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Biography Tillie Olsen Facts Tillie Olsen born is widely regarded as one of the most important women writers in America.
They participated in the abortive Russian revolution, and, after Samuel escaped from a Czarist prison, fled to the United States. They settled first on a Nebraska farm; when it failed about five years later, they moved to Omaha.
Despite laboring long hours as a farmer, packinghouse worker, painter, and paperhanger, Samuel Lerner became State Secretary of the Nebraska Socialist Party and ran in the mid-twenties as the socialist candidate for state representative from his district Rosenfelt, "Thirties" Ida Lerner, who was illiterate until her twenties, was one of the people who inspired the highly acclaimed "Tell Me a Riddle.
Yet she was one of the most eloquent and one of the most brilliant. I am glad to study with ardor but the children wont let me, they go to bed late so it makes me tired, and I cant do my lessons.
But I am in a sad mood I am sitting in the warm house and feel painfull that winter claps in to my heart. I see the old destroyed houses of the people from the old country. I hear the wind blow through them with the disgusting cry why the poor creatures ignore him, dont protest against him, that souless wind dont no, that they are helpless have no material to repair the houses and no clothes to cover up their bodies, and so the sharp wind echo cry falls on the window, and the windows original sing with silver-ball tears seeing all the poor shivering creatures dressed in rags with frozen fingers and feverish hungry eyes.
It is told of the olden days, the people of that time were building a tower, when they were on the point of success for some reason they stopped to understand each other and on account of misunderstanding, their hopes and very lives were buried under the tower they had built.
So as a human being who carries responsibility for action I think as a duty to the community we shall try to understand each other.
This English class helps us to understand each other, not to feel helpless between our neighbors, serves to get more respect from the people around us. We are human beings trying to understand, we learn about the world, people and our surroundings.
This class teaches us to understand each other and brings better order in the every day life of the community.
In her adult life, Olsen saw her mother only three times. Ida Lerner, who "had no worldly goods to leave," nevertheless left her daughter "an inexhaustible legacy," Olsen writes, a "heritage of summoning resources to make--out of song, food, warmth, expressions of human love--courage, hope, resistance, belief; this vision of universality, before the lessenings, harms, divisions of the world are visited upon it" Mother In her family, as she reported to Erika Duncan, "economic struggle was constant.
But the political commitment and activism of her socialist parents provided a rich dimension to her upbringing. Like Le Sueur, Olsen was profoundly influenced at an early age by the message and the rhetorical skills of socialist orators, some of whom stayed in her home while attending meetings in Omaha Duncan Both writers recall their excitement as children when Debs gave them affection and when they were chosen to present him with red roses at one of his speaking engagements.
The second oldest of six children, Olsen was burdened with the care of younger siblings, and "she remembers from an early age that sense of never having enough time" and solitude that "has haunted her most of her life, that sense of most women and her own mother feeling starved for time" Duncan It was only because she was often sick that she had any opportunity to read, although her parents could not afford to buy books Olsen first saw a home library when, as a teenager, she worked for a Radcliffe graduate Rosenfelt interview.
But she read "old revolutionary pamphlets" and journals she found lying "around the house," including The Liberator, a socialist journal of art and politics edited by Max Eastman; The Comrade, which published international revolutionary literature; and Modern Quarterly, a nonsectarian Marxist journal that "denied the distinction between intellectual and worker and between pure art and propaganda" Rosenfelt, "Thirties" ; Duncan ; Aaron The Cry for Justice: Determined to read all the fiction in the Omaha Public Library, she would pick up a book, read a few pages, and, if she did not like it, move on to the next interview; Duncan Olsen was one of few in her working-class neighborhood to "Cross the tracks" to attend an academic high school, where an exceptional teacher introduced her to Shakespeare, De Quincey, Coleridge, and Edna St.
Vincent Millay and made sure she was present when Carl Sandburg came to Omaha to read his work. Olsen avidly read Poetry, a journal edited by Harriet Monroe that was available in the school library. The necessity to work forced her to drop out of school after the eleventh grade, although she is careful to remind interviewers that few women in her generation enjoyed even that much educational opportunity.
Olsen stuttered as a child, something she considers "part of [her] luck" because the peculiar quality of her own speech made her curious about the "intoxicating richness" of other speech patterns: Listening attentively to immigrants who had to be creative with limited vocabularies, she developed a keen ear for various dialects of "non-standard" English, a skill she later used in her writing.
Yet Olsen found that "not only the speech but so much of the human beings around me was not in literature. Most of the people who wrote books came from the privileged classes. Olsen became politically active in her mid-teens as a writer of skits and musicals for the Young Socialist League.
Inat 18, she joined the Young Communist League YCLthe CP youth organization, and the next 18 months were a period of intense political activity. She attended the Party school for several weeks in Kansas City, where she helped support unemployed comrades by working in a tie factory.
During this period Olsen was jailed for a month for distributing leaflets to packinghouse workers and, while in prison, was beaten up by one inmate for attempting to help another. In jail she became extremely ill, and the Party sent her back to Omaha to recuperate.
Olsen moved to Faribault, Minnesota, early ina period of retreat from political work and wage-earning to allow for her recovery. She thinks of her illness, which had developed into incipient tuberculosis, as a blessing. As a result of it she was bedridden, and since she could not be politically active and was "in every way taken care of," something women of her class rarely experience, she was free to write Rosenfelt interview.In , Olsen bought three copies of the Atlantic Monthly from a junk shop, noted Mickey Pearlman and Abby Werlock in their critical work, Tillie Olsen.
In an April issue of Atlantic Monthly, she found a reprint of Rebecca Harding Davis's unsigned novella, Life in the Iron Mills.
Tillie Olsen is regarded as one of the more important American women writers of fiction in the twentieth century. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on January 14, , the daughter of Samuel and.
Biography of Tillie Olsen ()Tillie OlsenTillie Lerner was born in either or in Omaha, Nebraska. (Her exact birthdate and year remain unknown, as her birth certificate was lost.) Her parents were political refugees from Russia.
They fled from Czarist oppression after the Tillie Olsen began writing early in life. Circumstances, however, silenced her pen for decades.
While rearing four children and working at a variety of jobs, she was only able to write fragments. Tillie Olsen: A Heart in Action is a documentary film directed and produced by Ann Hershey on the life and literary influence of Olsen.
Major works [ edit ] Tell Me a Riddle, Lippincott, Tillie Lerner Olsen (January 14, – January 1, ) was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of the s and the first generation of American feminists.
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Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has today announced £5m available through the Rural Development Programme will be used to help eradicate sheep scab.
The funding is available to deliver an industry led project to tackle the disease in Wales. The announcement follows an industry proposal to eradicate sheep scab from Wales.
Further details of the project will be announced in the forthcoming months following ongoing discussions with industry representatives.
Announcing the funding, the Minister said:
“Sheep scab has significant economic consequences for sheep producers and animal welfare issues for sheep. It is one of the most contagious disease of sheep in Wales and eradicating it is a priority for us and the industry. “I’m pleased to be able to announce £5m Rural Development Programme funding will be used to help support the industry tackle the disease. Eradicating the disease has the potential to deliver significant lasting economic benefits for the sector at a particularly challenging time as we prepare to leave the European Union.” | <urn:uuid:455613b5-52b2-46aa-b81a-f24de2603e39> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gov.wales/ps5m-help-eradicate-sheep-scab | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.937641 | 209 | 2.125 | 2 |
Here are the main ways to keep your home cool in a heatwave, or at least not so hot! Try to adapt them to your situation.
Spray or sponge yourself with water. Take a cool shower
A fan can help you stay comfortable
A cold pack around your neck or under an arm.
Put cold water in a ‘hot water bottle’ then in a freezer. Take it to bed!
Avoid going out or exerting yourself in the heat of the day
Loose, thin clothing, a wide-brimmed hat & sunglasses outside
Don’t get dehydrated. Have cold drinks regularly.
Avoid heat exhaustion See NHS advice
Shade Your Home
Ventilate at night:
On a hot day close all doors, windows and vents that let in hot air.
Cool off at night :
Let hot air out by opening windows or skylights at the top of the house. Draw in cool air by opening ground-floor windows or vents where the air is cooler outside. Many windows can be part-opened in secure ways that won’t let a burglar in.
For example restrictors like these or these can be fitted to wooden sash windows, letting them only open a bit when you want.
If your home is only on one floor, purge the hot air by opening windows or vents on opposite sides, if possible.
Avoid unwanted heating etc
Choose low-energy appliances & lights: use them only as needed.
Insulate walls and roofs, especially those that get hot in the sun.
Reflective, silvery insulation (eg: multifoil) is good for reducing heat radiating down from a hot roof. Draught-proofing helps keeps hot air out.
Thermal Mass from brick, stone, etc stabilises indoor temperatures.
External wall insulation, with the thermal mass of the walls inside is good for this. You can benefit from the thermal mass of solid floors by covering them with tiles, rather than thick carpets.
If your home’s too hot, is there anywhere you can go that’s cooler? Could you sleep in a cooler room – on the north side or ground floor?
Avoid air-conditioning, where possible – it’s energy-intensive and blasts heat at your neighbours.
See this NHS advice on staying safe in hot weather. Older people and young children are most at risk.
Do you know people in hot homes you can invite to cool off in yours?
Could you offer them advice or practical help, with some of the above?
Hoping this helps you enjoy the hot summer weather!
My heart goes out to anyone in a poorly designed home that overheats easily, especially people in single-aspect flats that face the sun. Single-aspect means that windows are only on one side, so they’re hard to ventilate, although see slide 21 here on using a fan to help. Without shading or heat-reflecting glass, the sun becomes punishing. CCF thermal imaging revealed a new flat like this with poorly insulated hot pipes in a corner, carrying solar-heated hot water around the block!
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Marten H. van Kerkwijk
Marten H. van Kerkwijk
Competition: US & Canada
Education: University of Toronto
I am a Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, with interests covering much of astronomy but a focus on compact objects (“stellar corpses”), stars and binaries, their structure, formation, and evolution, and their use to infer fundamental physical properties. My research is grounded in observations, but includes interpretation, theory, and numerical modelling. I generally try to make progress using key observations and/or physical considerations of individual, carefully selected objects.
A major focus of my career has been to use neutron stars to study high-density and high field-strength physics, in conditions out of reach of terrestrial experiment (and theory, as yet), and to solve associated astronomical puzzles. More recently, I have turned to a different quest: to understand what triggers thermonuclear supernovae. It is this quest I plan to pursue as a Guggenheim Fellow.
Merging white dwarfs and thermonuclear supernovae
Supernovae signal the breakdown of the sine qua non of a star’s existence, that gravity be balanced by pressure. Most are triggered when in the growing iron core of an evolved, massive star, conditions become so extreme that nuclei are broken up and electrons captured, causing a catastrophic loss of pressure, collapse to a neutron star, and, by a mechanism not fully understood, ejection of the envelope.
But some supernovae involve carbon-oxygen white dwarfs, the remnants of lower-mass stars. These so-called type Ia or thermonuclear supernovae result when interaction with a companion rekindles fusion, causing a thermonuclear runaway, a catastrophic gain in pressure, and the disintegration of the whole white dwarf. Because of their uniform properties, these supernovae could be used in the remarkable discovery that the Universe’s expansion is accelerating (2011 Nobel prize in physics).
It is generally thought a type Ia supernovae results when a white dwarf approaches the Chandrasekhar limit — the mass of 1.4 solar masses beyond which degenerate electron pressure can no longer balance gravity — and high densities make fusion unavoidable. This idea is pleasing, as it involves solid physics and leads naturally to uniformity, invoking a trigger tied to a Nobel Prize–winning limit. It thus is in every textbook.
Yet the current paradigm neither naturally reproduces the properties of type Ia supernovae, nor easily accounts for their variation and dependence on host galaxy. Furthermore, predicted formation rates are too low. Pondering this, we realized that mergers of white dwarfs might lead to explosions whether or not their total mass exceeded the Chandrasekhar limit, and that with these the observed properties could be reproduced.
My elation with this insight, the heady mix of discount and thrill it engendered, and excitement about its ramifications, impelled me to its pursuit. As a Guggenheim Fellow, I hope to find out whether it withstands full scrutiny.
Brief Curriculum Vitae
My scientific career started at the University of Amsterdam, where I pursued both my undergraduate (M.Sc., 1988, with Ed van den Heuvel) and graduate studies (Ph.D., 1993, with Jan van Paradijs). The resulting theses remain good examples of my style, both combining observations and theory, and both containing parts on the topics foreseen as well as (arguably more interesting) parts on different ones.
After my Ph.D., I was granted one of NASA’s Hubble Fellowships, which I took at Caltech, starting a long and fruitful collaboration with Shri Kulkarni as well as, a bit later, with his graduate student David Kaplan. Early 1997, I moved to the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge. I stayed a bit briefly, as I had already been offered a position as Lecturer/Researcher at Utrecht University (equivalent to assistant professor, with tenure). I took this up mid-1998, supported by a three-year fellowship awarded by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences that allowed me additional time for research. In 2001, I was promoted to senior Lecturer/Researcher (associate professor), and received a two-year extension of my Academy fellowship. In 2003, I took up a full professorship at the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto.
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|LETTER TO EDITOR
|Year : 2022 | Volume
| Issue : 1 | Page : 18
Novel technologies impact on parkinson's & alzheimer's patient during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ahmad Chitsaz1, Sima Ajami2
1 Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezarjerib Avenue, Isfahan, Iran
2 Department of (Health Information Technology and Management, School of Medical Management and Information Sciences), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezarjerib Avenue, Isfahan, Iran
|Date of Submission||14-Jul-2020|
|Date of Acceptance||18-Aug-2020|
|Date of Web Publication||08-Feb-2022|
Department of Health Information Technology and Management, School of Medical Management and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezarjerib Avenue, p.o.box: 81746- 73461, Isfahan
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
|How to cite this article:|
Chitsaz A, Ajami S. Novel technologies impact on parkinson's & alzheimer's patient during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Prev Med 2022;13:18
The very fast outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 made everybody surprised. In this case, there were two major issues: on the one hand, the high number of patients, and on the other hand, limited medical resources.
COVID-19 outbreak, and the subsequent restrictions, have had a significant impact on Parkinson's and Alzheimer patients' daily-life. Alzheimer patients may forget to wash their hands or take other recommended precautions to prevent CoVID-19. Parkinson's patients have a number of problems, including: unwillingness; to wash their hands due to muscle rigidity (stiffness), to go the clinic and follow-up visits due to bradykinesia, to do regular activitiessuch as physiotherapy or trained sports. According to this crisis, we aimed to express how novel technologies (technology-assisted techniques) can help for rehabilitation and physical exercise to these vulnerable people more to be safe in physical contact with others.
Tisch et al. showed a novel diagnostic method for Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) through exhaled breath using the nanomaterial-based sensors. Breath prints could form the basis for the development of future cost-effective, simple, and reliable biomarkers, which could aid the diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases such as AD and PD.
Mann et al. in their case study show the feasibility and impact of telemedicine use among patients and providers of urgent and nonurgent health care delivery from one large health system during the COVID-19 in states. They denoted that the COVID-19 has changed the perspective of medical traps with breathtaking speed. Currently, without vaccines or effective treatments, telemedicine is the only way to access medical interventions from a distance.
The results of de Lima et al., showed falling is among the most serious clinical problems in PD. They used body-worn sensors to quantify the hazard ratio (HR) of falls in PD patients in real life. A telephone contact immediately after the fall. This enabled us to robustly quantify the HR of falling of PD participants in daily life. This large-scale study determined the real-life incidence of falls using a wearable system, with all reported falls being confirmed by the faller during a telephone contact immediately after the fall.
A randomized clinical trial showed in a sample of 500 patients (half used smartphone and rest wearable devices), the rates of patient death and overall dropout including death were similar. They concluded, although wearables follow behaviors that smartphones do not do (for example, sleep), but because smartphones are broader and more general, can be a scalable device for telemonitoring patient health behaviors.
In this regard, mobile and wearable technologies present a unique opportunity to massively detect neurodegenerative diseases in a timely and economical fashion. Technologies that are able to detect, monitor, diagnose, and prognosis AD are an urgent need.
| Conclusion|| |
Therefore, telehealth is able to warn, remind, detect, monitor, measure the clinical symptoms and signs and must be used in the COVID-19 crisis. To keep people, especially vulnerable groups, at home and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 further, the use of virtual care and monitoring of people can be one of the best ways to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. Tele-rehabitation, smart phone applications, and wearable sensors are some of these technologies.
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The Impact of Repeated Mass Antigen Testing for COVID-19 on the Prevalence of the Disease
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In the absence of effective vaccination, mass testing and quarantining of positive
cases and their contacts could help to mitigate pandemics and allow economies to stay
open. We investigate the effects of repeated mass testing on the COVID-19 pandemic
caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, using data from the first ever nationwide rapid
antigen testing implemented in Slovakia in autumn 2020. After the first round of
testing, only districts above an ex ante unknown threshold of test positivity were retested. Comparing districts above and below the threshold, we provide evidence that
repeated mass antigen testing can temporarily reduce the number of new infections.
Our results suggest that mass testing coupled with the quarantining of positive cases
and their contacts could be an effective tool in mitigating pandemics. For lasting
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When you're describing what's in a photo, in a video, or on a piece of paper or a computer screen, sometimes you need to describe where it is inside of that area. Here's how to describe where something is in an area:
- "in the upper half" or "in the lower half"
- "on the left side" or "on the right side"
- "at the top" or "at the bottom" (also for things that are close to the edges)
- "on the far left" or "on the far right" (this is for things that are very close to the edges)
- "in the corner"
When you need to combine them, tell top/bottom/upper/lower before saying left/right. For example:
It's on the upper right side.
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The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation has expressed its disappointment with graffiti discovered scrawled on the outside of a heritage church on its reserve.
In a press release, Chief Rosanne Casimir said the band was “deeply disturbed to learn that the Saint Joseph’s church was vandalized.”
The graffiti was apparently discovered late on the morning of Monday, May 31— just days after the band announced it had discovered the remains of 215 children who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School, which was run by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a congregation of the Catholic Church.
The Kamloops Indian Residential School operated from 1890 until 1977, with the federal government assuming administration of the school from 1969 until it closed in 1977.
Photos of the graffiti posted to social media show the words “evicted,” “banished” and “crime scene” written on the siding of the century-old building at 200 Chilcotin Rd., as well as a large “X” on the door.
Much of the graffiti appeared to have been scrubbed off by Tuesday. though some of the markings were still visible.
Kamloops RCMP has said it is investigating.
“The church was built from the ground up by Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc members,” Casimir said in the release. “We understand the many emotions connected to a Roman Catholic run residential school. At the same time, we respect the choices that Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc ancestors made, over 100 years ago, to erect this church.”
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, at the west end of Chilcotin Road, was built by Catholic Missionaries and the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc people, established after the Hudson’s Bay Company relocated its fort to the west side of the North Thompson River in 1843.
Although the signboard in front of the church today indicates it was originally built in or around 1870, part of it is actually much older.
When the Tk’emlúps band undertook restoration of the church in the mid-1980s, the remains of a hewn log floor system were discovered within the building, possibly part of the original church erected on the site by the Secwépemc te Tk’emlúps. The first missionaries in the area were the Jesuits in 1843. Reports of a cabin at the site date back to 1846.
The church’s appearance today is how the church was reconstructed in 1900.
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Jewel Their Explanation
American singer-songwriter Jewel Logan. After her debut album, Pieces of You, she became famous in the 1990s. The singer has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and is an activist and published author. She was discovered by a record label representative in 1993 and signed to Atlantic Records. She has also released many albums on her own. She is also a successful actress who has starred in many films.
Before launching her music career, Jewel struggled with poverty and homelessness. She now focuses her energies on mental health awareness. Jewel’s brand helps people find their own sense of mindfulness and self-care. The book features an exclusive bonus of a free Google Secret Service for beginners. This bonus is only one of many benefits offered by the Jewel Method. The Jewel Method not only allows you to access high-quality content but also provides world-class customer service.
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There are many meanings to the word jewel, including precious metal, gemstone, and gemstone. The word is derived from the Old French juel and Anglo-Norman juel. Although it is not known where the word came from, it could be derived either from Latingaudium or Latincus, which both mean “joy”. The meaning of jewel is similar in both languages. You can learn more about the history of jewelry by reading the following articles.
A break from the limelight did not come easy for Jewel. Her album, Goodbye Alice in Wonderland, was released in 2006, and was met with only moderate success. But her success did not stop there. In November 2007, she signed with Valory Records and began work on her first country album. The album, Perfectly Clear, was released in June 2008. It debuted at No. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart, and featured the hit single “Stronger woman.”
The company has many outlets in Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Its largest stores include the Jewel Food Stores in the Chicagoland area and the Jewel Tea Company in West Central Indiana. The company also acquired a number grocery stores in western Indiana and downstate Illinois to expand its presence. In addition, the company acquired the Osco Drugs chain in the 1960s, which resulted in the launch of the Jewel-Osco combination stores.
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DO YOU HAVE A SPINE? THE FOUR LIMBS OF JOY
What is the secret to true joy?
It is hidden in the mitzvah of taking the four kinds – the etrog (citron),lulav (palm frond), hadas (myrtle) and aravah (willow). That, the Torah tell us, is how we rejoice on Sukkot.
But the obvious question arises: How do these four species bring joy?
We can understand how giving tzedaka to help the needy can bring joy and happiness to both giver and receiver. How dancing with the Torah is a joyous celebration. How sitting with family and friends and partaking of a festive meal in a sukkah is celebratory. How making l’chaim and eating a slice of challah dipped in honey is a sweet act.
But shaking four species of flora? How does this organic deed have the power to elicit elation and joy? And how, as many ask, is this archaic ritual relevant to our lives?
Four powerful, spine-tingling and heart-warming stories, teach us how the four species mirror our very bodies, each representing a key limb of the human experience – the spine, mouth, eyes and heart. When we examine the nature and shape of these four species, we discover one of the most critical and relevant messages we will ever hear:
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Friday, August 5, 2022
“For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess” (Acts 19:37 KJV).
Do even the “heathen” attend church? Yes, according to today’s Scripture, they do!
The Holy Spirit’s commentary on Israel’s 10 northern tribes: “And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove [shrine], and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal [an idol]” (2 Kings 17:15,16). These sins resulted in their being taken away in judgment via the Assyrian Captivity.
About the two tribes of the Southern Kingdom (Judah), the Prophet Jeremiah penned: “Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good” (Jeremiah 10:1-5). Do you happen to know of any trees decorated with “silver and gold” for religious purposes? The Bible calls it heathenism, not Christianity!
“Images,” shrines, and “idols” are aids to worship in heathenism. “The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands” (Psalm 135:15). “And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone [idols]” (Ezekiel 20:32). Let us summarize and conclude this devotionals arc…. | <urn:uuid:60655adf-b808-4a6a-9292-f7ca77c3aa7f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://333wordsofgrace.org/2022/08/05/heathen-churches-4/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.971265 | 565 | 1.554688 | 2 |
CFACT: Cold Fog Amongst Complex Terrain
CFACT is a field campaign that investigates cold fog formation in mountain valleys. The overarching goals of the CFACT project are to 1) investigate cold fog development and environment conditions in complex terrain with the latest observation technology, 2) improve microphysical parameterizations and visibility algorithms used in numerical weather prediction (NWP) models, and 3) develop data-assimilation and analysis methods for current and next-generation (e.g., sub-kilometer scale) NWP models. The CFACT field campaign will be conducted in the Heber Valley region of Utah, during January and February 2022. The deployment of a network of ground-based in-situ instruments and remote sensing platforms will help to obtain comprehensive measurements of thermodynamic profiling, cloud microphysics, physical and chemical properties of aerosols, and dynamics of the environment.
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In late spring, students in grades 3 through 8 participate in the CA Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). CAASPP testing provides just one of many snapshots of student learning and growth.
To help parents understand what CAASPP testing is about, click on the links below.
Parent Guide to Understanding the Smarter Balanced Summative Test
CA Science Test (CAST) - taken every spring for grades 5, 8 and 11
CA Alternate Assessment (CAA) - taken every spring for students with individualized learning plans
For the first time, test scores will be made available online in summer/early fall. You will receive notification via email or text when they are available. Please be sure your primary email address and/or cell phone number is up-to-date with your student's school office.
To learn more about the test and score results, please visit the Starting Smarter website.
is a test that is used to measure how well students in kinder through grade twelve understand English when it is not their primary language.* This assessment replaces the CELDT give in the past.
*wording from cde
Parent Guide to Understanding the ELPAC
- Click on the link to find out the basics of the ELPAC assessment.
Test Scores - Initial Testing
Test Scores - Summative
For all Parent ELPAC resources, click HERE
PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTING (PFT)
Each spring, students in grades 5, 7 and 9 are given a physical fitness test. Click on the following link to learn more.
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This section is from the "Health and Survival in the 21st Century" book, by Ross Horne.
Q: You're saying that HIV is incapable of killing the cells it's supposed to kill. How do the virus-AIDS thinkers get around this point?
A: The primary technique is to ignore the point. The other approach is to propose hypotheses about the hypothesis.
The hypothesis is that the virus does it. And since the virus doesn't infect T-cells--and my critics agree that more than 99 percent of T-cells are uninfected--they come up with hypotheses about how the virus could possibly kills cells that are not infected. I could count probably a dozen hypotheses that have been put forward. And billions of dollars in research projects are being spent to find out if any of these hypotheses has a chance to succeed.
Q: The January 1990 issue of the Lancet carried reports that Kaposi's sarcoma appears in men who are HIV-negative. How does this square with the virus-AIDS hypothesis?
A: It doesn't. You see, Kaposi's was one of the most characteristic AIDS diseases for homosexuals in the early 1980s. When you said Kaposi's, that meant AIDS. What I have asked for some time is 'If HIV is the cause of Kaposi's sarcoma, why are only homosexuals getting it?' They were getting it in the lungs, the face, and the chest--the routes along which amyl nitrite inhalants, or 'poppers', are used. Poppers have been directly correlated with the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma--the only people in the United States to get Kaposi's were the homosexuals who were using poppers as an aphrodisiac. And as the use of poppers declined--when it was pointed out that this was a dangerous practice--the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma declined.
I had also wondered why there are Kaposi's sarcoma cases that are free of HIV. How can you get exactly the same disease in the same risk group without HIV? That's usually the kiss of death in an etiology study: if you can get the same disease without the agent, the agent can't be the cause.
So, to answer your question, HIV has nothing to do with Kaposi's sarcoma, as the Lancet now agrees, even though this was the original hallmark disease of AIDS.
Q: Then what is the connection between HIV and AIDS?
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Dodging the China question
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the U.S. and the OAS. He is also a senior fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and at Massey College in the University of Toronto. The view expressed are entirely his own)
Of all the questions that both Kamala Harris and Mike Pence dodged during the U.S. Vice Presidential debate on October 7, the most revealing concerned China. Susan Page, the moderator, from the publication, “USA Today”, put a clear question to Pence and Harris in turn: “We have no more complicated or consequential foreign relationship than the one with China. It is a huge market for American agricultural goods. It’s a potential partner in dealing with climate change and with North Korea; and, in a video tonight, President Trump again, blamed it for the Coronavirus saying China will pay… how would you describe our fundamental relationship with China: Competitors? Adversaries? Enemies?”.
Apart from being very categoric, in keeping with President Trump’s position, that “China is to blame for the coronavirus”, and “China had been taking advantage of America for decades”, Vice President Pence did not say whether China was a competitor, adversary or enemy of the U.S. Senator Harris was no clearer in her response. She said President Trump’s trade war with China “resulted in the loss of over 300,000 manufacturing jobs and a manufacturing recession, and the American consumer paid thousands of dollars more for goods because of that failed war”. She added that, “Pew, a reputable research firm has done an analysis that shows that leaders of all of our formerly allied countries have now decided that they hold in greater esteem and respect Xi Jinping, the head of the Chinese communist party, than they do Donald Trump”.
From these answers, it is little wonder that people in the U.S. have no clear picture of their country’s relationship with China. The real situation is far more complex, and both Pence and Harris know it. The U.S. and China are the two largest economies in the world. They have an inter-dependent relationship not only in bilateral trade and investment, but in the maintenance of a stable global economy that serves both their interests for markets and supply of raw materials that neither of them has. Both Pence and Harris know that it is not in the interest of the U.S. to encourage hostility with China. They both dodged the question because they each weighed their answers on a narrow, ‘political opportunity’ basis.
Pence’s response fed prejudice against Chinese, and Harris’ answer nurtured a sentiment of horror that an American leader could be less respected than a Chinese ‘communist’. Neither of them set-out a clear and constructive strategy for relations with China. The absence of a China strategy is also obvious in the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) whose membership is divided between recognition of China and Taiwan. Nine of the 14 independent CARICOM states have diplomatic relations with China, and five others with Taiwan. Once this division remains, there can be no “CARICOM Strategy” on China.
Although, as I have argued in other writings, CARICOM, by now, should have negotiated a formal collective partnership with China that covers the terms of trade, investment, labour practices (including the use of imported Chinese workers for projects); competition; and dispute settlement through independent machinery. Instead, the nine CARICOM countries have an adhoc relationship with China that is characterised by Chinese investment and loans, as well as a trade surplus in China’s favour. The increased presence of Chinese companies in the 9 CARICOM countries as well as their importation of Chinese labour for their projects have caused resentment in local populations. These concerns have not been adequately addressed.
The ground for growing anti-Chinese sentiment has been fertilized recently by statements from high representatives of the U.S. government. These include questioning the value of Chinese money if it “feeds corruption and undermines your rule of law”, and calling for investments to be examined “if in fact they ruin your environment, and don’t create jobs for your people”. Ahead of the March 22 meeting between President Trump and leaders of five Caribbean countries – Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and St. Lucia – a White House spokesperson said one of its aims was to “counter China’s predatory economic practices.” Within CARICOM countries, these unsubstantiated statements appeal to prejudiced-thinking in certain sections of the societies. This thinking could be tempered by better information. Misapprehension lingers because governments have failed to inform their people fully. For example, the amount of money borrowed from China to finance much-needed infrastructural projects, is considerably reduced by using Chinese labour. It is also little known that China, as a donor state, contributes to regional economies through its membership of the Caribbean Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and as a Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States.
Its investment outreach to the Caribbean is not only bilateral; it is also multilateral. Many – if not all – of these matters could be addressed in a transparent and balanced manner if CARICOM countries could jointly negotiate a partnership agreement with China as they have done with the European Union. Further, joint CARICOM negotiations, using the leverage available to the entire region would be more advantageous than national bargaining where China would be in a much stronger position. This observation equally applies to the CARICOM relationship with the U.S. which is no less ad-hoc and lacking in regional strategy. The U.S. enjoys a perennial trade surplus with Caribbean countries that topped $4 billion in 2019, notwithstanding preferences for a narrow range of goods exported by some CARICOM countries.
While the U.S. has withdrawn from offering loans and investments to the majority of Caribbean nations, and International Financial Institutions have disqualified many of them from concessional financing, China filled the gap with soft loans and, in some instances, grants particularly in the struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic. From 2006 to 2015, under the George W. Bush and Barack Obama Administrations, while expressing concern about China’s influence in the region, the U.S. generally viewed China’s engagement with the region positively, regarding it as a contributor to economic growth. Such collaboration with Caribbean participation would be beneficial to all. CARICOM countries need joint strategies toward the U.S. and China. They should be based on being partners not pawns in any game of competition, rivalry, or enmity. Response and previous commentaries: www.sirronaldsanders.com | <urn:uuid:bf19b1a5-aadc-499b-836e-afb5a4c3f52b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pointville.ag/dodging-the-china-question/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.961593 | 1,428 | 1.953125 | 2 |
- How will Huawei Technologies prolong the backlash against the 5G and smartphone businesses if the latest US sanctions are implemented?
In some farewell shots, the retiring President Donald Trump’s administration Revoked license Some US suppliers of Huawei Technologies Co., such as Intel, are trying to make it more difficult for Chinese telecommunications giants to pursue business-critical businesses on the US side.
Due to Trump Cabinet sanctions, Huawei has been able to provide Android software to hundreds of millions of Huawei smartphones from Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Separated from business-critical relationships with such. For its state-of-the-art chip..
As part of a campaign to curb China’s technological rise, most other top Chinese tech companies have been blamed as well.They include three in China Largest telecommunications company, this is Top chip maker, this is The biggest social media When Game platform, And its top two smartphone makers and several others.
Huawei’s once prosperous 5G network and smartphone business has fallen into a downward spiral as a result of being on the US trade blacklist. US member countries rarely use market-leading 5G infrastructure for next-generation networks.The mobile unit lost a large market share as the mobile phone became unable to use Google’s Android OS, but Huawei Develop your own operating system..
Huawei Technologies’ consumer business outlook, once a world leader in communications technology, doesn’t look rosy. However, industry watchers are hoping that the company will move further into the software business while the network and mobile units are being reorganized.
What does this mean for businesses?
Asia Pacific companies can expect Huawei Technologies to grow further with software-oriented products by withdrawing from the consumer business. Most of them focus on enterprise development.
Huawei is likely to focus on the Harmony operating system being developed for smartphones after Alphabet’s separation from Android, said Nicole Peng, vice president of mobility for consultancy Canalys.
HarmonyOS, a self-developed operating system, has been in development for three years. Huawei also confirmed that its OS will be available as an open source operating system used by other Chinese OEMs to build a bridge between the local and Western markets.
Elsewhere in the software, Huawei could pivot more to such services Cloud Computing Division Huawei CloudAnalysts say it is unlikely to offset the slowdown in smartphones and communications infrastructure, as well as the development of Internet of Things (IoT) smart devices.
Huawei Cloud itself has launched at least 190 cloud-based solutions, including over 200 cloud services and 43 Ascend-powered artificial intelligence (AI) cloud services. This will enable businesses to harness the power of AI computing in the cloud ecosystem.
With this huge growth, Huawei Cloud has jumped to the top, becoming one of the IaaS elites, becoming the third largest cloud provider in China and the sixth largest cloud provider in the world. With the powerful performance of Huawei Cloud, as well as the declining fate of other businesses, Huawei is giving cloud units equal credit, as well as the benefits of smartphones and 5G gear.
Here’s how Huawei Technologies survives 5G and mobile losses:
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THE GUIDELINES FOR JAPAN-U.S. DEFENSE COOPERATION (November 27, 1978)
These draft guidelines shall not be construed as affecting the rights and obligations of Japan and the United States under the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and its related arrangements. It is understood that the extension of facilitative assistance and support by Japan to the United States, which is described in the draft guidelines, is subject to the relevant laws and regulations of Japan.
Ⅰ. Posture for Deterring Aggression
- 1．Japan, as its defense policy, will possess defense capability on an appropriate scale with in the scope necessary for self-defense, and consolidate and maintain a posture to ensure the most efficient operations； and assure, in accordance with the SOFA, the stable and effective utilization of facilities and areas in Japan by U.S. Forces. The United States will maintain a nuclear deterrent capability and the forward deployments of combat-ready forces and other forces capable of reinforcing them.
