. And Robinson spent 10 years working on it, learning a lot about the subject as he went. But it all started becuase he fantasized about going backpacking on Mars.
Over in Kirkus Reviews, io9 contributor Andrew Liptak has a great profile of Robinson, who grew up exploring the Sierra Nevada mountains. And there's a terrific nugget about the origins of the Mars trilogy. Liptak writes:
Robinson was first inspired by images sent back to Earth from the Viking program: "I knew when I saw the photos from the Viking Orbiter, which included stereoscopic 3-D photo pairs where you could see what the landscape might look like, somewhat like early primitive versions of Google Earth. These were NASA publications that came out in the late 1970s." Robinson's love for hiking the Sierra Nevadas came into play when he began writing science fiction, and he "realized that only by terraforming Mars could you actually backpack there; and there were scientific articles coming out about terraforming Mars in those years, so I paid attention to those, and thought that would be a good story to tell. I spent about ten years thinking about that and collecting research materials."
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The last topic that I would like to explore before concluding my VSAN API blog series are some of the advanced VSAN disk statistics that are available for either troubleshooting or informational purposes. One such statistic that would be handy to know about is the number of VSAN Components per ESXi host, which I have already demonstrated in my recent VSAN configuration maximum query script and VSAN PowerCLI vCheck Plugins.
These disk statistics are made available through the VSAN InternalSystem manager and using the QueryPhysicalVsanDisks() vSphere API method, we can either retrieve all or a specific set of properties for each ESXi host. I have created a sample vSphere SDK for Perl script called vsanDiskStatsQueries.pl that will demonstrate the use of this API.
Disclaimer: These scripts are provided for informational and educational purposes only. It should be thoroughly tested before attempting to use in a production environment.
Here is an example of running the script against a VSAN Cluster which will produce the number of VSAN components for each ESXi host:
./vsanDiskStatsQueries.pl --server vcenter55-1.primp-industries.com --username root --cluster VSAN-Cluster
If we take a look at the script, you will notice we filtered on two specific properties: lsom_objects_count and owner. One thing to note is the output for this method is JSON string, so you will need to parse the output accordingly.
The owner property indicates the UUID of a specific ESXi host and the lsom_objects_count represents the number of VSAN components. To be able to identify the particular ESXi host and compare it to the owner property, we use the QueryHostStatus() API which was discussed in Exploring VSAN APIs Part 5. Once we have a match for the current ESXi host, we simply extract the lsom_objects_count property which I use a simple hash table to keep track of the results and display it at the very end of the script.
This concludes my 9-part series of exploring the new VSAN APIs. Hopefully for those of you who followed the series have enjoyed it, I know I definitely had fun learning about the new APIs and how you can automate every aspect of VSAN from a scripting and programmatic perspective.
- Exploring VSAN APIs Part 1 – Enable VSAN Cluster
- Exploring VSAN APIs Part 2 – Query available SSDs
- Exploring VSAN APIs Part 3 – Enable VSAN Traffic Type
- Exploring VSAN APIs Part 4 – VSAN Disk Mappings
- Exploring VSAN APIs Part 5 – VSAN Host Status
- Exploring VSAN APIs Part 6 – Modifying Virtual Machine VM Storage Policy
- Exploring VSAN APIs Part 7 – VSAN Datastore Folder Management
- Exploring VSAN APIs Part 8 – Maintenance Mode
- Exploring VSAN APIs Part 9 – VSAN Component count
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At the London Summit on Family Planning earlier this year, donor and recipient country governments, pharmaceutical companies and civil society organizations from around the world made substantial new commitments toward the goal of significantly reducing the unmet need for contraception by 2020. These promises, if kept, will go a long way toward also reducing the number of abortions that take place each year in the developing world, but they cannot make the reality of abortion go away.
Levels of unintended pregnancy vary across societies and over time; however, because no reversible method of birth control is perfect and few human beings use methods perfectly, women will always experience unintended pregnancies. Thus, there will always be a need for abortion, and for safe abortion services. Tragically, of the roughly 44 million abortions that take place globally each year, a rising proportion—now about half—are medically unsafe.1 Virtually all unsafe abortions occur in developing countries, taking a devastating toll on women’s health and lives.
Reducing the incidence of unsafe abortion remains an urgent public health imperative. Beyond that, however, there is a growing recognition at the global level and within developing countries that access to comprehensive reproductive health services must include access to abortion—and that removing legal barriers to abortion not only protects women’s health, but restores their dignity and vindicates their basic human rights.
Global Abortion Rate Plateaus
According to a 2012 analysis by the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization (WHO), what had been a downward trajectory in the worldwide abortion rate over the last couple of decades—which was accompanied by increasing contraceptive use rates—has now stalled.1 Moreover, abortion is becoming increasingly concentrated within the developing world; the vast majority of abortions take place in the world’s poorest countries. And it is in these countries where abortion is most often clandestine and unsafe (see chart).
The new study also reconfirms a longtime truth: that the frequency of abortion has much less to do with its legal status than with levels of unintended pregnancy. Unintended pregnancy levels, in turn, are influenced primarily by levels of modern contraceptive use.
Europe, which has both the lowest and highest abortion rates in the world, illustrates this truth. The lowest rates can be found in countries in Western Europe, where the average rate for the subregion is 12 per 1,000 women aged 15–44; the highest rates are in Eastern Europe, averaging 43 per 1,000. Abortion is broadly legal in both subregions. Levels of effective contraceptive use and unintended pregnancy, however, are radically different. In Western Europe, correct and consistent use of modern contraceptives is high and unintended pregnancy rates are low, whereas the opposite is true in Eastern Europe.
The average abortion rate across the countries of the former Soviet Union—90 per 1,000 women—was among the highest in the world in 1995.1 During the Cold War, modern contraceptives simply were not available in these countries; abortion was the method available to women for controlling births. The advent of modern contraceptives in these countries in the early 1990s began to drive the abortion rate down sharply to where it is now. The transition from primary reliance on abortion to contraceptive use as the means of controlling births is still a work in progress in Eastern Europe. Whether the momentum continues will depend on the supply of quality and effective methods, proper training of health care providers, the cost of services and adequate information for women about their choices. Already, however, the experience in Eastern Europe demonstrates unequivocally the effectiveness of contraceptive use in reducing unintended pregnancy and recourse to abortion.
In regions of the developing world where contraceptive use is relatively low, the average abortion rates cluster much more closely to the levels in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe. Unlike in Eastern Europe, however, abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and parts of Asia is mostly illegal, clandestine and unsafe.
The Health Rationale
In some countries where abortion is legal—India is a prime example—medically unsafe abortion is still widespread, because too many women remain unaware of the law and cannot surmount the many cultural, financial and geographic obstacles to obtaining services under sanitary conditions from medical professionals.2 Conversely, even where abortion is illegal, it is often true that at least more affluent women are able to obtain safe, if still underground, abortion services. Mainly, however, the evidence is consistent and compelling that where abortion is legal, it is much more likely to be safe, and where it is illegal, unsafe. Antiabortion advocates are often quick to point out the few exceptions to this general rule, but the fact remains that the countries in this category are outliers for some very specific reasons (see box).
