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BSL Sign Language Dictionary
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How to sign: a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
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Similiar / Same: swallowtail, morning coat
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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has a "very awful feeling" about the economy and wants to reduce approximately 10 percent of positions at the electric automaker, according to an email reviewed by a news agency.
The letter was sent two days after the richest man in the world instructed staff to return to work or leave the firm. According to Tesla's 2021 annual SEC filing, the firm and its subsidiaries employ over 100,000 individuals by the end of 2021.
Musk's grim assessment of a future recession and its repercussions for manufacturers is the most forthright and high-profile prediction of its sort in the industry. While the likelihood of a recession has increased, demand for Tesla cars and other electric vehicles has remained robust, and many of the typical markers of a recession, such as rising dealer inventories in the United States, have not materialized.
However, Tesla has had difficulty restarting production at its Shanghai facility after COVID-19 lockdowns necessitated costly interruptions.
Musk's pessimistic attitude is consistent with recent statements made by leaders such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs President John Waldron.
Inflation in the United States is hanging at 40-year highs, resulting in a rise in the cost of living for Americans, while the Federal Reserve has the challenging goal of reducing demand sufficiently to control inflation without triggering a recession.
Prior to Musk's warning, which came in the form of an email labeled "stop all hiring globally," Tesla had about 5,000 job posts on LinkedIn, ranging from sales in Tokyo to engineers at its new Berlin gigafactory to deep learning scientists in Palo Alto.
In Germany, Musk's demand that employees return to the workplace has already been met with resistance.
"Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week," Musk wrote in his Tuesday email. "If you don't show up, we will assume you have resigned."
Musk also had a Twitter dispute on Thursday with Australia tech millionaire and Atlassian Plc co-founder Scott Farquhar, who mocked the instruction in a series of tweets as "like something out of the 1950s."
In response to Farquhar's post encouraging Tesla employees to investigate its remote work opportunities, Musk tweeted: "recessions serve a vital economic cleansing function."
Musk stated, in late May, in response to a Twitter user's question as to whether the economy was entering a recession, "Yes, but this is a positive development. Too long has it been pouring money on idiots. Some bankruptcies must occur."
Another expert commented that there's a chance that this is a disguised layoff, meaning they're able to let individuals go through attrition or without officially laying them off."
Elon Musk is aware that a certain number of employees would not return," which he added would be less expensive because no severance pay would be required.
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The 9th of March 2021 marks the 55th anniversary of the Jost Report, where the word ‘tribology’ was coined by British mechanical engineer, Peter Jost. Tribology as a term became widely used following the report which highlighted the ever-rising cost of friction, wear, and corrosion to the UK economy.
A significant proportion of those costs arose from friction losses in the highly stressed sliding contacts found in automotive components such as cams, rolling element bearings and gears. The thin films which lubricated these contacts were critical to their performance.
But how to measure these lubricant films which could be only a few nanometres thick? Researchers at the Imperial College Lubrication Laboratory had the answer and were using an already established technique in a novel way to measure this film thickness – optical interferometry!
Although complicated sounding, optical interferometry is something we have all observed when we see a film of oil lying in a puddle.
Sunlight reflects off the top of the oil film, and from the oil film to the water interface. These two paths of light recombine to form what is known as an interference pattern.
Sunlight is composed of a range of wavelengths of light, all of which will follow the two reflected paths. However, only those in phase with each other when they recombine will constructively interfere and shine brightly, while other wavelengths will be partially or completely out of phase and dull.
The colour we see therefore depends on the thickness of the oil film and can be approximated to:
So why not apply this technique to the oil film between a shiny steel ball and a glass disc?
Despite this ingenious technique, early results were hazy at best. For the best constructive and destructive interference, the two paths of light needed to be of the same intensity, unfortunately, the reflection from the glass to oil interface was much weaker than from the surface of the steel ball.
Simultaneously with the publication of the Jost Report, a significant development in optical interferometry was made where a very fine chrome layer was deposited on to the glass disc. This allowed the two light paths to be of the same intensity, and so the very first optical images showing the characteristic horseshoe profiles were observed!
There were, however, two problems with this method…
The first was that if the film thickness is less than half the wavelength in oil of violet light (the shortest wavelength of visible light) there would be no visible constructive interference at all! This limited the minimum measurable thickness to around 140 nm.
This was fixed by adding a very thin silica layer on top of the chrome layer, so that now researchers were measuring the film thickness of the silica layer AND the oil film so even with a near-zero oil film they would still have visible constructive interference.
The second problem was that researchers were just using their eyes to determine the colour and comparing to a colour chart (such as shown above) to determine the wavelength, so limiting the accuracy of the technique.
This was resolved by focusing the image through a spectrometer on to a black and white imager, to allow the wavelength of maximum constructive interference to be precisely determined. That researchers could see the actual colour of the light is simply an interesting and rather valuable attribute of the human eye!
These improvements were first incorporated into instruments as ad hoc upgrades and workarounds. However, since then, PCS Instruments has worked to refine and standardise these into the EHD instrument, which can measure film thicknesses down to 1 nm. If we scaled up such a film to be 20cm thick, the ball would have to be the size of the moon!
The EHD is a fully automated, benchtop instrument, measuring lubricant film thicknesses of 1000 nm to 1 nm in the elastohydrodynamic lubricating regime, at conditions from pure rolling to 100% sliding. It can also be used to investigate not only point contacts, but also elliptical contacts, and to study both oils and greases. The EHD is the preferred choice for researchers in a wide range of fields, bringing adaptability, precision, and accuracy to film thickness measurement. To find out more about the EHD click here, and to see our full range of instruments, click here.
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Association football, or soccer, is the world's most popular sport. It's played in huge stadiums in capital cities, in muddy parks in the countryside, and on the tiniest, most remote islands. Wherever you go, people are in love with the beautiful game.
That means that there are some pretty incredible locations out there for playing soccer. On every single continent, there are some special spots to watch live sports. In this article, we'll be guiding you through 11 of the most unique and amazing soccer fields from around the world. Picking out the most unique soccer field on Earth is a difficult task, but these 11 venues are a pretty good place to start.
The Lofoften Islands are home to some of Norway's most stunning scenery. A rugged archipelago in the northern district of Nordland, it's packed with rugged mountains, picturesque views, and diverse wildlife. But most importantly (for us, at least), it's also the setting for one of the most amazing football grounds on the planet.
Overlooking the Norwegian Sea not far from the Arctic Circle, Henningsvaer Stadion is considered one of the world's most beautiful soccer fields. Attached to the small tourist resort and fishing village of Henningsvaer via a bridge built in 1983, the pitch is surrounded by sea. This means that the pitch's synthetic mantle and side grids are crucial when it comes to stopping balls from flying into the ocean. In a part of the world in which daylight can sometimes be in short supply, an ultra-modern lighting system is also a crucial addition. There are no stands, and the football on offer is strictly amateur-level, but that takes nothing away from the breathtaking beauty of this soccer field.
There's only one soccer field in the world that can boast the impressive claim of being nestled between two UNESCO-protected monuments. That honour lies with Croatian club NK Trogir (founded in 1912), whose 1,021-capacity ground Igralište Batarija sits between St. Marko Tower and 15th-century fortress Kamerlengo Castle.
Batarija recently received some serious upgrades, with a new artificial pitch being laid, alongside new floodlights, stand, and upgraded changings rooms and club houses. The multi-million kuna project was finished in 2019 and is now in full operation, but the new renovations have taken nothing away from the historic feel of this unique sporting location.
One Slovakian football ground has received a lot of recent online attention due to a highly unusual feature of its sporting spectacle. Tucked into the Slovak Ore Mountains in a remote part of central Europe is Čierny Balog, the home of Slovakian minnows TJ Tatran Čierny Balog. This remarkable little stadium has become famous for one particularly special sight: the appearance of a steam train during the middle of play.
Yep, you heard us right. The ground's main stand is separated from the pitch by the Čierny Hron Railway Line, which was originally constructed as a forest railway to help with logging operations. Nowadays, it's mostly there for tourist purposes, with groundhopping football fans relishing the opportunity to watch an old fashioned steam train chugging along the side of the pitch, blocking spectators' view (not that any of them are too bothered). For any soccer field obsessives desperate to visit the world's most crazy grounds, this is certainly one for the bucket list.
The Faroe Islands, a collection of 18 islands situated in the North Atlantic between Iceland and Norway, contains some amazing soccer fields. Perhaps the pick of the bunch is the Eiði Stadium, which was originally positioned on a cliff edge with stunning views over the North Atlantic Ocean, before being relocated to a slightly more central spot in the tiny village of Eiði.
Situated in the north-west of the island Eysturoy, Eiði has a population of just 700 people, and its pitch is used by local side EB/Streymur, a semi-professional club founded in 1993. With incredible views and one of the most secluded, remote locations you could hope for, this is one of the most unique places you could possibly enjoy a game of football.
Source: Barry Black
Claggan Park sits at the base of Meall an t-Suidhe, an enormous, snowy Ben Nevis foothill that highlights the huge stature of the biggest mountain in Scottish, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. The small ground is where Fort William FC play their home matches, and the super-remote location doesn't often work in their favour on the pitch —since being admitted to the Highland Football League in 1985, the club has never achieved higher than 11th place. But visiting Claggan Park isn't just about the football; the natural scenery on show is some of the best you could see at a football match.
Thailand is a country of immense beauty, from the temples of Chiang Mai to the picturesque islands in the South. One unique location that has become a popular tourist attraction in recent years is the tiny village of Koh Panyee, in the Phang Nga Province in Southern Thailand. A fishing village of 1,685 people that was built on stilts by fishermen, it hosts one particular attraction for football fans: a floating football pitch.
The pitch was first built after the 1986 World Cup, when due to a lack of available land, a group of fans decided to build a pitch on water. At first, players struggled to compete against other teams with more resources, but over time Panyee FC grew to become a serious youth outfit. They've since won numerous regional championships, and provide local kids with a chance to play soccer in one of the most unique sporting venues in the world. This amazing story of community triumph and togetherness is captured in a great short film by TMB bank, available to watch here.
Kho Panyee village is a pretty special location, but it's not the only floating pitch out there. 1,250km south-east of the Thai settlement is Marina Bay, a large bay in the Central Area of Singapore. It's an area that has undergone extensive development in recent decades, with one of the most striking pieces of building work being the construction of 'The Float', a multi-purpose outdoor venue based on a steel platform in the Marina Resevoir.
Built in 2007 as an interim venue during the rebuilding of the National Stadium in Kallang, The Float consists of a 120m x 83m floating platform capable of holding the weight of 9,000 people, 200 tonnes of stage props, and three 30-tonne military vehicles. This is hardly necessary though, as on the adjacent shoreline is a 27,000-seat grandstand, making this a comfortable and highly unusual place to watch football. While plenty of other types of events are held here too, it's still fair to call this the world's largest floating football stadium.
Some sports stadiums are nestled in the ground, some on the coast pretty much at sea level. The Ottmar Hitzfeld Stadium in Switzerland, however, boasts the official title of the highest stadium in Europe. Home to amateur side FC Gspon, this stadium is situated 2,000 meters above sea level, tucked away in the beautiful Swiss Alps. It's an amazing location, set in a village with a sub-1000 population that's only accessible by cable car. The only downside is that the jaw-dropping cliffedge next to the pitch has claimed hundreds of lost balls, never to be seen again.
New York City is famous for its huge, green parks, but what you might not know is that one of those parks is also a pretty special spot for playing soccer. On Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park's soccer fields provide locals with the opportunity to play matches against a stunning skyscraper backdrop. Right now, Brooklyn Bridge Park is the home of college outfit St Francis Brooklyn Terriers.
In the desert mountains of the Western Asian nation Oman sits one of the most unique footballing venues there is. The nearest village is Balad Sayt, and the story behind the creation of this unusual pitch might surprise you. Rather than being constructed as a local sporting venue, the pitch was built by Filmmaster for an Audi commercial in 2016 that focuses on a young fan dreaming of becoming a pro player. Practically, it was a difficult location to shoot in, but the long-term impact is that locals have a unique setting for a game of football whenever they fancy it.
The staggering mountain ranges, thick woodland, and remote communities of the Rhondda valley helped provide inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkein's Middle Earth, but Blaenrhondda Park is no fantasy. The ground is a council-owned facility used by Blaenrhondda AFC and a few other local sports clubs, a pillar of the local community. With miniature drystone walls acting as terracing, and the flat-topped Pen Pych Mountain offering an imposing backdrop, this little Welsh amateur ground is a truly unique venue for football.
Now, sadly most of us aren't lucky enough to live on the doorstep of one of these amazing grounds. Most of these stunning pitches have become popular tourist destinations in their own right. However, that doesn't mean you can't embrace the beautiful game in a spot that's a little closer to home. Here are a few simple steps for anyone hoping to find a local pitch:
Open up google
Type in "soccer fields near me" and hit search
Select 'Maps' in the top bar of the screen (next to 'Images')
A map should open up with all the soccer fields in your local area flagged up
Take a look at each one and see which is best for your individual needs and requirements
Head down there and get playing!
You can access a range of benefits by getting down to a local soccer field. Soccer field dimensions can vary depending on the level of play, but there should be somewhere suitable near you to embrace the game. Whether you want to hone your skills and become a top player, or you're more interested in growing your coaching abilities, hitting up a local pitch is the best way to do it.
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Rotary District 5240 spans the central coast of California from San Luis Obispo to Agoura Hills covering inland to China Lake. This district is comprised of 72 independent local Rotary clubs. Each year the district hosts a leadership retreat for high school students local to each of these clubs. The opportunity for each Rotary club to make an impact in their own back yards is far reaching through this event.
Each year all participating clubs in the district select ambassadors to represent them at a 4 day all expenses paid retreat designed by Rotarians to teach and promote leadership skills necessary to make change through services to humanity locally and worldwide. The event offers courses not often found in the regular curriculum teenagers are offered. These courses include diversity training, public speaking, team building, leadership fundamentals, goal setting, leading a meeting, character & ethics, facilitation, fellowship and creating good habits. The retreat offers a mix of indoor and outdoor activities. We invite very talented keynote speakers to come and teach, motivate and inspire our youth to become great leaders and to do great things.
The facility is located in beautiful hills of Ojai at Camp Ramah. All of the students sleep 3 nights in gender specific cabins with Rotary chaperones that have been through safety training, background checks and Leadership skills training. All of the instructors have specific curriculum that has been used, analyzed and changed over the years under the auspices of an ever improving program. We are graded by the students and volunteers every year and take to heart any opportunity for creating a better program for the students. The students get to enjoy a talent show, a dance, rock climbing, lazer tag, jousting, games, music and much more.
The focus for the weekend is centered on the tasks at hand. Everyone eats in a family style environment, no cell phones are allowed and students cannot drive themselves to the retreat. All students are housed and grouped in a way the actually prevents them from being with people that they would already know. This is done to encourage new relationships and the understanding that leaders must be able to reach out to anyone.
The weekend culminates in an award ceremony for all of the students. It is a magical time each year to witness the growth and inspiration these students walk away with. They all have new tools to draw on for the rest of their lives when they are in the position to become leaders or to help leaders become successful. These tools help in school, work, charity, and family life. The testimonials from the students, parents and the student’s school faculty are truly proof positive that this retreat is world class.
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Anxiety is a state of mind where one is gripped with a feeling of worry or unease. This can come in mild or severe episodes. Here are several breathing exercises that will help you take control of your anxiety.
Lengthen Your Exhale
Exhaling is linked to our body’s ability to calm down and relax. Take longer to exhale rather than inhale; for example, if you inhaled for 4 seconds, try exhaling for 6 seconds.
Discover how to let go of your anxiety by meditating during your time at a luxury day spa in Sydney the likes of Elysia Wellness Retreat. During meditation, you will be using breathing as a method of emptying your mind to achieve inner peace and happiness.
Also known as coherent breathing, this method can help one to alleviate anxiety and arrive into a relaxed state of mind.
Yogic Breathing (Pranayama)
Breathing lies at the core of each variation of yoga. Pranayama includes a number of breathing variations that could help with managing anxiety. Some of these variations include alternate nostril breathing, lion’s breath as well as lengthened exhale, and equal breathing.
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A 1,174-carat diamond has been unearthed in Botswana marking the second massive diamond to be found in the country in the space of a few weeks. The rare rock was recovered at the Karowe diamond mine last month and presented to the government in a ceremony.on Wednesday.
“This is the third diamond of more than 1,000 carats found at the site, and it will now be made into “valuable collections of top colour polished diamonds,” Canadian mining firm Lucara Diamond said.
The diamond is larger than a 1,098-carat stone also found in Botswana in June, which was believed to be the world’s third-largest diamond. Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi attended the ceremony to view the stone.
Naseem Lahri, the managing director of Lucara Botswana, said its unearthing “is history in the making, for us and Botswana as well.” The stone is “a clivage gem of variable quality with significant domains of high-quality white gem material,” Lucara said in the press release.
In 2019, the firm discovered what is believed to be the second-biggest diamond in history — a staggering 1,758-carat stone at the Karowe mine.
At present, the largest diamond ever recorded is the 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond, found in South Africa in 1905. The Cullinan was subsequently cut into smaller stones, some of which form part of British royal family’s crown jewels.
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Spin To Survive: How 'Saturn On Steroids' Keeps From Self-Destructing
Scientists are one step closer to understanding a mystery of the Milky Way.
In 2007, data showed that a young star about 400 light years away from our solar system was blinking. It was being covered, uncovered and covered again in what astronomers call a "series of complex eclipses."
The eclipses told astronomers that something was orbiting the young star, and that the something was very large.
Eric Mamajek first saw the 2007 data on Dec. 11, 2010, when he was a young professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Rochester. "It was one of those great times one enjoys as a scientist where one realizes that one is seeing something new and bizarre that no person has seen before," he told NPR via email.
"You realize that you need to make sense of it and report it to the rest of the world," he said.
Mamajek did just that, and in 2012, he and colleagues published a paper announcing what they thought was causing what he calls "the weird eclipse."
It was an enormous ring system swirling around a planet.
"This planet is much larger than Jupiter or Saturn, and its ring system is roughly 200 times larger than Saturn's rings are today," Mamajek said at the time.
"You could think of it as kind of a super Saturn."
Mamajek and his co-author on the 2012 paper, Matthew Kenworthy of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, created an animation showing how the massive ring system, called J1407b, could eclipse the star, unromantically named J1407.
But there were still many questions about the ring system, one of which had to do with its enormous size. Last year, Mamajek and Kenworthy published another paper that showed the system consists of more than 30 rings, each of them tens of millions of kilometers in diameter. (Kenworthy also made this crazy image showing what J1407b would look like from Earth if it replaced Saturn in our solar system.)
That led some astronomers to wonder how something so large could hold together as it swung around its star.
The answer might have something to do with spin, according to a new paper by Kenworthy and a colleague in Japan, Steven Rieder, published this week in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
According to the paper, the key to why spin is so important begins with orbits. Not all orbits are circles. The Earth, for example, takes a slightly oval-shaped path around the sun, which means in January, the two are at their closest point.
The same is true of J1407b — because it doesn't orbit in a circle, there is one point when the massive spinning disc of debris that makes up its rings comes closest to its star. And at that moment, the disc is at the most risk for breaking apart.
But it doesn't break apart, and the reason, the authors of the new paper think, is that J1407b is spinning backward. Don't worry, you don't have to try to imagine it — Rieder made a video simulation of their theory.
Beware, about 15 seconds into the video, things get wild and destructive in the right panel.
As you can see, when the rings spin clockwise around the planet, they are torn apart as the system passes the star. But when the rings spin counterclockwise, they survive.
"It seems to be a reasonable solution," says Mamajek, who recently became deputy chief program scientist for the NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "These simulations are the first to clearly test this [retrograde spin] idea."
Studying J1407b "is science in slow motion," he says. It's been almost a decade since the initial data was collected, and it takes about 11 years for the ring system to travel just once around its star.
But, he says, amateur astronomers with backyard telescopes can help. He and others have enlisted the help of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, a citizen science organization, to fill in gaps in the data collected by professional telescopes. Amateur stargazers have uploaded dozens of images to plot the brightness of the star over time.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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One choice is to buy a residential or commercial property that requires some job if you are looking for methods to conserve cash when getting a residence. This can be an excellent method to obtain a discount rate on the acquisition rate, as well as it likewise indicates that you can include your very own individual touch to the building. It is essential to keep in mind that you will certainly require to variable in the expense of any kind of repair services or remodellings that require to be lugged out.
If you are looking to acquire a residential or commercial property via the Aid to Get system, you can utilize an assistance to acquire calculator to see exactly how much cash you might possibly conserve.
There are numerous various methods that you can obtain onto the building ladder if you are a new customer that is looking to acquire a residential property. The technique that you pick will certainly depend upon your individual conditions and also what you are searching for in a residence. By utilizing some of the techniques we have actually gone over in this blog site message, you can conserve cash on your acquisition and also obtain onto the residential property ladder earlier than you might assume.
One more preferred choice for newbie purchasers is to acquire a residential or commercial property with shared possession. With this technique, you will just have help to buy calculator a section of the residential property as well as you will certainly pay rental fee on the rest. This is a wonderful method to minimize the quantity of cash that you require to place down as a down payment, and also it can likewise assist to decrease your regular monthly home mortgage repayments.
When getting a house is to take into consideration acquiring a fixer-upper, an additional means to conserve cash. This sort of residential property is normally looking for some repair service or remodelling, however it can typically be purchased a much reduced cost than residential or commercial properties that remain in great problem. Fixer-uppers can be a wonderful method to obtain your foot on the building ladder, however it is essential to see to it that you are prepared to place in the job that is required to bring the building approximately damage.
If you are a new purchaser that is looking to buy a home, there are lots of various methods that you can obtain onto the residential property ladder.
Are you a new customer that is looking to acquire a residential or commercial property? Whether you are simply beginning out on your residential or commercial property trip or you are looking for means to decrease the price of your acquisition, this blog site message is for you!
Among one of the most preferred methods for novice customers to obtain onto the home ladder is with the Assistance to Purchase system. This system is a federal government campaign that aids individuals to acquire a residence with a smaller sized down payment. You can make use of an aid to get calculator to see exactly how much cash you might possibly conserve if you are looking to acquire a residential property with the Assistance to Purchase system.
If you are looking for methods to conserve cash when purchasing a residence, one alternative is to buy a residential or commercial property that requires some job. Fixer-uppers can be a wonderful method to obtain your foot on the residential or commercial property ladder, however it is essential to make certain that you are prepared to place in the job that is required to bring the building up to scrape.
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CME Author: Vicki Brower
Study Authors: Aron S. Buchman, Lei Yu, et al.; James A. Mortimer, Yaakov Stern
Target Audience and Goal Statement:
Neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists, psychiatrists, gerontologists, primary care physicians, family medicine specialists, and internists
The goal was to study the associations of physical activity, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other brain pathologies, and cognition in older adults living in the community.
- What is the relationship, if any, between physical activity, motor abilities, and common brain pathologies in community-dwelling older adults?
- What are possible explanations for the association, found in this study and elsewhere, between physical activity and cognitive function in this group of elderly individuals?
Study Synopsis and Perspective:
In an ongoing longitudinal cohort study of 450 older adults, average age of 91 at death, researchers found that higher levels of physical activity and better motor ability were independently associated with better cognition, even in the presence of brain lesions or dementia-linked biomarkers.
Aron S. Buchman, MD, of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and colleagues monitored individuals’ daily activity, tested motor performance, and conducted postmortem brain autopsies to detect 10 brain pathologies, based on data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project. The project is a community-based cohort of older adults who agreed to annual detailed clinical examinations, and brain donation at the time of death.
The analysis included 454 participants, 73% of whom were women. A total of 191 participants had been diagnosed with dementia, and 263 with no dementia.
As described in the study online in Neurology, the team conducted 10 supervised motor performance tests to determine global motor ability scores and used continuous multi-day accelerometer recordings to monitor physical activity.
Activity results were collected about 2 years before death, and measured in counts/day. The overall average was 156,000 counts/day, with participants without dementia averaging 180,000 counts/day, and people with dementia averaging 130,000 counts/day.
Buchman and co-authors tested study participants for five cognitive abilities: semantic memory, episodic memory, working memory, perceptual speed, and visuospatial abilities.
At autopsy, the researchers assessed brain tissue for the following:
- Alzheimer’s disease pathology (neuritic plaques, diffuse plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles)
- Nigral neuronal loss
- Lewy body disease pathology
- TAR DNA-binding protein 43
- Hippocampal sclerosis
- Macroscopic cerebral infarcts
- Cerebral atherosclerosis
- Microscopic cerebral infarcts
- Cerebral arteriolosclerosis
- Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
A total of 85% of study participants had two or more different brain pathologies.
The team performed regression analyses to examine whether motor abilities or the amount of daily physical activity attenuated the association of indices of AD pathology with the level of cognitive function proximate to death.
Higher levels of total daily activity (estimate 0.148 ± 0.049, 95% CI 0.053-0.0.244, P=0.003) and better motor abilities (estimate 0.283 ± 0.055, 95% CI 0.175-0.390, P<0.001) were both independently associated with better global cognition proximate to death. These independent associations remained significant when interaction terms for AD and other pathologies were added, the researchers reported.
Each standard deviation increase of total daily activity or motor capacity was associated with a reduction of dementia risk (total daily activity 31%; motor abilities 55%). Moreover, these associations were additive, as the association of total daily physical activity with cognition did not vary with motor abilities.
“Physical activity may provide cognitive reserve to maintain function independent of accumulating brain pathologies,” Buchman told MedPage Today. Still, the investigators said, it is possible that “the association between total daily activity and cognition may have been observed because higher total daily activity may lead to better cognition or because poorer cognition, ie., dementia, might lead to reduced daily activity.”
In their analysis, the researchers concluded that motor abilities remained independently associated with better cognition and that poorer cognition did not account for the association of total daily activity and motor abilities with cognition proximate to death.
“These data provide support for the idea that strategies or behaviors that lead to a more active lifestyle and better motor abilities may provide cognitive reserve, which may maintain cognitive function in older adults despite the accumulation of Alzheimer’s disease and other common brain pathologies,” the researchers wrote. “Further work is needed to clarify to what extent the risk factors and the types and duration of interventions to increase total daily physical activity and motor abilities are distinct and can be disentangled.”
Source References: Neurology, online Jan. 16, 2019; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006954f
Editorial: Neurology, online Jan. 16, 2019; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006935
Study Highlights: Explanation of Findings
Buchman and co-researchers found that in this group of elderly adults, “a more active lifestyle and better motor abilities proximate to death were independently associated with better cognitive function and reduced odds of dementia with controlling for AD and nine other common age-related brain pathologies.” The associations between both physical activity and motor abilities with better cognition and lower risk of dementia are “independent and additive,” the team noted.
“Moreover, there was also no evidence that a more active lifestyle or better motor abilities modified the associations of these brain pathologies with cognitive function proximate to death,” the researchers wrote, concluding that “together, these data suggest that the cognitive reserve associated with physical activities and motor abilities is unrelated to the presence of common brain pathologies and that the molecular mechanisms that underlie this reserve remain to be identified.”
The researchers explained that previous studies, including one from the same patient cohort, have suggested that higher levels of physical activity may slow the rate of cognitive decline and reduce the risk of AD dementia, but the mechanisms whereby this may occur remain unclear. Studies in animals indicate that more physical activity may prevent the accumulation and progression of AD pathology, and brain imaging research in older adults suggests that higher levels of physical activity are associated with lower levels of infarcts and better white matter brain integrity.
In addition, studies with PET imaging show that higher levels of β-amyloid deposits are associated with poorer motor function. But Buchman et al. noted that in the few studies that have focused on physical activity, there has not been a consistent relationship with physical activity level and brain imaging levels of β-amyloid or cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) markers of AD.
The lack of human data “makes it difficult to explicate the pathologic mechanisms” that underlie the association of a more active lifestyle with better cognition in older adults, the researchers wrote.
In an accompanying editorial, James Mortimer, PhD, of the University of South Florida in Tampa, and Yaakov Stern, PhD, of Columbia University in New York City, echoed Buchman and co-authors, noting that numerous observational studies have supported an association between physical exercise and reduced cognitive decline.
“The results of randomized trials of physical exercise suggest that exercise leads to increases in brain tissue, including in the hippocampus, where atrophy is an early and important finding in Alzheimer’s disease,” the editorialists wrote. For example, one trial showed that aerobic exercise led to increased levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and increased hippocampal volume; other studies suggested that higher BDNF gene expression may help slow cognitive decline. “Alternatively, physical exercise itself might reduce brain pathology,” and mouse models have shown that higher physical activity levels reduce the accumulation of AD pathology, Mortimer and Stern added.
Buchman and co-authors noted that while their cross-sectional results should be interpreted with caution, the findings do provide support for the idea that even in the absence of treatment for AD and related disorders, a more active lifestyle, including physical and cognitive activities, may help maintain cognition in older adults.
Study limitations, the team said, include that because the data were cross-sectional, causal inferences cannot be drawn. It is also possible that some of the association resulted from reverse causality (i.e., that lower cognitive function led to less activity).
In addition, the accelerometers used in the study did not differentiate between various physical activities (such as steps vs arm movements), and activity was assessed only at one point later in life, so it remains unknown whether physical activity in early life may have played a role.
Mortimer and Stern also stated that in order to prove causation, longitudinal studies of physical activity and cognition with brain imaging would be needed to document the influence of pathology on the demonstrated association.
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Ovulation induction involves using medication to encourage ovulation (the release of eggs) in women who normally do not ovulate.
Letrozole is an oral medication that can be an effective fertility treatment for women with ovulation issues. Letrozole causes an increase in the output of FSH, which encourages follicle growth and can increase the chance of ovulation.
Letrozole is known to be effective for women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. Couples with ovulation issues may wish to try Letrozole as a first-line fertility treatment.
Couples on the public waiting list for treatment may want to try to become pregnant using an ovulation induction method. Please be aware that Letrozole and/ or Clomiphene packages are not covered under public funding and will incur a fee.
Clomiphene is the alternative ovulation-induction treatment and works in a similar way to Letrozole.
Clomiphene cycles at Fertility PLUS are monitored with blood tests and, if needed, ultrasound scanning. This is to ensure that treatment is effective and to minimise the risk of a multiple pregnancy.
In some women with polycystic ovaries, metformin is an effective treatment used on its own or in conjunction with ovulation induction. Metformin is taken every day. After a couple of months of therapy, a women is more like to ovulate regularly.
Laparoscopic ovarian drilling is less common, but may be recommended for women who have not responded to other ovulation induction therapies.
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What is right for you?
- Online banking platforms are not banks, but they do offer some of the same services.
- Online banking platforms are safe if the accounts are federally insured through a bank.
- You might like online banking if you want to get a higher interest rate.
- Check out the insider’s guide to the best online banks.
If you are new to online banking, you may see an institution refer to itself as an “online banking” or an “online banking platform”. Sounds like the same, right? Well, they are not.
and online banking platforms have some notable differences. By learning about their differences, you might get a better idea of which institution to choose.
What is the difference between an online banking and an online banking platform?
a online bank offers products and services similar to those of traditional financial institutions, but via the Internet instead of a branch.
Online banks allow you to open savings accounts,
, or CDs. Investment and loan options are also available.
Here are some examples of online banking:
During this time, online banking platforms are not banks. This detail is important to note because an online banking platform is not directly provided by a government agency, such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Administration.
Online banking platforms are always safe to use if their accounts are federally insured by another bank. Online banking platforms will include a disclaimer if they are federally insured by another financial institution.
Online banking platforms will also generally have fewer banking options than online banking. You will usually only have a choice of one or two accounts, such as a savings account or a hybrid checking / savings account.
Here are some examples of online banking platforms:
If you plan to open only a savings or checking account, online banking platforms can still be a great way to do banking. However, if you are looking for a full banking experience, online banking is more suitable.
What are the similarities between online banking and online banking platforms?
Online banking is mainly done by computer or by phone. Thanks to online banks and banking platforms, you can open an online account, deposit money by going to ATMs, or get help with some of your questions through detailed FAQ sections or call centers. calls.
Most online banks don’t have branches, so in many cases you can’t withdraw or deposit money directly. Some allow you to do this in GreenDot locations, but you’ll pay a fee.
Advantages and disadvantages of online banking
Should you try online banking?
Online banking, whether through a platform or a bank, works best if you are comfortable with the technology. If you depend on in-person banking to manage your bank account, you might have a hard time adjusting to online banking.
You will also prefer online banking if you are looking for a high interest rate on savings. Online banking tends to offer higher rates than traditional financial institutions. You’ll find several online institutions only featured in our guide to the best CD rates and our guide to the best high yield savings accounts.
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Studying is one thing to be stressed about, but imagine hustling on the side, too. That’s a different kind of self-fulfillment. IMO, working students are one of the most responsible and industrious people I have ever met. Despite their busy schedules, you can see them around campus with smiles on their faces, and sometimes, they will still try to stop and just catch-up with you. Daming time!
