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A hunger ariseth out of my beauty: I should like to injure those I illumine; I should like to rob those I have gifted:--thus do I hunger for wickedness.
Withdrawing my hand when another hand already stretcheth out to it; hesitating like the cascade, which hesitateth even in its leap:--thus do I hunger for wickedness!
That's what anyone would ask when told that another sort of manna, come down from heaven, would satisfy our hunger for good.
Of this infinite set, we can dwell on three: our hunger for consolation, understanding, and love.
We are taken aback for a moment until we realize that indeed our hunger for consolation is fed by careful words and silent presences that speak to the desolation in our soul.
Average hunger for
2016 was 13.3 percent, almost unchanged from 2015's 13.4 percent, although lowest since 2004's average of 11.8 percent.
The number of Filipino families who said they have experienced involuntary hunger for
lack of anything to eat increased to 3.5 million households in the third quarter, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results showed.
“It is a great feeling that Estuate and its members are able to participate in the fight against hunger for
a second year in a row,” says Prakash Balebail, founder and CEO of Estuate, Inc, “and we are doing our small part in making sure no one goes hungry.”
Is it a metaphysical desire (the hunger for
recognition) or a biological need (the hunger for
This author opens his book on hunger with some dispiriting facts: twenty-four thousand people die of hunger or hunger-related diseases every day (one every 3.6 seconds); eight hundred twenty thousand lack adequate food (one in eight worldwide); and on September 11, 2001, there were twelve dead from hunger for
every victim in New York (1).
Before all else then, the fasting we do in Lent is about this love for the poor and thus the hunger for justice to be done.
But that kind of charity isn't the Lenten Christian's hunger for justice.
Thanks to Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger for
this list of ideas.
When I saw you handing out the hosts, those pieces of white bread, I went to communion just out of hunger for
that little bit of bread.
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The Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, of the University of Thsessaly issue the call for admission of postgraduate students for the Postgraduate Program «SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT» for the academic year 2015 -2016.The course lasts 2 (two) semesters (Full Time Attendance) or 4 (four) semesters (Part Time Attendance) in the sectors:
- Plant Breeding and Plant Biotechnology with emphasis into the Production of Propagating Material and the Food Quality.
- Crop Production and Environment.
- Plant Medicine and Environment.
- Agricultural Engineering and Management of Natural Resources.
- Environmental Management.
Graduates of Geotechnical, Polytechnic and Environmental Departments as well as Graduates of Departments of Sciences and Economics of Universities are entitled to apply with the restriction that their Diploma grade is higher than 6,00. There is no requirement for these candidates of entrance examinations.In addition graduates of relevant departments of Technical Educational Institutes are accepted, under the condition that their Diploma grade is higher than 6,50 and following successful examination of 8 basic courses , which will be chosen from a list of 12 courses for each sector.
The final decision regarding the successful applicants will be made by the relevant Recruitment Committee of Postgraduate Studies of the Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment of the University of Thessaly, based on the conditions of article 16, ( law 2327/95) and article 4 (law 3685/2008). The final choice of the candidates will take place based on the total number of points that each candidate will gather after the personal interview. Due to good knowledge of the English language is a requirement, the candidates that don’t have certified proficient knowledge in English will be examined in written.
The tuition fees for the Full Time Postgraduate Program amounts to 1000,00 Euros for the first semester and 1000,00 Euros for the second (total 2000,00 Euros). For Part Time Attendance tuition fees amounts to 1000,00 Euros for the first year and 1000,00 Euros for the second (total 2000,00 Euros).
Those who are interested should submit the following:
- Application to the secretary of the Department( provided by the Secretary )
- Copy of the Identity Card
- Copy of the Diploma
- Certification of Equivalence for those of having Diplomas of other countries.
- Certificate of grades in details.
- Certificate of their Proficient Knowledge of the English language (Level C2). The candidates that don’t have certified proficient knowledge of the English language will take written exams.
- Curriculum Vitae including evidence of professional and research activity relevant to the postgraduate sector as proved by relevant working contracts and the published work in approved scientific magazines or seminars.
- Two recommendation letters that will be sent directly to the Secretary of the Department or will be submitted by the candidates themselves in a sealed envelope.
Information about supporting submission to:
Tel: 24210 93006, 24210 93112, FAX: 24210 93112.
Address: Fytoko St. N Ionia, GR 384 46, Magnesia.
Applications will be accepted from the June 1st to September 9th 2016.
Interviews and examinations in English will take place in September 2016.
of the Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment
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What Is Protein Coffee?
Protein coffee is a delicious drink made from ground-up beans that contain protein. The caffeine content is very low, making this beverage perfect for those who need energy without jitters.
Protein coffee is coffee blended with whey, soy, or other dairy-free protein-rich ingredients to create a drink that provides a boost of energy. Protein-rich ingredients like whey, soy, or casein are commonly found in protein powder. The protein in coffee can come from coffee beans, powder, or milk.
While there are many different types of protein drinks available, most are loaded with artificial ingredients and additives. But, protein coffee is 100% natural and contains no added artificial sugars or preservatives.
To make a cup of protein coffee at home, simply grind up some organic coffee beans and mix them with water. Then add a scoop of whey protein powder. Mix well, pour into a glass, and enjoy!
How Does Protein Work?
Protein is the most abundant organic compound in our bodies and makes up about 20 percent of body mass.
Protein is the basic substance from which the body builds and maintains muscles, hair, nails, skin, organs, blood vessels, blood, and the immune system.
Protein is also an energy source; the body breaks down protein into glucose. The human body can digest and absorb only certain amino acids, but other foods and beverages contain additional essential amino acids.
The human body can produce some amino acids, but cannot make all of the amino acids it needs, it must depend on dietary protein.
Amounts of protein are essential for life. It helps build muscle, repair cells, and maintain healthy skin and hair.
Benefits of Protein Coffee
Protein coffee is a great way to boost energy and give you a jolt of caffeine when you need it. But there are many benefits to drinking protein coffee, including weight loss, improved athletic performance, and better sleep quality.
Protein coffee is a delicious drink made from ground beans mixed with water and sweetened with honey. Drinking protein coffee is a great way to boost metabolism and lose weight.
But there are many benefits to drinking this delicious beverage. Here are some of the top reasons to try protein coffee:
Here are some of the most important reasons to drink protein coffee:
1. Boosts Metabolism
One of the most important benefits of organic hemp protein coffee is its ability to boost metabolism. This means that when you drink protein coffee, you’re burning extra calories at a faster rate than normal.
The caffeine in protein coffee helps speed up your metabolism, making it easier to burn off those unwanted pounds.
3. Increases Energy Levels
Another great benefit of protein coffee is that it increases your energy levels. When you drink plant-based protein, you feel more awake and alert.
You may find yourself feeling more energetic throughout the day and be able to accomplish more tasks.
4. Improves Digestion
When you drink protein coffee, it improves digestion. Your stomach feels better after drinking protein coffee because it reduces bloating and gas.
In fact, many people say they can actually eat less food after drinking protein coffee because their stomachs feel fuller.
5. Lowers Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a type of fat found in the blood. Some studies show that drinking protein coffee lowers cholesterol levels in the body.
This makes sense since protein coffee contains healthy fats that lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol.
Does Coffee Reduce Protein Absorption?
Coffee contains caffeine, which increases metabolism and helps burn fat. But, some studies suggest that coffee may reduce protein diet absorption.
It means that when you drink coffee, you may not absorb enough protein package from food.
But, coffee does contain tannins, which bind to proteins in the stomach lining. Tannins slow digestion.
So when you drink coffee after eating, you may not absorb as many nutrients as you would otherwise.
That said, coffee isn’t bad for you. It just depends on how you prepare it. The healthiest way to consume coffee is to drink it black.
Because the antioxidants are found in the beans themselves, rather than the added cream and milk. But be careful.
Too much coffee can cause dehydration, headaches, and heartburn. So limit yourself to two cups per day, and try adding some spices like cinnamon and ginger to give it flavor.
Can I Use Protein Powder in My Coffee?
Protein powder is a great way to add protein to your diet. But did you know it can be used in coffee too?
There are many benefits to adding dry protein powder to your coffee.
- It adds flavor and texture to your drink.
- It helps boost energy and endurance during exercise.
- It provides a convenient source of protein when you’re not eating meat.
If you’re interested in learning more about protein powder, here are some tips to keep in mind:
1. Don’t use protein powder straight out of the bag. Mixing it with water or milk makes it easier to mix evenly and absorb better.
2. Add 1/4 cup (60 ml) of liquid per serving.
3. Keep it cold until ready to serve.
4. Store it in the refrigerator or freezer.
5. Avoid storing it in direct sunlight.
6. Shake well before each use.
7. Drink within 30 minutes after mixing.
8. Consume at least 20 grams of protein per day.
What Protein Powder Should I Use?
The most important thing to consider when choosing a protein powder is whether it contains enough protein per serving. Most companies list this information on their labels, but it’s not always easy to find.
Look for a quality product that contains at least 20 grams of protein per serving. If you want to add pea protein to your coffee, try using a whey protein isolate instead of a milk protein isolate.
Whey proteins tend to taste better than milk proteins. A scoop of protein powder is a great way to add protein to your diet, but there are many different types available.
There are two main types of protein powders:
1. Whey protein contains only protein, whereas casein protein contains both protein and carbohydrates. Whey protein is typically made from milk.
But, some brands use soy instead. Either type is fine, but be aware that some people may have allergies to dairy.
2. Casein protein comes from cow’s milk, but most manufacturers now use plant-based proteins. Casein protein intake is often used in energy drinks because it provides quick energy and helps build muscle.
If you’re looking for a fast-burning energy boost, try a healthy protein drink option with casein protein. But if you prefer a slower release of energy, opt for a whey protein shake.
Protein coffee is a delicious drink that will help you build muscle mass. It contains protein, carbohydrates, and caffeine, making it a perfect meal replacement beverage.
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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has caused major public concern and posed challenges to societies across the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic might have implications for health-related behaviors, such as physical activity, among people in different age groups. Lately, a number of papers have offered suggestions and recommendations on how to stay physically active during the novel coronavirus pandemic while take into account safety measures and precautions. Many of these suggestions and recommendations might be relevant for health professionals and health practitioners working to facilitate physical activity, health, and well-being among children and young people. In light of the COVID-19pandemic, this paper provides an overview of (a) suggestions and recommendations on physical activities; and (b) safety measures and precautions while being physically active. | <urn:uuid:42dd9fd4-e2e3-48cf-b691-9462b160b2b7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://publications-covid19.scilifelab.se/publication/e6ab3a8d7c344df9bb18ae2700312888 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.933752 | 228 | 3 | 3 |
Utah’s economy has been hit with severe inflation, leading the nation at over 9%! This is caused by COVID-19, an influx of new home buyers, and massive government spending. Reports now indicate inflation is costing Utah households an extra $3,000 annually. Additionally, housing costs in the region are rising nearly twice as fast as the national average. There is no denying that Utah is experiencing the worst inflation in forty years, coupled with the highest gas prices in seven years. As inflation increases our hard-earned dollars buy less. Families are having to make difficult decisions, including going without. Government should do the same during this tough economic period, starting with removing Utah’s food tax and lowering the gas tax.
In 2020, when the legislature passed a tax increase. I signed and supported the referendum to repeal it. As your senator, I will sponsor and vote for legislation that will lower taxes, remove the food tax, and reduce any wasteful government spending.
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Duplex (DSS) and austenitic stainless steels (ASS) are frequently used in many energy related applications. The duplex grade is considered to have outstanding mechanical properties as well as good corrosion resistance.1 The austenitic phase combines high ductility, even at low temperatures, with sufficient strength, and therefore such materials are applied in storage and transport of high-pressure hydrogen.2-4 During service in acidic environments large amounts of hydrogen can ingress into the microstructure and induce many changes in the mechanical properties of the steel. Embrittlement of steels by hydrogen remains unclear even though this topic has been intensively studied for several decades. The reason for that lies in the inability to validate the proposed theoretical models in the sub-micron scale. Among the very few available methods nowadays, Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) enables a highly accurate mapping of hydrogen in the microstructure in a spatial resolution below 100 nm. 5
In the present work ToF-SIMS was used as a main tool in order to investigate the effect of deuterium on a duplex microstructure of lean and standard DSSs during and after the electrochemical charging process. Electrochemical charging simulates the service of a component in acidic environments under conditions of cathodic protection that are commonly applied to prevent corrosion reactions. ToF-SIMS after multivariate data analysis (MVA) was combined with high resolution topographic images and electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) data to characterize the structural changes. It was observed that the ferritic phase was affected almost identical in all steels whereas in the austenitic phase significant differences were obtained in the lean duplex in comparison to the standard DSS. The obtained results have been compared to similar investigations on a AISI 304L austenitic stainless steel. The advantage of the combined techniques is reflected by the ability to correlate the hydrogen distribution in the microstructure and the resulted phase transformation. | <urn:uuid:75ae9ca7-8e73-4e8d-a403-b5fab0b106fd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://steelyhydrogen2018proc.be/articles/deuterium-assisted-cracking-in-standard-and-lean-duplex-stainless-steels-a-tof-sims-and-ebsd-study/17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.943523 | 414 | 2.515625 | 3 |
What are cataracts?
Cataracts are areas that develop in the clear lens inside your eyes, stopping light from reaching the back of the eye, and causing blurred or misty vision. They are not painful.
What are the symptoms of cataracts?
- Blurred, misty or cloudy vision
- Difficulty seeing in dim or low light
- Colours look faded or more like sepia
- Double vision
- Seeing haloes (circles of light) around bright lights, or finding lights too ‘dazzling’ to look at
- You feel like the lenses in your glasses are dirty or greasy, even when they are clean
Cataracts can develop very slowly and may not be noticeable for some time. They often develop in both eyes, although not necessarily at the same time or in the same way.
What causes cataracts?
Unfortunately, most cataracts simply develop as we age, although you can reduce your risk by eating a healthy diet and not smoking or drinking alcohol. If you have been exposed to frequent strong UV light, have taken steroid medication over a long period of time, or have had untreated diabetes you may also be at higher risk.
Can you tell me if I have cataracts?
We always check for the signs of cataracts during an eye examination. When we look inside your eyes to check their overall health, we look through the lens inside your eye. In doing so, any cataract or cloudiness will be visible to your optometrist. Other tests will also indicate the presence of cataract, in particular a noticeable drop in visual acuity (the size of the letters you can see on the chart) Most of the time, the vision can be improved by an alteration to the type of correction you have. Where this is not possible, we can discuss referral to an ophthalmologist for more tests and treatment.
Unfortunately, because there are no drops or medicines that improve cataracts, and your vision will deteriorate slowly over time, the only effective treatment is surgery.
What happens during cataract surgery?
Cataract surgery is the most common surgery in the UK and has an extremely high success rate. It is a quick and simple procedure which is carried out under local anaesthetic as a day patient, so you will be able to communicate with your surgeon during the operation.
The surgeon will make a tiny incision in your eye to remove the cloudy lens and replace it with a new, clear artificial lens. You will not normally need stitches, but your eye will be covered to protect it.
If you have cataracts in both eyes, you’ll need two separate operations, usually carried out 6 to 12 weeks apart to give the first eye time to heal.
So, will I need new glasses after my cataract operation?
After cataract surgery most people will still need to wear glasses for certain tasks, although the prescription will be very different from before the operation, and the vision should be markedly better. You will need an eye examination about a month after surgery once your vision has settled down.
If you’re at all concerned about cataracts contact us today.
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Using technology to better examine your eye health
For years the standard way of checking the health of the back of your eyes has been either direct ophthalmoscopy (when we get really close with the bright light) or slit-lamp ophthalmoscopy where you have your chin on a chin-rest and we look inside the eyes using a microscope, a bright light and a super-powerful magnifying lens.
All optometrists are highly skilled at recognising anything that may be wrong, the only problem with this is one of comparison. Judging whether the appearance of someone’s retina two or more years ago has changed or not, can be difficult, even when comprehensive notes are kept. That’s where photographs can be invaluable.
Many eye conditions can be particularly hard to detect because the changes in the appearance of the back of the eye can be very subtle and slow. If we take glaucoma as an example, the appearance of what’s called the optic disc, where the optic nerve joins the back of the eye, is one of the things that we monitor very closely. Glaucoma damages the optic disc and it’s shape and size change slowly as the damage occurs over time. If we have images to compare, then this damage can be picked up a lot earlier than would otherwise be the case. This is not just true of glaucoma, the detection of diabetes and other problems hugely benefit from this too. At Patrick and Menzies, we were early adopters of this technology, known as Fundus Photography over 15 years ago.
Since fundus photography became commonplace, a newer, more advanced technology became available, known as Optical Coherence Tomography or OCT. From the patient’s perspective the procedure is very similar to fundus photography. However instead of a flat 2D photograph of the retina, OCT uses scanning light beams to create a 3D image, not unlike an ultrasound, of the retina. The advantage of this is that we can see the deeper layers of the retina, nerve fibres and blood vessels underneath, things that can’t be seen on a conventional fundus photograph. Conditions like Glaucoma, diabetes and many others can be picked even earlier than before, enabling treatment before any significant sight loss or other complications can occur. We installed OCT in all our practices over 5 years ago and they have proved invaluable.
Our Braintree practice also has something called Optomap. These machines give us an ultra-widefield image of the back of the eye, enabling easier detection of any problems in the peripheral areas of the retina.
These more advanced ways of examining your eyes are a standard part of our private eye examination, and included if you are part of our VisionPlan scheme.
For anyone who receives a basic NHS check, they are available as an upgrade for a small fee.
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Brand Spotlight | Prada Eyewear Collection
Prada is the Italian luxury fashion house, specializing in leather handbags, luggage, shoes, ready-to-wear, perfumes and accessories, founded in 1913 by Mario Prada. It represents the best of Italian culture and tradition and is one of the most innovative, prestigious and widely recognized world brands, with a keen attention to detail and a finger on the pulse of new trends. In 2000, Prada launched their eyewear collection, which reflects this approach with unmistakable style, refined elegance and uncompromising quality.
Prada’s eyewear collection is made by Italian eyewear conglomerate and the world’s largest company in the eyewear industry, Luxottica. Luxottica was founded by Leonardo Del Vecchio, who began his career as the apprentice to a tool and die maker in Milan. In 1961, he moved to Agordo in the province of Belluno, which is home to most of the Italian eyewear industry and in 1967, he started selling complete eyeglass frames under the Luxottica brand, which proved hugely successful. Today Luxottica make glasses for Chanel, Versace, Armani, Burberry and Dolce & Gabbana, as well as their own lines.
Prada glasses are among the most colourful, avant-garde and yet wearable on the market today. The brand is renowned for both anticipating and influencing future tendencies, so they’re the perfect option for those who want to lean towards a timeless aristocratic elegance. The collection also includes the Prada Linea Rossa line, which is inspired by the world of luxury sports to convey an everyday casual yet sophisticated style.
“Beauty, creativity and superior quality have always been the guiding principles of the Prada Group,” says Carlo Mazzi, Prada’s Chairman, but the Group is also committed to environmental and corporate social responsibility, so you can sure you are making an ethical choice too.
Take a look at some of the frames: The Duple come in a abundance of colours and has a chunky 1960s feel, upgraded with an exposed metal nose piece, the Ultravox has a beguiling kitten shape and doesn’t overwhelm finer-boned faces, the Journal captures the nerdy-cool vibe with a solid square-frame, the Cinema and the Ornate both have interesting corner details and the Minimal Baroque are so fashion-forward you’ll be on the cover of a magazine!
From sophisticated designs with intriguing detail to vintage models reimagined in different, original nuances, the Prada Eyewear Collection is a range we are very proud to stock. Obviously, we don’t have all frames available at all times in all of our stores, but we are always happy to help, so if there’s a particular style you’re interested in, just let us know!
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Case Study | Mr Manton
The quick thinking actions of one of our optometrists proved to be life saving for our first-time customer Neil Manton.
Earlier this year Neil was driving home from Yorkshire in grey and rainy weather when he noticed a strange shimmering sensation in his right eye. Putting it down to tiredness, initially Neil wasn’t too worried, but when that shadow didn’t seem to go away after a few days he decided to book an appointment at Patrick & Menzies Braintree branch.
At Neil’s appointment our optometrist Charlotte Wearmouth listened carefully to Neil’s concerns and gave him a thorough examination which took almost two hours but couldn’t come to a definitive conclusion. Charlotte said, “Despite not finding any obvious cause, I was aware that Mr Manton’s symptoms were serious, especially as they developed suddenly and were not improving.”
Realising that the problem needed further investigation Charlotte sent the images of Neil’s eye and her findings to Broomfield Hospital with a request for them to follow up. Three or four days, later Neil was called into Broomfield for a further battery of tests, including a brain scan, which revealed that the carotid artery in Neil’s neck was 84% blocked, restricting blood flow to his eyes, and putting him at imminent risk of stroke or fatal heart attack.
Neil was admitted urgently for a 5-and-a-half-hour operation which resolved the issue and Neil was allowed home the following day.
Neil couldn’t be more grateful. “Patrick & Menzies are life savers! I really can’t praise them enough for the professionalism of the service I have received,” he says. “If Charlotte hadn’t been so thorough and taken so much time over my appointment when I went to her, I might not be here to tell the story today.”
Neil returned to Patrick & Menzies just six weeks ago for a further check-up and we are delighted to report that his eye health is even better now than it was before the operation.
Our eyes really are windows to our wellbeing, so if you have any concerns or notice any anomalies with your eyes or vision, please do make an appointment to see one of our optometrists today. We really do go the extra mile to make sure our patients stay well and happy and perhaps enjoy the odd game of golf, as Neil does!
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Diabetes and Your Sight
Who can develop diabetic eye disease?
Anyone with diabetes can develop diabetic eye disease, but your risk is greater if you have high blood pressure or high blood glucose that is left untreated over a long period. You are also increasing your risk if you have high blood cholesterol and/or are a smoker.
How does diabetes affect my eyes?
If your blood glucose levels are out of control and fluctuating, one of the problems you can experience is varying amounts of blurred vision, sometimes on a daily basis. This is important to get checked, especially if you’re driving. But more seriously, diabetes can damage your retina when your blood glucose is too high. This is because the retina needs a constant supply of blood, which it receives through a network of tiny blood vessels and over time, a persistently high blood sugar level can damage these blood vessels and even cause blindness.
What types of eye problems are caused by diabetes?
There are four main problems:
Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of vision loss in people with diabetes and up to a third of diabetics over the age of 40 show some signs of the disease.
In early diabetic retinopathy, blood vessels can weaken, bulge, or leak into the retina. This stage is called non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
If the disease gets worse, some blood vessels close off, which causes new, weaker blood vessels to grow on the surface of the retina, which can cause serious vision problems. This stage is called proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
Fortunately, finding and treating diabetic retinopathy early can reduce the risk of blindness by up to 95 percent.
Diabetic macular oedema
Diabetic macular oedema is a swelling in the macula – the functional centre of the retina and the part that gives us the ability to see 20/20 and provides the best colour vision. Over time, this disease can destroy the sharp vision in this part of the eye, leading to partial vision loss or blindness. Macular oedema usually develops in people who already have other signs of diabetic retinopathy.
If you have diabetes you are at twice the risk of developing glaucoma. Ask at your next appointment in branch for more information on glaucoma.
Cataracts occur when the lens in your eye develops cloudy patches which cause blurry, misty vision and, if left untreated, blindness
People with diabetes are more likely to develop cataracts and to do so at an earlier age: It is believed that high glucose levels cause deposits to build up in the eye’s lens.
I have diabetes – should I be worried?
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of blindness in adults in the UK. However, if you are keeping your blood sugar levels under control then there is no real need to be any more concerned than usual about your eyesight. You should always visit your optician regularly, though, as in the majority of cases problems picked up early can be stopped from progressing and sight can be saved.
If you feel concerned about your eye health please contact your local Patrick and Menzies branch.
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Because of the current health emergency, from Monday 23rd, temporarily, we are restricting our service to telephone and email contact only. This is to protect our team and the wider public. We hope this period doesn’t last too long while we work out a system to deal with any emergency you might have.
Our team are currently working extremely hard contacting everyone who has an appointment booked and those who are imminently due, arranging deliveries of glasses and contact lenses and generally being fantastic. If you do need to contact us, we are here but please do but bear with us as this is a fast-moving situation and we are quite busy.
If, however you are having problems with your vision, have lost your glasses, or any other situation where you need our help, then we will do everything possible to ensure we can take care of you.
Braintree: 01376 320419
Brightlingsea: 01206 302249
West Mersea: 01206 383455
Or email email@example.com
While we await guidance on what, emergency/essential cover we may be able to provide, please go to 111.nhs.uk first or call 111 if you feel you really do have an emergency.
Please take care of each other and stay safe.
The Patrick & Menzies Team
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Brand Spotlight | Flexon
In 1961 US Naval scientists discovered that the metal alloy they were creating for missile heat shields automatically returned to its original shape, even after being hit with a hammer! This advanced memory material became the unique selling point of Flexon, which, since its launch in the US in 1988, has changed the world of eyewear with its unique attributes, building on the memory metal and further utilizing Japanese materials and technology.
Many brands have tried to imitate Flexon’s incredible success, but none have done so. That’s because Flexon frames feature technologically advanced memory metal in the bridge and/or temples allowing them to be flexed, bent or twisted and yet return to their original shape. Flexon frames require a minimal amount of adjustment but the nose pads and end pieces can be fine-tuned for a more custom fit.
Over the years Flexon eyewear has consolidated its design and manufacturing experience to create a varied collection filled with colour and comfort. Memory metal is combined with rubber, TR90 and stainless steel to make lightweight yet durable frames which allow the user to confidently go into any situation their busy lifestyle demands.
In 1997 Flexon Juniors launched: We all know how hard children can be on their glasses, so the Zeus and Aphrodite frames, among others, offer mature yet fun looks in durable, sit-on-able, chuck-in-your-school-bag-able memory metal.
in 2003 the Flexon 600 series quickly became the industry benchmark and in 2014, the modern, practical Evolution collection debuted. From these ranges, the temple of the Nathaniel model has been enhanced with an embossed, rectangular-brick pattern in contrasting shiny and matte finishes; the Julian has bowed temples to accommodate a wide fit; the Gloria is enhanced with a laser etched pattern design with crystal detailing and the best-selling Mariene has two-tone interwoven stainless steel temples.
In 2016 the Sun Collection launched in a rage of classic styles with polarized lenses and backside anti-reflective coatings, and in 2019 the new premium collection, Flexon Black: Sunglasses come in classic aviator and flat metal shapes and Flexon Black offers innovation with screwless spring hinges and tailored temples padded with rubberized detailing.
Flexon spectacles are an ideal choice if you play sport in your glasses or just tend to put your glasses through a lot, but a word of caution: Although Flexon frames are durable, they are not indestructible! Flexon frames should not be twisted more than 90° and Flexon temples should not be twisted more than once around the finger!
Having said that, it’s a stylish, lightweight range well worth considering, so pop in to any of our branches when you’re next in town to see which models we have in stock and how amazing the memory metal really is!
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Varifocals!
Varifocals, or progressive lenses, have been around for longer than you might think. First introduced in the late 1950s, the ‘Varilux’ lens was developed by the French company Essel. These varifocals were created to combine a person’s distance and near prescriptions, without the need for a dividing line between the two. Unlike bifocals, with that visible line, varifocals have an ‘intermediate’ area on the lens which enables the wearer to focus on objects in the middle ground like a computer screen. Traditional bifocal lenses often can’t match this.
How do Varifocals Work?
Simple lenses work because their surfaces are curved, and because the material they are made from is denser than air. The more curved and denser they are, the more powerful they will be. Let’s consider the curvature: The weaker the lens is, the flatter it will be. A single vision lens (one that just corrects say, distance vision) has more or less the same curvature all over its surface because its power needs to be consistent. So, if you have a lens that has two different powers to it, like a bifocal, it will have two different curves. The dividing line on a bifocal, which you can often see and feel, is where these two curvatures meet on the lens surface.
In a progressive lens, there is no line and no jump between the two curves – instead there is a gradual change in power from the distance zone in the top of the lens, to the near vision zone in the bottom. The way the lens manufacturers achieve this is to gradually increase the curvature of the lens surface from top to bottom. You can’t ‘see’ this on the lens, but it does create some problems that the manufacturers are finding ever more technological ways of dealing with.
How are the Manufacturing Difficulties Overcome?
As the surface progresses downward and the curvature changes, some distortion is created in the outer, lower edges of the lens. Effectively the prescription is wrong in these areas of the lens. It’s important to understand that the vision doesn’t suddenly become terribly blurry and distorted as soon as you stray outside the central zone, it starts gradually and gets worse the further out you go. The amount of error that is created is governed by several things, but mostly by how different the near vision prescription is compared to the distance.
Manufacturers have developed ways of minimising this, so it impacts on how the lens feels as little as possible. The amount of error is calculable (by complicated computer algorithms) so 20 or so years ago manufacturing techniques altered to control the curvature of the lens surface much more accurately in the periphery. In the better varifocal lenses then, the surface error is more accurately calculated and more points on the surface are corrected for the error. This gives a wider field of vision, less distortion, more natural feeling vision, smoother transition from near to far and quicker adaptation on the part of the wearer. Basically, a better lens all round.
Which Varifocal Lens Should I Choose?
As with many things in life, the better the lens, the more you tend to pay – and in the case of varifocals, you really do get what you pay for. There are literally hundreds of varifocal lenses available on the market so as a result opticians tend to like to find a manufacturer that makes really great lenses that work for everyone: We choose Nikon Optical for our preferred lens supplier, as we have consistently found that even their entry level varifocal lens are brilliant quality and totally reliable. Their top-of-the-range lenses are really exceptional and can be tailored very specifically to your visual preferences – something we’ll expand on in a future blog.
In the meantime, feel free to pop in to any of our branches to discuss how varifocals may work for you.
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Migraines, Headaches and Eye Health
Migraines? Aren’t they just bad headaches? Well, not really. Migraines are defined as a headache that lasts from 4 hours up to several days and affects one or both sides of your head. It can feel as though your head is throbbing or being constricted and can be extremely painful. Often but not always, the pain is accompanied by nausea, dizziness, sensitivity to light and sound and can feel worse if you move around. Some GP’s define a migraine as a headache bad enough for to stop you going about your normal day.
What’s that got to do with my eyes?
Migraines are headaches linked with a sensory imbalance, and as vision is a key part of your perception it is integrally linked to your nervous system: If your eyes are constantly straining, it can sometimes trigger a migraine.
What causes eye strain?
Asthenopia, the medical term for eyestrain, occurs when your eye muscles are over tired. If you can’t see clearly, you may squint often or hold items up close or far away from your face. This will tire the muscles more, meaning your eyesight deteriorates further – creating a vicious circle. Poor lighting can also strain your eyes, but any activity that demands intense use of your eyes for long periods can be linked to problems.
If you’re concentrating hard on something, be it staring at a screen, studying or driving, you tend to blink less, this can make the eyes feel very uncomfortable as they dry out. Working in low lighting creates a poor-quality image on the back of your eye, meaning your eyes work harder to keep focus. If you do any of this for several hours at a time, then the problem is just compounded. It’s important to make it a rule to give your eyes a break every twenty minutes by looking away and purposely focusing on something distant for a while. This increases the blink rate for and relaxes the focussing muscles.
The effort that the eye muscles exert is no different from any other muscle in the body. They get tired if you ask them to do too much. If you focus up close for a long time, it’s effectively the same as carrying heavy shopping back from the shop, your arms would ache, so your eyes will ache too. Having the right glasses will help, if you need a prescription for this, but no glasses will make you superhuman, if you do it for too long it will ache!
I’ve heard about migraines causing blindness – is that true?
Ocular migraines, if you’re unlucky enough to have them, can give many kinds of unusual symptoms. They are more common than you might imagine and are caused by spasms in the blood vessels near the visual pathway (the route from the eyes to the brain). Most commonly people report shimmery, kaleidoscope-type effects in their vision, often arc-shaped, lasting around 20 minutes and still visible when the eyes are closed. They can happen on their own, without the headache. In rarer, more severe cases, the vision can be interrupted more completely. In these cases, there are often other symptoms as well that can appear similar to a stroke. It all depends on where and how severe the spasms in the vessels are. Statistically you may be at a higher risk for permanent vision loss, it is rare though and often linked with other associated medical conditions. Barring an emergency, any concerning symptoms should be investigated by your GP, but it would be advisable to come and talk to us about your symptoms, too.
Sometimes my glasses give me a headache – what can I do?
Headaches caused by wearing spectacles can occur for a number of reasons. Reducing them depends on what you think is causing the headache. For example, if you get headaches mostly when you’ve been on your computer then it may be your prescription needs updating or you need a different type of lens for that task. It may be that you are suffering from glare problems. Or it may even be that it isn’t your specs, you may need to take better breaks from the screen as previously mentioned, as screen glare can cause strain.
Sometimes you can get headaches when you’ve had a change in prescription, particularly if it’s a big change. This happens is because your focusing muscles are used to working with your last prescription and now have to readjust. In order to help this process, it’s best to wear your new prescription as much as possible in order to shorten the time it takes your muscles to adjust.
Headaches can also be caused by a badly fitting pair of specs. If they are too tight, the pressure can get to a point where it causes an ache. If they are loose or wonky, the lenses can be misaligned, causing eyestrain. If you find the fit of your frames needs tweaking, or you need new frames altogether that are measured and fitted properly so that you can wear them with comfort we’ll be happy to help, of course.
The causes of headaches and migraines are complex and often difficult to pin down. Your eyes can be the cause, but they aren’t always the whole story. If any of the points raised in this article are causing you concern, then don’t hesitate to come and see us at any of our branches or contact your GP.
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Glasses, Goggles and Contact Lenses for Sports
If you play a lot of sport then your regular glasses may be driving you a bit mad – misting up when you get sweaty, shifting when you swing the golf club or getting knocked off in a tackle. You may feel you need to take them off if playing a racquet or more intense contact sport like rugby where an impact could mean serious eye injury. In fact, if you’re a sportsman or woman then wearing your glasses may well be affecting your performance. So, what can be done?
Get Special Glasses or Goggles…
Lenses in sports eye wear are usually made of polycarbonate as it’s an impact-resistant lens material that works well to protect eyes from fast-moving objects. Polycarbonate also has built-in ultraviolet protection – especially important for golfers, cyclists, cricketers and runners who may spend many hours in the sunshine. Untreated polycarbonate lenses can scratch easily, though and so most will include a scratch-resistant coating on both the front and back surface to keep them in shape for longer.
Sport frames are usually constructed of highly impact-resistant plastic and most come with rubber padding to cushion the frame around the temples and on the nose, but sports glasses and goggles are made in a variety of shapes and sizes. There are different designs for different sports and some are even designed to fit inside the helmets necessary for cycling or American football, for example.
Sports protective styles of frames are often contoured, wrapping slightly around the face. They also sometimes come with an elastic restraining strap that hugs the back of the head to keep them firmly in place and they often come in rimless styles or with vents to avoid misting.
