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“WHERE WAS THE BIBLE BEFORE 1611?” (Part 2)
#6. “There were no Bibles in the first
At Pentecost in 33AD …there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. (Acts 2:5)
Paul writes in 57AD, By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, …: (Rom 1:5)
Furthermore, in prison for the first time in 62-64AD, Paul writes …the gospel; Which is come
unto you, as it is in all the world; … (Col 1:6)
Indeed the whole 27 books of the New Testament were canonized and accepted before the end of the 1st century, and indeed, starting at Pentecost, where every nation under heaven is present, the dissemination of the scriptures and godly Bibles throughout the world has continued unabated up to the present, despite intense persecution by Rome.
#7. “There were no scriptures and Bibles in the Dark Ages.”
Despite Rome’s repeated and determined efforts to kill Christians, and destroy once and forever their Bibles, God kept his godly line of Bibles alive from Matthew 37AD and the epistles of Paul from 51AD up to 1300AD.
* Foxe states that Britain received the gospel in the time of Tiberius the emperor, under whom Christ suffered.
* William of Malmesbury writes that Joseph of Arimathea with 12 companions, was sent by Philip the apostle from France to Britain by at least 63AD.
* Walter Scott confirms that during the reigns of Nero and Domitian, 54-68AD, 81-96AD, numerous translated portions of the Vulgar Latin scriptures circulated in Great Britain.
* Furthermore, Bran, a British king, was converted by Paul in prison in Rome, and returned back to Britain, accompanied by certain Christian teachers among whom was Aristobulus (Rom 16:10).
* Origen states that the unifying force in Britain in century 1 & 2, was Christianity.
* Foxe also states that Simon Zelotes, the apostle of Luke 6:15 and Acts 1:13, spread the gospel of Christ in Britain.
* Patrick records his salvation to Christ in Northern Ireland in the 400’s and categorically rejected the false gospel of Rome.
* In the 5th, 6th and 7th centuries, British Christians and saved Irishmen, swarmed all over France and Germany with their Bibles.
* Bede in 565AD had the writings of the prophets, evangelists and apostles and his Saxon Bible was translated into the vulgar tongue of the day.
* In 678AD, King Wilfred had a copy of the four gospels.
* In 871AD, Alfred the Great says that churches were filled with books before destruction by the Danes. His children had learnt the Psalms by heart.
The OT, the gospels, the apostles writings drenched England and the continent during this time. Indeed, the Bible’s enemies are testimony to its existence, in that:
* History records that the ten official persecutions by Romans Emperors during 67-313AD destroyed the Christian Bibles.
* Angles, Saxons and Jutes destroyed Christian Bibles between 303-450AD.
* Danes destroyed the Christian scriptures between 450-late 800’s.
* The Normans destroyed the scriptures between the late 800’s and 1066AD.
* The kings Henry IV, V, VIII and Bloody Queen Mary called for the destruction of all Christian Bibles between 1399-1558.
MYTH #8. “God translated the King James 1611 Bible from the Greek.”
Knowing that Greek manuscripts do not have 1Jn 5:7-8 (Jesus Christ is God) and Acts 8:37 (eliminating water baptism for salvation), we understand why God would not leave his final Bible up to the Greeks! Although the 1611 translators laid down a Greek Textus Receptus, it was then further corrected in one thousand places! by all the other language Bibles in the world, before being translated into English. From Pentecost, the world has been soaked with godly Bibles in all languages, and so their distillation, the Authorized Bible, is truly the Bible from, and for, all nations! IT WAS ALWAYS AN EXISTING GEM - WITH A FINAL POLISH!
So, the question is not
“Where was the Bible before 1611?”
But “Where wasn’t the Bible before 1611?”
Truly, God has preserved his word (Ps 12:7)
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — High temperatures Wednesday afternoon have been greater than 20 levels cooler than Tuesday’s file highs within the wake of a dry, windy chilly entrance.
Breezes subside a bit in a single day with clear skies and low humidity. Temperatures for the subsequent a number of mornings might be cooler than regular and really nice.
Thursday will carry one other day of gentle temperatures and gusty north winds. A Fire Weather Warning is in impact areawide by the day, that means any fires that begin will unfold quickly.
Rain and storm probabilities begin to creep again into our forecast starting late Sunday and persevering with into the center of subsequent week. While rain probabilities might be persistent, they presently seem low on any given day. The Hill Country has obtained lower than 15% of their regular rainfall over the past two months, and is in excessive drought circumstances.
MARCH 2022 TORNADO OUTBREAK
The National Weather Service confirmed six twister touchdowns in Central Texas on Monday, Mar. 21 — three of which have been uncommon, robust tornadoes. This seems to be a once-in-a-20-year occasion. For context, it’s uncommon to get one robust EF-2 twister in Central Texas, and we had three contact down on the identical day.
At least 19 folks have been injured in complete, however none have been killed. See the preliminary twister studies and survey outcomes beneath.
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Title: Leadership, empowerment, and trust on affective commitment to change in state-owned organisations
Authors: Wustari L. Mangundjaya
Addresses: Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia, New Campus UI, Depok, 16424, West Java, Indonesia
Abstract: State-owned/public organisations are faced with challenges to be effective, efficient and robust. Consequently, they have conducted many change programs to develop their organisations. Meanwhile, previous studies showed that many planned change programs failed, and one of the reasons is due to the low supports and commitment to change from the employees. This paper aims to analyse the role of change leadership on affective commitment to change, through psychological empowerment and organisational trust as mediators. This study is using the theory of commitment to change leadership; psychological empowerment and organisational trust. The research was conducted at two state owned organisations, which have undergone an organisational change. Data were gathered from 539 respondents using questionnaires for data collection, and SEM used for data analysis. The results showed that psychological empowerment and organisational trust as full mediators for the relationship between change leadership and affective commitment to change.
Keywords: affective commitment to change; change leadership; organisational trust; psychological empowerment.
International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2019 Vol.5 No.1, pp.46 - 62
Received: 04 Oct 2017
Accepted: 09 May 2018
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In our new How We Did It series, we shine a spotlight on the people and
organizations doing important work to support diversity in publishing and beyond. Their stories and ideas are a dose of inspiration for all of us as we move forward in our work.
Today we are thrilled to have Kyle Zimmer, President, CEO, and Co-founder of First Book, with us. Here’s how Kyle describes her organization: “First Book supports educational equality by providing high quality, new and relevant books and educational resources to teachers and caregivers serving the millions of children growing up in low-income families.” Welome, Kyle! Continue reading
Several weeks ago I posted about why we’re asking publishers to join our Diversity Baseline Survey. If you missed that post, here’s a quick summary of the project:
The Diversity Baseline Survey we’ve proposed would be the first of its kind for US publishers. It involves creating statistics that do not yet exist by measuring staff diversity among publishers and review journals in four areas: gender, race, sexual orientation, and disability.
In short, we’re hoping that all publishers, from small to large, will opt in and encourage their staff to take our short survey. If they do, for the first time we’ll be able to see a clear picture of diversity among publishing staff. Continue reading
This February, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) released its statistics on the number of children’s books by and about people of color published in 2014. The issue of diversity in children’s books received a record amount of media coverage last year, in large part due to the success of the We Need Diverse Books campaign. Many people were anxious to know if the yearly CCBC statistics would reflect momentum of the movement.
The biggest takeaway from the new statistics was positive: in 2014 the number of books by/about people of color jumped to 14% (up from 10% in 2013) of the 3,000 to 3,500 books the CCBC reviews each year. Though not as high as it should be, the number shows definite improvement.
But looking at this number alone doesn’t show the whole story. In 2012, we kicked off our infographic series with information about the diversity gap in children’s books. Here is the updated infographic, which reflects statistics through 2014: Continue reading
The daughter of an anthropologist, Laura Reiko Simeon’s passion for diversity-related topics stems from her childhood spent living all over the US and the world. She fell in love with Sweden thanks to the Swedish roommate she met in Wales while attending one of the United World Colleges, international high schools dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding. Laura has an MA in History from the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Washington. She lives near Seattle.
As the Librarian and Diversity Coordinator at a school with a global population, my guiding vision is that the books I offer must be both mirrors that reflect children’s lives and windows that open up new worlds. This is a challenge when the small percentage of children’s books in English showing people of color is largely restricted to stories of oppression far removed from my students’ daily lives of homework, soccer, and wishing for a puppy. Of course it’s important to be aware of injustice, but it sends a powerful message if we only show racial diversity in settings of suffering and conflict.
While “diversity” is not generally the first word that comes to mind when Americans think of Sweden, today fully 20% of Swedes are either immigrants or children of immigrants, many from Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Combine this with Swedes’ commitment to children’s rights and a vibrant literary and artistic community, and you have the perfect setting for stimulating debates and boundary-pushing creativity.
Summer is rapidly approaching and that means our New Voices Award Writing Contest is now open for submissions! Now in its fifteenth year, the New Voices Award was one of the first (and remains one of the only) writing contests specifically designed to help authors of color break into publishing, an industry in which they are still dramatically underrepresented.
Change requires more than just goodwill; it requires concrete action. We were heartened by First Book’s recent commitment to purchasing 10,000 copies of select books from “new and underrepresented voices.” Likewise, the New Voices Award is a concrete step towards evening the playing field by seeking out talented new authors of color who might otherwise remain under the radar of mainstream publishing. | <urn:uuid:342dab5b-1e81-43ae-bfbd-8044fa6782b1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.leeandlow.com/tag/diversity-in-publishing/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.949856 | 962 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Tens of thousands of demonstrators take over Rome in a show of strength against male violence towards women as linked protest marches through Munich
- Tens of thousands of women were pictured marching through the city centre of Rome, in Italy, on Saturday
- They were marking International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, which occurred Thursday
- Hundreds of marchers were also seen filling the streets of Munich, in Germany, where they set off flares
Tens of thousands of women have taken to the streets of Europe to protest against male violence against women.
Huge crowds of protestors were seen in Munich and Rome on Saturday as marchers held up signs reading: ‘Be free from violence’ and ‘Love has no bruises.’
The marches were planned to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which occurred on Thursday.
The day is celebrated on November 25 each year after it was first made official by the United Nations (UN) in 1999.
In Munich, Germany, signs declared: ‘A woman’s place is in the revolution’, while another said: ‘Stop violence against women.’
Meanwhile, the house of the far-right nationalist fraternity Sudetia was attacked with paint as ‘Nazis and sexists! ‘ was scribbled on the wall.
In the Italian capital, the huge march, attended by tens of thousands of supporters, was organised by the Non una di meno (Not one more) feminist movement.
One placard read: ‘Violence is structural, the root is cultural, the problem is patriarchal.’
Flares were set off in both cities while drummers and music spurred the marchers on.
Some 736 million women worldwide – almost one in three – have been subjected to intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both at least once in their life, according to statistics from the UN.
Thousands take part in a demonstration organised by ‘Non una di meno’ feminist movement, as part of the Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on November 27, 2021 in Rome, Italy
Women hold their hands and fists up during huge march in Rome on Saturday
Women hold banner as they march through the Italian capital against male violence
Women hold their almost bare breasts as they take part in a demonstration during a march in Rome
Tens of thousands of women joined the march in Rome on Saturday
A woman raises her hands as she marches with thousands of others through the streets of Rome
It came as hundreds of women also filled the streets of London Saturday – also in protest against rape and male violence against women.
Demonstrators held up placards and chanted slogans as they marched from near Marble Arch to Golden Square in Piccadilly Circus on Saturday night.
Anneliese Dodds, Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, joined the protestors, as she urged them to ‘shut down’ the capital in a rousing speech via a megaphone.
The women-only march was part of the annual Reclaim The Night event, which first began in 1977, at the height of the Yorkshire Ripper killings.
The event has taken on a new meaning this year following a spate of attacks on women after dark.
These include Sarah Everard, who was abducted and killed by Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens, as she walked home in Clapham earlier this year.
And in September Sabina Nessa, 28, was attacked and murdered as she walked through Cator Park in Kidbrooke, in another crime which shocked the nation.
Women marching on Saturday night held up signs reading: ‘When will I be able to walk myself home?’
One said: ‘We will not be silenced’, while another read: ‘Blame the system not the victim.’
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“Systems almost always have the peculiarity that the characteristics of the whole cannot (not even in theory) be deduced from the most complete knowledge of’ the components, taken separately or in other partial combinations. This
appearance of new characteristics in wholes has been designated as emergence.”
– Ernst Mayr The Growth of Biological Thought (1982)
My name is Nastassja Noell (she/her – they/them), I am a lichenologist by trade and training and I also create art (mainly oil painting and drawings) and I love creative writing.
But mine is a tenuous symbiosis. I often wonder if this is a teaching of the lichens, for lichens are robust symbioses of organisms from radically different branches of the tree of life. I am not as graceful. Not yet.
You can find more about my lichen research in the heterotroph section of this website.
And my creative works are in the autotroph section.
Usually, my science side scorns my artistic processes, while my creative side runs to hide from the razor blades and cross sections and demands for perfection. Perhaps we all have different parts of ourselves that seem in opposition
to each other. We certainly do in the collective imagination, where the artist is usually starving but free until they sell out on their values, while the scientist is chained to their tower of endless obligations in a cushy chair
with a great view out their window of the 6th largest mass extinction. Something has been lost, not only the biodiversity of life on Earth, but also the biodiversity of our inner worlds, our collective unconscious, our collective
and individual dreaming.
And yet I’m conforted when I remember that symbioses don’t always happen willingly — at least not in lichens. Lichens show us what is possible in the dimension beyond the divides, something emergent, greater than the sum of its parts, something whole. Medicine for our times.
N. Noell. (2021) [fiction] “Cracking Open: A walk to the precipice.” Dark Mountain Issue 20.
Hollinger, J. and N. Noell. (2020) “
New Reports of Great Basin Desert Lichens in California.” Bulletin of the California Lichen Society,
N. Noell and J. Hollinger. (2019) ”
The Lichen Flora of the Caliente Field Office Lincoln County, Nevada.” Report to the Nevada Bureau of Management, 144 pages.
Carter, O., B. Kropp, N. Noell, J. Hollinger, G. Baker, A. Tuttle, L. St. Clair and S.D. Leavitt. (2019) “ A preliminary checklist of the lichens in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA.” Evansia, 36:2.
N. Noell and J. Hollinger. (2019) “Following in the footsteps of Henry Imshaug: Preliminary notes on California alpine lichens.” Bulletin of the California Lichen Society, 26:1.
Lendemer, J.C. and N. Noell. (2018) Lichens of the Delmarva Peninsula. An Illustrated Manual . 386 pages. Torrey Botanical Society.
Noell, N. (2016) “Chapter 5: Radical Lichenology.” In Radical Mycology by Peter McCoy, Chthaeus Press 111-142.
Lendemer, J. C., Allen, J., and Noell, N. (2015) “The Parmotrema acid test: a look at species delineation in the P. perforatum group 40 years later.” Mycologia, 14-263.
Noell, N. and J. Hollinger. (2015) “Alpine Lichens and Climate Change on Wheeler Peak.” The Midden: The Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park , 15:1.
Noell, N. (2014) “Island in the Sky: Hiking Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park.” Northwest Travel Magazine , August issue.
Noell, N. (2014) “Omora Ethnobotanical Park: Changing Lenses, The Miniature Forests of Cape Horn.” Patagon Journal , Summer issue.
Moses, K.P., N. Noell, D. Casado, R. Rijal, Y. Medina, L.R. Lewis, M. Mendez, P.P. Caballero, V. Morales, A.M. Wilson and P. Vezzani. (2013) Ecotourism with a hand lens in the Miniature Forests of Cape Horn: A sustainable pathway for bryophyte conservation. Conference paper, 98th ESA Annual Convention.
Malonga, K. R. Kinslow, B. Gross, and N. Noell. (2011) “Including environmental and social sustainability in Mining Policy: Suggestions for the Ghanaian Mining Commission.” Unpublished report to the Ghanaian Environmental Protection Agency Division of Mining.
Noell, N. (2021) “Lichens of Northern Arkansas” for the Arkansas Master Naturalists, a virtual walk through habitats, lichen communities, along with lichen identification training.
Noell, N. (2020) “A Virtual Lichen Hike in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains” for Emory University, Dr. Jessica Ham’s Discovery Anthropology class: exploring the more than human world with a lens towards reciprocal relationships. https://vimeo.com/462195966
Hollinger, J & N. Noell. (2019) “Great Basin Lichens” Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. An introduction to the wonders of the Great Basin Desert through the lens of lichens. Part of the Western Carolina University Biology Symposium Series.
Noell, N. (2016) “Alpine Lichens and Climate Change – 1955 to present: Preliminary results from Mt. Whitney, Kearsarge Pass and Bishop Pass.” Sequoia and Kings Canyon Science Symposium, Three Rivers, CA.
Noell, N. (2015) “Biological Soil Crusts: What are they, why are they important, and how to classify them using the BLM’s AIM methods.” Presentation to the Great Basin Institute field crews in Nevada, Wyoming and Washington; University of Nevada Reno Herbarium.
Noell, N. and J. Hollinger. (2014) “Lichens of the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.” Presentation to the Washington Native Plants Society; Spokane, WA.
Noell, N. (2014) “Introduction to Lichens: Ethics, Tricks, & Tips.” Presentation and workshop for the 3rd Annual International Radical Mycology Convergence, Orangeville, IL.
Noell, N. (2014) “Reading the landscape: Lichens as Environmental Bioindicators.” Presentation and workshop for the 3rd Annual International Radical Mycology Convergence, Orangeville, IL.
Noell, N. (2014) “Lichens of the Delmarva Peninsula: Refugium for the Anthropocene?” Presentation to the New York Botanical Gardens Science Seminar Series; Bronx, NY.
Noell, N., J.L. Allen, J. Hollinger, and R. O’Quinn. (2013) “Lichens of the Channelled Scablands: Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.” Poster presentation, Botany 2013 conference; New Orleans, LA.
Malonga, K., R. Kinslow, B. O’Gross, and N. Noell. (2011) “Including environmental and social sustainability in Mining Policy: Suggestions for the Ghanaian Mining Commission.” Presentation to the Ghanaian Environmental Protection Agency’s Division of Mining and the Ghana Chamber of Mines; University of Ghana, Accra.
GRANTS AND HONORARY SCHOLARSHIPS
2016. California Lichen Society Grant. $1000 for Alpine Lichens and Climate Change.
2014. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Grant. Attempted for Alpine Lichens and Climate Change project.
2012. Washington State Native Plant Society. $600 for Lichens of the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.
2012. Evergreen State College Student Foundation Grant. $200 for Lichens of the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.
2011. Emerging Leaders in Environment and Extraction Program, Duquesne University, University of Ghana, and the U.S. State Department, July 2011. Full honorary scholarship, $3,800.
2011-2013: Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. B.S. in Field Biology and Lichenology (2013).
2001-2005, 2010: DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Media and Communications (2010).
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June 6th, 2022
Monroe County residents can fill out survey online or in person at county libraries
Do you need high speed internet, but struggle with the high cost or limited access to internet providers? Monroe County wants to hear from you. County Executive Adam Bello and the Monroe County Broadband Advisory Task Force, in partnership with Magellan Advisors, are asking residents to take part in a survey assessing internet services in low income and rural areas of Monroe County.
“Nearly one-fifth of city households and one-third rural households do not have access to high speed internet. In the year 2022, that is unacceptable,” said County Executive Bello. “This survey is two-fold as it will identify the barriers and locations that prevent access to affordable high speed internet and help us structure a plan to provide quality internet access to all of our residents. In return, better access to high-speed broadband also will attract new businesses to our region, drive economic growth, support education and strengthen our community.”
Physical copies of the survey will be available at Monroe County library systems. However, the advisory task force recommends that residents fill out the survey online with a laptop or computer directly plugged into your home or business network router. An internet “speed test” will be performed while filling out the survey. This information is critical to outlining the communities with the biggest need when it comes to higher speed internet.
“High-speed internet is important in bridging the digital divide,” said Monroe County Legislature President Sabrina LaMar, a member of the Monroe County Advisory Task Force on Broadband. “Students from the lower end of the economic spectrum, especially in the City of Rochester, are often further disadvantaged because of the lack of access to high- quality internet access. This causes them to fall further behind their suburban counterparts. I look forward to the completion of this study, and to finally making high-speed internet access a reality for all Monroe County residents, regardless of zip code.
If a smart phone is your only option to connect to the internet, the county asks that you connect to WIFI and not cellular data. If possible, the county asks that you take the survey at peak internet use periods between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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Welcome to this in-depth look at Freytag's Pyramid, a narrative story structure commonly used in tragedies and many other stories.
Freytag's Pyramid is one of the oldest story structures that we cover on the site, making it a unique approach to structuring your story.
But how does it differ from other conventional story structures? How is it similar? Let us break it down for you.
- What the Freitag pyramid is
- How you can use in your writing
- A detailed breakdown of all five stages of Freytag's Pyramid
- How it differs from modern storytelling techniques
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Table of contents
- What Is Freytag's Pyramid?
- Why Is Freytag's Pyramid Important?
- What Are the Five Stages of Freytag's Pyramid?
- Examples of Freytag's Pyramid
- Freytag's Pyramid vs Modern Story Structure
- To Use Freytag's Pyramid, or Not to Use Freytag's Pyramid?
What Is Freytag's Pyramid?
Freytag's Pyramid was invented by Gustav Freytag in the mid-19th century. He was a big fan of classical Greek tragedy as well as Shakespearean drama (these were considered the “greats” at the time).
He argued that all of these great stories could be broken down into a simple structure that he constructed into a pyramid. The following diagram is taken from his original work:
The Freytag Pyramid has five stages that Freytag organized into five acts:
- Act one: Exposition
- Act two: Rising Action
- Act three: Climax
- Act four: Falling Action
- Act five: Resolution or Catastrophe
What Are the Seven Elements of Freytag's Pyramid?
In addition to the five stages listed above, many modern-day constructions of Freytag's work will add two additional elements, resulting in seven overall:
- Inciting Incident
- Rising Action
- Falling Action
- Resolution or Catastrophe
Together these make up the seven elements of Freytag's Pyramid, as postulated by modern analyses.
Why Is Freytag's Pyramid Important?
Freytag's Pyramid is important because it is one of the earliest forms of story deconstruction that we have. It is also a brilliant resource for those who are writing tragedy, comedy in the classical tradition, or any other darker storyline where you really want to drive the tragic elements home.
Freytag's Pyramid does not perfectly fit most modern story structures, as it uses a five act structure instead of the more common three act structure, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't use it.
If you want to give your story an epic feel, consider using Freytag's Pyramid, as it was modeled after ancient classics of literature and theater. It's a great way to give your story a classical style.
What Are the Five Stages of Freytag's Pyramid?
The five main stages of Freytag's pyramid are:
- Rising Action
- Falling Action
- Resolution or Catastrophe
Let's break each of these down one by one. We will also spend some time talking about the inciting incident and the denouement, both of which often pop up in modern renditions of Freytag's Pyramid, though they were not originally part of his initial analysis.
Act I: Exposition
The beginning of Freytag's Pyramid is all about exposition, or explaining what is going on.
In this section, you want to introduce the main characters, the setting, and the source of the conflict, and any promises that you plan to pay off later in the story.
Freytag also elaborates on a concept called Exciting Force, which he calls the “complication”. In modern storytelling techniques, we call this the “inciting incident”, which we will talk about in a second.
Chronology note: although Gustav Freytag never mentioned any concrete ideas like this, we recommend that the exposition should not take up more than 15% of your story.
Act I, Part II: Inciting Incident
While not a full stage in Freytag's original manuscript, many modern renditions of Freytag's Pyramid include the inciting incident as its own stage in the pyramid.
It is certainly one of the most important aspects of any story.
This is the moment that propels the character interaction, and is the first real point of conflict. It introduces what will be the central conflict of the entire story.
Chronology note: we recommend that the inciting incident happen roughly around the 15% mark, and not too much later.
Act II: Rising Action
Like many other models, Gustav Freytag has a section of “rising action”, where the stakes are raised, the tension increases, and the conflict reveals key elements of the story and our characters.
In short, things go from bad to worse.
To do this well, make sure all of your characters are introduced in this section, make sure each scene is driven by conflict, all of which builds towards the upcoming climax.
Note: while we frequently refer to this as rising action, especially in other similar models, Freytag referred to as “rising movement”.
Chronology note: since Freytag constructed this as a five act story, this takes place in the second act, which should run roughly between the 15% and 50% mark of your story.
Act III: Climax
In the framework outlined by Freytag, the climax takes place near the exact center of the story, as opposed to near the end like most modern stories.
In a classical tragedy, this is where everything begins to fall apart.
In a classical comedy, the characters actually start to see some improvement at this point.
So while this is not necessarily a climax in the sense that everything is coming to a head, it does act as a sort of reflection point, where we can contemplate how the story is been going so far, and completely turn it around.
Gustav Freytag referred to this as a point where the story suddenly becomes a mirror story, reflecting the opposite of what we have seen so far. This is great for self-reflective tragedies.
And indeed, Freytag put a lot of emphasis on this moment, calling it “the most important place of the structure; the action rises to this; the action falls away from this.”
Chronology note: this section should take place at the middle of your story, roughly at the 50% mark.
Act IV: Falling Action
But the climax is not the end. As we see, there is a period of falling action that takes place in Act IV.
Here we see a mirror reflection of the rising action, where everything begins to fall apart for the the protagonist, particularly in tragedy.
In comedy, the effect is reversed. Where things had been going badly, suddenly everything turns around and begins to work in the protagonist's favor.
This is a build up to the final catastrophe that is about to come, where we are supposed to prepare the reader for that catastrophe, and maybe even hint that there is a slim possibility that they might get out of this. This increases tension.
In fact, Gustav Freytag emphasized strongly that there was a clear need for this moment of respite, calling it “an old, unpretentious poetic device, to give the audience for a few moments a prospect of relief. This is done by means of a new slight, suspense.”
Chronology note: we recommend that this take place roughly between the 50% and 75% mark.
Act V: Resolution or Catastrophe
Gustav Freytag was mostly concerned with tragedy, which was among the highest form of art in his time, which is why he called this last stage “catastrophe”.
However, if you're writing a classical comedy, or any other type of story using Freytag's Pyramid, we may simply call this the resolution.
This is the moment when the central conflict is resolved, and the character has either succeeded or failed at their goal.
If this is a tragedy, then this is a moment of sadness, not just for the main character, but for all those around them.
This is a moment that we would, in modern days, call the climax, where everything comes to a head, but Freytag's Pyramid allows this to be a highly introspective moment. It allows us to continue the story's themes and leave us with something to think about.
Chronology note: this should take place roughly between the 75% and the 85% mark. Be sure to leave room for the denouement.
Act V, Part II: Dénouement
The dénouement is the last element of Freytag's Pyramid, though not one that he initially wrote about. It has since been added by subsequent models.
The dénouement is a opportunity to wrap up all of the remaining storylines and characters, showing the reader how far we have come from the ordinary world at the beginning, to where we are now.
In a tragedy, this is likely a moment for other characters surrounding the protagonist to ruminate on the nature of what happened.
In a classical comedy, this is the moment where everyone gets married.
Chronology note: this section should take up no more than the last 15% of your story. In many instances, it can be much shorter.
Examples of Freytag's Pyramid
As stated above, Freytag's Pyramid was mostly concerned with classical drama and Shakespearean tragedy, so let's start with one of those:
- Exposition: the play opens introducing Hamlet and the other main characters. The political situation in Denmark is set, as well as the fact that Hamlet's father has died, and his mother has remarried his uncle Claudius. The inciting incident happens when Hamlet meets the ghost of his father.
- Rising Action: as Hamlet pretends to be mad, he descends into actual madness. His uncle Claudius suspects him, and spies on him. Hamlet orchestrates a play to try and assess Claudius's guilt.
- Climax: we learn for certain that Claudius did, in fact, murder Hamlet's father. Hamlet goes mad, and kills Polonius.
- Falling Action: Hamlet is sent away for a time, Laertes returns from France in order to avenge the death of his father, and conspires with Claudius to kill Hamlet. Ophelia goes mad and kills herself. When Hamlet returns, the stages are set for the catastrophe.
- Catastrophe: the play ends with nearly all of the main characters dying, including Hamlet. The dénouement happens as Horatio remains alive to tell the invading Prince Fortinbras of Norway of what happened.
The Great Gatsby
- Exposition: Nick, our central character, as well as other characters are introduced. The overall tone of the story is established.
- Rising Action: Nick gets to know Gatsby and is fascinated by his lifestyle. Various events heighten the tension, including Nick hearing dark rumors about Gatsby, a car being crushed outside, Nick learning that Mr. Wolfsheim is a gambler, and that Gatsby is involved in some shady business.
- Climax: at the height of summer, Tom and Gatsby fight over the relationship with Daisy. Daisy leaves the hotel, and is followed by Gatsby.
- Falling Action: Daisy hits Myrtle with a car and Myrtle dies.
- Catastrophe: George vows revenge on Gatsby, Tom and Daisy leave town, and George eventually kills Gatsby and then himself. The dénouement happens as Nick reminisces about what happened. A funeral is held for Gatsby, and very few people attend.
Freytag's Pyramid vs Modern Story Structure
Gustav Freytag penned his work in the 19th century, long before modern inventions of storytelling like film, television, radio, etc.
In his time, the predominant forms of storytelling were through poetry or prose, as well as theater.
And the most lauded works of literature at that time were the Greek classics and the works of William Shakespeare. So it is no surprise that this story structure models itself off of these stories.
But when you compare this to our modern-day storytelling, you will find a few things that modern storytellers do not have.
1. Most Modern Story Structures Are More Universal
Gustav Freytag was mostly talking about tragedy, and Freytag's Pyramid can be great to help you structure a tragic story.
Modern storytellers have created other story frameworks that are more universal, things like the heroes journey, the three act structure, etc. While these can be used for tragedies, they are better suited for stories with a net-positive change.
And in our modern day of obsession or verb formula and reproducibility, it is no wonder that our story structures have become far more generalized and universal.
2. Modern Stories Place the Climax Near the End
Most modern stories have a climax, just as Freytag's Pyramid does. But unlike Freytag's Pyramid, which places the climax at the center, today we prefer to put the climax closer to the end (roughly between the 75-85% mark).
This is consistent with the three act structure, where the climax is placed in act three.
In fact, what Gustav Freytag called the catastrophe is what we would call the climax.
3. Modern Stories Contain More Plot Elements
Today, we have a lot more names for certain plot elements that Gustav Freytag simply didn't know about because he wrote about story structure much earlier than most.
These include things like the inciting incident, the dénouement, the return, etc. many of these were made popular by other story structures such as the hero's journey.
That said, the similarities that Freytag's Pyramid has with modern story structure, despite the differences, is a credit to Gustav Freytag that he was able to come up with something so universal to the stories of his time.
4. Most Modern Stories Use the 3 Act Structure Instead of the 5 Act Structure
Film and television has made the three act structure the reigning king of broad story structures used today.
But that wasn't always the case. Shakespeare's plays, and the Freytag Pyramid model, all use the concept of a five act structure.
Indeed, five acts was the standard for a very long time.
Now many will argue that the five act structure is actually the same as a three act structure when it comes down to it, but there are a few differences between the two, most notably the placement of the climax.
To Use Freytag's Pyramid, or Not to Use Freytag's Pyramid?
So, should you use Freytag's Pyramid in your writing?
I believe this comes down to a question of genre. What kind of book or screenplay are you writing?
If you are writing a tragedy, then Freytag's Pyramid might be a really helpful source to structure your story.
Even if you are not writing a tragedy, but you want to structure your story in a more classical style, then Freytag's Pyramid may be right for you.
But regardless of whether you use Freytag's Pyramid or not, I highly recommend you read up on it, because it can be a fascinating glimpse into the study of storytelling, particularly of classics that have come before.
If you want to use Freytag's Pyramid, we highly recommend Plottr as a way of helping you structure your story.
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Researchers found that the Apple Watch can provide data to determine a person's heart health, making the device useful for at-home monitoring.
A Stanford University study showed that a patient with cardiovascular disease could use an Apple Watch to take a standard six-minute walking test at home. A person with a weak heart is unable to walk more than 1,000 feet in six minutes without resting.
The Apple Watch data yielded "clinically accurate and meaningful insights" about patients' heart health, which allowed for safe monitoring of their progress, the study said.
The researchers found that along with the convenience, low cost and improved data quality of remote monitoring, there was an added benefit of not having to see a doctor in person during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study, published last week, looked at 110 participants scheduled for vascular or cardiac procedures. Researchers supplied each with an iPhone and an Apple Watch running a unique app that scientists followed for six months.
The participants underwent weekly six-minute walks at home and supervised walks at scheduled intervals in a clinic. The data showed that the Apple Watch was 90% accurate in finding a weak heart in a supervised setting. During at-home testing, it was 83% accurate.
On top of the regularly scheduled home tests, the researchers collected data on other patient activity, such as step counts. They found the supplemental data another good way to predict frailty.
The increasing prevalence of smartphones, even among the elderly population, creates an opportunity to collect data on everyday activities, the researchers said.
But Forrester analyst Julie Ask said insurance companies or governments would have to purchase Apple Watches for people too poor to buy them themselves.
Today, 10% of U.S. consumers have a wearable computing device, and more than half are wealthy athletes, she said. Only 5% of people with wearable devices identify as having a chronic condition, compared to 40% of people in the United States overall
People in rural areas would benefit from having a diagnostic tool because their access to hospitals might be limited.
"We're reaching affluent individuals [who live in cities]," Ask said. The healthcare system is not reaching the person "that has difficulty getting access to care and can't afford the care and can't afford the device."
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It is high time to add a 'Creation Day' into the church year. That was the message last week from 120 representatives of churches throughout Europe who felt that the state of the planet demands it.
The assembly called on church leaders to 'take more effort to introduce a Time of Creation into the church's calendar'. Judith Allinson, a member of the Creation Time working group, said "Christian teaching and the creeds say that God created heaven and earth, but we have left this unmarked in the Christian year."
Thirteen delegates from the UK and Ireland (NOTE 3) had travelled to Basel, Switzerland, for the fifth assembly of the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN).
The idea of a Creation Day has been gaining ground since 2001, and the date has now been identified as 1st September. A period of 'Creationtide' then follows until early October, providing opportunity to learn about humankind's responsibility to care for what God has made. This period includes the feast of St Francis of Assisi and harvest time.
The threats posed by climate change took centre-stage during the five-day conference. A message will be sent to the summit of G8 leaders in Gleneagles in July, urging them to take decisive action for rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Christians for their part were urged to curtail air travel, and invited to observe a 'car-fast' in Lent 2006.
Notes to editors
- Further details, contact Eleanor Todd, 0131 240 2250
- Message from ECEN to every church and congregation in Europe - see 4. below
- Participants from UK and Ireland:
- Judith Allinson, Paul Bodenham - Christian Ecology Link
- Donald Bruce - Society Religion and Technology Project (Church of Scotland)
- Eleanor Todd - Eco-congregation Scotland
- David Coaker - United Reformed Church
- Ruth Conway, Martyn Goss, Martin Conway - Church of England
- Robin Morrison - Church in Wales
- James Harper, Joe Furphy - Presbyterian Church of Ireland
- Catherine Brennan - St Louis Ecology Group, Ireland
- Stella Mew - Church of Ireland Helen Shiel - Methodist Church in Ireland
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Biography Sasajima, Kihei (1906 - 1993)
Before WWII Kihei Sasajima studied with Un'ichi Hiratsuka in 1935 and with Shik˘ Munakata in 1936. Both artists can be seen to have influenced his work: his "wilder" work bears resemblance with Munakata's woodcuts, his landscapes remind one of Hiratsuka's work. After 1962 he is said to have made only religious subjects. Much of his work is characterized by deep grooves: damp paper is forced into the grooves of the woodblock during the printing process, after which the resulting ridges are inked by using tampons. The resulting three-dimensional work is very striking and convincing.
See more prints from this artist!
See also prints from Hiratsuka, Un'ichi (1895-1997)
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Several harmful measures were avoided this session.
The Good Side of the 2016 Legislative Session, According to Small Business
business owners dodged a few bullets.
to some determined advocates, the Legislature didn’t pass any small business
tax hikes, paid leave mandates, or minimum wage increases during this year’s
debated all three of those measures, and NFIB led the charge that ultimately
defeated these harmful bills.
fighting a battle with minimum wage and paid leave,” said former NFIB
Leadership Council Member Rep. Andrew Barkis. “Any time that government can
stay out of the way, it allows business to flourish.”
leave mandates and government-issued minimum wage increases make it difficult
for small businesses to prosper, Barkis said.
main purpose of this legislative session was to approve a supplemental state
budget, and some lawmakers wanted to fund it by passing burdensome tax
increases that would have harmed small business. NFIB and business advocates in
the Legislature were able to stave off these increases and approve a $191
million budget with no general tax increases, a major relief for small business
avenues should be exhausted before tax increases are considered,” Barkis said.
addition to these victories, lawmakers established a task force to examine
local business and occupation taxes as well as business licensing processes.
The goal of the task force is to make it easier for businesses to obtain and
renew licenses as well as streamline their tax payment experience.
One disappointment on the tax front was the Legislature’s
inability to send voters a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote
to raise taxes, a measure that would have made future tax increases more
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Medicare for All and Healthcare in New York
The United States is the wealthiest country in the world, yet we’re also the only country where millions of people lack access to quality healthcare because they can’t afford to pay.
I believe that healthcare is a human right and that every person deserves access to the care they need at every stage of life. In my first term, we passed my bill, the CCCA, which guarantees that all insurers make low-cost birth control accessible.