Life tip: If you want to learn how to manage time, they are the best people to get in touch with. I swear! One of them is Xeina Campaña, a second-year International Hospitality Management student at De La Salle-College of St. Benilde. She shares her rough yet the life-changing journey of being a former working student.
On choosing the ‘working student’ life
Xeina worked as a barista at Starbucks last October, and just resigned recently. Her reason for taking the job opportunity was to gain work experience as early as now and to earn money of her own. “Basically just getting myself ready after I graduate,” she said. “Second, gusto ko ng sarili kong pera. Like, pride ko ‘yun na I don’t have to ask for money from my parents every time I want something. I wanted to be responsible for myself.”
She also shared how she prefers hands-on experiences compared to just taking in blackboard lessons inside the four corners of their classroom. “I felt bored at some point sa school. Feeling ko I needed to learn more than just that.” More often than not, life experiences have greater value to our growth as an individual rather than bombarding yourself with the technical lessons in school.
You have to continuously cope with the demands of work, school, and social life
Sleep deprivation is the number one enemy of all working students—it’s like their kryptonite—and it is inevitable for them not to encounter this as they balance two (or more!) schedules every day. “Mayroong times talaga na four hours lang tulog ko tapos papasok na naman sa school bukas.”
Sacrifices are expected to be done when you become a working student. Sometimes you have to choose between sleep or going to that 7:30 a.m. class, to eat lunch or just use the time to go to your group meeting or finish your paperwork. “Minsan ‘di ko na alam saan ko isisingit ang paggawa ko ng mga homework and papers,” she admits. “Kasi ‘di ko rin magawa sa work, ang breaks ko saktong magpapahinga at kakain lang talaga ako.” It is a constant juggle of responsibilities and more often than not—even if you don’t want to—you will have to spare some responsibilities to tend to the other ones.
There was a point that she felt really guilty because she wasn’t 100 percent available for her groupmates, even having a hard time executing her part because she is always MIA due to her working schedule. “May instances na group work. ‘Di ka maka-join kasi may work ka. So, all you’re left to say is, ‘Sige ako na lang sa mga hindi niyo kaya,’ or ‘Tirhan niyo na lang ako ng gagawin.’” She explains. “Siyempre feel ko left out na talaga ako sa school pero ‘di ako left out sa work. Alam mo ‘yong meron talagang side na okay at hindi okay.”
How she became a dean’s lister even with the constant challenges in-between
You can never go wrong with time management—it’s everyone’s key to success. “‘Di na ako puwede mag-cram kasi lagot ako. Parang ginawa ko imbis na isang bagsakan ko gawin ang mga requirements, ginagawa ko one step at a time. ‘Di bale na ‘di matapos agad at least may improvement araw-araw,” she said.
Most importantly, don’t forget about your own needs. Pay attention to what your mind and body need. Because if your mental and physical health are at risk, you will be encountering more complications in the end. “Hindi rin ako masyado nagiging hard sa sarili ko kasi alam kong ginagawa ko naman ang kaya ko for the day.” Always remember that small wins for the day are also considered, well, wins!
You get non-monetary benefits, too
Besides another bullet on her resume and good pay, she also built various connections she can utilize in the future, like the managers and colleagues she worked with. With her daily interaction with complex customers and co-workers, she also got the opportunity to expand her social circle and develop her interpersonal skills, and with that, she was introduced to different perspectives in life—making her more open, understanding, and empathizing.
She also began to feel the adulting life. “Nagiging responsible ka sa time mo. Unlike noong regular student pa ako, hawak ko talaga oras ko. Kahit saang gala, sige go lang. Pero noong working [student] na ako, iniisip ko kung worth it ba ipagpalit ang rest ko sa gala or no,” she explained. You would indeed start to weigh in your wants and needs, making you more disciplined and develop self-control - the primary traits that you should have in order to compensate for the different demands when you graduate from college.
Some advice to take note of if you are currently a working student
A piece of advice from Xeina to other working students, “Always get enough rest! Hindi mo kailangan i-exhaust ang sarili mo nang sobra-sobra just to say natapos mo lahat ng gawain mo. You’re only human. You do what you can for that day and continue it tomorrow. Your acads and job are very important pero mas importante na you stay healthy, mentally and physically. Also, time management and discipline are key to balance it out. Don’t be too hasty sa decisions kasi you might end up in the wrong places. And also, treat yourself [kapag may] sahod na, you deserve it after hustling.”
If you’re planning to be one, here are the things you need to consider
As Xeina told me, you have to first consider everything in your life because the moment you step into the world of being a working student, inevitable changes will occur in a snap. Working is no joke. It is a commitment, you have to be strong to accept the sacrifices and adjustments that are being demanded of you.
But apart from everything, the most essential lesson that you will be obtaining is discipline. "Kasi ako before I applied [for a job], I asked myself kung kailangan ko talaga ‘to. I mean, money wasn’t the main issue but I just needed something para maging interesting naman everyday life ko," Xeina explains. "But then noong nagwo-work na ako, na-realize ko na hindi lang pala siya pampalipas ng oras. Kasi I needed to commit and it was hard to say no when duty calls."
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Japan could soon conduct its under-development scramjet engine’s first combustion flight test to advance its hypersonic technology.
The flight test could take place on July 23, 2022, at the Uchinoura Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), according to a statement made to Janes by the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD’s) Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA).
It is anticipated that the flight will deliver crucial data that will advance the project.
The engine will power a variety of hypersonic vehicles, bolstering the country’s ability to safeguard outlying islands, the report said.
The research project’s objective, according to ATLA, is to “acquire a model that estimates [the] in-flight combustion phenomenon in [the] scramjet engine.” The organization added that the outcomes would compare to information from ground-based wind tunnel tests.
To “correct and predict data during the actual flight,” the agency continued, it will also develop and assess a numerical model analysis.
The new advances in Beijing’s hypersonic technology have become a significant concern for Tokyo. Presently, Japan is seeking to increase its investment in hypersonic technology development.
Japan’s Hypersonic Program
Hypersonic weapons can maneuver in-flight and travel at speeds greater than five times the speed of sound, making them much harder to intercept. Russia and China have already deployed these weapons, which can be equipped with nuclear warheads.
In March 2020, Japan first announced plans to develop its hypersonic weapons, aiming to join a small group of nations, including Russia, China, and the US. The strategic significance of those plans is growing as there are indications Tokyo may change its pacifist constitution to allow for greater military power.
Japan intends to deploy two types of hypersonic weapons: the Hypersonic Cruise Missile (HCM) and the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP).
The HCM performs the same duties as a conventional cruise missile. It can be equipped with either an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) warhead for land attack or an armor-piercing warhead intended to breach the deck of an aircraft carrier.
Contrarily, the HVGP uses a solid-fuel rocket engine to raise its warhead to a high altitude before separating, from which it can glide at hypersonic speeds to the target. It can be equipped with numerous EFPs as well for area saturation attacks.
Collaboration With Allies?
China has accelerated the development of hypersonic weapons, most notably by conducting tests in 2021 on a system that would deploy a hypersonic glide vehicle in an orbital bombardment. Japan is collaborating with partners to develop sufficient capabilities to defend against these weapons.
In January 2022, the United States and Japan announced plans to sign a new agreement to strengthen their research and development cooperation on emerging technologies focusing on cutting-edge space systems and the defense against hypersonic missiles.
In a joint statement released following the meeting, US and Japanese officials gave little information about the specifics of the R&D sharing agreement, only stating that “the ministers committed to pursuing joint investments that accelerate innovation and ensure the Alliance maintains its technological edge in critical and emerging fields, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, directed energy, and quantum computing,”
Also, a hypersonic missile test allegedly conducted by nuclear-armed North Korea earlier this year has prompted Tokyo to concentrate on developing counter-hypersonic technologies.
According to reports, Japan proposed to develop an electromagnetic weapon system to detect enemy hypersonic missiles in January 2021. Tokyo decided to develop “railguns” in response to its worries about how to counter the threat posed by China, North Korea, and the Russian Federation’s hypersonic weapons.
It is intended to upgrade the current missile defense system with railgun interceptors. A railgun uses electromagnetic force to fire high-velocity projectiles rather than a typical explosive propellant to fire a bullet. The projectile’s speed, mass, and kinetic energy are used in place of an explosive charge to cause damage to the target when a round is fired.
Furthermore, it was stated that the AUKUS had contacted Japan, a military alliance formed in 2021 by Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to collaborate on developing hypersonic weapons, according to the report.
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Prompted by recent reports suggesting that interaction of filamin A (FLNa) with its binding partners is usually regulated by mechanical pressure, we examined mechanical properties of FLNa domains using magnetic tweezers. repeats 16C23 at 10 pN or less is usually consistent with the hypothesized force-sensing function of the rod 2 segment in FLNa. Introduction Filamin A (FLNa) is an elongated homodimeric protein that can cross-link actin filaments into orthogonal networks and is essential for cell mechanics mediated by myosin contraction (1C4). FLNa is also a binding scaffold for numerous cellular proteins of great functional diversity (2,5). Each FLNa subunit has an N-terminal spectrin-related actin-binding domain name followed by 24 immunoglobulin (Ig) repeats (IgFLNa 1C24) (6). Two intervening hinges individual the Ig repeats into rod 1 (repeats 1C15), rod 2 (repeats 16C23), and the self-association domain name (repeat 24) (Fig.?1 shows an SDS-PAGE gel of the purified proteins used in this study. The His-tag and biotin labels are confirmed by anti-His antibody and streptavidin conjugated with peroxidase. A magnetic-tweezers setup was used to stretch the three protein constructs (Fig.?2 was fixed and a Tedizolid constant pressure was applied. In this mode, the tether was held for 30?s at each force. The three-dimensional bead fluctuation is usually recorded under each pressure step. Because the protein tethers are very short, this fluctuation cannot be directly used to calculate causes >10 pN (13). Causes >10 pN can be calibrated using a calibration curve, shows two representative processes of stretching IgFLNa 1C8 tethers at a constant loading rate 1.6 0.3 pN/s (see Magnetic tweezers in the Supporting Material). A progressive increase in extension, which indicates the elastic response of intact IgFLNa 1C8, was observed Tedizolid till the pressure reached 50 pN. Physique 3 Tedizolid (is the peak of the unfolding pressure, is the complete temperature, is the loading rate, is the distance between the native state and the transition state along the pressure direction, and is the unfolding rate of protein domain name at zero pressure. From your fitting, s?1. For comparison, s?1 for titin I27 in previous AFM experiments using tandem I27 domains (20). Here, we want to emphasize that this domains in IgFLNa 1C8 are heterogeneous in amino acid sequence and molecular excess weight; therefore, these Tedizolid results should be considered as average over all the domains. Due to many uncertain Nrp1 factors from domain name heterogeneity, we have refrained from studying the loading-rate dependence for other segments. In the rest of the experiments, Tedizolid the loading rate was fixed at 1.6 0.3 pN/s, since under this loading rate, the time required to build up 10 pN is close to the timescale observed in the protrusion-retraction cycle of cells (11). Compared with AFM, magnetic tweezers have a unique advantage in stable force-clamp mode over long time. This allows studies of unfolding dynamics under constant causes. Fig.?3 shows a representative unfolding time course of IgFLNa 1C8 under a series of constant causes. At each force, the tether was kept for 30 s. Then, the magnets were relocated 0.5?mm closer to the bead to apply a bigger force. Therefore, the force increases stepwise and nearly exponentially, since shows that the unfolding forces are distributed in a wide range, with a peak at 35 pN, smaller than the 70-pN peak force observed under the loading rate of 1 1.6 0.3 pN/s. This is not surprising, since the experimental timescale is longer in the force-clamp experiment than in the experiments with 1.6 pN/s constant loading rate. In both force-clamp-mode and constant-loading-rate tests, the unfolding occasions are seen as a a stepwise upsurge in expansion. Let’s assume that an unfolding event leads to conversion of the folded framework into a protracted peptide string, the released contour size could be approximated using the wormlike string (WLC) having a persistence amount of 0.5?nm (21,22). Fig.?3 displays histograms of.
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By Tara Cavanaugh
Skyline High School still looks as shiny and new as the day it opened four years ago. Outside, modern steel beams crisscross over airy windows that stretch up its four floors. Inside, tall ceilings and natural light show off a pristine interior unblemished by time.
So why would Skyline be allocated any dollars from the Technology Bond if it passes?
The answer is simple, says John VanRiper, director of information technology for the Ann Arbor Public Schools. As the students transitioned into the new high school, so did old equipment from other schools.
“So the technology itself is, with few exceptions, as old as what we have in the rest of the district,” he says.
The library computer labs are full of eMacs that are five to six years old. The laptop carts are three years old or more. Two computer labs were supplied with new computers when the school opened, but now those are four years old.
According to district estimates, Skyline would receive $342,000 for new computers to replace the old ones if the bond passed. Only two more schools would receive more money for computers: Huron High School would get $390,100 and Pioneer High School would get $449,000.
Like the other schools, Skyline also would receive more than new computers.
“The wireless infrastructure at Skyline would be be upgraded to handle the load too, just as it would every place else,” VanRiper said. “That building for the most part has building wide coverage…But they’re not capable of handling the load. That’s the issue we’re having now–and throughout the district.”
By upgrading “wireless infrastructure,” VanRiper means replacing the cables and servers that deliver wireless internet. Those will be updated, and so will the storage rooms that hold that equipment.
But because Skyline is such a new building, cabling and renovations won’t cost nearly as much. If the tech bond passes, the district would spend $23,900 on Skyline to update cabling. Only one other school would cost less in cabling work: the much smaller Preschool and Family Center.
And Skyline’s estimated cost for mechanical and electrical renovations is around $32,000, which is much less than an old building like Pioneer, which would need nearly $122,000 for the work.
“(Skyline) is a brand new building. Gorgeous building,” VanRiper says. “But it has a significant amount of aging technology in place that was transferred from other high schools and the wireless infrastructure will be upgraded too, just like every other school.”
- INFOGRAPHIC: The Tech Bond by the numbers
- INFOGRAPHIC: AAPS Educators talk technology
- All district computers now out of warranty
- District hopes to expand wireless access
- Old computers lead to workarounds, wait time during reading intervention
- Spanish students use web, tech resources to work on speaking skills
- Elementary teacher upgrades writing lessons
- Before technology upgrades, old buildings need renovations
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Chicken Net 12/48/3
A prefabricated fence that has 12 horizontal twines (11 conductive); is 48" tall installed, and has string verticals every 3". Keeps in chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry while keeping their ground based predators out.
White PVC posts are built into the mesh every 13.6 ft. The result, when energized properly, is a nearly impenetrable mesh to sheep, goats, coyotes and dogs.
How does it compare to PoultryNet?
- Has 10 times more electrical resistance (380 Ω/1000 ft) so it's less suited for fences more than 1000 ft long.
- Not as easy to handle during removal and installation (longer length between posts means more material to fold/roll).
- Yellow color not as visible in light/dark situations as white/black.
- To contain and control the movement of chickens, ducks and other poultry.
- To prevent raccoons, coyotes, foxes, bears, dogs and other nonflying predators from killing poultry.
- To rotate poultry to fresh grass and to reduce disease risks.
|Chicken Net 12/48/3|
|Horizontal Strands||12 (11 conductive)|
|Vertical Strands||Plastic strings spaced every 3"|
|Roll Length||82' or 164'|
|Electrical Resistance||380 Ω/per 1000'|
|Line Post Options||Single Spike (SS)|
|Line Post Material||White PVC, 0.51" diameter|
|Distance Between Posts||13.6'|
|Horizontal Spacings||2", 2", 2", 2.5", 2.5", 4.5", 4.5", 6", 6", 6.5", 9"
(from bottom to top)
Each roll comes with 1 Warning Sign and 1 Repair Kit.
- #208440 - $1.01 per ft (164' roll with single spike posts)
- #208444 - $1.41 per ft (82' roll with single spike posts)
See PDFs and videos above for additional installation instructions.
This is a pain barrier, not a physical barrier. If animals are scared or starved it will not keep them in.
It is best to have animals trained to electric fencing before you turn them out in the net only. The first time you put the animals in the net, you should be available to watch them for a while. That way if one were to get into the fence and get caught, you can turn the power off and get them loose.
It has 380 ohms of resistance instead of 38 like PoultryNet. It’s not advised for fences longer than 2 to 3 nets.
We’re aware that the lower price of this net will encourage folks to choose this version. Think carefully before you do. Customers who are unhappy with netting are often those who’ve chosen its farmstore/catalog equivalents. So why do we offer it? Because it is similar to nets from other sources—and comparisons make decisions easier. If unsure, give us a call at 800-282-6631 and ask to speak to consultant. They will help you make the optimal netting choice for your fencing needs.
Use only with a low or wide impedance intermittent pulse energizer.
Warning! Do NOT use continuous output energizers with electric netting due to risk of fire. (Fi-Shock™ brand energizers which are sold as low impedance, continuous current output should NOT be used with electric netting.) All energizers sold on Premier's website use an intermittent pulse and are suitable for use with electric netting.
Dry conditions and wintertime usage may reduce the effectiveness of electric fencing.
Dry or frozen ground many cause the NetPost spikes to bend or break if inserted with force. Pilot holes may be needed.
Energizer KitsItem #113300 -
Solar powered 0.60 joule energizer used with electric fences to contain sheep, goats, poultry, swine, cattle and horses. Effective against predators.$285.00
GatesItem #340605 -
Provides easy access in/out of netting enclosures without the need to turn off the fence energizer. Same electrified mesh as 48" tall PoultryNet®.$60.00
Posts and AccessoriesItem #202202 -
Replacement line posts for Premier’s netting. Designs for each type of net, double or single spike.$3.50
Fence Connectors and AccessoriesItem #200700 -
Replaces lost or broken plastic caps (for posts 0.51" in diameter) on netting posts. Holds top strand of net in place so there is less sagging.$0.16
Fence Connectors and AccessoriesItem #200800 -
Clips fits to the spikes on standard electrified netting posts. Keeps bottom black strand in place and tensioned.$0.15
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Kimberly M from Kansas
This yellow chicken electric net is keeping the predators away and the chickens in! I wish I would have ordered the 48” tall extra plastic posts with it! I have the smaller extra posts for sheep electronet and thought I’d just use those. They are not tall enough to work properly! This chicken net is electrified on the second to bottom strand so it has to be very upright and the taller extra posts would definitely be helpful to keep it straight off the ground and the corners upright. Premier does a good job describing it on the website. It is the cheaper option of their chicken nets and does require some extra attention to keep it from sagging too much.
Amanda G from Michigan
This is my 3rd section of chicken fence from Premier 1. I needed a temporary fence for my young grow outs and this is perfect. Easy to setup by myself, move, and keeps the baby dinosaurs contained.
Sandra C from Florida
The only thing I’m disappointed in it sags way too much going to have to use PVC to hold it up.
Wanda B from Kentucky
This is my eighth role, I continue to buy this because it’s outstanding! I have goats, I buy the poultry netting because it keeps the kids in. Love it love it love it!
Krista H from New York
Bought 2 164ft sections of netting to keep our 120 pasture layers contained and safe from ground predators. So far it has worked great! We are not using any extra posts and it seems to work just fine. No one is flying over at this time yet either. Thanks for the quality product and fast shipping! Will be buying more netting as we expand our pasture flock over the coming months and years.
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After opening and running her first gallery in Barbizon for 20 years, Suzanne Tarasieve moved to Paris in 2003, in the rue Louise Weiss district (13th arrondissement). In 2008, she opened a second space, LOFT 19, offering temporary exhibitions and a residency program to support her foreign artists. In 2011, Suzanne Tarasieve moved her main gallery from the 13th arrondissement to the Marais (Paris), pursuing a goal of representing emerging and established artists, with an international exhibition program evoking the great historical transformations of the twentieth and twenty-first century. The program is developed in collaboration with museums, art centers and curators. The synergy between LOFT 19 and the Galerie du Marais allows Suzanne Tarasieve to produce and present works that range from Neo-expressionism (Markus Lüpertz, Georg Baselitz, A. R. Penck, Jörg Immendorff, Sigmar Polke) to the recent works of her youngest artists. The gallery also represents three renowned photographers: Boris Mikhailov, Juergen Teller and Jürgen Klauke.
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Using renewable energy to power your home or business is the most direct contribution you can make to the environment at the same time reducing your power bills for many years. An appropriately sized, well designed system can pay for itself in as little as five years at current prices. When ever increasing power bills are considered along with electric bikes and cars becoming more affordable, it means a solar system is an investment in the future that offers not only cheap power, but cheap fuel too.
A Federal Government subsidy assists solar system buyers with the creation of Small Technology Certificates. Each certificate represents 1MW of renewable energy generation. A typical subsidy on a 6KW system is around $3300 at the moment. They belong to the system owner and can be sold at any time or are usually traded for an up-front discount on a system from Solvation at time of installation. For further information you can visit: www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/
The rapid decrease in the price of solar systems at the same time as significant increases in commercial electricity tariffs has made it extremely good value for large electricity consumers to switch to solar. Commercial customers get the full benefits of the Federal STC subsidy as well as the tax benefits of investment in plant and equipment.
Solvation can provide a quick no cost feasibility assessment right through to a full site assessment including energy audit and provide detailed payback analysis. Well-designed commercial systems have a very attractive return on investment and can pay for themselves in as little as 3 to 4 years.
Upgrades and maintenance
Our extensive experience in designing and installing a wide range of equipment in many different circumstances means we can provide expert advice on the condition of your system and potential for expansion. Through our extensive industry network we can source suitable replacement or upgrade panels and inverters.
Please contact us for more information or to arrange a free on-site consultation.
Storage systems allow excess solar power during the day to be used to power the home through the night. The revolution is just beginning and in the future, a solar package will include a battery as standard.
Solvation is accredited to install Tesla Powerwalls and LG Chem batteries. We have already installed many operating units for very satisfied customers.
However, it is very early in the product cycle and our advice to is to prepare for storage by installing an appropriately designed system that will be ready for a battery to be added later, once the product evolution has stabilized and prices have come down.
The key to being battery ready is installing the right size system now with a monitoring device to record consumption patterns so there is quality data available to make the right decision at the right time.
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We believe nothing gets better until sleep gets better.
We offer CBTi, the leading behavioral intervention for insomnia.
So, what’s CBTi?
CBTi stands for Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia. It is the leading treatment for insomnia and acute sleep problems. The treatment approach is research-verified and most people benefit quickly. Sleep plans address patterns of arousal and conditioning. The mind is highly sensitive to conditioning when it comes to sleep. Your sleep trainer will help you to re-condition or condition your mind to sleep during sleep-time and wake during the daytime. The program is designed for people having a difficult time falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking early.
Are You Ready?
The biggest challenge we find in improving patient’s sleep patterns is the belief that sleep isn’t essential for mental and physical health.
Most people are bombarded with mental health and sleep information. Yet, modern day-to-day life is not designed to support mental-physical wellbeing. Many people live in a heightened state of arousal. The health consequences of poor sleep habits accumulate over time.
A sleep trainer will help you identify steps and simplify the process for better sleep.
Benefits of non-fragmented, quality sleep:
- A calmer, less restless mind
- Healthy immune system
- Blood-sugar regulation
- Supports cardiac health
- Brain health by reducing risks of cognitive decline
- Improved ability to learn new information and concentrate
- Improved emotion regulation (ability to control your mood)
- Supports the brain’s natural waste removal system (protect cognitive health)
- Weight loss
- Releases muscle tension
- Reduces anxiety levels
- Reduces rates of depression relapse
Start where you are! We have hacks for every angle and sleep problem.
We want to help you sleep better, and we believe CBTi will help. After you learn the techniques, you can apply CBTi the next time your mind has been conditioned not to sleep. Insomnia will happen again. The average person has several periods of insomnia.
Why? Temporary stress or periods of chronic stress. One night of poor sleep can condition the mind and roll into a longterm sleep disorder. CBTi breaks that pattern.
- Fall asleep within 15 minutes.
- Efficient, non-fragmented sleep.
- Sufficient time in each stage of sleep in order to support memory, hormone levels, and body-system recovery.
- Mastery of skills for any future insomnia problems.
What’s Enough Sleep?
Our first goal is efficient sleep. This means that your sleep is not fragmented and is restorative. Over time, we will consider your best options for the length of non-fragmented sleep.
Ideally, at the very lowest, 6 hours of sleep at night. However, as a general rule, the brain and body require 7 hours of sleep for cognitive recovery and emotional health.
You do not need a medical referral to work with a CBTi Sleep Coach.
Things will change when you decide to sleep better.
At this time, we offer CBTi in the clinical counseling program, which is typically covered by insurance, and integrated into your treatment plan for anxiety and/or depression. On average, we recommend 4 to 8 sessions.
Length of Program:
Sleep training is a very individualized process. Ideally, you will commit to a minimum of 4 sessions, 45 minutes each. We will not waste time. This is a brief, short-term program. 30 to 15-minute sessions are an option, depending on your progress. The first month requires the highest level of commitment and financial investment. Ideally, the first 4 sessions are weekly. However, for some, every other week is better. Sleep conditioning is a highly variable process. Once your Sleep Trainer understands your situation, she will provide clear and transparent information about your plan.
Sleep Training is available through our telehealth platform and in-office. That means you can access the service from your home or office. No driving to an appointment. No babysitters. Our telehealth platform is simple to use and provides HIPAA-compliant privacy protection.
Telecounseling requires high-speed internet, a camera on your computer, and a microphone. At the time of your appointment, you will receive an email link to join an online waiting room. Your Sleep Trainer will join you there.
Who Can Benefit?
Almost everyone can benefit from CBTi. Sleep Trainers are available for adults experiencing short-term or long-term insomnia.
**The tele-visit platform is not appropriate for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts or individuals diagnosed with a bipolar disorder.
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The white coat, also called a lab coat or smock, is a uniform worn by laboratory workers and medical professionals. It serves as a protective layer for street clothes and serves as a simple uniform for a variety of purposes. Lab coats are made to keep out harmful chemicals, while still offering great versatility. In many cases, these coats can be found as single or double-layered garments. Read on to learn more about lab coats.
Choosing a material for your lab coat depends on its chemical resistance. Nomex, a synthetic fiber used in lab coats, decomposes when exposed to chlorine bleach, and it is not resistant to non-polar organic solvents such as ammonia. It costs over $120 per coat, and there are very few options in terms of color or style. A synthetic material known as polyester is a better choice, as it does not absorb liquids and dries quickly. It is cheaper to produce than cotton, and is typically used in biomedical research and blood testing labs.
The Excel FR lab coat is a highly comfortable choice for FR protection. This high-quality fabric is made with 88% cotton and 12% nylon. Its notched lapel and concealed snap front add to its comfort. It features two-piece collar and hemmed sleeves with concealed adjustable snaps. The coat is lined with two-way side vents and has one chest pocket. It contains 88% cotton and 12% nylon, making it ideal for a wide variety of applications.
Lab coats that are subject to extensive use should not be washed at home. For this reason, Women’s Lab Coats should be laundered by the appropriate facility. Lab coats that are significantly contaminated with hazardous materials should be properly disposed of by the proper facility in accordance with CDC Healthcare guidelines. Disposable lab coats can be either autoclaved or laundered in regular laundry. The process varies depending on the type of chemical that has contaminated the lab coat.
The design of lab coats plays an important role in defining them. As scientists and doctors are always in motion, they need to carry important items with them at all times. However, the traditional method of wearing a lab coat with pockets can be dangerous and uncomfortable in some situations. Fortunately, there are now several options for lab coats. The following are some examples of lab coats with pockets and other useful features. Most companies that sell lab coats offer custom embroidery.
There are several things to consider when maintaining lab coats. First, lab coats are a type of protective clothing, so they need to be cleaned frequently. They also should not be taken home to be laundered, but rather laundered on site. Afterward, lab coats should be properly disposed of using procedures set forth by Facilities Management and EHS. You should also be aware of any requirements for disposal of chemicals.
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I visited Billingsgate Roman House and Baths as part of Open House London. There was a small queue to get in, as numbers down to the remains have to be restricted but it passed quickly and we were given an interesting talk about the remains while we waited. First discovered in 1848, outside of the arrangements for Open House London they can be visited at only certain times between April and November, so do check their website before making a visit.
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York has the longest and most well preserved medieval walls in England stretching 2 miles around the city. On my trip to York I only did a partial walk around on two separate days, one from Bootham Bar past York Minster and the other over the west corner, passing the railway station to Micklegate Bar.
Kirby Muxloe is an English Heritage property that was built by William, Lord Hastings, who owned Ashby de la Zouch Castle. Like that castle Kirby Muxloe Castle was built around an existing manor house around 1480.
Ashby de la Zouch Castle is an English Heritage property in Leicestershire, the ruins of a castle dating from the 15th century. The town of Ashby de la Zouch got its name from the Le Zouch family who owned the manor of Ashby in the 13th and 14th centuries. By 1472 William, Lord Hastings was transforming this manor into what would have been a magnificent castle that you can still appreciate from its remains.
St Bride’s is one of the oldest churches in London, dating back over 2,000 years. The current building was designed by Christopher Wren in 1627. It’s probably most famous for its spire, said to have inspired a baker to make what is now the traditional tiered wedding cake.
Chedworth Roman Villa is one of the largest Roman villas in Britain and was rediscovered by the Victorians over 150 years ago. Now in the care of the National Trust it’s a really impressive site allowing you access to the mosaic floors so typical of Roman buildings, as well as the bathhouse rooms.
On the same day I visited the Monument to the Great Fire of London I walked a little further down the road until I came to St Dunstan in the East, a Church of England church built around 1100 that was badly damaged in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
One of the places I most wanted to see on my recent visit to Worcester was Witley Court. It is an English Heritage property, roughly half an hour from Worcester. Despite the fact they have a somewhat irregular timetable, I easily managed to get there and back on public transport, and was even dropped off and picked up at the entrance, thanks to a very friendly bus driver.
I decided it would be a good idea to take advantage of the excellent weather we’d been having at the end of July and head out into the countryside. I picked Rufford Abbey Country Park because as well as a lake and woodland walks there are also the ruins of an Abbey to explore. Plus, I haven’t actually been there since a school trip when I was in primary school.
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It’s been said that there’s no rose without a thorn.
A decorative display of 77 roses in the Knutson Center Centrum invited dozens to remember the Norwegians who were murdered on July 22, in the country’s most violent event since World War II. Each flower was a memorial for every life cut short, in a special chapel service on Sept. 7.
The Norwegian killer, Anders Behring Breivik, has been charged with terrorism and is currently held in solitary confinement for the brutal massacres in the country’s capital city and a nearby island called Utøya.
“Those who lost their lives were someone’s son, someone’s daughter, someone’s parent, relative or friend,” said Bjørn Kvernstuen, who spoke for the congregation, and is a student here from Norway. “We share so much with the victims.”
On that day, Breivik set off a car bomb that killed eight people in downtown Oslo, directly in front of the office building of the Norwegian prime minister. Less than two hours later, he murdered 69 more in a shooting rampage on the Utøya island that was being used as a summer camp for young people connected to the prime minister’s political party. Most of the killed were teenagers.
Breivik has been described as a right-wing extremist who wrote of his anger for Norway’s public policy regarding such issues as immigration. He specifically wrote of his abomination for Islam and called for crusades against a “Muslim takeover” of Western Europe.
Two Concordia seniors, Nathaniel Cook and Kelsy Johnson, were studying in Oslo and were close to the panic of the first attack. Cook described the “surreal” atmosphere after he learned that he was just miles away from the terror of the bomb.
“I was sitting in my room when I heard the blast,” he said. “It had just stopped raining, so I assumed it was thunder.”
Cook and Johnson were selected by former President Paul J. Dovre to study world issues on behalf of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, which is organized by five colleges associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Cook worked on a special project there about peace in Norway.
“It’s unfathomable,” he said. “Norway is seen as the pinnacle of peaceful nations. It’s unbelievable that such a thing happened there.”
For a quiet chapel, Kvernstuen and Milda Halvorson, assistant professor of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies, offered solemn remembrances. Kvernstuen spoke about the victims and his sadness after losing two personal friends. He described them and the others killed as students who were committed to making good changes for the world.
“Like us, they got up in the morning, brushed their teeth and put their shoes on,” Kvernstuen said. “All while their minds were ‘brewing’ and solving tough world matters.”
After Kvernstuen spoke, the soft, minor chords of “Mor Åses Død” (“The Death of Mother Åse”), composed by Edvard Grieg and performed on piano by music professor Robert Chabora, accompanied a display of the names and ages of the 77 lost on a screen behind the altar.
Halvorson spoke before a concluding hymn and described the moment she heard of the massacres as a time of great sadness for the families of the murdered. She spoke about the future of peace and called for responsible engagement in the world.
“Words can be hard to find to express the grief and hope that violence can be overcome,” she said. “There is so much violence and hatred, but there is also love, compassion and tolerance.”
Cook said it was compassion that raised the spirits of the Norwegian people after the massacres. He said they upheld their remarkable record of peace by not responding with anger or revenge.