If you’re a shooter or sailor, the choice of lens tint may be your ultimate priority and styles popular with those who practice these sports even boast interchangeable lenses to ensure 20/20 visibility in all conditions.
Swimming and ski goggles can be made with lenses that correct your spherical powers (sphere only) or your full prescription, just like a regular pair of glasses. Ski hybrids can come with foam surrounds or side shields to protect from the cold.
The possibilities really are endless, so come and discuss your specific requirements with us.
…Or Switch to Contact Lenses?
Often the most appropriate way of correcting the vision for sport is with contact lenses and we have lenses for every sporting lifestyle: Whether your concern is that you spend a lot of time in the sun and want lenses with UV protection to make sure your eyes are protected, or you’re just tired of glasses which fall off, mist up or impede your peripheral vision at crucial moments, we will find the contact lenses to suit. And that includes those who have varifocal prescriptions or indeed astigmatism.
So even if you have been told you’re not able to wear lenses in the past come and have a chat – chances are we can help. (And for less than you may think!)
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Once it has exhausted all possible fuel, a large star will end its life as a core-collapse supernova. Although the emitted light briefly outshines an entire galaxy, 99% of the energy from such a supernova is released as neutrinos. A burst of these supernova neutrinos was seen twenty-four years ago, from the star Sanduleak -69 202a, in an event known as Supernova 1987a. Whilst the next such burst is eagerly anticipated, it is also possible to detect the supernova relic neutrino background, comprised of neutrinos from all past core-collapse supernovae. One such search was conducted using 1496 days of data from the Super-Kamiokande detector. This analysis looked for electron-type anti-neutrinos that had produced a positron with an energy greater than 18 MeV. In the absence of a signal, 90% C.L. upper limits on the total flux were set for several theoretical models; these limits ranged from 20 to 130 nu_e bar cm^-2 s^-1. Additionally, an upper bound of 1.2 nu_e bar cm^-2 s^-1 was set for the supernova relic neutrino flux in the energy region E_nu > 19.3 MeV. | <urn:uuid:0f8e0989-203d-489e-95e6-c04de0b3ec4b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/general/seminars/abstracts/malek.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.936527 | 274 | 3.5625 | 4 |
CREST supports West Linn-Wilsonville classroom teachers in teaching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through experiential learning. On any given day, you might find us leading a nature walk around school, taking students on a field trip, farming with students, or helping a student with their own research project.
Teachers can get support from CREST staff in a number of ways, including:
- Field Experiences (primary level)
- Lesson plan development
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Root vegetables are in season in the winter. They are rich in minerals (K, Ca, Mg, P, Fe) and fibre. They are an essential part of an everyday diet.
Spelt with butternut squash and carrot, served with Bryndza cheese with chives, is a vegetarian dish (spelt, carrot, squash, onion, garlic), with the addition of Bryndza (a traditional sheep's milk cheese) and fresh herbs. It makes a healthy and nutritionally balanced main course and is a source of fibre, protein, vitamins, minerals and essential elements. We recommend reducing the amount of salt from 2 g to 1.5 g due to the Bryndza cheese, which contains a higher amount of salt. | <urn:uuid:f5413ffa-306d-4801-93dc-c74223aea8c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://healthyrecipes-food.eu/en/recipes/spelt-with-roasted-butternut-squash-carrot-and-bryndza-cheese-with-chives | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.947197 | 164 | 2.46875 | 2 |
Spherulitic growth rates and microstructure of syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) cold-crystallized isothermally at various temperatures, Tc (115-240 °C), have been investigated by small-angle light scattering (SALS), optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The derived activation energy for sPS chain mobility at the crystal growing front is 5.4 kJ/mol, which is relatively lower than that of isotactic polystyrene, 6.5 kJ/mol. In addition, the Hv scattering invariant (QHv) measured by SALS on the crystallized sPS samples displays a pronounced minimum at ∼150 °C. Despite a wide range of Tc used, however, the sample crystallinity estimated by Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy remains unchanged. Prior to crystallization, the correlation length derived from the Vv patterns on the basis of Debye-Bueche model is ca. 1.13 μm regardless of Tc used. Interconnected domains with a width of ca. 1.8±0.5 μm are readily observed in all the crystallized samples under phase contrast microscopy and the phase-separated structure is conserved within sPS spherulites whose diameters are increased with increasing Tc. Based on the above facts, we conclude that the presence of a QHv minimum is ascribed to the resultant events of the two competitive transitions i.e. liquid-solid crystallization, and liquid-liquid demixing resulting from the spinodal decomposition (SD). At lower Tc, the unstable SD transition overwhelms the crystallization. Despite the low chain mobility, the coarsening process driven by the interfacial energies has reached a certain level before crystalline nucleation takes place. At higher Tc, on the other hand, cold crystallization becomes the dominant process due to the enhanced chain mobility, leading to the suppression of ongoing SD coarsening process. At an intermediate Tc range, comparable competition of the phase separation and crystallization prohibits the development of ordered symmetry within spherulites, giving the presence of QHv minimum.
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- Organic Chemistry
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Nora Kühner knows her industry. She’s a fashion expert with years of experience in the sports business. She doesn’t think much of the dour prophecies that designers will be replaced by digital technologies.
“Fashion designers will continue to play an important role in the future, specially in the sports sector,” says Kühner, because “sports are a topic of the future” and good design requires human expertise. The fashion expert is convinced: “Amazon has developed an AI designer, for example, but it can’t develop creatively/innovatively because it draws its knowledge from an algorithm, i.e. from data, which is inevitably from yesterday.”
In addition, a feel for human needs is necessary, as “purely pragmatic, functional design is a dead end, especially in this day and age,” says Kühner. But that doesn’t mean that designers don’t need to know their way around digital technologies – quite the opposite. For Kühner, the requirements designers need to meet have gotten bigger, especially in the sports fashion sector.
For a successful career, they not only have to be creative and driven. Kühner names seven challenges that the digital transformation will bring for sports fashion designers:
Designers need to be familiar with technological options, such as 3D printing or digital interfaces, and know how to use them. But that doesn’t mean every designer needs to be versed in handling every single application. There are experts responsible for each.
Those who want to set trends as a designer can’t just devote themselves to their own interests. “Curiosity is in demand, along with openness to societal developments and broad, basic cultural and political knowledge,” says Kühner.
That’s the only way to identify trends and social currents that then flow into the design process. An open mindset is required. Your gaze has to “extend beyond your own community,” Kühner explains.
The DIY trend in particular gives the impression that, with the help of digital technology, anyone can produce everything themselves. The trend expert views this as a fallacy because the designer’s expertise is lacking, especially in the detailed work. In the field of sports fashion, for example, it’s the in-depth understanding of functional materials and their uses.
“However, designers can become enablers, supporters, and companions in the co-creation process.” The textile experts can then design a template, for example, which customers can use and implement individually.
In the digital working world, designers need a broad understanding of related fields in order to deal with and communicate with fabric manufacturers, producers, developers, and customers.
They need to reconcile technological and human requirements. “Designers always need to keep the look, fit, and technical feasibility in mind,” says Kühner.
The outdoor apparel industry in particular assumes its people are out in nature, which is reflected in the functional clothing and in the marketing and communication of new collections. But “driving trends don’t emerge in nature, they emerge in the urban environment,” says Kühner. In the end, that is where the majority of consumers live.
If apps, digital devices, and e-sports belong to the sports community in the consumers’ point of view, then “designers must also ask themselves, ‘What is good for these people?’” says Kühner. This also goes hand in hand with Kühner’s insistence that good design needs to focus on social needs and experience, not functionality and technology.
Kühner believes that young people especially are questioning the ecological footprint and manufacturing conditions of products.
For fashion experts, this means they need to deal with these questions and that design increasingly needs to be “sustainable and responsible,” and function with the corresponding materials.
“If we succeed in focusing on our lives and experiences,” says Kühner, then digital technologies can also be used profitably.
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War Graves Ledger Books. RG 150, 1992-93/314, vols. 239–302. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
About the Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948
General collection information
This database contains three separate sets of records for military personnel who died during and after the First and Second World Wars.
The first set of records includes death and burial information for many Canadian soldiers who died in France, Belgium, or the United Kingdom during the First World War from 1914 to 1918. This record group also includes information about soldiers who died in Canada during and after the First World War, if the death was attributable to war service. These records include the initial burial location, but many bodies were exhumed and re-interred after the war in cemeteries established by the Imperial War Graves Commission. About 20,000 members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force have no known grave. Their names are inscribed on one of two monuments: the Vimy Memorial in France and the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium. For those who died in the United Kingdom, the registers also indicate the name and location of the cemetery. Missing records in this series include all surnames from Cozni to Crossley, letter “D” surnames through Davy, and all surnames after Sims to the end of the alphabet.
The second set of records includes information about Canadian military personnel who died at sea or in the United States during the First World War. This set also includes information about the deaths of enemy noncitizens interned in Canada during the war and Canadian soldiers killed during the Allied intervention into Siberia, Russia, during the Bolshevik Revolution in 1918 and 1919. This set of records is organized by province, excluding Newfoundland and Labrador which were not yet provinces of Canada. There is a separate register for Canadian military personnel who died in the United States.
The third set of records pertains to the Second World War and includes information about Canadian military personnel who died in Canada between 1939 and 1945. This set also includes records of the deaths of servicemembers from Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other Allied nations who were in Canada for pilot training during the war. Canada was home to the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan where more than 130,000 men learned to fly.
Using this collection
Records in this collection may include the following information:
Each record contains two images corresponding to the front and back sides of the original register. These records can be used to verify that your ancestor died during the First or Second World War, and they may help you discover how your ancestor died and where they were buried.
Collection in context
The original records that support this collection are primary historical sources that were first housed in the Records Office of the Overseas Ministry. The Library and Archives of Canada took over responsibility for historical military service records in 1971, and the records are now housed at the archives in Ottawa, Ontario.
Canada entered the First World War when Great Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914. During the four-year war, more than 650,000 Canadians and New Foundlanders served in the armed forces, and at least 66,000 Canadian soldiers died during the war.
The Second World War began for Canadians on 10 September 1939 when war was declared on Germany after its invasion of Poland. More than 1.1 million Canadian men and women served in the armed forces, and at least 42,000 Canadians were killed before the war ended in August 1945.
Canadian War Museum. “Canada and the Second World War.” Accessed 7 June, 2022. https://www.warmuseum.ca/learn/canada-and-the-second-world-war/.
Dunscomb, Paul. “Siberian Intervention 1918-1922.” International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Last modified 24 October, 2018. https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/siberian_intervention_1918-1922.
Government of Canada. “First World War, 1914-1918.” Accessed 7 June, 2022. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/wars-and-conflicts/first-world-war/
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This recipe supports a balanced growth in puppies of all sizes and breeds, providing them with everything they need to develop into a healthy adult dog. High inclusions of chicken deliver large amounts of high-value protein, of paramount importance especially during growth, as it is the building block of any tissue and organ. Rice, the only added grain, is naturally gluten-free and help to provent digestive upsets that may occur in this life stage. Added chondro protectors and controlled minerals promote a balanced development of bones and joint, even in large breed puppies.
- Chicken + rice = top digestibility
- No gluten
- Suitable for puppies of all sizes up to 12 months of age
LIFETIME GROWING | COMPOSITION
Dehydrated chicken meat (29%), rice, chicken fat, rice protein, whole dried eggs, dried beet pulp, linseed, rice flour, rice bran, hydrolyzed protein, dried peas, salmon oil, dried yeast, dried seaweed, dried tomato paste, dried carrots, monocalciumphosphate, sodium chloride, cellulose, chondroitin sulfate (0,1%), glucosamine (0,1%), green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) extract.
LIFETIME GROWING | NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
- Metabolizable Energy: 3.970 kcal/kg
- Glucosamine: 1.000 mg/kg
- Chondroitin: 1.000 mg/kg
Nutritional additives per 1 kg:
- Vitamin A: 15.000 IU
- Vitamin D3: 1.200 IU
- Vitamin E: 150 mg
- Copper (as cupric sulphate, pentahydrate): 10 mg
- Zinc (as zinc oxyde): 90 mg
- Zinc (as zinc chelate of amino acids hydrate): 45 mg
- Iodine (as calcium iodate, anhydrous): 2 mg
- Selenium (as sodium selenite): 0,2 mg
LIFETIME GROWING | FEEDING RECOMMENDATION
Use this feeding recommendation as a guiding value. The individual demand may vary due to factors such as age, breed, activity and other factors. Please adjust daily feed to these factors. Remember to provide fresh water to your pet at all times.
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Notice that the difference between Fstep one and Fdos is larger than the difference between their velocities, which is 0.02. This is important because it means that the net force F is now greater than it would have been if the electron was not moving. In other words it appears that the force between the particles has increased due to their movement. Could this increase in the electrical force be related to magnetism?
Currents in identical advice
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Clovis Startup: IOS App Development Case Study
About the Product
The app calculates your carbon footprint and converts it into a daily level of CO2 emissions. Users are given suggestions on how to reduce their carbon footprint by adjusting their transportation, recycling, eating, and shopping habits. Also, users can offset their carbon footprint by supporting various projects run by eco-friendly non-profit organizations.
Upon launching, the client is confident to say that their product has the best UI/UX design among its competitors. The client gives credit to Tino Digital Agency’s satisfactory skills in design and development and their openness to applying changes depending on the feedback that they are provided with.
01 Challenge & Goals
An important objective of the app was to connect people and non-profit organizations that support the environment. Most people don't have time to research projects that are currently implemented by non-profit organizations and don't know how to support them. Klovis does it for you! The app was designed not only to raise awareness among its users about the impact of their lifestyle choices on the envirоnment but also to serve as a bridge between the public and eco-friendly non-profit organizations.
02 Solutions & Result
We created an interactive and user-friendly design for an environmentally-conscious user who would like to determine their carbon footprint and take tangible action steps to offset it. The latter is achieved in two ways: by making adjustments in the user's day-to-day behavior and/or by contributing to various environmental projects by non-profit organizations. The social engagement component of the app allows users to stay engaged with their friends and with non-profit organizations.
Our team created an interactive design that walks the user through an intuitive questionnaire and tracks their current carbon footprint on a dashboard. My Projects section of the app includes actionable items where a user can offset their carbon footprint by financially supporting projects by non-profit organizations that grow trees and support the environment.
Klovis provides users with simple data visualization tools to track their carbon footprint over time and relative to their friends. Once they know where they stand, they can either reduce or offset their carbon footprint by changing their habits or by supporting environmental causes.
In the Grow section of the app, users can donate money to an environmental cause of their choice and earn points to offset their carbon footprint. Klovis transfers the funds to support various projects run by non-profit organizations that grow trees and support the environment. Under "My Projects" tab, users can track how many projects they supported and find out more information about their causes.
The Dashboard tracks your CO2 footprint and the number of points you accumulated by supporting projects. Users get encouragement when their carbon footprint is lower than the average in their area.
In the Report section, users can see a visual snapshot of all important factors that are contributing to their current carbon footprint. They can see which of their habits are contributing to it the most today, how the contribution of each factor today compares to its yesterday's levels, and compare their performance to their friends' average. Each of these numbers is highlighted using a different color for convenience.
The Social component of the app displays stories posted by the participating non-profit organization, newly added projects that users can participate in, as well as friends' activity updates if they are set public.
Our team started the project by carefully researching three different dimensions - intuitive questionnaire design, effective data visualization, and eco-friendly branding elements.
We created a sitemap that mapped out every possible user journey, which streamlined the process of wireframe design.
03 UX Wireframes
The next step involved producing black-and-white wireframes that showed the relative location of every element on each screen. This allowed our team to conduct effective usability testing and create the final clickable prototype, which the client's development team could immediately start implementing.
Creating a comprehensive prototype helped our team to go through every step on a typical user journey from signing up for an account to filling out the questionnaire to tracking their carbon footprint statistics.
04 UI Design
Our team crafted a simple and visually appealing design to track the user's carbon footprint. To enhance user engagement, we implemented several effective data visualization tools and elements of gamification, such as four types of achievement awards and encouragements for the users with a relatively low carbon footprint. We used a blue and green color scheme to mimic the colors of the globe.
After the design concept was approved, it was applied to all wireframes. At this stage, we experimented with several options for color brightness and different shades of blue and green design elements.
Custom illustrations were crafted by our team to reflect the environmental theme and make the branding easily recognizable and visually appealing.
All wireframes were assembled into a comprehensive clickable prototype that was user-tested. During this process, we replicated the entire user's journey to ensure a seamless transition from the design stage to the development stage.
We used Aktiv Grotesk font because it helps to support the environmental message of the app without being overpowering.
We used Pure Green, Royal Blue, and Magic Mint as primary colors in the design to replicate the colors that naturally occur in the environment.
Klovis app provides users with a unique opportunity to support the environment in a simple, yet tangible way.
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Research and Collections
The Research and Collections Department is the research institution within the museums. We create new knowledge through academic scholarship in history and science. We also maintain a huge, world-renowned archive of the world’s nature and cultures.
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Visitors can get up close to these fascinating objects and specimens, which are sometimes displayed in our exhibitions and during museum events. At the end of the day, whether out-front or behind the scenes, our research and vast collections represent an ever-growing record of nature and culture. We are committed to sharing this knowledge with those who, like us, are inspired to better understand our world. | <urn:uuid:8090dd08-79b8-40bc-a7fa-9e9e5ad52240> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nhmlac.org/research-collections | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.93868 | 182 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Making an investment in cryptocurrencies is not as straightforward as most people think. There is a lot more to this industry than Bitcoin, and diversification of one’s portfolio is key. A new survey by Foley and Lardner indicates most people consider Ethereum to be a better investment than Bitcoin.
Cryptocurrency Investing Isn’t Easy
Despite the overall growth of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, the investment options have not become more noob-friendly over the years. There are thousands of currencies to choose from, and most speculators want quick profits. Currencies with lower market caps tend to attract attention because of the potential short-term profits. Even so, there is still a vast demand for Bitcoin, as it remains the world’s leading cryptocurrency.
Although investing in Bitcoin makes perfect sense for most people, it may not necessarily be the smartest option. A new study conducted by Foley and Lardner, a renowned law firm, shows that cryptocurrency investors are showing increasing interest in Ethereum more so than Bitcoin. The difference is relatively small at this stage, yet it shows that the momentum may shift to the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency in the coming months.
The respondents all expressed their opinion on which cryptocurrency provides the best investment opportunity. The “none” category received 9% of votes, clearly indicating that there are still plenty of naysayers in this industry. Zcash and Monero received a combined 2% of the votes, and Dash received another 2%. That’s a bit disappointing for all those currencies, considering that they offer both privacy and anonymity to their users. Such qualities seem to be in far less demand than others, at least among Foley and Lardner’s survey respondents.
Ripple’s XRP is not all that popular either, for some reason. Just 5% of respondents consider it to be a worthwhile investment, even though this asset has exhibited a strong uptrend in 2017 and early 2018. Even so, it is not a traditional cryptocurrency by any means, and thus it shouldn’t even have been part of this survey. XRP will always spark debate in this regard.
Surprisingly, Bitcoin scored just 35% of the votes. Although that is a more than respectable figure, it is 3% lower than that of Ethereum. Even though Ethereum is a very different project from Bitcoin, it seems investors are banking big on the technical appeal of this ecosystem rather than Bitcoin’s focus on transactions.
This survey only represents one small group of people, of course. It doesn’t mean the entire world will suddenly lose faith in Bitcoin and switch to Ethereum from an investment perspective. Even so, this result is rather surprising and shows that the situation may change in more than one way. Diversifying one’s portfolio is always a smart idea, for rather obvious reasons. | <urn:uuid:81065f92-bf5f-49ea-8d97-57c587e61a0c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nulltx.com/study-shows-investors-favor-ethereum-over-bitcoin/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.952779 | 590 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Network News – May 12, 2015
- Save the date: IZCoalitions to sponsor June 8 webinar on HPV
- VEC, PKIDs, IAC, and NACCHO release new resources for parents and patients
- Idaho Immunization Summit to be held September 21
- First Colorado Regional Immunization Summit to be held on October 23
Save the date: IZCoalitions to sponsor June 8 webinar on HPV
SAVE THE DATE: The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) invites you to participate in a one-hour webinar for immunization coalition leaders, members, and those who collaborate with coalitions on June 8, at 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT). The focus of this webinar will be human papillomavirus (HPV). All are welcome to participate.
- Noel T. Brewer, PhD, University of North Carolina, will provide an overview of the work of the National HPV Vaccination Roundtable. The purpose of the National HPV Vaccination Roundtable is to increase HPV vaccination coverage. Key activities include increased awareness, provider education, public education, systems changes, and health policy efforts.
- Frederic Lumiere, director of the film Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic, will describe this feature-length documentary that features the struggles and triumphs of five women whose lives were changed forever by this deadly virus. Watch the trailer on YouTube.
- Announcements from partners
We will circulate the final agenda and registration information the week before the webinar.
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VEC, PKIDs, IAC, and NACCHO release new resources for parents and patients
Four members of the IZCoalitions Network have recently developed or updated new resources for the public.
The Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (VEC) has released a series of 14 videos for parents on YouTube. Each video in the series is two to four minutes long and features Dr. Paul Offit answering common vaccine-related questions. Talking About Vaccines answers questions such as:
- Why do newborns get the hepatitis B vaccine?
- Why are vaccines required before my child goes to school?
- Why is the HPV vaccine given to children at 11-12 years of age?
- Are vaccines safe during pregnancy?
Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDs) has put together a collection of resources related to meningococcal disease and related vaccination, including thought-provoking videos and posters.
The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) has finished updating its suite of handouts that focuses on adults in risk groups for vaccination.
- Vaccinations for Adults—You're never too old to get immunized!; also available in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese
- Vaccinations for Pregnant Women (developed in partnership with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Vaccinations for Adults with Diabetes; also available in Spanish
- Vaccinations for Adults with Heart Disease; also available in Spanish
- Vaccinations for Adults with Lung Disease; also available in Spanish
- Vaccinations for Adults with HIV Infection; also available in Spanish
- Vaccinations for Adults with Hepatitis C Infection; also available in Spanish
- Vaccinations for Adults without a Spleen
- Vaccinations for Men Who Have Sex with Men
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has released Guide to HPV Resources for Local Health Departments to assist health departments with increasing HPV vaccination rates.
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Idaho Immunization Summit to be held September 21
The Idaho Immunization Coalition, in partnership with the Idaho Immunization Program, will host its 2015 Immunization Summit on September 21. Keynote speakers will include:
- David R. Williams, PhD, professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, an internationally known speaker on the social determinants of health
- Carolyn Buxton Bridges, MD, associate director of Adult Immunizations, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, whose current focus is on increasing the evidence base of adult vaccinations, vaccine coverage assessment, and adult vaccination policy and education
First Colorado Regional Immunization Summit to be held on October 23
The Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition and St. Mary's Hospital will be sponsoring the first-ever Colorado Regional Immunization Summit on October 23 in Grand Junction. This conference will provide an opportunity for Coloradans involved in immunization delivery, education, and advocacy to learn about current issues and best practices from experts in the field.
- Describe the latest updates on vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization coverage in Colorado and the U.S.
- Implement best practices and strategies to communicate with parents and improve immunization rates
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Learn German in the old University city of Münster, the third largest university city in Germany
With around 55,000 students, Young people set their stamp on the rhythm of life in Münster and create a special, lively atmosphere. The bicycle is the most important means of transport in Münster and has long been a symbol for this environmentally conscious city.
The picturesque, historical centre of the 1200-year-old city with its many churches and museums also offers delightful contrasts to the many examples of modern architecture. The Promenade, which surrounds the entire city centre, the many parks and the Aasee Lake are ideal for relaxing outdoors (more)
Your language vacation itinerary
You will book your own flights and arrive independently into Munster (Münster can be easily reached by air Münster/Osnabrück or Düsseldorf. Participants travelling by train can be met at the train station in Müster by their host families).
You will be met at the airport/train station and taken to your accommodation. Your accommodation is included on the Sunday, our language courses start on Monday and finish Friday, departure day Saturday.
You will be studying and living with like-minded students of a similar age from around the world, under the supervision of our staff, with rules & curfews.
School location & map
Our summer camp is located in the middle of the city in Servatiiplatz only a few minutes from the main train station.
School facilities include: modern class rooms, lounge & social areas, Internet (wiFi) & computers.
Course options & details
:: 4 GROUP LESSONS DAILY - 20 lessons per week
We accept all levels
A lessons usually lasts 45 minutes
Course runs Monday through Friday starting at 9am
Course materials are included
You will take a placement test on the first Monday
Maximum 12 students per group class
:: HOST FAMILY
Located 10 - 30 minutes by public transport
Students travel independently each day
Private room in family
Includes 2 meals daily, 3 on the weekend
A monthly transport pass costs approx 40 Euro, weekly pass costs approx 13 Euro
Supervision, curfews &
Supervision level: MEDIUM
Teens are supervised during the day, on activities and during excursions. They travel unaccompanied to/from school each day so we recommend this program for the more mature student.
Suggested Curfew: 10:00 pm (if not attending an organised event)
Students on the immersion program: 20 - 30 students
Staff ratio 1 counselor for every 15 students
After class activities
Enjoy a schedule of social & cultural activities during the week with other students and weekend excursions.
There are a variety of activities including a city game, sport (e.g. beach volleyball, football, badminton), bicycle tours, visit to museums, excursion to moated castles, barbeque evening, visits to the zoo, cinema, swimming as well as a farwell dinner with the teachers.
Travel medical insurance is included in this vacation
Airport transfers (pickup & drop-off)
Pre departure support & emergency assistance
Start dates, prices & book
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We will give you unbiased help in choosing the right type of summer language vacation to match your needs and requirements.
3rd largest university city
Safe but lively atmosphere
The bicycle is the main transport in the city
Picturesque, historical center
Nearby nature conservation with many castles
Small personailzed program
Aimed at more mature student
"Had a wicked time in Munster, loved my new family!
Made amazing friends and Munster is a very nice place, great place for biking, safe and very friendly!"
Phil (age 15)
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Wissembourg in Alsace, France!
In the north of Alsace, between vineyards and forests, Wissembourg reveals a typical and authentic Alsace with must-see tourist sites. The town boasts over 400 buildings erected since the 11th century, demonstrating its historical and architectural richness. The Abbey Church of Saints Peter and Paul is the second largest Gothic building in Alsace, after Strasbourg Cathedral. It is known for its impressive 11-meter-high fresco of St. Christopher, the most enormous painted human figure in France, as well as its old stained glass windows and 11th-century Romanesque chapel. The Westercamp Museum of local history occupies one of the many half-timbered winegrowers' houses that make the town look so charming.
The natural environment of this small town at the foot of the Vosges is also very appealing, with the flowery banks of the River Lauter offering a lovely walk. You can also walk around the fortifications to admire the gardens and flower-adorned houses. After your stroll, be sure to stop by one of the town's charming tearooms.
The abbey of Saint-Pierre-et-Paul owns the largest fresco of France. The Eleven meters high Saint Christopher of the fourteenth century, is painted on one of the walls of the transept. Guided tour on request all year. (by visit.alsace.com)
If you take pictures here, you will probably want to make a postcard or draw a picture of everything you take. A colorful car parked in front of a beautiful house as if straight out of a fairy tale makes you feel aAs I always feel when visiting the French region, especially Alsace, the pretty houses in Provence style on the serene canals and well-manicured flowers offer a lot to see. How do people who live in such a beautiful place feel?s if you are in a dream.
A small fountain in the square looks great for kids to play with.
As I always feel when visiting the French region, especially Alsace, the pretty houses in Provence style on the unwavering canals and well-manicured flowers offer a lot to see.
How do the residence who live in such a beautiful place feel?
When I travel, I don't want to miss even the smallest details. So I'm busy looking around. The speed of pressing the buttons on the camera also increases. But when I look around and find an impressive point, I get quiet without realizing it. And people who can focus on themselves and take good care of themselves will eventually discover that they can give good energy to others as well.
The pretty houses across the canal and the bridges in the middle make visitors instinctively recognize that this is a good photo spot, as if in a small Venice.
The scenery that filled my mind during the long period of pandemic with shutdown was European open-air cafes.
You can see a part of a small canal, and in the distance you can see the terrace pots with geraniums.
When I go to touristic places, I like to take pictures of little things. The beautiful colors of ordinary houses, beautiful geraniums blooming on the terrace, buildings where you can see the beautiful clouds in the sky, and unusually shaped mailboxes, these trivial daily routines often give me a lot of inspiration.
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Are you a night owl? One of those people who scoffs at the thought of an early night? Someone who has no time awareness, even on a work night?
Then you can probably relate to a few of these things:
1. It’s only when the clock strikes 1.05am on a weeknight that you think to yourself ‘I’d better think about getting ready for bed’.
When everyone else you know has been in the land of nod for a good three hours.
2. You find that you get really tired at about 3pm, because more often than not you’re getting by on about five hours sleep.
You think ‘ooooh I’ll get an early night tonight’, until you remember that 11pm is the exact time you get a second wind.
3. You’ve seen every single episode of American Dad.
Because the hour that it plays on TV every night is the exact hour you’re not going to sleep when you should be.
4. You recognise all the news readers from News 24, when normal people have no idea what they look like.
These people are like your little sleep angels. When they show up on your screen, you think ‘I’ve gone too far this time’
5. You’ve been known to consider a cheeky snack at 1am on a Tuesday morning.
Because, in fairness, dinner was basically an equivalent to a work day ago.
6. In fact, you are a midnight snack champion.
Why not have cereal at midnight? Just saves you time in the morning surely?
7. You jumped for joy when they announced ‘flexi-time’ at work.
Because starting your day two hours later and working into the evening is your bag baby!
8. You are the person who sometimes stays up until 3am watching box sets. For sometimes, read always.
Who needs to be out and drunk to collapse into bed in the wee small hours? Not you. I’ll have a Netflix on the rocks, please squire.
9. It’s normal for you to start pottering round and having a tidy up at 10.30pm.
Because 10.30pm to you is like 5pm is to everyone else. It’s action hour.
10. Talking of which, you know you’ve been guilty of doing the ironing or changing your bed at midnight.
Well, why not?
11. Doing a full day’s work on five hours sleep isn’t a rare thing.
In fact, your body has learned to survive.
12. Saturday is your favourite day of the week.
Because you can have both a lie in and a guilt free typical late night all in the same 24 hours. Boom!
13. Even when you do try and have an early night, you lay awake tossing and turning until way past midnight anyway.
Which makes you just wish you’d stayed up and finished that series or put the washing out or something.
14. You’ll get really stuck into a book or an internet article and never think ‘I’m going to save that for tomorrow night’
Instead you dedicate a good four hours to it and don’t get to sleep until 2am.
15. You love a cheeky 6pm nap on the weekend.
Most people are just starting their evenings. You’re just prepping to be wide awake until tomorrow.
16. ‘You still awake babe?’ your partner might whisper once in a while.
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Assignment 2 – Sociological Imagination and the Future of Work/Education. Due the end of week 7. Assignment should be a minimum of 700 words, not including the reference list. Worth 16% of final grade.
This assignment assumes that you have studied the Learning Resource materials for week 6. It may help you to go back and review your Discussion post and the Learning Resource materials for Week 1. Please structure your assignment as an essay, not as a list. Be sure that your assignment has an introduction and a conclusion. Your assignment should be structured as follows:
Part 1: Introduction
In a single paragraph, provide the reader with the key points you will be addressing in this assignment.
Part 2 (300-400 words): Sociological imagination
Briefly discuss and define the sociological imagination, which you learned about in Week 1 of this course.
Identify and explain at least two broader social condition(s) related to education, the workforce, and/or the economy that might affect your personal future plans for work and/or education. You might find a relevant social condition in your Week 6 Learning Resources. Some examples of social conditions are automation in the workplace, polarization of the workforce, globalization, and the wage gap between men and women.
Then go to the “Future of Work” page (https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/economy-work/business-workplace/future-of-work/) or the “Education” page (https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/other-topics/education/) of the Pew Research Center and find an article related to one of the social conditions that you identified. What three key research findings in the article do you find most relevant to this social condition, and why are they relevant?
Part 3 (200-300 words): Sociological perspectives
Use one of the three main sociological perspectives (functionalism, conflict theory, or symbolic interactionism) to analyze one of the social conditions that you chose.
First, briefly explain the perspective.
Then answer the question: How might you use that perspective to explain/analyze the social condition? For example, if you choose the condition of a wage gap between men and women, how might a conflict theorist explain why this gap exists in society?
Part 4: Conclusion/Reflection
In a final thorough paragraph, explain what you learned from this assignment. Based on what you have learned about sociology and social conditions, how might you modify your plans for future education and career? Please explain one key aspect of your plans for the future that you might change because of what you learned in your sociology course this term. If you wouldn’t change anything, explain why.
Part 5: Reference List
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DENT COUNTY, Mo. — I arrived too late to fish so I did the next best thing: I scouted for fish. There were plenty to be found, even in the fading light of a late winter afternoon. A half-dozen rainbow trout idled in the gently swirling currents of the Blue Hole, a spot not far from the spring from which Montauk State Park takes its name. The spring pumps out about 50 million gallons of 57-degree water daily. This spot also marks the beginning of the 184-mile-long Current River, the first 105 miles of which form the core of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
A couple hundred yards downstream from the Blue Hole, Hudson Corner harbored another handful of trout. A few trout were rising at the Mill Dam Hole, where the river widens and slows before spilling across the ancient stone structure.
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Create and edit Track Stacks
When Show Advanced Tools is selected in the Advanced preferences pane, you can create and edit Track Stacks. If Show Advanced Tools is unselected, existing Track Stacks in a project will play back, but you can’t create new ones or edit existing ones.
You create a Track Stack by selecting (adjacent or nonadjacent) tracks in the Tracks area. Nonadjacent tracks move so that all tracks are grouped together in the Track Stack. Both types of Track Stacks can contain any combination of track types as subtracks. A folder stack can also include summing stacks as subtracks.
You can hide the subtracks of a Track Stack to save space in the Tracks area, or show them in order to record or edit. You can add or remove tracks from a Track Stack, and reorder tracks in a Track Stack (reordering tracks doesn’t affect the sound).
After creating the summing stack, you can route individual subtracks to a different destination. If you do so, however, the rerouted subtracks are no longer controlled by the main track’s channel strip.
Create a Track Stack
Select the tracks you want to include in the Track Stack. The selected tracks can be adjacent or nonadjacent.
Do one of the following:
Choose Track > Create Track Stack.
Control-click the header of one of the selected tracks, then choose Create Track Stack from the shortcut menu.
In the Track Stack dialog, do one of the following:
To create a folder stack: Select Folder Stack, then click OK.
To create a summing stack: Select Summing Stack, then click OK.
Show or hide the subtracks for a Track Stack
Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the track icon in the main track.
To show or hide the subtracks for all track stacks in a project, Option-click the disclosure triangle for any track stack in the project.
Add a track to a Track Stack
Drag the header of the track you want to add between two of the subtracks in the Track Stack.
Note: When you add a track to a summing stack, its routing changes to the aux assigned to the main track.