South Africa, which legalized abortion in 1997, is a textbook example of the difference that legalization can make to the safety of abortion. It also proves that legalization alone is not enough. Additional steps must follow: medical training that can take place aboveboard, appropriate health and safety standards for clinical settings that can be established and enforced, information and referrals that can be made widely available to facilitate timely access to care, and costs that can be established not subject to extortion and that may be covered by public or private health insurance. Not nearly enough progress has occurred in South Africa to make safe abortion care there universal. Yet, even under imperfect conditions, abortion-related deaths in South Africa plummeted by as much as 90% in the years following legalization.7 Similarly, improved health outcomes for women are already becoming apparent in Ethiopia and Nepal, both of which legalized abortion only within the last decade.8
Where abortion is legal, safe and accessible, and as the many cultural barriers to care fall away, incomplete or septic abortion is far less likely, and so is the suffering and death that too often ensues. According to WHO, unsafe abortion remains one of the four leading causes of pregnancy-related death and injury around the world, along with hemorrhage, infection and high blood pressure in connection with childbirth. Although great improvements have been seen recently in the global maternal mortality rate, the proportion of deaths attributable to unsafe abortion is holding steady at 13%. This translates to 47,000 deaths each year, almost all occurring in countries with highly restrictive laws. Another eight million women suffer serious and sometimes permanent injury as a result of complications from medically unsafe abortion.9
The impact of unsafe abortion can be lessened to some extent by better access to treatment for the complications of unsafe abortion. However, this assumes the presence of adequate health systems and a woman’s ability to endure the stigma she is likely to face when she presents at a hospital with hemorrhage or infection resulting from an illegal abortion. In addition, particularly in Latin America, the severity of the complications from unsafe abortion is starting to decline significantly as more women rely on misoprostol.
Women and their families pay the main price of unsafe abortion, but countries pay as well, in terms of productive lives lost and dollars. A new analysis from Ethiopia presents the first comprehensive look at the true cost to the national health system of providing postabortion care.10 It found that the direct cost of treating postabortion complications in 2008 was $7.6 million, or $36 per woman treated. This, in a country where the average person lives on less than one dollar a day. Although Ethiopia legalized abortion in 2006, only one-quarter of all abortions in 2008 were performed under safe conditions. The study’s authors calculated that the costs of postabortion care could be slashed by ramping up investment in contraceptive services: Each additional dollar invested in family planning would save an estimated $6 in costs currently going toward the treatment of postabortion complications.
The Human Rights Lens
Clearly, the consequences of unsafe abortion can be reduced through better treatment and less unsafe methods. And the number of abortions can be decreased by preventing more unintended pregnancies through greater access to quality family planning services. For those abortions that will always be necessary, however, unsafe services must be replaced by safe services, for the sake of women’s health and lives. Further, governments have an obligation to remove criminal or other legal barriers to services, so that this key aspect of the global human right to health can be fully realized—as now recognized by a 2011 report by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur and more recently by WHO.11,12
The UN Human Rights Council appointed Anand Grover as its Special Rapporteur on the right to health in 2008. A prominent human rights lawyer in India with a long history working on issues relating to HIV and AIDS at the national and international levels, Grover has researched, analyzed and made recommendations to the council on a variety of health topics utilizing a human rights framework. In his 2011 report, Grover equates the offense of forced abortion with forced pregnancy and condemns governments for their complicity.11 He asserts that “the use of overt physical coercion by the State or non-State actors, such as in cases of forced sterilization, forced abortion, forced contraception and forced pregnancy has long been recognized as an unjustifiable form of State-sanctioned coercion and a violation of the right to health.” Likewise, he concludes, “where the criminal law is used as a tool by the State to regulate the conduct and decision-making of individuals in the context of the right to sexual and reproductive health the State coercively substitutes its will for that of the individual.”
Grover’s report is groundbreaking because it represents the first time an official report of the UN makes the case that laws criminalizing abortion or otherwise limiting its access or access to contraceptive services infringe women’s human rights. “Criminal laws and other legal restrictions on sexual and reproductive health may have a negative impact on the right to health in many ways, including by interfering with human dignity,” Grover writes. “Respect for dignity is fundamental to the realization of all human rights. Dignity requires that individuals are free to make personal decisions without interference from the State, especially in an area as important and intimate as sexual and reproductive health.”
Earlier this year, WHO picked up this theme and incorporated it into its new edition of Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems.12 This important report assesses and synthesizes the state of the research and evidence on abortion, and makes recommendations for clinicians, program managers and policymakers regarding abortion-related care. For the first time, WHO devotes considerable attention to articulating a rights-based framework for making abortion safe and truly accessible. Drawing on Grover’s analysis, the WHO report identifies the numerous international treaties and agreements that provide a legal basis for its conclusions. It summarizes the large body of research over the years demonstrating that making abortion illegal or difficult to obtain has a much greater impact on safety than on incidence. WHO notes that numerous UN treaty-monitoring bodies call for ensuring legal abortion at least in cases where the woman’s life or health would be endangered by continuing the pregnancy or in the event of rape or incest. (Notably, six in 10 of the more than 700 million women living in developing countries other than China and India live where abortion is completely banned or legal only to save a woman’s life.2) The report also highlights the importance not only of services delivered in a safe and timely manner, but in a way that ensures true informed consent, preserves a woman’s dignity and protects her confidentiality.
WHO places access to safe abortion services squarely within the right to quality sexual and reproductive health services, which WHO sees as fundamental to realizing women’s basic right to health. It speaks directly to policymakers in calling for the creation of an “enabling environment,” so that “every woman who is legally eligible has ready access to safe abortion care.” But WHO goes further than that to address law and policy directly. “Policies,” it asserts, “should be geared to respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of women, to achieving positive health outcomes for women, to providing good-quality contraceptive information and services, and to meeting the particular needs of groups such as poor women, adolescents, rape survivors and women living with HIV. The respect, protection, and fulfillment of human rights require that comprehensive regulations and policies be in place…to ensure that abortion is safe and accessible.”
Abortion Legality, Safety and Maternal Mortality: The Outliers
Around the world, where abortion is highly restricted, it is not necessarily less common than elsewhere, but is almost always less safe—and this is reflected in country levels of pregnancy- related death and disability. Of course, there are a few countries that do not fit this mold, and they tend to share certain characteristics.
According to WHO, pregnancy-related death is very rare in Ireland and Malta, for example, yet abortion is entirely illegal in both countries. By no means does this mean that women in these countries never have abortions. Travel across borders is relatively easy in Europe, so women do not need to resort to clandestine, unsafe abortion, because they can and do go to nearby countries for safe abortion services or postabortion care. This phenomenon has been studied extensively in Ireland, where it is well-established that thousands of women travel to England each year to obtain safe abortion care.3
Some countries in Latin America also do not fit the pattern. Abortion is banned outright in Chile, for example, but the maternal mortality rate of 25 pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births is relatively low compared with the rest of South America. In this case, it is noteworthy that since the 1960s, access to and use of modern contraceptives in Chile has improved greatly, leading to declines in unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion and abortion-related hospitalizations.4 Moreover, an increasing proportion of the clandestine abortions that do occur result from women’s use of misoprostol—a safe, low-cost, legal and widely available over-the-counter drug (commonly used to prevent postpartum hemorrhage) that can be used to induce abortion without surgery. The use of misoprostol as an abortifacient has been widely promoted by women’s rights advocates in Chile since the 1990s, because it is associated with much lower risks of severe health consequences than illegal surgical procedures. Finally, Chile’s advanced health care system enables women who present themselves in hospital emergency rooms to receive effective treatment for postabortion complications, thereby greatly reducing the harms of unsafe abortion.
Two new studies looking at improvements in abortion complication rates in Brazil (where abortion is mostly illegal) and Colombia (which liberalized its law in 2006, but where access to safe services is still scarce) also conclude that increased reliance on misoprostol is a significant contributor.5,6 In all these countries, however, safer forms of clandestine abortion and better treatment of the complications of inadequate abortion care can only mitigate—not eliminate—the risks to women’s health where abortion is illegal and access to medically safe services is limited.