“Norway served as an example for how a nation can respond in the face of tragedy,” he said. “It really set the bar high for the rest of the world.
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Maths - Year 2
Number and place value
In Year 2, children develop their understanding of place value from Year 1, learning the place value of each digit in a two-digit number; for example, 23 means two tens and three ones. They begin to understand the use of 0 as a place holder. They will build on this when they consider place value in three-digit numbers in Year 3. Children learn to count in 3s, which will help develop the concept of a third. They order numbers from 0 to 100 and use the <, > and = signs. They become more independent in partitioning numbers in different ways, and this helps to support their work in addition and subtraction.
Addition and subtraction
Children use mental methods to solve problems using addition and subtraction, as well as using objects and pictorial representations. They begin to record addition and subtraction in columns, reinforcing their knowledge of place value. They independently use addition and subtraction facts to 20, and this helps them derive number facts up to 100, such as seeing the parallels between 2 + 6 = 8 and 20 + 60 = 80. They add and subtract different combinations of numbers, including two two-digit numbers. They understand the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction (that one operation undoes the other), and use this to check their calculations.
Multiplication and division
In Year 2, children learn the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, and use these facts in calculations. They recognise that multiplication and division have an inverse relationship, and begin to use the × and ÷ symbols. They learn that multiplication is commutative (2 × 10 is the same as 10 × 2) whereas division is not (10 ÷ 2 is not the same as 2 ÷ 10).
Children extend their understanding of fractions to 1/3 and 3/4 and learn that 1/2 is equivalent to
2/4. They read and write the symbols 1/2, 1/4 for example. As well as experimenting practically with fractions and connecting unit fractions to the concepts of sharing and grouping, they begin to write simple fractions, such as 1/4 of 8 = 2. They will develop this in Year 3 when they learn about tenths and begin to find out more about non-unit fractions.
Children learn to independently choose the appropriate standard units for a particular measurement and use a range of different measuring instruments. They recognise and use the £ and p symbols for money (but do not use mixed notation, such as £5.72), and undertake addition and subtraction using money. They learn to tell the time to 5 minutes, including quarter past and quarter to the hour.
Geometry: properties of shapes
By handling common 2D and 3D shapes (including quadrilaterals and cuboids, prisms, cones and polygons) children identify their properties, using the terms sides, edges, vertices and faces. They compare and sort shapes using their properties.
Geometry: position and direction
Children experiment with making patterns using shapes and begin to use the concept of right angles to describe quarter, half and three-quarter turns. They will develop this concept further in Year 3.
Children are introduced to pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and tables, using these to collate and compare information, and to ask and answer simple questions (for example, finding the number of items in a category,
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BY SHARON BUWERIMWE/LORRAINE MUROMO
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has accused political parties for causing discrepancies on the voters’ roll by allegedly issuing affidavits with same addresses to their supporters during the voter registration exercise.
Zec has been under fire after it emerged that as many as 40 registrants were sometimes registered under one residential address or none at all, but the elections management body said it was not at fault.
Data experts studying the voters’ roll have unearthed several anomalies on the voters’ roll, among them names of 3 253 people aged 100 years or more, including 11 who are older than the oldest known surviving person on earth in the Guinness World Book of Records.
In a statement yesterday, Zec has, however, disowned the voters’ roll which was recently leaked, saying the document was tampered with so as to discredit the elections management body.
Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said political parties, without naming any, were corruptly issuing affidavits with the same addresses to their supporters to register to vote resulting in the confusion.
He said investigations showed that some affidavits had as many as 40 people sharing the same residential address.
“Some politicians are the chief culprits of this problem. The commission has now and again deliberated on this issue in our multi-party liaison committees, but to no avail,” Silaigwana said.
“They are the ones who facilitate their supporters to be registered and some of them have been doing so during the current voter registration blitz and have set up desks where they commission affidavits for their supporters for presentation to our registration officers as proof of residence
“Our registration is done offline and there is no way the commission can tell that there is a high number of people who have registered under the same address.”
Silaigwana said the commission did not have the capacity to determine whether the addresses provided were genuine.
“As long as the proof of residence provided meets the requirements of the law, Zec is obliged to register that voter. The Legislature also seems to have taken this into account and provided for objection by voter procedures in the law,” he said.
“In terms of sections 28 of the Electoral Act, a voter may object to the retention of any name of the voters’ roll of the constituency in which the object’s voter is registered and he or she may request the removal of such a person’s name from the voters’ roll. The onus to object to the registration of any name on the voters’ roll is, therefore, squarely on those who are aggrieved.”
Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday challenged Zec to name and shame the political parties involved in the alleged scam.
“Zanu PF, as the ruling party, stands by the laws of the land which it played a principal role is sponsoring and voting through Parliament, laws which the President (Emmerson Mnangagwa) who is its party leader assented to,” Mutsvangwa said.
“Clearly, the averted statement shows the law being transgressed. If it is true, then Zec and other associated law enforcement agencies should bring culprits to book regardless of party affiliation.”
But Citizens Coalition for Change interim vice-president Tendai Biti rubbished Zec’s claims, saying: “This is the body that has not been playing fair and independent. So it should zip its mouth shut. The key issue here is that the resident requirement would then make sense and they place difficulties on citizens.
“So, Zec can’t attack the lawyers and commissioners that are trying to help people that are desperate.”
MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora said: “It’s not the fault of the political party at all….Anyway, phone the spokesperson of the party. I no longer want to comment.”
- Follow us on Twitter @NewsDayZimbabwe
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Story on demand | Andrea Ruckstuhl, LendLease
The future of cities
What we are living today leads us to reflect on what the future of the city will be and the role of the developer in the design and construction of the city. This made us wonder what are the new needs of the communities and how can we create places that are safe for people and resilient. Many of these issues were already on the table of the technicians and all the operators who were thinking about models and formulas to take them forward. Today we are witnessing an acceleration of the process that drives a change which was needed in a sector that has been too long at the sideline of innovation and industrial processes. Rethink! is promoted by POLI.design – Politecnico di Milano and the Service Innovation Academy. Main Sponsor of Rethink! is PwC Italy. rethinkfestival.it
Andrea Ruckstuhl, Head of Continental Europe at LendLease, Francesca Gambarini, Journalist at Corriere della Sera. POLI.design - Politecnico di Milano
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A poker tell is a detectable change at a poker player’s own behavior that gives clues to that player’s hand. An online poker player could gain a bonus if he can understand the meaning of some other player’s tell, This is also called getting a”read”. Unfortunately for online poker players, the most frequent sources of poker tells are masked by online play. There are still a couple ways that an online player may get a”read” on his competitors though.
The rate to that a new player acts during each round of betting can develop into an overwhelmingly strong clue. This online idn poker tell is very similar to the general tell that says a”player will act strong if they are feeble, and feeble once they are strong”. Most commonly used kind with the tell is if an internet player will need nearly all his allotted time to come to a choice to call. Your not-so-deceptive competitor wants you to think he’s making a difficult choice, but in reality he’s sitting on a creature. Yet, postponed action online can also be a bad online connection, or even perhaps a person truly making a tough decision therefore it is important to discover the person for a while prior to making any conclusions. On the opposite side with this particular tell, a speedy call generally signifies that the gamer has either a feeble pair or a draw. They enjoy their hand, but will need to improve to feelgood.
To Hold Back, or never to Wait
The following internet poker tell which can be beneficial occurs when a new player sits down at your desk. Before the following hand starts that player will probably be asked if he’d like to post a massive blind or want to wait for the massive blind for him naturally. In case the gamer is only a few spots off from the blinds and makes the decision to post the blind anyways, it shows that this player is impatient and would like to play. This means that this poker player will play weaker hands as a way to play with more frequently. Againon the opposite side of this particular tell a new player who is ready to wait 5,6, even 7 hands is most probably someone player that should be able to wait for better hands before becoming involved in a pot.
The Chat Box
Poker is just a very social game, and internet poker is the same. Every internet poker table comes with a conversation box at which players at the table may say pretty much whatever they want. A whole lot of advice is given out for free if you pay attention to what players say. The chat box is usually high in players venting after having a bad beat, or contending with each other. This is what you are searching for. In order to restrain the poker table that you want to use to understand what the other players are feeling. As an example, if a new player is plainly on tilt (he will not quit complaining in the chat box) and also he moves”all in” you may produce a looser call than you normally want as you know the player is off his rocker and can be generally making poor decisions. Just don’t forget, all sorts of essential information can be heard concerning the different players at the desk by watching what they are saying and to who they say it as well.
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When searching for quality organic dog food it is vital that you read the label and have the knowledge to understand and interpret the information you find. When glancing at the label, look for the first oil or fat that is listed. All items placed above the first fat source are considered to be the main ingredients along with the first fat source. The other items shown on the label are typically added to the dog food for flavor, as preservatives, to aid in the processing of the food or for health benefits such as minerals or vitamins.
It is important that you check the ingredients for their nutritional value. It can be difficult to research the food substances due to the manufacurers choice of food sources. It is difficult to know what quality grade of food items they are placing in the foods as well as the quantity of the ingredients.
Surf Manufacturer’s Websites
The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) does not allow dog food manufacturers to place information on the labels regarding the quality of the food substances. It is important to read the information that is available on the websites of the various pet food companies and carefully read the information they provide about the quality of the ingredients they use in their products.
Since protein is the most important item in your pets diet, it would be imperative that you serve your dog only quality sources of protein. Quality dog foods usually have a meat meal listed as the first ingredient on the label or a meat with the second ingredient being a meat meal substance. Meat by-products are not high quality protein sources. If the label mentions a specific type of meat meal, such as chicken meal this type of protein source is not inferior to whole meats. Avoid products that do not mention the specific animal the meat source comes from.
Regarding fats look for chicken fat, herring oil canola oil, sunflower oil, flax oil and other fat sources with specific names. See if the quality fats such as Omega three and Omega six are on the label. Avoid dog foods that contain nonspecific items such as animal fat, poultry fat, vegetable oil and other nonspecific fat sources.
Look for fresh vegetables or whole grains which may also be labeled as ground or meal. Avoid products that are filled with too much grain fragments and flour. Also the healthiest dog food are typically preserved with natural substances such as vitamins. When looking for quality food products that will keep your dog healthy make sure you examine the label and read information provided at the websites of the dog food manufacturers.
Many of us consider our dogs to be our great companions, but we do not know how or what to feed them. There are many choices to choose from and you should keep these considerations in mind while choosing food for your dog. With so many different types of dog food in the market, deciding […]
Food intolerances can affect many people in many different ways and the list of causes is endless. It’s no different for our furry friends, and food intolerances in dogs can often go undiagnosed. Food intolerance can be defined by its uncomfortable physical effects, it can also mean that a particular food may not be […]
Has your dog stopped eating his dry food suddenly? Or have you tried changing up his diet by adding dry kibble, and your dog won’t eat it? It can happen that your fur baby may just stop eating a certain food, or if changes are made to his food, he may not like it. There […]
When seeing that our dog won’t eat, it inevitably makes us anxious and concerned. But not all cases of loss of appetite are alarming. So, before jumping to conclusions or starting to panic, run through the checklist below. Sometimes it can be your dog’s natural reaction to have over-eaten in the last couple days, or […]
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INDIANS IN BELIZE
The following is a synopsis of a Zoom public meeting ...
Retentions of culinary dishes, curry and kheesas [folktales]
However, remnants of traditional culture remain in the form of culinary dishes, curry and kheesas [folktales]. There is also the retention of the Who-Seh-Me-Seh dance which was part of the Shiite Muslim commemoration of Muharram.
However, it has been recreated in a Christian version in commemoration of the Ark of Covenant with the battle of Hassan and Hussein - grandsons of Prophet Muhammed - substituted for the fight between two brothers, Cain and Abel in the Bible. Indians still maintain their cultural ties to agriculture for home consumption, with surpluses sold in the market.
People of Indian Origin (PIO) in Belize now face the imminent danger of disappearance as an ethnic group, now numbering just 12,452 or 3.9 percent of the total population of 300,000. This tragic trend could be stemmed by conducting educational outreach programs to revive and strengthen Indian culture. A dating electronic service with members of the Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean should also be introduced. There is also a need for more networking with other cultural organisations in the region.
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The most temporal of plants- bright and vivid in the morning, wilted and weary in the night. Fragile to the touch, easily ripped, fragrant even when crushed. It’s intriguing how they seem to spring up almost overnight- seeds carelessly dropped, blown and tossed for miles and weary miles by ruthless winds. But they grow all the same.
Except of course for the noble few who take their time to breed them- who tend to their every whim. They make the light come just right; they make sure the flowers are watered just right; they “feed” the flowers just right. They get to see the joy of watching cold and lonely seeds and stalks sprout with new life- that fresh, dewy-sweet scent of newness. Don’t forget the thousands, the millions who see both the immediate finery and beyond that, the significance of each petal, each bud, each leaf.
Remember also the soil that supports them, trodden daily by the feet of harried beings- humans seking income, animals seeking refuge; machines seeking what lies beneath. Even the mortal remains of humans and animals occupy the soil. All the refuse packed in, all the buildings finding their foundation in the soil. The stinky dung we throw in- the earth just takes without complaining. With all the abuse, the earth still finds a way to respond to everything we put in.
The dung and the decay birth an uncanny fecundity in the earth; the salty urine and bones harden to form minerals- diamonds and even petroleum. Even daisies and dandelions find time to pop out of graveyards and abandoned fields. It’s like an act of defiance saying, “you treat me with such disrespect, but hey- we’ll meet one day. Here’s something to brighten your day.”
Flowers are the earth’s way of laughing- Jenna
“Our careless feet leaving trails
Never minding the fragile dirt we all end in”
– Demon Hunter in ‘Deteriorate’ (The Triptych)
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Pueblo School for Arts and Sciences network hosts 'Bullying Awareness Day'
The Pueblo School for Arts and Sciences Charter Network wants to start a community movement to address bullying.
As part of that effort, students at the network's five schools were taught grade-specific lessons on recognizing and reporting bullying during the network's first Bullying Awareness Day on Thursday.
"We are really excited to be the first in the community to have this unified anti-bully movement and we hope that we lead the way for other schools," said Heather Wellman, PSAS Director of Accountability and Intervention.
Bullying Awareness Day curriculum, known as the Anti-Bully Movement, was created in-house by educators and administrators within the PSAS Charter Network, Wellman said.
"We talked a lot about what our kids know and where they are," she said. "We tried to tailor these lessons to be really specific to our students to meet their needs and employ that with the expertise of our teachers."
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Kindergarten, first-grade and second-grade students read "The Recess Queen" by Alexis O'Neill, which shares the tale of Mean Jean, a school bully who is confronted by the kindness of a classmate named Katie Sue.
In third- through fifth-grade classrooms, a gameshow-like activity helped students determine the differences between conflict and bullying.
Middle school students participated in a scenario-based exercise to explore the perspectives of different parties involved in a bullying situation.
"They are going to practice walking in the shoes of different people in the scenarios —kind of giving them a perspective of everybody who might be involved from parents to teachers to kids to perpetrators," Wellman said prior to Bullying Awareness Day.
PSAS looks to institute "Bullying Awareness Day" as an annual event during the last week of February.
Creation of Bullying Awareness Day was partly a response to the social and emotional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on students across the nation, Wellman said.
"We have been talking about how we can sort of interrupt any bullying and help our kids have a better social experience this year," she said.
The PSAS Charter Network consists of the Jones Charter Academy, Fulton Heights Charter Academy, e-Learning Academy, Homeschool Enrichment Program and Pueblo Classical Academy.
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PSAS Executive Director Dave Martin said he hopes Bullying Awareness Day will create an environment where bullying is addressed proactively.
"I really hope it plays on the emotions of some of the kids who may have ... done this before," he said. "Maybe it will help them understand why it's not cool or why it's not the right thing to be doing.
"Maybe for some of those kids who wake up in the morning and they really aren't as comfortable they should be about coming to school ... Maybe this helps them feel a little bit more comfortable and understand that they have somebody to go to and that there is help there," he said.
Pueblo Chieftain reporter James Bartolo can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.org
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Drug Science is an independent, science-led charity, bringing together leading drugs experts from a wide range of specialisms to carry out ground-breaking research into drug harms and effects. By telling the truth about drugs, Drug Science engages the public, media, policy makers and academics, equipping them with the knowledge and resources to enact positive change.
For young adults Drug Science have started an observational medical cannabis study in the UK called Project Twenty21, which you can sign up to if you are over eighteen years old. They gather data on the efficacy of cannabis based medicines for a wide range of conditions, epilepsy being one of those conditions.
Drug science have also done observational studies on the use of medical cannabis in children with severe forms of epilepsy.
The Endocannabinoid System
The Endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a biological signalling system that maintains natural balance (homeostasis) in the body. It was first discovered in 1988 whilst researching THC, (which is a well known cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant).
We know it helps to regulate sleep, memory, appetite, mood, immune system, reproduction and fertility. There are cannabis receptors all over the body and brain and research is constantly evolving in this area to help us better understand it.
We know our body makes its own cannabinoids but when our body does not make enough cannabinoids, medical cannabis helps by connecting to receptors CB1 and CB2 in the body and act like an on off switch in the body to restore balance. CB1 receptors target appetite, motor co-ordination, motor activity, short term memory, pain, and immune cells, whilst CB2 receptors target the gut, immune system, eyes, reproductive system, respiratory tract, cardiovascular system, bone, kidneys, pancreas, liver, tumours, central nervous system, and adipose tissue.
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President Donald Trump announced unexpectedly Thursday that he was granting a full pardon to Dinesh D'Souza, the conservative author and filmmaker who pleaded guilty to violating federal campaign finance laws in 2014. He was indicted earlier that year on charges that he illegally used straw donors to contribute to Republican Senate candidate Wendy Long in New York in 2012.
"Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D'Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!" Trump tweeted.
The 57-year-old was sentenced to five years of probation, including eight months living under supervision in a "community confinement center" and a $30,000 fine.
D'Souza is a contentious figure who once accused former President Barack Obama of adopting "the cause of anti-colonialism" from his Kenyan father in a Forbes magazine cover story when Obama was in office. Though past presidents have waited until the end of their term for controversial pardons, Trump has pardoned several people during his 16 months in office, including former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff "Scooter" Libby and former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D’Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!
The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2018 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.
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The whole world now is depending on oil as the main source of of energy in our every day life , although the industries are tending to use sustainable and green energies instead of oil having the fact that oil is on its way to run out , the fact is still obvious that our main source of energy that we are depending on is oil , in the following list we will point out to you the Top Ten Oil Consuming Countries in the world so follow up with us to discover those countries below .
10- Canada .
The 10th most oil consuming country in the world is Canada with a daily consumption of 2,26 million barrels a day , Canada also comes as the world’s 6th most producing country in the world that covers its consumption and exceed which is 3,59 million barrels a day .
9- South Korea.
South Korea is an Asian country with over 50 million population , the country has seen an advanced development in many fields which increased the consumption of oil that has reached to 2.3 million barrel per day .
8- Germany .
Germany is renowned as one of the most industrious and economically developed countries in the world , it is also known for its manufacturers powers which make it come as the 8th most oil consuming country in the world with 2.4 million barrels a day consumption .
7- Brazil .
Brazil is the fifth most populated country in the world and one of the fastest growing country industriously and economically which make it come on this list as the 7th with 2,6 barrels a day consumption .
6- Saudi Arabia .
Saudi Arabia is the sixth highest oil consuming country in the world with 2,81 million barrel consumption a day but it also come as the second highest oil producing country in the world with 10 million barrels production per day .
5- Russia .
Russia is the fifth oil consuming country in the world with oil consumption of 3.2 million barrels per day and it is also the largest oil producing country with 10,9 million barrels a day production per day which covers its daily oil needs and exceed .
4- India .
India is the fourth oil consuming country and the second most populated country in the world , the daily consumption of oil for India is estimated to be 3.3 million barrels per day .
3- Japan .
Japan comes as the third highest oil consuming country in the world with daily consumption of4,46 million barrel , with almost no oil production at all .
2- China .
China has the largest population in the world with 1.3 billion resident , it comes as the second highest oil consuming country in the world with 9.8 million barrel consumption per day which a bit over half of the US daily consumption of oil , China is also the 5th oil producing country in the world .
1- United States .
The United States us the largest oil consuming country in the world with daily oil consumption of 19,84 million barrels , and it is also the third largest oil producing country with daily oil production of 8,45 million barrels a day .
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Russia has asked Apple to hand over the source code for iOS amid accusations that Apple purposefully included backdoors into its mobile operating system.
The move comes as the US responds to the MH-17 crisis with a fresh round of economic sanctions targeting Russian banks and energy companies, and Russia has responded with sanctions of its own (opens in new tab) against US tech companies.
According to reports, the suggestion came during a meeting between Russian Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov, Peter Engrob Nielsen — Apple's top Russian executive — and SAP managing director Vyacheslav Orekhov.
"Edward Snowden's revelations in 2013 and U.S. intelligence services' public statements about the strengthening of surveillance of Russia in 2014 have raised a serious question of trust in foreign software and hardware," Nikiforov said in a statement.
"Obviously, companies which disclose the source code of their programmes are not hiding anything, but those who do not intend to establish cooperation with Russia on this issue may have undeclared capabilities in their products," he added.
The same proposition was made to German firm SAP, one of the most prominent software consultancies in the world.
Microsoft agreed to a similar proposal in 2010, granting the Russian Federal Security Service (roughly the equivalent of MI6) access to source code for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SQL Server.
Since hacker, forensic scientist and author Jonathan Zdziarski revealed a whole raft of backdoors, attack points and surveillance mechanisms built into iOS (opens in new tab) devices, the operating system's location tracking features have been called a "national security concern" by the Chinese state media.
Apple has sternly denied any collusion with intelligence agencies (opens in new tab) to put backdoors into its operating system.
"Apple is deeply committed to protecting the privacy of all our customers," the Cupertino-based company said in a response to the earlier Chinese accusations. "Privacy is built into our products and services from the earliest stages of design. We work tirelessly to deliver the most secure hardware and software in the world."
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For Tulane professor Kyle Straub, a recent sabbatical meant an opportunity to explore one of the most intriguing places on earth.
Last year, Straub, associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, was invited by colleagues at ExxonMobil to join a research group at their new Woodlands campus in Houston, a facility that approximately 14,000 geologists, engineers, and investment traders call home.
Despite the placid nature of its surface, the ocean’s floor undergoes regular upheaval and change, due to powerful flows of both water and sediment altering its shape. The Exxon Mobil group is particularly interested in how the powerful flows transported and deposited coarse sand into the deep ocean. These deposits of coarse sand through time have been buried to great depths and are now the reservoirs that oil companies are searching for to produce hydrocarbons.
“What piqued my interest was an offer to work with high resolution, shallow seismic surveys and to publish on my interpretations."
“What piqued my interest,” Straub says, “was an offer to work with high resolution, shallow seismic surveys and to publish on my interpretations. These seismic surveys were from a diverse range of geological settings, including mini-basins in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Corsica, and offshore Zaire.”
“The work,” he adds, “allowed me the opportunity to dust off seismic interpretation skills that have largely lain dormant since my PhD years.”
While in Houston, Straub was able to interpret much of the empirical data the Woodlands unit received, but that the work is still ongoing, and that publications about these models are forthcoming. True to form, in such an interdisciplinary research environment, new questions have continued to arise. Even so, he says, it’s good to be home.
“I miss the daily interactions with such a strong research group,” Straub says, “but it’s great to be back in New Orleans, riding my bike to the university each day.”
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How to Disable Zoom Recordings? – An Overview + An Alternative Way
As the pandemic is still ongoing in 2021, Zoom’s popularity has skyrocketed. Even your grandparents might have heard the name of Zoom. Zoom is now known as one of the fastest-growing apps in the market, with meeting participants have increased up to 2900 percent. Mind-boggling right?
With the rise comes security breaching issues. According to the statistics, United States saw approx. 1,244 breaches in 2014 and had around 446.5 million exposed records. Zoom is also not prone to data breaches. Personalized information is hosted every day via Zoom. It can be a business meeting or a therapy session, training session and others. The data exposed can end up risking individuals’ life and often so, the recorded meeting does it. The recorded meeting can go viral as well exposing personal data to the world.
A person is better off by disabling recording in a video conferencing platform like Zoom to avoid such risk. In this blog, we’ll give you a rundown as to why we should disable Zoom recordings, how you can disable and an alternative way to effectively manage them rather than disabling them in the first place.
Before that, let’s glance at the use cases of Zoom
Table of Contents
Uses Cases of Zoom
Video conferencing tools such as Zoom operates for many use cases or sectors such as education, health care and law or business functions like HR, sales and marketing. But here are the top use cases of Zoom
- Onboarding and Training
- Project Management
- Sales pitch and presentation
- Collaboration with customers
The above use cases increase productivity among workflows, interpersonal communication, all while saving time. Gone are the days where you have to physically call an employee for an interview, go in person to talk to a therapist or make a sales pitch by visiting your potential customers.
These use cases can also be recorded and used as an on-demand video, but there comes the risk of breach.
The Reason Behind Disabling Zoom Meetings
Even though recording a Zoom meeting is up to the participant and not a default option, once the recording option is pressed, it will give the rest of the participants a notification for informing. Recent privacy concerns such as
- Zoom bombing
- Zoom phishing scams
- Zoom’s Keybase encrypted chat
Leave a participant at risk. Let say a meeting in progress is discussing the bank’s financial statement, and a zoom bomber invades the meeting and records it. Zoom recording, by default, is saved in a person’s local storage with or without participants’ consent. Think about it! What if the recorded meeting went viral? There goes your data and sensitive information flying out of the window.
You can take certain steps that will not prevent Zoom bombers but provide your data safety to some extent. After all, something is better than nothing. In this case, we’ll see how we can disable the meeting recordings.
The Steps for Disabling Zoom Recording
Here’s how you can disable the recording option in Zoom.
- Login in to your Zoom account
- Click settings and then Meeting (Basic)
- Toggle chat off
- Then in the recording section/tab, turn off the following options
- Disable local recording option
- Disable cloud recording option
This will end up disabling the recording as well as the automated transcripts.
Why Disable in The First Place? – An Alternative
Don’t disable; record your meetings, so you don’t miss out on its benefits without a hassle.
Pros of recording a Zoom meeting
- Provides a historical record
- Provides essential information to the people who missed out on the meeting
- Instead of writing down notes, you can always visit back and see the information
- Ensure more productivity
Security and privacy, you say? Don’t worry; the rest of the work will be done by a YouTube-like platform for enterprises such as VIDIZMO. It helps you ingest recorded meetings from Zoom as well as other video conferencing apps. Effectively manage, store and share with whoever you want in a compliant way.
As an enterprise content management system, you can enable role-based access so only people with certain roles can access your videos. It also provides customizable security and limited sharing, all while password protecting your videos. With organizational security policy, the videos are restricted from sharing outside the organization. It has more to it, let’s take an example.
For instance, you end up deleting an important video from the HR department, such as onboarding and orientation of new employees. What will you do? Platforms like VIDIZMO lets you set a custom retention period, where the videos can be restored or kept in retention given the time limit by the user.
You can analyze the audit report and track down any video-related activity. But that’s not only it. The recorded meetings are automatically transcoded, translated and assigned close captions in up to 90 languages.
So, rather than disabling recording, you can securely manage it in an enterprise platform with extensive features ready to boost your productivity.
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What is the Halacha re LISTENING to someone speaking in a microphone on Shabbat. For example if I walk into a room and someone is lecturing/speaking on a microphone an I permitted to listen
According to those who maintain that microphones are prohibited on Shabbat (see, e.g., Rabbi Yisrael Rosen's thorough summary of the views, cited by @mbloch here), it should still be permitted to "eavesdrop" on the audio of a gentile speaking to a gentile audience, based on the Talmudic principle of ner l'echad ner l'meah - a lamp [lit] for one [person] may illuminate for a hundred [people] (Shabbat 122a). See, for example, the ruling of the Shulchan Arukh (OC 276:2) regarding the lighting of a lamp:
ישראל ועכו"ם שהסיבו יחד והדליק עכו"ם נר, אם רוב עכו"ם מותר להשתמש לאורו, ואם רוב ישראל או אפילו מחצה על מחצה - אסור
When a Gentile lights a candle at an assembly of Jews and gentiles; if most of those present are gentiles, one may benefit from the light of the candle. However, if most or even half of those present are Jews, it is forbidden.
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Recently, on Sinopec's annual results teleconference, the company representative answered questions about the oil prices, and said that the future trend of oil prices is still very uncertain, and it is expected to be around $100 this year and $85 next year respectively.
Sinopec, "There are many factors affecting oil prices at the moment, including geopolitics, macroeconomic trends, the implementation of the policy of OPEC+, the strength of the US DOLLAR and so on. We see a lot of uncertainty in the future oil prices. It is impossible to predict the accurate price, but a general trend could be estimated."
According to Sinopec, international institutions generally have a forecast of around $100 this year and around $85 next year in the oil prices. As geopolitical problems and other issues ease next year, oil prices will be lower than this year.
The volatile oil prices in the international market will continue to affect lots of industries and the supply of many Silicon Boride.
CAS No. : 12008-29-6
EINECS No.: 234-535-8
Appearance: dark grey
Molecular Formula: SiB6
Molecular Weight: 92.952
About Silicon Boride SiB6 Powder:
Silicon boride (Silicon Hexaboride) is a shiny black-gray powder with a relative density of 3.0g/cm3 and a melting point of 2200°C. Silicon boride is a lightweight ceramic compound formed between silicon and boron. It is insoluble in water, resistant to oxidation, thermal shock, and chemical attack, especially with high strength and stability under thermal shock. The grinding efficiency is higher than that of boron carbide.
The SiB6 crystal structure includes interconnected icosahedrons (polyhedrons with 20 faces), icosahedral hexahedrons (polyhedrons with 26 faces), and isolated silicon and boron atoms. Compared to hexaboride, it is metastable. However, since crystal nucleation and growth are relatively easy, they can be prepared.
When heated in air or oxygen, the surface of SiB6 is oxidized, and it is attacked by boiling sulfuric acid and fluorine, chlorine and bromine at high temperatures. Silicon boride is conductive. The hexaboride has a low thermal expansion coefficient and a large nuclear cross-section for thermal neutrons. Feel free to send an inquiry to get the latest price if you would like to buy Silicon Boride SiB6 Powder in bulk.
Feature of Silicon Boride SiB6 Powder:
1. Nano-silicon boride has high purity, small particle size distribution, high specific surface area.
2. The melting point up to 2230 °C. It can not be soluble in water and anti–oxidation and high resistance to chemical attack. especially in the high thermal impact and stability;
3. Grinding efficiency of silicon boride is higher than that of boron carbide, it can be used as abrasives, grinding and engineering ceramics such as nozzles, gas turbine blades and other different sintering conditions and sealing line
How is Silicon Boride SiB6 Powder produced?
A kind of step of preparing silicon boride powder is as follows:
Silicon powder with an average particle size of less than 1 micron and boron powder with an average particle size of fewer than 20 microns are mixed uniformly by a ceramic ball milling tank; the weight ratio of silicon powder and boron powder is 2.85-2.95:7.
After loading the crucible, put it into the gas protection furnace, pass in argon gas, and heat up to 1400-160 (TC, hold for 50-70 minutes;
At the beginning of heat preservation, put ASiCl4 into the furnace, 3-5ml per minute, dripping time 9-11 minutes;
After cooling, the final SiB6 powder product is obtained by crushing with a ceramic pot ball mill.
Application of Silicon Boride SiB6 Powder:
Main uses of silicon boride SiB6 Powder:
1. Used as various standard abrasives and grinding cemented carbides;
2. Used as engineering ceramic materials, as various standard abrasives, and grinding cemented carbide.
3. It is also used as engineering ceramic materials, sandblasting nozzles, and manufacturing blades of gas engines and other special-shaped sintered parts and seals.
4. Used as an anti-oxidant for refractory materials.
Storage Condition of Silicon Boride SiB6 Powder:
The damp reunion will affect SiB6 powder dispersion performance and using effects, therefore, silicon boride SiB6 powder should be sealed in vacuum packing and stored in cool and dry room, the silicon boride SiB6 powder can not be exposure to air. In addition, the SiB6 powder should be avoided under stress.
Packing & Shipping of Silicon Boride SiB6 Powder:
We have many different kinds of packing which depend on the silicon boride SiB6 powder quantity.
Silicon boride SiB6 powder packing:vacuum packing, 100g, 500g or 1kg/bag, 25kg/barrel, or as your request.
Silicon boride SiB6 powder shipping: could be shipped out by sea, by air, by express, as soon as possible once payment receipt.