- 2．In order to be able to take coordinated joint action smoothly in the event of an armed attack against Japan, Japan and the United States will endeavor to achieve a posture for cooperation between the Self-Defense Forces and U.S. Forces in such areas as operations, intelligence and logistics.
- (1) In order jointly to conduct coordinated operations for the defense of Japan smoothly and effectively, the JSDF and U.S. Forces will conduct studies on joint defense planning. They will also undertake necessary joint exercises and training when appropriate. in addition, the JSDF and U.S. Forces will study and prepare beforehand common procedures deemed necessary for operational needs in order jointly to undertake operations smoothly. Such procedures include matters related to operations, intelligence and logistics. As communications/electronics are absolutely essential to effecting command and liaison, the JSDF and U.S. Forces will also determine in advance their mutual communications/electronics requirements.
- (2) The JSDF and U.S. Forces will develop and exchange intelligence necessary for the defense of Japan. The JSDF and U.S. Forces will, in order to ensure smooth intelligence exchange, determine in coordination the nature of the intelligence to be exchanged and the specific JSDF/USF units to be assigned responsibility for the exchange. In addition, the JSDF and U.S. Forces will promote close intelligence cooperation by taking such required actions as establishing systems for mutual communications.
- (3) The JSDF and U.S. Forces, acting from the basic principle that each nation is responsible for the logistics of its own forces, will closely coordinate with each other or conduct studies in advance in regard to such functions as supply, transportation, maintenance, facilities, etc., so that mutual support can be arranged appropriately when needed. Detailed requirements for this mutual support will be developed through joint studies and planning in particular, coordination will be made in advance in regard to foreseeable supply deficiencies, quantities, priorities for satisfying deficiencies, emergency acquisition procedures, etc., and studies will be undertaken relating to the economical and efficient utilization of the bases and facilities of the two forces.
Ⅱ．Actions in Response to an Armed Attack Against Japan
1．When an armed attack against Japan is imminent;
Japan and the United States will conduct closer liaison and will take necessary measures respectively and, as deemed necessary due to changes in the situation, will make necessary preparations in order to ensure coordinated joint action, including the establishment of a coordination center between the JSDF and U.S. Forces.
The JSDF and U.S. Forces will establish in advance a common standard as regards preparations which will be respectively conducted by the two forces so that the two nations may select coordinated common readiness stages, and ensure that effective preparations for operations can be cooperatively undertaken by the JSDF and U.S. Forces respectively.
This common standard will indicate readiness stages from an increase of unit alert posture to a maximization of combat readiness posture concerning intelligence activities, unit readiness, movements, logistics, and other matters relating to defense preparations.
The JSDF and U.S. Forces will respectively conduct defense preparations considered necessary according to the readiness stage selected by mutual agreement between the two governments.
2. When an armed attack against Japan takes place:
- (1) In principle, Japan by itself will repel limited, small-scale aggression. When it is difficult to repel aggression alone due to the scale, type and other factors of aggression, Japan will repel it with the cooperation of the United States.
- (2) When the JSDF and U.S. Forces jointly conduct operations for the defense of Japan, they will strive to achieve close mutual coordination to employ the defense capacity of each force in a timely and effective manner.
- (ⅰ) Concept of Operations:
The JSDF will primarily conduct defensive operations in Japanese territory and its surrounding waters and airspace. U.S. Forces will support JSDF operations. U.S. Forces will also conduct operations to supplement functional areas which exceed the capacity of the JSDF.
The JSDF and U.S. Forces will jointly conduct ground, maritime and air operations as follows:
- (a) Ground Operations:
The Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) and U.S. Ground Forces will jointly conduct g round operations for the defense of Japan. The GSDF will conduct checking, holding and repelling operations.
U.S. Ground Forces will deploy as necessary and jointly conduct operations with the GSDF, mainly those for repelling enemy forces.
- (b) Maritime Operations:
The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) and U.S. Navy will jointly conduct maritime operations for the defense of surrounding waters and the protection of sea lines of communication.
The MSDF will primarily conduct operations for the protection of major ports and straits in Japan; and anti-submarine operations, operations for the protection of ships and other operations in the surrounding waters.
U.S. Naval Forces will support MSDF operations and conduct operations, including those which may involve the use of task forces providing additional mobility and strike power, with the objective of repelling enemy forces.
- (c) Air Operations:
The Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) and U.S. Air Force will jointly conduct air operations for the defense of Japan.
The ASDF will conduct air-defense, anti-airborne and anti-amphibious invasion, close air support, air reconnaissance, airlift operations, etc.
U.S. Air Force will support ASDF operations and conduct operations, including those which may involve the use of air units providing additional strike power, with the objective of repelling enemy forces.
- (d) When carrying out ground, maritime, and air operations, the JSDF and U.S. Forces will provide necessary support for each other’s forces in various activities related to operations, such as intelligence, Logistics, etc.
- (ⅱ) Command and Coordination:
The JSDF and U.S. Forces, in close cooperation, will take action through their respective command-and-control channels. In order to be able jointly to conduct coordinated operations effectively, the JSDF and U.S. Forces will take action in accordance with operational processes which will be coordinated in advance.
- (ⅲ) Coordination Center:
In order jointly to conduct effective operations, the JSDF and U.S. Forces will maintain close mutual coordination on operations, intelligence and logistic support through a coordination center.
- (ⅳ) Intelligence Activities:
The JSDF and U.S. Forces will, through operations of their respective intelligence systems, conduct intelligence activities in close cooperation in order to contribute to the joint implementation of effective operations. To support this, the JSDF and U.S. Forces will coordinate intelligence activities closely at each stage of requirements, collection, production, and dissemination. The JSDF and U.S. Forces will each have responsibility for their security.
- (ⅴ) Logistic Activities:
The JSDF and U.S. Forces will conduct efficient and appropriate logistic support activities in close cooperation in accordance with relevant agreements between Japan and the United States.
Toward this end, Japan and the United States will undertake mutual support activities to improve the effectiveness of logistic functions and to alleviate functional shortfalls as follows:
- (a) Supply
The United States will support the acquisition of supplies for systems of U.S. origin while Japan will support acquisition of supplies in Japan.
- (b) Transportation
Japan and the United States will, in close cooperation, carry out transportation operations, including airlift and sealift of supplies from the United States to Japan.
- (c) Maintenance
The United States will support the maintenance of items of U.S. origin, which are beyond Japanese maintenance capabilities. and Japan will support the maintenance of U.S. Forces’ equipment in Japan. Maintenance support will include the technical training of maintenance personnel as required. As a related activity, Japan will also support U.S. Forces requirement for salvage and recovery in Japan.
- (d) Facilities
The U.S. Forces will, in case of need, be provided additional facilities and areas in accordance with the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and its related arrangements. If it becomes necessary to consider joint use of bases and facilities/are as to improve effective and economical utilization, the JSDF and U.S. Forces will conduct joint use in accordance with the above Treaty and arrangements.
Ⅲ. Japan-U.S. cooperation in the case of situations in the Far East outside of Japan which will have an important influence on the security of Japan
The Governments of Japan and the United States will consult together from time to whenever changes in the circumstances so require.
The scope and modalities of facilitative assistance to be extended by Japan to the U.S. Forces in the case of situations in the Far East outside of Japan which will have an important influence’ on the security of Japan will be governed by the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, its related arrangements, other relevant agreements between Japan and the United States, and the relevant laws and regulations of Japan.
The Governments of Japan and the United States will conduct studies in advance on the scope and modalities of facilitative assistance to be extended to the U.S. Forces by Japan with in the above-mentioned legal framework. Such studies will include the scope and modalities of joint use of the Self-Defense Forces bases by the U.S. Forces and of other facilitative assistance to be extended. | <urn:uuid:aa1a6960-5ad9-4dfb-b8d4-1051f7518803> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mod.go.jp/en/d_act/us/anpo/19781127.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.935308 | 2,205 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Freescale is an American company headquartered in Austin, Texas that designs and manufactures microcontrollers and semiconductors. Originally a native division of Motorola, it was divested in 2004 and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2012, its turnover was $4 Billion and it employed 16,500 staff. Their DSPs and baseband processors are embedded in macrocell basestation products by several major vendors.
In 2011, Freescale announced their Qoriq Qonverge PSC913x range - a series of Small Cell System-on-a-Chip devices with differing capacities:
- BSC9131 is a single core processor designed to handle up to 16 concurrent users in a single sector, targetted at enterprise femtocell applications
- BSC9132 is a dual core processor which can cope with up to 100 concurrent users in either 3G or LTE modes, or be configured to support both 3G and LTE simultaneously.
Both can be configured for TD-LTE or FDD-LTE modes, and include interfaces for Gigabit Ethernet, USB, RF and timing.
Freescale provide their own physical layer (PHY) and partner with several mainstream software vendors for the higher layers, including Radisys and Aricent. It interfaces directly with both MAXIM and ADI RF chipsets.
We interviewed Stephen Turnbull, Freescale's Marketing Manager for Wireless Access Products, for more details of their product launch and market fit.
In February 2012, ip.access selected the BSC9132 for their multi-mode LTE product development.
In March 2012, Public Wireless announced selection of the BSC9132 for its LTE small cell products.
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Miss Hughes is a talented dancer who teaches movement at Hobble Creek Elementary. She
works along side the classroom teachers to reinforce learning from all areas of the curriculum through movement. Students understand core subjects better and attendance increases as a result . “A powerful educational truth is that children who have exposure to the arts as part of their curriculum outperform their counterparts on an academic level by 18 to 27 percent on standardized testing. What’s more, these “arts-rich” students show increased levels of creativity, confidence and self-esteem, which may prove to be the most valuable long-term assets of their educations.” www.artworkforkids.org/get-inspired/statistics
The Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program provides the funds to have Miss Hughes in our school. Without your help, our school is in danger of losing Miss Hughes due to budget cuts by the Utah Legislature. Please allow your voice to be heard about the importance of saving this extraordinary educational program for the benefit of our schools and our children.
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John Loudon McAdam (21 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was Scottish and road-builder. He invented a new process, “macadamisation”, for building roads with a smooth hard surface that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks.
Modern road construction still reflects McAdam’s influence. Of subsequent improvements, the most significant was the introduction of tar (originally coal tar) to bind the road surface’s stones together – “tarmac” (for Tar Macadam) – followed later by the use of hot-laid tarred aggregate or tar-sprayed chippings to create better road metalling. Though, in the medieval Islamic world, many roads were built throughout the Arab Empire. The most sophisticated roads were those of Baghdad, Iraq, which were paved with tar in the 8th century. The genius of the man lies in the process. More recently, oil-based asphalt laid on reinforced concrete has become a major road surface, but its use of granite or limestone chippings still recalls McAdam’s innovation.
In two treatises written in 1816 and 1819 (Remarks on the Present System of Road-Making and Practical Essay on the Scientific Repair and Preservation of Roads) he argued that roads needed to be raised above the surrounding ground and constructed from layered rocks and gravel in a systematic manner.
He decided to remake the roads under his care with crushed stone bound with gravel on a firm base of large stones. A camber, making the road slightly convex, ensured rainwater rapidly drained off the road rather than penetrate and damage the road’s foundations. This construction method, the greatest advance in road construction since Roman times, became known as “macadamisation”, or, more simply, “macadam”.
The macadam method spread very quickly across the world. The first macadam road in North America, the National Road, was completed in the 1830s and most of the main roads in Europe were subject to the McAdam process by the end of the nineteenth century.
McAdam’s method was simpler than previous ones, yet more effective at protecting roadways: he discovered that massive foundations of rock upon rock were unnecessary, and asserted that native soil alone would support the road and traffic upon it, as long as it was covered by a road crust that would protect the soil underneath from water and wear.
Unlike Telford and other road builders of the time, McAdam laid his roads as level as possible. McAdam believed that the “proper method” of breaking stones for utility and rapidity was accomplished by people sitting down and using small hammers, breaking the stones so that none of them was larger than six ounces in weight. He also wrote that the quality of the road would depend on how carefully the stones were spread on the surface over a sizeable space, one shovelful at a time.
McAdam directed that no substance that would absorb water and affect the road by frost should be incorporated into the road. Neither was anything to be laid on the clean stone to bind the road. The action of the road traffic would cause the broken stone to combine with its own angles, merging into a level, solid surface that would withstand weather or traffic.
Through his road-building experience McAdam had learned that a layer of broken angular stones would act as a solid mass and would not require the large stone layer previously used to build roads. By keeping the surface stones smaller than the tyre width, a good running surface could be created for traffic. The small surface stones also provided low stress on the road, so long as it could be kept reasonably dry.
McAdam’s renown is due to his effective and economical construction, which was a great improvement over the methods used by his generation. He emphasized that roads could be constructed for any kind of traffic, and he helped to alleviate the resentment travelers felt toward increasing traffic on the roads. His legacy lies in his advocacy of effective road maintenance and management. He advocated a central road authority and the trained professional official, who could be paid a salary that would keep him from corruption. This professional could give his entire time to his duties and be held responsible for his actions.
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J. B. Léon Foucault
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (18 September 181911 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, invented the gyroscope, and discovered eddy currents.
Foucault was the son of a publisher at Paris, where he was born on September 18, 1819. After an education received chiefly at home, he studied medicine, which, however, he speedily abandoned for physical science. He first directed his attention to the improvement of L. J. M. Daguerre's photographic processes. For three years he was experimental assistant to Alfred Donné (18011878) in his course of lectures on microscopic anatomy.
With A. H. L. Fizeau he carried on a series of investigations on the intensity of the light of the sun, as compared with that of carbon in the arc lamp, and of lime in the flame of the oxyhydrogen blowpipe; on the interference of infrared radiation, and of light rays differing greatly in lengths of path; and on the chromatic polarization of light.
In the 1840s, he contributed to the Comptes Rendus a description of an electromagnetic regulator for the electric arc lamp, and, in conjunction with his friend Jules Regnauld, a paper on binocular vision. In 1850, by the use of a revolving mirror similar to that used by Sir Charles Wheatstone for measuring the speed of electric currents, he was able to demonstrate the greater speed of light in air than in water, and to establish that the speed of light in different media is inversely as the refractive indices of the media (see Fizeau-Foucault Apparatus). From 1845, he wrote accounts of the weekly meetings of the Académie des sciences for an influential daily newspaper, the Journal des Débats. His frankness caused enmities which alienated him from many in the French academic establishment.
His demonstration in 1851 of the diurnal motion of the Earth by the rotation of the plane of oscillation of a freely suspended, long and heavy pendulum in the Panthéon in Paris, (http://www.bookmine.org) caused a sensation in both the learned and popular worlds, for it was the first dynamical proof of the Earth's rotation. In the following year he invented (and named) the gyroscope as a conceptually simpler experimental proof. In 1855 he received the Copley medal of the Royal Society for his 'very remarkable experimental researches'. Earlier in the same year he was made physicien (physicist) at the imperial observatory at Paris.
In September of 1855 he discovered that the force required for the rotation of a copper disc becomes greater when it is made to rotate with its rim between the poles of a magnet, the disc at the same time becoming heated by the eddy current or "Foucault currents" induced in the metal.
Diagram of a variant of Leon Foucault's speed of light experiment where a modern laser is the source of light. [Source]
Foucault invented in 1857 the polarizer which bears his name, and in the succeeding year devised a method of giving to the mirror of reflecting telescopes the shape of a spheroid or a paraboloid of revolution. With Wheatstone’s revolving mirror he in 1862 determined the speed of light to be 298,000 km/s (about 185,000 mi./s) 10,000 km/s less than that obtained by previous experimenters and only 0.6% off the currently accepted value.
He was created in that year a member of the Bureau des Longitudes and an officer of the Legion of Honour. In 1864 he was made a foreign member of the Royal Society of London, and next year a member of the mechanical section of the Institute. In 1865 appeared his papers on a modification of Watt's governor, upon which he had for some time been experimenting with a view to making its period of revolution constant, and on a new apparatus for regulating the electric light; and in the following year (Compt. Rend. lxiii.) he showed how, by the deposition of a transparently thin film of silver on the outer side of the object glass of a telescope, the sun could be viewed without injuring the eye. His chief scientific papers are to be found in the Comptes Rendus, 18471869.
Death and afterwards
Foucault died of what was probably a rapidly-developing case of multiple sclerosis on February 11, 1868 at Paris and was buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre.
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By Kevin Kiggundu
Knowledge absolutely is power.
Your thoughts, plans, actions, goals and dreams are based on what you know. Even your very identity as a person is shaped by your beliefs and experiences.
If you knew more you’d have different goals and different ways of operating.
If you knew more you’d probably be a different person altogether.
Whether you know it or not, there’s a ton of information that could help you see things better, make better decisions, and just change entire the trajectory of your life.
Unless you believe you’re the smartest person in the world, in which case not even prayers from the pope can save you.
“Intelligent individuals learn from everything and everyone; average people learn from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.”— Socrates
The first step is admitting you don’t know; no matter how much you think you know.
Once upon a time, there was a very wise Zen master. People traveled miles to seek his help and wisdom. The Zen master would teach them and show them the way to true enlightenment and wisdom in life. On one particular day, a scholar visited the master seeking advice. The scholar approached the master and explained: “I have come to ask you to teach me about Zen”.
A few minutes later in their conversation, it was very clear that the scholar was had his mind completely full and convinced of his own views, opinions and knowledge. He interrupted the master continuously with his own stories and failed to listen and be attentive to what the master had to say and teach.
The master calmly suggested that they should have a cup of tea together. The master, with complete confidence, poured his guest a cup. The cup was filled. To the guest’s surprise, the master kept pouring tea until the cup overflowed onto the table. It spilled the liquid even onto the floor and eventually onto the scholar’s jacket. The scholar was astonished and yelled, “Stop! The cup is full already. Can’t you see?”.
With a nice smile, the Zen master replied that the scholar was just like that cup – already so full of ideas and convictions that nothing more could be absorbed – and advised him to come back with an empty cup.
A cup that is already full cannot be added unto no matter how much you try.
The most inspirational people we know all credit their success to reading. Warren Buffet reportedly reads 80 books a year, Bill Gates 60. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Jack Ma and even Mark Zuckerberg are all touted as voracious readers, despite all the success they already have.
In reverence to that I call myself L’enfant – the child; because I want to learn as much as possible.
People have different perspectives and experiences so you always stand to learn something when you keep reading, even when you’ve read a lot and you’re relatively woke. There’s always something you missed, or haven’t realized yet – then you see it and go ‘wow!’. Just like that you have the piece of the puzzle that’s been missing.
I am inexpressibly grateful to Benjamin Hardy, Dale Carnegie, Nicklas Goke, Og Mandino, Tim Denning, Anthony Moore, and Darius Foroux; writers whose works have greatly influenced me both as a budding writer and a human being. Discovering Ben Hardy’s article on Mastery in late 2018 changed my life. I gave up social media and wasting my time consuming YouTube and entertainment and started the long journey towards self-actualization. Over the ensuing period, almost every single good habit I’ve gained has been from writings by those authors
You know what the crazy part is? None of these writers were born knowing the ‘wise’ things they know. They also just read and learned. From others who read and learned and wrote.
Imhotep, an Egyptian polymath 2667-2600 BCE, was practicing medicine and writing on the subject 2,200 years before Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine, was born.
Socrates (469/470-399 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and is considered the father of western philosophy. Plato (l. c. 428-348 BCE) was his most famous student and would teach Aristotle (l. 384-322 BCE) who would then tutor Alexander the Great, who would later inspire other historical figures like Hannibal and Julius Caesar.
And so the cycle continues, generation after generation.
So next time you see an article or book that catches your attention, don’t skip over it for memes and videos that don’t improve your knowledge or perspective. Make time and read, daily. You’ll be amazed at some of the things you find.
Here’s a short list of books and articles that have the most mind-blowing content I’ve come across.
- The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
- The Art of Winning Friends and Influencing People – Dale Carnegie
- The Greatest Salesman in the world – Og Mandino
- Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
- Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
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Starting this week, my students have a 28-day break from piano lessons. In additions to the normal 2 weeks that they have off of school, I take a 3rd week off and spend the week planning and prepping for the spring semester. It really helps me to start the year out strong!
This year, since I’ve shifted my practice philosophy from “practice when you can” to “practice everyday”, I wanted to help my students be successful and stay motivated during their 28-day break.
After I saw ViolinJudy’s cute pill box practice treats, it got my wheels turning to come up with something to reward my students for practicing over their break.
I tossed around a lot of ideas, but finally decided to use coin envelopes to hold 28 little surprises for my students. I liked that weren’t transparent, so each treat would be a surprise.
I labeled a set of envelopes for each student that began on the day of their last December lesson and went through the day before their next lesson in January.
Over the past few weeks, I shopped around for small treats and objects that would fit inside the envelopes.
I stuffed each envelope with the treats, put them in a bag and students are taking them home this week. They’ve been instructed to open the corresponding day’s envelope after they practice. If they don’t practice on a given day, they’ll leave it in the bag and bring it back in January. I’ll probably find a way to let them re-earn the unopened envelopes in future lessons.
I’ve gotten my students Christmas gifts in the past, so the envelopes were fun and different alternative this year. I managed to make almost all 28 envelopes different. Most students only had 1 of 2 repeated surprises. Some treats were edible, some weren’t. Some we quirky, some were practical, some we’re just for fun.
I personalized each set and chose items I thought each individual student would like.
Here are some things that went in the envelopes:
- Iwako Eraser
- fake mustache
- elephant-shaped paperclip
- decorative clothes pins
- a music note charm
- stickers (I tried to find puffy, shiny or sparkly stickers to make them a bit more exciting that your average sticker)
- a small ornament
- fun character band-aids
- washi tape
- toy dinosaur
- mini Star Wars tape dispenser
- confetti (for the Dec. 31 envelope)
- hair clips
- bouncy balls
- finger puppets
- felt and foam stickers
- mini post-it notes
- Goldfish pretzels
- sticks of gum
- candy – M&Ms, sixlets, chocolates, candy canes, kisses, starbursts, tootsie rolls, skittles, smarties.
I sent home a flier in each bag that has instructions for what to do each day:
- Turn on Better Practice App
- Practice piano (I gave tons of suggestions for things students could do both at the piano and away from the piano. I emphasized that it’s ok to be in “maintenance mode” over the holidays.)
- Open your surprise for the day
- Take a picture and post on social media with #28daysofpianopractice (this step is optional, but should be fun to check in on!)
- Enjoy making music!
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It is both privilege and responsibility for Lutherans in the United States to approach Election 2020 as faith-informed voters. Aware of needs and priorities in our own lives and connected with our neighbors who are equally beloved children of God, “Lutherans care about government because it is a gift from God intended for the safety and flourishing of human life.”* We are civically engaged, mindful that “too often and in too many ways, this gift has been abused.”*
- Do you have your plan in place for voting?
- Can you encourage and inform others through your congregation and/or personal circles?
- Have you reflected on election challenges – for vote casting and after Election Day – in our unique 2020 context?
With mere days remaining in advance of Election Day 2020, here is a review of material associated with the ELCAvotes initiative.
Rules vary state-by-state, which makes obtaining facts and planning ahead very important when challenges of polling in 2020 tweak familiar voting avenues.
If you’re looking for a place to start, the national, nonpartisan Election Protection coalition can direct you to state-specific information from 866ourvote.org as well as the nonprofit, nonpartisan technology platform vote.gov. This includes:
- Registration information
- Vote-by-mail information
- Polling locations
Cherry-pick from archived ELCAvotes social media posts or use new items posted every Wednesday to share important messages in your and/or your congregation’s circles. On Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @ELCAadvocacy, find messages for sharing including:
- Identify your polling location
- Thinking of voting early? Deadlines matter.
- Want to check if you are registered?
- What is your state’s early-voting and vote-by-mail options?
Use #ELCAvotes in YOUR posts to help us all see & share!
- A brand-new short video from the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, ELCA presiding bishop, raises “Civic Engagement in 2020” themes. View on YouTube, and pass along from Twitter and Facebook.
- Though the video is not new, “The Right to Vote” with Bishop Eaton also contains an important message. Find it on ELCA.org/votes and YouTube.
While the ELCA Advocacy blog spotlights varied examples of Lutheran action, several posts carry ELCAvotes themes.
- Voting dialogue with persons with disabilities (10/16/20)
- Sifting through misinformation (10/5/20)
- Churches as polling places (9/17/20)
- Voting in 2020 takes personal and public planning (8/21/20)
- Voter suppression damage requires challenge (6/24/20)
Review from blogs.elca.org/advocacy/ where you can also sign up to have ELCA Advocacy blog posts sent directly via email.
WORSHIP, BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER
- New from ELCA Worship: “Worship Resources for a National Election”
- Latest Bible study among ELCAvotes resources: “Suffering and Rejoicing as One” (1 Corinthians 12:21-26)
- Other Bible studies at ELCA.org/votes.
Check for local vigils near you. Plans for a national prayer vigil through the Washington Interfaith Staff Community in which ELCA advocacy staff participate will be shared when finalized.
ADDITIONAL ELCA RESOURCES
- Fact & activity sheet on race and voting
- Money in politics
- Voter guidelines for people facing homelessness
- ELCA Civic Engagement Guide with “Get Out the Vote” tip sheet and more.
FROM OUR PARTNERS
- Sacred Season of Voting resources to educate yourself and motivate others to go out and vote are offered by Faithful Democracy, with which the ELCA is in partnership through the Washington Interfaith Staff Community.
- Help staff your local polling place if you feel safe doing so. Our country is facing a shortage of poll workers because of the pandemic, and Power the Polls can direct you to sign up.
- Tools for strengthening community resilience during the election cycle and addressing possible election-related violence in communities is available from Faith in Public Life. See “Building a Resilience Network.”
TRUST AND CALM
In the unique environment of Election 2020, our faith-informed voices have much to contribute to inform, take action and proclaim that fear will not rule the day – before, during and after Election Day. In a media pool tainted with misinformation, cultivating multiple info sources and “knowing where to go to find accurate information or a different perspective about a topic is extremely helpful,” says a tip in the Misinformation blog post. Churches can play a role as trusted messengers in our communities.
- Is voter intimidation illegal? Are guns permitted at polling places? Does the First Amendment protect intimidating speech? These are a sample of questions answered by the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown University Law Center. Review the responses in their “Fact Sheet: Protecting Against Voter Intimidation.”
- Resources for addressing voter intimidation, including state-by-state guidance on explaining the laws barring unauthorized private militia groups near a polling place or voter registration drive, have been compiled by the same source from the page: “Addressing the Rise of Unlawful Private Paramilitaries.”
- The national, nonpartisan Election Protection coalition runs the hotline 1-866-OURVOTE (1-866-687-8683) in English and additional languages (use link or see graphic). Call it with questions, including if you encounter problems when seeking to cast your ballot. Legal help is provided by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights.
With the increase in mail-in ballots and polling place challenges, it is highly unlikely that a winner in the presidential contest will be known on November 4. As our nation awaits results, we can be centered in the blessing:
“Go out into the world in peace; have courage; hold on to what is good; return no one evil for evil; strengthen the fainthearted; support the weak, and help the suffering; honor all people; love and serve the Lord, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.” (from “Worship Resources for a National Election”)
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A QCD dipole formalism for forward-gluon production
We derive inclusive and diffractive forward-gluon production in the scattering of a dipole off an arbitrary target in the high-energy eikonal approximation, suitable to study the saturation regime. We show how the inclusive cross-section is related to the total cross-section for the scattering of a colorless pair of gluons on the target: the gluon-production cross-section can be expressed as a convolution between this dipole total cross-section and a dipole distribution. We then consider as an application the forward-jet production from an incident hadron and describe forward-jet production at HERA and Mueller-Navelet jets at Tevatron or LHC. We show how these measurements are related to the or dipole-dipole cross-sections and why they are therefore well-suited for studying high-energy scattering in QCD.
Understanding high-energy scattering in QCD has been the purpose of a lot of work over the past ten years. At high energies, as one approaches the unitarity limit, high-density phases of partons are created and non-linear effects become important. In this regime called saturation glr ; glr+ ; mv ; jimwlk ; bk ; bk+ ; golec , the basic properties of perturbative QCD, such as factorization and linear evolution, breakdown. To study scattering near the unitarity limit, the dipole model dipole ; mueller has been developed. This formalism constructs the light-cone wavefunction of a dipole (a quark-antiquark pair in the color singlet state) in the leading logarithmic approximation. The size of the dipole provides a scale which is supposed to be much smaller than to justify the use of perturbation theory. As the energy increases, the dipole evolves and the wavefunction of this evolved dipole is described as a system of elementary dipoles. This formalism is well-suited to study high-energy scattering because when this system of dipoles scatters on a target, density effects and non-linearities that lead to saturation and unitarization of the scattering amplitude can be taken into account.
On a phenomenological point of view, the key point is to relate the experimental probes to the scattering of a dipole. In the case of lepton-hadron collisions this is straightforward: a lepton undergoes hadronic interactions via a virtual photon and one can view the interation as the splitting of the virtual photon into a pair which then interacts. This dipole picture has had great succes for the phenomenology of hard processes initiated by virtual photons. In hadron-hadron collisions however, there are no such virtual-photon probes. The probes are the final-state particules that we measure, e.g. a final-state gluon that we detect as a jet. Establishing a link between the scattering of a dipole and observables like jet cross-sections is of great theoretical and phenomenological interest in the prospect of the LHC, if one considers the impact that the dipole picture has had on HERA phenomenology for example and how the HERA measurements have helped understanding high-energy scattering.
First steps in this direction were taken in kope where gluon radiation from a quark was calculated. In kovtuch , Kovchegov and Tuchin derived the cross-section for inclusive gluon production in deep inelastic scaterring off a large nucleus. In both cases, the cross-sections are expressed in terms of the scattering of a dipole (a gluon-gluon pair in the color singlet state) on the target. It is crucial in kovtuch that the target is a nucleus since they work in an approximation in which all the scatterings on the nucleons happen via one or two-gluon exchanges muelkov . On a phenomenological side, descriptions of Mueller-Navelet jets in marpes and forward jets in mpr are performed in terms of dipole- dipole scattering, leading to interesting results and predictions. The key point in these analysis is the description of the jet vertex in terms of dipoles: it is done using the equivalence between the factorization and the dipole factorization. The factorization formula used is therefore not justified when the dipole-dipole cross-section is not factorizable which could be the case at high energies.
In this paper, we consider the collision between a dipole and an arbitrary target and calculate the cross-section for the production of a gluon in the forward direction of the dipole. We work in the eikonal approximation valid for high-energy scattering in which the interaction with the target is described by Wilson lines. We derive formulae for the inclusive and diffractive cross-sections. We express the inclusive cross-section in terms of the scattering of a colorless gluon-gluon pair on the target. We generalize the result of kovtuch , obtaining it in a very different framework and for the scattering off any target. We write the inclusive cross-section in the factorized form given below in equation (40): a convolution between an effective dipole distribution and the total cross-section for the scattering of a dipole on the target; such a factorization does not happen for the diffractive cross-section. We obtain a very general formula that includes all numbers of gluon exchanges and non-linear quantum evolution.
We then take another step towards the description of observables in hadronic collisions as we extend our results to the case of an incident hadron instead of an incident pair. This is done by including linear evolution before the emission of the measured gluon and by using collinear factorization. We thus describe forward-jet cross-sections at hadronic colliders in terms of the scattering of a dipole on the target, see later formula (55) which exhibits a dipole factorization for the forward-jet probe and generalizes the formulation of marpes ; mpr .
Finally, as an application to our formulae, we consider the target to be a virtual photon, or equivalently a dipole, and obtain the forward-jet cross-section at HERA dis . Its high-energy behavior is driven by the quantum evolution of the dipole- dipole scattering, making the forward-jet measurement of particular interest to investigate high-energy scattering and unitarization in QCD. The same conclusion holds for the Mueller-Navelet jet cross-section mnj at Tevatron or LHC that we also derive.
The plan of the paper is as follows. In Section 2, single inclusive forward-gluon production in the scattering of a dipole off an arbitrary target is calculated. The diffractive cross-section is derived in Section 3. The relation between the inclusive cross-section and the dipole-target scattering is derived in Section 4. In section 5, extending the previous result to the case of an incident hadron and specifying different targets, we derive the Mueller-Navelet jet and forward-jet cross-sections. Section 6 concludes.
Ii Inclusive gluon production
In this section we derive single inclusive gluon production in the high-energy scattering of a dipole off an arbitrary target. We shall use light-cone coordinates with the incoming dipole being a right mover and work in the light-cone gauge In this case, when the dipole passes through the target and interacts with its gauge fields, the dominant couplings are eikonal: the partonic components of the dipole (a quark, an antiquark and soft gluons) have frozen transverse coordinates and the gluon fields of the target do not vary during the interaction. This is justified since the incident dipole propagate at nearly the speed of light and its time of propagation through the target is shorter than the natural time scale on which the target fields vary. The effect of the interaction with the target is that the components of the dipole wavefunction pick up eikonal phases.
Let us be more specific. In Fig.1 is represented the production of a gluon of transverse momentum and rapidity off a dipole with transverse coordinates for the quark and for the antiquark. The size of the dipole is supposed to be small in order to justify the use of perturbation theory (). We work in a frame in which the dipole rapidity is not too large so that the radiation of extra softer gluons is to be described by quantum evolution of the target. The necessity of the last term can be seen by considering the case where there are no interactions: the emission-after-interaction term is necessary to get zero gluon production without interaction.
The incident hadronic state is a colorless pair and has the following decomposition on the Fock states:
The bare dipole is characterised by the wavefunction
where and denote the colors of the quark and antiquark respectively and where the transverse positions of the partons have been specified. The part of the dressed dipole is characterised by the wavefunction
where the gluon is characterized by its color , its polarization , its rapidity and its transverse coordinate is the transverse component of the gluon polarization vector and is a generator of the fundamental representation of The term in brackets in (3) is the well-known wavefunction for the emission of a gluon off a dipole mueller ; the two contributions correspond to emission by the quark and antiquark respectively. The only assumption made to write down (3) is that the gluon is soft, that is its longitudinal fraction of momentum with respect to the incident dipole is small. As already mentionned, we work in a frame in which only bare or one-gluon components need to be considered in the wavefunction ; softer gluons will be included through the quantum evolution of the target. One then truncates the perturbative expansion (1) at first order in the strong coupling constant
Let us denote the initial state of the target The outgoing state is obtained from the incoming state by action of the matrix. In the eikonal approximation, acts on quarks and gluons as (see for example coursmuel ; kovwie ; heb ):
where the phase shifts due to the interaction are described by and the eikonal Wilson lines in the fundamental and adjoint representations respectively, corresponding to propagating quarks and gluons. They are given by
with the gauge field of the target and the generators of in the fundamental () or adjoint () representations. denotes an ordering in
Therefore the state emerging from the eikonal interaction reads with the componants given by
represents the first contribution pictured in Fig.1 while the second contribution is hidden in To see that, we must express the Fock states which appear in in terms of physical states. At first order in one has:
One immediately sees that the emission-after-interaction term arises with a minus sign. Dropping the part which does not conribute to gluon production, using (6), (7), (8), and (9), the outgoing state can be rewritten
The different contributions contained in this wavefunction have a straightforward physical meaning: the term containing comes from the emission of the gluon by the quark while the one containing comes from to the emission by the antiquark. Moreover for both these terms, the contribution with three Wilson lines corresponds to the interation happening after the gluon emission while the contribution with two Wilson lines corresponds to the interation happening before.