1. Sedgh G et al., Induced abortion: incidence and trends worldwide from 1995 to 2008, Lancet, 2012, 379(9816):625–632, <http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/Sedgh-Lancet-2012-01.pdf>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
2. Singh S et al., Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2009, <http://www. guttmacher.org/pubs/Abortion-Worldwide.pdf>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
3. Over 4,400 Irish women travelled to England and Wales for abortions in 2010, TheJournal.ie, May 25, 2011, <http://www.thejournal.ie/over-4400-irish-women-travelled-to-england-and-wales-for-abortions-in-2010-142753-May2011/>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
4. Guttmacher Institute, Review of a Study by Koch et al. on the Impact of Abortion Restrictions on Maternal Mortality in Chile, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2012, <http://www.guttmacher.org/media/evidencecheck/2012/05/23/Guttmacher-Advisory.2012.05.23.pdf>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
5. Prada E, Singh S and Villarreal C, Health consequences of unsafe abortion in Colombia, 1989–2008, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2012, 118(Suppl. 2):S92–S98, <http://www.ijgo.org/article/S0020-7292%2812%2960006-X/abstract>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
6. Singh S, Monteiro MFG and Levin J, Trends in hospitalization for abortion-related complications in Brazil, 1992–2009: why the decline in numbers and severity? International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2012, 118(Suppl. 2): S99–S106, <http://www.ijgo.org/article/S0020-7292%2812%2960007-1/abstract>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
7. Jewkes R et al., The impact of age on the epidemiology of incomplete abortions in South Africa after legislative change, BJOG, 2005, 112(3):355–359, <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00422.x/abstract;jsessionid=0C3D10A8DDC603DE4DBC425D533545A7.d03t01>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
8. Guttmacher Institute, Making Abortion Services Accessible in the Wake of Legal Reforms: A Framework and Six Case Studies, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2012, <http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/abortion-services-laws.pdf>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
9. Guttmacher Institute, Facts on induced abortion worldwide, In Brief, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2012, <http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_IAW.html>, accessed Oct. 1,2012.
10. Vlassoff M et al., The health system cost of postabortion care in Ethiopia, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2012, 118(Suppl. 2): S127–S133, <http://www.ijgo.org/article/S0020-7292%2812%2960011-3/abstract>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
11. United Nations, Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Aug. 3, 2011, <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/66/254>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
12. World Health Organization (WHO), Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems, second ed., Geneva: WHO, 2012, <http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/70914/1/9789241548434_eng.pdf>, accessed Oct. 1, 2012.
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Surah Maryam Ayat 5 in Arabic Text
Here you can read various translations of verse 5
And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir
“Now I fear (what) my relatives (and colleagues) (will do) after me: but my wife is barren: so give me an heir as from Thyself,-
I fear evil from my kinsmen after I am gone; and my wife is barren, so grant me an heir out of Your special grace,
“And Verily! I fear my relatives after me, since my wife is barren. So give me from Yourself an heir,
Lo! I fear my kinsfolk after me, since my wife is barren. Oh, give me from Thy presence a successor
And surely I fear my patronized (relatives) beyond me, (i.e., after I am gone) and my wife is barren. So bestow upon me, from very close to You, a constant patron (Some take it to mean a nephew or kinsman)
I fear [what] my kinsmen [will do] when I am gone, for my wife is barren, so grant me a successor––a gift from You––
Quran 19 Verse 5 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Maryam ayat 5, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
(19:5) I fear evil from my kinsmen after I am gone; and my wife is barren, so grant me an heir out of Your special grace,
3. That is, I see none among my kinsmen, the family of Abiah, who is religiously and morally sound and capable of carrying on the work of the mission that has been entrusted to me.
The tafsir of Surah Maryam verse 4 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Maryam ayat 1 which provides the complete commentary from verse 1 through 6.
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A new species of Nuuanu (Amphipoda: Gammaridea: Melitidae) from shallow sandy bottoms of the Balearic Islands (W Mediterranean)
Keywords:Taxonomy, Crustacea, Peracarida, stygofauna, sternal gills, epipodites
Nuuanu beatricis n. sp., a new melitid amphipod, is described from shallow-water sandy bottoms on the S and SE coasts of Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Mediterranean). It differs from the rest of its congeners in the combination of: (1) non-geniculate antennule, much longer than antenna; (2) distal segment of mandibular palp shorter than second, armed with both D and E setae; (3) second segment of mandibular palp with 2 setae; (4) posteroventral lobe (sensu Lowry and Watson, 2002) absent from posterior margin of coxa 4; (5) reduced spine present on medial surface of coxa 5; (6) posterior margin of basis of pereopod 5 convex; (7) anterodistal lobe of coxa 7 wanting; (8) posterior margin of basis of pereopod 7 sparsely serrated along proximal half only; (9) pleonites 1-2 lacking dorsodistal spines; (10) anterodistal corner of epimeral plate 1 rounded; (11) exopod of uropod 3 longer than protopod; and (12) telson with terminal spine on each lobe. Although the new amphipod could be an alien species introduced from a distant tropical location with alien Caulerpa algae species, it is here regarded as an ancient Mediterranean element owing to its peracarid condition (i.e. reduced potential for dispersal), regressed visual apparatus, and crevicular-interstitial existence. The presumed presence of sternal gills in Nuuanu is rejected after demonstration of the coxal origin of the spiniform structures interpreted elsewhere as sternal gills.
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Layers and Naming
So, objects and naming is actually really important and actually managing. So what I'm going to do, just to avoid the distraction of different elements on the layout, when I'm doing something that's key I think it's best to actually do that in a new document. I keep using my Alt + Command + End shortcut to use the last preset but I didn't use this as a preset. It's a straight document, so here I go for 1280. 800, not that that's vital for what we're doing here, but it's kinda handy. So I'm gonna get my rectangle tool. In fact I want four rectangles. So I'm gonna draw a big rectangle like that. If you don't know this particular InDesign nugget, then this will be handy learning for you as well. I'm just gonna drag that out like so, and just hit the right arrow key while I'm still drawing. See, now I've got two columns. The up arrow key, now I've got two rows. So four objects there in total. Shift + X to actually change the values there, it took all the attributes from black stroke no fil...
