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It can be great thing to learn guitar. It is helpful for building your motor skills and helps encourage creativity.Read on to learn about playing the guitar or to improve your skills.
Don’t ever feel like you need to learn everything at the same time. Take your time and stay constant in learning how to play the guitar. Save some time for practicing each day and you will soon see improvements in your guitar playing skills.
Get comfortable with the guitar basics.You must walk before you can run.You can try your favorite song in time, but the foundation you build is important. Learn the finger positions for your fingers.Practice your scales and chords regularly.
Come up with ways to remain motivated. Set goals for yourself along the way, as you learn how to play. See if you have any friends also wanting to learn; practice with one another. Reward yourself each and every week you practice as planned. Keep in mind that where there’s no pain, there’s no gain.
Do not worry that you need to learn everything all at once. You will be successful when you take your time and practice regularly.
Try playing simply when you first start out. Instead of tackling harder songs and trying to pull of cool licks, go with something easier. “Mary Had a Little Lamb” may seem childish, but you will learn to play faster and better by playing single-note melodies to start.
Try to learn from a guitar teacher. While it’s easy to teach yourself to play, and many people have, sometimes you may need to have someone watching while you play. A teacher will critique your style and give you constructive criticism. This also give you the chance to get your questions answered.
Start learning to play pieces in a variety of keys. This can help you to properly manipulate the different chords. It will also give you a better all-round understanding of music. You will become a much stronger, well-rounded musician.
It is best for you to learn about guitar tabs and musical notation. Musical theory will help you comprehend each scale as well as the way different chords work. This is especially helpful when you are playing riffs and melodies.
Purchase a metronome. Using a metronome can help you with your timing and get you into a rhythm. Begin slowly, and as you get better and more comfortable, you can pick up the pace. Use this device when you are learning unique chords.
Calluses can help ease the pain that is often associated with regular practice. It may take a while to develop them, but they will grow as you practice. There are products out there you can buy to build calluses.
A important guitar technique to learn is switching from chord to chord. Dedicate a part of your practice time each day to this alone. Chord switching can make music sound pleasant and crisp, which is better than irritating and squeaky.
Learn as much as you can about the different parts of a guitar and what each does. It will be easier to read instructions when you know the terminology. This will make you better all around as a great musician one day.
Get yourself a guitar playing friend. Find someone with the talent and style you admire, and play along with them whenever you can. They can teach you new techniques. Learning with someone you trust and with whom you like spending time will make it more fun. If you find someone who is also beginning then you can teach each other.
This will help you to get to know your instrument.
Take a day off after you have played for a while. You want to practice, but don’t overdo it. You’ll want to keep yourself motivated. If you have diligently practiced on a daily basis, do not be afraid to take a break. You may find a little break will help keep your interest up. Just do not take breaks too frequently.
Your finger will be sore with constant practice. It may hurt less playing a nylon-string instrument or electric guitar. Steel-string acoustic guitars are the most painful for beginners. Although you may get some relief if you soak your fingers in rubbing alcohol, never use turpentine or other harmful substances.
See what notes and chords you can recognize by ear. Do this before you research the information in a book or on the Internet.
A metronome is something you should be used.Keeping the time can be difficult for new guitar players. Metronomes are great for keeping you make sure you’re on track. By practicing frequently, you will have no trouble keeping time without a metronome.
Learn to strum the guitar and use this method. That way, you will learn chords and start blending them properly. It will also facilitate smooth transitioning between chords. So strum away and become a better guitar player.
Hard work is always required for getting better.
It’s important to know how to care for you new musical instrument. Your guitar will last for a long time if you clean it and maintain it properly. You should also learn how to change out the strings and tune it. You can take pride in knowing your guitar is well taken care of.
You might want to learn songs that are usually played fast, but you have to master the song first. Begin slowly and get the hang of every note before speeding up.
Listen to guitar instrumentals to help you appreciate your new instrument. Listening to professional music will inspire you to play much better. Listening to those with greater skill will help you to focus your learning style. Picking up a style that is comfortable for you will enhance your learning.
Try using some finger exercises to help build their strength. Some chords are harder to play and once you use your fingers to control the guitar strings it is possible. Be certain to acquire some basic techniques along with exercises so you can get your fingers.
Use the headphones that connect to your amp. Lots of people really like playing their guitar with an amp. It may not be too practical to do, however. Very few places where people live appreciate the excess noise. You should buy a great pair of headphones so you will not disturb anyone.
Do not spend a lot of money on the guitar that you initially purchase. It would be wrong to purchase the best possible guitar your money can buy you. You don’t even know if you’ll like playing guitar. Not only that, but good sounds can be made with cheap guitars if you’re good enough.
Practicing a duet with a friend can help you to learn. One plays the melody and the other plays chords. This can make the entire process a bit more fun. Practicing with someone will help if you ever want to play in a band or other group.
Find a guitar player to have jam sessions with. They can show you techniques that you do not know about yet. You might also look for someone with the same skillset as you and share your talents together.
You can learn to change the strings on your own guitar. Online tutorials can be helpful for this very purpose. It is part of knowing your instrument. It’s not too hard, but you have to have the skills to get a string replaced when it needs to be.
There are products out there that can get your fingers to quit being sore from guitar playing. Before and after you play the guitar, soak your fingertips with apple cider vinegar during a minute. You can also be able to ease any soreness if you ice to your fingertips to relieve the soreness. You will find it helpful to apply a product that includes benzocaine as an ingredient prior to and following playing the guitar.
Think about the type of music you’re going to play on your guitar. This will help you decide what type of guitar to purchase. Contemporary rock music uses electric guitars while folk music often uses acoustic guitars.
Inspire your guitar lesson by listening to instrumental music featuring the guitar. Hearing experts play can help motivate you learn even faster. Focus on your favorite.
Never purchase a guitar online simply because you like the look of it or are tempted by the price. You should feel a guitar before you buy it. If it does not have the right feel, it is not the guitar for you no matter what the price is.
Use headphones that connect to your amp. There are those who enjoy having an amp when playing. This isn’t always the most practical approach. Many people live in an area where they can make lots of noise.
To learn how to get more comfortable with a guitar, it’s important to practice holding it and moving with it. You will start seeing the guitar as a part of you. Get comfortable with you guitar to be a better player.
Get your friends together to learn to play guitar. Ask friends or family if they would be interested in learning to play guitar. You’re more likely to see something out if you are sharing the experience with someone else.You learn a lot from each other.
If you enjoy computers, there are programs that will teach you to play your guitar. There are input devices for connecting the guitar to a computer. You can play as the computerized instructions teach you what to do. If you can’t afford lessons from a teacher, this might be preferable to just learning from a how-to book.
Make sure you understand the proper way to use a pick correctly.It is important that you learn to use a pick. Be sure to avoid gaining bad habits that aren’t good when you start out. Make sure to learn the right way of holding a pick.Practice playing with a pick and regularly challenge yourself with it.
Your body needs to know how to move instinctively, and this can only be accomplished through regular practice. Doing these daily, even if it’s not for a short period of time, can help you more than longer sessions.
You must practice to get better at the guitar.This lets your hands to adjust to the guitar.
Be proactive and independent in learning new techniques. Make sure that you develop your own style when you begin the learning process.
There are computer programs available to help you learn the guitar. There are even devices that allows you to connect the guitar the computer. You just follow along with computerized lessons. This is a middle ground between book study and instructors.
You might find guitar magazines helpful. You may just find that they make things easier when you are able to read one on a monthly basis. This not only stimulates the mind, but improves fingerwork too.
Short daily sessions are much more beneficial than lengthier ones that you only do for a couple times a week.
Keep your initial goals reasonable. Play with a friend to help develop your strength.
Read various guitar magazines and find one you like.It can be simple to learn more about playing if you have a magazine like this. It can better your fingering and help you with your fingerwork as well.
To move from beginning to intermediate stages as a guitarist, you need to go out and buy one. You shouldn’t spend a lot of money, and you may find a better deal at estate sales or something similar. Your perfect guitar is waiting for you; you just have to go out and find it.
Try to play songs as you learn. This allows you to get exposed to all kinds of musical styles and many different chord progressions. This can make you a much more accomplished musician. All of these things also help you figure out your own style.
Don’t skip any practice days. Regardless of how much time you can set aside, consistency is important. Practice each day to keep your skills fresh. Every day your the new skills your brain cells are learning will be reinforced, ensuring your fingers know exactly where to go and what to do.
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INTRO CLAY CLASS STRUCTURE
Each class is two hours in duration, and it starts with about (35) minutes of instruction. The instructor guides you through some basic sculpting and hand building techniques and then walks you through a detailed step by step wheel throwing demonstration. Once the demonstrations are complete the studio, tools, and equipment are yours to use to create pieces of your choice, as there are no required projects. Students work on a rotation through the wheels and large worktables to create both wheel thrown pieces and hand sculpted pieces. The instructor is there throughout the process for guidance along the way as needed.
PLEASE NOTE: Pieces cannot be fully completed in one class so because of that you will not have anything to take home after the first class. Creating with clay is a process in which requires (2) kiln firings. A fired, completed hand-built piece will take (2) classes and a completed wheel throw piece will take (3) classes. When signing up for your next classes, please allow (2) weeks in between classes.
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The Blacklist class is essentially a (3) hour open studio session. It is not an experience level class as it is geared for folks of all skill levels that want a space to practice and create. For those who have previous ceramic experience, we ask that you come to at least one of our “Intro Clay Classes” before attending a “Blacklist” class so that you can get a feel for our studio, how it runs, and the systems that we have in place. For those with little to no experience we ask that you take a couple of our “Intro Clay Classes” prior to taking a “Blacklist” class so that you go through all the steps and know the basics, as there are no demonstrations in “The Blacklist” class.
PLEASE NOTE: This class comes with up to (10) pounds of clay and guaranteed at least (1.5) hours of wheel time. Our studio has (10) wheels and we book this class to no more than (18) people so that there is ample wheel time.
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27 Jul 2010 Focusing On the Wrong Sherrod?
Last week, the Obama Administration’s knee-jerk firing of U.S. Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod for comments that were misconstrued as being outright racist created a media firestorm.
The full extent and context of Shirley Sherrod’s comments — which were initially seen in an edited version — were later made public and exonerated her of the initial criticism. It forced President Obama to personally apologize to her, and she may be getting a new federal position before long.
While Shirley Sherrod may be in the clear right now, it turns out that her husband might now have some explaining to do. And his recorded comments may reopen some of the questions about what may lurk behind Shirley Sherrod’s original comments.
Charles Sherrod gave the keynote speech at the University of Virginia Law School’s “50 Years After the Sit-Ins” conference on January 30, 2010. In his address, the former civil rights-era Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee activist and current Albany State University professor made four suggestions to those assembled as a way of “passing the torch.”
In a speech that is available in its entirety on YouTube, Charles Sherrod first suggests “we must stay faithful.” Then “we must reclaim our schools and our neighborhoods” from “racketeers and drug culture.”
After that, Charles Sherrod appeals that “we must find a way to leverage the $900 billion we spend on consumables each and every year.” Economic empowerment is one thing, but he appears to begin losing his temper over the topic. As evidence of this, he ends up this suggestion by saying:
Find a way that we can trust each other so that our monies can work for our total liberation. We have ideas, inventions [and] athletic talent, but our labors and our monies and our contracts usually end up in the white folks’ hands and pockets. When will we trust our own? When will we feel responsible to save ourselves?
That’s when he gets into his fourth and final suggestion and into the really controversial stuff. That suggestion is:
[W]e must stop the white man and his Uncle Toms from stealing our elections. We must not be afraid to vote black. And we must not be afraid to turn a black out who votes against our interest. We’ve got to stay tough…
He then speaks about a new community radio station the government awarded in his area that will allegedly allow black residents to overcome media efforts that scare white people into heading to the polls and defeating the black agenda in each election. This new station will supposedly give blacks a similar tool with which to respond.
Project 21 members are speaking out about the comments of Charles Sherrod and how it may relate to last week’s Shirley Sherrod controversy.
Shirley Sherrod, the former Department of Agriculture employee, can’t be held responsible for what her husband says, but you can’t help wondering about the kinds of conversations these two might be having in private about race issues.
Since liberals are “sensitive” about black people being labeled bigots, let’s put Charles Sherrod’s comments into “context.” They were captured from a speech given earlier this year. Sherrod, a long-time activist, said “We must stop the white man and his Uncle Toms from stealing our elections.” Okay, there is no “context” imaginable that makes this kind of racial garbage acceptable. Imagine a Klansman making a reverse version of this comment and one will quickly understand the double standard that often gets applied in these circumstances. And although his wife, Shirley, has been promoted to the status of a near-saint by the nation’s liberal elites, her comments made in subsequent interviews and in the NAACP video tell another tale.
Sounding like Jesse Jackson, she tells CNN that Andrew Breitbart “… would like to get us stuck back in the times of slavery.” In the video, Sherrod told her NAACP audience “It’s not about white… [then she catches herself, and says] it is about white and black.” In her CNN interview, she regurgitates the stock left/liberal claims of racism against the nation’s populist uprising against Obama’s policies. She says “You know, I haven’t seen such mean-spirited people as I’ve seen lately over this issue of health care. Some of the racism we thought was buried. Didn’t it resurface?”
So, let me get this straight. Shirley Sherrod appears to believe that almost any opposition to this President’s policies is by definition racist — since Obama is black. This Shirley/Charles team is quite the married couple. Both are classic examples of black racialist views that are pandered to and excused by fawning liberal elites.
(Joe Hicks is a member of the Project 21 national advisory council and host of the “Hicks File” at PJTV.com. He is also vice president of Community Advocates, Inc. and the former executive director of the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.)
Professor Sherrod’s racist comments add another chapter to the ongoing debate about racism in America.
Sherrod’s use of color-coded politics has no place in today’s society and it’s especially disappointing that his twisted logic was communicated at an educational institution.
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How to care for St. Augustine grass in Macon / Warner Robins
St. Augustine grass is a warm-season grass that is an old favorite in the Macon / Warner Robins area. Like Centipede, Zoysia and Bermuda it is a southern turf grass that becomes dormant in the winter months.
St. Augustine grass is only available in sod or sprigs. The blade is much wider than other turf grasses. St. Augustine lawns are known for their lush dark green appearance with grass heights typically being around 3 inches.
Benefits: St. Augustine is one of the oldest cultivars of turf planted in the Macon / Warner Robins area. It is available only in sod and does not produce a viable seed. St Augustine is known for its shade tolerant attributes.
- Great shade tolerance. St. Augustine grass only needs a minimum of 3-4 hours of direct sun and is one of the most shade tolerant grasses available.
- Less frequent mowing than Bermuda.
- Lush dense appearance.
- Easy to sprig runners.
Disadvantages: Like any other turf, St. Augustine grass has its faults too. While it is it a great shade tolerant turf, St Augustine also has some serious drawbacks.
- It is not as cold as hardy as other warm season grasses. It is susceptible to winter damage when temperatures dip below 20 degrees.
- It is does hold up well to heavy traffic.
- Not readily available at some turf farms around the Macon / Warner Robins area.
- It is not disease or insect resistant. It is more susceptible to disease and insect damage than other turf grasses and needs to be monitored closely.
- It is particularly susceptible to chinch bugs.
- St. Augustine is not as drought tolerant as zoysia or bermuda lawns
Planting: Timing and soil preparation are important when it comes to establishing grass.
- St. Augustine is best planted as sod in June – September and does not adapt well to being planted as dormant sod.
- Till before planting to soften the soil, and be sure to follow proper initial watering practices to get the lawn established.
Lawn Care: Unless you appropriately maintain your St. Augustine lawn, you won’t achieve the perfect yard you’re looking for. Be sure to:
- We recommend a proactive lawn program for St. Augustine grass because it is very susceptible to disease and insect damage.
- Follow proper mowing techniques. Don’t cut more than a third of the blade height at each mowing session. St Augustine can be mowed every 7-14 days in the growing season.
- Water effectively and be sure your grass gets an inch of water every week.
St Augustine grass is a great shade tolerant turf especially if you are having trouble establishing turf in shady conditions. When properly managed, St. Augustine grass can provide a unique beautiful lawn. If you’re facing any issues with your St. Augustine grass, we’re happy to help get it back on track. Give us a call at 478-318-7644 or email a Lawn Care Specialist.
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2013 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2013), IEEE, pp. 355-362, 12/2013. DOI
Cloud governance, and in particular data governance in the cloud, relies on different technical and organizational practices and procedures, such as policy enforcement, risk management, incident management and remediation. The concept of accountability encompasses such practices, and is essential for enhancing security and trustworthiness in the cloud. Besides this, proper measurement of cloud services, both at a technical and governance level, is a distinctive aspect of the cloud computing model. Hence, a natural problem that arises is how to measure the impact on accountability of the procedures held in practice by organizations that participate in the cloud ecosystem. In this paper, we describe a metamodel for addressing the problem of measuring accountability properties for cloud computing, as discussed and defined by the Cloud Accountability Project (A4Cloud). The goal of this metamodel is to act as a language for describing: (i) accountability properties in terms of actions between entities, and (ii) metrics for measuring the fulfillment of such properties. It also allows the recursive decomposition of properties and metrics, from a high-level and abstract world to a tangible and measurable one. Finally, we illustrate our proposal of the metamodel by modelling the transparency property, and define some metrics for it.
Accountability and Security in the Cloud, vol. 8937, no. LNCS Tutorial, pp. 129-153, 2015.
5th International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business (TrustBus’08), LNCS 5185, Springer, pp. 28-37, 2008. DOI
Trust is an important factor in any kind of network essential, for example, in the decision-making process. As important as the definition of trust is the way to compute it. In this paper we propose a model for defining trust based on graph theory and show examples of some simple operators and functions that will allow us to compute trust.
Computers & Security, vol. 84, issue July 2019, Elsevier, pp. 288-300, 04/2019. DOI (I.F.: 3.579)
Trust negotiation is a type of trust management model for establishing trust between entities by a mutual exchange of credentials. This approach was designed for online environments, where the attributes of users, such as skills, habits, behaviour and experience are unknown. Required criteria of trust negotiation must be supported by a trust negotiation model in order to provide a functional, adequately robust and efficient application. Such criteria were identified previously. In this paper we are presenting a model specification using a UML-based notation for the design of trust negotiation. This specification will become a part of the Software Development Life Cycle, which will provide developers a strong tool for incorporating trust and trust-related issues into the software they create. The specification defines components and their layout for the provision of the essential functionality of trust negotiation on one side as well as optional, additional features on the other side. The extra features make trust negotiation more robust, applicable for more scenarios and may provide a privacy protection functionality.
The 14th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS 2020), vol. 12570, Springer, pp. 327-341, 11/2020.
Trust negotiation represents a suitable approach for building trust in online environments, where the interacting entities are anonymous. It covers important criteria on security and privacy. In this work, we propose a method for implementing our model specification that handles trust negotiation. We define the structure of the trust negotiation module that is a standalone unit capable of negotiating on its own. It may be included to any software by its defined interfaces. We realise our method with a ride-sharing scenario and four trust negotiation strategies that we apply in order to validate our design and implementation. We propose a solution that is fully customisable based on different requirements. The proposal provides guidelines for developers in the process of including trust negotiation into their software.
Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 69, Elsevier, pp. 134-151, 04/2016. (I.F.: 3.500)
Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences, vol. 10, no. 50, Springer, 12/2020. DOI (I.F.: 5.9)
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm that permits smart entities to be interconnected anywhere and anyhow. IoT opens new opportunities but also rises new issues.
In this dynamic environment, trust is useful to mitigate these issues. In fact, it is important that the smart entities could know and trust the other smart entities in order to collaborate with them.
So far, there is a lack of research when considering trust through the whole System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of a smart IoT entity.
In this paper, we suggest a new approach that considers trust not only at the end of the SDLC but also at the start of it. More precisely, we explore the modeling phase proposing a model-driven approach extending UML and SysML considering trust and its related domains, such as security and privacy.
We propose stereotypes for each diagram in order to give developers a way to represent trust elements in an effective way.
Moreover, we propose two new diagrams that are very important for the IoT: a traceability diagram and a context diagram.
This model-driven approach will help developers to model the smart IoT entities according to the requirements elicited in the previous phases of the SDLC.
These models will be a fundamental input for the following and final phases of the SDLC.
Computers & Security, vol. 77 , issue August 2018, Elsevier, pp. 773-789, 2018. DOI (I.F.: 3.062)
Trust negotiations are mechanisms that enable interaction between previously unknown users. After exchanging various pieces of potentially sensitive information, the participants of a negotiation can decide whether or not to trust one another. Therefore, trust negotiations bring about threats to personal privacy if not carefully considered. This paper presents a framework for representing trust negotiations in the early phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The framework can help software engineers to determine the most suitable policies for the system by detecting conflicts between privacy and trust requirements. More precisely, we extend the SI* modelling language and provide a set of predicates for defining trust and privacy policies and a set of rules for describing the dynamics of the system based on the established policies. The formal representation of the model facilitates its automatic verification. The framework has been validated in a distributed social network scenario for connecting drivers with potential passengers willing to share a journey.
Information Sciences, vol. 396, Elsevier, pp. 72-82, 2017. DOI (I.F.: 4.305)
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm based on the interconnection of everyday objects. It is expected that the ‘things’ involved in the IoT paradigm will have to interact with each other, often in uncertain conditions. It is therefore of paramount importance for the success of IoT that there are mechanisms in place that help overcome the lack of certainty. Trust can help achieve this goal. In this paper, we introduce a framework that assists developers in including trust in IoT scenarios. This framework takes into account trust, privacy and identity requirements as well as other functional requirements derived from IoT scenarios to provide the different services that allow the inclusion of trust in the IoT.
Sixth European Workshop on Public Key Services, Applications and Infrastructures (EuroPKI’09), LNCS 6391, Springer, pp. 225-238, 2009. DOI
Deciding who to trust in the internet of services paradigm is an important and open question. How to do it in an optimal way is not always easy to determine. Trust is usually referred to a particular context whereas a single user may interact in more than one given context. We are interested in investigating how a Federated Reputation System can help exporting trust perceptions from one context to another. We propose a model for deriving trust in online services. In this context, trust is defined as the level of confidence that the service provider holds on the subject interacting with it to behave in a proper way while using the service. Thus, we derive trust by using the reputation values that those users have gained for interacting with these services. | <urn:uuid:f34b191e-6639-4078-924f-fe3e1f841f93> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nics.uma.es/biblio?f%5Btg%5D=M&f%5Bauthor%5D=4&qt-publications=3&s=title&o=asc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.916366 | 1,718 | 1.890625 | 2 |
By their name, secret societies inspire curiosity, fascination and have captured the imagination of the public for centuries. Many of these societies are thought to be ancient, mysterious gatherings of powerful men who get together and tip the balance of world power in their favor. Although these societies still exist, the advent of the Internet has made real secrets much harder to keep.These organizations, which have developed their own rituals and require membership oaths, exist for numerous reasons and have popped up over the centuries. Not just anyone can be a member of these groups. Many restrict admittance based on gender, religion, or occupation. Some seek power for their members, while others are dedicated to charity. Whatever their purpose, these organizations are thought to have significant influence on the outside world, largely because of the powerful people known to be members. Here are the top 5 secret societies in the world:
The Freemasons are the long lasting secret society still in existence. It was formed by the union of several smaller societies, the first lodge was founded in London in 1717, but at that time rumors about the existence of the Masons had been circulating for over a century. They are synonymous with secret handshakes, bizarre rituals and a hierarchy in which members move up through various levels as they gain experience and respect within the society.
Most modern secret societies take their cue from the Freemasons by incorporating handshakes, code words, private rituals and complex chains of command. The most recognizable symbol of the Freemasons is “The Square and Compasses.”
2. Skull and Bone Society
Originally called Eulogian Club, the Skull and Bone at Yale University was founded by William H Russel in 1832. Russel was inspired by an occult society he had visited in Germany. His co-founder was Alphonso Taft, Secretary of War under President Grant and father of the 27th President of the United State, William Howard Taft.
The society boasts of many prominent individuals as members including heads of states (at least 3 presidents), captains of industry and heads of covert agencies. They meet twice a week for rituals that are purported to closely follow Masonic rites, but many claim the organization is really nothing more than a glorified college fraternity. The symbol of Skull and Bone is a skull with two cross bones.
Its first meeting was held in 1954 at Hotel de Bilderberg in the Netherlands from which the organization got its name. Convened by Prince Bernhard of Netherlands, the meeting was a gathering of powerful politicians from North America and Europe with the aim of fostering a warmer relationship between the two continents among fears of growing anti-Americanism in Europe. Bilderberg high profile attendees and previous guests have included- Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Angela Markel, Tony Blair and Henry Kissinger.
They have continued to meet every year, but the content of their talks has remained a zealously guarded secret. Journalists are barred from reporting on it and meeting minutes are not released. Every year, about 120-140 people are invited, with about two-thirds coming from Europe and one-third from North America. The Washington Post reports that while backgrounds in government and politics are the most common, attendees from fields like academia, finance and media have also been included.
Bilderberg is not technically a secret society, since their existence and membership are not in question, but many conspiracy theorists worry about the influence and reach of their annual meetings.
This sect originated in the 18th century in Germany and after they broke away from the Freemasons, they have since become a prime focus for conspiracy theorists, many of whom credit Illuminati agendas for every conceivable disaster, mystery, and economic downturn. In point of fact, there is no evidence that the Illuminati still exist, but that only seems to add to their mystique.
5. Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan was founded by Confederate Army officer Nathan Bedford Forrest. Its first branch was founded as a social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1865. The club became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction- era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for Black Americans. Its members waged an underground campaign of intimidation and violence directed at white and Black Republican leaders.
After dying out in the 1870s, it was reborn during the Prohibition era and had another resurgence after World War II in its opposition to civil rights. Though its power is greatly diminished, the KKK remains a formidable hate group in the United States. Well known members of this society are Robert Byrd, David Duke, Hugo Black. | <urn:uuid:8146cfe5-78ee-4d0b-928c-d36bd1b22966> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gladtune.com/2021/05/23/top-5-elite-secret-societies-in-the-world/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.972942 | 942 | 2.1875 | 2 |
August 8, 2016
Derek O’Brien asks a question on electrification during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha
Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:
(a) the number and proportion of households, rural and urban, that have a working electricity connection since 2013, State-wise and year-wise;
(b) the number and proportion of these households that have 24-hour supply of electricity; and
(c) the details of steps taken by Government to provide 24-hour electricity to all households?
- According to a recent report by the Central Electricity Authority, the country is expected to become ‘power surplus’ in 2016-17. As per the report, Odisha, Mizoram and Tripura, which are expected to be power surplus in 2016-17. But as of May 2016, the percentage of un-electrified rural households varied 22 and 52 per cent.
Almost every village (100%) in West Bengal is electrified with 93% households having access to electricity. It is the best performing State in terms of access to power.
What steps are being taken to assess the real demand for electricity, especially in rural households and how is this real demand going to met?
- For the last two or three years, West Bengal has been a power surplus state, and continues to be power surplus even with rising industrial and domestic demand.
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How could we control a new line break point inside a table layout?
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Then, you see new lines when each of full-width words is long.
We, however, cannot find when Pega creates a new line, such as over 10 letters and so forth. If you look at a cell filled with half-width 40 letters, Pega doesn't create a new line.
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Backup fuel cell systems provide power during outages. This is quite a challenge, especially for BoP components of these systems. These components must be reliable under tough operating conditions such as extreme temperatures, humidity and dust for blackout periods of around 1 000 hours a year. Current BoP components are not specifically developed for fuel cell systems, thereby reducing reliability of the entire fuel cell system in case of a blackout. Technological improvements in BoP components within the scope of the EU-funded project FLUMABACK (Fluid management component improvement for back up fuel cell systems) should enable significant enhancements in performance of the components as well as the entire system. The team focused on optimising performance of the air blower, hydrogen recirculation blower, humidifier and heat exchanger with regard to the stack requirements. All components were optimised to achieve operating time of 10 000 hours without any need for additional maintenance. However, fine-tuning of all system components is necessary to ensure optimal operation of the entire fuel cell system. Two different systems were developed with rated output of 3 and 6 kW, and the same BoP components could operate in both systems. Project members conducted numerous tests on these systems using prototypes of the newly developed BoP components. The main requirements and benchmarks were met for both fuel cell systems, showing that component integration was successful. Increased efficiency and reduced costs are the main advantages of the new fuel cells. Experimental testing of the systems provided data for developing a numerical model of the components and the entire fuel cell system. This model offers the possibility to test the system under specific conditions and various operating regimes. With improvements in the design and operation of BoP components in backup fuel cell systems, FLUMABACK helps overcome reliability issues that have been holding back market uptake of fuel cells. Except for backup fuel cell systems for power applications, component improvements also target fuel cell electric vehicles and small-scale generation of heat and electric power.
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PETA Calls On ABTA to Reject Cetacean Captivity on World Orca Day
This World Orca Day, we should celebrate these magnificent animals – and remember that many are still imprisoned and suffering in marine parks around the world for human entertainment.
Today, a wave of PETA protesters gathered outside the London office of the travel association ABTA to urge it to stop backing orca captivity.
What is ABTA? How Is It Letting Orcas Down?
ABTA is the leading trade association for the UK travel sector. It informs the public and its members with its extensive guidelines, some of which cover animal welfare and advise against cruel practices like elephant riding. Though it frowns upon animal performances at facilities like zoos, it doesn’t classify marine parks that keep cetaceans in captivity as unacceptable or advise its members to avoid promoting and selling tickets to these facilities. ABTA must update its Animal Welfare Guidelines to add attractions that keep dolphins and whales imprisoned for entertainment to its “unacceptable practices” list. Until then, the organisation is giving the green light for travel companies to promote inhumane marine parks.
Equipped with signs and dressed as orcas in chains, PETA supporters demanded that ABTA stop supporting this abusive industry.
Cruel Orca Captivity
At SeaWorld – the world’s most notorious marine park – orcas who would normally swim up to 150 miles a day are forced to spend their entire lives confined to cramped concrete cells filled with chemically treated water, in which they can do little else but swim in endless circles. Some break their teeth gnawing on metal bars or the sides of the tank in the hope of escape.