Drag a subtrack by its header up or down inside the Track Stack.
Remove a subtrack from a Track Stack
Drag the subtrack outside of the Track Stack (below the last subtrack, or above the main track).
When you remove a subtrack from a summing stack, the track’s output routing changes from the aux used by the main track to the main outputs.
Flatten a Track Stack
You can flatten a Track Stack, in which case the subtracks again become normal tracks.
When you flatten a folder stack, the main track is deleted if its volume fader is set at 0 dB (unity gain) and it contains no automation data.
When you flatten a summing stack, the audio subgrouping is retained, unless there is no audio processing on the main track aux (no plug-ins, volume fader set at 0 dB, Pan/Balance set to neutral, and no automation data). In this case, all subtracks (or their audio subgroups) are routed to the Stereo (or Surround) Main output, and the main track Aux is deleted.
Do one of the following:
Select either the main track or a subtrack, then choose Track > Flatten Track Stack from the Tracks area menu bar.
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* The Day Israel Attacked America *
The true story of the USS. Liberty is more shocking than any spy novel written by Tom Clancy. The most top-secret spy ship in the world. Its client was the NSA. The ship and its 294 U.S. Navy sailors were rushed to the Mediterranean Sea. Only the White House and Pentagon knew that Israel was ready to attack Arab nations. The USS. Liberty was deliberately sent into a kill zone. The casualties were staggering: 34 killed and 174 wounded. The coverup began immediately and has continued since 1967. Until now! The aging survivors have finally told their true story. Sacrificing Liberty sets the record straight.
The truth told for the first time about Israel’s massacre of U.S.S. Liberty crewmen.
Lost video footage seen for the first time in decades.
Shocking first-time eye-witness testimony from the men who survived on June 8, 1967.
Gut-wrenching descriptions of the carnage unleashed by Israeli gunboats, warplanes, and submarines.
Connecting the dots that link LBJ to a failed false flag operation to start a war with Egypt.
Heart-breaking descriptions of human body recovery.
Uncensored U.S.S. Liberty crewmen telling their true stories for the first time in 53 years.
The role of Senator John McCain’s father in the government coverup.
The uncovering of LBJ’s Mossad mistress in the White House.
The fuse that lit the fire of war in the Middle East that is still burning today.
How brave American men prevented a nuclear war by refusing to die on June 8, 1967.
By Deanna Spignola
By 1948, under David Ben Gurion’s direction, the Israeli government developed the Israeli Terrorist Cell, Unit 131. In the mid-1950s, the U.S. was friends with Gamal Abdel Nasser and Egypt. Ben Gurion, an avid Zionist and Israel’s first Prime Minister, envisioned an Egyptian terrorist attack against the U.S. in order to destroy that alliance. However, that was not a probability, given the relationship between the two countries. Therefore, the Israeli government developed a pattern of using young Israelis who disguised themselves as terrorists of whichever country they were attempting to implicate. This concept would be applied during Operation Cyanide, involving the USS Liberty, in an attempt to initiate warfare.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, per President Johnson’s instructions had advanced Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. (father of Senator John McCain) to a four-star commanding position in February 1967. Thereafter, Army General Lyman L. Lemnitzer, of Northwoods fame, made Admiral McCain the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy in Europe. Admiral John McCain directed operations from his office in London. On May 23, 1967, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Cyrus R. Vance instructed, through his subordinates, Captain William L. McGonagle, of the USS Liberty, to head for the eastern Mediterranean via Rota, Spain. The Commander-in-Chief, Europe would assume responsibility for the special operations that the ship and its crew would be involved in upon the ship’s arrival at Rota. Frank Raven, the G Group Chief resisted such a risky move, “The ship will be defenseless out there. If war breaks out, she’ll be alone and vulnerable. Either side might start shooting at her…I say the ship should be left where it is.”
Johnson promised continued support and help in re-opening the Straits of Tiran, previously closed to Israel by Egypt. Israel was already developing a nuclear program in the Negev desert, but also wanted additional military assistance including – 100 Hawk missiles, 140 Patton tanks, and 24 Skyhawk jets. John P. Roche, an avid supporter of Israel, wrote Johnson’s speech regarding the Straits of Tiran, which he delivered in May 1967.
Johnson had many Jewish advisors and friends including Mathilde Krim. Her Mathilde Krim’s first husband was David Danon, a Bulgarian Jew and member of the Irgun, a terrorist group. She converted to Judaism and associated with many of Israel’s future leaders, as she had been a dedicated gunrunning member of Irgun, headed by Menachem Begin, prior to 1948. She was also friendly with the Stern Gang, another Zionist terrorist group founded by Avraham Stern and headed by Yitzhak Shamir. In 1958, she married Arthur B. Krim, a New York attorney and head of United Artists and a close advisor to Johnson and an avid Zionist. Krim was the finance chairman for the Democratic national committee and ran the President’s Club, Johnson’s fund-raising apparatus that held a $1,000 a plate dinner in New York on June 3, 1967. Arthur Krim built a huge vacation mansion next door to Johnson’s Texas ranch.
On June 3, 1967, the USS Liberty was trolling in international waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip where the ship was to engage in an “extended independent surveillance operation in the eastern Mediterranean.” Israel launched a long-planned war against her Arab neighbors at 7:45 a.m. Sinai time on June 5, 1967. In 1982, Menachem Begin, then Israel’s Prime Minister, admitted, “The Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him.” Mordechai Bentov, a member of Israel’s coalition cabinet during the war, said, “All this story about the danger of extermination has been a complete invention and has been blown up a posteriori to justify the annexation of new Arab territories.”
President Johnson, an apparently energetic philanderer given the number and notoriety of his sexual exploits, was in Texas until June 1 when he returned with his “friend” Mathilde Krim who remained at the White House with Johnson for the next week. Johnson was absolutely dazzled by Mathilde’s blonde beauty and intelligence. When his aides informed him of the beginning of the war on the morning of June 5, Johnson revealed this information to Mathilde Krim, the first person he told. Official records indicate that Mathilde passed documents from Israel directly to Johnson over the duration of the crisis. Johnson did not meet with his advisors, except Walt Rostow, or any Israeli or Arab officials during the duration of the very short war; he knew exactly what was going on with the Israelis due to his intimate relationship with Mathilde Krim.
It was evident, as that first day progressed, that Egypt was unprepared and inundated by Israel’s aggressiveness. Ambassador Michael Hadow, a British expert on Israel and the Middle East did not believe that war was inevitable. Yet, U.S. government officials ignored his advice regarding any negotiation possibilities. He sent a telegram to the British Foreign Office, “It looks as if the Israelis started it. We have been led up the garden path.” Abba Eban, Israel’s Foreign Minister, told U.S. Ambassador Walworth Barbour that his government was going to protest Egypt’s actions to the U.N. Security Council. Eban, along with other dignitaries, misled the entire world but never offered any apologies for his deception about Egypt initiating the war. The Western media characterized Israel as a vulnerable country threatened with extinction by its Arab neighbors. Rather than a war of land seizure, Israeli officials portrayed the conflict as a defensive war of survival. However, Israel kept all the land her military grabbed.
Of course, it was all over the news and millions of Americans believed that the Arabs had started the war and attacked the poor defenseless state of Israel, an act that could have erupted into World War III. Although both parties, the Arabs and the Jews had participated in the warfare, the Israelis were the only people who had immediate access to President Johnson any time they wanted. Conversely, the Arabs were silenced by their inaccessibility to the White House and the U.S. media.
Yitzhak Rabin, former Chief of Staff and then Ambassador to the United States, said, “I do not believe that Nasser wanted war…The two divisions he sent into Sinai on May 14 would not have been enough to unleash an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it.” Rabin recognized that any country with good intelligence, like Israel, could ascertain that Egypt had no plans to wage war against Israel. The CIA, before the war, embraced Israel’s views about Egypt’s intentions. Israel would have won any war, a veritable turkey shoot, in a week. Further, Israeli intelligence had broken the Arab codes as soon as the fighting started. The Israelis also had the ability to block and alter all communications between King Hussein in Cairo and Egypt’s military. Israel, with military and tactical superiority, altered the communications to give the Arabs the impression that they were winning when in fact; the Israeli soldiers were ambushing and summarily slaughtering them.
Israel had air supremacy immediately after their surprise attack on Egypt. Within hours, Israeli jets pummeled twenty-five air bases from Damascus, in Syria to Luxor. They used machine guns, mortar fire, tanks and air power in their assault against the Jordanian section of Jerusalem and the Jordan River’s west bank. Israeli tanks and auxiliary personnel transporters assaulted the Sinai moving towards the Suez Canal. They transformed the area into a “massive killing field” as Egyptian deaths, according to one Israeli general, amounted to between 7,000 to 10,000 people. His losses were only about 275 soldiers. Israeli soldiers attacked Indian peacekeeper soldiers, flying the U.N. flag, on their way to Gaza. The soldiers killed fourteen peacekeeper soldiers in what one Indian officer called the “deliberate, cold-blooded killing of unarmed U.N. soldiers.”
The Israelis had captured some Egyptians and held them in the town of El Arish. By June 8, the prisoners had become annoyances, as the Israelis had no place to house them and insufficient forces to guard them and too few vehicles to move them to regular prison camps. Consequently, the Israelis transformed the town into a “slaughterhouse” by methodically “butchering” their Egyptian prisoners. They lined up sixty unarmed Egyptians with their hands tied behind their backs and, with machine guns, slaughtered them in cold blood. They machine-gunned another group of thirty prisoners nearby. The Israelis directed some Bedouins to bury those victims. In yet another incident, the number of Egyptian prisoners killed totaled about 150, as witnessed by an Israeli journalist, Gabi Bron. The Israelis forced some prisoners to dig graves for the dead and then the Israelis shot them. Aryeh Yitzhaki, an Israeli army historian, and other officers collected testimony from dozens of soldiers who admitted killing Egyptian prisoners. According to Yitzhaki, Israeli soldiers murdered about 1,000 Egyptian prisoners in the Sinai, including about 400 in El Arish. Ariel Sharon was close to El Arish at the time of the incidents. Yitzhaki said that the Israeli leadership, Dayan, Rabin and others knew about the slaughter.
The USS Liberty, close to El Arish at the time and loaded with $10.2 million of sensitive equipment eavesdropped on Israel’s Six-Day War with Egypt, then known as the United Arab Republic. The Israelis were aware by 10:55 the morning of June 8 that a clearly marked U.S. ship was off the coast and unmistakably visible from El Arish. On that day, June 8, 1967, without any warning and apparently without reason, the Israeli Navy and Air Force attacked the ship with torpedoes, rockets, white phosphorous, cannons and armor-piercing bullets. The Israelis used napalm, a flammable liquid or jellied gasoline to turn the Liberty’s deck into a 3,000-degree holocaustic firestorm. Thirty-four Americans were killed and 171 others were wounded, one of which died later from his wounds. Developers designed napalm to kill and maim, generate panic and cause confusion.
The first wave of attacks, comprised of as many as eight planes using heat-seeking missiles, destroyed the transformers (miraculously, all except one) which fed the aerial systems. This was a well-planned, premeditated strategy to prevent the USS Liberty from alerting the world of this murderous attack. The surveillance ship was no longer able to listen in to the war or send messages. If that was the objective of the attack, then they met the goal and the attack should have subsided. However, the real objective was to slaughter the crew and send the ship to the bottom. Finally, the planes left and then three surface craft appeared and began firing torpedoes. One hit below the water line and made a hole, which measured 45 feet by 34 by 37. Amazingly, the ship did not sink but listed eleven degrees. When the crew inflated the lifeboats, the torpedo boats even destroyed those boats.
The war was over by June 8 and Egypt had lost. The men on the Liberty first assumed that the Arabs, in unmarked planes and ships, were attacking their ship in retaliation for U.S. support of Israel. There were 294 survivors from the premeditated Israeli attack, directed by Moshe Dayan. Survivors were unable to find the remains of five men but only found body parts which they placed into sacks for burial.
Vice Admiral William I. Martin, a former World War II test pilot and “Pentagon loyalist,” had assumed command of the Sixth Fleet in April 1967. During Israel’s assault there were several U.S. ships in the area, the aircraft carrier Saratoga commanded by Captain Joseph Tully, the Flagship commanded by Vice Admiral Martin, a Cruiser commanded by Rear Admiral Roger Payne, the USS America, a new aircraft carrier was under the command by Captain Don Engen. Rear Admiral Lawrence Geis was the Sixth Fleet carrier Division Commander. Additionally, there were approximately a dozen escorting destroyer ships. The Saratoga’s Communications Officer received a message from the Liberty, addressed to any or all U.S. ships or stations, “Liberty is under attack by unknown enemy air and surface units. Request Assistance.”
Help was only about 15 to 20 minutes away from the Liberty. Captain Tully notified Vice Admiral Martin and said, “Unless otherwise directed, I plan to launch my Ready Strike Group in support of Liberty.” Martin approved and directed the USS America to launch their Ready Strike Group. However, Rear Admiral Geis of the USS America recalled his aircraft, which created a dilemma for Captain Tully. Vice Admiral ordered another strike to give aid to the Liberty but Rear Admiral Geis again recalled the planes. According to an independent, unofficial study, the “The White House deliberately prevented the U.S. Navy from coming to the defense of USS Liberty by recalling Sixth Fleet military rescue support while the ship was under attack…” McNamara recalled the aircraft that had been launched from the Saratoga within minutes. Certainly, he would not have made such a move without Johnson’s approval.
Secretary McNamara ordered the aircraft recalled a second time. Admiral Geis was told that President Johnson had ordered the aircraft to be returned, “He would not have his allies embarrassed, he didn't care who was killed or what was done to the ship.” According to Admiral Geis, President Johnson, known for his ruthlessness and vile profanity told Geis, “I want that goddamn ship going to the bottom. No help – recall the wings.” Tony Hart, a Navy communications technician stationed at the U.S. Navy Base in Morocco in June 1967 reported that McNamara responded, “We are not going to war over a bunch of dead sailors.” If the USS Liberty had sunk, as Johnson wanted, Israel and the world, because of the media, would have blamed Egypt. Government officials, including the McCains have maintained absolute silence regarding Israel’s assault on the Liberty.
The attack ended at about 3:15 pm. A while later, Israeli helicopters circled the ship. Some of the crewmembers, not yet realizing that Israel was the perpetrator of the attack, were glad to see their friendly ally. Then one crewmember shouted, “They’ve come to finish us off.” The copters just hovered as the Israeli troops watched without signaling and then soared away as if someone had finally called off the attack. The survivors were stunned by what had happened and by the total lack of response from U.S. rescue planes. The ship generated sufficient steam to start moving from the area. There were 851 rocket hits and survivors estimated that at least fifteen planes had targeted the USS Liberty. Survivors could have rationalized one hit as an accident but not an attack that resulted in more than 851 holes in the vessel.
Captain Ward Boston, the chief Navy attorney for the 1967 U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry, revealed that the clear-cut evidence demonstrated that the ship was clearly marked as an American ship. On October 9, 2003, Captain Boston said, “Admiral Kidd and I believed with certainty that this attack…was a deliberate effort to sink an American ship and murder its entire crew.” Captain Boston stated that Admiral Kidd had, in 1967, concluded that the attack was “a case of mistaken identity” because he was “under direct orders to do so by Defense Secretary McNamara and President Johnson.” At the time, Congress, failing in their check and balances responsibility, opted not to convene a formal investigation of the situation. The U.S. government did not hold Israel accountable and the Israelis did not punish or reprimand anyone. The U.S. Navy prohibited its investigators from going to Israel to question Israeli pilots and boat captains. The Navy conducted an eight-day inquiry and issued a top-secret final report.
Prior to the attack, Petty Officer Phil Tourney had determined that there had been at least thirteen over flights by Israeli planes. Two of the over-flights were by planes that had the prominent Star of David plainly visible. One plane got so incredibly close that Tourney waved and smiled at the pilot or co-pilot and he smiled and waved back. The survivors knew that the attack was not the result of an identification error. On the fourth day of the war, the men on the USS Liberty who were monitoring radio traffic during the war between Israel and Egypt could see the smoke of the fighting even though the ship was thirteen miles from land within international waters. The militarily superior Israelis were decidedly victorious over Egypt.
Yitzhak Rabin, the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, concluded that Israel was not to blame for the attack on the USS Liberty but said, “In any event, to express our goodwill and humanitarian concern, the Israeli Government paid $6 million in compensation to the families of the Americans killed or wounded in the attack.”
On June 19, 1967, Abba Eban, Israel’s Foreign Minister, delivered a speech to the Special Assembly of the United Nations in which he claimed, “The danger to his country was great.” He said, “The military build-up in Egypt proceeded at an intensive rate. It was designed to enable Egypt to press its war plans against Israel while maintaining its violent adventures elsewhere. In the face of these developments, Israel was forced to devote an increasing part of its resources to self-defense.” Eban claimed he heard the following on a Cairo broadcast on May 25, 1967, “The Arab people is firmly resolved to wipe Israel off the map and restore the honour of the Arabs of Palestine.” Levi Eshkol, Israel’s Prime Minister, in a newspaper article in October 1967, “The Egyptian layout in the Sinai and the general military build-up there testified to a military defensive Egyptian set-up south of Israel.” Ezer Weizman, chief of the operations staff under Rabin, told an Israeli newspaper that there was “no threat of destruction.” He admitted that the Israel’s attack against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria would allow Israel to “exist according to the scale, spirit and quality she now embodies.” Rabin designed his deceptive claims to win the world’s support and ultimately blame the war on Nasser.
Operation Cyanide was the reason that officials sent the USS Liberty into the war zone without protection. Yet, thirty years after the attack, there is not a single reference to Operation Cyanide despite numerous Freedom of Information Act requests regarding the attack. The Government houses the archives for this period at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, Texas. Among all of the papers about the Liberty there is one dated April 10, 1967 stamped – SECRET – EYES ONLY. That document was “sanitized” in December 1988. It was apparently the minutes from a meeting on April 7, 1967 that included Walt Rostow (National Security Advisor), Ambassador Foy Kohler (Deputy Under Secretary of State), Cyrus Vance (Deputy Secretary of Defense), and Admiral Rufus Taylor (CIA Deputy Chief).
Apparently, Operation Cyanide included an Israeli war against Egypt in order to depose Gamal Abdul Nasser, a purported Soviet puppet. The U.S. government sent intelligence and military specialists to Israel months before to plan and prepare for the operation. The operation was an agreement between Johnson and Israel during which the USS Liberty was supposed to sink, along with all of her crew. When Israel’s attack failed to sink the ship, the game plan changed which included an apology from Israel and a phony cover story. According to author Peter Hounam, a U.S. intelligence agent claimed that Captain McGonagle was aware of the pretext and the intentions of the U.S. to attack Egypt. Officials briefed him to anticipate a superficial strafing attack on the USS Liberty. The attack unexpectedly accelerated, perhaps because what the Liberty’s surveillance revealed about Israel’s terrorism against the Egyptians.
Ephraim Evron, the Minister of the Israeli Embassy in Washington in 1967, was an avowed Socialist, served with Ambassador Avraham Harman and view Johnson as a hero. Johnson frequently invited Evron to his Texas ranch. In addition to Evron and Harman, Harry McPherson, Special Counsel in the White House, served as a link between Johnson and the country’s Jewish population and represented their interests. Evron greatly admired Johnson and regarded him as the greatest thing that had ever happened to America for the “social revolution” that Johnson was “going to achieve.” He believed that Johnson, Israel’s best friend, would never do anything that would hurt Israel. Johnson’s affection for Jews and Israel had more to do with their votes and financial support than sentimentality or principles. The very generous U.S. Jewish community, amounting to 5.5 million, supported Johnson’s divisive Vietnam policies.
In the mid-1990s, Rabin attempted to achieve peace with the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with the U.S. acting as the mediator. Some of the other Zionists saw this as a hindrance to their plans of expanding Israel’s control of the area for an ultimate “greater Israel.” Consequently, Yigal Amir, a young law student, whether acting on his own or as an agent, shot five bullets into the Prime Minister when he was attending a peace rally in 1995. He later told investigators that he had absolutely no regrets. In The New York Times, dated November 27, 1995, Rabin’s assassin reportedly claimed, “According to Jewish law, the minute a Jew betrays his people and country to the enemy, he must be killed. No one taught me that law. I’ve been studying the Talmud all my life, and I have all the data.”
Senator John McCain, backed by William Kristol in the 2000 presidential race, has always supported Israel. Representative Vin Weber, a pro-Israel member of the CFR, helped found William Kristol’s Empower America. Weber backed McCain in the 2000 and advised McCain during his campaign. Representative Weber sabotaged “an effort to force a congressional investigation of Israel’s terroristic 1967 attack on the U.S.S. Liberty.” Robert S. McNamara later claimed, in his memoirs, that he did not know what happened and did not “take the time to find out.” U.S. officials concealed the details of the attack on the USS Liberty, part of Operation Cyanide, and whitewashed all of the evidence.
It took another false flag, 9/11, to get the U.S. embroiled in the Middle East. U.S. officials, urged by the families of those killed, finally convened a 9/11 Commission despite Bush and Cheney’s objections. However, it took time to gather the right people to staff the commission, which predictably failed to reach accurate conclusions because the government withheld essential evidence and concealed the testimony of many witnesses. One member, former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey, admitted that 9/11 was a thirty- year conspiracy. Shortly after 9/11, Eckehardt Werthebach, the former president of Germany’s domestic intelligence service, the Verfassungsschutz said, “The deathly precision” and “the magnitude of planning” behind the attacks would have required “years of planning.” Was 9/11 another false flag, with blame again placed on the Arabs, to compensate for the flubbed-up false flag on June 8, 1967? Moreover, if that is the case, did the planning begin shortly after the first failure? Benjamin Netanyahu, the day after the horrific event, said that the 9/11 terror attacks were good for Israel. The five Israelis who were in the U.S. prior to 9/11 and were caught photographing the event admitted, “Our purpose was to document the event.”
Attack on a Sigint Collector, the U.S.S. Liberty, United States Cryptologic History, Special Series Crisis Collection, National Security Agency, Volume 1, 1981, Declassified on November 8, 2006, p. 17, http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/uss_liberty/attack_sigint.pdf Body of Secrets, Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency From the Cold War Through the Dawn of the New Century by James Bamford, Doubleday, New York, 2001, p. 187 Attack on a Sigint Collector, the U.S.S. Liberty, United States Cryptologic History, Special Series Crisis Collection, National Security Agency, Volume 1, 1981, Declassified on November 8, 2006, p. 17, http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/uss_liberty/attack_sigint.pdf Operation Cyanide, Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III by Peter Hounam, Vision Publishers, London, 2003, p. 54 Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren, Presidio Press Book published by Random House, New York, 2002, pp. 138-139 Operation Cyanide, Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III by Peter Hounam, Vision Publishers, London, 2003, pp. 138-139 Ibid, pp. 134-135
Attack on a Sigint Collector, the U.S.S. Liberty, United States Cryptologic History, Special Series Crisis Collection, National Security Agency, Volume 1, 1981, Declassified on November 8, 2006, p. 19, http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/uss_liberty/attack_sigint.pdf Body of Secrets, Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency From the Cold War Through the Dawn of a New Century by James Bamford, Doubleday, New York, 2001, p. 186
Operation Cyanide, Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III by Peter Hounam, Vision Publishers, London, 2003, pp. 83-84
40 Years after the 1967 War: The Impact of a Prolonged Occupation by Jan de Jong, Dr. Edmund Ghareeb, Herbert Kelman, Ambassador Afif Safieh, Dr. William Quandt, Alvaro de Soto, The Palestine Center, Washington, DC, 2007, pp. 10-11
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren, Presidio Press Book published by Random House, New York, 2002, p. 138 Operation Cyanide, Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III by Peter Hounam, Vision Publishers, London, 2003, pp. 68-69
Body of Secrets, Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency From the Cold War Through the Dawn of the New Century by James Bamford, Doubleday, New York, 2001, p. 192
Operation Cyanide, Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III by Peter Hounam, Vision Publishers, London, 2003, pp. 68-69 Ibid, p. 133 Ibid, pp. 81-82 Ibid, pp. 194-195 Body of Secrets, Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency From the Cold War Through the Dawn of the New Century by James Bamford, Doubleday, New York, 2001, p. 201 Ibid, pp. 201-203 Ibid, pp. 203-204
The Attack on the Liberty, the Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship by James Scott, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2009, pp. 2-3
Operation Cyanide, Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III by Peter Hounam, Vision Publishers, London, 2003, p. 25
What I Saw That Day, Israel’s June 8th, 1967 Holocaust of US Servicemen Aboard the USS Liberty and its Aftermath by Phillip F. Tourney and Mark Glenn, Liberty Publications, Careywood, Idaho, p. 29
Operation Cyanide, Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III by Peter Hounam, Vision Publishers, London, 2003, p. 42
The Attack on the Liberty, the Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship by James Scott, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2009, pp. 145-146
Transcript of Remarks Made By Captain Joseph Tully, USN, Former Commanding Officer USS Saratoga, Speech to USS Liberty survivors gathered in San Diego, for the LVA’s 28th anniversary reunion, p. 1
Transcript of Remarks Made By Captain Joseph Tully, USN, Former Commanding Officer USS Saratoga, Speech to USS Liberty survivors gathered in San Diego, for the LVA’s 28th anniversary reunion, p. 2
USS Liberty EXPOSED, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QocrbaZ7AiU Findings of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Israeli Attack on USS Liberty, the Recall of Military Rescue Support Aircraft while the Ship was Under Attack, and the Subsequent Cover-up by the United States Government, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., October 22, 2003
Operation Cyanide, Why the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War III by Peter Hounam, Vision Publishers, London, 2003, p. 93
Findings of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Israeli Attack on USS Liberty, the Recall of Military Rescue Support Aircraft while the Ship was Under Attack, and the Subsequent Cover-up by the United States Government, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., October 22, 2003
USS Liberty White House-sanctioned attack, June 8, 1967 – Excerpt from the video, Terrorstorm by Alex Jones
Findings of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Israeli Attack on USS Liberty, the Recall of Military Rescue Support Aircraft while the Ship was Under Attack, and the Subsequent Cover-up by the United States Government, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., October 22, 2003
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Basics Of The Operating System – Tutorial For Android
Do you want to know how to use an Android tablet? In this first video in a series of Android tablet tutorials, I’m going to walk you through the very basics of using an Android tablet.
Android 4.0 is also known as Android Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s Google’s Android operating system for smartphones and mobile tablets. If you are running a different version of Android, the same approach can be taken for using Android 3 Honeycomb tablet PCs. If you’ve got an Android tablet with an earlier version of Android some of the screens may differ but the principles remain broadly the same.
This article shows how to use an Android tablet cover:
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- Discovering the Android home screen desktops and how to find your way around them
- I’ll show you around the Android tablet home screen. This includes where you can find a quick way to search Google, and how to locate apps and widgets on Android.
- Using the software buttons – the back button, home button, and view the latest open apps (multitasking)
- Navigating through the web, YouTube, Camera, Gallery, email, Music, etc. shortcuts on Android.
- The notification area – where you can see new notifications such as apps downloading, new emails arriving, etc.
- How to change settings in Android to lock the orientation of the screen
- Navigating your Android tablet with a single tap to select apps and long taps to set wallpaper.
- How to set-up short cuts in Android so you can configure your home screens/desktops
- Using pinching to zoom in and zoom out of images in Android…
- The Android keyboard and how you use it to search the web via the quick Google search feature.
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The Increasing Importance of Values: How They'll Shape Our Future
This article is included in Issue 8 of Perspectives Quarterly titled The Future brought to you byThe Ones to Know, D1A’s initiative to change the way in which influencers and creators show up in the industry:
The year is 2025, and I need a new pair of shoes. Yes, I need them. I’ve run too far in them, and I need a pair with more support. Back in the day, I’d have gone into a store to try shoes on—somewhat blindly buying whichever brand fit my foot best.
But today, I pop open my phone and open an app. Think of it as a ‘we-care-about-you-and-the-world’ department store app. It’s got everything I need, and I can filter which brands display based on which issues I care about. I know that the money I am spending is going to a company that aligns with my values and ultimately to causes I believe in. That’s important to me. I get to be selective about how and where I spend my money. I get to vote with my dollar, one might say.
OK, so the real year is 2021, and my dream department store
app doesn’t exist just yet. What does exist is the real shift
toward values-based consumption, and beyond that, values-
based decision making.
This year in particular, values have taken center stage. Now
more than ever, people are looking around them to see if the
people and brands they are connected to align with their vision
for the world. People are looking through brands’ feeds to see
if they spoke out against racial injustice before clicking buy or
quitting gyms because of the beliefs the founder holds.
It’s becoming increasingly popular for brands to take a values- based approach to their marketing—think #client Nike’s partnership with Colin Kaepernick. But the cool ads and public statements are not enough any more, and they certainly won’t be for the future. Both brands and companies are being held to a higher standard. Just saying that you care about the environment doesn’t matter if you aren’t taking meaningful action to reduce your negative impact. Showing diversity in your marketing, but not having a diverse team? We’re not buying it now, and we’re not going to be buying it in the future.
I expect that as the future unfolds, we are going to see consumers become even more shrewd about where they spend their dollars. Increased visibility and the public’s ability to hold companies accountable is going to demand that they change, and therefore the world at large will change. So how exactly is this going to unfold? Values’ impact on purchase decisions is going to become increasingly important, and according to McKinsey and Co., by 2025, Millennials alone are going to hold over $8 trillion in spending power—up from $1.4 trillion in 2020. That is a lot of money to be left on the table if my projections about values- based decision making are correct. These decisions are going to be based on more than just marketing; they’re going to rely on brands and companies practicing what they preach.
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A Jerusalem rehabilitation center is defying a government order to transfer a Palestinian girl paralyzed in an Israel Defense Forces attack on militants to a hospital in the West Bank.
Maria Amin, who turns six on Thursday, cannot get the care she needs in the Palestinian facility “so she won’t be going anywhere” until her well-being is assured, said Shirley Meyer of the Alyn Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Jerusalem.
Maria was paralyzed from the neck down when the car she was traveling in was caught in a missile attack on a leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza in May last year. Her mother, grandmother and older brother were killed.
She was taken for treatment to Israel where the Defense Ministry covered her medical expenses and sponsored her father and younger brother to live with her at the hospital. She has now completed a rehabilitation program.
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529-0430-00L Practical Course Physical Chemistry (for Biol./Pharm.Sci.)
|Semester||Spring Semester 2019|
|Lecturers||E. C. Meister|
|Periodicity||yearly recurring course|
|Language of instruction||German|
|Abstract||Practical introduction to important basic experimental methods in physical chemistry. Investigation of qualitative and quantitative relations between physico-chemical quantities of the systems under study.|
|Objective||The students have to carry out selected experiments in physical chemistry using important measurement methods and devices.|
The measured data have to be processed, mostly with the aid of computers, and considering error propagation and statistics.
Detailed laboratory reports have to be written to each experiment.
|Content||Basic physical chemistry experiments covering chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, electrochemistry, viscosity and optical spectroscopy.|
Computer simulation of physical-chemical phenomena.
|Lecture notes||Erich Meister, Grundpraktikum Physikalische Chemie: Theorie und Experimente, 2. Auflage, vdf Hochschul-Verlag an der ETH, Zürich, 2012.|
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Depending on the current scenario, we must choose something profitable. Here we are talking about the farmers. One of the appeals has been made by Chairman Balachandra Jarkiholi from Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF). He has especially said these things to the farmers in the Northern District. The farmers should switch to dairy farming and animal husbandry from crops like sugarcane. Doing so will make them earn increased profits. There is no doubt, whether you start your milk plant, paneer plant, ghee plant, or any other dairy farming business, everything is profitable but only when the planning & management is done correctly. Trying your hands on the Milk Processing Plant and getting all the right kinds of milking machines & equipment is highly important for that success factor.
Increased Profit in Animal Husbandry
Many farmers are solely dependent on the sugarcane business. It does come under the category of cash crops but still, it is not a profitable business. In this case, farmers do not get their payment on time, and even if they do the prices are non-remunerative. If a farmer is only doing the sugarcane business then they are likely to earn Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 per year. However, with the animal farmer, the cost can be between Rs 60,000 to Rs 70,000. This is the reason, choosing animal farming is profitable in many ways.
Take your business on a larger scale
This state is highly convincing in every manner as dairy farmers present in different districts can take their business on a larger scale. Moreover, many of them are running their private sugar industry with dairy farming. No doubt, many dairy farming business owners started on a lower scale but eventually, they built their brand & did better. So, even if you start on a low scale, you can make it on a larger scale. Here, the most important thing is to be consistent and stay focused on the goal.
Turnover is huge
At present, you might earn Rs 70 Lakh but think in 5 years it is going to get doubled. This is also because of the increased demand of individuals with milk and dairy products. As we have already mentioned, planning is important to get the success you are looking for.
You might be thinking about how this business is getting so profitable? Well! This is all because in the dairy business the advanced and latest technologies are used. It helps the farmers & business owners to boost their dairy business productivity. Many of the machines have automatic functioning which allows the work to be carried out smoothly and in a much faster manner.
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There are numerous different faramuseum.orgtors that affect climate roughly the world. It is the varying influence of this faramuseum.orgtors that lead to various parts of the planet experiencing differing climates. The most vital natural faramuseum.orgtors are:
It is now widely aramuseum.orgcepted that human aramuseum.orgtivity is also affecting climate, and also that the imparamuseum.orgt is no the exact same everywhere. For example, changes appear to it is in happening much faster near the poles than in countless other plaramuseum.orges. In this tutorial we will look at few of these faramuseum.orgtors in much more detail.
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Distance native the sea (Continentality)
The sea affects the climate the a plaramuseum.orge. Seaside areas are cooler and also wetter 보다 inland areas. Clouds kind when warmth air indigenous inland locations meets cool wait from the sea. The center of continents are subject come a huge range the temperatures. In the summer, temperatures deserve to be really hot and also dry together moisture native the sea evaporates prior to it rearamuseum.orghes the center of the land mass.
Ocean currents have the right to increase or alleviate temperatures. The diagram listed below shows the ocean currents that the people (view original source map). The key ocean present that affect the UK is the Gulf Stream.
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The Gulf present is a warmth ocean existing in the phibìc Atlantic flowing from the Gulf that Mexico, northeast follow me the U.S coast, and also from over there to the brother Isles.
The Gulf that Mexico has higher air temperatures than Britain as it is closer to the equator. This way that the air comes from the Gulf of Mexico to Britain is likewise warm. However, the air is also quite moist as it travels over the Atlantic ocean. This is one reason why Britain regularly receives wet weather.
The Gulf stream keeps the west coastline of Europe free from ice cream in the winter and, in the summer, warmer than various other plaramuseum.orges that a similar latitude.
Direction that prevailing winds
The form of the floor ("relief")
The higher the plaramuseum.orge is over sea level the chillier it will certainly be. This happens since as altitude increases, air i do not care thinner and is less able come absorb and also retain heat. That is why you may see eye on the height of mountains all year round.