ter the other way around. And then I'm going to just get my swatches panel, and drag some of this lovely super bright RGB out on there just to... You know, cause the editors maybe, they're really busy, and all that stuff, but they could always do with some glaring colors that come in a bit hot, just to give them something else to do. I think I'll send them all a cake later on for having done that. So I've got four items just there. I am going to select those four items and I am going to group them together. I'm then going to draw another item. I'm going to draw a star. So I start off with the polygon tool here, I'm just hitting the up arrow, and of course that's adding me more of those shapes. So I hit the down arrow like so, it's gone into grid drawing mode. I'm gonna hit the space bar switch, so I'm gonna do it quite hard so you can here it. (tapping) That's me hitting the space bar. Now if I use the up arrow it's changing the number of sides. I want five sides and I'm just going to hit the right arrow a few times, just to change these into a star, like so. That's kind of about right there. What I could do is I could hit the space bar again, and it takes me back into grid drawing mode. In fact I did a 4th of July thing using your flag one year, Jim, with this and it went down really, really well. My grid drawing mode trick. But anyway, I just want the one simple star just there. Again, Shift + X to swap that out so it's got a nice solid fill there, and I reserved yellow just for this particular star, so we can see it. Okay, we are ready to proceed with this particular exercise. You might think, we haven't named anything yet. We're going to, now we've got those particular things. So, I'm gonna get the layers panel open. I'm actually, for the purposes of this exercise, going to drag that out and make it proper big. Like so, so you can see it. I will even zoom in so you can see that. I don't need anything selected here, right? Cause the content is here on the actual layer. Layers in InDesign adopted the kind of layer structure, very similar to the layer structure, of Illustrator, okay? In fact they both use the same underlying language. That's how they're built. Okay, so, if I twirl open this disclosure arrow here on the left of the word Layer 1, you can see polygon just there. Really great name for that polygon. So I actually know what that is, so I'm just double clicking that a few times. Okay, and I'm gonna get on there, it's a triple click, really normally to get to it. I'll call this one Star, like so. Now if I click on this element on the board, you can see Star become selected. This is called the proxy region, just here on the right. InDesign actually does a slightly better job than Illustrator of showing you you can click there. Next to that, I've got the element group, and I can twirl that open. You can see I've got four things called rectangle. Well again, super, super descriptive much. So what I'm going to do, is I'm going to start from the bottom up, and I'm gonna click in the proxy region here. If you look on the art board... Let me just try and get, I'm gonna try and get a zoom that gets you to see both things. So let me just zoom in on that there like so. Move the panel. I'm just thinkin of you folks that are watching this on a teeny weeny screen, in relative terms of course. You might have like a massive great Samsung thing, or a super big iPhone, still a teeny weeny screen in relation to this one, right? So, I've clicked in the proxy region here, that has selected this cyan rectangle here. I'm actually just gonna call that cyan. I'm just triple clicking on there, sometimes it gets a bit sticky, and you just have to persist with it. So I'm just gonna call that cyan. Proxy region for the next one, which is magenta. This is an homage to print-based stuff. There you go, got it. I would call that magenta, just there like so. I will pick up the next one, which is that blue. Come on. I don't know why that has to be so difficult to do in here. But there you go. It might just be me, of course. It could always be what, in a few of the jobs I've done, what we'd refer to... In fact I'll tell you where I first learnt this. I was working on tech support for a company that made a product called Hairdresser. You know, I did graphics in there, and I also did tech support, and I ended up machine cleaning, which is one of the things, you did these things in rotation. I had a specialty skill, so I gotta go less cleaning, and more everything else, small company. And on the tech support desk, you'd sometimes get a call, and you'd be sat there and just like... There was only three of us in there, little row, and a call would come in, and someone would go, "Oh I'll just put you on hold," and they'd go, "It's another PICNIC." PICNIC is an acronym for Problem In Chair, Not In Computer. Which basically means it's user error. So it may well be, I may well be... Welcome to my PICNIC, (laughing) is basically what I'm saying here. Anyway, back with the actual program. You can see now I've got these four elements here, they've all got names and I can even name the group itself. So I may well call this, I'm just gonna call this geos, just there, short for geometries in this particular instance. I'll zoom back out. So now everything's got a name. That's really useful if I want to affect it in different ways. So if, for example I wanted to animate a particular thing, one of these elements, then I have a name that I can attach it to. Additionally, with our layers and naming, okay? What would happen, how would you approach the following problem? I've got got a group here, you can see it's got a dotted line around it. Now I can double click on the group to actually work on an individual element inside of the group, and double click outside to restore the group. You can hopefully see that the group has a dotted line around it, that's how it indicates a group in InDesign. Here's the problem. I've got the yellow star. I want the yellow star to be in the middle of all these things, on top. This is the flag of Toneonia. My own country that I just made up. So (laughing) I want the yellow star to be in that group. How would you go about that problem? Let's have a think for a minute. Now, be honest, is the answer, A, I would select the group behind, ungroup it, reselect all of those things and group that, or B, say, "I've got smart skills, I know a better way to do it." Well, even if you don't right now, you're about to. Ungrouping, especially when you've got interactive elements with lots and lots of complexity, remember what I said about copying buttons in and around different places, can actually cause you tons and tons of grief. And it's not super smart. You've got a nice group all together that you made deliberately, you run the risk of missing an element out, and so many other things can go wrong. Here's the way I would approach it. See where it says Star? That element that we created just here, in fact if I click on it, you'll see it selects. What I'm going to do is drag that in the layers panel, into that group. Now on purpose I'm actually gonna park it underneath blue, and you'll see there it is sandwiched between blue and magenta. It's in the group. I'm gonna drag it up to the top, like so. Whoops, I dragged it out of the group just then. I'll bring it back in. There you go, so it's actually in that group. If I collapse the group here in the layers panel, you can see that it is actually part of that. If I click away on the document board here, and click and move it around, you can see it moves with those things. 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There are many reasons individuals select to consume smoothies. They can be made in a range of various ways utilizing a big range of ingredients. Diet smoothies can have lots of health advantages too. Diet Smoothie Recipes For Breakfast
Among the most popular reasons that people take pleasure in consuming smoothies is due to the fact that they are convenient and they taste great. They are quick and simple to make.
If you are using a great recipe, one particular advantage is that you can get a high amount of nutrients into your system effectively.
Health Advantages of Smoothies Diet Smoothie Recipes For Breakfast
When people pick to consume smoothies that are prepared with just healthy ingredients such as fresh vegetables and fruits, they can be filled with vitamins, antioxidants, and other nutrients.
For example, when people utilize spinach in their smoothies they have the ability to get their daily dose of iron. When individuals use a banana in their smoothies, they receive potassium, which is good for the nervous system, kidneys, and heart. And when blueberries are contributed to the mix, people can delight in various health benefits from the antioxidants discovered within.
Diet smoothies can help you lose weight by replacing the calories in your routine diet with nutrients that benefit your health.
Smoothies are simple to absorb and they work to fuel the body with energy, so people can feel fuller for longer. They are able to lower yearnings throughout the day which can lead them to consume more calories than they need when people take in smoothies.
Depending on what you take into your smoothies, they can supply the body with a great amount of fiber. Fiber is good for digestion and can help prevent constipation and other digestive issues.
Not only is fiber helpful for the digestive system and it may likewise help to eliminate toxins from the body.
Smoothies can assist you detox your body and improve your metabolism. The smoothies are easy to digest, and depending upon what ingredients you use, they may benefit numerous systems within the body.
Ingredients in smoothies such as dandelion greens, lemon, turmeric, beetroot, and cruciferous vegetables may work to cleanse the liver.
Since they are pleased for longer, people who are attempting to lose weight may discover that smoothies help them stick to their diet. Smoothies and diet smoothies can be filling and they are a great way to satisfy hunger yearnings.
Smoothies are a Great Method to See Your Parts
When people consume smoothies they can take pleasure in myriad tasty flavors when integrating different ingredients. However unlike some other treats you may buy off a shelf, smoothies contain ingredients that are good for your body and consist of less fat and sugar than what you might expect.
Having said this, it is important to constantly consider the sugar content of the products, particularly the fruits that you contribute to your blender. Some fruits are particularly high in sugar, so you might easily exceed your RDA of sugar if you are not mindful.
Naturally, fruits are also helpful for us too, and they go a long method to making a smoothie taste even better. Doing a basic Google search will inform you just how much sugar any piece of fruit contains. If it is high in sugar then wear’t add excessive of it to your smoothie at any one time, and also make sure to moderate the other fruits that you combine into that smoothie.
Berries such as raspberries and blueberries are frequently lower in sugar. However, it is a good idea to always examine just how much of these sugars you are contributing to your smoothie at any one time. And, obviously, never add pure sugar to your smoothies, that’s a huge no-no!
Smoothies have actually ended up being popular with dieters since they use a scrumptious way to satisfy cravings but without the feeling of being hungry right after. If you are including only healthy ingredients, and monitoring your sugar consumption from these smoothies then they might indeed have the ability to aid with weight reduction.
When individuals drink fresh fruit and vegetable smoothies, they are more quickly able to satisfy their daily advised consumption of minerals and vitamins. The quantity of calories that can be found in a smoothie is not as high as what you would discover in a cookie or sweet bar.