Orcas are extremely sensitive to sound, which they use to talk to each other and navigate oceans, so noisy water pumps and loud crowds leave them disorientated and stressed. Inside the barren tanks, orcas are often housed in incompatible groups, unable to escape attacks from other frustrated animals. More than 40 orcas and hundreds of other marine animals have died on SeaWorld’s watch – far short of their natural life expectancies.
These intelligent and beautiful individuals deserve much better.
Many Travel Providers Turned Their Backs on Cruelty
After years of determined campaigning by PETA, almost every leading travel provider – including British Airways Holidays, Virgin Atlantic Holidays, Booking.com, and Tripadvisor – has stopped selling tickets to parks that confine orcas in the name of entertainment.
However, companies such as TUI continue to sell tickets to SeaWorld. ABTA must help stop this by updating its Animal Welfare Guidelines.
What You Can Do
Never visit marine parks, and do not prop up this archaic industry by purchasing tickets.
Please also send a message to ABTA now and urge it to stop the exploitation of whales and dolphins in tourism:
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An essential part of youth leadership development is the reflection that follows a youth-led event or activity. It gives the boys a chance to talk about what went right and what could use improvement, and how to better plan for next time.
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Joe Kelleher is a Teagasc advisor based in Newcastle West, Co Limerick – December 26 2017 – FarmLand – The Irish Independent
Teagasc dairy advisors were recently given in-service training on addressing the huge issue of labour on dairy farms and looking at what could be done to rectify the issue for 2018.
While there are many challenges regarding labour, there are also some solutions.
As part of the training, we visited a young farming couple, who had three children aged between five and 10, and were milking 140 cows, having increased from 70 in 2010.
One of the opening statements by our host farmer was how he felt “the fun was gone out of farming” and he wished to set up his farming system in such a way that would enable him to spend more time with his family.
They had been on a four-day holiday in 2017 and had no holiday in 2016, so something had to change.
The facilities on the farm were excellent, with 170 cubicles, eight calving pens, eight calf pens, a 12-unit milking parlour and collecting yard with backing gate all under the one roof.
Paddocks and roadways were in good order and the land, while sloping, was extremely free-draining.
Despite all this, the husband was working 18-hour days in the spring and 12-hour days for the remainder of the year, with his wife also spending the majority of her day on the farm, while also trying to juggle getting kids ready for school, homework, housework, hurling training and the 100 other activities that have to be undertaken with young families.
The milking process (including going for the cows and washing up after milking) was taking up to seven hours per day.
They have 125 acres on the home farm with another 50-acre outside block, 30 minutes away by car.
Both husband and wife worked full-time on the farm, with labour only brought in for about 10 days in the year. The majority of machinery work was contracted out, and the level of machinery on the farm was low.
Pat Clarke, Teagasc dairy specialist, outlined how labour should be tackled in the following order:
1. Labour-efficient practices
2. Work organisation
3. Employing labour
As farmers, we have an instinct to jump straight to point three and lament the fact that there is shortage of farm labour in the country at present. However, we should initially focus on the first two areas.
As a group, we were tasked with coming up with suggestions to this young farming couple that related to all three areas above, and the husband and wife team had to then indicate which options they would implement, which they would consider and which options they would reject.
The table below gives the outcomes of this process:
As you can see most of the suggestions focused on labour-efficient practices and work organisation. Many of the suggestions may only knock 20 or 30 minutes off the working day, but they add up to over 2,000 hours’ work saved in the year, which is the equivalent of a full-time labour unit.
Some of the options will cost nothing to implement and others could run into big money, but what value would you put on time spent with family?
The extra units on the milking parlour, for example, worked out at €20-30 per hour of labour saved.
The host farmer informed us that due to them being located in a densely populated dairy area, relief labour was extremely hard to get, but also conceded that he never rang the FRS service to check availability.
However, it was an area they were actively looking at.
One of the suggestions was that the employee needed to have a guaranteed amount of weekly work to be tempted to come work for you, and that by offering a year’s work for so many hours a week, you had a better chance of finding an employee, rather than going on a “we’ll see how it goes” basis.
This way the employee knows exactly what they are going to be doing and you know what you are getting.
Tom O’Dwyer, Teagasc head of dairy knowledge transfer, commented that for many farmers, to implement what we had outlined required a behavioural change on the way they went about their daily tasks and that it involved the “cue, task, reward” system.
The example put forward was if the farmer had an alarm set on his phone at 3.30pm every day, this was his cue to go for the cows, the task was the milking process and the reward was the extra time available to spend with family or pursuing hobbies.
This farming couple were encouraged to take a week off at Halloween and stand back and look at what they are doing and figure out what their ideal farming life looked like and then implement the necessary changes.
Is it time we all analysed our labour practices and work organisation? There are three months now to make changes to your routines to be ready for 2018.
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WWhether through stocks, bonds, ETFs or other types of securities, all investors love to see their portfolios generate big returns. However, when you are an income investor, your main goal is to generate consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments.
Cash flow can come from bond interest, interest from other types of investments and, of course, dividends. A dividend is that coveted distribution of a company’s profits paid to shareholders, and investors often view it by its dividend yield, a measure that measures the dividend as a percentage of the current stock price. Numerous academic studies show that dividends are a significant part of long-term returns, with dividend contributions exceeding one-third of total returns in many cases.
The Canadian Imperial Bank in focus
The Canadian Imperial Bank (CM) is headquartered in Toronto and is in the finance industry. The stock has seen a 17.89% price change since the start of the year. Currently paying a dividend of $ 1.12 per share, the company has a dividend yield of 4.46%. In comparison, the return of banks – foreign industry is 1.76%, while the return of the S&P 500 is 1.38%.
In terms of dividend growth, the company’s current annualized dividend of $ 4.49 is up 3.1% from last year. The Canadian Imperial Bank has increased its dividend 4 times year over year over the past 5 years for an average annual increase of 4.83%. Any future dividend growth will depend on both earnings growth and the payout ratio of the company; a payout ratio is the proportion of a company’s annual earnings per share that it pays out as a dividend. Currently, the Canadian Imperial Bank’s payout ratio is 60%, which means that it has paid out 60% of its past 12-month EPS as a dividend.
Profit growth looks solid for CM for this fiscal year. Zacks’ consensus estimate for 2021 is $ 9.88 per share, which represents a year-over-year growth rate of 37.03%.
Whether it’s dramatically improving earnings from equity investments and reducing overall portfolio risk or offering tax benefits, investors love dividends for a variety of reasons. However, not all companies offer quarterly payment.
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A persistent exegetical tradition exists that links the Pauline controversy over the consumption of idol meat, especially in the Corinthian correspondence, to social and economic assumptions about the Roman world. Specifically, there is the assumption that access to meat was limited to the elite within the Roman world. The lower classes are seen as only having access to meat through public religious festivals or as derivative through cultic sacrifice by means of the marketplace (though again largely limited to the wealthy), resulting in the classic view that non-elites were sustained on a diet of legumes, grains, and wine. Roman access to meat along such class demarcations, furthermore, is founded upon an economic dichotomy of elite and non-elite (i.e., poor or slave classes). These assumptions arise not only in scholarly treatments of the Corinthian context but also within numerous introductory textbooks, thereby perpetuating these views for future scholarship. This paper challenges these social assumptions regarding meat consumption in, especially, Corinth by engaging recent scholarship that re-evaluates roman diet in regard to access to meat and other animal products. Specifically I will draw upon methods in archaeological science (especially stable isotope analysis) as well as literary reassessments by ancient historians. What arises is a new picture of Roman diet, wherein meat consumption was not limited to the elite, but was prevalent in nearly all levels of Roman society. With this updated view on Roman dietary practices in mind, Paul’s comments in 1 Corinthian 8 relating to “idol meat” and the social situation in the Corinthian church must be re-evaluated. | <urn:uuid:b5827f62-faab-44a8-9f0a-0c4c5570a171> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/abstract.aspx?id=32937 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95427 | 325 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Get ready to be able to see like the Predator! The SparkFun Grid-EYE Infrared Array Breakout board is an 8x8 thermopile array, meaning you have a square array of 64 pixels capable of independent temperature detection. It’s like having a thermal camera, just in a lower resolution. To make it even easier to to get your low-resolution infrared image, all communication is enacted exclusively via I2C, utilizing our handy Qwiic system. However, we still have broken out 0.1"-spaced pins in case you prefer to use a breadboard.
The on-board AMG8833 Grid-EYE possesses an accuracy rate of ±2.5°C (±4.5°F) with a temperature range of 0°C to 80°C (32°F to 176°F). Additionally, this IR “camera” board can detect human body heat at about 7 meters or less (that’s about 23 feet), and has a frame rate of 10 frames a second to one frame a second. It is important to point out that while this version of the Grid-EYE is the high performance type with a high gain, it is only 3.3V tolerant. IE: Don’t try to operate it at 5V (you won’t have a very good time).
The SparkFun Qwiic connect system is an ecosystem of I2C sensors, actuators, shields and cables that make prototyping faster and less prone to error. All Qwiic-enabled boards use a common 1mm pitch, 4-pin JST connector. This reduces the amount of required PCB space, and polarized connections mean you can’t hook it up wrong.
Get Started with the Grid-EYE Infrared Array Breakout Guide
- Operating Voltage(Startup): 1.6V - 3.6V
- Operating Voltage(Timekeeping): 1.5V - 3.6V
- Current Consumption: 4.5 mA
- 8x8 Thermopile Array
- Temperature Range: 0°C to 80°C (32°F to 176°F)
- Accuracy Rate: ±2.5°C (±4.5°F)
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- I2C Address: 0x69 (open jumper, default) or 0x68 (closed jumper)
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Bothered by the discomfort of dryness in the nose? Dry nose causes a lot of discomfort and may also result in thickening of mucus and worsen congestion. If you’re already suffering from a condition like sinusitis this might make things even tougher for you. Thankfully some simple home remedies can combat dry nose symptoms.
How To Treat Dry Nose
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- Keep A Humidifier In The Room
Dry air can make nasal dryness worse – so in dry weather like winter or in air-conditioned spaces, you might find yourself facing this problem . Increase the ambient moisture in the room to prevent your nose from drying out further. Keep a humidifier where you work and sleep to get relief from the dryness.
- Inhale Steam
Steam inhalation using a vaporizer, a pot of boiling water, or simply breathing in the most vapours from a hot shower can help . Be careful not to bring your head too close to the source of the steam to avoid scalding.
Dehydration can aggravate the problem of dry nose. Ensure you are well hydrated – this keeps the mucus in the nasal passages and sinuses loose and thin . Always have a water bottle handy at your desk or wherever you spend lengths of time.
- Use A Nasal Spray
When it comes to dry nose treatments, one of the most effective is to use a nasal spray. They moisten nasal passages, flush out irritants, germs, and dirt and aid the flow of mucus. Saline nasal sprays are a mild option available over-the-counter and a simpler alternative to nasal irrigation with a saline solution.
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Faster Genome Search via AWS X-Ray
There are many arguments for building a serverless architecture. Chief among them, users only pay for the computing power they use. Organizations can begin by identifying and eliminating the bottlenecks in their workflow. For example, CSIRO Bioinformatics in Sydney, Australia, used AWS X-Ray to systematically evaluate their serverless architecture and, by doing so, improved their runtime by 80%.
How CSIRO got started
The team at CSIRO Bioinformatics built an innovative solution to one of its most compelling genomic research problems using the AWS serverless architecture pattern. They built a web-based tool called GT-Scan2 (shown above), which helps researchers spot potential edit points in genomic samples for CRISPR-Cas9 research. Because the search implements a burstable workload, the CSIRO team created its solution using AWS – for maximum speed and scale at the lowest cost. Their implementation was summarized and published in Jeff Barr’s blog post here.
The AWS solution
The architecture diagram below shows how CSIRO used AWS Lambda, along with Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), to build an architecture for its complex research workflow.
As GT-Scan2 became available to the bioinformatics research community, the team wanted to make sure it’s performance was as fast as possible. A review of individual Amazon CloudWatch logs for each of the running services in their workflow did not produce any actionable information to be able to optimize for speed. When the AWS X-Ray log aggregator and visualizer service became available, they decided to see whether it could help them better understand the overhead of each service in GT-Scan2.
Identifying the bottleneck
Using the X-Ray service map visualization view shown above, they were able to spot the Lambda function that was causing the bottleneck in their application. At an average of 42 seconds per execution, this Lambda function was running significantly slower than the rest of the workflow. Using the X-Ray drilldown functionality, they examined the CloudWatch logs associated with this particular Lambda function, and replaced it with one that did not rely on a slow external dependency. They also managed to extend the functionality to cover another slow-running Lambda function.
The team updated the Lambda application code and redeployed the updated version. This resulted in an improved average execution time for each GT-Scan2 search of 80% over the previous version. After the Lambda rewrite, the team used the X-Ray service map to trace and verify that the changes they made had resulted in a consistent performance improvement. In addition, they added custom X-Ray annotations to understand application flow and component execution, such as file downloads, with even more granularity. See the output from one trace, including a custom annotation (write_job_to_db), below.
As the AWS Cloud increasingly offers more options for cloud architectures, organizations should be encouraged to test tools like AWS Lambda for application monitoring during deployments to better understand application performance.
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To: Serguei R.
From: Geoffrey Klempner
Subject: Milesian philosophers on the nature of the primary substance
Date: 10 April 2002 12:31
Thank you for your e-mail of 2 April, with your first essay for the Ancient Philosophy program, and also for your e-mail of 4 April with your questions on unit 4.
'Examining the theories of the Milesian philosophers concerning the nature of the primary substance, we find a progressive clarification of the questions asked, and an improvement in the answers given to those questions.' - Discuss.
This is a gem of an essay which answers the question clearly and concisely. I just checked the word count: very near to 800 words. This is a hard question to cover in such a short space!
I do think that Thales had a kind of 'revelation'. 'Probably their contemporaries were amazed and may even [have been] terrified but hardly convinced by their wisdom.' Yes indeed. There is evidence for one popular view of philosophers in the comedy 'Clouds' by Aristophanes. My impression is that, in time, the presocratic philosophers became celebrities, like poets and playwrights. By the time Socrates and the sophists appeared, 'philosophers' seemed a lot less strange and terrifying.
The idea that 'all things are full of gods' or that the primary principle has the character of 'mind' involves several different ideas. First, there is the idea that later became clarified in Aristotle's notion of the 'form' of a substance. On the Aristotelian view, there *cannot* be a hidden, mechanical explanation for why, e.g., ice melts (which was why he was so opposed to the atomist philosophy). Melting is just one of the things that ice does, just as growing into a plant is what a seed does, thinking is what a man does etc. Things act, change and move in characteristic ways which do not have any deeper explanation than, 'things of that kind behave in that way'.
There is also the idea that purposiveness, teleology is part of the structure of the cosmos itself. This was not questioned until the atomists came along. It is difficult for us now to grasp the idea that purpose can be built in to the universe without thinking of a creator god who made it for that purpose. Yet the idea of an intrinsically teleological universe is actually an advance on the theistic idea.
Finally, there is the observation of things apparently acting at a distance. Thales uses the examples of magnetised iron and rubbed amber to show that natural things can do what previously it was thought only Gods can do. They can do this because in reality the stuff that does the 'doing' is everywhere. So action at a distance, though apparent, is not real.
I liked the way you demonstrate the advance made by Anaximenes in his empirical 'synthesis', while at the same time giving due credit for the imaginativeness of Anaximander's theory.
I agree that the theories of the Milesians were a revolution, but they were not exactly a scientific revolution in Kuhn's sense, because there was no previous 'science' to overturn. However, we can think of the mythological view of the world as fulfilling the same role, sociologically, as Kuhnian 'normal science'.
The point you raise, comparing Heraclitus saying what 'cannot be said' with Wittgenstein in the Tractatus, is a profound one.
First, we need to think about the difference between a physics based on the rejection of fundamental 'particles' as described in F. Capra's book, and a metaphysical theory according to which events, not spatio-temporal particulars, are the primary entities that make up reality, such as the theory of A.N. Whitehead in 'Process and Reality'.
In his book 'Individuals: a theory of descriptive metaphysics' (1959) P.F. Strawson argues that thought and language are possible only on the condition that our language picks out identifiable and re-identifiable particulars. So talk of 'things' with 'properties' is the necessary conceptual framework for human discourse. Strawson argues that events cannot themselves be identified except in terms of things *to which* the events happen, so events cannot be logically prior to spatio-temporal particulars as Whitehead believed.
However, it would be consistent with Strawson's 'descriptive metaphysics' to hold that, in physical reality, this requirement breaks down at the fundamental level. What this entails is that when we try to use language to describe how things are at this basic level, we cannot say what we 'mean'. Thus, Heraclitus can only talk in metaphors, or express himself 'dialectically', because the nature of language subverts what he is trying to say.
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Old Master Paintings
European Art 1600–1700Online tickets
A close continuation of European Art 1250–1600, the new permanent exhibition of the Old Master Paintings collection in the museum’s newly renovated wing in the City Park is home to Baroque art, spanning the century between 1600 and 1700. Together with this unit, visitors are now given a comprehensive picture of the trends and chief masters of five centuries of European art spanning from the early Gothic to the Baroque styles.
The selection of more than three hundred paintings displayed in eleven halls and sixteen cabinets showcases virtually every genre, school and style of the 17th century. Integrated into the displayed material is the museum’s Dutch collection, previously exhibited as a separate unit, enabling visitors to get a complete overview of the era and become familiar with new connections and contexts of art history.
The origin of the word Baroque is disputed even today: barocco might derive from the Portuguese word used to denote an irregularly shaped pearl. Initially, it had an extremely negative connotation and referred to everything that seemed irregular, bizarre or excessive from the perspective of Classicist art. Only in the late 19th century was Baroque art generally recognised as a separate style essentially distinct from Renaissance and Classicism.
The first quarter of the century was defined by masters trained in Mannerist art but advancing towards the Baroque style or programmatically breaking with Mannerism: Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio. The most radical turn was introduced into the history of painting by Caravaggio, trained in Lombardy and active in Rome, and although he had no students himself, he had numerous followers. His works also served as a source of inspiration for Flemish, Dutch, French and Spanish painters who went to Rome, elevating caravaggism into an international trend. Hall II of the exhibition displays works that reflect the influence of Caravaggio in various ways and to varying extents. The masterpieces in the adjacent hall present the golden age of Flemish painting, hallmarked by artist such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthonis van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens, while the paintings of Rembrandt’s colleagues and students, displayed in the next room, showcase the golden age of Dutch art.
Continuing their walk through the halls, visitors can explore the diversity of the High Baroque of Italian, French and German regions. The world-renowned Spanish collection of the museum is arranged in the central – and also largest – exhibition space in the row of halls, as well as in three cabinets. Exhibited here are Murillo’s huge altarpieces, works by Zurbarán, the representative of the style known as tenebrismo, the darling masterpiece of court portraiture, the likeness of Infanta Margarita Teresa, as well as depictions of the Virgin Mary, a theme hugely popular in Spanish painting.
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MADRID — The UNWTO says that the latest stats from its Confidence Index show a slow but definite uptick in travel confidence, however tourism experts point to the continued imposition of travel restrictions and the lack of coordination in travel and health protocols as the main obstacle to the sector’s rebound.
International tourist arrivals were down 83% in the first quarter of 2021 as widespread travel restrictions remained in place, according to the stats.
From January – March 2021 destinations around the world saw 180 million fewer international arrivals compared to the first quarter of 2020. Asia and the Pacific had the lowest levels of activity with a 94% drop in international arrivals over the three-month period. Europe recorded the second largest decline with -83%, followed by Africa (-81%), the Middle East (-78%) and the Americas (-71%).
This all follows on from the 73% fall in worldwide international tourist arrivals recorded in 2020, making it the worst year on record for the sector.
“There is significant pent-up demand and we see confidence slowly returning. Vaccinations will be key for recovery, but we must improve coordination and communication while making testing easier and more affordable if we want to see a rebound for the summer season in the northern hemisphere,” says UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili.
Meanwhile the latest survey of the UNWTO Panel of Tourism Experts shows prospects for the May-August period improving slightly, says Pololikashvili. Plus, the pace of the vaccination rollout in some key source markets as well as policies to restart tourism safely – in particular, the EU Digital Green Certificate – have boosted hopes for a rebound in some markets.
Three in five (60%) of the UNWTO’s tourism experts say they expect a rebound in international tourism only in 2022, up from 50% in the January 2021 survey.
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Nearly half of the experts do not see a return to 2019 international tourism levels before 2024 or later, while the percentage of respondents indicating a return to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 has somewhat decreased (37%), when compared to the January survey.
The UNWTO World Tourism Barometer also shows the economic toll of the pandemic. International tourism receipts in 2020 declined by 64% in real terms (local currencies, constant prices), equivalent to a drop of over US$900 billion, cutting the overall worldwide exports value by over 4% in 2020. The total loss in export revenues from international tourism (including passenger transport) amounts to nearly US$1.1 trillion. Asia and the Pacific (-70% in real terms) and the Middle East (-69%) saw the largest drops in receipts. | <urn:uuid:fc45950e-8d61-4ee3-9268-88394c275c37> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.travelweek.ca/news/travel-confidence-is-rising-slowly-but-surely-however-travel-restrictions-and-lack-of-coordination-are-big-obstacles-unwto/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.924625 | 567 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Tribute to Margaret Sale, 1932-2020
Margaret Sale, a founding volunteer on Bletchley Park and for eight years a trustee of The National Museum of Computing, has died aged 87.
Born in 1932, Margaret trained as a school teacher in the post-war years and brought up a family with her husband, the late Tony Sale (who later led the rebuilding of Colossus the wartime codebreaking machine).
Margaret’s interest in Bletchley Park and cryptography was awakened by talking to guests at a 1992 gathering of Bletchley Park veterans when redevelopment of the Bletchley Park site seemed imminent. She then became a founding member of the Saving Bletchley Park campaign and joined the board of Bletchley Park Trust in 1994, serving for six years. In addition to leading some of the tours, she undertook fundraising, set up lecture series and conferences, and even organised weddings in the mansion.
Volunteering her time and boundless energy free of charge, she held important roles on the Park for three decades, being present on site most days until quite recently and was generally recognised as the Park’s longest-serving volunteer. Speaking shortly after the death of her husband Tony in 2011, Margaret told a radio interviewer, “Tony and I were known as Mr and Mrs Bletchley Park.”
When Tony Sale and his team began the rebuilding of Colossus to honour the work of the wartime men and women on Bletchley Park, Margaret worked diligently in the background facilitating the project. She was thrilled when the new Colossus Gallery was opened at The National Museum of Computing in 2012.
A supporter of TNMOC since its inception, Margaret joined its trust board in 2011 and up until a few months before her death was to be found most weekdays engaging visitors in the Colossus and Tunny galleries at the Museum. Until recently, she was also president of the TNMOC supporters’ club.
In 2017, she received a Point of Light award from the prime minister in recognition of her outstanding contributions as a volunteer. In the same year, she was also recognised as one of the most inspirational women in Milton Keynes and in 2012 she received a Sunday Telegraph/Waitrose British Volunteer Award.
Andy Clark, the first chairman of The National Museum of Computing, said: “Margaret Sale completely encapsulated the definition of an inspirational volunteer. She gave unfailing support and commitment in many roles to The National Museum of Computing since its foundation. In particular, her engaging manner in telling the story of the once-secret Colossus to ensure that we remember the code-breaking heroes behind its creation inspires students to consider the part they can play in improving our cybersecurity.”
Dr Ted Coles, a volunteer at the museum, said, “Margaret Sale was a truly remarkable woman respected and regarded with huge affection by everyone at the museum. She gently tutored me – and others – in the art of talking to visitors about what was likely to interest them, rather than what interests us. As a founder member of the Saving Bletchley Park campaign with her husband Tony, she told fascinating tales of the early days of the campaign and of the development of the Park and the computing museum.”
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Rhetorical analysis inquiry: rough draft
Use the peer-Editing Checklist
Choose a topic for your Inquiry 2 Rhetorical Analysis. You may use speeches (on paper or live on video), Twitter feeds, or articles. Think about a topic or person who is currently interesting in our culture. Think about a topic that will be a good topic for your upcoming argumentative paper. | <urn:uuid:e26a18f2-e046-49a0-b8bc-d19ed1056ec6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pay4essay.org/2022/06/29/rhetorical-analysis-inquiry-rough-draft/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.776802 | 85 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Obtaining Cyber Personnel Threatens Effective Defenses
Just as an earlier panelist at the AFCEA Global Intelligence Forum in the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., emphasized the importance of the human element in cyber intelligence, a subsequent panel sounded the alarm for acquiring and keeping cyber personnel. Obsolete hiring rules and competition from the private sector loom large as impediments to the government’s ability to hire and retain effective cyber intelligence personnel.
Competition from the private sector is quantifiable. Daniel Scott, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, pointed out that the government is offering less than half the annual salary than the private sector for skilled cyber graduates. These young people need to earn a lot of money in the first 10 years of their careers so they can pay off their college loans, he pointed out. And, the need for these people is immediate.
“We can spend millions and millions on scholarships, but we need to hire people today,” he stated.
Scott also called for comprehensive civil service reform. “It [civil service hiring] was written for the industrial age; it will not work for the skill set we will need in cybersecurity. We need more flexibility to bring people in and retain them,” he declared. | <urn:uuid:6447db92-d9f3-4d1e-9a7e-b7d5bc08ac62> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.afcea.org/signal-media/obtaining-cyber-personnel-threatens-effective-defenses | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95471 | 257 | 1.5 | 2 |
Decision Tree In Python
In my opinion, Decision Tree models help highlight how we can use machine learning to enhance our decision making abilities. We’ve all encountered Decision Trees at one point or another. However, where Decision Tree machine learning models differ is in the fact that they use logic and math to generate rules, rather than selecting them on the basis of intuition and subjectivity.
When attempting to build a decision tree, the question that should immediately come to mind is:
On what basis should we make decisions?
In other words, what should we select as the yes or no questions which are used to classify our data. We could take an educated guess (i.e. all mice with a weight over 5 pounds are obese). However, it isn’t necessarily the best way to categorize our samples. What if, we could use some kind of machine learning algorithm to learn what questions to ask in order to do the best job at classifying our data? That is the purpose behind decision tree models.
Suppose that we were trying to build a decision tree to predict whether a person is married. Therefore, we went around the neighborhood knocking on people’s doors and politely asked them to provide their age, sex and income for our little research project. Out of the couple thousand people we asked, 240 didn’t slam the door into our face.
Now, before we continue it’s important that we grasp the following terminology. The top of the tree (or bottom depending on how you look at it) is called the root node. Intermediate nodes have arrows pointing to and away from them. Finally, the nodes at the bottom of the tree without any edges pointing away from them are called leaves. Leaves tell you what class each sample belongs to.
Going back to our example, we need to figure out how to go from a table of data to a decision tree. Rather than selecting the branches ourselves, we decide to use a machine learning algorithm to construct the decision tree for us. The model looks at how well each feature separates people who are and aren’t married. Since income is a continuous variable, we set an arbitrary value.
In order to determine which of the three splits is better, we introduce a concept called impurity. Impurity refers to the fact that none of the leaves have a 100% “yes married”. There are several ways to measure impurity (quality of a split), however, the
scikit-learn implementation of the
DecisionTreeClassifer uses gini by default, therefore, that’s the one we’re going to cover in this article.
To calculate the Gini impurity of the left leaf, we subtract 1 by the fraction of people that are married squared and the fraction of people that aren’t married squared.
The equation is the exact same for the impurity of the right leaf.
The Gini impurity for the node itself is 1 minus the fraction of samples in the left child, minus the fraction of samples in the right child.
The information gain (with Gini Index) is written as follows.
The process is then repeated for income and sex. We ultimately decide on the split with the largest information gain. In this case, it’s income, which makes sense since there is a strong correlation between an income of greater than 50,000 and being married. If we ask that question right away, we make a substantial leap towards correctly classifying our data.
Once we’ve decided on the root, we repeat the process for the other nodes in the tree. It’s worth noting that:
a) We can split on income again
b) The number of samples in each branch can differ
We can’t go on splitting indefinitely. Therefore, we need a way of telling the tree when to stop. The
scikit-learn implementation of the
DecisionTreeClassifer uses the minimum impurity decrease to determine whether a node should be split.
Suppose that we after a few more iterations, we end up with the following node on the left hand side of the tree.
The result is greater than the default threshold of 0. Therefore, the node will be split. Had it been below 0, the node’s children would have been considered a leaves.
Let’s take a look at how we could go about implementing a decision tree classifier in Python. To begin, we import the following libraries.
from sklearn.datasets import load_iris from sklearn.tree import DecisionTreeClassifier from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split from sklearn.metrics import confusion_matrix from sklearn.tree import export_graphviz from sklearn.externals.six import StringIO from IPython.display import Image from pydot import graph_from_dot_data import pandas as pd import numpy as np
For this tutorial, we’ll be working with what has to be the most popular dataset in the field of machine learning, the iris dataset from UC Irvine Machine Learning Repository.
iris = load_iris() X = pd.DataFrame(iris.data, columns=iris.feature_names) y = pd.Categorical.from_codes(iris.target, iris.target_names)
In the proceeding section, we’ll attempt to build a decision tree classifier to determine the kind of flower given its dimensions.
Although, decision trees can handle categorical data, we still encode the targets in terms of digits (i.e. setosa=0, versicolor=1, virginica=2) in order to create a confusion matrix at a later point. Fortunately, the
pandas library provides a method for this very purpose.
y = pd.get_dummies(y)
We’ll want to evaluate the performance of our model. Therefore, we set a quarter of the data aside for testing.
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(X, y, random_state=1)
Next, we create and train an instance of the
DecisionTreeClassifer class. We provide the y values because our model uses a supervised machine learning algorithm.
dt = DecisionTreeClassifier()
We can view the actual decision tree produced by our model by running the following block of code.
dot_data = StringIO()
export_graphviz(dt, out_file=dot_data, feature_names=iris.feature_names)
(graph, ) = graph_from_dot_data(dot_data.getvalue())
Notice how it provides the Gini impurity, the total number of samples, the classification criteria and the number of samples on the left/right sides.