From the outgoing state (10), the gluon-production cross-section reads
where and are respectively the creation and annihilation operators of a gluon with color polarization rapidity and transverse momentum is the size of the incoming dipole and is the impact parameter. Let us rewrite the cross-section (11) using operators in transverse coordinate space that act on
It is given by
This expression contains terms with four, five, or six Wilson lines, however it can be reduced quite easily using the following formulae:
These are obtained using the Fierz identity that relates the Wilson lines and
In formula (14), terms which a priori contain six Wilson lines reduce to traces of two adjoint Wilson lines as For the same reason, terms which display five Wilson lines contain only three and can be reduced using (15). Finally, terms with four Wilson lines are either trivial and equal to or can be reduced using (16). At the end, the cross-section (12) obtained from contains only traces of two adjoint Wilson lines and is given by
where we have denoted
Interestingly enough, the only quantity involved in (18) is the forward scattering amplitude of a colorless pair of gluons on the target:
This scattering amplitude is present in (18) for all the dipoles involved in the process. It contains the scatterings with all numbers of gluon exchanges and, via its quantum evolution, it also contains the emissions of gluons softer than the measured one Indeed, if is the total rapidity, the amplitude (19) depends on The cross-section (18) is made of four contributions, each of them proportional to one of the (), for which the gluon is emitted from the (anti)quark at transverse coordinate in the amplitude and in the complex conjugate amplitude. Each contribution itself contains four amplitudes whose physical origins are the following: corresponds to the gluon being emitted after the interaction both in the amplitude and in the complex conjugate amplitude in which case it does not interact; corresponds to emissions after the interaction in the amplitude and before the interaction in the complex conjugate amplitude and vice-versa for finally corresponds to emissions before the interaction both in the amplitude and in the complex conjugate amplitude.
The scattering amplitude is related to the total cross-section for the scattering of a gluon dipole of size on the target, with rapidity :
To compute this cross-section, one has to evaluate the target averaging contained in (see formula (19)) which amounts to calculating averages of Wilson lines in the target wavefunction. A lot of studies are devoted to this problem as we briefly discuss later in Section V. Here we only establish the link between the observable (18) and the dipole amplitude (19).
Formula (18) generalizes the result of kovch ; kovtuch where the same cross-section has been derived for a target nucleus in the quasi-classical approximation of muelkov in which the scatterings on each nucleon happen via one or two gluon exchanges. It is quite remarkable that only one dynamical quantity appears in the result and this is what will allow us to write the inclusive cross-section (18) in a factorized form as is shown in Section 4. But first, we shall calculate the diffractive gluon-production cross-section to exhibit the difference with the inclusive one and see that in this case, more than one dynamical quantity is involved.
Iii Diffractive gluon production
The diffractive cross-section for gluon production in a dipole-target collision is pictured in Fig.2 where we define the diffractive process as one in which the outgoing wavefunction is in a color singlet state and in which the target does not break up. The cross-section is calculated in the same way than the inclusive one in the previous section. The difference is that we now have to project the outgoing state on the subspace of color-singlet states. The final state containing diffractive gluon production is where the projector on the color-singlet states is given by:
is the contribution of the emission-before-interaction term (first graph in Fig.2). Writing in makes the emission-after-interaction term arise (second graph in Fig.2). One is then able to express in terms of physical states. Keeping only the part, one has:
is not exactly the final state one needs to consider since our definition of diffractive implies that the target does not break up and we have imposed that condition yet. The final state (24) would be the one to use to calculate diffractive gluon production without any requirement on the target. To insure the target not to break up, one projects the outgoing state on the subspace spanned by The effect is that the Wilson lines in (24) become target-averaged:
The diffractive gluon-production cross-section is now obtained from formula (11) with instead of The final result is
Note that if one had computed the cross-section with there would have been a global target average at the cross-section level and not averages at the amplitude level as is the case in (27). The first term in (26) is proportional to the elastic matrix for the scattering of a colorless triplet on the target while the second term is proportional to the elastic matrix for the scattering of a dipole. There is then two dynamical quantities playing a role in this diffractive cross-section. This is the main difference compared to the inclusive case in which there was only one.
If one considers that the target is a nucleus, and that each scattering on the nucleons happens via a two-gluon exchange, then the target averages in (26) are computable (see e.g. kovwie ) and one recovers the result of kovch . Formulae (27) and (26) are a generalization to an arbitrary target including all numbers of gluon exchanges.
Let us mention also that, making use of the following identity:
one is able to relate the first term of (26) to the scattering of two dipoles and obtain:
The first term in is now proportional to the elastic matrix for the scattering of two dipoles on the target. What is usualy considered is the scattering off a large nucleus in which case one can justify neglecting the fluctuations and writing
Making this simplification is very useful to do phenomenology munsho , as it enables to deal with only one quantity, but it is not correct for any target. Note also that if one writes the product in the right-hand side of (30) using amplitudes as in (19), one recovers the two-gluon exchange approximation calculated in bart ; kopdiff by neglecting the term.
Iv Dipole-factorized form of the inclusive cross-section
We now come back to the case of the inclusive cross-section (18) and show in this section that it can be significantly simplified and expressed in a form that exhibits a dipole factorization.
On the right-hand side of (18), the term in brakets contains four amplitudes and for each of them two of the integrations can easily be carried out. Let us begin with the amplitude which does not depend on the integration of the emission kernel over that impact parameter gives:
where and is an infrared cutoff which will eventually disappear. Then one writes:
Consider now the amplitude which only depends on we then perform the integration:
One can easily see that the amplitude which only depend on gives the same result. For the last amplitude which does not depend either on or we integrate the emission kernel:
and the integration of the amplitude yields to the cross-section. Putting the pieces together, the gluon production cross-section reads
Performing the summation over and the cutoff disappears and the two terms displaying also vanish because . Using then the following results for two dimensionnal vectors where is the Heavyside step function:
one carries out the integration over the azimutal angle of Denoting the size of the incident dipole the result reads | <urn:uuid:63c52810-1a92-4526-a990-c11ff74167e1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.arxiv-vanity.com/papers/hep-ph/0409023/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.918937 | 4,323 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Good Content Has 10 Characteristics. What Are They?
Good content is content that is valued by your target group and contributes to the objectives of your company. The definition of good content will therefore vary from company
to company. But content will only work for your brand or company when it meets the 'commandments' below.
1. The content of your content has been verified
If you share valuable information, it must be correct. That seems to be an open door, but research shows that if people think that your content is not accurate, they appreciate your brand less.
A staggering 38% of consumers indicate that accurate content with accurate information is most important to them (source: Adobe Content Survey, 2018). Moreover, content can be viewed as controversial, because it is possible to discuss certain statements or because figures are out of date or can be interpreted differently.
In your own industry you know which subjects are controversial and when you have to be on your guard. That does not mean that you have to avoid controversial issues. It is precisely the type of content that creates fans and opponents. With a clear position you prevent your expressions from making an impression, because they are too much middle of the road.
Therefore make not only safe choices, but make sure that everything you share is double checked.
2. The content is well written or produced
Your content says everything about your brand. If you create a quality image, it must also prove everything. Not only must the content be valuable, that also applies to the packaging. Texts are well written, everything is well designed and the form in which you share your information must be pleasant to handle.
3. The message is relevant to your target group
Your content must bring a solution closer. For a burning problem that someone has or for a so-called HoeDoe question. Or you offer a look behind the scenes so that someone gets to know your company and vision. This shows the elements of your brand identity and you can lead your brand in the direction you want. But it always applies that good content hits a string or fixes a problem.
4. Good content is distinctive
If your competitors or other parties have already shared certain knowledge, it is not wise to create and share similar content. Instead, you can better search for content that is not there yet or that adds content to the existing content of competitors in terms of content, form, ease of use or originality.
Sometimes it may be opportune to make similar content as your competitor. For example, if the content is indispensable for your company and without this information would not be credible. Or when you are sure that you can surpass someone else's content in quality and reach.
5. There is sufficient demand for the content
Even if your eBook, blog or video is good, if only too small a part of your target group is interested, they do not contribute enough to your objectives.
The only exception is a target group that is very small in size, which can sometimes be the case with B2B content. Therefore, first investigate what your target group is interested in and what they are looking for. Determine to which topics the question is of greatest relevance and start with it.
6. The content offers opportunities in Google or on social media
In the battle for the visibility of your content, it is of course important that your content is seen. That means there has to be a good chance to get the first page of search results in Google.
Think about visibility and findability beyond Google. For example, YouTube is the second most popular search engine and Facebook is number three. If you manage to be visible
there, it has many advantages.
But depending on your subject, the competition for the first positions in search engines can be huge. Then look for niches, which may produce a smaller volume, but with which you can take a top 3 position in the search engines. On balance, this results in more reach and interaction.
7. The content proves the qualities of your brand/company
If you have defined certain core qualities or brand values for your company, check whether they also appear in the statements you make. Your content must be in line with your
brand and everything you do.
Not every piece of content can strengthen all brand values, but if you insist that all new content supports at least one brand value, you are on the right track to build your brand identity with your content.
8. The content is shareable
Of course you can distribute content yourself. Through your site, sales channels and social media. But ideally, others are going to share your expressions for you, so that your reach increases enormously.
In that case, your content should not only be distinctive and of quality, but also divisible. Therefore, link every form of content to the possibility to share via channels. Encourage this in a concrete way, because sometimes you have to really get people to think that content is interesting for their friends or relations.
When content is shared on social media, it increases your visibility. This extra visibility has the added advantage that more people and sites will link to your content. That benefits your position in Google and increases traffic to your website. This way social media shares can function as a flywheel.
9. The content is not promotional in nature
No target group likes promotions. Full stop. Do not make the content of your statements promotional in nature, but keep them objective and valuable. Do not talk about your brand,
your proposition and brand benefits, but let the reader / listener / viewer draw his own conclusions about the quality you offer. If you still link explicit promotions to your content, your content will be read less, less downloaded, less shared and less appreciated.
10. The content offers opportunities for a follow-up
If someone has read, downloaded or received your content, then you would like to set up a follow-up process for this lead so that you can keep in touch and prove your value for a long time. 'Loose' pieces of content offer no basis for this. Therefore, ensure content that consists of multiple parts that can be followed up and reinforce each other in a | <urn:uuid:6803f2f1-4992-4ba3-a3a4-c3a4aa113579> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.coachmee.com/post/good-content-has-10-characteristics-what-are-they | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.941818 | 1,264 | 2.1875 | 2 |
A poker hand is composed of at least five cards of the same suit. If your hand is weaker than that, you may fold it and lose the bet. The only exception to this rule is if you have a three-of-a-kind or a different pair. If your hand is strong, you should play it and continue the game. The game of poker is an immensely popular pastime around the world, and is incredibly popular in the U.K.
The poker hand is turned face-up after each betting round, and it only reaches a showdown if there are callers in the last betting round or if someone goes all-in before the last betting round. The kitty is a separate pot created by additional money bet by the remaining players and may contain many people. An all-in player can win the pot only if his chip contribution was equal to the previous player’s.
In poker, the best possible hand is known as the “nuts.” The best possible hand is one with all five cards of the same suit. A player who holds these cards is called a “nut,” whereas a player who has them all will make the “nuts” at some point. If a player has an advantage in the game’s statistics, he or she should always call a hand. It is the best strategy to win poker games.
The objective of poker is to capture the pot, which is the sum of all the bets made by all players in a given hand. Players wager to make the best hand and persuade their opponents to fold. While knowledge is a valuable tool, without discipline, it can only lead to a loss of a shirt. So, it is always advisable to play poker with discipline to avoid losing your shirt. In this article, we’ve discussed a few of the best tips to win the game of poker.
One of the main rules of poker is to never lose hope! Poker is an incredibly exciting game that involves bluffing. In a nutshell, a good bluff is one of the most important strategies in poker. You can use a combination of these strategies to maximize your chances of winning the game. It takes a lifetime to learn these techniques and become the best at it. You can even find yourself winning the game by yourself if you practice long enough!
As with any other game, the first step in learning how to play poker is to establish the basics. You must have a solid foundation and frame before you can build a strong game. By using these basic rules, you’ll be on your way to winning poker! When you’re ready to play poker, here are the five essential steps to master this game:
A poker hand has five cards, and its value inversely relates to its mathematical frequency. If you have the highest five-card hand, you’re the winner. You can bet on your hand, or you can bluff by betting that you have the best five-card combination. The higher your hand is, the more you can win! It is best to know your odds before betting. You don’t want to end up losing all your money. | <urn:uuid:129556ad-96e7-4562-b22e-ca9474833743> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.lovemeansstayingaway.org/the-best-tips-to-win-the-game-of-poker/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969104 | 648 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Last month, the US Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (AFRSO) hosted its inaugural Advanced Manufacturing Olympics event. A total of 64 teams competed in the free, four-day virtual event for the chance to win cash prizes starting at $40,000 by using additive manufacturing and reverse engineering to solve some of the Air Force’s major sustainment issues in regards to aircraft parts. The teams were tasked with completing technical challenges: TDP Replay, Box of Parts Floor Exercise, Approval Sprints, Supply Chain Marathon, and Material Hurdles. 25 subject matter experts from academia, aerospace and defense companies, US military, Amazon, Ford, and the FAA judged the results, and Colorado-based Elementum 3D, which creates and supplies metal 3D printing materials, took first prize in one of the categories.
“AMO’s Technical Challenges tasked teams to find innovative solutions to some of the Air Force’s most significant sustainment issues to improve readiness, decrease cost, and shorten approval time,” the AFRSO team wrote. “The ultimate goal of AMO was to bring together the advanced manufacturing community to find innovative ways the technology can be utilized to sustain the Air Force fleet.”
The event was originally scheduled to be in-person, but had to quickly switch to a virtual format due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But this didn’t seem to slow things down, as the AMO featured lots of interesting speakers and sessions, time for peer networking, training, a virtual expo, and technology demos, in addition to the actual competition.
For the TDP Replay, teams had to accurately recreate a 3D printed part from an existing Technical Data Package, and the Box of Parts Floor Exercise required teams to demonstrate how 3D scanning and 3D printing could be used to re-engineer a part without an existing plan. Approval Sprints teams had to use innovative technologies to design and deliver a 3D printed polymer replacement for the rapid deployment of an F-16 aircraft component, while the Supply Chain Marathon required an advanced manufacturing solution to an Air Force supply chain problem in order to satisfy warfighter requirements.
Elementum 3D competed in the Material Hurdles challenge, which had teams using their own specialized materials to 3D print an accurate recreated part, and beat eight other finalists to take home the gold medal.
“We entered our A7050-RAM2 aluminum alloy to deliver on the AMO event’s initiative to obtain a material capable of being 3D printed into components for use in demanding Air Force conditions,” said Elementum 3D’s President Dr. Jacob Nuechterlein, who founded the company in 2014.
The USAF wants to use aluminum alloys to manufacture its components because they can be quickly produced on-demand, while also lowering raw material requirements and making the end components more lightweight. Advanced manufacturing technologies can also help to decrease the AFRSO’s sustainment costs, which make up 70% of the USAF’s current budget.
Elementum 3D’s A7050-RAM2 aluminum alloy feedstock can help the agency reach these goals. The lightweight but strong material features high toughness, excellent fatigue life, and good stress corrosion cracking resistance, making it an excellent choice for the aerospace industry.
Nuechterlein said, “We are honored to have our commercially available high-strength A7050-RAM2 aluminum alloy selected as the AM material to best meet the USAF’s challenge goal of demonstrating advances in AM aluminum material properties to address sustainment of traditionally manufactured 7075 and 7050 aluminum parts.”
The AFRSO is already planning for next year’s Advanced Manufacturing Olympics.
“If there’s one thing we learned during AMO, it’s that there’s never enough knowledge,” the AFRSO team concluded. “The field of advanced manufacturing is constantly innovating and evolving, providing more opportunities to learn and grow.”
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What’s a fire house? Just a dorm with a garage, right? No way!! It’s where New York’s Bravest hang their helmets while pursuing arguably the most exciting career in the city. It’s where a kid might loiter on a summer afternoon: Waiting for the bells to summon firefighters to another blaze, watching the trucks roar to life, hearing the sirens and bells warn mere mortals to clear the way. (Well, fire trucks used to have shiny brass bells, and if you asked really nicely, the firemen would sometimes let you ring the bell.)
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Living Practice: Somatic Coaching and Bodywork
Much of my learning, training, and professional practice since 1996 has been in the discourse of Somatic Coaching and Somatic Bodywork pioneered by Richard Strozzi-Heckler, PhD. Richard’s contribution to the field brings somatics into the world in which we live—one of action. Combining sensibilities and practices from somatics, martial arts, meditation, healing arts, and linguistics, and rooted in biology, consciousness, and heart, he has forged a coaching model that ignites personal and world change.
Richard’s anthology Being Human at Work (North Atlantic, 2003) shows how somatic coaching is being used to evoke potential in individuals and groups in many fields, including business, organizations, education, coaching, health, counseling, and government. And I recommend his primer on Somatics, The Anatomy of Change: A Way to Move Through Life’s Transitions, to all my clients. | <urn:uuid:f7c7337b-d028-4a44-8812-ff077ae40e7a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theheadachecoach.com/somatic-coaching-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.901827 | 511 | 1.6875 | 2 |
In this work, the mechanical properties of Al-1Si microelectronic wire were studied. The microstructure of the wire was examined to characterize the distribution of Al-Si inclusions and grain size. The wires had a diameter of 63.3 ± 0.1 μm and an elongated grain structure due to the hot extrusion process used to fabricate them. The transverse grain size was measured to be 1.1 ± 0.3 μm. The anisotropy in grain structure was characterized by dual-beam focused ion beam (FIB). The Young's modulus was measured by conducting experiments at various gage lengths. The measured modulus was 71.7 ± 6.1 GPa, similar to that of bulk Al-Si. Strength data were measured for many wires, and the variability evaluated by Weibull statistics. The wires had a strength slightly less than 200 MPa and strain to failure of over 2%. A Weibull modulus of 110 was obtained, indicating very low variability in the data. Stress versus fatigue cycles was also conducted. Specimens that survived 10 6 cycles exhibited a significant decrease in strength over the as-processed material. Fractographic analysis showed a significant amount of plastic flow and fracture by necking to a single point.
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Hoa Tien commune in Hoa Vang district, in the central coastal city of Da Nang will be turned into a sustainable rice seed production area under a 498,894 USD project funded by the India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Trust Fund.
|Havest in Hoa Tien commune, Hoa Vang district, Da Nang city. (Photo: VNA)|
The two-year project, starting from November, 2011, was signed by the Da Nang People’s Committee and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), in Da Nang city on Nov. 2.
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There's more to a car than just your status, lifestyle and level of income (probably). Your choices in life definitely mirror your behaviors and attitude in life. Although these descriptions are not accurate, read this article from Philkotse.com to find out what type of person you are according to the choices you have with your car.
1. More than just a color
Colors beautify and diversify your car. What more can they mean? Apparently, there's more than meets the eyes.
Red - who doesn't want to see a dashing car with red shimmering hue? Although people gravitate towards a neutral color when choosing a color for a car, there is definitely a group of people that love the color red. The color red definitely loves attention.
Most of the time, people that purchase a red car only buy this despite the car's model or make. It seems that the color red is enough to persuade a person to buy it. Persons that own a red car is known to be ambitious, confident, energetic and powerful. All the traits you could associate with the blazing red color.
A red car is known to be ambitious, confident, energetic and powerful.
Gray - cars with this color tend to just blend in with the crowd and are with the society. People that own a gray colored car like to keep everything in a low-key manner.
Silver - in a user's standpoint, silver is flashy in a new and modern way. Most of the time, silver is associated with the use of technology. Therefore, silver-colored car owners like functionality and practicality in a nutshell. Looking for these traits in everything that they'd purchase and pairing it with a silver hue for a scream of attention.
Silver is flashy in a new and modern way.
Blue - this color associates the car owner to being upbeat, calm and generally happy. However, those who own cars with a dark blue spectrum (think of navy blue, royal blue or blue-black) mirrors formality and the value of professionalism.
Earth colors - the use of earth colors like brown, shades of green, etc., can be seen with SUVs and sports car. Car owners that possess this car colors are grounded and appreciate nature or environment.
Yellow or Gold - people that go with the colors of yellow and Gold tend to be your typical YOLO crowd. They only live once and they wouldn't mind people’s opinions of them. Aside from this bold character, they tend to have a great sense of humor and are always keen and great in financial terms.
Black - this color is chosen because of its simplicity and class. Aside from that, it is practically easier to tend and keep. This color exudes class and luxury. Most black-colored car owners have a high status in life. In technicality, the color black creates a stunning impression especially if it's glossy.
Black color is chosen because of its simplicity and class.
White - one of the non-common color that is widely available in the market right now. You wouldn't see much of white colored-cars sashaying the road. However, when one does, it's considered as perfect and immaculate. People that choose white as their car color are the ones that provide a fresh, new and outstanding perspective look in the community.
2. What's your car style?
Aside from a car's color, we also took in what your car's style is. After all, cars have its defining style due to its various functions.
Small cars - you're either a hippie that believes in prescription hugs to make this world a better place or just a person that loves to socialize with other people in their community. You can only tell. The good thing is you have a great concern for the environment by decreasing or minimizing your fuel use, thus minimizing the effect of global warming.
Sedans - are you a female? Studies have shown that women drivers tend to go for a sedan when choosing a car. This is because they simply can't make up their mind on choosing among the variety of cars available in the market (kidding aside).
Sedan drivers have no unique or distinct attitude when traveling. It's like a routine of work, house, and work. It's like they only bought a car to make transportation for them easier because they have tons of transactions for the day. Furthermore, sedan users tend to have a high position in their company and may possess a hefty amount of money as their salary.
Sedan drivers have no unique or distinct attitude when traveling.
Luxury cars - owners of luxury cars are known to be people of high statuses, more like the cream of the crop. They can be wall-street money rich, or the owner of a multi-billion organization or simply someone that can afford it.
Luxury car owners like taking a drive whenever possible this making them drive long distances than your average driver. Also, luxury car owners are quite older (think of the mid-'30s to early '40s), highly-educated, with a lot of cash in their respective bank accounts, highly independent, perfectionists and over-achievers.
Luxury cars owners are known to be people of high statuses,
Sports car - these thrill-seeking cars correspond with their owners as well. People that own a sports car tend to love living life in the fast lane. They are hyper, feisty and love adventure. More often than not, sports car owners have achieved a level of education but are not yet financially stable. The demographics of sports car owner show that they are much younger than luxury car owners and are usually seeking satisfaction from the thrill and adventure life has to offer.
Minivans - owners of minivans do like to travel, and when they do, they travel a lot with their friends and families. They can go on miles and miles as long as they have someone to accompany them on their journey. They are calmer and family-oriented. These persons can be dads, your bachelor uncle that loves taking care of you and your siblings or your neighbor that likes to travel to places with his dogs and cats.
SUVs - these are your typical day to day travelers. Much like of a Sedan user, purchasing this type of car is for the convenience it offers. SUV owners can range from 20 - 40 years old. In addition, they usually tend to live in the suburbs where the environment is slower and calmer compared to what the city offers.
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AFP, published on Tuesday 05 October 2021 at 22:07
The Coast Guard is trying to determine whether the oil spill threatening California beaches could have been caused by the anchor of a ship that pierced an oil pipeline, local media reported on Tuesday.
In total, 24 km of coastline between Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach, famous beaches in southern Los Angeles also known for their dolphins, seals and other marine life, has been closed to the public.
Fishing has also been banned due to the leak reported over the weekend from a nearby passing pipeline, which could reach up to 480,000 liters of crude oil.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are among the busiest in the world. Like other infrastructures of this type, they are facing significant delays, further reinforced by the Covid-19 health crisis, and many cargo ships and container ships are forced to wait at sea before being able to dock.
These ships are assigned anchor points away from pipelines and other underwater equipment.
But an anchor thrown in the wrong place could drag the pipeline for about fifteen meters, causing the leak, according to a source close to the investigation into the oil spill cited by the daily Los Angeles Times.
Relief has mobilized fourteen specialized ships that have been busy recovering as much oil as possible since Sunday. Just over 15,000 liters had been extracted from the sea on Monday evening.
“We have many professionals working around the clock to clean up this oil spill and keep the public and the environment safe,” said Rebecca Ore, captain of the California Coast Guard.
The Texan company Amplify Energy, which operates the pipeline through its subsidiary Beta Offshore, sent a remote-controlled vehicle to check its installation and was to dispatch a team of divers after identifying the probable source of the leak.
Its CEO, Martyn Willsher, pledged to “do whatever is necessary” to repair the impact of the oil spill, which could be partially contained by floating dams deployed by the relief workers.
Four seabirds stuck in oil had been collected on Monday but some protected reserves along the coast were polluted.
According to experts, it is still too early to assess the damage because the consequences on the environment will not be felt for several days or even weeks.
The leak at the origin of the oil spill occurred near the Elly platform, built in 1980 to process crude extracted from dozens of neighboring wells.
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What is EV Charging
An electric vehicle charging station, also called EV charging station, electric recharging point, charging point, charge point, electronic charging station (ECS), and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a machine that supplies electric energy for the recharging of plug-in electric vehicles—including electric cars, neighborhood electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
How long does it take to charge an electric car?
How long it takes to charge an electric car is one of the most frequently asked questions. Whilst filling up with gasoline takes a few minutes, the time it takes to charge an EV from low to full is much longer. However, it can be more convenient. Typically electric cars are charged when the car’s not in use, like overnight at home, in the same way you would a mobile phone, or during the day whilst you’re working.
How much you charge, or need to charge, will also change – with gasoline, the majority of people drive their cars until the fuel gauge shows low on fuel and we fill the tank up to full again. This behaviour stems from the inconvenience of having to go to a petrol station. With electric cars and the convenience of charging at home, you may find you ‘top up’ the battery each day as it’s used rather than waiting for it to get low – again similar to a mobile phone.
Another factor that may impact the number of times you need to charge your electric car or van is temperature. Lithium-ion batteries perform better in warm weather, so you might notice a slight drop in the range your EV can travel in the colder winter months.
In summary, how long it takes to charge an electric car depends on:
- Your car’s battery size
- How many miles you do between charges
- Your charging behaviour, i.e. topping up often vs charging from low to full less often
- The power rating of the charger you’re using – you can read more below on different types of chargers and their kWh ratings
EV battery technology is improving all the time, A team from Penn State University has just announced the creation of a battery that can charge up to 250 miles in just 10 minutes.
What power rating should I use for my home socket?
When it comes to home charging, 3-7 kW chargers are the most popular and are widely recommended for the UK market. Many UK households have a single-phase (AC) electricity supply and can support the additional 7 kW load. Some households, with three-phase (AC) supply can support a more powerful fast charger up to 22 kW. However, this is far more common in countries like Germany with a more robust electricity network.
Always check with the installer that your fuse board has enough spare capacity to support the additional load of a home charging station. If there is not enough spare capacity, then you may have to pay to upgrade your distribution board.
Rapid chargers offer you a much quicker charge, perfect for longer journeys, when a quicker charge is needed, but it’s not advisable to only use rapid charging because this can increase the degradation of your battery over time.
Electric car charging points grant
The Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS), contributes up to 75 per cent towards the cost of buying and installing an electric charger, up to a maximum of £350, if you have a home with off-street parking suitable for an electric car charger and an eligible electric vehicle.
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Home School Kit – Basic Grades 5-8
The Basic version of the kit contains the teacher handbook, student text, cursive position guides, two pencils, no eraser.
The teacher handbook provides a daily lesson plan guiding movement practice for cursive letters and words. The student text provides movement models, visual models for goal setting and skill improvement pages for specific legibility subskills. Regular opportunity to improve control of rhythmic movement is the goal.
The student is challenged to move the pen or pencil in time to the chanted action words, color rhythm or count. This goal lets the teacher and student know what kind of movement is being practiced. When visually “drawing” rather than moving with smooth rhythm, the student will not be able to chant aloud.
Our Basic Kit design includes grade specific items.
Included in our Complete Kit is the Animated Letter Cards USB Flash Drive, which serves all levels. By popular request, we created the Complete Kits to include the Flash Drive (because it is so much easier to order a kit than to select individual items from various product categories). We have created two versions to better meet your needs and improve convenience.
Learn more about the Animated Letter Cards.
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In our podcast series, learn about the most critical concepts in personal finance and how they connect with mathematics education. You’ll also hear insights on the research supporting the integration of math and financial education, along with classroom perspectives from high school teachers who have taught the FiCycle Math course.
Listen to all three episodes below or subscribe:
Part 1 – Wealth vs. Cash
In part one, you’ll learn about the differences between wealth and cash; get insights into some compelling research about students’ perspectives on math and finance; and hear from teacher Courtney Epps, who describes her experience teaching the FiCycle course.
In the first segment, we speak with Phil Dituri, FiCycle’s Director of Education, who defines some of the key terms to know when discussing personal finance: wealth, assets, liabilities, income, and expenses. He also explains net income and gross income; as well as why calculating wealth is much different than calculating how much cash a person has, and why understanding this difference is critical.
The next segment features research insights from Jack Marley-Payne, Director of Research for FiCycle. In this episode, Jack tells us about a study in which students rated personal finance as both the most interesting and most important application of math when they were given the choice of a variety of common math applications. Learn more about this research in the paper “Enriching Mathematics through Applications to Finance,” available on our Additional Education Research page.
Our third segment is an interview with Courtney Epps, a math teacher at People’s Prep Charter School in Newark, NJ. Currently, Courtney is teaching FiCycle with 12th graders while also teaching 9th grade Algebra 1. She shares her experience with the FiCycle course, including how it helps her students understand math in a real-world context.
Part 2 – Transferring Consumption Across Time
In part two, you’ll hear about investments and loans, which allow you to transfer consumption across time; find out how taking a mathematics and financial education course affects a person’s financial activity; and listen to teacher Eva Hachikian detail her experience teaching FiCycle Math.
Phil Dituri, FiCycle’s Director of Education, begins the episode by explaining what it means to transfer consumption across time, and how loans (borrowing from your future to fund consumption in the present) and investments (transferring from your present to your future) allow us to do so. Phil also gives an introduction to compound interest and exponential growth.
Next, Jack Marley-Payne, Director of Research for FiCycle, talks about an important study on financial activity. The study shows that taking a financial education course increases a person’s financial activity. For people with a low math level, this means they increase both positive and negative financial activity. For people with a high math level, they increase positive activity but not negative. This speaks to the importance of learning about finance in the context of mathematics. Learn more about this research in the paper “Positive and Negative Financial Behavior: Differential Responses to Education,” available on our Additional Education Research page.
Our third segment is an interview with Eva Hachikian, a Mathematics Teacher at the NYC Museum School in Downtown Manhattan. Eva teaches FiCycle with 12th graders as well as AP Calculus. She passionately describes her experience teaching the course, including an explanation of how it’s become her students’ favorite class.
Part 3 – Understanding Risk and Expected Value
In part three, you’ll hear about managing risk; learn about research demonstrating the strides students make in both math and financial knowledge when they take the FiCycle course; and hear from teacher Erik Scott about his students’ experience with FiCycle Math.
The episode begins with Phil Dituri, FiCycle’s Director of Education, who speaks about the concepts of risk and expected value. Phil explains the efficient market hypothesis, an important concept for understanding how the stock market functions. He also informs us about expected value and how this relates to instruments such as insurance, and talks through ways to manage financial risk.
Next, Jack Marley-Payne, Director of Research for FiCycle, gives insights on an analysis of students taking the FiCycle course, which showed that they made significant improvements in both financial and math knowledge. Further, the amount of math learning is strongly correlated with the amount of financial learning. Learn more about this research in the paper “Best Practices in Financial Education: Incorporating Mathematics,” available here on our FiCycle Math Research page.
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"MAK" PLC Management
According to the regulations of “MAK” AD, the company has a one-tier management system. The bodies of the joint stock company are the General Meeting of Shareholders and the Board of Directors.
General meeting of the shareholders
A general meeting of shareholders is held at least once a year at the registered office of the company. The regular General Meeting of Shareholders is held until the end of the first half of the year following the end of the accounting year.
The General Meeting of Shareholders is convened by the Board of Directors. A general meeting may also be convened at the request of shareholders holding at least 5 percent of the capital of the company.
The convocation of a General Meeting shall be carried out by an invitation announced in the Commercial Register and announced under the terms and procedures of the LAW ON PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES at least 30 thirty days before its opening.
Board of Directors
• Dimitar Georgiev Bizhev - Chairman of the Board of Directors,
• Yonko Borislavov Kostadinov - Executive Director
• Alexander Robertov Tzankov - Independent Member of the Board of Directors
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A good credit score is an important factor to consider when starting a business or expanding your existing company. Find out how you can improve your odds of being approved for loans, setting up accounts with banks, and more by understanding the five C’s that go into creating a strong credit report.
The “5 cs of credit examples” is a blog post about the five C’s that are necessary for making your business credit-worthy. These are Capital, Cost, Credit, Competence, and Customer Satisfaction.
Every firm must seek funding at some point to meet its expanding demands. A loan may often make the difference between making it to the next level and falling behind your competition, whether it’s to acquire new equipment, purchase property, enhance an existing site, or just give your firm some breathing space. Unfortunately, the world of finance, particularly when it comes to company loans, can be a little complicated. There are so many variables to consider. Knowing what those factors are may make all the difference in whether you are accepted or not.
On the fifth edition of The Bcast, Bplan’s official podcast (at 12:56), Peter and Jonathan explore why company credit matters with Levi King, founder and CEO of Creditera: Subscribe to The Bcast on iTunes by clicking here »
When a lender evaluates a firm for a loan, there are five primary factors they take into account. Lenders use what are known as the “Five C’s” to gain a thorough view of a company’s health, potential, and credibility before agreeing to fork over thousands (and occasionally millions) of money. The Five C’s are as follows:
The borrower must show that he or she is a person of good character. This entails maintaining a good credit score with few to no bad marks and a consistent payment history. Before you apply for a loan, get to know and comprehend your credit report (not just your score, the data too). You must take all of your financial commitments seriously as a borrower. Even the tiniest fault might cause enough uncertainty in the borrower’s mind to sway their choice in your favor. In addition to litigation and personal bankruptcy, professional history such as job experience proven in the company to which you are seeking for a loan is evaluated under character. When considering a loan request, the SBA takes into account other factors such as criminal history, citizenship, and legal status in the United States. It does not imply you are disqualified because you have committed an infraction or are a lawful permanent resident filing for citizenship; nonetheless, you must be forthright and honest about your history.