Thankfully, when people consume smoothies they are typically able to feel complete for longer than they would after eating the exact same foods in other ways.
Adding Protein To Your Smoothie
Then you can quickly do it with smoothies, if you desire to increase your protein consumption. Whether you add protein powder or simply almond milk, (which is high in protein) or other ingredients in your smoothie, you can increase your protein consumption to help maintain or construct muscle mass.
When people consume smoothies that are full of excellent fats and proteins, they can stay fuller for longer. And since the digestive system requires to work a bit harder to burn the protein, individuals can burn more calories.
Then make sure that you read the label on the item container to know precisely how much protein it has, if you are using a protein powder. That method you can compute just how much to mix with the other protein-rich ingredients in your blender.
Peanut butter is also an excellent source of protein. Make sure to search for natural peanut butter, not the kind that has extra salt added. Bear in mind, nevertheless, that peanut butter is also high in fat, so add it moderately to your blender. It might likewise be encouraged not to include peanut butter every day to your smoothie, but utilize it moderately only a few times a week as a great extra protein treat.
A mix of whey protein, natural peanut butter, and coconut milk is an exceptional combination that individuals can combine with other healthy ingredients to make a yummy, drinkable smoothie.
If you are a vegan and you would, therefore, choose not to consume whey protein, then there are various healthy vegan protein power options readily available in a lot of health stores, or online that you can use rather.
Only Usage Healthy Ingredients
There are some foods that you ought to avoid adding if you desire to make your smoothies healthy for weight loss and overall optimum health. These consist of ice cream, cookies, and other processed, high-fat treats.
Use skims milk instead of entire milk or cream if you desire to reduce the number of calories in a smoothie. Even though the difference in calories is little in between skim and entire milk, gradually it can impact your diet significantly. Even better, instead of regular milk, use almond or coconut milk, or just water.
Keto Diet Smoothies
Keto diet smoothies are a terrific way to combine the best of two worlds. You can use a blender to consist of fruits and vegetables that are great for your diet in a delicious method. Keto smoothies likewise include healthy fats which are why they are so pleasing and filling to consume.
Healthy fats that you can include in your smoothie consist of avocado, various nut butters, chia seeds, hemp seeds, flax seeds, and coconut milk.
These ingredients likewise consist of protein, which can help you to feel full, and likewise supply you with energy for a workout. Be sure when you pick a whey protein powder that it does not contain artificial sweeteners or sugar substitutes.
Utilizing Kefir In Smoothies
Using kefir in a smoothie is a healthy way to enjoy a meal replacement. The kefir provides the body a healthy boost of calcium, and B vitamins, particularly B12. Kefir is likewise high in probiotic lactobacilli and protein.
The kefir smoothie can be made with fruit, vegetables, or yogurt. You will wish to use low-fat or non-fat milk to keep the calorie count low, as described above.
See also: diet fruit smoothie recipes
Green smoothies are a healthy and popular liquid food made of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, or any mix thereof.
Amongst the countless green smoothie recipes available, green smoothie recipes vary from extremely simple to complex and can be made from many ingredients. Green smoothies are likewise usually made with using a juicer or a blender.
Some examples of green smoothie ingredients consist of fresh fruits such as apple, banana, blueberry, grape, lemon, lime, or orange. Non-starchy vegetables such as carrots, celery, or cucumber are also frequently used.
Make sure to always include an acidic component such as lemon juice in order to avoid vegetables from ripening excessive.
Nuts like cashews, walnuts, and almonds are often likewise used in a green smoothie. Due to the fact that roasted nuts are more most likely to ruin their taste and nutritional worth, try to use raw nuts whenever possible. Never ever use nuts that have actually been salted.
Herbs like fresh mint leaves or spinach leaves are likewise commonly added to green smoothies. They supply extra nutrients and a great taste.
The 21 Day Smoothie Diet
The 21 Day Smoothie Diet is an easy-to-follow, delicious, strategy to reduce weight and improve your health.
This smoothie diet works by providing your body simply what it needs to be successful. Given that the diet stresses a balance of protein, carbohydrates, and fats in every meal or treat (called the macronutrient balance), you ought to be much better able to deal with cravings and food cravings throughout the day.
The macronutrient balance of a diet is the ratio of calories derived from protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Different theories have been advanced to deal with the controversy on what the suitable balance ought to be. The 21 Day Smoothie Diet provides its own program around this concept so you don’t have to believe about it.
Following an attempted and tested diet smoothie regimen is advised over simply trying to have a go mixing different ingredients yourself. The dishes in the 21 Day Smoothie Diet have actually been produced by Drew, who is a professional health coach. He has helped numerous people lose weight, even when they thought they had attempted everything and were about to give up.
In simply 3 weeks, Drew aims to assist you to make obvious modifications by following his simple to use, yummy system.
If you understand it’s time to make a modification in your life, and you want to see a visible, healthy modification in your body then you can provide the 21 Day Smoothie Diet a shot today.
Smoothies are full of nutrients and can be great for your health. Smoothies are a rejuvenating beverage that is excellent for either breakfast or lunch, and they also help you to feel complete for longer.
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The Effect of Phaseolus Vulgaris L. Fixed Oil on the Behavioural Activity of Swiss Albino Mice
Background:Phaseolus vulgaris commonly known as kidney bean has been studied previously for pharmacological activities like antidiabetic, antioxidant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antifungal and antibacterial properties. Various extracts of the seeds have been researched except fixed oils.
Objective: Therefore objective of the present study is to investigate the behavioural activity of fixed oil extracted from Phaseolus vulgaris seeds.
Methodology: Hole board, light and dark , stationary rod and open field tests were used for behavioral evaluation. Four groups were made with seven mice in each : (1) Control = Normal saline 2ml/kg (2) Phaseolus vulgaris fixed oil = PVFO 2ml/kg (3) PVFO 4ml/kg (4) Diazepam (1mg/kg) as standard. All treatments were given orally, 30 minutes prior to the performance of tests. In hole board test PVFO 4ml/kg decreased the number of head poking (p≤0.01).
Results:In light and dark test PVFO in both doses decreased the time spent in light compartment (p≤0.01). In open field test number of peripheral lines crossed were decreased (p≤0.05) whereas in stationary rod test no effect was observed by any dose of PVFO.
Conclusion:Results indicate that Phaseolus vulgaris fixed oil does not affect memory or learning in mice and may possess a dose dependent sedative hypnotic effect
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While the two are often associated, education and innovations are definitely not necessarily mutually exclusive. In order for education to gain society in particular, it has to increase quality. Even though the two get hand in hand, ground breaking education is targeted in improving the standard of education, expanding access, and making it simpler to learn. Actually some of the most crucial innovations in education are listed below. An example is the using of new technology, which allows teachers and students to provide education out of anywhere, even though they are certainly not in the same place.
The introduction of the video cassette recorder, which will allowed kids to practice inside the comfort of their homes, elevated the number of rehearsal opportunities. The video cassette recorder also extended children’s show. These technology have motivated education, but have limitations as well. A more https://pittcon-2017.org/2019/07/06/pittcon-international-conference/ comprehensive analysis of the educational benefits of these innovations can be helpful. Education and innovative developments would gain from better information to evaluate and increase them. The goals with this conference should be combine the best of the most recent advancements in science and education to switch the basis of education.
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While people’s lives continue to be put at risk by the dearth of organs available for transplantation, we must give urgent consideration to any option that may make up the shortfall. A market in organs from living donors is one such option. The market should be ethically supportable, and have built into it, for example, safeguards against wrongful exploitation. This can be accomplished by establishing a single purchaser system within a confined marketplace.