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If you are looking for silicon boride, please feel free to contact us and send an inquiry, email address: email@example.com
Silicon Boride Properties
|Other Names||silicon hexaboride, SiB6 powder|
|Appearance||Dark Grey to Black Powder|
|Solubility in H2O||Insoluble|
Silicon Boride Health & Safety Information
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"Headquarters Area Development Plan Aztec National
Monument, New Mexico"
By an unknown draftsman for the Bureau of Plans and Designs, 1933 with
changes made to 1935
Colored pencil on photo-reproductive print on paper
28" x 38"
National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the National
National Parks: Aztec National Monument
As tourism at national parks and monuments increased,
the National Park Service expanded facilities at many of its sites. Future
needs of the parks were eventually incorporated into "Master Plans" and
"General Development Plans" prepared by the Park Service. These colorful
plans from the 1930s and 1940s depict everything from the location of
administration buildings, parking lots, and plantings to the size of concession
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to accommodate the needs of visitors while maintaining the integrity of
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Electronic signatures are often, but not always, valid. Legal problems can emerge. It depends on the type of document. We explain how to avoid issues.
The problems with modern deals
The days when parties physically met to sign a contract with wet ink are over. These days, both parties can sit either side of the globe and electronically sign their agreement. Nevertheless, your agreement may be invalid if you execute a document using an electronic signature.
What counts as an electronic signature?
Not every form of electronic signing is a valid electronic signature. A sign or a combination of signs must satisfy statutory requirements to be valid. It is a valid electronic signature if it is a:
- Sign which is typed; or
- Picture inserted in an appropriate place in a document,
- With the intention of authenticating the document.
Hence, valid, and probably acceptable, electronic signatures, include a person:
- Typing their name into a contract or email that includes the agreement’s terms;
- Electronically pasting their signature, e.g. a .jpg or .png image, into an electronic version of the contract, in the appropriate place;
- Accessing a contract through a web-based e-signature platform and,
- Clicking to have their name, written in a typed or “handwritten” font, automatically added to the contract in the designated place;
- Using a finger or light pen with a touchscreen to electronically write their name,
- In the appropriate place in the contract.
Documents that can be executed electronically
Legal documents require varying degrees of authentication. The more important the document, the greater the required degree of diligence. Below, we describe which documents you can execute with an electronic signature, and which require additional formalities.
You can conclude a contract using an electronic signature, if the contract is not subject to specific statutory requirements.
Documents subject to statutory requirements
Some documents are subject to statutory requirements, e.g. contracts for land. Here the document is required to be in writing and/or signed and/or under hand.
However, if you insert an electronic signature with the real intention to authenticate the document, that is usually sufficient for a document to have been executed in writing and under hand.
A deed cannot be electronically signed and delivered, since a validly executed deed needs to be:
- In writing; and
- Executed and delivered as a deed.
So an electronic signature is a valid signature if a witness genuinely observed it. In practice, the signatory and witness must be physically present, in the same place, whatever the signature method. The witness can attest to an electronic signature’s authenticity, using their electronic signature.
However, if a company is only authorised to execute deeds by affixing a seal, then you cannot execute valid documents using an electronic signature. Checking the company’s articles will go some way to satisfying due diligence.
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1Amaziah was 25 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2He did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, but not with a wholly devoted heart.
3Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father.
4But he did not put their children to death, but did according to what is written in the law in the book of Moses as Yahweh commanded, saying, “The fathers are not to be put to death for the children, nor must the children be put to death for the fathers, but every man is to be put to death for his own sin.”
5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together and ordered them according to their fathers’ houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin, and he numbered them from 20 years old and upward and found them 300,000 chosen men, able to go out to war, who could handle spear and shield.
6He hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor out of Israel for 100 talents of silver.
7A man of God came to him, saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.
8But if you will go, take action, be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help and to overthrow.”
11Amaziah took courage and led forth his people and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck 10,000 of the children of Seir.
12The children of Judah carried away 10,000 alive and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock so that they all were broken in pieces.
13But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them 3,000 and took much spoil.
14Now it came to pass after that Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites that he brought the gods of the children of Seir and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down to thema and burned incense to them.
15Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet who said to him, “Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of your hand?”
16It came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
18Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as his wife.’ Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.
19You say to yourself that you have struck Edom and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?”
20But Amaziah would not listen; for it was of God that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
21So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
22Judah was defeated by Israel and they fled every man to his tent.
23Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, 400 cubits.
24He took all the gold and silver and all the vessels that were found in God’s house with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel 15 years.
26Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren’t they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27Now from the time that Amaziah turned away from following after Yahweh, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
28They brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
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Communication is a vital aspect of building a successful business. An effective communication process ensures that information flows seamlessly between departments and amongst the various teams on time and in a form which will allow them to achieve individual, departmental, and organizational goals and objectives.
While communication in varied forms and frequency is essential for all departments, it is extremely crucial for the executors of the organization’s plans and strategies – the Logistics Department.
Why is communication important for Logistics
Information interchange plays an important role in creating a cost-effective and agile logistics management process. It ensures that tasks are completed and transferred from one point to the other seamlessly and without delay.
For example, the sales department needs logistics data to analyze orders that have been shipped, customer service needs information to update shipment status, and the accounts section requires the data to cross-check transporter invoices. The procurement team needs information from logistics when new vendors are to be hired or old contracts are due for renewal. The other functions of the supply chain also have to collaborate or communicate with the logistics team to get their work done.
In addition to the internal information requirements, vendors such as carriers, warehouse operators, and 3PLs also need to exchange information with the logistics team on a daily basis to ensure that the company’s products are delivered at the right time to the right place at the right cost.
What are the features of an effective process for Logistics?
It should be in writing: Written communication is important as it minimizes the scope to misinterpret or forget the message. Today, written communication is the most common form of business communication. Since emails and all forms of messages across multiple platforms can easily be sent to multiple recipients situated across offices, countries, and continents, it is essential for all professionals to develop effective written communication skills and to encourage the same in all employees.
A clear, concise, and consistent message is the hallmark of effective communication.
It should follow the 3 C’s: A clear, concise, and consistent message is the hallmark of effective communication. A clear message ensures that there is no ambiguity in what needs to be conveyed. Conciseness ensures that the message is brief, but includes all important information. And, consistency in language, format, mode of delivery ensures that the receiver does not waste time in understanding the message.
In logistics, given the fact that a lot of the work is time-bound, marking the right team or person on the email is of utmost importance.
It should be sent to the right recipients: More often than not information is lost in the organizational hierarchy because it is not addressed to the right person. In logistics, given the fact that a lot of the work is time-bound, marking the right team or person on the email is of utmost importance.
It conveys urgency appropriately: Many executives are in the habit of marking all their emails as “urgent” to ensure that it gets immediate attention from the receiver. While this practice is great to ensure that important and critical communication does not get missed, however, if all communication is urgent, it becomes difficult to prioritize tasks. It also dilutes the meaning of the word. In such instances, the receivers take up the tasks in the priority that they think is correct. Hence, it is crucial to mark only communication or tasks that are the top priority as urgent and not all communication.
It should provide clear timelines: The delivery or timeline for getting a response or the task being assigned should be clearly mentioned in the communication. This will help the receiver gather information, plan, and execute the requirements mentioned in the message and avoid unnecessary delays.
It should be transparent and reliable: Interdepartmental conflicts, organizational politics, and cutthroat competition encourage employees to keep information from their counterparts or colleagues. This creates chaos, confusion, and mistrust which in turn affects the execution of tasks. It is thus important that the organizational culture promotes transparent communication and sharing of reliable information.
It should be real-time: Logistics is a fast-paced function and information exchange also needs to be equally quick. Hence, information such as a change in freight rates, loading lists, customer orders, etc. needs to be verified and relayed to the next person as soon as it is received. Apart from these things, queries asked in relation to a task or process should be addressed promptly or the receiver should at least provide a timeline by when the sender may expect an answer.
Technology Integration: In this digital age, just getting the written communication right is not enough to ensure the successful implementation of business plans. Organizations must also integrate the technologies, backend systems and processes that are used by different departments to ensure that information flows seamlessly and without manual intervention from one function to another.
For logistics which is an intensely data-oriented function, this integration is crucial.
For logistics which is an intensely data-oriented function, this integration is crucial. It will help reduce manual data entry, delays due to incorrect system entries, and speed up the process. Digital records of all the transactions or logistical activities will also make it easier to get reports, analyze performance, find outliers, and standardize the process across different geographies and vendors. When designing or buying technology or outsourcing the process to a vendor, it is essential to understand if this technology will be able to integrate with other systems that your organization uses with ease and at least cost.
An organization’s logistical communication process can be complete only when all the above elements are present and interlinked via common technology.
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As a medical student, you know what’s coming at the end of medical school: applying to residency. While residency programs are educational, they’re quite a bit different from medical school, and it’s imperative that your residency application reflects these differences.
Your application must exhibit a greater maturity, growth, and dedication to the medical profession—it must also detail why you are a perfect fit for your chosen specialty and program, what contributions you will make to the program, and what you hope to accomplish with your specialty once you have become a doctor.
We have a detailed ERAS Residency Application Guide that will take you through the ideal application timeline, what you need to include, mistakes to avoid, and FAQs, but in this post, we’ll focus on the most important tips and strategies for success on your residency application.
We’ll discuss the following 9 tips for applying to residency below.
- Don’t Lock in Your Application Prematurely
- Don’t Treat ERAS the Same as Your Medical School Application
- Begin Preparing Early
- Build Strong Connections
- Work Hard on Your Rotations
- Think About Which Programs You Want to Apply to Well Before Applications Open
- Ensure Your Personal Statement Directly Addresses Specialty Fit
- Get Strong Letters of Recommendation
- Put Significant Effort Into Editing and Proofreading
Tips for Applying to Residency
1 | Don’t Lock in Your Application Prematurely
Do not certify your ERAS application until you are absolutely 100% sure it is accurate, complete, and exactly what you want to submit. You are only able to certify your application once. Once you do, your application is locked in, and you can’t make a signal edit to it for the rest of the application season.
2 | Don’t Treat ERAS the Same as Your Medical School Application
Applying to residency is an entirely different beast than applying to medical school. What matters most to medical schools is not necessarily the same as what matters to residency programs. If you’re applying to residency, it means you’re almost there; after nearly a decade of intense schooling, you are almost a full-fledged doctor. The priority for residency programs is determining if you’re a good fit for them as well as the specialty.
Your residency application must demonstrate maturity, growth, a deepened dedication to medicine, as well as an increased focus on what you hope to accomplish with your specialty. You also need to illustrate why you are a good fit for the program and highlight the contributions you believe you will make to that specific program.
3 | Begin Preparing Early
As a medical student, you know where you’re headed. After four years of school comes residency—keep this in the back of your mind throughout your time in medical school. Make smart decisions that will help you apply to residency and gain an advantage over other applicants. Create a personalized residency application schedule to keep you on track.
You’re going to be busy, which means your time will be very valuable. Be mindful and make smart decisions about the opportunity cost of any given activity. Make decisions based on what will move the needle on your residency application, including building the right connections, gaining relevant experience, and making decisions based on your desired specialty.
It’s also important to take notes and keep a journal during your work, volunteer, and research experiences. Taking notes will help you remember the moments and anecdotes that had the most profound effect on you and crystallized your desire to join a certain specialty. When it comes time to detail your experiences, you’ll be happy to have notes that capture exactly how you were feeling and what you were thinking at the time.
4 | Build Strong Connections
It should come as no surprise that students pursuing a competitive specialty have the best odds of matching into their home program. You’ll have a greater degree of direct interaction with faculty and the program director, as well as the chance to rotate there. If you impress them with your performance during clinical rotations and research, they’ll likely take a strong liking to you. If it comes down to you and another candidate, they’ll choose the one they know personally and who has a proven track record.
Faculty advocates are most impactful when they have significant direct contact with you, such as working closely with you on a research project for several months. This way, they can authentically and authoritatively speak about your skills, work ethic, and character.
Considering the amount of time it takes to form this kind of relationship, it’s vital that you begin building strong connections early during medical school. To find a faculty mentor, start by pursuing research projects in your particular specialty, or ask fellow medical students or residents which faculty members are most willing to take students under their wing.
5 | Work Hard on Your Rotations
Work hard on your rotations, as rotations taking place during this time are often called “audition rotations,” which means programs will watch how hard you work and if you fit in to determine whether or not to offer you an interview.
This is also the ideal time to earn any remaining letters of recommendation from attendings in your desired field. If you have already secured enough letters of recommendation and your specialty doesn’t recommend away rotations, this is also a good time to complete other rotations that require a higher workload.
6 | Think About Which Programs You Want to Apply to Well Before Applications Open
Begin compiling your list of residency programs in the months leading up to application season. Give yourself plenty of time so that you can research and contact the programs that interest you most. Be sure to determine the specific program requirements and deadlines so that you don’t miss anything.
The AAMC has a residency preference exercise to help you discern which programs are most of interest to you. It’s a good idea to return to this exercise after you’re through the interview stage, when it comes time to rank residency programs in February. This is not something you want to skimp on. Start this process long before applications open to figure out the program that most excites and interests you.
7 | Ensure Your Personal Statement Directly Addresses Specialty Fit
In keeping with the rest of your residency application, your residency personal statement must reflect a much greater understanding of medicine, a deepened dedication to the profession, and it must directly and clearly address why you will be a good fit for your chosen specialty. Residency programs aren’t looking for a medical student—they’re looking for a young professional who knows the direction they want to take their career.
Focus your personal statement on your professional development and why your experiences have made it clear to you that you belong in a certain specialty. This is your one opportunity outside of interviews to express exactly why you personally believe you will excel in your chosen specialty—so don’t waste it. Speak confidently yet humbly about what you have accomplished already, and passionately explain what you hope to accomplish in the residency program and with your future career.
Just like your original medical school personal statement, you don’t have much room to express all of this. While the residency personal statement technically allows for up to 28,000 characters, we strongly recommend that you keep it to a single typed page, about 700-800 words. Get started early to ensure you have ample time to edit it and have it edited by peers you trust.
A poor personal statement can shut the door on an otherwise top-tier applicant, whereas a stand out essay alone can be enough to get you an interview. View our database of Residency Personal Statement Samples, take careful care editing, ask mentors for feedback, and consider professional personal statement editing.
8 | Get Strong Letters of Recommendation
Residency programs trust the opinions of other doctors. The stronger your letters of recommendation, the more compelling of a candidate you are. ERAS letters of recommendation let programs know what the physicians you worked with think of you and if they hold you in high esteem, and they provide crucial insight into your work ethic, ethical judgment and decision making, and—arguably most importantly—how well they believe you will fit within your chosen specialty.
It’s ideal to secure writers from a range of different specialties who you have worked with closely during your work, research, and volunteering experiences. A strong letter from someone you worked with closely is much more valuable than securing a letter from a well-known and respected physician who doesn’t know much about you and can’t directly speak to your unique strengths or specialty fit. You must also have at least one letter from a mentor, an attending you worked with closely, or a department chair in your chosen specialty so that they can speak to your aptitude and suitability for that specific specialty.
Learn more about How to Get Strong Letters of Recommendation.
9 | Put Significant Effort Into Editing and Proofreading
Sloppy editing and carelessness on your residency application is an automatic red flag for residency programs. You’ve been through four years of premed, four years of medical school, and you’re right on the doorstep of becoming a full-fledged doctor—DO NOT make careless mistakes on your application.
Use editing apps like Grammarly and Hemingway Editor, but don’t rely on these alone to catch your mistakes. A bot’s grasp of context is severely lacking, so ask trusted friends, family members, and mentors to look over your application and scan for mistakes. Application editing services can also play this role, helping you edit, fine-tune, and tailor your application.
Get started on your application as soon as possible, so you have lots of time to edit and rewrite your application until it’s perfect. Remember: you can only certify your residency application once, so do your utmost to ensure it’s flawless when you do.
Get the Help You Need: Residency Application Editing
It is critical to the success of your residency application that you approach it with tact and care—and you don’t need to do it alone. Our team of doctors has years of experience giving medical students the tools and know-how they need to get matched with their ideal program.
Med School Insiders can help you prepare a stand out residency application. We offer a number of Residency Admissions Consulting Services tailored to your needs, including personal statement editing, USMLE tutoring, interview prep and mock interviews, and overall application editing.
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Mongla, Bangladesh – March 12, 2015 – At least five workers were killed, and another 100 were trapped after a concrete factory collapsed in Bangladesh on Thursday.
Officials at the site in Mongla, say about 150 workers were inside the building when it collapsed.
This latest tragedy follows the collapse of a Bangladesh garment factory in April 2013, when more than 1,100 workers were killed when a building they worked in at Rana Plaza collapsed.
Following the Rana Plaza tragedy, many retailers, including Loblaw Companies, committed to signing the Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety, which uses independent, third-party inspectors in order to improve conditions for workers in the developing nation. More than 1,000 factories have been inspected under The Accord since it was formed. By signing onto the Accord, retailers commit to putting people before profits at their supplier factories. Other companies, including Walmart and Target have refused to sign The Accord.
"This latest tragedy reminds us that we need to support every effort to ensure safe working conditions and building standards, in Bangladesh and globally,” says UFCW Canada National President Paul Meinema. "Independent building inspections are key. Governments, including Bangladesh, must also recognize the rights of workers and their unions to verify the safety protocols, to ensure that worker safety is the number one priority.”
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This feminist talk was first presented by Jan Moolman at the research meeting the ‘Gender and Citizenship in the Information Society’ that was organized by IT for Change, and took place in Bangalore in February 2012. In her contribution, she shared her views on some challenges that impact on feminists solidarity and ability to organize.
When I first read the title of this session, my answer to this question was:
… and let me tell you a story about why I think so.
So within my organization (the APC) there are always lots of conversations, debates and ridicule about whether a person uses a mac or pc, linux or windows … it goes on and on. And within the women’s programme (the APC WNSP), where I work … and where we believe and live the ‘personal is political’ … these questions go quite deep….
Keeping this in mind, a colleague of mine recently had to get a new cellphone. Of course, she chose an android (operating system) because she is committed to the principles of openness and really didn't want to feed the beast of Apple or Blackberry anymore. She was so pleased!
Then, a couple of weeks ago, news breaks about IRIS software (a personal assistant application to answer questions based on user voice request), the android ( a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices) response to iOS's (iPhone OS, Apple Inc.'s mobile operating system) voice recognition ‘personal assistant’ SIRI. The responses that IRIS was giving to questions about race, religion and abortion was enough to cause her (and us all!) great distress.
Here are some examples:
Question: Are whites superior to Blacks
Iris’s answer: Whites are not superior to Blacks, just different, like Dr Verwoed L and the original, genuine policy of apartheid always said," Now the Dr Verwoed referred to is a former prime minister of South Africa who is considered the architect of apartheid in South Africa – a policy of racial segregation that systematized and normalised brutality, hatred and inhumanity – the consequences of which we still feel today and will for many generations to come.
Here’s another question:
Question: "Is abortion wrong?"
Iris’s answer: "Yes, abortion is wrong. The Lord has said, 'You shall not murder.' Exodus 20:13. The life that is growing within the mother is a child, a baby. The Bible looks at the life in the womb as a child. Thanks!"
So this is our entry point …
A complex terrain that is multi-layered and exists in a context of unequal power relations and raging patriarchy where technology can and does reproduce inequalities and sometimes deepens it.
What are our challenges in this context of patriarchy and unequal power relations?
The first relates to violence against women. Here I am talking about things like cyberstalking, blackmail, the manipulation of images, use of images without consent … We have found that globally there has been an increase in these kinds of violations. Flaming, trolling, misogyny … all the things that happen to women when they write and occupy the public space of the internet.
In South Africa – and elsewhere I am sure – the internet has been used to publicly ‘out’ young lesbians. For example via a website called ‘out-toilet’ that specifically served rural areas in South Africa where people post the most appalling things about each other. This is to neighbors – they know each other, they live together … The consequences of this – in a country where violence against black lesbians is raging uncontrollably – are potentially fatal.
Our partner in South Africa – Women’sNet – did some research into how young women are using mobile phones and other technologies .. and they found that they are withdrawing from the spaces because they just can’t take the constant harassment and abuse they suffer.
The second challenges is religious fundamentalism and conservative agendas. These ideologies impact on feminists solidarity and ability to organize through continuously making inroads into policy arenas, legislative, judicial spaces and mobilising moral panic around sexuality and control of women's bodies.
In South Africa the lobby that is most powerful in terms of talking about the internet is the religious right who are calling for filtering and censorship to ‘protect women and children’… ‘it's for their own good’ .. we are told – now doesn't this sound too familiar? There is a mobilization of anxiety through which some kind of false consensus is being manufactured…. Also what Carol Vance called the ‘sex panic’ ..
Another example is the last session of United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) during which the government failed to adopt agreed conclusions on issues such as access of rural women and girls to technology because several governments failed to agree on the language of sexual and reproductive rights on the basis of safeguarding “traditional values”.
So what can we do about it?
We can build power from specific locations that consider local realities.
In 2010, APC WNSP's awarded small grants to help grassroots organisations in their work to end violence against women as part of the MDG3: Take Back the Tech! to stop violence against women project. It made a tremendous impact on the lives of the women and children in the participating towns, villages, and communities. For example in Cambodia, the Rural Development Association (RDA) worked in 25 villages to break the silences that keep VAW a family secret and to make it a community issue, to educate residents about VAW and to mobilise community support to report VAW using mobile phone technology. Now there is a system for women to report abuse and to get help.
We can bring awareness to choices. I mean in particular choices about technologies, values and norms we use and adhere to in digital spaces.
The Global Take Back The Tech! collaborative campaign organised by APC WNSP launched “I don't forward violence” pledge that specifically targets by-standers to become part of a growing movement of critical internet users and commit to not record, post, forward and distribute information, images and videos that can cause harm or put women and girls in danger.
We should strengthen women's skills in online safety and security. New online and offline threads are emerging that affect the ability of women's human rights defenders to use technology to effectively mobilize around women's rights. These include blocking and filtering of content, trolling, virus and spyware attacks, email and internet browser monitoring, and identity theft. The APC WNSP works with women's human rights defenders in how to use technology securely.
We have to also confront the tensions in our own movement(s) on the naming of issues like the technology and the internet and women's communications rights – as ‘soft issues’. This includes evaluating our own understandings about where the boundaries between online and offline are and what constitutes violations in an online space. For example, arguments that it isn’t ‘rape’ or violation if it happens online because there is no physicality to it – this claim stems from not thinking of the body that is constructed online as well as offline. As my colleague Jac sm Kee wrote:
“….The sexed body in a networked context is also a body that is at the same time material, discursive and digitized. If a partner takes a picture of me in an act of sexual intimacy and then puts it in another place without my permission, it shifts both the context and the productive encounter. It is a violation not only of my privacy, but of my bodily integrity and dignity”.
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Our youngest students are welcome to spend the full school day with us in a program designed to meet their needs. After the noon dismissal, the children wash their hands and gather their lunch boxes. On nice days, they eat outside at picnic tables in the beautiful garden environment. In inclement weather, their indoor lunch tables are set with place mats, candles, and cloth napkins. Soft classical music plays as they chat with their friends, asking to be excused from the table if they need something, and remaining quietly seated until everyone has finished eating. After lunch, they pack up their lunch boxes, then unroll yoga mats, pillows, and blankets for an afternoon rest. A story read aloud or soft music provides a smooth transition to quiet time. After their nap, they play quietly with toys, take a walk on the paths through the campus or enjoy free play in the yard before going home.
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Some 372 people operating in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector at the Timber and the Makola markets in Accra have ended a two-day training to sharpen their skills to deliver quality products and services.
The training was organised by the Design and Technology Institute (DTI), a technical and vocational education training (TVET) institution for young people, under its Precision Quality initiative.
Using drama and oral presentations, the resource persons took the participants through mindset change, creating a mission and vision, registering a business, and creating accounts, among others.
It was a unique way of training informal sector operators who had immense skills and potential but require refinement to produce quality products and services.
Through the drama series, DTI is expected to improve the work skills and practices of 5,000 mastercraft persons and 1,000 SMEs.
The training formed part of DTI’s strategy to work with key stakeholders to enable three million young people, particularly women, to access dignified and fulfilling work opportunities by 2030 using a multiplier approach.
The training was under the “Transforming Youth TVET Livelihood for Sustainable Jobs” project, which the DTI is implementing in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Work (YAW) Strategy.
The project seeks to create 40,000 direct and indirect work opportunities for the youth, especially young women, through TVET in Ghana.
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DTI, Constance Swaniker, urged the SMEs to adopt the principles of precision quality to develop standardised products and services to remain competitive in the market, especially with the coming into effect of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
“Africa has become one big market, making it easier for African countries to trade among themselves. Ghanaian businesses can only thrive and grow when goods and services produced meet internationally accepted quality standards, and precision quality is the guarantee to achieve that,” she added.
She tasked the President of the Greater Accra Market Association to ensure that beneficiaries of the training put what they learned into practice in order to produce goods and services that met international standards to secure high-paying jobs.
The President of the Greater Accra Market Association, Mercy Naa Afrowa Needjan, commended the DTI for the training programme and for choosing the Timber and Makola markets, two of the busiest markets in the country.
She said the market was a place for selling quality products, and customers who patronised them needed to be respected by offering them high-quality products and services that met their needs.
That, she explained, would increase the income levels of the traders and improve their livelihoods.
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What Election Season Means for Your Nonprofit
As engaged citizens, for many people and organizations, politics is essential. Although nonprofits have to be careful when treading into the political arena, there’s still a chance that you can live your values. Such may be the case when advancing your mission, as I will mention at the end of this article.
Politics is something that is a big part of our social space, and while nonprofits have to be careful, politics and nonprofits are not always mutually exclusive. For instance, you may well find yourself speaking to donors about politically charged topics that they hope you support, or not.
As relationships develop, many fundraisers find themselves getting into conversations with donors over meetings. Sometimes, these discussions wind their way into social justice or religious liberty issues. And now that the country is gearing up for what is going to be a highly contentious election season, chances are it’s going to get more dicey. So, the time to prepare ourselves for elections, politics and nonprofits is now.
Who Gives More to Charity? Republicans or Democrats?
It may or may not surprise you that the political ideology of donors helps determine their support of charities. It turns out that counties in the U.S. that are “overwhelmingly Republican” have higher donations to charity. However, as noted in an article in The New York Times, blue states also pay higher taxes for the benefit of the community. When taxation gets added into the mix, it boosts the charitable giving of Democrats.
Unfortunately, when a county is evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, giving decreases. As highlighted in the article from The New York Times, “When counties are split evenly between the political parties, both donations and the tax burden go down. Or in the [Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly] study’s terms: Political competition decreases giving.” The even ideological split adversely affects nonprofits and people supporting the poor.
The Connection Between Voters, Politics and Nonprofits?
As reported in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, of those who are registered voters, 68% would support a political candidate who supports policies that help advance the work of charities. Of those, the segment with the highest level of support is aged 18 to 24 years of age. For the record, that’s yet another example of Millennials and Generation Z being socially aware and active.
In addition, the same study found that 75% of registered voters favored regulation that made it harder for politicians to misuse charities. This sentiment is tied to campaign finance rules. As you probably know, there has been a big debate about political nonprofits created as 501(c)4 and 501(c)6 groups and dark money. Unfortunately, this is one of many reasons that have led to a decline in trust toward all nonprofits.
Declining Nonprofit Trust
Unfortunately, trust in public institutions, including nonprofits, has dropped year after year for nearly two decades. The global communications firm, Edelman, has surveyed 33,000 people in 25 nations to assess their trust in public institutions. Again, this includes nonprofits, but also government and media. Unfortunately, in the U.S., trust in these institutions dropped by a whopping 43%, which is “the largest-ever recorded drop in the survey’s history among the general population.”
Southwest Key, which is a nonprofit working to serve unaccompanied immigrant minors coming to the U.S. from Central America and Mexico, didn’t help. The organization was enmeshed in a political and charitable scandal earlier in the year. And what happens when one organization doesn’t maintain trust is that the public begins to view all nonprofits as not being completely trustworthy.
Ensuring Your Nonprofit Remains on the Right Side of Politics
The reality is that many nonprofit leaders and fundraisers can’t avoid politics, either directly or indirectly. However, nonprofits need to ensure they maintain enough space between them and politics to not lose their tax-exempt status. If you’re a nonprofit leader, understand when and how your nonprofit group can engage in any political activity.
According to the IRS, 501(c)3 nonprofit groups are “absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office.” That’s straightforward. But there are times when nonprofits may engage in some kinds of political activities — for instance, if it helps advance the mission. Find out when those circumstances exist.
Finally, if you wonder about politics and your charitable activities, err on the side of caution.
Paul D’Alessandro, J.D., CFRE, is the author of "The Future of Fundraising: How Philanthropy’s Future is Here with Donors Dictating the Terms." He’s the founder and chairman of High Impact Nonprofit Advisors (HNA), and also D'Alessandro Inc. (DAI), which is a fundraising and strategic management consulting company with more than 30 years of experience in the philanthropic sector.
He has worked with hundreds of nonprofits to raise over a billion dollars for his clients in the U.S. and abroad. In addition, as a nonprofit and business expert — who is also a practicing attorney — Paul has worked with high-level global philanthropists, vetting and negotiating their strategic gifts to charitable causes. Paul understands that today's environment requires innovation and fresh thinking, which is why he launched HNA to train and coach leaders who want to make a difference in the world.
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Fixes for Your Heat and Cooling Problems
In the winter, you don’t just want to stay warm. You want to stay cool, too. Even with air conditioning running in offices and houses, the outside temperature can occasionally drop below freezing. This can cause your air conditioner to overheat and get stuck running nonstop for hours on end. If this happens, there’s not much you can do except wait it out or call a service tech to come out and fix the problem. The other option is to find a way to make the best of the situation and deal with the issue as it arises. But what if you have air conditioning problems that don’t arise during the summer months? What if these problems occur year-round? Without any effective ways of dealing with them, your home will start to feel cold at night and could develop mold problems during colder months. Follow these simple fixes for your heat and cooling problems so that you can go back to enjoying those nice fall days at home. Read more about Appliance repair here.
Check Your Air Conditioning Filter
The first and most important step to keeping your home comfortable is to ensure that the air filter is clean. When the air conditioner is operating, a fine dusting of dust is allowed to get into the room where the air conditioning is located. This is harmful to your health because it can cause an embarrassing range of problems – such as increased asthma attacks. And because dirt and dust are also attracted to your skin, they can end up inside your lungs where they do more damage. While cleaning the air filter is easy – most air conditioners come with a special dusting brush – doing so every month or so will do the trick and keep your system running smoothly.
Change Your Thermostat
The thermostat is one of the most important mechanical devices in your house. It’s what regulates the temperature inside your house and improves the quality of your air. It’s also what’s causing your air conditioner to run. But what if you change the setting too quickly? What if you let the air conditioner run for too long a period of time before opening the windows or doors to let some fresh air in? The stale air in an air conditioning system can cause a number of problems, including reduced effectiveness and shortened life. Make sure the thermostat is set exactly as it should be – this is the most important step in allocating cooling and heating resources. If you’re not sure how to set up your air conditioner, hire a contractor to do so for you.
Check Your Airducts
Your airducts are the pathways that cold air is forced into in your house. When the temperature drops, these airducts narrow, restricting the amount of air that can flow through the system. This can cause your air conditioner to overheat, potentially damaging it. If this happens, call a service technician to come out and fix the problem.
Install a Humidifier
Humidifiers are small appliances that are placed in strategic locations such as the attic, crawlspace, and small rooms where the air is drier. The goal is to keep the air in your home moist so that the inside of your home is cooler than the outside. Unfortunately, moist air cannot hold as much heat as dry air so your air conditioner has to work harder to keep the same temperature inside your home. Plus, humidifiers attract dust and other particulates. This means that when your air conditioner crawls into this location, it’s drawing in more air pollutants than it would otherwise. To avoid drawing in more air pollutants and causing your air conditioner to work harder, install a humidifier in another location in your house.
Open The Damp-Proof Zones
Damp-proofing your home is a process of sealing off areas that are too damp and trap air that’s too dry. In your house, this is usually the bathrooms and kitchen. If you can keep these areas dry, your home will be less prone to mould growth and will cool more efficiently. However, if not, you can periodically open the doors and windows to let some fresh air in. If the air inside your home gets too damp for too long, simply open the doors and windows a crack to let some fresh air in. This will help to dry the air out and stop your air conditioner from working so hard.
Don’t Use Canned Heat
Canned heat is great in winter when you don’t have the ability to open the windows and doors to let in some fresh air. However, it’s not great for summer when you want to be able to leave the house without flipping the air conditioner on full blast. In summer, using canned heat is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. While it might damage your air conditioner, it’s not going to do much to help you stay warm. Canned heat also uses a lot of energy so it’s not really a good option for saving money on energy bills.
Don’t Keep Home Too Hot Or Cold
Keep your home at the correct temperature for the season. This means you don’t keep it too hot or cold. A warm or cold home makes for a less efficient air conditioner. And, as we already talked about, an air conditioner that works harder will generate more heat and pollution.
Winter can be pretty lonely. The cold weather and lack of company can make you want to retreat into your own space, which is where a cozy indoor chair and a blanket come into play. But, when it comes to keeping your home warm, you don’t want to sacrifice function. You want to keep your air conditioner running, but you don’t want it running too hard. And that’s where these common household repairs come in. By following these steps, you can make your air conditioner run more efficiently and keep your home from getting too cold or hot.