2. Flow of Cash
There must be sufficient cash flow to repay the loan while also allowing the borrower to pay for any other business and personal obligations. The same may be said for new firms, established businesses, and expected expansion. Between what goes out (expenses) and what comes in, there has to be a healthy margin (revenue). It is critical to have and comprehend financial statements in this regard. If you don’t have them yet, there are several resources available to assist you in obtaining them. If finances aren’t your strong suit, make sure you have someone on your team (either employee or a vendor/professional, such as a CPA) who can take care of them.
3. Supporting Documents
Collateral refers to assets that the borrower pledges to the lender in the event that the loan is defaulted on. The lender will look at corporate assets first, but if they aren’t adequate, personal assets will be considered. This implies there’s more on the line than simply repaying the loan (providing you an incentive to pay on time, every time).
Lenders take a lien on the subject collateral, which means that if you don’t pay, they may seize it and sell it at auction or sell the note to someone who would. This permits the lender to recoup all or part of their loss.
4. Use of capitalization
All corporate resources, such as fixed assets, retained profits, and owner’s equity (cash)—basically all collateral (less debt against said collateral) plus liquid holdings and earnings—are included in this component. Borrowed money, such as those from the seller of the property you’re buying, aren’t taken into account and don’t help the borrower. Cash is essential for both business and personal purposes. Lenders refer to cash and equity as “skin in the game,” since it shows you’re serious about your company and are just as invested, if not more, than the lender is. How can you expect a perfect stranger (lender) to be vested if you aren’t?
Factors outside of the company are also taken into account. Market circumstances, rivals, and industry developments that may effect long-term revenue growth all have a role in the company’s capacity to repay. Prepare to demonstrate how you distinguish from your competition, how you will weather market swings, and how you are adjusting to industry developments.
In the end, lenders have the authority to examine anything that they believe may damage your capacity to pay. Before speaking with your lender, be sure all five C’s are in good working order.
The “condition in 5 cs of credit” is a guide that was created by the Small Business Administration. It outlines five components that should be present for any business to be considered credit-worthy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the 5 Cs of credit rating and maintaining credit worthiness?
A: The 5 Cs of credit rating and maintaining credit worthiness are Cash, Credit Cards, Car Loan (vehicle), Consumer Debts (student loans) and the Cost of Living. To maintain your good standing with these things in mind; keep them all to a minimum.
What makes a business credit worthy?
A: A business credit is when a company takes on the risk of lending money to you in exchange for bonds.
How can you apply the five Cs of credit to the business world?
A: The five Cs of credit are as follows. Credit, Criticism, Careers, Competitiveness and Collectivism.
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Bio-inspired Private House
The most recently constructed bio-inspired private house, on Travessa do Patrocinio in Lisbon, can be found in the historic yet upmarket neighbourhood of Lapa. The specific context of this intervention is important for an understanding of some of its particular features. As the architect of the project Luís Rebelo de Andrade declared: ‘It is important to understand the DNA of the location.’ The corner on which the house stands represents a kind of urban dead end, as it leads nowhere else. The tiny square on which the plot lies - a mere widening of a narrow alley typical of Lapa - was crying out for a single, attractive building. As no garden or green space was possible in such a narrow urban space, the architects decided to transfer the desired greenery to the façade of the building.
Covered with vegetation
Besides this analysis of the urban setting, other aspects should also be highlighted. As the house is intended for the top end of the market, it needed an innovative and eye-catching look. The constantly-changing façade - influenced by the changing seasons - was a detail that was greatly valued by the investor, the Lisbon-based firm BWA-Buildings With Art. This sensory aspect, along with the practical environmental advantages of having an entire façade covered with vegetation, was crucial in devising the final solution. From a climatic point of view, a number of positive aspects can be pointed out: this green façade absorbs CO2 (thus helping to reduce CO2 levels), improves air quality, and works as a natural layer of insulation for both temperature and noise.
The sustainable character of the project was the aspect most valued by the general media. There can be no doubt that one of the main objectives of the proposal was to challenge the trend of huge-scale construction in our cities with a clear lack of vegetation and green spaces. Nevertheless, there is more to this four-storey house than its sustainable and green character.
The main volume of the house was detached from the neighbouring lateral façade in order to create the entrance and the full-height glazed courtyard that serves the dwelling. This glazed narrow courtyard acts as a skylight and creates a vertical link through the house, acting as its central core. A staircase is situated immediately inside the entrance, leading up to the rooftop and connecting all the floors.
The physical separation between the new construction elements and the existing building next door is particularly meaningful. This conceptual idea reveals an intense respect for existing structures and a suggestion of the autonomy of the new structure. It was also in this central patio that Reynaers’ expertise was most needed as the configuration of the glazed courtyard enhances the role of the aluminium frames that support the entire system.
The house has a total floor space of 248 m2 and the living space is distributed over three storeys plus the rooftop terrace, which features a small swimming pool. The lower floors accommodate the more private areas of the dwelling: the garage and a number of technical and storage rooms on the ground floor, and bedrooms and bathrooms on the first floor. The living room and kitchen are located on the second floor, just below the rooftop terrace which also features a small bathroom. A lift in the core of the building connects all the floors.The inversion of the normal distribution of rooms and functions (with public areas below, private ones above) is more than justified in this case because of the pleasant, additional social area created on the rooftop. According to the architects: ‘By connecting the more private zones with the small square in front of the house, we have replicated a situation typical of this old part of central Lisbon: the very tight and narrow spaces between plots.’
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- Fernando Guerra
- FG + SG Architectural Photography
- Obras Públicas e Construção Civil, Lda. (General contractor)
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A pet behaviourist has shared a warning with dog owners as many of them are being left home alone for up to eight hours a day with much of the UK’s workforce now back in the office at least part time.
Many owners may assume their canine companions get along just fine with this, they may not be as ‘fine’ as we think.
According to recent research conducted by Agria Pet Insurance, and shared with TeamDogs, nearly nine out of 10 dogs (85 per cent) are regularly left by themselves for five hours a day, across all age groups of owners.
In addition, young-middle-aged owners are leaving their dogs even longer, with 26 per cent of pups who have parents aged under 50 consistently left for at least six hours at a time, and a small percentage for up to eight.
Interestingly, though, more than three-quarters of owners reported that their dog suffers no issues from being left alone.
However, this surprising figure may be the result of pet mums and dads not witnessing the effects on their pup first-hand.
Agria behaviourist and trainer Carolyn Menteith explained: “A big issue is that owners often assume their dog is fine alone as they don’t see any evidence of separation-related behaviour problems.
“But they are not there to witness them.
“In many cases, the first time people realise their dog has an issue with being left is when neighbours complain about barking or when they come home to a scene of devastation.”
She added: “Dogs are a social species who bond very closely to their human family – that is why they make such great companions.
“But part of that deep bond means that they need our company and interaction, as we are their security and, quite literally, their world.
“Few dogs enjoy being left alone, although some learn to tolerate it.
“If you do regularly leave your dog, don’t just assume they are happy about it – find out for sure.”
To work out how your furry friend fares while you’re away, Carolyn suggested setting up a webcam when you leave to either confirm your dog is okay or reveal that they aren’t ‘as relaxed and happy as you thought’.
“Once you know what your dog is really doing when left alone, you can either relax or start to look at other options such as a dog walker, doggie day-care, or having a family member or friend look after your dog,” said Carolyn.
“The worst thing you can do is ignore it or think your dog will just ‘get used to it’.
“Separation-related behaviours are problems that get worse, not better, with each exposure, but thankfully there is so much owners can do to help their dog.
“In the case of severe separation issues, find an accredited, specialist behaviourist who can teach your dog skills to cope alone.”
In addition, it’s important for pet parents to remember that these behaviours are not your dog being naughty or trying to ‘get back at you’.
Carolyn added: “If a dog hasn't been taught the coping strategies needed to be left alone, they will have no control over their behaviour when they feel unsafe. This creates stress, anxiety and fear of being left alone – resembling a human panic attack.”
She also revealed the most common symptoms of separation anxiety which dog owners should keep an eye out for.
This includes whining, barking, or howling, panting or salivating, and pacing.
Attempts to escape and scratching or digging at doors, as well as destructive behaviours such as chewing, are also separation-related behaviours.
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Some dogs may exhibit increased reactivity, aggressive behaviour or even self-mutilate, for example, by chewing or biting their paws.
Carolyn commented: “While most of these behaviours only happen when the dog is left, the increased stress levels and the fear of being abandoned without warning can result in unwanted behaviours occurring at other times as well, as the dog no longer feels safe and secure.
“Being left for long periods also leads to boredom and frustration, which bring their own behaviour issues.”
Agria is one of the world’s leading animal insurers, specialising in small animal, equine and agricultural insurance.
Founded in Sweden over 130 years ago, Agria started underwriting policies in the UK in 2009 and is now a prominent part of the UK pet insurance sector.
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The Hijab is an important part of traditional Muslim attire and is often the symbol of identification of a Muslim woman. The word was originally used to refer to a curtain-like partition to cover up females and maintain their privacy from unrelated men. Although any piece of clothing can be a Hijab, it does have many variations.
Over the years, the Hijab has evolved in many ways to fit Muslim women all over the world. There are also many styles in which the item of clothing can be worn, according to the native land of the people. You can trace the Hijab’s evolution either by history or by differences in cultures around the world.
Believe it or not, the Hijab is not a garment that originated from Islam. Although it is the statement look of the religion, the Qur’an only commands men and women to dress modestly and the term ‘Hijab’ is simply used to describe a partition.
Historically, the Hijab was simply a veil earliest worn by elite women in ancient Mesopotamia, Byzantine, and Persian empires. This means that the garment was not introduced to Arabia by Muhammad, but was already a common piece of clothing due to the influence of neighboring places like Syria and Palestine.
The concept of wearing a veil was adopted long after the passing of the Prophet Muhammad when his scriptures and teaching were studied. One verse, Sura 33:53 stated, “And when you ask (his wives) for something, ask them from behind a partition. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts”.
This led to the action of donning a veil (Darabat al-Hijab) being used interchangeably for “being Muhammad's (PBUH) wife”.
Veiling was already a common tradition for the elites of Byzantine and Persian empires and since Islam was related to the monotheistic religions of the conquered empires, the Hijab was adopted as it fit appropriately with Qur’anic ideals of modesty.
You might think that there is only a limited amount of ways in which you can wear this article of clothing mainly meant for veiling. However, Muslim women from all around the world have worn the Hijab in many different styles according to their time, and the look has become an assertion of their time.
In the 10th century when the Hijab had made its way to the upper-class, urban society of Egypt, a common way to wear the clothing was to pair it with a burqa. Women from rural areas adorned this as a niqab when they used to visit urban places.
Women in Kurdistan during the 1920s wore the Hijab tied back with an extra cloth as a headband, which would usually be colorful. This was a practical and efficient way that also left the face bare. Hence, ladies of the elite class would often pair gold necklaces to go with their Hijab.
The 1930s in Palestine saw a rise in light Hijabs that were usually white and patterned. The design was normally in black, giving the headpiece a nice contrast that went well with any garment.
In Algeria, a popular trend during the 1940s was to wear the Hijab as a turban. Women also paired these with dangling earrings, to add an elegant touch to their attire. However, the Hijab was recently banned in the year 2018 from the workplace in this country.
Although most Hijabs were commonly black in color, people were learning to add colors and patterns to this religious clothing. In Yemen during the 1960s, women wore the Hijab in layers - the top one was usually of solid color while the lower one was patterned.
As time progressed, the Hijab was accumulated into a women’s wardrobe according to its function. A lot of Muslim women choose to wear a black burqa and robe on a daily basis. Those who have to go outside their homes more often only don a scarf or wear the Hijab only during prayer time.
In present times, the Hijab is worn commonly by Muslim women all around the world. Even if Afghanistan and Iran are the only countries that make it mandatory to wear a Hijab, when it comes to prayer time, not covering heads, for both the sexes is a violation of the traditions of the Prophet.
Fashion is a vast spectrum nowadays and women have found several ways to incorporate the Hijab into their casual wear. People tie the Hijab like you would a normal scarf, pinning it, knotting it, and even accessorizing it with rings and beads.
Another way to wear it is to wrap it leaving your ears out and adorning them with large, dangling earrings. Many fashion influencers also make use of the Hijab’s variations from around the world.
For instance, a new trend is to pair the Kurdistan-styled Hijab with summer wear - the headbands for the cloth being brightly colored or patterned. Another fascinating application of the Hijab is on the burkini - a swimsuit made in 2004, designed especially for Muslim women. It covers everything except the face, hands, and feet.
Women also use their normal scarves to tie as a Hijab, and a common way to wear it is in a clean, firm turban. Not surprisingly, people make use of how classy the modest item looks when worn with formal attires at events.
The Hijab has come a long way and it is interesting to see how a religious item of clothing can also be so iconic as a fashion statement. You can also check out the Halaltrip blog to learn more about Hijab and how you can style it too!
The Hijab is a beautiful garment, often misunderstood as oppressive. However, it holds the history of many women in the period of its existence. With developing times, clothing is also being cumulated into modern fashion looks. The Hijab has also made its way into fashion aesthetics like grunge and cottagecore.
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Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Daisen-fuji-tsukasa-nigō'
» English Description
Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.164, colour photo and description: Medium size, light red, with a purplish tinge and deep red veins. campanulate single with 5 wide, overlapping, emarginate, reflexed petals, a litle crinkled on the margins, and a slender stamen column with white filaments, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season. Leaves, bright, strong green, elliptic, apices acuminate, margins serrulate. Originated in the Tottori Prefecture, Japan. | <urn:uuid:6f02f1fa-4c92-40d6-bcac-f7d62833ab70> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://camellia.iflora.cn/Cutivars/Detail?latin=Daisen-fuji-tsukasa-nig%C5%8D | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.708621 | 245 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Hoch, John. Diary, 1862-1865 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
In 1849, John Hoch emigrated from Germany to the United States. A shoemaker by trade, Hoch enlisted in Co. A, 96th Ill. Vol. Inf., in 1862, and served to the end of the war. Writing in German, he described daily routines, marching, and camp food.
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Janet Mock is known as a transgender activist and advocate. After President Trump revoked federal protections for transgender students, she wrote a letter addressed to them, letting them know that “you belong, and absolutely nothing is wrong with you.” But in an interview with the New York Times magazine, Mock — who’s publishing a memoir in June — said she still struggles with the label.
“We cannot use my single experience, because all it does is flatten everyone else’s experience and turns us into a monolith,” she said. She went on, “It’s one reason I’m no longer on Twitter as much as I used to be — all these things go on, and then people who are well intentioned will [ask me]: ‘Can you speak out on this? Another trans woman of color has been beaten on the street.’”
Mock added that representing the trans community comes with a lot of pressure: “There’s a burden of responsibility for me … if I don’t do it right, then I’ll get shut out, and then other trans women of color will be shut out,” she said. But rather than hold her to an unrealistic standard, she wants young people she speaks to across the country to be conscious of her imperfections.
“I don’t want them to look at me as a ‘fully formed person’ who’s being paid to talk to them, but the girl I was when I was 21 years old,” she said. “I was on a pole, working. I had a sloppy boyfriend. I was borrowing my mother’s car. I had all the pitfalls they had.”
Mock’s book will come at an uncertain time for the trans-rights movement. Feeling emboldened under the Trump administration, more and more states are considering legislation that would limit trans people’s rights. In fact, the Texas House just passed its own version of a “bathroom bill” that necessitates students either use the bathrooms that match their “biological sex,” or single-stall facilities. Democratic lawmakers compared the legislation to laws in the Jim Crow South. “I was living through that era,” said state Representative Senfronia Thompson. “America has long recognized that separate but equal is not equal at all.” | <urn:uuid:820df0ec-d2ba-4c3f-b1ef-9e76fcb6b190> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thecut.com/2017/05/janet-mock-doesnt-want-to-stand-for-all-trans-women.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.976106 | 509 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Sea Lane Biotechnologies LLC
Assembling antibodies with modular components, by the billions
This article was originally published in Start Up
Sea Lane Biotechnologies LLC’s original goal was to leverage the immunological repertoire of flu epidemic survivors by harvesting bone marrow and screening for natural antibodies that could then be developed into drugs, but the human-derived antibodies that Sea Lane gathered in its early days contributed to a new technology platform. Sea Lane thinks its technology, called ConCIRT, for Contextual Immune Repertoire Technology, will prove capable of generating novel treatments for cancer and potentially other non-infectious diseases.
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Answered by: Conrad Richter
Question from: Harvey Stewart
Posted on: September 20, 2000
I’ve just finished reading an old article in "Acres" about you and your business. Maybe you can help me.
I farm in Southeast Saskatchewan and last year my wife and I started a certified organic greenhouse. It is a 30’ x 72’ double poly greenhouse with two 200 thousand BTU unit heaters in it for heating all year round. I have raised concrete beds covering approximately 800 sq. ft. of the greenhouse with 12000 watts of grow lights and drip irrigation. So far we’ve grown tomatoes, cucumbers, egg plants, peppers, beets, peas, squash, melons and several other things.
I’m interested in growing herbs and or spices in it during the cooler winter months. I grow caraway on field scale and have grown coriander and dill also on field scale. I believe that there is a market for organic herbs on a greenhouse scale that would be profitable to grow. Trouble is I don’t know which herbs might be the best to try. Due to limited funds I can’t travel around North America to these shows to talk to buyers and sellers of these products to see what I should grow and who would buy it.
Do you have any suggestions on which herbs or spices I could possibly try and to whom I could possibly market them? Thank you for any help you can give me.
Right off the bat, I recommend that you get Sandie Shore’s book, "Growing and Selling Fresh-Cut Herbs" (available from Richters). Sandie wrote her book based on her experiences running a fresh-cut herb operation in Minnesota. Besides the climatic similarity, her book comes from the all important experience of having to market fresh herbs to isolated markets. She covers all the fresh cut herbs with the most potential.
You don’t specifically mention *fresh* herbs, but no doubt that is what you are thinking about. In this competitive environment where agricultural products can come from anywhere in the world, you need to play up your local advantages. Selling fresh herbs that are better quality if only because they did not travel long distances is an advantage you should seriously consider. Do not think of growing culinary herbs in the greenhouses for the dried market. | <urn:uuid:3007da98-47c5-4cf0-ba5d-2bc9ae419bc2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.richters.com/show.cgi?page=./QandA/Commercial/20000920-2.html&cart_id=111.152 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.962594 | 512 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Successful convection-enhanced delivery of therapeutic agents to subcortical brain structures requires accurate cannula placement. Stereotactic guiding devices have been developed to accurately target brain nuclei. However, technologies remain limited by a lack of MRI compatibility, or by devices’ size, making them suboptimal for direct gene delivery to brain parenchyma. The goal of this study was to validate the accuracy of a novel frameless skull-mounted ball-joint guide array (BJGA) in targeting the nonhuman primate (NHP) brain.
Fifteen MRI-guided cannula insertions were performed on 9 NHPs, each targeting the putamen. Optimal trajectories were planned on a standard MRI console using 3D multiplanar baseline images. After cannula insertion, the intended trajectory was compared to the final trajectory to assess deviation (euclidean error) of the cannula tip.
The average cannula tip deviation was 1.18 ± 0.60 mm (mean ± SD) as measured by 2 independent reviewers. Topological analysis showed a superior, posterior, and rightward directional bias, and the intra- and interclass correlation coefficients were > 0.85, indicating valid and reliable intra- and interobserver evaluation.
The data demonstrate that the BJGA can be used to reliably target subcortical brain structures by using MRI guidance, with accuracy comparable to current frameless stereotactic systems. The size and versatility of the BJGA, combined with a streamlined workflow, allows for its potential applicability to a variety of intracranial neurosurgical procedures, and for greater flexibility in executing MRI-guided experiments within the NHP brain.
INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online February 15, 2019; DOI: 10.3171/2018.10.JNS182169.
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College is an exciting time for any high school graduate for several reasons. For one, you get this enormous amount of freedom that you’ve never had before. This also includes the fact that your parents or guardians won’t oversee all of your decisions. A big part of these decisions involves buying different things that you may or may not need. Nevertheless, they give you some happiness that most have experienced.
Despite this, the reality of being a college student is that they would encounter the experience of overspending. With overspending, you get to feel the struggle of buying cheap things that don’t give you as much happiness as your preferred choices would.
That is why some find Dunelm student discount or deals from many other businesses to get everything they want. However, some people still don’t want to use this as it seems to fuel their insecurities.
Why not use them?
The main reason for people not to rely on these student discounts is mainly due to a view that people may place on them. By using a discount or deal, some students feel as if people will judge them unfairly. All of the things connected to being less fortunate are sure to come out of their mouths. However, this shouldn’t stop anyone from making use of these deals.
These companies provide you with the opportunity to buy what you want or need, and this is valuable in itself. Consider a situation where you find yourself in a furniture store and see a couch that seems perfect for the apartment. With the cash you have at hand, you know that you don’t have enough money. However, if you had a coupon or discount code, you could have probably planned where this would be placed by now.
Another essential scenario should be seen in being able to afford something. If you can afford this piece of furniture, why not use a student discount to save yourself a small amount? Especially considering that impulse buying or spending can happen in college, you may need this extra money for “emergencies”. When considering that a sofa is a big purchase, this is more reason to use your vouchers.
Use for what?
Thankfully, many businesses such as Dunhelm provide student discounts for anyone in their studies, whether in college or high school. However, three main things have importance and values attached to them.
Food & Drinks
The most obvious need for students today is anything that involves food or drinks. After all, you do need these to live and do whatever you need to do. In addition, however, there are times when you want to treat yourself or some of your friends.
Whether it involves a restaurant or a night out in a bar, no doubt that these may become expensive, this can be a pain to bear, but a student discount will make the experience a much more forgivable one.
Of course, shirts aren’t the only pieces of clothing that exist in the world. Button-downs, slacks, jeans, and sneakers are just some of the many different kinds of clothing items that exist today. Regarding clothing, there are times when you buy something either because you want it or need it.
Nevertheless, clothes can drive you out of your budget, which means a good student discount will go a long way in this sense. Continue reading for more tips to budget.
Before even considering all the expenses mentioned above, the chances are that you would think of where they are living. It could be something as simple as a dorm space or as big as a single room in an apartment. Whatever it may be, you will most likely think that you would need to do some decorating around the area. But, in truth, nobody wants to live in such a bare looking space with only a bed and a desk.
Fortunately, consumables and clothes aren’t the only things that have discounts as furniture and other furnishings are no stranger to this as well. Whether it would be duvets or lamps, you also have the opportunity to get these for more than it’s worth. Who wouldn’t want to buy furnishings to decorate their living spaces at such a bargain?
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Under the aegis of the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), a high-level panel is being formed to mobilise investment in the water sector. This key sector is lagging behind the energy sector, which has grown enormously thanks to private investment.
The roadmap for the new High Level Panel on Water Investment in Africa is known. The strategy was adopted at the recent inaugural meeting of the panel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, under the auspices of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOM). The panel is being established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the Global Water Partnership (GWP).
The high-level panel aims to mobilise investment in the water sector in Africa. According to Amcow, the annual investment gap in the water sector on the continent is estimated to be between US$ 47 and 54 billion. To reduce this gap, the panel will develop an investment plan for the 2023 UN Water Conference and the African Union (AU) Heads of State Conference. The panel should therefore propose a clear path and recommendations for African countries to mobilise at least $30 billion per year.
The panel will officially start its activities at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in November 2021 in Glasgow, UK, and will last for 18 months between 2021 and 2023. The panel will also participate in side meetings at the 9th World Water Forum in Senegal in March 2022, regional events on water investments in Africa, and the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2022.
In the same year, an event focusing on mobilising private investment in the water sector will be organised by the panel. According to Amcow, the panel also aims to “improve investment prospects in water security and sustainable sanitation by transforming gender in a climate resilient manner, address the dual challenges of climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic and make Africa resilient to future pandemics”.
Contributing to the achievement of SDG 6
This partnership, signed in August 2021, is presented as the engine of global political mobilisation and international commitment to reduce the water investment gap on the continent and meet socio-economic water needs. For Amcow, this initiative will contribute to the achievement of Agenda 2063 for Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goal 6, which mandates universal access to water and sanitation and sustainable water resources management.
For the time being, Africa is far from achieving this. According to Global Citizen, 40% of the 783 million people in the world who still do not have access to drinking water live in sub-Saharan Africa. In all, 320 million people in Africa do not have access to drinking water.
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After years of study, research, and hard work, you develop a new compound or medicine that can help the world. The hard work’s done, right? Not so fast. Before you celebrate, there are things you need to do to protect your work and your idea. This is not as simple as locking away your bound lab notebook or putting your laboratory notebooks away someplace safe. You need to get a patent to keep your intellectual property (IP) your own.
1. Talk to a professional IP expert. You are a smart person. The process looks easy enough for anyone to handle. Just compile the documents, fill them out giving the information about what your idea is, why it matters, and the reasons you deserve the patent. Easy-peasy, right?
Not really, there is a lot of nuances here. The processes for protecting your IP are more complicated than simply filling out the forms and waiting until you hear back. Even if you do everything to the best of your ability, there is a good chance that you will not get the response you want. Why? The academic verbiage you use so well is not the same language the patent agents respond to. Like every industry, there is jargon. When you have a patent lawyer on your side, they understand the importance of using the right words. They also understand that words have different meanings in different contexts. The way you list what work you have done in your bound lab notebook may not make sense when it comes to IP protection.
If you are looking for trademarks and other IP issues, the difficulties are even greater. It will also cost you more to do this on your own. Say you go through the process and have to start again, you have wasted your time and money.
2. Experts know what rights you actually have. There are a number of issues that can come up before, during, and after you have applied for the appropriate protection. The time may come when you need to take action against an individual or organization who is doing something nefarious with your work.
There are different levels of IP protection; registered designs protect the appearance but not the purpose of a product, copyright protects how ideas are expressed but not the central idea, and trademarks exist to protect brand names and logos. You probably do not need all of these, a good IP attorney can explain what you really need and what you do not.
3. Ask yourself, why do you need IP protection? There are a number of reasons to get this kind of protection for your breakthrough idea. It is worth noting that any money that you spend on this process may be spent better elsewhere.
If you have the means and will to enforce the IP protection you get, it is worth getting. There are significant costs associated with these actions. There are even nefarious people out there who search for patents put in by people who lack the necessary means to protect them. In order to protect yourself, and that idea hiding in your bound lab notebook, giving serious thought to this before you start the process will help a lot in the long run.
4. Getting your IP protection can spur you to action. There are a lot of well-meaning people out there with great ideas sitting in bound lab notebooks. They do nothing to protect their IP. No one gets it but nothing gets done to move it forward so it just sits, wasting away. People who have the drive, energy, and ambition to seek out and get IP protection for their work are much more likely to take their idea to the next levels. If you do not get your IP protection for any other reason, this can move to act and not let your idea waste away in your notebooks.
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1 How alone sits the city that was full of people! She has become like a widow, who
was once great among the nations, a princess among the nations, but now has come under
2 She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers,
she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt deceitfully with her; they have
become her enemies.
3 Judah went into captivity under affliction and hard labor. She dwells among the
nations; she finds no rest; all her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits.
4 The roads of Zion mourn because none go to the appointed meetings. All her gates are
deserted; her priests sigh; her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
5 Her oppressors have become the chief; her enemies are at ease; for Jehovah has
afflicted her for the multitude of her sins. Her children have gone into captivity before
6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty has departed. Her rulers have become
like deer, who find no pasture, that flee without strength before the pursuer.
7 In the days of her affliction and her wandering, Jerusalem remembered all her desirable
things from ancient days, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy with no one to
help her. The enemies saw her; they laughed at her annihilation.
8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned, therefore she has become impure. All who honored
her despise her because they have seen her nakedness; yea, she sighs and turns backward.
9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts; she did not remember her end, and her downfall was
extraordinary. There is no comforter for her. O Jehovah, behold my affliction, for the
enemy has magnified himself.
10 The enemy has spread out his hand upon all her desirable things; for she has seen the
nations enter her sanctuary, whom You commanded that they should not enter into Your assembly.
11 All her people sigh; they seek bread. They have given their desirable things for food
to restore life. See, O Jehovah, and look upon me, for I have become vile.
12 Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Behold and see if there is any sorrow like
my sorrow which is done to me, with which Jehovah has afflicted me in the day of His
13 From above He has sent fire into my bones and it has laid them low. He has spread a
net for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me desolate and faint all the day.
14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by His hand, woven together, and thrust upon
my neck. He has made my strength to falter; the Lord has delivered me into their hands. I
am not able to rise up.
15 The Lord has trampled all my mighty ones in my midst; He has called a gathering
against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah, as
in a winepress.
16 For these I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who
could refresh my soul is far from me. My children are desolate because the enemy has
17 Zion spreads forth her hands, but no one comforts her. Jehovah has commanded concerning Jacob that his enemies should be all around him; Jerusalem has become as an impure thing among them.
18 Jehovah is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. I beseech you, all
peoples, hear and behold my sorrow. My virgins and my young men have gone into
19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me; my priests and my elders died in the city
while they sought food for them to restore their life.
20 Behold, O Jehovah, for I am in distress; my stomach is upset; my heart churns within
me, for I have grievously rebelled. Outside the sword bereaves; at home it is like death.
21 They hear that I sigh; but no one comforts me. All my enemies have heard of my evil;
they are glad that You have done it. You will bring the day that You have called, and
they shall be like me.
22 Let all their wickedness come before You; and do to them as You have done to me
for all my transgressions. For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger! He cast
down the beauty of Israel from the heavens to the earth and remembered not His
footstool in the day of His anger.
2 The Lord has swallowed up all the dwelling places of Jacob and has not pitied. In His
wrath He has thrown down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought
them down to the ground. He has defiled the kingdom and its rulers.
3 He has cut off all the horn of Israel in His fierce anger; He has drawn back His right
hand from before the enemy, and He burned against Jacob like flaming fire which
devours all around.
4 He has bent His bow like an enemy; He stood with His right hand like an adversary, and killed all who were desirable to the eye in the tent of the daughter of Zion. He has poured out His fury like fire.
5 The Lord was like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all her
palaces, and destroyed His strongholds. And He has increased mourning and lamentation
in the daughter of Judah.
6 And He has done violence to His pavilion like it were a garden, and has destroyed His meeting places. Jehovah has caused the appointed meetings and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and He has despised the king and the priest in the indignation of His anger.
7 The Lord has cast off His altar; He has abhorred His sanctuary; He has given up the
walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a sound in the house of
Jehovah, as in the day of the appointed meetings.
8 Jehovah has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He has stretched out
a line; He has not withdrawn His hand from devouring, and He made rampart and wall
lament; they languish together.
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king
and her rulers are among the nations. The law is no more; her prophets also find no
vision from Jehovah.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground and are silent; they throw dust on their heads; they gird on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 My eyes fail with tears; my stomach is upset; my liver is poured on the ground for the
destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and the babies faint in the
streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers, Where are grain and wine? When they faint they are like
the wounded in the streets of the city, pouring out their lives into their mothers' bosoms.
13 What can I testify for you? To what thing shall I compare you, O daughter of
Jerusalem? To what shall I equal you, so that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of
Zion? For your break is great like the sea! Who can heal you?
14 Your prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you, and they have not uncovered
your iniquity, to bring back your captives; but they have seen false utterances and causes
of banishment for you.
15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter
of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city which is called the perfection of beauty, the joy of
the whole earth?
16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; they hiss and gnash the teeth;
they say, We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we waited for. We
have found it, we have seen it.
17 Jehovah has done what He had purposed; He has fulfilled His Word which He
commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down and not pitied. And He has caused
your enemy to rejoice over you; He has set up the horn of your foes.
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down
like a river day and night; give yourself no rest. Let not the daughter of your eye be silent.
19 Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who faint from hunger at the head of every street.
20 Behold, O Jehovah, and consider to whom You have done this. Shall the women eat
their offspring, children of their tender care? Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in
the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 Young and old lie on the ground in the streets; my virgins and my young men have
fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of Your anger; You have
slaughtered and not pitied.
22 You have summoned, as in an appointed day, my terrors all around; and there was not
one who escaped, or a survivor in the day of Jehovah's anger. Those whom I have nursed
and nurtured, my enemy has consumed.
1 I, the man, have seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
2 He has led me and made me go in darkness and not in light.
3 Surely He is turned against me; He turns His hand all the day.
4 He has wasted my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.
5 He has built against me and has encircled me with bitterness and travail.
6 He has made me live in dark places, like the dead of old.
7 He has fenced me in and I cannot go out; He has made my bronze chain heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.
9 He walled up my ways with hewn stone; my paths are crooked.
10 He was a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in secret places.
11 He has turned my ways aside and torn me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
12 He has bent His bow and set me as a target for the arrow.
13 He has caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my inward parts.
14 I was a laughing stock to all my people; their taunting song all the day.
15 He has filled me with bitterness and made me drunk with wormwood.
16 He also broke my teeth with gravel; He has covered me with ashes.
17 And You cast off my soul from peace; I have forgotten good things.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope from Jehovah are gone.
19 Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.
20 My soul calls to mind and remembers, and it depresses my mind.
21 I recall this to my mind; therefore I hope.
22 Through Jehovah's kindness we are not consumed, because His compassions never
23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.
24 Jehovah is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.
25 Jehovah is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
26 It is good that one should hope for the salvation of Jehovah, even in silence.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He sits alone and keeps silence because He has laid it upon him.
29 He puts his mouth in the dust, if perhaps there may be hope.
30 He gives his cheek to Him who strikes him; he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off forever;
32 for though He causes grief, yet He will have compassion according to the multitude
of His kindness.
33 For He does not wish to afflict nor grieve the sons of men;
34 to crush all the prisoners of the earth under His feet;
35 to turn aside the justice due a man before the face of the Most High;
36 to pervert a man in his cause; this the Lord does not look after.
37 Who is he who speaks and it occurs, if the Lord has not commanded it?
38 From the mouth of the Most High does not come forth both evil and good.
39 Why does a living man complain at the punishment for his sins?
40 Let us search out and examine our ways, and return to Jehovah.
41 Let us lift up our heart and hands to the Mighty God in Heaven.
42 We have sinned and have rebelled; You have not forgiven.
43 You have wrapped Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain; You have
44 You have wrapped Yourself with a cloud to keep prayer from passing through.
45 You have made us as the offscouring and garbage in the midst of the peoples.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47 Fear and a pit have come upon us; ruin and destruction.
48 Streams of water run down my eyes for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 My eyes flow and do not cease, with no stopping,
50 until Jehovah looks down from Heaven and has regard.