Statistics can be dehumanising. The following numbers, however, have more impact than most: as of 24th November, during 2002 in the United Kingdom, 667 people have donated organs, 2055 people have received transplants, and 5615 people are still awaiting transplants.1 It is difficult to estimate how many people die prematurely for want of donor organs. “In the world as a whole there are an estimated 700 000 patients on dialysis . . . . In India alone 100 000 new patients present with kidney failure each year”2 (few if any of whom are on dialysis and only 3000 of whom will receive transplants). Almost “three million Americans suffer from congestive heart failure . . . deaths related to this condition are estimated at 250 000 each year . . . 27 000 patients die annually from liver disease . . .. In Western Europe as a whole 40 000 patients await a kidney but only . . . 10 000 kidneys”2 become available. Nobody knows how many people fail to make it onto the waiting lists and so disappear from the statistics. It is clear that loss of life, due in large measure to shortage of donor organs, is a major crisis, and a major scandal.
At its annual meeting in 1999, the British Medical Association voted overwhelmingly in favour of the UK moving to a system of presumed consent for organ donation,3 a proposed change in policy that the UK government immediately rejected.4 What else might we do to increase the supply of donor organs? At its annual meeting in 2002, the American Medical Association voted to encourage studies to determine whether financial incentives could increase the supply of organs from cadavers.5 In 1998, the International Forum for Transplant Ethics concluded that trade in organs should be regulated rather than banned.6 In 1994, we made a proposal in which we outlined possibly the only circumstances in which a market in donor organs could be achieved ethically, in a way that minimises the dangers normally envisaged for such a scheme.7 Now may be an appropriate time to revisit the idea of a market in donor organs.8 Our focus then, as now, is organs obtained from the living since creating a market in cadaver organs is uneconomic and is more likely to reduce supply than increase it and the chief reason for considering sale of organs is to improve availability.
To meet legitimate ethical and regulatory concerns, any commercial scheme must have built into it safeguards against wrongful exploitation and show concern for the vulnerable, as well as taking into account considerations of justice and equity.
There is a lot of hypocrisy about the ethics of buying and selling organs and indeed other body products and services—for example, surrogacy and gametes. What it usually means is that everyone is paid but the donor. The surgeons and medical team are paid, the transplant coordinator does not go unremunerated, and the recipient receives an important benefit in kind. Only the unfortunate and heroic donor is supposed to put up with the insult of no reward, to add to the injury of the operation.
We would therefore propose a strictly regulated and highly ethical market in live donor organs and tissue. We should note that the risks of live donation are relatively low: “The approximate risks to the donor . . . are a short term morbidity of 20% and mortality, of 0.03% . . .. The long term risks of developing renal failure are less well documented but appear to be no greater than for the normal population.”9 And recent evidence suggests that living donor organ transplantation has an excellent prognosis, better than cadaver organ transplantation.10 Intuitively, the advantage also seems clear: the donor is very fit and healthy, while cadaver donors may well have been unfit and unhealthy, although this will not be true of many accident victims.
The bare bones of an ethical market would look like this: the market would be confined to a self governing geopolitical area such as a nation state or indeed the European Union. Only citizens resident within the union or state could sell into the system and they and their families would be equally eligible to receive organs. Thus organ vendors would know they were contributing to a system which would benefit them and their families and friends since their chances of receiving an organ in case of need would be increased by the existence of the market. (If this were not the case the main justification for the market would be defeated.) There would be only one purchaser, an agency like the National Health Service (NHS), which would buy all organs and distribute according to some fair conception of medical priority. There would be no direct sales or purchases, no exploitation of low income countries and their populations (no buying in Turkey or India to sell in Harley Street). The organs would be tested for HIV, etc, their provenance known, and there would be strict controls and penalties to prevent abuse.
Prices would have to be high enough to attract people into the marketplace but dialysis, and other alternative care, does not come cheap. Sellers of organs would know they had saved a life and would be reasonably compensated for their risk, time, and altruism, which would be undiminished by sale. We do not after all regard medicine as any the less a caring profession because doctors are paid. So long as thousands continue to die for want of donor organs we must urgently consider and implement ways of increasing the supply. A market of the sort outlined above is surely one method worthy of active and urgent consideration. | <urn:uuid:74e2e089-440a-4449-9a53-2b1b55add961> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jme.bmj.com/content/29/3/137?ijkey=0767681d2cdcb3bfabdc5a105f551971aea12adc&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963705 | 1,264 | 2.484375 | 2 |
You learn something new every day. In the case of today, it’s that multiple H.P. Lovecraft-themed parodies of Chick tracts exist. That probably shouldn’t have surprised me, though: when you’re dealing with cosmic horror, one of the expected elements is a sense that human religion is beside the point, that prayers and supplications will do no good in the face of some sort of limitless eldritch evil. Alternately: that theology and cosmic horror don’t mix.
What I learned from reading Matt Cardin’s collection To Rouse Leviathan is that they can, in fact, mix — and it’s incredibly unsettling when they do. The stories in this collection suggest that the only thing more terrifying than an absent deity is one whose motivations and goals are entirely alien to a human mind. What would it mean to worship such a being? How might humanity have gotten it all so deeply wrong?
“An Abhorrence to All Flesh” opens the collection with the narrator, Todd, reconnecting with an old friend, Darby. Darby invites Todd to a party and shares a story with him of a peculiar Christian sect — one which believed that “God created this world from chaos, created life from slime, and now He has to be kept separate from His creation in order for anything at all to survive.” And out of this ominous concept arises a tale of moral and physical decay that balances sinister and visceral imagery with even more unsettling concepts.
As befits the book’s concerns with both faith and horror, religious sects play a significant role in many of these stories. In “The God of Foulness,” a reporter explores a particular movement in which sickness is seen as a kind of divine grace. The narrative sprawls — it’s the collection’s longest story — and Cardin’s sense of detail gives the story a kind of timeless sensibility.
Gradually, To Rouse Leviathan moves from the visceral to the intellectual — to the point where a kind of emotional and psychic emptiness is seen as equivalent to more traditional horror story outcomes. It’s here that Cardin finds the most unsettling elements: a story like “Desert Places” has less overt horror than some of the others in the book, but in its summoning of the unspoken dynamic within a group of estranged friends, it’s apparent that this could curdle into something awful.
With these stories, Cardin finds interesting ways to make the familiar feel fresh. Given that his stories include a fair amount of rot, both metaphorically and literally, can seem like a terrible pun; I can only assure you that it’s not.
To Rouse Leviathan
by Matt Cardin (including two collaborations with Mark McLaughlin)
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Qatar deceived Arab countries over Doha’s Israeli trade office, telling other counties it had shuttered the bureau when it maintained the ties, Israel’s former representative in the country said.
Israeli Knesset member Eli Avidar, who represented the country in Doha from 1999 to 2000, said Qatar had asked him to stay home and not speak publicly during a conference of Arab states.
“Qatar lied to all Islamic countries and said that it closed the Israeli office,” he told Sky News Arabia on Friday.
Qatar opened an Israel trade office in Doha in 1996 and the two countries have trade, cultural and sporting links. Publicly, Doha has closed or downgraded relations on several occasions due to Israeli offensives on Gaza but Mr Avidar’s claims suggest that ties were maintained even during the public spats.
He added that Qatar had spoken staunchly against any country opening ties with Israel and used Al Jazeera news network to blast any such move while secretly maintaining its own trade office link.
"This is Qatar,” he said. “We are used to it."
Mr Avidar also said that Turkey was acting hypocritically over the UAE-Israel deal to normalise relations in exchange for a halt to the annexation of Palestinian lands. He pointed out that while Turkey criticised the move and threatened to withdraw its ambassador to Abu Dhabi, it had relations with Israel.