Let’s see how our decision tree does when its presented with test data.
y_pred = dt.predict(X_test)
If this were a regression problem, we’d use some kind of loss function such as Mean Square Error (MSE). However, since this is a classification problem, we make use of a confusion matrix to gauge the accuracy of our model. The confusion matrix is best explained with the use of an example.
Suppose your friend just took a pregnancy test. The results could fall in one of the 4 following categories.
Interpretation: You predicted positive and it’s true.
You predicted that a woman is pregnant and she actually is.
Interpretation: You predicted negative and it’s true.
You predicted that a man is not pregnant and he actually is not.
False Positive: (Type 1 Error)
Interpretation: You predicted positive and it’s false.
You predicted that a man is pregnant but he actually is not.
False Negative: (Type 2 Error)
Interpretation: You predicted negative and it’s false.
You predicted that a woman is not pregnant but she actually is.
That being said, the numbers on the diagonal of the confusion matrix correspond to correct predictions. When there are more than two potential outcomes, we simply extend the number of columns and rows in the confusion matrix.
species = np.array(y_test).argmax(axis=1) predictions = np.array(y_pred).argmax(axis=1) confusion_matrix(species, predictions)
As we can see, our decision tree classifier correctly classified 37/38 plants.
Decision Trees are easy to interpret, don’t require any normalization, and can be applied to both regression and classification problems. Unfortunately, Decision Trees are seldom used in practice because they don’t generalize well. Stay tuned for the next article where we’ll cover Random Forest, a method of combining multiple Decision Trees to achieve better accuracy. | <urn:uuid:08da829a-02ab-4ab5-b44e-e922049f9dde> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.coryjmaklin.com/2019-07-27_Decision-Tree-In-Python-b433ae57fb93/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.891187 | 1,908 | 3.171875 | 3 |
The boulders are pushed off the deck of the rock barge using a track loader. The placement of rock is between 38 and 48 ft. of water.
(Southern California Edison photo)
In an effort to create one of the world's largest artificial reefs, crews in San Clemente, Calif., are strategically dumping tons of rock onto the ocean floor. The $20-million dollar expansion project will stretch Wheeler North Reef — a 174-acre, man-made kelp forest — more than 200 acres to Dana Point Waters.
"When expanding a reef, the placement requires precision, and also continued focus to make sure the implementation meets design specifications," said project Manager Jenny McGee, an ecologist who specializes in the coastal habitats of Southern California. "Recreating a massive natural ecosystem is a daunting task; however, because the reef is so heavily studied, we have a high confidence that the expansion will meet the compliance demands of the permits."
Southern California Edison (SCE) is expanding the reef to 384 acres, more than double its current size. Mandated by the California Coastal Commission (CCC), the reef is intended to facilitate kelp forests that were lost to warm-water discharge from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
According to CCC, a five-year monitoring program on the Phase One experimental portion of the artificial reef mitigation project was completed in December 2004. The CCC approved SCE's final plan and coastal development permit for the Phase Two mitigation reef in early 2008, and construction of the reef was completed later that year. The Phase Two reef was designed and constructed as 18 polygons ranging in area from 1.35 to 38.88 acres.
"A team of independent scientists have monitored the reef since 2009 whose studies conclude that the Phase Two reef is performing very well, supporting kelp and behaving like a natural reef when compared to other natural reefs in the area," said McGee. "However, between 2009 and 2016, although functioning like a natural reef, Wheeler North Reef has consistently not met the absolute standard to support 28 tons of fish annually, and has not earned any mitigation credit for compensating for the resources lost due to SONGS operations."
The expansion requires one derrick barge, an operating bulldozer and one backup, three tugboats, roughly six rock barges and a crew boat. The reef is constructed using up to 170,000 tons of quarry rock ranging in size from 1 to 3 ft. in diameter. The rock must comply with a series of specifications, including size, density and specific gravity.
The boulders are pushed off the deck of the rock barge using a bulldozer. The placement of rock is between 38 and 48 ft. of water.
"The rock is sourced from three quarries, two on Santa Catalina Island and one in Ensenada, Mexico," said McGee. "The rock is loaded at the quarry onto flat barges that are towed to the project location by specialized tug boats. Trips range from one to four days of travel."
The contractor brings decades of experience to the project. Connolly-Pacific Co., Long Beach, Calif., a vertically integrated rock quarrying and marine construction company, has built levees, sections of the Port of Long Beach and the Phase Two mitigation reef. For this undertaking, the crew, marine wildlife monitors, project superintendent, engineers and field project managers board a crew boat out of Dana Point each day at 6 a.m. They arrive at the derrick, hold a safety tailboard and start work once all the equipment is cleared of wildlife. A typical day ends at 6 p.m.
The Derrick Barge Long Beach (DBLB), a 255-ft.-long barge, is equipped with a 300-ton capacity crane and complex GPS spatial navigation systems. Separate barges loaded with approximately 4,000 tons of rock are connected to the DBLB side by side. A bulldozer is lifted by crane from the DBLB and placed onto the rock barge. The DBLB is positioned in the exact location for the rock placement using the GPS systems, and manipulation of the anchor system on board.
"Once in position, the bulldozer is used to push the rock off the deck of the rock barge in a linear pattern. This activity is repeated continuously, as the barge moves slightly every few minutes to distribute the desired layout of the quarry rock to create the reef."
McGee said the project has not been without its share of challenges.
"Navigating the permit and licensing process with the various stakeholders was a complex effort that required input by various subject matter experts. Safety is SCE's highest priority and greatest focus, especially given the environmental dynamics of constructing in open water. Sea lions are very curious about the work and have come in a little too close sometimes. We have to stop work until they are safely out of the protection zone."
As for the condition of the existing reef prior to the ongoing expansion, "Wheeler North Reef is performing very well, and functioning as a natural reef," said McGee. "It's just not large enough to meet the required standards of SCE's Coastal Commission permit."
Expanding the reef has required a great deal of planning and preparation.
"We design the reef and then procure the rock that will form the reef," said McGee. "The reef is divided into polygons, and the rock placed via GPS onto those polygons. Divers then verify the rock is being placed exactly where it needs to be.
"We performed dive surveys, and extensively studied the sea floor, conducting bathymetric and multi-beam sonar studies to map and develop characterization of the sea floor and aid in the project design and placement of the polygons. We conducted pre-construction surveys for white abalone and for an invasive sea plant, Caulerpa."
In addition, the State Lands Commission consulted with Native American tribes regarding the project area, as part of the permitting and licensing process.
"During the consultation, the Acjachemen Nation raised concerns that tribal cultural resources could remain within the project area, which had been occupied prior to being inundated by rising seas levels. The consultation led to a series of dive surveys and a redesign of the project to eliminate the culturally sensitive area of concern from the project, and identified additional areas."
Dive surveys are conducted both by SCE contractors and independent scientific researchers. Their data is supplemented by multi-beam sonar data that takes a picture of the sea floor. Collectively, the data is used to evaluate if the constructed portions meet the design specifications and accuracy standards. Dive surveys are conducted for each polygon once it's fully constructed and can be completed safely, clear of the construction area.
The project, which is funded by SCE customers, must be monitored. An independent group of scientific researchers from the University of California studies the reef annually, and presents findings in a report and public hearing. The monitoring is scheduled to reduce frequency over time.
"Although this is a mitigation project designed to replace impacted resources, once the mitigation is fulfilled, the reef will continue to provide beneficial ecosystem services for generations," said McGee. "Unlike artificial reefs constructed of sunken ships, the quarry rock is a stable organic medium that does not decompose over time."
McGee noted that crews are making significant progress on the expansion.
"As of the end of August, we have currently completed seven of the 22 total polygons, and are a little over 30- percent complete. We had some delays in mobilizing, due to rock sourcing and some final steps in the approval process; however, once mobilized, the project has been going very smoothly."
The reef will not affect waves or surfing, due to the low-relief nature of the design and the off-shore location. Many fishermen are drawn to the existing reef because of the habitat created, so there will likely be additional fishing spots opening up with the expansion of the reef.
Crews are performing the work in stages, with current activities winding down before resuming next spring.
"We have to work within certain environmental parameters and the weather is a factor as well," said McGee. "In South Orange County, we are blessed with some of the best climate anywhere. That said, larger swells may halt work, but usually during the summer months we don't see a lot of bad weather, such as rain or high winds. We stop September 30, because October 1 is the start of lobster season."
The design, planning and permitting phase for the project lasted approximately 24 months. While the construction phase is not as extensive, there is a certain level of risk involved.
"There are inherent dangers associated with operating heavy construction, particularly in open water conditions," said McGee. "Scheduling transport of rock and coordination of quarry operations are also complex. The operations require a specialized company to perform the work."
For McGee, the construction of an artificial reef creating habitat of rich biodiversity in the local waters is a humbling responsibility, and an opportunity of a lifetime. She's particularly focused on joining contractors and specialists to ensure the team maintains environmental compliance throughout the construction phase.
"We are focused on completing this project safely," said McGee, adding, "We're now expanding a structure that will benefit marine life and the local communities for generations to come." CEG
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Table of Contents
- Strategy & Business Considerations
- Technical Considerations
- Technology Evolution & Landscape
- Key Players
- About Andrew Brust
We’ve spent a lot of time working our way through foundational analytics technology categories. But we haven’t yet addressed the one that is perhaps the most celebrated in the current market: big data and data lake technology.
Initially, Apache Hadoop and related technologies were representative of the big data analytics category. Data lakes are merely an architectural approach that big data analytics enables, so the two terms are not, technically, equivalent.
But, these days in the industry, the terms tend to be used interchangeably. One reason for this is most organizations use big data tech for the construction of data lakes. Another reason is because many early Hadoop big data initiatives were perceived to be only minimally successful, leaving the industry in need of a new headline term, with “data lake” winning out. | <urn:uuid:55974eb7-e515-4143-a955-cb8619c99682> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://research.gigaom.com/report/removing-silos-operationalizing-your-data-the-key-to-analytics-part-8-of-8-big-data-data-lake-platforms/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.931591 | 205 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Am contemplating traveling to Slovenia in September and afterwards to Croatia. Is there a better time in September when the crowds will start to thin out? Will be going to the Julian Alps along with Bled and am wondering when you can see fall foliage typically in this part of Eastern Europe.
We were in Slovenia and Croatia last fall. Our dates were from September 23-October 16. In looking back at photos, we were at Lake Bled on October 13 and the leaves were just beginning to be colorful--depending on when you're going in September it might be a just little early for spectacular fall foliage but that can vary a bit from year-to-year. When we first arrived in Split, the temperatures were very warm.
The crowds were light--we made some hotel reservations in advance (Split, Hvar, Rovinj, Ljubljana) and others we used Booking.com to make along the way.
If you have an opportunity in the Istria region of Croatia, try to go to a Truffle Festival. We went to one in Livade, Croatia--the event is called Tuberfest. It's like a small town fall festival. Very fun!
Have a great trip--I think that September is the perfect time to visit.
September is a great time to visit, but you won't get to see any fall foliage. The best time to see fall foliage is the second half of October, although it depends on the types of trees that dominate in the forest. Maple and chestnut trees for example turn yellow in early October, while beech trees, one of the most common, only change colour in late October. On the other hand, weather in September will be much better, the temperatures will be warm and it'll be drier, too. September is actually one of the driest months, when the summer storms have gone and the fall rain hasn't come yet, perfect for visiting. | <urn:uuid:a0a88433-2126-4122-a8d8-596318ba2dde> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/slovenia/september-travel-to-slovenia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.973352 | 398 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Early Bermuda Wills 1629-1835: summarized and indexed, a genealogical reference book
Compiled by: C.F.E. Hollis Hallett
Juniperhill Press, 1993
Essential for any genealogy researcher, this compilation includes the complete contents of Book of Wills, Volumes 1 to 15 (1629-1835) and Books of Administrations, Volumes 1 to 4 (1782-1835). In addition, estate documents are included which have been found in Composite Volumes of deeds, indentures, etc (1677-1781) and Colonial Records, Volumes 1-9 (1616-1692).
Type: PDF Download
When the Bermuda Historical Quarterly was launched at the beginning of 1944, it was decided to reproduce the Minutes of the Governor’s Council. These began with the Minutes of the meeting of December 23, 1684. The transcriptions continued throughout the life of the Quarterly, ending in 1982 with the meeting of November 2, 1756. The publication of the Minutes was begun again in the first volume of this Journal, and continues here with the meetings from April 16, 1792 to June 20, 1793. With few exceptions, the original spelling of words found in the Minutes has not been modernised. During these meetings of Council, the Members discussed the amplification of preparations for the impending wartime efforts against France in the months to follow. | <urn:uuid:5d64bc8c-5280-4961-ba03-c1b51ad0bdcb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nmb.bm/member-portal/product/early-bermuda-wills-1629-1835-summarized-and-indexed-a-genealogical-reference-book/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.923066 | 329 | 2.15625 | 2 |
Morrisons has today (20 September) pledged to become the first UK supermarket to remove plastic bags from all of the bananas sold in its stores. Bananas are the second most commonly bought product in Morrisons stores.
From today, new paper bands will start to replace the bags that currently package some bananas. This will mean that 45 million single-use plastic bags (180 tonnes of plastic) will be removed from Morrisons stores a year. It follows a successful trial for 12 weeks that has removed over two million pre-packed plastic bags to date.
The new strengthened paper bands, made from FSC certified paper, will ensure that banana bunches remain intact. The bands will feature: Country of Origin; Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade and Soil Association Certification information; and, barcodes. Their roll out will be completed in six months.
The ban is part of Morrisons drive to reduce plastic and revert back to traditional grocery packaging methods.
Morrisons recently launched a glass milk bottle trial in which bottles of milk are delivered directly to its supermarkets by local dairy farms. Once returned by customers, the bottles are collected, sanitised and can be reused for ten years or more.
Morrisons was also the first supermarket to reintroduce paper and string bags for fruit and veg, to provide sturdy paper carrier bags at checkouts and to refill customer containers at its Market Street counters, to avoid single use plastic packaging.
Elio Biondo, Banana Buyer from Morrisons, said: “Bananas have their own packaging - their skins. They also grow in bunches which generally means they don’t need bagging together. So a simple sturdy paper band is the ideal alternative. In trials the quality of the bananas has remained the same, so this switch out of plastic is a no-brainer.”
Morrisons has committed to a 50 per cent reduction across its own brand primary plastic packaging by 2025. Initiatives introduced over the last 12 months will remove 8,000 tonnes of unnecessary or problematic plastic each year. Eighty-three per cent of Morrisons own- brand plastic packaging is now able to be recycled.
In 2019 Morrisons was voted the most environmentally responsible company in the UK for its work on plastics reduction at the Responsible Business Awards, run by HRH The Prince of Wales’ Business in the Community Network.
Headquartered in Bradford since 1899, Morrisons is a British food retailer with around 113,000 colleagues in 498 stores serving millions of customers every week. | <urn:uuid:9b333f0f-9c7d-4462-8968-fbc4313450ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fruitnet.com/fresh-produce-journal/morrisons-rolls-out-banana-bag-ban/186314.article | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.952197 | 517 | 1.976563 | 2 |
On the 20th of last Month a dreadful Fire broke out at the Dwelling-House of Samuel Clissett, of Longdon, Chair-maker and Victualler, which consumed the greatest Part of the Furniture, with all his Timber and Working Tools, to the entire Ruin of the poor Man, with a Wife and four Children. Some very worthy, humane Gentlemen have already contributed to the Relief of this distressed Family, whose Example, we hope, will be readily followed by many other well-disposed Persons.
Not only does this push back the earliest record of a Clissett chairmaker (though only by 7 years), it also tells us that Samuel was not surviving by chairmaking alone, but also as a victualler - i.e. a tavern keeper.
Having been made destitute by the fire in October, and apparently having lost his first wife sometime in the previous 12 months or so, Samuel married for the second time in December 1770. His new wife was Sarah Tayler, Philip Clissett's grandmother.
I would like to be able to say that I have carefully searched newspapers back to 1770, but the truth is that this was a chance Google find. This newspaper is not on the British Library database (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) but turned up on a site I've not seen before at www.lastchancetoread.com | <urn:uuid:8c280e9f-95c0-461a-a485-b8374c063f39> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.philipclissett.co.uk/blog/category/samuel%20clissett | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.977534 | 295 | 1.789063 | 2 |
U.P. Co-operative Societies (Second Amendment) Act, 2011
(U.P. Act No. 21 of 2011)
(As passed by the Uttar Pradesh Legislature)Received the assent of the Governor on September 22, 2011 and published in the Uttar Pradesh Gazette, Extraordinary, Part 1, Section (Ka), dated 23rd September, 2011, pages 3-4. An Act further to amend the Uttar Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1965. It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Co-operative Societies (Second Amendment) Act, 2011. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on June 2, 2011.
Object & Reasons6
|Statement of Objects and Reasons. - Sub-section (2) of Section 29 of the Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1965 (U.P. Act No. 11 of 1966) provided that the term of the Committee of Management of Co-operative Societies shall be two years, which was going to expire on July 9, 2011. Since there is possibility of holding of elections of urban local bodies due to which adequate security forces are required for holding the election thereof impartially, there would be difficulty to hold the elections of the members of urban local bodies and Committee of Management of Co-operative Societies simultaneously. Besides, it was felt that the term of two years is too short for the elected members of the Committee of Management of Co-operative Societies to make new policies in the interest of Co-operative Societies and to ensure implementation thereof. It was, therefore, decided to amend the said Act to increase the term of the Committee of Management of Co-operative Societies from two years to three years. Since the State Legislature was not in session and immediate legislative action was necessary, the Uttar Pradesh Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011 (U.P. Ordinance No. 2 of 2011) was promulgated by the Governor on June 2, 2011. The Uttar Pradesh Co-operative Societies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2011 is introduced accordingly to replace the aforesaid Ordinance.| | <urn:uuid:47fb04d5-dbe9-470b-b609-9ff0c2129d13> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://bareactslive.com/ALL/up410.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.9644 | 470 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Community Service Unit
- Community Liaison Director
- Code Enforcement Officers
- Neighborhood Watch
- Block Clubs
- Adult and Juvenile Community Service
- Community Relations
- Special Event Permit Services
The mission of the Code Enforcement Department is to enforce the codes of the village in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the community, and, where violations occur, to work with our citizens and businesses to achieve compliance through an efficient and fair process.
The importance of Code Enforcement
- Protect the safety and welfare of Dolton residents and businesses
- Maintain and increase property values
- Reduce vandalism
- Bolster maintenance and continued development in the village
Speed Bump Program
The Village of Dolton has adopted a speed bump program in order to calm speeding in areas that experience this issue. It is not feasible to install speed bumps on every street in Dolton therefore a system has been developed so that residents can request that the Village consider a certain location.
In order for the Village to consider a location for the installation of speed bumps, a resident must do the following:
- Pick up or download a “Request for Speed Bump Review” form.
- Complete the form entirely and submit it back to the Village Hall in care of the “Public Safety Committee Chairman”.
The Public Safety Committee Chairman will review the request and then forward it to the Police Department. The Police Department will conduct a speed survey of the area in question and then deliver the findings back to the Public Safety Committee Chairman. The Chairman will call for a public meeting specifically for the residents that live on the affected Block. The meeting is to advise of the request and to poll the residents of the block as to the resident’s desire to have speed bumps or not.
The Village of Dolton reserves the right to deny or refuse any request. The Village also reserves the right to introduce alternative enforcement measures in lieu of speed bumps.
Questions regarding the speed bump program can be directed to the Village Hall at (708)849-4000 or The Police Department at (708)841-2533.
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How long do you need to cook T-bone steak?
Add the oil to the hot frying pan and add the steak when it starts to steam. Lower the heat and fry the steak golden, about 4 minutes on each side. Transfer the mold to the oven. Bake until an immediately read thermometer placed sideways in the steak detects 120 degrees F in rare cases, about 6 to 8 minutes.
How long do you cook a steak in the oven at 350?
Bake in the oven for 7 to 10 minutes (7 for rare, 10 for rare). Remove and turn steaks. Bake them for another 7 to 10 minutes at 350. Remove the baking sheet, cover with a cotton towel or lid of some kind. Let the meat rest for a few minutes before serving.
How long does it take to make a steak at 400 degrees?
If you are cooking your steak in a frying pan, seal both sides until golden and finish the fillet in the oven for about 8 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit in an inch and a half inch steak. For a medium steak on the grill, fry the steak for 5-7 minutes.
How long does it take to make a steak at 200 degrees?
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F. Take your steaks to room temperature and place them on a baking sheet or baking sheet. Cook until the internal temperature is around 110 to 115 degrees F. This will take 30 to 40 minutes, depending on the thickness of the steaks.
How to make T-bone sensitive?
Because your T-bone steak already has tender meat, cooking quickly over dry heat (broiling or broiling) is the best way to keep it tender, according to the American Meat Science Association. The meat marinades you make at home are mainly dependent on an acidic medium, e.g. lemon juice or vinegar, to make the meat soft.
What is better steak or porterhouse?
If you are a greedy meat trader, the porterhouse certainly wins, but if you want to enjoy a delicious but manageable meal, steak may be a more appropriate cut. All in all, both porterhouse steak and fillet steak are two incredibly good pieces of high-quality beef.
What is the best temperature to cook a steak in the oven?
At what temperature should I finish my steak in the oven?
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Remove the pan from the refrigerator. Cover the steaks with plastic wrap and let them reach room temperature for at least 15 minutes.
How long do you make an 8 ounce steak?
Boil the steaks. Turn steaks and continue grilling 3 to 5 minutes for rare (an internal temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit), 5 to 7 minutes for medium (140 degrees Fahrenheit) or 8 to 10 minutes for medium well (150 degrees Fahrenheit))
Can you make steak at 400 degrees?
Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides. Place the steaks directly on the fire, close the grill and lower the temperature to 400. Let the steaks cook for 2 minutes. Rotate steaks 90 degrees and switch to indirect fire if the steak is too greasy.
How long do you leave a steak in the oven?
To fry a steak: Preheat the oven to 375 ° Fahrenheit. Cover the steaks with a paper towel. Fry the steak in a hot frying pan for just one minute on each side. Transfer the steak to a wire rack on a baking sheet with an edge and place it in a preheated oven. Bake for 10 to 20 minutes until cooked through.
How long does it take to make a steak at 425 degrees?
For my oven, I will place it in the steak for 18 minutes at 425 degrees to medium. I would shoot for 16 minutes for medium rare and 20 minutes for medium wells. It will take a couple of times to get it right because each oven is a little different.
Does the steak get softer the longer you cook it?
It depends on how you cook. Cooking a steak over full, intense heat makes it firmer and drier the longer you cook it. On the other hand, cooking / stewing meat adds moisture in relation to loss of moisture from direct heat. This in turn makes the meat softer, and the longer you cook it, the softer it becomes.
Is it better to cook a steak quickly or slowly?
There is another very good reason to cook slowly. It is easier to hit the target than a slow moving target. In a steak, for example, if you first grill and cook it quickly, you do not have much chance that the smoke tastes like the meat. Starting low and slow gives you a more smoky taste. | <urn:uuid:738deb36-e7b9-4306-ab5c-bfb8bfc38499> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.clocktowerhistoricstaunton.com/knowledge/how-long-to-cook-t-bone-steak-in-oven/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.89809 | 972 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Almost as soon as the first version launched in 2004, Ubuntu permanently changed the Linux distribution landscape. 2004 was a time when the desktop was still important, and Ubuntu presented the Linux desktop not as alien territory, only to be ventured through with the right skills, but as a verdant pasture of adventure and possibility. As its 2004 tagline proudly proclaimed, this was Linux for Human Beings, and it enabled millions of people to use Linux who may not otherwise have done so.
Under the aegis of its parent company Canonical, Ubuntu is still a huge success. It’s now the distribution that non-Linux users will most likely have heard about, or have even tried. It’s used when migrating offices and local councils to Linux, and it’s used in many servers and cloud instances. It’s also the basis for many other popular distributions, including Mint, gNewSense, Google’s own derivatives and the semi-official KDE, Xfce and Gnome versions. Its easy installation and no-nonsense approach to adding applications or upgrades has forced every other distribution to up their game, and it’s helped make the Linux desktop a viable alternative to OS X and Windows.
But Canonical is facing something of an existential crisis. It needs to capitalise on its success and mind-share and make more of its influence. This is happening in the cloud, with Ubuntu finding favour as the first choice behind many servers, but Canonical also recognises that it needs to diversify.
Which is where the phone comes in. First touted as a cutting-edge convergence device, and the focus of a hugely ambitious crowdfunding campaign, the first incarnation of the Ubuntu Phone is here. And we’ve got one.
Canonical employs around 600 people. This makes it tiny in comparison to other phone manufacturers. Samsung alone moved 1,000 of its employees to work on Tizen, and it could do this almost overnight. Canonical doesn’t have that kind of infrastructure of funding. And it’s not a phone manufacturer.
But there’s more to Ubuntu than a popular Linux distribution. It’s also the most visible facet to a company strategy trying to generate income from open source. The distribution was famously founded by the multi-millionaire space tourist South African Mark Shuttleworth, after he pooled the initial team from mailing lists he read while free of the internet on an icebreaker. And while there is an Ubuntu Foundation to ensure the longevity of the distribution itself, the distribution is at the heart of a business he also founded, Canonical.
Like Red Hat, Ubuntu is also used widely as a server operating system, and more recently in the cloud, with a reported 64% of OpenStack deployments – and it’s even popular on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. But Canonical makes very little money from all these people spinning up instances of the word’s favourite operating system. This is open source, after all, and there’s nothing forcing anyone to pay for anything, even when those instances are dialling back to Ubuntu’s servers for updates and upgrades.
Ubuntu is undoubtedly a huge and growing success. But it’s also true that Canonical has yet to tap into the revenue potential of its own operating system, and it’s struggling to make a profit. Last year’s financial report on its performance 2012–2013 showed a loss of $21,343,00, despite gross profit being up from $54 million to $61 million. And this is where the requirement for a new direction steps in, and why 2015 is going to be pivotal for its future and the future, health and investment in the Ubuntu operating system.
Ubuntu is used everywhere, but money-making potential has remained elusive. To solve that problem, Canonical needs a piece of its own turf, one that it can invest in, capitalise on and hopefully make money from. And that’s exactly what it has spent the last two years creating – not as a single technology, but as a swathe of innovations plugged into the heart of its operating system, from the desktop to the cloud. It’s had to sacrifice its standing within the community to do this – moving away from Gnome and Wayland, for instance. But this has been part of its strategy for staying in control. Canonical is transforming the way Ubuntu is put together and used. And the first real, physical and tangible step towards making this a reality is the launch of the Ubuntu Phone.
The Ubuntu Phone is the most exciting development to come out of Canonical for years, and its relevance for both Ubuntu and Canonical is something called convergence. Originally, convergence meant plugging in your phone and continuing to work with a keyboard and screen. It now means use the same interface on multiple devices – hence the redevelopment of Unity and the Mir display server running in the background – and that’s a difficult trick to pull off. Microsoft failed spectacularly by trying to augment Windows 8 with touch-friendly characteristics, despite almost no one being interested in using a touchscreen with their Windows laptops or PCs.
BQ Aquaris E4.5
- CPU 4-core MT6582 1.3GHz
- GPU Mali 400 500MHz
- RAM 1GB
- NETWORK 802.11 b/g/n, GSM/HSPA
- STORAGE 8GB
- SCREEN SIZE 4.5 inches
- RESOLUTION 540×960 – 240ppi
- CAMERA 8MP (rear) 5MP (front)
- DIMENSIONS 137 x 67 x 9 mm
- WEIGHT 123g
- BATTERY LiPo 2150 mAh
- CONNECTORS Dual micro-SIM, micro-USB, headphone jack, MicroSD (up to 32GB)
- PRICE €169 (only available in Europe)
- CPU 8-core MT6595 1.7/2.2GHz
- GPU PowerVR G6200 MP4
- RAM 2GB
- NETWORK 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GSM/HSPA/LTE
- STORAGE 16/32/64GB
- SCREEN SIZE 5.36 inches
- RESOLUTION 1152×1920 – 418 ppi
- CAMERA 20.7 MP (front) 2MP (rear)
- DIMENSIONS 144 x 75.2 x 8.9 mm
- WEIGHT 147g
- BATTERY 3100 mAh
- CONNECTORS Micro-SIM, micro-USB, headphone hack
- PRICE TBA
2014 – the year of Ubuntu on your phone?
Launching a mobile phone with a new operating system in 2015 is crazy. People of Earth carry over a billion Android devices alone, and Android is fundamentally an open source operating system, negating the moral imperative for creating another. Forking Android has been shown to work too, at both ends of the scale, from Amazon to Cyanogenmod. And we won’t mention other open source alternatives like Jolla, Tizen or Firefox OS. But that doesn’t mean someone else shouldn’t try, and there’s something intrinsically brilliant about open source in that it lets projects succeed or fall judged by their own merits. For Canonical, that means a strong emphasis on open source, open platforms and fundamentally, choice.
The turning point for Canonical must surely have been the Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding campaign in 2013. It was ridiculously optimistic: Mark Shuttlworth was asking for $32 million to give Canonical the cash to build a cutting-edge smartphone running its own operating system. Of course, the campaign failed. But it was a spectacularly winning failure: $10,267,352 was pledged from more than 22,053 contributors, making it the largest crowdfunding campaign of the time. And whether this was a publicity stunt or a genuine attempt to fund a new phone platform, there’s no doubt it left Canonical with the very real desire to create a phone.
Both Canonical’s CEO, Jane Silber, and its VP of Mobile, Cristian Parrino, gave an impassioned talk about the importance of the Ubuntu Phone at its launch in February 2014.
Two years later
Two years later, we find ourselves in London on a chilly morning in February. We’re sitting with approximately 40 other people in a hotel in London. This is an ‘Insiders Event’ where the long awaited Ubuntu Phone is going to be revealed in partnership with BQ, a major phone and tablet manufacturer from Spain.