Additionally, we finally codified Roe v. Wade, solidifying abortion and reproductive health care as rights of all New Yorkers.
As your State Senator, I will fight for:
- The passage of the New York Health Act to ensure that every New Yorker has health insurance regardless of ability to pay
- Funding for long-term care so our seniors can stay healthy and be cared for in their homes and communities, and so that those who care for them can earn a living wage.
- Increased access to mental health services so that every New Yorker can flourish, and so that people with psychiatric disabilities can be protected, instead of warehoused in homeless shelters and jails
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Since you have actually bought your cello as well as located an excellent cello educator, you would certainly have made your very first consultation with your cello instructor for your novice cello lessons. This post will certainly describe what you can anticipate from your initial cello lesson.
Next off, your cello educator in Singapore will certainly educate you the appropriate resting strategy when discovering exactly how to play the cello. You will certainly require to understand the appropriate stance as well as just how to hold the songs and also the bow tool, so that you can play the cello pleasantly.
Considering that this is a newbie cello lesson, you will certainly require some advice regarding where to use your fingers on the fingerboard to create the appropriate tone in order to play a track on the cello. Your instructor will certainly note the right areas on your songs tool’s fingerboard with sticker labels. You are anticipated to recognize just how to play the cello after a pair of months, without the overview of the sticker labels.
If you involved a cello instructor that is based in a songs college in Singapore, you can anticipate that the songs college or cello institution have a rental cello which you can lease in instance you do not understand for certain if you have time in future for constant cello lessons. A songs college in Singapore would certainly additionally have a couple of cello accessible intermediate cello for pupils to use throughout their cello lessons. This would certainly conserve you the problem of needing to transfer your cello to and also from residence for your cello lesson in Singapore.
One of the most preferred publication to discover the cello is the Suzuki collection. You will certainly find out exactly how to review notes as well as your instructor will certainly educate you to play an easy tune in the very first publication for your newbie cello lesson.
For your newbie cello lesson, your cello instructor will certainly instruct you just how to look after your songs tool and also cello bow. This would certainly consist of revealing you just how to rosin you cello bow to make sure that it will certainly use your songs tool, and also making use of a cleansing fabric to wipe the rosin dirt from you cello after method. Your instructor will certainly additionally highlight to you on just how to loosen up the steed as well as tighten up hair on your cello bow, and also not to touch the equine hair on your bow with your hands.
Prior to you use your cello, your educator will certainly assist you to tune the songs tool considering that you have no experience doing so. Experienced songs educators tune without the requirement of a colorful receiver, as their feeling of hearing is exceptional. For novice songs pupils, you will certainly require to find out to make use of a colorful receiver to tune your songs tool.
When you have actually found out just how to hold the cello bow, your cello instructor will certainly assist you to bow on the songs tool. Your instructor will certainly have you bow all 4 strings to obtain a feeling of just how your cello seems.
The cello is a magnificently hand crafted songs tool. Contrasted to various other stringed tools such as the violin or viola, it generates a cozy tone. Since you have actually made a decision to find out to play the cello, you will certainly require to take into consideration the adhering to prior to you begin your cello lessons:
If you involved a cello educator that is based in a songs college in Singapore, you can anticipate that the songs institution or cello college have a rental cello which you can rent out in situation you do not understand for certain if you have time in future for constant cello lessons. For your newbie cello lesson, your cello instructor will certainly show you exactly how to care for your songs tool as well as cello bow. Next off, your cello instructor in Singapore will certainly educate you the correct resting strategy when finding out just how to play the cello. When you have actually discovered just how to hold the cello bow, your cello instructor will certainly assist you to bow on the songs tool. If you are extremely certain that you like the audio of the cello and also will certainly appreciate your lessons with the cello educator, after that go in advance and also acquire one.
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A method is presented using IR and Raman microscopy to discriminate carbonate-containing and carbonate-free PVC that helps forensic scientists trace suspects, avoid wrong certificates of authenticity, and characterize and analyze carbonate components.
Carbonate-containing and carbonate-free polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are polymers widely used in daily life. Many parts of bicycles and automotives are made of different kinds of PVC and they may be important trace evidence, especially in hit-and-run cases. The analysis of different PVC types is important to forensic scientists. In this study, we used a Fourier transform infrared (IR) microscope and confocal Raman spectroscopy to investigate these polymers. IR and Raman spectra were tentatively interpreted. The results indicated that IR and Raman microscopes are both effective tools to identify PVC and carbonate. Raman spectroscopy was found to be particularly sensitive to a low amount of carbonate in PVC that can be very difficult to identify using IR. The data help forensic scientists to trace suspects and avoid wrong certificates of authenticity. It also offers PVC producers and researchers an effective and fast method to characterize and analyze the carbonate components in PVC products.
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC, Figure 1), as a kind of inexpensive plastic, has become completely pervasive in modern society. It is the third most widely produced plastic, after polyethylene and polypropylene. The list of products made from PVC is exhaustive in daily life, ranging from drainage and potable piping to cards, cling film, toys, and water bottles. It is expected that PVC production will exceed 40 million tons by 2016. PVC can be used in many other ways, including window frames, doors, wallpaper, flooring, furniture, binders, pens, and pressure-sensitive tapes. Even many of the accessories for bicycles and automotives are products of PVC, such as pedals, covers for gear handles, and bumpers. Because these accessories are often found at hit-and-run scenes, it is important for forensic scientists to characterize these PVC products to trace the suspect vehicles.
Figure 1: Chemical structure and synthesis of PVC.
Carbonates are usually added into PVC to improve mechanical properties (tensile strength and elongation), thermal stability, and electrical properties. Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is an important carbonate additive and its three mineral polymorphs are aragonite, calcite, and vaterite (1). Infrared (IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM-EDS), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) were used to discriminate carbonate-containing and carbonate-free PVC (2–14). It is easy to discriminate both forms of PVC by IR when carbonate content is high. However, when carbonate content is low, the IR spectrum is not available because many indicative peaks of carbonate are similar to those of PVC and may be overlapped by the latter. The interoperation of the IR spectrum is not detailed enough yet. SEM-EDS can provide information about the metal element content, but it cannot tell whether the metal is from carbonates or other mineral compounds (such as clay, kaolin, or bentonite) on the surface or in the interior of PVC. TGA also can be used to discriminate the two polymers, but it requires a larger sample amount than the spectroscopy approaches and destroys the samples in the analysis.
In this study, we used Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) microscopy and Raman microscopy to investigate carbonate-containing and carbonate-free PVC. IR and Raman spectra were collected and tentatively interpreted. The indicative peaks to distinguish the two PVC in IR and Raman spectra are summarized. Considering that dioctyl phthalate (DOP) is often added into PVC products, we also used the IR and Raman microscopes to discriminate PVC containing DOP and PVC containing both DOP and CaCO3. During the analysis, fewer samples were needed and high-quality spectra and good discrimination could be obtained in only a few seconds. The method proved to be fast, accurate, and effective. To the best of our knowledge, there have been few studies to discriminate carbonate-containing and carbonate-free PVC using FT-IR and confocal Raman microscopy.
PVC, PVC containing CaCO3, PVC containing DOP, and PVC containing DOP, CaCO3, and other carbonate samples were provided by the National Technical Committee on Plastic Products of Standardization Administration of China. A PerkinElmer Spectrum GX 2000 system with a diamond anvil cell, a deuterated triglycine sulfate (DTGS) detector, and Spectra 5.01 workstation software were used to collect the IR spectra. The background was subtracted for every measurement and triplicate tests were performed at different sites for each sample.
Figure 2: IR spectrum of (a) CaCO3, (b) PVC, and (c) PVC with CaCO3.
A Renishaw inVia confocal Raman microscope system with two lasers emitting at 532 nm and 633 nm, respectively, and a charge-coupled device (CCD) detector was used to collect the Raman spectrum. The 532-nm laser was chosen for emission at 10–100% power, depending on the robustness of the samples. Crystal silicon with a fixed peak position (520 cm-1) was used to calibrate the Raman shifts before measurement. The spectra were collected using WIRE 3.0 workstation software in extensive mode ranging from 100 cm-1 to 3200 cm-1. Each spectrum was obtained by 3–10 accumulations to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio. Multiple measurements (n = 3) were made in different regions of the same sample to avoid variation.
Table I: Assignment of peaks for CaCO3
Figure 2 shows the IR spectra of CaCO3(Figure 2a), CaCO3-free PVC (Figure 2b), and CaCO3-containing PVC (Figure 2c). The main peaks in the IR spectrum of CaCO3 were detected at 2513, 1796, 1418, 876, 848, and 713 cm-1. This clearly indicates that peaks in the bands of 2400–2550 cm-1, 1700–1800 cm-1, 1400–1500 cm-1, 850–880 cm-1, and 690–740 cm-1 were the characteristic absorptions of CaCO3. The peak assignments for CaCO3 are listed in Table I. The CO3stretching mode at 1080 cm-1 was Raman active, but not IR active and thus was not included in Figure 2. The peak assignments for CaCO3-free PVC are listed in Table II. Figures 2b and 2c show that the main peaks of CaCO3-free PVC and CaCO3-containing PVC were both detected in the region of 2800–2900 cm-1 and at 1430, 1330, 1250, 1200, 1096, 970, 850, 700, and 615 cm-1. The CaCO3 indicative peaks of strong intensity at 1430, 850, and 710 cm-1 were all overlapped by the wide and intensive absorption peaks of PVC at 1430, 848, and 689 cm-1. Only the weak indicative peaks at 2513 cm-1 and 1796 cm-1 can be used to identify CaCO3. As shown in Figure 2c, peaks at 2513 cm-1 and 1796 cm-1 were very weak and hard to integrate. If the CaCO3 content is low, then it is difficult to discriminate CaCO3-free PVC and CaCO3-containing PVC by IR.
Table II: Assignment of peaks for PVC
DOP is often added into PVC in many products, so we offer an example using IR to discriminate PVC containing DOP and PVC containing both DOP and CaCO3. Figure 3 shows the IR spectra of PVC containing CaCO3 and DOP (Figure 3a) and PVC containing DOP (Figure 3b). In Figure 3a, absorption peaks at 2517, 1794, 1400, 873, and 711 cm-1 were indicative peaks of CaCO3; peaks at 2960, 2927, 2873, 1400, 1287, 967, 711, and 615 cm-1 should be assigned to PVC; peaks at 2960, 2873, 1727, 1600, 1461, 1125, 1075, 1040, and 743 cm-1 represented DOP. In Figure 3b, peaks at 2960, 2930, 2874, 1400–1460, 1275, 962, 691, and 617 cm-1 should be assigned to PVC and peaks at 2960, 2874, 1726, 1462, 1074, 1041, and 743 cm-1 should be assigned to DOP. The peak assignment of DOP is listed as follows: 2960 cm-1, 2873 cm-1, CH3CH2stretching mode; 1727 cm-1, C=O stretching mode; 1600 cm-1, benzene ring skeleton vibration; 1461 cm-1, combination CH3asymmetric bending mode and CH2bending mode; 1125 cm-1, C-O symmetric stretching mode; 1075 cm-1, = C-H in ortho substituents of benzene in-plane bending mode; 1040 cm-1, O(CH2)2stretching mode; 743 cm-1, = C-H in ortho substituents of benzene out-plane bending mode. Comparing Figures 3a and 3b, the peaks at 2517, 1794, and 873 cm-1 clearly proved the existence of CaCO3.
Figure 3: IR spectra of (a) PVC with CaCO3and DOP and (b) PVC with DOP.
Several carbonates including Li2CO3, Na2CO3, K2CO3, PbCO3, SrCO3, and MgCO3were also investigated using IR to find the carbonates' characteristics and observe the tiny differences caused by metal ions in IR spectra. The results are shown in Table III. These results indicate that the peaks in the region of 2400–2550 cm-1, 1700–1800 cm-1, 1400–1500 cm-1, 850–880 cm-1, and 690–740 cm-1 were the characteristic absorptions of carbonates. The weak absorption in the 690–740 cm-1 region should be assigned to C-O out-plane bending; the intense absorption in the 850–880 cm-1 region should be assigned to the C-O in-plane bending; and the wide and intensive absorption in the 1400–1500 cm-1 region should be assigned to the C-O stretching vibration. The 1700–1800 cm-1 region might be the typical band of the combination of 1080 cm-1 and 712 cm-1. The weak peak in the 2400–2550 cm-1 region was not reported in the literature and was assumed to be caused by the coupled frequency of 1080 cm-1 and 1440 cm-1 as verified in many carbonates in Table III. MgCO3appeared different from the others because it existed in the hydroxide form and the peaks in the 2400–2550 cm-1 region were too weak to identify. The effects of different metal ions on the IR peak positions are also illustrated in Table III. The tiny, but characteristic differences in IR peak positions would be of great help to identify the carbonates in PVC especially with the lack of elemental analysis instruments such as SEM-EDS.
Table III: Peaks for some carbonates
Figures 2 and 3 illustrate that the intense indicative peaks of CaCO3 near 1400, 870, and 700 cm-1 were all overlapped by the absorption peaks of PVC. Only the weak absorbance at 2517 cm-1 and 1796 cm-1 that were frequencies of combination can be distinguished. Since PVC contains a low amount of CaCO3 in many cases, peaks at 2517 cm-1 and 1796 cm-1 were very weak and sometimes they did not even appear, which made it difficult to detect CaCO3 using IR.
Figure 4: Raman spectrum of PVC.
Figure 4 shows the Raman spectrum of PVC in the bands of 100–1200 cm-1. According to Dollish (15), the main Raman shifts of relative chlorides in liquid solutions and their corresponding vibration modes are as follows: 349 cm-1, C-Cl in trans HClC = CHCl in-plane bending mode; 628 cm-1, C-Cl in Cl2C = CHCl stretching mode; 706 cm-1, C-Cl in H2C = CHCl symmetric stretching mode; 711 cm-1, C-Cl in HClC = CHCl symmetric stretching mode. The vibration modes mentioned above may also exist in the Raman spectra of the PVC products, but the corresponding peak positions shift because of the phase transformation. As shown in Figure 4, the main peaks of PVC in Raman spectrum were 360, 634, 694, 960, 1109, and 1176 cm-1. The peak at 960 cm-1 should be assigned to C-Cl in H2C = CHCl asymmetric stretching mode based on the results from IR (16). Peaks in the 1000–1200 cm-1 region might be assigned to C-C stretching mode and CH2in-plane rocking mode (15).
Figure 5: Raman spectrum of PVC with CaCO3.
Figure 5 shows the Raman spectrum of PVC containing CaCO3. Peaks at 279 cm-1 and 1080 cm-1 were extracted as the indicative peaks of CaCO3. Few peaks were found above 1200 cm-1 in the Raman spectrum of CaCO3. The peak at 1080 cm-1 (CO3stretching vibration) was extremely intense and can be used as the best indicator of carbonates (Figure 6).
Figure 6: Comparison of Raman spectra of PVC with CaCO3and PVC.
In conclusion, we developed a novel method using IR and Raman microscopy to discriminate carbonate-containing and carbonate-free PVC. The results indicate that IR spectroscopy can discriminate not only carbonate-containing and carbonate-free PVC, but different carbonates clearly even without SEM-EDS. In some cases that involve PVC containing a low amount of carbonates, Raman spectroscopy can be effective (when IR spectroscopy is no longer available) with the sensitive indicative peak of carbonates at 1080 cm-1.
This study was financially supported by the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KF2011-09).
Jungang Lv, Jimin Feng, Yong Liu, Zhaohong Wang, and Meng Zhao are with the Procuratoral Technology and Information Research Center, Supreme People's Procuratorate, in Beijing, China. Please direct correspondence to: firstname.lastname@example.org.
Wen Zhang is with the Biology Institute of Shandong Academy of Sciences in Jinan, China.
Yanming Cai is with the Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture in China.
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Students and Teachers Invited to Participate in the Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science
The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) set up the Japan-Asian Youth Exchange Program in Science. This organizes the Sakura Science High School Program to promote international interaction between outstanding senior secondary students from different countries in Asia who share a great interest in and aptitude for science and technology.
Taiwan, Mongolia, Singapore, and Thailand have been invited to send students to participate in this year's Sakura program, from June 7 to June 13, and JST will cover the participants' airfare, accommodation, food, local transportation, and travel insurance expenses. During the one-week program, students will visit leading universities and research institutions, attend lectures on advanced science and technology, and have hands-on experience with cutting-edge science and technology. They will also have many opportunities to interact with the students from other countries and Japanese students, and to enjoy Japan's culture.
The Ministry of Education has commissioned National Taiwan Normal University to select thirty senior high school students and five teachers to accompany them to represent Taiwan in this year's Sakura program. The K-12 Education Administration encourages students and teachers who are interested in participating to apply online at the websites below. Students must be at least 15 years old and have a strong ability to communicate in English. Students who have participated in an Olympiad, or a national Olympiad selection camp, or have received one of the first three awards in the Senior Secondary Division of the National Primary and High School Science Fair, or the Taiwan International Science Fair are eligible to apply.
The participating teachers must be 40 or younger and must also have an excellent ability to communicate in English. Teachers who can also communicate in Japanese and who have experience supervising students taking part in science Olympiads, exhibitions, and similar activities are encouraged to apply.
The Ministry of Education K-12 Education Administration encourages eligible students and teachers to apply online at the websites below. Applications close February 15, 2020.
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SWGfL BOOST wins a Bett Award
BOOST is an exceptional toolkit of resources, apps, services and training which allows schools to better safeguard their children, parents and staff online by recognising, reacting, reporting and resolving online safety issues.
The BETT Award judges, consisting of influential stakeholders within the education sector and technology industry recognised the quality and effectiveness of BOOST toolkit. To find out more about the suite of tools visit the website: http://boost.swgfl.org.uk/About.aspx
If you’d like to enhance delivery of e-safety training, teaching and policy within your school at an incredibly low overhead, why not purchase the toolkit through the SWGfL online store: www.swgflstore.com. With a three month back money guarantee, it really is a fantastic investment!
David Wright, Director UK Safer Internet Centre at SWGfL commented: “We are thrilled to win this award, recognising the quality of BOOST and its effectiveness at safeguarding children online. As an organisation which supports the innovative and safe use of technology in education, we work very hard to ensure that we deliver every school an excellent and effective service.”
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Linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis (LWNH) is a rare benign condition affecting skin pigment occurring in newborns or early infancy. The primary symptom is swirling streaks of darkened (hyperpigmented) skin, mainly on the trunk and limbs. The dark streaks appear along the lines of normal skin development (lines of Blaschko). LWNH typically spreads for one to two years and then becomes stable. The dark streaks sometimes fade with age. Most of the time, only the skin is affected, but other conditions, such as growth, developmental, or heart problems may be present. The cause for LWNH is unknown. Genetic factors, especially chromosomal mosaicism, may be involved. LWNH is not thought to be inherited. It is diagnosed based on the symptoms. There is no specific treatment for the skin findings in LWNH because they are not associated with any medical problem.
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This is a firsthand account from our local correspondent
SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA – We have been under heavy smoke for five weeks now and surrounded by fire. I think the total number of houses lost in the south is close to 5,000 from last month, 2,000 or so in my state of New South Wales alone.
The whole great dividing range is on fire. On New Year’s Eve the beach at Batemans Bay had 4,000 people on it — trying to get into boats, or walking out into the water. The fire burned to the sand’s edge. Along the coast many other beaches were the same. People drove their cars into Lake Conjola, parked on the mud flats at Narooma. A lot of people died.
We have had a reprieve of a couple of cooler days, but the fires keep burning — they’re just not moving at terrifying speed anymore. But tomorrow the temperature will be 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit) with gale force winds. The fire behind my house will flare up and so will all the others. New Year’s Eve was only 35°C, and the winds not as strong.
Canberra is in a “state of alert” with evacuation centers set up. The states of New South Wales and Victoria have both declared emergencies. Near my place, there are orchards with fruit boiling on the trees. The two major rivers, the Shoalhaven and the Mongarlowe, have stopped flowing. There are grasshoppers flying before the fires in plague proportions. In the forests the flames are 100 meters high in places — the roots of trees are incinerated, leaving deep hidden holes of burning ash.
The smoke from the fires is rising high enough to create pyrocumulus clouds. These clouds are producing rain and lightning, sucking in the moisture from the atmosphere and condensing it as rain — rain and ash — black rain.
In the grasslands the fires produce their own wind — wind in every direction. They become gigantic twisters, like fire tornadoes. One of them picked up a 10 ton fire truck the other day and threw it, killing the driver.
Sydney and Canberra, and other cities too, are under a shroud of smoke. Yesterday Canberra was the most polluted city on earth — normally it is pristine. Nobody can breathe unaided. We are in gas masks day and night. We sleep in gas masks. Our eyes stream. Hundreds of people are admitted to emergency wards for asthma and other respiratory illnesses.
At the height of these fires, Scott Morrison, the Australian prime minister — the same man who brandished a lump of coal in Parliament last year sneering “Who’s afraid of coal?” and who last month tried to make it a criminal offense to protest government inaction on climate change, took a family holiday in Hawaii.
As the situation escalated into a crisis, he took a moment to tell us all we should be ashamed of ourselves trying to talk about the climate at this time. He stayed on holiday. Eventually, when protesters ringed his house in Sydney, he cut his holiday short by one day — one day — and came back, announcing on his arrival that the government intended to make no changes to its policies. He did not pick up a fire hose, did not build a containment line, did not help an old person to evacuate, did not hold a weeping child whose home had gone up in flames.
But while we wait for our chance to vote him out, the country burns. Without the trees on the great dividing range, nobody really knows what will happen to our climate… to our air. In the desert, temperatures already get well over 52°C (125°F). I know because I’ve been in them. The film in my cameras melted and all the electronics shut down — that was before we lost the trees.
This fire apocalypse is the biggest natural disaster anyone has ever seen in Australia — and we are the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the world. If this has happened here, it will happen in other places too. People are dead, homeless, burned, frightened, suffocated with smoke. Our government was told over and over. The firefighters told them, the scientists told them. Nobody listened.
There is no water left in the supermarkets, no water in our tanks. Water companies can’t reach us and, even if they could, local councils have passed laws preventing those companies from taking water outside the towns.
Tomorrow everyone in my region will fight catastrophic fire storms with whatever water they have left in their tanks. We have become experts in fixing water pumps. There are vigilante firefighting groups appearing — guys with water containers on the backs of pickup trucks.
Twenty-eight people went missing today in the Victoria fires. Every state is burning. Now climate scientists say we are the first sign that the climate has tipped, that we have reached an irreversible point. It feels like that. People are sleeping in cars, and there are signs everywhere telling us where to evacuate to.
By this time tomorrow, my house may be ashes. Nobody knows if they will find a safe road on which to evacuate. Our world is ending, my friends… We are seeing the very worst of our scientific predictions come to pass in these bushfires.
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Seven years ago, Darrin Camilleri was a fresh college graduate and newly hired as a teacher with no textbooks, no curriculum, and a big job on top of his teaching duties: department chair. Now he’s a state representative hoping to be part of making “transformational change” in the education profession.
Camilleri (D-Trenton) and other Democratic House lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a package of 18 bills that were introduced this week to improve the professional landscape and better recruit, respect and retain classroom educators in Michigan.
“There was a time when Michigan was the envy of the world in terms of education and teacher pay and benefits, but over the last few decades we know that has changed,” Camilleri said at a press conference announcing the bills. “If we want our best and brightest to become teachers and keep them in the classroom, we need to take decisive action now to respect and value the profession.”
Various proposals in the Respecting Educators Package would offset student loan debt, reduce the cost of health care benefits, amend the third grade reading law, remove student test scores from educator evaluations, and create a paraprofessional-to-teacher pathway, among other ideas.
“It’s our duty to make sure that every child has the opportunity and the resources they need to succeed, but it can’t happen without great teachers and great educators in our schools,” Camilleri said.
MEA member Anthony Barnes spoke at the press conference in support of the comprehensive bill package. “I have seen some amazing educators leave the field of education because they cannot support themselves or their families financially, they do not feel respected, and the burnout rate is super high.”
Barnes, a sixth-year special education teacher in Kalamazoo, noted historically high rates of educators leaving the profession – including a 40% spike amid the pandemic last fall and winter – coupled with dwindling enrollments in teacher preparation programs in colleges and universities across the state.
“I’m still in grad school right now, so my student loan debt is still growing,” Barnes said. “Let me tell you, it is stressful, and my pay doesn’t really help compensate me for that – even though I’m working every day to better myself so I can better our education system.”
Two bills in the package address the student loan problem. House bill 5099, sponsored by Camilleri, would create a student loan forgiveness program for eligible teachers that covers up to $300 per month in student loan payments as long as the recipient remains in the field. Another bill from Rep. Brenda Carter (D-Pontiac), HB 5100, would amend the tax code to make student loan payments tax free.
AFT-Michigan member Kathi Martin also spoke in support of the bills. The 18-year veteran speech and language pathologist from Dearborn and her special education teacher-husband together make $1,000 in student loan payments per month, she said.
That burden – combined with falling take-home pay and rising costs over the past decade – forced her to take on a second job, which cuts down on the time she has to prepare for students outside of work hours. She could make better pay outside of the education field, she noted.
The Respecting Educators Package addresses those issues from a few directions. HB 5106, sponsored by Rep. Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham), would require school districts to pay a larger share of educator health care premiums by mandating a 90-10 hard cap until cost is 10% greater than cap.
Dubbed a “fair pay” proposal, HB 5109 – sponsored by Rep. Kelly Breen (D-Novi) – would create a three-tiered best practice bonus system ($20, $30, and $35 per pupil) based on whether teachers receive 95%, 100% or 110% of the average salary of like-educated individuals in their area.
HB 5102, sponsored by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-Hamtramck), would allow funds designated to specific schools from taxes to be allocated to reimburse state-certified teachers for out-of-pocket expenses. And its companion from Rep. Angela Witwer (D-Delta Township), HB 5103, would allow taxpayers an above-the-line deduction from adjusted gross income for contributions to the Local Teacher Supply Reimbursement Program Act.
Finally, along the lines of cutting educator expenses, HB 5110 – sponsored by Rep. Christine Morse (D-Texas Township) – would require the state to pay for teacher certification and recertification fees.
“We can’t rely on considering education their calling as the sole motivation to recruit teachers who are the heart of our education system,” Morse said at the press conference. “It’s not a sustainable model. We need to treat teaching like the skilled profession it is and not a passion project.”
In addition to financial strain, Dearborn’s Martin pointed out, educators are experiencing the loss of joy and creativity – replaced by the pressures of standardized testing and ill-conceived mandates such as the third grade reading law, which requires testing throughout the year and retention of youngsters based on one test score.
“Removing fun from learning and replacing it with useless tests is harming our students and killing morale amongst teachers, which is trickling down to the younger generations,” she said. “We are finally seeing the impact of the attack on public education that has been taking place for the past 15 or so years.
“When a profession is belittled, scapegoated, and villainized the way educators have been, can you blame people for leaving or not even entering teacher education programs in the first place?”
Four bills in the package address third grade reading and assessments. HB 4574, sponsored by former educator and MEA member Rep. Nate Shannon (D- Sterling Heights), would allow teachers to use discretion when deciding whether to retain a student not reading at grade level by third grade.
House Bill 5101, sponsored by Rep. Cara Clemente (D-Lincoln Park), would amend requirements for early literacy screening to allow for teachers’ professional judgment.
While teachers do not receive enough credit for all they do, paraprofessionals get even less, said former teacher and MEA member Rep. Matt Koleszar (D-Plymouth), touting his bill to create a tuition-free pathway for paras to earn their teacher certification.
“Our parapros are the ones who work with each student individually to ensure they can succeed,” Koleszar said in announcing the package on Facebook. “My bill, HB 4369, creates a pipeline for parapros to earn their full teaching certification, resulting in more passionate, qualified educators inside our classrooms.”
Another proposal to build a pipeline of future teacher candidates was introduced at the press conference by Rep. Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing), who noted that she brought two of her former teachers as special guests when she was sworn in for her first full term in the Legislature in 2019.
“They shaped and molded me into the woman I am today, and oftentimes we forget that,” Anthony said. “Those of us in the halls of power have a responsibility… to step up to the plate. Each and every child deserves access to an excellent neighborhood public school so they have the opportunity to grow and lead fully successful lives, but none of that can happen without our educators.”
Anthony’s bill, HB 5107, would create a career-technical program in teacher preparation that allows high school students to work toward meeting teacher certification requirements through courses and experiential learning.
“This package won’t fix every problem that we’re facing with one fell swoop, but it is an important first step toward a path of creating the strongest education system possible,” Anthony said. “It shows that we value our educators the same way we value other skilled, educated professionals by paying our educators appropriately, by respecting them, and truly treating them as the experts they are in the field.”
Other bills in the Respecting Educators Package would:
- Remove the student growth component from teacher evaluations – HB 5104 and 5106 by former teacher and MEA member Rep. Lori Stone (D-Warren) and Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia);
- Create a $25 per pupil categorical for districts that lower their teacher-pupil ratio from the prior year, prioritized for districts with the highest ratios first – HB 5111 by Rep. Helena Scott (D-Detroit);
- Require school improvement plans to include individualized professional development plans for teachers – HB 5108 by Rep. Kara Hope (D-Holt);
- Require teacher preparation programs to include a course on classroom management – HB 5112 also by Stone; and
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iSundae has a lot of odd scenes and characters that were drawn from our wild imaginations. But the one that always stands out is Cheese Soufflé. Often, after somebody sees the scene, we get the question, “How did you do that?”
Firstly, the computer mice were old, and an office was going to throw them away. It was about this point that I was hit by an idea. Why not combine a bit of old memories with these mice and create a fun scene? I rescued them and left them in the basement for the time being.
It was about this time that we had an idea: iSundae is a musical, so why not have the mice do a song? It made perfect sense. One problem. What would they sing?
I came upon the tune early one morning at breakfast. There I was, eating cold cereal, when I suddenly started singing a little refrain: “Cheese… Cheese soufflé.” Then came the first verse, made up on the spot. I sat down at the computer awhile later and wrote out a rough draft.
Cheese Soufflé was left alone for another month or so, until we reached the point in the script where we wanted the song. Then, it was pasted in, and we decided that the second verse wasn’t quite right. No problem. Rebekah fixed it up (she’s handy in that area), and we were set. Now we had our lyrics.
Rebekah and Ruth did a wonderful job making a set for the mice to dance on. I have no idea what went into that, so you’ll have to wait until they tell you about it. All I know about the set is that you shouldn’t fall on it (had some experience there, let me tell you…).
Recording the song went off without a hitch – sort of. There are seven people singing on that song, and somebody would mess up on every take. Finally, we got it. Now it was time to create some mouse animation.
We used some stop-motion software to capture frames from a camcorder onto the computer. If you haven’t heard of stop-motion, let me just say that it works like this: You take a picture, move the subject (in this case, that’s a mouse or mice), take another picture, move the subject, take a picture, etc. Animation runs at 24 frames (individual pictures) per second. Cheese Soufflé is 1:46 long. 60 seconds in a minute, so 106 seconds times 24 frames per second. We ended up taking 2,544 frames, not counting mistakes.
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To know it's bedbugs, it's important to find the bugs themselves. Look at bedsheets and mattresses for little spots of blood, rusty-looking stains (crushed bugs), or black dots (bugs' poop). You might see live bugs around the seams or tags of mattresses and box springs, or in cracks of bed frames and other furniture. They can even hide in books, carpet edges, and electrical outlets.
I know how you feel!!! I love my cat so much and she’s an indoor cat the poor thing hurts so bad I cry want to live my car I’m a widow a young widow who is forced to stay at my mom’s house and my sister lives here too and she brought them in!! I’m going mad!! I don’t believe they don’t cause physical and mental problems either!! I want to get the H– out of here but my husband was young and we didn’t have life Insurance my mom isn’t making a lot either cause my dad died but still they’ve just not care anymore but I Do Damn it! No one here in Richmond has anything to help widows after 7 years I’ve been living this freaking Nightmare for 4 years here I’m losing my house money problems but if I could find someone who I could talk to in the same boat I guess this is helping yous are really nice if you have any ideas for my cat that don’t cost much I’m broke I’d be greatly.
Bedbug bites themselves are typically painless. However, the subsequent allergic reaction that may develop can cause intense pruritus. While feeding, bedbugs may inject one of several pharmacologically active substances, including hyaluronidase, proteases, and kinins. These compounds may induce different skin reactions, such as erythema, wheals, vesicles, or hemorrhagic nodules. Repeated bites may sensitize individuals, leading to more pronounced cutaneous manifestations or systemic hypersensitivity reactions. The local trauma from bedbug bites can lead to secondary bacterial infection, causing ecthyma, cellulitis, or lymphangitis. There is some evidence that bedbugs may also be a vector for hepatitis B and Chagas disease. Histologic findings from bite-site biopsy specimens typically show eosinophilic infiltrates, which are indicative of the allergic nature of the reaction. The image shown is papular urticaria, which may develop from bedbug bites.
"In the past, bedbugs have repeatedly shown the ability to develop resistance to products overly relied upon for their control. The findings of the current study also show similar trends in regard to chlorfenapyr and bifenthrin resistance development in bedbugs," study researcher Ameya Gondhalekar, research assistant professor at Purdue's Center for Urban and Industrial Pest Management, said in the Entomology Today statement. "With these findings in mind and from an insecticide resistance management perspective, both bifenthrin and chlorfenapyr should be integrated with other methods used for bed bug elimination in order to preserve their efficacy in the long term."
Minimize its spread. First, notify your landlord if you rent in a building to control its spread to other units. Thoroughly vacuum any infested areas, including carpets and mattresses, and then empty the vacuum bag into a plastic bag, seal it, and throw it in the trash outside. If you can’t get the bed bugs out of your furniture, discard items in a responsible manner. To avoid someone else from salvaging infested furniture or mattreses, rip, remove stuffing, or spray paint with the words “bed bugs.”
DIY bed bug sprays are mostly ineffective in dealing with a large bed bug infestation. This is because a do-it-yourself method lacks proper knowledge on pest behavior to fully control the infestation. For example, bed bugs are real flat and tiny; they hide very well at unexpected places which you may not know. A pest control professional is able to identify key hotspots to treat effectively.
Dust every crack and crevice. Every crack and crevice, electrical switch plate, wall switch - EVERYTHING - within 10 to 15 feet of the bed should be treated, particularly those closest to the bed. Use the "running method" of moving the application tip along the length of the crack. Look for cracks from the ground level to the ceiling as you treat each section of the room. Use Cimexa Dust or Delta Dust. If you make a mess, simply wipe it up. To much insecticide is better than too little for bed bug control.
Alcohol. 90% works best. On contact … also…they go where the blood is…. you must wash everything in very hot water. Then put freshly washed and folded clothes in clean plastic bags. Store for as long as possible… spray Carpet.. baseboards..clothes bedding..mattresses.. etc.. etc.. you can buy a large sprayer at walmart for $5.00 . Saves time… do not spray alcohol on some items. It will ruin. Your leather…shoes. Luggage purses..etc..
Wash all linen on hot, dry on hot setting. Gather all linen, cloth and leather bags, mattress covers, clothing, teddy bears... etc. Machine wash on hot - wash the laundry bag also. Tumble dry on hot. Steam kills bed bugs. Some metropolitan areas offer bed bug laundry and dry cleaning services which have the added benefits of proven methods for killing bed bugs and bagging or storing cleaned items so they do not become re-infested while the home is still being exterminated.
Today, bedbugs can be found in every State in the United States, and almost every city. Bedbugs are so common now that the federal government considers them almost "epidemic". The National Pest Management Association has declared war on bed bugs and has held bedbug meetings all across the Nation to help educate pest control companies in an effort to help control them.
Other types of bed bug traps include those that do not rely on humans as bait, but instead use CO2and/or other attractants. CO2 is thus far the most powerful lure for bed bugs, as it is the primary cue they follow to locate hosts. Traps that issue CO2 for a period of time are more expensive than Climbup™ traps, but can effectively trap bed bugs when no host is present, such as in common areas, vacant homes or units, offices, schools, and theaters. Thus they can help confirm infestation and eradication.
Wash bedding and clothing (hot water and hot drying cycle for 30–60 minutes), vacuum cracks and crevices, and freeze articles that may have been used as hiding places for bedbugs may reduce infestation until extermination can be performed. Vacuum with special attention to cracks and crevices in furniture, equipment, walls, and floors. Vacuuming some talcum powder will reduce the chance that the bugs will crawl out of the vacuum cleaner. Dispose of the vacuum cleaner filter and bags in a tightly sealed plastic bag.
Adult bed bugs are brown, 1/4 to 3/8 inch long, and have a flat, oval-shaped body. Young bed bugs (called nymphs) are smaller and lighter in color. Bed bugs hide in a variety of places around the bed. They might also hide in the seams of chairs and couches, between cushions, and in the folds of curtains. They come out to feed about every five to ten days. But they can survive over a year without feeding.
Insecticides might also have their work cut out for them: Entomologists have known that the common bedbug has built up resistance to some typical insecticides such as those containing certain pyrethroid chemicals like deltamethrin, according to Entomology Today. Deltamethrin apparently paralyzes an insect's nervous system, according to Cornell University.