51 My eye pains my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
52 My enemies have hunted me down like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in the pit, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called on Your name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
56 You have heard my voice; do not hide Your ear from my relief, from my cry for help.
57 You drew near in the day that I called on You; You said, Fear not.
58 O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.
59 O Jehovah, You have seen how I am wronged; judge my case.
60 You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.
61 You have heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their plots against me;
62 the lips of those who rose up against me, and their scheming against me all the day.
63 Behold their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.
64 Return upon them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.
65 Give them hardness of heart; Your curse be upon them.
66 Pursue and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of Jehovah.
1 How the gold has become dim; the fine gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary
are poured out at the head of every street.
2 The precious sons of Zion, weighed against refined gold, are counted as earthen
vessels, the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Even the monsters draw out the breast to suckle their young. But the daughter of my
people is cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue of the infant cleaves to the roof of his mouth in thirst; the young children
ask for bread; there is none broken to them.
5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; those brought up in scarlet
embrace refuse heaps.
6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, which
was overthrown as in a moment, with no hands to writhe over her.
7 Her Nazirites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were redder of body than
rubies; their polishing as sapphires.
8 Their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin
has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up; it has become like wood.
9 Better off are the ones slain by the sword than the ones slain by hunger; for they pine
away, pierced through for lack of the fruits of the fields.
10 The hands of the compassionate women have boiled their own children; they became
their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 Jehovah has fulfilled His fury; He has poured out His fierce anger, and has kindled a
fire in Zion, and it has devoured its foundations.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed
that the adversary and the enemy would have entered the gates into Jerusalem.
13 For the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, shedding the blood of
the just in her midst,
14 they have wandered as blind men in the streets; they are defiled with blood, so that no
one could touch their clothes.
15 They cried out to them, Depart! Unclean! Depart, depart! Do not touch us! When they
fled and wandered, they said among the nations, They will not continue to live there.
16 The face of Jehovah has scattered them out; He will no longer have regard for them;
they did not respect the persons of the priests, nor show favor to the elders.
17 As for us, our eyes failed, watching in vain for our help; in our watching we have
watched for a nation that could not save us.
18 They have hunted our steps to keep us from going in our streets; our end was near,
our days were fulfilled, for our end has come.
19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens; they pursued us on the
mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was captured in their pits; of
whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, who lives in the land of Uz. The cup also
shall pass through unto you; you shall become drunk and stripped naked.
22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will send
you into captivity no more. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will
expose your sins.
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what has come upon us; look down and behold our reproach.
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; our houses to foreigners.
3 We are orphans and fatherless; our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunk our water for money; our wood comes at a price.
5 We are pursued on our necks; we labor and have no rest.
6 We have given the hand to Egypt, to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned and are no more; but we have borne their iniquities.
8 Servants rule over us; there is no one to deliver out of their hand.
9 We bring in our bread at the risk of our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin is hot like an oven because of the burning heat of famine.
11 They raped the women in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Rulers were hung up by the hand; the presence of elders was not honored.
13 They took the young men to grind, and the youths stumbled under loads of wood.
14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, the young men from their music.
15 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance has turned into mourning.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe unto us, for we have sinned.
17 Our heart is faint because of this; our eyes are dim because of these things.
18 The mountain of Zion is laid waste; the foxes walk upon it.
19 You, O Jehovah, remain forever; Your throne from generation to generation.
20 Why do You forget us forever and forsake us for such a long time?
21 Turn us back to You, O Jehovah, and we will repent; renew our days as of old,
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You are a recent immigrant who has moved to the United States to attend college. Your family has never been to the United States, and you are excited to tell them all about it, in particular the fundamentals of the U.S. government you are learning about in one of your courses.
Compose a 3-page letter to your family in which you outline the fundamentals of the U.S. government. Be sure to do the following:
POL110: U.S. Government
Letter to Family Assignment SAMPLE PAPER using Strayer Writing Standards SWS
My journey to the United States has been one of the most exciting moments in my life. Since arriving to the US and attending Strayer University, I have developed quite an interest in the US government and politics. I would love to share some of what I have learned about the fundamentals of the United States with you all.
The Constitution of the United States is its guiding light. It was written in 1787 by the founding fathers. It is the longest surviving written charter of the government, which explains why it is so applicable in everyday life here in the US (United States Senate, 1). The purpose of the US Constitution is to establish the roles and duties of the branches of government, balance out governmental powers, and ascertain and uphold liberty and equality all in service of the people such as voting. Voting is a great right and privilege of the American citizen. The fact that there are several constitutional amendments to protect the voting rights of American citizens is an indication of the relevancy of the constitution.
One American ideal that is important to most citizens is democracy. The first three words of the Constitution actually are an excellent description of the core of what a democracy is…”We The People”. The people are the actual authoritative figure in the lawmaking system of this country. They choose government officials to represent their values and they choose those representatives through voting.
An example of this democratic ideal is found in recent news regarding the controversy surrounding abortions. In 1973, the Supreme Court upheld Roe v. Wade to protect pre-viability abortions. Recently however, the Supreme Court decision to allow a Texas law to ban abortions after six weeks goes against Roe v. Wade and suggests that the court may overturn Roe v. Wade in the future. As a result, more than half of states in the country could similarly attempt to apply strict restrictions or ban the procedure entirely. States that choose to maintain access to abortion clinics will see a rise in out-of-state patients as many women would have to travel a much longer distance to the nearest clinic ( Sneed, 2) . There is much frustration surrounding this new law, nonetheless Texas is a majority Republican state, and this law was passed by the state legislatures, and also signed by the state’s Republican governor. This relates to our democracy because the laws should reflect the interests of the majority. However, when there is a disconnect here, it implies that the voice of the people is getting lost somewhere in the process and is indicative of flaws in our democratic system. One of the flaws is that many American citizens are not registered to vote, many vote irregularly or rarely, and many don’t believe that voting makes a difference. That reduces the effects of a democratic election (Clifford, 3).
Another American ideal I would highlight is freedom. Freedom is defined as “the state of being free, such as from any necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action” (Merriam-Webster, 4). Many people immigrate to the United States specifically to attain freedom from poverty, lack of healthcare, and oppressive governments and countless reasons. Freedom is an American ideal linked to so many other privileges that we have.
I also want to let you know that Amendment XIV (1868) of the United States is a constitutional liberty that has had a significant effect on my life here in the U.S.. Section 1 of the 14th Amendment certifies the citizenship status for all people born or naturalized in the US and protects their right to life, liberty, property, and equal protection under the law to all citizens. As a Beninese woman who obtained US citizenship through naturalization this law has impacted me greatly. Through this law, I am considered an American citizen. Therefore, all the laws and protections apply to me just as they do for those born in this country. This law makes me a citizen, and as a citizen, I am able to vote in US elections. Under Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, I am also not to be denied life, liberty, or property, unless determined by impartial procedures. This means that my life matters, and I am free to live and experience my life, and I have the inherent right to own property..
Family, I have learned a lot so far and I am happy to share some fundamental of the United States government with you all. I invite you to visit me to see how these central elements are lived out by everyday Americans and how they play out in politics.
(See next page for Sources list)
1. United States Senate. 2021. Constitution of the United States. https://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm
2. Tierney Sneed, Priya Krishnakumar. 2021. Overturning Roe could mean women seeking abortions have to travel hundreds of miles. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/30/politics/roe-wade-reversal-abortion-driving-distances/index.html
3. Catherine Clifford. 2020. ‘I don’t plan to vote ever again’: The psychology of why so many people don’t vote, even in 2020. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/30/why-people-choose-not-to-vote.html
4. Merriam-Webster. 2021. Freedom. https://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/freedom
Current Event on America Ideals
POL 110: US Government
Professor Jane El-Yacoubi
Current Event on America Ideals
Step 1: I decided on democracy as the American ideal. A democracy is a system of governance in which the people, either directly or indirectly via the selection of elected officials, have the power to consider and enact laws.
Step 2: From January 6, Americans' faith in elections has eroded, according to the event I chose. The American people used their right to vote democratically by electing to remove Donald Trump; however, some responses followed.
Step 3: According to Jennifer, from January 2021, there's been a steady increase in the number of Americans who do not believe that US elections' outcomes accurately represent most people's wishes. Forty-eight percent of Americans feel it is at least moderately probable that some elected officials will succeed in overturning the outcomes of a US election since their party didn't even win in the upcoming years.
Democratic voters have experienced the most changes throughout that period, even though Democrats remain the party most likely to express trust in American elections. Some residents assert that they just never imagined that they'd already seen anything like January 6 within their lifetime (Agiesta, 1). If there are no long-term repercussions for those who cooperated, does that keep the door open for it to happen again, as they presume there is fear that it may happen? They give the hearings a lot of weight because it creates a precedent that something like this cannot occur in their nation.
Since last summer, Americans' opinions on the possibility that it might throw out a US election t for political reasons have remained stable at a nearly equal split. As a result of their choices being overruled, the American people aren't exercising their democratic rights (Agiesta, 1). 2022 through 2024 elections are already tainted by the unhealed scar in American politics that was first caused by Donald Trump, a leader who attempted a coup after being rejected by the people. The Congressional January 6 committee's investigation and additional hearings throughout September will collide squarely with the midterm election period due to the deluge of new information and the committee's growing desire to hold the former President accountable for the Capitol Uprising.
Trump's persistence to run a 2024 marketing strategy of vengeance based on his mountain of misleading information, notwithstanding his being democratically disqualified from running, means that it may not be until at least 2026 before Americans see a campaign that is not influenced by his unwillingness to grasp his fair defeat nearly two years ago (Jennifer, 1). It is thus no accident that prominent members of the January 6 group are growing more vehement about the necessity for Trump to make up for his wrongdoings right now; just after the 2020 elections, it may already be too late. This indicates that he does not uphold American democratic rights.
In conclusion, the United States' democratic score declines are astounding and worrisome. The United States is still considered a free country but has fallen out of the top group and is now rated behind nations with a less extensive democratic history.
1. Agiesta, Jennifer. CNN Poll: Americans' confidence in elections has faded since January 6. July 21, 2022. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/21/politics/cnn-poll-elections/index.html
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When choosing the best option for a kids’ banjo, it is important to consider the age of the child, the playing ability, and hand size. Depending on the age of the child, a travel banjo or kids' banjo may be best suited for youths under the age of 12 or 13. For younger children with smaller hands, a miniature banjo may be the best viable option and will embody a shorter neck with much lighter weight than a traditional banjo, which tends to be rather heavy. A kids’ banjo will often have fewer frets. A hybrid of a banjo and guitar is another good choice for young musicians, especially if they have already learned to play a guitar.
Banjos designated as travel banjos are commonly purchased for kids due to their lightened weight and shortened fret board. Some adult musicians will use a kids' banjo as a travel instrument when they are on the road and playing for leisure. The two names can be interchangeable.
Kids’ banjos run from $60 US Dollars (USD) for cheaper models to $600 USD and up for higher-quality models and brands. If the child has previous playing experience with a guitar or banjo, a mid to higher-end model may be better suited, as he or she would have surpassed the beginner playing level. Specialty banjos for children are built with shortened necks and lightweight materials and often include video demonstrations to learn banjo.
Starter packs often offer a package discount and include a training DVD, extra strings, and a case. The models of banjos included in starter packs, however, are typically economy models of lesser quality. A hard-shell case is highly recommended to ensure the protection of the instrument. They can be purchased for as little as $60 USD online or at major music retail outlets.
A six-string banjo, or banjitar, is a smart purchase for children who have guitar-playing experience. This folk instrument imitates the sound of a traditional five-string banjo while still being played like a six-string guitar. It is a hybrid of the guitar infused with a banjo.
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The second edition of The Dictionary of Urbanism by Rob Cowan, defines a ‘blockhead’ as: ‘An enthusiast for wood-block paving. A group of people who restored Chicago’s last complete wood-block alley (originally constructed in 1909) in 2011 called themselves ‘blockheads’.’
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We’re not here to persuade you. You already get it.
Along with rising numbers of consumers around the world, you know the shift to a more ethical, sustainable consumerism is the coming trend of all trends. And that you need to be a part of what’s ahead.
At TrendWatching we’ve been tracking this shift forever. So why are we highlighting it now?
Because we’re at a crucial inflection point in the journey. Awareness of the damaging planetary and social impacts of much consumerism has never been higher – driven in part by charismatic leaders (respect, Greta!) and powerful global movements for change. One glimpse of that shift in attitudes? In the UK, 23% consider the environment and climate change one of the most important issues facing the UK – the highest levels seen in 30 years. (Ipsos MORI, February 2020)
Meanwhile, even legacy players admit it’s time for radical action. Microsoft has announced plans to be carbon negative by 2030. Jeff Bezos just pledged USD 30 billion for climate change (but what about paying your tax, Jeff?). The World Economic Forum says businesses must serve society and the planet, not just shareholders.
This revolution is needed. It’s right. The opportunities are huge. Trends can be your fuel.
A long time coming…
Sure, we can rewind the clock and take a trend-journey through the evolution of this moment.
Remember back when eco-consumption was a niche status play for affluent consumers who dreamed of owning – or went out and bought! – a Tesla Model S. Or back when Patagonia helped redefine the quest for a more socially responsible business by telling readers of the New York Times ‘Do Not Buy This Jacket’. Recall the emergence of a new search for a GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION.
Fast-forward to 2020, and purposeful consumption is more available, affordable and just plain better than ever. That means it’s becoming less a matter of status for those who opt in, and more a matter of shame for those who don’t.
But this report isn’t about the deep shifts that brought us to this place. Instead, we’re here to share three actionable trends that you can apply now. They are drawn from our full report on The Future of Purpose – featuring five trends, trend evolution timelines and additional innovation examples – that we’ve just published inside our Premium Service.
1. SUSTAINABILITY AS A SERVICE
Consumers embrace services that allow them to track and reduce their planetary impact.
2. OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS
In 2020, smart brands open source their most purposeful work.
3. CODE BREAKERS
Consumers look to brands to break their brand or industry code in the name of ethics or sustainability.
As always, each of these trends is illustrated by innovation examples that are already reshaping the expectations of your customers.
And on that, one last word before we dive in. In 2020, every business – even the most virtuous – needs to change. When we highlight the innovation examples below, we’re NOT saying the businesses behind them are perfect. Or that these examples absolve them from the need to change further.
What we ARE saying is that these examples represent steps – sometimes tiny ones – in the right direction. And that when consumers see them, they’ll start to change what they expect from you.
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Jookers Johnnie, Lanark
What's in a name?
One of the historic little lanes of Lanark, which served as a thoroughfare for people to collect water from St Patrick's Well. In use for hundreds of years, closes like this in Lanark often changed names, frequently to reflect the name of a notable person who lived nearby. In this case the name Jookers Johnnie seems to have stuck, and dates back at least a century or two.
The origins of the name have been widely speculated upon, with a variety of stories around to explain it. However, the name of the lane actually predates many of them. What is known is that an outbuilding located along the lane is recorded as a "killing house", and that the attached home was owned by a Miss Jean Wilson. She was a butcher by trade, a profession which would make her an important figure in the local community, and an unusual one for a woman at that time . Her nickname is recorded as being 'Jicker Jean'.
It's close, but how does 'Jicker Jean' lead to 'Jookers Johnnie'?
It is also known that Jean's father was Mr John Wilson. If he shared a similar nickname to his daughter, and following the old Lanark custom of naming the closes, it's only a slight jump from Jicker Johnnie to Jookers Johnnie. Interestingly, the word 'jook' is used in Scots to describe a sudden movement or duck, and one can imagine 'jooking' down the close as a shortcut.
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By Shanshan Zhao
On May 26th and 27th, 2018, the McMaster University Centre for Buddhist Studies held a graduate student workshop entitled “Digital Humanities for Research in East Asian Religions.” This workshop was sponsored by the Tianzhu Global Network in Buddhist Studies. More than twenty graduate students from nearly twenty universities in North America gathered for this event, and their projects covered pre-modern and contemporary Asian religious thought and material cultures, as well as the spread of Asian religions in the West.
The two-day workshop focused on two major techniques: digital mapping and network analysis. Three instructors, Paula R. Curtis (University of Michigan); Jonathan Pettit (University of Hawai’i); and Jason Protass (Brown University), shared their experiences and projects, and provided hands-on instruction and training with Digital Humanities tools such as QGIS, Palladio, Cytoscape, and Gephi. At the end of the workshop, participants created and presented their own diagrams, explained what they learned, and described how their new knowledge could advance their research projects.
Apart from teaching the technology related to Digital Humanities, the workshop highlighted an important but often overlooked principle: Digital Humanities can provide new research methods and tools for traditional humanistic research, but good research projects and concepts are still essential and fundamental. Without a good research question and plan, Digital Humanities projects may end up consisting of little more than visually-appealing diagrams. Jason Protass noted that he has seen many Digital Humanities projects that presented information that had already been discovered and proven in traditional text-based close readings. Protass suggested that those projects were not a good use of Digital Humanities, because the projects do not facilitate any new discoveries.
All three instructors emphasized that students must always keep in mind the purpose, scale, and limitations of their projects. To produce a good digital map or chart requires not only technical skills, but also critical thinking. One example that Jason Protass gave is a graphic project based on three volumes of a novel, which demonstrated how far the characters move from the city centre in each of the volumes. By doing so, the researcher could argue the expensiveness of a particular chapter or the “claustrophobic narrative” in a chapter. Diagrams help the researcher to rearrange the components collected from the text, and more importantly, to bring hidden patterns from the text to the surface, while provoking new questions and arguments.
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“I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”-Susan Hale
Beginning a new project can be daunting. Whether building a sandcastle or writing a story, we tend to begin with a vision of the final product. And isn’t it such a flawless result, shining and sparkling like a diamond in the shimmering sun? Cue the oohs and aahs of the onlookers. Hear the polite applause for a job so wonderfully done. Imagine the headlines and accolades praising your work. You’ve succeeded before you’ve even begun. Your spirits soar above this perfect vision you’ve created.
Or maybe you’re the person who envisions a thousand ways that the project will be flawed. You know that every mistake will be gleaming and glinting like broken glass in the mid-day glare. Instead of accolades, you picture the critiques and jeers. You sink into the depths, knowing that it will never be as wonderful as it is in your head.
Whatever your mindset, you will eventually stop daydreaming and crash-land into reality. A reality in which you have only thought about what you want to do. Your vision of the project – perfect or flawed – doesn’t exist here. Neither do the imagined praise or criticism. Here, in no-nonsense reality, you must do something more than envision your result. There is work to do. A lot of work.
I keep the quote from Susan Hale tacked to the bulletin board above my writing desk. When I’m staring at a blank page, it serves as a reminder that I have to pick up that shovel and move some sand. A first draft is the moment when an idea moves from a daydream into the external world. It is a declaration that you’re willing to invest in your own ideas. Look here, world, the first draft shouts, I intend to do this thing.
As Hale implies, the first draft is not the time to focus on the finer details. Don’t worry if the main character doesn’t have a name yet. Don’t fuss if you can’t remember what the antagonist should say in chapter four. Above all, don’t be concerned about mechanics and grammar. Misspelled words? Write now, spell-check later. Proper punctuation? Forget about it. Plot holes that you could sail a ship through? Aye captain, full steam ahead!
Perhaps writing isn’t your thing. Maybe you’re into the visual arts or music. Or your big idea is a new business, a family reunion, or a charity fund-raiser. Whatever project you have in mind, I want to encourage you to pick up the shovel and move some sand. Don’t let the fear of failure – or of success – keep you from making the attempt. Focus on your idea and let go of the imagined responses.
Don’t be surprised if you end up with a shapeless pile of sand that doesn’t resemble your original vision. Shoveling the sand doesn’t produce a finished product. It produces a foundation. There will be time later to sculpt out the towers and turrets. Trust the process and yourself. You’ll build that magnificent sandcastle.
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The Vatican City State Mint has issued a 10-euro silver coin depicting “Mother Earth” — an image designed for World Earth Day by Bergamo-born sculptor and engraver Luigi Oldani.
While the Numismatic Chronicle interpreted the icon as Madre Terra (Mother Earth), the Vatican portrayed it as “a mother carrying the Earth, to which we owe care and love as if she were a daughter.”
The coin, issued Monday, symbolizes the earth’s fertility “with long ears of corn” entwined with the mother’s plaited hair and evokes “a cross-reference between past and future that becomes timeless, therefore eternal,” the publication said.
Earth Reverence Resurrected From Pagan Synod
The Vatican commended the coin as representing, under the pontificate of Pope Francis, “a commitment to take care of the planet,” the publication said.
The celebration of life on earth, the Vatican said, “is the project to which the Church intends to offer its support, a grandiose and complex work: promoting international action to guarantee everyone the future, the food they need — both in quantity and quality — so that economic advancement is accompanied by social development, without which there is no real progress,” the publication added.
Oldani described his creation in poetic terms, referring to the image as “fertile and fruitful land, fertile and fruitful like a young woman. The earth must be protected like a woman expectantly waiting for a new life. The land must be respected like a mother and her child.”
Speaking to Church Militant, English columnist Dcn. Nick Donnelly slammed the Vatican for reiterating its theme of the Amazon fertility goddess Pachamama even after it outraged Catholics at the 2019 Amazon Synod.
“On the first anniversary of the worship of the demonic Pachamama, the Vatican issues a coin explicitly honoring the ‘Mother Earth’ idol!” Donnelly said.
This is defiant sacrilege against God. The Bible is clear that the worship of nature embodied in feminine idols is abhorrent to the holiness of God,” he noted, underscoring Sacred Scripture’s categorical repudiation of anthropomorphizing or divinizing of the earth, especially in the context of the Ancient Near Eastern worship of the fertility deity Baal.
This honoring of Pachamama during October — the month Catholics around the world have a special devotion to the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary — is an insult to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Penance, penance, penance!
Speaking of the challenge he faced in sketching the illustration for a small coin, Oldani explained how “a multiplicity of volumes had to be ‘synthesized,’ from that of the planet earth as a symbolic womb defended and looked upon with love by the mother, to the physiognomy of the woman and the smallest details of the ears that adorn her head.”
A second coin issued by the Papal Mint is engraved with another leitmotif of Francis’ pontificate and is dedicated to the World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
The five-euro silver coin, designed by illustrator Marco Ventura, depicts “St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, opening his arms wide as a sign of welcome on behalf of the Church to all those migrants and refugees who flee every day from hunger, poverty and conflicts.”
The Vatican statement accompanying the coin reads:
The Church asks and begs for assistance in favor of migrants and refugees and hopes to be heard — for the love of Our Lord Jesus, who suffers in all the marginalized, he is a pilgrim, he is in need — among all men of goodwill.
Thus, the coin, combined with the papal emblem, depicts Peter, the prince of the Apostles, who welcomes, protects and provides for all those who take refuge in the Church … without borders, mother of all, to which it belongs to the privilege of indicating the response of the gospel of mercy, towards a better world.
The silver coins are on sale from Oct. 16 at a price of 69 euros for the 10-euro coin and 58 euros for the five-euro coin.
Pope Francis Defends Idolatry
Faithful Catholics were incandescent after Pope Francis hosted a pagan ceremony Oct. 4, 2019 with Pachamama statuettes in the Vatican Gardens. One of the idols was blessed and laypeople and clergy were photographed bowing to the ground before the idol, which occupied center stage during the conference.
Three days later, Francis prayed in front of Pachamama in St. Peter’s Basilica and processed with it into the synod hall.
The pontiff confirmed that the idol was that of “Pachamama” and apologized for the “act of theft” after Austrian Catholic Alexander Tschugguel removed the idols from the Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina and threw them into the Tiber river.
Pope Francis defended the use of the Pachamama idol in his apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia, explaining that people should “not be quick to describe as superstition or paganism certain religious practices that arise spontaneously from the life of peoples.”
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I recall roughly around 1997 when i first attempted to get my Flight Simulator logged on & fly with other people around the world. Somehow the real-time aspect held more gravity when flying around faithful renderings of landscapes & somewhat accurate reproductions of meatspace urban centers. I banged right then onto a prescient posibility.
If my Flight Simulator could receive so many packets of data representing the other guy’s actions in HIS Flight Simulator, then why couldnt it tap into the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) or any other National Weather data warehouse and get all that information?
Think of damn-near real-time hops to circle whatever hurricane is sweeping the south. Or a tornado. What about a volcano? Or any damned weather pattern or earth based phenomenon of interest.
Even something as mundane as trans-oceanic shipping lanes could be compelling in their own way when you realize the digital ship your buzzing 1242 south-southwest of Honolulu could very well be within 30m of its actual location in meatspace.
Sure the locations of these artifacts could be parsed in real-time, but all these in-world objects would need to be rendered in real-time. But i’m figgering that if the data warehouse has the position of the ship, it knows the name, owner, size, etc. From that, its simply an additional call to ?? database to obtain rudimentary schematics based on the class or manufacturer or year-built.
Why stop there? And why limit this to flying around within a game?
When everyone & every thing they have is fitted with a GPS signal, then therefore the locations of these in-world items is ubiquitiously known. Some genius out there is going to found the company that wrote the code that renders all of that data into a display. Slap a silly avatar on all your friends. Obtain 3D models of every building in the city they’re walking around. Gather data (anonymously of course) from every vehicle that passes them, and render them doing so. Throw in the aforementioned HD doplar weather data. Throw in the exact time of day to generate proper shadow casts and ray tracing (for known surfaces). Throw that all into an intuitive UI and let users put the camera where ever they want
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Date Published:2016 Mar 3
The Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are key conserved regulators of development, initially discovered in Drosophila and now strongly implicated in human disease. Nevertheless, differing silencing properties between the Drosophila and mammalian PcG systems have been observed. While specific DNA targeting sites for PcG proteins called Polycomb response elements (PREs) have been identified only in Drosophila, involvement of non-coding RNAs for PcG targeting has been favored in mammals. Another difference lies in the distribution patterns of PcG proteins. In mouse and human cells, PcG proteins show broad distributions, significantly overlapping with H3K27me3 domains. In contrast, only sharp peaks on PRE regions are observed for most PcG proteins in Drosophila, raising the question of how large domains of H3K27me3, up to many tens of kilobases, are formed and maintained in Drosophila. In this Extra View, we provide evidence that PcG distributions on silent chromatin in Drosophila are considerably broader than previously detected. Using BioTAP-XL, a chromatin crosslinking and tandem affinity purification approach, we find a broad, rather than PRE-limited overlap of PcG proteins with H3K27me3, suggesting a conserved spreading mechanism for PcG in flies and mammals. | <urn:uuid:ea52090f-fced-48f4-a240-d56d8518ab8b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://compbio.hms.harvard.edu/publications/correspondence-drosophila-polycomb-group-proteins-broad-h3k27me3-silent-domains | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.931599 | 300 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Dr. Brian Badgley
Research in my lab focuses on environmental microbiology and microbial ecology, with two particular interests. First, we are interested in elucidating the ecological roles of microbial populations and communities in natural systems. Microbes mediate many important processes at the ecosystem and global scales, yet approximately 99% of all microbes are not culturable, meaning we know little or nothing about their distribution or role in the environment. Second, we are interested in the fate of particular microorganisms in the environment, such as pathogens, water quality indicators, or biodegraders. Even though these organisms may be relatively low in abundance, they are still highly significant, particularly from an applied perspective, and it is important to understand their survival and transport through ecosystems.
By combining new methods in genomics and metagenomics with traditional culture based techniques we can seek to gain new insights into these important questions in a variety of habitats. We also strive to conduct highly collaborative and interdisciplinary projects, working with a variety of colleagues from ecosystem ecology, agriculture, chemistry, engineering, and public health. Examples of some of the studies in which we are currently involved include:
- Patterns in microbial diversity and community structure in a variety of habitats, including reclaimed mine soils, agricultural and forest soils, stream waters and sediments, ballast water in cargo ships, and the surface of mouse skin.
- The impact of storm events on sediment resuspension and microbial transport in stream ecosystems.
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The paper focuses on reversed global outsourcing decision analysing how firms handle the inhouse reintegration of the operations. Authors adopt an explorative approch based on 14 in-depth semi-structured interviews with five companies operating in two different industries. They discovered that back-shoring and reintegration of manufacturing activities within the company were implemented leveraging on the knowledge base owned by the investigated firms and on their management capabilities. The reversed outsourcing decision reinforced the knowledge sharing within the firms and allowed more performing operations. The paper indicates four critical factors for a successfull operation: duration of outsourcing, knowledge base owned by the company, management capabilities and technology utilization. More specifically, authors found the longer an operation has been outsourced, the more difficult is to reintegrate it. However, if the company owns a relevant knowledge base and strong management capabilities the reversed outsourcing strategies may be successful. Finally, the use of technology has a complementary effect.
Managing reversed (global) outsourcing – the role of knowledge, technology and time
Volume number and page:
Vol. 29 Issue: 4, pp.676-698
Journal or media source:
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
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What are chiggers?
Chiggers are the juvenile form (larvae) of a certain type of mite of the family Trombiculidae. Mites are arachnids (like spiders and ticks).
Chiggers are found throughout the world. They most commonly live in forests, grassy fields, gardens, parks, and in moist areas around lakes or rivers. Most of the larvae that cause chigger bites are found on plants that are relatively close to the ground surface, because they require a high level of humidity for survival. | <urn:uuid:13cc8b20-c103-4047-bc65-41fa12534469> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.asthmahealthcenter.com/disease/7-15600/chiggers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.944828 | 126 | 3.296875 | 3 |
" Volkswagen Group of America and the UAW have agreed to this common path for the election. That means employees can decide on representation in a secret ballot election, independently conducted by the NLRB [National Labor Relations Board]," said Frank Fischer, chairman and CEO of Volkswagen Chattanooga, in the statement to the newspaper.
If unionized, the Chattanooga factory would be the first in the US to be arranged under a German-style works council where white- and blue-collar workers directly negotiate factory issues with the company's management. It would also become a member of VW's Global Works Council, which is an international organization of the largest of VW's labor unions that sets minimum standards for work relations at VW factories.
The process of unionization officially began in September when a majority of workers signed cards agreeing to join the UAW. However, the first rumors about organizing go back to 2011, and the process has been moving steadily since the summer of 2013. Tennessee is not generally seen as a union stronghold, but it appears that VW workers may be willing to try something different. | <urn:uuid:a4236076-34d6-468c-a412-9cce06c34cb2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/04/vws-chattanooga-plant-to-vote-on-uaw-representation-next-week/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.971384 | 215 | 2.125 | 2 |
The Springhead in a Blooming Peach Grove 1
Tao, Yuan-ming (372-427 CE)
In the Jin dynasty, a fisherman from Wu-ling City rowed his boat along a
creek. He forgot how far he had traveled. Suddenly he encountered a grove of
blooming peach trees. As far as he could see, there was nothing but peach trees.
The grass on the banks was fresh, pretty, and fragrant. Fallen flower petals
drifted like confetti. The beautiful scene amazed the fisherman. He continued
rowing, looking for what lay beyond the grove. When the grove ended, he found
the source of the creek at a mountain. The mountain had a cave with a small
entrance. Thinking that he saw lights inside, he left his boat and entered the
The first part of the cave was so narrow that only one person could pass.
After he walked another fifty feet, an expansive paradise suddenly appeared. The
land was vast and the houses were orderly. There were fertile fields, a
beautiful pond, and plants such as bamboo and mulberry trees. The paths in the
village were well connected for easy travel. As he approached the village, he
heard dogs bark and roosters crow. People were coming and going, busy with farm
life. They were dressed in the same way as the people outside the cave. Both old
and young lived happily there. When they saw the fisherman, they were amazed.
They asked him where he had come from. The fisherman answered all their
questions. Then they invited him home for dinner. They prepared wine and killed
chickens for him. When the villagers heard of him, they all came to visit. They
claimed that they had come here a long time ago to escape the tyranny of the Qin
dynasty 2, and that after their families and neighbors settled down
here, they never left. Consequently, they had lost touch with the outside world.
They did not even know of the Han dynasty 3, not to mention the Wei
and Jin dynasties 4. When they asked the fisherman what year it was,
he responded in great detail. After listening to his description, the villagers
sighed over the problems outside. During his stay, the fisherman enjoyed
delicious food and kind hospitality. After a week, he wanted to go home. When he
was leaving, the villagers said, "Please
do not tell anyone about this place."
After he found his boat and started his return journey, he carefully placed
many trail markers along the way. As soon as he arrived at the city, he reported
to the mayor about what he had seen. The mayor sent people to search for the
village immediately. They followed the fisherman's
markers, but soon got lost. Later, a gentleman, Zi-ji Liu 5 of
Nan-yang City 6, heard the story and eagerly planned to go there. His
search also failed and soon he died from a disease. After that, no one would ask
for the directions.
1 The title of the following video is "The Peach Blossom River":
The Qin dynasty (221-206 BCE).
The Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE).
The Wei dynasty (220-265 CE); the Jin dynasty (265-420 CE).
Lin-zhi was Zi-ji Liu's alternate first name. He loved to travel in the
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Spain never ceases to surprise. Not only has the country managed to build a healthy democracy, achieve an original form of federalism, and earn admission to the Euro zone, but - under the leadership of the young Zapatero - is now experiencing a new phase of dynamic growth, especially in terms of civil rights, and intends to enact institutional and constitutional reforms. After changing its foreign policy in order to foster a closer relationship with Europe, Spain became the first country to ratify the constitutional treaty with a referendum. How was this possible? Why does the Spanish political system work so well? This book provides a brief description of a country that in many ways is more admired than actually known. In particular, the text focuses on the country's efficient form of government, its modern party system, the generational renewal of its political class, the centripetal tendencies of its electorate, the advanced powers conferred to local government, the monarchy's status as guarantor, as well as the persistent challenges relating to the Basque Countries and the Eta. The final part of the book addresses Zapatero's rise to power and analyses his government's policies.
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After releasing his plans for a 5th mode of transport, Hyperloop, SpaceX and Tesla CEO and Founder Elon Musk announced a competition to spur design and engineering innovation and the world exploded with ideas.
The most recent idea for a pod to travel inside the Hyperloop, comes from Australia’s very own RMIT University students. The pod has just been released, covered in sponsors logos, at Elon Musk’s competition.
Each pod will be assessed on its ability to meet the strict engineering requirements of the Hyperloop and its potential 1000km/h+ speeds.
The SpaceX run competition for the best pod design takes place on Jan 27-29, 2017. Best of luck Aussies, go kick ass on the world stage.
— Hyperloop (@Hyperloop) November 4, 2016
Their pod is known as VicHyper and make sure you throw them a follow on Twitter – @vichyper and stay up to date with their progress. | <urn:uuid:0e8d6815-0ef5-40a5-a758-7e4fd8739c33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://techau.com.au/rmit-students-just-released-their-hyperloop-pod/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.944209 | 195 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Mississippi's First TED Event to be held Nov. 6
JACKSON - Mississippi will join the global TED movement as the state's first TEDx event will take place Nov. 6 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Capri Theatre in Jackson's Fondren district.