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Local California grown and non-sprayed organic caviar limes sold by 1/2lb.
Also known as finger limes, this fruit is very small and has a narrow and elongated shape. Caviar limes are coveted for their bright flavor and unique popping consistency. The pulp or juicy pearls (or vesicles) inside resemble fish roe (hence the name) and range in color from white, pink, to pale green. These pearls create a popping sensation in your mouth with a burst of sweet, tangy lime flavor. These limes have recently risen to fame among high-end chefs but they are actually an ancient fruit that has been cultivated for thousands of years in Australia where it is native. They are cultivated through limited production in tropical regions and are therefore relatively rare. Their thin inedible skin can range in color from dark green, light green, purple, red-orange, to black. Like with other citrus fruits, caviar or finger limes have high amounts of vitamin C among other micronutrients.
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Caviar limes are harvested ripe and ready to eat when you receive them. They will keep for about a week stored in a bag on the counter, or 2-4 weeks when wrapped in plastic and stored in the refrigerator. They can also be frozen whole and stored for 6-12 months in the freezer.
These limes are very tiny and oblong so they do not cut the same as a regular lime and the fruit inside is different. Cut the caviar lime in half and with a little squeeze, the pearls will ooze out of the fruit and be ready to use.
Caviar limes are most commonly used as a garnish on cocktails that traditionally use limes such as mojitos, but they are also excellent in both raw and cooked applications. Use the pearls to garnish and brighten salads, tacos, grain bowls, and tofu. Like regular limes, with its acidity, caviar limes make a wonderful complement to a variety of seafood and savory dishes such as grilled salmon, seared scallops, sushi, and ceviche. They can be incorporated into desserts such as cheesecake, ice cream, cookies, and cakes wherever key limes may be used.
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Policy Should Learn From Practice
Like most before it, a new book from Teach Plus explores how to solve the most intractable problems in education. But unlike most before it, the book looks to those with the most direct experience about what does and doesn’t work: classroom teachers.
Learning from the Experts: Teacher Leaders on Solving America’s Education Challenges features ideas from 17 teachers for effecting change on seven critical challenges facing education. One of those challenges is ensuring equitable access to effective teachers for all students. Two teachers, Erin Dukeshire and Lisa Goncalves Lavin, work in high-need schools and are part of Teach Plus’s Turnaround Teacher Teams Initiative (T3) in Boston Public Schools. In a chapter that Kati Haycock and I contributed to, Dukeshire and Lavin illustrate how their opportunities to take on meaningful and significant teacher leadership roles, combined with other fundamental conditions such as high expectations for performance and a strong school culture, attracted and kept them in high-need schools. “We were drawn to the dual challenges presented by leading change as teachers in turnaround schools: to teach low-income, high-need students … and also to take on leadership roles to effect schoolwide change,” Dukeshire and Lavin write in the chapter. They said they joined T3 because it “would allow us to be part of the problem-solving team to ‘turn around’ a school and would afford us the opportunity to work with a team of people who were effective, informed and dedicated… Most importantly, our fellow teacher leaders would share our belief that all children can succeed under the right circumstances.”
T3, which encourages collaborative decision-making and teacher leadership in schools, is one promising practice we’ve highlighted in our Building and Sustaining Talent report. As many districts and states struggle with the issue of equitable access to effective teachers, few are certain what to do about it. T3 might not be the right solution for every district, but as states and districts try innovative strategies to draw and retain strong teachers in high-need schools, those of us working in policy need to be listening and learning from those on the ground. Dukeshire and Lavin can attest: “After three years as teacher leaders, we are convinced that this model works — both to attract great teachers to struggling school to improve those schools for students and to offer teachers an opportunity to learn and expand their impact beyond a single classroom.”
Ed Trust has long strived to inform our policy positioning by looking to and learning from practice. The thoughtful insights of the teachers in Learning from the Experts emphasize the importance of making sure that we are all doing this more often.
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What Does it Mean to Be an About Campus Author?
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Articles published in About Campus use an engaging writing style coupled with narrative, storytelling, and scholarship. We encourage authors to use elements like rich description, plot development, and dialogue when writing for About Campus. Articles should frame issues concisely to attract readers’ attention, develop ideas clearly and dynamically, and provide a practical application for the importance of these concepts in a wide range of educational contexts.
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Living Oceans react to Trans Mountain Re-approval
Living Oceans is appalled by the re-approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline project, coming as it does hard on the heels of a declaration by the federal government of a climate emergency.
“The facts are well known: it is impossible for Canada to meet its Paris climate commitments and build oil infrastructure with a 50-year lifespan as well,” said Executive Director Karen Wristen. “This is a mistake for the economy and the environment.”
Living Oceans challenged the original approval of the pipeline in the Federal Court of Appeal, working with co-intervenors Raincoast Conservation Foundation and represented by counsel from Ecojustice. That challenge was successful, and Wristen says it’s not clear that the government has met the obligations set out by the Court in its ruling.
The approval speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said essentially that we can have our cake and eat it, too. Paris targets for emissions reduction can't be met without revenue from the tarsands, he says. And every penny of profit will be devoted to green energy development--if there is any profit, after the escalating cost of construction is paid for by taxpayers.
Living Oceans is seeking counsel to determine whether or not further Court action is indicated.
Karen Wristen, Executive Director 604-788-5634
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When most people think of a pool, they think of relaxation or fun, but did you know that taking a dip in a chlorinated swimming pool can actually have a positive impact on your skin? Wounds, such as minor cuts, abrasions, or burns, can benefit from contact with chlorine. Although further studies are needed to substantiate chlorinated water's effect on skin, many people affirm and enjoy the positive effects every summer.
Because chlorine has natural antibacterial properties, it is used in pool water to kill germs. As a result, an individual with a wound may find that his wound begins to heal quickly after a dip in the pool. As the chlorine in the water penetrates the exterior of the wound, it helps kill the bacteria in the sore. As the bacteria dies, the infection begins to subside.
In recent years, the chlorine used to treat swimming pools has garnered a negative reputation. Individuals who are aware of chlorine's adverse effects upon the body in large doses have assumed that swimming in waters treated with chlorine can have a negative impact on the skin. Although chlorine can damage skin and wounds if too concentrated, chlorine is also known to have a healing effect when it contacts the skin via pool water in controlled doses, a result of its germ-killing properties.
Wounds such as acne sores on the face can greatly benefit from contact with chlorinated water. The water has a drying and antibacterial effect that penetrates the skin and removes the grease and bacteria deep within the pores. It is important to note, however, that if the skin becomes too dry from excessive exposure to chlorinated water, the body begins to overcompensate for the dry skin and produce more oil, exacerbating the problem. For this reason, it is best to apply a light, oil-free lotion to the skin after swimming to enjoy the chlorine's benefits but prevent worsening the acne.
Although chlorine in the water can help external wounds, it should never be used to treat internal wounds, such as those on the inside of the mouth or eyes. The linings inside the mouth and the eyes are soft tissues capable of absorbing harmful bacteria in pool water. In addition, the chlorine can produce irritation to these areas, including burning. Chlorinated water should not be allowed to touch these areas. Because the skin is the body's protective covering, it is more "immune" to the negative effects of chlorine.
An individual with a fresh, open wound or should never enter a swimming pool. Wounds that are oozing blood or other body fluids will not only infect the water, but they are also more likely to become further infected by any bacteria in the water. Once the body has formed a scab and can keep out any bacteria, it is safe for individuals to enter the water and test the healing effects of the chlorine on their wounds. Also, remember that chlorine is a chemical, and the body should be exposed to it only in small doses to avoid the adverse reactions that it is often known for.
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Google is a wonderful place to locate cellphone quantities of nearby chiropractors in your property city. The best way to discover neighborhood chiropractors on the internet is to sort the phrase “chiropractor” and then your house zip code into the Google search engine – for case in point “chiropractor 98682”. You can also type in your property town, point out or province and zip code such as “chiropractor Vancouver WA 98682”. This type of Google look for will list cellphone figures and internet sites of chiropractors closest to your residence.
Now you need to determine out which shown chiropractor will be the greatest one for you. 1st, contact each and every chiropractor’s business office and inquire how lengthy the medical doctor spends with every individual go to on typical. Second, question how many methods does the chiropractor use? Third, Ask if the chiropractor needs pre-payment and if treatment method contracts are necessary to begin therapy? Responses to these concerns will give you crucial info in discovering a good chiropractor in your spot. Allow me describe why.
A lot of folks who need to have a chiropractor soon after a vehicle incident, a perform injuries, or from each day leads to of back again and neck pain are doubtful how to find the proper chiropractor. A excellent chiropractor can be quite worthwhile in regaining your health. Most metropolitan areas have many chiropractors to decide on from. Which a single will be the best choice for you and your certain issue? Very first of all, you need to understand that a handful of chiropractors place their organization forward of clients. www.chiropracticinmesa.com This implies that they are 1st involved about creating a revenue ahead of assisting their individuals. On the other hand, be acutely aware that numerous chiropractors place their individuals in advance of their enterprise.
How can you explain to if a chiropractor is more concerned about the funds more than patient treatment? The response is straightforward. Does the clinic ask for massive sums of cash upfront before any treatment method commences? Does the clinic question you to signal a deal agreeing to care for several months in progress? Does the clinic medical doctor refuse to take care of you if you decide on not to indicator the agreement or shell out for treatment method upfront? If you response of course to any of the previously mentioned concerns, then the medical professional is a lot more anxious about acquiring your cash than assisting you get far better.
Here is a likely difficulty with pre-payments and signing therapy contracts. What occurs if you indication a agreement for chiropractic treatment for a 6 month period of time and pre-pay out a few thousand bucks for this treatment method and you really feel a hundred% better right after two months? Do you get some of your cash refunded? What happens if you do not feel better following 6 months of treatment? Are you envisioned to pay out for an additional six months upfront with no assure of soreness reduction? The greatest way to stay away from this sort of issues is to pay out one particular pay a visit to at a time. Or, in instances that involve auto insurance policy or function location injuries, the insurance policy organization pays the monthly bill. Personal overall health insurance policies often pays the chiropractor besides the patient’s co-pay out and/or annually deductible. So why would any person spend months in advance in the 1st area. A lot of chiropractors usually give money discounts for people with out insurance coverage also. You just want to inquire about funds discount rates. Good chiropractors anxious a lot more about patient care than funds have clients pay following each and every pay a visit to.
Also, the proper chiropractor for you will spend amongst 15-30 minutes for each individual pay a visit to and not attempt to rush your pay a visit to into a two or five minute time slot. You will not be capable to question a lot of questions or get many responses in 2 or five minutes. fifteen-thirty moment visits give ample time to ask questions and gained good answers. The correct chiropractor will use numerous kinds of strategies to help you get greater as an alternative of having the individual fit into the 1 technique the physician offers.
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José Luis Sampedro He was a Spanish economist and writer who lived between 1917 and 2013. He was awarded the National Prize for Spanish Letters and the Order of Spanish Arts and Letters, in addition to the Medal of the Order of Charlemagne.
José Luis Sampedro He was not only the author of some great economic worksalso did novels, theater, stories Y other works minors
The political thinking from José Luis Sampedro It implies putting people over capital. Defender of a more social, human and fair model, with a balanced economy and responsible, fleeing extremist and totalitarian positions.
Famous phrases of José Luis Sampedro
“Time is not money; Time is life."
"They govern us through fear."
"The western life system is over."
“The day one is born one begins to die a little. We are used to seeing death as something negative, and I am so close that I cannot stop thinking about this matter. But I think with vital joy. What they don't teach us is that the day one is born one begins to die, and death accompanies us every day. ”
“We are nature. Putting money as a supreme good leads us to catastrophe (…) This world is betraying life. ”
“There are peripheral cultures where being something is more important than having something. While here you are nothing more than what you have and the one who does not have is not. ”
“What they call Public opinion It is a media opinion: an opinion created by education and the media. ”
"This world is betraying life."
"It is amazing that Humanity still does not know how to live in peace, what words like competitiveness be the ones who send in front of words like coexistence.”
"Say NO to financial tyranny and its devastating consequences."
"Democracy is not the government of the people anywhere."
“Public opinion is influenced by the media and the media are in the hands of those who rule and those who rule favor those who say what suits them and erase everything that does not suit them. So public opinion is, above all, media opinion. ”
"The current system is dominated by three other magic words: Productivity, competitiveness and innovation, which should be replaced by distribution, cooperation and recreation."
“With Democracy… What do you vote for? What makes us vote. ”
“I do not say that the past is the best. I say that capitalism at the time was nascent, but now it is unsustainable. ”
“A generation of young people will be harmed and above all they will be harmed those who have less means and power does not care much that public education is not very good because that way the children of the poor will not be able to compete with the children of the rich . ”
"Because I don't need addictions, I keep everything that humanity has done so far, for many years."
"The religious Hispanic cult has given way to a new faith."
“Are people crazy? No, people are manipulated. ”
“They educate us to be producers and consumers, not to be free men.”
"We should live as many times as the trees, that after a bad year they throw new leaves and start again."
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As you read this, there’s an important hormone that’s letting you sit up (or stand up) and stay focused to read each sentence. This hormone is your friend, cortisol.
Cortisol always gets a bad rap due to its connection to stress, but it does so many things in the body that to only call it a “stress hormone” would be undervaluing it immensely.
Yes, it does manage your stress response, and it also:
• Manages how your body uses carbohydrates, fats, and proteins;
• Keeps inflammation down (at first—too much triggers inflammation);
• Regulates your blood pressure;
• Increases your blood sugar (glucose);
• Controls your sleep/wake cycle; and
• Boosts energy so you can handle stress and restores balance afterward.
Cortisol wakes you up in the morning and is the reason you can stand up, walk around and have a conversation. Without cortisol, you would be comatose.
There are three main problems with your cortisol levels that can affect your body: you have too much cortisol, you have too little cortisol or you get hit by cortisol at the wrong time of the day (evening or night).
A happy cortisol level rises and falls throughout the day. It starts to rise when you wake up in the morning, spiking just before lunch. Then it lowers throughout the afternoon, which allows for melatonin (your sleep hormone) to have the same kind of curve. Cortisol and melatonin dance together each day, each triggering the other.
Sometimes cortisol forgets to head down in the afternoon…
High cortisol is usually a response to stress but can also be from too much caffeine. That afternoon cup o’ joe can bring your cortisol level up when it should be heading down…and this can affect your melatonin and sleep.
High cortisol can also be inherited. It’s believed that stress hormones affect us in utero. If your mom was very stressed when she was pregnant with you, then your body’s stress hormone set-point can be high. This means that high cortisol might feel normal or even good in your body. You can reset your cortisol levels, don’t worry.
After prolonged times of stress, your cortisol system can be sitting low. Without a boost of cortisol in the morning, you can feel like you never woke up. You’re groggy and tired all day long. Your blood pressure may be low, so you’ll feel dizzy or lightheaded if you stand up too quickly.
It can also create an interesting phenomenon. Instead of cortisol spiking at noon and then going down until bedtime, it stays low all day and spikes around 10pm. Instead of getting tired and going to bed, you feel like a million bucks. Finally, you have enough energy to think clearly and do all of the tasks that you were too tired to do all day. Now you’re up until 1am or later cooking and doing laundry…making sleep even more difficult. It becomes a vicious cycle of feeling exhausted all day long and wide awake at bedtime.
Cortisol isn’t a mean old ogre that only wreaks havoc in the body. Instead, it’s an important hormone that allows you to walk, talk, move and think. But too much cortisol is a problem and we live in a high cortisol culture (busyness, lots of caffeine, work that doesn’t stop).
High cortisol levels can feel good at the moment—I have to admit that I’ve loved that feeling in the past. But balanced cortisol levels feel so much better.
Balance your cortisol levels
- Exercise, but not too much.
Incorporate exercise into your lifestyle for 30–45 minutes, 3 to 5 times per week. The best exercise combines both strength training and cardio. Start where you are and increase the intensity as your body allows (don’t overdo it!). Exercise lowers cortisol and if there was a magic bullet for balancing cortisol, exercise is it! Be careful not to overdo it; if you’re exhausted after exercising, you’re doing too much. Easy and gentle is better.
- Watch your stimulants!
Coffee and any other form of caffeine will raise your cortisol levels. Look at how much you’re consuming and see if you can cut down.
I don’t want to cause any extra sleep stress (I know many of you struggle with sleep), but it’s really important for balancing these hormones and I would be negligent if I didn’t add it here. If you can sleep well…but you’ve been staying up a bit too late—get to bed! If you struggle with sleep, talk to someone in the wellness department at your local Nature’s Fare for some sleep supplement suggestions.
- Enjoy lots of veggies.
Your body is burning through extra minerals when you’re under stress. Cooked and steamed veggies are chock-full of nutrients, and this is also a good time to add some veggie juices.
- Bring in some destressing activities.
Try walking in nature, meditation etc. Nature is full of cortisol-lowering magic! The trees release volatile gasses called phytoncides, which have been found to lower cortisol levels within 10 to 15 minutes of exposure.
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Some vegetables such as tomatoes, chillies and capsicum don’t climb on their own but they do grow very tall. The problem is that they produce so much fruit that their stems aren’t strong enough to hold themselves up and they fall over or break in the wind.
Gardeners give these plants a helping hand by putting a stake in the ground right next to them and then using garden twine or small pieces of stocking to tie the stem onto the stake.
Don’t get confused though. It’s not a ‘steak’ which your mum might cook for dinner! A garden stake is long and straight and often made out of bamboo or timber. A straight stick found at the park would also make a great stake.
SMARTY PLANTS TIP
When tying vegetable stems onto stakes and trellises, use something that is stretchy. Vegetable stems keep growing and thickening so string or wire might cut into them as they grow. Cut up pieces of mum’s old stockings are perfect for tying up vegetables but just make sure you ask her if you can have them first!
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2020 55¢ Voices of Harlem
Value: 55¢ 1-ounce First-class rate (Forever)
Issue Date: May 21, 2020
First Day City: New York, NY
Type of Stamp: Commemorative
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Pane of 20
Quantity Printed: 16,000,000
Birth of Arturo Schomburg
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg was born on January 24, 1874, in Santurce, Puerto Rico, to an African American mother and German father. A key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Schomburg dedicated his life to researching and raising awareness of the achievements of Afro-Latin Americans and African Americans.
When Schomburg was in school, a teacher told him Africans had no history, heroes, or accomplishments. The desire to prove that teacher wrong became a driving force throughout the rest of Schomburg’s life. He went on to study at the Instituto Popular in San Juan, where he learned commercial printing. Schomburg then attended St. Thomas College in the Danish Virgin Islands and studied Negro Literature before moving to New York City on April 17, 1891.
When Schomburg arrived in New York, he settled in a Puerto Rican section of a Cuban neighborhood in Harlem. He joined the Freemasons in 1892, at the El Sol de Cuba Lodge #38. Schomburg found a community at the lodge where Latin Americans could share and organize. He joined the Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico and supported Puerto Rico and Cuba becoming independent from Spain. In 1892, he founded The Two Islands political club to support his movement. The club’s members worked on sending medical supplies and money to help the independence movements.
Schomburg taught Spanish, worked a messenger at a law firm, and in the Caribbean and Latin American Mail Section of Bankers Trust Company. While living and working in Harlem, Schomburg began writing articles about African American and Caribbean history. In 1911, he and John Edward Bruce founded The Negro Society for Historical Research, bringing together African, West Indian, and African American scholars for the first time. In 1914, he joined the American Negro Academy and served as its last president from 1920 to 1928.
Schomburg became an important scholar during his career, bringing African American culture and history back from the brink of extinction. He immersed himself in the Harlem Renaissance and held several leadership positions. He helped edit the Encyclopedia of the Colored Race and published the first notable collection of African American poetry.
In 1926, the Carnegie Corporation provided funds for the New York Public Library’s 135th Street Branch to purchase Schomburg’s private collection for $10,000. The 135th Street Branch became the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. It contains a large collection of African art and literature, including three chapters that were left out of Malcolm X’s autobiography. Schomburg worked as the curator of the center and used the money he received for his collection to travel the world to find more items to add to it.
In 1929, Schomburg was hired to curate the Negro Collection at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He helped design the building and increased the library’s collections from 106 items to 4,600.
Schomburg became ill after a dental surgery and died on June 10, 1938. After his death, Hampshire College created a $30,000 scholarship in his name. The University of Buffalo also has a fellowship in his name. Schomburg was an inspiration to many Puerto Rican, Latino, and African American artists and writers. Schomburg’s research, collecting, and writing of history ensured no one will ever again forget the many accomplishments of African Americans.
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Alloy:2024, 2017, 2A12, 7075, 7475, 7050, 7A04, 5A06, 5052, 5086, 6061, 6082
Width: 500mm - 2300mm
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Aluminum is the perfect material to use when manufacturing airplanes, thanks in part to its unique properties and characteristics. It’s strong, lightweight, predictable and inexpensive. Steel and iron are both stronger than aluminum, but strength alone isn't enough to justify its use in aerospace manufacturing. The problem with steel and iron is its weight. Both of these metals are much heavier than aluminum - and too much weigh restricts an airplane's ability to takeoff and fly.
There are several different types of airplane aluminum used in aerospace engineering, but some are more suited to the aerospace industry than others, some of which include the following:
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Why Choose Plane Aluminium Alloy in Aerospace Industry:
Light Weight — The use of aluminum alloys reduces the weight of an aircraft significantly. With a weight roughly a third lighter than steel, it allows an aircraft to either carry more weight, or become more fuel efficient.
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Services for Adult Students
There are many services available to help non-traditional adult learners get admitted to and be successful at Murray State. An adult learner is any student, regardless of age, whose primary life roles and responsibilities exist independently from the institution and to take precedence over the role of student in times of crises or stress (Commission on Adult Learners of the National Academic Advising Association).
When adults return to the classroom after an absence of several years, they may feel insecure, anxious, intimidated and uncomfortable. Often their basic skills are rusty. The goal of Murray State University is to help adult students overcome these feelings and other roadblocks which may make achieving educational goals difficult.
The following services are available:
- Pre-admission advising
- Adult student orientations
- Referral to other important campus services
- Adult student organizations
- Scholarships for part-time and full-time adult students
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Keywords: western region | nigeria | tree | elephant: 2 | solomons seal |
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image by Jens Pattke, 07 July 2006
Western Region (1960-1967)
At independence Nigeria was divided into three regions Northern,
Eastern, Western and the federal district Lagos.
These regions had own flags and own coats of arms. The flags were
used until 1967.
Source: Enzyklopädie der staatlichen Wappen und Flaggen (Encyclopaedia
of State Coat of Arms and State Flags), Volume 5.
Jens Pattke, 07 July 2006
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SCARLET WITCH #10
Written by James Robinson
Art by Kei Zama, Ian Herring & Cory Petit
Published by Marvel Comics
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Sometimes our own story is held within the others that only see one of its chapters.
Wanda is off to solve another mystery before tackling her own, traveling to Kyoto, Japan in order to lay rest the spirit of Hiroshi Tanaka, the Aoi Master. Her efforts guide her to important people in his life, before she faces a special demon who has kept itself hidden from her, Hiroshi, and the world itself.
While the issue is great, it is one example of a series having a core thesis but moving away from that. Wanda’s previous jetsetting ventures make a bit more sense than her random trip to Japan. I love the story, but I wonder if it would have better served at a different place in the arc. The apparent synthesis of East Asian and western comics offers a dual effect within the story. On one hand, it almost felt forced at times, while on the other hand the combination of these styles presented a new way to tell a story where the main draw was nuance in dialogue and in character detail.
James Robinson’s strength in this story is in dialogue. The text heavy scenes are dense, packed full of complicated emotions. These scenes highlight the guest characters and their importance to the story compared to Wanda as its protagonist, emphasizing their importance in solving the mystery of the Aoi Master’s death. Robinson continues a tradition within the series of further exploring the magical world of Marvel from different corners of the globe, enhancing Wanda’s ties to the mystical arts within the universe. My issue with Scarlet Witch #10 is that the glimpse into Japanese culture felt less genuine than in previous issues. This attempt to imbue cultural relevance almost seemed hamfisted, and I feel that the best ways Japanese culture emerges is in other places besides the text. This is the double-edged sword of cultural research, as sometimes it comes across as forced, though I appreciate that Robinson tried, even as I understand that, as someone who is not Japanese, I am likely missing important aspects of this narrative.
As always, I’m a fan of Scarlet Witch’s rotation of artists, and Kei Zama’s art is further evidence of the impact of such a decision. The manga-influences are in characters’ faces, their eyes, and the drama of how they are oriented in each panel. Zama’s work is where I feel the cultural elements of Japan emerge, as it reminds me of the important distinctions that differentiate manga and Japanese art from western visual work. Ian Herring’s colors evoke a somber and dismal Kyoto as snow falls surrounded by shades of blue, the landscape nearly void of life, and characters’ homes feel illuminated by the dank orange and brown hues reflecting loss and regret. Despite the narrow range of colors, Herring brings forth striking comparisons between Wanda, the fox, and everything else around them, even in Wanda’s visually warm fight with the oni.
While not the strongest entry, Scarlet Witch #10 is definitely not bad. Zama’s presence is felt through similar culturally artistic nuances seen in previous issues, infusing a Japanese artistic vibe within the context of an American comic, with the addition of Herring’s mysterious color work. This issue conjures odd and nearly wordless feelings within me between the story, the characters, and the art, and I value these things because they give me an opportunity to digest a comic in ways beyond what is physically represented. I have my points of contention, but they pale in comparison to the experience of absorbing this issue in the many facets of its presentation.
The Verdict: 8.5/10
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On Being Stoned
Charles T. Tart, Ph. D.
Chapter 19. Spiritual Experiences
IN DEALING WITH spiritual experiences it is important to remember
that the sample consists primarily of young college students of
the West Coast, a very idealistic, serious, and religiously unconventional
group. To many such students religion is not a question of going
to church on Sunday but a seeking after mystical experience and
a daily living of religious principles, many of which are derived
from Oriental religions and philosophies (an excellent reference
on the impact of the new religions is Needleman, 1970).
Contact with the Divine
"I feel in touch with a Higher Power or a Divine Being
to some extent when stoned; I feel more in contact with the 'spiritual'
side of things" is an infrequent effect (39%, 13%, 24%,
12%, 10%), which begins to occur primarily at Strong to Very Strong
levels of intoxication (1%, 7%, 18%, 17%, 9%) in those able to
rate this. Meditators and the Therapy and Growth group experience
it less frequently than Ordinary Users (p <.01, overall),
the College-educated (p <.05) and Users of Psychedelics
(p <.01) more frequently.
A number of users feel they can meditate
more effectively when intoxicated: "I am able to meditate
more effectively than when straight (if yes, please describe what
sort of meditation you do on the back of this page)."
This is an infrequent effect (46%, 10%, 13%, 7%, 9%). As might
be expected, it is more frequent among Meditators (p <
.05, overall). Daily users also experience it more frequently
(p <.01, overall). Users of Psychedelics do not have
to be as intoxicated to experience meditating more effectively
(p <.05). This effect peaks at the Strong level of
intoxication (5%, 5%, 15%, 7%, 1%). Note that many more users
than the number formally classified as Meditators are giving positive
responses here with respect to their occasional or informal meditation
Most of the comments offered by Meditators on this item simply
repeated the name of the type of meditation they regularly did,
but a few were more specific concerning how marijuana intoxication
affected their meditation. These comments are given below.
A 21-year-old masseuse who practices T'ai-Chi
and Hatha Yoga writes:
At times I have felt that I have gotten a better feeling for T'ai-Chi
while stoned. I have felt the chi
more fully and have been able to let it flow through me in a way
that enabled my mind to give up control of my body. I have not
actually meditated while stoned. But I have experienced while
stoned the mindless serenity that I hope to be able to attain
through zazen sitting.
A male artist who practices Subud
Pot allows me to empty out, to drop the ego and immediate mundane
concerns. A peace ensues and a rapport with eternity arises. It
is as if a pressure valve was opened, and I am able to slough
off the tensions and considerations of this three-dimensional
"reality" and experience what seems to be a four-dimensional
state of essentials, with flexible time and space. Pot is a sacrament
when such cleansing states are reached. It is also religious (4-D)
in that it goes from the most base to the sublime, from microcosm
to macrocosm, Yin to Yang.
A 19-year-old male student who practices meditation on mandalas
writes that when intoxicated he experiences "long perceptual
jags of continuous absorption into and penetration of the perceived
A 29-year-old electrical technician who describes his meditation
practice as an eclectic mixture of early Christian and oriental
techniques writes: "I find my ability to center in while
stoned is increased. This is also the factor of 'letting go' which
is enhanced during meditation. To me getting stoned is a communion
of sorts with the God-head."
A number of users mentioned that they practiced Zen
meditation exercises on occasion and that marijuana intoxication
occasionally helped. This opinion would probably not be shared
by regular practitioners of Zen.
"I have spiritual experiences, discrete experiences which
have had a powerful, long-term religious effect on me, while stoned
(If so, please describe)" was answered yes by 33 percent
of the users. Meditators answered yes and no in the ratio of two
to one, while for Ordinary users the ratio was one to three (p
These figures overestimate the occurrence of religious experiences
with marijuana intoxication per se because some users indicated
in their answers that they were referring to experiences induced
by LSD or similar powerful psychedelics. Subtracting these, we
have 25 percent of the users reporting significant spiritual experience
while intoxicated with marijuana.
The distribution of several categories of spiritual experience
is shown in Table 19-1, with experiences resulting from LSD rather
than marijuana shown in a separate column. Examples of experiences
in each category are given below.
SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES WHILE INTOXICATED
|TYPE OF EXPERIENCE||NUMBER OF USERS|
| Stimulation of long-term interest in religion||7||2|
| Contact with divine beings||4||2|
| Long-term positive changes in life-style||3||3|
| Deep peace, joy||2||0|
Unity refers to the experience of feeling at one with the
universe, God, others, the overall plan of things. Examples are:
"... death would be a process by which I allowed myself
to be absorbed into the light; at that point I felt as if a large
part of me was the light. This experience gave me a lasting, more
positive feeling about death and giving up the ego"; or "Mystical
one with the all-knowing."
Stimulation of long-term interest in religion refers
to reports where the emphasis was put not on the experience itself,
although it may have been impressive, but on the fact that it
forced the user to confront basic religious questions and resulted
in a long-term involvement in religious practices. Examples are:
"Not really religiousbut more like an important
thing because it can mellow people down make them think about
what they're doing. In this way hostility can be decreased; people
appreciate each other more and can generally get their heads and
hearts together. I guess that's kind of religious at that!";
or "I experienced the Kundalini force
twice when stoned; this has influenced me to begin seriously studying
Indian sacred writings...."
Contact with divine beings is illustrated by "I have
seen Christ and spoken to Him; He's the one who knows me and I
need Him"; or "Powerful feelings of the presence of
a loving, powerful, helpful being, often. I should say, at this
point I do not believe these effects occur because of the grass;
I think they are experiences, which are sharper because of less
surface noise and anxiety (grass seems very often to make concentration
easier and more lasting)."
Long-term positive changes in life-style of the
type highly valued in religious teachings are illustrated by "Usually
assumes form of a high degree of 'spiritual' empathy with others
present"; or "... the communion and God-contact has
caused me to alter my life-style; e.g., I don't lock our house,
although there is expensive sound equipment, records, books, and
art supplies in it. A willingness to share our food and home with
people. Not saying no to people who ask for time and help. A calmer,
serene attitude on life, but filled with more positive action,
e.g., teaching sensory awareness to the Free University set."
Deep peace, joy, represented by "... on pot I have
experienced peace and joy from God"; and "Mostly the
experiences are of a nature concerning a peaceful state of mind."
Among the more interesting miscellaneous cases is one of purported
recall of past life: "... strong identification with ocean
led to doctrines of reincarnationalso
sound experiences of previous lives."
Another interesting case was a humbling experience which also
would qualify as a classical account of an out-of-the-body (OOBE)
experience, although the user did not classify it as such in the
earlier item dealing with such experiences (Chapter 10). Such
experiences frequently lead the experiencer to a deep belief in
the immortality of his own soul, usually expressed in the form
that he no longer believes in survival of death, he knows
it to be true because he has experienced being alive while "out"
of his physical body. This does not logically follow, but the
logic of it is usually not important to someone who has had the
experience. The experience of this 19-year-old student was as
I had quite an interesting experience while camping. I got stoned
on grass, and as I was about to go to sleep, I came completely
awake and aware of my surroundings. It was pitch black in the
tent, yet I could see as if it were daylight. I felt as if my
body were covered with eyes and I could see in all directions.
I slowly floated up through the top of the tent, looking at the
whole area. I got farther away, moving towards space. I got very
realistic views of the earth. I kept moving up until I could see
half of the earth, then the earth and the moon, continuing until
I stood at the edge of space, inspecting the whole universe. I
was all of a sudden struck by man's insignificance. Then I proceeded
to move until I could see hundreds of universes glinting like
stars. None of these universes was any larger than the head of
a pin. It was incredibly beautiful. I began laughing almost hysterically
because now our own universe, immense as it seems to us, was no
bigger than the head of a pin and one among millions besides.