That Canonical isn’t launching the phone after a campaign of tantalising leaks and a conclusive fireworks display at Mobile World Congress is a significant sign that Canonical knows it can’t compete with the likes of Samsung. Its Ubuntu Phone is going to need to attract a different kind of customer. This is likely the same reason why early batches of the phone we’re about to get our hands on are sold ‘flash sale’ style to try and generate as much interest as possible. BQ has said it was handling 12,000 orders per minute during those initial flash sales, and selling out within 10 minutes, but there are no specific numbers available on the final quantities that have been sold.
Most people at this event are vocal community members, or people who have helped Ubuntu in some way. They’re not always the people with the largest number of followers on Twitter, or YouTube. They’re people with a genuine enthusiasm for Ubuntu and Canonical, and this sincerity is what comes through from the beginning, when the announcement finally comes.
“There are no words to describe how excited I am, and the rest of our colleagues, the engineers, our CEO, people who do the design, Mark…” says Cristian Parrino, VP of mobile at Canonical, by way of a very emotive introduction. He goes on to talk about not bringing another app-centric mobile phone platform to the market, about giving users a richer, less fragmented experience, “but most of all, more personal.”
Just like the panel on the Ubuntu Desktop, you can pin applications and switch between those that are running on the Ubuntu Phone.
For us, Ubuntu’s netbook remix is the starting point of what has become Ubuntu Touch and Ubuntu Phone. It was here that the first pixels of what would become Unity made an appearance – a launch bar down the left of the screen, and a frugal use of display real-estate. This was followed by a migration to full-screen applications and unified menus and finally, the idea behind scopes. The scopes idea is Canonical’s great hope for the Ubuntu Phone, because it’s what it hopes will differentiate its operating system from the competition, and it’s what we first played with when we finally got the phone in our hands.
Canonical hopes that scopes will differentiate their efforts from those of the competition, and perhaps, justify its commitment to both the Mir display server, already running on the Ubuntu Phone, and the Unity desktop interface. Scopes are tied closely to Unity and Canonical’s convergence strategy – using the same user interface and even sessions across multiple devices, which is why Canonical has gone it alone with so many of the APIs behind the desktop.
Scope for improvement
However, the first and biggest problem with scopes isn’t a technical one. It’s explaining what they do and why they’re potentially so powerful. This isn’t so much a problem on the desktop, where we’ve got used to scopes as a way of switching between different kinds of search result. However, it’s not always clear what advantage this offers over a sorted list of results – where images or music files appear separated from other documents that satisfy the search criteria, for example.
The answer is that the results are aggregated from various sources. For music, that might be your local music collection, an online service and perhaps a store. For news, that might be the top stories from a selection of websites. But getting this message across to users of a new smartphone is going to be a challenge.
Scopes on the Ubuntu Phone are the default view. They’re what Canonical wants you to use to get the most out of your device and they’re launched with the easiest screen gesture to pull off – swiping from the left edge of the display into the middle of the screen. This is initially confusing, because this same gesture also displays the launch panel, a vertical list of running and quick-launched apps that’s functionally identical to the desktop edition. Continue swiping and the currently running app is slid to the side, revealing whichever scope you were running previously. The first scope is labelled ‘Today’, and it’s the perfect example of the kind of data scopes pull into a single window.
The Today scope is Ubuntu’s equivalent to Google Now, only the information it pulls together to show on a single panel is totally under the user’s control, and far more comprehensive. And unlike Google Now, the developers have complete control over what information is aggregated and how, rather than relying on Google’s dark magic and an open invitation to raid your web browsing history. The Today scope shows the date, the local weather and upcoming events, as well as phone-specific events such as recent calls and messages, for instance. It also pulls in data from external services, listing Twitter trends, for example, or the latest new stories. Scopes are enabled and disabled by using stars in the top-right of each view.
Pressing the ‘Configure’ icon in the top-right alongside the star will enable you to choose elements you want enabled or disabled. For Today, that means a list of 15 different sources, from upcoming holidays to FitBit stats. It’s this kind of aggregation that’s key to how scopes work and why they could potentially be more effective than running a single app for a single task.
They’re not that dissimilar in function to the user interface of the hugely successful Pebble Time, which has just been successfully crowdfunded. With the Pebble Time, rather than making its users launch specific apps for specific functions, it takes nuggets of information from various app and data sources and presents these on a timeline that stretches from the past and into the future – just as you might expect with a watch.
Scopes can do the same thing, only they are most useful when there’s some context, such as pubs close to your location, major news stories or Wikipedia entries for sites close to where you’re staying, and they’re what makes the phone so interesting to use.
Forget apps for now – these are what Canonical wants you to be impressed with.
If there’s one example that best epitomises the idea behind scopes, it’s this. Taking your location as a starting point, this scope populates itself with music, photos and restaurants that have some link to where you’re currently standing. A drop-down menu also lets you choose a mood. Telling NearBy that you’re thirsty will return a list of bars (a fish bar was top of our list); if you say you’re stressed, you’ll get the location of your local spa, some relaxing music suggestions and a list of games. It will even pull in information from other related scopes, such as local Wikipedia entries.
The News scope is another powerful example of scopes working well, giving you a lot of control over what kinds of stories (and their sources) are delivered to your device. An RSS feed is presumably the source for this data, as there’s only a paragraph and a single image to accompany the stories, but it’s enough to give you an overview of what’s happening and how those stories are being reported by the different media outlets displayed within the page. The only serious omission is the ability to add your own sources, but there are other RSS readers for that purpose.
The Music scope lists results from several mainstream music providers, including 7digital, SoundCloud and YouTube. Many of us listen to music from more than one source, and a scope for managing your access to those sources when you just want to listen to something makes better sense than opening separate YouTube or SoundCloud apps, but the back-end is a little too limited at the moment. The other problem is that the security lockdown on the device doesn’t let third-party apps play music in the background. Photo and video scopes offer similar facilities.
Many of the applications and scopes that can be downloaded from the Ubuntu Store are open source and their licence is an important part of the information you’re presented with before download. Open Library is one of the many open source applications that feels like an online store but it’s actually listing books that you can legally read for free. Most of these are classics, but the Open Library also lets you borrow digital books, as well as download those that are out of copyright, often as PDF, HTML and ePub.
This is such a simple scope – it provides a single paragraph for Wikipedia entries that have a geographical location close to your current position. But it’s brilliant. You often find yourself updating the scope even when you’re driving through somewhere that looks interesting. If you need to know more, click on the link to open the web browser.
If you wanted to replace NearBy with this Articles scope, you can swipe up the scope configuration panel, hold down on the scope you want to move, and the management view will appear, allowing you to drag and move the position of any of the scopes.
This scope aggregates products in the same way that other scopes aggregate music or news. Default sources include eBay, Amazon and Etsy, and it could potentially be a great way of listing the same products from different sources so that you can compare prices and services. This is what it does when you use the search field. But it could be expanded to do so much more. The GPS could be used to list useful products when your phone knows you’re away – such as umbrellas in London – but it could also list competing prices or products when it knows you’re in a specific store or looking for a gift.
How the Ubuntu phone is innovating in user interaction.
At the top of each scope panel, there’s a small breadcrumb trail of dots, which are used to represent which scope you’re currently looking at. Swipe left or right across this small section, or any blank section of background, and you swipe between scopes in the same way you might swipe between virtual desktops.
One of these scopes is called ‘apps’, and this is where users of other phones will feel at home. This scope behaves exactly like the app launcher for Android and iOS, and includes access to the Ubuntu Store and some integral functions like messaging, the camera and phone. The app icons can’t be manually rearranged, but they can be limited by category and pinned as a shortcut to your launch bar, just as you might on the desktop.
Left, right, up, down
One of Canonical’s other innovations is the use of every screen edge to trigger a gesture. As we’ve seen, dragging in from the left edge will first show the launch panel before swiping away the currently running application to reveal the scopes interface. Swiping from the right edge is the equivalent of launching the task switcher. Every application you’ve got running is concertinaed across the screen, enabling you to select them or flick to close them. A quick swipe is a shortcut to the previous application you were running. One feature unique to the Ubuntu Phone is that if you continue to hold one of these gestures and reverse your motion, the gesture is cancelled. For task switching, that means you can see what’s running and slide back to your original app without any interruption. The same principle is used for the notifications and quick settings panel, which is pulled down from the top border.
The panel you see will depend on where your finger is located horizontally across the top of the screen when you initiate the drag. On the far left, you’ll get the notifications list, while on the far right you’ll be able to configure the date and time. Between these points, there are panels for rotation, files, location services, Bluetooth, networking, sound and battery life. But if you hold your finger down and move to the left and right, you can switch between these modes dynamically and even close the panel without performing a single function.
The final edge – sliding up from the bottom of the phone – is used to open a contextual menu. The contents of this menu change depending on what application you’re running. From any scope, for example, you can use this menu to enable, disable and install other scopes, while the Call function uses the menu to list recent calls.
Getting developers to write new applications for a new platform is fundamental to its success. As Cristian Parrino put it when introducing the phone, how to attract developers “is the quintessential question.” And considering Google has only just started to get serious with its own development environment – Android Studio 1.0 was only released in December 2014 – Canonical has already made great progress by providing a fully fledged development environment. The Ubuntu SDK is easily installed from any Ubuntu desktop and it includes the development libraries, an emulator for testing code without any hardware, and a graphical development environment. You can also perform all kinds of remote tasks on your real Ubuntu Phone, such as connecting securely via an SSH session.
Our favourite apps for the Ubuntu Phone OS.
Camera: We take more photos than we make phone calls with our phones, so this app is important.
Cut the Rope: There are many games but not so many tier-1 titles. This will change as more developers get on board.
Dekko: An ace email client built to use all of the Ubuntu Touch UI elements.
Terminal: This wouldn’t be Linux is we couldn’t access the terminal, and Canonical’s own application is one of the best .
File manager: The operating system isn’t hidden from the users, but everything is strictly sandboxed. You can still modify your own files freely.
OSMTouch: There are a few options for navigation, but this is the best way of accessing OpenStreetMap.
The future of Ubuntu – and some would say the future of computing.
Convergence is the future of computing. So we’ve reshaped Ubuntu and combined the mobility of a smartphone and the power of a desktop on a single device.”
These were the words chosen by Mark Shuttleworth to start the promotional video that accompanied the launch of the Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding campaign back in 2013. And despite convergence being a difficult word to market, lots of potential users got excited by the idea of connecting a keyboard and screen to their phones to work more productively, just as you would on a desktop PC or laptop. The Ubuntu Phone doesn’t have these features, but convergence was still an important part of the launch presentation. But the emphasis was different. Mark, for example, mentioned convergence as the unification of x86 and ARM – the combination of laptops with mobile phones. But this isn’t likely to be from the same devices, and is more likely to be a feature that enables you to continue using the same application or workspace on more than one device.
Ubuntu has been reshaped too, as Mark originally promised. Scopes are an integral part of desktop Unity, even if they’re not as developed or as diverse as those that appear on the phone. And while the single-device features touted for the Ubuntu Edge aren’t in Ubuntu Touch today, they may not be far away. Ubuntu Desktop Engineering Manager, Will Cooke, has prepared a demo running on both Intel and ARM tablets running Ubuntu Touch, where applications pop-out of full screen and into a windowed mode when you connect a wireless mouse, and you can run desktop applications like LibreOffice and finally connect to a real screen, just as Mark Shuttleworth said you’d be able to do. The Unity, Mir and Xmir code needed to perform these tricks isn’t quite ready yet, but it looks like it’s not going to be far off, which won’t affect the modest BQ Ubuntu Phone, but it will open new possibilities for convergence on faster tablets and phones, as well as the Ubuntu Desktop itself.
Core applications include the web browser, the gallery, a note taking tool and the media player.
A future full of choice
Ubuntu Phone, Ubuntu Touch and the Unity desktop are all part of Canonical’s strategy to put Ubuntu into a stronger position. If this succeeds, it will mean the future of Ubuntu is assured, even if the desktop becomes less relevant through more convergence with other devices.
But most importantly, it offers choice. As Jane Silber said when speaking at the launch of the phone, “We’re not at the end of what personal computing looks like.” In many ways, we think we’re still at the beginning. iPhone and Android are winning the current round, but we all know how quickly things can change, and we’re happier in a future where companies like Canonical try new things, than a future where they accept the status quo and things stay the same. This is what’s so good about the emergence and the final release of the Ubuntu Phone. It takes what started as an easy alternative desktop operating system and pushes it into our pockets – and that’s something to get excited about.
One of the best things to come out of Ubuntu Touch is Snappy Ubuntu Core (see issue 12 for our FAQ). Snappy Core is a minimal version of Ubuntu along with a cloud-focused package manager that makes it easy for sysadmins to create new services and spin them out across lots of instances or servers. Like Docker, each application is isolated, self-contained, sandboxed and secure – a development that only came about because Canonical needed a self-contained, sandboxed and secure solution for installing applications on Ubuntu Touch.
According to the OpenStack Foundation global survey, Ubuntu is the most popular host and guest operating system, with more than half of all OpenStack instances running Ubuntu, an an even larger proportion for public clouds. If Snappy Ubuntu Core can help Canonical turn some of that popularity into profit, Ubuntu will be in an even stronger position, as will the many users who cut their teeth with Ubuntu as a first distribution and want to find work within the industry. | <urn:uuid:b7ab5ee3-84fa-45d4-877f-663ca1d8b855> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.linuxvoice.com/inside-the-ubuntu-phone/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.938828 | 5,764 | 1.703125 | 2 |
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Education is top global priority for Dutch citizens
Global education ranks higher than climate change and social justice in list of priorities for overseas spending, a new Theirworld poll shows.
Education is the top global priority for Dutch citizens, according to a new poll by global children’s charity Theirworld.
When asked what their government should prioritise in its overseas development spending, more Dutch people selected education than any other issue.
Almost half of those polled – 45% – think education is a priority area for global investment – almost twice as many as those who selected the environment (24%).
Social justice came a close second (42%) followed by the growth of the economy (41%), physical health (40%) and mental health (36%).
The survey findings will send a clear message to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte who won the general election in March that his government should prioritise education in its post-Covid recovery global development plans.
The Netherlands is a world leader in education and advanced innovative financing initiatives. Together with the UK, in 2019 it spearheaded the creation of the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd), a new global fund which could help to deliver billions of dollars to support education in lower-income countries once operational.
If the new government convinces other countries to support the fund, the result could transform the pandemic recovery for millions of children shut out of school around the world, especially vulnerable girls. The new Facility could multiply the Dutch investment of $40 million, currently earmarked in the budget, more than 20 times. This would leverage about $1 billion in new funding for education.
The poll comes only weeks after Theirworld published a new report warning that without bolder financial commitments from world leaders, more than half of the world’s children – more than 800 million girls and boys – will not be able to read or write by 2030.
The charity’s Education Finance Playbook warned that at least $75 billion a year was needed for the next 10 years to end the global education crisis – but that current aid to education amounted to just $16 billion per year, leaving a shortfall of $59 billion.
It called on world leaders to increase funding for education through innovative financing mechanisms such as IFFEd.
IFFEd “supercharges” education finance through a combination of grants and guarantees, unlocking up to $27 for every dollar paid into the fund.
Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on children. At the height of the crisis, more than 1.6 billion children were forced out of school, pushing the most vulnerable, including girls and children with disabilities, further to the margins.
It is estimated that without proper investment in education more than 20 million children are at risk of never returning to the classroom.
Justin van Fleet, the President of Theirworld, said:
“The findings of this poll send a clear message to the new Dutch administration that they must prioritise education in their post-Covid recovery plans.
“Education is the key that unlocks benefits not just for children but for their families, communities and wider societies. It underpins every single one of the United Nations global goals, from climate action and good nutrition to economic growth and gender equality. Without education, we just won’t be able to tackle some of the biggest challenges the world is facing.
“The Dutch government has always been a champion of global education. Now they have an opportunity to demonstrate this leadership to the world and honour their commitments to millions of children who remain shut out of the classroom.”
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The findings are based on a survey, conducted by Theirworld in partnership with Hall & Partners. The survey was carried out among a nationally representative group of 305 respondents from the Netherlands.
Theirworld is a global children’s charity committed to ending the global education crisis.
It anticipates, targets and solves the complex barriers keeping children and young people from education and opportunity. The organisation mobilises the power of campaigning, policy change and innovation to provide every child, especially the most marginalised, with the best start in life, a safe place to learn and skills for the future.
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"Disgusting," "ugly," "un-American" and "hateful" were among the reactions state and Southern California Democratic political leaders had Wednesday to President Donald Trump's announcement that transgender people will be barred from serving in the military.
Trump made the announcement in a series of morning tweets. It comes about a year after the lifting of the ban.
"After consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military," Trump wrote.
He added, "Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail."
The decision reverses a move made by President Barack Obama last year when he announced that transgender people could serve openly in the military.
"No one who is patriotic, courageous and selfless enough to serve in the armed forces should be denied that opportunity because of who they are," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said. "The president's decision to bar transgender Americans from military service is at odds with the values of freedom and equality that our men and women in uniform fight for every day."
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Los Angeles, who spent four years on active duty with the U.S. Air Force and continues to serve in the reserves, said Trump's action "is not based on facts, it is based on naked bigotry."
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"I know because I served on active duty," Lieu said. "The military doesn't care what your sexual orientation or identity is, or who you love. It cares about whether you can shoot straight and complete the mission. The president's discriminatory decision harms our military readiness for our volunteer-based military. Thousands of transgender Americans are already in the military."
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, who has become one of Trump's most vocal critics in Washington, accused the president of breaking his promise to support the LGBT community.
"In February, President Trump made an unequivocal promise to the LGBT community to maintain existing federal non-discrimination protections," Schiff said. "With his announcement this morning, Trump has reneged on his promise to the American people by disallowing transgender people to serve `in any capacity' in the U.S. military. Simply put, Trump's anti-transgender pronouncement is ugly and wrong because discrimination is never patriotic; allowing all who love this country to serve, is."
California's two U.S. senators, both Democrats, also blasted the announcement, with Sen. Kamala Harris calling it "discriminatory, wrong and un-American."
"We should not punish or turn away courageous people who are willing to risk their lives to serve our country -- we should embrace them," Harris said. "The president's claim that the service of transgender people impacts military readiness is not backed up by facts, nor is it publicly supported by our military leadership."
Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, called the action "disgusting."
"It's startling he would make our country less safe by recklessly preventing a group of patriots from continuing to serve their country," she said. "I proudly stand behind our transgender community as they are cowardly assaulted by the president from his social media account."
A host of celebrities also weighed in on the announcement via Twitter. Included among them was one of the nation's most well-known transgender individuals -- Caitlyn Jenner.
"There are 15,000 patriotic transgender Americans in the US military fighting for all of us. What happened to your promise to fight for them?" Jenner wrote.
Jenner re-tweeted one of Trump's posts from June 2016, in the midst of the presidential campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton. That post from Trump read, "Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs."
Civil rights organization Equality California issued a statement, calling the ban "unconscionable."
"Donald Trump’s attack on transgender service members who are serving with distinction and valor and who put their lives on the line every day to protect our country is unconscionable," the statement said. "It is blatant discrimination and plays on the kind of hate and bigotry that we saw during his campaign and throughout his presidency. He has once again taken steps to target the LGBTQ community and seems intent on taking our armed forces back to a time of secrecy and intimidation."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein added, "All Americans who are fit and willing to serve our country in the military should be given the opportunity to do so. President Obama recognized this and rightly decided that transgender individuals shold be allowed to serve." | <urn:uuid:0bd45057-8272-4f3b-a1ae-aa15c51096d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-news/transgender-military-service-troops-president-donald-trump-ban/20740/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.968983 | 986 | 1.5625 | 2 |
"We must finalise and adopt a federal law on the southern border of Russia's Arctic zone," Mr Medvedev told a meeting of the Security Council, in remarks carried by Interfax news agency.
"This is our responsibility, and simply our direct duty, to our descendents," he said. "We must surely, and for the long-term future, secure Russia's interests in the Arctic."
Global warming has stepped up the fight for the disputed Arctic, believed to be laden with vast reserves of oil and gas. Russia has pitted itself against Canada, Denmark, Norway and the United States to fight for a greater part of the region, arguing that most of it is Russian territory since an underwater ridge links Siberia to the North Pole's seabed.
Last August, a Russian mini-submarine carrying politicians and scientists plunged to the depths of the Arctic and claimed to plant a Russian flag to mark Moscow's stake in the territory.
Footage of the alleged planting was widely broadcast on Russian television – but later turned out to be images taken from the Hollywood blockbuster Titanic.
Under international law, each of the five countries that lay claim to the Arctic own a 320-kilometre zone that extends north from their shores. That arrangement is up for UN review in May next year.
Vladimir Putin, now Russia's prime minister, has said global warming is good for Russia – melting its vast icy territories to reveal previously inaccessible oil and gas reserves.
With oil production declining – and Russia's oil-fuelled power rising – it is keen to grab ever more.
"This region has strategic significant for us. Its development is directly tied to solving the long-term tasks of the state and its competitiveness on global markets," Medvedev said.
Russia's leaders have not held back on stoking issues sure to rile the West in recent days, despite a drastic drop in its markets, fuelled by the global credit crisis and compounded by loss of investor confidence in Russia after its war with Georgia.
Medvedev's statements on the heated Arctic issue came one day after Putin said that Russia's defence spending would rise 27 per cent next year to nearly $100 billion (£30 million). | <urn:uuid:a8f4aaac-6068-438c-b794-d8295be229bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/2976009/Russia-threatens-to-seize-swathe-of-Arctic.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.961418 | 450 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Nursery learning journeys
Every child’s progress is closely monitored at Richard Alibon in order that we can provide the best possible levels of support. When children start nursery, staff informally monitor their development and keep detailed records. This information is shared with families during the year and is transferred to the reception class at the end of the school year.
Foundation stage profile
At the start of Reception children are assessed using an accredited baseline assessment, Early Excellence. This forms part of the teachers’ everyday practice where they build their knowledge of each child through observations, interactions and every day activities. They use this professional knowledge to make a series of judgements about each child based on a clear set of assessment criteria.
Children continue to be assessed throughout the reception year where staff add information to an assessment profile for each individual. Insights from these profiles are shared at parent consultation meetings and the completed profile is bound and available to be taken home at the end of the year. We encourage you as parents and carers to tell us about your child’s achievements at home so we can add these to your child’s profile.
Year 1 phonic check
All children in Year 1 participate in a national phonics check. This assessment is administered by their class teacher. Results are included within the Year 1 end of year report and will tell you whether or not your child has reached the expected national standard in their phonic knowledge.
Children in Year 2 and Year 6 are assessed during May. Individual pupil results from these assessments are reported annually to parents in their children’s reports. Each pupil receives an overall result indicating whether or not he or she has achieved the required standard on the test. Anonymised cohort results are reported to the wider community on this website and on the Department for Education website.
Marking and verbal feedback
We aim to provide regular feedback to children through marking so that they have specific advice about improvements to their work. Children are given time to read and review their work following marking. They are encouraged to respond to marking to show they have understood advice given and to add a comment if possible.
Often feedback will be given verbally, directly to the child during the course of their learning. This is the most effective form of feedback. Verbal feedback enables the child to ask clarifying questions, supply further information for the teacher to work with and respond immediately to direction and the advice given.
Recording and termly reporting
Teachers record children’s attainment using a system called Target Tracker. Using this system, attainment within each year group, in reading, writing and mathematics, is described within a band: Year 1 – Band 1; Year 2 – Band 2; etc.
Each Band is made up of a number of statements describing specific measures of attainment. When marking, teachers look for evidence that statements have been met recording each time a child achieves, or partially achieves a measure of attainment.
At the end of each half-term, attainment is summarised and each child is judged to be ‘beginning’, ‘working toward’ or ‘secure’ within the appropriate band for each subject.
Parents are informed of their child’s current attainment and progress at each parent-teacher meeting where we will also provide you with a written termly report which will be clear if your child is working at, above or below the standard expected of his or her age. This termly report will also set your child targets – the most important things they can do to make a real improvement in their learning.
Between reports and parents evening we are always happy to meet with you if you want to know more about how your child is doing at school or want to know more about how to help them at home. | <urn:uuid:7e5e96f5-caf9-48f8-8051-a6f18426d48e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.r-alibon.bardaglea.org.uk/prospectus/assessment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958274 | 772 | 2.28125 | 2 |
South Bay residents are concerned about the safety of an intersection where there have been several traffic deaths.
The intersection is located near Paseo Del Rey and East H Street in Chula Vista.
NBC 7 checked the accident records for the busy intersection. In 2015 and 2016, there were a total of 24 crashes within a half-mile radius of the intersection. A total of eight crashes, in which 16 people were injured, happened at the exact traffic light.
After a recent crash on Aug. 12, community members are worried this dangerous trend will continue.
Last Saturday, just after 11:30 p.m. police said a 22-year-old driver, in a red Mini Cooper, slammed into a white Chevy pick-up truck at the intersection.
A passenger in the Mini Cooper, the driver’s brother, died from his injuries at the hospital. The truck driver and the driver of the Cooper were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The City of Chula Vista is being proactive to solve the problem with a program called "Slow Down, Chula Vista." The program highlights the city's efforts to change what they call “high-risk behavior” intersections in Chula Vista.
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Learning The “Secrets” of
The Benefits Of Braces in South Miami Fl
Apparently, we all want to have naturally aligned teeth and the best smile. The secret to the two is braces. Well, most people assume that the braces are only there to assist with the alignment of the teeth. You, however, need to know that braces do more than just ensuring your smile bright and have straight teeth. Check out these benefits of having braces.
Braces help in the prevention of issues such as tooth decay and gum disease. When teeth are crowded or even crooked, they leave tight spaces in between. This makes it really difficult for the brushing and flossing processes. Bacteria and plaque could thus build up quite easily, allowing an environment for gum disease and tooth decay. With braces well put by the orthodontist, your teeth can be properly aligned to ensure that they are easy to clean and floss. This way, there will be no room for bacteria and plaque to build up.
The braces also assist in ensuring and enhancing overall health. If the jaw and teeth are not aligned properly, misaligned bites could occur. This could result in hazardous stress on some of the teeth. This could increase the chances of teeth chipping and breaking. As well, infections could develope, and extraction of teeth could become necessary. However, all these issues are avoidable with orthodontic treatment with the use of braces.
Braces also come in to assist in speech difficulties. Teeth are a critical component that affects your speech. In case they are out of line, then this would mean you will have issues with speech. They can cause you stress and frustration. It is vital that you get braces for proper alignment and achieve clear and professional speech and to enable you to pronounce words correctly. It also helps to avoid whistling as you speak by ensuring that gaps between teeth are fixed or closed. The braces also help to stop and prevent word slurring.
Further, braces help with the prevention of bone erosion. When you have no teeth to support the gum tissue, as well as the bones, will begin to erode. This could also be the case for individuals with poor alignment of teeth. They could have too many gaps and spaces and even a lot of pressure, especially on the jawbone as a result of accidental and bad bites. With braces, they can assist in providing support to the bones as well as tissue and as a result, prevent their erosion.
Braces also assist in enhancing digestion. With teeth and jaws out of line, it becomes difficult for thorough chewing of food in the mouth. This could result in digestion issues in later stages. However, with braces, proper alignment of teeth and jaws ensure that you chew and breakdown food as required before it gets to your stomach. This way, food becomes easier to digest.
With all these benefits, it is paramount and crucial that you consider getting braces. You see, they offer so much more than just improving your look and giving you straight teeth alignment. | <urn:uuid:738f7a14-cbb6-42d8-8ca2-2004fe1fe787> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.nwtapfest.com/learning-the-secrets-of-3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.97223 | 616 | 1.960938 | 2 |
Terrorism is “part and parcel of living in a big city,” Khan flippantly explained, in a September interview with The Independent.
He added: “It is a reality I’m afraid that London, New York, [and] other major cities around the world have got to be prepared for these sorts of things.”
Earlier in 2016, he had also attacked then-Republican nominee Donald Trump’s proposed travel ban from Middle Easter countries—telling the world that “London has proved [Trump] wrong” when it came to preventing terrorism.
Khan’s remarks from 2016 were quickly brought back to the surface by his political opponents, in light of yesterday’s London terror attacks.
Donald Trump, Jr., President Trump’s oldest son, tweeted a link to the September article from The Independent about Khan’s remarks, adding the caption: “You have to be kidding me?!”
Nigel Farage, the former leader of the opposition United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), was more pointed in his criticism: “I don’t want these things ever to be ‘part and parcel’ of living in a modern, major city.”
Farage instead urged decisive action, rather than Khan’s complacency. He explained that, despite heavy criticism for counter-terror measures like Trump’s travel ban, leaders are “not doing it because they are bad people; they are doing it because they genuinely are trying to make us safer.”
“We are living in a world that is becoming increasingly dangerous over the course of the last few years,” added Farage. “It is a question of how we deal with it.”
Khan has refused to reply to his detractors, saying he had “far more important things” to do when asked to comment. He did, however, released a statement thanking police for their quick response time and bravery.
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Mexican tourism surges by 3.2 percent in quarter
The Mexico Ministry of Tourism reports that during the second quarter of 2012, the quarterly indicator of tourism GDP increased 3.2 percent in real terms, compared to the same period of last year.
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, during the period April to June, the quarterly indicator of domestic tourism consumption grew 4.1 percent, compared to the same period in 2011.
Domestic tourism consumption grew 2.1 percent, while inbound tourism increased by 18.3 percent.
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Aug 13, 2022
HLTK 2960 - Field Studies
This course provides cross-cultural experiences while witnessing traditional ways of life in a foreign country. Students are introduced to local flora, fauna, religious practices, education, healing rituals, architecture, technology, art, music, and dance. Upon completion of this course, students develop an understanding of other cultures and their place in modern society.
Instructional Method Lecture
General Education Requirement: Global Diversity
Comments: This course requires travel to a foreign country. This course does not meet UW’s Human Culture requirement unless transferred as part of an Associate degree.
Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of PSYC 2460 / HLTK 2960 / SOC 2460 Field Studies, the student will:
- apply the study of local flora and fauna as it relates to the student’s discipline.