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The distance from the equator affect the climate that a plaramuseum.orge. At the poles, power from the sun rearamuseum.orghes the Earth"s surfaramuseum.orge at reduced angles and also passes through a thicker layer of setting than in ~ the equator. This method the climate is cooler more from the Equator. The poles also experience the biggest difference between summer and winter work lengths: in the summer there is a period when the sunlight does not set at the poles; the contrary the poles also experience a period of complete darkness during winter. In contrast, daylength varies small at the equator.
El Niño, i beg your pardon affects wind and rainfall patterns, has been blamed for droughts and also floods in countries around the Paramuseum.orgific Rim. El Niño refers to the rarely often, rarely warming the surfaramuseum.orge water in the Paramuseum.orgific. The warmer water pumps energy and moisture into the atmosphere, altering worldwide wind and rainfall patterns. The phenomenon has caused tornadoes in Florida, smog in Indonesia, and forest fires in Brazil.
El Niño is Spanish for "the boy Child" due to the fact that it comes around the time that the solemn event of the birth of the Christ Child. The cold equivalent to El Niño is known as La Niña, Spanish for "the girl child", and it additionally brings v it weather extremes.
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The industrial Revolution, beginning at the end of the 19th Century, has had actually a substantial effect on climate. The innovation of the motor engine and the boosted burning that fossil fuels have actually increased the lot of carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas - much more on the later) in the atmosphere. The variety of trees being reduced down has additionally increased, reducing the amount of carbon dioxide that is taken increase by forests. | <urn:uuid:e730c9f5-4460-4d20-b372-b8233e01bd9b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://aramuseum.org/the-two-most-important-factors-in-climate-are/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.929577 | 955 | 3.078125 | 3 |
>From Loet's post: >During the recent conference in Vienna, I was amazed how many of our colleagues wish to ground information in physics.< I would say that I was disappointed . . .
For me this exchange on It from Bit is problematic as its seems to simply revisit the same problem introduced with Shannon's use of the term “information“ in his Mathematical Theory of Communication – but dressed with a slightly different face. I had this same problem with “lack of precise thinking“ (or terminology?) in the It from Bit video from last month. This endless(?) debate around an old issue of “meaningful information“ versus “meaningless information“ (aka DATA awaiting MEANINGFUL interpretation) I find unhelpful in addressing FOUNDATIONAL issues. If we cannot keep our terms straight I am not sure how progress is made. Yes, of course physics has a place in the conversation, but the needless blurring of basic terms does not, I think, advance the project. If a basic nomenclature and/or taxonomy cannot be agreed and then abided in these conversations, it leaves me wondering how I might contribute. I am new to this group, but this seems like it should have been dealt with from the start in agreeing the FIS group goals. [image: --] Marcus Abundis [image: http://]about.me/marcus.abundis <http://about.me/marcus.abundis?promo=email_sig>
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Please use the services of a lawyer when preparing your documents. A separation agreement is a legally binding document established between the parties in a conjugal relationship. The agreement is something that both individuals use in marriage to formally divide their assets, debts, and other marital responsibilities so that each party experiences a fair separation from the other. While a separation agreement is often used in times when a couple knows they are heading for divorce, it is also used by couples who only want to separate for a certain period of time with the intention of reconciling. 3. Spouse 1 and Spouse 2 have each been advised and advised by lawyers of their choice regarding their legal rights under this Agreement. A breakup is never an easy decision, but a separation agreement can help make the transition a little easier. Learn about contracts before you start, and then work with your spouse to make a mutually beneficial decision about how you want to continue. There are many reasons why a couple may consider a breakup. Some of the situations that may require a separation agreement are: You can change the separation agreement or the legal separation order in certain circumstances.
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The following reasons for separation instead of divorce are common reasons: Resources such as the Gottman Institute, Mort Fertel`s Marriage Fitness System, and Suzanne Alexander`s marriage transformation have contributed to the knowledge of marriage education and helped couples reconcile and/or learn how to create a stronger marriage, even during a period of separation. A separation agreement is a written contract between two spouses who are married but want to live separately. The agreement outlines the couple`s practical concerns about how their property, assets, debts and bills should be handled during their separation. Some key elements are common to all separation agreements: A separation agreement is usually only valid if: Unless you live in a state of community ownership (AZ, CA, ID, LA, NV, AZ, NM, TX, WA, WI), the court does NOT issue a separation agreement. Instead, the couple negotiates the details of their separation from each other and recalls this agreement in a document. If the legal separation ends with the divorce, you can ask the judge to include part or all of the separation agreement in the final divorce judgment or divorce decree. Note that if you and your spouse agree on a solution to all the important points of the separation agreement template before meeting with your lawyers, you can pay less attorney`s fees. This could be a possibility for less complicated separations, such as those arising from a short-term marriage without children. A separation agreement is a legal document used by spouses or partners to divide their property and responsibilities in preparing for separation or divorce. A separation agreement includes conditions for the division of property, custody of children, child support, parental responsibility, spousal support, property and debts, and other financial aspects that partners or spouses may want to assign or divide.
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Mountain Biking at Menai
An old favourite riding spot is back on the very short list of legal trails in Sydney, thanks to the hard work of a small collective of passionate trail builders and advocates.
Mill Creek Conservation Park in Menai, south of Sydney, has been in use by a wide range of recreational groups long before industry and urbanisation caught up with the area. Bicycles were ridden in the dirt (and on the rocks) in Menai before the activity was known as mountain biking, while the tyres of motos and four-wheel drives had been pounding the terrain for decades.
The old laissez-faire approach to trail access left mountain biking at a standstill back in 2012, but Menai is open again with trails that’ll give experienced riders a thrill and newer riders B-lines until they’re ready for more. The trail network is still growing, so there are opportunities for those who’d like to have a dig help shape new trails as well as maintaining the current loop.
Old as the Hills
In the ’90s and through the 2000s Menai was a popular spot for all kinds of mountain bikers including cross-country trail riders and freeriders, but then access was revoked. At that point, mountain bikers were riding trails that spread through land that was owned by ANSTO (Australian National Nuclear Research and Development Organisation), Sutherland Shire Council and the Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council. The trails rolled across a mix of terrain – including classic Sydney basin sandstone and sandy soils – ranging from unspoilt bushland with pockets of endangered Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark forest as well as more degraded land.
The majority of mountain bike trails were located on ANSTO land and they objected to the unauthorised trail building—riding in the area was brought to a close. This prompted a handful of riders into action; they were determined to bring the trails back and make them better than ever.
The return of mountain biking to Menai began the way it usually does; copious letter writing to the relevant parties. Doing this, riders gained the attention of the land managers and began negotiating to rebuild a trail network in Menai. With this they formed a working group that mainly consisted of riders from the Sutherland Shire Cycling Club.
The number of land management groups involved, combined with the changing borders of crown and council land at the time, meant that finding a solution that met everybody’s needs wasn’t straightforward. In the end the green light was given to a trail network on council land only, but this green light came with full support from the council as well as some funding for trail building and environmental regeneration purposes.
This council-sanctioned return of mountain biking to Menai came with conditions; a reduction in the overall amount of trail, a heightened level of environmental awareness and a need for compliance with any trail building or maintenance in the area.
After auditing the network with the council and planning the new version of the trail, the working group appealed for volunteers through internet forums and word of mouth. They then set about closing and brush-matting some sections, revamping approved old trails and building new sections to link it all together.
Trail builder Dan Greenwood, who has been involved in the access, planning and development of the new generation Menai trails since the shut-down, said that the biggest hurdle in making riding in the area a reality was aligning the wants and needs of all parties involved.
“The biggest difficulty has been the meeting of riders’ expectations whilst also meeting land managers’ requirements; everyone involved has their own vision of how mountain biking trails should look and feel based on a personal preference of what they like to ride,” Mr Greenwood said.
“Land managers also had their preference on what they wanted the area to be like and these two visions didn’t really line up in the beginning.
“The land manager (Sutherland Shire Council) has been really accepting and understanding of our need for progressive, mountain bike specific trails.
“However, it has been a long process of gaining trust in our ability to provide sustainable trails that suit the landscape, and also trails that provide something that’s suitable for all levels of rider.”
Now more than ever, the trail builders’ approach is reaping big rewards in the form of better trails to ride.
“Over the past 12 to 18 months particularly, trail design and construction in the area has taken a huge step forward with the introduction of the area's first purpose-built mountain bike trail (Black Hawk Down – more on this later) instead of rehashing old walking or motorbike tracks,” Mr Greenwood said.
“Additionally, the existing trails have had significant upgrades and realignments that are more sustainable and provide better links for the network.”
While environmentalism has been a mandatory factor in rejuvenating mountain biking in the area, it would be dishonest to portray Mill Creek as a pristine area.
Right next to the trailhead is the SUEZ Lucas Heights Resource Recovery Park – yes, that means a rubbish dump – and depending on wind direction and the activity of the graders shifting and burying garbage, it can emit more funk than Bootsy Collins to certain trail sections. Additionally, a breeze will see rubbish blow in from the tip, peppering the native bushland with old plastic bags and other junk.
Another border of the trail is shared with the clay target shooting club, which doses the soil with lead pellets (all in the name of sport). One more close neighbour to the trails is Australia’s only nuclear facility, ANSTO. There used to be many kilometres of well-loved trails on the ANSTO managed land but these were closed down to avoid environmental degradation.
The unchecked activities of four-wheel drives, motorbikes, dumpers, people who enjoy smashing bottles, tailings deposits and folk making walking trails wherever they please have all had their impact over the years and its not hard to see the remnants, as well as the odd discarded car engine block. Far from adding to the destruction, the planned return of mountain biking to the area has helped bring changes that will produce long-term environmental benefits.
“One of the other big issues with the area has been illegal use by motorbikes and four-wheel drives,” Mr Greenwood said.
“Menai has always been a ‘go-to’ place for them but over time, with the installation of gates, signage, rider surveillance and trail design, we have managed to keep illegal access to a minimum, with only the occasional ‘lost’ motor bike rider coming through.
“This has been a big focus for Sutherland Shire Council, as the trails are in a conservation area.”
Mountain bikers have remained true to the environmental brief they were given. The new trails are being built properly, with rock armouring where it’s required, using existing trail where it is good, avoiding fall lines and providing run-off areas. As a result it is still in good shape after some heavy rains this year. You don’t need to ride far to see where less sustainable sections have been closed and covered with brush matting to start the regeneration process. It’s also possible to find old sections of trail that have been rerouted to avoid and preserve ancient Aboriginal rock carvings.
Sustainability aside, it’s also a lot of fun.
Short but Sweet
The current network stands at a distance of eight kilometres, although this is growing with new sections currently under council evaluation prior to building.
The trails provide a mix of terrain; the technical sandstone that people loved for all those years is still present and just as enjoyable. Gravity fans still have a good reason to turn up and lycra clad cross-country flyers will have no problem getting their heart rates up or negotiating the trails on lighter, racier bikes.
After turning off the access road from the recycling centre, the trail begins with the tellingly named Methane Alley. This trail warms riders up with flowing undulations, fast corners and some little rises to pop off and distract you from the tip smell, which will fade from there onwards.
Methane Alley rolls into Toxic Flows, which starts with some rocky roll-downs and then leads into some twisty dirt sections that’ll help you get your drift on, before connecting to the fast-flowing Creek Dash.
Following on is Twisties, which features a series of wooden bridges that were installed by the working group to help avoid soil erosion in the area. Twisties leads to the beginning of a highlight for many visitors to the trail network.
Black Hawk Down, named after the helicopters that frequently buzz the area when coming and going from the nearby Holsworthy Army Barracks, is the jewel in the crown of the Menai trails. Planned from the beginning for mountain bikes and built by hand over eight months, it is where you’ll find the gravity lovers punching out runs, floating over the gap jumps and popping off the rollers that build up to opportunities for air when some pace is applied. Like much of the trail network, Black Hawk Down is rollable for those less confident and not intimidating when you do want to step it up.
From Black Hawk Down you also have the option of turning off to Yellow Mellow, which becomes Pump Action. In that direction it’s a fun, techy descent for those who like it rough and rocky. Back in the other direction, The Gully and Kill Bill provide cross-country fans a chance to smash out some fast and sometimes technical climbing on the way back to the fire road. This takes you back to the trail head so you can hit it all again.
It may only be eight kilometres in total but the trails are very much a work in progress; there is much more in the pipeline if the trail builders continue their successes.
“The big picture for the park is to provide a facility that suits all skill levels and takes advantage of the unique landscape,” Mr Greenwood said.
“The ‘master plan’ (subject to council approval) has another six trails to be built, and those trails will lead in and out of a central hub area at the lowest point of the creek.
“There is also a beginner loop in the plans which will be suitable for families and it will have some fun features along the way.
“Car parking, toilets and bike wash facilities at the trail head are also on the wish list.”
Legally built MTB trails within 45 minutes of Sydney’s CBD are quite a rarity, and these tracks really are fun to ride. Whether you’re a beginner or a well versed gravity addict, there is something for everyone. It’s well worth a visit and going by the efforts of the volunteer trail builders, it will only get better as time goes by.
“Menai MTB park has a unique feel due to the mix of rocky terrain and flowy singletrack,” Mr Greenwood said. “The park is in its infancy and there’s a long way to go but it still has plenty to offer.”
“Rider numbers have increased as the word has spread and it’s great to see people out enjoying the hard work that’s been put in by the volunteer build crew.
“I would like to encourage anyone who wants to help out on a dig day to come along on the first Saturday of the month and put back into the trails, as this network is 100 percent volunteer built and maintained.”
To join the conversation on mountain biking at Menai, go to the Mill Creek MTB Facebook page.
Mill Creek Conservation Park is located around 45 minutes to an hour and a half south of the Sydney CBD (around 30 minutes from the airport). The trails start from Little Forest Road in Lucus Heights, just off New Illawarra Road.
The best place to leave your car is the ANSTO parking area, which is accessed via Rutherford Avenue, off New Illawarra Road. To reach the trail, cross New Illawarra Road, go up Little Forest Road and continue past the entrance to the SUEZ Lucas Heights Resource Recovery Park to the fire trail. The trail begins next to a wire fence and is marked with signage and a detailed trail map.
Other Ride Options
If you’re travelling from far away and need more riding after a few fast loops of Menai Mountain Bike Park, there is one other nearby option with authorised MTB trails.
Loftus, just 10 kilometres away in the Royal National Park, offers up a loop with 10 kilometres of relatively easy cross-country focused riding—a good wind-down after Black Hawk Down and Pump Action at Menai. There are plenty of options to extend your ride here with fire trails that take you to some picturesque locations, but with less of an adrenaline rush than what some Menai fans will be after.
To ride the Loftus Loop, stop at the Loftus Oval car park off Princess Highway.
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By Johann Calhoun, Chalkbeat
The hit show “Abbott Elementary” highlights Philadelphia teachers’ commitment to their students’ success despite the chronic underfunding of local schools. Although the mockumentary-style show is a comedy, many of its scenes reflect reality for Philadelphia teachers who work long hours and buy school supplies for their students.
Xiomarra Robinson, for one, dedicates each day to making sure her third graders at Benjamin B. Comegys School in Southwest Philadelphia have what they need to thrive. Robinson is known for opening her classroom during lunch breaks so students can share the challenges they may face at home. “It’s really about letting my students be themselves and allowing them the space to be themselves,” she said.
Robinson’s dedication — she purchases additional school supplies and teaches extra classes, such as art — recently caught the attention of “Good Morning America.” Anchors T.J. Holmes and Robin Roberts, and the creator and star of “Abbott Elementary,” Quinta Brunson, surprised Robinson in person. The school received $20,000 in Scholastic books, $40,000 from Wells Fargo, and a new mural from Mural Arts Philadelphia.
Comegys Principal Rauchaun Dupree, who was in on the surprise, said she’s in awe of the work Robinson does for her students. And she’s proud of “the things that we do every single day just to ensure that our students get the education that they deserve every single day.”
Robinson said her Comegys colleagues went to great lengths to keep the visit a secret. “They did good,” she said. “I’m going to get some later because they did not tell me anything — deleting stuff off my phone. They definitely surprised me and made me feel loved.”
Robinson, a native of Paterson, N.J., spoke recently with Chalkbeat about the importance of providing support for young people to grow and learn.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
How did you get started in teaching?
At first, I wanted to be a guidance counselor. And at the time, they had the requirement that you had to teach for three years. And so I got in with the hope that I would eventually become a guidance counselor and actually ended up falling in love with teaching. And I came down to Philly, first as a literacy coach, and missed being in the classroom, and Miss Dupree snagged me. I haven’t left since.
There’s a bond between the teachers on “Abbott Elementary.” How important is it for teachers to support each other?
Even if you’re flustered or frustrated, everyone is there for everybody. So that community feel of teachers who have taught in other schools makes a difference. It’s all about the kids. Despite anything that happened the day before, they come in, as if nothing has happened with a smile on their face and ready to start.
We keep holding on and making sure that we are servicing our students and making sure that we’re giving them the best that we possibly can, that we are also pouring into each other and checking in and just giving ourselves a lot of self-care. And so that’s what we’re going to do as we continue to make sure that our students get the best education that we possibly can give them.
Why do you buy school supplies with your own money?
Because I don’t want something as silly as ‘we didn’t have the resources’ to be a barrier for them not to be able to participate. And if that means if I can’t find someone to help, if I have to do it myself, then I’ll just do it myself. Because I want them to have that ultimate experience, because that ultimate experience can change a decision of what they can possibly do or [help them] find something that they love.
What do you say to people thinking about becoming a teacher?
Do it. We need you. Especially our teachers of color. Especially our Black teachers of color, because our young boys need them so much. Even if you feel like you’re not the best speaker or don’t know everything — it’s okay. Just showing up shows that you care. You’d be surprised what a difference you can make in their lives. So do it, even if you’re going to do it for five years [and then] do something else. It’s okay because those five years in five classrooms is like 100 kids that you can touch.
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Multidisciplinary pulmonary embolism response teams that include cardiologists have the potential to make a positive impact on the care of acute pulmonary embolism, US clinicians say.
Dr Mateo Porres-Aguilar from Texas and colleagues said in some parts of the world, including Australia, pulmonary embolism response teams (PERTs) are changing how complex acute PE cases are approached by medical teams.
Since their inception almost a decade ago PERTs had evolved to provide rapid multimodality assessment and risk stratification, streamline the care in challenging clinical cases and facilitate recommended therapeutic strategies on time.
Setting up a PERT was not just reserved for larger health facilities as teams came in “all shapes and sizes” with no defined or specific number of team members.
“However, a PERT leader must orchestrate and moderate discussion of challenging case scenarios among participants, and ideally, a skilled interventionist on the team. PERT team members may include specialists from cardiology, interventional cardiology, pulmonary/critical care medicine, haematology, vascular surgery, vascular medicine and interventional radiology,” they advised in their review paper published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
Emerging data showed the value of PERTs in improving time to PE diagnosis, shorter time to initiation of anticoagulation, reducing hospital length of stay, increasing use of advanced therapies and a decrease in mortality.
Nevertheless, they said more data was needed in the form of registries and randomised controlled trials to demonstrate a true net clinical benefit of PERTs. More education and awareness was also essential for rapid acceptance and adoption world-wide.
“Despite being challenging to design and perform a prospective randomised clinical trial evaluating the benefits and risks of interventions executed by PERTs, we believe PERTs will continue to change the paradigm in the care of acute PE, achieving excellence in such care, with full adoption by clinical-practice guidelines globally,” they said.
Australia’s first PE response team was set up at Westmead Hospital in Sydney in 2018 and has improved PE risk stratification, assessment for RV dysfunction and increased catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) use in intermediate/high risk patients, according to haematologist Dr Jennifer Curnow.
In her review of 28 consecutive PERT-managed patients managed by the team in its first year of operation, the findings showed that compared to pre-PERT patients, more PERT patients had saddle/main pulmonary artery PE (82% vs 29%; p< 0.01), intermediate-high risk PE (64% vs 14%, p,0.01) and underwent CDT (74% vs 4%, p< 0.01).
Also, risk stratification was incomplete in pre-PERT patients, with fewer echocardiographic assessment for RV dysfunction (64% vs 100%; p < 0.01).
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You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Government investment in the arts such as music and theatre is a waste of money. Governments must invest this money in public services instead. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
Write at least 250 words.
It is argued that spending public money on arts such as music and theatre is not worthy. Instead the state investment should be channeled to public services such as health and education. Although I do not oppose the spending on arts, I feel the primary focus should be on necessary public services.
Firstly, one should understand the fact that in many countries public services such as health, education, communication and transport are either inadequate or not well-developed. If such facilities are not standardized, the quality of life would be compromised. For example, if the government does not spend enough money on the health sector, morbidity and mortality rate of the country would hike. Similarly, if not enough money is spent on education, the overall development would stagnate. Therefore, it is the duty of a responsible government to give prioritized allocation of funds in these vital areas before focusing on any secondary sector.
Nonetheless, this does not necessarily mean to cut down the state’s financial aid to support arts. There are many traditional theatre arts and music forms which are almost neglected these days due to the advent of newer forms of entertainments like online games. These sorts of arts reflect the culture of a social section in a country, and therefore preserving it and passing it to the next generation is the responsibility of everyone.
To conclude, it is obvious that there are benefits when investments are made primarily in public services as it enhances the quality of people’s life. At the same time, I cannot believe it is a waste if money is spent to support art and art forms.
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced Vienna in Hollywood, six weeks of programming comprising a symposium and film series that explores the large community of predominately Jewish, Austrian-born film artists and professionals who helped shape the films and industry of classical era Hollywood. This series is presented in collaboration with the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries and the USC Max Kade Institute, with support from the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles.
In the early 20th century, the nascent film industry in Hollywood was largely built by Jewish immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, including many Austrians from regions of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the 1920s, Austrian artists including actor-director Erich von Stroheim and composer Max Steiner came to the US seeking better opportunities in the American film industry.
A much larger wave of mostly Jewish émigrés arrived in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s largely due to Nazi persecution in Germany and the Anschluss in Austria. These Austrian émigrés included directors Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Fred Zinnemann, and Otto Preminger, actors Hedy Lamarr, Peter Lorre, and Paul Henreid, producers Eric Pleskow and Sam Spiegel, screenwriters Vicki Baum, Gina Kaus, and Salka Viertel, as well as composers Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Ernest Gold. These artists, along with many other émigrés who worked as writers, composers, actors, producers, cinematographers, talent agents, costume designers, and production designers, had a profound impact on Hollywood. The Academy Museum’s six-week Vienna in Hollywood series presents and contextualizes the work of these groundbreaking artists.
Bill Kramer, Director and President of the Academy Museum, said, “During the classical Hollywood era, so many beloved films and so many components of the movie industry were developed and shaped by Austrian émigrés, including Erich von Stroheim, Max Steiner, Vicki Baum, Fritz Lang, and many others. The Academy Museum is deeply committed to scholarly and dynamic explorations of film history. We are thrilled to be presenting the work and vision of these groundbreaking film artists and professionals who are a core part of our cinematic history.”
Doris Berger, Senior Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Academy Museum, said, “Many are familiar with the fascinating story that Jewish immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe were the founding fathers of Hollywood in the early 20th century. It is a privilege to collaborate with colleagues from USC and the Austrian Consulate to spotlight the lesser-known film and cultural history of the significant contributions of Austrian émigrés to the look and sound of classic era Hollywood.”
Paul Lerner, Professor of History at USC and Director of USC’s Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies said, “The Max Kade Institute is thrilled to partner with the museum and USC Libraries for this wonderful series of events on the unique Austrian contributions to Hollywood cinema and Austrian and American cross-cultural cinematic currents. Vienna in Hollywood perfectly embodies the Institute’s founding mission of documenting the lives and work of German-speaking émigrés and exiles in Southern California, those predominately Jewish refugees from Nazi-controlled Central Europe who shaped the landscapes and cultures of Los Angeles in the 1940s and beyond.”
The initiative launches on December 10, 2021, with Vienna in Hollywood: The Influence and Impact of Austrians on the Hollywood Film Industry, 1920s–2020s, a two-day symposium organized by the Academy Museum, the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries, and the USC Max Kade Institute, with support from the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles.
Panels will take place at both USC (December 10) and the Academy Museum (December 11) and will feature a robust lineup of international scholars, filmmakers, artists, and programmers. Panels include Composers and their Legacies; Women Writers and Exile Networks; Vienna Film Exiles Below the Line; Directors; Wien Kultur; and Vienna and Hollywood Today. Click here for more information about the symposium.
On December 11, the Academy Museum will launch a six-week film series called Vienna in Hollywood: Émigrés and Exiles in the Studio System, which runs until January 31, 2022. This series explores the work of Austrian-born Jewish film artists who made their way to Hollywood during the classical Hollywood era—many escaping persecution from the Nazi party and rising anti-Semitism in Europe.
The series opens with perhaps the most iconic émigré production of them all, a film about transit papers and escaping Fascism, Casablanca. Directed by Hungarian-born Michael Curtiz, scored by Austrian-born composer Max Steiner, and starring a pair of screen icons both from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, Paul Henreid and Peter Lorre, the film is presented in a vintage nitrate print courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art and will be the first nitrate print publicly screened at the Academy Museum.
Other artists and films presented as part of the series include directors Max Reinhardt (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Josef von Sternberg (Dishonored), Billy Wilder (Sunset Blvd., A Foreign Affair), Fritz Lang (Hangmen Also Die!), Otto Preminger (Whirlpool) and Fred Zinnemann (The Search), composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold (The Adventures of Robin Hood) and screenwriter Salka Viertel (Queen Christina). This series also showcases lesser-screened gems that feature the talents of exiles in various roles in front of and behind the camera, including The Girl Downstairs (starring Franciska Gaal), The Garden of Allah (the debut role for Tilly Losch), Hotel Berlin (written by Vicki Baum), and Dorothy Arzner’s big city melodrama Dance, Girl, Dance (also written by Vicki Baum). This film series is programmed by Bernardo Rondeau with thanks to Doris Berger, and notes by Kiva Reardon, Bernardo Rondeau, and Robert Reneau. A selection of the films follows below.
Sat, Dec 11 | 7:30pm | David Geffen Theater (DGT)
Everybody comes to Rick’s Café in Casablanca—for drinks, gambling, intrigue, Sam’s (Dooley Wilson) piano, and most importantly, exit visas. The romance of Hollywood’s classical era is central to this seminal film, full of iconic stars including Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, and Habsburg Empire émigrés Paul Henreid and Peter Lorre. Émigré Michael Curtiz’s Oscar®-winning direction of this Best Picture winner is as elegant as the endlessly quotable dialogue is witty, and (another émigré) Max Steiner’s nominated score incorporates the unforgettable “As Time Goes By.”
Director: Michael Curtiz.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains.
1943. 103 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm nitrate.
Sun, Dec 12 | 2pm | Ted Mann Theater (TMT)
“People come, people go. Nothing ever happens” laments the hotel’s bitter resident Dr. Otternschlag, but in this glamourous Best Picture-winning classic, the “people” include such cinema legends as Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, and a young and vibrant Joan Crawford, and the “nothing” includes burglary, murder, romance, and a dying man’s final wish. Austrian writer Vicki Baum penned the original, best-selling novel (Menschen im Hotel) before moving to Hollywood to launch a successful screenwriting career.
Director: Edmund Goulding.
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery.
1932. 115 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Sat, Dec 18 | 2pm | TMT
A group of top Hollywood stars took a rare venture into Shakespeare with this lavish filming of The Bard’s classic romantic fantasy, starring James Cagney as Bottom, Olivia de Havilland as Hermia, and a 14-year-old Mickey Rooney as Puck. A Best Picture nominee, the film is a collaboration between Max Reinhardt, a visionary of the Austrian theater, and German-born director William Dieterle. Hal Mohr’s luscious cinematography and Ralph Dawson’s editing both received Oscars®. Austrian composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold adapted the music of Mendelssohn for the film’s score. Sherry Shourds also received a rare write-in nomination for the short-lived category of Best Assistant Director.
Directors: Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle.
Cast: James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell, Jean Muir.
1935. 132 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
Sat, Dec 18 | 7:30pm | TMT
A household name of the Austrians in Hollywood cohort is director Josef von Sternberg, who is also known for his collaborations with German American icon Marlene Dietrich. Working with the star for the third time, here von Sternberg sets his tale in his native country. Dietrich plays a Mata Hari-like secret agent, who, under the orders of the Austrian Secret Service in the early days of WWI, is sent on a deadly mission to spy on the Russians.
Director: Josef von Sternberg.
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland.
1931. 91 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
The Garden of Allah
Sat, Dec 18 | 9:30pm | TMT
The Garden of Allah was producer David O. Selznick’s first complete Technicolor saga. Set in the picturesque deserts of Northern Africa, the film tells the story of two wandering foreigners who find each other during a moment of personal crisis. Each cast against type—Marlene Dietrich is a wealthy, pious woman on a pilgrimage to the Sahara while Charles Boyer is a tortured Trappist monk escaped from his monastery—they embark on a romantic quest, albeit one marred by gibberish “Arabic” and a cast of supporting characters chiefly in brownface. Recipient of a Special Award for its color cinematography, this three-strip tour de force also features the unforgettable Hollywood debut of the Austrian-born ballerina-turned-actress Tilly Losch as a sensual café performer.
Director: Richard Boleslawski.
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith.
1936. 80 min. USA. Color. English. 35mm.
Sun, Dec 19 | 2pm | TMT
An actress in Austria and Germany, Salka Viertel joined her husband in his move to Hollywood in 1928 and took up screenwriting under contract at MGM. There, she worked predominantly on Greta Garbo’s films, contributing to the scripts for the actress’s most famous sound film roles including Anna Karenina (1935) and Queen Christina, in which Garbo plays the regent of Sweden. A biographical drama (only the third feature film to be photographed in three-strip Technicolor), the film follows the historical figure’s choice between her country and her heart when she falls for a Spaniard.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian.
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone.
1933 . 99 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sun, Dec 26 | 2pm | TMT
Errol Flynn steals from the rich, woos the lovely Olivia de Havilland, battles the intrigue of Claude Rains, and clashes swords with Basil Rathbone in this lighthearted, swashbuckling, eye-popping Technicolor classic, which received three Oscars and a Best Picture nomination. Austro-Hungarian Michael Curtiz—whose peerless eye for staging is unmistakable—shared the directing credit with William Keighley, while Austrian Erich Wolfgang Korngold won an Oscar for one of cinema’s all-time greatest adventure scores.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley.
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains.
1938. 104 min. USA. Color. English. [Format TBD].
Dance, Girl, Dance
Tue, Dec 28 | 7:30pm | TMT
A best-selling novelist in Austria, Vicki Baum emigrated first to New York then to Hollywood in the early 1930s, where she worked at MGM and Paramount. Several of her stories and novels were transformed for the screen, including Dance, Girl, Dance (and Hotel Berlin and Grand Hotel, which screen in this series). Directed by Dorothy Arzner, the comedy-drama stars Lucille Ball and Maureen O’Hara as out-of-work dancers who turn to burlesque to make ends meet. A flop on its release, it has since gained critical recognition for its subversive take on the male gaze.
Director: Dorothy Arzner.
Cast: Maureen O’Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field.
1940. 90 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
The Girl Downstairs
Tue, Dec 28 | 9:20pm | TMT
Set amidst the upper crust of Berne, Switzerland, this screwball comedy finds playboy Franchot Tone posing as a chauffeur to gain access to the mansion of his love interest (Rita Johnson). Part of his plan involves seducing “the girl downstairs”—farm girl turned maid, played by Austro-Hungarian Franciska Gaal. Helmed by prolific studio director Norman Taurog, this rarely screened madcap film is one of Gaal’s final starring roles.
Director: Norman Taurog.
Cast: Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly, Reginald Gardiner.
1938. 77 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
Sun, Jan 2 | 2pm | TMT
Five-time Olympic gold medalist for the United States, swimmer Johnny Weissmuller was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in what is now Romania. Immortal as the loin-clothed Tarzan in this early sound adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s iconic series, Weissmuller has a unique nemesis in this, his seventh film as the Ape Man: the Nazis. Directed by Austrian-born William Thiele, Tarzan Triumphs find the Third Reich descending on the lost jungle city of Palandrya and enslaving its people. Will Tarzan and his menagerie of animals come to the rescue?
Director: William Thiele.Amm
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Johnny Sheffield, Frances Gifford, Stanley Ridges.
1943. 77 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
Hangmen Also Die!
Mon, Jan 3 | 7:30pm | TMT
The killing of Nazi Reich-Protector Reinhard “Hangman of Europe” Heydrich by members of the Czech underground in Prague inspired this fictionalized retelling, which went into production only four months after the assassination. Produced and directed by Austrian Fritz Lang, it doubles as a nail-biting thriller and a complex moral drama; German theater legend Bertolt Brecht cowrote the film’s story, and Austrian composer Hanns Eisler received an Oscar nomination for his brief but dramatic score.
Director: Fritz Lang.
Cast: H.H. v. Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee.
1943. 131 min. USA. B&W. English, German. DCP.
Sun, Jan 9 | 2pm | TMT
Based on the novel by Vicki Baum (who also penned Dance, Girl, Dance and Grand Hotel), Hotel Berlin unfolds in a heavily bombed Berlin during the last days of WWII. The high-end hotel has become a crossroad for Nazis, an escaped prisoner, civilians, and spies alike. In these close quarters, tensions erupt as the characters seek a way out as Allied planes fly closer. The film stars Austrian-born Helmut Dantine (also seen in Casablanca).
Director: Peter Godfrey.
Cast: Faye Emerson, Helmut Dantine, Raymond Massey, Andrea King.
1945. 98 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
The Search preceded by Forbidden Passage
Sun, Jan 16 | 2pm | TMT
Winner of four Academy Awards® and working across several genres, director Fred Zinnemann’s films include A Man for All Seasons (1966), High Noon (1952), From Here to Eternity (1953), and Oklahoma! (1955). Zinnemann was interested in fusing documentary and fiction; in the case of The Search he returned to Europe for the first time since emigrating to film the story of a son and mother searching for each other in a postwar ravaged Europe.
The Search plays with Zinnemann’s Academy Award-nominated short film Forbidden Passage, about a father who illegally enters the United States.
Director: Fred Zinnemann.
Cast: Addison Richards, Wolfgang Zilzer, Hugh Beaumont, George Lessey.
1941. 21 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
Director: Fred Zinnemann.
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, Wendell Corey, Ivan Jandl.
1948. 105 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
A Foreign Affair
Sat, Jan 22 | 2pm | TMT
Austrian Billy Wilder returns to Europe for this black comedy set in postwar Germany. Featuring sequences shot in the actual ruins of Berlin, this Hollywood take on the rubble film (Trümmerfilm) finds straitlaced Iowa congresswoman Jean Arthur on a fact-finding visit to the American Occupation Zone where not everything is as it seems. As she becomes entangled in a love triangle involving the slippery Captain John Pringle (John Lund) and his German paramour, cabaret-singer Marlene Dietrich in her classic maneater mode, Wilder creates a riotous, decadent panorama of a world caught between the past and the future.