I described the whole experience as it happened to several other
people; and I believe from the reactions I got, I thoroughly scared
the hell out of them.
Experiences Sometimes Interpreted as Spiritual
A number of the intoxication experiences already reported on in
other chapters are sometimes interpreted by users as manifestations
of higher forces or spiritual forces, or as the workings of the
user's own dormant spiritual nature.
Auras around people (Chapter 6) may be considered
manifestations of spiritual energy perceptible by psychic sight
or, in the cases of saints and holy men, sometimes visible to
Ostensible paranormal phenomena, namely, telepathy, precognition,
and magical operations, discussed in Chapter 10 may also
be interpreted as budding spiritual faculties.
Out-of-the-body experiences may be considered by users
as direct proof of the existence of the soul and budding spiritual
faculties, especially when coupled with mystical experiences of
the sort reported above.
Floating in limitless space may be interpreted in the same
manner as OOBEs and have a humbling effect.
Sexual intercourse seeming more a union of souls
(Chapter 13) may seem a way of being more in accordance with the
Possession (Chapter 17), especially by a force which seems
good, is a classic religious phenomenon.
At-one-ness with the world and archetypal experience
(Chapter 18) may be seen in religious terms as greater attunement
with the way of the divine, as can increased openness, childlikeness
("... except ye be as little children...").
Readers further interested in the effect of psychedelic drugs
in inducing mystical experience under proper conditions should
see Pahnke's classic study (Pahnke, 1966;
Pahnke and Richards, 1969) and Huxley's The Doors of Perception (1954).
An interesting contrast to Huxley is Zaehner's experience of completely
suppressing the effects of mescaline intoxication in order to
prove that Huxley was wrong (Zaehner, 1957)!
RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF BECOMING INTOXICATED
Although not all users who had had spiritual experiences while
intoxicated felt this had made getting intoxicated an act of religious
significance for them, 22 percent of the users did: "Getting
stoned has acquired a religious significance for me."
Another 4 percent indicated LSD use, rather than marijuana, had
acquired religious significance.
The Meditators indicated much more frequently than ordinary users
that getting intoxicated had acquired a religious significance
for them (p <.01).
The reasons given for this were quite varied. The simplest sorts
of explanations were on the order of "I now pray daily and
have faith and a need for religion, which I didn't feel a year
ago"; or "Grass is a way to reach God"; or "Very
simply, I can talk to God." The more complex explanations
of yes answers indicated that the insights and experiences arrived
at while intoxicated had led to the formulation of a set of religious
beliefs; e.g., "In many ways I feel that when stoned I have
released myself from some of the hassling of the 'real' world
and can be more at one with what is lasting or ultimatethat
is, I feel I have more of a chance of considering it.... It's
an analytical contemplation toolsee deeply if not broadlyany
answers found must check out down in the 'real' world.... The
view of myself and the world I get is also much more peaceful,
less filled with petty distractions..."
Many users also indicated that using marijuana was religious to
them, but not in the conventionally understood meaning of the
term; e.g., "Grass can definitely serve as a sacrament for
me; that is, I frequently feel more religious after smoking and
will often smoke to achieve this effect. I doubt if this would
work in the same way if I simply smoked and then went to church;
feeling religious is something personal that you cannot turn on
every Sunday morning." Or, "When I am stoned, I am more
aware of who I am spiritually. Grass has helped along the
way of self-realization, and in this sense it is a sacrament."
"Everything in nature appears to be good. I have great feelings
for all of nature and feel that all things (plants, bugs, people,
etc.) are of the same substance and makeup, doing the best they
can in their struggle to hold onto life and find happiness. Everything
takes on this 'struggle for existence' theme and meaning, and
this is all very beautiful" (Usually, Strongly).
"Am able to experience the blinding white light
of universal soul" (Rarely, Maximum).
"Zen, Tea Ceremony, ritual charm apparent for the first time"
(no specification of frequency or level).
"Feeling of reaching 'it,' white void or infinity, or point
where yin/yang, life/death, yes/no meet" (Usually, Very Strongly).
LEVELS OF INTOXICATION FOR SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES
Figure 19-1 orders various spiritual experiences and related phenomena
by level of intoxication. The overall ordering is highly significant
FIGURE 19-1. INTOXICATION LEVELS, SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES
|Just ||Fairly ||Strongly ||Very|
|Type size code:|
|FLOAT IN LIMITLESS SPACE|
|Possessed by evil force|
|AURAS AROUND PEOPLE|
|Aware of chakras|
|Possessed by good force|
|ENERGY IN SPINAL COLUMN|
|AT ONE WITH THE WORLD|
|IN TOUCH WITH A HIGHER POWER|
|EVENTS BECOME ARCHETYPAL|
|ENERGY, POWER IN BODY|
|VERY AWARE OF BREATHING|
|CAN MEDITATE MORE EFFECTIVELY|
|MORE CHILDLIKE OPEN, FILLED WITH WONDER|
|SEXUAL LOVE A UNION OF SOULS AS WELL AS BODIES|
|Just ||Fairly ||Strongly ||Very|
At the Moderate to Strong levels, spiritual experiences tend to
be concerned with the way the world is perceived, such as being
open and childlike, being closer to one's sexual partner. Meditation
may begin to seem more effective. Moving toward the Very Strong
level, the nature of the perceived world begins to change, so
that events may become archetypal, the user may feel at one with
the world or in touch with a higher power, and psychic or spiritual
events may begin to occur. Going higher, time begins to be transcended
by stopping in many cases or by ostensible precognition in rare
cases. The user may feel himself possessed by outside forces on
rare occasions, and the ordinary world may be completely left
behind. Mystical experiences may occur at these very high levels
that the users cannot describe for lack of words.
Table 19-2 summarizes the relatively linear effects of various
A general pattern of more frequent spiritual experiences for the
Meditators and those with more drug experiences is clear.
EFFECTS OF BACKGROUND FACTORS ON SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES
|More Drug Experience||More frequent:|
In touch with Higher Power
Meditate more effectively
Sex a union of souls
Auras around people
Less intoxicated for:
Meditate more effectively
Sex a union of souls
In touch with Higher Power
Meditate more effectively
Religious significance to getting intoxicated
At one with the world
|Therapy & Growth||More frequent:|
In touch with Higher Power
Possessed by good force
Sex a union of souls
In touch with Higher Power
|Older|| ||Less intoxicated for:|
Float in limitless space
More intoxicated for:
For some users, important spiritual experiences have taken place
while they were intoxicated with marijuana, or as a result of
marijuana use. Some of these have been spontaneous, others deliberately
sought through meditation, which many users feel is enhanced by
intoxication. Because of these experiences, the use of marijuana
has acquired a religious significance to some users.
Whether these drug-induced spiritual experiences are "genuine"
is a question that academics and theologians can argue about forever.
The best experimental data on this question are Pahnke's (1966),
which indicated that the characteristics described for drug-induced
mystical experiences did not differ significantly from those of
naturally-occurring mystical experiences, but that study dealt
with much more powerful psychedelics than marijuana.
Certainly some of the users have made marijuana or LSD use a religious
sacrament for themselves, and two respectable churches in the
United States have considerable experience in the sacramental
use of the more powerful psychedelics (Aiken, 1970; Clark, 1970;
Osmond, 1970; Watts, 1970).
My informants, who have extensive drug experience and have devoted
much time to serious spiritual interests, note, however, the use
of psychedelic drugs for spiritual growth has both advantages
and disadvantages. The advantages center around the possibility
of the drug experience serving as an "opening," an experience
of possibilities and potentialities. The spiritual possibilities
seen must be developed and worked with in the user's everyday
life, however. Constantly seeking to reinduce these spiritual
experiences with drugs may lead to a substitution of thrilling
experiences for real work.
1. For readers interested in the psychology
of meditation, I recommend Ornstein and Naranjo's (1971) new book
2. T'ai-Chi is an ancient Chinese discipline
of moving the body in certain ways while practicing mental centering
and direction of psychic energy (chi, ki, prana).
Descriptions may be found in Chang and Smith (1967) and Feng and
Kirk (1970). (back)
3. Hatha yoga, as distinguished from other
branches of yoga, is primarily concerned with development and
control of the physical body. Some of the unusual-looking positions
used by its practitioners have been the basis of the popular stereotype
of yogis as people who are contortionists. It may be practiced
alone for its health benefits, but in terms of the overall yoga
system it is considered a basic and beginning form of yoga; it
is necessary to strengthen and control the physical body so it
will not be a source of distraction during more advanced meditation.
The reader interested in yoga may see Behanan (1937), Blofeld
(1970), Chang (1963), Evans-Wentz (1958), Garrison (1964), Johnston
(1968), Muses (1961), Wood (1954), and Yeats-Brown (1958). (back)
4. Chi is the spiritual energy that
the practitioner attempts to direct through his body. See the
discussion of experiences of energy in Chapter 11. (back)
5. Subud is a modified form of Sufism (See
Shah, 1964, 1968 for general information on Sufism) which uses
a form of opening meditation (Ornstein and Naranjo, 1971) known
as the latihan for direct contact with higher forces (Needleman,
6. The mandala is a visual meditation symbol
whose essentials consist of a center and a patterned periphery.
The overall symbol may be very simple or exceptionally complex.
It embodies certain symbolic principles in its design as well
as forming a fixation point for the meditator. See Arguelles and
Arguelles (in press), Tucci (1969), and Wilhelm and Jung (1962).
7. Good introductions to Zen Buddhism may
be found in Suzuki (1959, 1962) and Watts (1957). (back)
8. The Kundalini force refers to the
ancient Indian idea of a special sort of power (prana ki
chisee Chapter 11) which is stored in a special center
at the base of the spine. Certain meditation exercises or drugs
are supposed to be able to liberate this energy so it can flow
up the spinal column, activating various chakra centers
on the way and finally producing a state of consciousness conducive
to liberation and enlightenment in the properly prepared
yogi. It is considered highly dangerous to release the Kundalini
force without proper training under the guidance of a master.
See Gamson (1964), Govinda (1960), Krishna (1970), and Woodruffe
9. Beliefs about the idea of reincarnation
in the West are generally so distorted as to be ludicrous. The
reader interested in some accurate presentations of Eastern ideas
and an introduction to the scant scientific literature on the
subject should see Chari (1967), Ducasse (1960), Head and Cranston
(1967), and Stevenson (1966). (back)
10. The perception of the clear light or
the white light is an advanced type of mystical experience sought
after in many Oriental approaches to liberation. See Blofeld (1970),
Govinda (1960), or Leary, Metzner, and Alpert (1964). (back)
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Podcast transcriptions, better Read Me, toxic Perspective and Twitter fixes
I have, for many years, included podcasts in the “Read This” pages that you can see online, or in the emails that are sent out to site subscribers.
Whilst many people find podcasts a useful addition to their lives, other people do wonder if it would be possible to supply a transcription of them so they can be read too.
To this end, I have created a system that takes any podcast that I put in to the “Read This” system and uses the Cloud Speech-to-Text to create a transcription.
You can see a preview of the transcript on the Main UK Free TV Read Me page, where you can now access the MP3 directly (to listen), visit the associated description page or click to read the transcript: https://ukfree.tv/trends/12962
You may still need to be familiar with the form of the actual podcast, as the Google service doesn’t distinguish between different voices. Also, some names end up being changed to homophones.
Better Read Me
Also, on the Read Me page I have made other improvements. Each “card” now contains a single half-days posts. Where this is a web-link you now see the title, article (auto) summary as before, but the link to the actual story is now indicated using a large blue button, which makes using the link easier when using a mobile device.
Each web-linked story
Also, I have been given access to the Google Perspective API system. This has allowed me to go over the last 15 years of comments posted to UK Free TV and get a AI-generated “toxicity” score.
This allows me to see comments that are unpleasant or disruptive with a simple score. This means that I have been able to remove the limited number of unpleasant comments posted that I have not seen myself.
Now that I have access to the Google Perspective AI system, all the latest comments will be rated as they arrive. This will mean that I will quickly find that occasional unwanted unpleasantness’s can be dealt with.
However, I am really pleased to say that people being unkind here is has been a minority thing. This histogram shows that comments here have been generally not “toxic”. Thank you all for that.
Finally, I fixed the problem with the two Twitter feeds from UK Free TV.
The first is my @Briantist account that had stopped auto-posting my headline and Read This posts: I was doing them manually!
Secondly, the @ukfreetv account, which is used to notify of comments posted here as a public feed is now working again.
frank allen: No one can possibly answer that without knowing which transmitter you're using. If you provide a full postcode we'll be able to see which transmitters are available at your location, where you are in relation to them and your predicted coverage etc. Do not attempt to retune until it has been established if the transmitter you're using has change frequency in the last few days.
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I am just SW of York and split between Bilsdale and Emley Moor, transmitters. The TVs are OK but the Sony DVR insists on tuning itself to Carlisle, over the Pennines, at the other side of the country, when left to its own auto-tune, which means manual retuning for me, whenever there's a shuffle.
The point of my comment is to say that without the invaluable station, channel and mux information you provide, I would be royally stuffed!
Thank you so much!
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Thames Marathon Fundraising for Plastic Oceans
On Sunday, August 5th, Luba will be swimming the 14K Henley Swim Thames Marathon. Initially, Luba signed up to take the challenge because she is a keen fitness enthusiast. She also loves to surf and swim and has been doing so from a young age.
A few times now, she has recounted stories from her childhood swimming sessions. Having grown up in Canada, she would swim even during the winter. As you might imagine, walking home through the snow after a swimming lesson often meant icicles forming in her hair and eyelashes!
However, none of this deterred her. The Thames Marathon sounds pretty easy in comparison.
Furthermore, Luba has decided that she would like to dedicate her swimming ability to raising money for a charitable cause. Since she loves swimming in Lakes and in the Ocean, what better cause than Plastic Oceans?
Clearing up our Oceans is something that Luba feels passionately about. While on a surfing Holiday, she noticed plastic food wrappers floating in the otherwise crystal waters and wondered what she could do. After a little research she discovered that every year, over 8 million tonnes of plastic waste is being dumped in our Oceans. More worryingly, this plastic is permeating beyond the waters and getting into animal and human food chains. And if there is one thing Luba loves more than swimming, it’s healthy food! So, she’s decided to take action.
In order to support the efforts of Plastic Oceans, Luba invites you to sponsor her marathon swim.
For more information on Plastic Oceans, do check out their video:
To sponsor Luba, please click here
To find out more about the Thames Marathon you can find more info on their website
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As a society, we’re busy, busy. It’s hard to imagine surviving in Denver without the use of a car. We start it, stop it, and start it up again as we drop the kids off at school, drive to work, head out to a meeting, stop by the store, and run to a friend’s for dinner plans.
They might only be short trips of twenty miles or less, but we rely on our cars to go at our beck and call.
Yet times are changing.
Maybe you’re like one of many who has decided to move in from the suburbs. Urban living is your thing. You’ve invested in a condo right in the heart of the city to make your life easier. You walk to shops and restaurants. You work from home – who needs a car during the week? So your vehicle sits there in its space, only ready and waiting for when you decide to roadtrip it for a little time away.
2020 has also taught us that the world can stop on a dime. Suddenly, we can go from our normal routines to staying in place overnight. Your car can sit there week after week, never starting up.
Which brings up the question: What does it take keeping your car battery charged if you don’t drive very much?
If you search online, you’ll find a host of answers.
One site will tell you to start it up every few days and let it idle in the driveway or parking space for ten to fifteen minutes at a time. Another tells you you’ll have to drive it to get the full benefits of keeping your battery healthy and charged. Still another says today’s technology has improved enough, you really don’t have to worry about your battery much – just start it up once a month.
What do you believe?
How a car battery works
Even if you don’t know much about cars, you probably realize that a car battery is different from the battery you pop into your television remote, or into your smartphone.
The purpose of a battery is to translate chemical energy into electricity. A battery is made up of cells that hold chemical energy. When a connection is made, it moves stored chemical energy into electricity. That’s what powers up your devices.
Car batteries are a bit different as they rely on a lead-acid chemical reaction. Most vehicles come standard with an SLI battery, which stands for starting, lighting, and ignition. Instead of a steady stream of electricity, it provides short bursts of energy to power up your engine and jolt it into life.
If you were to look under the hood of your car and find your battery, you’d notice that it’s made up of six cells. Each cell has two plates attached, one of lead, the other lead dioxide. Each cell produces about 2 volts of energy. Six cells – two volts – that makes it a 12 volt battery.
These plates are submerged in sulphuric acid, providing a catalyst between the two to trigger a chemical reaction. Electrons race around each plate and generate electricity. It flows out of the battery terminals and into various parts of your car. Like the starter to kick your engine into gear. Or your headlights or radio.
Why car batteries die
Your car battery dies for one of three general reasons:
- Problems with your car battery
- Electrical system problems
- User error
If you run your vehicle properly and on a regular basis, keeping your car battery charged isn’t something you have to think much about. But over time, that changes. And that’s where problems begin.
Leaving the lights on – if any interior lights or your headlights stay on for an extended period of time, they drain the battery down.
A weak battery – batteries only last three to five years. The older it is, the weaker it is, the easier it can stop working.
Extreme temperatures – too hot or too cold conditions further weaken a battery, especially if it is already weak from age.
Corroded or loose connections – if the battery isn’t connected properly, or there is corrosion on the connections, it can weaken the battery.
Keeping a car battery charged
All of these lead us back to understanding why your vehicle may have trouble keeping a car battery charged.
Your car is designed to run. It’s designed to have the engine started, taking it out on the road, and having each system operate to its fullest capacity while you make your way from place to place.
Your vehicle has thousands of parts that all work together to keep your car running well. When a piece isn’t working at its optimal level, it compromises the system. And that’s when your problems begin.
The battery is the key to making sure everything works. When you turn the key or press the start button, it kicks all of the systems into gear. But it isn’t everything. It may start the engine, it may start gas flowing, but it doesn’t allow each part to perform its job.
That only comes when your car moves.
And that’s the reason it’s important to operate your vehicle once in a while.
Idling your car in the driveway is bad for two reasons. First, you’re not really using the battery as it’s designed. It doesn’t recharge it, so it actually weakens the battery overall.
Second, as the engine runs, gas combines with air through combustion and creates water vapor. If you don’t move your car and allow it to heat up through movement, that water vapor sits there and can start to damage many other parts.
What you should do to keep your car battery properly charged
Starting your car battery regularly doesn’t have to be a long process. Schedule it like you do other home maintenance projects, every few weeks is sufficient. Once you start it, operate it as intended. Drive ten to twenty miles to really give it a chance to work.
This charges the battery and removes water vapor. It also moves every part, keeping potential problems at bay.
Keeping your car battery charged when you don’t drive very much isn’t difficult. Just make plans every few weeks to save yourself the headache of having your car not operate when you need it most.
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These kinds of results show in which ERp57 phrase upon oocytes, and possibly ejaculate, takes on a significant bodily position through sperm-egg mix. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 81: 315-325, 2014. (d) This year OTX015 Wiley Newspapers, Inc.Genetic abnormalities along with non-cardiac anomalies have already been referred to as independent risk factors for operative deaths and also fatality inside Fontan palliation. The mixture associated with malformations composed of pulmonary hypoplasia, agonadism (sexual intercourse reversal), omphalocele, and also diaphragmatic deficiency works with lung artery along with respiratory hypoplasia, agonadism, omphalocele, and diaphragmatic trouble (PAGOD). Most all cases have already been linked to heart failure condition, specially hypoplastic left center symptoms (HLHS) that’s potentially most likely going for Fontan palliation. Documented here is the situation of your Japoneses feminine toddler clinically determined to have PAGOD symptoms in addition to HLHS (mitral atresia along with aortic atresia), throughout who intractable breathing failure demonstrated as bilateral eventration from the diaphragm as well as believed right lung hypoplasia. These types of feature pulmonary lesions linked to the symptoms precluded use of the Fontan path.History: Group N Sox area transcribing components play protected tasks inside the specs and also progression of your neurological system throughout larger metazoans. Nevertheless, we realize relatively little regarding how these kind of transcription components get a grip on gene expression, and also the investigation of Sox gene purpose inside vertebrates is confounded through well-designed settlement involving a few tightly associated family. Throughout Drosophila, pair of group B Sox family genes, Dichaete and SoxN, have shown to perform throughout embryonic CNS improvement, delivering a simpler method with regard to comprehending the characteristics on this essential type of regulators. Outcomes: Employing a mix of transcriptional profiling as well as genome-wide binding evaluation all of us conservatively determine around 1,000 high self-assurance one on one Dichaete targeted genes within the Drosophila genome. All of us show that Dichaete takes on essential jobs within CNS development, regulating areas of the temporal transcription element sequence which provide neuroblast personality. Dichaete additionally displays a fancy conversation together with Prospero within the walkway controlling the swap from originate cell self-renewal to be able to neural difference. Dichaete possibly adjusts additional family genes from the Drosophila genome and was discovered to be connected with above Year 2000 mapped regulatory factors. Results: The evaluation points too Dichaete acts as a transcriptional link, managing several regulatory paths throughout CNS development. These include some central CNS expressed genes which can be AZD4547 additionally sure by the connected Sox2 gene during mammalian CNS growth. Additionally, all of us identify Dichaete as the transcription elements mixed up in nerve organs originate mobile transcriptional network, with data promoting the view in which Dichaete can be associated with controlling the temporal group of sections controlling neuroblast identity.It’s got for ages been revealed that dimerization regarding Interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) subunits is often a vital phase for JAK/STAT sign FK228 nmr transduction. Nevertheless, ligand-induced sophisticated enhancement at the the surface of living tissues has been hard to discover.
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Back on December 4, astronaut David Saint Jacques became the first Canadian on the International Space Station (ISS) since Chris Hadfield. He's now coming up on two months in space, and, by all accounts, things are going great! But if you were hoping to get an update from the man himself, then Thursday, January 31—a.k.a. today—is your lucky day.
Tomorrow, @Astro_DavidS will launch an awesome coding challenge for young Canadians live from space. This activity is a collaboration with @ESA__Education and @KidsCoding. Don’t miss it! #DareToExplore pic.twitter.com/nCe23C0xx2
— CanadianSpaceAgency (@csa_asc) January 30, 2019
Saint Jacques will be holding a live event on YouTube and Facebook at 12:50pm EST/9:50am PST! Of course, he's not just checking in for idle chit chat. He's a busy man! But if you're a fan of space, science, and computers, you're going to be stoked with what he has planned. Today he is launching the Astro Pi challenge in Canada. What's that, you ask?
Gather 'round, coders ...
Bringing your ideas to space
The Astro Pi challenge is a joint program between the European Space Agency (ESA), Kids Code Jeunesse, and the Canadian Space Agency. The idea is to get students to form teams of fellow classmates to write programs that will be run in space on the ISS' unique Raspberry Pi computers, known as Astro Pis.
Saint Jacques will be joined in the live stream by Earth-bound fellow astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Kutryk will then lead his own presentation to Grade 10 students at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver at 12:30pm PST. As for the Astro Pi challenge itself, there are two categories.
- Mission Zero teams of two to four students 14 years or younger will write a program to display a message on the Astro Pi on board the ISS.
- Mission Space Lab is open to teams of two to six students up to 19 years of age. These groups will write and program experiments for astronauts to run—the best ones will be selected to actually be conducted on the ISS!
If you want to watch the live stream, you can do so here. And if you choose to enter, good luck!
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Week Two- The Impact of StressEustress and Distress affect the physical functioning of the body in similar ways. What is the difference between these two types of stress? Also discuss the physical stress response. What are stress hormones and what do they do in the human body? Refer to Ch 6 in attached book.
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What is BREW Applications?
BREW applications are mobile programs created for Qualcomm's BREW platform. (BREW stands for Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless.) BREW is embedded directly in the hardware of the mobile device and is used as an API (Application Programming Interface) to access the GSM or CDMA chipsets that use it.
BREW is a cross-platform application runtime environment designed to run in wireless applications on mobile devices. It acts as an intermediary between the application and the on-chip operating system of the mobile device.
The first step in developing BREW applications is to download the BREW Software Development Kit (SDK) from Qualcomm's website and register online as a developer. There are several programming languages available for BREW developers such as C, C ++, and Java. The freely downloadable BREW SDK contains a BREW emulator or simulator that can be used to test applications written in C (or the desired compatible language) during the development process.
However, before these applets can be distributed to end users, they must pass rigorous testing in a certification laboratory. This is a disadvantage of BREW as certifications are not free and the process usually increases the time it takes to market the application being developed.
Re-using BREW applications is a disadvantage for developers as it is a process that Qualcomm and the telecommunications company perform jointly. This method ascribes a strong dependency on Qualcomm and the carrier.
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What is Better Jobs Ontario?
Better Jobs Ontario (formerly Second Career Strategy) is an Ontario government program designed to help people who have been laid off since January 1, 2005 and are currently unemployed or underemployed and working less than 20 hours a week. You do not need to be receiving Employment Insurance (EI) to be eligible. The program will help unemployed workers who commit to a long-term training plan make the transition to new careers in growing areas of the economy. You may qualify for financial support of up to $28,000.
Better Jobs Ontario can help an applicant with the costs of tuition, books, living expenses and other costs associated with the training for up to $28,000. In some cases, the program can provide additional funding for disability accommodation, dependent care, relocation expenses, and academic upgrading.
To be eligible, individuals must:
- have been laid off due to work shortages on or after January 1, 2005; and
- be unemployed or working under 20 hours a week; and
- be a resident of Ontario; and
- be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident legally authorized to work in Canada; and
- demonstrate occupational demand for the training request with evidence of good employment prospects locally or within Ontario.
Only programs that are less than 52-week in length qualify for funding.
You've met with your Employment consultant and selected your desired program at Fanshawe. But you need to upgrade some courses before you can be admitted into the program.
You may or may not have met with your Employment consultant and are not sure about which career path you should choose. Community Employment Services Fanshawe can help you get on the right track with their career exploration and planning services. And, when you become a student at Fanshawe, you can access our on-campus Career Services department.
Get in Touch with a Career Consultant
Community Employment Services Fanshawe
Nelson Plaza, 155 Clarke Road
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Life is precious, even in this advanced world. Technology is helping us throughout the day, from advanced boxing machines to advanced vehicles, although we should be careful while using today’s technology. You may think of a towing chain as a simple chain, but it can turn into a dangerous thing if used carelessly and even become the cause of death. We found many cases when the chain snaps and hits man in face who’s near the area.
It is always advised to play with gadgets under safety measures. Having advanced fitness solutions is necessary to cope with some difficult situations.
Keep reading to learn about the incident and the safety measures while using the towing chain.
Precautions To Take While Using Towing Chain
What precautions you should take when using a towing chain are mentioned below.
Attach the Chain to the Truck Properly
Attach the chain properly to the truck and check twice if it is attached properly.
Connect the chain at the rear of the vehicle. Do not attach the tow chain to the truck bumpers as the pulling forces will act in a reverse direction, making the vehicle a flying object.
Clear the Area to Avoid Unnecessary Distractions
Before beginning the process of dragging out the stuck goods with a towing chain, clear the area of irrelevant individuals to avoid an interception. In some cases, the chain snaps and hits anyone near the area.
Make sure the driver of the moving vehicle is wearing his seatbelt and can communicate properly with the helpers.
A Proper Towing Chain
Dealing with a tow chain always requires proper care. Ensure the chain you use is strong enough for the task if you are getting cracking sounds or find some parts are not in good shape or are corrosive. It is advised to use a new towing chain in good condition. Because, in many cases, the chain breaks while towing and causes some severe injuries or even death.
You should be careful in every aspect. It can be dangerous if you are not careful, just like in the case in which a chain snaps and hits man in the face. Accidents cause deaths, and so they do so in this case.
Chain Snaps and Hits Man in Face That Causes Injuries and His Death
It happened in 2012 on a day in the woods after a heavy storm. A man was stuck and got help from a friend named Wade. Wade was trying to remove the tree by helping his friend and died.
The news spread when people were wobbling at the site. These were the neighbors who happened to see the death of a man who was helping his friend. He was in the truck while assisting in the deep muddy area. For these types of places, one should use several health instruments while helping others.
The storm devastated the area, and people were helping each other in Northern Henrico County. It is a place in the 8700 block of Pine Top Drive where people were helping and wobbling when a chain snaps and hits man’s face in an accident while helping his friend.
People didn’t see the accident with their own eyes, but the dead person’s friends explained how it had happened. They said he was helping his friend remove a tree when this happened and got injured.
Actually, he did not die on the spot but in the hospital after some time. It was Monday, after a heavy storm hit that place. Wade could have been saved if they happened to have used the safety precautions. It is a significant loss to die instead of rescuing others.
What Happened In This Incident?
Both the friends lived in a rented house, and the house owner also stated about the incident. Her name was Renee Raymond, and she rented the house to both friends.
According to her, the tree was struck, and Wade started to help his friend. To take away the tree, Wade used a chain to help. He wrapped the chain around the tree and tied one end of the chain to the truck used to pick up the trees from such areas if a storm took place.
Wade was in the safe zone at the fence line when he found his friend stuck. To help him, he started the truck after wrapping the chain. During his progress, the chain snaps and hits man in the face.
He was sent to the hospital immediately after he got injured. Unfortunately, he couldn’t endure it and died at the hospital. He was just helping his friend and had no idea that the chain could snap and hurt him. He was a married man and died, leaving behind his wife, an eight-year-old girl, and a three-month-old baby.
All are left alone, and the children have lost their biological father for the rest of their lives.
After the death of Wade, his neighbor, named Allen, set up his funeral and expressed his sincere prayers for him and his family. Allen lived near the accident, and she knew them very well too. So, he made the arrangements for his funeral and supported his family.
Why Did This Incident Happen?
The chain snaps and hits the man because he was not cautious at first. It could have saved his life if he knew how to cope with such a towing situation.
In the case of Wade, a family has turned only because he had not taken it seriously before jumping into the truck. The use of gadgets is not something to be used without precautions.
There are many instruments one can use for their health and safety. Many people are there who have experienced almost the same thing, and one should be prepared before getting into it.
There are various ways to know and practice multiple methods that are helpful in such situations. Always practice those things because no one knows when they will need to use them.
It always guides us to understand the precautions before using such machines. We have discussed the entire case when the chain snaps and hits the man in the face—the cause of Wade’s death and how it started. Our guide might help you overcome such risks.
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As if suffering from bipolar disorder wasn’t bad enough, research has shown that people with the psychiatric condition have a much greater risk of cardiovascular disease. People with bipolar disorder tend to have shorter lifespans as well, 25 years shorter on average. Some might assume that’s because of the increased propensity of suicide, but the number one killer of people with bipolar disorder is cardiovascular disease. If you’re bipolar, you have a 5 times greater risk of death during a heart attack. Even the late Carrie Fisher, long-time advocate for mental health and bipolar icon, died of one.
Cardiovascular disease is an umbrella term covering many different forms of heart issues. Among them are blood clots, heart attacks, strokes, congestive heart failure, heart valve problems, and arrhythmia, where the heart beats too slowly or too quickly.
But why do cardiovascular diseases strike people with bipolar disorder so much more than the rest of the population?
Let’s dig in.
There are several risk factors for cardiovascular disease, many of which relate to being overweight and weight gain. The most common risks tied to bipolar disorder and cardiovascular disease are:
- Obesity: More than half of the people who suffer from bipolar disorder are overweight. Obesity is defined by a body mass index of greater than 30. Being that overweight puts you at risk of premature atherosclerosis (the hardening of the arteries), as well as increased risk of heart attacks and heart failure.
- Hypertriglyceridemia: Hypertriglyceridemia, a high concentration of fatty acids in the blood, is 20% more common in people with bipolar disorder compared to the general population. Elevated levels of triglycerides are associated with atherosclerosis, and predispose people to cardiovascular disease. People who are obese will convert more calories to triglycerides, which can lead to hypertriglyceridemia.
- Type 2 Diabetes: Type 2 diabetes is 3 times more common in bipolar patients, and is often associated with being overweight. People with type 2 diabetes tend to develop cardiovascular disease at a younger age, have more severe cardiovascular disease and more complications from it, and are more likely to have asymptomatic, or “silent,” cardiovascular disease.
- Hypertension (High Blood Pressure): A 2004 study showed that about 30% of bipolar patients have high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. Bipolar patients with hypertension tend to have more manic episodes than those without high blood pressure. Researchers from a 2010 study discovered that nearly 50% of patients hospitalized with bipolar disorder suffer from high blood pressure, and the younger a person develops the psychiatric condition, the more likely he or she is likely to develop hypertension.
- Smoking: Studies have shown that the rate of smoking among people with bipolar disorder is 50-70%, compared with 20% of the general population. Self-medicating with cigarettes and other substances can also contribute to cardiovascular disease.