- analyze differences in religious practices in a foreign country.
- compare cultural differences when working and traveling in a foreign country.
- examine the indigenous educational practices found in a foreign country.
- distinguish local healing and medicinal practices in a foreign country from the student’s home country.
- outline similarities and differences between cultures.
- discuss local architecture and land features in a foreign country.
- assess how innovations in technology impact culture in a foreign country.
- interpret the various functions of art, music, or dance within a novel culture.
Cross-listed: PSYC 2460 & SOC 2460 Field Studies
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UPDATE: Mercury is visible with a binocular.
June 18, 2022: The moon joins the morning planet parade. Find it near Saturn before daybreak. After sunset, Arcturus is high in the southwestern sky.
by Jeffrey L. Hunt
Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 5:15 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 8:29 p.m. CDT. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times for your location.
Daylight is reaching its maximum, 15 hours, 14 minutes at Chicago’s latitude.
The moon begins to appear with the morning planet parade this morning. Step outside about an hour before sunrise. The bright lunar orb, 79% illuminated, is in the southern sky.
Saturn is 6.0° to the upper left of the moon. The Ringed Wonder is retrograding in eastern Capricornus, near the star Deneb Algedi.
Saturn and the moon and the background stars easily fit into the same binocular field of view.
Return to this region of the sky in a few mornings to note Saturn’s place compared to Deneb Algedi and Nashira. The planet’s slow western retrograde takes it past the two stars.
Hopping eastward, tomorrow morning the moon is between Saturn and Jupiter. The moon is closest to Jupiter in three mornings.
This morning, Jupiter is one-third of the way up in the east-southeast, 41.0° to the left of Saturn. Dimmer Mars, marching eastward and away from Jupiter, is 11.7° to the lower left of the Jovian Giant.
Jupiter is the second brightest “star” in the sky this morning. It is about 15 times brighter than Mars. Initially, the Red Planet may not be visible in comparison to Jupiter’s brightness. Take a careful look and note the dimmer “star,” to Jupiter’s lower left.
The morning’s brightest planet is Venus, It is 8.0° up in the east-northeast at this hour. The parade of four planets spans nearly 90°. This gap widens each morning as Venus continues to step eastward.
Look for the star Hamal, the brightest in Aries, over 20° to the upper right of the Morning Star. Additionally, bright Capella is in the north-northeast, over 35° to the left of Venus and slightly higher than the planet.
The Pleiades star cluster is over 8° to the upper left of Venus, outside the same binocular field. Can you find the star cluster without a binocular?
Fifteen minutes later, Mercury is about 4° above the east-northeastern horizon, nearly 10° to the lower left of Venus. The bright five planets span 100°. Mercury is still a challenge to see. At this twilight level, a binocular is needed to see it along with Mars and Saturn.
As evening twilight ends, about two hours after sunset, topaz Arcturus – meaning “the bear guard” – is high in the southwestern sky. It is the brightest star in Boötes, portrayed in celestial artwork as a shepherd or a character chasing the Great Bear.
The constellation resembles a traditional kite, with Arcturus at the bottom where the tail is attached.
Arcturus is the second brightest star visible from mid-northern latitudes. It makes its first evening appearance in the east during March and disappears from the evening sky in the west during early autumn.
The star is nearly 40 light years from the solar system. Its color indicates a temperature of 7,200°F. The star is considered a red giant, nearing the end of its life cycle, but not as large as Betelgeuse or Antares.
Arcturus is about 100 times brighter and nearly 15 times larger than our central star.
Corona Borealis – meaning “the northern crown” – is to the east of Boötes.
In a recent article, the crown and Hercules were featured as the two constellations between the stars Vega and Arcturus.
September 12, 2022: Mars continues its eastward trek with Taurus. Overnight, Saturn, Jupiter, the bright moon, and Mars put on an exhibition that stretches across over half the sky.Keep reading
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Using the term "stem" incorrectly can be problematic and maybe even costly. Costly, how?
Here's just one example: You've just signed a new song with an awesome production music library. The library gets a request for a song for a huge film, and yours is perfect!
The film's music supervisor asks the library for stems because they're only going to use the vocal in the chorus section. They need the stems in two hours. The library emails you, and you take an hour to prep what you think are stems. Instead, you've sent the library individual tracks! The library forwards your file to the music supervisor who forwards it to the film's mixer, who's live on the mix stage.
"These aren't stems, they're tracks!" the mixer snaps angrily at the music supervisor. The deadline is blown, and they go with their second choice song. The music supervisor is pissed at the music library owner. The music library owner is really pissed off at you. You miss out on a nice pay day, and you've pretty much destroyed your relationship with the music library. All because you didn't know what a "stem" really is. Read this article!
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I’m sure we’re all already aware that exercise is good for us, specifically for our physical health, but did you know that exercise is an effective treatment for mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety?
What happens to our brain when we exercise?
When we exercise, our heart-rate increases which boosts the oxygen going to our brain. This then aids our brain in releasing a series of chemicals called endorphins. These endorphins work similarly to that of morphine, reducing pain and boosting pleasure, resulting in feelings of positive wellbeing. In addition to endorphins, there are other hormones that gives us that post-training buzz, and this is where the term ‘runners high’ originates from as the mixture of exercise-induced chemicals in our brain can cause a feeling of pure elation!
How does that benefit mental ill health?
The benefits of exercise for mental health are evident and is considered as an under-appreciated treatment for common mental illnesses. Research has shown that 20 to 40 minutes of moderate exercise, 3 times per week, can be just as effective as taking antidepressants for mild to moderate depression. Regular exercise has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety, boost self-esteem and also improve sleep. Moderate aerobic exercise such as walking, jogging or cycling is better for your physical wellbeing, but even things like gardening and housework can get our endorphins going. The benefits of exercise have been shown to have long-lasting effects on our wellbeing too. A number of studies have looked at how fitness programs have significantly improved feelings of depression and anxiety, even after 12 months! So it’s well worth considering how much exercise you currently do, and if there’s any room for improvement, as your overall wellbeing will improve.
Even if you’re not particularly ‘fit’ in terms of your physical health, non-aerobic exercise such as weight training, using resistance bands and yoga has been shown to be just as effective at reducing the symptoms of depression as aerobic exercise. If you consider yourself to be unfit, do speak to your GP and start off with smaller, manageable workouts. Whatever you feel comfortable doing. As they say, the only bad workout is the one you didn’t do, so it’s okay to start off small and work your way up to 20 minutes. Just remember to be kind to yourself and be proud of every step you take.
The problem is, when your mental health is suffering, you may not feel up to exercising. A lack of motivation and feeling excessively tired are common symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression. So, for many whose mental health is suffering, the idea of getting up and doing any form of exercise may be a struggle that is too much to bear. Finding other ways to motivate yourself might help such as having a friend join you at the gym or having some exercise equipment at home, however, it’s not a simple fix. Exercise is also, by no means, a sure-fire way to rid that emotional distress, so do bear in mind there are people who still need additional support and interventions such as medication or therapy and this is absolutely okay too. Talk to your GP if you’re finding that exercise is not making much difference to your mental health and they’ll talk you through your options.
It’s so important to exercise for your physical health, but even adding a little more movement into your life can help you feel happier and healthier. Get out those running shoes, treat yourself to some resistance bands or even have a boogie to your favourite song. Your brain and your body will thank you for it!
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OUR LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ARE AIMED AT NURTURING A CHILD'S FAITH IN A LOVING GOD
Discover all things Elementary at SCS!
Take a stroll through our hallways, filled with artistic creations, and peek into the imagination of a child. Elementary classrooms are brimming with fun and interesting ways our students learn without even knowing they are doing it!
The primary goal of our elementary program is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that promotes a love of learning and positive character while challenging students to begin to explore their unique talents from Kindergarten through eighth grade. Inspiring a desire for learning starts in the elementary years - balancing traditional instruction, experiential learning, social and spiritual growth, and critical thinking.
At SCS, we emphasize positive reinforcement. While bullying behaviour is obviously discouraged, we forego anti-bullying campaigns and instead focus on “filling buckets” and striving to bless others with a kind word or deed. Building character and grit is valuable to us, and our teachers are intentional about noting areas of growth in your child, so they can celebrate their maturity. Character Awards are held at a special Chapel so we can all celebrate each other!
We start in Kindergarten by using “manipulatives” (objects that encourage and allow your child to explore an idea in an active hands-on approach). Math manipulatives build your child’s confidence by giving them a way to tangibly confirm their reasoning. If children have physical evidence of how their thinking works, their understanding is more robust. Manipulatives also serve as a concrete model for your child to use to solve problems.
In later grades, participation in math competitions to sharpen math skills and provide healthy academic outlets helps foster a love of logical thinking and a sense of accomplishment.
Our hands-on approach to Science and Biology will have your children building a hovercraft, making potato cannons, growing crystals, shooting rockets, using liquid nitrogen (yes, in elementary school), exploring and identifying insects, raising ducks, hatching chicks and butterflies and much, much more!
Chapel and The Arts
Weekly chapels are full of student-led worship and lessons. Chapel lessons are prepared for the students by the students to help give them ownership of this important part of the week. Students lead worship using everything from drums to xylophones to lead students in worship, include singing! Reflective activities like Chapel is a great opportunity to guide and challenge students to discover meaningful faith. Parents and grandparents are always welcome! | <urn:uuid:a298ab08-2c64-431d-a10c-fa5bc1ccee38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.saskatoonchristianschool.ca/education/elementary.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940034 | 541 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Google have released a new site called ‘inside search’ which uses a 3 part, info-graphic style pages to explain the amazing technical challenges that searching the internet entails. Google’s search indexes more than 30 trillion pages which contains more than 100 million gigabytes which all builds to an index. The way your able to search the entire web in just 0.25 seconds is that you search across an index, not all the pages.
As you search Google uses sophisticated algorithms to analyse your input and compare it against the relevant items in the index. Each result is given a score based on Google’s secret sauce containing more than 200 herbs and spices including Site & page quality, freshness and users settings like safe search.
With 7 Billion people, it is staggering that more than 3 billion searches are run every day. Your can read the story of Google Search and enjoy the graphics all at http://www.google.com/insidesearch/howsearchworks/thestory/ or check out a video of how Google tweaks their algorithm in the video below. | <urn:uuid:5050d17a-99e4-4f8f-82a4-ca14b08acf8c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://techau.com.au/and-thats-how-search-works-googles-index-of-30-trillion-pages/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.900309 | 219 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Hot flashes are extremely common, but entirely unpleasant, experience for many women. Most commonly these hot flashes are associated with menopause. However, did you know that there are certain things that can trigger those hot flashes? For more information on treatment options, including hot flash therapy, contact Hormone Replacement Therapy LA today. Let’s take a look at some of the most common hot flashers triggers you may experience.
Although many are aware of what hot flashes are, many do not know why they occur in the first place. Hot flashes are a result of low levels of estrogen. The estrogen levels drop during menopause because the ovaries have stopped producing eggs. In turn, the body reduces its production of the estrogen hormone. This decrease in estrogen production causes the body to experience hot flashes throughout the day. These hot flashes can also occur during the night. In this case, the symptoms are commonly referred to as night sweats.
Many women report experiencing hot flashes throughout their menopause journey. They often report feeling like their hot flashes seem to come on unexpectedly and out of nowhere. However, Healthline notes that there are some common hot flash triggers to be aware of.
To see if any of these common hot flash triggers are affecting you, try keeping a journal. In this journal, you should catalog what activities you partake in throughout the day so that when you experience a hot flash you can see what may have caused it. Since triggers are not the same for all women across the board, it is important to listen to your body to better understand your triggers. It can also be helpful to speak with your doctor directly about other triggers.
While there is no complete cure to stop hot flashes entirely, there are options available to treat the symptoms. First, you should maintain a clean diet and proper sleep schedule, which will help with your health overall. Second, you should assess any triggers that you have found affect you and cut those out of your routine entirely. Third, you can consider natural hormone replacement therapy. This is extremely effective since the root of the hot flashes stems from changing hormone levels, specifically estrogen. This treatment option is also available in creams and tablets, so you and your healthcare professional can decide which is best for you. To get more information on the estrogen replacement process, contact the Hormone Replacement Therapy LA.
For many women, hot flashes are extremely uncomfortable. However, menopause and its side effects are not things you simply have to endure. For example, knowing the common triggers and understanding how to avoid them can be helpful in cutting down their frequency and intensity. In addition, incorporating an additional treatment option into your regime is a game-changer. For many, hormone replacement therapy is just that. This solution addresses the root of the issue, which are the changing hormones. For more information on how the treatment process works and if it is the right option for you, contact the experts at Hormone Replacement Therapy LA. | <urn:uuid:763e7521-dd55-4b30-af8c-d90f8a83be9b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://hormonereplacementtherapyla.com/common-hot-flash-triggers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956087 | 601 | 1.859375 | 2 |
LAS online analyzers are capable of multiple analytical methods and are offered with a full suite of features and options for automatic, unattended operation. Here are our four basic analytical method categories
Versatile with low drift, carrying out both known and specialty techniques. This well-known method is the most fundamental and well established.LAS brings auto titration online, applying its proven reliability to most any chemical process. Redox, pH, colorimetric and turbidimetric titration sensors are offered with both absolute and differential endpoint detection.
Auto-calibrated and temperature-compensated for maximum stability and accuracy. Our at-line approach is also isolated from the process for maximum probe longevity and overall reliability. Sample is automatically drawn into the analyzer cell at preset intervals for pH determination. Afterward, the cell and probe are rinsed, preserving the probe calibration and condition.
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Sociologists, architects and designers working through strong and equal partnerships.
Social Cities is a Danish association based in Copenhagen and Tel Aviv, Israel. Since 2009, we have developed, designed, and led learning-based solutions for NGOs, CSOs, public, and private institutions in Scandinavia, across the EU, in the Middle East, and Latin America. Our work is research-based, and combines theories, action research, and tools from the arts and cultural branches.
All our methods and designs interact with the 17 Social Development Global Goals. We aim to implement as many sustainable solutions as possible towards 2030.
- Designs are made by people for people
- Methods must be inclusive across diversities, engaging, and ready for implementation
- People and Nature first in a balanced solution
- Equality, diversity, and biodiversity are at the core of any of our collaborations
- We believe in people’s power and capacity for any change at any moment
- We combine architecture and social design to build bridges between structure and society
- Architecture & inclusive strategies must always interrelate to create sustainable solutions with and for the people–individually as well as in communities and networks.
- Social design & participatory processes are at the basis of our projects. We believe and work across disciplines and methods. We know that participation and co-creation stand out as the fundament of any balance and implementation of physical structures or cultural values.
- Green transition & change organization is our main focus. We always provide opportunities to join a green transition to any partner or any client. We adjust to possible transitions and provide smaller or larger changes.
Grabbing the consumer’s attention isn’t enough; you have to keep that attention for at least a few seconds. This is where your benefits come into play, or a product description that sets your offer apart from the others.
We value diversity, mutual respect, gender equality, and inclusive, process-oriented change.
Partner, M.A. History, Minority Studies and Communication. Researcher, Ass. prof. Gender and Minority Expert. Project Designer, Process facilitator and Audience Curator, Gestaltcoach.
Anne works in the Nordic countries, across Europe and in the Middle East through project development, participatory formats and co-creation methods.
Nina Louise Jensen
Partner, Architect M.A.A.
Curator and Concept Developer
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The Civil Administration is calling for the demolition of a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank, partly because it is built on an archaeological site.
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The call for demolition comes despite the fact that Israeli authorities have approved the construction of Jewish settlements on much more important archaeological sites, such as the settlement at Tel Rumeida in Hebron and the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem.
In the past year, the High Court of Justice has been asked to rule on the state's intentions to demolish at least 12 villages south of Hebron (Susia, Dekaika, Bir al-Id, Saala and eight villages that have been declared part of army firing zone No. 918) located in Area C, which is under Israeli control, and force their residents to move to Areas A and B, which are under Palestinian civil control. Next week it will also rule on the fate of Zanuta, a village that lies on the border of the West Bank.
Residents of Zanuta, who filed a joint petition to the High Court of Justice with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel are requesting that the Civil Administration complete a detailed construction plan for them. If the planning of their village were regularized, the demolition orders issued by the Civil Administration against their improvised structures would be reversed, and construction would be permitted in accordance with the natural growth of the population and their needs. The Civil Administration is refusing to comply with the request, and is instead demanding that the residents move to the town of Dahariya.
Zanuta, like other small Palestinian villages in the area, existed as a cave-settlement before the West Bank was occupied by Israel. Archaeological findings reveal that Zanuta had been inhabited continuously from the Byzantine to the Ottoman period, until eventually being reduced to "a settlement of shepherds and fellahs living in the remains of the ancient structures and the residential caves alongside them," as archaeologist Dr. Avi Ofer described it. Once the caves began to crumble and became unsafe, the residents of Zanuta set up improvised structures and tents at ground level.
The Civil Administration states that the site was declared an archaeological site at the time of the British Mandate. The Administration found that the improvised structures, which were built without permits (in the absence of a master plan), are located directly on top of the center of the archaeological site, and that one of the structures is inside an ancient structure excavated by an archaeology staff officer in 2005.
"There is no possibility of retroactively authorizing unlawful construction that takes place in the middle of an archaeological site. No master plan can authorize construction in an archaeological site. Moreover, the petitioners made use of archaeologically valuable stones in the construction of the unlawful structures," Yitzhak Bart, chief assistant to the State Prosecutor, wrote to the High Court on behalf of the Civil Administration's subcommittee on supervision of construction in Judea and Samaria.
Avi Ofer confirms that "most of the tents and shelters in Zanuta are truly located on the archaeological site," but says that this is not out of the ordinary, as finding "this type of settlement inside ancient ruins," happens often, "in the past and in the present."
Ofer, whose doctorate on the Judean Hills in the biblical period includes a summary of the region's history of settlement extending from 6000 years ago to the present, emphasizes that as opposed to what is frequently found in other archaeology sites, "in the area of this site, there is a blessed lack of any signs of digging for the purpose of archaeological theft." At the request of the ACRI and the non-profit organization Bimkom for Planning Rights, he prepared a written opinion on Zanuta. The opinion was appended this month to the High Court petition, which will be heard by Justices Edna Arbel, Noam Solberg and Hanan Meltzer.
Between 1982 and 1987, Ofer headed the Judean Hill team and the Tel Hebron (Tel Rumeida) excavations. He expresses astonishment at the magnitude of the area that the Civil Administration delimited as the "Zanuta archaeology site" – 120 dunams (30 acres), whereas the real site, in his opinion, is half or less the size. Ofer wrote that this is "an exaggeration that is characteristic of the authorities in Judea and Samaria."
Ofer also disputes the opinion of the Civil Administration regarding the possible existence of a settlement on the archaeology site.
"To the best of my knowledge and experience," he writes, "the customary position in the State of Israel in instances in which residential housing exists in the area of an archaeology site is to permit continued residence, but to stipulate that any expansion or change will require archaeological examination."
Zanuta possesses "a certain" archaeological importance, he said, but there is not "any similarity, even in the slightest, between the immense (archaeological) significance of ancient Jerusalem and biblical Hebron" and Zanuta, Ofer wrote.
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Illustrating a Children’s Picture Book
Bestselling and prolific children’s book illustrator and author, Sarah McIntyre, guides you through the unwritten rules of children’s picture book illustration.
If you enjoy sketching for the young children in your life or if you’re an artist with an interest in children’s fiction who’s looking to shift your focus – then you may just have the makings of a children’s illustrator.
The course is suitable for complete beginners, but also for people who feel they need some extra know-how to succeed in finding a publisher for their work. It’s also suitable for artists and illustrators who have been working in other areas and media but now want to move into children’s book illustration.
The course content has been excellent. The way it’s built up week by week has been great and now we are at the end of that process, I can really see how it’s been constructed to equip a keen but inexperienced person like me to start to peep into the world of illustration.
Sarah McIntyre works as an illustrator and writer from her studio in south London. Her solo picture books include There’s a Shark in the Bath, Dinosaur Firefighters and The New Neighbours, and she’s worked with writers such as Giles Andreae (Morris the Mankiest Monster), Gillian Rogerson (You Can’t Scare a Princess!) and Alan MacDonald (The Prince of Pants). She also creates longer illustrated chapter books with her co-author Philip Reeve, such as Pugs of the Frozen North and Oliver and the Seawigs. She first got into publishing through comics, where she met her Jampires co-author David O’Connell. She’s delivered a TEDx talk on learning how to grow from our mistakes, spoken internationally at book festivals, and led a campaign called Pictures Mean Business, encouraging the book industry to credit illustrators properly for their work.
WHAT DOES THIS COURSE GIVE YOU?
- Video modules: Work through six modules comprising teaching videos and substantial notes from Sarah, including footage that demonstrates drawing techniques and ideas.
- Illustration tasks: Weekly tasks will help you develop your technique, plan your story, sketch your thumbnail roughs, and create pencil roughs – culminating in illustrating your final artwork.
- Resources & notes: Comprehensive teaching notes and reference materials include a reading list, a glossary of useful children's publishing terms, and a template showing how a children's picture book should be set out.
- Professional feedback: An expert CBC editor will give brief written comments on several of the students’ practical assignments each week, with all students receiving 300 words of written feedback on their final task. Students are also given the option to purchase an end of course tutorial with an expert editor.
- Student forum: Find your writing community on our private student forums. Upload your completed tasks, give and receive peer-to-peer feedback, and discuss the week’s topics with your fellow students and the CBC team.
COURSE SCHEDULE & DELIVERY
Our online courses are designed for flexible learning. Allocate your own study time and take part from wherever you are in the world. Each week, we recommend spending at least four hours on the course.
WEEK 2Inspiration & ideas
WEEK 6Next steps
In addition to the 400 words of written feedback that all students will receive on their final task from an expert editor (included in the course price), students will be given the option to purchase a tutorial to discuss their final task with their CBC editor.
- CBC tutorial: For an additional fee of £95, you can have a 30-minute video or telephone tutorial with your editor to discuss your work.
Looking for our writing a children's picture book courses?
If your focus is on writing, take a look at our Writing a Children’s Picture Book course with David O’Connell. If you would like to develop as a writer and illustrator, why not enrol now for the combined course – Writing & Illustrating a Children’s Picture Book, which brings together the teaching materials from both courses at a discounted price.
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Insulation: More Than Just an Energy Saver
For the last 2 to 4 years, many companies have paid more attention to reducing their energy costs. Why? In the face of sharply increasing energy prices, the costs of manufacturing products rise, and global market forces often limit or prohibit passing through these costs to the consumer. The result is lower profit margins.
This is especially true of the chemical and petroleum industries. The plants in these industries are very large and often energy-intensive facilities to operate. Because the chemical industry has always been a purchaser of energy, a significant component of a product’s manufacturing cost is energy expenditure. The petroleum industry is an energy producer, so it was often thought (even by oil-company management) that energy consumption was not an important factor. Once it became apparent that energy costs amount to more than 50 percent of the cost to refine crude oil into its various end products, many oil companies took a much greater interest in energy savings.
Some of these companies—including DuPont, General Electric, Celanese Corporation, Sunoco, Inc., and Marathon Petroleum Company, LLC—have recognized and included insulation-system improvements in their energy-improvement plans. Why? Improving their insulation systems saves millions and often billions of Btus of energy; tens of thousands to millions of dollars annually; and thousands of tons of greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOX) compounds.
The best-run chemical or petroleum facilities recognize that insulation is not just specified and installed for energy-management or energy-reduction reasons, though. Piping, tanks, and equipment in chemical and petroleum facilities are insulated for many reasons, including the following:
- Process control
- Energy management
- Condensation control
- Freeze protection
- Personnel protection from burns
The factors often overlap. For example, hot-service piping insulated for heat conservation and energy management also can be insulated for process control and to offer protection from burns. Piping insulated for process control also inhibits freeze-up.
This article discusses several cases of progressive companies that recognized the benefit of focusing on insulation improvements and often got more than they hoped for in the process.
Beyond Btus at Chemical Plants
A chemical plant in the Texas Gulf Coast requested an assessment of its steam piping insulation systems and one of its more energy-intensive production units because the company’s management suspected they could save significant energy and money. They were right. The project identified over 4,500 linear feet of piping insulation that needed improvement. The result of the insulation upgrade project yielded more than 90 billion Btus saved and a return on investment (ROI) of more than 160 percent. It is important to note that the ROI was based on an energy cost of only $3.50 per million Btus. Using today’s cost of energy, this would have resulted in an ROI of at least 300 percent.
These results alone would easily justify the improvement. However, that was not the only benefit the plant received. The existing steam piping insulation had extensive damage to the aluminum jacketing—small perforations in the jacket as well as sealant failure scattered along its length—indicating that the extensive rain in the Gulf Coast area was getting into the insulation, ruining its efficiency. Interviews with the powerhouse personnel confirmed that the plant had to increase steam generation by 25 percent just to maintain sufficient pressure in the steam piping during a rainstorm and for a significant time afterward. Once the insulation systems were repaired, however, the rain could not enter the insulation, saved energy kept a significant amount of steam from condensing in the distribution piping, and the powerhouse did not have to add nearly as much generating capacity to keep up with the plant’s steam demand. This made the powerhouse easier to operate and resulted in energy savings.
The steam that was condensing in the main distribution piping was overwhelming the existing steam traps. Before the assessment, plant maintenance personnel thought they had problems with the steam traps and frequently replaced them. The steam traps actually had been overwhelmed by the amount of steam condensate and were working as well as possible to remove all of the excessive condensate from the steam piping. The insulation upgrades and repairs all but eliminated that problem.
The excessive steam condensation caused other problems, too. Production units located farthest from the powerhouse had trouble with steam pressure during rainstorms, even though the powerhouse added steam-generating capacity as fast as it could. For example, a 150-pound-per-square-inch (psi) steam line is normally around 350° to 365°F, but it would fall well below 300°F during a rainstorm and for some time afterward. This meant the production units were not getting the temperatures needed in their heat exchangers, etc., to properly run their facilities and manufacture product. The insulation upgrades significantly improved the steam-pressure loss and made it easier to operate these production units.
The excessive steam-condensate problem in the main distribution piping put a strain on the relationship between the plant owner and some tenant facilities. These tenant production units were sections of the plant that had been sold to other companies in the past due to the sale of certain product lines. These production units were paying for utilities, such as steam, based in part on the amount of direct steam they consumed. However, they also shared the cost of the steam generated in the powerhouse that was lost before it reached any of the production units. This was a high-cost item that the tenant facilities were paying for but not getting any benefit from, and they objected—loudly. Fortunately, the insulation upgrades to the main steam-distribution pipelines significantly reduced steam condensation before it reached the production units, reducing the loss and cost accordingly.
The upgrades to the plant’s steam-system piping and hot-service insulation not only resulted in large cost savings, but it also improved process efficiency and owner-tenant relations.
Petroleum Refinery Speeds Maintenance And Saves Money
A petroleum refinery in the Northeast underwent an insulation assessment that resulted in an insulation upgrade project for one of its major production areas. Like the chemical plant example above, the goal was to save energy and money; and, like the example above, the project succeeded, netting billions of Btus saved and an ROI of more than 100 percent.
Part of the project involved insulating sections of large equipment and piping, heat exchangers, steam turbines, and valves that had never been insulated before. In other cases, significantly damaged insulation was upgraded with new materials. Often these new insulation systems were removable.
A turnaround in an oil refinery is a complex, expensive, comprehensive maintenance procedure involving hundreds of personnel working around the clock to maintain and refurbish equipment they cannot otherwise get to while the refinery is in operation. The goal is to get the maximum amount of work done in the minimum amount of time for the obvious reason that while production is shut down, the refinery cannot make product or money. Once a turnaround is completed, there are often insulation systems that were intentionally removed or otherwise damaged as a result of the turnaround that still need to be repaired or re-installed. This process took up to 6 months in the past and resulted in the unit being unable to get up to full operating capacity during that time.
Unit management noticed something impressive after the next scheduled turnaround, however. With the assessment, the production unit personnel noticed that, because of the use of removable insulation systems, the unit was re-insulated and effectively up to full operating capacity within 2 weeks. Also, fewer personnel were required. The result was a savings of thousands of dollars in turnaround costs and, more importantly, the ability to reach full operating capacity more quickly. For an oil refinery in the current business climate, this is a large savings and an opportunity to make more products available to sell in a “sold-out” market.
Energy Improvements and a Safer Work Climate in One Package
The same Northeast oil refinery mentioned above had another insulation assessment performed to help develop an insulation upgrade project for one of the largest production units on the refinery. Again, the goal was to develop a project that would save a significant amount of energy and, therefore, energy cost.
The resulting project delivered impressive energy savings. Although designed to net considerably more than 240 billion Btus and an ROI of more than 340 percent, the project’s final results were actually better—by around 25 percent. The annual savings to this production unit were well over $1.5 million, and the greenhouse gas reductions of over 19 million pounds of CO2 and 38,000 pounds of NOX were equally impressive.
This project contributed to the safety of the unit’s workplace. More than 150,000 square feet of bare surfaces, with an average operating temperature of 400°F and peak temperatures higher than 700°F, were now insulated and no longer posed burn hazards to personnel. With more hot surfaces insulated, local ambient temperatures in the unit will be lower during summer months, when heat exposure risks—like heat exhaustion and heat stroke—are higher.
The beauty of this successful insulation project is that it resulted in both a large energy-cost savings and an improved safety climate for the production unit.
Equipment Integrity Improvement Project a Big Success
An oil refinery in the Northeast had a problem of corrosion under insulation (CUI) in its water-treatment area. Piping and equipment were corroding in several areas, causing expensive equipment and piping repairs. An insulation assessment was performed to determine where insulation problems might be contributing to the issue.
The operating conditions of this piping and equipment were near ideal for CUI—operating temperatures were around 200° to 250°F, and insulation was applied over uncoated surfaces. The condition of the insulation systems, the materials selected, and, in some cases, the installation methods proved to be the biggest contributors to the CUI problem. Any damage to an insulation system in the unit let rainwater into the insulation system, but there were insufficient operating temperatures to adequately dry it out again. One problem was that a compressible insulation material was installed under aluminum jacketing. All areas where personnel came in contact with insulation would end up deforming the jacketing, breaking the sealant seal, and often cutting the jacketing. This was aggravated in some cases by poor installation of the insulation, incorrect location of the horizontal lap to provide good watershed on horizontal piping, and vertical end-cap construction that diverted water into the insulation instead of shedding it.