Themed "Fertile Ground," TEDxJackson is a reflection of the promise and untapped potential that exists in Jackson and throughout Mississippi.
The event will feature a day of speakers from Mississippi and around the country who will share ideas relevant to the city, the state and the world. More than 20 speakers will focus on ideas surrounding education, health and/or the creative economy. This inaugural event includes the first-ever full length TEDx talk from Mississippi native, Kermit the Frog from the Muppets.
Additionally, editorial cartoonist, author and radio host Marshall Ramsey will serve as the emcee for the event.
TED is an acronym for Technology, Entertainment, Design, three broad subject areas that collectively shape the future. TED is an annual event held since 1984 where some of the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. Speakers at TED events have included past presidents and dignitaries and famous CEOs, inventors, musicians and scientists.
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Wildlife movement solutions
What are Wildlife Movement Solutions?
Wildlife Movement Solutions (WMS) are wildlife crossing infrastructure. They are installed where roads meet biodiversity corridors. WMS provide native wildlife with a safer transport path between the City’s green space. They also help to improve safety for motorists by reducing the likelihood of a vehicle collision with an animal.
Some examples of this infrastructure include:
- fauna exclusion fencing
- culvert underpasses
- land-bridge overpasses
- rope bridges
- virtual fences
Signs are also a form of WMS. Wildlife warning signs may inform the driver to slow down and travel at the speed limit. They may also raise driver awareness to the presence of wildlife in an area.
Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Hot Spots
To make sure we can deliver WMS at critical locations across the city, a ‘hot spots’ map has been developed. The map identifies areas across the city for focused on-ground action. The hot spots have been identified by analysing and mapping a range of data including:
- road attributes, like road width, corners etc.
- speed limits
- connections to biodiversity corridors
- proximity to wildlife habitat
- species distribution records
- existing road kill data.
The map gives priority to key species affected by vehicle strikes. These include the koala, eastern grey kangaroo and red-necked wallaby. The mapping is reviewed and updated as more data becomes available. You can download the Priority species wildlife - vehicle collision hot spots map (PDF 417).
The following roads are identified as hotspots on the map:
- Springwood Road, Rochedale South (Locally controlled road)
- Exilis Street, Springwood (Locally controlled road)
- Loganlea Road, Meadowbrook (Locally controlled road)
- California Creek Road, Cornubia (Locally controlled road)
- Mount Cotton Road, Cornubia (State controlled road)
- Beenleigh- Redland Bay Road (State controlled road)
- Mount Lindsay Highway Service Road (ML5), Boronia Heights
- Crest Road, Greenbank (Locally controlled road)
- Park Ridge Road, Park Ridge (Locally controlled road)
- Chambers Flat Road, Logan Reserve (Locally controlled road)
- Gardiner Road, Holmview (Locally controlled road)
- Goodna Road, Greenbank (Locally controlled road)
- New Beith Road, Greenbank (Locally controlled road)
- Middle Road, Greenbank (Locally controlled road)
- Rosia Road, Park Ridge (Locally controlled road)
- Crowson Lane, North Maclean (Locally controlled road)
- Waterford Tamborine Road, Logan Village (State controlled road)
- Camp Cable Road, Jimboomba (State controlled road)
- Cusack Lane, Glen Logan (Locally controlled road)
- Kurrajong Road, Jimboomba (Locally controlled road)
- Mundoolun Road, Jimboomba (Locally controlled road).
What is Council doing?
The delivery and improvement of WMS is part of our commitment to a green city. Several trials are underway to facilitate the use of new types of WMS infrastructure.
Wildlife awareness vehicle activated sign
These are solar-powered radar signs. They display the drivers speed and customised wildlife warning image or message as the driver approaches the sign. The signs are rotated to reduce driver fatigue. A trial of this infrastructure will occur between January and December 2022.
Wildlife virtual fence
Roadside devices that face away from the road. The devices are activated by approaching headlights. They emit a sound and light stimulus that alert animals as a car approaches along the road, forming a virtual fence. Locations of virtual fences: Park Ridge Road and Rosia Road in Park Ridge and Cusack Lane and Henderson Road in Glenlogan.
Wildlife movement awareness campaign
Spring is breeding season for many wild animals. This campaign aims to raise driver awareness of increased wildlife movement during spring. Actions include roadside banners and other temporary signage, radio advertisements, social media posts, media releases and workshops / events. Actions are delivered city wide.
Koala breeding season banners
Koala breeding season is between July to January. These roadside banners alert drivers to “slow down, look out”. They are installed at key locations across the city. The banners are installed at locations for a short period of time and then moved to new locations to increase coverage and reduce message fatigue.
The delivery of suitable on-ground WMS is part of the planning and designing of all local new roads and road upgrades. The Department of Transport and Main Roads have developed Guidelines for WMS. To learn more about the guidelines please visit Fauna management (Department of Transport and Main Roads) (tmr.qld.gov.au). During the development assessment process opportunities for WMS are also investigated.
How You Can Help
You can help keep our wildlife safe by:
- slowing down in the signed areas and the identified hotspot areas mentioned above.
- being vigilant of wildlife on our roads, particularly at dusk and dawn. Be careful around corners, crests and in areas with roadside vegetation. If you see wildlife on the road at night slow down, sound your horn and dim your lights.
- reporting all wildlife sightings, including deceased animals, see Report wildlife sightings
- if you do hit an animal on our roads, immediately call RSPCA Ambulance on 1300 ANIMAL or Wildcare on 07 5527 2444. The sooner help is called, the greater chance of the animal surviving.
- tell your neighbours when you spot a koala in your street or suburb or have noticed a section of road where wildlife regularly cross, to help spread awareness in your community.
Make your backyard wildlife friendly
WMS aren’t only about helping wildlife move across roads. Wildlife also needs to be able to move through other areas of the city, including backyards. To find out more about how to make your yard wildlife safe see Wildlife safe backyards | <urn:uuid:c45e1243-ee7c-494c-a59a-327eedb50743> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.logan.qld.gov.au/wildlife-movement-solutions | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940273 | 1,273 | 2.453125 | 2 |
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AVAC, a rare trash-hauling system keeping garbage off the streets, has been broken for months. But you probably don’t know about it because RIOC’s crack Communications Team is asleep at the wheel.
By David Stone
If you live in a building on Roosevelt Island, you throw your trash out down chutes like in other high-rise apartments. But instead of the usual process — building staff processing the garbage, bagging it, and putting it on the street — the waste stays in an inlet until a sensor notes that the garbage has reached a certain level. The AVAC system automatically starts up, opens the valve, and sucks that garbage at 60 to 70 miles per hour through 20 inch underground tubes to the central facility. In total, the pneumatic waste system serves over 14,000 residents and more than two dozen buildings.INSIDE ROOSEVELT ISLAND’S FUTURISTIC PNEUMATIC TUBE TRASH SYSTEM, Untapped Cities
But AVAC’s a broken trash system…
Aside from the repeated, preposterous error — “14,000 residents” — that’s a pretty good, concise description. Until it isn’t.
Because at least nine of those two dozen buildings are without AVAC service and have been for months.
Once it shut down media access to all its employees, RIOC’s alleged Communications Team adopted a practice of redirecting infrastructure inquiries to their webpage. But a search there reveals not a single word about the broken trash system.
A nauseating stench filling Southtown hallways first alerted residences, earlier in the spring. AVAC rooms often smell bad because RIOC does not rinse out its piping system. Months of rotting residue builds up in the tubes.
But this was different. It was worse, and residents were soon sickened.
The cause, they found, was that the AVAC system was shut down from at least Rivercross south. In the absence of any notices from RIOC’s alleged Communications Team, though, they’d been tossing fresh trash into the chutes, anyway.
The stink was unbearable.
Building managers, then, got things under control, sealing off the chutes and leaving those big black bags hanging from the handles.
A broken trash system meets a super secret public agency
As reported numerous times before, RIOC pledged to restrict its public outreach to “branding” and “marketing,” bizarre though that is. When the AVAC’s down, it doesn’t fit into either category, and residents are seen primarily as nuisances on the way to bloated salaries for unqualified bureaucrats.
Because of RIOC’s press censorship, we don’t know why the “futuristic” trash system is broken.
But we talked with one building manager who recalled RIOC describing a large blockage. The bad news: That blockage has lasted for months with no signs of a fix.
They also, he said, told him that the whole system was down, clearly a falsehood.
So, for as long as we know, at least for Rivercross and Southtown, the futuristic trash system stays stuck in the mid 20th Century.
None of this bodes well for Roosevelt Island as the prolonged shutdown signals RIOC unable to secure a fix.
How long will this blockage last? Who knows?
But a greater concern is the next one. Where will it be? And how many will be affected?
RIOC exhibits no sign that it has any clue about managing an aging trash system, choosing silence over public concerns.
More from the Roosevelt Island Daily
- Management Fail: Hot Dog Wars Force Summer DramaHot dog wars broiled all summer in the Roosevelt Island Tram Plaza, thanks to poor judgment and absenteeism in RIOC’s management ranks. Because the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation is deeply bunkered, blocking public engagement, knowing who the genius was who decided to jam a hot dog cart into an area reduced by construction isn’t possible.
- Plan Ahead: No F Train Service Into Manhattan This WeekendStarting tonight – Friday, August 12th – F Train Service into Manhattan from Roosevelt Island ends for the weekend. F Trains will be rerouted along the E Line, starting at 9:45 p.m., until 5:00 a.m. on Monday. This presents some problems, but here are a few easy enough work arounds. by David Stone The Roosevelt
- Ivory Needs a Loving Home. Here’s Her Story. By Lylia Saurel Special to The Roosevelt Island Daily News A report from Shelter Animal Count shows that shelters have observed an overall increase in population nationwide by 9.5% over the first quarter of 2022, compared to the same period last year. The report also shows that gross intake, which represents the population of animals
- FDR Four Freedoms State Park, Cool Green Oasis in a Hot CityThe long, hot days of summer can be a brutal experience in the city. The concrete and asphalt reflect the heat back up at you, and the dry air seems to suck all the moisture out of your skin. But just across the river, there’s a cool green oasis waiting for you. by David Stone
- THE GREAT MIGRATION FAILED TO BRIDGE THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE. WHAT’S NEXT?Real and lasting economic opportunities for Black families will come only through a serious national reckoning on race. By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Briana Shelton | August 3, 2022 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News During the early 1900s through 1970, millions of African Americans migrated from the deeply segregated agricultural South to the industrial, less segregated Midwest | <urn:uuid:824c2975-3a07-4e6e-a124-29087b7090d5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rooseveltislanddaily.news/2021/08/10/avac-a-groundbreaking-innovative-trash-system-is-also-broken/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.928226 | 1,213 | 1.710938 | 2 |
As we begin to deep dive into the world of ozone therapy we have created a series of videos that look at the components and protocols involved in a home ozone therapy system. This is to help you become more familiar with the equipment and technical aspects so you can make informed decisions on what you will need to setup and successfully perform ozone therapy in the comfort of your own home.
This video gives a description on what an oxygen concentrator does and how it is used as part of the home ozone therapy kit. Detailed instructions are given on how to set up an oxygen concentrator for generating high purity ozone to meet you home ozone therapy needs.
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Please note, this video is not intended as personal medical advice. For all medical issues, please consult your health professional. Ozone therapy does have a firm scientific basis, in fact there are over 11 000 scientific articles related to ozone therapy on the Pub Med data base in the USA.
In this video, I will show you how to set up a Natural Ozone Oxy-96 oxygen concentrator for use as an oxygen input for ozone therapy.
Why use an oxygen concentrator?
To conduct safe and effective home ozone therapy, we need an input of pure oxygen. There are three different ways you can achieve that. For more information, check out our video “Ozone Therapy Made Easy. What Oxygen Should I Use? 3 Methods, 1 Outcome ”
The air that we normally breathe is comprised of a mixture of gasses including around 21% oxygen. An oxygen concentrator is a device which uses a molecular sieve to separate out the oxygen and deliver it at a particular concentration, depending on the setting you choose.
Please note that most oxygen concentrators on the market only produce an output of maximum 90%, which is not recommended for home ozone therapy. That’s why we highly recommend the Oxy-96 which has a high purity output of at least 95% (plus or minus 3%)
Because ozone therapy requires very low flow oxygen input, we need to use a low flow meter in addition to the oxygen concentrator. This device comes free of charge when you buy a Natural Ozone home ozone therapy bundle with oxygen concentrator.
Using an oxygen concentrator for breathing oxygen
The Oxy-96 comes with all the accessories you need to do oxygen therapy, which is a great back-up in case you should need it some time, for example if somebody in the family is suffering from Covid and you can’t get to a hospital.
However, these are not needed when conducting ozone therapy, so put them away in a safe place. You do need the power chord which plugs in at the back like this.
Using an oxygen concentrator for ozone therapy
One important thing to note, when conducting oxygen therapy, we fill the humidifier with water. However, for ozone therapy we do not want water entering the ozone generator. So do not fill the reservoir with water when using the Oxy-96 for this purpose.
The low flow meter comes with two tubes, each has a luer lock connector on one end. Take the first tube and screw it firmly into the nozzle marked O2 in. Take the other end of the same tube and connect it to the nozzle marked O2 out on the Oxy-96.
Now take the second tube and connect it to the nozzle marked O2 out on the low flow meter. This will be your input tube for the medical ozone generator. This connects into the fitting on the back of the medical ozone generator marked O2 in.
Now we can switch on the oxygen concentrator by pressing the ON switch like so. You should hear a beep then the machine will make a purring sound.
Next, turn the white knob on the oxygen concentrator anticlockwise until it is all the way open
Now go to the low flow meter and look at the glass tube indicator. You will see that, like the one on the oxygen concentrator there is a silver ball. This indicates the flow rate. Again, turn this knob anticlockwise and the ball should rise up in the tube.
Sometimes, the first time you first turn it on, the knob needs a little extra pressure to get it to turn.
Now as you turn the dial clockwise and anticlockwise, you can see that the ball is rising and falling in the tube. Use the numbers on the glass tube to set the flow rate.
You should allow the oxygen concentrator to run for a few minutes before commencing ozone therapy to ensure that it has reached the correct level.
Which flow rate you require will depend on which protocol you are performing. The Natural Ozone home therapy bundles come complete with this easy-to-follow protocol guide which gives a huge amount of information we have compiled from the latest research.
This is for general information only and not intended as personal medical advice. Please consult your chosen health practitioner for further instruction
You are now ready to start your first home ozone therapy protocol. We have created a library of home ozone therapy videos to assist with your journey to better wellness. Please note that when we refer to the flow rate in further instructions, that we will be talking about the indicator on the low flow meter only.
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Millions of honey bees are heading to New Jersey
As the weather warms up, the Jersey growing season is getting underway, which means millions of honey bees will soon be buzzing around the Garden State, playing a crucial role in our food chain.
New Jersey state apiarist Meghan McConnell said many fruit and vegetable crops, including blueberries and cranberries, get a much-needed boost from thousands of bee colonies that are brought to the state starting this month.
“We definitely rely on honey bees to pollinate those crops, and even other foods that we enjoy, such as ice cream,” she said. “Bees are going to pollinate alfalfa, which is fed to cows, which eventually produces milk and then ice cream, which we all love and enjoy in the summer.”
“One out of every three bites of food that we eat is directly pollinated by a honey bee," she added.
Bee colonies are trucked in from Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Each colony may contain between 20,000 and 60,000 bees.
New Jersey has as many as 4,000 beekeepers who help pollinate smaller farms and backyard gardens.
To become an amateur beekeeper you can take a class with the state Beekeepers Association. With about a quarter of an acre of land, you could have between 50,000 and 150,000 bees living next to your house.
Honey bees are not aggressive.
“Neighbors definitely shouldn’t be concerned,” she said. “You can show them the New Jersey best management practices and everything you need to do. And sharing a jar of honey with them doesn’t hurt at all.”
She recommends reaching out to the New Jersey Beekeepers Association for information about how to get started.
She pointed out for the past 15 years, bees have faced threats from viruses and as many as 40% of honey bee colonies perish every winter. Their No. 1 enemy is a parasite called the verroa mite.
McConnell said treatments have been developed that kill the verroa mite but not the bees and different management plans can be used to stop the parasite from destroying bee colonies.
She said people who are not beekeepers can also help the insects.
“They can plant flowers, trees or shrubs that bloom in early spring. Also something that will bloom in late summer: This is when there’s the least amount of resources available for bees and they need food," she said.
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Don't Make Excuses Make Results
Literally, an excuse is nothing more than an attempt made to lessen the blame for a fault. But making excuses is toxic to us as well as to the people whom we care about. If you are making excuses not only you are failing to admit your faults, but you’re creating more faults by creating excuses for them.
Excuses sound best to the person who is making them up and they resemble a sense of irresponsible attitude towards the work you are given the main ideology of this video is to stop making excuses and start making results, nobody is gonna hand you anything you have to earn by working hard.
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For teens and young adults, getting access to mental health care can be nearly impossible. Costs are exorbitant and insurance companies are reluctant to pay for it, and few professionals in the shrinking field of child psychiatry are able to take on new patients.
Santa Clara County is looking to change that starting this year, launching two clinics — one in Midtown Palo Alto and the other in San Jose — with an ambitious approach that's never been tried in the U.S. Each is a one-stop shop where anyone aged 12 to 25 can walk in, find out what they need and get help. No prior diagnosis or referral is required, and neither a lack of insurance nor ability to pay is a barrier.
The network of clinics, called allcove, has been in the works for nearly a decade and finally opened last week, each staffed by a broad team of clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses. Anyone who walks in will have access to mental health support, primary care, substance-use addiction services and peer support.
Those with more pressing needs that can't be addressed at allcove, like housing, intensive treatment and care for early psychosis, will be directly referred for help elsewhere.
Inside Palo Alto's center, at 2741 Middlefield Road, it's hard to tell allcove is a mental health clinic at all. Brightly colored furniture and large open spaces greet those who arrive, with more art slated to fill the reception area in the coming months. More than a dozen youth who make up the center's Youth Advisory Group made nearly all of the major design choices, pushing for an approach that's inviting to all.
So deeply involved were members of the advisory group that every hire — from clinical staff to the receptionist — were all vetted by youth, said Ana Lilia Soto, youth development manager for allcove. Doing so ensured that those who work at the clinic would be compatible with the teenagers and young adults coming in to seek help, she said.
"We have this thought of infantilizing youth instead of looking at their complexities, so we want to make sure that youth voices were expressed in the hiring," Soto said.
Though less flashy and filled with cubicles, the staff room inside allcove is a special place at the clinic and something that's hard to come by anywhere else, Soto said. It's rare to have a group of medical and mental health professionals all working in the same room together and able to freely communicate about the mutual patients they're serving, she said.
Stanford psychiatrist Steven Adelsheim, who spearheaded the effort to create allcove, said the "integrated care" model is important and should include things like physical health as well. Oftentimes medical ailments can be the reason for young people to walk through the door, but the physical symptoms indicate an underlying mental health condition that can be rooted out early.
"Lots of times a young person would come in with their headache or their stomachache and by the second or third visit you get to the underlying mental health issue," Adelsheim said. "Then you can do the warm handoff to the counselor next door and help make those connections."
The success of allcove will hinge on teens and young adults showing up at the door when they need help, so the Youth Advisory Group is trying to spread the word as much as possible. Jeremy Peng, a Palo Alto High School student and member of the group for the last year, said they recently spoke at Gunn High School to let them know allcove is available to them and encouraging them to visit after school in the fall.
The hopes, they said, are to attract people before they're in a state of crisis and for allcove to spring to mind as a place to go for youth dealing with problems in their lives. So far, he's found that sincere enthusiasm is the best way to lure his peers.
"That's the most important marketing to youth: You have to be passionate yourself to let people know that it is a community resource," Peng said.
County health officials have been pushing to create what would become allcove since 2016, responding to an alarming local mental health crisis. Suicide has long been the second leading cause of death among young people, and for more than a decade Palo Alto had the highest suicide rate among young people in Santa Clara County, including two suicide clusters. The worries prompted an epidemiological study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2017, which looked into the root causes.
Among the findings, the CDC found many young people in Palo Alto who died by suicide had "severe" mental health problems including schizophrenia, psychosis and chronic and severe depression. Circumstances leading up to their deaths included a recent crisis, an ongoing mental health problem, a history of treatment for mental illness or a history of suicidal thoughts or ideation.
Federal data shows that half of all cases of mental illness begin by age 14 and that an estimated 20% of teens ages 13 to 18 are living with a mental health condition. The vast majority do not receive treatment for years, if ever, and the average delay between symptoms and intervention is eight to 10 years.
County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who strongly supported the effort to create allcove, said the common thread is that teens are not reaching services early on before their condition becomes a crisis. He said the new approach — in which youth can simply walk in and get care with no preconditions — is exactly what's needed for those who need help.
"If you can find a way to literally just let a teenager or young adult walk in the door and assure them they are in the right place, whatever brought them there, that's a gift," Simitian said.
Allcove mirrors a similar network of mental health clinics launched in Australia in 2006 called headspace, which was the basis for spinoff programs like the Foundry Program in British Columbia and Jigsaw in Ireland. But getting it to work in the U.S., with its myriad complexities related to costs, medical billing and the private insurance market, made it difficult to emulate locally.
County health officials, partnering with Stanford's Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, pitched the idea to the state in 2018, receiving the greenlight to spend $15 million in state funding on the project.
The funding comes from California's Mental Health Services Act, which provides millions of dollars to counties each year to bolster existing services and dabble in new ideas. Since the law's passing in 2004, Santa Clara County has largely failed to spend down the money and came narrowly close to losing the funds. The allcove program is a major milestone in finally spending that money.
The original plan described a "ramp up" period ending in June 2018, suggesting there was a significant delay in opening allcove. Among the reasons, according to Simitian, was the difficulty pulling together all of the partners and resources for a clinic that can provide everything from physical and mental health care to education and employment services. The pandemic also pushed back the start date, but that could be a good thing, he said.
"The fact that allcove is coming online as we're through the worst of the pandemic is fortuitous timing," Simitian said. "The emotional and mental health of a lot of young people have really taken a beating."
From the outset, state health officials from the Mental Health Oversight and Accountability Commission are closely watching how well allcove works. If it is a breakthrough model that can overcome the many hurdles preventing youth from accessing mental health care, the two allcove clinics could very well be the beginning of a new nationwide approach.
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Joseph Goldstein takes a closer look at what mindfulness is (and isn’t), giving us tools for going from recognition to mindfulness and exploring what we can learn from being mindful.
This Joseph Goldstein dharma talk was originally published on Dharma Seed
What Mindfulness Is (And Isn’t)
Joseph dives right into what mindfulness is (and isn’t). He talks about how mindfulness is more than living in the present moment, that we need the observing power of the mind. Even then, we often observe our experiences through different filters, such as desire or aversion. Joseph explores the difference between recognition and mindfulness.
“This observing power of mindfulness – when we know that we’re knowing what’s there – this opens up some really interesting possibilities of investigation.” – Joseph Goldstein
Tools for Going from Recognition to Mindfulness (21:15)
Joseph talks about how a sense of struggle is like a mindfulness bell waking us up. He gives us some tools for going from recognition to mindfulness, from a place of reactivity to a place of simple awareness, including a method of mental noting. As this non-interfering, non-judgmental awareness becomes steadier in us, we begin to experience the liberating power of mindfulness.
“When we’re struggling, when we have that feeling of struggle, it’s telling us something. It’s telling us that something is happening, something is going on, that we’re not accepting. Because if we were accepting it, we wouldn’t be struggling. So struggle is always just this immediate feedback to us that we’ve slipped out of that place of mindfulness, which is simply open to what’s there, without greed, without aversion, without delusion.” – Joseph Goldstein
Gil Fronsdal dig deeper into the concept of liberation in BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 44
What Can We Learn from Being Mindful? (39:10)
As we begin to harness this very special kind of observing power that is mindfulness, what can we learn from it? Joseph explores how we learn things like our actions have consequences, and that mindfulness is needed to break away from our old habit patterns. He talks about how, ultimately, mindfulness can help us be in the flow of experience without obstructing it.
“Every time we get caught up in anger, we’re strengthening anger. Every time we get caught up in greed, we’re strengthening greed. Every time we are filled with love or kindness or compassion, we’re strengthening those qualities. It’s all part of a stream.” – Joseph Goldstein | <urn:uuid:82a1fdd7-4689-4cc1-a930-f57e50a88607> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://beherenownetwork.com/joseph-goldstein-insight-hour-ep-113-what-mindfulness-is-and-isnt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.922588 | 552 | 1.710938 | 2 |
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"I am a teacher, I work with children in grades I-III and spend several hours a day with these children ... and many times I want to howl ... It will be long because the topic is difficult ... but very important! The theme is LONELY. The loneliness of your children ...
I understand that everyone needs money to live, we have to eat something, pay bills ... of course. I understand that many people just like their job, fulfill themselves in the profession ... great! But as I see a child who is wearing company clothes, the latest smartphone and can talk for hours about new games for the console ... and can not read fluently at the age of 9 years. Parents still at work. I want to howl.
When I talk to children about how they spent their free time on the weekend and I hear that from the whole group two talk about a walk with family, playing with parents and the rest about games, television, friends ... I want to howl.
There are many such situations.
Christmas is coming. Please, think about whether your child needs another game, a new console, a controlled car, blocks for PLN 500 ... or maybe it is worth spending time with him ... Sit on the carpet and make puzzles, go for a walk, talk over hot tea, about what's happening at school ...
We have a plague of lonely children. These children usually have families, smiling parents, often siblings and are terribly lonely ...
I work alone, I have a small child. I returned to work when I was 10 months old because I had to. My child also sometimes sits in kindergarten until 17, ... but then I sit with her on the carpet and spend every spare moment ... At home, I do most things when my daughter goes to bed ... but I think it should be like that.
Children need you, your love and your interest. Only then can they grow up to be happy and good people ... Don't let your children be lonely. Please.
Problem escaping into the virtual world is universal. Not only for children and teenagers, but also for adults. People talk about louder and louder addiction to electronics, at meetings in kindergartens, there are talks about wise use of tablets. Busy parents have limited opportunities to spend time with children. Magda comments on the case as follows:
"I have such neighbors from the next block, at 6.30 they take the children to kindergarten, they have two daughters, they return at 19-20. And they put the children to sleep. On weekends, grandma arrives and on Saturday morning takes the children, brings them on Sunday, also around 20. Because the parents are additionally educated. They have two great cars, children dressed really cute, what toys, what furnishings in the apartment, but for what? These children practically do not spend time with their parents ... "
Martyna, in turn:
"My mother is a teacher, so I'm on the subject. Most parents think that parenting begins with buying and ends up defending the child even when the child is at fault, while there are teachers who bring up, teach and spend time. "
You admit that these are quite extreme examples. I guess it's rare though ...?
The vast majority of us do everything to spend as much time as possible with children. However, life writes different scenarios and usually what we would like to give children is often far from what we can give them. Time is a scarce commodity in today's world.
It seems that the problem may be There is even a lack of willingness of parents to spend time with children, but no possibility, because already several-year-olds are burdened with duties beyond their strength. The world is pushing them into some narrow frames from which it is difficult to free themselves.
Robert has his appeal:
"After a few hours of classes at school, children usually spend two more hours in the after-school club or after-school activities. Later, they do their homework for the next two hours. There is not enough time for family life and own interests. Teach our children at school, and we parents will have family relationships at home. "
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The St. Andrew Vireo (Vireo caribaeus) is a critically endangered endemic species. Studies for this species have been developed in recent years, focused on assessing the population status and learn some ecological aspects, but there was a need to fill information gaps in their reproductive biology in order to cover all aspects that can generate guidelines for adequate protection to ensure the survival of the species in the long term on the island of San Andres, an ecosystem which is as vulnerable as the island territory.
Through banding of the species on the island of San Andrés data has been obtained like this species is restricted to an extremely small range and endemic to an island where it is susceptible to stochastic events and could be rapidly affected. However it has been found to be one of the most common species on the island, tolerant of habitat degradation and apparently there is no evidence of a significant population decline.
It feeds mainly on caterpillars and small arthropods. The preferred nesting habitat is sparse forest, because of the diversity of plants and animals found there and which represent important food source especially for juveniles.
It is found in almost all habitats on the island, sparse forest, dense forest, wetlands, mangroves and coastal vegetation. Less common in pastures.
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Here is a quick primer for self-publishers on the different book identification numbers and barcodes that self-publishers need to know about. Each one is used throughout the world as a way to identify a specific book.
What is an ASIN?
ASIN is an abbreviation for Amazon Standard Identification Numbers. The ASIN is a unique block of 10 letters and numbers that identify a specific item. For books and pamphlets, the ASIN is the same as the ISBN-10 number. A publisher doesn’t need to be concerned with the ASIN.
What is an EAN (Bookland EAN)?
EAN is an abbreviation for European Article Number, now called International Article Number. The EAN is a barcode and a 13-digit product identification number. Each EAN uniquely identifies the book, the manufacturer, and the book’s attributes. Typically, the EAN is printed on the book’s back cover as a bar code and number.
Bookland is a fictitious country created in order to reserve a unique country code prefix for EAN identifiers of published books – currently, the code is 978. The price barcode is an EAN-5. It’s placed next to the EAN-13 on the back-cover of a book.
What is a GTIN?
GTIN is an abbreviation for Global Trade Item Number. The GTIN is a unique and universal identification number used to find product information across databases. GTINs include EANs, ISBNs, UPCs, and JANs (Japanese Article Numbers). The US-ISBN Agency requires publishers to be able to communicate ISBNs as GTIN-13s. Currently, a publisher does not need to be concerned with the GTIN.
What is an ISBN?
ISBN is an abbreviation for International Standard Book Number. The ISBN is a unique book identification number. Each ISBN identifies a specific book. ISBN has either 10 or 13 digits. When you purchase an ISBN, it will be given to you in 10-digit format and 13-digit format.
Typically, both ISBNs are printed on the back cover of the book. R.R. Bowker, LLC, is the official US-ISBN agency. Each version, edition, and binding of a book (ebook, paperback, hardcover, first edition, second, etc.) must have its own ISBN.
As a self-publisher, you must include the ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 on your copyright page. In addition, you must place the Bookland EAN barcode and number along with both ISBNs on the back cover. The ISBN-13 is the only identification number you need to purchase. The Bookland EAN-13 and EAN-5 barcodes can be created as one image, on the internet, for free.
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It is always possible to access any output of any sink in Odysseus (same or other instance) with Reading Query Results via REST/Websocket. Because the URL changes everytime when the serving query changes, this operator allows to login to the (other) Odysseus instance and retrieve the necessary values to access the outputs via websockets.
The following parameters are available:
- url: The URL of the Odysseus server that contains the query
- username/password: The login credentials
- query: The name or the id of ther query where the output should be retrieved
- operator: The name of the operator in the given query where the results should be retrieved. This parameter is optional. When not given, the first found root is used.
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Sun Unveils Portable Data Center
Server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has a novel twist on the data center: a portable version of the hulking outposts that house nothing but computers and equipment needed to store and process raw data.
The concept project dubbed Project Blackbox is a "data center in a box" with all the necessary servers, storage and networking equipment packed into a cushioned and cooled 20-foot-long cargo shipping container. Sun was unveiling the system Tuesday.
Only two prototypes have been produced so far, but the company hopes to begin full-scale production by next summer. The price hasn't been determined.
The idea eliminates several major hurdles facing data center customers: finding an appropriate site, arranging the servers and cooling mechanisms in the most efficient manner, and waiting for construction to be complete.
The company is touting energy efficiency as a crucial benefit of the confined space, as its patented cooling features can more accurately target hot spots than in giant warehouses. The box can hold hundreds of servers and save thousands of dollars per year in energy costs, the company said.
"This is a totally different solution to what to date has been an intractable problem," Sun Chief Executive Jonathan Schwartz said in an interview. "There's a little bit of packaging bravado that goes into this, but it proves it's not just about commodity computing."
Sun envisions key customers will include rapidly expanding Internet companies that can't wait several years to build traditional brick-and-mortar data centers, and military and humanitarian concerns that need immediate computing capability in remote regions. Small to mid-size companies that only need to expand incrementally could also be lucrative targets.
The development team sought to narrow the "mismatch" between the time it takes to build a custom technical room and the time it takes to buy the computer components, said David Douglas, Sun's vice president of advanced technology and the lead architect of the Blackbox project.
"Take a company like YouTube," Douglas said of the 2-year-old, rapidly growing video-sharing site, which Google Inc. agreed to buy last week for $1.65 billion. "It would take longer to build a new data center than the company's even existed. This lets you grow gracefully instead of making very, very large bets on how much data storage and computing you'll need down the road."
Analysts briefed on the project said it has enormous marketing potential and marks another creative research-and-development milestone critical to the company's slow but steady turnaround after its gutting in the dot-com collapse.
The company's annual revenue has declined in four of the past five years, and it has amassed net losses of more than $5 billion since 2002.
However, revenues have been climbing, and analysts are expecting double-digit year-over-year revenue growth when Sun reports first-quarter results on Oct. 26. The company has forecast it will turn a profit within the fiscal year.
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Most Touristic Cities in Europe
Choosing a destination for tourism in European countries is a very difficult task. There are continents in Europe from England to Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, and dozens or perhaps even hundreds of spectacular cities in these countries. Cities that are known for their high climate and high diversity.
From many monuments such as the types of museums, churches, castles, palaces and ruins left by the empires past to restaurants, nightlife, architecture, beaches, nature, forests, parks, and so on, of the factors They make it difficult to choose a city from this whole city. In this article, we intend to make this decision easier by looking at the top European tourist cities and explaining some of their characteristics.
In the following article, we will look at the top 20 European countries in the same parameters so that you can easily compare them and make the best choice.
Based on the statistics, Paris is the best place to visit in Europe, and is ranked first in Europe's best tourist destination. The city is very much appreciated for its museums, monuments, and churches. In Paris, you can use all your moments in this city, and if you've been to the city for holidays, use it all the time.
You can go round and see the striking monuments of the Eiffel Tower or the Notre-Dame Cathedral and many other works of this city, or go to cafes and sidewalk restaurants during the day or even at night, and Enjoy your travel time by drinking amazing wines or eating great dishes.
Why go to Paris
Paris is famous for the City of Light, and millions go to France every year to visit this city. Divine food and artistic collections of Paris are truly worthy of praise. From the beautiful Seine River, it passes slowly through its path along many historical monuments and prominent museums, churches for centuries, and many architectural blocks with special Rocco and Neoclassical designs.
Throughout this path, the cascading trees and glowing street lights help to make these landscapes better. It's never too late or too bad for a walk in the beautiful city of Paris. In the morning, noon, evening, night, or even midnight, you can walk along the Sin River walks through superb bridges and spectacular parks, even to go to the market, cafes or cinema, Walk on one of these tracks.
Paris is "many splendor", as Ernest Hemingway describes his memories as " A Moveable Feast " for a variety of museums, fashion, cuisines and all-round spaces.