While alcohol can kill bed bugs on contact, it’s not going to kill nearly enough of bed bugs to be considered effective. In lab studies, even 99 percent concentrations of alcohol only killed between 40% to 60% of the adults that were sprayed. On top of that, alcohol has no long-lasting residual effect, and doesn’t affect bed bug eggs. 60% sounds good, but a contact killer should be able to kill a lot closer to 100% of the bed bugs you see. Otherwise, a shoe or a blowtorch would be the more reliable tool for the job. (Editor’s note: please don’t use a blowtorch.)
Bedbugs are found all over the world. Bed bug infestations were common in the U.S. before World War II and became rare after widespread use of the insecticide DDT for pest control began in the 1940s and 1950s. They remained prevalent in other areas of the world and, in recent years, have been increasingly observed again in the U.S. Increases in immigration and travel from the developing world as well as restrictions on the use of stronger pesticides may be factors that have led to the relatively recent increase in bedbug infestations. While bedbug infestations are often reported to be found when sanitation conditions are poor or when birds or mammals (particularly bats) are nesting on or near a home, bedbugs can also live and thrive in clean environments. Crowded living quarters also facilitate the spread of bedbug infestations.
Next, apply a bed bug powder into confined areas where it won’t be stirred up into the air. Places like the edges of carpeting, inside deep cracks and wall voids, and inside electrical outlets and light switches (accessed by removing the faceplate with a screwdriver) are good candidates for powders, as sprays can’t reach into these areas quite as well. We recommend using a professional powder applicator, which offers better control when applying the powder.
Bring in only what is needed, and avoid sitting or placing coats and other items on beds, floors and sofas where the bugs commonly reside. Essential items can be placed on a tabletop or other hard surface, preferably away from bedrooms and sleeping areas. Better to sit on a hard (non-upholstered) chair than on sofas and recliners. Also try to avoid leaning or brushing against beds and upholstered furniture. If such items are carried out of infested dwellings (e.g., by sanitation workers or firefighters), it’s best to wrap them in plastic or at least not hold them against your body during transport. Emergency Medical (EMS) personnel may need to take additional precautions, such as removing a patient’s bed bug-infested shoes or clothing, or installing plastic sheeting before transporting them in the emergency vehicle. | <urn:uuid:c27508fe-766d-418e-8a28-2fccf4cbf60e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bedbugsbites.org/can-bed-bugs-cause-swollen-lymph-nodes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940784 | 2,259 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Both Dr Gladman and Dr Jones, Fetal Cardiologists, are based at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool where all the surgery and intervention are provided for the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man region. They diagnose and treat children with a wide range of heart problems but also specialise in fetal cardiology.
The fetal cardiologists, in conjunction with the specialist midwives from Saint Mary’s Hospital and specialist nurses from Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, work together to provide support for families throughout the pregnancy.
Conditions dealt with
Many congenital heart conditions (CHD) can now be picked up before birth by performing a detailed scan (fetal echocardiogram), though some conditions remain difficult to detect.
You may be referred to the team for an echocardiogram after your sonographer had suspected a problem on the routine 20 week scan. We see a wide range of problems that can develop when the heart is not formed properly early in pregnancy. Many congenital heart problems can be treated, usually with surgery to repair the heart and create a normal circulation. However, there remain a number of complex CHD where we cannot fix the heart, but only offer surgery to re-direct the blood and use the heart in a different way. In rare severe cases there may be no treatment possible.
A proportion of babies diagnosed with CHD may have an underlying genetic or chromosomal problem or other abnormalities in other parts of the body. When we see a significant heart problem we usually recommend a detailed scan with a fetal medicine specialist to check the rest of the baby and often discuss the option of an amniocentesis test to look for genetic problems.
For pregnant women at slightly higher risk of having a baby with CHD, a specialist echocardiogram is also recommended. For families where the mother, father or a previous child has a congenital heart condition, this can be a worrying time. After assessment, we can, in many cases, reassure the family that the baby’s heart is normal. In a small number of cases a problem with the heart may be detected.
What is offered to patients?
Following a diagnosis of CHD our team will then explain the diagnosis, further tests that might be recommended or offered and discuss all options with the family.
Pre-natal diagnosis gives time for the family to learn more about the heart condition and prepare themselves for the treatment or surgery that might be required after birth. Following repeat assessments we can then decide on the best place to deliver the baby, depending on their heart problem and whether early treatment may be required in the first hours or days after the baby is born. This means that we can keep the baby as safe and well as possible prior to any treatment or surgery they may require.
We work closely with the cardiac specialist nursing team at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, who can arrange to meet up with families to discuss diagnosis and treatment and support parents before and after their baby is born. Where early surgery is required, some families may want to visit the surgical centre, Alder Hey in Liverpool and meet with the cardiac team.
Congenital heart care and treatment in the UK is monitored nationally and this information is collected centrally by NICOR (National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research). They are now beginning to collect information on which heart conditions are diagnosed before birth; it is hoped that this will help improve pre-natal diagnosis rates across the country.
The fetal cardiologists provide training across the North West for sonographers to improve skills as well as participating in research studies.
How can I access this service?
Your local obstetrician, midwife, sonographer, cardiologist or GP can refer you for a specialist fetal echocardiogram by contacting the specialist midwives at the Fetal Medicine Unit on (0161) 276 6385.
About your appointment
You will be contacted by the fetal medicine staff with a date and time for your appointment. Please bring your green handheld notes with you.
When you arrive please check in at the main Ultrasound reception at Saint Mary’s Hospital and you will be asked to wait in the Fetal Medicine waiting area.
You may be referred to the fetal cardiology team because the sonographer has found a problem with the baby’s heart or been unable to get good views during your 20 week anomaly scan. If you are at slightly higher risk of having a baby with a heart problem you may also be referred for a fetal echocardiogram.
You will be first called through for a scan of the baby’s heart (fetal echocardiogram). This is a detailed scan where all the valves, vessels and blood patterns in the heart are checked, as well as the heart rhythm. Scan time may vary depending on your baby’s position and the heart problem detected and may take up to 45 minutes to complete. It is similar to any other type of ultrasound scan and doesn’t cause any harm to you or the baby. It is not necessary to have a full bladder for this scan.
The scan will usually be performed by one of the fetal cardiology or fetal medicine consultants, but may be done by one of the trainees under consultant supervision. Whoever is doing the scan may be fairly quiet while they are scanning. This is because they will be concentrating on getting all the information.
When the scan is finished if there are any problems detected, the consultant will explain exactly what the heart problem is and what treatment or surgery may be possible after the baby is born. They will often arrange another scan to check over the rest of your baby and may offer the option of an amniocentesis test to look for any underlying causes. The team will discuss all options available. Feel free to ask as many questions as you need to at this point.
A written report about the heart problem that has been detected will be documented in your green hand held notes.
After the appointment
If a problem is found this can be difficult information and often families want to go home and discuss their options in more detail. We will provide contact details for the specialist midwives to discuss things further.
If a heart problem is detected, meeting one of the specialist nurses from Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is often very helpful in providing more information and support for families throughout the pregnancy. Searching the internet is often misleading, but we can recommend some local and national charities to search out more information and support; these can be found in the ‘Where can I get more information and support’ leaflet on the website.
In most cases, where a heart problem is detected this does not cause major problems for the baby in the womb as the mother’s placenta is providing the oxygen and supporting the circulation. It is very important that you continue to look after yourself and attend all the normal pregnancy appointments at your local hospital.
Following diagnosis we will usually see most families later on in the pregnancy. This is a good opportunity to ask further questions and talk about planning the delivery and treatment after birth. Another scan will be performed to check over the heart again and look for any changes as the heart has grown.
Following this appointment a care plan will be made detailing what checks or treatment is needed after your baby is born. If you are delivering at your local hospital this care plan will be sent over to the delivery team and paediatric doctors.
For babies with more complex heart problems, we may recommend that your baby is born at Saint Mary’s Hospital and cared for on our Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and reviewed by the cardiologist. If surgery is required then the family can transfer to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in a planned way within the first couple of weeks. In a small number of cases where early surgery is required then it may be planned that the baby is born at Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
Contacting the Fetal Cardiology Team
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Fetal Medicine Unit – (0161) 276 6385:
- Consultant Fetal Cardiologists – Dr Gordon Gladman*; Dr Caroline Jones*
- Clinical Lead Fetal Medicine – Dr Phil Bullen
- Specialist Midwives – Lynn Kirby; Della Carr; Jen Easton
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Cardiac Liaison Nursing Team – (0161) 701 0664
- Clair Noctor; Tessa Latimer; Laura Jole
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Cardiac Liaison Nursing Team – (0151) 252 5291
- Gill McBurney; Mary Murray; Helen Walker; Amanda Haworth; Marie Murphy; Michelle McLaren
Liverpool Women’s Hospital
Fetal Medicine Unit – (0151) 702 4072
- Consultant Fetal Cardiologist – Dr Joyce Lim*
- Clinical Lead Fetal Medicine – Dr Devender Roberts
- Consultant in Fetal Medicine – Dr Umber Agarwal
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No patient leaves the hospital hoping to return soon. But a decade ago, one in five Medicare patients who were hospitalized for common conditions ended up back in the hospital within 30 days. Because roughly half of those cases were thought to be preventable, reducing hospital readmissions was seen by policymakers as a rare opportunity to improve the quality of care while reducing costs.
In 2010, the federal agency that oversees Medicare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, established the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program under the Affordable Care Act. Two years later, the program began imposing financial penalties on hospitals with high rates of readmission within 30 days of a hospitalization for pneumonia, heart attack or heart failure, a chronic condition in which the heart has difficulty pumping blood to the body.
At first, the reduction program seemed like the win-win that policymakers had hoped for. Readmission rates declined nationwide for target conditions. Medicare saved an estimated $10 billion because of the reduction in hospital admissions. Based on those results, many policymakers have called for expanding the program.
But a deeper look at the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program reveals a few troubling trends. First, since the policy has been in place, patients returning to a hospital are more likely to be cared for in emergency rooms and observation units. This has raised concern that some hospitals may be avoiding readmissions, even for patients who would benefit most from inpatient care.
Second, safety-net hospitals with limited resources have been disproportionately punished by the program because they tend to care for more low-income patients who are at much higher risk of readmission. Financially penalizing these resource-poor hospitals may impede their ability to deliver good care.
Finally, and most concerning, there is growing evidence that while readmission rates are falling, death rates may be rising.
In a new study of approximately eight million Medicare patients hospitalized between 2005 and 2015 that we conducted with other colleagues, we found that the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program was associated with an increase in deaths within 30 days of discharge among patients hospitalized for heart failure or pneumonia, though not for a heart attack.
The study, published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, found that although post-discharge deaths for patients with heart failure were increasing in the years before the program, the trend accelerated after the program was established. Death rates following a pneumonia hospitalization were stable before the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, but increased after the program began.
For both conditions, the increase in deaths after the program were concentrated in those patients who had not been readmitted to the hospital after discharge. If we assume that the program was directly responsible for these increases in mortality and that prior trends would have continued unabated, the program may have resulted in 10,000 more deaths among patients with heart failure and pneumonia.
Our findings build upon a smaller-scale study by independent research groups that has also shown that the program was associated with an increase in post-discharge death among Medicare patients hospitalized with heart failure.
How might this have happened? Though policymakers assumed that reductions in readmissions under the program were solely due to improvements in quality of care, our findings suggest otherwise. It is possible that some hospitals treated patients in the emergency room or in an observation unit when they would have benefited most from an inpatient readmission. It is also possible that shifting clinicians’ focus to readmissions distracted them from working to reduce mortality, since the readmissions penalties are over 10 times higher than the financial penalties for high death rates.
We don’t know exactly why we see the patterns we do. And another recent study reported that although deaths after discharge were increasing for heart failure and pneumonia, they did not accelerate under the program. They argue that other changes could have been responsible for the trend, such as an increase in the medical complexity of patients who were admitted to the hospital.
While the problem is complex, the short-term answer is simple — err on the side of caution. Further expansion of the program, from six conditions to all conditions warranting hospitalization, as some policymakers have advocated, makes little sense given legitimate concerns our study and others raise about its repercussions.
In the long term, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should conduct an investigation into the patterns we and others report. All possibilities should be considered, from coding changes to inappropriately turning patients away from the emergency room to changes in risk factors among Medicare patients. The agency must also engage physicians and patients to understand how this program has influenced “on the ground” care.
More broadly, this continuing debate about the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program highlights a bigger issue: Why are policies that profoundly influence patient care not rigorously studied before widespread rollout?
Eight years after the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program was created, we remain uncertain about whether it has had unintentionally deadly consequences. That should be a bracing reminder that before we are seduced by promising but untried ideas, we need to first demand robust evidence that they will not harm patients.
Rishi K. Wadhera is a cardiology fellow at Harvard Medical School. Karen E. Joynt Maddox is a cardiologist at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Robert W. Yeh is a cardiologist and director of the Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Turkey's hot springs attract Russian visitors
Hot springs in northwestern Turkey are attracting Russian vacationers looking for a way to heal various health problems.
Holidaymakers, especially those who suffer from rheumatic pain, skin and metabolic diseases, prefer Yalova province to enjoy the hot springs.
“Russian tourists show great interest in our facilities. We observed 20 percent - 25 percent increase [in 2019] in the number of Russian visitors when compared to the previous year, Ümit Gürbüzoğlu, deputy manager of Thermal Hot Springs Enterprise of Turkey's Health Ministry, told Anadolu Agency.
Highlighting 3,500 Russian visitors were accommodated in 2019, Gürbüzoğlu said 2,500 visitors come from Middle Eastern countries.
“Hot spring tourism is very popular, especially during the winter,” he said, adding that swimming in the outdoor pool while snowing is a pleasure.
Aiming to increase the number of visitors in 2020, he said Russian travel guides who enjoyed their trip in Yalova, have advised others to visit.
Russian vacationer Valeriya Dobrotina said she heard about the facility through social media.
“My friends, who already visited there, advised me to visit. I really liked the place. I want to visit there one more time,” she added.
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Following the increasing wave of COVID-19, the Kaduna State Government yesterday asked all schools to close shop to curb further spread of the virus.
Education Commissioner, Usman Muhammad in a statement said the schools should close today due to the rising cases and to prevent a second wave of the global pandemic across the state.
It reads: “The state health ministry further notes that while the infections cut across all age groups, this new wave especially affects between 10 and 35 years which form a major population in the education sector.
“Kaduna State Government is directing all public and private schools to conclude arrangements and close on Wednesday, Decem- ber 16 as opposed to the initial closing.”
Consequently, the state government also directed all schools to conduct and finish their exams on or before Tuesday, December 15 2020. The government also extended the closure directive to all tertiary institutions in the state and advised the schools to make other plans for the continuity of their academic activities virtually.
The Commissioner assured parents and students that the government will plan lessons and make online resources available where schools can be equipped to continue learning virtually.
The commissioner advised learners in basic and post-basic classes to continue learning on Kaduna State TV and the state’s radio e-learning programmes.
“While the Kaduna State Government continues to exerting efforts to prevent the spread of the pandemic, the general public is advised to comply with COVID- 19 protocols to avoid the likelihood of the worst case scenarios of the disease in the state”.
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What are the different names of shifting cultivation in India Class 10?
Shifting Cultivation has different names like dhya, penda, bewar, nevad, Jhum and Podu in India.
What is the other name of shifting cultivation Class 8?
After the soil loses its fertility, the land is abandoned and the cultivator moves to a new plot. Shifting cultivation is also known as ‘slash and burn’ agriculture.
What is the name of shifting cultivation in India?
Shifting cultivation or jhum, predominantly practiced in the north-east of India is an agricultural system where a farming community slashes secondary forests on a predetermined location, burns the slash and cultivates the land for a limited number of years.
What is another name of shifting agriculture in Mexico?
Shifting Cultivation in Mexico is called Milpa.
What is an ore Class 8?
Answer: A rock from which a particular mineral can be profitably extracted is called an ore. The ores of metallic minerals are generally located in igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Who is the father of agroforestry?
J. Russell Smith
Agroforestry was formally outlined in the early 20th century by American economic geographer J. Russell Smith in his book Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture (1929). Smith viewed tree-based “permanent agriculture” as a solution to the destructive erosion that often followed the cultivation of sloping lands.
What is the other name for jhum cultivation?
slash and burn agriculture
Answer: Jhum cultivation also called slash and burn agriculture is a form of crop-growing farming activity. Crops are grown in this cultivation by clearing the trees and other vegetation and then burning the fields.
Which continent is the largest producer of iron Class 8?
Which continent is largest producer of iron ore? Ans. Europe is the leading producer of iron-ore in the world.
What are the two main classification of power resources?
Power resources are of two types: Conventional Resources: are those that have been in common use for a long time. Firewood and fossil fuels are two main conventional energy sources. Non-conventional Resources: of energy are renewable.
Is Shifting dangerous?
Q) Is shifting dangerous? A) Aside from being mentally exhausted when you come back, shifting is not dangerous whatsoever. Some creators on TikTok claim that you can get stuck in your DR, but that’s just simply false.
Is shifting lucid dreaming?
Lucid dreaming is completely different from shifting on a very fundamental level. Shifting is designed to change your reality and move you into a parallel universe. Lucid dreaming is a means for experiencing any reality you want, in a lifelike and vivid environment over which you have complete and ultimate control. | <urn:uuid:7e01be2e-41fb-46f4-b529-b66f552eac59> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nosubjectlosangeles.com/what-are-the-different-names-of-shifting-cultivation-in-india-class-10/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.939238 | 585 | 2.875 | 3 |
If you feel stuck – in a job, relationship or in life – it seems you have two options: resign yourself to being unfulfilled, or pluck up the courage to make a fresh start. While the first choice is depressing, the second is scary, and often doesn’t work: you switch employers, cities or partners, yet problems reoccur (you change circumstances, not your psychology). Ambitious plans to ‘transform your life’ can be a trap. Make lasting change by shifting perspective on your situation, then make tiny, concrete changes that eventually snowball. One day, you’ll realise you’re out of your rut.
How to make it happen
Get a new perspective. If you’re unsure about your next move, imagine giving the eulogy at your own funeral: what do you want to be able to say about your choices? This helps you grasp the crucial aspects of the question, and not miss the wood for the trees.
Make one different choice. It’s easy to dream about changing everything, but it’s better to alter one thing, says Nancy Levin, author of Jump… And Your Life Will Appear (Hay House, £7.99). That may mean asking for help, or choosing to say no, not yes. The precise choice matters less than reclaiming a modicum of control.
Chase growth, not happiness. Instead of seeking happiness, therapist James Hollis suggests asking which choice will help you grow. If you pursue growth, you often intuitively know the next step.
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MVDC DC-DC CONVERTER TECHNOLOGY – The building block of future MVDC grids
MVDC DC-DC CONVERTER TECHNOLOGY
The building block of future MVDC grids
This poster describes the DC-DC converter technology intended for Medium Voltage Direct Current grids. The benefits of the proposed technology are highlighted for the DC collector for offshore wind farms. The selected DC-DC converter topology enables the high stepping ratio and the latest generation of high voltage power semiconductor components is utilized to operate in the medium frequency range while optimizing the efficiency. | <urn:uuid:3a526ef3-d611-4c78-baab-91f04991bffa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.supergrid-institute.com/2018/04/19/mvdc-dc-dc-converter-technology-the-building-block-of-future-mvdc-grids/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.830071 | 118 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Explore, Engineer, and Evolve
Drone Flight School is an overnight program designed for gifted students aged 14 years and older. Led by students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, campers will experience an immersive program that focuses on math, physics, career exploration, and mastering drone flight technology. They will then go on “missions” across camp that put their skills to the test.
The Drone Flight School includes:
- Meals and lodging at Camp Geronimo
- Expert instruction!
- A best selling beginner drone!
2022 Session Dates:
- June 5-11
- June 12-18
What You Will Experience at Drone Flight School
This is not your traditional summer camp experience— participants will learn real-world STEM applications, explore the business and industry of drones, and master technology unavailable to most youth today. Interested participants will become proficient in technical skills such as racing drones, but most importantly, these youth will have an incredible opportunity to learn and grow in a community of fellow adventurers. Our Camp Counselors are trained to mentor participants and create a collaborative environment designed to build strong relationships, encourage independence, and allow each camper to share unique gifts and talents in an outdoor classroom.
DRONE FLIGHT SCHOOL OBJECTIVES
EXPLORE, ENGINEER, AND EVOLVE
• Real-world STEM application for the nextgeneration of engineers, scientists, makers, and hobbyists
• Education of the industry and the future of drones
• Exploration of the business and capability of drones
• The entrepreneur’s mindset behind drone technology
• Flight control, coding and agility racing and challenges
• Low Instructor to student ratio
• Adult-led instructors with experience and passion working with students and STEM
• Lesson plans encourage students to work within small teams to achieve common goals
• Drone safety and the social responsibilities of flying drones
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A Key To Understanding The Race For A Covid-19 Vaccine
Now is the time to prepare yourself for an incoming onslaught of Covid-19 vaccine news. With eight candidates already in human trials and almost 180 more in the wings, publications and press briefings touting progress will soon arrive wave after wave. In the face of so great an outpouring of information, how are we to understand what each new finding means for our children, our jobs, our economies, and a world in crisis?
We can begin by listening for a moment to what Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck, had to say to a team from the Harvard Business School. He speaks on behalf of a company that has brought life-saving vaccines to more people than all others combined.
Here’s an excerpt:
“…when people tell the public that there’s going to be a vaccine by the end of 2020, for example, I think they do a grave disservice to the public. I think at the end of the day, we don’t want to rush the vaccine before we’ve done rigorous science. We’ve seen in the past, for example, with the swine flu, that that vaccine did more harm than good. We don’t have a great history of introducing vaccines quickly in the middle of a pandemic.”
If speed can’t be a benchmark of success, then what is? Again, Frazier has the answer:
“What we’re hoping to be able to do with these different approaches is to create a vaccine that we can study quickly that can be both safe and effective and can be durable. Those are three different issues. No one knows for sure whether or not any of these vaccine programs will produce a vaccine like that. [emphasis added]”
After saying in an earlier interview with CNBC that the Merck vaccine would not be ready for use by the end of 2020, Frazier added, “Our experience suggests those are very aggressive (12 to 18 months) compared to other timelines for getting a safe and effective vaccine…Speed is one factor, but in some ways we don’t really accept the concept of a race. We understand the urgency, but our goal isn’t to be the frontrunner in the early stages — it’s to develop a vaccine that is safe and effective.”
I would add that the goal is to develop a vaccine that can be given to billions of healthy people in countries rich and poor. Given the very large numbers of people destined to receive the vaccine, the fragility of the target older population, and the underlying health issues of the underserved populations who need protection direly, even rare side effects could wreak havoc.
Contrast Frazier’s note of caution with the announcements from other leading pharmaceutical companies—like Pfizer, whose CEO told Time earlier this month that he believed their vaccine may receive FDA approval as early as October 2020. Or the many announcements from AstraZeneca that use similar rhetoric to hype up their Oxford vaccine. Other countries are also rushing into the fray. One of them is China, where an experimental vaccine has already been approved for military use.
With this in mind, allow me to break down, piece by piece, the language surrounding the latest vaccine data from Moderna, an American biotechnology company. The preliminary report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, describes the results of a safety trial of 45 volunteers for the company’s vaccine candidate. The vaccine was administered in two shots to the upper arm, given four weeks apart. Three groups of fifteen received low, medium, and high doses, respectively.
The good news
The vaccine elicited anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in all who received the injection. What’s more, they all developed antibodies that had some level neutralizing activity, as well as antibodies that, at least in the laboratory, can inactivate the virus.
Interpretation: This information, while good news indeed, does not help us predict whether the vaccine will actually prevent infection or disease. It only tells us that it might.
The not so good news
Two doses of the vaccine, spaced four weeks apart, are needed to develop these antibodies. While many vaccines require multiple doses, a single dose vaccine is the surest and swiftest way to vaccinate large underserved populations around the world. Experience has taught us that even if a second or third injection is mandated, many don’t show.
Interpretation: This vaccine is an unlikely candidate for global use.
The worrying news
The ratio of binding to neutralizing antibodies is about 1,000 – 2,000 to one. In other words, for every antibody that inactivates the virus, more than 1,000 do not. Such a ratio raises the possibility of antibody dependent-enhancement that Frazier mentions—meaning the vaccine may worsen disease, not prevent it. Most vaccines undergo rigorous testing in monkeys before human trials to limit the chances of this unfortunate outcome, but for this vaccine candidate that step appears to have been omitted.
Interpretation: This observation introduces some uncertainty to the belief that this vaccine will be safe enough for widespread approval and use.
The bad news
The following sentence was included in the abstract of the publication:
“Solicited adverse events that occurred in more than half the participants included fatigue, chills, headache, myalgia, and pain at the injection site. Systemic adverse events were more common after the second vaccination, particularly with the highest dose, and three participants (21%) in the 250-μg dose group reported one or more severe adverse events.”
That means four of the 45 volunteers—including three who received a high dose—experienced “systemic” adverse effects” considered medically significant but not life-threatening.
One of the volunteers described his experience for STAT News. Hours after receiving the second dose, he developed a fever 103, fainted, and sought medical attention at an urgent care center. After encountering such reactions at the highest dose, the company announced that it would proceed with the moderate dose only. But the conclusion to the abstract includes the following sentence:
“The mRNA-1273 vaccine induced anti–SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in all participants and no trial-limiting safety concerns were identified.”
Interpretation: Were I the CEO of this company or a member of its FDA review committee, I would insist on collecting much more safety data before proceeding. I would ask for a much larger phase 1 trial in a likely target population that includes many older men and women—some with moderate underlying health conditions such as diabetes and obesity—before allowing further studies.
If such serious reactions occur at 2.5 times the trial dose in so few people, it is reasonable to expect the many severe and even life-threatening reactions to occur at the middle dose when given to a large, diverse population. The first criterion of a successful vaccine is that it must be safe.
Ken Frazier went on to make a final point in his interview with the Harvard Business School team. “When we do tell people that a vaccine’s coming right away,” he said, “we allow politicians to actually tell the public not to do the things that the public needs to do, like wear the…masks.”
To this I would also add: Do not count on a drug or vaccine to save us from the pandemic. Evidence from other countries around the world and even in some states in the U.S. shows that collective behavior change can limit and eliminate the infection, even after it has spread widely.
Ancient wisdom is sometimes the best. In our mad rush to a Covid-19 vaccine, recall the words of Ecclesiastes 9:11 (King James Version):
“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, not the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.” | <urn:uuid:a19ff872-384f-43db-81f9-a8dd43588456> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dailyclout.io/a-key-to-understanding-the-race-for-a-covid-19-vaccine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.954337 | 1,686 | 2.21875 | 2 |
On March 26th, 2018, Jen Hart drove her SUV, with her family inside, off a cliff in Mendocino County, California. Jen and her wife Sarah were the adoptive mothers of two groups of siblings – Markis, Abigail and Hannah and Jermiah, Ciera and Devonte (Jermiah and Ciera were renamed “Jeremiah” and “Sierra” by the Harts). Although originally from Minnesota and living in Washington at the time of the incident, Jen and Sarah adopted all six children from Texas – even as Jermiah, Ciera and Devonte’s aunt was trying to work with that state to have them placed with her. The Minnesotan adoption agency responsible for them had a history of violations. As the Hart’s moved from Minnesota to Oregon to Washington, the tenuous nature of interstate adoptions between child welfare systems would become even clearer.
Their tragic story is easily one of the most horrific stories to come from our nation’s foster care system, but it has brought national attention to one major player in national child welfare system: the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC). Initially conceived of almost 60 years ago, the ICPC finds itself under scrutiny today as more accounts emerge of how this agreement sometimes works against the best interests of the children interstate adoption is supposed to serve. Continue reading →
Technology is continuously changing the way we live our lives, whether it’s how we watch movies or the ways we form relationships. In this digital era, Dr. Rebecca Reeder has used one intriguing new service to discover a new, loving relationship – “He moved in officially September 3 but we started meeting the last week of July,” Reeder told First Coast News.
She’s speaking about her now-adopted son Nick, 15, a young man who, after spending seven years in foster care, has come to find his forever family with Dr. Reeder thanks to a new online matchmaking service known as Family-Match. Continue reading →
In 2004, nearly 23,000 children were adopted from foreign countries. Since then, many of these countries, including Russia and Ethiopia, have put an end to international adoptions. The result is just 5,400 children have been adopted from places outside the United States in 2016. With fewer international children available, a rise in adoptions from foster care throughout the United States seemed imminent.
However, while the number of children in care across the country rose by more than 10 percent between 2012 and 2016, including a 15 percent increase in children waiting to be adopted, the adoption rate failed to keep pace. What makes these statistics more troubling is that nearly half of those waiting to be adopted are legally free. Continue reading →
While the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage and gave same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community continues to face challenges that heterosexual families do not. Among the most contested issues is whether foster care agencies can deny placing children based on the foster parents’ sexual orientation.
National LGBT Adoption Laws
Two opposing bills have been sent to Congress to determine whether faith-based foster care agencies are required to place children with families who don’t share their religious beliefs. LGBT rights advocates have proposed the Every Child Deserves a Family Act. It would prevent agencies receiving federal funding from denying foster care placements or adoption to members of the LGBT community and allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withhold Title IV funding to states that don’t comply. The other bill in Congress proposed by religious advocates, the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, would protect agencies from losing state funding for only providing service to those who share their religious beliefs. Continue reading →
In 2017, those adopting a child could claim a tax credit valued up to $13,570 per child. The most recent federal statistics show that the adoption tax credit helped roughly 64,000 families throughout the country in 2015 offset the various costs associated with adopting a child. However, this help comes at a price for the national budget, which is why some members of Congress discussed doing away with it in their newly proposed tax plan.
In 2015, the adoption tax credit cost the federal government $251 million and projections show its continued use could total up to $3.8 billion over the next 10 years. While these numbers may seem like an astronomical expense, they are dwarfed by the savings adoption creates when compared to the expense of keeping a child in foster care. In a 2011 report, The National Council for Adoption found that when: Continue reading →
For teens across the country, their eighteenth birthday is a major milestone – as these children reach the age of majority, they find that suddenly they can call themselves adults. As discussed in the previous article, “Help Needed For Youth Aging Out Of Foster Care In America,” for 23,000 US teens aging out of foster care each year, crossing the threshold into adulthood often comes with challenges and responsibilities. These adults-by-law are still vulnerable youth who have a lot of learning to do, but without the support structures that other youth outside of the child welfare system have, it can become easy for them to lose their way.
Increasingly, states are moving to raise the age limit for children in foster care in order to help them maintain the systems of support they need to succeed after they turn eighteen. As child welfare systems across the country continually update their ideas and infrastructure to provide positive outcomes, there is a debate over how money should be invested. How much, exactly, does it affect foster care costs when a child is not adopted? Continue reading → | <urn:uuid:f6b40495-6162-4e82-8485-2112f3f27f56> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://foster-care-newsletter.com/tag/adopting-from-foster-care/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.961845 | 1,186 | 1.578125 | 2 |
NABLUS, Monday, August 23, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli settlers today torched dozens of olive trees in Burin town, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to witnesses.
They said that a group of settlers set fire to dozens of olive trees belonging to Akram Omran in the southern part of the town.
The settlers came from Yitzhar, a colonial settlement notorious for its hardcore religious community.
Burin town has been the scene of frequent settler attacks, including cutting down fully grown olive trees, setting fire to fields and crops, stealing the olive harvest, attacking olive harvesters and foreign volunteers, and hurling Molotov Cocktails toward houses in the town.
Settler violence against Palestinians and their property is commonplace in the West Bank and is rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities.
It includes arsons of property and mosques, stone-throwing, uprooting of crops and olive trees, attacks on vulnerable homes, among others.
The number of settlers living in Jewish-only colonial settlements across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in violation of international law has jumped to over 700,000 and colonial settlement expansion has tripled since the signing of Oslo Accords in 1993.
Israel’s nation-state law, passed in July 2018, enshrines Jewish supremacy, and states that building and strengthening the colonial settlements is a “national interest.” | <urn:uuid:6ff5f9d9-5f7c-41f4-b25a-cdc91bdf517e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/125837 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957146 | 297 | 1.804688 | 2 |
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The study examines the affiliation of involvement in sports and arts with five health danger factors. I am not biased, in reality I hate sports activities with a ardour, however it is clear enough to understand that the whole lot and something is art and music. For Teddy, it is this cyclical nature of sports — the scene I am about to witness of followers and gamers collaborating collectively and feeding off one another — that brings him here each week. This has at all times been the problem with sports and martial arts; getting oil and water to combine.
Motor car racing – Endurance racing in sleek and truth sports activities vehicles is a check to the limit for each driver and automotive at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. FLW credit are used with conventional residential programs and one of these credit requires a minimum of 50 hours of documented studying activities; these include our regular lectures, small teams, one-on-ones, and so on.; and a few of these activities are nonformal, along with the classroom actions and study assignments.
He advised me we’d be let contained in the Crisler Center — house of the College of Michigan’s males’s and women’s basketball groups — in about quarter-hour. I really feel a familiar ache in my stomach as I notice the sport will not be over quickly and an even bigger ache for how incapable I really feel when I try to join with people who love sports. The debate rages on. And lately sports activities luminaries as numerous as Gary Walters, the director of athletics at Princeton College; grizzled veteran US sports hack Frank Deford , and Guardian Limitless’s personal Marcela Mora y Araujo have sought to square the circle by claiming that, wait, sports activities are arts.
And at the Cultural Olympiad programme in Yorkshire, we got here throughout the Sea Swim mission in Scarborough, which grew organically to occupy a third house between sport and the arts. We’re proven on tv shows, motion pictures, even in our own colleges that sports beat the humanities. The arts in faculties are the right means to assist apply the more fundamental abilities of studying, writing and arithmetic.
Male sports contributors have been extra seemingly than male nonparticipants to report fruit and vegetable consumption on the day past and fewer more likely to report cigarette smoking, cocaine and different unlawful drug use, and trying to lose weight. Sports betting and Sports activities investing are really two utterly totally different animals. We assist connect the proper colleges and communities with the right organisations and programmes to encourage wide participation, whereas also making certain most impact in your investment. | <urn:uuid:99246f01-9c8f-48e7-90ab-6ff7c377cd5b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.makirinka.net/arts-arent-like-sports-activities.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953191 | 561 | 1.6875 | 2 |
In many cooking, the chef’s knife, also called a cooking knife, is a sharp cutting instrument used in food preparation. The chef’s knives originally was designed mainly to cut and separate large cuts of meat. Nowadays it has become the main general-purpose knife for most modern western cooks. These knives are available in different shapes, sizes and materials, from steel, stainless steel and carbon steel, with each knife having its own unique characteristic. Depending on the type of meal being prepared, the chef knife can be made more or less sharp.
How to Choose a Chef’s Knife
The kitchen knives come in many different shapes and sizes. There are flat blades which have straight, slightly curved edges and a blunt point, wide knives for slicing and the short, broad, flat blades for chopping. The longer the blade the greater the chopping speed. The length of the knife also depends on whether it is for the kitchen or the dining room. A kitchen chef knife is generally longer than one intended for use in the dining room.
Chef’s knives have an important role in preparing meals because they are used in the kitchen. It is important to be very careful and very sharp when cutting through any sort of food. In addition, chefs knife should not be used to cut raw or uncooked vegetables, such as cucumber, potato, tomato, onions or garlic. Because chef’s knives are sharp, they need to be used carefully when using them in the kitchen and for cutting through raw and uncooked food. This is especially true when cutting through vegetables. | <urn:uuid:e4e457ed-a25c-472a-a95d-da38a0fa0767> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://frepa.org/2020/10/15/tips-for-using-your-chefs-knife/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958669 | 322 | 3.03125 | 3 |
How to avoid agricultural runoff when spreading manure
Many livestock owners need to spread manure, even during the winter months. But winter snowfall and spring thaws can create challenges for manure management. When manure isn't effectively absorbed into the soil, it can run off into surface water, ditches, and streams.
That means farmers must be attentive to the weather forecast when spreading manure. Manure should not be spread when the forecast is calling for rain or during a warming trend when snow is expected to melt.
Farmers should also avoid spreading manure on ice-packed ground. When the snowfall is interspersed with periods of rain and freezing, the ground may become saturated and frozen to the point where manure can't effectively soak into the soil.
What is agricultural runoff?
Agricultural runoff is water from farm fields that is can happen when rain or melted snow gets absorbed into the ground, enters bodies of water, or evaporates.
Why is agricultural runoff bad?
Agricultural runoff is bad because it can carry pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses, and solids that can cause water quality problems along with contaminating rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands. When these pollutants enter groundwater, it can affect our drinking water, which can lead to human health problems.
How can farmers prevent agricultural runoff?
Farmers can help prevent agricultural runoff by creating a barrier along the edges of their field with trees, shrubs, or grass. The barrier helps by absorbing the water instead of letting the farm water runoff into rivers, lakes, or streams. Another easy way to help prevent agricultural runoff is by improving application techniques, including applying the right amount of manure at the right time of year while using the correct method.
All in all, winter is a particularly risky time to be applying manure, and farmers are advised to wait for favorable conditions if they have the storage space. If soil is wet or frozen and a manure application just can't wait, take special steps to reduce the risk:
- Select the flattest fields: 2% slope for liquid manure, 6% slope for solid.
- Exceed minimum setback distances along streams and other boundaries whenever possible
- Till along the end of the field and contours to create furrows to help capture runoff
- Apply manure on fields with the most crop residue
- Avoid applying to fields where furrows are full of ice and snow
- Keep application rate low to avoid runoff or ponding during application
- When possible, work manure into the soil immediately after application
Livestock owners should have contingency plans in place for disposing of manure when their own fields aren't ready. Those plans might include a neighboring manure storage facility or neighboring farm fields.