A project was developed and executed, using a different, structurally rigid insulation material along with different installation requirements. To help prevent future problems of this size, the refinery strengthened its requirements for under-insulation coatings on carbon steel and 300 series stainless when the operating temperatures are between 200°F and 300°F.
Although the project’s main goal was to improve piping and equipment reliability, it saved energy money, too. The project yielded a savings of over 32 billion Btus and an ROI of around 100 percent—not bad considering the initial goal was to keep equipment from corroding.
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Small Business and Society
When this book was first published in 1991, political ideology had thrust small-firm issues to the forefront of attempts to revitalize the British economy. In the Thatcher years the emphasis had been on individual enterprise and initiative with the number of small firms increasing rapidly. This was reflected in the growth in the number of specialist studies analysis small-firm revivalism.
Small Business and Society clarifies the issues and debates that surround the small business and its place in society. In particular, the complex nature of its social role is examined: on the one hand, the entrepreneur can be seen as the innovator exploiting free-market capitalism to strengthen the economy; on the other, employment conditions and industrial relations are said to suffer. Moreover, the growing importance of ‘green’ issues now brings into question the extent to which the small firm benefits the environment. This book will be of interest to students of business and sociology.
- 1991 Routledge
Choosing a Book Format
EPUB is the standard publishing format used by many e-book readers including iBooks, Easy Reader, VoiceDream Reader, etc. This is the most popular and widely used format.
DAISY format is used by GoRead, Read2Go and most Kurzweil devices.
Audio (MP3) format is used by audio only devices, such as iPod.
Braille format is used by Braille output devices.
DAISY Audio format works on DAISY compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream.
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The Top Five Tallest Buildings in the World In 2022
There has been a trend among nations to construct the tallest buildings globally in recent years.
The trend has been on the rise in recent years because of the recent development of advanced building materials, higher technology types of equipment, and machinery that have all played a part in deeming extraordinary heights as possible.
In this article, we will discuss the five tallest buildings currently present on the face of this planet.
1. Jeddah Tower
The Jeddah Tower is currently the world’s largest building as of 2022. It is located in the city of Jeddah, which is in Saudi Arabia. The project is of a height of 1000 meters, and The Tower also consists of the world's highest observation deck, which is 2,178 feet (664 metres) above ground level and has a 5,382 square foot outdoor platform.
It recently became the World’s Largest Tower overtaking Burj Khalifa when it was constructed in the year 2020.
This tower will also feature five-star hotels and 97 affiliated serviced apartments, including seven duplexes.
The offices are on the seventh floor, where there will be four residential tyres containing 325 apartments.
The Elevator is capable of reaching a height of 600 metres. It also has a double-deck lift that takes passengers from level 1 to the sky observation deck.
2. Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa is situated in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It is a very huge building and a popular tourist attraction.
The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world, standing 828 metres tall and containing more than 160 stories.
Burj Khalifa was completed in the year 2010, and till the beginning of 2020, it remained the tallest in the world.
Burj Khalifa still holds the following records:
1. The free-standing structure is taller than any other building in the world.
2. It has the highest number of stories in the world.
3. It has the tallest service elevator in the world.
4. The world's tallest outdoor observation deck.
5. It has the longest travel distance of any elevator in the world.
3. Wuhan Greenland Center
Wuhan Greenland Center in China consists of a 120-story, mixed-use tower that has 300,000 square meters of total floor area, which also includes 200,000 square meters of offices. The building was completed in 2018.
In the tower, 50,000 square meters of residential space are also available, and The 45,000 square meter Ritz Carlton Hotel is also located in the same building.
4. Shanghai Tower
The Shanghai Tower stands out from the other buildings on this list in that the tower has 200 wind turbines that continuously spin at the top of that tower. It was built in the year 2015.
It has the world’s tallest turbines and these turbines generate 10 per cent of the building's total energy.
The Shanghai tower also has other facilities like collecting rainwater and reusing wastewater, a combined heating and cooling system, and uses 40 different energy-saving features to help reduce the carbon footprint up to 34,000 metric tonnes of a carbon footprint per year.
To learn more, watch the following video tutorial.
Video Source: Top Luxury
5. Merdeka PNB118
The Merdeka PNB is a tall building that is situated in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was constructed in the year 2020.
The Merdeka PNB 118 has a total number of 118 floors, with 83 floors dedicated to top-notch office space, 17 floors dedicated to the five-star Park Hyatt hotel, four floors dedicated to South-East Asia's highest observation deck, and the remaining floors dedicated to mechanical and electrical systems and other mechanisms. | <urn:uuid:48b21566-c9cd-403a-97a8-00cdfcb38a77> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://constructioncost.co/tallest-building-in-the-world.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.95199 | 798 | 2.21875 | 2 |
The European Commission drafts proposals for new European legislation that it submits to the European Parliament and the European Council; it makes sure that European Union deliberations are correctly enacted, supervises use of EU funds, and ascertains the observance of European treaties and regulations. Having twenty members (assisted by approximately 24,000 officials) - appointed by member governments in collaboration with the designated president and approved by Parliament - the Commission remains in force for a five-year term and acts independently of member-state governments. This book examines the historical development, the current operation and the possible evolution of the European Commission. In its explanation of the decision-making process within the Commission, the relationship among the president and the commissioners, the connections between the political and organisational aspects of Commission activity, the book helps the reader understand the original nature and the challenges that characterise this multicultural administrative system. The text addresses the principal features of the internal reform and European governance introduced by the Prodi Commission, and also describes the initial stages of the Barroso Commission and its relationship with the European Parliament. Finally, the volume considers the innovations associated with the European Constitution and provides interpretive tools in order to better comprehend the institution's future.
Sandro Gozi, a European official, was a member of Romano Prodi's cabinet during his term as president of the European Commission; today Gozi is a one of the European Policy Councillors of the current Commission president, Jos Manuel Barroso. He also teaches European Law and Policy at the European Colleges in Bruges and Parma, the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and the University of Lecce. | <urn:uuid:d96019b6-a816-4908-9851-4a6bd06c644d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mulino.it/foreignrights/isbn/9788815107466 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.947234 | 335 | 2.203125 | 2 |
You will need
- - drawing paper or a piece of Wallpaper, the size is upon your request
- -images of desired things: tangible and intangible
- -its a photo that you like
- glue pencil
- -colored pens
To start, take the drawing paper or sheet and visually divide it into nine sectors, starting from the upper left corner, as shown in the picture: wealth, fame, love and marriage, family, I and health, children and creativity, wisdom and knowledge, career, assistants, and travel. Take beauty magazines and start to cut out, pictures with the items that you like, according to these sectors. The picture should not be dark objects, and negative words or that you feel uncomfortable. It is better to find the right picture online and print it.
The sector of wealth. In this sector we cut out all those images that you associate with wealth. For example, a picture of a house, car and bills. Be sure to "beat" image. Stick your photo and write "I'm driving my new car Toyota Camry." If we are talking about the home of your dreams, make the signature – " I'm in my house in France on the Mediterranean sea." Be specific in your desires, and sign that thing – that your. Indeed, it can happen that you get into your dream home, and it will not belong to you. This applies to all sectors.
The sector of fame. In this sector you paste a picture of the rewards that you want to achieve. It could be your photo on the red carpet with the Cup in his hands, promotions, awards, diplomas, and grants.The sector of love and marriage. If you already have a favorite person, you should stick a joint photo where you are happy. If you want to find love, then cut out the couple. Each sector can be your photo. The sector of the family. Here paste the photograph of your family or the one you want to create.
The sector of health. In this sector can use photos of slender body, healthy food. Be sure to sign everything that you want. Sector children and creativity. If you already have children then glue their photo and paste image desired hobby. If you are not yet ready to have children, then the image is not necessary.
The sector of wisdom and knowledge. For this sector can be cut from the picture library or bookcase, and then write about the knowledge you need. Never write "I want...", affirmations must say that you already have what you want. Sector career. Achieve the career ladder can be here and in the sector of fame.
The sector of helpers and travel. Suitable image of countries and their symbols (Eiffel tower, leaning tower of Pisa), as well as portraits of successful people from the spheres of activities, success in which you want to achieve. Make a collage so as not to have any empty seats. After you have made a treasure map, hang it on the South – East. Look at her and imagine that everything you want you already have. Wish you success and fulfillment of desires.
Remember that the blank places on the treasure map should not be. Be sure to sign off that everything that is on the treasure map it is your.
Begin to glue, only in the case when you have already made a collage. Do all the work just in a good mood to charge your desires positive energies of love, abundance and wealth. | <urn:uuid:a997c310-da5f-4f7c-a7b1-0c9ecbaff982> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://eng.kakprosto.ru/how-855011-how-to-make-a-treasure-map-for-wish-fulfillment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94763 | 732 | 1.796875 | 2 |
First posted to this site on 16th October 2017
While ADHD has its challenges and I have documented them well on here, ADHD can actually be a very powerful gift as some of our traits can be particularly beneficial in some situations.
Impulsivity might lead a child to call out answers in class but it can also make someone a quick and decisive decision maker and if they already have a lot of industry knowledge, this could make them a great leader in their chosen career.
The ability to hyperfocus on a special area of interest means that someone with ADHD can throw their heart and soul into a business if it interests them and give it their all.
In fact, people with other neurological conditions such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and ASC are also found to have these same traits. Youtuber Jessica McCabe of “How To ADHD” said recently in the TedX talk (I posted the video in an earlier blog- take a look) that “people with ADHD don’t think outside the box, we don’t have a box.”
When you live in a world that is constructed in a way that you just don’t quite get, you have to come up with solutions to get you through and many people with ADHD choose career paths that suit their personalities and interests (possibly why obvious symptoms of ADHD decrease in some adults).
With that in mind, I thought I would celebrate some the success of some well-known people with ADHD- but when I started to research this topic there were so many examples that this post would be about 10k words long!
So today I am writing about some well-known British people who have ADHD and that we don’t often hear about. I have shared their own words, taken from different publications (links at the bottom). Tomorrow I will share what some successful people from around the world have to say about their ADHD.
I hope you enjoy their stories.
Louise Mensch started off working in PR in the music industry before going on to publish a series of “chick-lit” novels. She is a former Conservative Member of Parliament and well known for asking very tough questions of Rupert Murdoch in the Parliamentary enquiry into phone hacking. She now works as a journalist and once tried to launch an alternative to Twitter.
“With ADD your whole focus is on what you are good at, which is why I loved politics but couldn’t keep my bedroom tidy. You are great at what you are good at, but incredibly scatter-brained when it comes to anything else. It’s the stereotype of the ‘absent minded professor.”
“It’s something a lot of creative people have.”
Trudie Styler is an actress, film producer and director. She is also the wife of the musician Sting.
“Those who have primarily the inattentive type of ADHD, rather than the hyperactive—most often girls—tend to be overlooked, because they’re well-behaved… You want to sit up straight, you want to do what the teacher asks you, you want to please people, but you’re operating in a fog a lot of the time.”
“What my learning difference has done is taught me to be a great communicator. My mother’s advice was always, when you’re lost, always ask a policeman, and there’s a bigger truth there. To reach out. To communicate. Help is always there.”
“Yoga has been an amazing tool for me. The physical practice has helped me maintain my body and given me strength, but the meditation aspect has been incredibly useful in stilling my mind, clearing the traffic that goes on in a chaotic mind like mine.”
“I’ll put my hand up to taking Adderall on days when I have scripts to read. It’s a great tool for me getting a lot done.”
Louis is a British gymnast who won a bronze medal and two silver medals on the pommel horse at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics respectively. He also won Strictly Come Dancing in 2012.
“I always thought I was a normal kid but my mum told me I was very restless. I couldn’t sit still and I was very loud.
Mum said I was always looking for attention too, and my behaviour got me into a few scrapes – people said I was naughty.
I remember once I went to a petting zoo with a summer play scheme during the holidays. I started pulling the hair out of a little pig. The people who were looking after the animals were horrified but I thought I was just a typical kid.
Sleeping was an issue for me. Mum said as a baby I never slept and I still have problems now. I tend to sleep better when I share a bed with someone else. When my ex-girlfriend used to stay over, I would get a good night’s rest.
I still get bored in the middle of the night though. Quite often, I watch TV, which I used to do as a boy. When I was at school I tried to turn the TV on quietly when everyone was in bed.
I started gymnastics when I was four because my mum thought it would be a good way for me to burn off energy and give me some discipline.
I was hyperactive so I did a lot of different sports such as football, basketball, hockey and climbing.
Being in a gym was a safe environment with coaches around to support me – if I wasn’t there, I would just be messing around in fields and climbing trees and my mum would be worried.
I got better and better at gymnastics but I was always getting sent out of training for bad behaviour. I started going more and more, until by the time I was nine, I was going five times a week.
I was seven when I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and put on the drug Ritalin.
My mum always thought I was different, and one day she was talking to another parent at gymnastics training.
This woman said her son had ADHD and Mum said that sounded like me.
She made me an appointment with a specialist, and I was diagnosed with the condition. Nobody knew much about having ADHD then.
If you have it, you don’t understand the consequences. You think what you are doing is fun and move on – you don’t think of the effect you are having.
Even a few years ago, I would make a decision and only think of the real impact it had afterwards.
At the time, ADHD was just a name to me – I didn’t think I had anything wrong. It is only when you get older and look back that you think there might have been a problem.
Gymnastics taught me discipline and respect and overall, I didn’t get into too much trouble.
But I was still hyperactive and sometimes I would take a joke too far, but I didn’t get into trouble with the police and I didn’t drink or do drugs. I concentrated on my gymnastics instead.”
Billy Connolly, CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor and is also known as “The Big Yin”.
Connolly has revealed how he used to think that he was stupid.
“I don’t anymore, because I’ve since found that there’s something wrong with me. I have this attention deficit thing. I have an inability to focus. Sometimes it’s so intense that I want to sleep.”
“People say it’s awful clever the way I’ll leave a story in the middle and come back to it later. No, it’s not. I leave the story because I can’t f***ing remember it. I’ll have had another thought, and this thought will spoil the story I’m on. So, I have to talk about the thought until it’s finished. That’s the way my brain works. I’m allowed to be like this on stage. And I’m very good at it.”
“People say, ‘You should get your head examined’. Well, I did and I was found wanting. I am attention deficit apparently, which is fair enough, I don’t care. I don’t feel any different from when I thought I was stupid. That was the diagnosis before.”
His wife said, “Everyone who knows Billy today is aware of his considerable, albeit unusual, intelligence. However, he does not process information the same way that many others do. Psychologists currently ascribe a diagnosis such as ‘Attention Deficit Disorder’ or ‘Learning Disability’ to such a way of thinking and, in the more enlightened educational environments, there is understanding and help for such children. Instead of writing his material down, and then performing it, Billy just rushes on stage and “hopes funny things will come out”.”
Ashley McKenzie is an English Olympic Athlete competing at the men’s 60 kg division of Judo.
“For as long as I can remember, I’d always been a naughty kid. Whether it was right or wrong, if I wanted something I would take it, if I wanted to do something, I’d do it.
Nobody thought there was anything seriously wrong with me though, and ADHD wasn’t obvious at that point.
I had physical health issues though. I’d been born with a hole in my heart and needed surgery when I was 18 months, and I needed hearing aids because I was 60% deaf in one ear and 40% in the other.
I also suffered from eczema and asthma, though they were mild. I had fits as a result of epilepsy which seemed to stop before I reached my teens and generally, I was a pretty fit kid. But by the age of 11, my bad boy behaviour was becoming a real issue.
It started with small things when I was about five. At home in London with my mum, dad and two brothers Aaron, 27, and Jack, 20, if someone ran a bath I’d just jump in it. It didn’t matter whether I wanted a bath, or if it was for someone else, impulsively I’d just have to jump in. My parents thought I was mischievous, but as I got older things got worse.
Then aged seven, I kicked some boy in the head and was expelled from school. Then I was excluded over 60 times from a new school in Hackney. At eight, I started getting into fights and flying off the handle all the time. It was so hard for my mum Susan because I was constantly being expelled from any primary school I went to.
When I reached secondary school, I got a lot of help from a teacher, Melissa Johns, but then I got sent to a special school for kids with behavioural problems. I must have had about 100 exclusion notes sent home with me from that school alone.
Finally, at 11, I was assessed and diagnosed with ADHD and placed on Ritalin, a drug which helps regulate chemicals in the brain, which I took three times a day. It really calmed me down and made me feel like a normal kid. The trouble was it also reduced my energy and made me tired all the time. It wasn’t a long-term solution.
I was still so violent and abusive, usually to other kids, that my mum agreed to have me placed inside a psychiatric unit for six months. She just couldn’t discipline me because I had no remorse. I didn’t care about life and had no fear of consequences
But it was an awful experience. If you were naughty they would put you in what they called the ‘cosy room’, which was basically a padded cell. The walls were really high with a security camera at the top, and the only air in the room came from a window with bars over it.
It just felt like being in prison and I ended up in the ‘cosy room’ a couple of times. I think my mum knew how horrible it was, but she did it for my own good.
I could go home for a couple of days at the end of the week and every time I’d have to leave her I’d cry and cry.
I just didn’t think a naughty boy deserved that much punishment. It just felt so wrong to me.
Then one day I got into a fight with a guy over Pokemon cards and he just threw me with a judo move. I was amazed and from there I joined the same club as him, Moberly Judo Club, in Kilburn, North West London.
I still had a temper and attacked other kids, but I never misbehaved when I was at judo. And as I got into my teens, judo played a big part in gradually calming me down.
When I started to get really good at it, judo gave me a focus for all my energy and anger. Even then, I knew, without it, I would have ended up in prison.
Judo made me change so much. Throughout my teenage years my mum would say: “If you behave for me all week, you can go to judo.” And that was enough to keep me on the right tracks.
Everyone could see how hard I was trying to keep it under control. And most importantly, when I started competing, I couldn’t take Ritalin any more as it was a banned substance in professional judo, so was a good way for me to stop.
I initially trained once a week, then three times a week, and within a couple of months I started competing in tournaments.
By the age of 19, I’d won the British Judo Open. From there, I went on to scoop both the judo World Cup and European Championships before taking part in the London Olympics 2012.
I missed out on a medal, but some of my pride was restored last year when I won gold for England in the Commonwealth Games under 66kg judo final in Glasgow.
The constant need for discipline keeps my ADHD in check, and I take supplements like whey protein and fish oil, which helps me to focus.
I’m ticking off the days until Rio 2016 and nothing, especially not my ADHD, is going to get in my way.”
Zayn Malik is an English singer and songwriter who used to be in the band One Direction and now performs by himself.
“Growing up I was pretty wild, I could never focus, couldn’t get a handle on where my brain wanted to go. I was constantly getting in trouble. Once, when I was at Tong High School, I was collared for a BB gun in class, It wasn’t loaded or anything, but me waving it around didn’t go down too well. I was later diagnosed by doctors as having super-hyperactivity — or ADHD as they like to label it.” | <urn:uuid:02f591a4-ee32-4c7f-a762-c0a20bdae788> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://meandmyadhd.net/adhd-and-success-uk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.98736 | 3,236 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Biossance scientists are dedicated to solving a problem that has haunted beauty products for decades—that so many of the ingredients in them are wasteful and unsustainable, threatening the health of the planet and our ecosystem.
We know that the future of beauty isn’t just “clean”…
the future is using science to find innovative solutions. From discovering
newer, more effective ingredients to using gentler production practices, we
imagine a future where science leads the way to a healthier way of life for
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As temperatures rise and air conditioners get a serious workout, looking for ways to improve energy efficiency at home can help you and your electric cooperative reduce demand, saving energy and money.
Making small adjustments in when, where and how you use electricity will help control your energy costs.
Avoid peak times, typically 4–8 p.m. in summer, by putting some chores on hold, at least until power demand dips. Consider some of the jobs 1 kilowatt-hour of electricity can do before you use it:
- Wash three loads of laundry.
- Complete one dryer cycle.
- Vacuum two average-size homes.
- Iron five shirts.
- Run three cycles in a loaded dishwasher.
- Use the oven for 30 minutes.
At 78 degrees most people are comfortable outside, so why not indoors? Most people aren’t sensitive enough to notice much of a difference in air temperature whether the thermostat is set at 73 or raised to 78. But the closer your thermostat setting is to the outdoor temperature, the less your air conditioner will run.
Each degree of temperature difference represents a percentage of the total cooling load. That means that when temperatures are in the high 80s, you could reduce your cooling demand by 10%–15% for each degree above 75.
Fans offer an economical alternative to air conditioning on mild days and can pitch in for comfort as temperatures climb. In summer, set ceiling fans to turn counterclockwise and blow air downward to get the most value.
Central AC can use as much as 1 kWh of electricity for each 12-minute cycle of cooling. A ceiling fan can operate for about 13 hours on the same amount of electricity, while a floor or table fan, depending on its size, might run for 10 hours per kilowatt-hour of power. Turn off fans when you leave a room because they cool people, not space.
Appliances on your countertops or stashed in your pantry use less energy and could keep you cooler. Microwaves use about 60% as much energy as full-size ovens, and a toaster oven or induction cooktop consumes about half as much power. Because these appliances are designed to heat food more efficiently in less space, the surface areas available for heating are smaller, which means less heat goes unused, keeping your kitchen cooler.
Share the Space
In simpler times families spent more time together in the same room even as they pursued different interests. Some members might’ve read books or magazines under the light of a shared lamp while others watched TV or played board games.
Today it’s common for everyone to retreat to separate spaces, turn on their electronics and close their doors to cocoon in their own environments.
Getting control of your energy use to reduce your home’s overall demand can be really challenging when you have to consider the entire home, so bring back family time to beat the peak.
LCD televisions generally use 60% as much electricity as comparably sized plasma models. One laptop uses about 20% as much power as a desktop computer and monitor. And today’s home assistant devices can play music using about 17% of the energy of a component stereo system.
A video game console consumes about 200 watts of power. One system pressed into service for spirited competition between family members uses about a third of the power of three players engaged in separate games throughout the house. | <urn:uuid:2c18c993-7fe0-4cb8-9d1e-04cf1199fbc8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://texascooppower.com/change-habits-to-beat-the-peak/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.944224 | 713 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Berea College, the City of Berea and Madison County have formalized an agreement to offer mutual aid in times of crisis, such as during serious weather events or other emergencies. While such agreements have been common between government agencies, this agreement between government agencies and a non-government entity is believed to be the only one of its kind in Kentucky.
Because of this agreement, resources can be more easily shared and communications and planning between public works, private entities, medical personnel, emergency responders and local government agencies can be more easily facilitated during an emergency. The agreement gives the parties the assurance that resources beyond their own are available and establishes the necessary protocols to call upon those resources and establish an efficient and effective response.
“In keeping with what Berea College is about, this agreement makes us and the community good neighbors—ones who are willing to lend or receive a helping hand when needed,“ says Lyle Roelofs, president of Berea College.
According to Lavoyed Hudgins, director of public safety at Berea College, “This is likely the only agreement of its kind in Kentucky in terms of the actual delivery of mutual aid in situations that emergency organizations are not otherwise expected to respond. A big plus is that Berea College is committing to help government entities in an emergency and not just depending on government to help us.”
Further, the agreement provides the essential foundation for further building an understanding relationship not only with city/county emergency services but all government services. Such understanding goes far beyond assistance in emergencies and opens a window for cooperative efforts in many ventures.
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Majority of youths dissatisfied with their jobs: ILO
The Work4Youth Project that is running under International Labour Organisation (ILO) revealed that nearly 60 per cent young Nepali workers are dissatisfied with their current jobs.
In its report ‘Labour market transitions of young women and men in Nepal', the ILO concluded that more than 31 per cent youth want to switch jobs to better utilise their qualifications. "Temporary nature of job is the other reason for looking for another job. More than 20 per cent are under this category."
Likewise, nearly 20 per cent youth wanted to change jobs because they want more working hours, whereas less than 10 per cent youth wanted to switch jobs due to the low wages at the current placement.
However, the report stated that 80 per cent of young people with only primary level education are better educated than their fathers against 90 per cent compared to their mothers. "It also revealed that the level of education is increasing over the years."
The report highlighted youth unemployment rate – at 26.1 per cent – of a university graduate that is thrice compared to youth with no education at all. that is 8.2 per cent.
Similarly, youths with post-secondary level degrees can earn 1.5 times more wages than a youth with primary education, the report stated, pointing out that urban unemployment rate of youth is more by around 28 per cent compared to rural areas where the rate is slightly more than 17 per cent only. | <urn:uuid:37e30e1f-9050-4123-bd74-0645969944bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nepanomy.com/majority-of-youths-dissatisfied-with-their-jobs-ilo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.96024 | 299 | 2.234375 | 2 |
The staff representatives are bodies whose mission is to represent the employees or to play a role of defense against the employer. Employee representatives in France, are key stakeholders of companies.
The CSE (social and economic committee) replaces today all the elected representative bodies i.e. the staff representative bodies, the staff delegates, the works council and the C.H.S.C.T. (Order n° 2017-1386 of 22/09/2017 relating to the new organization of social and economic dialogue in the company and promoting the exercise and enhancement of union responsibilities)
Social and Economic Committee
The social and economic committee (CSE) is the staff representation body in the company.
It must be set up in companies with more than 11 employees. The members of the CSE are elected by the employees of the company for a maximum period of 4 years.
Its scope, composition and functioning vary according to the size of the company.
In principle, it ensures that the rights of the employees of the company it represents are respected. If not, he makes sure that the complaints are addressed to the employer in order to remedy them. Indeed, he is in charge of bringing up to the employer the individual and collective claims of the employees, especially on the following points.
- Wages ;
- Application of the labor code and other legal provisions regarding social protection;
- Conventions and agreements applicable in the company.
The staff delegation to the CSE also contributes to promoting healthy and safe working conditions in the company. It carries out investigations into accidents at work or occupational or work-related illnesses. It may also refer the matter to the labor inspectorate if an employee complains about the poor application of these standards.
Thus, the missions of the Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee (CHSCT) have been carried out by the Social and Economic Committee (CSE) since January 1, 2020.
Finally, the CSE benefits from a right of alert allowing it to ask the employer for clarification in the following situations
- Violation of workers’ rights (e.g. moral harassment), their physical and mental health or individual freedoms (e.g. freedom of expression, opinion) in the company;
- Serious and imminent danger;
- Serious and imminent danger to public health and the environment.
Technical modalities for the implementation of the CSE in companies with 11 to 49 employees:
The employer organizes every 4 years the election of the members of the CSE. The ballot is organized within 90 days after the information of the employees, and takes place by secret ballot under envelope or by electronic voting.
To be a voter, the following criteria must be met
- Be an employee of the company and have at least 3 months of seniority at the 1st round of the ballot;
- Be at least 16 years old;
- Benefit of civic rights.
Who can run for election?
To run for election, the employee must meet the following 4 conditions:
- Be at least 18 years old;
- Have worked in the company for at least 1 year;
- Not to be the spouse, partner, cohabitant, ascendant, descendant, brother, sister and relative to the same degree of the employer;
- Not to have received a conviction prohibiting him/her from being an elector and therefore from being elected.
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I am always interested in building/modifying equipment and glassware, and the following C and E News article led me to an interesting website, also linked, where details on building homemade rotators and stir plates are in place. Both models can be constructed with materials for less than $30. As I'm always looking to keep costs down for equipment like this, I thought I would share it. If anyone knows of other links, please let me know.
A student would gain a working knoweldge of constructing homebuilt devices (very useful for graduate school).
If I have a small enough lab class in the future, I definitely might try to do a lab that centers on constructing a useful device, like a freezing point depression setup, etc. I think giving upper division students appreciation for device and equipment construction is a plus, especially if they have plans of moving on to graduate school.
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[Guest Post] 8 TED Talks to Help You Overcome Your Fear of Failure
I recently published an article on Entrepreneur.com where I share about eight TED Talks that will help you over your fear of failure. I wanted to tell you about this post here, and if you like what you see, you may like to read the rest.
Anyways… this is how the post begins
Debbie Millman told me her biggest regret was not “going for it” after she graduated college. She took the “safe” option, got a job and built a career. And a great career she built, becoming the president of Sterling Brands, and working with over 200 of the world’s largest businesses.
Yet, she chose this route not because she wasn’t good enough to make it on her own, but because she was scared to.
Fear took over, and it was the fear that she would fail.
Fear itself isn’t a problem. You’re allowed to worry and stress. This doesn’t make you weak, and it does not define you. But, if you wish to get to where you desire, you must fight your fear.
It took Debbie Millman years to figure this out, but once she embraced her creativity, with shows like Design Matters and books like Look Both Ways, she began to overcome her fear of failure.
Millman also told me about a chat she once had with her good friend, Dani Shapiro, who said, “We think we need confidence to do something and take action, but confidence isn’t what we need. What’s more important than confidence is courage and competence.”
Like anything, learning how to overcome your fear of failure is a skill. It takes practice. You need to learn how to embrace it, because once you do you can build real success on the back of it.
As Shapiro says, you don’t need confidence, only a little courage and competence.
Here are a few inspiring TED Talks to help you find some.
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Are You Ready for Some Free Winter Coloring Pages? Download the PDF and Color Winter Animals, Winter Mandalas, Winter Clothes and more!
Winter is here! Are you and your kids feeling bored? Are you stuck at home? Keep yourself entertained with these Winter Coloring Pages. Get 15 FREE winter coloring pages for both adults and kids. Choose between snowmen, mittens, winter animals, winter mandalas, and more!
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I’m sure you know that all snowflakes are different, but did you that there are classifications and variants of snowflakes? Learn more about Snowflakes on Wikipedia.com
The Free Winter Coloring Sheets include: Seven Winter Animal Pages (Polar Bears, Penguins, Walruses and more), Winter Scenes to color, Winter Mandalas (Adult coloring pages), and Winter Clothes Coloring Pages!