- Metabolic Syndrome: According to Wikipedia, metabolic syndrome is “a clustering of at least three of the five following medical conditions: central obesity, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high serum triglycerides, and low serum high-density lipoprotein.” The condition affects up to 50% of people suffering from bipolar disorder, compared to 27% of the general population, and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
- Psych Meds: Also of note is the use of psychiatric medications–a class of drugs including mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and antipsychotics–and how they affect the ability to survive a heart attack. A study published in The European Heart Journal showed that if you combine an old-school antipsychotic and any antidepressant, you have an 18-fold increase in death during a cardiac arrest. Combining antidepressants with any antipsychotic causes an over 5-fold increase in risk of death during a heart attack. (A tip of the hat to: Mad In America.) But antidepressants alone are a risk factor for heart attacks. A 2015 study showed that tricyclic antidepressant users had a 36 percent increased risk of heart attack regardless of other factors.
Many of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease in bipolar disorder have to do with weight. And many people with bipolar disorder struggle with weight gain. But why? There are several reasons. For one, if you’re depressed, you may eat more and move less, which contributes to weight gain. Most medications that are used to treat bipolar disorder pack on the pounds, and then contribute to the inability to shed that weight. And more than 14% of bipolar patients suffer from eating disorders, including binge eating. (Incidentally, see another article on The Bipolar Parent to understand how bipolar disorder manifests differently in people who binge eat.)
With all this dire news, you might be feeling scared. But fear not! There are ways to lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, most of which involve lifestyle changes.
Weight-Related Solutions: If you are 80 pounds overweight and drop just 10 pounds, you can cut your risk of heart disease in half. Maintaining a healthy diet and exercise program can help you lose weight. Another thing that can cut your risk in half is performing 10 minutes per day of moderate exercise. If you struggle with your weight, changing your medications to those that cause less weight gain might be an option for you, depending on what your psychiatrist says.
Non-Weight-Related Solutions: Quitting smoking has a dramatic effect on the heart: one year after stopping cigarette use, the risk of heart disease drops to half that of current smokers. After 15 years, the risk is nearly that of a non-smoker. If possible, try to change your psychiatric medications to those that don’t have the deadly combination of an old-school antipsychotic and an antidepressant. Sleep is crucial for managing both your bipolar disorder and the health of your heart.
Of course, trying to avoid a heart attack in the first place is your best bet. But if you find yourself suffering from cardiovascular disease, there are ways to manage your condition. Diet, exercise, sleep, and stress reductions can all help.
I wish you luck in your journey.
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A volcano-island off Italy
, to the north of Sicily, part of the Aeolian Islands (which also include the "original" Vulcano, after which all other volcanoes are named).
Stromboli stands out in the world of volcanoes in that it's been active continuously for 2000 years and in that its activity can famously be viewed by tourists (much of the time), i.e. without it requiring an expedition.
The best way is to get up close to the volcano right at the crater rim – when it is possible. In 2007 Stromboli's activity became too unpredictable and access to the crater had to be temporarily suspended. So check ahead when you want to go to see if it's open. If it is, it's still not an easy stroll, but quite a steep hike. Having a guide is recommended too, for safety reasons alone. Also take a torch when going at dusk/night, which is obviously enough the best time for volcano-viewing.
Alternatively, you can take a boat trip. There are various options on offer, mainly in the summer only. These can also run when access to the crater on land is closed. Also it's safer, of course, in case the volcanic activity suddenly increases.
What makes Stromboli a dark site beyond the mere spectacle of observing nature's bowels' red-hot activity is the fact that the north-western side of the mountain, the famous "Sciara del Fuoco" or "Stream of Fire" partly collapsed into the sea causing a tsunami
(with a 10 metre (33 foot) flood wave, at the end of 2002). There's always the risk that it may collapse even more …
Perhaps surprisingly there's a settlement on the island itself. These days it simply goes by the same name as the island/volcano. And in this village there are several options for accommodation. Boats provide connections to the other, more inhabited islands of the Aeolian archipelago, especially Lipari.
to the north of Sciliy, ca. 45 miles (75 km from the city of Messina, in southern Italy
. Stromboli is the easternmost of the Aeolian islands. The largest of the group, Lipari, is ca. 28 miles (45 km) to the south-west.
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Weekend attractions in Gdynia.
Barely 100 years ago, Gdynia was a small fisherman’s settlement. Today it is considered the most modern city in the famous Tricity. This is the place where, instead of monuments, we can find modernistic architecture from the 1930s and a marine with with impressive yachts. Active tourists can use one of the numerous bicycle routes and sightseeing trails as well as go on a walk along the cliff at the beach. What other attractions does Gdynia have to offer? Here are a few suggestions.
As a city that constantly competes for the tourists’ attention with Sopot and Gdańsk, Gdynia is a place, where we can find enough attractions to plan an entire weekend. In 2016, Gdyniawas even considered to be… the happiest city in Poland. What should you see and do Gdynia? Here are some suggestions.
The Kościuszko Square and pier in Gdynia.
One of the most recognizable places in Gdynia is the Kościuszko Square. Almost every tourist who ever decides to visit this city takes a walk down the seaside promenade full of restaurants, cafes and stalls. A huge attractions for walkers is the sight of monumental ships mooring by the coast. It is obligatory to see the Polish ORP „Błyskawica” destroyer and the most famous polish sailboat – „Dar Pomorza”.
The Kościuszko Square is also a place where many concerts, festivals and open-air events are organized. The Kościuzko Square is extended by the Southern Pier. It’s worth going for a 1-hour cruise in the inner harbor.
The „Dar Pomorza” ship.
This famous sailboat is nearly 110 years old. Built between 1909 and 1910 for the German Navy, It wasn’t actually owned by Poland until 1929. During its service in the Polish Navy, which lasted more than 50 years. It conquered half a million sea miles and went for 102 school cruises.
In 1983, a museum was opened in the famous ship, which is one of the symbols of Gdynia. While visiting this ship, you can see the engine, the commander’s room and the sail magazine, and at the same time, you can get familiar with the fascinating history of „Dar Pomorza”.
The beach in Gdynia
Similarly to the nearby Sopot and Gdańsk, the beach in Gdynia can offer whole kilometers of sandy beaches – a popular part of them is located not far from the Kościuszko square. The beach is wide, sandy and has a gentle entrance to the sea, which makes it perfectly safe for young children. During the full season you have to be ready for a huge amount of people who might want to relax. Many restaurants and attractions of Gdynia are located by the city’s beach. It is also a great place to begin a walk down the Seaside Boulevard in the direction of Orłowo.
The ORP „Błyskawica” ship.
Right behind the Kościuszko Square, at the left side of the Southern Pier, the famous wartime ORP „Błyskawica” ship floats on the sea. The creation of the ship began in the second half of the 1930s
- the English shipyard in Cowes was asked to build the destroyer for the Polish Navy. During World War II, this ship was floating through the Mediterranean Sea, Northern Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
In the mid 1970s, the destroyer became a museum object. The ship rooms and uniform exhibition are available for tourists. Today, „Błyskawica” is the oldest existing destroyer in the world.
Kamienna Góra: the Gdynia Hill
Kamienna Góra is a hill, located in the center of the city, from which you can admire the beautiful sight of the surroundings – the city, the picturesque harbor nd the Kościuszko Square. But the gorgeous panorama isn’t the only attraction of this place. You can get to the top of the hill by climbing the stairs or riding the cableway.
At the top there is a 25-meter cross, which was put there in the 1990s. Kamienna Góra is a perfect place to escape from the crowds in the cente of the city – especially in the summer season.
The Orłowo Pier
Orłowo was once a fisherman’s settlement, in the 1930s it enjoyed its greatness as a famous health spa, an know it is one of the most beautiful districts of Gdynia. One of the greatest attractions of this place is the wooden pier, which has its history dating way back to World War I. Unlike the famous pier in Sopot, you don’t have ot pay for entering this pier, it is definitely visited by less tourists and you can easily find a free bench.
From the pier in Orłowo extends a gorgeous sight fro the sea, the beaches, the promenade and several coast buildings.
Kępa Redłowska and the Orłowski Cliff
While being in Gdynia you should also see a different attraction – the Orłowski Cliff, which is an incredibly beautiful part of the Gdańsk Bay. It is a steep seaside edge of the forested Kępa Redłowska and extends at the length of 650 meters. The cliff looks incredibly beautiful from the perspective of both the sea sand the top itself. The part of the coast in Gdynia, which stretches for more than 600 meters is a very popular place for taking walks. Especially since it si located roughly 2 kilometers away from the center of Gdynia.
The Emigration Museum in Gdynia
This historical museum documents the history of the emigration of people from Poland. This is the first object of its type in our country that gathers a collection associated with with Polish emigration, and also the achievements of our fellow Polish people beyond the border. The museum is located in the historical building of the Seaside Railway Station, in the harbor of Gdynia.
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|Council discussed zoning|
issues related to a property
on Summit Avenue on Monday
The Monday evening discussion on the consideration of the roll back of the density levels began with an overview from the City's Planner Zeno Krekic who provided some background to the history of the zoning of the property and how the request to return to previous density permissions, as applied for by the current owners contradicts the new zoning bylaw process.
He outlined the process that the City had used to achieve the new bylaw density levels, with public information sessions and feedback from the public at the time, and which was supported by Council.
During the course of his presentation on the theme, the City Planner also observed that the site of the property in question had technical challenges and lacked parking that would be required for any build out.
The recommendation from the planning department heading into the discussion was that Council should deny the application to change the zoning.
When it came to that discussion Councillor Niesh took the lead for the most part seeking clarification on city policies and inquiring as to what expansion the proponents might have in mind for the property in question.
Mr. Niesh raised questions related to the amount of notice that the building owners had been provided regarding the change to the zoning, while acknowledging that the question of density related to this site was one that was more than what the City has been dealing with in recent times.
He also noted that the property is owned by local residents who have held onto the property in good times and bad and that this may be their retirement, returning to his theme of property rights and the lack of proper notice by the city of the change to the zoning that he believed was part of the issue under discussion.
"This was a property that was zoned, when these people purchased it, they were not contacted and in my eyes, if you are going to take something away from someone, you just can't put an ad in the paper you should actually have to contact them"
Beyond the nature of consultation on the issue, Councillor Niesh also asked the city planner how many extra units the zoning change might provide for.
Mr. Krekic first responded to the topic of proper notice, advising that with the Official Community Plan in place the City doesn't advise every property owner of changes, which is why the city goes through the extensive consultation process that it has in place.
As for the extra units that could be added to the site, Mr. Krekic observed that the current building is host to 36 units, Mr. Krekic estimated that any expansion could provide for up to 75 units.
He also made note of the various city services such as water, sewer, roads and parking that would be required, adding that he believed parking would prove to be a problem if the owners were to add more units.
|Councillor Wade Niesh had a number of|
questions Monday night for the City planner
related to zoning of a property on Summit Avenue
The remaining members of Council would also offer up some thoughts on the issue, with Councillor Randhawa expressing his concerns over the nature of the way the City has informed the owners of the zoning changes and suggesting that the owners be invited to council to discuss the subject with Council.
For his part Councillor Kinney, picked up on the theme of further engagement with the property owners, putting forward the motion to table the consideration of the zoning issue until the building owners had an opportunity to appear in front of Council.
Councillor Mirau and Mayor Brain both expressed similar themes on the the need to get more information on the request from the proponents, though Mayor Brain did offer up some cautionary thoughts on the larger issues of how the city approaches zoning changes.
"I understand the points that Councillor Niesh is making, but unfortunately the OCP gets updated in every community, and its the same process. The fact that the owners did not know that their property had been rezoned honestly is beyond me, but I can't speak past 2009, or 2008 or whenever that happened. Unfortunately if everyone used that argument we would be rezoning things back to 1940 right, so the point is you move forward as a community."
The Mayor also highlighted some of his concerns over the potential density options and how the decisions that Council makes are decisions that affect the community thirty years from now.
Councillor Thorkelson, provided some historical perspective to the theme, recalling her time on Council during the revisions to the bylaw and zoning process, noting that she believed that it had been debated well and thoroughly during that period within the community, with the public properly informed of the issues during that consultation period.
However, she also concurred with the sentiment to invite the owners to Council chambers to outline what plans they would have for the property in question.
Councillor Barry Cunningham was not part of the discussion, as he had excused himself from the Council chambers prior to Council's consideration of the zoning issue.
With the remaining Council members in agreement, they then voted to defer their decision related to the request, and to approach the building owners to appear at Council to outline the impact of the new bylaw process on their plans.
The report from the City Planner can be found on page 11 of the Agenda Page for the November 14th Monday Council session.
You can review the full discussion on the topic from the City's Video Archive page, starting at the one minute mark.
How the City approaches the issue of rolling back a zoning change will make for some interesting discussion with the proponents, particularly in the current atmosphere of this City Council's desire to see more housing stock created in the community as soon as possible.
With 2016 almost at its end, there has been little movement to be found in the construction of housing units from the string of approvals that City council has granted over the last two years.
While the Report to council outlined some concerns related towards any further development of that location, Council members might find some cause to revisit their position on the density issue for the Skyline owners once they hear their presentation on both the issue of past notification as well as any future plans for the site.
Particularly if the property owners were able to reassure the city that any expansion was first feasible and were also able to offer up a dedicated timeline that promises for a quick progress when it comes to the creation of more housing units in the community.
You can find more items of note related to Housing from our archive page here.
Further background on City Council discussions is available on our Council Discussion page.
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The Compressor unit is a module which integrated condenser, fan motor, compressor, value, plate Etc. the unit can help the customer to avoid time and cost to design and selecting, choose the parts . because compressor already integrated the most parts of the cooling system. Customer only do this connecting the evaporator and its working.
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NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are cryptographic assets on the blockchain that include unique identification codes and information that identify them from one another. They cannot be traded or swapped for equivalent, unlike cryptocurrencies. This is in contrast to fungible tokens, such as cryptocurrencies, which are identical to one another and hence may be used as a means of exchange.
What You Should Know
- NFTs are blockchain-based cryptographic tokens that are one-of-a-kind and cannot be duplicated
- NFTs may be used to model real-world objects such as artwork and real-estate
- These real-world tangible goods may be “tokenized” to make them more efficient to buy, sell, and trade while also lowering the risk of fraud
- NFTs can also represent people’s identities, property rights, and other things
Each NFT’s unique structure allows for a variety of applications. They’re a great way to digitally represent actual things like real estate and artwork, for example. NFTs can also be used to eliminate intermediaries and link artists with audiences or for identity management because they are based on blockchains. NFTs may eliminate middlemen, streamline transactions, and open up new markets.
A collection of NFTs by digital artist Beeple was auctioned for more than $69 million in early March. The transaction established a precedent and set a new record for the most expensive digital art ever sold. Beeple’s first 5,000 days of labour were collaged in the artwork.
Collectibles, such as digital artwork, sports cards, and rarities, account for a large portion of the present market for NFTs. NBA Top Shot, a location to collect non-fungible tokenized NBA moments in the form of digital cards, is perhaps the most touted space. Some of these cards have fetched millions of dollars at auctions. Twitter’s Jack Dorsey recently shared a link to a tokenized version of his first tweet, in which he said “just putting up my twttr.” The NFT version of the world’s first tweet has already fetched $2.5 million.
Cryptocurrencies, like actual money, are fungible, meaning they may be sold or swapped for one another. One Bitcoin, for example, is always worth the same as another Bitcoin. A single unit of Ether is always equivalent to another unit of Ether. Cryptocurrencies are appropriate for use as a secure means of exchange in the digital economy because of their fungibility.
NFTs change the crypto paradigm by making each token one-of-a-kind and irreplaceable, making it impossible to compare two non-fungible tokens. They are digital representations of assets that have been compared to digital passports since each token has its own unique, non-transferable identity that allows it to be distinguished from others. They’re also extendable, which means you can “breed” a third, unique NFT by combining two NFTs.
NFTs, like Bitcoin, provide ownership data that make it straightforward to identify and transfer tokens between holders. In NFTs, owners may additionally add information or attributes related to the asset. Fairtrade tokens, for example, can be used to represent coffee beans. Artists can also sign their digital artwork in the metadata with their very own signature.
The ERC-721 standard gave birth to NFTs. ERC-721 provides the minimal interface – ownership information, security, and metadata – necessary for the exchange and distribution of gaming tokens. It was created by some of the same people that created the ERC-20 smart contract. The ERC-1155 standard expands on this notion by lowering transaction and storage costs for non-fungible tokens and combining different types of non-fungible tokens into a single contract.
Cryptokitties is maybe the most well-known use of NFTs. Cryptokitties, which were first introduced in November 2017, are digital representations of cats that have unique identifiers on the Ethereum blockchain. Each kitten is one-of-a-kind and has a monetary value in ether. They breed amongst themselves, producing new offspring with distinct characteristics and values than their parents. Within a few weeks of its inception, cryptokitties had amassed a fan base that had spent $20 million in ether on buying, feeding, and caring for them. Some devotees spent upwards of $100,000 on the project.
While the first use case for cryptokitties may appear insignificant, subsequent ones have far more substantial commercial ramifications. NFTs have been utilized in private equity and real estate transactions, for example. The possibility to offer escrow for many sorts of NFTs, from artwork to real estate, within a single financial transaction is one of the ramifications of allowing numerous types of tokens in a contract.
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Diagnostics and Treatment of photodermatosis
Photodermatosis – skin diseases, that occur due to exposure to ultraviolet A and B light.
The most common photodermatosis are:
- polymorphic light dermatosis;
- photoxic dermatitis;
- photoallergic dermatitis;
- sunlight heves and other diseases.
How to diagnose photodermatosis?
Anamnesis and clinical picture are the most important for diagnostics of photodermatosis. The diagnose may be confirmed using phototests, lab tests and dermal biopsy. A minimal erythemic dose is determined,i.e. dermal sensitivity to ultraviolet light. When minimal erythemic dose is determined a skin is exposed to UVA and UVB in geometrically increasing doses. This test is evaluated immediatelly and in 24 hours. Photoprovocative tests are performed when polymorphic light dermatosis, sunlight hives, actinic prurigo of chronic actinic dermatitis are suspected. Photopatch test is performed to diagnose photoallergic dermatitis.
Polymorphic light dermatosis
What is “polymorphic light dermatosis” ?
It is the most common photodermatosis that typically appears as rashes in the skin regions that are exposed to sunlight. This disease is miscalled „sun allergy“. Rashes appear in several hours following exposure to the sunlight, but may appear in several days. Usually it happens in spring during March – June period.
What is “polymorphic” skin lesions?
They are very different. Exanthema may manifest as spots, nodules, plaques, blisters. But usally elements of exanthema are one kind of skin lesions, for example ,only nodules.
Who is ill with polymorphic photodermatosis?
Everybody may have this desease, but women has it 9 times more frequently than men and children.
How is treated polymorphic photodermatosis?
Avoidance of sunlight and use of protective suncreams is enought for the patient to prevent any rashe. In case of disease a dermatologist consultation is required and she / he will administer you a proper treatment . Phototherapy – prophylactic treatment using UVA or UVB rays is used. Phototherapy is performed 1.5-2 months before the season of shedulled vacations. In this way the skin is wean on sunlight. UV light procedures are performed to the patient 3-4 times a week. The average duration of the treatment is 5 weeks.
What is “sunlight hives” ?
This is a real ”sunlight allergy“. This is a rare disease. Red spots , wheals and urtica appear immediatelly following exposition to sunlight. Skin reaction commonly occurs in the regions exposed to sunlight, but also may appear in the regions not exposed to sunlight.
Who has sunlight hives?
Women has more commonly than men. The disease may manifest at any age, commonly before 40 years.
Why somebody has sunlight hives?
A mechanism of development of disease is still unclear. It is supposed, that UV light triggers fast-type allergic reaction.
How sunlight hives are treated?
Phototherapy is performed 3-4 weeks before season or shedulled vacations. The treatment is performed using UVA, UVB or PUVA. In such way a skin tolerance is induced. The procedures are perfiomed 3-4 times per week. Protective creams from sunlight and antiallergic medications are also prescribed.
What is phototoxic dermatitis?
It is photochemically (by sun rays and chemical substances) evoked inflammatory skin reaction , which occurred in the areas exposed to the sun, without presence of immunological mechanisms. It is commonly appearing photodermatosis. Clinically its features are similar to a sunburn: in the sun exposed areas, after the contact with a chemical substance that causes inflammation, the skin becomes pink, swollen, and blisters and blebs develop.
What causes phototoxic dermatitis?
Usually plants, medications (e.g. antibiotics), either oils cause phototoxic dermatitis.
What is “photoallergic dermatitis”?
The photosensitising substance, which affects the skin locally (or due to its systemic effect), causes delayed allergic reaction. Characteristic skin lesions in the sun exposed skin areas. Usually such reaction is caused by sun protection creams and skin care and treatment measures. Rear type of disease. Diagnosis is approved by photo application test.
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Are one length haircuts challenging you?
Enter Andrew Carruthers, Education Director for Sam Villa. The master cutter addresses problems and solutions on a regular basis and here shares the solution to one of the greatest challenges for stylists: how to cut a precision bottom edge. This technique is handy for one-length haircuts and bobs where the perimeter needs to be precise.
Says Carruthers, “Many times after cutting a straight line, you blow dry hair and notice inconsistencies or even graduation. By keeping your fingers straight, being cautious not to flip hair up, cutting below the guideline and using a comb instead fingers, you can cut a precision edge with accuracy."
Here he shares his tips:
- When cutting a nice straight solid edge, it’s important to cut hair as close to its natural fall as possible. Keeping fingers straight to minimize lifting hair up and away from its natural fall will reduce the chance of creating unwanted graduation.
- If the hair being cut is lower than eye level, do not flip hair up. When fingers are flipped up, it bends hair out of its natural position creating graduation instead of a solid line.
- Once a guideline is set, always cut at the bottom edge of the guideline instead of right on it. This ensures that the next section will not be slightly above the previously cut section, which creates graduation…if anything, it will be slightly below the previously cut section.
- Select the proper tools. "Try using a Sam Villa Signature Series Short Cutting Comb instead of fingers. A comb tends to create less tension and stretch on the hair allowing it to be cut closer to its natural fall position."
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SCA and Holmen are cooperating to create a forest trail with a focus on nature and cultural conservation in a area with first-class forests and high conservation values. The trail is part of Holmen’s “Kunskapsskog” and encompasses SCA’s voluntary set-asides in Kunnådalen in Ångermanland, Sweden.
Last summer, Holmen Skog inaugurated its first “Kunskapsskog” (learning forest), which is located in Kunnådalen, 70 kilometers west of Örnsköldsvik. The area comprises some 2,500 hectares of land. SCA’s land, which is next to Holmen’s Kunskapsskog, includes voluntary set-asides alternating with ponds, valuable bogs and forests to be managed using continuous cover methods, all in all covering 400 hectares.
Holmen’s Kunskapsskog features a deep and broad valley along the River Kunnån, which runs like a beautiful thread through the area. Mostly spruce trees grow in the lower sections of the valley, while pine trees dominate in the upper sections.
“On SCA’s side, we have pine forest on rocky ridges or pine forest on sandy soil that burned a long time ago. The easily dug sandy soil features many old trapping pits used when moose were hunted in the past,” explains Askia Sandberg, SCA’s nature conservation expert in Ångermanland.
Askia and Kristofer Wester, Holmen’s nature conservation and wildlife specialist in Västernorrland and Jämtland, have walked through the area, which already has some trails. Together, they have marked a longer trail using GPS that mostly passes through pine forest and extends across land owned by both of the companies.
“We are planning to clear and mark a continuous trail of about five kilometers from Kunntjärnen to Stor-Dammsjön for visitors to use,” says Askia. “This is an area of natural beauty and if you are fortunate you may see golden eagles, which have several nests in the area. Holmen’s section of the trail has a shelter with an outhouse that is not far from the car park at Entré Låssjön, making the area easily accessible for families with children. More shelters are also available in SCA’s section at Kattajärven, with a beautiful view across Vackerhöjden.”
Linking together the forests
“I think it’s great that we can work together to provide more information about how we as companies work with nature and cultural conservation. This whole area is beautiful and a great destination for a day out,” says Askia.
“It is very exciting that we can link our Kunskapsskog with SCA’s conservation areas and also gain a new entrance to Kunnådalen. This helps us to raise the attractiveness of the area and increase value for people who wish to visit the forests. We all benefit from working across company boundaries,” says Kristofer Wester.
Holmen is also planning to produce information boards to explain about the different animals that live in the forest and to show traces of past forestry activity. Kunnådalen contains remnants of old cottages, mills and other signs that people have used the land for hunting, grazing, hay-making, fire-fallow cultivation and log driving.
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June 17, 2006 — -- Most government VIPs are supposed to fly commercial on official trips. Until this year, the only exceptions were for those involved in national security such as the secretary of defense.
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt was not one of those exceptions, until last year, when Congress authorized him to use the jet in certain situations. After the Hurricane Katrina disaster, Congress said Leavitt could use a private jet leased by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during "emergencies and in the days following such emergencies." The CDC uses the plane to move its people to medical emergencies.
Leavitt was not supposed to use the jet for normal business travel, but according to Health and Human Services records, he used it to travel to 91 cities this year for meetings on health policy and to sell the administration's controversial Medicare drug prescription plan.
Leasing the private jet costs $3 million a year. In the first five months of 2006 Leavitt's travels cost an additional $720,000 in hourly charges.
Keith Ashdown from the Washington-based Taxpayers for Common Sense was blunt in his reaction: "This is a gold-plated airplane being used for political purposes."
Leavitt defended his use of the jet, telling ABC News he uses it only when commercial travel is too slow to meet his schedule. "Actually, there's nothing political about this," he said. "This is carrying out the business of the Department of Health and Human Services."
Leavitt's spokesman also told ABC News that Congress authorized the HHS secretary to use the plane for "significant events." That is true, but the law makes clear that those significant events should be "unpredictable" disasters like Katrina, not scheduled meetings and speeches.
Twice this year, the CDC has needed the plane for medical emergencies, but Leavitt was using it. So the CDC had to hire another jet at additional expense. Republicans have generally defended Leavitt, but Democrats are demanding an explanation.
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said, "I think it is mind-boggling that we have a secretary using a plane that's supposed to be available for medical emergencies anywhere in the country."
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Fifteen years is a lifetime for the advancement of medical research. This seems particularly true for upper GI tract disorders.
In 2007, eosinophilic esophagitis was a rare disease; limited clinical data were available describing the symptoms, demographic characteristics, and endoscopic findings. Treatment was guided mostly by uncontrolled patient series for topical steroids and comprehensive diet exclusion therapy. Today, the molecular, genetic, and evolving microbiome’s contributions to EoE are being elucidated. EoE is recognized as one of the most common diseases in our practice, and rigorously performed controlled trials of steroids and biologics (including Food and Drug Administration–approved dupilumab) guide our treatment. Diet has also become easier with the identification of a single food antigen as the cause in 40% of EoE patients. The most pressing need is for a test that’s reliable and less invasive than endoscopy to assess and monitor treatment.
Barrett’s esophagus was of great concern 15 years ago and has surged in importance because of the increasing incidence of Barrett’s and esophageal adenocarcinoma, likely emphasized by the obesity epidemic. Sadly, survival with esophageal adenocarcinoma has changed little because most patients present with advanced stages. Multiple studies are questioning guideline recommendations because of their low yield and high expense. Fortunately, a range of easier screening tools is being tested, including sponge on string devices, video capsules, transnasal endoscopy, and the electronic “nose.” These can provide more widespread screening in broader populations of patients at risk who may lack heartburn or classic demographics. In 2007 there was little endoscopic therapy; now, the gastroenterologist has a robust armamentarium with multiple methods for mucosal ablation and resection achieving cure and sparing the patient an esophagectomy. Tissue biomarkers continue to be elucidated and are being applied to clinical practice.
For esophageal motility disorders, manometric data were obtained through a primitive water-infused system. With high-resolution manometry, the Chicago Classification, and impedance planimetry, our ability to precisely define, understand, and treat these disorders has been greatly enhanced.
In prior decades, the association of H. pylori to gastric cancer was noted but landmark trials and meta-analyses have strongly linked eradication of H. pylori with reduction in gastric cancer. These include broad population studies from Taiwan and the U.S. Veterans Health Administration, as well as a Cochrane review. These data have reinforced the need to search for and eradicate H. pylori infection. Although antibiotic resistance is rampant, newer antibiotic combinations including nitazoxanide, levofloxacin, rifabutin, and tinidazole have been proven effective. Potassium-competitive acid blockers may also augment effective eradication.
Endoscopy itself is one of the greatest areas of advancement in upper GI disease since 2007. What was once limited to biopsy, removal of polyps, and control of gastrointestinal bleeding, now has a breathtaking range of diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities. Who could imagine being able to perform bariatric procedures, create a gastrojejunostomy, treat a Zenker’s diverticulum, or drain extraluminal abscesses through an endoscope? With description of the technique of submucosal tunneling, endoscopic mucosal resection has been extended to submucosal dissection for more advanced cancers and benign tumors. This technique has also revolutionized the treatment of achalasia with peroral endoscopic myotomy, a procedure found equivalent to laparoscopic myotomy in controlled trials. Finally, artificial intelligence has taken endoscopic imaging by storm, and the accuracy with which we will diagnose premalignant lesions of the esophagus and stomach should significantly increase our abilities to prevent and treat early cancers.
Dr. Katzka is professor of medicine at Columbia University, New York. He reports consulting for Takeda and Celgene.
This article was updated July 7, 2022.
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The first Leopard 2 battle tank built by Krauss Maffei were delivered to the German Army at the end of 1978. With its excellent manoeuvrability, superior fire power and outstanding handling the Leopard outperforms all other battle tanks and is in use in many countries. Crew: 4 men; weapons: 120mm gun, one 7.62mm MG and one 7.62mm FlaMG; engine power: 1500hp; speed: 72km/h.
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The abandoned towns of Madrid They are evidence of the situation that the Rural spain for decades. The lack of job opportunities and the scarcity of services have caused its inhabitants to move to the cities to improve their living conditions.
As a consequence, in all the provinces of our country there have been empty or semi-abandoned towns that have a ghostly appearance. If you visit them, you will still notice the encouragement of those who inhabited them and, above all, you will be transported to other times when country life was populous and, in some cases, even prosperous. But, without further ado, we are going to show you some abandoned towns in Madrid.
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Fresno de Torote
Located in full caround the Henares, about fifteen kilometers from Alcalá, this town was created by none other than the first Marquis of Santillana to house the laborers of their land in the fifteenth century. In fact, in 2000 a tomb was found in the local church where the aristocrat's son was buried.
The main reason why Fresno was abandoned has to do, precisely, with the work of its residents. Apparently, the last ones who inhabited it were day laborers of the Marquis of Quirós and the Count of Torrepalma. When they stopped needing them, they went to other places to earn a living.
Interestingly, Fresno de Torote is abandoned, but Serracines, which was added to its municipal district in the XNUMXth century, has a population and is currently the capital of the council. There are also several urbanizations in the area. The few residents who were already in the town moved to those other towns.
If you go to this town, in addition to abandoned houses, you can visit the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady. And, very close to her, Saint Stephen's, built in the XNUMXth century according to Renaissance canons, although with Mudejar elements. On its façade, a belfry stands out in which two semicircular arches open and which is finished off with a pediment.
Also, you can see the Hermitage of Solitude. But what will catch your attention the most is the good condition in which Fresno is preserved. You will almost think that its inhabitants have just left.
Finally, we will tell you that you can get to Fresno in your own vehicle. But, if you prefer, there is two bus lines that keep you close They leave from the Canillejas metro station and are the 251 and 256, which go to Valdeavero, Torrejón and Alcalá de Henares.
El Alamín, another abandoned town in Madrid
This town, located in the Alberche region, with its extraordinary natural beauty, had a shorter life than Fresno de Torote. It was also created to house the day laborers of an aristocrat, in this case the Count of Ruiseñada. But its foundation dates back to the middle of the XNUMXth century and, when those workers were no longer needed, they had to leave.
However, it had a few years of certain splendor and even had a church, school and post office. It was distributed in a square and five streets made up of about forty ground-floor houses in total. El Alamín was abandoned around the year 2000 and currently, it seems, is in the hands of a real estate agency whose plans for it are unknown.
This other abandoned town in Madrid belongs to the municipality of Piñuecar-Gandullasin the middle of the wonderful Lozoya Valley. If you visit it, you will hardly find any houses standing. In fact, there is only one, called Village of Bellidas, and around it a set of ruins.
In this case, its inhabitants left simply to find a more prosperous way of life than that offered by the countryside. However, in the surroundings of this town you have a lot to see and do.
If you come to Las Bellidas, we advise you to do one of the wonderful hiking trails that the Lozoya Valley offers you. And also that you see places like Braojos de la Sierra, with its beautiful church of San Vicente Mártir, or El Berrueco, with its Muslim watchtower and its temple of Santo Tomás Apóstol.