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By Gretchen Berger
On Wednesday evening, in the wake of the national tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Upper West Siders gathered for a candlelight vigil to express their sorrow and support for the victims and survivors.
It was nearly 10 years after a Sandy Hook Elementary School candlelight vigil was held in Riverside Park, where people swore, “never again!”
The vigil was organized by local community and interfaith leaders who tried to comfort, eulogize and inspire to action. It was held on the steps of St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church on West End Avenue and West 86th Street.
A large crowd gathered to hear speakers, prayers and songs from local leaders of churches, synagogues and the Ethical Culture Society, including:
Rabbis Felicia L. Sol, J. Rolando Matalon, and Shuli Passow from Congregation B’nai Jeshurun; Rabbi Joanna Samuels, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan; Rev. Michael Piazza, Broadway United Church of Christ; Rev. Lea Matthews, St. Paul & St. Andrew; Dr. Nori Rost, the New York Society for Ethical Culture.
Comments from speakers included: “No one needs an automatic rifle!”; “We don’t need thoughts and prayers!” “Time to rise up and do justice (Biblical reference from Micah)!”; and “Demand that our elected officials protect our children!”
A moment of silence was observed after the names of the victims were read.
New York City Council Member Gale Brewer, the final speaker, noted that there were 212 mass shootings this year — more than there are days on the calendar so far. Songs were performed by Ari Priven of B’nai Jeshurun, and Robin Bahr-deStefano of St. Paul & St. Andrew, including Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and, finally, Amazing Grace.
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Art Libraries Society of North America – Presents info on events, resources, and jobs referring to arts info careers. You may have the opportunity to start constructing your resume right on campus by becoming a member of the Arts and Entertainment Industry Network, a scholar group that hosts weekly conferences, including employer spotlights, industry panels, and workshops. Lubin’s Arts and Entertainment Management program is certainly one of solely two AACSB-accredited programs in New York State. In a robust story of world anti-terrorism inspired by actual life missions, Act of Valor combines gorgeous fight scenes, up-to-the-minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the final word action journey. Act of Valor takes you deep into the secretive world of today’s most elite, extremely educated group of warriors. Amelia Jones has always dreamed of attending the Mystwick School of Musicraft, where the world’s most promising musicians be taught to create musical magic.
If you decide to work for a document firm, you might end up as a supervisor or producer. Your duties will embody signing new artists to your document label, producing songs for radio play and merchandising your label’s music.
They serve your drinks, your meals and interact with you in between scenes. You really feel each a part of this show and it brings home the holiday spirit just like seeing your loved ones that live far away. To say I was completely impressed is an understatement- I will be back with family.” For these inspired to recreate her designs, general patterns are included, however she encourages individuals to determine on their very own colors and stitches to make the art their own. There’s no higher summer time escape than a deep dive into the history of the infamous Chateau Marmont, which for 90 years has served as refuge and playground for the world’s most well-known (and ill-behaved) film stars and musicians. Film critic Shawn Levy dishes on Jean Harlow, Natalie Wood, Jim Morrison, and more on this entertaining and surprisingly considerate peek inside Hollywood’s infamous pleasure palace.
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All in all, my assessment is that the work of a true artist can’t be imitated by mere dexterity, art is an exercise of the soul, constrained to work out of its personal wealth, and to deliver earlier than the thoughts’s eye an entirely different and far richer content; a unique creation. Some onlookers may be fooled and even impressed but the educated eye or the astute enthusiast knows better. This status is simply reserved for a select few, the few that create and join with their viewers. WCOM is a community radio station with a studio in downtown Carrboro, North Carolina, broadcasting a 100-watt signal from an antenna at Scroggs Elementary School in Southern Village in Chapel Hill at 103.5 FM. WCOM is the primary low-power FM group radio station within the area to be arrange beneath a program established by the Federal Communications Commission in 2000 to license “LPFM” stations. Low-power FM is grassroots radio – an effort to counterbalance the rising focus of radio ownership by a number of massive corporations. Year, is situated on the Carrboro Town Commons next to Carrboro Town Hall at 301 West Main St. in Carrboro.
Saniwax Galleryprovides each emerging and established artists a creative area to showcase their efforts. Within strolling distance of Portage Community Bandshell, Celery Flats and the Bicentennial Park Trail, guests can discover a plethora of books and leisure choices for the household.
This guide is ruthless and funny, exacting and searching, and can make you query, deeply, your assumptions about race, language, gender, and the interactions you have with the people and the world round you. Cathy Park Hong’s essays are sharp and incisive, and she or he does not let anyone, or anything, off the hook. Dear Girls — made up of chapter-length letters by comedian Ali Wong to her two daughters — is a genuine delight.
WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local information and knowledge and world-class leisure to everybody in our community. Catch up on North Texas’ vibrant arts and tradition neighborhood, delivered each Monday. The Highlandtown Arts and Entertainment District is a bridge between completely different cultures, where artwork is a tool to deliver collectively people of different backgrounds, nationalities, races and ethnicities that now stay together.
American soul, rock and hip hop music have also made a big impression, totally on Indian pop and filmi music. Other extremely in style forms are ghazal, qawwali, thumri, dhrupad, dadra, bhajan, kirtan, shabad, and gurbani.Filmi music is often mentioned to have begun in 1931, with the release of Ardeshir M. Irani’s Alam Ara and its popular soundtrack. In the earliest years of the Indian cinema, filming was usually Indian in inspiration, with some Western elements. Over the years, the Western elements have elevated, however without fully destroying the Indian flavour. Most of the Indian films are musicals and have elaborate song and dance numbers.
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We have not but thought-about different careers within the arts and leisure, most of which have quite different traits, and so our view on these careers should not be generalised from this profession profile. We additionally respect being contacted with corrections, related data, or additional important issues. While there’s the potential for big earnings, advocacy energy and direct impact, the chances are stacked against even very proficient individuals.
EDUCATION PROGRAM We provide more than 50 arts workshops and courses for youth and adults throughout the year as nicely as outreach activities all through the group. Our education program additionally maintains a ceramics studio with over 25 renters, as properly as a fiber studio and darkroom. LCAD’s BFA program in Illustration in Entertainment Design supplies you the training that leisure designers have to convey these extraordinary experiences to life.
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The crack of leather-based on willow barely resonates in the absence of an actual group. SAP, the Enterprise software program, is part of our core Business Education of how at present’s businesses are run. SAP is used by companies such as SunPower for talent management, the San Francisco 49ers to enhance fan expertise, and Proctor & Gamble for real-time analytics. Gregg Hertzlieb, Adjunct Assistant Professor,is the Director and Curator of the Brauer Museum of Art. Osceola County 4-H/FFA Fair and Fairgroundscontinue traditions started in 1875 when the county began having county gala’s.
TheKelowna Art Galleryis located within the coronary heart of Kelowna’s Cultural District and showcases a selection of native, nationwide and international exhibitions. The gallery has a extensive array of public applications for all ages and offers a singular and chic area as an occasion venue. Arts & Entertainment Atlanta (A&E Atlanta) is a neighborhood activation and economic development project for Downtown Atlanta. By creating light, vitality, and activity, A&E Atlanta seeks to authentically reflect the vibrancy of Atlanta as a whole and define Atlanta’s tradition and model.
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre is probably certainly one of the oldest group theatres in Michigan and within the United States. Also housed within the Civic Theatre complicated is the School of Theatre Arts, which presents a full vary of acting, dance and technical theatre courses for pre-school by way of senior grownup college students. DeVos Performance Hall is the two,404-seat performing arts theater that is home to The Grand Rapids Symphony, The Grand Rapids Ballet Company, Broadway Grand Rapids and Opera Grand Rapids.
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Join Aileen Quinn for Watercolor Wednesdays where you can loosen up and study completely different watercolor painting strategies. After receiving an introduction of brushes and materials, you can start working on your individual piece of art. There are sensible strategies for lowering the exposure of musicians that don’t interfere with music manufacturing . Loudspeaker enclosures may be elevated above ground degree, which leads to minimal loss of low-frequency sound energy, whereas preserving enough loudness for the musician to carry out at a lower depth degree. Musicians who play high-intensity, highly directional instruments corresponding to trumpets and trombones should be on risers in order that the sound passes above the opposite musicians, thereby reducing its influence. There must be 2 m of unobstructed floor space in entrance of the orchestra. Small stringed devices should always have no much less than 2 m of unobstructed house above them.
Through Valencia College School of Arts and Entertainment packages, you’ll get the chance to be taught from and work with trade professionals, construct your portfolio, get hands-on coaching and collaborate with other college students, all in a creative setting. Whether you’re excited about graphic arts, music, theater, dance or movie, we’ll provide the education and experience you should flip what you love into what you do for a living. Diverse Use of Theater SpaceThe Zona Gale Theatre in Portage, Wisconsin makes use of its space for quite so much of art and leisure venues all yr long. The theater space is used for local concert events, youth productions, rental performances, summer season theater performances and visible artwork gallery receptions. Other theaters such because the Mabel Tainter in Menomonie, Wisconsin lease their house for leisure and non-entertainment makes use of corresponding to weddings, business conferences and native fund-raising occasions. Art and Entertainment occasions can draw individuals downtown and increase financial activity in a selection of enterprise classes. This part of the toolbox supplies some initial ideas to help you begin to establish arts and entertainment development alternatives for your downtown.
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A parade from 11 a.m.-noon will precede the event, and travel along Tejon Street from Cache La Poudre Street to Costilla Street. Develop your expertise in concept art and visible growth, studying the principles and processes involved in creating the first visual representations of characters, environments, and props for films and games.
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Charleston’s beauty has lengthy impressed artists and beckoned art lovers to come go to. Home to infinite galleries, historic theaters and excessive vitality festivals, Charleston has a vibrant arts scene awaiting you. Get twice-monthly updates that includes our latest research, occasions close to you, and high-impact career opportunities. Documentary film-making looks like a form of art with a great chance of direct and advocacy influence, in that it resembles investigative journalism.
Live music, theater, unbiased movies and major movement blockbusters, visible arts, dance, and so much extra. The Silver Spring Arts District has every thing you have been in search of.
Every culture from earliest instances has had its personal type of visual and performing arts, and decorated on a daily basis objects like clothes, pottery and furniture. Modern technology and more Entertainment leisure time has led to a major part of the world’s financial system being devoted to satisfying the need for folks to see or personal lovely objects and to be entertained.
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We work to have groups or acts complement one another in the course of the three-day program. Learn to be properly learn, become a greater artist, and promote your personal music with wikiHow’s Arts and Entertainment class.
Because this is an advocacy clinic, tasks will differ depending on developments in Congress, the courts, and related companies. In addition to direct instruction from Professor Aistars, college students may even meet with and study from relevant government officials and experienced practitioners. Some lessons may be scheduled as visits to companies, Congress and/or the White House. Beloved and established arts venues are residence to native symphony, ballet, opera, choir and theater companies. International and nationwide headliners carry out in state-of-the-art arenas, group amphitheaters, historic theaters and on the area’s many music festivals. Designers, jewelry makers and sculptors work alongside espresso roasters, piñata makers, and chefs.
There is an abundance of tradition and fun awaiting locals and visitors alike at galleries, street artwork reveals, nationwide music act venues, theater productions and festivals. For those fascinated in the dramatic arts, the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center in downtown Fort Myers River District embraces the starring role. This 1933 architectural icon hosts a rotating catalogue of dance, theater and musical performances along Art with movie screenings. Complete your AA degree at Daytona State College, then enter the BAS program at Daytona State or transfer as a junior to another college or four-year college. While at Daytona State College, you will take the same programs you would take should you have been a freshman or sophomore at a university.
Those active in the field of performing arts drugs have also based associations to additional analysis and schooling. The Performing Arts Medicine Association, set up in 1989, now co-sponsors the Aspen symposiums. Other organizations include the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, the International Arts-Medicine Association and the Association of Medical Advisors to British Orchestras.
Two fundamental rules come into play whenever a courtroom must decide a case involving freedom of expression. The first is “content material neutrality”– the government can’t limit expression just because any listener, and even nearly all of a group, is offended by its content material.
There is fixed work for pop music composers — or music administrators, to use the Indian time period. Movie soundtracks are released as tapes and CDs, sometimes even earlier than the film is launched. Indian literature is generally acknowledged, however not wholly established, as the oldest in the world. India has 22 officially acknowledged languages, and an enormous variety of literature has been produced in these languages through the years. Apart from the Vedas that are a sacred form of knowledge, there are other works such because the Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, treatises similar to Vaastu Shastra in structure and city planning, and Arthashastra in political science. With the arrival of Islam, a model new fashion of structure known as Indo-Islamic architecture emerged combining traditional Indian and Islamic parts. The earliest examples embrace the Qutb advanced, a series of monuments constructed by successive sultans of the Delhi Sultanate.
- From literary to visible to performing arts, UNCG presents a variety of the finest arts and leisure out there.
- If you favor your entertainment at a higher quantity, explore a music scene nothing in want of rockin’.
- Listed under, we’ll cowl a number of the hottest creative expressions Japan is understood for.
The group offers year-round programs that cater to degree-seeking students, skilled artists, and people new to the sector. Summer days come alive with festivals that remember dozens of ethnic cultures, music, dance, flowers and arts and crafts.
Families and artwork fanatics from across the metro area soon will be in a position to expertise Denver’s latest art venue as Meow Wolf’s third everlasting exhibition is scheduled to open subsequent month. The books can be found now at all PPLD branches and on-line at ppld.org. Art lovers wanting to know whether or not a mysterious painting found in Spain is the work of Italian grasp Caravaggio must wait a few extra months, said the gallery entrusted with establishing who the artist is. Station North continues to serve as a nationwide model for Arts & Entertainment Districts. When Dropkick Murphys partnered with Brightcove to live stream a concert from a fanless Fenway Park, it was the primary time such a thing had been tried.
Often these nonresidents search events which are genuine and that present a memorable experience. Data to explain market demand for arts and entertainment can include information on where your expected audience lives, who they are, and what types of actions they enjoy taking part in. Different arts and leisure activities can have totally different trade areas, so you will need to learn what kinds of venues people in your space discover most interesting. Incentives and advantages await those that locate their arts and leisure enterprise throughout the art and leisure district. Those who simply visit the district will find places to take pleasure in culinary arts, appreciate talented performances, and think about and buy certainly one of a kind art. Lady Gaga briefly talked about how we reside in a digital age the place our communication is hindered and every thing is expected to be delivered immediately.
At Daytona State College you have the opportunity to experience a comprehensive learning surroundings. Courses are provided within the performing and studio arts and the overall training curriculum together with the cultural and aesthetic core space. Additional participation in one of our bands or choirs, or drama and dance productions will also help enhance your academic experience whereas including to the cultural material of our neighborhood.
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Integrated advising encourages students to explore career and internship resources as early as freshman year. Japanese portray is likely one of the oldest and most elegant of the Japanese visual arts, embracing many varieties of genres and kinds.
Recognition of these hazards, accurate diagnosis and early therapy will prevent occupational disabilities which will interfere with, interrupt or finish careers. The extensive assortment of supplies used by illustrators requires a person method to safe working situations, since every artist has a private technique and choice of materials.
An opportunity to be taught extra about working overseas after commencement, creating opportunities while socially distanced, instructing and training within the arts, the intersection of creativity and business, and tips on how to start a journey as a freelancer. This collection is in partnership with Laguna College of Art+Design, Otis College of Art and Design, California Institute of the Arts, Loyola Marymount University, and ArtCenter College of Design. An alternative for school students to meet members of Female Executives in Media and Entertainment and find out about how they built their careers, practical roles and alternatives in the industry, and how to succeed at this intersection of arts and business.
For other male artists, PMRs for colorectal and kidney cancer were considerably elevated. Artists and craftspeople are usually self-employed, and the work is finished in homes, studios or backyards, using small quantities of capital and tools. Skills are often handed down from technology to technology in an off-the-cuff apprenticeship system, notably in developing countries . In industrialized international locations, artists and craftspeople usually study their commerce in faculties. Brooks, one of the greatest promoting entertainers in music, restarted touring in July and regularly performs in entrance of 60,000-70,000 people per stadium. Some pot license winners now trying to promote to highest bidder State regulation doesn’t prohibit the model new licensees from unloading for millions of dollars and potentially “giving it away to the white boys once more,” one critic said.
Students graduate with foundational information in finest practices and strategies for managing arts, leisure and nonprofit organizations and collaborating in entrepreneurship and advocacy. The program is ideal for students excited about working in and advocating for the humanities and cultural and entertainment organizations by way of administrative, fundraising, marketing and operational roles. On campus, you will gain hands-on expertise by managing pupil music, theatre, and humanities productions. You’ll also have alternatives to work with arts and leisure trade professionals through our audio system’ collection and internship program. You’ll tour arts and entertainment facilities to see how things are managed behind the scenes, corresponding to Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, Tanglewood Music Center, and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Our college students have interned at CityStage/Symphony Hall, Massachusetts International Festival for the Arts, Springfield Museums, and as part of our Nonprofit Board Field Experience. Or do you want to help children achieve an appreciation for artwork on display at a museum? | <urn:uuid:f95e8f2f-34c5-46d6-b431-652237fd2a75> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sunnyjophotography.com/cardozo-arts-and-entertainment-regulation-journal.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940298 | 4,229 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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- A video of a lady being questioned by the SAPS about her citizenship in Diepsloot was posted online
- The police were suspicious of a man's Tsonga dialect and his aunt explained to them that he is a citizen
- Peeps were livid about the actions of the SAPS officers and equated their behaviour to that of police in the apartheid era
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A video that showed members of the South African Police Services questioning a middle-aged lady was posted on Facebook.
In the video, a police officer is seen standing next to a man in civies while engaged in conversation with a woman. The police officer asks the lady where her ID book is and that of the gentleman in their company.
Unsatisfied with the reply he got, he went on to ask what an elbow is called in her native language. According to the SABC, the police officers were not convinced that the Diepsloot community member was South African after hearing his xiTsonga dialect.
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Peeps on Facebook were quick to share their views on the informal interrogation. Many felt that it was unfair and uncalled-for. They equated the ongoing sweep by the SAPS in Diepsloot to what used to happen during apartheid.
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Here are some of the responses from the public:
Larry Matlala said:
"South African Citizens don't need to carry their ID Documents but foreign Nationals are required by law to do so. Unless I'm mistaken. As a Foreigner, if anything happens we need to know how to contact your family or anything but a South African even your fingerprints can work. This thing must nit be twisted to seem as if we're implementing Apartheid laws. Nooooo."
Noble Son MrCool said:
"When colonists oppresest our forefathers and forcefully made them carrying an ID mondatory everywhere they go it was called apartheid..today the very same people, "black people to be precise" who suffered under apartheid regime they impose the very same pain that was imposed to our forefathers..you guys tend to forget easily, the enemy is watching and smiling while you inflict injuries to your own."
Calvovo Calvin said:
"You cant be fooled by these ongoing police, they are the ones who take money from border gates and When they see cameras, they pretend as if they indeed want passports."
Martin Kampamba said:
"Even South Africans themselves are not safe in their country."
Blessing Mhondera said:
"This is wrong remember there kids who where born with 1 foreign parent and 1 local they travel and may speak both languages of their parents but somehow their language won’t be as fluent as someone born with both local parents we can’t judge by language this is wrong and disgusting."
Diepsloot unrest: Over 50 people arrested amid protests against foreigners, 2 nabbed for domestic violence
In related news, Briefly News reported that more than 50 people have been arrested by the South African Police Service in Diepsloot since the violent protests erupted in the township this week.
SAPS National spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the large number of the people that have been apprehended are being detained for being in South Africa without legal documentation.
Mathe explained that 28 people were arrested overnight(Thursday, 7 April). Two men were arrested on domestic violence allegations and sexual assault while the rest were arrested for being in South Africa illegally, according to SABC News.
Mather further adds that on Wednesday night and Thursday morning 26 people were arrested and the majority were also illegal immigrants. The total number of people who have been arrested is now 54.
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In the early days of MedDRA coding it was hard to find a health care professional who had any experience coding MedDRA. Many companies had to adopt a hybrid approach to coding. An example of this would have been when a Data Manager performed the coding and the oversight would be carried out by an HCP after the fact.
In today’s world, coding teams are often organized into three models:
- The first model is a Centralized Coding Group. In this model, team members code both clinical trials as well as safety data and are usually dedicated to dictionary management. This helps to reduce SAE reconciliation issues. This model also allows for coding consistency across all therapeutic areas.
- The second model type is a de-centralized team. In this model, the primary coders are not necessarily HCP and may have other roles to perform. This model produces less consistency between Clinical and Safety data. Implementing QC checks and coding review needs to be considered with this model.
- The third model is a CRO model. In this model, there is flexible resourcing. CRO’s may not necessarily be familiar with the coding conventions of all clients. QC and quality review is usually the responsibility of the sponsor and requires some duplication of efforts.
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Changes are being made in the local emergency room to make it more comfortable for older patients.
A visit to the local emergency room is rarely pleasant, but for senior citizens it can be more of a challenge according to Dr. Gregory Cuculino, Chairman of the Emergency Department for Crozer Keystone Health System:
"A lot of times the rooms can be dimmer, the beds not as thick, so a little more uncomfortable, things smaller such as clocks, the floor is slippery so there are physical challenges they face just by being in the ER."
Now the system is setting aside patient rooms that address those issues to make the older patient more comfortable.
"Many years ago, people identified that pediatrics had special needs," Dr.Cuculino said, "so everybody had little pediatrics room for the ER and do pediatric friendly things in the ER and the geriatric population was kind of forgotten about. Now people realize that maybe at both ends of the age spectrum we need to do something special."
He says while older patients are in the emergency room, health officials are using the time to assess the patient's home situation to determine if they are coping well or need outside assistance.
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FCR and body weight gain better with processed soybean
The diets were formulated to be balanced for energy and digestible lysine with all other amino acids at appropriate ratio.
At almost all time points, the Feed Conversion Rate (FCR) and Body Weight Gain (BWG) of the birds fed the processed soybean meal diets was significantly better than the control diet, and in some cases the 15% diet was superior to the 7.5% diet.
Up until day 41, only the FCR of the 15% diet was better than the control. When FCR was corrected for the mean BW, birds on the 7.5% diet also performed better than the control.
The inclusion of processed soybean meal did not affect feed intake until day 14. Thereafter, independent of the inclusion level, intake was significantly increased versus the control diet.
Processed soya bean meals are commonly used in piglet diets as they are likely to contain reduced anti-nutritional factors than can be problematic when fed during phases of early development.
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"Project For A New Theory
Of Civil And Criminal Legislation"
When I was about fourteen (as long ago as the year 1792), in consequence of a dispute, one day after coming out of meeting, between my father and an old lady of the congregation, respecting the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts and the limits of religious toleration, I set about forming in my head (the first time I ever attempted to think) the following system of political rights and general jurisprudence.
It was this circumstance that decided the fate of my future life; or rather, I would say it was from an original bias or craving to be satisfied of the reason of things, that I seized hold of this accidental opportunity to indulge in its uneasy and unconscious determination. Mr. Currie, my old tutor at Hackney, may still have the rough draught of this speculation, which I gave him with tears in my eyes, and which he good-naturedly accepted in lieu of the customary themes, and as a proof that I was no idler, but that my inability to produce a line on the ordinary school topics arose from my being involved in more difficult and abtruse matters. He must smile at the so oft-repeated charge against me of florid flippancy and tinsel. If from those briars I have since plucked roses, what labour has it not cost me? The Test and Corporation Acts were repealed the other day. How would my father have rejoiced if this had happened in his time, and in concert with his old friends Dr. Price, Dr. Priestly, and others! but now that there is no one to care about it, they give us a boon to indifference what they so long refused to justice, and thus ascribed by some to the liberality of the age! Spirit of contradiction! when wilt thou cease to rule over sublunary affairs, as the moon governs the tides? Not till the unexpected stroke of a comet throws up a new breed of men and animals from the bowels of the earth; nor then neither, since it is included in the very idea of all life, power, and motion. For and against are inseparable terms. But not to wander any farther from the point--
I began with trying to define that a right meant; and this I settled with myself was not simply that which is good or useful in itself, but that which is thought so by the individual, and which has the sanction of his will as such. 1. Because the determining what is good in itself is an endless question. 2. Because one person's having a right to any good, and another being made the judge of it, leaves him without any security for its being exercised to his advantage, whereas self-love is a natural guarantee for our self-interest. 3. A thing being willed is the most absolute moral reason for its existence: that a thing is good in itself is no reason whatever why it should exist, till the will clothes it with a power to act as a motive; and there is certainly nothing to prevent this will from taking effect (no law or admitted plea above it) but another will opposed to it, and which forms a right on the same principle. A good is only so far a right, inasmuch as it virtually determines the will; for a right meant that which contains within itself, and as respects the bosom in which it is lodged, a cogent and unanswerable reason why it should exist. Suppose I have a violent aversion to one thing and as strong an attachment to something else, and that there is no other being in the world but myself, shall I not have a self-evident right, full title, liberty, to pursue the one and avoid the other? That is to say, in other words, there can be no authority to interpose between the strong natural tendency of the will and its desired effect, but the will of another. It may be replied that reason, that affection, may interpose between the will and the act; but there are motives that influence the conduct by first altering the will; and the point at issue is, that these being away, what other principle or lever is there always left to appeal to, before we come to blows? Now, such a principle is to be found in self-interest; and such a barrier against the violent will is erected by the limits which this principle necessarily sets to itself in the claims of different individuals. Thus, then, a right is not that which is right in itself, or best for the whole, or even for the individual, but that which is good in his own eyes, and according to his own will; and to which, among a number of equally selfish and self-willed beings, he can lay claim, allowing the same latitude and allowance to others. Political justice is that which assigns the limits of these individual rights in society, or it is the adjustment of force against force, of will against will, to prevent worse consequences. In the savage state there is nothing but an appeal to brute force, or the right of the strongest; Politics lays down a rule to curb and measure out the wills of individuals in equal portions; Morals has a higher standard still, and ought never to appeal to force in any case whatever. Hence I always found something wanting in Mr. Godwin's Enquiry concerning Political Justice (which I read soon after with great avidity, and hoped, from its title and vast reputation, to get entire satisfaction from it), for he makes no distinction between political justice, which implies an appeal to force, and moral justice, which implies only an appeal to reason. It is surely a distinct question, what you can persuade people to do by argument and fair discussion, and what you may lawfully compel them to do, when reason and remonstrance fail. But in Mr. Godwin's system the 'omnipotence of reason' supersedes the use of law and government, merges the imperfection of the means in the grandeur of the end, and leaves but one class of ideas or motives, the highest and the least attainable possible. So promises and oaths are said to be of no more value than common breath; nor would they, if every word we uttered was infallible and oracular, as if delivered from a Tripod. But this is pragmatical, and putting an imaginary for a real state of things. Again, right and duties, according to Mr. Godwin, are reciprocal. I could not comprehend this without an arbitrary definition that took away the meaning. In my sense, a man might have a right, a discriminating power, to do something, which others could not deprive him of, without a manifest infraction of certain rules laid down for the peace and order of society, but which it might be his duty to waive upon good reasons shown; rights are seconded by force, duties are things of choice. This is the import of the words in common speech: why then pass over this distinction in a work confessedly rhetorical as well as logical, that is, which laid an equal stress on sound and sense? Right, therefore, has a personal or selfish reference, as it is founded on the law which determines a man's actions in regard to his own being and well-being; and political justice is that which assigns the limits of these individual rights on their compatibility or incompatibility with each other in society. Right, in a word, is the duty which each man owes to himself; or it is that portion of the general good of which (as being principally interested) he is made the special judge, and which is put under his immediate keeping. [Emphasis added.]
The next question I asked myself was, what is law and the real and necessary ground of civil government? The answer to this is found in the former statement. Law is something to abridge, or, more properly speaking, to ascertain, the bounds of the original right, and to coerce the will of individuals in the community. Whence, then, has the community such a right? It can only arise in self-defence, or from the necessity of maintaining the equal rights of every one, and of opposing force to force in case of any violent and unwarrantable infringement of them. Society consists of a given number of individuals; and the aggregate right of government is only the consequence of these inherent rights, balancing and neutralising one another [Lockian theory]. How those who deny natural rights get at any sort of right, divine or human, I am at a loss to discover; for whatever exists in combination, exists beforehand in an elementary state. The world is composed of atoms, and a machine cannot be made without materials. First, then, it follows that law or government is not the mere creature of a social compact, since each person has a certain right which he is bound to defend against another without asking that other's leave, or else the right would always be at the mercy of whoever chose to invade it. There would be a right to do wrong, but none to resist it. Thus I have a natural right to defend my life against a murderer, without any mutual compact between us; hence society has an aggregate right of the same kind, and to make a law to that effect, forbidding and punishing murder. If there be no such immediate value and attachment to life felt by the individual, and a consequent justifiable determination to defend it, then the formal pretension of society to vindicate a right, which, according to this reasoning, has no existence in itself, must be founded on air, on a word, or a lawyer's ipse dixit. Secondly, society, or government, as such, has no right to trench upon the liberty or rights of the individuals its members, except as those last are, as it were, forfeited by interfering with and destroying one another, like opposite mechanical forces or quantities in arithmetic. Put the basis that each man's will is a sovereign law to itself: this can only hold in society as long as he does not meddle with others; but so long as he does not do this, the first principle retains its force, for there is no other principle to impeach or overrule it. The will of society is not a sufficient plea; since this is, or ought to be, made up of the wills or rights of the individuals composing it, which by the supposition remain entire, and consequently without power to act. The good of society is not a sufficient plea, for individuals are only bound (on compulsion) not to do it harm, or to be barely just: benevolence and virtue are voluntary qualities. For instance, if two persons are obliged to do all that is possible for the good of both, this must either be settled voluntarily between them, and then it is friendship, and not force; or if this is not the case, it is plain that one must be the slave, and lie at the caprice and mercy of the other: it will be one will forcibly regulating two bodies. But if each is left master of his own person and actions, with only the implied proviso of not encroaching on those of the other, then both may continue free and independent, and contented in their several spheres. One individual has no right to interfere with the employment of my muscular powers, or to put violence on my person, to force me to contribute to the most laudable undertaking if I do not approve of it, any more than I have to force him to assist me in the direct contrary: if one has not, ten have not, nor a million, any such arbitrary right over me. What one can be made to do for a million is very trifling: what a million may do by being left free in all that merely concerns themselves, and not subject to the perpetual caprice and insolence of authority, and pretext of the public good, is a very different calculation. By giving up the principle of political independence, it is not the million that will govern the one, but the one that will in time give law to the million. There are some things that cannot be free in natural society, and against which there is a natural law; for instance, no one can be allowed to knock out another's brains or to fetter his limbs with impunity. And government is bound to prevent the same violations of liberty and justice. The question is, whether it would not be possible for a government to exist, and for a system of laws to be framed, that confined itself to the punishment of such offences, and left all the rest (except the suppression of force by force) optional or matter of mutual compact. What are a man's natural rights? Those, the infringement of which cannot on any supposition go unpunished: by leaving all but cases of necessity to choice and reason, much would be perhaps gained, and nothing lost. [Emphasis added.]
COROLLARY 1. It results from the foregoing statement, that there is nothing naturally to restrain or oppose the will of one man, but the will of another meeting it. Thus, in a desert island, it is evident that my will and rights would be absolute and unlimited, and I might say with Robinson Crusoe, 'I am monarch of all I survey.'
COROLLARY 2. It is coming into society that circumscribes my will and rights, by establishing equal and mutual rights, instead of the original uncircumscribed ones. They are still 'founded as the rock,' though not so broad and general as the casing air, for the only thing that limits them is the solidity of another right, no better than my own, and, like stones in a building, or a mosaic pavement, each remains not the less firmly riveted to its place, though it cannot encroach upon the next to it. I do not belong to the state, nor am I a nonentity in it, but I am one part of it, and independent in it, for that very reason that every one in it is independent of me. Equality, instead of being destroyed by society, results from and is improved by it; for in politics, as in physics, the action and reaction are the same: the right of resistance on their part implied the right of self-defence on mine. In a theatre, each person has a right to his own seat, by the supposition that he has no right to intrude into any one else's. They are convertible propositions. Away, then, with the notion that liberty and equality are inconsistent. But here is the artifice: by merging the rights and independence of the individual in the fictitious order of society, those rights become arbitrary, capricious, equivocal, removable at the pleasure of the state or ruling power; there is nothing substantial or durable implied in them: if each has no positive claim, naturally, those of all taken together can mount up to nothing; right and justice are mere blanks to be filled up with arbitrary will, and the people have thenceforward no defence against the government. On the other hand, suppose these rights to be not empty names or artificial arrangements, but original and inherent like solid atoms, then it is not in the power of government to annihilate one of them, whatever may be the confusion arising from their struggle for mastery, or before they can settle into order and harmony. Mr. Burke talks of the reflections and refractions of the rays of light as altering their primary essence and direction. But if there were no original rays of light, there could be neither refraction, nor reflections. Why, then, does he try by cloudy sophistry to blot the sun out of heaven? One body impinges against and impedes another in the fall, but it could not do this, but for the principle of gravity. The author of the Sublime and Beautiful would have a single atom out-weigh the great globe itself; or an empty title, a bloated privilege, or a grievous wrong overturn the entire mass of truth and justice. The question between the author and his opponents appears to be simply this: whether politics, or the general good, is an affair of reason or imagination! and this seems decided by another consideration, viz., that Imagination is the judge of individual things, and Reason of generals. Hence the great importance of the principle of universal suffrage; for if the vote and choice of a single individual goes for nothing, so, by parity of reasoning, may that of all the rest of the community: but if the choice of every man in the community is held sacred, then what must be the weight and value of the whole.
Many persons object that by this means property is not represented, and so, to avoid that, they would have nothing but property represented, at the same time that they pretend that if the elective franchise were thrown open to the poor, they would be wholly at the command of the rich, to the prejudice and exclusion of the middle and independent classes of society. Property always has a natural influence and authority: it is only people without property that have no natural protection, and require every artificial and legal one. Those that have much, shall have more; and those that have little, shall have less. This proverb is no less true in public than in private life. The better orders (as they are called, and who, in virtue of this title, would assume a monopoly in the direction of state affairs) are merely and in plain English those who are better off than others; and as they get the wished-for monopoly into their hands, others will uniformly be worse off, and will sink lower and lower in the scale; so that it is essentially requisite to extend the elective franchise in order to counteract the excess of the great and increasing goodness of the better orders to themselves. I see no reason to suppose that in any case popular feeling (if free course were given to it) would bear down public opinion. Literature is at present pretty nearly on the footing of universal suffrage, yet the public defer sufficiently to the critics; and when no party bias interferes, and the government do not make a point of running a writer down, the verdict is tolerably fair and just. I do not say that the result may not be equally satisfactory, when literature was patronised more immediately by the great; but then lords and ladies had no interest in praising a bad piece and condemning a good one. If they could have laid a tax on the town for not going to it, they would have run a bad play forty nights together, or the whole year round, without scruple. As things stand, the worse the law, the better for the lawmakers: it takes everything from others to give to them. It is common to insist on universal suffrage and the ballot together. But if the first were allowed, the second would be unnecessary. The ballot is only useful as a screen from arbitrary power. There is nothing manly or independent to recommend it.
COROLLARY 3. If I was out at sea in a boat with a jure divino monarch, and he wanted to throw me overboard, I would not let him. No gentleman would ask such a thing, no freeman would submit to it. Has he, then, a right to dispose of the lives and liberties of thirty millions of men? Or have they more right than I have to resist his demands? They have thirty millions of times that right, if they had a particle of the same spirit that I have. It is not the individual, then, whom in this case I fear (to me 'there's no divinity doth hedge a king'), but thirty millions of his subjects that call me to account in his name, and who are of a most approved and indisputable loyalty, and who have both the right and power. The power rests with the multitude, but let them beware how the exercise of it turns against their own rights! It is not the idol but the worshippers that are to be dreaded, and who, by degrading one of their fellows, render themselves liable to be branded with the same indignities.
COROLLARY 4. No one can be born a slave; for my limbs are my own, and the power and the will to use them are anterior to all laws, and independent of the control of every other person. No one acquires a right over another but that other acquires some reciprocal right over him; therefore the relation of master and slave is a contradiction in political logic. Hence, also, it follows that combinations among labourers for the rise of wages are always just and lawful, as much as those among master manufacturers to keep them down. A man's labour is his own, at least as much as another's goods; and he may starve if he pleases, but he may refuse to work except on his own terms. The right of property is reducible to this simple principle, that one man has not a right to the produce of another's labour, but each man has a right to the benefit of his own exertions and the use of his natural and inalienable powers, unless for a supposed equivalent and by mutual consent. Personal liberty and property therefore rest upon the same foundation. I am glad to see that Mr. Macculloch, in his Essay on Wages, admits the right of combination among journeyman and others. I laboured this point hard, and, I think, satisfactorily, a good while ago, in my Reply to Mr. Malthus. 'Throw your bread upon the waters, and after many days you shall find it again.'
There are four things that a man may especially call his own. 1. His person. 2. His actions. 3. His property. 4. His opinions. Let us see how each of these claims unavoidably circumscribes and modifies those of others, on the principle of abstract equity and necessity and independence above laid down.