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Whether you are a preschool teacher, parent, grandparent, librarian, or Daycare worker, you will love these Free Coloring Pages. You can print as many as you like. Use them to entertain your crew of kids. They are great to keep kids busy at school, at home, or just for fun!
Winter Animal Coloring Sheets
The Free PDF includes a bunch of winter animal pages. There are two polar bear pages, two penguin pages, two walrus pages and one ice skating tiger!
You kids will love coloring these cute winter animal coloring sheets! They can choose from realistic animals or cute animals dressed in winter clothes.
Winter Clothes Coloring Pages
Teach your toddlers and preschoolers about how to dress in the winter with the winter clothes coloring page. It includes a hat, mitten, and sweater. It’s fun to discuss what different clothes to wear during the different seasons of the year.
Also included are two more detailed pages that include winter gloves, scarves, hats and stockings. These pages are fun to color for kids and adults! Have a relaxing time filing in all of the fun winter shapes.
Want to Create an Entire Winter Lesson Plan?
Print out the coloring pages, make a craft, and read some books.
Make this fun Winter Clothes Craft. It’s easy using the free printable template. Your children will love choosing the different colors for their winter clothes craft.
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Color these Winter Coloring pages while reading these Fun Books:
Improving Fine Motor Skills
We all know that coloring pages are super fun, but they’re also great for improving pencil grasp (using a crayon) and fine motor skills! As your little ones color, they will express their creativity, get some fine motor practice and of course, have fun!
Winter Scenes to Color
Also included in the Free Winter Coloring Page PDF are some simple winter scenes to color. These pages include a lot of snow and ice. Your little ones will enjoy coloring the snowman and snow globe.
These cute scenes are so sweet and your little ones will love coloring them.
Finally, the PDF also includes four fun winter mandalas! These coloring pages aren’t just for your preschooler and kindergartener, They’re also for you!! Included in the free pdf are fun and relaxing adult coloring pages for you and your older kids (elementary school kids) to enjoy.
There are snowflake mandalas, a snowman mandala, and winter clothes mandalas. Print these out and have fun coloring with your little ones!!
Just scroll to the bottom of the page to grab your Free Winter Coloring Pages now.
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Free Paper Crafts for Kids
If you liked these Winter Coloring Pages, check out some of my FREE Craft Printables for kids!
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Musing on the housing problem in 1909, Edgar Chambless dreamed of laying a modern skyscraper on its side and extending it into the country. This two-story “continuous house” would be “a workable way of coupling housing and transportation into one mechanism,” with a monorail in the cellar, farmland on either side, and a path on the roof for cyclists and roller skaters.
“The Roadtown is a scheme to organize production, transportation and consumption into one systematic plan,” Chambless wrote in a 1910 manifesto. “In an age of pipes and wires, and high speed railways such a plan necessitates the building in one dimension instead of three.”
Chambless’ friend Milo Hastings promoted the idea in magazine articles, and the American Institute of Architects recognized it in a 1919 contest to present “the best solution of the housing problem.” Thomas Edison even donated the use of certain patents. Alas, though Chambless promoted his dream until his death in 1936, it never got off the drawing board. | <urn:uuid:8d6b548a-aa31-44f4-98e8-579e554581d4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.futilitycloset.com/2010/05/26/roadtown/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FutilityCloset+%28Futility+Closet%29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.952245 | 224 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Wales is making progress towards achieving child poverty objectives in a number of areas but still needs to do more Communities and Children’s Secretary Carl Sargeant said today.
Addressing the Assembly, the Cabinet Secretary said:
“Our 2015 Child Poverty Strategy identified five areas where we can do more to help tackle child poverty. Progress has been made in each of these areas.
“Employment in Wales is close to a record high and the number of children living in workless households is at an all time low. We have reduced the gap in educational attainment between pupils eligible for Free School Meals and those who are not, and have exceeded our target for pupils achieving the expected level at Foundation Phase.
“However, we know we need to do more. In 2015, there were still nearly 72,000 children living in workless households and in-work poverty is a growing issue.”
Mr Sargeant highlighted some of the challenges and said a new way of tackling these issues was needed:
“Our commitment to tackling child poverty is not in doubt. However, the decisions and actions of the UK government on welfare reform, which, alongside changes in the labour market play a major part in the forecasted rise in poverty, mean that we are not going to be able to achieve our ambition to eradicate child poverty by 2020.
“The Welsh Government does not hold the primary policy and fiscal levers, especially in terms of the welfare system, needed to enable us to deliver the significant changes needed.
“The issues we face can therefore, only be tackled through new ways of working. Within a context of stretched resources and reducing budgets, we need to focus our efforts where we can have most impact with the levers we have available.”
The Cabinet Secretary set out his vision for tackling child poverty in future. He said:
“I firmly believe that it is time for a new, whole-government approach to building resilient communities to help us deliver on this agenda.
“Improving well-being and economic prosperity are fundamental to improving outcomes for vulnerable children, including those living in poverty. Focusing on three key areas of early years, employment and empowerment will help us to develop communities that can offer children the best start in life; communities that are ready and able to work; and communities that are empowered and engaged, as well as being safe and strong.
“Our statutory framework for tackling child poverty in Wales is provided by the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010. But we also have the opportunity to use the Well-being of Future Generations Act to support a national, all Wales approach to tackling poverty and reducing inequalities, maximising our collective impact in uncertain times with the levers we have at our disposal. Under the Act, a set of 46 National Indicators for Wales will measure national progress towards achieving the seven well-being goals. Progress in tackling child poverty will be assessed using the National Indicators on which the Welsh Government can have most effect.
“We have said before, we cannot tackle poverty alone. Only by working in partnership can we hope to achieve the level and pace of change which is needed to reduce child poverty in Wales. As part of this I have invited organisations to join with us to develop Children’s Zones to help improve the life chances of children and young people living in Wales.
“We need to support families when they need it most and equip services to respond to the challenges of modern times. Our ambition is to make a difference for everyone, at every stage in their lives, now and in the longer term.” | <urn:uuid:7565c5d0-f235-4873-8be4-3295dc4daa6f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gov.wales/progress-report-child-poverty-published | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958416 | 738 | 1.8125 | 2 |
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Justine R. Smith, Dongseok Choi, Timothy J. Chipps, Yuzhen Pan, David O. Zamora, Michael H. Davies, Bobby Babra, Michael R. Powers, Stephen R. Planck, James T. Rosenbaum; Unique Gene Expression Profiles of Donor-Matched Human Retinal and Choroidal Vascular Endothelial Cells. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2007;48(6):2676-2684. doi: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.06-0598.
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purpose. Consistent with clinical observations that posterior uveitis frequently involves the retinal vasculature and recent recognition of vascular heterogeneity, the hypothesis for this study was that retinal vascular endothelium was a cell population of unique molecular phenotype.
methods. Donor-matched cultures of primary retinal and choroidal endothelial cells from six human cadavers were incubated with either Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites (10:1, parasites per cell) or Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (100 ng/mL); control cultures were simultaneously incubated with medium. Gene expression profiling of endothelial cells was performed using oligonucleotide arrays containing probes designed to detect 8746 human transcripts. After normalization, differential gene expression was assessed by the significance analysis of microarrays, with the false-discovery rate set at 5%. For selected genes, differences in the level of expression between retinal and choroidal cells were evaluated by real-time RT-PCR.
results. Graphic descriptive analysis demonstrated a strong correlation between gene expression of unstimulated retinal and choroidal endothelial cells, but also highlighted distinctly different patterns of expression that were greater than differences noted between donors or between unstimulated and stimulated cells. Overall, 779 (8.9%) of 8746 transcripts were differentially represented. Of note, the 330 transcripts that were present at higher levels in retinal cells included a larger percentage of transcripts encoding molecules involved in the immune response. Differential gene expression was confirmed for 12 transcripts by RT-PCR.
conclusions. Retinal and choroidal vascular endothelial cells display distinctive gene expression profiles. The findings suggest the possibility of treating posterior uveitis by targeting specific interactions between the retinal endothelial cell and an infiltrating leukocyte.
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The first few years of your child’s schooling are the most crucial and also the most wonderful. Child growth and development starts in the preschool years. This is the time when they begin to grow not only physically, but also socially, emotionally and intellectually. The skills they learn during this stage are the foundation for a lifetime of learning. That is why it is imperative that you choose the right preschool for your kids. Try to pick the kind of school that will encourage brain and emotional development in your child. The center should have a preschool program that will not only teach essential skills but also keep the kids entertained and inspired to learn.
ABC Academy focuses not only on the cognitive development of your children, we also pay attention to their personal development.
Here are six skills that your child will learn in our Jackson preschool.
Letters and sounds
In our preschool, your children will learn about letters and sounds. They will learn to recognize letters starting with uppercase. Lowercase letters will be taught after uppercase as lowercase letters are more difficult to learn during this stage. This is the time when they will also be taught how to recognize and write their own name. They will learn other words that are more meaningful to them like DAD and MOM. They will learn how to associate the letters with their sound and identify the sounds that each letter makes. These skills are essential for the foundation of their reading skills.
Numbers and counting
Our Jackson preschool will teach your kids the basics and foundations of Math so that they will be better prepared for Kindergarten. The first thing they will learn is how to count numbers from 1 to 10 or even 20. They will be given some activities that will help them identify the numbers and learn what they look like. Then, they will learn how to count by memorizing the order of numbers and say them while they count objects. When they learn counting, they also learn that numbers and objects work together.
Our Jackson preschool will show your kids how to identify basic shapes. This skill is is another crucial foundation for pre-math skills that your child will use when they move on to higher grades.
Another important skill that our Jackson preschool will introduce your kids to, is how to identify colors. They will learn how to name and identify colors which are important for their creative and language development.
Cutting and drawing
Children in preschool age are still developing their eye and hand coordination skills. ABC Academy’s Jackson preschool teaches kids activities that will further encourage this development. For instance, they will be taught how to use scissors and make arts and crafts. This skill helps develop the fine motor skills needed before they even step into kindergarten. They will also learn how to color and draw more defined objects rather than just scribbles as they learn how to use pencils and paint brushes.
Our Jackson preschool also values social skills. We believe that this is one of the most vital skills that children should have before they proceed to kindergarten. Children learn how to interact with their peers, and how to cooperate with teachers and classmates. They will be given group activities which can teach them how to actively participate and follow simple directions. They will also learn how to communicate their needs and wants so that when they proceed to kindergarten, they will no longer need to have their parents speak for them. This is when they will start building confidence and independence.
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SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations, SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths, SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_dir, SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_file - set default locations for trusted CA certificates
#include <openssl/ssl.h> int SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *CAfile, const char *CApath); int SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths(SSL_CTX *ctx); int SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_dir(SSL_CTX *ctx); int SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_file(SSL_CTX *ctx);
SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations() specifies the locations for ctx, at which CA certificates for verification purposes are located. The certificates available via CAfile and CApath are trusted.
SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths() specifies that the default locations from which CA certificates are loaded should be used. There is one default directory and one default file. The default CA certificates directory is called "certs" in the default OpenSSL directory. Alternatively the SSL_CERT_DIR environment variable can be defined to override this location. The default CA certificates file is called "cert.pem" in the default OpenSSL directory. Alternatively the SSL_CERT_FILE environment variable can be defined to override this location.
SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_dir() is similar to SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths() except that just the default directory is used.
SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_file() is similar to SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths() except that just the default file is used.
If CAfile is not NULL, it points to a file of CA certificates in PEM format. The file can contain several CA certificates identified by
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... (CA certificate in base64 encoding) ... -----END CERTIFICATE-----
sequences. Before, between, and after the certificates text is allowed which can be used e.g. for descriptions of the certificates.
The CAfile is processed on execution of the SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations() function.
If CApath is not NULL, it points to a directory containing CA certificates in PEM format. The files each contain one CA certificate. The files are looked up by the CA subject name hash value, which must hence be available. If more than one CA certificate with the same name hash value exist, the extension must be different (e.g. 9d66eef0.0, 9d66eef0.1 etc). The search is performed in the ordering of the extension number, regardless of other properties of the certificates. Use the c_rehash utility to create the necessary links.
The certificates in CApath are only looked up when required, e.g. when building the certificate chain or when actually performing the verification of a peer certificate.
When looking up CA certificates, the OpenSSL library will first search the certificates in CAfile, then those in CApath. Certificate matching is done based on the subject name, the key identifier (if present), and the serial number as taken from the certificate to be verified. If these data do not match, the next certificate will be tried. If a first certificate matching the parameters is found, the verification process will be performed; no other certificates for the same parameters will be searched in case of failure.
In server mode, when requesting a client certificate, the server must send the list of CAs of which it will accept client certificates. This list is not influenced by the contents of CAfile or CApath and must explicitly be set using the SSL_CTX_set_client_CA_list(3) family of functions.
When building its own certificate chain, an OpenSSL client/server will try to fill in missing certificates from CAfile/CApath, if the certificate chain was not explicitly specified (see SSL_CTX_add_extra_chain_cert(3), SSL_CTX_use_certificate(3).
If several CA certificates matching the name, key identifier, and serial number condition are available, only the first one will be examined. This may lead to unexpected results if the same CA certificate is available with different expiration dates. If a "certificate expired" verification error occurs, no other certificate will be searched. Make sure to not have expired certificates mixed with valid ones.
For SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations the following return values can occur:
The operation failed because CAfile and CApath are NULL or the processing at one of the locations specified failed. Check the error stack to find out the reason.
The operation succeeded.
SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_paths(), SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_dir() and SSL_CTX_set_default_verify_file() all return 1 on success or 0 on failure. A missing default location is still treated as a success.
Generate a CA certificate file with descriptive text from the CA certificates ca1.pem ca2.pem ca3.pem:
#!/bin/sh rm CAfile.pem for i in ca1.pem ca2.pem ca3.pem ; do openssl x509 -in $i -text >> CAfile.pem done
Prepare the directory /some/where/certs containing several CA certificates for use as CApath:
cd /some/where/certs c_rehash .
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On March 1st, 2018, the GOES-17 weather satellite launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. As a second generation GOES satellite operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this and other satellites will extend the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system’s (GOES) weather forecasting and meteorological research until 2036.
The purpose of this new generation of satellites is to improve the forecasts of weather, oceans, the environment and space weather by providing faster and more detailed data, real-time images, and advanced monitoring. Recently, the satellite’s Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) made its debut by releasing its “first light“, which just happened to be some beautiful and breathtaking images of Earth from space.
The image featured above was taken on May 20th, 2018, where GOES-17 captured the sunset over Earth’s Western Hemisphere. This image was taken when the satellite was at a distance of 35,405 km (22,000 miles) from Earth and was presented in “GeoColor”, which captures features of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere in vivid detail and colors that are familiar to the human eye.
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Compared to previous GOES satellites, GOES-17 can collect three times more data at four times the image resolution, and scan the planet five times faster than previous probes. These abilities were put to the test as the ABI created its beautiful images of Earth using two visible bands (blue and red) and one near-infrared “vegetation” band, and one of the ABI’s “longwave” infrared bands.
When combined as a “GeoColor” image, these bands provide valuable information for monitoring dust, haze, smoke, fog, clouds and winds in the atmosphere – which allows meteorologists to monitor and forecast where severe weather events will take place. It also allows scientists to monitor vegetation patterns to see how weather conditions can lead to increased drought or the expansions of greenery.
It also results in pictures depicting Earth in vivid and colorful detail, as you can plainly see! The satellite is currently in its post-launch checkout testing phase, where controllers on Earth are busy calibrating its instruments and systems and validating them for use. The imagery acquired by the ABI is one such example, which served as a preliminary check to ensure that the imaging instrument will function properly.
Other images included the picture of a series of dynamic marine stratocumulus clouds (shown above), which was captured by the satellite’s ABI off the western coast of Chile in the the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Once again, the improved resolution and sensitivity of the GOES-17 allows it to monitor clouds in our atmosphere with amazing detail and clarity.
GOES-17 also captured a deck of low level stratus clouds covering the southern California coast (above) and smoke plumes created by wildfires in central and northern Saskatchewan, Canada (below). These two images were also acquired by the ABI on May 20th, 2018, and demonstrate how effective GOES-17 will be when it comes to monitoring weather patterns, events that can trigger fires (i.e. lighting), and the resulting fires themselves.
Alongside GOES-17, NOAA’s operational geostationary constellation also consists of GOES-16 (operating as GOES-East), GOES-15 (operating as GOES-West), and GOES-14 – operating as the on-orbit spare. This satellite constellation is currently in good working order and is monitoring weather across the US and the planet each day.
While this data is still preliminary and non-operational, it does provide a good preview of what the GOES-17 can do. In the coming years, it and its third and fourth-generation cousins – GOES-T and GOES-U – will allow Earth observers to monitor weather, climate change and natural disasters with far greater detail, allowing for better early warning and response efforts.
To see more full-resolution images from the GOES-17 ABI, go to the NOAA page.
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Evolutionists, most recently in USA Today, continue to characterize themselves as “scientific” while claiming Creationists are just “religious.” This is not an issue of science versus faith. Rather, it is faith versus faith.
The evangelists of evolution never differentiate between micro-evolution and macroevolution. Micro-evolution is small, observable changes in a species (natural selection), which clearly occurs. However, after minor changes the fruit fly is still a fruit fly. Macro-evolution is large, unobservable changes in a species (molecules-to-man evolution). Fossil evidence does not supp0rt the Evolutionist claim that an ape turned into a man or that a dinosaur morphed into a bird. Proof of micro-evolution does not prove macro-evolution. Evolutionists ignore this clear lapse of logic.
Moreover, the word “science” needs clarification. Observational/testable science and historical science are distinct categories of science. Observational science tests theories that are observable, testable, repeatable and falsifiable. Such science helps us land a probe on a comet, build computers, etc. Everyone accepts science verified through the scientific method.
Historical science deals with origins or past events not directly observable, testable, repeatable or falsifiable. No one observed how the universe began or what conditions were actually present at that time. Scientific data can be observed today to support a belief about past events, but that belief cannot be repeated or tested. Therefore, an Evolutionist’s belief about historical events is no more scientific than a Creationist’s belief. Observational science can support both positions. Differing conclusions are based on the proponent’s presuppositions and worldview.
Since no one was there at the beginning, both sides start with a presupposition: Creationists believe the starting point is God who created the universe; Evolutionists believe the starting point is nothingness/no God, i.e., nothing + time + chance = our universe. Don’t be fooled. The Evolutionist’s faith is just as religious as the Creationist’s. The Evolutionist claims Nature is self-existing; the Creationist claims God is self-existing. Both use scientific data to support their respective historical scientific positions. It is ironic that Evolutionists claim to rely upon observation, experimentation, and rational analysis for a belief that cannot be observed or tested to determine if it is, in fact, true. Neither position is verifiable by the scientific method. It is a matter of faith for both.
The mocking condescension of Evolutionists that Creationists are unscientific is a bullying tactic used to silence debate. Many great scientists were Creationists. Michael Faraday, James Joule, Lord Kelvin, Johann Kepler, Carolus Linnaeus, Gregor Mendel, Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur and Blaise Pascal would all be excommunicated from our universities today for their creationist beliefs. The next time you read or hear an Evolutionist proudly proclaiming his belief in science and that a Creationist viewpoint is simply religious, remember the faulty logic being employed and ask yourself a simple question, “Who was there when the universe began – God or Nothing?” Romans 1 :20 is clear: “From the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly observed in what He made. As a result, people have no excuse.” | <urn:uuid:c190f165-97d4-491e-99f6-79b0b5dc3550> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.slgwitness.com/2017/07/8867-evolution-dk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.920939 | 720 | 2.578125 | 3 |
I have been bringing my students on Blue Water Ventures trips to Elkhorn Slough for 8 years. Kim and her staff do a great job of teaching
the kids kayak safety and operation and the importance of team work and conservation in the context of kayaking in Elkhorn Slough.
We see a number of marine mammals, including harbor seals and sea otters, a huge variety of birds including
Snowy and Great Egrets, Blue herons, sandpipers, willets, pelicans and cormorants to mention just a few.
Kim and her staff teach the students about the slough environment, the Marine Mammals Act and the impact humans have on Elkhorn Slough ecology.
In the summary paper that my students write upon their return to the classroom, kids always say what a good time they had, how they overcame their fears and learned kayaking skills.
I recommend Blue Water Ventures to all my teaching friends,
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Giant Panda in the Wild – 16″ x 12″ – 950 Edition Signed and Numbered Paper Print
2 piece set including the large print above, signed and numbered out of 950 and a gorgeous hand colored Original Lithograph pictured below, which is also signed and numbered out of 950.
“The panda’s habitat, however, made me feel right at home. As we climbed the narrow switchback trail that had begun in neatly terraced fields, we entered
a region of huge old-growth trees covered with snow that had fallen the previous night. (The panda’s depend on these old trees for dens.) Many of the tree species – pine, fir, hemlock, larch and birch – were familiar, as was the cool misty weather. Except for the dense bamboo thickets, I could almost have been walking in an old-growth forest of the Pacific Northwest. But above all, it is the bamboo under-story that makes these mountain habitats the place for pandas.
They feed almost exclusively on this difficult-to-digest and nutrient-poor plant. As descendants of the ancient carnivore ancestor of modern bears, pandas
lack the digestive adaptations that might allow them to use their plant food to the maximum, and so they compensate by eating constantly and digesting
quickly, on average eighteen pounds a day. To conserve energy, they generally sleep whenever they’re not eating, but this still leaves them close to the edge of malnutrition. When a species of bamboo suddenly flowers and dies off – as it may do once in many years – the panda population can drop catastrophically. This is a particular problem now that logging has cleared the lower slopes, where different bamboo species provided an alternate food source.” – Robert Bateman
Giant Panda in the Wild is available
Robert Bateman has been called the most famous living artist. He continues to paint and tour the world to promote conservation and preservation of nature. We have represented Robert Bateman for decades and are now the sole publisher and distributor of his reproductions. We are so honored to work with him and witness his success. He has made such a massive contribution to the art world and the natural world as an artist and educator of the earth’s most important resources.
Nature as a subject is becoming more and more popular as our environment is in peril. What better subject is there than the beautiful creatures we share this world with? Robert Bateman’s appreciation and understanding of nature are apparent in his paintings. He is able to paint flora and fauna the way your eye would perceive it in real life. It is important that the animal takes full attention. The background becomes muted, and therefore it doesn’t take too much focus away from the subject. His paintings seem effortless and masterful all at once.
Bateman’s eye for composition is unparalleled. Each painting is a composed like a symphony, leading the eye to wander. From the backyards of North America to the sprawling plains of Africa. Robert Bateman captures nature the way it should be enjoyed. Above all he is a champion of wildlife. For this reason he has become a household name for art collectors. | <urn:uuid:1a94bd0c-e462-4fdc-a11b-695873360771> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.naturesscene.com/product/giant-panda-in-the-wild/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.96717 | 665 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Pointed Words Discussion Questions
Legacies of the Left
Participants: Bozovic (chair), Cieply, Golynko, Fenghi, Nizhnik (5-8 mins)
- The very title of our symposium and workshop, “global present,” points to the temporal paradoxes that haunt/inspire our collective work. Is the global present a euphemism for post-Cold War? Whose global present? What of futurism, of nostalgia?
- To what extent is contemporary leftist poetry aware of leftist legacies? Does it matter? Is leftist poetry always already historical? Can poets “escape” the legacies of the left? What left, whose left? How do poets (and critics) learn from/carry on/improve upon the past? Do strategies differ on different sides of the (former) Cold War?
- How does the leftist poetry of today offer resistance against prevailing aesthetic/political forms in contemporary culture? Why has poetry “come back,” why poetry, what kind of poetry, and what is poetry today?
- Is there a stronger and weaker pulse to politically engaged poetry? How is it different when created within a political system and revolutionary moment, as opposed to in periods of defeat and retreat?
- When does poetry shade into activism? When does radicalism slide into fascism? How do the poetries of the left navigate gender politics and nationalism? What of militancy and political violence? What of aestheticized politics and charismatic “prophets”?
- What are the (new) institutions of poetry’s production, dissemination, and reception? What role does the collective and community play, perhaps particularly against a backdrop of rising populism? What of song, slogan, means of mobilization?
Translation and Languages of Empire
Participants: Hunter (chair), Edmond, Figlerowicz, Ostashevsky, Sandler, Toorawa (5-8 mins)
- How may the translation of poetry in and of itself be considered a political act? What are the political charges/valences of literary translation today?
- What are the interdependencies of translation and empire? What of the violence of translation and its motivations, and the “world republic of letters” struggles between more or less politically/economically powerful languages? What of World Literature?
- What is the importance of the local, and of the national today? Does the translation of poetry disrupt traditional relationships and communities? How are spaces and localities translated (and studied, via area studies)?
- In the era of globalization, do geographical borders influence the contemporary poet, and is there national poetry anymore—especially in such cases as English and Russian?
- Does poetry require/imagine/create an audience? How so, across languages? How might it create multiple and divergent audiences? What does canon formation look like in contemporary poetry? Who does it, where, how long does it last, and what of competing and counter canons?
- Does translation demystify the role of the poet, democratize language, draw attention to the relationship between process and product—not to mention individual vs. collective intellectual “property”? What of gender and translation?
Participants: Platt (chair), Bradley, Nelson, Raza Kolb, Repp (5-8 mins)
- Are our archives and museums the “garbage cans of history” (Groys) or armories? What characterizes the archive today, off and online, what of its abandonment and rediscovery? What tensions reign between cultural memory and affective (affected?) nostalgia?
- If there is not political power without control of the archives, and of collective memory, how are archives used for poetic inspiration? How is the impulse to archive related to survival? Is it still a defining characteristic of the modern era (Merewether)?
- How does poetry preserve cultural memory, by way of written and performing histories? What of text’s materiality? What new forms of apparatus has poetry acquired? When poetry takes on visual, aural, and theoretical features, has verbal form exhausted itself?
- Are we witnessing a new spatial turn of poetry? Is poetry as tweet, video, meme, graffiti, installation all part of the society of spectacle? What then of the political slogan, of the poet’s body in protest and performances of subversion? When is poetry therapy, when reenactment of trauma?
- Who is the subject of poetry? What of voice, gender, number, identity? Where does the poet end and curator or director take over? What distinctions now are there between poet and non-poet, performer and audience, private and public?
Form, Institutions, Economy
Participants: MacKay (chair), Arseniev, Chukhrov, Medvedev, Osipova, Rymbu (5-8 mins)
- Must a (political) poet today be also critic, theorist, translator, publicist and publisher? What are the institutions of poetry today? In what systems are they embedded, entangled, complicit? What of gender, race, class as categories of identification and resistance?
- What of intellectual property, of copyright? What of the individual and the collective on either production or reception ends? What of readerships, of “popular” and “elite” forms, platforms, institutions?
- What of social media and the potential/dangers of the curated audience? What of censorship, self-censorship, and surveillance? Is there a correlation between the short form and digital culture, or short form and escape from large-scale publishing?
- What makes poetry leftist? Is poetic language somehow less co-opted than other literary forms? Is poetry today always already a type of resistance, theorizing powerlessness (Ngai)? Does genre matter? Does form? What of documentary impulses, remediating impulses, hypermediation? What of rhyme?
- What is the relationship today between poetic and academic communities? Between poetic and theoretical productions? Can we distinguish between the two, and have such distinctions become symbolic or strategic?
- What forms, institutions, economies are local and what global? In times of defeat, does poetry’s resurgence correlate with escapes to kitchen cultures, away from the public? What is poetry’s role in creating collectivities—a united front—versus internal critique? | <urn:uuid:4caa2cbd-09ca-4bda-8ac5-d252a70bffdc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://utopiaafterutopia.com/pointed-words/pointed-words-discussion-questions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.934994 | 1,342 | 1.757813 | 2 |
All foods serve some function, but some work twice as hard for you.
What’s the difference between a food and a functional food? If you’re hungry, and you eat something, hasn’t that food served a function? Yes, but the term functional food refers to a food that has functions beyond sating your hunger and giving you basic nutrition. These foods have additional health benefits making them smart choices anytime, according to the International Food Information Council Foundation.
Some of these functional foods, like the much-hyped acai berry, can be expensive and difficult to get. But there are others that are probably sitting in your pantry or refrigerator right now. Here are a few kitchen staples that are also functional foods.
Plain oats contain beta glucan, which may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, according to the European Food Safety Authority. Whole grains also reduce the risk of heart disease plus some types of cancers. Oatmeal also supports maintenance of healthy blood glucose levels.
You might not have acai berries in your fridge, but chances are you have an apple or two. Apples contain flavanols that support the maintenance of heart health, soluble fiber that may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and some types of cancer, and procyanidins and proanthocyanidins that support the maintenance of urinary tract health. Oh, and the combination of fiber and flavanols will also help prevent weight gain.
If there’s a tin of tuna in your pantry, it has more functions than just making one of the world’s fastest sandwich spreads. It has omega-3 fatty acids, which may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and support maintenance of eye health and mental function.
Fresh or jarred garlic contains selenium, which neutralizes free radicals that may damage cells. Garlic also supports maintenance of immune and prostate health.
An egg contains lutein and zeaxanthin, which support maintenance of eye health and selenium that, like garlic, neutralizes free radicals. The vitamin A in eggs is also good for the eyes, boosts immune and bone health, and contributes to cell integrity.
Carrots contain beta carotene, which neutralizes free radicals, bolsters cellular antioxidant defenses and can also be turned into vitamin A by the body. These vegetables also have the same lutein and zeaxanthin that eggs have for eye health, and they contain lignans that support maintenance of heart and immune health.
This Mediterranean staple contains monounsaturated fatty acids, which may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
Dried or canned beans like black, pinto, kidney or white contain potassium, which may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke — particularly in combination with a low sodium diet — and magnesium, which supports maintenance of normal muscle and nerve function, immune health and bone health.
Onions contain inulin, fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) and polydextrose, all probiotics that support maintenance of digestive health and calcium absorption. They also contain various flavanols that neutralize free radicals that may damage cells and bolster cellular antioxidant defenses.