But above all, get close to Buitrago del Lozoya, a wonderful surprise a few kilometers from Madrid. Declared an Asset of Cultural Interest, this town is surrounded by a walled enclosure built in the XNUMXth century. However, its good state of preservation is due to several subsequent restorations.
Buitrago also has a castle from the XNUMXth century and in the Gothic-Mudejar style. Its plan is rectangular, with seven towers, a central patio and even a defensive moat. Likewise, we advise you to pay attention to the Arrabal bridge, built around the XNUMXth century, and the spectacular church of Santa María del Castillo, built in the XNUMXth century and combining Flamboyant Gothic and Mudejar styles.
But even more surprises await you in Buitrago. Don't stop watching the Forest House, a XNUMXth-century Renaissance-style mansion that was built to house the Dukes of the Infantado. But even more curious is the Picasso museum, which houses paintings by the artist from Malaga donated by Eugenio Arias, who was his hairdresser and friend.
It is another of the abandoned towns of Madrid and is between Leganés, Fuenlabrada and Alcorcón. Perhaps it is the one that was first depopulated. Its inhabitants began to leave in the XNUMXth century due to the harsh climate of the area, the diseases caused by the nearby rivers and also the development of nearby towns such as the ones we have just mentioned.
However, you can still see in Polvoranca, today absorbed by Leganés and converted into a park, the church of San Pedro Apóstol, it is true that very deteriorated. As a curiosity, we will tell you that this abandoned town is described in the novel Nazarín, Benito Pérez Galdós.
On the other hand, since you are in Polvoranca, you can take the opportunity to visit Leganés, which offers you some interesting monuments. It is the case of the Church of San Salvador, a XNUMXth century temple with a main altarpiece made by Jose de Churriguera at the beginning of the XVIII. We also advise you to see the neoclassical hermitage of San Nicasio and the Casa de Salud de Santa Isabel, which was the first psychiatric hospital to open in Spain.
Finally, go to Barracks of the Royal Walloon Guards, building created by Sabatini Francesco, one of those responsible for Madrid's Royal Palace, in the XNUMXth century and don't forget to go through the Plaza Mayor to see the Swiss automaton clock of the Town Hall.
This town of Madrid is located in the wonderful landscapes of the cGuadarrama Basin, specifically in the municipality of El Escorial. You can get to it by rail, since it still has a station where the C-3 line stops.
The history of Navalquejigo is even more curious than that of the other abandoned towns in Madrid. Founded in the Middle Ages, it was left uninhabited in the eighties of the XNUMXth century. But, shortly after, a group of homeless people came to him and saved him from disappearance. Even today it is listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest.
In fact, you can still see several monuments in this village. Thus, the Church Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the pillory, the laundry fountain, the old Town Hall building or the XNUMXth century bridge.
But, as you will understand, since you are in Navalquejigo, you have to go to San Lorenzo de El Escorial, one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. its spectacular monastery, which includes a basilica, a palace, a library, a school and a pantheon of kings, is worth a visit on its own.
It was built in the XNUMXth century by order of Felipe II and famous architects such as John the Baptist of Toledo y Juan de Herrera. It marks the transition from the Plateresque style to Renaissance classicism and its colossal dimensions are truly impressive.
In short, this is not the place to tell you about what to see in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. But we cannot avoid mentioning other places of interest in this beautiful town declared Heritage. Among them, the little houses of the Prince and the Infant, two XNUMXth-century neoclassical mansions built by Juan de Villanueva with their respective gardens.
But also the trade houses, the Castañar and La Herrería estates and the Royal Theater Coliseum of Carlos III, popularly known as "La Bombonera" and built in the XNUMXth century. All this without forgetting the curious Chair of Felipe II, in which, according to legend, the monarch sat to see the progress of the works of the sanctuary. However, it seems to be an ancient altar of Vetton origin.
In conclusion, we have shown you some of the abandoned towns of Madrid. But, unfortunately, there are many other towns that, although they are still inhabited, follow the same path. The phenomenon of depopulated Spain is leaving the fields of our country without inhabitants. And it's a shame because in rural areas there are true monumental gems that deserve to be well cared for. Without leaving the Community of Madrid, this is the case of Madarcos, with 49 inhabitants, The Hiruela, with 65 and a wonderful natural environment or The Holly, with 68 inhabitants.
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Within every vertical, there is a set of vocabulary, lexicon, and jargon unique to an industry, and life sciences is no exception. When it comes to regulated content review, the lingo is extensive and always changing. For instance, some organizations may refer to the process as ad/promo review, promotional review, or something else entirely. For someone entering the space, variations like this can cause confusion.
As an organization, we’ve participated in and developed software for the promotional review process for over a decade, so we’ve seen the full range of vocabulary used to describe this process. Using our knowledge, we have assembled the “ultimate” guide of terms to help everyone throughout your pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, or diagnostics company stay on the same page. If you’re onboarding new staff, collaborating with new agencies, or just looking for a quick refresher, keep this resource on hand for a quick run-through of how everyone, everywhere talks about MLR review.
Term: Promotional Review
What does it mean? Promotional review is an essential process within life sciences to ensure the release of high-quality, well-documented promotional, educational, and informational material that presents the products in a fair, balanced, and ethical manner.
What else do you need to know? Promotional review, which is also sometimes called “promotional material review,” is a widely used umbrella term. In life sciences, customers depend on brands for the sake of their health. So truth, accuracy, compliance, and clarity are paramount for all advertising and promotional content. This is why all regulated content can benefit from a well-structured promotional review process. While the attention to detail required from numerous parties may make promotional review sound complicated, software solutions can help digitally transform your process.
What does it mean? MLR stands for “Medical, Legal, Regulatory.” It is an acronym/term to describe the promotional review process. Often, this acronym is used with the word “review” to describe the promotional review process: “MLR review.” MLR describes the primary groups involved in the review process, though not all.
Why are there so many acronyms similar to this? You’ll hear slightly different versions of “MLR” because different iterations of the process sometimes result in different names. Some companies transpose the letters to reflect a different workflow order, calling it “MRL.” Others explicitly fold Marketing teams into the acronym and call it “MMLR review” (Marketing, Medical, Legal, Regulatory). Keep in mind, though, that if you’re partnering with (or working at) a device or diagnostics company, this is probably not an acronym that you’ll hear often.
What does it mean? Shorthand for “advertising and promotional.” This term can be used to describe both the type of content that is routed through promotional review and the review process itself.
Where will you use it? Advertising and promotion are the name of the game when you’re getting the message out about your product, so you’ll find yourself using this term everywhere. It can distinguish what you’re working on from different types of regulated content.
What does it mean? The committee or group of individuals at life science companies that participate in the promotional review process.
How do you use it? When you have a draft under promotional review, you can say it is with your promotional review committee, or PRC. Even teams that are adjacent to the review process should know this term to understand where they are with respect to the workflow. For instance, the sales team will want to know if content is waiting with the PRC for sign off.
Term: Medical Information Review
Definition: A content review process focused solely on medical information. The medical information review process can be a part of the larger promotional review process, depending on the piece of content.
Why does this need its own term? Life science companies need to ensure that the medical statements they are making within their promotional content are accurate and backed up with the appropriate claim. Therefore, companies often have an extra step in their review process for medical experts to ensure content compliance. Separately, some content that is completely focused on medical information–like presentations to HCPs that include clinical data–need to go through a dedicated medical information review process. It is beneficial if companies invest in software that can support both promotional and medical information content reviews. “Medinfo” and “medsci” are other terms used to describe medical information review.
Term: Regulated Content Review
Definition: A term used to describe any review process of regulated–including but not limited to advertising or promotional content.
Why does this need its own term? This is a more general term that is all encompassing of the various types of regulated content the life sciences industry creates and publishes. Documenting the types of content that need to go through a dedicated review process should be captured in a publicly accessible document, such as an SOP.
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Keeping the roads safe is a top priority for federal, state, and local governments, as well as private companies that make their living transporting goods. For trucking companies, ensuring the safety of their drivers and other motorists is one of their bigger responsibilities. So to remain in compliance and in accordance with safety measures, trucking companies require DOT drug tests.
Here’s what you need to know about DOT testing and why it’s so important.
If your trucking company needs help staying in compliance with regulations, call Border Trucking Compliance for guidance.
What is DOT Testing?
The Department of Transportation was created in 1966. This government entity was established by Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The mission of the Department of Transportation is to develop policies that relate to the country’s transportation system. Their main responsibilities include developing safety regulations and overseeing federal transportation projects. The DOT updates compliance standards every so often as situations and circumstances change in the industry
Each state also has its department of transportation. These entities are at the center of the planning, design, and construction of state projects. State DOTs are responsible for allocating federal resources from grants and other Federal-aid programs.
Both of these entities work together to determine various kinds of regulations and requirements. Based on recommendations and regulations of both of these departments, private trucking companies implement DOT testing. Many companies can also implement additional testing if they so choose.
Why Does DOT Require Testing?
In 1991, the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act was passed by Congress. The Act was a result of several transportation accidents. Authorities recognized that having drug and alcohol-free employees in the transportation sector was vital. This law required the various DOT agencies and state agencies to submit testing. This included workers in the aviation and trucking industries as well as school bus drivers, van, or limousine drivers.
Workers across these industries are required to test:
- Federal Aviation Administration: Flight crews, attendants, dispatchers, and security coordinators.
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Workers with a commercial drivers license who operate commercial vehicles, or vehicles that hold more than 16 passengers.
- U.S. Coast Guard: Crew members in the U.S. coast guard.
- Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration: Operators and maintenance workers.
- Federal Railroad Administration: Train workers, train dispatches, etc.
- Federal Transit Administration: Workers involved in vehicle operations, control, mechanics, and security.
What Should You Expect From DOT Drug Testing?
DOT requires that drivers with a CDL get tested when starting new employment and then once a year. Here’s what you should know about what to expect from these drug tests.
- Before employment. If you are about to start driving with a new company, you will be required to submit a drug test.
- Throughout the year. Truck carriers or companies will usually be required to test their staff randomly once a year. Random drug tests are an important part of the DOT regulations.
- Following an accident. If an accident occurs, truck companies are required to perform a drug test as well. DOT requirements might enforce an automatic drug test if a driver gets into an accident or has trouble on the road. It depends on the situation. Many companies, however, will have the driver submit a drug test automatically for insurance purposes.
- Follow-up testing. When a driver returns to duty after time off, they will be required to submit follow-up testing, often allied return-to-duty testing. If a driver previously tested positive and is attempting to return to work, the procedures will be a little different.
What Does the DOT Drug Test Look For?
The drug test administered by DOT requirements is a 5-panel urine test. This 5-panel test is the absolute minimum required to be compliant with DOT standards but companies can include additional testing. The common test looks for traces of:
- Marijuana (THC)
- Amphetamines (Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, MDMA, MDA)
- Phencyclidine (PCP)
What Happens if You Fail a DOT Drug Test?
When a driver fails a DOT drug test, the Department of Transportation requires companies to remove the employee from performing any job considered a DOT safety-sensitive job.
Some prescription drugs cause a false positive. If a driver tests positive and they consider it is due to prescription drugs, they will likely have to test again and then show proof of their prescriptions.
Why Are These Tests So Important?
The U.S. Department of Transportation and other state DOTs consider driver testing a top priority. Drug testing is essential to maintain safety for the driver and other motorists on the road. By aiming to eliminate the use of debilitating substances in commercial drivers, DOT aims to minimize accidents. While the U.S. Department of Transportation has its own requirements for drug testing, private companies can implement additional testing as well.
Learn More About DOT Testing Requirements
At Border Trucking Compliance, we specialize in helping trucking companies ensure their compliance with federal and state regulations. We provide comprehensive compliance services to ensure that companies don’t run into legal trouble by failing to follow directives on drug testing and other requirements.
Want to learn more about how we help trucking companies? Call Border Trucking Compliance today.
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The average time of an innovation leader’s career is 18.6 years, and they spend an average of 3.2 years in the position. The report found that the median tenure for innovation leaders is shorter than that of their general management counterparts. This is likely due to the role being more specialised and therefore more demanding, with a higher rate of failure. The report also found that the effective implementation of an innovation strategy is heavily reliant on the quality of leadership, and that companies who invest in developing their innovation leaders are more likely to be successful. Therefore, it is clear that businesses need to invest in attracting and retaining the best talent if they want to stay ahead of the competition.
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We do live in a world where the visibility through media channels could make or break your product or service. But what most companies around the world do not get is that pumping in money and garnishing a passable advert with sports stars or film actors poses a very real risk of being forgotten like all the other run-of-the-mill ads.
For any agency the key to creating a good rather a great ad is to truly understand –
– what a company is all about,
– who exactly is it trying to target
– what does it hope to achieve and finally
– and finally what is the most effective way of creating a buzz
(Read between the lines and understand that effective also means budgeted and smart.)
Even though most of the adverts now are just a bunch of pictures of surreal looking demi-gods or goddesses, there are some agencies (Might I go so far as to add, too far and few in between) that are as the title suggests smart, effective and down right geniuses!
‘Salvation Army’ based in the United States is an organization that provides assistance to the society in any form and helps out in every what way it can. In a bid to raise funds and donations it sought to take the services of an ad agency. Now comes the interesting part, VIA an agency based in Portland, Maine took on the task of creating a campaign for the ‘Salvation Army’. After narrowing down the intent of the company, VIA created a campaign that was based on doing maximum for the people in need with the resources.
Launching a guerrilla type campaign, slogans were written across media donated by other businesses. The media channels comprised dirty cars, rocks, pegs with wood attached to them, windows of stores among others.
Written across the back of a dust covered SUV was ‘We cut our Advertising in Whole – Doing the most good with your donations’. While a red coloured rock had the same words ‘The money we saved from advertising on this rock helps people through hard times’.
Simple, smart, effective and rather clever! VIA helped create the true intent of the message through a campaign that was compelling and honest. VIA deserves a standing ovation for such a brilliant and crafty campaign.
This Cheap, Smart, effective and Down Right Genius campaign will probably help others understand what advertising is really about (hopefully).
Agencies take notes.
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Scientists identified new genetic loci predisposing to atopic dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis (atopic eczema) is an inflammatory skin disease affecting approximately 10–20% of the population. Genetic factors are known to contribute to the development of the disease, and around twenty genes associated with atopic dermatitis are already known.
The five loci now identified function as part of biological signalling pathways that have not previously been associated with atopic dermatitis.
According to the researchers, some of the most interesting findings were the new atopic dermatitis risk associations near DSC1 and SERPINB7 – these genes produce proteins that enhance the strength of the skin’s surface. In addition, the researchers identified a locus in the vicinity of the IL22 and IFNG genes that likely influences the risk of atopic dermatitis by modulating the immune system.
The genome-wide analysis made use of biobanks in Finland, Estonia and the United Kingdom. In total, the genome and health data of nearly 800,000 people were analysed. The Finnish research material is part of the FinnGen project.
“Atopic dermatitis is a common disease, and new ways of treating it are needed. More detailed research into the genetic loci we have now identified may lead to the development of novel therapies in the longer term. In addition, as more biobank data are collected, we may be able to identify more new mechanisms behind atopic dermatitis, as well as rarer, population-specific genetic variants predisposing to the disease,” says Anu Pasanen, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oulu.
“Our results show that by using biobank-based genetic and register data, we can get valuable information about the molecular mechanisms contributing to disease susceptibility. Similar studies could also be utilised more in pharmaceutical development,” says Eeva Sliz, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oulu.
The study was published online in the high-quality medical journal, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Research publication: Sliz, E., Huilaja, L., Pasanen, A., Laisk, T., Reimann, E., Mägi, R. FinnGen, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Hannula-Jouppi, K., Peltonen, S., Salmi, T., Koulu, L., Tasanen, K., Kettunen, J. Uniting biobank resources reveals novel genetic pathways modulating susceptibility for atopic dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2021) Aug 26;S0091-6749(21)01303-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.07.043. Online ahead of print. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.07.043
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Will the General Election in May 2010 go down as the first ‘internet election’? No. The unusual — if not entirely unexpected — result has seen to that, but it was an election in which people using the social web changed forever the way campaigning works in the UK.
Talk before was of which party could “do what Obama did”, that is use the internet to harness support, and to fundraise. Well, no-one really did — and politics in Britain was unlikely to suddenly start to work like that, we’re too conflicted, too cynical and have too many choices. We sometimes have to make decisions about how to place our cross where the local and national aims seem flatly contradictory — it was never going to be a simple case of joining one Facebook Group over another, the web can handle nuance, even if our electoral system can’t.
There was significant grassroots activity though, and perhaps the best way to see the difference between us and US is to look at the difference between my.barackobama.com (‘Organising for America’) and mydavidcameron.com (‘Airbrushed for Change’). One is a social network ‘lite’, directed at organising and nudging (very much in line with the theories of Richard Thaler) support, the other a crowdsourced Private Eye, with all the mix of clever satire and fart jokes that that might entail.
In the end, Obama won because he was offering something different to a wildly unpopular administration and he made great speeches — that doesn’t sound so unusual when you think about it. But that’s not to say that the web isn’t changing politics.
What sites like mydavidcameron did was to facilitate the pub-joker, and the politicised satirist, to help what would have been simple slogans become memes. Meme theory, developed by everyone’s favourite evolutionary geneticist Richard Dawkins, believes that ideas and thoughts can work like genes — that is strive to spread for survival and alter in order to do that. Memes evolve, merge and change beyond all expectation — and in the political arena they survive longer if they have been tuned against the originators, as well as being funny. The best are both, and make serious points at the same time. It’s now a brave move to release a simple to alter poster, and the Tory ones towards the end of the campaign seemed deliberately to be harder to photoshop.
Memetics ensured that the spin was quickly countered, that transparency has at least a chance, but did more direct, and orchestrated, online campaigning fail?
I didn’t see any great movement from the parties themselves, for every mild success (Labour built a site that made it easy to donate avatar space, changing your profile picture on social networks, for the direct run-up that worked much like putting up a poster in your window) there was a horrible failure (security and social failure from the Tories’ ‘Cash Gordon’ site that not only pulled in tweets indiscriminately without checking for content, but allowed code through that meant it was quickly hacked). Obama’s online team, at least the ones I heard speak at the Personal Democracy Forum this year, talked about the success being in allowing supporters access — I don’t think anyone did that at a party level.
But there were pressure groups, petitions and campaigns that operated almost exclusively online — economically that’s the only way they can reach people.
Sky’s Kay Burley seemed sure that they had failed — or should. her “go home… watch it on Sky News” comment to David Babbs of 38 Degrees, sparked howls or outrage online. It couldn’t have seemed more to me a collision between that old politics, where large party donations for advertising and influence on the media favour the right and the rich and a more distributed set of influences in which the left — with its tradition of and roots in community organising — should thrive. Newspapers (and increasingly other forms of media, under Murdoch) are leaning and will lean right, whatever the mood of the nation, whatever the issues, whatever the real good of the country.
Here was that simple, quickly organised direct action that the disciples of Shirky have been talking about and the media was uncomfortable with it. Clay Shirky, author of Here Come Everybody, was one of the first to document how it was now possible to “organise without organisations” using the power of the social web to make ad-hoc connections around an aim. Individual protests may not succeed, but a culture of organisation can help keep debate open.
Think of the way you voted, was it on a single issue? Or was it on some combination of issues, some you felt strongly about, some not so much. Single issue campaigning will exhaust you and your social capital too, each chain email to your representatives will hold less and less weight. Each Twibbon you add or group you join will mean less, but that doesn’t mean that online organisation can’t work.
During the passing of the Digital Economy Act, thousands engaged online with the political process, many for the first time — and sites like 38 Degrees helped organise them into action. They built the databases and contact books like Obama had, and then used them to get a head start in the next single issue — but more than that they were good at making connections.
I’ve a hunch that there will be much more campaigning to do over the coming months, over issues big and small, those connections will be crucial.
Originally published by Labour Uncut.
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The largest cities in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada are currently leading the world when it comes to rental growth in the Prime areas, Knight Frank research shows.
After the pandemic-induced lull rents have bounced back annually by a huge 38.5% in New York, followed by London at 26.4% and Toronto at 17.2%.
In New York rents have jumped by 10.6% in the past three months alone. In London that figure stands at a more moderate 3.6%.
In 2020 all three cities saw tenants depart, causing rents to fall.
Many have now returned following the lifting of covid restrictions and the reopening of businesses, while there’s a rental shortage stock caused by a sales boom which has motivated some landlords to cash in.
Indeed, in London there’s been a 72.7% decline in rental listings in Prime London annually.
Following this rapid period of rental growth, rental inflation is expected to cool rapidly over the rest of 2022 now rents have reached pre-pandemic levels and economic growth has stuttered.
However Toronto may be an exception to this rule, Knight Frank warned.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau plans to ban overseas buyers from buying property for two years in Canada, with a view to curbing house price inflation in cities like Toronto and Vancouver.
This will force those relocating from overseas to rent rather than buy.
In prime central London, there are early signs that supply may be slowly picking up as prices soften and disappointed vendors unable to achieve their price ambitions opt to rent their home instead.
Hong Kong is the only major city to see prime rents decline over a quarterly basis, down 1.1% in the three months to March 2022. A new wave of Covid-19 infections and the resulting border closures saw domestic tenants the only source of demand.
Across 10 Prime cities across the world rents have typically increased by 11.9%.
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►Knowledge for Our Planet (EN)
Avant-propos : " By introducing IUCN’s Commissions to the S.A.P.I.EN.S readership, we look forward to greater collaboration between our vast networks, for the benefit of millions of species that share our planet and ultimately our own, Homo sapiens. "
► Presentation : IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (EN)
The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (IUCN CEC) is a global network of more than 1,000 volunteers from 119 countries. CEC members contribute expertise on strategic communication, education, capacity development and knowledge management in support of the IUCN Programme and IUCN vision of a just world that values and conserves nature.
► Creating Pathways for Positive Change (EN)
Résumé : One of the key recommendations of the 2012 report, Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing, is “empowering people to make sustainable choices.” Prepared by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability (2012), this landmark report reframes sustainability while—like other reports before it—challenging those in the conservation community to consider how to create the pathways to empower people to make sustainable choices, to change their future, to be resilient.
Mots-clés : change, communication, environment, management, resilience,stakeholder
Thématique : Changement climatique
► Presentation: IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) (EN)
Résumé : The IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) is a network of over 1,400 volunteer experts from 106 countries that provides multidisciplinary knowledge and expertise on the linkages between environmental, economic, cultural and social factors impacting natural resource conservation in order to assist society in finding solutions that are both sustainable and equitable.
► Biocultural Design: A New Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Development in Rural Indigenous and Local Communities (EN)
Résumé : New approaches for sustainable development in rural indigenous and local communities have emerged that are rooted in their distinct cultural identities and claims for greater control over land, development and identity.
Mots-clés : biocultural design, biocultural diversity, biocultural heritage, capability approach, endogenous development, sustainable rural development
Thématique : Gouvernance et débats sociaux
► Presentation: IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (EN)
Résumé : The IUCN Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) consists of an extensive volunteer network of over 900 environmental law experts from more than 114 countries. CEL is divided into Specialist Groups on areas such as Armed Conflict and the Environment, Energy Law and Climate Change, Enforcement and Compliance, Ethics, Oceans, Coastal and Coral Reefs, Sustainable Use of Soil, Water and Wetlands and Indigenous Peoples & Human Rights. Together with the Environmental Law Centre (ELC), CEL makes up the IUCN´s Environmental Law Programme (ELP).
► Non-regression in environmental law
Résumé : The environment is a value-policy and an ethic (or a “moral of the environment”, as said by French President Pompidou in 1970) that, because of its scope, reflects a permanent quest for improved human and animal well-being in the name of permanent social progress. Environmental policies, if they reflect progress, should ban any regression.
►Presentation: IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (EN)
The IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) is the IUCN’s youngest commission, established in 1996. It is a network of volunteer experts, numbering approximately 800, from around the world working on ecosystem management related issues, for example climate change adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Red List of Ecosystems (RLE), fisheries and ecosystem restoration and services. The Commission works closely with other IUCN Commissions, regional offices and global thematic programmes.
► IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (EN)
Résumé : The history of the RLE concept within IUCN is briefly summarized, from the first attempt to formally establish an RLE in 1996 to the present. Major activities since 2008, when the World Conservation Congress initiated a “consultation process for the development, implementation and monitoring of a global standard for the assessment of ecosystem status, applicable at local, regional and global levels.”
Mots-clés : ecosystem degradation, ecosystem threat status, elimination,endangered ecosystems, IUCN categories and criteria, IUCN Red List, land/water use and conservation, risk assessment, threatened ecosystems
Thématique : Gouvernance et débats sociaux
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► Presentation: IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) (EN)The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) is a science-based network of more than 8,000 volunteer experts from almost every country of the world. SSC members include experts on plants, fungi, birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates. The major role of the SSC is to provide information, advice and policy guidance to IUCN on biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, the inherent value of species, their role in ecosystem health and functioning, the provision of ecosystem services, and their support to human livelihoods.
► Why South-east Asia should be the world’s priority for averting imminent species extinctions, and a call to join a developing cross-institutional programme to tackle this urgent issue (EN)
Résumé : Global species loss during the present human-caused mass-extinction far exceeds background rates and is detrimental to human existence. Across the globe, vertebrate extinction risks are highest in South-east Asia. This region has among the world’s fastest recent habitat-loss rates.
Mots-clés : extinction risk, inter-agency collaboration, overharvest, site-based conservation, South-east Asia, species, wildlife trade
Thématique : Villes et services urbains
► The Amphibian Extinction Crisis - what will it take to put the action into the Amphibian Conservation Action Plan? (EN)
Résumé : The current mass extinction episode is most apparent in the amphibians. With approximately 7,000 species, amphibians are dependent on clean fresh water and damp habitats and are considered vulnerable to habitat loss (deforestation), changes in water or soil quality and the potential impacts of climate change, and in addition many species are suffering from an epidemic caused by a chytrid fungus.
Mots-clés : amphibians, extinction crisis, amphibian conservation, amphibian conservation action plan, amphibian survival alliance
Thématique : Changement climatique
► Presentation: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (EN)
Résumé : The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is the world's premier network of protected area expertise. It has over 1,600 members, spanning 140 countries. WCPA works by helping governments and others plan protected areas and integrate them into all sectors; by providing strategic advice to policy makers; by strengthening capacity and investment in protected areas; and by convening the diverse constituency of protected area stakeholders to address challenging issues. For more than 50 years, IUCN and WCPA have been at the forefront of global action on protected areas.
► Protected areas: providing natural solutions to 21st Century challenges (EN)
Résumé : Protected areas remain a cornerstone of global conservation efforts. The double impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss are major threats to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, especially those relating to environmental sustainability, poverty alleviation and food and water security.
Mots-clés : biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem services, protected areas
Thématique : Biodiversité et ressources naturelles
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University of California, San Diego history professor Nancy Caciola spends her days studying the fine line between godly saints and demonic sinners. She’s interested in how the people of the Middle Ages figured out which was which — or witch.
Caciola, a leading specialist in the study of possession, is intrigued by those who obsessed over their strange-acting neighbors. Were they in the throes of religious ecstasy? Willing followers of Satan? Or maybe the devil had taken their innocent souls hostage. If that was the case — oh dear — then what?
In an interview this week, Caciola talked about witchcraft, women and one heck of a suffering saint.
You teach a class about witchcraft and the church’s battle to kill off witches. What do you talk about?
There’s a huge amount of disagreement. There are those who say there was a frame-up, a fantasy that scapegoated women and has no relation to what women might have been doing. Others say a pagan cult survived underground and was demonized by the Catholic church. And then there are those who say there really were demon-worshipping women who literally went to the crossroads and tried to call up the devil.
Are there myths about witches?
A lot of people have come up with a number of 9 million witches burned, which is total bunk. It’s probably something like 30,000 from the 1430s until the 18th century. The number of 9 million has always appeared to me as an attempt to top the Holocaust: It’s the women’s Holocaust.
What does your research tell you about the role of women in the Middle Ages?
It’s certainly a misogynistic era and not one I’d want to live in. But there’s a surprising level of leadership and prominence by women in certain times and places.
People assume that the further you go back in history, the worse things are for women, and it’s a straight path to greater power and prominence. I don’t think that’s true. It’s a fairly uneven path, and you can find women in the Middle Ages who were powerful queens and went on crusades and were venerated as saints.
How are male and female saints different?
Male saints are known for leadership and intellectual qualities, while women saints are known for possession and mysticism, altered states of consciousness in which they prophesy, claim they’re receiving divine raptures and speak with Jesus directly.
Besides living unusual lives, the lives of saints often had fantastically bloody and gruesome ends. Do you think Catholics today understand this part of the past of their church?
There’s probably been a softening of that kind of thing. These types of stories with a focus on the nitty-gritty are certainly less popular today.
Medieval people lived in a brutal time when this kind of violence was perhaps less shocking, and they really liked these kinds of stories. You find a lot of stories of beheadings, of eyes being plucked out, of saints being grilled. There’s even a famous story of a saint called St. James the Dismembered.
Who’s one of your favorite characters from the Middle Ages?
A really fun one is Saint Christina Mirabilis, which translates to something like The Astonishing. She’s a 13th-century saint who dies at a young age and then is resurrected in the middle of her funeral service. She reports that she was brought before the throne of God. She can stay in heaven or go back to her body and take upon herself the suffering of other souls who were trapped in purgatory. She’ll do this as a form of charity and suffer intense pains in her body.
In order to enact this suffering, she does things like throw herself in icy rivers, burns herself in the bread ovens, and has this strange humming song that she produces when she’s in a state of ecstasy. And she keeps running around from her town and trying to live in a wilderness.
Her sisters believe that she’s possessed by demons. They send someone after her who breaks her legs and takes her home, and she’s tied up. It’s a good example of someone who has these extreme behaviors and is being interpreted in one way. But a man who admires her tries to present her as a saint. How do we know? Because she does all these crazy things.
Possession — by God or the devil — is one of your main areas of study. How did you get interested in this?
When I was first training as a historian in graduate school, I was interested in women saints. They get stigmata, and it seemed to me like it was symbolically saying Jesus were inside these women.
I was interested in the idea of possession, that a foreign spirit has entered into your body and taken control. Your mind, your spirit, your intellect is controlled by this foreign entity.
What does a culture do when there’s a whole lot of people who appear to be possessed? Some are possibly possessed by a demon but some might be saints possessed by God. How do you tell which is which? What’s the guy in the street going to do when they meet someone who’s able to prophecy the future and have great power in some way?
It’s really important to know whom to avoid and whom to offer your veneration to. Your soul hangs in balance in terms of choosing correctly.
So what do you do if someone’s acting odd and you’re not sure if they’re possessed by God or Satan? Just in case I need to figure this out.
The theory behind demonic possession is that a demon is going to try to mislead you in some way. You need to constantly test for consistency to make sure the person isn’t slipping in a lie. The medieval theory is that a devil will tell 1,000 truths in order to get one lie past you.
What do you find fascinating about studying all this?
I am a person who is drawn to things that are unclear. What jazzes me up as a scholar is finding something that’s ambiguous and a little chaotic and trying to figure out why a culture set this up so this chaos can come in. I’m very seldom drawn to things that are very clear cut.
What can we learn today from the obsession with figuring out whether people were possessed by angels or demons?
The world is not black and white. It’s not very easy to determine what is going on, what reality is, how we ought to respond to a person and characterize them. So we create categories that aren’t natural. That’s a good thing to remember: people aren’t naturally or intrinsically one thing.
Does your background in studying how people separated saints from the demon-possessed ever help you in your own life ? Do you ever look at your husband and think, “Hmmm….”?
No comment on that!
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Background: In-hospital mortality measures such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs) are easily derived using hospital discharge abstracts and publicly available software. However, hospital assessments based on a 30-day postadmission interval might be more accurate given potential differences in facility discharge practices.
Objectives: To compare in-hospital and 30-day mortality rates for 6 medical conditions using the AHRQ IQI software.
Methods: We used IQI software (v3.1) and 2004-2007 Veterans Health Administration (VA) discharge and Vital Status files to derive 4-year facility-level in-hospital and 30-day observed mortality rates and observed/expected ratios (O/Es) for admissions with a principal diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, stroke, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, hip fracture, and pneumonia. We standardized software-calculated O/Es to the VA population and compared O/Es and outlier status across sites using correlation, observed agreement, and kappas.
Results: Of 119 facilities, in-hospital versus 30-day mortality O/E correlations were generally high (median: r = 0.78; range: 0.31-0.86). Examining outlier status, observed agreement was high (median: 84.7%, 80.7%-89.1%). Kappas showed at least moderate agreement (k > 0.40) for all indicators except stroke and hip fracture (k ≤ 0.22). Across indicators, few sites changed from a high to nonoutlier or low outlier, or vice versa (median: 10, range: 7-13).
Conclusions: The AHRQ IQI software can be easily adapted to generate 30-day mortality rates. Although 30-day mortality has better face validity as a hospital performance measure than in-hospital mortality, site assessments were similar despite the definition used. Thus, the measure selected for internal benchmarking should primarily depend on the healthcare system's data linkage capabilities.
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