FIRST, AS TO THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS. My intention is to show that the right of society to make laws to coerce the will of others, is founded on the necessity of repelling the wanton encroachment of that will on their rights; that is, strictly on the right of self-defence or resistance to aggression. Society comes forward and says, 'Let us alone, and we will let you alone, otherwise we must see which is strongest'; its object is not to patronise or advise individuals for their good, and against their will, but to protect itself: meddling with others forcibly on any other plea or for any other purpose is impertinence. But equal rights destroy one another; not can there be a right to impossible or impracticable things. Let A, B, C, D, etc. , be different component parts of any society, each claiming to be the centre and master of a certain sphere of activity and self-determination: as long as each keeps within his own life of demarcation there is no harm done, nor any penalty incurred - it is only the superfluous and overbearing will of particular persons that must be restrained or lopped off by the axe of the law. Let A be the culprit: B, C, D, etc., or the rest of the community, are plaintiffs against A, and wish to prevent his taking any unfair or unwarranted advantage over them. They set up no pretence to dictate or domineer over him, but merely to hinder his dictating to and domineering over them; and in this, having both might and right on their side, they have no difficulty in putting it in execution. Every man's independence and discretionary power over what peculiarly and exclusively concerns himself, is his castle (whether round, square, or, according to Mr. Owen's new map of improvements, in the form of a parallelogram). As long as he keeps within this, he is safe - society has no hold of him: it is when he quits it to attack his neighbours that they resort to reprisals, and make short work of the interloper. It is, however, time to endeavour to point out in what this natural division of right, and separate advantage consists. In the first place, A, B, C, D have the common and natural rights of persons, in so far that none of these has a right to offer violence to, or cause bodily pain or injury to any of the others. Sophists laugh at natural rights: they might as well deny that we have natural persons; for while the last distinction holds true and good by the constitution of things, certain consequences must and will follow from it - 'while this machine is to us Hamlet,' etc. For instance, I should like to know whether Mr. Burke, with his Sublime and Beautiful fancies, would deny that each person has a particular body and senses belonging to him, so that he feels a peculiar and natural interest in whatever affects these more than another can, and whether such a peculiar and paramount interest does not imply a direct and unavoidable right in maintaining this circle of individuality inviolate. To argue otherwise is to assert that indifference, or that which does not feel either the good or the ill, is as capable a judge and zealous a discriminator of right and wrong as that which does. The right, then, is coeval and co-extended with the interest, not a product of convention, but inseparable from the order of the universe; the doctrine itself is natural and solid; it is the contrary fallacy that is made of air and words. Mr. Burke, in such a question, was like a man out at sea in a haze, and could never tell the difference between land and clouds. If another break my arm by violence, this will not certainly give him additional health or strength; if he stun me by a blow or inflict torture on my limbs, it is I who feel the pain, and not he; and it is hard if I, who am the sufferer, and not allowed to be the judge. That another should pretend to deprive me of it, or pretend to judge for me, and set up his will against mine, in what concerns this portion of my existence - where I have all at stake and he nothing - is not merely injustice, but impudence. The circle of personal security and right, then, is not an imaginary and arbitrary line fixed by law and the will of the prince, or the scaly finger of Mr. Hobbes's Leviathan, but is real and inherent in the nature of things, and by itself the foundation of law and justice. 'Hands off is fair play' - according to the old adage. One, therefore, has not a right to lay violent hands on another, or to infringe on the sphere of his personal identity; one must not run foul of another, or he is liable to be repelled and punished for the offence. If you meet an Englishman suddenly in the street, he will run up against you sooner than get out of your way, which last he thinks a compromise of his dignity and a relinquishment of his purpose, though he expects you to get out of his. A Frenchman in the same circumstances will come up close to you, and try to walk over you, as if there was no one in his way; but if you take no notice of him, he will step on one side, and make you a low bow. The one is a fellow of stubborn will, the other a petit maître. An Englishman at play mounts upon a bench, and refuses to get down at the request of another, who threatens to call him to account the next day. 'Yes,' is the answer to the first, 'if your master will let you!' His abuse of liberty, he thinks, is justified by the other's want of it. All an Englishman's ideas are modifications of his will; which shows, in one way, that right is founded on will, since the English are at once the freest and most wilful of all people. If you meet another on the ridge of a precipice, are you to throw each other down? Certainly not. You are to pass as well as you can. 'Give and take,' is the rule of natural right, where the right is not all on one side and cannot be claimed entire. Equal weights and scales produce a balance, as much as where the scales are empty: so it does not follow (as our votaries of absolute power would insinuate) that one man's right is nothing because another's is something. But suppose there is not time to pass, and one or other must perish, in the case just mentioned, then each must do the best for himself that he can, and the instinct of self-preservation prevails over everything else. In the streets of London, the passengers take the right hand of one another and the wall alternately; he who should not conform to this rule would be guilty of a breach of the peace. But if a house were falling, or a mad ox driven furiously by, the rule would be, of course, suspended, because the case would be out of the ordinary. Yet I think I can conceive, and have even known, persons capable of carrying the point of gallantry in political right to such a pitch as to refuse to take a precedence which did not belong to them in the most perilous circumstances, just as a soldier may waive a right to quit his post, and takes his turn in battle. The actual collision or case of personal assault and battery, is, then, clearly prohibited, inasmuch as each person's body is clearly defined: but how if A use other means of annoyance against B, such as a sword or poison, or resort to what causes other painful sensations besides tangible ones, for instance, certain disagreeable sounds and smells? Or, if these are included as a violation of personal rights, then how draw the line between them and the employing certain offensive words and gestures or uttering opinions which I disapprove? This is a puzzler for the dogmatic school; but they solve the whole difficulty by an assumption of utility, which is as much as to tell a person that the way to any place to which he asks a direction is 'to follow his nose.' We want to know by given marks and rules what is best and useful; and they assure us very wisely, that this infallibly and clearly determined by what is best and useful. Let us try something else. It seems no less necessary to erect certain little fortalices, with palisades and outworks about them, for RIGHT to establish and maintain itself in, than as landmarks to guide us across the wide waste of UTILITY. If a person runs a sword through me, or administers poison, or procures it to be administered, the effect, the pain, disease or death is the same, and I have the same right to prevent it, on the principle that I am the sufferer; that the injury is offered to me, and he is no gainer by it, except for mere malice or caprice, and I therefore remain master and judge of my own remedy, as in the former case; the principle and definition of right being to secure to each individual the determination and protection of that portion of sensation in which he has the greatest, if not a sole interest, and, as it were, identity with it. Again, as to what are called nuisances, to wit offensive smells, sounds, etc., it is more difficult to determine, on the ground that one man's meat is another man's poison. I remember a case occurred in the neighbourhood where I was, and at the time I was trying my best at this question, which puzzled me a good deal. A rector of a little town in Shropshire, who was at variance with all his parishioners, had conceived a particular spite to a lawyer who lived next door to him, and as a means of annoying him, used to get together all sorts of rubbish, weeds, and unsavoury materials, and set them on fire, so that the smoke should blow over into his neighbour's garden; whenever the wind set in that direction, he said, as a signal to his gardener, 'It's a fine Wicksteed wind to-day'; and the operation commenced. Was this an action of assault and battery, or not? I think it was, for this reason, that the offence was unequivocal, and that the only motive for the proceeding was the giving this offence. The assailant would not like to be served so himself. Mr. Bentham would say, the malice of the motive was a set-off to the injury. I shall leave that prima philosophia consideration out of the question. A man who knocks out another's brains with a bludgeon may say it pleases him to do so; but will it please him to have the compliment returned? If he still persists, in spite of this punishment, there is no preventing him; but if not, then it is a proof that he thinks the pleasure less than the pain to himself, and consequently to another in the scales of justice. The lex talionis is an excellent test. Suppose a third person (the physician of the place) had said, 'It is a fine Egerton wind to-day,' our rector would have been non-plussed; for he would have found that, as he suffered all the hardship, he had the right to complain of and to resist an action of another, the consequences of which affected principally himself. Now mark: if he had himself had any advantage to derive from the action, which he could not obtain in any other way, then he would feel that his neighbour also had the same plea and right to follow his own course (still this might be a doubtful point); but in the other case it would be sheer malice and wanton interference; that is, not the exercise of a right, but the invasion of another's comfort and independence. Has a person, then, a right to play on the horn or on a flute, on the same staircase? I say, yes; because it is for his own improvement and pleasure, and not to annoy another; and because, accordingly, every one in his own case would wish to reserve this or a similar privilege to himself. I do not think a person has a right to beat a drum under one's window, because this is altogether disagreeable, and if there is an extraordinary motive for it, then it is fit that the person should be put to some little inconvenience in removing his sphere of liberty of action to a reasonable distance. A tallow-chandler's shop or a steam-engine is a nuisance in a town, and ought to be removed into the suburbs; but they are to be tolerated where they are least inconvenient, because they are necessary somewhere, and there is no remedying the inconvenience. The right to protest against and to prohibit them rests with the suffering party; but because this point of the greatest interest is less clear in some cases than in others, it does not follow that there is no right or principle of justice in the case. 3. As to matters of contempt and the expression of opinion, I think these do not fall under the head of force, and are not, on that ground, subjects of coercion and law. For example, if a person inflicts a sensation upon me by material means, whether tangible or otherwise, I cannot help that sensation; I am so far the slave of that other, and have no means of resisting him but by force, which I would define to be material agency. But if another proposes an opinion to me, I am not bound to be of this opinion; my judgment and will is left free, and therefore I have no right to resort to force to recover a liberty which I have not lost. If I do this to prevent that other from pressing that opinion, it is I who invade his liberty, without warrant, because without necessity. It may be urged that material agency, or force, is used in the adoption of sounds or letters of the alphabet, which I cannot help seeing or hearing. But the injury is not here, but in the moral and artificial interference, which I am at liberty to admit or reject, according to the evidence. There is no force but argument in the case, and it is reason, not the will of another, that gives the law. Further, the opinion expressed, generally concerns not one individual, but the general interest; and of that my approbation or disapprobation is not a commensurate or the sole judge. I am judge of my own interests, because it is my affair, and no one's else; but by the same rule, I am not a judge, nor have I a veto on that which appeals to all the world, merely because I have a prejudice or fancy against it. But suppose another expresses by signs or words a contempt for me? Answer. I do not know that he is bound to have a respect for me. Opinion is free; for if I wish him to have that respect, then he must be left free to judge for himself, and consequently to arrive at and to express the contrary opinion, or otherwise the verdict and testimony I aim at could not be obtained; just as players must consent to be hissed if they expect to be applauded. Opinion cannot be forced, for it is not grounded on force, but on evidence and reason, and therefore these last are the proper instruments to control that opinion, and to make it favourable to what we wish, or hostile to what we disapprove. In what relates to action, the will of another is force, or the determining power: in what relates to opinion, the mere will or ipse dixit of another is of no avail but as it gains over other opinions to its side, and therefore neither needs nor admits of force as a counter-acting means to be used against it. But in the case of calumny or indecency: 1. I would say that it is the suppression of truth that gives falsehood its worst edge. What transpires (however maliciously or secretly) in spite of the law, is taken for gospel, and as it is impossible to prevent calumny, so it is impossible to counteract it on the present system, or while every attempt to answer it is attributed to the people's not daring to speak the truth. If any single fact or accident peeps out, the whole character, having this legal screen before it, is supposed to be of a piece; and the world, defrauded of the means of coming to their own conclusion, naturally infer the worst. Hence the saying, that reputation once gone never returns. If, however, we grant the general license or liberty of the press, in a scheme where publicity is the great object, it seems a manifest contre-sens that the author should be the only thing screened or kept a secret: either, therefore, an anonymous libeller would be heard with contempt, or if he signed his name thus -, or thus - -, it would be equivalent to being branded publicly as a calumniator, or marked with the T.F. (travail forcé) or the broad R. (rogue) on his back. These are thought sufficient punishments, and yet they rest on opinion without stripes or labour. As to indecency, in proportion as it is flagrant is the shock and resentment against it; and as vanity is the source of indecency, so the universal discountenance and shame is its most effectual antidote. If it is public, it produces immediate reprisals from public opinion which no brow can stand; and if secret, it had better be left so. No one can then say it is obtruded on him; and if he will go in search of it, it seems odd he should call upon the law to frustrate the object of his pursuit. Further, at the worst, society has its remedy in its own hands whenever its moral sense is outraged, that is, it may send to Coventry, or ex-communicate like the church of old; for though it may have no right to prosecute, it is not bound to protect or patronise, unless by voluntary consent of all parties concerned. Secondly, as to rights of action, or personal liberty. These have no limit but the rights of persons or property aforesaid, or to be hereafter named. They are the channels in which the others run without injury and without impediment, as a river within its banks. Every one has a right to use his natural powers in the way most agreeable to himself, and which he deems most conducive to his own advantage, provided he does not interfere with the corresponding rights and liberties of others. He has no right to coerce them by a decision of his individual will, and as long as he abstains from this he has no right to be coerced by an expression of the aggregate will, that is, by law. The law is the emanation of the aggregate will, and this will receives its warrant to act only from the forcible pressure from without, and its indispensable resistance to it. Let us see how this will operate to the pruning and curtailment of law. The rage of legislation is the first vice of society; it ends by limiting it to as few things as possible. 1. There can, according to the principle here imperfectly sketched, be no laws for the enforcement of morals; because morals have to do with the will and affections, and the law only puts a restraint on these. Every one is politically constituted the judge of what is best for himself; it is only when he encroaches on others that he can be called to account. He has no right to say to others, You shall do as I do: how then should they have a right to say to him, You shall do as we do? Mere numbers do not convey the right, for the law addresses not one, but the whole community. For example, there cannot rightly be a law to set a man in the stocks for getting drunk. It injures his health, you say. That is his concern, and not mine. But it is detrimental to his affairs: if so, he suffers most by it. But it is ruinous to his wife and family: he is their natural and legal guardian. But they are thrown upon the parish: the parish need not take the burden upon itself, unless it chooses or has agreed to do so. If a man is not kind to or fond of his wife I see no law to make him. If he beats her, or threatens her life, she as clearly has a right to call in the aid of a constable or justice of peace. I do not see, in the manner, how there can be law against gambling (against cheating there may), or against usury. A man gives twenty, forty, a hundred per cent. with his eyes open, but would he do it if strong necessity did not impel him? Certainly no man would give double if he could get the same advantage for half. There are circumstances in which a rope to save me from drowning, or a draught of water, would be worth all I have. In like manner, lotteries are fair things; for the loss is inconsiderable, and the advantage may be incalculable. I do not believe the poor put into them, but the reduced rich, the shabby-genteel. Players were formerly prohibited as a nuisance, and fortune-tellers still are liable to the Vagrant Act, which the parson of the parish duly enforces, in his zeal to prevent cheating and imposture, while he himself has his two livings, and carries off a tenth of the produce of the soil. Rape is an offence clearly punishable by law; but I would not say that simple incontinence is so. I will give one more example, which, though quaint, may explain the distinction I aim at. A man may commit suicide if he pleases, without being responsible to any one. He may quit the world as he would quit the country where he was born. But if any person were to fling himself from the gallery into the pit of a playhouse, so as to endanger the lives of others, if he did not succeed in killing himself, he would render himself liable to punishment for the attempt, if it were to be supposed that a person so desperately situated would care about consequences. Duelling is lawful on the same principle, where every precaution is taken to show that the act is voluntary and fair on both sides. I might give other instances, but these will suffice. 2. There should be a perfect toleration in matters of religion. In what relates to the salvation of a man's soul, he is infinitely more concerned than I can be; and to pretend to dictate to him in this particular is an infinite piece of impertinence and presumption. But if a man has no religion at all? That does not hinder me from having any. If he stood at the church door and would not let me enter, I should have a right to push him aside; but if he lets me pass by without interruption, I have no right to turn back and drag him in after me. He might as well force me to have no religion as I force him to have one, or burn me at the stake for believing what he does not. Opinion, 'like the wild goose, flies unclaimed of any man': heaven is like 'the marble air, accessible to all'; and therefore there is no occasion to trip up one another's heels on the road, or to erect a turnpike gate to collect large sums from the passengers. How have I a right to make another pay for the saving of my soul, or to assist me in damning his? There should be no secular interference in sacred things; no laws to suppress or establish any church or sect in religion, no religious persecutions, tests, or disqualifications; the different sects should be left to inveigh and hate each other as much as they please; but without the love of exclusive domination and spiritual power there would be little temptation to bigotry and intolerance.
3. AS TO THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. If it of no use a man's being left to enjoy security, or to exercise his freedom of action, unless he has a right to appropriate certain other things necessary to his comfort and subsistence to his own use. In a state of nature, or rather of solitary independence, he has a right to all he can lay his hands on: what then limits this right? Its being inconsistent with the same right in others. This strikes a mathematical or logical balance between two extreme and equal pretensions. As there is not a natural and indissoluble connection between the individual and his property, or those outward subjects of which he may have need (they being detached, unlimited, and transferable), as there is between the individual and his person, either as an organ of sensation or action, it is necessary, in order to prevent endless debate and quarrels, to fix upon some other criterion or common ground of preference. Animals, or savages, have no idea of any other right than that of the strongest, and seize on all they can get by force, without any regard to justice or an equal claim. 1. One mode of settling the point is to divide the spoil. That is allowing an equal advantage to both. Thus boys, when they unexpectedly find anything, are accustomed to cry 'Halves!' But this is liable to other difficulties, and applies only to the case of joint finding. 2. Priority of possession is a far way of deciding the right of property; first, on the mere principle of a lottery, or the old saying, 'First come, first served'; secondly, because the expectation having been excited, and the will more set upon it, this constitutes a powerful reason for not violently forcing it to let go its hold. The greater strength of volition is, we have seen, one foundation of right; for supposing a person to be absolutely indifferent to anything, he could properly set up no claim to it. 3. Labour, or the having produced a thing or fitted it for use by previous exertion, gives this right, chiefly, indeed, for moral and final causes; because if one enjoyed what another had produced, there would be nothing but idleness and rapacity; but also in the sense we are inquiring into, because on a merely selfish ground the labour undergone, or the time lost, is entitled to an equivalent cæteris manentibus. 4. If another, voluntarily, or for a consideration, resigns to me his right in anything, it to all intents and purposes becomes mine. This accounts not only for gifts, the transfer of property by bargains, etc., but for legacies, and the transmission of property in families or otherwise. It is hard to make a law to circumscribe this right of disposing of what we have as we please; yet the boasted law of primogeniture, which is professedly the bulwark and guardian of property, is in direct violation of this principle. 5, and lastly. Where a thing is common, and there is enough for all, and no one contributes to it, as air or water, there can be no property in it. The proximity to a herring-fishery, or the having been the first to establish a particular traffic in such commodities, may perhaps give this right by aggravating our will, as having a nearer or longer power over them; but the rule is the other way. It is on the same principle that poaching is a kind of honest thieving, for that which costs no trouble and is confined to no limits seems to belong to no one exclusively (why else do poachers or country people seize on this kind of property with the least reluctance, but that it is the least like stealing?); and as the game laws and the tenaciousness of the rights to that which has least the character of property, as most a point of honour, produced a revolution in one country, so they are not unlikely to produce it in another. The object and principle of the laws of property, then, is this: 1. To supply individuals and the community with what they need. 2. To secure an equal share to each individual, other circumstances being the same. 3. To keep the peace and promote industry and plenty, by proportioning each man's share to his own exertions, or to the good-will and discretion of others. The intention, then, being that no individual should rob another, or be starved but by his refusing to work (the earth and its produce being the natural estate of the community, subject to these regulations of individual right and public welfare), the question is, whether any individual can have a right to rob or starve the whole community; or if the necessary discretion left in the application of the principle has led to a state of things subversive of the principle itself, and destructive to the welfare and existence of the state, whether the end being defeated, the law does not fall to the ground, or require either a powerful corrective or a total reconstruction. The end is superior to the means, and the use of a thing does not justify its abuse. If a clock is quite out of order and always goes wrong, it is no argument to say it was set right at first and on true mechanical principles, and therefore it must go on as it has done, according to all the rules of art; on the contrary, it is taken to pieces, repaired, and the whole restored to the original state, or, if this is impossible, a new one is made. So society, when out of order, which it is whenever the interests of the many are regularly and outrageously sacrificed to those of the few, must be repaired, and either a reform or a revolution cleanse its corruptions and renew its elasticity. People talk of the poor laws as a grievance. Either they or a national bankruptcy, or a revolution, are necessary. The labouring population have not doubled in the last forty years; there are still no more than are necessary to do the work in husbandry, etc., that is indispensably required; but the wages of a labouring man are no higher than they were forty years ago, and the price of food and necessaries is at least double what it was then, owing to taxes, grants, monopolies, and immense fortunes gathered during the war by the richer or more prosperous classes, who have not ceased to propagate in the geometrical ratio, though the poor have not done it, and the maintaining of whose younger and increasing branches in becoming splendour and affluence presses with double weight on the poor and labouring classes. The greater part of a community ought not to be paupers or starving; and when a government by obstinacy and madness has reduced them to that state, it must either take wise and effectual measures to relieve them from it, or pay the forfeit of its own wickedness and folly.
It seems, then, that a system of just and useful laws may be constructed nearly, if not wholly, on the principle of the right of self-defence, or the security for person, liberty, and property. There are exceptions, such, for instance, as in the case of children, idiots, and insane persons. These common-sense dictates for a general principle can only hold good where the general conditions are complied with. There are also mixed cases, partaking of civil and moral justice. Is a man bound to support his children? Not in strict political right; but he may be compelled to forego all the benefits of civil society, if he does not fulfil an engagement which, according to the feelings and principles of that society, he has undertaken. So in respect to marriage. It is a voluntary contract, and the violation of it is punishable on the same plea of sympathy and custom. Government is not necessarily founded on common consent, but on the right which society has to defend itself against all aggression. But am I bound to pay or support the government for defending the society against any violence or injustice? No: but then they may withdraw the protection of the law from me if I refuse, and it is on this ground that the contributions of each individual to the maintenance of the state are demanded. Laws are, or ought to be, founded on the supposed infraction of individual rights. If these rights, and the best means of maintaining them, are always clear, and there could be no injustice or abuse of power on the part of the government, every government might be its own lawgiver: but as neither of these is the case, it is necessary to recur to the general voice for settling the boundaries of right and wrong, and even more for preventing the government, under pretence of the general peace and safety, from subjecting the whole liberties, rights, and resources of the community to its own advantage and sole will. [Emphasis added.]
1 Written in 1828 and found in Winterslow; see a listing of Hazlitt's work.
2 This would be Joseph Priestly (1733-1804), a believer in church and the king. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1794. He was "a pioneer in the chemistry of gases, and one of the discoverers of oxygen." (Chambers.)
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The famed edginess of music critics of times past is a never-ending source of entertainment. In an age of mostly polished and congratulatory reviews, sometimes you just want to throwback and enjoy some quality mockery. The best place to find stuff like this is definitely the 19th century, as the age of budding professional and amateur music journalism – a world of supremely opinionated, incredibly biased art criticism with no censorship, no take-backs, and no mercy. Let’s take a look at some of these impressively finely-honed insults.
We’ll start with our old favourite – Franz Grillparzer, an Austrian writer, dunking on Weber’s Eurianthe with no holds barred:„This music is disgusting. This inversion of euphony, this rape of the beautiful, would have been punished in the good old days of ancient Greece. Such music is illegal; it would create monsters, were it ever possible that it gradually could find public acceptance… This opera can please only fools, or lunatics, or scholars, or street thieves and assassins.“
G. B. Shaw, showing a remarkable level of restraint for his part, merely called the overture of this opera vulgar.
Surprisingly, even beloved musical padre d’Italia Verdi found himself a target of a fair few nasty remarks. And pretty cleverly disguised ones, too! Victorian poet Robert Browning sneakily inserted a critique poetique of Verdi’s „worst opera“ (jury’s still out on which exact opera Browning was thinking of) in his poem Bishop Blougram’s Apology:
Another favorite trash-talker of ours is Edward Hanslick, the ultimate Wagner hater of his day. He didn’t reserve his arsenal of insults just for that curmudgeon, though, but aimed it at pretty much anyone in the New German School. We can see it clearly in the way he writes about Liszt’s famed B-minor Sonata (now considered a masterpiece of Romantic pianism), all the way back in 1881:
“It is impossible to convey through words an idea of this musical monstrosity. Never have I experienced a more contrived and insolent agglomeration of the most disparateelements, a wilder rage, a bloodier battle against all that is musical. At first, I felt bewildered, then shocked, and finally overcome with irresistible hilarity… Here all criticism, all discussion must cease. Who has heard that, and finds it beautiful, is beyond help.”
Of course, not even composers themselves were immune to a little bit of spite, and usually in less verbose and more direct packaging. As Brahms once commented on Rubinstein’s opera Nero: “This music is an adequate representation of Nero’s character. It’s awful!”
Felix Mendelssohn, for his part, advised people to wash their hands after handling a Berlioz score – showing less is more when it comes to expert insults.
A special shout-out, before we continue to some of the greatest musical offenders of all, would still have to go to a pro – Russian critic Nicolai Soloviev, who literally invented the modern stan phrasebook with just one iconic sentence: “Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, like the first pancake, is a flop.”
The most insulted composers, for the most part, seem to be Beethoven (pretty provocative in his time) and Wagner (… I mean… did you expect it to be any other way?).
On Beethoven’s Fidelio overture, one German dramatist, August von Kotzebue, writes: „ …something so disconnected, clumsy, chaotic, insulting to the ear, surely was never before written in music.“ (Kotzebue’s opinion must have changed during his lifetime, as Beethoven eventually produced music for not one, but two of his plays, The Ruins of Athens and King Stephen.) English Renaissance man whose primary occupation was art criticism, John Ruskin, adds a similar sentiment in one private correspondence: „Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of bags of nails, with here and there also a dropped hammer.”
Even later than Ruskin, the great Leo Tolstoy, musing on the nature of Art (capitalization necessary), shits on the composer’s Ninth – going so far as to claim this work does the opposite of its famed effect: „…the music does not accord with the thought expressed in the verses; for the music is exclusive and does not unite all men, but unites only a few, dividing them off from the rest of mankind.”
We’d gladly and cheerfully if only there was enough space in this article, now list every single insult Wagner’s oeuvre ever received. It seems like the writers of the latter part of the 19th century really leaned in the craft of the creative diss, just in time for Wagner to proudly march in front of the firing squad. Grillparzer, for example, comes in with all claws out, describing Wagner’s music in one of his poems as something worthy of a prison sentence. Prosper Mérimée, a French writer and archeologist suggested he could write a better Tannhäuser based on his cat jumping up and down the piano keyboard, further pointing out in the very same private letter that the existing work was monstrous, a colossal vexation, an insane fiasco…
England’s greatest diva Oscar Wilde kept his characteristic cool, bon vivant profile even in criticism when commenting the following: “I like Wagner’s music better than anybody’s. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.”
Finally, Friedrich Nietzche, in one turbulent period of the Wagner/Nietzche relationship, called Parsifal nothing more than sickeningly sweet „bim-bam“ pealing (what?), adding elsewhere in much more precise terms, that it was a „curse on the senses and the spirit”.
We’d like to close this article out with just one more zinger by Nietzsche (we love to see it, really): “Is Wagner a human being at all? Is he not rather a disease? He contaminates everything he touches – he has made music sick. I postulate this viewpoint: Wagner’s art is diseased.” | <urn:uuid:00114653-838c-4d89-a711-476d81146deb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://staging.mordents.com/the-art-of-the-insult/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.955683 | 1,386 | 1.960938 | 2 |
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In situ synchrotron study of ordered and disordered LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 as lithium ion battery positive electrode
Acta Materialia, Volume: 116, Pages: 290 - 297
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In situ powder synchrotron diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy have been used to investigate cation ordered as well as disordered modifications of the LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 spinel-type compound as a Li-ion battery (LIB) cathode during electrochemical cycling. The structural state depends on the a...
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In situ powder synchrotron diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy have been used to investigate cation ordered as well as disordered modifications of the LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 spinel-type compound as a Li-ion battery (LIB) cathode during electrochemical cycling. The structural state depends on the adopted heat treatment conditions and is ascertained by Raman and neutron diffraction data. The degree of Mn-Ni ordering (none, partial, complete) is one parameter that influences the electrochemical behaviour. The in situ data reveal significant differences in behaviour with respect to structural phase transitions during electrochemical cycling. Ordered Li2Mn3NiO8 (P4332) undergoes two consecutive first order structural phase transitions between spinel type phases during charging - discharging. These are most probably connected with steps in oxidation state for the Ni-atoms as supported by XANES data. The disordered phases (Fd-3m) show a mixed “solid solution - two phase” behaviour accompanied by a smooth decrease in the unit cell volume during charging over the two redox steps involved, Ni2+/Ni3+/Ni4+, however, also with volume jumps at first order transitions. This combined behaviour is explained for the first time for spinel type LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 materials. It is not clear why ordered and disordered phases show different phase behaviors depending on the state of (dis)charge. This could be due to higher valent Mn taking part in the redox activity at higher voltages, however, future verification is required.
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From the patio of the Bluegill Restaurant, you cannot see the candy-striped smokestacks of Plant Barry rising twenty miles away in north Mobile County, at the site of Alabama Power’s 600-acre coal-ash pond. The back-end of the restaurant, which sits on the eastern portion of The Causeway in Spanish Fort, looks out over Pass Picada channel — a veritable honey-hole for redfish, speckled trout, and largemouth bass— before flowing into Chacaloochee Bay. Families stand along the rickety dock after dining and kids angle for privileged glimpses of alligators loitering idly for scraps. Elvis likely stood here during one of several Bluegill experiences in the ’50s, perhaps after the time he performed at a Vigor High School assembly, only to have the show cut short due to the saltiness of his below-the-belt gyrations.
Standing along the Pass in the magic hour, among the cattails and cordgrass, hyacinth and lotus blooms, it’s easy to forget the threat that looms northward in the Delta. Before the 2008 coal-ash spill in Kingston, Tenn. — a spill that resulted in nearly $3 billion in damages and cleanup costs — the issue of coal ash was not part of the public imagination. Over the past seven years, due to the work of Mobile Baykeeper and others, coal ash is now very much on the minds of coastal Alabamians.
If you’re not privy to the news, you can learn why Mobile Baykeeper and the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a Notice Of Intent To Sue Alabama Power for its plans to leave more than 21 million tons of coal ash buried along the Mobile River, a historic body of water that was designated by American Rivers as the “third most endangered river” in the U.S. in 2022. Litigation has always been a means of last resort for Mobile Baykeeper, and these recent events are no exception.
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Car ECU Programming
An Electronic Control Unit is an Embedded System in-car electronics that comprised of many memory chips. These memory chips keep the car data safe to run the system accordingly.
The Vehicle Identity Number (VIN) has 17 digits, and it is the ID of the vehicle. When you unlock the car with the remote control or turn on the car ignition switch, the ECU reads the fed VIN if the VIN is not the same it refuses the car starting order. It passes the information through the Controller Area Network (CAN Bus) to all the controllers and the sub-controllers of the vehicle. Like VIN there are other many CODES saved in the microchips. If these codes vanish from the chips, the car will refuse to start or brings faults. Car ECU Programming is basically to download the original car configuration files and upload to the car computer that is called ECU (Engine Control Unit)
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How do you keep a house’s flooring plan, whereas concurrently enhancing connections between rooms? It sounds unattainable, however has been efficiently achieved within the current Daylesford venture of architect Murray Barker.
The 1872 home was initially a four-room cottage with a central hallway flanked by bedrooms on one aspect, and dwelling areas on the opposite. A Nineties extension enlarged the house, however failed to attach the varied dwelling areas (kitchen, eating, dwelling, and workplace), or benefit from the encircling backyard.
Recognising these shortcomings, Murray reconfigured the ground plan, by partially demolishing partitions between the dwelling areas and changing them with joinery.
‘New sight strains are launched however filtered by joinery, shelving, and open stud-framing the place partitions had been partially demolished,’ explains Murray.
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a British marriage web site carried out a survey of 4,000 partners. On survey the couples needed to show the amount of contentment through the different phases of the marriage. From the effects researchers pinpointed the happiest day at a couple of years, 11 months and 8 days following relationship. During this time, Uk partners had the many intercourse, finest social life, holidays and intimate dinners. This is also committed whenever the couples experience the longest heart to heart conversations as soon as wives have the the majority of comments.
Here are a few points that the scientists located which triggered those happy marriages:
- invest 24 mins having a heart to heart every day.
- Permit 75 minutes of alone time every single day.
- Never ever go to bed with a disagreement unresolved.
- 5 cuddles a-day and say “i really like You.” at least once.
- Spend 3 evenings weekly curled on the settee collectively.
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One of the most popular requests I get for any of my clients is about how to remove hair from areas that are difficult to reach or to where painful to use devices are required. One of the most popular techniques used in Japan is Sugimoto techniques or waxing. For centuries this method of hair removal has been practiced and continues to be practiced by many of the Japanese people. But the question is how do they do it?
The best way I can describe it is a plucking technique where a finger or tweezer is used to pluck or shave the scalp until all the hair is removed. Most of the time this is accomplished using special tools like a Japanese plucking needle. After the hair is plucked, it is then rubbed against a heated iron until the skin burns or scabs. The last step is typically shaving or waxing the remaining hair away leaving the follicle intact.
A similar but less common technique used to remove Japanese Hair is called careless hair removal. This technique involves using a laser device to break down the hair strands until they just fall out. Because laser hair removal does not actually burn or shave the hair away it can be very effective. As with other methods of Japanese hair removal the final result is often better than either electrolysis or waxing. | <urn:uuid:abea09c9-373b-47e2-a8a5-7c0cbf7a0834> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.areec.com/forum/get-started-with-your-forum/how-do-japanese-remove-hair | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.961286 | 258 | 2.25 | 2 |
YSC cares about its Co-Survivors, and we want you to know about the support and resources that are available to you. Each month, we’ll be sending you a few inspirational tidbits while also making you aware of what is right at your fingertips.
But first: what is a Co-Survivor? YSC Co-Survivors are partners/spouses, parents, adult children, adult siblings and friends (adult meaning 18 years of age or older) of young women diagnosed with breast cancer. While many young survivors also provide support to their friends, this is not for those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
This month, it’s all about getting cozy, or, as the New York Times called it The Year of Hygge, the Danish Obsession with Getting Cozy. It’s pronounced “hoo-guh” which is just kind of fun to say. Think about comforting, nourishing things you love. What does this look like to you? Cushiony slippers? Wood fires? Hot chocolate?
September hosts the Fall Equinox which historically has meaning around slowing down and turning inward. We view bursts of gorgeous color as leaves change and then fall. The air becomes crisp while the blue of the sky becomes crystal clear. Different traditions surface for different cultures. What does slowing down and turning inward mean for you? Enjoying a good book under a fleece blanket? The meditative practice of preparing an especially delicious soup? A favorite sweater?
The direction of hoo-guh and slowing down points us to self-care. It is always right and good to take of yourself.
“The Art of Communication”: talk by co-survivor Craig McRobbie, YSC Symposium 2015
“Mindful Caregiving for Breast Cancer Co-Survivors”: talk by Cassandra Palmer, YSC Summit 2017
Journaling for Better Health by Jean Rowe
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We know our role is to help preserve and protect our Environment for future generations. The Council has now agreed a Net Zero plan which will focus efforts to reduce our environmental impact even further whilst still enabling us to deliver sustainable growth alongside maintaining top-quartile condition for our roads and pavements. We will continue to invest in environmental measures that protect our natural environment, enhance our biodiversity and reduce our carbon footprint.
Vision and Objectives
Worcestershire has an ideal blend of urban and rural environments. 85% of our County is classed as rural, with urban areas having good access to parks, open spaces and public rights of way. Worcestershire includes two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; The Cotswolds and Malvern Hills. There is easy access to the countryside wherever you live in the County, promoting outdoor activities which support healthy lifestyles and attracts visitors from across the country.
Our urban areas, with their rich fabric and strong historic and cultural offers, provide a good quality of life and encourage people to live in, work and visit our County. From the splendour of Worcester Cathedral to the quaint beauty of Bewdley’s riverbanks, our towns and city have something for everyone.
Alongside maintaining our roads and pavements in top quartile condition, moving forwards, we know our role is to help preserve and protect our environment for future generations. The County Council has already halved our emissions over the last decade. Striving to go further we have now agreed a Net Zero plan which will focus our efforts to reduce our environmental impact even further. We will continue to invest in environmental measures that protect our natural environment, enhance our biodiversity and reduce our carbon footprint. We continue to work with partners to protect our communities from the adverse impacts of extreme weather, including flooding, and ensure future developments meet national and local standards and are resilient to the impacts of climate change.
A Greener Future
Our Net Zero Carbon Plan outlines our commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions across several areas, including emissions from household waste disposal, council buildings, street lighting and through partnership working with contractors. We are working with key partners such as the NHS, the University and ‘blue-light’ services to understand our respective net zero strategies and how we can best support each other achieve our green ambitions.
Our investment in transport infrastructure has included provision of Worcestershire Parkway, the first new rail station in the County for 100 years, and major improvements to Kidderminster Station. We have a programme to enhance and increase car and cycle parking at stations to meet demand, including new EV charging points. We have secured additional funding for walking and cycling in the County, including plans for Kepax and Hampton bridges, and we’re working in partnership with our Borough, City and District councils to secure additional resources through external funding. With this brings the benefit of reducing emissions whilst also contributing to healthier, active lifestyles. We are also investing in the 4,600km of public rights of way we maintain to encourage people to explore the beauty Worcestershire has to offer.