“Where is the Turkish ambassador … he is in Tel Aviv and our ambassador is in Ankara meaning they want to preserve relations with Israel,” he said.
Mr Avidar has been vocal in criticising Turkey, Qatar and Iran in the Knesset. He described Iran as waging a "devastating war" in the region through its proxy forces.
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As communities continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, Delta Dental is here to help Americans maintain good oral health at home. Check out Delta Dental’s recommendations for at-home oral care that you can do in front of your own bathroom mirror!
Good oral health practices you can follow at home:
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- Eat a balanced diet with plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy products. Drink plenty of water every day.
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We use Cambridge International Curriculum throughout. Lower Secondary School (Year 7 to Year 9) follows the English National Curriculum, Key Stage 3. In Year 9 students take the Checkpoint Examinations in English, Science and Mathematics. A student’s ability to study for the Extended or Core Syllabus can easily be predicted through the Checkpoint scores.
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We follow the English National Curriculum which culminates in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (Year 10 and 11) and the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level – AS Examinations (Year 12) and A2 examinations (Year13).
The pass grades for IGCSE courses are A*- C whilst the pass grades for ‘A’ Level courses are A*- E (a fail is labeled ‘U” for unclassified).
The English National Curriculum is divided into four stages.
Key stage 1 – Age (5-7)
Key stage 2 – Age (7-11)
Key stage 3 – Age (11-14)
Key stage 4 – Age (14-16)
Programmes of study show how subject courses are organised and what is expected of the student. Students are advised to read through carefully what is expected of them, so that they can organise their time appropriately.
The courses have been broken down into termwise comprising 13-14 week blocks, but there may be some variation in actual teaching timings. Please note that dates for Christmas and Easter break vary in the school academic calendar for IGCSE and A Level students as they have extra teaching sessions during this time.
Students should expect Mock examinations and Controlled Assessments as part of their programme of study. The number of 35 minute lessons will vary from subject to subject and from level to level; as far as possible, the programmes contain a guide as to how much contact teaching time a student should expect.
Over and above that, students should expect to complete assignments and homework independently, according to the subject teacher’s direction. Revision time is a major part of the courses, usually at the end of the preparation period. Students will be given past paper questions and practice during the course of their study.
Separate help will be given where students experience difficulties, although students should be aware that individual help will always be available from subject teachers. Students can access the Cambridge website for further information about specifications and past paper availability.
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Different videos you’re talking about.
What’s so difficult for Christians to accept ancient Israelites remained in Palestine, and were force-converted to Islam?
Different videos you’re talking about.
And ■■■ bought up most of the land before they ever entered the region.
Prior to the ■■■■■■ return it was a denuded desert nobody but goat and sheep herders could even scratch out a living on.
They have identified as Arabs for centuries and have questionable lineage at best, no documentation for their claims at all, nor any historical support.
Most of them have been there only since 74 to begin with and cannot prove any right to the lands they claim.
Since all Genetic ■■■■ and Arabs share common ancestry back to the Son’s of Abraham we know they have similar DNA which makes the claim impossible to prove.
Israel is illegitmate and the ony reason it survives is bc of US patronage and money. Oh and blackmail/censorship
‘‘Why would 28 states legislate against the US Constitution? One explanation is that the state governments were bought by the Israel Lobby with money under the table, by promises of political campaign donations, or by threats of financing rival candidates. How else do we explain 28 state governments imposing censorship in behalf of a foreign country?’’
Yep with money given to them by Hitler
Pure bullshit of course.
The JA started buying up large parts of Palestine before Hitler was even born.
Initially. That was in the 19th century. But later on, Zionists started stealing land.
You are purposely confusing Bedouins with Palestinians, who were peasants (and city folks from old Jerusalem, Jaffa, Hebron, etc.).
Bedouins and Palestinians speak different kinds of Arabic.
Denuded desert? You make me laugh.
It’s the Khazars (Ashkenazi) ■■■■ who have questionable lineage.
Who? The Palestinians? The never left Palestine. Even after Rome crushed their rebellions, vast majority of ■■■■ stayed in Palestine. Only after the conquest by Muslim dynasties, these ■■■■ were forced to convert to Islam but they kept their ■■■■■■ identity secretly.
Asian Khazars, on the other hand, in what is today Ukraine converted to Talmudic Judaism, which was condemned by Jesus, in the 9th century. That explains their obsession with Ukraine.
Thus Palestinians are true ■■■■■
I’m almost amazed at how you just endlessly repeat the same lies over and over.
Your whole Kazar theory has been completely discredited through genetic studies as several of us have provided here many times before.
Oh it’s this thread again!
Pretty much. Same shit different day.
Talking about yourself?
No. It’s getting serious consideration.
Sorry, it’s not helping you get public attention.
Not by anyone except lunatics. It has been thoroughly discredited by numerous studies.
Yeah if you say so! If you actually knew how to speak the English language you probably wouldn’t be using the same stale excuses all the time nor be purposely obtuse to carry on a normal conversation on most topics you post in.
Lunatic shabbos goys will say anything to please (Khazar) ■■■■■
Note that I make a clear distinction between true ■■■■ and fake ■■■■ from Khazaria, a.k.a. as Gog and Magog, who are thieves and murderers from the north according to the Book of Ezekiel.
I forgot to mention that Zionists not only stole land from Palestinians but their water rights as well.
Israel may be famed for its oranges, but orange trees require a lot of water and Palestine is generally dry, not suited for growing oranges.
So what did Zionists do? Steal water rights from Palestinian peasants who have lived there for thousands of years.
Zionists are thieves and murderers.
Yep but only bc they stole them from the Palestinians
The largest armed robbery of the 20th century
After expelling most of Jaffa’s residents, militarily occupying the city and ghettoizing the remaining original inhabitants, Israeli authorities passed the Absentee Property Law (1950) through which it seized the property of all Palestinians who were not in possession of their immovable properties after the Nakba.
Some of the most difficult stories are those of the Palestinian farmers and peasants from the villages of the Jaffa district. They describe how they were forced off of their land, how they managed to stay in Palestine, how the Israeli government handed their land over to ■■■■■■ settlers, and how these settlers then hired the same Palestinian farmers to work on their own land as day laborers exploited for the personal profit of the ■■■■■■ settler off the produce of the land that Palestinians had cultivated for generations.
I personally witnessed the tragedy in Palestine.
An old Palestinian man who worked for an Israeli owned farm bitterly said that the place was his.
He ran from it a few miles (temporarily) for the safety of his family when there was a war and he heard that ■■■■ were massacring Palestinians.
When the war ended, he and his family were suddenly in a different country (Jordan) and were not allowed to return to his own farm. Only after Israel militarily conquered more land, they could return, only to work in the farm which was in somebody else’s possession.
And it is still happening
After lengthy delays, the United Nations finally published a database last week of businesses that have been profiting from Israel’s illegal annexation and settlement activity in the West Bank.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, announced that 112 major companies had been identified as operating in Israeli settlements in ways that violate human rights.
Judea & Samaria form the heartland of the homeland of the ■■■■■■ People—the Land of Israel—which ■■■■ have inhabited for 4,000 years . Since the era circa 2000 BCE when the biblical patriarchs and matriarchs first settled and constructed in Shechem, Beth-El, Ai, and Hebron. The name Palestine is simply a geographic name coined by the Romans & refers to what was once Judea.
Maybe - but you left and you do not have any right to return
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When President Obama signed an executive order on July 31st to include worker safety and health as part of the bidding process for awarding government contracts, he took a step that could lead to major change for the construction industry. Part of the president’s Year of Action, this order comes on the heels of February’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for all federal contractors to $10.10 an hour, which prompted a number of states to reconsider their own minimum wage laws.