Director: Billy Wilder.
Cast: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell.
1948. 116 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
Sat, Jan 29 | 2pm | TMT
Gene Tierney reunites with her Laura director—Austrian-born Otto Preminger—for this entrancing noir. Tierney plays the brooch-snatching wife of famous psychiatrist Richard Conte from whom she keeps her kleptomania a secret. She is lured by astrologist-turned-hypnotist José Ferrer for a cure and slowly becomes ensnared in a sinister plot out of her control. This twisty thriller from one of classic Hollywood’s most boundary-pushing producer-directors is also an incisive look at the mental and emotional toll of modern life.
Director: Otto Preminger.
Cast: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, José Ferrer, Charles Bickford.
1950. 97 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
Mon, Jan 31 | 7:30pm | TMT
Classic 1950s Hollywood crashes headfirst into the wreckage of silent cinema in this witty, haunting, and pitiless look at the perils of stardom. Gloria Swanson made herself a legend all over again in her Oscar-nominated role as the unforgettable Norma Desmond, William Holden (also nominated) is the perfectly charming and cynical hack writer Joe Gillis, and Austrian director Erich von Stroheim plays the heartbroken butler. Arguably the crowning achievement of producer-director-screenwriter Billy Wilder’s career, the film features an unsettling, Oscar-winning score by Franz Waxman, won Best Art Direction and Best Story and Screenplay, and was nominated for a total of 11 Academy Awards.
Director: Billy Wilder.
Cast: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson.
1950. 110 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
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It's Time For Congress To Act On The Paycheck Fairness Act
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked up to 1.6 million women from suing Walmart for sex discrimination in a class action lawsuit. The court's 5-4 conservative majority sided with business over women, claiming that Walmart's well-documented wage and hiring disparities are coincidences and not a result of a persistent culture of discrimination.
This is unacceptable. In the U.S. today, women are paid only 78 cents on the dollar that men make. If the highest court in the land won't protect women from discrimination in the workplace, then we must stand together and demand action from Congress.
The Paycheck Fairness Act would accomplish several important things including:
- Close loopholes in The Equal Pay Act to ensure that employers have a legitimate business reason for paying women less for the same work
- Prohibit employers from retaliating against workers who discuss their salary with co-workers
- Update the Equal Pay Act to make it more in line with the class action procedures available under other anti-discrimination laws
- Level the playing field for employers, so those that pay fairly are not at a disadvantage.
But this issue is not just about fairness. Achieving equal pay for women is also about economic recovery and rebuilding the American middle class. If women were paid what men are for equal work, America's GDP would rise by up to 9 points. Since women are often the primary breadwinners and caretakers for families, a rise in their pay would mean a higher quality of life for their children.
Women are now a majority of the workforce and they earn graduate degrees in larger numbers than men. Women are the economic drivers of our economy yet we are still discriminated against every day because more often than not, men are the ones in the boardrooms and the executive suites making the hiring decisions.
That's why I created Off The Sidelines, to make women aware of these disparities and the necessity that they get more involved in the issues that affect them every day. As a first step, please speak out by adding your name to the petition at OffTheSidelines.org/EqualPay.
Thanks for standing up for equal pay for women. We have a long way to go but together we can work to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act and take an important first step toward revitalizing our economy and achieving fairness for women in the workplace.
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New paper: An Investigation on the Feasibility of Near-Zero and Positive Energy Communities in the Greek Context
This paper is following the EU target of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Near Zero Energy and Positive Energy communities are expected to play a significant part of the strategy that will be followed. Within this context, the authors aim to investigate the feasibility of a new-built positive energy neighborhood and the retrofit of an existing neighborhood to near zero energy performance in the city of Alexandroupolis, Greece. The study may act as a roadmap for the uptake and development of positive energy and near-zero energy communities in Greek Cities, similar to Alexandroupolis. Furthermore, it can be used as a decision support tool for policy makers, when assessing alternative options towards the path of decarbonization of EU economy by 2050.
The authors highlight the advantages of performing nearly zero energy retrofit at the district rather than the building level, while they recognise the challenges entailed, in an attempt to stimulate interest in community energy schemes. Net Zero Energy (NZE) settlements where the zero energy principles are considered at the district scale, apart from their decarbonisation potential are seen as places that will stimulate environmental awareness, innovation, economic growth and social progress.
The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan highlighted the importance of smart cities, and supported the roll-out of positive energy blocks and districts within cities that take advantage of the synergies and energy flows between buildings. The analysis of this research is conducted within the framework of the IRIS project (‘Integrated and Replicable Solutions for Co-Creation in Sustainable Cities’), in which Alexandroupolis is included as a follower city. The IRIS smart city transition takes place through increasing the share of renewable energy and energy management, e-mobility services and citizen engagement, while benefiting from multi-type available storage systems.
The aim of the work is to evaluate the feasibility of energy communities in Greece by selecting and replicating technologies and activities that are currently being demonstrated in the Lighthouse Cities (Gothenburg (Sweden), Nice Cote d’Azur (France) and Utrecht (Netherlands)), making them fit within the local context of Alexandroupolis. The most suitable technologies and combinations of these technologies that meet the technical requirements for nearly-zero or positive energy performance in a financially viable manner are identified. Various integrations of these technologies are evaluated with the use of suitable technical and financial Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The analysis follows a bottom up approach, where firstly, the energy consumption is determined at the building level, and then results are aggregated to the level of the community, in order to determine the energy balance at the district level.
This research demonstrates the benefits for the occupants of participating in an energy community scheme, rather than performing the energy upgrade on an individual house basis. The authors attempt to stimulate the interest of stakeholders for investing in energy community schemes. The need to update the definition of near zero buildings for the uptake of truly near-zero energy buildings and communities is also highlighted. Based on the experience gained from this study and the limitations identified, recommendations are formed towards further research in diverse contexts where the concept of Near-Zero Energy and Positive Energy Communities can be applied.
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Making decisions for someone you love is not easy. Especially when those decisions will really affect the quality of life for your loved one. If you have an aging parent you may have to step up to the plate. Chances are it will not be very comfortable. Your parent raised you after all. They were the decision maker. Now the tables have turned.
Let’s face it, being the adult child is not so easy.
If your aging parent is still active and has a strong cognitive function, there isn’t a problem. Lucky, you! But for many Baby boomers and some Gen Xers, this isn’t the case. The Alzheimer’s Association says 1 in 2 people over the age of 80 will have some form of dementia. And that can complicate the situation.
When Dementia is Involved
Dementia can affect the brain in many ways. Someone with vascular and other types of dementia may have trouble making decisions. Memory may not be the big problem, but decision making can be a challenge. An aging parent with dementia may also become disorganized and become easily confused. This can lead to problems with taking medications properly. Driving a car may also become dangerous. Even operating the stove and oven can become problematic. So, what should you do?
Move or Stay at Home?
The big question that families have is “Should I move mom?” She really wants to stay in her own home. Nobody wants to drag an aging parent out of their home kicking and screaming. But will they be safe? There is no one right answer. Just as each senior is different, each family situation is different. It often takes someone from the outside to be able to see the whole picture.
When a family gets caught up in the emotions of what is happening it can cloud their decision-making process. Often siblings will have very different opinions on what mom or dad may need. They both want what is best but their vision of what is best is very different.
Look at The Whole Picture
When someone is ill (and Dementia is an illness) it will affect the whole family. The decision has to be made based on that fact. Here are some questions you may want to consider to help you decide.
1.What are your concerns?
Are you worried about safety? Is mom still driving? Have there been incidents that lead you to believe that she is not safe? Be honest with yourself about what is going on. Pretending that everything is all right will not make it so.
2.How many times a day, is Mom calling you?
An excessive number of calls could indicate that Mom is lonely and possibly even frightened. In the early stages of dementia, the person affected is aware that something is not quite right. They may not be sure what is happening. It is not uncommon at this stage for a senior to cover up the problems they are having. Fear of being “put away” can keep someone from sharing their concerns and problems with you. Their idea of a place for someone with dementia is usually not based on reality. They may have only had experience with Aunt Sue who was in a nursing home.
The problem is social isolation can accelerate dementia symptoms. We are a social species. As such, according to a study published in the NIH, feelings of loneliness are linked to poor cognitive performance and faster cognitive decline.
3. How close is the closest relative? Does that person take an interest in helping?
Karen and her husband Bob lived about 4 hours away from Bob’s mom Judith. They were her closet relatives. Karen was very close to Judith and spoke to her at least 4 or 5 times a week. Karen started to notice inconsistencies in what Judith was telling her.
She Really Became Worried
She got especially concerned when she called to discover Judith out of breath and anxious. Judith confided that she had gotten lost trying to find her friends home. She almost ran out of gas and finally made it back to her house after 3 hours. Karen knew that Judith had been to her friend’s home at least 100 times. There was no good reason for her to get lost. Unless of course, dementia was in the picture.
“We tried to get Judith to move to Houston to be closer to us. We brought her here to look at apartments and Retirement Homes. But she has been in her home for almost 60 years. She just didn’t want to go” Karen told me “I wish I would have pushed a little harder to get her to move.”
4. If you are caring for someone with Dementia, who is helping?
If you are the only one doing 70 to 100% of the work, you need help. Caring for someone with dementia really does take a village. I promise you will burn out. It is not a matter of “if” but rather “when”. And when you do burn out, who will look after the one you love?
There are countless stories of caregivers who ended up in the hospital. The person you love is counting on you to make the best decisions. It’s not about being the best care provider but being a good care manager. As such, it is important that you have a plan in place so your loved one will continue to get the care they need even if you can no longer provide that care.
Take a Few Small Steps
If a problem is just beginning to surface you may be okay hiring a home care company to help. It is a good first step. The caregivers can keep you informed of what is going on. Likewise, they can alert you to any changes that may need to be addressed. A fresh set of eyes on the situation can assure that you take the necessary action when needed.
This is the Time to Look at Memory Care
This is the time to start looking for a place for mom. You do not have to move her tomorrow. However, mom’s condition could escalate in a moment. Wouldn’t it be helpful to already know where to go and who can help?
The great news is Memory Care is not like a nursing home. At Sycamore Creek Ranch it feels more like a home than a facility. Our open concept plan makes it easy for residents to navigate. As such residents acclimate to the environment easily. Once here, families report that they wonder why they waited so long to make this move. | <urn:uuid:33abaf85-011d-44ec-833d-26680b21c1f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.scrmemorycare.com/alzheimers-disease/tough-decisions-aging-parent/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.979578 | 1,330 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Business Analytics Working Paper Series
Located in the University of Sydney Business School, The Discipline of Business Analytics engages in all aspects of data analysis, making forecasts and building models to enable better management decisions – vital assets to every business area.
Business analytics research requires a rigorous approach to model formulation and estimation as well as the skills to analyse the outputs of these models.
The Business Analytics Working paper series covers our research from 1975 onwards. For more information, please visit www.sydney.edu.au/business/our-research/research-areas/business-analytics
Published 2022Expert forecast combination—the aggregation of individual forecasts from multiple subjectmatter experts— is a proven approach to economic forecasting. To date, research in this area has exclusively concentrated on local ...Working Paper
Published 2021The purpose of this paper is to show that the effect of the zero-correlation assumption in combining forecasts can be huge, and that ignoring (positive) correlation can lead to confidence bands around the forecast combination ...Working Paper
Published 2021The Heterogeneous Autoregressive (HAR) model of Corsi (2009) has become the benchmark model for predicting realized volatility given its simplicity and consistent empirical performance. Many modifications and extensions ...Working Paper
Published 2020-10-28We consider the problem of detecting defective items amongst a large collection, by conducting tests of individual or groups of items. Group testing offers improvements over the naive individual testing scheme by potentially ...Working Paper
Published 2020-01-01This paper provides the first thorough investigation of the negative weights that can emerge when combining forecasts. The usual practice in the literature is to ignore or trim negative weights, i.e., set them to zero. ...Working Paper | <urn:uuid:9e10ec51-5876-49b7-b325-c0ad6524d5ce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/8124 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.900298 | 361 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Los Alamos National Laboratory will assist Toshiba in developing a muon tracker for use helping decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Muon radiography (also called cosmic-ray radiography) uses secondary particles generated when cosmic rays collide with upper regions of Earth’s atmosphere to create images of the objects that the particles, called muons, penetrate. The process is analogous to an X-ray image, except muons are produced naturally and do not damage the materials they contact. Muon radiography has been used before in imaginative applications such as mapping the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza, but Los Alamos’s muon tomography technique represents a vast improvement over earlier technology.
In developing muon tomography, Los Alamos researchers found that by placing a pair of muon detectors in front of and behind an object, and measuring the degree of scatter the muons underwent as they interacted with the materials they penetrated, they could gather detailed images. The method works particularly well with highly interfering materials (so-called “high Z” materials) such as uranium.
Because the muon scattering angle increases with atomic number, core materials within a reactor show up more clearly than the surrounding containment building, plumbing and other objects. Consequently, the Los Alamos muon tomography method shows tremendous promise for pinpointing the exact location of materials within the Fukushima reactor buildings.
“Los Alamos researchers began working on an improved method for muon radiography within weeks of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima reactor complex,” said Christopher Morris, chief scientist and leader of the Los Alamos Muon Tomography Team. “Within 18 months we had refined our technique and published a paper showing that the Los Alamos method was superior to traditional muon radiography techniques for remotely locating and identifying nuclear materials, and that it could be employed for field use.”
Los Alamos’s muon tomography technology also has the potential to be deployed in locations around the world to help detect smuggled nuclear materials. In fact, Los Alamos previously granted an exclusive license to Decision Sciences International Corporation for broad commercialization of the Los Alamos technology. The company has successfully deployed portal monitors that use muon tomography at a major seaport for cargo-container scanning as well as at other locations under their licensing agreement.
Muon tomography and development of its application at Fukushima was made possible in part through Los Alamos’ Laboratory-Directed Research and Development Program (LDRD), which uses a small percentage of the Laboratory’s overall budget to invest in new or cutting-edge research. The U.S. Department of Energy supported contacts of the Los Alamos team with other research groups, including several Japanese institutions and the University of Texas. | <urn:uuid:3518356b-e6e9-43c1-ba6b-5ec472f046ae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.powergenadvancement.com/news/lanl-muon-tracker-to-help-at-fukushima/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.928077 | 572 | 3.515625 | 4 |
In business terms, what is meant by intangible assets is any material that cannot be seen, tasted, or otherwise physically inspected. Common examples of such types of items are patents, copyrights, and trade secrets. While it is true that intangible assets are not the same as liabilities in the eyes of the law, they are something that should be factored into a business’s balance sheet regardless. There are many different forms of what is means by intangible assets. Some of the most common forms include goodwill, accounts receivable, and inventories.
What is means by intangible assets is very important to businesses because of the high turnover rate of businesses. A business will often hire several new employees, each with their own skill sets and abilities. Each employee will bring his or her own knowledge of what is means by intangible assets to the table, which will impact the businesses overall profits and bottom line.
The value of what is means by intangible assets is of great importance because these are the ones that have great long term potential for growth. However, intangible assets have to be valued at a cost that is less than their fair market value. Fair market value is what the assets would sell for if you were to purchase them immediately. This involves determining what prices potential customers will be willing to pay for the intangible assets you own.
The process of determining what is means by intangible assets can be a challenging task. First, the inventory that you have available will need to be appraised. You will want to determine the actual worth of the assets that your business currently has. Second, your business needs to establish the monetary value of all future prospects. It is also important to determine what value your future assets will receive in the marketplace.
It may seem like a very difficult task to what is means by intangible assets for a business. That is because many businesses that try to calculate what is means by intangible assets run into the same problems. The problem with most estimates is the fact that there are so many intangible assets in any given company. When a company tries to make an estimate of what is means by intangible assets it generally comes up with a range.
Because there are so many factors that need to be considered, the results that companies come up with are never completely accurate. This is why it is important to use an investment firm that is able to conduct the proper analysis. The process that these firms go through when they are attempting to what is means by intangible assets is very detailed and complicated. The reason why this is so is because there are so many possible intangible assets in any given company.
Many investors do not understand the process that these investment firms go through in order to determine what is means by intangible assets. Essentially, these firms determine the value of the intangibles that a business possesses. They determine the value of the unique aspects of the business. They determine how much money the business is worth. They also determine the market price of the business.
All of these things can change at any given time. The price of a business is always relative to the other factors that determine its value. These factors are the quality and usability of the products or services that the business provides. The company’s ability to provide competitive goods and services are also factors that have a great impact on what is means by intangible assets for a business. | <urn:uuid:04a33d55-18e8-4b87-b206-92f71eb89de4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://definitionwiki.com/what-is-meant-by-intangible-assets/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.978397 | 670 | 2.765625 | 3 |
At the forefront of cancer therapy development and treatment design
How can we use new treatments to target cancer cells and prevent therapy resistance?
Genomics and genetics. Molecular and cellular biology. Biochemistry. Imaging. It’s all part of learning how new drugs — and new combinations of drugs — can treat and prevent cancer.
From discovery and development to translation and clinical trials, the Developmental Therapeutics Program at Roswell Park is making breakthrough discoveries in new cancer therapies.
Our uniquely collaborative team includes scientists and physicians from 10 oncology specialties, working together to unravel the complexities of cancer-signaling drivers, hormone-driven cancers, and resistance mechanisms.
Publications in CY 2020
Dr. Tang, Chair of Pharmacology & Therapeutics and an expert on cancer stem cells and prostate cancer, primarily focuses on basic science-driven therapy development efforts in the program.
Dr. Puzanov, Director of the Center for Early Phase Clinical Trials (CEPCT) and an expert on melanoma immunotherapy, facilitates clinical translation and clinical trials.
Together, they work closely to develop and implement the strategic plan, execute research activities including seminars, retreats, and pilot project funding, and prioritize and facilitate therapeutic development within the Developmental Therapeutics Program and across Roswell Park.
Program goals & aims
The primary goal of Developmental Therapeutics research at Roswell Park is developing and translating novel mechanism-driven anti-cancer therapeutics and therapeutic regimens.
Our highly collaborative, interdisciplinary team focuses on four specific aims:
- Aim 1: Facilitate clinical translation of in-house drugs that target critical cancer drivers
- Aim 2: Identify novel therapeutic targets and therapeutic combinations
- Aim 3: Target and overcome therapeutic resistance
- Aim 4: Develop novel preclinical models and conduct innovative clinical trials
A special focus for our Developmental Therapeutics program is trials that target hormone refractory breast and prostate cancer – conditions that are of particular importance for Western New York.
Early Phase Clinical Trials
Meet #TeamRoswell: Dr. Igor Puzanov
“When I can cure patients, I am the happiest.”Meet Dr. Puzanov
Through our Center for Early Phase Clinical Trials (CEPCT), we bring scientific findings from the Developmental Therapeutics team and other CCSG programs into the clinic.
The CEPCT is Roswell Park’s resource for:
- Laboratory-based drug discoveries
- Preclinical efficacy studies
- PK/PD modeling and pharmacometric studies
- IND-enabling toxicology
- IND submission support
- Clinical trial conduct and management
This team coordinates and implements complex phase I/II trials from other CCSG programs that have one or more of the following characteristics:
- Disease site agnostic
- “Basket trials” involving multiple different tumor types
- Trials involving adoptive immune cell therapy (excluding hematopoietic stem cell transplantation) due to the complexity of multidisciplinary planning and management
- Trials with unusual complexity in implementation, administration or regulation (e.g., the trials with Cuban vaccines and immunomodulatory agents).
In the past three years, CEPCT has translated recent preclinical findings into 18 ongoing clinical trials by Developmental Therapeutics Program members (7 in Phase I) and 11 trials in collaboration with other CCSG programs (4 in Phase I).
Aggressive Prostate Cancer Marked by Abnormal RNA Splicing, Study Reveals
The team set out to learn how prostate cancer cells differ from normal, healthy prostate cells, in particular how those cancerous cells transcribe their genes. The researchers focused on alternative splicing, the process by which a DNA sequence is transcribed into RNA forms in an abnormal manner compared to healthy cells, resulting in tumors.
Use of Pembrolizumab Provided Long-Term Benefits in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma, 10-Year Look Shows
This retrospective analysis of three randomized clinical trials (KEYNOTE-001, KEYNOTE-002 and KEYNOTE-006) involved 1,558 patients with advanced melanoma and known BRAF tumor status (BRAF wild-type or BRAF V600E/K-mutant melanoma) who had all been treated with pembrolizumab, some of whom had undergone prior treatment with BRAF inhibitors with or without MEK inhibitors.
Education & training
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE 2021/2022 - Mrs. Kali McMorris
The last Academic Year began and ended as though it were a stop gap; a period that we just had to ‘get through’ to arrive at another stage. The world has paused, waiting to go back to the way things were. That is not the way of Mercy Education. As Mercy girls and staff, we are called to envision, advocate and in fact change policy, in response to the context of the time.
So, this year we start with a re- imagining of Mercy Education and join with the over 50 Mercy schools of the Americas to articulate and live our values as a force moving “Towards the Good.”
Our Core Values are the hallmarks of a Mercy Education. These are the ideals we stand up for and strive to live up to. We hold ourselves to these standards as an institution, as a community and as individuals. Each value is interconnected and necessary as we take Mercy into the world.
It is only fitting that we focus this year on the value of Educational Courage. Not only is this one of our Core Values but also a call to action for our students. Mercy students must welcome the challenge of pursuing their full potential even in difficult times. We expect engagement, a thirst for knowledge and personal responsibility, all in the name of building character and essential skills.
Courage is the characteristic we need to develop as students and educators; it helps us to persevere when things are difficult and to work hard, consistently. It calls for:
- Curiosity; Being open to other ways of seeing the world and exploring new ideas.
- Personal Accountability; Staying disciplined in decision-making, proactive in correcting mistakes and self-motivated in our studies.
- Critical Thinking; Gathering and objectively evaluating and analyzing information through reflection and reason.
Moreover, it is only with courage that we can truly succeed. It also takes courage to try again when confronted with failure and to continue to try when a level of greatness is achieved
We will not give into the challenges of connectivity and distance - we will conquer it, together.
Therefore, whether last year was one of success; fear, failure, or a feeling of defeat; this year we embrace the spirit of Educational Courage.
Happy ‘New Year’ to the Staff and Students of The Convent of Mercy Academy ‘Alpha’! Like our mascot the butterfly, we undergo the transition and now it’s time to ‘Fly’. #alphagirlmagic127#
“… lift your standards high
Still march in proud array
As warriors through the darkness toil
Till dawns the golden days.”
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Poggas Exhibits Double Feature in Hise Museum
Marion and Christy Poggas of Zeigler will have two separate exhibits of their works on display in both the main and west galleries of the Ella Elizabeth Hise Museum of Regional Art at Southeastern Illinois College beginning June 1 and running through Sept. 12.
Their show An Intimate Portrait of Southern Illinois will be shown in the main gallery, while Freedom to Travel will be displayed in the museum’s west gallery.
Marion is known for photography while his wife Christy uses an array of media including graphite, ink, watercolor, colored pencils, markers and oil paint. Christy has also expanded her artistic interests to include basketry, jewelry and Oriental Sumi e painting.
“Their works for each exhibit blend together beautifully to showcase both their views of southern Illinois and their travels,” said museum curator, Melody Bryant.
In An Intimate Portrait of Southern Illinois, Marion explains that the subject matter of his photographs have left quite the impression on him.
“These photos are from locations in our area that have made an impact on me, both visually and emotionally,” said Marion. “Some of the locations are iconic, others are virtually unknown.”
Christy echoes the sentiment by saying that revisiting many of the areas she grew up around in southern Illinois, including Giant City State Park Lodge, Cave-in-Rock, Cobden, old Shawneetown and numerous others have been the inspiration for the paintings in this exhibit.
“As a native of Southern Illinois, I have a lifetime of experiences and memories of the beautiful natural environments of our area,” said Christy.
Freedom to Travel showcases the Poggas’ travels while they have been retired.
“The paintings and photographs in this exhibit are a small part of our remembrances of travel throughout the United States,” said Christy. “Like many people, we enjoy visiting new locations, experiencing and enjoying the local hospitality and cuisine, discovering the sights, and just being somewhere new.”
A graduate of the University of Illinois, Marion worked as an architect for more than 35 years. His architecture training and career provided him with a very solid and relevant foundation of visual arts to build upon as he began to discover his photographic style.
Christy also worked as an architect for several years but her interest was always in teaching. She spent 25 years teaching in the architecture program at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale. Her early years of teaching were pre-computer and she spent this time honing her skills and sharing her love of drawing with her students in foundation courses such as freehand drawing-sketching, introduction to drafting.
A closing reception for both exhibits is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 12 from 1-2 p.m. and the museum will be open until 4 p.m.
Summer hours of operation for the VPAC Gallery are Monday- Thursday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., the first Sunday of the month, 1-4 p.m. (holiday weekends may change dates), or by appointment. Regular hours of Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. will resume on August 2. Admission is free. For more information, contact 618-252-5400 ext. 2599 or 2486 or email firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:23aa40e1-3d72-40af-bf38-21a4e0de52f8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sic.edu/news/2021/05/25/poggas-exhibits-double-feature-in-hise-museum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964248 | 708 | 1.570313 | 2 |
During the colonels’ junta in Greece (1967-1974), trips in a helicopter were not unusual for the tourism minister, Michalis Balopoulos. He would point out the beaches that he liked to his young secretary so that they could be designated for «tourist development.» In November 1968 the junta gave the Greek National Tourist Organization (GNTO) the right to develop 12 areas in the country. Four of these were beaches in the Saronic Gulf. For this purpose, an act was passed which stipulated the areas where the GNTO had certain rights. The lease was valid for a period of 75 years. The only area excluded from the act was Glyfada, due to the close relationship between the mayor at the time and the junta leadership. In the Glyfada municipality, the area between the coastal avenue and the shoreline was reclaimed and filled in with debris. Five months after the fall of the junta in November 1974, the legal validity of the above act was recognized by the Court of Appeal. The act remained in force until the government of Costas Simitis decided to hand over the commercial exploitation of tourism properties along the seafront to private enterprises. Rescue plan for Glyfada A few weeks ago, Deputy Finance Minister Petros Doukas met representatives of the Hellenic Public Real Estate Corporation (KED), a team of researchers and Glyfada municipality officials to discuss the eventual restoration of a section of the seafront in Glyfada, about 2.2 kilometers long. The contracts signed between KED and various users will expire in 2008. Most, if not all, the private enterprises have illegally extended the areas allocated to them. The government has decided to put an end to the current situation in Glyfada, a municipality that receives as much as 1 million euros a year from marinas alone. Development on the Glyfada seafront over the past 15 years has led to a fall in property values, in particular beaches and private properties. Some shipowners in the area have tried for many years to curb infringements and illegal building along the seafront. To conduct the study, KED has appointed the Digenis architectural office, which had undertaken a study of the seafront prior to the Olympic Games in 2004. The study was never completed as the PASOK government then withdrew its plan to upgrade the coastal strip from Piraeus to Varkiza. In the study, Sakis and Andreas Digenis recommended that «the small marinas situated at the level of central Glyfada Square be removed from the seafront, which is currently built up and without public access.» KED believes that the study will enable it to control land use. Various forms of illegal and irregular use which expired were given a five-year extension on March 3, 2004, by virtue of a presidential decree issued shortly before elections, but the initial contracts signed by the private enterprises with KED expire in 2008. One nightclub owner, Stelios Gidopoulos, has a permit for 300 square meters but the club actually covers nearly 2,000 square meters. KED plans to include a clause that will nullify new contracts if barriers are built that hinder public access to the seafront. Areas will be paved in such a way that it will be possible to see whether private entrepreneurs are making illegal use of the seafront by adding more chairs and tables then provided for in the lease and contract with the municipality. | <urn:uuid:893fa253-727d-4bd0-9ea0-c7cf247c03ea> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/49840/seafront-encroachment-began-in-1968/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.967678 | 696 | 2.03125 | 2 |
PARIS, France - Children conceived through medically assisted reproduction treatments, such as IVF, artificial insemination, or ovulation induction, appear to perform better at school than those born through natural conception, according to a new study. The research, conducted by University College London in partnership with Finland's University of Helsinki, also found that while IVF children … Continue reading IVF Children Fare Better At School Than Naturally Conceived Kids: Study
Many babies struggle to fall asleep without a parent at their side, or wake frequently during the night – a phase that’s exhausting for new parents but usually passes quickly. However, infants with very disturbed sleep patterns could be at greater risk for anxiety and emotional issues in later childhood, new research suggests. Australian researchers … Continue reading BABY TALK | Babies With Severe Sleep Problems May Have More Childhood Anxiety, Research Suggests
My mother was one of four sisters. I have a younger sister, and between the two of us, we have four daughter. We’re not the only one who appear to have one sex run in the family. Everyone knows a family who has a boy…and a boy…and then another, all in a row? Some scientists … Continue reading BABY TALK | Does Having Boys Or Girls Run In Families? New Study Say It’s Down To Chance
Global warming will have a variety of effects on our planet, yet it may also directly impact our human biology, research suggests. Specifically, climate change could alter the proportion of male and female newborns, with more boys born in places where temperatures rise and fewer boys born in places with other environmental changes, such as … Continue reading BABY TALK | Climate Change Will Affect Gender Ratio Among Newborns, Scientists Say
U.S. Issues new rules restricting travel by pregnant foreigners, fearing the use of “birth tourism” The Trump Administration will implement a new policy Friday to make it more difficult for foreign nationals to travel and to give birth on U.S. soil to ensure their children become American citizens, a practice commonly known as “Birth Tourism”. … Continue reading TRAVEL | U.S. Issues New Rules Restricting Travel By Pregnant Foreigners, Fearing The Use Of “Birth Tourism”
Everyone wants a happy, healthy baby; however, babies often experience discomfort from diaper rash – a condition that causes skin underneath the diaper to become red and tender. Help your baby by following dermatologists’ tips to prevent and treat diaper rash at home: Change Dirty Diapers As Soon As Possible The most important tip for … Continue reading MOTHER & BABY | Help Your Baby By Following Dermatologists’ Tips To Prevent And Treat Diaper Rash At Home
One of the most important things that you need to decide is how you are going to feed your child. You can either choose to feed your child breast milk or formula. Breast milk is the best choice for your child, but sometimes this choice is taken from you by either your body or your … Continue reading BABY TALK |Top Tips On Feeding Your Newborn
Why do babies throw their plates, spoons, and other cutleries while eating in their seats? And how can parents make them stop this action when taunting doesn’t seem effective? According to the Education Expert Daniela Graf, who is also a mother of two and a blogger, “The reason behind throwing cutleries are many. In most … Continue reading BABIES | Why Do Babies Throw Their Food Plates?
Say hello to your new holiday wish list: Christian Louboutin created an enviable capsule collection for Nordstorm with endless holiday gifting ideas in mind. The 46 piece line includes shoes for men and women, handbags, leather goods, travel sets, and other small gifts. And one of Louboutin’s most beloved designs have returned: his adorable baby … Continue reading CHIC BABIES | Christian Louboutin’s Adorable Baby Shoes Are Back In His New Nordstrom Collection.
Advisor to the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah announced the successful operation of the Libyan Siamese twins separation (Ahmed and Mohammed) at King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital of King Abdulaziz Medical City of the Ministry of National Guard in Riyadh. Al-Rabeeh … Continue reading RIYADH | Successful Separation of Libyan Siamese Twins | <urn:uuid:8f709c7f-e171-4369-9d2e-1e09deaa04aa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://alkassandra.com/category/babies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.92989 | 940 | 2.125 | 2 |
Wallenda Completes High-Wire Walk Over Niagara Falls
Nik Wallenda has successfully walked across Niagara Falls on a 2-inch-wide cable. As if there wasn't enough drama, he added a bit of last-minute mystery to his audacious attempt.
If you're not familiar with the story, Wallenda wanted to become the first person to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. As ABC reports, it was a lifelong dream:
"Others have crossed the Niagara River itself, but never over the falls. Wallenda said that tonight's feat will be the fulfillment of a lifelong dream as well as a chance to honor his great-grandfather, legendary funambulist Karl Wallenda, who died after falling from a tightrope in Puerto Rico in 1978.
"Wallenda, 33, has called his great-grandfather his "biggest inspiration" and said he will be thinking of him during the stunt. The 1,500-foot walk between Goat Island in the U.S. side to Table Rock in Canada will be fraught with unforgiving natural conditions: blinding mist and drafts created by the force of the waterfalls crashing down on the Niagara River.
"Those obstacles notwithstanding, Wallenda told reporters Thursday that he hopes the walk will be "peaceful and relaxing."
Earlier this evening, one question was still up in the air: Would Wallenda wear a safety harness?
The Los Angeles Times reports that ABC had threatened to kill the broadcast if he went untethered.
Wallenda told the paper that he's used to walking without a harness, so doing this with one might make things more dangerous.
"The truth is, mentally it might add to it," Wallenda said.
Update at 10:30 p.m. ET. The Walk Begins:
Wallenda is walking across the tight rope, lights blaring down and water spraying around him. Upon ABC's insistence, he is using a tether, the Associated Press reports:
"Wallenda said he agreed because he wasn't willing to lose the chance and needed ABC's sponsorship to help offset some of the $1.3 million cost of the spectacle."
Update at 10:45 p.m. ET. A Dream Fulfilled:
Wallenda is safely on the ground in Canada after 25 minutes of suspense. He pulled out his passport and said the purpose of his trip was "to inspire people all over the world," according to ABC.
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‘In orbit, you’re keyed up and aware of everything going on, every little noise, anything that may have special meaning because of where you are.’ – John Glenn
Madar (literally an ‘Orbit’) Ensemble is the fruit of the musical friendship between the Palestinian ud player Nizar Rohana and Dutch bassist Tony Overwater. They invited three prominent musicians from the Arab world and the Netherlands: Dutch clarinet player Maarten Ornstein; Tunisian violinist and viola d'amore player Jasser Haj Youssef and the Jordanian percussionist Nasser Salameh. With genuine curiosity for and understanding of each other’s musical language, they have come together with the purpose of creating something new, built on a deeply shared respect for the qualities of their various musical worlds.
Acamar, from the Arabic Ākhir an-nahr meaning "the end of the river", is a star located in the constellation Eridanus, variously associated by ancient astronomers with rivers across the Mediterranean and Middle East, including the Nile, Po and Euphrates. The music in this album is inspired by the classical civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean which relied in daily life on an understanding of the cosmos.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said for the first time Sunday
that Israel would be prepared to live side by side with a Palestinian state,
but only if world powers guaranteed that it would be “demilitarized.” The
proposal came in a major statement of his views on the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict that attracted attention worldwide.
“We take the security of Israel very seriously, but we need a solution that
works, and this would be very difficult for the Palestinians to swallow,”
said an official, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity
of the diplomacy. American officials “are a long way away from the point
where we’d be talking about this kind of arrangement.”
He noted that Netanyahu provided no specifics about what would be a complex
task. Netanyahu has said previously that Israel could not agree to the
creation of a Palestinian state that possessed a military, had full control
of its borders or wielded authority over electronic communications.