To enhance our Environment, we are planting 150,000 trees across the County creating new woodlands whilst also being a pollinator friendly and environmentally conscious Council when working with suppliers and contractors. We are now purchasing 100% green electricity and accelerating our programme to convert our streetlights to efficient LED bulbs. We are also providing advice and grants to help businesses and organisations across the County cut carbon emissions, improve biodiversity and develop and grow low and zero carbon products and services. We recognise the scale of the net zero challenge, and we will work closely with our partners and residents to achieve our collective ambitions
Resilience Transport Network
We are committed to improving all modes of transport to the detriment of none. Having good quality roads and pavements is a top priority for our residents and businesses. We will continue to invest in these striving for national top-quartile performance in the condition of our roads and pavements. Recognising the impact of flooding, we will keep investing in flood prevention and mitigation on our highway network.
We are investing in our roads to reduce congestion as this has been identified by residents as another top priority for them. This includes the delivery of the major projects to improve the Southern Link Road in Worcester and A38 in Bromsgrove alongside local improvements in Kidderminster, the A38 at Upton upon-Severn, Bromsgrove Town Centre and Pershore Northern Link Road. These will reduce congestion and improve journey time reliability.
Our strategic investment sites will also support electric vehicle charging and active travel, helping to provide more travel choices. We will also work with Midlands Connect and National Highways to improve the A46 in Evesham.
Alongside our investment in roads and pavements we will continue to improve our public transport network across the County. This includes works already delivered and planned to improve rail station accessibility at Blakedown, Droitwich and Alvechurch which will support a multi-modal transport offer for residents and businesses alike. This will be supported by our strategic investment in Shrub Hill and Redditch stations and the continued growth of Worcestershire Parkway Station.
Worcestershire aspires to deliver better local bus routes with Ultra-low and Zero Emission Buses within the County. We will continue to support local bus services to ensure our towns and villages remain connected and explore demand responsive travel opportunities to run these more efficiently and effectively for users.
Working with the Environment Agency we will deliver more schemes to prevent and mitigate the impact of flooding, including large schemes at Tenbury Wells and Bewdley.
Reducing our Waste
Our aim is to encourage residents to reduce, reuse, repair, recycle and compost more. By doing this we will use less raw materials and save energy whilst protecting natural resources and reducing carbon emissions. All of this will help us achieve our ambition of being a Net Zero Council by 2050. New measures introduced through the national Resources and Waste Strategy and new Environment Act 2021 will help transition to a more circular economy and increase waste and resource efficiency. This means major changes to the way in which waste is created in the first place, with new measures to reduce packaging and the way waste is collected, disposed of and treated.
Over the last five years we have made significant progress by diverting waste which can’t be recycled to our local Energy from Waste plant rather than to landfill. The facility produces enough electricity to power approximately 32,000 homes. We are committed to working with residents and businesses to reduce the amount of waste produced and increase the amount we re-use, recycle and compost.
As a growing economy, with more businesses and homes forecast, we know the importance of reducing our carbon footprint and ensuring new developments support a sustainable future. We will encourage and grow our communities’ capacity to reduce and recycle waste through the right support and provision.
How we will measure this
- Reduce kg of waste produced per person
- Improve the condition of our roads and pavements to be amongst the best nationally
- Additional increase in the number of homes and businesses protected from flooding
- Reduce Council’s carbon emissions towards Net Zero by 2050
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The rhythm of a whole, half, quarter and two eighth notes are combinations with quarter rests.
- To learn note and rest value
- To learn beat counting
Game time 3 min.
How to Play
The players take turns drawing the card, counting or tapping the beats and moving their mover that amount of steps forward, depending on how many beats they got on their card (2, 3 or 4). The stack of cards includes 10 Bonus cards – “ move two steps forward” or “move 3 steps backward” which adds some excitement to the game.
Winning the Game
The winner is the person who has gotten to the finishing square first.
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Virtual SDDP MedBEESinessHubs 2022
This SDD was implemented in the context of the MedBEESinessHubs project. The results presented here are from a virtual Structured Democratic Dialogues (SDDs) that was organized and managed from Cyprus between March and June 2022. The aim was to he participants from the five countries for a full-scale week-long training in SDD facilitation that took place in June 2022. The representatives from the participating countries were prepared on how to apply SDDs to address local challenges in their respective rural communities.
This first part of the SDD training took place between May and June 2022. It was organized as a sequence of 5 weekly Zoom meetings. The Triggering Question was: In the context of your work, what are obstacles that prevent efficient stakeholders’ dialogues?
The participants produced 35 ideas, which were clustered into 6 categories.
Visual Overview of List of Clusters
Visual Overview of Mapping
After voting for their top 5, 17 ideas received votes (indicating Spreathink = 40%), and 7 were structured.
The following ideas made it to the root of the tree:
Idea 3: (9 Votes) Lack/absence of a clear common goal for the group to work on
Idea 2: (7 Votes) Moderator/facilitator
Idea 5: (4 Votes) Inconsistency and incompatibility between group members (age, educational level and experience, etc.)
Idea 20: (4 Votes) Conflict of interest
Idea 13: (3 Votes) Not knowing the contents of the topics well
Idea 35: (3 Votes) Some members might not have the appropriate knowledge and the skills for stakeholders’ dialogue
Idea 1: (1 Votes) Logistical arrangements
The striking finding is that the group identified #2: Moderator/facilitator, as the most influential factor.
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Note, this is part 2 of an 8 part series of the agile principles series. You can find part one here.
One of the most important things you can do is foster an environment, culture, and habit of collaboration. This is a key feature of whatever agile framework you chose to employ at your work. All of the procedures, ceremonies, and processes are built around the idea of collaboration.
Collaboration is how we can quickly find a solution to a problem. It doesn’t require technical expertise, or detailed knowledge about how to solve a problem. If you are on a team that may not have the most advanced technical knowledge, don’t worry. You still have value.
One of the things that helps in those situations is being a sounding board for other more technical people on the team. They can throw out technical solutions or talk through some implementation details, and in the middle of their sentence, they will either see the flaw in their idea, or will find a solution to their issue.
One thing to keep in mind is that collaboration is not linear. Collaborative efforts are more circular in nature. Often times we’ll jump from one subject to the next only to come back to the original subject later in the conversation. This is all fine.
The Agile Manifesto in review
To better understand how critical collaboration is, let’s take a look at the Agile Manifesto.
The third value states:
[We value] Customer collaboration [more] over contract negotiation
In addition to specifically calling out collaboration, the agile principles that support the four values of the agile manifesto give additional weight to the importance of collaboration.
The third value is supported by the principles of face-to-face communication (principle 5) and business and developers are to work together daily (principle 3) by telling us when and how to collaborate.
The original creators of the Agile Manifesto knew that for a company to be able to accommodate, adjust, and react to changes, the developers and business had to talk to each other. And not only did they have to talk to each other, they had to do it on a daily basis, in person.
The various agile frameworks out there capitalize on this principle by creating various meetings meant to facilitate this collaborative communication. In scrum, you have backlog refinement meetings, sprint review meetings, and daily stand ups where people are meant to discuss face to face about what the team is creating. Additionally, the scrum framework places a business person directly into the scrum team (the product owner).
Scrum isn’t alone in trying to enshrine the idea of collaboration. Collaboration is a key element in XP via the use of feedback loops. You will also find collaboration a key component in Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), Pair Programming, Kanban, Lean, etc.
So, with that said, let’s take a look at how we can collaborate better.
All about Collaboration
The environment matters
The space where you work needs to be conducive to collaboration? This means that you can see the people that you work with. You are not farther than 30 feet apart (they are within earshot). You have rooms setup where you can easily gather and review code, product backlog items, designs with one another.Within the space that you work, you have business people apart of that space and team.
When it comes to communication, the environment matters. A good, collaborative environment isn’t the only factor to better communication, but is a principle contributing factor to enhanced communication.
Not only is the environment important, but how you communicate is also a factor.
There is a reason that face-to-face communication is specifically mentioned in the agile manifesto. Face-to-face communication is the richest form of communication than other forms of communication. Why? Because when you communicate directly to another person, you capture all of the non-verbal communication. Studies have shown that 80% of communication is all nonverbal. Other forms of communication are less effective because they don’t capture the full spectrum of communication that happens.
With collaboration, there is a scale of effectiveness. Two people at a whiteboard discussing various options to a problem are more effective than a requirements document gathered by one person and distributed for review by the development team. The reason for this is there is a give and take between two people discussing an issue that is not present with a requirements document.
In a requirements document, there can be a give and take of ideas and feedback but it spans over days, weeks, and possibly months. The give and take between two people at a white board happens in the moment rather than longer spans of time.
To see how this works better, let’s take a hypothetical situation:
Let’s say that there is a problem you and your team is working on. Now, let’s implement this rule: to get to the solution, there has to be 9 exchanges of ideas and feedback. If the team is discussing the problem at the whiteboard, how quickly will you get through the 9 exchanges to get to the solution? Relatively quick.
Now, changing the form of communication, if you sent a document for review by your team that would count as one exchange. You then get the document back with further clarifications. That is the second exchange. You make updates to the documents and send it back for further review, thus making the third exchange. This repeats until you reached the 9 exchanges to get to the solution. How long will it take to get to the possible solution? Obviously it depends on how quickly you can change the document, but it would be much longer in comparison to people to people talking in person at a whiteboard.
Trust matters too
One of the things that hamper collaboration is the idea of trust. When there is trust within the team, people can throw out ideas without stifling fear. When you have trust people are more creative and collaborative. Agendas are put away, posturing quits, and everyone gets down to the business of solving problems. How you harbor trust is a subject for another post. But, suffice it to say that when you are assessing your team, keep trust on your radar.
The Summation: Don’t just talk, collaborate.
You need to make sure the team is collaborating. Make sure that developers are not separated off in their cones of silence banging out code. Make sure that they reach out to one another so that they don’t build the wrong things. For the same reason, make sure the business staff is embedded in your team on a daily basis. The more collaboration that you do, the more effective your products will be. Collaboration can energize your team, provide additional motivation and get you over challenging hurdles. You will know when collaboration is happening. It’s not hard to miss.
Thanks for reading.
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Brandeis’ recent installation of solar panels to the library roof is a commendable step in improving sustainability and decreasing our carbon footprint. The new panels generate 25 percent of the library’s electricity usage and have doubled the amount of solar power on campus, an important milestone in reaching our sustainability goals. As Brandeis is pushing to be greener, we suggest the university impose a small tax, around $0.05, on plastic bags available at places like the C-Store and Curritos.
Last November, Boston’s city council passed a single-use plastic bag fee initiative, making Boston one of 57 communities in Massachusetts with such a tax. Implementing a small tax on single-use grocery bags has made a significant impact in hundreds of communities across the country. Six months after Boulder, CO instituted a $0.05 tax, plastic bag use was reported to be down an astounding 68 percent. Other cities, including New York and Washington D.C., have imposed similar fees for plastic bags. We encourage Brandeis to join this environmentally-friendly trend, to take a small but impactful step towards reducing our environmental impact.
In implementing a tax on plastic bag purchases, Brandeis must make sure that reusable bags are affordable and available to students to ensure that reducing our carbon footprint does not present a financial strain on students.
Another way students can avoid using plastic in their daily lives is to carry reusable water bottles. In January 2014, the university began adding water bottle filling stations around campus. While this was certainly an improvement, multiple residence halls still have a shortage of water fountains. The university should consider putting more water refilling stations around campus and students should take advantage of them. Despite the number of refilling stations that are on campus, many students still purchase plastic water bottles from the C-Store and Upper Usdan. The switch to reusable water bottles is an easy one to make and will save students money and time. Though it has shortcomings, the initiative was a positive move to encourage sustainable practices and a model for the plastic bag tax.
With President Trump’s announcement on Monday of a new tax on imported solar panels, it is more important than ever that Brandeis move toward sustainability, both in small individual steps like recycling and turning off lights, and in large, institutional changes like installing our own solar panels. Implementing a small tax on single-use bags would remind students to consider their environmental impact of their actions and would limit the use of environmentally harmful plastics on campus. | <urn:uuid:9532dfd7-c04f-4222-ab6e-e3c0e4185468> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://brandeishoot.com/2018/01/26/in-sustainability-efforts-consider-initiatives-to-reduce-plastic-use/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940536 | 514 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Toyota Concept-i looks to autonomous future
Design study from Toyota takes “people-focused” approach, showcases self-driving artificial intelligence
Toyota has unveiled its latest concept car, called the Concept-i, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Although the Concept-i is a significant distance away from being a production model, its features point towards Toyota’s future direction, particularly where autonomous cars are concerned.
The Concept-i has, naturally, the latest autonomous driving systems, complete with self-learning technology – as seen on the autonomous Audi Q7 at CES recently – but adds an extra degree of personality.
Toyota says the Concept-i offers “kinetic warmth”, meaning it’s able – in theory at least – to learn driving patterns, emotions and schedules, “building a relationship” with the driver as it does so.
Those characteristics are echoed inside the Concept-i, where ambient lighting changes colour depending on whether the car is in autonomous or manual mode, and warning messages are projected throughout the interior, rather than being limited to the dashboard.
Externally, greeting messages can be displayed on the Concept-i’s doors as occupants approach it, while drivers in other vehicles will be warned of manoeuvres and obstacles by displays on the back.
The Concept-i is about as conceptual as it’s possible to get, but these features indicate Toyota sees autonomous cars and artificial intelligence as being about more than self-driving alone: by generating a relationship between car and driver, it’s hoped the Concept-i will assist in the acceptance of autonomous systems.
Bob Carter, Toyota’s senior vice president of vehicle operations in America, said: “the important question isn’t whether future vehicles will be equipped with automated or connected technologies, it’s the experience of the people who engage with those vehicles”. Toyota considers this relationship should be a reciprocal one, where cars “engage with people in return”.
Despite being a futuristic, self-driving concept car with forward-thinking technology and state-of-the-art intentions, one clear fact can be determined from these images: the Concept-i still needs a physical accelerator and brake pedal.
While carmakers are confident autonomous technology is the future, regulators remain clear the driver must bear ultimate responsibility for the car and its behaviour – for now, at least.
Nissan Ariya vs Volvo XC40 vs Volkswagen ID.4 - which is best?
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2020 is the year we're expecting to get the PlayStation 5, and if the latest leaked information is to be believed, Sony's next console certainly won't be lacking in graphics performance.
As HotHardware reports(Opens in a new window), well-known hardware information leaker @Komachi has revealed three engineering samples of the PS5's AMD Oberon APU are currently being tested, known as Gen0, Gen1, and Gen2. The most up-to-date sample is Gen2 and it apparently runs at 2GHz. To put that into perspective, the PS4 Pro GPU runs at 911MHz.
Oberon A0.— [email protected] (@KOMACHI_ENSAKA) August 12, 2019(Opens in a new window)
Gen2 : GFXCLK = 2.000GHz
Gen1 : GFXCLK = 0.911Ghz
Gen0 : GFXCLK = 0.800Ghz.
The PS4 and PS4 Pro run on AMD's Radeon GCN GPU microarchitecture, where as the PS5 will run on the successor to that microarchitecture called Radeon DNA (RDNA). According to Twitter user Is a Parrot(Opens in a new window), if the PS5 GPU does end up running at 2GHz it will equate to 9.2 teraflops of performance on RDNA, or the equivalent of 14 teraflops on GCN. For comparison, the PS4 Pro achieves 4.2 teraflops and the Xbox One X 6 teraflops.
Clearly the PS5 will be (and should be) a huge step up from the last generation of consoles, but how about compared to high-end graphics cards? Comparing to the latest GeForce RTX graphics gives us a good idea of where Sony's next console sits. The GeForce RTX 2070 achieves 7.5 teraflops, the 2070 Super increases that to just over 9 teraflops, and then the RTX 2080 ($2,363.20 at Amazon)(Opens in a new window) achieves 10.1 teraflops. In other words, the PS5 sits in between the 2070 Super and 2080 in terms of GPU performance based on this leaked information.
Considering a GeForce RTX 2070 Super ($599.99 at Amazon)(Opens in a new window) costs around $500 on its own, Sony launching a console with a similar price point and higher GPU performance next year is mighty impressive. It also bodes very well for its future as a 4K gaming device, and we must consider that there may be a Gen3 of the PS5 APU to come that pushes performance even higher. Could it possibly match the RTX 2080?
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What Are Female Elephants Called?
Elephants are among the most recognizable animals in the world. The biggest land animals on earth, they’re known for their intelligence and empathy, as well as their huge size and impressive trunks. Female elephants are called cows, and their babies are called calves. Cows play an important role in leading the herd and protecting other elephants’ livelihoods.
Types of Elephants
There are two species of elephants: the African elephant, and the Asian elephant. If you want to distinguish between the two, you only need to look at their size. African elephants have much bigger ears and are heavier and larger in stature than their Asian cousins.
Interestingly, both male and female African elephants grow tusks, but the prominent ivory teeth are not found on any female Asian elephants. Elephants will use their tusks as a defensive weapon, but they also come in handy day-to-day as a tool to dig, lift objects, or gather food.
Leaders of the Herd
Elephants have a well-defined social structure led by females. Both African and Asian elephants typically live in groups called herds. According to the hSan Diego Zoo, each herd is led by one older cow, who is the dominant matriarch of the group. The rest of the herd is made up of the cow’s female relatives and calves. Occasionally, other female elephants will join a family group. Male elephants, called bulls, live separately from the cows and only come together when it’s time to mate.
Acting as a matriarch of a herd is an important role. The female elephants look up to their matriarch to lead them in crisis or make decisions for the group. The matriarch finds food and shelter for the group, and she teaches the younger elephants how to behave. On average, herds consist of six to 12 elephants, but that number can grow. If the herd gets too big, it’s not uncommon for several of the group to break away and form a new herd. As the leader, the matriarch will dictate the formation of a new group.
Interesting Female Facts
Female elephants have one of the largest gestation periods of any animals. Asian elephants have a gestation period of 18 to 22 months, while African elephants have a gestation of 22 months. Most elephants give birth only two or three times in a decade, and most suckle their young for several years.
More About Elephants
There’s no doubt that females are the ones in charge in elephant society. Here are some other fun elephant facts:
- Aside from apes, elephants are thought to be the most intelligent land mammals.
- An adult elephant eats 50 tons of food a year.
- Just as humans are left-handed or right-handed, elephants are known to favor one tusk more than the other.
- African elephants live an average of 70 years in the wild, while an Asian elephant’s life span is about 48 years.
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by Stephen Johnson
photos by David Johnson
When I was a child, the adventures of Captain Kirk and Spock were a regular feature of my Saturday mornings. When I heard there was an exhibit called Star Trek: The Starfleet Academy Experience at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, I knew it had to be on our summer must-do list.
With all the Trekkies loaded up into the car (my wife, Sandy and our son, David) we arrived safely at the museum not having to engage at warp speed (only bad Star Trek joke in this article!) We entered the adjacent hangar building to the museum where the Star Trek exhibit takes place. We were given wristbands which activates the interactive technology inside the exhibit.
Prior to arrival, I had filled David in on some of the history of Star Trek. He was impressed to see a large model of the USS Enterprise. The fun really started once we entered the main hall. The first interactive station featured providing medical diagnosis for an ailing Klingon. David scanned the Klingon and gave his expert advice via computer. He may have saved the Klingon’s life!
Keeping with the Klingon theme, the next station featured the opportunity to learn some Klingon. There was a short dialogue on the computer that David had to repeat. It seems that his Klingon is better than mine as I did not advance past the elementary stage.
Perhaps the most fun we had in the entire exhibit was the Species Selfie. David, Sandy and I all had our photos taken which we could then modify on the computer. David had great fun making his Dad’s skin pink or giving huge ears to his Mom. By the time our little Rembrandt was done, we truly looked like we were from another galaxy.
One thing I have always loved about Star Trek was the futuristic technology. As a kid, I was intrigued by the transporter that could seemingly vaporize people to another location. Of course, I was thrilled to see the exhibit featured a transporter. Luckily for us, all the transporting was only virtual. The end video looked very convincing as our son seemingly vanished into space.
Next up, it was time to test our phaser skills. The station was similar to other video shooting games. I was far from an expert marksman as my wife and son easily surpassed my score.
The final part of our Star Trek experience was a trip aboard the flight deck. There, we played a video game that gave us different scenarios to see how well-suited we were to be captain. My shoot first and ask questions later did not earn a very high score. David’s more reasoned approach to the game earned him far higher marks.
The Star Trek exhibit will not only be a hit with die-hard Trekkies. The interactive nature of the displays make it a lot of fun for everyone, especially kids. There was also plenty of science and technology information making it a learning experience as well. The long-time fan is also well-served as there is memorabilia, as well as information, from the various Star Trek franchises. All of the staff members were very helpful guiding customers through the interactive technology. Of course, there is the museum right next door if you want to learn more about flight and space travel.
There will also be summer camps based around the Star Trek exhibit this summer. The cost of admission to the exhibit also includes a free admission to the museum making it a very affordable day. For more information, visit, www.casmuseum.techno-science.ca
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The fishermen are angry at the British government for not granting more licenses to fish in UK waters — and angry at their own government for not doing more to defend them.
French fishing crews are threatening to block French ports and traffic under the English Channel on Friday to disrupt the flow of goods to the UK, in a dispute over post-Brexit fishing licenses.
Fishing crews are expected to use their boats to block ports in Calais, Saint-Malo and Ouistreham, and to use cars to block the highway leading to the tunnel beneath the Channel.
"This is our demonstration of the quality and ability of professional fishermen to mobilise in response to the UK's provocative, contemptuous and humiliating attitude towards them," said Gerard Romiti, President of National Maritime Fisheries Committee.
French fishermen are angry at the British government for not granting more licenses to fish in UK waters — and angry at their own government for not doing more to defend them.
It’s the latest tension point between the neighboring countries, who are also trading blame for not doing enough to prevent the deaths of at least 27 migrants whose boat sank Wednesday off Calais, in the choppy waters of the world’s busiest shipping route.
"We are disappointed by threats of protest activity," Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Thursday.
"It obviously will be a matter for the French to ensure that there are no illegal actions and that trade is not affected but we continue to monitor the situation closely."
The fishing industry is economically tiny but symbolically important for both Britain and France.
Under a deal agreed by Britain and the EU late last year, European fishing vessels can continue to ply UK waters if they can prove they operated there in the past.
But Paris says dozens of French boats have had their applications to fish the UK's rich waters rejected, an assessment strongly contested by London.
The total volumes affected are tiny in terms of overall France-UK bilateral trade.
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Digital Marketing is an online communication strategy used to create loyal customers, build strong brands, and generate profits.
Digital Marketing consists different digital channels.
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Digital Marketing monitors and gives you a clear view of what is being seen, lead generation, sales conversion and many more. Digital Marketing helps to build and maintain customer relationship through online activities.
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img.: Young man with ox, PD, Rijksmuseum via Europeana.
A new gallery in Europeana to celebrate the year of the ox!
If it wasn’t for the cunning rat, the ox would have won the race in the Chinese fable of the Great Race, which pitted all of the animals of the zodiac against each other. Oxen have been used for transport and agriculture by humans since 4000 BCE.
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Household appliances brand LAICA has launched Dual Flo, which it describes as being, a truly innovative and eco-friendly, 2-in-1 kettle and automatic hot water dispenser.
Combining the utility of a standard kettle with the one cup capability of a hot cup machine, LAICA’s new Dual Flo kettle, powered by Strix technology, is an innovative twist on kettle technology which only boils the amount of water required, offering consumer convenience, speed and sustainability through water and energy waste reduction.
It is estimated that the UK, wastes approximately 70 million litres of water a day by overboiling the kettle, equating to around £2 million a day spent on unnecessary energy costs.
Fast and convenient, the 2-in-1 functionality of the LAICA Dual Flo means you can boil up to 1.5 litres of water like a conventional kettle, or boil and dispense between 150-250ml in just 45 seconds for one hot drink at the touch of a button.
LAICA said it is the only kettle on the market with true one-cup dispense – making it friendlier to the planet whilst saving money on energy bills.
Graeme Rodger, category manager at LAICA, said: “Everyone has an eye on saving water and energy at the moment so the ability to just boil and dispense enough water for a quick cuppa is a real benefit. It is also a really attractive appliance which will suit any kitchen.”
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One study found that extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil were two of the most stable oils. The researchers heated 3 liters of oil in a deep fryer at 356°F (180°C) for 6 hours. This suggests that they may be the most suitable oils for deep frying.
Can you deep fry with extra virgin olive oil?
Yes You Can Deep Fry with Extra Virgin Olive Oil – Try French Fries or Churros! Deep frying with extra virgin olive oil is a hot topic. … French fries made with extra virgin olive oil get rave reviews, too. Just be sure you know the oil’s temperature.
Which oil is best for deep frying?
Canola Oil: The Best Oil for Deep-Frying
Which means that by any measure, whether it’s smoke point, health or cost, canola oil is the best oil for deep-frying.
Why you shouldn’t fry with extra virgin olive oil?
Extra virgin olive oil contains antioxidants (other oils do not) so it is quite resistant to oxidation and there will be a less chance of the formation of harmful substances while cooking compared to other oils. So -no- frying with extra virgin olive oil is not carcinogenic, unless you burn the oil and then consume it.
Can you use olive oil in a fryer?
If you’re going to deep fry, light refined olive oil is a good way to go. Extra virgin olive oil and canola oil are more in the middle – you can stir fry or bake with them, but don’t deep fry. “Bottom line – if you cook at high heat, stick with refined olive oil,” Berkowitz explained.
Is food fried in olive oil healthy?
The high antioxidant content of olive oil could even reduce the amount of harmful chemicals produced during cooking. … So I agree with the author: frying in general is not the healthiest way to prepare food, but if you are going to fry then frying in olive oil is not a bad choice.
Is it better to cook with olive oil or extra virgin olive oil?
A refined or light olive oil will have a higher smoke point than an extra virgin oil, and would be the best choice for frying in olive oil. However, using canola oil for frying would give you an even higher smoke point, and would also be more cost effective.
What oil Mcdonalds use?
In our restaurants, we finish frying with a canola oil blend. Right after cooking, our crew adds salt before serving hot to you.
What is the healthiest cooking oil to use?
Healthy Cooking Oils
Can you use vegetable oil for deep frying?
Because frying occurs at high temperatures, use oils with a high smoking point that won’t easily break down. These include canola, peanut, or vegetable oils. We don’t recommend using olive oil—its high cost, low smoking point, and dominant flavor make it a bad choice for deep-frying in the first place.
What is the difference between virgin and extra virgin olive oil?
Extra-virgin olive oil is made from pure, cold-pressed olives, whereas regular olive oil is a blend, including both cold-pressed and processed oils. … The resulting oil has a forest-green color; a grassy, peppery flavor; and a fruity aroma. This method, while effective, takes a substantial amount time.
Can you not cook with extra virgin olive oil?
Many people believe that it is not a good idea to cook with extra virgin olive oil. Several scientific studies have proven over the years that this myth is simply untrue. Not only is EVOO safe to cook with, but it is the most stable and safest cooking oil available.
Does olive oil turn toxic when heated?
07/8Heating olive oil releases toxic smoke
When the oil is heated ahead of its smoke point, it gives off toxic smoke. As olive oil has a low smoking point, cooking with it increases the risk of creating smoke that includes compounds which are harmful to your health.
Why you shouldn’t cook with olive oil?
If an oil is heated beyond its smoke point, it gives off toxic smoke. Because olive oil has a low smoking point, cooking with olive oil runs the risk of creating smoke that contains compounds that are harmful to human health. You may not even notice that you are breathing in this toxic smoke.
Can I deep fry chicken in olive oil?
You can pan-fry breaded chicken in olive oil. Experts say frying chicken in olive oil is fine, but they don’t advocate frying in butter or coconut oil. Extra-virgin olive oil is the safest oil to use for cooking because it produces the least amount of harmful compounds when heated.
What kind of oil do you fry chicken in?
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Neuropsychological [NOO-row-sahy-kuh-loj-i-kuh l] evaluations are tests done by a trained neuropsychologist [NOO-row-sahy-kuh-loj-i-jist] to assess how the brain and nervous system are functioning. These tests are used to identify potential sources of emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems in children, adolescents, or adults. These tests focus on the relationship of the nervous system to the brain and how it influences these functions within the body:
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- Linguistic [ling-GWIS-tik]. This is the general use of language to interact with the world around you and to process information or communication needs.
- Executive. Executive functions are higher level functions that allow you to organize, plan, and act.
A neuropsychological evaluation can involve spending most of a day being interviewed and performing some pencil-and-paper or computer-based tasks. Afterwards, the activities are scored and compared to others of the same age and with a similar education level. The therapist will then send you and your doctor a detailed report assessing you cognitive, motor, behavioral, linguistic, and executive functioning strengths and weaknesses. The report will include recommendations for self-care, therapy, or referral to other healthcare providers.
A different type of evaluation is a psychological [sahy-kuh-LOJ-i-kuh l] evaluation, which is similar but focuses on psychological sources for problems, like depression and bipolar disorder. By contrast, neuropsychological testing is used to look for problems in the central nervous system itself, such as Parkinson’s disease or ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).
There are no particular risks or side effects with neuropsychological evaluations. However, because these evaluations involve a series of pen-and-paper tests, they may not be useful for children, adolescents, or adults with severe conditions. Those with symptoms of stroke, seizure, or severe dementia [dih-MEN-shuh] may not find neuropsychological evaluations useful, since the tests could be too hard to complete.
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Neuropsychological evaluations can be helpful for children, adolescents, and adults who have persistent cognitive or behavioral issues that are affecting their ability to sleep, eat, learn, and have relationships. Your doctor or your child’s doctor may recommend a neuropsychological evaluation if you or your child have one of the following conditions or triggering events:
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Neuropsychological exams should always be conducted by a trained, licensed neuropsychologist. Check with your insurance company before you schedule the appointment to ensure the evaluation will be covered by your insurance plan.
A neuropsychologist will likely ask you some questions and then administer a series of tests that make up a neuropsychological evaluation. These paper-and-pencil tests usually involve assessing:
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As you age, the muscles around the eyes often weaken, allowing fatty tissue to protrude, producing the commonly seen bags or pouches. Although this often is associated with the aging process, it also may be an inherited characteristic, or related to certain diseases. In addition, as the eyebrows descend, an accumulation of excess skin above the eyes can lead to a tired, hooded appearance.
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Finally, schools shouldn’t bring back staring atime because of students after school activities. According to “Should Schools Start Later?” by Junior Scholastic, “A later start, say opponents, also interferes with some teens part time jobs and disrupts after school activities” (Scholastic 21). If schools start later, it would result in messing up everybody 's schedules. It could also result in students being more tired toward the end of the school day because they have no energy, because of the school
There are people out there who try so dang hard to get everything going the way they want to no matter what it is. Sometimes they try to hard and end up making it even worse for them. People who try way too hard to get things in control normally get angry because the bad things in there life isn't controlled by them and they can't change the outcome of what happens. For example if you were date a guy who you really like for awhile and you thought it was going to last then out of nowhere he said he needed to take a break from you
It is not fun and it should not happen to anyone. To the people with bad grades who dont find help or ways to fix it “goodluck”. I understand the struggle and sadness of getting bad grades. Some of my freinds have bad grades ans struggle to even care about it. That will someday be a big problem if poeple like me do not get help.
Regardless of how you sabotage a relationship whether it is distancing yourself from the other person, downplaying the relationship, or whatever it is that you do to slow down the relationship in order to protect yourself, you are really doing irreversible damage to the relationship. What you are doing without realizing it is destroying trust. You realize that you are beginning to have deeper feelings for the other person, but instead of showing them how you really feel about them, you 've chosen to hurt them to protect yourself. Now, if you think about it that makes no sense at all, but people do it everyday, and then wonder why they 're alone. They are alone because someone either got tired of the behavior, or got tired of trying to figure out the behavior and moved on.
It is a decision to not act; the real reasons - impulsiveness, hating the task, distraction and failing to plan. We procrastinate on important tasks by doing the unimportant ones. Remember, when tasks are left to the last moment, you can get sick, emergencies do happen, and work takes longer than thought. And as for the very bad outcomes resulting from your procrastination, imagine the worst. Delay makes bad things happen.
Suffering-- unfulfilled hopes, dreams, or expectations-- is unavoidable; one can try to minimize suffering, but it may have the opposite results since one has to become a shut-in: one has to shut themselves away from the world and keep social interactions to a bare minimum all to avoid being hurt. A lot of these shut-ins, including Oreki, are depressed and suicidal. Therefore, avoiding pain will just lead to pain--a catch-22 situation--; however, pain is essential because without experiencing pain one will never understand the true meaning of happiness. In fact, taking on challenges is a big learning experience. For instance, if I didn’t take English Honors, I probably wouldn’t have become a better writer.
However, the prejudgements, rumors, misinterpretations, etc. often lead to making that person a target not because of their own self, but for their appearance. Those same reasons also lead to the lack of empathy in an individual. The Maycomb County folks are, “... so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” (Lee p. 73). They are so busy worrying about protecting themselves that they even forget about the others.
Anyway, that 's where I 've been today. No other shoe dropped that I 'm aware of, although I was certainly waiting for it. Clearly, that was a waste of my time. If you have ever dealt with anxiety, don 't you think that might be the most frustrating part of all? That you realize it 's a time waster?
So making a bad decision is never fun. I’d like to think that most of us prefer not to make them but can’t help to sometimes because we think a bad decision isn’t that bad. It might even be a good one in the right mind set. The point of this paper being to reflect on a pass choice looking at it with the elements of critical thinking. My bad decision is one I think most are guilty of, waiting until the last minute on something important.
I feel vulnerable because someone could potentially say something that may hurt my feelings. I’ve been criticized my entire life, so if someone says something that is negative it lowers my self-esteem in a sense. I try extremely hard to do things that will make a difference in this world and it feels like I won’t ever improve or become better at anything. When someone constantly tells me that I’m not exceling in a certain area, whether it’s at home, college, or work I usually get depressed and feel like I’m a failure. I am putting my self-esteem at risk each time I give someone the opportunity to provide constructive criticism.
One day Jose Michard Teixeira responded to a writing prompt about patience. Teixeira doesn’t have patience for things like having feeling for people that doesn’t have his best interest in heart. He doesn’t feel like being used anymore. If I was him I would agree with him. I think that almost everybody had a time that a friend was disloyal to him or her once or that you don’t want to be nice anymore because you always have a negative response when you try to reach out. | <urn:uuid:2b5934a7-59f1-4623-b532-a241a9eb1d2b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ipl.org/essay/Causes-And-Effects-Of-Procrastination-Essay-PKV72NFJE8R | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.971531 | 1,256 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Melina Kambitsi, Ph.D., Vice President, Business Development and Member Services, The Alliance
The term “disrupt” is often used to describe a development that changes the “normal” way we do business.
For example, online banking disrupted financial services. Buying books on Amazon.com disrupted the publishing world. “Streaming” music and movies disrupted the entertainment industry. The list goes on and on.
Today, many employers that self-fund their health benefits are working together in groups like The Alliance with the aim of disrupting health care to get more value for their health benefit spending.
What Needs Disrupting
Here at The Alliance, we recognize that the term “disrupt” can be misunderstood. Health care is made up of good people and good organizations who want to do the right thing and who provide care for people every day. We want their work to continue.
But there are parts of health care that need to be “disrupted.” Consider these four examples:
Taking Back Health Care
- One-third of health care spending goes for unnecessary care – tests and treatments we don’t need or complications that could have been avoided.
- More than 1,000 people in U.S. die every day because of preventable hospital errors, according to The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade website.
- The U.S. spends nearly one-fifth of its gross domestic product on health care, more than $3 trillion a year. Yet Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, author of the bestseller “An American Sickness,” points out the U.S. health system “generally delivers worse health outcomes than any other developed country, all of which spend on average about half what we do per person.”
- Combining the pieces of a medical episode – such as tests, surgery and physical therapy – into a bundled payment, can often create better health for the patient and increase savings for their employer.
Rosenthal is coming to Madison on May 17 to speak about “Diagnosing an American Sickness: What Employers and Patients Can Do to Take Back Health Care.”
Sponsored by The Alliance
, this free half-day event will give you an overview of the challenges of “business as usual” in health care and what you can do about it. Registration is required.
As a preview, you can read Dr. Rosenthal’s “Economic Rules of the Dysfunctional Medical Marketplace”
on The Alliance blog.
Sally Welborn will also speak at the event on “Employers as Super-Heroes of Health Benefits.” Welborn is a health benefits consultant who was formerly the senior vice president of Global Benefits for Walmart Stores Inc., where she was responsible for the benefits programs for more than 2.2 million Walmart associates and their families.
Another event to check out is Disrupt Madison
, set for June 6. This event presents engaging speakers on topics related to human resources and everyday life. While their focus ranges beyond health care, these ‘disruptors’ offer new ideas that can help you shake things up at your workplace.
Seeking High-Value Health Care
Employers who self-fund their health benefits are typically interested in efforts to “disrupt” health care because they want to buy high value health care. When health care is “high value,” it improves the outcome for patients while lowering the overall cost.
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Separations of intact proteins play many roles in drug discovery and development. A variety of separation techniques are used, from immunoprecipitation for study of a single protein of interest, through various types of column chromatography for detecting a handful of proteins at once, all the way to proteomics for studying hundreds to thousands of proteins. What all of these techniques and applications have in common is that the power of protein separations is limited by the fact that proteins are large, slowly diffusing, sticky molecules. This article discusses various chromatographic approaches to addressing this challenge. This is the second in a series of articles exploring topics that will be addressed at the HPLC 2016 conference in San Francisco, from June 19 to 24.