This oh-so-important morning beverage contains caffein acid and ferulic acid, which bolster cellular antioxidant defenses and also support maintenance of eye and heart health. | <urn:uuid:56565679-72b0-4b83-ad02-c0e7bd0c5b0f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.quiet-corner.com/10-functional-foods-probably-hand/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.935605 | 724 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Polish engineers of the Automotive Industry Institute (PIMOT) in Warsaw have built FUNTER – an innovative vehicle combining the best features of trucks and F1 cars, an off-roader that can survive everything.The whole project started in 2013 and the final effects are now presented to public at military and inventive fairs across the world. FUNTER was already awarded a gold medal in Brussels.
PIMOT specialists boast about their car holding up even under the most extreme conditions. The reasons are its suspension with an adjustable spring rate and the four-wheel steering (4WS) system. The first feature allows each wheel to move individually and the suspension adapts to the terrain, which means the car can drive basically everywhere where a regular off-roader would most certainly face some troubles.
The innovative 4WS system means steering front and rear wheels at the same time. That’s why the car can move not only forwards and backwards, but also sidewards. It can also turn almost around its axis.
Brakes were also additionally adapted to the technical capabilities of the suspension and steering: PIMOT experts are proud to announce that the ultra modern system enables braking with each wheel individually. Apart from that, pairs of wheels can be blocked separately, and not only on the front/rear axis but on the left/right as well.
Everything applied to this vehicle improves the safety of driving and increases its traction, since safety and functionality were FUNTER designers’ main goals.
|4.8 metre long|
|2.25 metre high|
|2.45 metre wide|
|wheelbase: 3.6 metre|
|ground clearance up to 0.6 metre|
|tyres: 455/70 R24|
|unladen mass: 7 tonnes|
While constructing the prototype the designers wanted to use as much regular materials as possible, not to hinder possible future mass production. It seems that uniformed services will be the first in line for this beast, since FUNTER can be upgraded by adding more body and placing sanitary, laboratory or workshop equipment.
Sports cars served us as an inspiration because their constructors always pay great attention to car’s body rigidity and ensuring the so called safety zones for the driver and the passengers, – explains one of the PIMOT specialists.
It was thoroughly tested during the Anakonda 2016 manoeuvres at the Drawsko Pomorskie military training site. You can see FUNTER in action here.
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Dear Children, Here is a story for you to read..Love, Amma-Naana
In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan tear open the wall. Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls.
When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet. He sees this, feels pity and at the same time curious, as when he checked the nail, it was nailed 10 years ago when house was first built.What happened..?
The lizard has survived in such position for 10 years!?!! In a dark wall partition for 10 years without moving, it is impossible and mind boggling. Then he wondered, how this lizard survived for 10 years without moving a single step - since its feet was nailed!
So he stopped his work and observed the lizard, what has it been doing and what has it been eating? Later, don't know from where appears another lizard, with food in its mouth... AHHH! He was stunned and touched deeply. For the lizard that was stuck by nail, another lizard has been feeding it for the past 10 years..
Such a love, such a beautiful love!! Such love happened even on this tiny creature... What can love do? It can do wonders!! Imagine it has been doing it for a tired some 10 yrs, without giving up hope on its partner. Imagine what a small creature can do that a creature blessed with the brilliant mind can't.
As the technology advances, our access to information become faster and faster. But the distance between human beings, was it getting closer as well?
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Many peoples’ notion of a criminal law defense attorney is a single who aggressively defends a situation in court docket. What many men and women might not be mindful of is that a defense lawyer’s operate commences prior to the accused even sets foot in courtroom. Folks who are arrested and accused of a criminal offense are encouraged to enlist the providers of a law firm as before long as feasible after being arrested and before an arraignment is scheduled.
A dedicated and capable lawyer can conduct an investigation even prior to criminal expenses are submitted. If fees have already been submitted by a prosecutor, an lawyer needs to overview the circumstance prior to the arraignment in get to existing the shopper with the ideal alternatives.
An arraignment takes location after an arrest is produced and criminal charges have been filed. The defendant is study the charges, and he or she may possibly be necessary to enter a plea. If an attorney is not offered sufficient time to evaluation the situation before the arraignment will take location, he or she may possibly not be ready to existing the customer with the greatest choices.
www.rothdavies.com/criminal-defense/criminal-defense-case-studies/robbery-theft/how-do-theft-charges-work-johnson-county-kansas/ who has thoroughly reviewed the situation before the arraignment can analyze evidence and job interview witnesses in buy to construct a robust circumstance for the defendant. The legal professional also prepares the defendant by explaining in depth each and every stage of the criminal method, presenting all possible choices, and generating recommendations as to the ideal training course of motion.
A prison regulation defense attorney who is fully commited to protecting the legal rights of the defendant can make a massive impact on the situation. By making use of all suitable signifies to examine the scenario and build a sturdy defensive technique, the attorney can receive the best result for the defendant, like obtaining the charges diminished or dropped. | <urn:uuid:2921b09c-02c0-4f93-b20e-60b089a3ad82> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bmwusacycles.com/the-relevance-of-selecting-a-felony-regulation-defense-legal-professional-prior-to-arraignment__trashed/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95474 | 398 | 1.890625 | 2 |
- Laser cut balsa parts
- Rubber powered flying model kit.
- Assembly requires model cement for frame and white glue for covering. (not included)
- Clear protective acrylic spray needed for protective finish coat.
- Skill level: beginner, estimated 15 hour build time
- Completed dimensions: 16.5” wingspan, approximately 1/30 scale
- Box Dimensions: 13.5” L X 4.5” W x 1.75” H
- Recommended for 14 years and above.
The P-40 earned undying fame as the "Flying Tiger" of World War 2 when flown by General Claire Chennault's Volunteer Group fighting the Japanese in China and Burma. It also saw much service in the Middle East where it was used by Britain's R.A.F. and nicknamed the Tomahawk and Kittyhawk. When World War 2 broke out, the P-40 was the only fighter available in quantity to the U.S.A.A.F., it being the first American single-seat plane to be manufactured in the U.S. on a mass production basis. By the end of the war, over 14,000 planes had been delivered to fighting theatres.
This balsa kit from Guillow’s represents a P-40 Warhawk from WWII. The kit features laser cut balsa parts, light plastic nose cowl, wheels, covering tissue, step by step instruction sheet and insignia sheet. Made in the USA.
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IMPACT OF DIFFERENT BORON LEVELS ON YIELD IN GROUNDNUT VARIETIES
An experiment was carried out to study the effect of different levels of boron (B) on yield of three bold seeded groundnut cultivars viz., Binachinabadam-1, Binachinabadam-2 and Binachinabadam-3. Plants were grown in sand using nutrient solution in the pots. The experiment comprised six levels of boron viz., 0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 kg ha-1. Results indicated that physiological parameters, reproductive characters, yield attributes and pod yield increased with increasing levels of boron application till 2.5 kg B ha-1. The highest total dry matter (14.02 g plant-1), number of opened flowers (44.07 plant-1) and reproductive efficiency (46.53%) were recorded in 2.5 kg ha-1 and the lowest was recorded in 3.5 kg B ha-1 except reproductive efficiency. The highest number of pods plant-1 (20.67), single pod weight (832 mg) and pod weight plant-1 (17.09 g) was observed in 2.5 kg B ha-1 application followed by 2.0 kg B ha-1. In contrast, application of B @ 3.5 kg ha-1 showed the lowest number of pods (8.60) and pod yield (6.94 g). Among the varieties, Binachinabadam-1 produced the highest pod yield (12.81 g plant-1).
Ahmad, N., Abid, M., Ahmad, F., Amanullah, M., Javid, Q. and Arif, A. M. 2011. Impact of boron fertilization on dry matter production and mineral constitution of irrigated cotton. Pakistan J. Bot. 43: 2903-2910.
Ansari, M. A., Prakash, N., Singh, I. M., Sharma, P. K. and Punitha, P. 2014. Efficacy of Boron Sources on groundnut Production under North East Hill Regions. Indian Res. J. Ext. Edu. 14: 123-126.
Badruddin, M. 2005. Laboratory manual for plant and soil sample analysis. Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, P. O. Box # 4, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. pp. 25-27.
Chitdeshwari, T. and Poongothai, S. 2003. Yield of groundnut and its nutrient uptake as influenced by Zinc, Boron and Sulphur. Agril. Sci. Digest 23: 263-266.
Fakir, M. S. A, Mondal, M. M. A., Ismail, M. R. and Ashrafuzzaman, M. 2011. Flowering pattern and reproductive efficiency in mungbean. Int. J. Agric. Biol. 13: 966-970
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Hoque, M. S. 1989. Role of legumes in soil fertility and need for Rhizobium inoculum for increasing production. Lecture note prepared for training on “Legumes”. Organized by BARI and sponsored by ICRISAT, held on September 9-18, 1989 at BARI, Gazipur-1701.
Mondal, M. M. A., Akter, M. B., Rahman, M. H. and A. B. Puteh, 2016. Influence of micronutrients and manures on yield of garlic in sandy loam soil. Int. J. Plant Soil Sci. 14: 507-510.
Newaz , N., Nawaz, M. S., Khan, M. A., Yasin, M. M., Baig, D., Cheema, N. M., Amjad, M. and Sher, M. A. 2014. Effect of boron on peanut genotypes under rainfed conditions. Pakistan J. Agric. Res. 27: 110-117.
Rerkasem, B. and Jamjod, S. 2004. Boron deficiency in wheat – A Review. Field Crops Res. 89: 173-186.
Russell, D. F., 1986. MSTAT-C computer package programme,” Crop and Soil Science Department, Michigan State University, USA.
Shankhe, G.M., Sonune, B.A. and Naphade, P.S. 2003. Influence of boron and molybdenum on yield and quality of groundnut. Ann. Plant Physiol. Publ. 16: 157-159.
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Singh, A. K., Khan, M. A. and Srivastava, A. 2014. Effect of boron and molybdenum application on seed yield of mungbean. Asian J. Bio Sci. 9: 169-172.
Stewart, G. R. and Orebamjo, T. O. 1979. Some unusual characteristics of nitrate reduction Erythrana senegalensis. New Physiol. 83: 311-319.
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This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission.
Ukraine has severed relations with North Korea after Pyongyang recognized two eastern territories of Ukraine as independent.
“We consider this decision as an attempt by Pyongyang to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website.
“The North Korean regime’s recognition of the ‘subjectivity’ of the Russian occupational regimes in Donetsk and Luhansk regions is null and void, will have no legal consequences, and will not change the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine,” the statement said.
Russian media reported earlier on July 13 that North Korea had recognized the “independence” of parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions occupied by Moscow-backed separatists.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s statement also condemned North Korea’s decision and said in response to the “unfriendly act” Ukraine was severing diplomatic relations with Pyongyang.
Political and economic contacts had already been suspended due to international sanctions imposed on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said North Korea’s decision said more about Moscow’s “toxicity” than Pyongyang’s.
“Russia has no more allies in the world, except for countries that depend on it financially and politically, and the level of isolation of the Russian Federation will soon reach the level of isolation of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea). Ukraine will continue to respond as harshly as possible to encroachments on its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Kuleba said.
The North Korean Embassy in Moscow confirmed Pyongyang’s decision, making North Korea only the third country after Russia and Syria to recognize the two entities in Ukraine’s Donbas region.
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We live in a society where great demands and responsibilities are placed on us. Today, about one in seven people are suffering from stress or anxiety at any one time in the UK. And while some people manage, more and more people are showing signs of over-anxiety, which leads to stress, which can make a significant impact on the quality of life and wellbeing.
The first thing to understand is that anxiety is not an illness. Anxiety can become a problem when someone start to feel anxious about being anxious.
Hypnotherapy for anxiety changes the underlying subconscious thinking and belief systems that support the anxiety. We access these beliefs by using hypnosis and hypnotherapy for anxiety and we use it to collapse the underlying beliefs. Once the underlying beliefs have been collapsed the anxiety symptoms will be changed permanently.
Anxiety can be experienced at different levels, and although most people experience a relatively mild form of anxiety when facing particularly stressful situations (such as a speech or presentation) anxiety disorders are severe and can disrupt the day-to-day life of an individual. Anxiety can be brought on by a fear of something that happened, or what we think happened and dread happening again. Fear of the unknown is another source of anxiety.
When individuals suffer from an anxiety disorder it may lead to avoidance of certain situations because they fear their anxiety may be triggered. This can, in turn, lead to relationship and/or career problems such as not being able to achieve potential job opportunities or promotions and being unable to develop personal relationships.
Do You Ever Feel Any of the Below??
- Racing heart
- Breathing difficulties
- Discomfort in chest
- Struggling to sleep
- Feelings towards depression
- Nervous in specific situations
- Worry about future events
- Fear of the unknown
- Feelings of hopelessness
- Lacking ‘Control’
How Hypnotherapy can Help?
- How to control and switch off any negative self-talk
- How to achieve empowering thoughts
- Turning self-sabotaging into motivation
- Free your mind so you can enjoy living life
- How to feel confident and in control in all situations
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Program and Programme are homophones, which means they have the same sound but a distinct spelling, use, and meaning. In the UK, the term "program" predominated till the nineteenth century, when the spelling "programme" gained popularity, primarily as a result of French, which also contains the same word.
The main difference between program and programme is in the language - American vs. British English. The term ‘program’ is used for everything in American English, whereas the term ‘programme’ is used in British English unless they are referring to computers.
However, the words ‘program’ and ‘programme’ are acceptable in Australian English. This blog post will further discuss the differences in more detail. We will also discuss how these two words are used in regular English.
What is a Program?
A program is a set of instructions that a computer can follow to perform a task. Programs are written in a specific programming language, which provides a structure for the code as well as a set of rules that the programmer must follow.
Once a program is written, it must be compiled, or translated, into a form that the computer can understand. Once it has been compiled, the program can be run, or executed, and will carry out the instructions that it has been programmed to do.
Programs can range from simple scripts that perform basic tasks to complex applications that solve complex problems. Regardless of their size or complexity, all programs are ultimately sets of instructions that tell a computer what to do.
The term ‘program’ is used predominantly in American English which could also signify any of the following purposes:
- A plan or outline of a day or an event - for example, the university has started a new research program.
- A company’s plan or strategy - for example, the company's green revolution program- is gaining popularity.
- A show broadcasted on TV or radio - for example, F.R.I.E.N.D.S is my favorite TV program.
- Language of a computer- A collection of guidelines used by a computer to carry out a certain task is known as a computer program. Program is how both British and American English spell this term. For example, I'm learning a new computer programming language.
What is a Programme?
British English prefers the term ‘programme’ rather than ‘program’ except when discussing computer languages. They use it for itineraries, TV shows, as well as work projects.
- I watched a programme on child marriage.
- My friends are coming over from Canada, and I have made our whole day programme of outings.
- I'm performing as Juliet in my school’s annual programme.
- Our president has launched a new programme on women’s education.
Key Differences between Programme and Program
Differences in the definition in American and British English
There are several interpretations of the term "program" in American English, but the majority concern a plan or system of steps that must be taken in a certain order. For instance, when you enter a theater or stadium, you could be given a programme list that includes the performers' credentials, the event schedule, or the player lineups for each team. Or it can mean a television show or planned series.
Program is spelled differently in British English as "programme," yet both words relate to an agenda or framework in a certain order, like a theater's programme. Furthermore, programs can refer to the collection of ciphered instructions that a computer obeys to complete a given task in American as well as British English.
Differences in the use of language
The program can be used as a verb or a noun, but programme can never be used as a verb. The following examples show how a program can be used as a verb as well as a noun:
- Please program the school’s annual function before lunch break.
- Do you know how to program the computer for alarms?
- My father watches the NEWS program every night.
Comparison Chart: Program Vs Programme
|Meaning||It implies deciding, altering, controlling, generating a consequence, etc.||It denotes a strategy for achieving a certain goal and a list of deeds or actions connected to an event.|
|Use as noun||Program is a noun and a verb.||This is strictly a noun.|
|Agenda of use||According to UK English, it may be used for anything in US English or computer-related tasks.||British English uses the word "programme" to refer to TV shows, meeting agendas or other events, collections of projects, etc., but American English does not.|
|Examples||She asked the Tech geek to program the computer today.||According to the show's programme, my act will be towards the climax.|
Is programme the plural form of program?
No, a programme is not the plural form of a program. They are used to signify plans and agendas in different parts of the world, where they have almost similar meanings.
What is the plural form of programme?
Programme, being significantly used in Britain, is a variant of Program, whose plural form is programmes.
Program or Programme- which is the correct spelling in Australian English?
The spelling ‘program’ is mostly used in American and Australian English. The spelling ‘programme’ is not the preferred spelling.
Can we use ‘programme’ to signify computer languages?
No, the spelling ‘programme’ is never used in the context of computers, whether it is American English, British English, or Australian English.
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I read an article written by Michael Farris, the founder and chair of HSLDA – the Home School Legal Defense Association. In it he discussed the case made by government lawyers representing Attorney General Eric Holder during the court hearing for the Romeike family. You may remember the Romeike’s sought political asylum in the United States due to Germany’s persecution of homeschooling families. A federal district court judge granted the Romikes asylum here against the wishes of the Federal government. The government appealed that decision to the Board of Immigration appeals and won. HSLDA appealed to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals where the case (Romeike v. Holder) will be heard.
Farris outlined three arguments made by the U.S. Department of Justice lawyers which should be of concern to American homeschooling families:
He said the first argument in essence is that a government isn’t violating anyone’s rights if homeschooling is banned altogether.
First, they argued that there was no violation of anyone’s protected rights in a law that entirely bans homeschooling. There would only be a problem if Germany banned homeschooling for some but permitted it for others.
Now in reality, Germany does permit some people to homeschool, but it is rare and in general Germany does ban homeschooling broadly—although not completely. (Germany allows exemptions from compulsory attendance for Gypsies and those whose jobs require constant travel. Those who want to stay at home and teach their own children are always denied.)…
…There are two major portions of constitutional rights of citizens—fundamental liberties and equal protection. The U.S. Attorney General has said this about homeschooling. There is no fundamental liberty to homeschool. So long as a government bans homeschooling broadly and equally, there is no violation of your rights. This is a view which gives some acknowledgement to the principle of equal protection but which entirely jettisons the concept of fundamental liberties.
Farris noted the DOJ’s 2nd argument was that the Romeikes failed to show there was discrimination based on religion since not all homeschooling families are Christian, and not every Christian believes they have to homeschool.
This argument demonstrates another form of dangerous “group think” by our own government. The central problem here is that the U.S. government does not understand that religious freedom is an individual right. One need not be a part of any church or other religious group to be able to make a religious freedom claim. Specifically, one doesn’t have to follow the dictates of a church to claim religious freedom—one should be able to follow the dictates of God Himself.
The United States Supreme Court has made it very clear in the past that religious freedom is an individual right. Yet our current government does not seem to understand this. They only think of us as members of groups and factions. It is an extreme form of identity politics that directly threatens any understanding of individual liberty.
A third argument that DOJ made was that the Romeikes did not meet the standard of being part of a social group with “immutable” characteristics that can’t change and should not be required to change. They said the Romeikes could choose not to homeschool and send their children to public school and then teach from home since their children would have only been in school for 22-26 hours during the week.
There are two main problems with this argument. First, our government does not understand that families like the Romeikes have two goals when they chose homeschooling. There are things they want to teach and there are things they want to avoid their children being taught in the government schools.
Does anyone think that our government would say to Orthodox Jewish parents, we can force your children to eat pork products for 22-26 hours per week because the rest of the time you can feed them kosher food?
Freedom for the mind and spirit is as important as freedom for the body and spirit.
This argument necessarily means that the United States government believes that it would not violate your rights if our own government banned homeschooling entirely. After all, you could teach your children your own values after they have had 22-26 hours of public school indoctrination aimed at counteracting religious and philosophical views the government doesn’t like.
The second problem with this argument goes back to the definition of immutability. Immutable means a characteristic that cannot be changed or “should not be required” to be changed.
No one contends that homeschooling is a characteristic that cannot be changed. We simply contend that in a free nation it is a characteristic that should not be required to be changed.
Those of us who homeschool should be concerned because the Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder, in the government’s arguments essentially said that he believes that a law that bans homeschooling would violate no fundamental liberties.
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As site director here at Eat Drink Better, I have to tell you that I am awed every single day at the amazing team we’ve got going here. I feel so lucky to work with a group of such dedicated writers who are as passionate about food as I am. Not only do our writers work hard here at the site, but sometimes they get the chance to talk to other writers about their areas of expertise.
Patricia Larenas–aka Urban Artichoke–is our resident edible gardening expert, and she got a chance to sit down with Alexis Petru at Earth911 earlier this week to chat about growing food. She talked about gardening for beginners and shared some rock-solid tips on how to get started gardening no matter what your situation. Whether you have a house with a big yard or an apartment with a small balcony or windowsill to work with, she’s got you covered. Here’s an excerpt:
It’s also easier to control weeds in raised beds and protect them from snails, slugs, birds and other pests.
You can incorporate flowers among the vegetables you’ll grow in your raised beds – not just for visual appeal, but because these companion plants can assist with pest control and maintain soil quality. In one of Larenas’ raised beds, she plants calendula, nasturtiums and cosmos alongside her tomatoes, peppers, basil and lettuce.
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Welcome to @ccadapt, the website of Prof. James Ford.
- Indigenous knowledge on climate change adaptation: a global evidence map of academic literature
- “We’re Made Criminals Just to Eat off the Land”: Colonial Wildlife Management and Repercussions on Inuit Well-Being
- Policy implementation styles and local governments: the case of climate change adaptation
- Contributions of scale: What we stand to gain from Indigenous and local inclusion in climate-health monitoring and surveillance systems.
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JOHANNESBURG – The energy department has announced that fuel prices are going up in the month of August.
In a statement released on Saturday, the department said the petrol price will go up by 91 cents per litre for both grades, while diesel will increase by between 54 and 55 cents per litre.
Illuminating paraffin is set to cost 50 cents per litre.
The department said the new prices will kick in at the stroke of midnight on Wednesday.
Earlier this month, the Automobile Association (AA) warned August would bring with it news of a fuel price increase.
The association predicted a significant rise in the price of petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin month-end.
READ: SA motorists warned August fuel price hike on the cards
At the time, the AA said the daily Rand to US dollar exchange rate had spiked as well as international oil prices.
“The AA’s forecast, based on mid-month data, indicates that petrol is set for an increase of 87 cents per litre; diesel 58 cents per litre; and illuminating paraffin 56 cents. The weakening rand, as a result of the riots, will, however, play a major role as the exchange rate is a major indicator for the local fuel price.”
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Sea temperatures, water sports and vacation activities near Sainte-Marie-de-Re, France
Water temperatures throughout the year and general information about Sainte-Marie-de-Re...
Sainte-Marie-de-Re is a coastal city in France.
It is a quite little city close to the ocean with a population of 2832 people.
The water temperature around Sainte-Marie-de-Re varies dramatically year round.
The temperature ranges from 7.8°C (46.1°F) in February up to 19.9°C (67.8°F) in the month of September, as illustrated below. The average water temperature throughout the year is 14°C (57°F) and the best time for water activities is early fall, since Sainte-Marie-de-Re is located in the northern hemisphere.
Hover over the bars to see temperature for each month in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
What is the current water temperature near Sainte-Marie-de-Re?
The current water temperature in the month of August near Sainte-Marie-de-Re is about:
Are there surf spots close by?
Yes, there are several surf spots in proximity to Sainte-Marie-de-Re. The nearest one is La Tranche sur Mer, which is 14.3km (9.1miles) away from Sainte-Marie-de-Re. Click here
for directions and for more information on La Tranche sur Mer and its current water temperature. Other fun surfspots near Sainte-Marie-de-Re are Le Phare du Groin du Cou
, which is 14.7km (9.1miles) away, and La Terriere
, located 16km (9.9miles) from Sainte-Marie-de-Re.
Are there beaches near by?
No, not too many beaches are near to Sainte-Marie-de-Re. A good beach nearby is Magdalena
, which is 203.6km (126.5miles) away from Sainte-Marie-de-Re. If you don't mind the drive, you can also try El Sardinero
, which is approximately 222.9km (138.5miles) away from Sainte-Marie-de-Re.
What kind of wetsuit thickness is recommended for Sainte-Marie-de-Re?
The water temperature around Sainte-Marie-de-Re is relatively cold, reaching up to 20°C (68°F) in the months of August, September, and October. During this time, in the early fall, a 2-3mm wetsuit might be recommended to be in the water for more than half an hour, but some might even be fine with a jumpsuit or even a wetsuit top for surfing, swimming, snorkelling, or diving . Nevertheless, during January, February, and March, water temperatures reach lows of approximately 8°C (46°F). During this season, a 5/4 wetsuit is required to be able to stay in the water for several hours, but some might even be fine with a very high-quality 4/3mm suit for short amounts of time . For very chilly conditions and cold mornings/evenings, it might be recommended to carry a pair of boots, a hoodie and a gloves.
How is the scuba diving and fishing close to Sainte-Marie-de-Re?
Due to comparatively large temperature changes during the year, fishing and Scuba diving conditions vary a lot depending on the season. The temperature ranges from 8 to 13°C (46-55°F) during January, February, and March. Haddock, Pollock, and Atlantic Cod are typical fish that can be found in waters of this temperature range. The conditions normally change during fall when temperatures go up to 15 to 20°C (59-68°F). Fish that can often be found in waters with these temperatures include: Red Snapper, Skipjack Tuna, Striped Bass, and Weakfish.
Directions to Sainte-Marie-de-Re: How do I get there?
Please follow the directions in the map below.
Some fun facts about Sainte-Marie-de-Re...
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What recyclables does the City of Dallas accept?
All of the following items may be placed in your Recycle Ben:
Only bottles & containers with the recycling symbol for numbers 1 - 5, and 7.
NO plastic bags, NO Styrofoam products, NO chemical containers
Bottles and jars of any color
For the safety of our collection staff, please contain any broken glass in a paper bag before placing in your cart or blue bag.
NO window glass, NO light bulbs, NO ceramics, NO mirrors, NO Pyrex, NO fiberglass
Refrigerated and shelf-stable cartons
Aluminum, tin, and steel containers
NO metal hangers, NO car parts, NO electronics
Office paper (paperclips and staples are OK), window envelopes, magazines, catalogues, paper back books, phone books and brown paper bags
NO shredded paper, NO rubber bands, NO plastic wrappings
Shipping boxes, paper egg cartons, 12-pack drink cartons, cereal boxes
NO waxed cardboard, NO plastic or foil lining from cereal or cracker boxes, NO pizza boxes or food contaminated boxes
Will I need to separate the recyclables?
No, all of your recyclables may be placed in the recycling roll cart together.
If I live in an apartment or condo, where can I recycle?
Residents of multifamily properties can drop off their recyclables at one of the City's recycling drop-off sites. For more information and a map of locations, Click Here.
Is it ok for me to bag my recyclables and place them in the roll cart of community container?
No, recyclables should be placed into your roll cart or community recycling container without any plastic baggage. Plastic bags are considered contamination.
Many items are hand sorted and some mechanically sorted at the processing facility. Items like plastic bags have to be hand separated and removed before the final sorting process. Plastic bags and film that are missed in the sorting process wrap around the mechanical equipment at the material recycling facility causing equipment problems and downed processing time.
What should I use to transport recyclables?
Old cardboard boxes and paper bags are pretty useful because they can all be tossed in the roll cart together. Any reusable container can also be used to store and transport recyclables.
Where can I recycle the following items that are not currently collected by the City of Dallas?
Plastic Grocery Bags
– The film used for grocery bags and newspaper sleeves (among other
uses) is not recyclable by our processor at this time. However, many
grocery stores will take back your grocery bags or you may reuse them
yourself. To find the nearest location that accepts plastic bags, Click Here.
Styrofoam – The City of Dallas does not accept Styrofoam products or peanuts. The packing peanuts can be taken to various parcel/shipping businesses for reuse or recycling. Styrofoam may also be placed in your garbage for disposal.
Electronics – Stop, drop and go to one of the city's four drop off e-cycling locations. This service is provided to all Dallas residents at no charge to prevent TV's and computers from going to landfills and illegal dump sites. For more information and other recycling options please Click Here.
Customer Convenience Recycling Center
at McCommas Bluff Landfill|
Monday – Friday 5 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday 6 a.m. - 4 p.m.
5100 Youngblood Road
Northeast (Fair Oaks) Transfer Station
Wednesday or Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
7677 Fair Oaks Avenue
Northwest (Bachman) Transfer Station
Monday - Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9500 Harry Hines Blvd.
Southwest (Oak Cliff) Transfer Station
Wednesday or Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
4610 S. Westmoreland Road
Batteries - Alkaline batteries may be placed in your garbage container or you may bring them to BOPA collection events or the City’s Spring and Fall Round round-up events. Rechargeable batteries may be taken to various retailers such as Radio Shack,
Lowe’s and Home Depot for recycling.
Metal Coat Hangers – Currently, the City does not accept coat hangers for recycling. Most local dry cleaners will recycle them.
How do I get a Recycle Ben?
If you've never had a Recycle Ben, you may register by calling 3-1-1, by signing up online via the City's
Service Request system or by emailing your information to firstname.lastname@example.org. The City of Dallas will deliver your cart within 2 weeks of the request.
What's my day of collection?
Input your address here or use the new app on the department's homepage for your collection dates, or call 3-1-1 for assistance.
Where do I place my recyclables for collection?
Place your recyclables in your blue recycling roll cart, in the same location (alley or curb) that you place your gray garbage roll cart for collection. Both carts will be picked up on the same day. If you don’t have a blue recycling roll cart, call 3-1-1 and we will deliver one to you at no extra cost.
What if my recycling day falls on a holiday? Will there be a make-up day? How will I be notified of make-up day?
Yes. If your recycling day falls on a holiday, you can sign up for collection reminders on the department's homepage or call 3-1-1 to find out your make-up day. Holiday collection schedules will also be posted Here.
Who do I call for roll cart repair?
You may call 3-1-1 to request to report repairs needed. If our crews are unable to repair your cart, we will replace it with a new one.
Who do I contact if I have a problem or questions?
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