Despite the criticism, U.S. officials were generally positive about the
speech, suggesting that it represented another step toward the high-level
negotiations they want to see begin soon between Israelis and Palestinians.
They hailed Netanyahu’s acceptance of the idea of a separate Palestinian
state, despite the conditions. U.S. officials were willing to overlook the
fact that Netanyahu did not agree to the Obama administration’s insistence
on a complete halt in the growth of Israeli settlements in Palestinian
Palestinian officials bristled at Netanyahu’s speech, but U.S. officials
portrayed the speech as simply laying out the Israeli opening position in
what was likely to be a protracted discussion.
“It’s going to be a complicated negotiation,” said Ian Kelly, the State
Netanyahu said in his speech that the Palestinians would need to recognize
Israel as a “Jewish state,” a comment that was widely taken to mean there
would be no right of return for Palestinian refugees.
But Kelly said U.S. officials took the view that it meant only that “the
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Stream 1 to a large extent, especially to store enough for job function email list the winter of 2022 to sustain the economy and the natural gas for society to function. Germany's Siemens Energy is responsible for the maintenance of part of the Nord Stream 1 equipment, including the Siemens turbines sent to Germany by Russia for repair. Siemens Energy sent it to its Canadian branch for repairs. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers an statement in Nova Scotia Photo Credit: Reuters / BBC News Siemens Energy needs to send its Nord Stream pipeline equipment to its Canadian division for repairs, adding Canada to the international energy and geopolitical controversy.
Canada has refused to return the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline turbines sent by Germany's Siemens for overhaul to Russia, citing sanctions against Russia. In mid-June, the Russian natural gas company "Gazprom" took this as an excuse to sharply reduce the transmission volume of the Nord Stream No. 1 natural gas pipeline to 40% of the usual rate, which immediately affected the supply of energy recipients Germany and other Western European countries, causing Dissatisfaction in many European countries such as Germany. After diplomatic coordination, the Canadian government said it had returned a repaired Siemens turbine to Germany for use in the pipeline. But the move angered the Ukrainian government, with Kyiv accusing Canada of breaking sanctions on
Moscow and pressing for diplomatic and civil protests. However, Germany and the United States have since expressed their support for Canada. Russian gas supply cut off? Nord Stream 1 pipeline maintenance is normal every summer when gas demand is lower than in winter, but there are concerns that Russia may not reopen the tap. On the occasion of the annual maintenance of Nord Stream 1 in July 2022, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck warned that EU countries must prepare for Russia's interruption of supplies. The German government is concerned that Russia may reduce or permanently cut gas supplies to Western Europe. The closure of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline has also affected Italy, where energy | <urn:uuid:1289b714-304a-4460-8f70-fb984561d304> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rondausedautoparts.com/forum/welcome-to-the-cars-forum/com-press-release-pre | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94985 | 395 | 1.820313 | 2 |
An evaluation of AMSOIL Signature Series 5W-30 Synthetic Motor Oil in standard and Double Length Sequence IIIG Engine Tests. The Sequence IIIG Engine Test (ASTM D7320) is an industry-standard test designed to evaluate automotive engine oils for high-temperature performance, including oil thickening, piston deposits, oil consumption and engine wear during moderately high-speed, high-temperature service. It must be passed to meet the API SN and ILSAC GF-5 motor oil specifications. Results in the 100-hour test are an important indicator of how well a motor oil will perform in real-world service.
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Directed by Harvey Rovine, “Trojan Women” is a play of anguish, sorrow and the endurance that the human spirit can go through in the face of adversity. After many years, Troy has fallen to the Greeks and now Hecuba, King Priam’s widow, and the other women of the tragic city have to face their future as slaves to those who conquered them. Sadly, they do not know the exact impact that Troy’s fallen walls will have in store for them before they even reach their final destination until they actually suffer through it.The play opens with a silent yet stirring and stunning dialogue between Poseidon, god of the sea, ably portrayed by Leonard Kelly, and Athena, goddess of wisdom and war, played by Emily Rogge, who is also a believable corpse later in the production.
“Trojan Women” takes place in 2015. Erica Imparato, (who plays Hecuba, the lead) as well as the rest of the cast, surprised me and did a performance that was very well deserving of the loud applause it received. Hecuba starts out full of pain and disappointment in Zeus because her husband, the king, was killed and her children either face the same fate or a life time of misery, yet she tries to keep the other women uplifted for a little while until her whole world begins to unfold in front of her face. Her daughters are taken away from her, as well as husbands of the daughters. ony to look forward to a life as the new spouses/slaves of the Greek leaders that conquered their men.
Movement director, Emily Rogge, has done a wonderful job bringing the characters to life through actions and evoking the audience to feel even a little bit of what each character was emitting. I admit at first that I was confused and uncertain if I would ever understand what was going on, but quickly caught on and even if I hadn’t, the set itself was something to look at. The two actors on the stage playing dead before the production even actually began let the viewer know that these actors were serious and all about getting into character and keeping it. With video projections, the makeup, and the realistic city back drop I was surprised that the West Chester theater department could have such a professional outcome since it was the first production I’ve seen them do. The numerous different angles used to help tell the story as well as the individual stories displayed in the projections to show the viewer how their past lives were full of happiness really helped tie the story together especially with the 90 minute allotted time frame.
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Considering that the big thing you hear about are credit scores, you may think that that matters more to lenders than anything else. That’s not true. Lenders actually take a deeper look at your credit report to determine your creditworthiness. Your credit report shows the details that other lenders have submitted on your report such as late payment history.
When lenders are looking at your credit report, they are considering a lot of things including advanced analytics provided by the credit bureaus. They are also judging your credit worthiness against other debtors in similar demographics.
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Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Policy Forum May 2007 The Principle of Double Effect and Proportionate Reason Nicholas J. Kockler, MS, PhD Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(5):369-374. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.5.pfor2-0705. In the Literature Mar 2013 Conscience, Values, and Justice in Savulescu Alvan A. Ikoku, MD Virtual Mentor. 2013;15(3):-. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.3.jdsc1-1303. Viewpoint Apr 2010 A Call for Collaborative Action against America’s Greatest Health Threat Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH All of us who are pursuing solutions to the obesity epidemic face clinical, ethical, and regulatory challenges. First among them is the significant role of individual lifestyle and behavior choices in causing obesity. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(4):327-330. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.4.oped1-1004. Case and Commentary Jan 2022 Should Dentists Treat Despite Medical Contraindications? Bernard Friedland, BChD, MSc, JD Some patients who need general medical care before a dental intervention can suffer increased risk for poor outcomes if they have compromised access to care. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(1):E6-12. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.6. Viewpoint Apr 2015 Making Ethical Progress without Ethical Theories Dien Ho, PhD AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(4):289-296. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.4.spec1-1504. Medicine and Society Nov 2017 What Are the Professional, Political, and Ethical Challenges of Co-Creating Health Care Systems? Guddi Singh, MB BChir, MPH, John Owens, MA, PhD, and Alan Cribb, PhD AMA J Ethics. 2017;19(11):1132-1138. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.11.msoc1-1711. History of Medicine Apr 2022 Why Restoring Birth as Ceremony Can Promote Health Equity Marinah V. Farrell Until the mid-20th century, birth in the United States for Latinx Indigenous peoples was an ancestral ceremony guided by midwives and traditional healers. AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(4):E326-332. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2022.326. | <urn:uuid:d56ad68b-1f45-44db-8f18-71ed28323f1b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/search?f%5B0%5D=topics%3A336&f%5B1%5D=topics%3A716&f%5B2%5D=topics%3A956&search=abortion | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.730587 | 545 | 1.9375 | 2 |
Keeping your garden tools in tip-top shape is a surefire way to make them last for years. High-quality, well-maintained tools make most gardening tasks much easier. When you neglect to clean your tools, oxygen and water react with the metal, causing rust.
So, how can you keep your garden tools clean and rust-free?
Vinegar is the most popular and scientifically accurate method of renewing rusty garden tools. The wire brush drill attachment can also help remove stubborn rusty residue off of your garden tools. After cleaning, applying WD-40 helps to protect your gardening tools from rusting again.
Rust spreads like cancer, affecting more metal surfaces and destroying your gardening tools. Eliminating rust is critical yet requires some effort and time. Read on to find out how to make the process easier:
Cleaning Rusty Garden Tools with Vinegar
Finding your favorite garden tools all-rusted is frustrating, but it doesn’t mean you should throw them out and splurge on new ones. Whether you have a rusty pair of pruning shears, garden scissors, shovels, or garden knives, you can bring them back to life by soaking them in a weak vinegar solution.
Vinegar is probably the most popular and effective way to deal with rusty garden tools. It’s scientifically accurate, cost-friendly, and you’re more likely to have a bottle in your kitchen.
First, soak the metal parts of your tools in a vinegar solution – mix equal parts of water and vinegar – for at least 24 hours. You can use regular distilled white vinegar from the grocery store or homemade apple cider vinegar for it.
The concentration depends on how rusty your tools are. Use a weaker concentration when soaking slightly rusted tools. Or, add more vinegar if your tools are all-rusted. The acidity of the vinegar will help eliminate the rusty sections of your tools and keep them cleaner longer.
Heavily rusted tools might require extra soaking. Once you remove the tools from vinegar, wipe them down with some paper towel. Vinegar soaking might not work for stubborn rust, but there are some tricks to remove it, too. Continue on for more cleaning information.
Prevent Garden Tools from Rust by Using WD-40
WD-40 is well-known for its ability to protect metal surfaces from rust and moisture thanks to its corrosion-resistant ingredients. Spray a small amount of the product onto the metal parts of your garden tools and wipe them with an old washcloth.
Prevention is always better than cure when it comes to rust. Before using the WD-40 product, make sure you remove grime and dirt from your garden tools. You might even need a coarse metal wire brush to scrape off any debris, slight rust, or dirt. The WD-40 product is also helpful in keeping your hand pruners from gumming up.
If you have free stuck corroded parts on moving tools, try using WD-40 to lubricate and make them work again. Just spray the affected area and let it penetrate for 5 to 15 minutes, depending on how rusty those parts are. Break the rusted bonds by pulling the tool apart.
Since the WD-40 product repels moisture that can result in rust, you can use it to coat metal parts of your garden tools before storing them for winter, for instance.
Still Rusty? Try Using a Wire Brush Drill Attachment
If your gardening tools remain rusty after a couple of vinegar soaks, opt for a wire brush drill attachment. Using a wire brush is actually the fastest way to remove rust, but it must be used with caution. Wire brushes can create visible swirl marks on most metal surfaces and can ruin soft metals, such as brass and copper.
In some cases, refinishing might be needed to renew a tool. If you’re looking to use a wire brush for removing rust from your garden tools, opt for brass coated wire brushes designed for rust removal.
Spray the affected area with WD-40 for several hours before drilling to loosen rust and protect the tool. Or, you can simply apply a bit of WD-40 to the wire brush to lower the likelihood of sparkling and swirl marks.
Attach a wire brush attachment to your drill and start cleaning the rusted area with minimal pressure, applying the brush at a 15-degree angle. Ensure you wear eye protection to guard your eyes against dust and flying grit.
The Final Word
Keeping garden tools from rusting isn’t rocket science. Vinegar concentration helps remove rust while a wire brush drill attachment fights the most stubborn rust stains. Once you get rid of the rust, tub your tools with a rust-protecting product like WD-40. You can also try these tricks with rusted outdoor furniture and other rusting metals.
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This is the second edition of CAN/CSA-Z259.2.3, Descent devices, which is an adoption, with Canadian deviations, of ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 22159 (first edition, 2007-05-15), entitled Personal equipment for protection against falls - Descending devices. The title has been changed for the CSA Standard to reflect the modification of the scope of the adopted ISO Standard.
This International Standard specifies requirements, test methods, marking and information to be supplied by the manufacturer for descending devices. It also specifies some basic requirements for the descent lines to be used with the descending devices.
This International Standard is applicable to automatic and manually operated descending devices intended for use in the workplace in access, egress, work positioning and rescue systems. Various types and classes of descending devices are defined according to function and performance. These descending devices can be used in situations other than the workplace if adequate training and/or supervision are provided.
This International Standard is not intended to apply to descending devices used in leisure activities such as recreational climbing and caving, although its requirements can be useful in specifying such equipment.
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#RichlandGives Spotlight: Malabar Farm Foundation
The Malabar Farm Foundation serves to provide funding and resources in support of Malabar Farm State Park. The Foundation is a 501©(3) non-profit organization funded by charitable donations and staffed by volunteers.
In 1939, Louis Bromfield, a native of Mansfield, Ohio, Pulitzer-Prize winning author, and pioneering conservationist purchased several farms in Richland County, Ohio and created his dream: Malabar Farm. Malabar Farm was destined to become “The Most Famous Farm in America”. Bromfield built a 32 room country home known as the Big House where family, friends, and the famous could come, stay, and work while enjoying the natural wonders that life at Malabar Farm could offer.
Bromfield set out on a quest to restore rich fertility to Malabar Farm by applying conservation methods that were mostly unheard of or little used at that time. Bromfield shared these conservation methods with people from all over the U.S. and other countries through speaking engagements, a newspaper column, radio broadcasts, and printed materials including a series of non-fiction “farm” books. Louis Bromfield passed away in 1956 at the age of 59. Malabar Farm became a State Park in 1976 and hosts thousands of visitors each year, who take in the natural beauty that Malabar Farm has to offer.
The Malabar Farm Foundation was founded in 1993 and its mission is to provide resources for the promotion of the principles, philosophies, and ideals of Louis Bromfield in the areas of agriculture, conservation, and the arts and for the preservation of Malabar Farm State Park.
Through the Foundation’s vision to assure that Malabar Farm is preserved as a destination for people of all ages and to extend the legacy of Louis Bromfield in the fields of agriculture, conservation, and the arts through education and events we have achieved many accomplishments. Some of those accomplishments include special events such as “An Evening with Ole’ Blue Eyes” and “An Evening with Just Jazz & Friends”, the Udder Nonsense 5K Walk/Waddle/Run, the Sunday Drive Car Show, Tea with Louisa Mae Alcott, a Picnic with Laura Ingalls Wilder. The Foundation has raised funds for concessions at park events, new display cases for the Visitors Center lobby, the Big House lamp re-wiring and repair project, Big House garage renovation and new wiring, resurrection of the Malabar Farm News quarterly newsletter, the Maple Syrup demonstration unit, creation of a new Malabar Farm Foundation brochure, new lighting and leaves for the Giving Tree display in the Visitors Center lobby, stainless steel countertops for areas in the Big House kitchen, and helped fund and supervise summer interns. And those are just a few of the many accomplishments!
One of our largest projects over the last 3 years has been the restoration of art and artifacts in the Big House. As of March 2017, 28 oil paintings have been restored, along with the reproduction of draperies in the Bromfield Study for a total of $44,000.00.
Since then, the Foundation has moved on to Phase V of the restoration project which includes more oil paintings and Phase VI which will include watercolor paintings, and the Disney cell of Ferdinand the Bull.
Donations from the Richland Gives - Day of Giving helps the Malabar Farm Foundation to continue to fund these worthwhile projects and extend the legacy of Louis Bromfield and Malabar Farm State Park for future generations. Help us raise awareness and funds for the Malabar Farm Foundation by making a donation online on the Richland Day of Giving, November 28th @ http://www.richlandgives.org. | <urn:uuid:f4f4b48d-ea26-4f2e-9aa1-bdc170ebd0f5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.richlandcountyfoundation.org/blog/2017/11/12/richlandgives-spotlight-malabar-farm-foundation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.944656 | 779 | 1.632813 | 2 |
XML query language
Mark.Birbeck at iedigital.net
Thu Apr 1 17:25:16 BST 1999
Paul Prescod wrote:
> Mark Birbeck wrote:
> > Paul Prescod wrote:
> > > And that model has a concept of nodelist -- this is the most
> > > appropriate return value for query results.
> > What do you mean by nodelist? Does it take into account that result
> > nodes may be returned from different parts of the tree, or even at
> > different depths?
> Sure. A node list is a list of nodes. No more, no less.
I sort of guessed it might be ;-) I was more getting at the idea of
context. The following is a 'list of nodes':
But we don't know were they came from. Even if we know what query
generated them, we don't know what depth they came from. If we used the
we might get:
But the original source might be:
The reason I was suggesting the fragment approach is because it has
within it the notion of context, and it contains a reference to the
actual 'query' - or reference - that yielded those results. We might
return something like:
I'm not saying it's ideal for all situations. I'm just interested to see
how context can be encoded in a 'list of nodes'.
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COSS safety training offered in partnership with Delaware Valley Safety Council
The University of Delaware’s Division of Professional and Continuing Studies (UD PCS) is partnering with the Delaware Valley Safety Council (DVSC) to offer occupational safety training on the Newark campus again this year.
October 22-26, 2018
This fall, the intensive five-day Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS) Course is offered Oct. 22-26 at UD PCS’ classroom location at 501 South College Ave., Newark.
Future offerings include Certificate for Occupational Safety Managers (COSM) and the Safe Supervisor Course.
Taught by COSS-certified OSHA Outreach trainers, these programs equip professionals with the core competencies of occupational safety and health. Participants learn to recognize hazards, understand and interpret OSHA requirements, and effectively manage workplace safety and health programs.
The COSS program is designed as an entry-level course as well as a refresher for experienced safety professionals from a wide range of industries including construction, manufacturing, transportation, energy and utilities, public safety and security, healthcare, food, government and human resources.
Participants who successfully complete the program earn the nationally-recognized COSS designation. COSS is the only non-degree occupational safety program to receive a national endorsement from the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE), the certifying body for construction education for colleges, universities and technical/trade schools.
UD alumni receive a 15-percent discount when enrolling in this UD-DVSC co-sponsored course.
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This section of the Shanker Institute website is focused on the history of American teacher unionism. It has grown out of the mission of the Institute, with its focus on the themes of public education, unionism and democracy, and the life’s work of our namesake, the late American Federation of Teachers President Al Shanker. Since the Institute is affiliated with the AFT, this section tells the story of our own history.
Our goal here is not to present a comprehensive account of teacher union history, but to make a contribution to a better understanding of it by providing documents – primarily, interpretive essays, lesson plans and oral histories – which provide insights not otherwise found in published accounts. Readers will find that themes inadequately covered in the current literature, such as the engagement of teacher unionism with the civil rights movement, are discussed in considerable detail here.
With a mind to making this material accessible not just to historians, but also to the ranks of teachers and unionists, we have fashioned this section so that an educated person with limited background knowledge could read and understand the material being discussed.
New York City’s Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation (GVSHP) has published an appeal to grant protected landmark status to the “12-story Beaux Arts style office building” at 70 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The building was built in 1912 for George Arthur Plimpton, a publisher of education textbooks, a collector of rare books, a philanthropist and a peace activist. For many years, the GVSHP tells us, the building was “a haven for radicals and liberals.” I immediately recognized the address as that of the offices of the New York City Teachers Union (TU) for two decades. There is an intriguing story behind that address and the Teachers Union, and it provides a revealing window into the political history of early teacher unionism.
In the same year as 70 Fifth Avenue was built, Henry Linville and a small number of New York City teacher comrades launched a publication, The American Teacher, to report on the economic and professional status of the educator workforce and the politics of American public education. Linville was a biology teacher of some note with a Ph.D. from Harvard; one can still find copies of influential science textbooks he authored. He was a democratic socialist and pacifist who had a particularly close relationship with Norman Thomas, the longtime leader of the Socialist Party. The two worked together in an unsuccessful effort to oppose American involvement in World War I.
In the early twentieth century, there was a great deal of trans-Atlantic cross-fertilization between British and American leftists, with London and New York as the two intellectual centers in this exchange of ideas. From the Women’s Trade Union League and the settlement house movement to Fabian Society proposals for reform and the idea of labor party, from anti-imperialist support of Irish and Indian independence to militant suffragist tactics and campaigns for birth control, sex education and the decriminalization of gay sex, New Yorkers often drew inspiration from their British counterparts. The American Teacher followed the development of the National Union of Teachers in the United Kingdom, and New York teachers on the left increasingly looked to it as a model of what could be done in the United States. | <urn:uuid:7087060d-3450-4477-9e1f-c64544d88748> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.shankerinstitute.org/american-teacher-union-history | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957354 | 669 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Life in the Kootenays during the first week of October was full of hopeful news and disappointment. With very local implications, but on a global scale, there was a paper from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate that was strongly in support of serious carbon pricing in order to save the global economy.
Last week in Lima the International Monetary Fund and World Bank had their annual meeting in advance of the December climate conference in Paris. Out of that meeting were comments relating to the economic damage caused by systems that support fossil fuels.
There was also a forum sponsored by Selkirk College’s Mir Centre for Peace, West Kootenay EcoSociety, the local chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby and the Nelson United Church. Using Skype, the forum received observations from Tom Rand (in Toronto) that there are high-level economic drivers moving away from fossil fuels. Also via Skype, Ken Locklin (in Washington DC) of Impax Asset Management noted that four independent studies arrived at the same conclusion: removing fossil fuels from an investment portfolio made no difference in that portfolio’s performance.
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A maze of crude oil pipes and valves is pictured during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Richard Carson
CAIRO – 6 April 2022: The European Union (EU) is officially going to rely heavily on Libya to diversify its energy sources, away from Russian oil and gas, while the Libyans hope that this will contribute to pushing Europe to speed up resolving the country's crisis to secure production and export operations.
The European Union's spokesperson for the Middle East and North Africa Luis Miguel Bueno said that Europe will rely heavily on Libya in the coming period to diversify its sources of gas and energy, amid the dispute between the union and Russia over the war crisis against Ukraine.
He added that talks are ongoing between Libya and Italy in this regard, and it is expected that several European countries will move to invest in Libyan oil.
Libyan economic experts and politicians believe the increasing importance of Libyan oil and gas may contribute to pushing European countries to solve the Libyan crisis by finding a quick political solution that guarantees the security of oil and gas export, especially since instability led in earlier times to militias and gangs taking control over oil fields and disrupting production.
Libya is torn by the crisis between the previous government headed by Abdel Hamid al-Dabaiba and the current one led by Fathi Bashagha, with militia activity continuing to control several facilities in Western Libya.
Libyan political analyst Ibrahim al-Fitouri says that Europe's need for gas and oil may push it to find a rapid solution to the crisis in Libya, where political and security issues may stand in the way of Europe's desire to make the most of oil and gas. Fitouri expected the world would not allow the Libyan oil to be stopped, and this might be reflected in improving the conditions of the oil sector, which needs maintenance operations for refineries and exploration of new fields.
Furthermore, the economic expert, Sherif al-Araqib, emphasized the need to stabilize the situation in Libya, carry out major maintenance operations, and explore new areas, to increase Libya's share of European imports. He said that Italy relied on 50 percent of Russian gas for its imports, while Libya depends on only 2 percent.
A World Bank report expected that the Libyan economy may witness an improvement in the level of growth if gas exports to Europe increase.
Libya has previously expressed its willingness to increase gas pumping to Europe, according to Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanalla. Sanalla said that his country is focusing on raising gas production rates, especially since Libya has a strategic location due to its proximity to the European market, and it has massive reserves of gas.
The European Union gets 40 percent of gas and 30 percent of oil from Russia. Libya has the ninth largest known oil reserves in the world and the biggest oil reserves in Africa.
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The web has transformed the means service is performed. Nowadays, with an internet-enabled computer system, one can have a successful service endeavor without having to utilize a typical workplace. One manner in which net has actually altered the nature of businesses is with shopping; endeavor business purchases online. The net has actually additionally transformed the way marketing and advertising of products is done. It is now simple to market items using net compared to the convectional ways such as posters, papers and also magazines. With web or affiliate marketing, producers are able to have a wider market reach caused by the widespread use of the internet.
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For the Holm-Fenit project in Holmestrand Norway, Industrial mounted a roof structure inside a mountain. The steel structure is attached to the rock wall in the dug tunnel through the foot of the mountain in Holmestrand by means of 500 pieces of adjustable suspension rods which are fastened by means of tension bolts. After the construction was assembled, it was cladded coated by fa. ZND Nedicom.
The entire work has been managed and supervised by Hollandia Structures.
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Welcome to Davison! Our Year 6 class is taught by Mrs Duffy and Mrs Knox and supported by our wonderful TAs: Mr Bodymore, Mrs Bendle, Miss Gardner, Mrs Dredge and Miss Taylor.
We are named after Emily Davison, an English suffragette who fought for women to be able to vote. She used to be a teacher but gave up her job to fight for what she believed in. We believe in treating everyone fairly in our class so are proud to be named after such a wonderful woman! | <urn:uuid:cb70184b-6788-4277-98d7-3f66df8b9d85> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://westbury-jun.wilts.sch.uk/classes/year-6-davison-class/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.973306 | 108 | 2.09375 | 2 |
VILLAGERS opposed to a new quarry near Rugby have taken their fight direct to Warwickshire County Council headquarters.
Residents and parish councillors from Bourton-on-Dunsmore and Draycote handed over a petition with 240 signatures, more than 200 letters of protest and a 32-page rebuttal of the county’s proposal to quarry up to three million tonnes of sand and gravel from an area which straddles the B4453 ‘straight mile’ to the south of the A45.
The proposed site is nearly half the size of nearby Draycote Water reservoir and roughly equivalent to 110 international rugby pitches, and has been identified as the number one option for sand and gravel development by the county’s Minerals Plan for 2017-2032.
The protesters’ rebuttal, drafted with the help of an independent minerals planning consultant and an independent geologist, warns of increased flood risks and damage to the environment.
Leading the delegation to Shire Hall was Coun Barbara Walker, chair of Bourton and Draycote parish council.
She said: “There has been an overwhelming response from our communities to the campaign to have the Bourton site removed from the Minerals Plan.
“We believe the plan is flawed and has not properly assessed the risk of flooding, both locally and downstream in Birdingbury, Marton and Eathorpe.
“Also, the hugely damaging and harmful consequences to the environment from pollution, dust and noise have not been properly evaluated. As the draft plan stands, these will continue for at least 25 years, blighting our health, our villages and rural way of life.”
Campaigners, operating under the slogan Kill The Quarry, Not Our Villages, hope to attract the support of former Rugby MP Jeremy Wright, who is now MP for Kenilworth and Southam and also the Attorney General.
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The United Nations Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly (Special Political and Decolonization) met on 15 October 2014 for a panel discussion on international cooperation on the peaceful uses of outer space and to begin its annual debate on the agenda item.
Among the topics discussed was the UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER programme. UNOOSA's director, Simonetta Di Pippo, described what had been done to improve its activities. She stated that UN-SPIDER had been well-developed and funded from available resources, but it still needed to expand its activities by reaching out to more countries and being “more present” overall. She also stated that one of the goals for next year was to establish further follow up with the countries they were working with, and improve the monitoring and measurement of the activities put in place.
Di Pippo furthermore recalled that UN-SPIDER, with only two main contributors, needed additional funding and more contributors and donors, so as to develop a strategic plan and support more countries.
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I have been struggling with inspiration today, struggling to find some worthwhile words to encourage me to put pen to paper. I went on my daily walk to the sea, my daily walk with my Ipod in my ears and the fluffy clouds as my companions. Yet still I couldn’t find any words where normally they would flow. I looked closely. They were not hiding under the rocks amongst the jewel red anemones, they were not tucked against the hulls of the painted boats being lapped at by the gentle waves. They were definitely not at the harbour edge being flattened by the pitter patter of seagull feet whilst they chased tasty discarded chips. No, there have been no words of inspiration under my footsteps or amongst my thoughts today. No profound moment of knowing what it is I need to say this week to bring some happiness to our world. I trudged on, Ipod still in my ears and hoped something would come to mind. Words, I thought, words. And then I realised that the problem is not the lack of words, there are words in every moment. The problem is that I was judging myself for what I deemed to be ‘worthwhile’ words and so worth sharing with you. Maybe all words should be shared – all positive words at least. Perhaps it isn’t for me to know if in others eyes they are beautiful, boring, thought provoking or inspirational?
My words are really all I have and all that I can give to the world and to the people I interact with. With a word I can make someone’s heart leap; make someone feel comforted and loved, cherished and adored. With a word I can make someone cry, bring their world tumbling down around them for just a moment due to my lack of forethought or grace. I can change my outlook on the world and yours too purely with words. With a word I can open one door and close another and create a smile, a tear or a frown. I can encourage you, support you and be your strength and mine in times of sorrow. Our words, in short, are everything. They determine how we feel, how others feel, how the world goes around with either a smile on her lips or a tear in her oceans. They determine what we do.
So today, whilst this may be brief because of my own lack of inspiring or amusing words, it is with these few that I remind myself of this:
We should all take more care with using our words. We should choose to use them to bring joy into peoples’ lives and spread laughter among us. By being positive, by speaking kindly to ourselves and others, we can change our world for the better. For a brighter tomorrow.
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There are some misconceptions in people’s mind about anxiety. Some people think of it as a disease and others feel it as a mental disorder. Though the fact remains that it is just an emotional state of mind. When your life is stressful and your mind has to deal with so many worries and fears, then the brain react in a certain way to cope up with the situation. This psychological condition lead to an anxiety attack. It is an indication that you need to unwind yourself and relax a bit. Now, if you label it as a disease, then most people will not even be ready to admit they have a problem forget about its treatment. On the other hand, if it is identified at the right time, then it can be treated without using medicines. Before we discuss about anxiety relief, let us know more about anxiety attack.
What is an Anxiety Attack?
An anxiety attack can be described as the onset of an episode where people lose control over their thoughts and an intense fear develop in their mind without any definite reason. The duration of one such episode is one hour or so and then it subsides. During this brief period of time, people get various physical symptoms like excessive sweating, breathing difficulty, dizziness, suffocation, palpation, headache and so on. Some people get symptoms that are very similar to heart attack like chest pain, tightness in throat, rapid heart beat, etc. and they start feeling that they are dying. Even though an anxiety attack does not have any harmful effect on the physical health, it is indeed, a frightening experience.
When a person worries too much and suppress his or her anxiousness for a long time, then it causes anxiety attack. A number of stressful situations of life such as traumatic childhood, job stress, relationship problems, lack of adequate support system at home can be responsible for this. It can happen to people of all age group and that include small children too. The worst part of an anxiety attack is that it recurs from time to time and is unpredictable. Nobody knows when the next anxiety attack will occur. As a result, these people feel restless and uneasy all the time and their normal life and behavior get affected adversely.
How to Get Rid of Anxiety Attacks without Medication?
The medicines that are being used for the treatment of anxiety attack are effective for reducing the intensity of the symptoms only but they cannot prevent an anxiety attack. Moreover, these medicines cannot be used for a long time because of some unwanted side effects and people may get addicted to it. For all these reasons, many people prefer to handle anxiety attacks naturally. A few simple ways of dealing with anxiety attacks without medication are are follows:
Identify the Problem
First of all, you have to try and figure out the triggers that cause anxiety attacks. Make a list of all those issues that bother you so much and you tend to get an anxiety attack. You should also try to follow the pattern of the anxiety attack. It means you have to identify those moments or events when you are plagued by distressing thoughts.
Address the Problem
You must be aware of it, but still, I would like to remind you that every problem has a solution. Denying a problem will not resolve the issue. Think and find out a suitable solution for each and every problematic issue that you have enlisted. However, go slow and resolve one or two issues at a time. Do not expect that you can settle all the problems together.
Now, that you are aware of the situations where you tend to get anxiety attack, you should prepare yourself to avoid the recurrence of such an attack. This is possible if you divert your mind when the anxiety symptoms set in. Stop thinking about the physical discomfort that you are experiencing. Look at any object around you and start describing it verbally. Continue to do so for few minutes. After some time, you will realize that the anxiety symptoms have disappeared.
Control Your Breath
From your previous experience you know that the breathing get faster during a panic attack. So, you must slow down your breathing when you get such an attack. It is possible if you practice some deep breathing exercises regularly. Sit in a quiet comfortable place, take one long deep breath through nose, wait for a second and release it through mouth. Take such deep and complete breath 8-10 times. Next time, when you get an anxiety attack, control your breathing in the same way and you will feel so relaxed.
Meditation eases off the tension from mind and body and you carry out your daily activities in a much better manner. There are several different techniques for meditation. Simply saying prayers can release your anxiety. Focusing on one single thought for some time can also calm down your restless mind. Progressive muscle relaxation is another technique where you relax each and every single muscle of your body one by one.
Follow Proper Diet
When your body do not get adequate supply of nutrients, then depression may set in. Therefore, eat fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grain bread, brown rice, fish, etc. Such food provide you with plenty of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and omega-3 fatty acids which are essential for improving the overall functioning of the brain. It is equally important that you avoid unhealthy foods like sugary foods, fatty foods and caffeine substances.
Exercising has an amazing effect on your physical and mental condition. When you exercise, some chemical are released into the body that make you feel happy, relaxed and confident. It also release the tension from the body muscles and make them strong and flexible. Do any such exercises that you enjoy the most for 30 minutes daily for relieving anxiety without medication.
Get Support from Others
When you know you have a problem, do not hesitate to take help from others. Talk to a trusted friend or a family member about your problem. You will feel unburdened after talking to someone. They will also give you some inputs that will make you feel good. You can join some support groups as well. You can get to meet and share your thoughts and feelings with other people who have the same problem like you. This proves to be highly beneficial for dealing with your own issues.
Hope this article has helped you to understand the concept of how to get rid of anxiety attacks without medication. You have to implement the suggestions given in this article for some time before you can see some results. Basically, you have to learn to handle tough situations of life by keeping your mind calm and stress free.
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by Dylan Bowen April 07, 2022 1 min read
Bed bugs grow in number because they find safe and secure places to lay their eggs. They also need somewhere that will have easy access to their host, for a regular blood meal.
Bed bugs don’t lay their eggs just anywhere. There are locations that they especially prefer.
The mattress is a bed bug’s favourite home. It has everything they could want. The best thing is that it provides the best access possible to their host. A bed bug living in a mattress could have a meal every night if it wanted. Not only that, but mattresses provide somewhere safe for a bed bug.
Furniture offers a lot of places for them to hide. Furniture also offers lots of cracks for them to hide in also Wood joins, the area around the feet and legs of furniture. Furniture is also rarely disturbed. This also applies to bedside tables, wardrobes, and cupboards and sofas. Because you don’t move them, you won’t disturb the bed bugs inside.
Bed bugs can lay eggs in clothes. However, they won’t lay eggs in your clothes when you’re wearing them. They don’t like trying to stay on you when you move around. Instead, they will lay eggs in clothes when they’re not being worn. Clothes offer lots of dark and secure folds for them to hide in.
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The Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution yesterday started deliberations on the draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill, which aims to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa of 1996 so as to provide that where land and any improvements thereon are expropriated for the purpose of land reform, the amount of compensation payable may be nil.
Members of Parliament (MPs) have also been tasked by the committee to consider which specific circumstances under which land can be expropriated without compensation in the amendment to section 25 of the Constitution they would want to include.