In Paris, you can visit the popular Muse d'Orsay, shop at the largest design centers in the Champs Élysées, or go to the best boutiques in Le Marais, see the full view of the city from the top of the Eiffel Tower, or Even plan to visit the Versailles Palace during your visit. Make every program you like, but do not forget to visit the amazing arrondissements, because you will experience a special, unforgettable pleasure, while not overlooking snacking on street crepe.
The rankings presented in this article are based on analyzes conducted by experts and also based on the views of tourists and travelers.
The city of Paris has the following ratings in the defined indexes:
- The first place of tourism and value of visiting in European cities
- The first place for a one-day trip from London
- First Place in France's Best Tourism City
- The first place is the best tourist area in June
- First place for the best summer vacation destination
- First Place is the World's Most Famous Place
- Second place in the best destination of winter holidays in Europe
- Third place is the best destination for wedding destination in Europe
- The sixth place is the best place for family Vacations in Europe
- Sixth place is the best honeymoon destination in Europe
- Eighth place is the best honey destination in the world
Best place to visit in Paris
There are many activities and Things to do in Paris that can be done, but without a doubt, there are three of the best places to visit when visiting Paris:
- Visiting the HolyNotre-Dame Cathedral
- Visit the Louvre Museum
- Go to the Eiffel Tower tour and watch this tower closely
Best residential centers in Paris
In addition, the city of Paris, due to the fact that the first tourist destination of many European tourists and many other tourists around the world, has numerous hotels and residential centers. But among the top three hotels in Paris are:
- Hotel Ritz Paris
- Hotel La Réserve Paris
- Plaza Athénée Hotel
The best time to travel to Paris
Paris can be visited at any time, but it is generally said that the best time to travel to Paris is between June to August and between September to October. In summer, the weather conditions are ups and low. The weather is wonderful between June and August in Paris. The average air temperature in these months is at the highest of 70s and its sunny days are long.
Although it is very busy in the summer of Paris, prices are also rising to suit this bush. To pay less, and, of course, having lower-quality travelers than the summer, you can count on a trip to Paris in the fall. Of course, in the fall season, because of the blossom of trees in the city, the city is pretty famous, although sometimes the weather is not very desirable. If your intention to travel to Paris is to take full advantage of all the tourist attractions in the city of Paris, a winter trip can ruin your entire dream and eliminate your expenses.
Although in the winter, many travel to the city to use some of Paris's tourist attractions. Keep in mind that every year more than 30 million passengers arrive in Paris and visit this beautiful city. That's why it does not matter when you travel to Paris because the city is always ready to welcome you, and the infrastructure of this city's tourism is such that even in the winter, travelers will enjoy the journey itself.
When you travel to Paris, remember the following points:
- The people of France and Paris are proud of their mother tongue, and in general, people who speak French or try to pronounce sentences in this language are praised by the people of Paris. Bonjour in French means "hello" and "au revoir" also means "protecting God". "s'il vous plaît" meaning please and "merci" means thank you very much.
- When you go to a cafe in Paris, you should order coffee and sit quietly at the corner of the cafe and stay there for some time. Drinking coffee in Paris is a leisurely affair. In Paris, for drinking a coffee It's not common to see Parisians touting cups of Starbucks. The best coffee in Paris with high caffeine is French espresso that is great for tiredness.
- If you use the public transport system in Paris, keep your ticket up to the last moment you take the vehicle. If you do not hold this bill, you may be fined for non-payment of the ticket.
How to Save Money in Paris?
- It is better to have breakfast in the boulangerie. Usually, eating breakfast in Paris restaurants is always much more expensive. But in boulangerie or even bakeries, simple and light-sandwiches breakfasts are sold at very reasonable prices, both faster and cheaper.
- Although it may be planning to go to Paris for certain months, keep in mind that in some months the tourist attractions in Paris are very expensive. But in some particular months, the cost of visiting the Louvre is halved. In addition to these, you can visit some of the Center Pompidou, Versailles, and even Musee Rodin parts for these months at a much more convenient and affordable price, and get special discounts to visit some of the tourist destinations.
- Keep in mind that the main tourist attractions in Paris range from miles to miles away and so all directions cannot be traversed by foot. But some tourist attractions are less than one mile or about a mile from each other, such as the Musée d'Orsay, the Louvre, Notre Dame, etc. If you choose a hotel in one of these places, you can save on your metro ticket and even save your visit time.
Culture & Customs
It is widely heard that the people of Paris are identical with the American people, often calling them unfriendly and rude. But it's safe to say that the claim is stereotyped.
Paris is the same as in all the cities of the world, which means that you may encounter a variety of people with friendly or unfriendly behaviors in different places. One of the best ways to fill a cultural gap is to learn a little French before traveling to France.
Many French people, especially in the areas of tourism and hotels, speak English well. In the French culture, the pleasantries are very evident. Just using a few words like "bonjour" means "hello" or "good day" or "bonsoir" means a good evening, and several words or phrases suggest that you are trying to be a person with a friendly behavior. Give This will make you a culture-savvy person and give you a lot of respect. Use "Merci" to say thank you so much in French, and please use "s'il vous plaot" as you please say. If you get stuck in it, it's enough to say "Pouvez-vous m'aider?" Tell the French what means Can you help me? Or if you know English with the phrase "Parlez-vous anglais?" Ask your audience if it knows English. Or you can say "Excusez-moi" if you do not understand something.
Usually when you are introduced to a French official in a formal position, it is enough to stick to a handshake only if he is a lesbian or gay person to whom this issue is fully apparent.
At a friendlier and friendly greeting, you can cheer on two species kisses. But with all these conditions, if you're not comfortable, you can only linger for your hands and this is not considered rude.
Culture & Customs
Paris is also known as the fashion city of the world, because there are many fashion companies in the city, and even some of the world's top fashion brands such as Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Lacroix have all succeeded in developing their brand in Paris and introduced to the world. Humorous people can easily fit themselves in the hearts of the people of Paris, but this does not mean that you have to wear a special outfit.
The Parisians are very handsome people, but they do not wear peculiar dresses too. In general, people in Paris often wear active suits, sweatshirts, sports clothes, running shoes, sometimes flip flops or sometimes some special clothes, but keep in mind that wearing short dresses that are common in the United States It is not common in Paris and usually people prefer to wear a stylish but simple dress.
For example, for a typical dress, a leather bag, of course, from famous brands and combining it with simple leather shoes of the same color, wearing jeans and a long robe among women is more common. Meanwhile, many Parisians are interested in wearing neon.
The French currency is the euro, but mostly people use credit cards to buy, and most institutions and stores accept credit cards. One thing to remember is the price fluctuation of the currency. The price of the euro, like the dollar, is constantly fluctuating, so you should check this issue before buying. Be sure to check the price of the currency before you give it a tip or buy somethings.
Some bakeries or small bistros only accept cash, so keep in mind that you have to carry some cash. Lunch and dinner time at restaurants, or shopping for drinks or snacks in bars, remember that in Paris, 10-15% of the cost of the service will be added to your dish. Taxi drivers in Paris also usually receive a 5-10% tipping fee.
The use of a toilet or a bath is also possible at a number of cafes and restaurants at a charge. But if there's nothing to be specified about the cost, it's best to pay 50 cents to the servants as a fee for using the bathroom or toilets.
What to Eat
Paris is a completely international city, meaning that you can find a variety of foods in the city, from many Asian cuisines to traditional French cuisine or from other parts of the world to a great extent found in the restaurants and cafes of the city. Parisians are the inventor of a variety of dishes, and therefore food in Paris très bien.
It is usually said that you can find the best restaurants and food in the 1er arrondissement (1st district) and in Marais, as well as around Champs-Elysées and the Eiffel Tower. In Montmartre and 2ème arrondissement also there are restaurants and cafes of high quality but at a lower price.
After you find your place to eat dinner, it is best to eat some French specialties such as soupe à l'oignon gratinée (French onion soup), croquet-monsieur (grilled cheese and ham sandwich smothered in more melted, supposed to try the steak frites (steak and french fries) and the coquilles St-Jacques (seasoned scallops topped with cheese and bread curmbs served in a shell).
French desserts are more suitable for those who love sweets and have a sweet tooth, including the most famous French desserts, macarons, chocolate croissants, puz d'amours (puffs d'amours) and large puff pastries filled with vanilla cream and drizzled with caramel sauce ) or crêpes (fixins' range from Nutella to bananas and berries).
For people who do not like to spend a lot of time eating, it is recommended to try the baguette sandwich traiteurs or a delicious crêperie instant crepe.
Try to drink each of the Parisian cafes you have not missed because the Parisian restaurants have a world-wide reputation but don’t missing chocolat chaud (hot chocolate) or a café crème (coffee with cream) in Paris.
The daily cereal snacks sold in stores are a good choice for snacks or quick meal, but these snacks are also recommended for lower costs. There are a lot of inexpensive brass foods and snacks in Paris, but splurge at Guy Savoy, Bistrot Paul Bert or Chez Andre are some of the most expensive and traditional cuisine in Paris.
Enjoy French cuisine with the famous Julia Child. Remember cooking in Paris and France as a whole art. Even the provision of other food and drink in Paris is considered as a valuable art.
Safety in Paris
Paris and, in general, France can be defined as a city or a safe country, though pickpockets and robberies, like in many other tourist cities, are found in busy areas of tourism, metro and other public transport, especially around monuments and There are many tourist attractions like the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum.
Especially tourists are advised to be very alert at the Gare du Nord train station. Pickpocketing is very common in Paris. Also, remember that thieves are usually watching passengers from the Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) and stealing from suitcases or other items at appropriate times. For this reason, it is advisable to be especially careful about your belongings and luggage.
Getting Around Paris
Public transport is very convenient in Paris, but the best way to get around Paris is by using the metro or on foot. In Paris, there are many walking paths and beauty for pedestrians, and many areas close to your location or hotel can be seen using these directions on foot. Although Paris is a very big city, it is the best choice for metro to visit the distant areas.
The RATP system, or Régie Autonome des Transports Parisians system, is the metro head of the Paris city, and along the metro system, it covers several bus routes, including both inland and outbound routes. There are two major airports in Paris, where air travelers usually use the two airports to travel to Paris. Paris's first and most important airport is Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), about 22 miles northeast of the city center and the second Paris Orly Airport (ORY), about 11 miles south of the city.
From the CDG Airport, you can take a bus or RER train to any of the locations in downtown Paris. From Paris airport there are shuttles that transfer passengers to the Terminal 2 RER station and the nearby Roissypole RER or hop on the RoissyBus. If you arrive late at the Paris airport, you can use the Noctilien Night Bus, which is open from midnight until 4.30am.
Travelers flying to ORY Airport can take the airport shuttle to the nearest RER station and from there go to any of the city center destinations. Of course, at both airports, you can also use airport taxis, which cost between € 30 and € 55 depending on the length of your destination. But it's not generally recommended to rent a car or drive in Paris.
Travelers from other European cities intending to travel to Paris can travel by take the train to Paris. SNCF rail and TGV high-speed trains across French cities. The city of Paris has six train stations, along with all these stations, both the metro station and the bus station, both of which can take you to the hotel or locality as quickly as possible.
Given the traffic congestion in Paris, using these public transport vehicles is always the best way to save you money and times. Travelers traveling to Paris from London can use the Channel Tunnel, the famous London underwater rail service via Eurostar from London.
Entry & Exit Requirements
For travelers planning to travel from the United States to Paris, they need a US passport, and even children must have a passport. Passports will be valid if they are valid at least three months after your travel history.
Remember, citizens of the United States and the European countries of the European Union and some other countries that have agreements with France do not need a visa for staying below 90 days in Paris or in any other city in France unless they want more than 90 Stay in France for a day.
It is recommended that you check the visa requirement or your country-specific passport from the French embassy or internationally recognized agencies before you plan your trip.
Without a doubt, if the subject of Europe's journey is around, Rome is one of those cities that cannot be easily overlooked. Rome not only has many tourist attractions, but the Italian scent of Italian cuisine through the streets and historic sites and tourist attractions of the city is quite intrusive.
Italy is full of spectacular cities, each of which is more magnificent and more beautiful, but with Rome, due to its long history and historic treasures such as Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica and the awe-inspiring Trevi Fountain is another thing.
Why should we travel to Rome?
Rome is famous for the city of Seven Hills, and from the beginning it has been the city of myths. The legend of two twin brothers named Romulus and Ramos, whose nurse was a wolf and whose father was a god of war, still whispers everywhere in Rome. Almost every passenger traveling to Rome thinks the city is a magical city, though many historians often reject these myths.
Whatever it is, having a great walking in the Vatican City, roaming the Colosseum or drinking an Italian coffee at one of the Piazza Navona's cafes, or even eating one of Rome's finest pasta cakes in trattoria, is one that cannot be Easy to pass.
Rome is a popular Italian capital that has followed many ups and downs in its well-known history and has gone through and experienced many times since the Octavian period, Julius Caesar, Hadrian, and so on. Historic structures of the Pantheon and the Roman Forum, along with dozens of other historic churches, are beside a variety of historical works in the city.
In the Vatican Museums, you can see the artistic admired artwork of the city's various historical periods. Italian foods do not just come across and should really be experienced. Alongside all of this history and historic structures, most Roman tourists consider the city of Rome as a combination of modern and advanced history life, with its huge and modern buildings, brilliantly designed streets, advanced hotels and restaurants, and many more projects under construction.
This ranking is based on expert opinions and based on the views of tourists. Accordingly, the city of Rome has been considering some of the parameters in comparison with other cities in the world and it has been considered in other cities of the world. You can see this rating below:
- Rome is at the forefront of the world's most affordable winter holidays
- Rome is the best city in the world for a day trip from Florence
- Rome is ranked first among the most prominent cities in Italy
- Rome is ranked first in Europe's best winter Vacations
- Rome is ranked second best in European tourist destinations for Honeymoon
- Rome is ranked second best Places to Visit in Europe
- Rome is ranked second best in European family vacations
- Rome ranked second best in the city as a winter Vacations
- Rome is ranked third among the best cities in the world for visiting and circulation
- Rome is ranked 12th as the city's Affordable holiday destination in Europe
- Rome is in the thirteenth place the best city for the honeymoon.
The best places to visit in Rome
Although Rome has a lot of tourist attractions and the choice between them is difficult, but generally you should not lose three tourist attractions:
- Visit the Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi)
- Close visit of St. Peter's Basilica (Basilica di San Pietro)
- And visit the Pantheon
Best Rome hotels
Among the many hotels and residences in Rome, where a wide range of places are found from ordinary hostels to luxury 5-star hotels, it can be seen as an example and based on the idea of tourists the following hotel is considered the best of these hotels.
- Hotel Eden
- K. Place Roma hotel
- Hassler Roma hotel
Best month to travel to Rome
According to many experts and tourists, the best time to visit and circulate in Rome from October to April. At this time, the population of tourists in the city is much lower, and because of this, room rates or tourist destinations are also offered with great discounts. Although in this season you need to have almost warm clothes, for example, having a warm coat is enough because in time, the air is rarely very cold.
Of course, for the avoidance of a large crowd of tourists and high prices, the seasons may be a good option between May and September. At this time, the average air temperature is between mid-70s and the lower 80s.
What You Need to Know
- Il Conto, Per favore If you need the bill at a restaurant, be persistent yet pleasant in asking. Life moves slower in Roma, so asking for your check once doesn't necessarily mean it's on the way.
- Ditch the diet This is Rome, home of fettuccine, ravioli, bruschetta, cappuccino … enough said.
- Speak Italiano When in Rome, do as the Romans do and at least try to speak a little Italian. Hello is ciao, please is per favore, and thank you is grazie.
What should you know about Rome?
- Il Conto, Per favore, The people of Rome have patience and do not rush. So if you're at a restaurant and ask for a bill, it does not necessarily mean that it's getting ready and it's best to ask your request again.
- Ditch the diet, As far as the diet in Italy is concerned, it's better to know that this country is home fettuccine, ravioli, bruschetta, cappuccino. If you are looking to enjoy these foods and beverages, forget about your diet in a short period of time.
- Speak Italiano, Italians are very grateful for people who are trying to speak Italian, even if they have a few words. Practice phrases like: Hello is ciao, please is per favore, and thank you is grazie.
Ways to save money in Rome
- Buy the Roma Pass: Individuals who make Italian passs can visit a variety of tourist sites and museums free of charge or receive discounts. Many exhibitions and places of interest can also be visited at a great discount, and for up to three days They can also benefit from free public transport in the city.
- Church hop, do not simply cross the Roman Catholic churches. Although these churches are mostly free to visit, each of these churches is a precious museum and valuable treasures to visit.
- Sunday Visit, The Vatican Museums open on the last Sunday of the month for free visits to the public. Of course, government museums like Musei Capitolini and the Colosseum are free on the first Sunday of the month.
Culture & Customs
Italians are a lot of happy and simple people, believe it or not, living like a resident is not very difficult and can easily be likened to an Italian, especially if you love color labels and design and stick them on your wardrobe. Italians love classy clothes and unique brushes. Men and women often wear jeans and shirts on the streets.
The Italian currency is the same as other EU countries is the euro. In all restaurants, hotels, tourist locations and even stores, credit cards are easy to accept, but try to always have a small amount of cash. In the meantime, it's best to always check your buying rates because the euro is always fluctuating.
The people of Rome speak Italian but some people, especially in tourist destinations or hotels, can usually speak English but, nevertheless, having Italian language knowledge will make the Italian people most praise you.
The food you should experience in Rome
Italian cuisine is always famous among all the people of the world, and especially the foods cooked in Rome are excellent. It has a variety of restaurants in its heart. From local restaurants to international restaurants in the city. In all areas of Rome tourism, you will find restaurants that have family-based guidelines for the preparation of some foods that have been generations of generations among themselves.
In these areas we see also restaurants with the latest culinary trends.
When traveling to Rome, do not forget to eat some of the specialty of this city. Foods like artichokes are extremely tasty and, interestingly, are under the protection of the European Union.
The best places to eat this is the Nonna Betta's Roman restaurant. Italian pasta is not forgotten either. For example, pasta Cacio pepe is a simple pasta with a taste of Romano cheese and black pepper and is found only in Rome. If you add smoked pork jowl and egg to this food, you have experienced another Roman specialty that is made up of Italian super-pasta called carbonara.
Rome has many liquids and many of these beverages are either alcoholic drink or wine. Although Rome itself is not a place to produce the best wines in the world, but the best brands of wine in the world are abundant in the city.
Rome is renowned for its pure and classy coffee. If you are a friend of coffee, I suggest one of the best espresso drinks in the world at Caffe Sant'Eustachio, a café founded in 1938, and the best example, Prepares the coffee. Of course, other Rome café are really the best to drink coffee in different types, among which they can recommend the Antigua Tazza d'Oro cafe near Pantheon.
If you are looking for Michelin-rated establishments to eat, you will have good, but not too many, choices in Rome. One of these choices is within Rome Cavalieri Hotel and La Pergola is named by three stars. The second option is Il Pagliaccio, which has two stars and serves traditional Italian cuisine.
Italian pizza enthusiasts are better off experiencing Casa Manco pizzas and sandwich lovers would be better off booking Pane e Salame sandwiches. If you do not have a lot of time and want to stay in Rome for a limited time, and of course, looking for the best traditional and modern cuisine in this city, it's best to enroll in a meal tour. Most of these tours last for hours and include a variety of snacks, snacks and popular restaurants.
Although Italy is known as one of the safest countries in the world, and the crime rate in this country is very poor, it is nevertheless recommended, as in other countries where tourists travel a lot, to Take care of your personal belongings and take care of the pickpockets too. In general, in recent years, the number of terrorist attacks in Europe has increased and there are many threats in this regard, which is why it is recommended to be more aware of transit centers or markets.
Famous places around Rome
Although Rome itself has as much a site and a tourist destination that you may need to spend a lot of time in this city to visit all of these attractions, nonetheless, visiting places in neighborhoods around Rome is also recommended to be the best These places are:
- Ancient Rome
- Corso and Spagna
- Navona and Campo
- Repubblica and Quirinale
- Parco della Caffarella
- Vatican City
Visit around Rome
You can go around this lovely city if you want to get away from the Roman city for one to a few days. Keep in mind that the best tourist destinations in Rome are far from the high traffic areas. For example, the Vatican City is completely distant from other historical regions of the city center.
Do not worry, the Rome-based internal transport system is excellent, and there is good access to the subway, taxi or bus for all the tourist and sightseeing areas around the city. nonstop express Rome train from Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport (FCO) to the city center for only minutes; one-way tickets cost 14 euros. From there, you can easily get to all locations by subway, bus and taxi.
The best way is to not take your own car to Rome, but if you're in the city by car, immediately park it in one of the city's car parks and use public transportation to move around the city. There are many sights in Rome around the center of Rome, but most of Rome's historic and tourist attractions are not in the city center.
Enter city Requirements of Rome
You must have a passport with at least six months' validity to travel to Rome. Keep in mind that travelers arriving in Italy from the EU and some other countries do not need a visa. In addition, some other countries require a visa to stay in the country for more than 90 days. In general, for better information on how to travel to Rome, it is better to get enough information from the Consulate of Italy in your own country or the official travel agents in your own country.
Surfing and visiting world-class museums, visiting musical in the West End, going to the Tower of London and eating chips and fish in one of the super-local British cafes is just a plethora of hits from one of the oldest capitals. Of the world, London. Although the cost of living and traveling in London can be the biggest challenge facing tourists in this city.
For this purpose, you can use seasonal offers, hotel reservations and accommodation months ago or using public transportation to help you with a little bit of cost.
An English writer, Samuel Johnson, describes London as "no one among the intellectuals who lived in London who would like to leave London, no one can be tired of London unless It's tired of life. In London, everything is ready to live. " Though more than two hundred years have passed since Johnson's words, it still holds true and seems to have spoken about this today.
London is one of the best cities in the world to live, this city is truly a perfect city, and if you travel only once to this city, you will fully understand that during one or several trips you cannot enjoy all the good of London visited
London is a city combined with old and new elements. In London, you can see the Tower of London Tower to the avant-garde Tate Modern building. Still, London actors wear Shakespeare's sonnets in modern fashion. In London, you can find famous coffee from the world to the best tea in the world and even the most famous juices.
London in many respects still considers itself the leader of the world, it is the best in matters such as fashion and clothing, music, culture, politics, banking, etc.
London Global Rankings
Based on expert opinions and, of course, a survey of tourists, referring to the ratings of United States travels and world news, London is on some of the global ranking issues that will be mentioned below:
- London is at the forefront of the best spring holiday
- London is ranked first in Europe's finest family vacation spot
- London is ranked first in the world's best tourism city in March
- London is ranked third in the finest European cities
- London is ranked fifth in the finest places in the world
- London is ranked sixth as the best city for Christmas holidays.
The best places to visit in London
London, as described, is full of tourist attractions from far to the newest and most modern tourist attractions. If we want to choose between them, we have a difficult task ahead. Therefore, according to tourists, the three main attractions of London are as follows:
- British Museum
- the tower of London
- the Buckingham Palace
Best London hotels
London is renowned for its luxury and first class hotels in the world. Due to the fact that millions of people visit the city each year, the city has provided and developed the necessary structures for tourists, which makes it possible to make a variety of accommodations and hotels of this kind.
This allows for the accommodation of simple accommodation to the best hotels, depending on the budget and the amount of expenses you would like to do, you can choose one of these hotels. According to London tourists, the best Hotels and sure the most expensive hotels are:
- Rosewood London hotel
- The Beaumont hotel
- The Milestone Hotel
Best months to visit London
From early March to late May is the best time to visit the beautiful city of London, because at that time, the city is moderate and all green parks and trees are full of blossoms. However, tourists are beginning to travel to London in the late spring, and this will continue until the end of the summer.
The influx of many tourists in these months will increase the price of hotels and tourist attractions. That's why some prefer to pick autumn or even winter for travelers in London. In these seasons, although the weather is cold and especially the winter of London really cool, but the tourist attractions of the city are not low in these seasons, and at the same time the prices are offered with discounts.
In December, many international tourists and tourists arrive in London, and the streets of London are full of foreign tourists. London is a rainy city, and each day of the year, without any season, has a potential heavy rainfall, so in each You will need an umbrella and some warm clothes from time to time.
Another issue is the city of London, which seems to be more crowded in the warm season, but it's generally impossible to escape the crowds in London. London is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and in every season there are many tourists in the city, and you will have no choice but to be among the many tourists in the city.
When traveling to London, pay attention to the following:
- Embrace the slang: Remember that there are British words and phrases that are used by locals in each region and may be confusing for those who speak English Americans. So, it's best to study a little about the local language of the people of London to avoid confusion
- Embrace the rain: Do not forget that the city of London has rainfall every season and sometimes rainfall is like a shower. So do not forget to wear raincoats, boots, umbrellas and other accessories when traveling to London
- Embrace the pub scene: Going to pub scene is known among the British people as a culture, and that's why these places are crowded even during the week and every hour, and this is not strange at all. London has for centuries been made up of this culture and uses every opportunity to go pub scene.
How to save on your expenses in London?
- Find the free attractions:
Although living costs and some tourist attractions in London are high, some of the city's spectacular places, such as the National Gallery of London, the British Museum and Hyde Park, are among the tourist attractions that are free to visit.
- Use of Oyster Card:
London's subway that also known as a Tube are the best way to get away from the city traffic and visit around the city of London. The Oyster Cards are priced at a modest price and allow you to use London public transport for free for a specified period of time and while you staying at city make you feel like a local.
- Choose your food smartly:
In some corridors, delicious local cuisine is offered at cheap prices. In these places you can usually find foods of high quality and at a much cheaper price.
- It's best to get a London pass:
Using this pass, you can visit many of London's major tourist attractions such as Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Church, or Churchill War Rooms with special discounts or one ticket.
Culture and customs of the people of London
Individuals who speak English, except for some words and phrases pronounced differently in London and in the local community, are generally have not any problems to communicate in London. The people of London and the British people as a whole have a positive and loving approach to travelers from all countries, and for this reason, you can easily get in touch with them.
It's interesting to know that the people of London are happy to help you choose the best things or guide you to their city.
The people of London are very orderly. Be careful about the rules and regulations or how you behave well. For example, to board the subway, you should stand in line or use the right side of the stairs when climbing stairs.
The people of London and especially the young people love to drink, and therefore, in most places, you can see cafes that are specially designed for serving drinks. In addition, unlike most other countries in London, most bars are open daily and because there are many bars that serve meals, there is usually no problem for children to enter these cafes. In the meantime, you should expect that many people dying outside the cafes during the hot days of the year, and even after 9 o'clock, some can drink some outside of the cafes.
London is one of the famous capitals in the fashion industry, and so on the streets, and especially on Oxford Street, you'll see people who are dressing up with local dresses. London's Oxford Street is one of the world's largest fashion and clothing streets. London is a place that lets you go the extra mile with your style game.
The official currency unit in London and the UK is generally a pound. The currency is fluctuating like the dollar and the euro, and this will give you an alert to check the exchange rate before buying.
tipping payment is usual in Britain, and even some cafes and restaurants add a fee to customers' bills, and this usually costs up to 12% of the price of the food. However, if no tips were paid on the bill, usually the customers themselves, especially in restaurants, would prefer between 10% and 15%. But if you went to a tavern or cafe, it is optional.
Other services, such as driving, drinking or transporting items, are usually optional tipping and up to 10% of the cost. In London, credit cards are very well accepted in most hotels, restaurants and stores, and you will not have a problem with this.
Food in London
Food in London is very unique and, of course, heavy. In this city you can buy the best grilled fish and chips, and you can order crabs and pears anywhere. Given the British culture of cooking, it's hard to pick a meal in London.
In London, you can find local and traditional English restaurants to the most modern English dishes or even a variety of international restaurants such as Malaysian, Chinese, Italian, and more.
In London, you need to know where to go to have a good food experience. In curry houses on Brick Lane you can choose the best Indian cuisine, if you are looking for a great tea, it is best to book your time by going to The Langham, London, The Lanesborough or at Claridge. In the Michelin star-heavy Clerkenwell neighborhood you will find the best lunches. Lovers of meat dishes can go to restaurant St. John, who has become famous for his fantastic dishes throughout the world.
Gordon Ramsay, one of the most famous London chefs in the city, has several restaurant outlets, including the Michelin-rated three-star Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. Four restaurants in the city of London belong to the famous chef Jamie Oliver. The brasserie-style Sketch, a two-star Michelin-rated restaurant, has become popular with its specialty foods.
The best of the city's best-selling cafes is the Attendant Cafe, which was previously a Victorian restroom. London has the largest restaurants in the world. Sushi Samba restaurants or the 24-hour Duck & Waffle are the best restaurants in the city for having a meal with side of vistas, while serving as the highest restaurants in London and over a 40th-floor perch.
Safety in London
London is generally considered to be one of the safest city in the world, and the crime rate in this city is incredibly low. However, as with other cities around the world, travelers should consider some safety tips. The UK Foreign Ministry recommends using London's licensed black cabs.
Do not use unauthorized taxi companies and personal rides at all. Some of these taxis are seeking theft or harassment of travelers, and even cases involving aggression have also been seen. these taxis have been known to rip off, mug, or even sexually assault customers. The best way is to use taxi services or rent a safe driver with the help of hotel operators.
Take care of your pocket in the tourist and public transport areas, and there's a lot of pockets in London. The UK Foreign Ministry itself strongly advises not to stay in cafes and nightclubs, preferably for drinking or spending time, because there have been cases of rape or robbery, especially after the guests have been bothered.
In recent years, terrorist attacks have become more widespread in London, and only about 5 terrorist attacks were recorded in London in 2017. So be careful and watchful. Make sure to travel legally to London and register your name in the Smart Passenger Registration Plan, and follow safety tips if you receive threatening messages or hear different news stories.
Famous neighborhoods around London
London has many sights and the surrounding area is one of the most attractive metropolitan areas in the world. In general, while in London, if you would like to take time away from the city and traffic, consider the following suggestions:
- Go to The City
- Visit the East End
- See Clerkenwell
- Visit Covent Garden
- Go to Leicester Square
- Visit from Soho
- Watching Piccadilly Circus
- Going out and see Westminster
- Going and walking Regent's Park & Hampstead Heath
- Visiting Kensington, Chelsea, and Notting Hill
- Go and surf South Bank & Southwark
- Go on the Side Trips
Getting Around London
Sightseeing and seeing London with heavy traffic in this city is by no means a personal car or even a taxi, and more than half the time your traveler needs to be trafficked. The best way to visit London is to use the fast-moving public transport system in London, or the underground transportation system that the locals in London call it the tube name.
You can travel directly to many parts of the city from the very first time you arrive in London from the Heathrow Airport (LHR), one of the world's busiest airports. London's underground transportation system is very wide and covers the entire city of London and even out of the city.
To save on your expenses, it is best to buy Oyster Travel Card. You can use this card for the underground transportation system as well as for inland and outbound buses. You can walk and visit many of London's urban spaces, so it's recommended that you have a pair of comfortable shoes
Entry & Exit Requirements
All tourists entering the UK from countries like Iran, the United States or many other countries must have a valid passport. But travelers arriving in the United states, the European Union, and many other countries such as Japan, Australia, China, etc., stay 90 days or less, do not need tourist visas or any other visa.
If you are planning to travel to England or one of the countries of the United Kingdom, your passport must be valid for at least six months. You can follow the traveler's special rules and regulations to the United Kingdom and the England itself at your embassy in your own country or your reputable travel agencies.
If you are looking for a real taste of traveling to Italy, visit the beautiful Firenze town. Florence is one of the most spectacular cities in the world and is known as the Renaissance of the state of Italy, and is considered to be the most populated city of Tuscany.
The city is famous for its many tourist attractions, spectacular museums, strange hotels, superb architecture and delicious cuisine among the people of the world. There is no doubt that the tourists will be surprised by the beauty of art and tourist attractions.
Many of the tourist attractions in Florence have gathered in the center of the city and for this reason the best way to visit many of these spectacular attractions is to walk. Foods from the city of Florence are very famous and many millions of tourists will advise you to try a wide variety of cuisine in this city. The city of Florence was listed as one of UNESCO's valuable legacies in its list of works in 1982 for its precious exquisite historical works.
Keep in mind that your expenses are high in Florence, although not as large as cities like Rome and Milan, but Florence is generally expensive. Of course, if you have the right planning, you can visit this city at a low cost.
The city of Florence is located in the Tuscan hills. Traveling to Florence, you've traveled to history and traveled to the fourteenth century, but this is not the only reason why Florence is beautiful and unique because you can enjoy splendid décor, special Italian cuisine and natural charm See also fantastic.
Below are the list of best-ranked cities in the city of Florence. Keep in mind that this ranking is based on the opinions of tourists and tourism professionals and is based on the US rankings and world news.
Florence is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, ranked among the following:
- The city of Florence is the best Affordable European Honeymoon in Europe
- The city of Florence is in the second place with the best summer tours of the world
- The city of Florence is ranked second most valuable to visit city in Italy
- The city of Florence is ranked fourth in the highest city to visit in Europe
- The city is ranked fifth as the best city for family vacations in Europe
- Florence is the ninth with the most affordable vacation destinations in Europe
- The city of Florence is the ninth best city in the world for the honeymoon Destinations
- The city is the 20th most valuable city in the world to visit
The best tourist destinations in Florence
As stated, Florence has a lot of tropical attractions, and the choice among them is really difficult. However, according to tourists, the following three tourist destinations can be considered as the most visited tourist destinations in Florence:
- Piazza della Signoria
- Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore)
- Piazzale Michelangelo
The best hotels in Florence
Due to the fact that millions of people visit Italy on an annual basis to visit Florence, it is natural that there are many accommodations and hotels in Florence, all of which have well-defined standards for accommodation. There are different types of hotels in the city with varying degrees of quality and cost, among them, the following three hotels can be found in Annan's finest hotels in Florence:
- Portrait Firenze hotel
- Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
- The St. Regis Florence hotel
Best time to travel to Florence
Due to the favorable weather conditions in the city of Florence, the best months to travel to this city between May and September. In these months, the weather is relatively warm and desirable, and many art festivals, festivals and galleries are held in the city. You can enjoy open-air restaurants in the years to come and enjoy the Italian sunshine that inspired many Renaissance painters.
But unfortunately, at this time, the heat of the air is a little annoying, the hotel rates are much higher, and tourist and attraction places are more crowded and busier in the city. If the cost is important to you or if you like to visit the city in more secluded conditions, it is better to choose late autumn or winter to travel to Florence.
At this time, although the air is cold, but the rates for hotels and accommodation, tourist sites and other city attractions are much cheaper, the city is quiet and offers a lot of discounts in stores and hotels. But in the winter, however, the weather will not be pleasant to you, and often your weather will be cold, rainy or even snowy, and sometimes your weather will reach -30s degrees Fahrenheit.