The separation of intact proteins plays many roles in drug discovery and development: identification of drug targets, screening for drug candidates, quality control, and drug authentication. Various separation techniques are used, from immunoprecipitation to study a single protein of interest, through various types of column chromatography for detecting a handful of proteins at once, all the way to proteomics for studying hundreds to thousands of proteins. What all of these techniques and applications have in common is that the power of protein separations is limited by the fact that proteins are large, slowly diffusing, sticky molecules.
There is a demand for even higher performance. One critical need for better chromatography is in the development of antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs). Only a few ADCs have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but many ADCs are under development and in all phases of clinical trials. An ADC directs a toxic small-molecule drug to cancer cells by covalently binding the toxic drug to a monoclonal antibody through a labile bond (1). The intention is that the labile bond breaks after the ADC is inside the cancer cell, but not before, to release the toxin where it is needed. ADCs have multiple binding sites, and each species potentially has different efficacy and toxicology. Therefore, it is necessary to determine to how many of these binding sites the drug has been attached. Hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) uses columns packed with nonpolar polymer beads to separate ADCs based on how many drug molecules are conjugated to a given antibody (the drug–antibody ratio, or DAR) (2). The bands typically are too broad to fully separate all of the species, however, and some ADC candidates are too hydrophobic for current HIC columns. Decades of research and development (R&D) in the chromatography industry have been devoted to reversed-phase liquid chromatography (LC) because this mode of LC is so widely used for small-molecule drugs and for quality control of protein drugs. Creating better bonded phases for HIC, however, is a challenge for silica-based columns because HIC uses a fully aqueous mobile phase and neutral pH.
The bonded phase is a pervasive limitation to efficiency in monoclonal antibody separations. Another problem with monoclonal antibody separations is that silica particles having an average pore diameter of 300 Å do not allow full access to the surface area. The limited pore size also impedes intraparticle diffusion. Advances in the chromatographic materials need to consider all of these issues.
Bonded Phases with Less Protein Adhesion
There are two approaches to reducing silanol activity in HIC columns that our group has considered. One is self-assembled monolayers for reversed-phase separations, illustrated in Figure 1a. These monolayers form a dense, two-dimensional net over the surface to improve reversed-phase LC separations of proteins (3). Since coulombic interactions are long-range, any defects in the column produce the familiar tailing of mixed-mode chromatography techniques, which is mitigated by low pH. The other approach, surface-confined atom-transfer radical polymerization, alleviates the coulombic interactions by growing a dense layer of tethered polymer chains that is thicker than the Debye length, as illustrated in Figure 1b, reducing long-range attractions between proteins and silica (4). Nonporous polymer particles with tethered polymers as bonded phases (5) have been commercially available for some time. Despite their small surface area, these particles have been valuable for monoclonal antibody separations, including ion-exchange chromatography and HIC, as mentioned earlier. Our group found that the bonded phase depicted in Figure 1b gives excellent hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), resolving the glycosylation states of ribonuclease B and providing partial resolution of their isomers (6). We are currently applying HILIC to monoclonal antibodies to decrease analysis time for probing glycosylation. We are also investigating whether the combination of self-assembly and tethered polymer chains on silica can result in a better HIC bonded phase for ADC analysis.
Morphologies to Decrease Diffusion Distance and Increase Accessible Surface Area
The most salient commercial advance in LC over the last 15 years has been the introduction of chromatographic particles that decrease the diffusion distances for mass transport. These include fully porous sub-2-mm particles (7), core–shell particles (8), and monolithic columns (9). Porous materials, regardless of morphology, will eventually approach the limit where the smaller particle size (or smaller shell thickness) approaches the diameter of the larger colloids needed to produce wider pore sizes (10). Sphere-on-sphere particles, which are core–shell particles with a single layer of large colloids (11), embody this idea. As this limit is approached for fully porous particles, it makes sense to consider using the colloids themselves as the packing material.
We have studied capillaries packed with 0.5-mm nonporous silica particles with C4 bonded phases, packed in capillaries. The accessible surface area for large proteins is quite high, falling in between those of core–shell particles and fully porous particles, each for a 300-Å pore size (12). The back pressure is alleviated by the presence of slip flow for reversed-phase LC (13), enabling column lengths of at least 10 cm for commercial high-pressure chromatography instruments. Colloidal particles pack more tightly than standard particles, obstructing the axial diffusion about twofold more. This tighter packing gives rise to a higher velocity inside the column, which makes the optimal volume flow rate slower, further alleviating back pressure. Uniform packing results in negligible eddy dispersion. With no intraparticle diffusion, lower obstructed diffusion, and lower eddy dispersion, all three terms in the van Deemter equation are thus smaller. Barring effects from strong adsorption of proteins, the van Deemter equation predicts submicrometer plate height for proteins.
We observed submicrometer plate heights for protein separations using 0.5-mm particles (12,13,15). Plate heights were as small as 15 nm and the plate number was in excess of 106 for a 2-min separation of proteins (13). In this case, self-assembly was used to produce a mixed C4–C1 bonded phase, injection was done by diffusing the protein into the head of the column to avoid contact between metal parts and protein, and on-column detection was used. For more-routine applications, Figure 2 shows an example separation where a commercial auto-injector was used, with the same bonded phase and on-column detection. An IgG4 monoclonal antibody drug and its two aggregates were resolved well in a short 1-cm separation length at room temperature, whereas a 5-cm long column of fully porous particles did not resolve the three species.
HIC columns will likely enjoy a boost in flow rate from slip flow when used with submicrometer particles. The next goals are to extend the performance seen in Figure 2 to 2.1-mm i.d. stainless steel columns for reversed-phase LC, and combine this advance with a new polymeric bonded phase on silica for HIC of ADCs.
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Become informed and make an impact with a Beyond Borders keynote speaker or discussion panelist.
We can tailor presentations to your specific group or organization.
- Overview of child sexual exploitation issues
- How the Web has accelerated offending using child abuse images (child pornography) and Internet luring.
- Child brides in Canada
- How business can combat child sexual exploitation through corporate social responsibility measures.
- Report card on Canada’s efforts to protect children from sexual exploitation.
Nicole Merrick, B.A., LL.B, is a long standing advocate on the issue of children’s rights. Nicole is a lawyer and partner at one of Winnipeg’s leading law firms, Taylor McCaffrey LLP.
Nicole has volunteered in the past with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Regional Office for South-East Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, where she worked on human-trafficking and other human rights abuse issues. In addition to being on the board of directors of Beyond Borders and a member of the Beyond Borders legal team, Nicole is also board member and past-chairperson for The Laurel Centre, Inc., an organization that provides counseling services to women and men who have experienced child sexual victimization.
Speaking Topics: Child Sex Trafficking
David Matas is a Winnipeg based immigration and refugee lawyer. He chaired the international meetings of ECPAT in Bangkok in 2002, and in Rio de Janiero in 2005 and 2008. He provides legal counsel for Beyond Borders. He was awarded the Order of Canada in December 2008.
Speaking Topics: Child Sexual Abuse Images (child pornography)
Mark Erik Hecht is a lawyer, academic and human rights advocate as well as the co-founder of Beyond Borders. He is currently legal advisor to the Children’s Aid Society and the senior legal counsel to Beyond Borders/ECPAT Canada. Prior to his recent appointments, he was a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa and an assistant professor and the access to justice chair at the University of Windsor. Mr. Hecht’s primary research interest is international child law, specifically the role and involvement of the private sector in the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
Mr. Hecht has sat on the board of trustees for ECPAT International, the Canadian government’s Committee against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth, and the patron board of the Alliance for the Rights of Children. He is the secretary for CINCYR: The Canadian Information Network on Child and Youth Rights.
From 2000-2004, Mr. Hecht was the executive director of Human Rights International, a non-government organization that specializes in human rights networking, research and documentation in the Americas, Asia and Europe. In that capacity, he was a member of the Canadian delegation to the three UN World Congresses against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and key-note speaker at the UNESCO Meeting of Experts in Paris on the subject of child protection on the Internet. He recently acted as moderator at the Human Rights and the Internet colloquium in Canada and the First Conference of the Americas on Child Pornography on the Internet in Brazil.
Mr. Hecht continues to teach human rights law, family law and Internet law at the University of Ottawa and the Université de Sherbrooke. He also teaches international child law at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and Australian National University in Canberra where he is completing his Ph.D. in law.
Speaking topics: Corporate Social Responsibility, International Child Law
Jonathan Rosenthal is a Toronto based criminal defence lawyer and professor adjunct at Osgoode Hall Law School.
He is a frequent media commentator and has made it his passion to advocate as best he can on behalf of society’s most vulnerable members; children.
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Summer Project is about creating a fun and social environment for young deaf, CODA or deaf/blind people to express themselves. It is also an opportunity to develop rich creative skills.
This year we crafted 5 different skills based days with workshops and activities, working with different professional facilitators across dance, theatre and film.
We developed 2 stories and pitched our ideas to ‘movie producers’. There was murder, intrigue and cheese.
Working with Craig McCulloch the group explored how to create meaning, drama and humour without words.
Working with prop and art expert Mela Adela DYT crafted cakes, delicious, colourful, unusual and unique cakes.
Sadly these cakes are not for eating, no matter how delicious they look!
Thursday was a double header. In the morning we visited the Tramway to take part in a dance workshop as part of the Gathered Together festival working with Clare Adam and Lesley Howard. We then jumped back over the river clyde and worked with actor and performer Petre Dobre on visual theatre, using a technique called visual vernacular.
The challenge was simple, create a play in a day.
Starting with a blank page the group devised a story, constructed a theatre performance utilising props and costume and performed the completed play – phew!
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Keeping kids busy and active is the key to success for those long summer days!
When kids are out of school for the summer, it doesn’t take long for them to become bored. Boredom leads to sibling squabbles and mischief! Children don’t realize how much they miss the routine and predictability in their daily schedule. One solution is to make fun plans to keep them busy! Make Camp Au Pair!
Have a ready list of easy, fun activities that you can do with your host children. Get prepared for the upcoming week by getting a list of what is needed and asking the host parents for help in purchasing your supplies.
Use your Au Pair In America resources to find activities and ideas. Check your Au Pair portal for “150 Things to Do with Children”. This is jammed with super ideas.
My favorite outside activity is making super planet size bubbles, using a homemade bubble recipe. Ask your host dad to bend wire coat hangers into large circles with a handle. Outside on the driveway, pour the bubble mix into a shallow dish large enough for the circular coat hanger. A clean trash can lid works great. See how large you get can your bubbles to float!
Create your own bubble solution by gently combining 1 cup dish soap, 1 tbsp glycerine and 4 cups water in a large bucket.
10 fun ideas:
1.Dance-Put on classical music and move like trees or animals!
2.Cook-Freeze juice and make yummy popsicles!
3.Craft-Make a craft out of leftover Popsicle sticks or shells from the beach trip.
4.Make a tent-Use the Kitchen table and a sheet to make a cool place to get out of the sun on a hot day!
5.Dress up-Be Super man or a princess! Have fun pretending.
6. Chalk on the driveway-Endless fun with drawing pictures and hopscotch!
7.Balls-Make up a new game outside with the ball or just toss or kick
8.Read out loud and use funny voices to make all the characters come alive!
9.Bird watch-See how many kinds of birds you can find in your back yard. Look them up on Google to identify what kind of bird it is. Have a bird watch every day to keep track of them 10. Plant a sunflower– Plant seeds in a super, sunny place and water it every day!
Tips For Communicating About Problems With Your Host Family.
How you approach an issue of concern with your host family will often determine the outcome. A thoughtful, respectful approach will prompt success, but an aggressive, demanding conversation is likely to harm your relationship. American culture is supportive of positive solution-focused communication. Talking about concerns is hard, but well worth the effort.
- Talk in person/ face to face: texts and chats can be misunderstood. Our body language helps us to succeed in communication. Respect the family’s privacy. AVOID talking/texting negatively about the family with a neighbor, family friend, or other family relatives.
- Choose a good time to talk: Ask for a time to talk when the other person can hear you and you will have enough time to get to the resolution. AVOID catching the host parents on their way out of the door or after a long day at work. Wait until you are calm.
- Are you doing your best? Before bringing a concern into a conversation with your host parents, think through your role in their family. It may pay off to build your relationship first. Ask yourself: have I demonstrated my value to the family dynamic? Being able to demonstrate through your behavior that you are… trustworthy, safe, use good judgment, prioritize your Au pair schedule, dependable…. will serve to help you in the discussion about your concern.
- Plan: Think about what you want to say ahead of time. State clearly about one problem and how it affects you. Do some research with your CC. Ask for information about program rules and norms. Be realistic.
- Listen: Give the other person a chance to tell their side of the concern completely. AVOID interrupting to defend yourself. Really try to hear from their perspective. Let the other person know you want to understand from their side, and you would be happy if they could see your perspective too.
- Role model that YOU are listening: You may not agree with the other perspective. Tell the other person you see that your behavior affected them or the importance of what you are now asking for. For example: “I see that when I was 30 minutes late, it made my host child feel scared and it lead you to think that I did not prioritize my au pair role.” State that you are glad that this information is being discussed together and that you are happy that it will make your relationship with the family better. You really want to find a solution and appreciate the feedback.
- Give Information but stay on track: AVOID letting the conversation move to a general discussion of your unhappiness. Be specific. If you are saying” when you were late last week …and when you said I cannot take the car… and when the children yelled at me…. and I had to take the dog out too… and then you didn’t ask me to go with you all to get ice cream.” it will be hard to single out a solution!
- Talk about your perspective: Avoid telling the other person how they are or are not, making them angry is not an effective way to find a solution together. It is ok to talk about how the behavior made you feel. Talk about the most difficult things. If you are not able to get them out in the open during this conversation, no solution can be made. For example: “When you don’t involve me in your plans outside my work schedule, it makes me feel like an employee not really an important part of your family.”
- What is the solution? Americans have a saying: “don’t be a part of the problem, be a part of the solution.” How do you see a solution for the concern? Be specific:” I would feel better about my relationship with the family if you did ask me sometimes to go with you. I understand you are not able to ask me every time. I would appreciate occasionally being asked to join in the family fun times”.
- Follow-through: The hardest work is over! You have successfully talked through a concern and made it to the end with a solution in place. Agree to set up regular talks that both parties can express a concern and move through the steps you have taken today to make your relationship the best that it can be!
- Before it becomes an emergency, google where is the closest CVS minute clinic to me! If you do not have a medical condition that is life-threatening, CVS minute clinics and Walgreens stores are great choices for medical care. These clinics do not require an appointment and are open early and late.
- Little symptoms can become big emergencies. Don’t risk your Au Pair experience by waiting until you are extremely ill before seeking medical advice.
- If you have more than a small medical issue, call your insurance company to discuss your benefits and options before incurring a large medical bill that you will have to pay. (800) 303-8120, prompt 5 or 203-399-5130 or email firstname.lastname@example.org
- Hospital Emergency rooms are for life-threatening conditions only. An additional 500.00 deductible will be charged to you if you do not have a life-threatening emergency. When in doubt go to a CVS minute clinic. You will not have to pay the additional ER deductible if you are directed by a medical professional to go to an ER.
- Download your insurance card. Keep your insurance card with you at all times Or, have the mobile app on your phone with myCISI phone app for iphone or android.
- You can go into your Au Pair Insurance portal to print out a new card with your host family’s address on it. Make an account and save your password. Or, you can use the mobile app on your phone to do this.
- The basic plan of insurance will have a 50.00 deductible for each sickness or injury. There will be a co-pay amount you will pay for your care and a percentage of the cost of the service. The insurance will determine what is the usual and customary charge for the service you received.
- Be prepared by saving up two weeks’ stipend to cover any medical cost.
- If you pay for medical care or prescription medicine, you can fill out a claim form and mail it in to get CISI to pay you their portion (once you have met your deductible). A claim form can be found on the mycisi portal.
- Use Well RX to lower your prescription cost. https://www.wellrx.com/prescription-discount-card/
- Au Pairs do not have dental insurance (with exception of the upgraded medical policy which does have a 500.00 pain relief benefit). Avoid crunching on hard food or candy!!
- Read about sports insurance upgrade to determine if this will help you. If you are injured during a sporty activity- the insurance may not cover it. This can be found on your MyCISI portal.
- Routine wellness checks and vaccinations are not covered under CISI. Before getting a vaccine, ask if there is a charge to administer the shot and what your cost will be.
- Birth Control pills and routine GYN visits are not covered by CISi. Consider your local health department or Planned Parenthood as a good option for these services.
Here are 10 Tips for Vacationing with your Host Family so that everyone has a great time, and the kids are safe!
Tag, your it!
I had a host family with 3 small children tell me that when it was the au pair’s turn to be
responsible for the children (and vice versa) they would tap hands so that there was no
misunderstanding who was in charge. What a great idea!
Yes, a schedule is needed! A few summers ago, I received 2 calls on the same day. One was from a host mother saying that they just returned from vacation and their Au Pair did not work at all and one was from the Au Pair in this family saying she worked all day every day! How interesting is that? Be sure to discuss your Au Pair schedule so that you know when you are off – just like at home.
Travel time/Work time?
You must get there, right? Getting kids to relax on a long car ride or helping to get boarded on the plane, on time, can be stressful for all the adults! Travel time is not considered work time (unless you are the only person in charge of the children), however, being a kind Au Pair will mean that you cannot wear your earbuds and take a nap the whole trip. Look for ways to be helpful. This will make the travel time better for everyone.
Lazy days! Vacation can bring different behaviors from children – especially children that
will not do well when there is no routine. Ask about any special routine that you will need to be aware of. Be prepared to be patient. Young children will not be themselves and older children who get to stay awake later may get cranky.
Pool Safety! If vacationing at the beach or around a pool be sure to talk to your host family about
how long the kids can stay at the pool, how often should sunscreen be reapplied? What is the host parent’s expectation of your role at the pool or beach? Do you need to be in the water or is it okay to sit on the side of the pool? Please do not assume your role, get clear directions.
Who is the Boss?
Often summer vacation includes extended family. Can Grandma and Grandpa change the
schedule for the day? If you are uncertain about a change made by someone else, reach out to the host parents to get clarification.
Where did all these kids come from?!
Are you vacationing with the host family’s family and their children too? It is fun to be surrounded by family and fun times. However, you can speak up if you are asked to care for more children than you feel comfortable with.
Au Pair in America is advising against any international travels for the Au Pair during 2021 even if you are going with your host family. If you arrived on an NIE visa, you will not be able to return to the USA once you leave. Call your community counselor to discuss any plans for international travel during 2021.
Roomies? Vacations are expensive. It may not be possible to have your own private room. Many times, an Au Pair will share space with the host children. Plans can be made so that you have the privacy to change clothes or rest by yourself. If you do not feel comfortable with this, discuss your concerns with the host family before you leave.
- Safety First!
Little kids LOVE exploring a new environment, and everyone is excited and off guard. This makes an accident more likely to happen. An accident can only take a second to happen. Do what you can to prevent accidents; walk with the host parents around your vacation surroundings to discover issues that might be safety concerns. Stairsteps, upstairs windows, sliding doors, patios, and backyard pools all need special attention. Remember the safety of the children is always a priority even when you are off duty.
Working with your host family during vacation time can be tricky, and might require an extra dose of patience, but you will make memories of this experience that you are sure to treasure. You will be able to experience a new place within the USA and learn more about your host family during a relaxed time. Be thankful and express your appreciation to your host family that they chose to include you!
How the Au pair program affected Adult Children from Former Host Families.
(Excerpted from Au Pair in America Program Outcomes- Perspectives of Host Children 1999-2017)
Cassie Heine and Catie Steidl, AIFS program Researchers stated:
“The host children love and learned from their Au pairs. As a result, their eyes were open to the world beyond the doorsteps of their home.”
Catie “When children are raised to think of cross-cultural understanding, interaction and the embrace of difference and diversity as the norm, they are guaranteed to grow into similarly tolerant young people and adults who are interested in and enthusiastic about the positive aspects of cultural understanding.”
The impact Statistics gained from surveying 4000 former host children now age 21 or older:
An ability to accept differences in other people- 88%
An appreciation for global cuisine- 81%
A desire for more diverse friendships and social networks-71%
A better understanding of myself and my values- 71%
The Au pair affected their lives in a positive way- 99%
Would you have an Au pair care for your children- 94%
I consider the Au pair who lived with us to be like family-92%
62% of adult children of APIA can comfortably hold a conversation in a different language. Only 26% of American-born citizens can do this.
College-age children of APIA were 7x more likely to study abroad.
Quotes from former host children:
Caitlin Age 25 New Jersey:
“They broadened my horizons and showed me that people everywhere live different and interesting, but equally beautiful lives. Through them I learned about different languages, food, architecture, and displays of friendship. I wanted to know more about people, and I wanted to go on adventures because of them.”
Madeleine, age 26 Massachusetts:
“I attended my former Au pair’s weddings. I’ve met their parents and their children. To me, to everyone in my family, they are Family. I feel like they will stay that way for the rest of my life.”
Communication with your Community Counselor
It is very important to stay in communication with your counselor. Without at least monthly conversations, it is impossible for your counselor to know what is going well for you or what you need help with. The State Department of our Government sets the rules for which APIA must follow. One of those rules is that you must have at least one communication with your counselor per month. Most of our communication will take place at our monthly meetings. If you do not attend a cluster meeting, it is important that you talk with your counselor that month and discuss how your year is going.
Cluster meetings are mandatory. This is part of your contract with APIA. You will not always be able to attend. The following are reasons that you might not attend a cluster meeting:
- You are sick.
- You have an education class.
- Your host family has a conflict in the schedule.
- You are concerned about the cost of the meeting.
These are the only acceptable excuses. If you must miss a meeting for one of the above reasons, please call and let me know. If you miss more than three meetings during your year, I will not be able to give you a good recommendation in reference to your participation with APIA.
There are other times you MUST call and talk with your counselor:
- When you go on vacation with your family or on your own.
- To report any accidents: car, personal, in the home, with host children
- If you are involved in an incident in which the police or firemen are present: fire, accident, robbery, etc.
- If there are any concerns with the host family which harm you in any physical or emotional way.
- If any incident occurs with you which may compromise your completion of the year.
- If your host mom is expecting a new baby.
- If your host family plans to move.
Many common questions can be answered without calling your counselor.
The official website for Au Pair in America ( www.aupairinamerica.com then scroll to the bottom and click ” current Au pair”) is a great place to search for interesting facts or important information. Our cluster blog site is also a great place to find the answer you are looking for. The following are examples of questions you can answer on the website or on our blog.
- Where can I go to the doctor?
- What do I need to get my driver’s license?
- What do I need to travel to another country?
- How do I pay my USA taxes?
- What activity can I do with my host children? Your counselor is always glad to communicate with you. You are always welcome to contact your counselor. Here are some things to remember:
- It might not be possible for her to speak to you or to respond to your text at the exact time you want.
- If your counselor does not answer the phone, she may be in a meeting or talking with someone else. If this is the case, you will reach her voice mail. Voice mail in the USA is an important way businesses operate.
- Your Counselor will not know that you called if you do not leave a message. Please call once and leave a message.
- Do not call or text multiple times. It is only necessary to leave one voice mail or text message within a 24 hour time.
- Please don’t feel shy about your English skills. Your counselor is in the habit of listening to au pair messages and she will be able to understand you.
- If you have an emergency, your counselor will call you back as soon as she receives your message. If you cannot wait on your counselor with an immediate emergency, call the after-hours emergency number for Au pair In America and follow the prompts for emergency assistance.
- If you are calling to say hi or with a question, she will return your call within 24 hours.
- Most counselors have set office hours. If you call or text outside of these hours, and you do not have an emergency, she will call you back on the next business day.
- Resist texting after hours or on the weekend. Send an email and your counselor will answer this when she returns to work on the next business day.
Counselors love talking with au pairs and look forward to hearing how your year is going! Counselors also love hearing about ideas for cluster meetings. So, call soon!!
The information contained in this article was obtained from The Centers for Disease Control And Prevention. For more information, please go to https://www.cdc.gov/flu/
The best way to protect yourself and your host family against influenza (flu) is to get a flu vaccine. Flu is a contagious respiratory disease that can lead to serious illness, hospitalization, or even death. CDC recommends everyone six months and older get an annual flu vaccine.
Au pairs can get a flu vaccination at many locations( urgent care centers, Pharmacies, Doctor’s office, Public health centers.) Costco and your county health clinic may offer the best cost.
The average cost is 20 to 40 dollars. Au Pair insurance will not cover the cost of flu vaccination. Most host families will gladly pay for your flu shot.
What are some key reasons to get a flu vaccine?
- The flu vaccine has been shown to reduce flu illnesses, hospitalization, and even death in children and young adults.
- While some people who get vaccinated still get sick, flu vaccination has been shown in several studies to reduce the severity of illness.
- A vaccine is cheaper than the illness. The average cost for a patient with flu is minimal $1000.00
- 3.7 days to 5.7 days is the average length of time someone is not able to work due to being sick with the Flu.
- Having a complicated Flu illness could end your Au Pair term early.
Misconceptions about the Flu Vaccine:
Can a flu vaccine give you the flu?
No, flu vaccines cannot cause flu illness. Flu vaccines given with a needle (i.e., flu shots) are currently made in two ways: the vaccine is made either with a) flu viruses that have been ‘inactivated’ (killed) and that therefore are not infectious, or b) using only a single gene from a flu virus (as opposed to the full virus) in order to produce an immune response without causing infection.
Is it better to get the flu than the flu vaccine?
No. Flu can be a serious disease, particularly among young children, older adults, and people with certain chronic health conditions, such as asthma, heart disease or diabetes. Any flu infection can carry a risk of serious complications, hospitalization or death, even among otherwise healthy children and adults. Most people suffering from flu illness miss 4 to 7 days of work and will spend $250.00 to 1000.00 dollars in health care costs (http://theweek.com/articles/471450/cost-getting-flu-by-numbers.) Therefore, getting vaccinated is a safer and less costly choice than risking illness to obtain immune protection.
Is the flu vaccine safe?
Flu vaccines have a good safety record. Hundreds of millions of
Americans have safely received flu vaccines over the past 50 years.
Extensive research supports the safety of seasonal flu vaccines.
Each year, CDC works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) and other partners to ensure the highest safety standards for
flu vaccines. More information about the safety of flu vaccines is
available at www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/vaccinesafety.htm.
What are the side effects of flu vaccines?
Flu shots: Flu shots are made using killed flu viruses (for inactivated
vaccines), or without flu virus at all (for the recombinant vaccine). So,
you cannot get flu from a flu shot. Some minor side effects that may
occur include soreness, redness and/or swelling where the shot was
given, low-grade fever, and aches. If these problems occur, they are usually mild and go away on their own, but serious reactions are also possible. Almost all people who receive flu vaccine have no serious problems from it.
When and Where to get vaccinated?
You should get a flu vaccine by the end of October. However, as long
as flu viruses are circulating, vaccination should continue throughout
flu season, even in January or later.
Online Education Options for Au Pairs:
ALL CLasses must be from an accredited, USA college or university!
Most Popular Search Mechanisms: NOT all classes found will be approved by the State Department. Check with your counselor BEFORE you sign up!
Some classes are grouped together and are called a ” Specialization”. This means that each course within the specialization group must be taken and will give a specific amount of hours. Please count each course’s hours to total up how many you will achieve.
Most Popular Courses:
The Science of Well Being – www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being
Dog Emotion and Cognition – www.coursera.org/learn/dog-emotion-and-cognition
Interior Design – www.ed2go.com/courses/arts-and-design/graphic-arts/ilc/introduction-to-interior-design
Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism Industry – https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-hospitality-and-tourism-industry
Computer Science for Business Professionals – https://online-learning.harvard.edu/course/cs50s-computer-science-business-professionals?delta=0
How to Write an Essay – https://www.edx.org/course/how-to-write-an-essay
Tricky American English Pronunciation – https://www.classcentral.com/course/tricky-american-english-pronunciation-8274
Fundamentals of Supervision and Management – www.ed2go.com/courses/business/soft-skills/ilc/fundamentals-of-supervision-and-management
English for Career Development – https://www.coursera.org/learn/careerdevelopment
Improve your English Communication Skills – https://www.coursera.org/specializations/improve-english?
Photography – www.ed2go.com/schoolcraft/online-courses/secrets-of-better-photography/
Culinary Arts – https://classroomaupair.org/intro-to-culinary-arts/
Best Course for 5 Hours:
Fairfax University of America – Online Museum Courses https://www.fxua.edu/sls/programs/non-intensive-esl/#museum-classes
Best ESL/TOEFL Courses:
The University of California at Irvine offers a series of classes: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/intermediate-grammar
International Language Institute – DC – www.ilidc.com
LADO – DC Metro Area – www.lado.com
UCEDA – https://uceda.edu/toefl-preparation/ or https://uceda.edu/aupair/ for ESL classes, too.
EFI Online – https://www.eng4intl.com/daytime-evening-classes-overview/toefl-ibt-prep/
Kenton County Adult ESL – https://www.kentonesl.org/
Community College of Allegheny County – Grammar Refresher – https://www.ed2go.com/ccac/online-courses/grammar-refresher
Zoni Language Center – Intermediate Conversations – www.zoni.edu/intensive-english-program/
Hudson County Community College – English Skills for Real Life Situations – https://classroomaupair.org/english
Prince Georges Community College – ESL – https://www.pgcc.edu/go/adulteducationesl/
Fairfax Universtiy of America – https://www.fxua.edu/sls/programs/non-intensive-esl/
Georgia Tech Language Institute – https://esl.gatech.edu/additional-programs/short-courses
International Language Institute – www.ilidc.com
More Popular Choices:
Learning Across America and Learning Express – https://www.learningacrossamerica.net/find-your-class
Classroom Au Pair – www.classroomaupair.org
Yale University: One course gives 15 hours https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-psychology?recoOrder=5&utm_medium=email&utm_source=recommendations&utm_campaign=Kl0YwECzEeuTnfsZ4aha4w
Penn State University: five courses in the specialization giving 80 hours. https://www.coursera.org/specializations/positivepsychology?recoOrder=8&utm_medium=email&utm_source=recommendations&utm_campaign=Kl0YwECzEeuTnfsZ4aha4w
Wesleyan Unversity 38 hours https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-psychology?
All online classes must be finished within 2020. All colleges must be a USA college and accredited by the University system. Check with your counselor before beginning any online course.
1.Yale University: The Science of well-Being.
This course challenges you to be happy and let go of ideas that keep us from being our best!
2. Georgia Institute of Technology: Improve your English Communication Skills. This is a four-part course that will give about 15 hours for each course, If you finish all of them, it is 60 hours.
3.The University of Pennsylvania: English For Career Development. This is a 40 hour FREE course!
4.The University of Californa at Irvine: The pronunciation of American English Specialization.
This is a four-part course that gives about 20 hours per course. 80 hours for the total specialization.
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Along with mums and pumpkins, ornamental or Indian corn is often used to decorate homes in the fall. Ornamental corn can be purchased at farmer’s markets, roadside stands, craft shows, garden centers, and other locations. Ornamental corn can also be grown in large home gardens.
Ears of ornamental corn vary in size, color, luster, and uses. Ears vary from small (less than 6 inches in length) to large (6 to 12 inches long). Kernels may be a single color or multi-colored. The kernels of some cultivars are shiny, while others are muted. Some cultivars can be popped; others can be ground into cornmeal or flour. A list of suggested ornamental corn cultivars (and a brief description of each) is provided below.
Bloody Butcher - heirloom cultivar; ears are 8 to 12 inches long; blood red kernels; can be ground into corn meal or flour.
Cherry Berry - 4-inch ears have crimson red kernels; may be popped when properly dried; husks are beige, burgundy red, or streaked.
Cutie Pops - produces 4-inch, multi-colored ears; may be popped.
Earth Tones Dent - 8 to 10-inch ears have muted, multi-colored kernels; can be ground into cornmeal.
Fiesta - multi-colored, 8-inch ears; 25 to 50 percent have purple husks.
Firecracker - produces 5-inch, multi-colored ears; may be popped; red stalks.
Indian Fingers - shiny, multi-colored ears are 3 to 4 inches long.
Jerry Petersen Blue - heirloom; 7 to 8-inch ears have blue kernels; can be used for blue flour.
Mandan Bride - heirloom (grown by the Mandan Indians of North Dakota); multi-colored ears are 6 to 8 inches long.
Neon Pink - 4-inch ears have dark pink kernels.
Oaxacan Green - heirloom (grown by the Zapotec Indians of southern Mexico); kernels on the 8 to 10-inch ears are various shades of green; can be ground into cornmeal.
Painted Mountain - multi-colored, 7-inch ears; can be ground into flour.
Seneca Red Stalker - 7 to 8-inch ears have shiny, multi-colored kernels; reddish purple stalks.
Shades of Blue - kernels on the 4-inch ears vary from light to dark blue.
Smoke Signals - slender,7-inch, multi-colored ears; may be popped.
Wilda’s Pride - wide assortment of multi-color combinations on 9 to 10-inch ears; some have red husks.
Ornamental corn can be planted in late April or early May in southern Iowa. A planting date of early to mid-May is appropriate for northern portions of the state. Sow seeds 1 to 1½ inches deep. Space seeds 8 to 10 inches apart within rows for small-eared cultivars and 10 to 12 inches apart for large-eared cultivars. Rows should be spaced 30 to 36 inches apart. For proper pollination, plant in blocks of at least 4 rows. Isolate ornamental corn from sweet corn and field corn to prevent cross-pollination. Isolation can be achieved by planting the different types of corn at least 250 feet from one another. Another option is to stagger planting dates so the different types of corn do not mature (tassel) at the same time. A minimum of 14 days should separate the tasseling times of the different types of corn.
Harvest ornamental corn when the ears are fully mature and the husks are dry. Store them in a dry location for 2 to 3 weeks. Then carefully pull back the husks.
If wishing to pop an ornamental popcorn, remove the husks at harvest. Place the ears in a mesh bag and hang the popcorn in a warm, dry, well-ventilated location for a few weeks. After drying the popcorn for 2 to 3 weeks, remove an ear of popcorn. Shell a portion of the ear and pop the kernels. If the kernels contain too much moisture, the popped corn will be small, rough, and “chewy.” Allow the popcorn to dry for another week. Then shell and test pop a few additional kernels. When the kernels pop well, shell the remainder of the popcorn. The chaff can be removed by pouring the kernels from one container to another outdoors, allowing the wind to remove the debris. Store shelled popcorn in air-tight containers.
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How far can a carbon purchase go? That's what companies all over the world come to South Pole to find out, and carbon projects are incredibly varied; from forestry, to energy, to industry, to waste – there are so many different ways to sequester or avoid carbon emissions. With this comes a range of opportunities to make a difference beyond the tangible tonne of carbon.
In 2018, South Pole launched EcoAustralia: a unique response to a market push to make carbon abatement go further. The EcoAustralia solution combines international carbon credits* with quantified Australian biodiversity credits in a single product; and now, for the first time, also brings a social benefit to indigenous Australian communities.
A two hour drive southeast of Adelaide near the town of Meningie in South Australia,
Mount Sandy will be the newest addition to the EcoAustralia suite of projects. In May 2019, I was fortunate enough to visit the project myself.
Nestled between the famous coastal Coorong National Park and Lake Albert, the property is a critical link for wildlife amidst a landscape overwhelmingly cleared for agriculture. The untouched remnant vegetation is marked by a freshwater wetland ecosystem, home to a large number of bird, mammal and reptile species.
The experience of standing on the Mount Sandy project site is a strange one – the serenity of whistling native birds is occasionally interrupted by cows mooing on the adjacent agricultural lands that seem to taunt the site with their proximity. It gives you a sense of how lucky we are to even have this patch of untouched landscape to protect at all.
Above: Mount Sandy's untouched remnant vegetation
Left: A snapshot of how cleared agricultural land encircles the Mount Sandy site Right: Early European settlement showing significantly more trees in the landscape
I could write an entire piece on the biodiversity benefits of the site – but that isn't even half of the magic. The significance of this site to the Ngarrindjeri people, an indigenous community based in the nearby lakeside community of Raukkan, became apparent during the visit.
Raukkan has history spanning thousands of years as a meeting place for Ngarrindjeri "lakalinyeri" (clans). It was the location of the Ngarrindjeri parliament, and was set up as an Aboriginal mission in 1860. Today, it is home to over 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Above: Clyde Rigney, land manager for Mount Sandy, with Daryl who has recently returned to Raukkan to reconnect with his indigenous heritage
Clyde and Rose Rigney, elders of the Ngarrindjeri community, greeted us in Raukkan. A visit to the community centre and museum brought to light just how significant these lands are to this community. There were photographs from early European settlement that showed how much the landscape has changed in a short time – illustrating a sad story of land clearing.
Countering that story of land clearing was Wayne at the local nursery. Wayne has started a business propagating native plants destined for Mount Sandy and other local plantings. He was learning on the job, and had constructed an impressive irrigation system to automate the process.
Wayne is just one of a number of indigenous community members who find either direct or indirect employment through the Mount Sandy site. And – at the conclusion of the project – Clyde and Rose will be the recipients of the land, returning this parcel of land to local indigenous family ownership.
Above: Wayne and his nursery of native vegetation destined for Mount Sandy and other local plantings
Mount Sandy really is a gem of a project with social and biodiversity impacts, mending a fractured landscape and promoting indigenous land ownership. Soon, you and your organisation can be part of this impact by purchasing EcoAustralia credits. For every tonne of carbon purchased, you'll ensure the permanent protection of 1.5 square metres at the Mount Sandy site – a tangible solution to improving an authentically Australian landscape.