Parliament's Legal Services presented the draft Bill which includes a preamble that may be included in the Constitution, should the Bill be adopted. This preamble provides the context for the Bill, explaining that expropriation without compensation is a legitimate option for land reform to address the historic wrongs and ensure equitable access to land, and further empower the majority of South Africans.
The Bill states that: "Property may be expropriated only in terms of a law of general application; for a public purpose or in the public interest; and subject to compensation, the amount of which and the time and manner of payment of which have either been agreed to by those affected or decided or approved by a court of law."
The draft Bill also includes the following: a sub-section that spells out specific circumstances where a court may determine that the amount of compensation is nil.
MPs Dr Corné Mulder, Adv Glynnis Breytenbach and Mr Werner Horn suggested the specific circumstances should be included in the Constitution instead. Mr Horn said if the circumstances were not included, it could add to uncertainty by the public.
Another committee member, Ms Regina Lesoma, was however of the view that the Constitution could not be over-prescriptive.
Committee Chairperson, Dr Mathole Motshekga, said the Bill will be gazetted later this month, something which opens the public participation process.
The committee heard that National Assembly rules made provision for the publication of a Bill at least 30 days before it was introduced. The committee previously adopted its programme in which it agreed that the Bill will be published in the Government Gazette this month, which opens it up for public participation.
"Due to the festive season, the committee agreed the Bill will be published a second time early in January 2020 for public comment, after which the public will have about a further three weeks for its input," Dr Motshekga said.
Dr Motshekga emphasised that this process was not starting afresh, as its work flows from that of the Fifth Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee. "We would like to encourage South Africans to participate in the public participation process," he said.
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US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has faced sharp criticism from angry finance ministers of other G7 nations over America’s imposition of new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
At a heated meeting in the Canadian resort of Whistler, the EU and Canada threatened to retaliate.
France’s Bruno Le Maire warned a trade war could begin in “a few days”.
But President Trump insisted on Twitter that the US had been “ripped off by other countries for years on trade”.
He says the tariffs will protect US steelmakers, which he says are vital to national security. Mr Trump has also complained about barriers US firms face in Europe and elsewhere.
“Time to get smart!” he added.
Mr Mnuchin denied that the US had abandoned leadership in the global economy and said he had passed on the other countries’ strong feelings to Mr Trump.
There was no joint statement at the end of the meeting, which the BBC’s North America correspondent Chris Buckler says is a clear sign of discord.
Our correspondent says acrimonious debate is likely to continue next weekend when the leaders of the G7 countries – including Mr Trump – meet for a summit in Quebec.
What are the tariffs?
On Thursday, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium had come into effect.
They apply to items such as plated steel, slabs, coil, rolls of aluminium and tubes – raw materials that are used extensively across US manufacturing, construction and the oil industry.
Mr Ross said talks with the EU, Canada and Mexico had not made enough progress to warrant holding off from imposing the tariffs.
Canada, Mexico and the EU together exported $23bn (£17bn) worth of steel and aluminium to the US in 2017 – nearly half of the $48bn of total steel and aluminium imports last year.
What has the response been?
Leaders from the EU, Canada and Mexico have criticised the move.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called Mr Trump to tell him the tariffs were “illegal” but was told by Mr Trump that there was a need to “rebalance trade” with the EU.
The EU has issued a 10-page list of tariffs on US goods ranging from Harley-Davidson motorcycles to bourbon.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the US move is “totally unacceptable”.
Canada plans to impose tariffs of up to 25% on about $13bn worth of US exports from 1 July. Goods affected will include some American steel, as well as consumer products such as yoghurt, whiskey and coffee.
Some prominent US Republicans have also voiced opposition.
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Ceanothus spp. are prolific seed producers. Thousands of viable seeds can be produced per hectare and remain dormant in the soil and duff layer until disturbance stimulates germination [38,48]. At approximately 4 years of age, whitethorn ceanothus is capable of seed production and reaches a maximum seed load of approximately 4,500 seeds per plant by the age of 20 to 25. Seed production remains high until the plant is senescent, around 40 years of age, or where the plants are inhibited by shade .Whitethorn ceanothus can be classified as both an early- and late-successional species. It is considered a pioneer species most commonly associated with early successional stages because of its ability to germinate from seed and sprout after disturbance [15,81]. Since whitethorn ceanothus is one of the 1st plants to become established on denuded soils, it has immediate value in soil protection and later serves as a nurse crop for coniferous species . It is possible that whitethorn ceanothus plays an important role in succession by providing a more favorable microclimate of nutrient rich microsites in otherwise harsh growing conditions .
Propagation of ceanothus is by seed, following scarification and stratification. Seeds are soaked in water for 12 hours followed by chilling at 1 °C for one to three months. It can also sprout from roots and/or stems. Seeds are stored in plant litter in large quantities. It is estimated that there are about two million seeds per acre in forest habitats. Seeds are dispersed propulsively from capsules and, it has been estimated, can remain viable for hundreds of years. In habitat, the seeds of plants in this genus germinate only in response to range fires and forest fires.There is much variety in the size and habit of Ceanothus. Are you after a spreading, low-growing plant for ground cover or perhaps a compact, bushy shrub for a mixed border? If you want a plant for wall-training, choose a vigorous, taller-growing cultivar. Check the labels of plants you are considering for the eventual height and spread, to ensure they're suitable for your needs.
You’ll see our recommended planting densities for each pot size listed next to the products opposite. We suggest that you use these as a guide, taking into consideration how long you’re willing to wait to see your finished hedge. For pot grown plants as in the case of our range of Ceanothus, for 2 litre pots a good planting density is 3 per metre but you can plant as few as 1 per metre and you can fit in 5 (in a double staggered row) for a quickly established hedge. For the 5 litre pots - a good density is 2 per metre but 1 is perfectly acceptable or 3 if staggered in a double row. Generally, the smaller, more prickly and tougher the leaf, the greater the deer resistance. Ceanothus ‘Blue Jeans’ has small, prickly holly-like leaves and purple-blue flowers on a rounded shrub to about 6 ft. tall with arching branches. ‘Julia Phelps’ is similar with small and crinkly, dark green leaves with serrated edges and produces very showy, dark indigo flowers. The whole plant appears purple in spring as flowers emerge. Near the coast it remains about 6 ft. tall but will reach 8 ft. inland. ‘Dark Star' reaches about 6 ft. and spreads 8-10 ft. wide with good deer resistance to its tiny, crinkled, almost black-green leaves and deep blue blooms. Infrequent summer irrigation is tolerated. (Source: sonomamg.ucanr.edu) | <urn:uuid:7549a1ea-7ad5-4a3d-a688-08068fa1b0ff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.futurestarr.com/blog/other/ceanothus-oor | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.942997 | 813 | 2.9375 | 3 |
The latest California Crop Weather Report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Sacramento, Calif. Field Office, released May 6.
Winter-like weather continued the first week of June. A cold front entered California on Memorial Day bringing rain to far the North Coast near Eureka. Daytime high temperatures were 10 to 20 degrees below normal throughout the state.
Rain continued Tuesday and Wednesday as far south as the San Francisco region. Precipitation totals ranged from around a quarter of an inch in the valley to a half inch in the mountains. Daytime highs were still very cool for this time of year.
Southern California was dry, but daytime highs were only in the 60s and lower 70s. Thursday was dry with daytime highs still 10 to 20 degrees below normal. By Friday night, another cold front and associated low moved over the State.
Continuous rain fell over most of Northern California for 12 consecutive hours on Saturday, mainly Fresno northward. Southern California remained dry. Daytime highs were below normal the entire week.
On Sunday, thunderstorms occurred near Davis, the foothill region, and mountain regions in the northern part of the state as a cold, closed low entered the state. This weather pattern is very rare for June, usually the Semi-Permanent Pacific High over the ocean keeps all fronts and low pressure systems away from the state in June. Several precipitation records were broken in Northern California.
Spring field work continued where weather conditions allowed. Unusual cool weather across California has extended the season for some crops while slowing development for many other crops. Some areas have started chemical applications to combat pest pressure cause by current weather patterns.
Seedbed preparation continues for crops yet to be planted. Delays with bailing and harvesting of small grains continued. Winter forage was harvested for forage.
Alfalfa was cut and baled between precipitation events throughout the state.
Cool and wet conditions delayed the development of cotton and increased evidence of insect pressures was monitored. Sorghum and corn fields were planted and are in various stages of development.
Rice plantings were virtually complete. Almost half of the crop had emerged.
The Valencia orange and grapefruit harvests continued. The blueberry harvest is in full swing with the crop sold to domestic and international markets.
Strawberry harvest continued across the state while some areas continue stock planting. Cool weather has extended the season and improved the quality of berries in Tulare County. Cherry harvest continued, but some producers were concerned about rain damage of late-maturing varieties in affected areas.
The harvest of apricots, peaches, and nectarines was on-going. Chemical applications were applied to combat pressure caused by current weather patterns.
Cooler temperatures delayed development in almond orchards. Pests were relatively quiet in some orchards while doing significant damages in others. Pesticides and fungicides were applied.
Blight control sprays were ongoing in walnuts. Pesticide sprays were made in pistachio orchards.
Tulare County reported vegetables developed slowly due to the cooler than normal weather. Squash and cucumbers were picked and packed locally.
Fresno County reported tomato growth slowing down due to the lack of heat. Dehydrator onions were treated with preventative fungicides.
In Merced County, bell pepper, honeydew, cantaloupe, and tomato planting continued as the asparagus harvest was winding down. San Joaquin County reported asparagus production coming to an end, processing and fresh market tomato transplanting were finished, melons were planted, and onions were weeded.
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SHEPHERDS GOAT MUTTON
SHEPHERDS MUTTON [ Indian Goat Meat] and LAMB [ Australian and Somali sheep] is primarily Halal slaughtered as per Islamic rights. This rich meat is savoured as succulent, tender and flavorful, in a variety of dishes, viz : roasts stews, biryanis, korma, casseroles of shepherds pie, or just delicious as chargrilled boti and seekh kebabs. Matched by robust herbs or aromatic spices and served with piquant or zesty accompaniments, mutton and lamb features in most of the cuisines.
While SHEPHERDS mutton is selected from grazing animals, usually from four months old upto one year. Our mutton and lamb is primarily a high-quality protein food. It is an excellent source of iron in a form that is readily absorbed by the body and it is also a good source of zinc.The meat available now is no longer so fatty, as it was in the past, farmers are rearing leaner animals that have an excellent flavor and is tenderly delicious. | <urn:uuid:f793c571-35cb-4c3c-8467-37242a9223b3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://meatavenue.in/shepherds-goat-mutton-variants | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.959974 | 235 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Security researchers have issued a warning to Microsoft that the much-vaunted Protected Mode introduced into Internet Explorer in recent releases offers little or no protection in its current form.
In a white paper released by Verizon Business this week, researchers reveal that Internet Explorer's Protected Mode - a security feature designed to prevent malicious code from gaining critical access to the underlying operating system - can be quickly bypassed, providing almost no protection against a clued-up attacker.
That, funnily enough, wasn't the original aim of the research. As the white paper points out, the original plan was for the researchers to examine "the full extent of how Protected Mode can protect users from zero-day memory corruption vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and third-party extensions." Sadly, it turns out the answer was: it can't.
"As a result of this research," the paper's authors warn, "a bypass of the [Protected Mode] feature was discovered along with a number of generic attack patterns which must be protected against to prevent future circumvention of the feature."
The warnings in the white paper are stark: "Given the current set of potential ways to bypass Protected Mode’s protection by locally escalating from low to medium integrity, it can be concluded that the mechanism currently provides little in the way of reliable protection from remote code execution attacks" - a distinct departure from the official Microsoft line.
There are ways of mitigating the impact of the flaws in Protected Mode, including such common-sense techniques as ensuring that users don't use an administrative-level account for day-to-day use, enabling User Access Control on operating systems that support it, disabling the Local Intranet zone in Internet Explorer's security settings, and using group policies to prevent users from altering the elevation policy in Internet Explorer once locked-down.
With the white paper's findings now public, it's only a matter of time before the ne'er-do-wells start adapting their attacks to take advantage of the flaws in Protected Mode.
So far, it's not known whether Microsoft will be addressing the issues highlighted by the research in a future edition of Internet Explorer - but, given the company's official stance that the current implementation of Protected Mode does not represent a 'security boundary' by design, it's unlikely to be resolved any time soon.
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Welcome! My name is Shannon Dudley and I am excited about teaching Computer Science (CS) this year. This is my nineteenth year teaching. My first ten years were as a fifth-grade teacher at Taylor Elementary School. For the past eight years, I have been at various schools as an Instructional Technology Resource Teacher (ITRT). This year I will serve in dual positions - CS Teacher and ITRT. I enjoy being outside and participating in and watching sports. I currently coach Girls Varsity Soccer at Tunstall High School and, in the past, played soccer, softball, volleyball, and basketball. I am a HUGE UNC TARHEELS fan! Go Heels!
- Introduce computer science as an engaging and relevant discipline.
- Develop foundational skills and knowledge in computer science.
- Strengthen problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Foster creativity, collaboration, and communication.
- Explore issues raised by present and future societal impacts of computing.
- Demonstrate that all students can be successful in computer science.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently announced that measle outbreaks have seen a ‘dramatic resurgence’, resulting in over 90,000 confirmed cases of the virus in the first half of 2019.
This rise in cases has resulted in four countries - Albania, Czech Republic, Greece and the United Kingdom - losing their ‘measles-free’ status.
So, what are the precautions that holiday makers need to take and, if you do get sick abroad, are you covered by travel insurance for treatment or care?
Fiona Macrae, from consumer awareness initiative Travel Insurance Explained , gives advice on what to do if you get sick abroad.
What is measles?
“Measles is a highly contagious and potentially fatal infection, especially for infants and the elderly. It should be taken very seriously.”
What vaccinations or doctors' visits will my family need before heading overseas?
“Before thinking about vaccinations, always schedule an appointment with your GP or primary care provider to determine what you or your family may need before you travel.
“Some vaccines are required to be given well in advance of your trip to give your body time to develop immunity, so it’s a good idea to schedule an appointment 8-10 weeks before you travel.
“Typically, the same vaccines you would need for life in the UK are needed for a trip abroad.
"These include the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine, as well as the seasonal vaccine for children over six months old.
“Despite the rise in so-called ‘conscientious objectors’ to vaccines, it is incredibly important that you and your family are up to date on your vaccines, from both a personal safety and travel insurance perspective.”
Measles - symptoms to spot
Measles signs and symptoms appear around 10 to 14 days after exposure to the virus. Signs and symptoms of measles typically include:
- Dry cough
- Runny nose
- Sore throat
- Inflamed eyes (conjunctivitis)
- Tiny white spots with bluish-white centers on a red background found inside the mouth on the inner lining of the cheek — also called Koplik's spots
- A skin rash made up of large, flat blotches that often flow into one another
The infection occurs in sequential stages over a period of two to three weeks.
Will my travel insurance cover me if I get measles abroad?
“Travel insurance companies will not pay out for any expenses incurred as a result of a disease if you have not taken the necessary precautions.
"For example, if you are travelling to a destination that has a high prevalence of a tropical disease, and you do not take the necessary steps - such as vaccines - to prevent it, then you will not be covered by travel insurance.
“Always make sure that you are up to date with routine vaccination courses and boosters as recommended for life in the UK and speak to your health care provider about your travel plans.
What paperwork do I need to have?
“It is also important to have a valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) if you are travelling to Europe.
"EHIC is issued free of charge and allows any UK citizens who receives medical treatment in any other EU member state for free or at a reduced cost, if that treatment becomes necessary during their visit.
"However, EHIC will not cover private health care.
“Prevention is always better than a cure, so speak to your care provider, get the recommended vaccines and make sure you have both the appropriate travel insurance and EHIC with you on your trip.”
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On Dec. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Mississippi case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to evaluate whether state laws that ban pre-viability abortions are unconstitutional. The Supreme Court’s agreement to review the Mississippi 15-week abortion ban unquestionably threatens nearly 50 years of Supreme Court precedent and is a test case to overturn Roe v. Wade. Around the U.S., advocates for reproductive justice rallied in cities large and small in support of the fundamental right to abortion care. Liberation News was there.
In Washington, D.C., two rallies one right after another, converged outside the U.S. Supreme Court to demand that women be able to control their own bodies, futures, and lives — including access to safe, affordable abortion healthcare. Hundreds of supporters throughout the day came to support women’s rights, hearing from many inspiring speakers who had benefited from abortion care. The message was clear: Women are fighting back and will not sit back as a political body of unelected and unaccountable life-term political figures discuss their basic rights and needs.
The Bay Area branch of the PSL held a speakout in the heart of downtown San Francisco, on the evening of Dec. 1. With workers commuting home, running errands, and holiday shoppers stopping to listen and support, speakers connected the dots from the struggle to defend abortion to the overarching system of capitalism that neglects and exploits women. Nathalie Hrizi, Vice President of Substitutes for United Educators of San Francisco, and national editor of Breaking the Chains Magazine, shared her experience of being a mother and a worker: “I am well aware that every time I got pregnant, there was no sustainable support … when we’re pregnant, when we give birth, and when we try to care for our children.” PSL organizer, Binx Ramos, explained the history of women’s oppression, and urged that we must do away with capitalism: “My comrades and I stand up for gender liberation, but liberation cannot and will not ever happen under this economic system of capitalism. … It is not a dream to imagine women’s emancipation and queer emancipation — it is a reality, today. Women hold up half the sky!”
PSL in the South Bay region gathered at San Jose City Hall with local groups — Hero Tent, Anakbayan, SEIU, Chicano Moratorium Resistance Council — and community members in support of the Women’s Healthcare Protection Act and women’s liberation. Organizers and community members spoke out on the possibility of women losing access to abortion and reproductive rights. In particular, on the direct impact an abortion ban would have on poor, Black, Indigenous, and women of color. Illuminating the foreground of the Dec. 1 action, City Hall was lit up in red, honoring World AIDS Day, showing support for the tens of millions living with HIV and honoring those who have died. This highlighted that both the original fights for abortion rights and for recognition of the AIDS crisis were militant struggles for liberation, continuing today.
Members of PSL San Diego, Peace & Freedom Party SD, Sunrise Movement SD, SD Socialist Alternative, Armadillos Search & Rescue, and SD Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, and other community members gathered in front of the San Diego “Hall of Justice” to demand protections for abortion rights. Many passersby stopped to hear a speech from PSL member Tori Barron, who works full time at Planned Parenthood. She spoke about not only the need to defend Roe v. Wade, but also the right-wing attacks that workers and doctors face for performing safe and legal abortions. “Let me be clear,” Barron said, “these people who are pushing lawmakers to challenge safe and legal abortions are not pro-life. They are pro-forced birth, pro-forced pregnancy and pro-control.” Cars honked in support as they drove past the rally, and even young lawyers leaving the courthouse stopped to chant along with the crowd.
Activists hit the streets in Davis, California for an evening rush hour protest to say loud and clear, “My body, my choice!” The action happened at a busy intersection and traditional protest area in the university town. Commuters supported the protest with enthusiastic honking throughout the action. Many drivers and commuting bicyclists thanked demonstrators for being on the streets, and took leaflets. Workers getting off work told protesters they supported them. The response from the community was overwhelmingly positive. Spirited chants throughout the action included, “My body, my right! We won’t give up without a fight!” Chanting echoed off the walls of the nearby city hall throughout the protest. Demonstrators pledged to return to the streets to fight for women’s equality until the right to abortion was won once and for all.
About 30 people gathered at the New York County Courthouse in Manhattan at 5 p.m. for a rally organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation to legalize abortion once and for all. Speakers connected the system’s attacks on reproductive health care to the Ghislaine Maxwell trial taking place just steps away at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second District — both demonstrating that the ruling class, Democrat and Republican alike, is entrenched in perpetuating women’s exploitation. While the militant agitation went on, organizers also petitioned for the Women’s Health Protection Act, explaining to passersby the importance of passing this act in order to protect to right to abortion access for women across the country.
In New Hampshire in the morning of Dec. 1, some 200 people gathered at the State House in Concord, organized by Planned Parenthood NH Action Fund, and co-sponsored by Kent Street Coalition, National Association of Social Workers – NH, and Granite State Progress. State Rep. Maria Perez told Liberation News: “I’m here because abortion is something that is affecting all of us, especially victims [of sexual assult]. … And I’m here to speak up for those who don’t have a voice or whose voices have been shut down. Abortion should be our right … we should be able to decide what’s happening to our bodies. I’m here to let Governor Sununu know that his decision should be for us and not just for him, or whatever’s convenient for his political campaign. He should be thinking about a woman’s right to choose…”
Later that day, members of Party for Socialism and Liberation – Southern New Hampshire and organizers with Reproductive Freedom Fund NH, Occupy NH Seacoast, and the Seacoast Overpass Light Brigade held a visibility action in Market Square, Portsmouth at 5 p.m. Attendees flyered for a community discussion on reproductive rights the following Sunday, and petitioned for passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act. The overpass light brigade brought lit up letters spelling out “ Roe v. Wade,” while RFF — the state’s only abortion fund — held a banner with a QR code to collect donations to fund abortion access.
At the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati at 12 p.m., local organizers and activists attended a speak out organized by Planned Parenthood. Attendees shared their personal experiences with abortion, and why abortion access is necessary healthcare. NARAL, Equality Ohio, United We Stand Cincinnati, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation were all in attendance.
On the nationwide day of action to defend abortion, about 20 people rallied outside the busy Ruggles train station in Boston in 30 degree weather. Speakers from Boston DSA, Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts and Boston PSL spoke to the crowd as people on their evening commutes stopped to listen. Organizer Kim from the Party for Socialism and Liberation highlighted in her speech: “The lesson we must carry with us today is that it’s not the act of an enlightened politician or progressive stench in the air that brought about Roe, but that ALL change comes from struggle. So I invite all of you here to continue to join us in this struggle, to stay connected and organized because the fight has never stopped.”
In Seattle, protesters with Radical Women and Party for Socialism and Liberation rallied outside the Federal Courthouse in downtown at 7 a.m., while across the state in Pasco, Wash., the PSL and the Womxn’s March gathered after the sun had set to make their position clear.
In Jackson, Miss., the organizations SHERO Mississippi, Mississippi Abortion Access Coalition, Planned Parenthood Southeast, Immigrant Alliance for Justice and Equity, and Mississippi in Action held a rally in support of abortion access and against the overturn of Roe v. Wade. The rally was attended by more than 100 people, among them activists from Texas, Louisiana and Alabama.
A few counter-protesters tried and failed to get the attention of attendees, who blocked their hatred out with chants and signs. Speakers addressed how abortion access is an issue for workers and people of color in particular. Lakeesha Harris, with LA Storyteller in Louisiana said: “It’s a workers’ rights issue in a time of a pandemic where most workers are having a hard time finding resources that’s adequate to sustain life: rent, food, diapers, everything that costs money, including abortion access.”
Mississippi is one of 11 states that opted out of medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, it is these same legislators that are proposing an effective ban on abortion. Darius Nelson, a Jackson resident attending the rally commented on this hypocrisy saying: “Why is abortion murder, but no access to healthcare is not more murder? We are concerned about fetuses, but you are not actually concerned about human beings on this Earth.”
Kayla Roberts with the Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund said: “When I say abortion is healthcare, it goes back to when women are getting raped, women are not physically able to hold a child. That’s when I say healthcare because this is things I feel like the government should pay for. Everybody is talking about healthcare like it pays for the stuff you need: your medicine, your surgeries. What is abortion? A surgery and healthcare.”
Abortion access is particularly scarce in rural Mississippi, where distance from the state’s only clinic and social stigma are huge factors. Lorena Quiroz, an organizer with the Immigrant Alliance for Justice and Equity, told the story of an Indigenous immigrant woman from rural Mississippi who had to deal with the lack of access in the state and why it inspires her to fight:
“I’m here because she did not have access to abortion.
I’m here because she cannot stand before you because of the trauma she carries in her body.
I’m here because she was forced to endure a pregnancy that still brings her pain.
I’m here because this woman had the right to decide over her body.
We’re here to fight for the right to choose.
We’re here for the right for safe abortions.
We’re here to fight, and we’re not gonna back down.
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This is the last section of IELTS Listening practice test 17. Listen to the audio script carefully and answer the questions. After you finish, check your answers.
Questions 31 and 32
Choose TWO letters, A-E
Which TWO aspects did the new rules at the end of the 19th century focus on?
С moral values
D player’s physical protection
E business model
Complete the sentences below.
Write ONLY ONE WORD for each answer.
Football in the UK
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Despite the continued spread of COVID-19 throughout the world, schools have developed reopening plans for the fall semester some with fully remote classes, others in traditional classrooms. Having opted to open both classrooms and residence halls, Michigan’s Oakland University will require residents and staff to wear COVID-19 trackers, a move that has led to a petition drive against the mandate.
Under the new rules, which students say were quietly introduced on a student life webpage at the end of July, resident students “must wear a BioButton,” a device introduced in May to continuously monitor a person’s vital signs for 90 days. Developer BioIntelliSense says that the coin-sized, disposable device can track temperature, respiratory rate, heart rate, body position, sleep, and activity state with medical-grade accuracy, enabling monitoring of students, workers, and high-risk patients without their active participation. In theory, the technology could be useful for businesses and educational institutions interested in bringing people back into physical gathering spaces. | <urn:uuid:c92f666b-5475-48b4-8519-1ece8a726212> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theinfotech.info/university-mandates-wearable-covid-19-tracker-sparking-student-protest/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957476 | 209 | 2.078125 | 2 |
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) warns Google Chrome users of several vulnerabilities which is a trump card for remote attackers.
This allows attackers to access and execute denial of service (DoS) and arbitrary code conditions. Usually, attackers send certain crafted requests to the targeted users.
Reportedly, all these vulnerabilities are due to Type Confusion in V8, Heap Buffer overflow in WebRTC, and Use After Free in Chrome OS shell.
Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus has this vulnerability due to a misconfigured XML parser.
“If attackers successfully exploit this vulnerability, it allows them to execute arbitrary code on the users”, says CERT-In.
The security firm also suggests users update to the latest version security built of Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus. | <urn:uuid:602c00e6-3127-4dad-95e2-7770934c5fb6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://in.mashable.com/tech/34545/beware-attackers-might-crack-your-code-due-to-vulnerabilities-in-chrome-and-zoho | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.868013 | 171 | 1.703125 | 2 |
This fall, two pieces of conventional wisdom regarding higher education were turned on their heads by the American public.
The 2016 presidential election cemented a long-perceived trend: our great country is becoming increasingly divisive. Moreover, election results indicate that ideological divisions are largely linked to educational attainment.
Meanwhile, this fall, we witnessed two pieces of conventional wisdom regarding higher education get turned on their heads by the American public. While having a college degree has long been associated with voter participation, this election seems to have interrupted longstanding historical trends. And, while experts and policymakers link college attainment to success in the workforce, Americans told us they no longer perceive this to be true.
Higher Education and Civic Engagement
Traditionally, a person with a college education has a higher likelihood to vote. The 2016 presidential election, however, flipped that historical trend on its head. According to 2016 exit poll data collected by Edison Research, there was an uptick in white male voters with less than a bachelor’s degree – that is, voters who possessed a high school degree, some college or an associate degree.
In order to better understand historical voting trends, I examined Census data collected on reported voting and registration, by age, sex and educational attainment from the past last seven election cycles (i.e., 2012, 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, and 1988). The table below details the aggregated reported voting rate. It shows that those with lower levels of formal education have consistently lower voting rates.
While the 2016 voter turnout data is continuing to trickle in over the next few weeks and months, it is becoming clear that education levels did impact this election. I’ve been closely following my favorite data wonk, Nate Silver, and his recent blogs on FiveThirtyEight about the election. Recently, Silver did a full analysis of all 981 U.S. counties with 50,000 or more people and sorted it by the share of the population that had completed at least a four-year college degree. He found that, “it appears as though educational levels are the critical factor in predicting shifts in the vote between 2012 and 2016.” This analysis tells me that our old belief that individuals with a college degree are more likely to vote doesn’t match reality. Other groups are voting at higher rates now too.
Higher Education and Job Attainment
Another thing we often hear from leaders is that college education is important to getting a good job. I still believe this is true, but in recent public opinion research we conducted, supported by The Kresge Foundation, we found that Americans’ attitudes toward higher education have shifted in the years since the Great Recession.
Before 2009, increasing numbers of Americans said that a college education is necessary for success in today’s working world. But in our 2016 research, just 42 percent of Americans say a college degree is necessary. That’s 13 percentage points lower than what we saw in 2009. We saw pessimism toward higher education grow in other ways as well. For example, nearly half of Americans – 46 percent – say a college education is a questionable investment because of high student loans and limited job opportunities.
Now is a time of great change and turmoil, so we’re not quite sure what it means that these two pieces of conventional wisdom have been flipped.
What we do know is that there’s a huge divide in our country. Given this division seems linked with educational attainment, higher education will remain an important issue. While we all don’t need to see eye to eye, we do need to work together. To do so, we need more dialogue. We need to not only elevate a diversity of voices, but we also need to listen and really hear each other in order to forge common ground. Pubic Agenda and other organizations have a role in helping us improve dialogue and collaboration among leaders and communities. | <urn:uuid:52c38372-75f6-41af-9038-aa607066d859> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.publicagenda.org/newsroom/voting-division-and-higher-education/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969078 | 792 | 2.28125 | 2 |
2022 National Diabetes Week
Focus on Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetes is the forgotten epidemic of the 21st century and stands as one of the biggest ongoing challenges confronting Australia’s health system.
Diabetes remains the number one cause of blindness in Australian adults.
The disease causes a range of serious health problems in the body; some of the most serious problems are the ones that develop in the eyes, otherwise known as diabetic retinopathy.
Diabetic retinopathy can lead to blindness. The worst thing about the condition is that there are often no symptoms of diabetic retinopathy during the early stages, so people don’t even know they have it.
If you have diabetes, the only way to know if you have diabetic retinopathy is to have a diabetes eye test done by your optometrist.
What is Diabetic Retinopathy?
Diabetes complications fall into two groups: ‘microvascular’ and ‘macrovascular.’
Macrovascular complications involve large blood vessels; microvascular complications involve small blood vessels.
When a person has diabetes, they have high levels of glucose, or blood sugar. High blood glucose levels over long periods of time damages blood vessels. Basically, the blood vessels lose elasticity and that causes them to narrow, which restricts blood flow.
Examples of macrovascular diabetic complications would be conditions such as heart disease, stroke, or the loss of feeling in the legs, hands, or feet.
Diabetic retinopathy is an example of damage to the small blood vessels in the retina, which is located at the back of your eyes. The retina is a thin tissue that contains millions of nerve cells, which are responsible for detecting light, shapes, and colours.
In the first stage of diabetic retinopathy, (called ‘non-proliferative’), the damaged blood vessels in the retina become weak and leak. In the second, more advanced stage of diabetic retinopathy (called ‘proliferative’), the damage to the retinal blood vessels is more widespread. That causes the growth of new, abnormal blood vessels. When that happens, there is severe loss of vision, increased eye pressure leading to glaucoma and the potential for total blindness.
Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common complications of diabetes. Anyone with diabetes can develop it, but the risk of vision loss can go up based on the following factors:
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Long periods of elevated blood glucose levels
- The longer you have diabetes
People with diabetes are not powerless to stop the advance of diabetic retinopathy. It’s important to remember that regular eye exams and dedication to maintaining control of blood sugar and blood pressure are the best ways to prevent diabetes vision loss.
Vision Loss Prevention
Most vision loss from diabetic eye disease can be prevented if it is caught early enough.
If you or someone you care about has diabetes, don’t wait for visual diabetic retinopathy symptoms to develop to book an eye check. Often, by the time vision problems are experienced, the disease is in the advanced stages, and it will be more difficult to manage.
As a rule of thumb, people with diabetes should have their eyes checked after being diagnosed with the condition, and then at least once every two years. Often, some people will need to have eye checks more frequently. Speak with us at www.juniceyecare.com.au EyecarePlus member optometrists to determine the schedule that is right for you.
In July each year, Diabetes Australia focusses on raising public awareness about the seriousness of diabetes and to encourage all Australians to check their risk. The 2022 National Diabetes Week takes place from 10 to 16 July and focuses on the emotional health and well-being of the 1.8 million Australians living with the condition.
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Posts Tagged WebRTC
I think it is going to be a great conference. Of course, I’m slightly biased as I helped organize it again this year as a co-chair of the WebRTC and Cloud Communications Track. I’m also an adjunct professor at IIT – I remote teach a WebRTC class there, using WebRTC, of course!
Here are some of the highlights for me:
- “The Future of Open Source Software in Telecom” panel, moderated by Andy Abramson on the first day of the conference, Tuesday October 6, 2015 at 1pm.
- “What’s Next for WebRTC” panel, moderated by Chad Hart of webrtcHacks on October 6, 2015 at 4:30pm.
- “Simple secure federated identity for WebRTC (your new phone number)”, a presentation by the always interesting Tim Panton on Wednesday October 7, 2015 at 9am.
- WebRTC and Federated Identity Tutorials on the day before the conference, Monday October 5, 2015 from 9am – 5pm. Dan Burnett and I will give the WebRTC tutorial in the morning, and Matthew Hodgson from matrix.org will give the identity tutorial in the afternoon.
- TADHack Mini Hackathon, the weekend before the conference, October 3 – 4, 2015. These are so much fun, and I can’t wait to see what people come up with, especially some of my students… Who will win the $8k in prizes? Kudos to Alan Quayle for organizing these incredibly creative events.
Besides these highlights, I always find interesting things in the other tracks, including:
- IPTComm (the latest from researchers in this area),
- Mobile Networks, Platforms and Applications
- Next Generation Emergency Communications Services, and
- Internet of Things (IoT)
And don’t forget a keynote by Henning Schulzrinne, of SIP and FCC fame, on “5G: What can we learn from the previous four generations?” on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 11am.
Will I see you there?
I am very proud of the Third Edition of the WebRTC Book that came out just a few weeks ago. My co-author Dan and I have been working on it for months, and it is always exciting to launch a new edition!
We worked feverishly during the IETF-89 meeting in London to get all the updates finished – all the APIs, protocols, and standards referenced should be up to date as of then (first week in March). We also had a lot of fun testing and doing screen captures of the new Demo Application, which now utilizes the WebRTC data channel for Real-Time Text (RTT) between the two browsers. I’ll write another day about RTT and how much fun it is compared to normal texting or instant messaging in another post. For us, to make use of the data channel APIs and protocols and show the interoperability between Chrome and Firefox browsers was a lot of fun as well.
The Demo Application also can now utilize a TURN server for enhanced NAT traversal. In some circumstances, NATs or firewalls will prevent a direct peer-to-peer Peer Connection from being established between two browsers, and a relay in the cloud is needed. If the Demo Application fails for you, try reloading the page adding a ?turnuri=1 to the URL and see if it works for you!