When traveling to Florence, consider the following
- Do not buy knockoffs: remember that buying knockoffs in Florence is illegal. If you bought a knockoffs designer bags of Florence and the police will understand this, you will be fined for thousands of dollars.
- Pre-book: Uffizi and the Galleria dell'Accademia lines outside are long and often full. For this reason, it is advisable to book a ticket beforehand. By booking your ticket you can save on your expenses. You can also register on the city's tourist tours to ensure booking some tickets.
- Eat food late: In Italy, and especially in Florence, people are accustomed to eating too late. Lunch is served from 12:30 until 14:00 and dinner is after 9 pm. By doing this, you feel that you are a local moderator.
Ways to Save Costs in Florence
- Choose your destination in the outskirts: The Tuscany and Florence public transport system is excellent and you can reach the suburbs with a quick train ride in any area in the city center of Florence. But the cost of a hotel and other accommodations in the countryside is much more suitable. The suburbs of Florence alone are one of the attractions of the city. Imagine waking up among the glory of the Tuscan hills and enjoying the magnificent scenery and then travel to the city to visit other attractions.
- To get up and visit Duomo, you have to pay a great deal to look at the sights of the sights of the surrounding area from above it. This is while you can see the same scenery from the top of Baptistry, but at a much lower price.
- Choose your lunch smartly: just get hungry when you're away, pick a place other than places in the city center and around the tourist areas to eat. Keep in mind that restaurants in the city center and around tourist attractions have a high price for food, while this Italian food and even better quality can be used around the city at a much more affordable price.
Culture & Customs
The people of Italy and Florence are generally well-dressed and handsome people and they are very important to dress and treat. Remember the word la bella figura. This word is a miracle. Usually, in English, they are equivalent to the phrase "beautiful figure." But to describe everything beautiful and nice like plain clothes, behavior, customs, and many other factors, this term is often used.
It's said that in Italy and especially Florence, your whole life should be beautiful.
We suggest that you learn at least a few phrases in Italian before traveling to this country. People who speak Italian with the locals of this city will be very much appreciated and respected.
Restaurant staff, cafes and even stores would like to at least be able to welcome you or say goodbye when you go. In Italy, buongiorno is used for greetings and the word arrivederci is used for saying goodbye. Of course, they are more informal than Ciao. The word per favore means please, and also the word grazie is used to thank you for knowing just how many words and with a few other words will help you in this city and you will be more respected.
Remember that many offices, stores, shops, historic sites and tourism and museums and etc. are closed on Sunday. Except for Sundays, another day, usually, holiday destinations are closed in Florence, which is not exactly clear on this day, which is why it's better to know the schedule of activities in advance. Of course, some restaurants and cafes are open on holidays. On normal days of the week, usually after two hours of lunch, stores are closed and some shops are closed.
Unlike many people in the world, including the people of the United States, the people of Italy, and especially the people of Florence, are very comfortable, and you should not be surprised at all that you feel very comfortable at the very first meeting. Face-to-face kissing is not uncommon when it comes to putting the species together or kissing the cheek with your lips. Italians like to define them, but do not overdo it. In the meantime, it's better to know their rules and regulations.
When it comes to speaking with an Italian, it's better to be careful and pay attention to them and do not go out. Remember that the rude in Italy will be severely transmitted. Another thing to keep in mind is that the people of Florence do not like anyone pointing at them with a finger.
Lastly, remember that the currency is common in Florence Euro. The currency, like the dollar, is constantly fluctuating, which is why prices may vary, so be sure to check the euro before buying. In all stores and hotels, you can easily use credit cards and usually accept these credit cards everywhere.
What to Eat
You may well know how popular Italian food is in the world. Florence is one of the most famous cities in Italy, thanks to its delicious food and great specialties wine from Tuscany. Indeed, Florence is simply due to natural beauty and tourist areas or because of its The art found in this city is not famous and many tourists consider the cuisine of this city as one of its main motivations for choosing Florence as its tourism destination.
Of course, it should not be forgotten that food prices are particularly high in popular restaurants and on the outskirts of the city's tourist areas. But do not worry, you can work like your local Florence. In the city, you can easily find fresh produce such as bread, cheese and meat, especially at Mercato Centrale, and make your own fresh and simple cuisine.
If you like to go to the restaurant, you can have Pitti Gola e Cantina and Osteria del Cinghiale Bianco restaurants close to the Boboli Gardens, or you can go to the famous restaurant Ristorante La Giostra to have a romantic dinner and lovely time as a The former residence of the merry-go-round is the Salvemini delight of the environment.
Tuscan and Florence foods are simply recognized. The pasta of this city is still very simple and made using real food without the use of artificial food. Fish and red meat are found in many Tuscan cuisines, and they use olive oil in almost all their cuisines.
In all areas and cities of Florence, you can easily find the gelato stands. Skilled people know that by recognizing the true flavor of pistachio, they can discern the difference between a real gelato and a bad gelato. Around the Piazza di Santa Croce and in Oltrarno. B Well, you can find great gelaterias.
Safety in Florence
Florence is one of the most popular cities in Italy, where there are many security measures in the city, which is considered one of the safest cities in the world, but the main concern of travelers has always been in Florence is pickpockets. Particularly, the pockets of the Santa Maria Novella train station are much larger because most of the passengers in this place are focused on their main public transport.
The best way is to look after your belongings and personal things and take good care of your wallet. Try not to have unnecessary items or cash with you and make money just for your daily use and not be in serious trouble.
Famous neighborhoods around Florence
When you're in Florence, you can visit the sights of the city such as Duomo, Santa Croce, San Lorenzo and San Marco, Santa Maria and Oltrarno.
Travel around Florence
The best way to walk around Florence is to walk and use the foot. In fact, you can walk the whole of Florence from this city side to the other side in only 30 minutes. Interestingly, there are many Florence tourist sites on this path. But if you cannot walk or have time limits, you can use ATAF buses. The main airport in the city of Florence is the Galileo Galilei Airport (PSA) in Pisa, where most travelers use the airport to travel to Florence. This airport has the main Stazione di Firenze train station in Santa Maria Novella at the back of the tower.
Although some other travelers choose to arrive at Florence, Amerigo Vespucci Airport (FLR), the airport also has a bus and taxi transportation system. As a general suggestion, we do not recommend that you travel to Florence with your own car or rented car. Most of the streets in this city are one-way and narrow, mostly traffic, and in many areas only Some people are walking and is forbidden.
Entry & Exit Requirements
Florence is one of the most attractive cities in the world, and many people want to travel to the city in most seasons. As explained, security measures have been taken to protect the city, including one that examines the people and travelers traveling to the city. As a result, all people who plan to travel to Florence and Italy in general need to have a valid passport.
In fact, this passport must be valid for at least six months, and you can use this passport to stay in this city or country for 3 months or 90 days. In fact, this visa will allow you to stay in the city of Florence and Italy for 90 days without a visa. But people who plan to stay in the city for longer need a visa. You can apply for a visa from Italy's Consulate in your own country or visit one of the reputable travel agencies in your country.
The cost of living in Florence
Generally speaking, Florence is one of the expensive cities in Europe, though for some it costs a lot, but for some tourists, the cost of living in this city is not much. For example, spending a meal at the restaurants in this city should cost about € 15, which costs one person. You should spend about half of this, € 7 for fast food. Though in street food restaurants you can find good quality foods at a lower cost. The cost of a bottle of drinking water in Florence is 1 euro, but for alcoholic beverages you have to pay a great deal.
The best way to control costs in Florence is to use the public transport system as explained above, and you can finally get a single one-dollar ticket at a cost of € 1.20, or pay € 35 for a month for this public transport card. Get the city. The cost of a taxi is a bit high, and for each taxi, you must pay 4.50 euros. The price of gasoline currently in Florence is 1.46 euros, which will make it much unreasonable to transport personal car or car rentals.
Another of the most affluent and most beautiful tourist cities in the world is without a doubt the city of Venice, Italy. Venice is a romantic and lovey city that has provided memorable moments for all the people who have traveled to this city. Traveling with Gondola on the Grand Canal and watching beautiful and natural birds are just one of the attractions of this lovely city.
With a variety of historical and natural attractions, the city has always been able to introduce itself as a spectacular city among tourists. Types of theaters, churches, historic monuments, unique restaurants and cafes, a variety of northeastern Italian beaches and many other attractions cannot be easily seen on a multi-day trip.
Venice is famous for the city of enchanting, maybe sometimes it's an exaggeration to say, but without a doubt, you will believe in entering this city and seeing a city that is all in the water.
You can easily arrive at the Santa Lucia train station, and from there you can travel through the Grand Canal through the boat trips around this city. Venice water taxis are famous throughout the world. With this water taxi, you can explore the city and cross the Ponte degli Scalzi Bridge, which is also known as the Barefoot Bridge. The city of Venice is from the rivers that connect all parts of the city.
Gondola is the name of a device that you will probably be leaking and traveling in this city. Drivers of these gondolas are very nice and kind, sing, and will gladly increase your trip. During this blue trip, you can see a variety of old stores, historic houses, bridges and crossings. In Venice, you will need to have a map so you can see all the attractions of the city.
The Channel is the main channel of the city, which is also known as the Magic Channel. You can visit many of the historic towns of the city using the guide services in Saint Mark's Basilica or Doge's Palace. You can go to the Gallerie dell'Accademia to watch some of the most famous works by Titian or other Veronese. Or you can go to the Teatro La Fenice to watch some of the most beautiful operas in the world. You can even go to nearby islands such as Lido and enjoy the most beautiful beaches of the city or go to the Murano for the well-known glass and Burano for its lace.
Ranking Venice City
Venice, although it is known globally as one of the most spectacular cities in the world, but according to the statistics and views of the city's travelers and experts, there are some issues as well in the global ranking. Venice has the following rankings in the world, based on the ranking of trips in the states and world news and according to the views and opinions of experts and tourists.
- Venice is the second-best daily tour of Florence
- Venice is ranked third in the highest city for visiting and traveling in Italy
- Venice is in fourth place as the best honeymoon destination in Europe
- Venice is ranked fifth in Europe's best tourism and tourist destination
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Alex Jones: Conspiracy theorist owes Sandy Hook parents $4.1m, jury determines
Jurors in the trial were hearing evidence to determine how much Jones and his media company Free Speech Systems, owe for defaming Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son was killed in the 2012 school shooting.
Friday 5 August 2022 00:55, UK
A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $4.1m (£3.3m) in damages to the parents of a six-year-old boy who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 students and six teachers killed in the attack in Connecticut, successfully sued Jones and his media company Free Speech Systems for defamation in October 2021.
The Infowars radio programme host had repeatedly claimed the deadliest school shooting in US history was a hoax and staged by gun-control activists using actors.
A jury in Texas has now ruled he is liable for damages totalling $4.1m (£3.3m).
On Thursday, Jones filed a motion for a mistrial, but the judge in Texas denied the request.
During the trial to determine the amount of damages the parents should be awarded, Jones admitted the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School was "100% real".
Lying under oath
But Mr Heslin and Ms Lewis told jurors an apology would not suffice, and called on them to make Jones pay for the years of suffering he has put them and other Sandy Hook families through.
Kyle Farrar, one of Jesse's parents' lawyers, said they were "very pleased with the verdict".
Mark Bankston, another of their team, had accused Jones in court of approaching the trial in bad faith, citing broadcasts where he said the trial was rigged against him.
He showed a video of Jones saying in his broadcast on Friday that the jury pool was full of people who "don't know what planet they're on".
Judge Maya Guerra Gamble reprimanded Jones on Tuesday for not telling the truth under oath after he falsely told the court he was bankrupt and had complied with discovery in the case.
The 12-person jury will next consider the parents' request for as much as $75m (£62m) in punitive damages from Jones for spreading falsehoods about the killing of the students and teachers from the Connecticut school in December 2012.
Punitive damages are those over and above the basic compensation amount, designed to punish the defendant.
Trial consultant Jill Huntley Taylor said it is not uncommon for a jury to award higher punitive damages than compensatory ones.
"If jurors' motivation for an award is their anger at the defendant, then they often award a bigger punitive damage
number," she said in an interview.
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We traveled to Caserío La Laguna, a small village in the District of Chirinos, Peru, to meet with Carmen Águila Huamán, a woman coffee producer who joined the MOCCA & MIDAGRI training program through the Prosperidad de Chirinos Cooperative.
Carmen Águila, has faced great challenges throughout her life that have defined her as the persevering woman she is today, who will fight to achieve her goals and the wellbeing of her family.
“I was a single mother who had to work very hard, since women had few opportunities in my community. I managed to buy a plot of land and started growing coffee empirically. One of the biggest problems I have confronted is the lack of capital to invest in my farm in order to grow economically” says Carmen Aguila
In 2020, within the framework of the MOCCA project and the alliance with MIDAGRI, through the Prosperidad de Chirinos Cooperative, Carmen received financing to make productive investments in her farm.
“I began to identify a low productivity in the coffee plantation, but my economic situation did not allow me to carry out renovation and rehabilitation actions. With the support of MOCCA, MIDAGRI and the Prosperidad de Chirinos Cooperative, I was granted a loan for USD 5,000 to invest in my coffee farm. I invested the money in nurseries, planting, fertilization, pest control and the purchase of new plants” Carmen Aguila
The MOCCA project’s virtual and face-to-face trainings in Peru are helping Peruvian producers like Carmen del Aguila to increase the productivity and profitability of their farms, using better agronomic, low-cost and climate-smart practices.
“I didn’t know many things about the importance of renovating and rehabilitating my coffee farm. With MOCCA’s training I have learned pruning techniques that are making my plantation more productive and that lead to higher profits when I sell the coffee.” Carmen Águila
“I always share the knowledge I have learned with other women coffee growers in my community. It is good to see that Peruvian women are now more involved in coffee production because we play a fundamental role in improving the lives of our families and creating more jobs” Carmen Águila
The purpose of financial inclusion is to improve the access and use of financial services for different segments of the population, according to their needs, especially those that are not yet integrated into the financial system.
Thanks to the alliance established between MOCCA & MIDAGRI in Peru, progress is made in the development of access to financing mechanisms for coffee producers that promote rural development, mainly focused on the inclusion of the population with fewer resources and greater restrictions.evan el desarrollo rural, enfocados principalmente en la inclusión de la población con menores recursos y mayores restricciones.
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• Menstruation is a monthly shedding of a female's uteral lining; it lasts about 3 to 5 days (average) and contains blood and tissue that exits her body through the cervix and vagina – the first day of menstruation is the first day of your period.
• The menstrual cycle is the recurrent approximately monthly menstruation.
• The menstrual cycle is the hormonal driven cycle; day 1 is the first day of your period (bleeding) while day 14 is the approximate day you ovulate and if an egg is not fertilized, hormone levels eventually drop and at about day 25; the egg begins to dissolve and the cycle begins again with the period at about day 30.
• Most periods vary somewhat, the flow may be light, moderate or heavy and can vary in length from about 2 to 7 days; with age, the cycle usually shortens and becomes more regular.
• Problems with periods abnormal bleeding
• The average age for a girl to get her first period in the US is 12, but the range of age is about 8 to 15 years old.
• Women usually have periods until about ages 45 to 55.
• See your doctor for any abnormalities in your period (for example, excessive bleeding, no
• Women should change the pad/tampon before it becomes soaked with blood (about every 4 to 8 hours); follow directions on the box to help avoid TSS (toxic shock syndrome), a potentially
What is menstruation?
Menstruation (men-STRAY-shuhn) is a woman's monthly bleeding. When you menstruate, your body sheds the lining of the uterus (womb). Menstrual blood flows from the uterus through the small opening in the cervix and passes out of the body through the vagina. Most menstrual periods last from 3 to 5 days.
What is the menstrual cycle?
When periods (menstruations) come regularly, this is called the menstrual cycle. Having regular menstrual cycles is a sign that important parts of your body are working normally. The menstrual cycle provides important body chemicals, called hormones, to keep you healthy. It also prepares your body for pregnancy each month. A cycle is counted from the first day of 1 period to the first day of the next period. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days long. Cycles can range anywhere from 21 to 35 days in adults and from 21 to 45 days in young teens.
The rise and fall of levels of hormones during the month control the menstrual cycle.
What happens during the menstrual cycle?
In the first half of the cycle, levels of estrogen (the "female hormone") start to rise. Estrogen plays an important role in keeping you healthy, especially by helping you to build strong bones and to help keep them strong as you get older. Estrogen also makes the lining of the uterus (womb) grow and thicken. This lining of the womb is a place that will nourish the embryo if a pregnancy occurs. At the same time the lining of the womb is growing, an egg, or ovum, in one of the ovaries starts to mature. At about day 14 of an average 28-day cycle, the egg leaves the ovary. This is called ovulation.
After the egg has left the ovary, it travels through the Fallopian tube to the uterus. Hormone levels rise and help prepare the uterine lining for pregnancy. A woman is most likely to get pregnant during the 3 days before or on the day of ovulation. Keep in mind, women with cycles that are shorter or longer than average may ovulate before or after day 14.
A woman becomes pregnant if the egg is fertilized by a man's sperm cell and attaches to the uterine wall. If the egg is not fertilized, it will break apart. Then, hormone levels drop, and the thickened lining of the uterus is shed during the menstrual period.
• Day 1 starts with the first day of your period. This occurs after hormone levels drop at the end of the previous cycle, signaling blood and tissues lining the uterus (womb) to break down and shed from the body. Bleeding lasts about 5 days.
• Usually by Day 7, bleeding has stopped. Leading up to this time, hormones cause fluid-filled pockets called follicles to develop on the ovaries. Each follicle contains an egg.
• Between Day 7 and 14, one follicle will continue to develop and reach maturity. The lining of the uterus starts to thicken, waiting for a fertilized egg to implant there. The lining is rich in blood and nutrients.
• Around Day 14 (in a 28-day cycle), hormones cause the mature follicle to burst and release an egg from the ovary, a process called ovulation.
• Over the next few days, the egg travels down the fallopian tube towards the uterus. If a sperm unites with the egg here, the fertilized egg will continue down the fallopian tube and attach to the lining of the uterus.
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What is Ketosis:
The term “keto” in the word ketosis comes from “ketones”, the name of small fuel molecules in the body. This is an alternative fuel for the body, produced from fat we eat, and used when blood sugar (glucose) is in short supply.
These ketones are produced when you eat very few carbs (the main source of blood sugar) and only moderate amounts of protein (excess protein is converted to blood sugar).
Under these circumstances, fat is converted in the liver to ketones that then enter the blood stream. They are then used as fuel by cells in the body, just like glucose. They can even be used by the brain. This is extra important, as the brain cannot be directly fuelled by fat, and it’s a very hungry organ.
Maximizing Fat Burning
One way to enter the state of ketosis is to eat a ketogenic diet. On our KetoFast Diet Plan, the bodies reserve of glucose starts to run out, your entire body switches its fuel supply on fat. The levels of the fat storing hormone insulin levels become very low, and fat burning increases dramatically. When the body produces enough ketones to measure significant levels in the blood (usually over 0.5 mm) it’s said to be in ketosis.
A strictly low-carb or “keto” diet, can be eaten for any amount of time. It also results in ketosis. It achieves many of the benefits of fasting – like weight loss – without having to fast. If you’re following a Low-carb or Keto diet then you may have experienced symptoms such as dehydration or constipation. Please remember, water makes up more than 50% of your body and is simply needed for survival. When we drastically restrict carbs, this leads to the body shedding water weight rapidly & is why dehydration is the most common side effect of a ketogenic diet that you will likely experience in the first few weeks. | <urn:uuid:356274b0-6723-4bea-bcd2-0e3f166d4791> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fitfood4u.co.za/pages/ketofastinfo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.946929 | 416 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Henry is out for a new adventure! Follow Henry; the Goggle-eyed Fish on his journey through the ocean with his newly made friends. Cibylla the diver with her camera and Pink Flippers swish past a surprised Henry. Follow them on their colorful illustrated journey as they come together to try and help stop the Tide of Pollution. At the end of the book, look at exciting animals of the sea and learn more about them.
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John Felton is a Dubai-based author and proud grandfather. During the time he spent with his grandchildren they engaged in fun stories and rhymes around Henry the Goggle-eyed fish. Follow the journey of Henry and learn about his encounters with different characters and how he tackles difficult situations like getting rid of Hiccups in the popular Henry's Fish Tales series.
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Internet Computer (ICP) describes itself as:
The Internet Computer is the fastest and most scalable general-purpose blockchain. It extends the Internet with computation: dapps (smart contracts) can run 100% on the Internet Computer as it can serve web contents directly into browsers.
You can learn more in Dfinity Website.
The team behind Dfinity made this nice ICP Explorer that shows the current state of the ICP blockchain, consensus and nodes, among other things.
For comparison, Bitcoin has 14814 according to coin.dance, Ethereum 4844 according to ethernodes, and Solana 1713 according to Solana Beach. Obviously, these 3 blockchain-based networks work really different, are older and have a bigger community and development.
If we take the smallest network in terms of nodes counts, Solana (1713 nodes), you might think that 443 nodes is not that bad, maybe, but it must also be said that all these nodes are controlled by 53 entities (also called Node providers) according to the ICP explorer.
Of course the other blockhains nodes aren't all independent neither, but by looking at the number of total nodes, it's clear that they are higher decentralized in terms of node distribution. The other blockchains are older and have more development but it's not an excuse if you want to scalate to millions and millions of users.
There is also this interesting detail, if we hover over one of the blue circles in the map of the ICP explorer, it displays some information about that particular provider, we can see in what Datacenters it's nodes are located. Turns out all of the ICP (according to this map) are running in Datacenters distributed across the world. This doesn't look like the other blockchains where running self-hosted nodes or using another type of cloud provider is more common.
Compared to other blockchains, you are not allowed to run your own ICP Node without the permission of the ICA (Internet Computer Association). You can verify this yourself by going to ICP Website and click on the menu "Run a Node", that will lead you to this form, you will see this message:
If you are still curious, you can press on "Continue". Now they ask for your email, then your first name and finally your last name. Definitely very strange, other blockchains are more privacy-friendly since they allow you to run your node however you want.
Is a Network where only a centralized authority is allowed to decide who, how, where can run a node? Doesn't look like so to me!
You can also see ICO of Internet Computer.
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Whereas a treaty from Interactions involving the Us therefore the Republic of Cuba was concluded and you may closed because of the the respective Plenipotentiaries at the Washington with the twenty-ninth day’s Will get, a lot of https://datingranking.net/australia-trans-dating/ nine hundred and you can thirty-five, the first where Pact, being in new English and you can Language dialects, was word for word the following:
The us away from The united states while the Republic off Cuba, getting mobile by wish to fortify the affairs regarding friendship between them regions and tailor, using this type of purpose, this new relationships created between them by Treaty out-of Connections finalized from the Habana, Will get 22,1903, has actually appointed, using this intent, as their Plenipotentiaries:
Who, shortly after having conveyed together their full powers that happen to be discovered to be inside the a beneficial and owed function, keeps agreed upon another content:
Cordell Hull, Secretary from County of one’s Us, and Mr. Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary regarding County of your Us; and you may
The brand new Provisional Chairman of the Republic from Cuba, Senor Dr. Manuel bassador Extraordinary and you may Plenipotentiary of Republic off Cuba to help you the united states out-of The united states;
This new pact out of Relationships which had been finished among them employing activities may 22, 1903, shall quit to settle force, which is abrogated, about go out about what today’s Pact gets into perception.
Every acts effected from inside the Cuba by All of us regarding The united states throughout the army profession of isle, as much as May 20,1902, the day on what new Republic away from Cuba was dependent, was in fact ratified and kept just like the appropriate; as well as the fresh new liberties lawfully obtained of the virtue of them acts will likely be managed and you can secure.
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What Happened On This Day – May 19
1963 Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail is published
King used the open letter to defend his nonviolent resistance against racism and segregation. It became one of the central texts for the civil rights movement in the United States.
1962 Marilyn Monroe performs her famous rendition of Happy Birthday
Monroe gave her sultry performance, which was to be her last, at a party for U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The two are believed to have been engaged in an affair.
1959 The North Vietnamese Army begins organizing the Ho Chi Minh trail
According to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the system of supply routes used by the “Vietcong” was “one of the greatest achievements of military engineering of the 20th century.”
1919 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk sets off the Turkish War of Independence
The fight against the allies of the Triple Entente ended some four years later. The Republic of Turkey was founded, and Atatürk became its first President.
1743 Jean-Pierre Christin invents the Celsius thermometer
The centigrade temperature scale, which is based on the freezing and boiling point of water, is used by most countries around the world. Exceptions include the United State, Belize, and Palau.
Births On This Day,
1945 Pete Townshend
English singer-songwriter, guitarist
1925 Malcolm X
American minister, activist
1898 Julius Evola
1893 H. Bonciu
Romanian author, poet, journalist
1881 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Turkish army officer, politician, 1st President of Turkey
Deaths On This Day,
1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
American book editor, 37th First Lady of the United States
1912 Bolesław Prus
1898 William Ewart Gladstone
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1895 José Martí
Cuban journalist, poet, theorist
1536 Anne Boleyn
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ANDREW GARVEY looks at Victorian novelist Florence Marryat’s forays into spiritualism and vampires
Victorian novelist, actress, playwright, singer, journalist and teacher, Florence Marryat (1833-1899) wrote almost 70 novels in her so-much-more-productive-than-you lifetime.
Onstage she toured the country as part of Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, Patience and co-wrote her own comedic piano sketches with friend and fellow actor George Grossmith.
Late in her life, and in a less light-hearted vein, she published two of her most famous works of non-fiction – There is No Death (1891) and The Spirit World (1894) – as well as two of her more fantastical works of fiction, The Risen Dead (1891) and The Blood of the Vampire (1897).
It is, of course, these works (or, two of them at least) that we’re looking at here.
On Seances and Spiritualism
While Marryat certainly became very interested in death and the ‘other side’ as the 1890s approached (perhaps in response to the 1887 death of her beloved daughter Eva, and her own advancing age), the very useful website www.florencemarryat.org notes that:
“while working for a London newspaper in 1874, Florence interviewed a prominent clairvoyant, and that marked the beginning of a lifelong belief in spiritualism. She became a keen participant in seances, claiming to have communicated with her brother Frank, who had died in a shipwreck, and her two dead daughters.”
Marryat was an important enough figure in the hugely popular Victorian movement that in 1891, she opened the Marylebone Spiritualist Association’s new Hall and her books on the subject provided ample material for true believers to reinforce their positions.
There Is No Death (1891)
Beginning chapter one of her most famous book by describing “the wonderful experiences I have passed through in my personal investigation of the science of Spiritualism” there’s no doubting where her sympathies lie.
he continues, “in doing so I intend to confine myself to recording facts. I will describe the scenes I have witnessed with my own eyes, and repeat the words I have heard with my own ears, leaving the deduction to be drawn from them wholly to my readers. “
While that sounds reasonable enough, she also points out, in a haughtily Victorian way “though I am about to record a great many incidents that are so marvellous as to be almost incredible, I do not expect to be disbelieved, except by such as are capable of deception themselves.”
So, that’s told all you sceptics out there, hasn’t it? Bunch of deceivers…
Anyway, for those interested, There Is No Death is now in the public domain and freely available in full, here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39212/39212-h/39212-h.htm
The Blood of the Vampire (1897)
Somewhat unfortunately published in the same year as Bram Stoker’s own, quite successful novel, (how’s that for timing that’ll consign you to the forgotten/bargain bin of late nineteenth century vampire literature?), Marryat’s version of a vampire is a very different one.
For starters, Harriet Brandt, is female, and relies more on draining psychic life energies (or some such thing) from her victims, than their actual blood. And in a brilliant bit of backstory-ing, Harriet also happens to be the daughter of a mad scientist and a mixed-race Voodoo priestess.
A somewhat forgotten book nowadays, the novel’s summary at www.florencemarryat.org states that Harriet “represents both the racial ‘other’ and the New Woman of the period, both of whom were perceived as a threat to fin-de-siècle society. This curious novel engages with key debates, such as race, women’s rights, heredity, syphilophobia and the occult.”
I’ll be honest. It doesn’t sound that great.
What the Victorians Said
On the novel’s publication – for the sum of six shillings – the Liverpool Mercury’s review was a little more straightforward. And enticing…
“Miss Marryat is always entertaining, if it cannot be said that she is consistent. In the present instance, she has taken an old Hungarian legend as her subject matter, and upon the hideous superstition concerning the Vampires and their blood-sucking race she has raised a romantic superstructure.”
The Mercury continues and concludes by saying “with ever-increasing excitement Miss Marryat pursues her object to the bitter end. To say that the book is a pleasing one is to attribute to the reader a delight in the horrible; but that it is fascinating is very certain.”
You see, the Victorians always phrase it so well.
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Join the Race & Racism at the University of Richmond Project on Wednesday, January 18 from 4-5:30 PM in Jepson Hall Room 109 in an Open Forum to discuss the project’s partnership with Free Egunfemi, founder of Untold RVA. Untold RVA’s pod marker project seeks to connect individuals with sites of self-determined history throughout the city, honoring Richmond’s abolitionists, women’s rights activists, creative change agents, and more. The Race & Racism Project’s partnership with Untold RVA seeks to bring the pod marker project to our campus in order to make the history of resistance and change more visible and spark continued conversation and action for an equitable and inclusive community.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought years of lockdown and sorrow upon many, but others saw it as an opportunity to prosper. Unfortunately, cybercriminals belong to the second category, taking their time to exploit the sensitive topic in a string of ransomware and phishing attacks.
As more users turn to email for professional and private communication, providers end up with vast amounts of personal data to protect. And threat actors know that too. We reached out to Sébastien Goutal, Chief Science Officer at Vade, one of the leaders in predictive email defense, to discuss top email security tips and the role Vade has taken in detecting online dangers.
Vade calls themselves pioneers in AI-based threat detection. Why is that?
Our innovative approach combining machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and anomaly detection enables our technology to anticipate and block sophisticated cyberattacks targeting inboxes.
What, in your opinion, is the biggest email security threat at the moment?
Though not new, BEC is still the biggest email security threat to businesses of all sizes. According to this year’s FBI IC3 report, the overall losses due to BEC/EAC in the US alone were over $1.8 billion. And, as has been widely reported, ransomware attacks are dramatically on the rise – although it is difficult to estimate the impact. In addition, cybercriminals have leveraged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to their advantage through phishing attacks which have doubled between 2019 and 2020. Many of these phishing emails impersonated government agencies and revolved around COVID-based themes such as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds, Unemployment insurance, and CARES Act stimulus funds, among others.
What are some of the main techniques Vade uses to protect against phishing, malware, ransomware, etc?
Vade leverages big data and a wide variety of different technologies to detect unknown, low volume, very targeted, and hyperdynamic threats that come in the form of phishing, malware, ransomware, and more. As we process a huge amount of data, thanks to the 1B mailboxes Vade protects, we have a unique point of view on global email traffic. This allows us to detect threats earlier than our competitors since timing is key in cybersecurity. For example, we use a combination of techniques and algorithms to detect phishing URLs, such as:
- Smart patterns to detect known threats or variants of known threats
- Supervised learning models to detect unknown threats
- Deep Learning models (VGG-16, ResNet) to detect the brand impersonated
- Computer Vision (OCR, ORB) and Natural Language Processing to detect image-based phishing
In addition, remediation and contextualized user awareness training, which we provide, are key for the end-user and organization.
What should an average email user do to keep up good cybersecurity hygiene?
I’d recommend that people learn what to look for. Cybercriminals are getting really good at hiding their game, and even users who are aware of the dangers can’t spot all phishing or spear-phishing scams. But there are ‘clues’ that can reveal a malicious email. Users just need to know what to look out for. To start, I would suggest users always verify the email sender’s address. This is harder to do on mobile devices, and hackers are aware of this, so users need to beware. I would also suggest that users hover over a URL before clicking on it to verify that it links to a safe landing page. Finally, never log into an app from a link that’s found in an email. Beyond knowing what to look for, it’s a good use of time and effort to go through some sort of user awareness training. Vade provides its customers with a fun, gamified training called Phishing IQ test, where the user is confronted with ten real emails and has 20 seconds for each to determine if it’s a phishing attack or not.
According to your website, Microsoft is the #1 target for hackers. What solutions do you offer to help combat threats to Microsoft’s clients?
Even Microsoft can be a victim of its own success. This is why we designed a security solution - Vade for M365 - specifically to protect Microsoft 365 users. Microsoft does have built-in security, but we layer on additional protection against advanced threats, such as phishing, spear-phishing, and malware attacks. Vade’s security product is API-based and natively integrated inside the Microsoft tenant as an additional, complementary layer of security, which makes it invisible to hackers. Knowing some attacks might still slip through since no solution can filter out 100% of phishing emails, we help end-users train. Our solution automatically invites end-users to take short ‘quizzes’ where they are shown real emails based on brands they interact with and that are being leveraged in phishing emails during that time. This is gamified training that’s delivered to users right when they need it.
Has the pandemic encouraged you to integrate any new vital features?
Yes, it has! As a result of the pandemic, we saw the number of COVID phishing emails drastically increase. To combat this, we decided to develop a new feature for our Vade M365 product to identify current events that hackers often use to lure in their victims, including COVID, but also events like Black Friday, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day. Our MSP partners can view the current event threats that Vade has detected, and if a legitimate email was misclassified, then the MSP can remediate it back to the user’s inbox (read more here).
Another thing that we noticed during the pandemic, is how phishers adapted their strategy from a mass-mailing venture to a much more targeted approach. We saw that some phishing emails would go out to only a few users within a company but would be mass sent to a large number of companies. This is a nightmare situation for an MSP because detecting the threat is like finding a needle in a haystack. This is why Vade developed MSP Response as a feature for M365 that helps MSPs manage their customers across tenants from a single, easy-to-use dashboard. With MSP Response, an MSP can remediate a phishing email across all of its customer tenants with one click.
You have recently been granted three US patents. Can you tell us more about those?
These patents are about the novel text data augmentation techniques that we have developed for our BEC (Business Email Compromise) detection models for M365. The performance of a supervised learning model is highly dependent on the amount of data collected to train the model. However, BEC attacks are rare, and it is very difficult to find samples. That’s why we have decided to develop techniques to create synthetic data from real BEC attacks so that we can train models with only a limited number of real samples.
What are some of the key ingredients to staying safe online?
I think awareness is the first step to staying safe online. Cybercriminals count on people not noticing small irregularities that would reveal a phishing email. Users should get trained on how to detect malicious emails, and they should do this often as vigilance tends to lapse with time.
Share with us: what is next for Vade?
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A website today is essential to market your business and ideas. Practically everyone has Internet access these days so you can reach many many people. If you have a message, you can send it out through your website.
I like to call RSS the “Glue” of Web 2.0.
The origins of RSS take us back in time when both Microsoft and Netscape looked at the web as a static entity that could be catalogued, defined and fixed in “channels” (eg Microsoft’s Channel Definition Format – CDF). Traces of the “channel” terminology can still be found in the RSS protocol.
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