Now that is taking a carbon purchase further!
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When it comes to thinking ahead, those who value disaster preparedness are all about forethought and planning. Natural- disaster planning includes being ready for situations like hurricanes, earthquakes, or tornadoes.
The largest parts of disaster planning include shelters, water, and one of the most essential: food. Knowing the best freeze dried food to invest in is an effective way to ensure you and your family is protected in the event a natural disaster hits.
The phrase “freeze dried food” sometimes makes foodies shudder. Nothing sounds less appetizing to many people than the idea of a “just add water” type of scenario.
The fact remains that in a disaster situation, you are not likely to have access to a full kitchen and/or fresh food supplies. I remember when I worked overseas for a spell, during the winter we had no re-supply ships or air support.
The food that was on site included many frozen foods, canned goods, and dried foods like “powdered eggs” and also powdered eggs.
You might not believe it, but we got used to all of it, and to this day – some 30 years later – I recall the meals with a certain fondness. (Not that I’m inclined to go whip up a powdered egg omelet at the moment. LOL!)
And I am sure many of my veteran friends can talk about their experiences with MREs (Meals Ready to Eat).
It’s a different era now.
Introducing Today’s Freeze Dried Emergency Foods
Today’s emergency food supply companies have really stepped up to the plate and come up with foods that are not only lightweight, nutritious and filling, but also tasty.
The following sources are all available for purchase on Amazon or their individual brand websites.
Nature enthusiasts are familiar with the brand ‘Mountain House’. They are known to produce premium-quality tasty freeze-dried foods. They also have the added benefit of packaging their foods in meal kits to last for predetermined amounts of time.
Their 14-day food kit contains three meal pouches for a single person per day, totaling 1,800 calories a day. The kits contain 42 pouches that need only water to prepare, and the kits are boxed to fit into spaces as small as a two-by-two foot space.
This is a great source of freeze-dried foods as it is compactly stored, has an appealing variety of meals, and can be bought in 2-week kits. Of course, you want to know what the meals are, and Mountain House chooses some classic tasty meals:
• Beef stew
• Granola with milk and blueberries
• Chicken fajitas
• Biscuits and gravy
This is one of those clear winners, and if I’m not mistaken, I’ve actually seen these in a mainstream grocery store (I’ll update this post if I remember to check next time I’m at the store).
NorthWest Fork Gluten-Free Freeze-Dried Meals
Northwest Fork is a great source of freeze-dried meals for those with food issues like Celiac Disease, and their meals are non-GMO, vegan, and kosher. The Northwest Fork kits provide month-long food supplies with 15 servings of six meals. Each Northwest meal equates to a pint of food when water is added. The kits are preserved for up to 10 years and some of the favorites include:
• Tropical trio oatmeal
• Pinto bean stew
• Green pea soup
Valley Food Freeze-Dried Meals
Valley Food packages their freeze-dried meals for lunches and dinners in five-serving packs, rather than individual. This is a plus for feeding a family or large group of people, and each pack can be sealed after opening. These meals have a 25-year expiration date, and only water is needed in their preparation. Valley Food top sellers include:
• Diced beef
• Thai coconut curry
• Oatmeal and fruit
Legacy Premium Food Storage
The Legacy brand is one synonymous with quality and taste. The Legacy food storage system consists of 18 pounds of food contained in Mylar pouches and sealed in a bucket.
The expiration is 25 years, and each pouch contains four servings of meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner that are GMO-free. This is another great food source for feeding large groups of people. Some of the most popular meals include:
• Corn Chowder
• Chicken a la king
Peak Refuel Freeze-Dried Foods
Peak Refuel is a popular source of freeze-dried food for survivalists as they require less water to prepare than most of the other brands on the market. They are known for quality as their meals contain real meat, are filler-free, and focus on protein. Some of their meal choices include:
• Beef pasta marinara
• Breakfast skillet
• Chicken alfredo pasta
• Chicken teriyaki with rice
One of the things that I think would be a good idea is to check your local grocery store and pick up a meal or two. And, try a couple of them so that you are familiar with the methods necessary to prepare them.
If you go on a hiking or camping trip, bring some along.
Remember that part of being prepared is actually having practiced using the tools and gear that you are amassing for a potential weather or other natural disaster. What good is your camping stove if you realize that you find that you don’t know how to use it under duress?
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A Simple Guide On How Kratom Is Harvestes You might be new to Kratom or you prepare aveteran who’s attempted each strain known to man, nonetheless, would you say you are mindful of how this otherworldly leaf is reaped? Likely not I would expect, but rather hello, consistently is a school day and today I am your instructor!
How Kratom Is Harvested
In the present class of Kratom 101, the subject is collecting Kratom. This guide will detail everything from where the Kratom leaf starts right to how it’s has changed over into the consumable item we know and love.
I will go into profundity in regards to the entire interaction so you can acquire a more significant perspective on Kratom all in all. It’s essentially my method of giving proper respect to this god-like leaf that gives us its regular miracles.
With this said, we should get to it and dive profound into the roots of cheapest Kratom! You may need a notebook, if not, well…suit yourself yet you’ll need to recall this unpredictable cycle however long you live!
THE ORIGIN OF KRATOM TREES
Presently as you could possibly know, Kratom gets from the notorious Mitragyna Speciosa which is a tree that fills in the district of Southeast Asia. These trees aren’t your ordinary apple tree that your kid neighbor Murial deals with consistently, no!
The Mitragyna Speciosa is the monster of numerous trees, a Zeus, all things considered, in the event that you will as they can grow up to an amazing 80 feet in stature. They get their forces by developing lasting through the year as they dwell in tropical rainforests.
Is it as simple as cutting a Mitragyna Speciosa tree and pounding it down to encounter its forces? So, no. This is the place where the cycle gets somewhat precarious and intriguing.
These mysterious trees has filled in unmistakable conditions to create a finely made yield. Indeed, even the smallest control in temperature, light, and soil can decide how well a Kratom yield will collect regarding its quality. Consequently, every harvest must be check, dissected, and managed at normal stretches as it could bring about an expensive and squandered result.
On the other side, preparationof ranchers are fit for getting the absolute best out of their yield which will bring about a Kratom leaf collect that contains customized antacid substance in the trees.
This implies that a Kratom ranch in a particular area, has given it’s been collected viably, can indeed grow a variety of various territorial assortments from a totally extraordinary area to an effective norm! Science my companions, science surely.
In any case, it is a protracted cycle to get the best out of your yield. I say this on the grounds that despite the fact that you may gather critical antacid substance following one year of development. The tree could in any case be very well in its earliest stages as a Mitragyna Speciosa can require as long as three years before it’s fit to be collected. Unwavering mindsets always win in the end I presume? Except if you’re Usain Bolt.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
As the maxim goes, “Persistence is an excellence” and this has any more applicable to how Kratom is reapes. Alongside timing, reaping Kratom requires a level of involvement and critical examination. This decides the fundamental planning of a specific reap and chooses when certain stages has accomplished.
How Kratom Is Harvestes The pattern of a Kratom tree can encounter a variety of critical changes for. The duration of its life course. In any event, when the tree looks like it’s arrives at the last phases of its development. There are as yet essential changes it should suffer prior to turning into the total bundle.
Such stages has noted as the shade of stems and veins given. From the leaves that are developing from the tree. This is imperatively significant as it can figure out what strain of Kratom has collected.
Kratom leaf creates
Presently, as the Kratom leaf creates and changes, so does the alkaloid balance at the compound level. Over the long run, the equilibrium of mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine begins. To move as Mitragynine levels decelerate and 7-hydroxymitragynine starts to speed up.
This interaction is the thing that’s answerable for the chameleon-like change in the stems and veins of Kratom leaves. Moreover, when the leaves are in their outset the veins as a rule radiate a white tone. Until they gradually begin to advance into a green and afterward. In its last stages will change over to a dynamic yet prosperous red tone.
The individuals who ranch Kratom will keep a vigilant gaze on this interaction. As they should give essential consideration to explicit reap times so they can pick when to gather a specific strain.
How Kratom Is Harvestes This is the reason timing is of the quintessence and is one of. If not ‘the’ key component while delivering Kratom as white. Green, and red Kratom will show up at various stages in the tree’s life cycle. It’s essentially similar to looking after children, it’s a colossal tree. You’re essentially a tree-sitter in the event that you reap Kratom is the thing that I’m attempting to say.
At long last, when the Kratom leaves have arrived at their apex and last period of the cycle. The ranchers unpredictably trim the leaves while leaving the parts of the trees immaculate. This is so the tree has prepared for a spic and span cycle and rehash the above interaction all finished.
THE PROCESS CONTINUES…
So what happens now the cycle has finished? Is the interaction over? Will I presently burn-through bounteous measures of Kratom? Indeed, truth speaks, I don’t prescribe the last inquiry yet to be obtuse, no. There’s even more to this enchanted journey than you may might suspect!
The following phase of the cycle is somewhat more sensitive. Than the past as the following stage requires the crude Kratom leaves are washes and dries. This is to guarantee that the most sound and all around reapes leaves are eventually prepare into Kratom powder. When the best of the yield has chosen, the ranchers will at that point leave the washed and dried leaves to hang for all the world to find in the entirety of its magnificence.
It’s critical to call attention to that there are numerous elements that add to a fruitful drying stage. All of which influences the alkaloid substance of the leaf which at last gives the leaf its intensity and immaculateness.
components of incorporates
Said components can incorporate its area and surrounding dampness which both should be on point or, more than likely it will definitely mess with the result of its outcomes.
How Kratom Is Harvestes When you arrive at this stage. The dried and relieved Kratom leaves are currently formally fit to has been changed into top notch powder. We’ve made some amazing progress youthful supporter, in the event that you’d prefer to require a moment to wipe those bittersweet tears delight kindly do so now.
The ranchers customarily used to hand-pound the leaves with mortar and pestle, notwithstanding, times change thus does Kratom granulating gear. All things considered, we’re not cave dwellers any longer, right?
At any rate, most of ranchers nowadays quick track the interaction by using modern processors so they can crush a higher amount of Kratom under faster time periods. This is so they can stay aware of the steadily developing interest that Kratom appears to have!
After this stage, the ground Kratom leaves will also shippes off. A solid and affirm seller so the strength and virtue of the item is tries successfully before it’s sent available. By doing this it guarantees that there are no unsafe synthetic compounds or metals left on the item before it arrives at its cheerful clients.
A FINAL WORD
As should be obvious, there are various cycles that Kratom goes through to given an authority intense and unadulterated status. Dislike picking natural product from a tree, right?
From the point the tree is start to developing right to the lab where it’s sent for testing. The degree of consideration and care that this item is gives is top notch which is the reason it is a significantly cherish item among Kratom fans around the world.
How Kratom Is Harvestes
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CBD is the brief form of Cannabidiol that can be originated from hemp and also cannabis plants. Both these belong to the cannabis plant household. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and CBD are the 2 main parts found in cannabis plant, that has many wellness advantages.
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Though there are no enough research done on CBD advantages, researches show that CBD is being made use of for centuries currently for treating numerous wellness conditions like chronic discomfort, sleep problems, stress and anxiety and also far more when ingested. When used topically CBD has actually been utilized for treating skin problems like eczema, psoriasis, sunburn, acne etc.,
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Deal with Acne: Acne is the most usual skin trouble faced by individuals around the globe. Acne is brought on by excess secretion of sweat glands. The linolenic acid in CBD oil stabilizes this secretion and also aids treating acne like, whitehead, blackhead, papules and so on,
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The linolenic acid in CBD oil normalizes this secretion as well as aids treating acne like, whitehead, blackhead, papules etc.,
With the assistance of CBD soaps, you need not worry concerning sunburns anymore. CBD oil maintains the skin moist and also prevents skin from blistering.
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13th Floor Elevapors – Django offers a flavor of vanilla milk and caramel with a touch of actual Kentucky flue cured tobacco leaf.
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What are the rights of refugees in France? Caroline Lantero is a lawyer at Seban Auvergne, lecturer in public law, author of refugee lawpublished by Bruylant editions.
franceinfo: Quite simply, what is a refugee?
Caroline Lantero: The definition is given by an international treaty, the Geneva Convention of 1951. It is a person who has been forced to leave his country and who cannot return there as long as he considers that he runs the risk of persecution. For five reasons: race, religion, nationality, political opinions or membership of a certain social group.
Who grants this refugee status?
The Geneva Convention does not provide for an international body to confer this status, so each State has its own system. In France, it is OFPRA, the French office for the protection of refugees and stateless persons.
What rights are conferred by this status?
First, a resident’s card which is valid for 10 years, together with a travel document which allows travel anywhere, except of course in his country of origin, which would expose the refugee to losing his status. Refugees enjoy economic and social rights: access to education, the labor market, health, social assistance, etc.
Do these rights also apply to members of the refugee’s family?
Yes, especially because most of the time, they themselves obtain refugee status through the principle of family unity. They are the children, the spouse, it can also be the ascendants.
Ukrainians have been able to obtain temporary protection since March. What is it about ?
It is a device created by the European Union in 2001, which had never been activated. It aims to deal with massive and urgent influxes of people seeking protection, in circumstances that do not allow an individual examination of requests for protection.
Moreover, it is not the OFPRA that manages these files, but the prefecture and the OFII, the French office for immigration and integration. It is a temporary residence permit for six months, renewable within the limit of three years, which gives access to the labor market, housing, social assistance and medical assistance.
There is also subsidiary protection, what is it?
It intervenes when the refugee status cannot be recognized, because the person does not exactly qualify as a refugee, but the person still needs to be protected because he is exposed to a risk of execution, torture or indiscriminate violence that would result from a war. The person is protected as a refugee, but with a residence permit for a maximum of four years. | <urn:uuid:87a7cfe9-0dae-48a1-8cd2-757f8b9985e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://goadnews.com/what-are-the-rights-of-refugees/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.968151 | 532 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Look Inside the Nano World
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Come and operate a scanning electron microscope! This exhibit will take you on a journey into the World of the Very Small with just a few clicks of a mouse. Nanoscale science and technology make use of materials having dimensions or features approximately in the 1 to 100 nanometers range. That’s 1,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair! You will operate a scanning electron microscope via remote control, and view objects at up to 100,000x magnification. There are also hands-on interactive demos exploring basic nanotechnology concepts and introducing some of the technology’s social aspects. | <urn:uuid:18a8ea9f-80fb-4268-80b3-adf824ccda01> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://opendoor.asu.edu/tempe/look-inside-nano-world-4749 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.881187 | 134 | 2.71875 | 3 |
In the past few years there have been a number of studies revealing that the vast majority of workers are unhappy with their jobs and want to change their careers. In 2012 a global study found that 56% of workers in the US were trying to change their careers. A more recent study in 2013 found that only 14% of workers believe they have the perfect job. A whopping 80% of workers in their 20s said they wanted to change careers, followed by 64% of workers in their 30s and 54% of workers in their 40s. Yikes! But it gets worse: nearly 1 in 5 workers plan to change their jobs in 2014. In a society that values and privileges work, often at the expense of health and happiness, how is it possible that so many people are so utterly unhappy with their careers?
Today I want to explore the difference between what we do, and what type of people we are. When we are young, we are encouraged to “plan for our future” and asked, per the featured quote above by John Lennon, “What we want to be when we grow up.” We aren’t encouraged to figure out who we want to be, in terms of the type of qualities we want to possess. In a world that values work, and overwork, we are pushed to define who we are by our careers. But I think this is ultimately a damaging way to cultivate maturity, adulthood, and happiness.
The idea we possess when we are young that we will only have one “career” (singular) is flawed; today, the average person changes jobs 10 to 15 times during their lifetime. We don’t just get a career (singular), we get a variety of careers (plural). In addition, even if we are unusually lucky and find a steady, secure job that we will stick with for the rest of our lives (one career) we often don’t get the “career” (singular) we want. Though the vast majority of people have career goals when they are younger, 73% of workers do not end up in the job they expected to.
Having goals is incredibly important in life, as is finding happiness and satisfaction in our work lives. But I think ultimately to find joy in our careers, we need to be able to understand ourselves and who we want to be, in terms of what type of people we want to be, rather than what society says we should be. I love the Venn diagram below since it captures this idea that what we are paid to do isn’t the only part of the picture; we also need to discover what we do well and what we want to do, and find the middle ground for all of these things.
Personally, I don’t typically think about what type of person I want to be when I think about my future–usually when I think of my future I think of career goals, jobs, the things society says I should define my life and value through. Given that I don’t usually think about this, I definitely have never written down concretely what type of person I want to be. But identifying what type of person we want to be shapes what we want to do in terms of our careers. It shapes the decisions we make. So here’s my list of the type of person I want to be in my life. I’ve also made a fun word map, because, well word maps are awesome. What type of person do you want to be?
I want to be a woman who loves deeply, and laughs often. Someone who finds grace through strength; someone who has the courage to be vulnerable. I want to be mindful and possess the deliberate devotion that leads to wonder. I want to be a creator, an innovator, someone who adapts, bending rather than breaking, who is resilient in the face of change. I want to cultivate gratitude, simplicity, empathy, and wonder. I want to live a balanced life and develop symbiotic relationships that are mutually beneficial to growth. I want to be perceptive and inquisitive in order to develop a deep understanding of the world. I want to be honest and fair, a perpetual student, and a motivational teacher. | <urn:uuid:18d394d9-dcbe-4e52-a8ec-daf8ed688c13> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://amaramillerblog.wordpress.com/2014/05/07/does-what-we-do-define-us/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.975999 | 874 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Shalom Alechem is a liturgical poem traditionally sung on Shabbat eve prior to the recital of Kiddush. It consists of a welcome, a request for a blessing, and a farewell to the angels.This blog provides several mystical explanations as to the meaning of this enchanting interaction with celestial beings.
THE SHALOM ALECHEM LITURGICAL POEM:
Peace unto you, ministering angels, messengers of the Most High, of the supreme King of Kings, the Holy One blessed be He.
May your coming be in peace, angels of peace, messengers of the Most High, of the supreme King of Kings, the Holy One blessed be He.
Bless me with your peace, angels of peace, messengers of the Most High, of the supreme King of Kings, the Holy One blessed be He.
May your departure be in peace, angels of peace, messengers of the Most High, of the supreme King of Kings, the Holy One blessed be He.
Angels: A Means to an End
The Shema Yisrael prayer is referred to as Shirat Haneshama, the song of the soul, for through it the soul experiences G–d’s unity. However, each person also possesses an animal consciousness which bombards him with desires for material objects, creating an internal static that obstructs the expression of the divine soul during prayer. How does one eliminate this interference so that he can proclaim the Shema properly?
To this end, our sages instituted that before a person recites the Shema in Shacharit, the morning prayer, he should contemplate the manner that the angels worship G-d. The angels’ awe-filled and rapturous proclamations, “He [G-d] is holy” and “Blessed is the glory of G-d from its place,” stirs the animal consciousness to excitement about the divine. This serves to not only eliminate the distractions posed by the animal consciousness, but to direct its intense energy toward the divine, enabling one to bond his soul to G–d with ever-increasing fervour.
The contemplation on the angels is thus only a means to an end. The intention is neither to connect to the angels themselves, nor to replicate their particular form of divine service, but to use them as a vehicle to allow ourselves to connect to G-d according to our own unique capabilities.
The same applies to the angels contemplated in Shalom Alechem. Our goal when reciting the Shalom Alechem is to transcend our attachment to the six working days, so that we can experience the Shechina - Divine Presence - through the Holy Shabbat. In order to elevate ourselves and disconnect from our weekday affairs we contemplate the angels. However, once this elevation has been accomplished and we are fit to experience the Shechina through Shabbat, we bid the angels farewell.Based on Siddur im Pirush Maharid p.68; 13 Tanya, 66a; Derech Mitzvatecha p.70b | <urn:uuid:9e0a8e3f-67f0-4ea3-891f-b388f15b7693> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://shalomalechemliturgy.blogspot.com/2016/11/shalom-alechem-angels-means-to-end.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.914032 | 650 | 1.90625 | 2 |
This chapter contains a walkthrough to the "Cause and Effects" mission in Vampyr.
- Go to Doctor Swansea's office and inform him you've finished the blood tests. That's it - quest is finished.
- Now, you should strengthen the protagonist - more challenges lie ahead. If you haven't already - upgrade your weapon so that it's much more powerful.
- You should also go take a rest and distribute experience points to improve the character. Health and endurance will allow more flexibility.
- Try to finish overdue investigations and collect hints about the citizens. If you're playing a hunter, now is a good moment to suck blood from a few characters. This will strengthen Jonathan and make you much stronger in combat.
- Try to treat the sick regularly in order to ensure a high level of health in the neighborhood. It is not worth to suck blood from the sick, because you will gain much less experience.
- When you're ready, proceed with the main plot and start the next quest - The Eye was in the Tomb. | <urn:uuid:f903749b-119f-4690-9219-516f51544f5d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://guides.gamepressure.com/vampyr/guide.asp?ID=44963 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.946802 | 214 | 1.539063 | 2 |
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Should You Meditate?
First, let’s contemplate how things are going right now. This isn’t meant to be an exercise in self-criticism or beating yourself up. Keep in mind that everyone experiences difficulty and that life certainly isn’t easy. See if you can consider your life, with some degree of objectivity:
How is life going for you?
How’s your mental health? Are you happy? How do you relate to your experiences? Do you feel good about what you give your attention to? Is your mind operating as well as you’d like? Are you ok with the fact that this life is (relatively) short and will at some point end?
If your answer is less than an emphatic positive response, then let’s go into why you might meditate and what you might expect. If your answer is that you are happy, content, and satisfied with life exactly as it is, then perhaps you don’t need to meditate! But if there is even a hint of an itch to delve deeper, there is probably something here for you.
The main reasons that I see for people to meditate are to 1) improve mental hygiene, 2) train the mind to improve mental skills, and 3) explore a curiosity about what is possible with the mind.
The most common reason that people begin practising meditation is mental health. Many people find themselves dealing with depression and anxiety. Others find that life is just a bit too stressful. They need some way to calm down, relax, settle, and gain better tools for coping with difficult situations. Sometimes this is brought on by hitting a really bad place, but other times we just have a sense that meditating would be a good thing to learn to cope with what is going on in our lives and in our heads.
It’s commonly known, and for good reason, that meditation helps with stress and anxiety. There are numerous scientific studies about this, it is now a common treatment in therapy, and there are mindfulness programs everywhere.
This is a great idea and meditation does help in this regard. You can’t argue against taking a short period of time to do less, relax, and be more aware. It’s a time to decompress, process some feelings and emotions, and to move the mind towards calm and spaciousness. Meditation provides tools for working with thoughts and emotions that can really help in the midst of difficulty. Everyone could do with doing a small amount of meditation regularly.
The goal here is relaxation and relief from difficult experiences. People who start this way are generally practising for relatively short amounts of time, such as 5 to 15 minutes per session, and might be practising a few times a week or just as an antidote or fix when things get stressful. This is where most meditation apps come in. Sometimes these are used consistently, but often it’s a form of pain relief — something you do when the situation calls for it.
The trouble with this approach is that it is a band-aid solution to a problem. You get stressed, so you realise you should probably meditate to relax. But this falls off easily. When you are stressed, you are also often busy, and then the first thing to drop off is practice time, even if it is probably the best thing you could be doing for yourself. It doesn’t address the root cause of the issue and only treats the symptoms.
Train the Mind to Change the Baseline
The next reason people meditate is because they want to improve the way their mind works. They want to change the patterns of behaviour and mental habits so that they use the mind more skilfully. They want to begin treating the cause of the problem.
While there are many reasons for this, let’s take the example of focus. It’s important to be able to choose what we pay attention to. Where attention goes determines our experience. Today there are just so many things vying for our attention. Smartphone apps and social media platforms are designed to be addictive and we are constantly bombarded by advertising. Our lives are complex in that we are expected to somehow maintain a balance of work, study, family, friends, entertainment, hobbies, learning, activism, holidays, rest time etc. We often find that our attention is caught up in things that we don’t find deeply meaningful. We also find that we are often pulled out of the current moment into the future with planning or fantasising, or into the past with remembering or ruminating. We find that we go for extended periods of time without noticing what is happening in our own experience.
Unfortunately we can’t just suddenly choose to have different attentional skills. Just deciding to be mindful might help for a short time, but it will not create a long-term shift. To shift your quality of attention requires training the mind. You do this by learning mental skills through practising meditation techniques. The skills develop through repetition. Over time this leads to changes in the mind and to a shift in the baseline of your ability to focus. The same could be applied to other mental skills, such as observation and balance (see Sit Down and Practice).
The goal here is to create transformative change through ongoing practice. This generally requires learning how to practise on your own and practising more per day. From what I’ve seen, changes often take place when people do somewhere around 30 minutes per day, every day (or close to it). This progress also often snowballs in that there are noticeable benefits in daily life that then make you want to practice more, solidifying the practice. Meditation becomes more integrated in your daily routine, then becomes a habit, and eventually requires no effort to sit down and practice. It eventually can become embedded in your life to the point it becomes part of your identity — you are a meditator!
This type of practice requires more commitment and perseverance but tends to pay off tremendously. There is the possibility to improve the way your mind works and therefore improve every area of your life. You gain the ability to get ahead of potential problems by working with the mind and how you navigate difficulty. You do the practice now, for when you need it later. You begin to learn about how your mind operates. The practice becomes a resource and something that rewards ongoing engagement. Practice also benefits those around you as you gain more capacity to be present, to help others, and to engage in what matters to you.
Curiosity and the Search for Truth
The third reason that people meditate is because they have a curiosity about what meditation can bring in terms of shifting perception, understanding reality, and making sense of what their lives and experiences mean. There is a sense of possibility, aspiration, and determination that drives people to explore what their mind is and how they are perceiving reality.
This can come from a number of different angles. Some people have tried meditation and it worked really well to increase awareness and help them in their lives, so they want to see what comes from doing more of it. Other people get into it because they have some familiarity with spiritual traditions, such as the different traditions of Buddhism, and want to see if the freedom, wisdom, and radical openings that these teachings talk about are possible for themselves. Other people who are nerdier or more pragmatic come to it wanting to see if the techniques can change their cognitive processes and update their “operating system”. There’s also people who have some kind of powerful experience — sometimes due to psychedelics, sometimes just out of the blue — that opens their eyes to a different way of seeing, but these experiences fade. Meditation becomes a way to reproduce these experiences and insights consistently. Another reason why people might get into deep practice is the sense that something doesn’t quite add up. Life has a quality of unsatisfactoriness about it, even when things are good, and this disconnect makes people look for a deeper meaning and understanding.
Other people just notice that the universe is so huge and our lives are so small, yet our existence feels so important. What does it mean?
Meditation then becomes a way to learn about the mind and to learn about how you are experiencing reality.
The goal with this approach is to see how deep the rabbit hole goes and what is possible in practice. This is where people start practising more, upwards of 45 minutes per day. They might go on retreats. They are more likely to find a teacher and seek out resources such as books, courses, and communities that help point to some of the deeper realisations.
At this level there is the possibility of radical shifts in the way life is experienced. There are openings of understanding self and world in new ways. There is the ability to work through conditioning and past trauma. There is the ability to navigate pain and difficulty gracefully. There might be less suffering and more fulfilment. There is the possibility of deep engagement with the world and being more present and loving in relationships. Actions skilfully align with values.
We will all face challenges and difficulties in our lives. Whether you are practising for pain relief, training the mind, or out of curiosity for what is possible, meditation becomes a way to choose how we want to show up — with more awareness, focus, and clarity. | <urn:uuid:29e2a619-29be-4615-9191-ba8e2630710b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kynanmeditation.net/category/practice-advice/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964736 | 1,922 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Donald Trump's father was Fred Trump. There have been questions whether Fred Trump was a member of the KKK. Horowitz, Jason, "First Draft: In Interview, Donald Trump Denies Report of Father's Arrest in 1927". The New York Times (September 22, 2015). Interestingly, folk singing legend Woody Guthrie, was a tenant in one of Trump's apartment complexes in Brooklyn. Guthrie criticized Trump as a landlord. He wrote lyrics that accused his landlord of stirring up racial hate "in the bloodpot of human hearts". Control by fear was a principle therefore not foreign to the Trump family household.
Donald Trump is no different than his father. Very early on Trump specifically spoke to people how the whole system was rigged and it would have to be destroyed. But perhaps there is no better example of Trump's fear mongering than his attack on immigrants (by the way, did you know Trump was likely not conceived in America?). Trump has said overtly immigrants cause crime. Trump said, "[C]ountless Americans who have died in recent years would be alive today if not for the open border policies of this administration." That is simply not true. Numerous studies , over the years, have found that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than people born in the United States. As the Police Foundation has indicated, there simply is no documented evidence for the proposition that undocumented immigrants commit a disproportionate share of crime.
But who cares about the facts? Causing fear controls people. One study of fear as a control explained it directly: (a) fear appeals are effective at positively influencing attitude, intentions, and behaviors; (b) there are very few circumstances under which they are not effective; and (c) there are no identified circumstances under which they backfire and lead to undesirable outcomes.
An article in The Atlantic perfectly summarizes Trump's appeal to fear. “I’m scared,” a 12-year-old girl told Trump at a campaign rally in North Carolina. “What are you going to do to protect this country? “You know what, darling?” Trump replied. “You’re not going to be scared anymore. They’re going to be scared.” | <urn:uuid:4c65c662-58da-4da0-a18d-9446d48705f7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.paulksicinskilaw.com/wwwpaulksicinskilawcom/fear-of-crime-as-a-means-of-social-control | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.975345 | 451 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Parental Rights of a Father in Ohio
Parental Rights of a Father in Ohio
One of the most common problems that fathers face after a divorce or a breakup is having restricted access to or contact with their children. Due to the lack of knowledge about the parental rights of a father, many men have a misconception that they have lesser parenting rights as compared to the mother. However, this is not true.
Under the laws of Ohio, Courts are not allowed to decide the parenting rights of a parent based on the gender. Being a mother does not automatically grant a woman all parenting rights including custodial rights. The basis of a Court’s decision lies in the principle of ‘best interests of the child’. Traditionally, mothers have held a more favourable position is a lawsuit involving parental rights. However, Courts have increasingly realized that ‘shared parenting’ is important for a child’s all round growth and development and having a healthy relationship with both the father and the mother is important for the child’s well-being.
Establishing Paternity of an Unmarried Father in Ohio
Under the laws of Ohio, when a child is born to an unmarried couple, all parenting and other rights related to the child are automatically granted to the mother. An unmarried father has to take proactive steps to establish his paternity. The term ‘establishing paternity’ refers to the legal steps a father has to take to identify himself as the biological as well as the legal father of the child. This can be done in one of the following manners:
- Acknowledgement of Paternity Affidavit: At the time of the birth of the child, both the parents can agree that a man is the biological father of the child and decide to make him the legal father of the child. The acknowledgement is signed at the hospital and then mailed to the Central Paternity Registry.
- Administrative Order of Paternity: If an unmarried couple has not established paternity through any other method and decides to get genetic testing done, they can contact the Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) to get the testing done. If the man is indeed the biological father of the child, then an order of paternity is issued.
- Court Order of Paternity: If the unmarried couple is not on talking terms, then either the child’s mother or the presumed father can file for an Order of Paternity at the Juvenile Justice Court. The Court may order a DNA test to establish paternity.
However, merely establishing parenting rights does not necessarily imply that the father has visitation or custodial rights of the child, even though he may be required to pay child support. To establish visitation and custodial rights, a separate Court Order is required.
Establishing Visitation & Custodial Rights of an Unmarried Father in Ohio
After the paternity of an unmarried man has been established and depending upon how well the unmarried couple gets along after the breakup, the visitation and custodial rights of an unmarried father in Ohio can be established in two ways:
- Shared Parenting Plan: The unmarried couple can mutually decide all the terms of the visitation and custody before taking any legal steps. The agreement, also referred to as ‘Agreed Parenting Plan’ is prepared by an attorney detailing all aspects related to child support, visitation schedule, decision making. The agreement is then filed with a local Juvenile Court to get the approval and signature of the judge to make it binding.
- Court Order: When the unmarried couple is at a conflict, and the unmarried father wants to get visitation or custodial rights, then he must file for a Court order to establish his visitation and custodial rights. Once the paternity of the father has been established, the Court must give an equal chance to both the father and the mother while deciding the rights to the child. The laws of Ohio prohibit discrimination based on gender. The decision must be based on the principle of ‘best interests of the child’. Thus, an unmarried father, after establishing his paternity has equal footing in the Court while deciding the custodial and visitation rights to the Child.
Paternity Rights of a Married Father Going Through Divorce/ Dissolution/ Legal Separation
Under the laws of Ohio, if a child is born to a married couple, then the husband is automatically treated as the biological and legal father of the child. However, this presumption can be challenged by either party. When a man is going through divorce, dissolution or legal separation, then the custodial, visitation rights and other rights related to the children cannot be based solely upon the gender of the parent. Both the parents stand on an equal footing in the Court of law and the Court will base its decision based on the principle of ‘best interests of the child’. The Court will look at various aspects such as financial capability, allegations of domestic violence while determining all the rights related to the children. | <urn:uuid:614375b3-e4e7-43c8-ae8a-81295ed76117> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://markziccarellilaw.com/2020/09/15/parental-rights-of-a-father-in-ohio/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957433 | 1,001 | 2.265625 | 2 |
When you decide to buy a home, the next question that triggers in your mind is what type of home should you buy? It is obvious to get confused while selecting a home as there are many factors to consider that include location, transportation facilities, cost of living, and many more.
Before analyzing them, it is necessary to determine what type of house can fit your current and future needs. And as we know a detached house is a stand-alone residential structure that does not share outside walls with another house or building. You can also check out here to get more information about architect detached house.
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Here are some other benefits of possessing an independent house:
1. The first major benefit is that these homes have a great resale value. Buyers who purchase a detached home also own the land where the home is built on. On the contrary, in a townhome, buyers share the ownership of land with others.
2. In detached homes, you have the freedom to modify or renovate as per your likes, tastes, and latest trends. The opportunity for recreation adds more value to your home.
3. It offers more privacy than other types of homes.
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It’s been more than two years since Julie Dimperio Holowach died in a shark attack off Mackerel Cove in Harpswell.
She will never be forgotten by the many who loved and admired her. Now, her legacy of giving will live on, thanks to a scholarship to be given annually to a young woman graduating from Mt. Ararat High School.
“Julie was amazing and she made such an impression on everybody,” said Sandy Thulis, a longtime Bailey Island neighbor. “After a year, I didn’t want her memory to die. I came up with the idea about a scholarship. Patti (Neuhof) jumped forward and said she wanted to help — neither one of us had done fundraising.” They worked for months with the Maine Community Foundation. Now, tax-deductible donations can be made to the foundation in Julie’s name.
A scholarship “seemed like something that would be right and something she would want,” said Thulis, because Julie supported and encouraged other women. “You think back on your life and the people who affected you in a myriad of ways. She made you feel good about yourself.”
A marathoner and triathlete, Julie was swimming with her daughter on July 27, 2020, when the great white shark attacked. Julie, 63, was wearing a black wetsuit and the shark may have mistaken her for a seal. It was the only fatal shark attack in Maine history.
Julie’s friends describe her as encouraging, generous, supportive and kind. Once, she gave a group of friends the book, “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.” Neuhof said it’s a story about different characters finding themselves through their relationships and friendships.
What set Julie apart was “her generosity of spirit, her energy, her active listening, her magnetism,” said Neuhof. “She touched so many people.”
Julie and her husband, Al Holowach, both grew up in the Bronx, New York. Julie graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and retired as president of Kipling, a handbag and luggage company. The couple, who had been together for 38 years, spent a few months a year in Naples, Florida, “to get out of the cold,” but Harpswell was home, said Holowach.
“She felt we were very fortunate having what we have and gave to the less fortunate,” said Holowach. “Not bad for two kids from the Bronx,” Julie would tell her husband.
The Julie Dimperio Holowach Scholarship Fund’s annual $1,500 award will go to a young woman graduating from Mt. Ararat High School who attends a four-year college.
To donate, mail a check to the Maine Community Foundation, 245 Main St., Ellsworth, ME 04605. Make the check payable to the foundation and write “Julie Dimperio Holowach Scholarship Fund” in the memo line.
To donate online, go to mainecf.org and click the “Give Now” button. On the donation page, select “Other” from the drop-down menu and type “Julie Dimperio Holowach Scholarship Fund” in the field provided.
For more information, contact Thulis at email@example.com or Neuhof at firstname.lastname@example.org. Donations will ensure the scholarship continues for years and may provide for a second scholarship, noted Thulis and Neuhof.
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This is just too beautiful not to share. NASA marks the 5-year anniversary of their Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) with this video showing amazingly pulsing mass explosions, solar flares, sunspots, coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the like. SDO provides 13 full-sun images every 10 seconds, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That’s 2,600 terabytes of data! For more, see the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly detailed images of the whole sun 24 hours a day. Capturing an image more than once per second, SDO has provided an unprecedentedly clear picture of how massive explosions on the sun grow and erupt ever since its launch on Feb. 11, 2010. The imagery is also captivating, allowing one to watch the constant ballet of solar material through the sun’s atmosphere, the corona.
In honor of SDO’s fifth anniversary, NASA has released a video showcasing highlights from the last five years of sun watching. Watch the movie to see giant clouds of solar material hurled out into space, the dance of giant loops hovering in the corona, and huge sunspots growing and shrinking on the sun’s surface.
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