Also new for this edition is a description of how to analyze WebRTC protocols on your computer using the excellent open source packet capture and analysis tool Wireshark. Between Wireshark and various browser tools (try Tools/Developer Tools in Chrome and Tools/Web Developer in Firefox, or chrome://webrtc-internals in Chrome for lots of useful WebRTC info), you can learn a lot just by playing with WebRTC. If your application is not working, these tools allow you to debug and analyze what is happening.
Finally, Dan’s introduction to the WebRTC API has been greatly expanded with step-by-step introductions to the various functional parts of the client and server code. As always, you can download all of our Demo Application code from our book website, and also see it running as well.
We have received so much excellent feedback in the one and a half years since we published the first edition. We can’t wait to hear from you on what you think of the Third Edition. We enjoy hearing from you on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+.
Today, I published a new Internet-Draft on how to securely communicate over the Internet using a new web technology known as WebRTC and the ZRTP protocol. Using this technique, Internet users can determine if the National Security Agency, or anyone else, is listening in to their calls placed using a web browser. There are already a number of commercial and open source products utilizing ZRTP, including Silent Circle, Jitsi, and others, but this new technique opens it up for all web users.
With WebRTC, all media flows are encrypted and authenticated using Secure RTP or SRTP. Unfortunately, the keying method chosen for WebRTC is DTLS-SRTP or Datagram Transport Layer Security for Secure Real-time Transport Protocol. DTLS-SRTP on its own does not provide protection against Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, also known as eavesdropping attacks. Today, the news is full of reasons why Internet users need such protection. We now know the surveillance of Internet users is widespread.
The ZRTP security protocol, published as RFC 6189 back in 2011, was invented by Phil Zimmermann to allow Internet users to communicate securely and privately over the Internet. ZRTP was not selected as the default keying method for WebRTC, despite it being the ideal candidate.
How does this work? You’ll have to read the ZRTP specification to find out exactly how, but in simple technical terms, it is because ZRTP uses a technique known as a Diffie-Hellman key exchange augmented with a hash commitment. This allows the SAS, which can be two words or four hex digits, to prove that a media session has no eavesdroppers present.
Everyone needs privacy in their communication, and WebRTC with ZRTP finaly provides a real solution to all Internet users.
I’ve been fortunate to be involved in WebRTC right from the beginning in the standards, and with my friend Dan Burnett wrote the first book on WebRTC. Perhaps you have read it? Although it has been less than a year since we first published it, we recently published the second edition to track the increasing pace of development and innovation in WebRTC.
Now, we are pleased to announce online and in-person training and certification for WebRTC, in partnership with the WebRTC School. We have put together two training classes:
Certified WebRTC Integrator – this is a course for architects, system integrators, and VoIP and telephony developers who want to integrate WebRTC communications from browsers into their existing VoIP and video conferencing infrastructure. It details all the protocols needed and the principles behind architecting and designing gateways. This course is online right now at the WebRTC School!
We are very excited to be launching these training classes. But what is the certification part? Following its highly successful SIP School Certified Associate (SSCA) program, WebRTC School is offering certification via online testing for Certified WebRTC Integrator (CWI) and Certified WebRTC Developer (CWD) programs.
I hope these classes will help spread the word on WebRTC! If you take either of these classes, I’d love to hear from you what you think and what you have learned.
The giveaway is hosted by goodreads, the social reading site. If you love to read but haven’t found Goodreads, you should check it out!
From now until November 9, you can sign up to win a paperback copy. Winners notified on November 10.
WebRTC, Web Real-Time Communications, is a fast moving topic these days! Here are a few of my suggestions for how to keep up.
First a note about terminology. Although Google named their open source project webrtc, WebRTC is not just a Google project, it is a major industry initiative involving open Internet standards being developed by many participants. Don’t confuse these two!
Google and Mozilla are the browsers most actively implementing WebRTC today. WebRTC is available in Google Chrome Beta browser. Download and give it a try for the latest WebRTC extensions. Some future WebRTC capabilities may be in Google’s Chrome Canary which is the developers preview version of the browser. To experiment with Mozilla Firefox, you will need to use their nightly build. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari don’t yet have anything available, but you can track their future announcements here and here.
WebRTC is not just about browser deployments, it is about standard APIs and standard protocols. To really follow what is going on in WebRTC, you need to track the standards being developed in the W3C and IETF. This can be a bit tricky, but if you start with the W3C WEBRTC Working Group and the IETF RTCWEB Working Group, that is a good start.
If you have an eReader, try this out. Here is a link to download the entire set of RTCWEB IETF Internet-Drafts in EPUB format and here is the set in MOBI format. Various other sets of IETF documents and RFCs is also available at http://tools.ietf.org/ebook/. The conversion is done using a script written by Tero Kivinen – nice job! The formatting of the ASCII art is not 100%, but this is a difficult problem. The MOBI format worked better for me than the EPUB version, but YMMV. Perhaps one day the IETF will adopt a friendlier format for Internet-Drafts and RFCs, but I’m not holding my breath!
3. Try WebRTC sites and applications
There are a number of sites and applications already taking advantage of WebRTC features. One of my favorites is FrisB, a cool new way to think about browser to PSTN communication. You can find plenty of others by searching the web. Also, many developers announce and discuss their WebRTC projects on Twitter, so searching with the #webrtc hashtag can find lots of cool things.
There are some interesting blogs out there on WebRTC, including a blog by Tsahi Levent-Levi.
For background on WebRTC, there are some decent resources. You might enjoy this video presentation by one of the editors of the W3C WebRTC specification, Cullen Jennings. If you like books, you might like “WebRTC: APIs and RTCWEB Protocols of the HTML5 Real-Time Web” written by myself and Dan Burnett, also a co-author of the main WebRTC spec and also the Media Capture and Streams specification.
Best of luck in following WebRTC! Feel free to share your own favorite ways and links to follow this work.
I’ve spent many years of my career working on interoperability in communication systems. Back in the dark ages, I did SS7 interoperability testing. During my CLEC days, I ran a test lab that tested optical, telephony, and ATM/Frame Relay equipment. I’ve spent many years working on interoperability issues with SIP, starting with the SIP call flows (RFC 3665 and RFC 3666) and then SDP Offer answer (RFC 4317). I’ve also been to many SIPits (SIP interoperability events run by the SIP Forum), testing voice and video interoperability.
WebRTC poses some interesting interoperability challenges, but I am hopeful we will get it right.
There are four different areas of interoperability: browser, protocol, codec, and offer/answer. Lets go through them one by one.
Browser interoperability is about aWebRTC application or site working the same regardless of which browser the user is using. In the past browser interoperability was just a browser/server issue, but with the peer-to-peer media and data channel flows of WebRTC, this is now a browser/browser issue. The good news is that there are only a handful of browsers, so the interop matrix is not too large. The bad news is that there are signs of discord already in pre-standards implementations. For one thing, all browsers must utilize the same APIs, or else WebRTC will be a major headache for developers. Of course, libraries can hide this complexity from developers, but this will slow down deployment and produces some needlessly bad user experiences. If we see one browser vendor using their own APIs instead of using the standard ones from the W3C, then we will know that someone is playing company games at the expense of the Internet users of the world. Hopefully this won’t happen, but it if does, users will and developers will likely move away from that browser.
Protocol interoperability is a major concern for WebRTC. In the past, browsers didn’t implement many protocols – everything used HTTP (Hyper-Text Transport Protocol). Today, browsers are doing more, including WebSockets, and will soon move to the next version of HTTP, 2.0. With WebRTC, the browser RTC Function has to implement multiple protocols including RTP, ICE, STUN, TURN, SCTP etc. These protocols define “bits on the wire” and “state machines” that ensure that interoperability works. For browser-to-browser media and data channels to work, browsers must implement these protocols and carefully follow the standards. If they don’t the whole industry will suffer. There are some issues today with the pre-standard WebRTC browser implementations. For example, one browser today implements a proprietary STUN client that will not work with standard STUN servers. Browser vendors will need to take protocol interoperability very seriously, and recognize that this is something new for them and that they need to follow industry best practices and approaches.
Codec interoperability is about ensuring that media sessions don’t fail because there is no common codec supported on both ends of the session. There are so many codecs in use, and every vendor and service provider seems to have their own favorite one. Fortunately, we should be able to avoid this for audio codecs. The IETF has recently finalized the Opus audio codec for speech and music, published as RFC 6717 this month. It really is a fantastic codec, much better than all the rest, making it an easy choice as one mandatory to implement (MTI) codec for WebRTC. Opus is also available as open source. The other MTI codec is G.711, also known as PCM, which provides interoperability in the VoIP and telephony world, and is also needed for interworking with the telephone network. Video codec choice is much more difficult. While H.264 is widely used today, there are no open source implementations or royalty-free licensing available for browsers or implementors. As such, it is very difficult to see how it could be chosen as a MTI video codec. Google’s VP8 video codec is proposed as an alternative, and is available in open source. However, there is much uncertainty about the licensing status of VP8. Should WebRTC deploy without common video codecs, this again could result in interoperability delays.
Offer/answer interoperability is perhaps the least understood, but most important area. Offer/answer refers to the negotiation of codecs, parameters, and settings for the media session or data channel between the two browsers. Even if both browsers use common APIs, standard protocols, and common codecs, if they are unable to successfully negotiate and configure their media or data channel, the connection will fail. WebRTC uses Session Description Protocol (SDP) to do this offer/answer exchange. The pre-standard WebRTC implementations are, frankly, a mess in this area. Their SDP is not standard, and not interoperable with anything else. It will take a lot of work to get this right, and we all must insist that browser vendors support standard offer/answer negotiations.
Occasionally, it is suggested that perhaps offer/answer would be easier if we didn’t use SDP. We all know and hate SDP, and it is ugly and awkward to use. However, it has taken over a decade’s work and experience to make it work, and any replacement would likely take that many years to get to work. And, in addition, since much of the standards-based VoIP and video world uses SDP, it would need to map to SDP as well. I can’t see this helping interoperability in any way. Previous efforts to replace SDP failed (anyone remember SDPng?) and I think anyone advocating replacing SDP needs to explain why a new effort wouldn’t meet a similar end, and why this effort wouldn’t take a decade. Also, the complexities of offer/answer relate to the complexities of negotiating an end-to-end session, and the actual syntax of the descriptions are a very small part of the complexity.
So WebRTC definitely has some interoperability challenges ahead of it. Fortunately, there are
many experienced engineers who are participating and helping with the effort. As long as the browser vendors take this seriously and don’t play games, I think WebRTC will have good interoperability, which will benefit web developers and web users alike.
If you are interested in WebRTC, you might like my new book “WebRTC: APIs and RTCWEB Protocols of the HTML5 Real-Time Web” published this month by Digital Codex LLC.
Today, I’m excited to announce the publication of my new technical book entitled “WebRTC: APIs and RTCWEB Protocols of the HTML5 Real-Time Web”. The book introduces and explains Web Real-Time Communicatons (RTC), a hot topic in the web and Internet Communications industry right now.
Many of us enjoy services such as Skype, but you have to download the app and install it before you can talk to anyone. WebrRTC browsers have all this built into them – no download, no codecs, no Flash, no plugins needed! This will be really popular with web users. Imagine what Google or Facebook could do with this?
If you want to try WebRTC today, it is already in Google’s Chrome Canary (developers version). There are sites out there today live – I’ll share them in future posts. It will be available in most browsers starting next year.
If you want to learn about WebRTC, you might find my book, written with my co-author Daniel C. Burnett from Voxeo), useful. I enjoyed writing it!
Feel free to interact with us on social media, Google+ or Twitter. Comments, suggestions, and opinions are most welcome.
One area of application is WebRTC, the work to enable real-time communications services in web pages. One approach that has been discussed in both the IETF and W3C is to use Websockets to open a new connection between the browser and web server, and run a signaling, presence, or instant messaging protocol over it. For example, it had been proposed to run SIP, Session Initiation Protocol, this way.
A few months ago I blogged about WebRTC and SIP, and argued that SIP should not be standardized by WebRTC, as had been proposed back then. I still believe this is correct, and recent work in the IETF has centered around instead standardizing some kind of offer/answer media negotiating protocol, but leave the choice of signaling protocol open.
Recently a new Internet Draft was submitted on a Websocket transport for Session Initiation Protocol. I think this is a potentially useful approach and could be a good way to utilize SIP in conjunction with WebRTC. The draft is still in it’s early days, and has not yet been adopted by the SIPCORE Working Group yet, but I think it is a great start. SIP developers who are interested in the WebRTC effort should read this draft and support this work.
In the meantime, it is great to see WebSocket finally published as an RFC, something I hope to see happen to a few of my Internet Drafts in the new year!
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New rules for dogs and cats visiting the EU and Northern Ireland
Existing UK pet passports are no longer valid for visiting the EU
Your pet needs a new Animal Health Certificate (AHC) which is valid for a single trip only. Each visit to the EU or Northern Ireland requires a fresh Animal Health Certificate. The UK’s Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) regulations continue to change regularly, thus we recommend consulting the APHA website ahead of planning to travel for the latest advice and requirements.
The Animal Health Certificate
An AHC is valid for entry into the EU and Northern Ireland for 10 days from the date of issue.
Therefore contact us at the surgery at least two weeks prior to planned travel to arrange an appointment for us to see your pet during the 10 day window, confirm it is microchipped and inoculated against rabies and certify it is healthy and safe to travel.
Each AHC is valid for a single trip to the EU.
If for example, you return to the UK then go back to the EU or Northern Ireland the following week your pet will need a new AHC. There are no certificates for multiple visits.
The AHC is valid for re-entry to Great Britain for 4 months from the date of issue.
There are no changes to the current health preparations for pets returning to Great Britain.
Pet Passports issued by all EU countries are recognised for travel to and from the EU.
If you have an existing EU pet passport from a country still in the EU (e.g. France), you will not need an AHC to travel. The Rabies inoculation still needs to be up to date.
Pet Passports previously issued by the UK will continue to be recognised for pets entering Great Britain.
However, you cannot use a UK issued pet passport to travel to the EU. If your pet has an old UK issued EU passport it cannot be used to return to the EU. You will need a new AHC.
Your pet does not need a pet passport or an AHC if it is entering Great Britain from:
The Republic of Ireland
The Channel Islands
The Isle of Man
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Developing proteomic-based approaches to study gut microbiota physiology in complex environments
Extracellular proteins produced by gut microbes, unlike exo-metabolites, have remained largely understudied despite their clear potential to directly target and modify neighbouring microbes and the host. This lag is in part due to the inherent difficulty in detecting lowly abundant secreted microbial proteins among the dominant host background both in vitro and in vivo. We are developing state-of-the-art biochemical labelling and proteomic-based approaches to enrich, detect and quantify gut microbial secretomes within complex environments e.g. the mammalian gut. These approaches are facilitating the discovery of candidate microbiota secreted effector proteins. Our goal is to elucidate the physiological role of these proteins in host-microbe interplay using bacterial genetics, high-throughput phenotype screening and advanced biochemical methodologies.
Identifying and characterising clinically relevant proteases secreted by gut commensal bacteria
Proteolytic activity in the intestinal lumen plays a fundamental role in regulating mucosal barrier integrity, cytokine activity and availability, nutrient digestion, tissue remodelling and pathogen destruction. In addition to host-derived proteases, enteric pathogens also secrete proteases to combat host defence and serve as potent virulence factors. Interestingly, evidence is now emerging that human gut commensal bacteria (microbiota) also secrete proteases, yet their identity and roles in human physiology have not yet been explored in depth. We are applying genetic and biochemical methodologies to systematically identify and characterise proteases secreted by gut commensals linked to human disease e.g. Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Through genetic manipulation of protease-secreting microbes, we are studying the role of microbiota-secreted proteases in vitro and in vivo using Gnotobiotic rodents (the latter in close collaboration with the neighbouring Clavel lab).
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Also known as Vitamin B12, Cyanocabalamin is a man-made form of vitamin B12 used to prevent and treat low blood levels of this vitamin. All vitamin B12 compounds contain the cobalt atom in its trivalent state. There are at least three active forms: cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalmin and nitrocobalamin. Vitamin B12 is a component of a coenzyme which takes part in the shift of carboxyl groups within molecules. As such it has an influence on nucleic acid syntheses, fat metabolism, conversion of carbohydrate to fat and metabolism of glycine, serine, methionine and chlorine. The cobalt gives this water-soluble vitamin its red color. Vitamin B12 is naturally found in animal products, including fish, meat, poultry, eggs, milk and milk products (ie: cheese). Vitamin B12 is generally not present in plant foods, but fortified breakfast cereals are a readily available source of vitamin B12.
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Dehydration is rampant in America
We have a love affair with sugary, fatty drinks that give us comparatively little hydration for the amount of side-effects that they come with. Coffee, energy drinks, sodas and juices are often reached for before good old water, which is a shame because of all of them increase our risk of diabetes, weight gain and poor spinal health. It’s time to clean up our act and start reaching for water and electrolyte-fortified water first.
Doing your bit for your body: maintaining hydration
Hydration is this easiest thing you can do for your health and wellness on a daily basis so there really is no excuse. And OK, for the sake of hydration we will allow soda, coffee or other sugary drinks as long as they are balanced on a 1:1 ratio with regular water.
We generally advise 8 large glasses of water per day, or between 1.5-2 liters of water. That seems like a lot and it is until you start doing it and experience how good it makes you feel. You will need to drink more if you weigh more, and of course drink more if you exercise.
If you struggle to maintain an adequate level of daily hydration, consider using an app on your phone which will alert you when it is time to drink water. A good schedule would be one glass in the morning, one before and after each meal, and one before bed.
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These days, it seems like everyone is going green. From hybrid cars to organic gardens, the green movement seems to be spreading everywhere you turn. Landscaping is no different, and scores of inventive “green” ways to improve your landscaping are popping up all over the country. Chemical-free pesticides, organic mulch, and natural lighting sources are all par for the course when you choose to be “good” to the earth.
The benefit of solar landscape fixtures is that they provide long lasting lighting for your outdoor space with minimal upkeep. Plus, the money you’ll save on your electric bill will be significant if you keep your outdoor space lit all night. There are a few fundamentals you will need to learn if you want to switch your existing landscape lighting to solar; it’s nothing too difficult to master, and you can have your new fixtures up and running in less than an hour.
Understanding Solar Landscape Lighting
When your yard is sparse and winding, solar lighting is a fantastic option. You don’t have to fuss with wiring, plugs or outlets. You can situate fixtures anywhere along your landscape – down paths, along fence lines, or lining sidewalks, for example. There’s not a more versatile accent lighting than solar, and you’ll enjoy the design freedom that plug-free fixtures allows.
Solar landscape lighting works by storing and generating its own power reserves during daylight hours. At nightfall, the solar cells activate by converting the stored sunlight into natural electricity necessary to shine. A light-emitting diode (LED) bulb is powered by the electricity produced by the solar cells thanks to a small battery located inside the fixture.
Small lantern-style solar fixtures you stake into the ground are not the only models on the market today. Solar technology has become increasingly less expensive, longer lasting, and more efficient. This means many different versions are on the market, large and small, and they’re for sale and widely available at affordable prices. You can find models designed for use atop fence posts, beneath covered walkways, and more traditional versions you stake into the ground.
Power & Lighting
LED bulbs last for quite a bit of time, and their low-power glow makes them prime candidates for solar technology. That’s why you’ll find solar-powered LED lights stocked most frequently in home good stores. Halogen and fluorescent bulbs are also options, but their harsh, high-powered output drains solar energy faster than LED lights. It’s possible to use fluorescent bulbs for your solar landscape lighting, but it’s a better choice to stick with LED unless you have a real need for high-powered lighting.
The great thing about the new rechargeable battery technology is that the models hold a charge more readily and provide light much longer into the wee hours of the night. You’ll only need to change the battery once every couple of years or so, and you’ll have minimal upkeep other than that. Cleaning the solar panels is the only other real chore (if you can even call it that), and you must only do this once every few months.
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Fardeen is diminutive. He is 14 years old. He stares a lot at his hands which are scarred from the work he did as a child labourer in a garment factory.
Hailing from a village in Uttar Pradesh, Fardeen was brought at the age of 11 to Delhi by a hotel-owner. The boy was promised a good salary and a good life in the city.
However, the reality was different. Fardeen was sold for Rs 6,000 to sew at an illegal denim factory located in a residential area.
"I had several scrapes and injuries at my work in the factory. You can see some of the scars yourself. Some are from scissor cuts, some from beatings - we were beaten by whatever the owner could lay his hand on." Fardeen was tearful. "I would wake up at 8am, bathe and have breakfast and go to work by 9am to 9.30am. We'd have lunch around 1pm. I was made to work from 9am to 11pm. If the work was done incorrectly, I would get beaten up."
One day, he was rescued, together with five over children, by the NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement).
Fardeen feels safe and happy at the BBA's boys' home Mukti Ashram: “It feels like home. Everyone loves us here.”
He told me that he can finally be a child and do whatever he wants, play various games like football or cricket, and study in the classroom.
"We live like friends and brothers here, neither fights nor scoldings. We get food here and get to eat in peace, we bathe and sleep on time."
Fardeen wants to study and become a doctor so that he could treat poor people for free. He misses his sister.
"I have an older sister who is married. My parents have passed away. My sister and I are very close and she is very protective towards me. She is the only person I can call my own now. I have paternal uncles, but they are busy with their own lives and don't really care or love me. I will stay here, study and take care of my sister when I start earning," he says.
Fardeen is positive. "Everyone who comes here (Mukti Ashram) leaves as a good person, even if they were naughty, mischievous when they first came here. I believe I have become a better person after coming here.
"One becomes a good person in the company of good persons.”
Ranveer is a quiet, handsome man. Forty-five years old, and from the adjoining state of Haryana, he currently teaches at Mukti Ashram.
“As a former child labourer," he tells me, "I can understand what these kids have gone through.
"I understand their feelings, their fears.”
Ranveer, together with his family, worked as a child labourer in Dadori village, Madhya Pradesh. He was rescued by the BBA and placed in a home, where he got educated and gained an occupation as a carpenter.
For a while, Ranveer taught carpentry to apprentices, before coming to work at the ashram. He said in that calm voice of his, "Whoever I am now, it is only because of Kailashji,” referring to Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi who founded the BBA.
Ranveer now has his own family - a wife and two children, who live in Haryana. However, Ranveer himself prefers staying with the rescued children in the ashram.
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- Water treatment plants that supplied water to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina were contaminated with toxic chemicals for over 30 years. Toxic chemicals leaked into the water from several sources, including illegal chemical dumping and disposal.The contaminated water may have injured untold numbers of victims who had no idea that the water they were bathing in and using was contaminated.Studies conducted by multiple independent agencies of the US government have shown that the drinking water supply at Camp Lejeune was contaminated from 1953 to 1987. Toxic chemicals from several on base and off base sources leaked into the groundwater that was tapped to supply drinking water to the base.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is the lead federal agency currently conducting Camp Lejeune health studies.
ATSDR’s studies have shown that those who were exposed to the contaminated water developed serious health problems, including cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and kidney disease. Exposure of at least 30 days on base between August 1, 1953 and December 31, 1987 has been shown to cause serious illness and birth defects.
Service members and others who worked on base and the families who lived on base before the contaminated wells were shut down could have bathed in and ingested tap water that was contaminated with harmful chemicals.
People did not know about the toxic water and the connection to their health issues because the government covered up the problem for over 30 years. Once the government did disclose the contamination issue, it was too late for injured people to file a lawsuit under North Carolina law. Any claims or cases that were filed prior to the passage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act were dismissed. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act will be the only chance for those injured by the toxic water to be compensated for their injuries.
Please read our Reports for more about the water contamination on our website:
Many different diseases and health conditions are linked to the toxic chemicals found in the water supply at Camp Lejeune. Those conditions include:
- Kidney Cancer
- Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- Multiple Myeloma
- Leukemia (all types)
- Liver Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Kidney Disease
- Systemic Sclerosis/scleroderma
- Cardiac Defects (birth defects)
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Breast Cancer (male & female)
- Rectal Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Brain/CNS Cancers
- Hepatic Steatosis (fatty liver)
- Infertility (female)
- Aplastic Anemia and other myelodysplastic syndromes
- Neurobehavior Effects
Other conditions are still being studied. Serious medical conditions not on the list above may be eligible for compensation.
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act is part of the Sergeant Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act of 2022. President Biden signed the bill into law on August 10, 2022.
The Act will allow those who were exposed (even in utero exposure) to water contamination at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days between August 1, 1953 and December 31, 1987 to file a lawsuit for compensation for injuries caused by the exposure. Marines, Naval personnel, civilians, and their families who can prove they spent at least 30 days on base during this period of contamination are eligible. Many potentially eligible claimants have sadly passed away prior the bill being signed. The personal representative of the estate of a deceased person will have a right to file a claim on behalf of a deceased person who was injured due to the contaminated water.
A lawsuit may be filed 180 days after the administrative claim is denied. Administrative claims that are not decided within 180 days of filing will automatically be deemed denied. Then a civil lawsuit can be filed in federal court. All lawsuits must be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
This is historic legislation that will help thousands of injured people finally be able to hold the government accountable and get compensation for their injuries.
The full name of the legislation is the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022. It’s called the PACT Act or Honoring our PACT act for short.
This historic bipartisan legislation is one of the largest health and benefits expansions in the VA’s history. The bill overcame last-minute unexpected resistance by a group of Republican Senators and achieved final passage on August 2, 2022. President Biden quickly signed it into law on August 10, 2022.
The PACT Act expands disability compensation and health care benefits for millions of Veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service. The Act adds new presumptive conditions that are eligible for VA benefits and healthcare. The PACT Act addresses illnesses acquired by exposure to toxic burn pits, radiation, certain herbicides, Agent Orange, and other toxins that have been harming Veterans for decades.
This legislation expands healthcare for combat veterans who served after 9/11, creates a framework for the establishment of future presumptions of service related to toxic exposure, expands the VA’s list of service presumptions, and improves resources to support the VA’s claims processing. The PACT Act also strengthens the VA’s workforce, facilities, and claims processing capabilities.
The Senate voted to name this legislation in honor of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson who was deployed to Iraq and Kosovo with the Ohio National Guard. Sgt. Robinson died in 2020 after a 3-year battle with a rare form of lung cancer related to toxic exposure during his military service.
No. If you currently receive VA disability benefits, your benefits should not be affected. Your disability payments will remain the same. If you obtain compensation for a Camp Lejeune Justice Act claim, the amount you receive can be offset by past amounts paid by the VA related to the injury that was caused by the Camp Lejeune toxic water exposure. The offset would not apply to benefits the VA paid for medical conditions that are not related to the toxic water exposure.
If I have disability benefits from the VA for a presumptive condition caused by exposure at Camp Lejeune, can I still get compensation under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act?
Yes, you can receive under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act even if you are already receiving VA disability benefits or any other benefits.
Compensation awarded to a Camp Lejeune Justice Act claimant would be offset by the VA disability payments only if those benefits are related to an injury caused by the toxic exposure at Camp Lejeune. Essentially, the offset ensures that a claimant is not paid a second time for the same thing.
You can still file a new claim after the bill passes.Victims have been barred from recovering money for any previous claims due to North Carolina’s statute of repose, which prevents claims from being filed after a certain period of time. North Carolina’s time limit requires claims must be filed within 10 years of the contaminating event. The government did not notify the public about the contamination until well over 10 years after the contamination occurred.
North Carolina is one of the only states in the country with such a strict statute of repose for toxic exposure. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act essentially overrides the North Carolina statute of repose and restarts the clock. Injury claimants will now have 2 years to file a claim after the date the bill was signed.
No. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act claims are not Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claims. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act creates a new statutory tort that is not part of the FTCA.
A statute of limitations is the time limit in which a person has to file a claim or lawsuit. A person can lose the right to file a claim or lawsuit if the statute of limitations has expired.
Cases filed under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act must be filed within 2 years of the denial of an administrative claim against the US government under the Act or 2 years after the law is enacted, whichever is later. This is a very short window of time, so if you believe you may have an injury that would qualify for compensation, you should contact us immediately for a consultation. The government has 6 months (180 days) to admit or deny an administrative claim. If the claim is denied, the claimant then has 2 years to file a civil lawsuit in federal court.
There is no statute of repose for cases filed under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act. The Act eliminates the standard North Carolina 10-year statute of repose for these claims.
In addition to the Camp Lejeune Justice Act cases, the Nations Law Firm is proud to represent over 2,400 wounded warriors and their families in antiterrorism litigation against state sponsors of terrorism and those that aided them.
We are a Veteran-owned law firm. Lead attorney Howard Nations is a proud US Army veteran and Corky Smith is a proud member of the JAG Corps and serves as an officer in the Mississippi Army National Guard. All of our attorneys have been preparing for the Camp Lejeune litigation for a long time and are well-prepared to help bring long-awaited justice to those injured by the toxic water at Camp Lejeune. We welcome the opportunity to help those who have suffered due to the toxic water contamination at Camp Lejeune.
The Nations Law Firm is a national law firm that handles cases all over the country. We have offices in Houston, Washington, DC, and New York. We routinely handle cases in courts nationwide and are well-equipped to handle Camp Lejeune Justice Act cases.
No. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act allows for individual claims. All lawsuits must be filed in the federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Each lawsuit must be prosecuted individually.
A client will not have to pay any fees out of pocket. The Nations Law Firm will only recover a fee if we recover money for you. We advance the costs for investigating and litigating a case. We can recoup those expenses only if we settle or win your case.
A claimant should have the right to recover financial damages for various categories of loss, including:
- Pain and suffering
- Mental anguish
- Disability and disfigurement
No. Even though the government’s conduct was willful and grossly negligent, punitive damages are not recoverable under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.
The Nations Law Firm has been in operation for over 50 years. Howard Nations is a proud Veteran himself. He has been practicing law since 1966 and is one of the most highly honored trial lawyers in the country. The Nations Law Firm specializes in catastrophic injury cases. We are dedicated to helping Veterans and their family members and all those injured by the toxic water at Camp Lejeune.
Documents showing that the injured person or immediate family member was at Camp Lejeune for 30 days during the relevant time period and documents a medical diagnosis will be likely be helpful. If you have already obtained these documents yourself, please let us know when you contact us for a consultation.
For a deceased claimant, at a minimum, we need a copy of the deceased person’s death certificate to investigate a possible claim. We will be happy to discuss which additional documents will be necessary to prove a claim on behalf of a deceased person whose death was caused by their exposure to the toxic water at Camp Lejeune.
For Veterans, a DD214 is the certificate of release or discharge from active duty that is given to the Veteran upon release or discharge from the military. This document is proof of military service and will show the Veteran’s dates of service, the branch of the military the Veteran served in, and the locations where the Veteran entered the service and was discharged. Some DD214s will show a Veteran’s service at Camp Lejeune but most do not list each place the Veteran was stationed or served.
If you are a Navy or Marine Veteran or family member of a Veteran, a DD214 is likely the best proof of service in the Navy or Marine Corps. We may need additional documentation to prove presence at Camp Lejeune. You do not need to obtain these documents yourself before you speak to our staff about a possible claim.
Veterans can obtain a lot or destroyed DD214s by requesting a copy from the Military Personnel Records Center or National Personnel Records Center. Service members can obtain free electronic copies of their military personnel file, including their DD214 through the VA and Department of Defense (DOD).
For civilians and family members, there is not one specific form that will prove that you were on base for 30 days. We may be able to prove your presence on base through affidavits or witness statements but the exact documents that we will need will depend on the situation. Those born at the base hospital at Camp Lejeune can provide their birth certificates, but a birth certificate only shows the location and date of birth. We will know more about what else is needed as this litigation continues.
Claims can be filed on behalf of deceased Veterans or deceased family members who were on base during the period of contamination. A legal representative will be able to file a claim under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act subject to certain limitations. An estate administration will be required for these cases involving a deceased claimant.
The four most prevalent chemicals found in the water supply are TCE, PCE, benzene, and vinyl chloride. These four chemicals are toxic to humans and can cause serious health problems. Small amounts of other chemicals were also found in the water. Detailed reports on these chemicals can be found on our Reports page.
Superfund sites are locations polluted with hazardous materials.
Superfund is the name given to the environmental program established by the EPA to address abandoned hazardous waste sites. Camp Lejeune’s designation as a Superfund site allows the EPA to clean up the contamination and to compel responsible parties to perform cleanups or reimburse the government for EPA-led clean-ups.
Yes, Camp Lejeune was designated a superfund site in 1989.The EPA designated Camp Lejeune as a Superfund site due to the hazardous toxic waste that had been dumped into vacant lots sourced for water on base. Most of these sites are abandoned. Camp Lejeune is unusual because it has been in continuous use since the 1940s and is still in use today.
The cleanup process started in 1992 and is still ongoing. The extent of the contamination is massive.
The ABC Cleaners location at 2127 Lejeune Boulevard in Jacksonville is a separate Superfund site. Like Camp Lejeune, it was designated as a Superfund site in 1989. Tarawa Terrace is directly south of this site. The cleanup efforts at this site began in 2000 and have continued off and on since then. The most recent cleanup project was scheduled to begin in January 2022.
In 2012 the Obama administration passed the Janey Ensminger Act giving Veterans of Camp Lejeune the ability to receive health care though Veteran Affairs (VA) for any presumptive conditions listed below that the VA has associated with the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
Janey Ensminger was the daughter of Marine Jerry Ensminger. She was born at Camp Lejeune and died of leukemia at age 9.
The Janey Ensminger Act made it possible for non-military family members to qualify for VA healthcare if they have the following conditions linked to toxic water exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Bladder Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Female Infertility
- Hepatic Steatosis
- Kidney Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome
- Neurobehavioral Effects
- Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
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The Inclusive Support for Women in Enterprise report was compiled by Lorely Burt, who was appointed by business secretary Vince Cable to champion women in business.
Cable, said: I appointed Lorely as women in enterprise champion so she could build on the good work weve already done and help us increase entrepreneurial aspiration among women. Reaching our target of 25 per cent women on FTSE 100 boards by 2015 is now in sight.
The government is committed to ensuring that talented women have the tools at hand whether it’s running a business on their own or heading up a corporate board. The evidence is clear – gender diversity delivers better business decisions which are vital to securing the future prosperity of the UK.
Burt’s report is designed to empower women, enabling more opportunity for them to enter positions of power in the UK’s economy, boosting growth and the creation of jobs. The study found that the number of SMEs run by females has grown, but more must be done to end the gender gap.
As part of the movement, the government is writing to 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships to encourage representation in order to stimulate diversity on the boards. Meanwhile, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Government Equalities Office are in the midst of a research project to reach female entrepreneurs.
Other existing steps have included the 1m Women and Broadband Challenge Fund to encourage business-building, while UKTI published an export guide for women last year.
Read more on women in business:
- The 17 UK women who hit the European tech scene hard and whether they think there is a gender gap
- First Women Summit: What the next UK government should do to help support women
- Hairdressing leads top 10 list of young British women’s career aspirations
Burt, said: I was delighted when Vince offered me the chance to do something for women entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs have huge potential to build on Britains hard-won recovery, creating a stronger economy and a fairer society.
Sadly too much female entrepreneurial talent remains untapped although the Coalition Government has made progress. In my report I outline the economic and the moral case for taking further action to unlock womens business talent.
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