The new executive order, explained in greater detail in this White House fact sheet, requires companies applying for federal contracts to disclose labor violations from the previous three years across 14 federal statutes. Among these statues are wage and hour laws (including Davis-Bacon infringements and worker misclassification), safety and health laws and civil rights protections.
“This executive order leverages the federal government’s buying power to level the playing field for contractors doing it the right way and removes the profit incentive from being a scofflaw,” says Walter Jones, the LHSFNA’s Associate Director of Occupational Safety and Health. “Unlike general industry, in construction, the owner has no official role in employee health and safety on projects. Statutorily, that is primarily the domain of the contractor. Here’s a case where the owner is actually the public, and we are requiring contractors to consistently meet basic workplace fairness requirements in order to secure participation on federal projects.”
The order empowers agencies to take contractors’ health and safety records and prior OSHA violations into account during the bidding process, meaning it’s no longer as simple as who submits the lowest bid. “Contractors who invest in their workers’ safety and maintain a fair and equitable workplace shouldn’t have to compete with contractors who offer lowball bids − based on savings from skirting the law,” said an administration official. Equally important is a provision that requires contractors to declare their subcontractors’ safety violations as well, an issue that’s garnered growing attention as subcontracting becomes more commonplace in construction.
“[This] executive order is an important step to ensure that workers are protected, businesses have a fair shot to compete, and taxpayers get the best bang for their buck,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “Cheaters shouldn’t win, and this action ensures they won’t.”
The new process aims to bring more companies into compliance, and will have measures in place to alert contractors whether violations will affect their eligibility and give them a chance to remedy these issues. Many states already employ responsible bidder screening programs, but with the federal government continuing to be the largest buyer of construction services in the U.S., this change may foster improvements in worker safety and health on a much larger scale.
It’s a change the LHSFNA called for as recently as March, and one that’s been on the radar since 2010, when a health and safety committee formed by the Building Trades Construction Department (BCTD) pushed to have occupational safety and health considered as part of safe and sustainable construction within the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
Requiring contractors and their subcontractors to prequalify should improve compliance on private construction sites as well, since contractors will need to prevent labor violations across the board if they wish to bid on lucrative federal contracts.
“Harvard University, the largest buyer of construction services in Boston, initiated a similar venture that required all contractors interested in competing for future work to voluntarily supply their Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences records to a database that rated them based on compliance and risk,” says Jones. “Top-rated contractors were first in line for future opportunities and poor performers were given incentives to improve their performance.”
In 2010, the Government Accountability Office’s found that nearly two-thirds of the 50 largest violators were able to procure new federal contracts. The true reach of this executive order’s impact on worker safety and health won’t be known until after it goes into effect in 2016, but it’s a tremendous step in the right direction. | <urn:uuid:64cd1837-e5aa-466e-807a-99e9c30cf9e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lhsfna.org/executive-order-changes-the-rules-for-federal-contractors/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=September2014 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.961376 | 876 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Sightings Húsavík 2005
In the summer of 2005 whales were spotted in 728 out of 762 tours = 95,5%.
In total, seven species were spotted: Harbour porpoises, White-beaked dolphins, Minke whales, Killer whales, Sei whales, Blue whales and Humpback whales.
|Minke whales in 408 of 762||53,5%|
|White-beaked dolphins in 372 of 762||49%|
|Humpback whales in 153 of 762||20%|
|Harbour porpoises in 75 of 762||10%|
|Blue whales in 7 of 762||0,9%|
|Sei whales in 5 of 762||0,6%|
|Killer whales in 1 of 762||0,1%|
|Total: 728 of 762||95,5%|
Please note: When it comes to calculating the success rate of trips, different companies have different methods, some more credible than others. As a rule of thumb, North Sailing’s crews count trip as “unsuccessful” if nothing bigger than porpoises is seen during the tour. Also if for some reasons conditions to spot the whales are that hard that not every passenger sees the whales we do not count those trips as successful. | <urn:uuid:246405c0-e16b-48f8-8068-f5480bd2c15a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.northsailing.is/whale-watching/logbooks/logbook-2005/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.885322 | 296 | 2.484375 | 2 |
Islam is the perfect way of life for those who understood it in its pure form and Quran is the best guide for the whole humanity to have a better life in this world as well as in the Akhira (the hereafter). Following are the 10 interesting insights from the Holy Quran to become a better Muslim, to become a better human being.
- The most selfish one letter word: I – Avoid it!
- The most satisfying two-letter word: WE – Use it!
- The most poisonous three-letter word: EGO – Kill it!
- The most used four-letter word: LOVE – Value it!
- The most pleasing five-letter word: SMILE – Keep it!
- The fastest spreading six-letter word: RUMOUR – Ignore it!
- The hardest working seven-letter word: SUCCESS – Achieve it!
- The most enviable eight-letter word: JEALOUSY – Distance it!
- The most powerful nine-letter word: KNOWLEDGE (knowledge of Islam) – Acquire it!
- The most essential ten-letter word: CONFIDENCE (Trust in Allah’s Guidance) – Trust it!
..Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful. (Quran 4:36)
..Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Allah’s guidance is the ˹only˺ true guidance. And we are commanded to submit to the Lord of all worlds, establish prayer, and be mindful of Him. To Him you will all be gathered together. (Quran 6:71-72)
He replied, “I have been granted all this because of some knowledge I have.” Did he not know that Allah had already destroyed some from the generations before him who were far superior to him in power and greater in accumulating ˹wealth˺? There will be no need for the wicked to be asked about their sins. (Quran 28:78)
And one of His signs is that He created for you spouses from among yourselves so that you may find comfort in them. And He has placed between you compassion and mercy. Surely in this are signs for people who reflect. (Quran 30:21)
Moreover, He is the One Who brings about joy and sadness.(Quran 53:43)
The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said: “Do not abuse anyone, do not look down upon any good work, and when you speak to your brother, show him a cheerful face…” [Sunan Abu Dawud]
O believers! Avoid many suspicions, ˹for˺ indeed, some suspicions are sinful. And do not spy, nor backbite one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of their dead brother? You would despise that! And fear Allah. Surely Allah is ˹the˺ Accepter of Repentance, Most Merciful. (Quan 49:12)
by men who are not distracted—either by buying or selling—from Allah’s remembrance, or performing prayer, or paying alms-tax. They fear a Day when hearts and eyes will tremble, ˹hoping˺ that Allah may reward them according to the best of their deeds, and increase them out of His grace. And Allah provides for whoever He wills without limit. (Quran 24:37-38)
And do not crave what Allah has given some of you over others. Men will be rewarded according to their deeds and women ˹equally˺ according to theirs. Rather, ask Allah for His bounties. Surely Allah has ˹perfect˺ knowledge of all things. (Quran 4:32)
˹Remember˺ when they said ˹to one another˺, “Surely Joseph and his brother ˹Benjamin˺ are more beloved to our father than we, even though we are a group of so many. Indeed, our father is clearly mistaken. Kill Joseph or cast him out to some ˹distant˺ land so that our father’s attention will be only ours, then after that you may ˹repent and˺ become righteous people!” (Quran 12:8-9)
By the Quran, rich in wisdom! (Quran 36:2)
Say, “Nothing will ever befall us except what Allah has destined for us. He is our Protector.” So in Allah let the believers put their trust. (Quran 9:51)
Surely those who believe and do good, their Lord will guide them ˹to Paradise˺ through their faith, and rivers will flow under their feet in the Gardens of Bliss.. (Quran 10:9)
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