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In this paper, nanostructured TiO2
film was prepared by the by sol-gel process and dip-coating technique with titanium tetraisopropoxide as a precursor. After heat treatment at 550 °C, the deposited film was characterized by means of micro-Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM). It was found that the TiO2
film consisted of only the TiO2
anatase phase and showed a granular microstructure. Photocatalytic degradation of azithromycin by using sol-gel nanostructured TiO2
film was studied to define the most effective degradation process for potential use in wastewater treatment. Different factors were evaluated during photocatalysis, such as pH (3, 7, and 10), water matrix (ultrapure water and synthetic municipal waste water effluent), influence of another pharmaceutically active compound (sulfamethoxazole, one of the most often detected pharmaceutic compounds in waste waters), and radiation sources (low pressure ultraviolet (UV) mercury lamps with a UV-A and UV-C range; a light-emitting diode (LED) lamp with a radiation peak at 365 nm). The most effective degradation process was achieved with the UV-C irradiation source in matrices at pH 10. The water matrix had little effect on the photocatalytic degradation rates of azithromycin. The presence of sulfamethoxazole in the water matrix decreased the degradation rate of azithromycin, however, only in matrices with a pH level adjusted to 10. During the experiments, five azithromycin degradation products were identified and none of them showed toxic properties, suggesting effective removal of azithromycin. LED 365 nm as the irradiation source was not as effective as the UV-C lamp. Nevertheless, considering the cost, energy efficiency, and environmental aspects of the irradiation source, the LED lamp could be a “real-life” alternative.
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How do you know that your exhaust needs changing? What are the warning signs that you should be looking out for, and are there any simple tests that you can perform?
Below you will find more helpful hints for checking your exhaust system issues:-
Simple Exhaust Checks
There are a number of easy exhaust checks that can be undertaken by someone with limited mechanical knowledge. We would always recommend that you wear eye and hand protection whilst checking your exhaust. These checks are as follows:
Scrape away surface rust – Brush off the rust from the exhaust system and inspect it for small holes. These can draw in air from outside the system, igniting any unburnt fuel, which could cause a backfire in the exhaust and further damage to your car.
Inspect joints and connections – Here you are looking for streaks of soot and black marks around the connections and flanges. If you come across these tell-tale signs of gas escape, then you may be able to solve the problem by simply tightening the clamps or replacing them if the studs are rusted.
Check the supports – Older systems use straps to hold the exhaust manifold to the car, whilst newer systems use rubber loops. In either case, check that these are placed correctly around the car’s bodywork and that they have the right degree of flexibility.
Catalytic convertor problems – A sure sign that your CAT is breaking up is a small rattling sound coming from the unit. This may mean that the part needs replacing. The best way to care for your CAT is to ensure that your engine is running well and not leaking excess fuel into the unit. | <urn:uuid:77eaf5d0-7f00-4916-97a5-388355fa52b1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://celluloidfun.com/tips-for-checking-your-cars-exhaust-system/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.943395 | 333 | 1.882813 | 2 |
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Tob Control 2022 03;31(2):328-334
Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance, Manila, Philippines.
Background: Tobacco control policy audacity can make radical ideas seem possible, and set in motion a 'domino' effect, where precedents in one jurisdiction are followed by others. This review examines tobacco control policy audacity from seven countries to identify and compare factors that facilitated it.Methods: A targeted search strategy and purposive sampling approach was used to identify information from a range of sources and analyse key supportive factors for policy audacity. Read More
Tob Control 2022 Feb 28. Epub 2022 Feb 28.
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
Nicotine Tob Res 2022 01;24(1):93-99
Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Introduction: New Zealand's equity-focused endgame goal (Smokefree 2025) aims to reduce smoking prevalence to minimal levels (ie, <5%) in all population groups by 2025. Inadequate progress has stimulated discussion of innovative measures to reduce prevalence; because few studies have explored how marginalized groups perceive these measures, we addressed this knowledge gap.Aims And Methods: In November and December 2020, we conducted 20 in-depth interviews with people who smoked daily, were aged between 21 and 53, earned less than the median income (NZD33 900), and had marginal or inadequate income sufficiency. Read More
Aust N Z J Public Health 2021 Dec 28;45(6):554-561. Epub 2021 Jun 28.
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Objectives: To assess support among smokers and recent quitters for the Smokefree New Zealand (NZ) 2025 goal and measures to facilitate its achievement.Methods: Data from CATI interviews with 1,155 (386 Māori) smokers and recent quitters in Wave 1 (August 2016-April 2017) and 1,020 (394 Māori) in Wave 2 (June-December 2018) of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) NZ Survey.Results: (Wave 2 unless stated): Almost all (95%) participants were aware of and more than half (56%) supported the smokefree goal. Read More
Tob Control 2022 05 3;31(3):438-443. Epub 2020 Dec 3.
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Introduction: New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal aims to greatly decrease the availability of tobacco. One option is to cease the sale of tobacco from convenience stores. However, tobacco companies and retail trade associations oppose this move and have argued that customers who purchase tobacco drive footfall and spend more than non-tobacco customers. Read More | <urn:uuid:db424950-7e33-417b-ae32-48c41b78e80d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pubfacts.com/detail/22854371/New-Zealands-smokefree-prison-policy-appears-to-be-working-well:-one-year-on | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.905335 | 598 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Creating healthy spaces that improve our physical and mental wellbeing is at the top of everyone’s priorities at the moment.
Biophilic design is an architectural and interiors concept all about bringing the outdoors in and creating a healthy living environment.
Publisher’s Note: While whimsical, I felt this article and images beautifully capture the imagination and exuberance of the arrival of spring here in the northern hemisphere. And, biophilic thinking and design is welcome at any time of the year!
Bloom & Wild, a leading letterbox florist (online flower delivery), has worked with several architects and graphic designers to reimagine some of the world’s most famous landmarks using biophilic design. We’ve also created a simple table that looks at how biophilic improves the health of individuals and the spaces they inhabit. Finally, we spoke with Yaniv Peer, Director at Iguana Architects, on how the everyday person can bring biophilic design into their home.
All Photos by Bloom & Wild
We asked 5 architects to help us reimagine these 7 iconic structures using biophilic design that relates to the landscape of the country:
Commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1632 as a tomb for his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal, is the most visited tourist spot in India and a symbol of eternal love.
We redesigned the iconic pillars in the style of India’s famous trail tree trunks, while sitting on top of the pillars are Jungle Geranium or Ixora coccinea. Hanging plants appear on the walls behind the front-facing arches and window frames, and in place of the famous reflecting pool in front of the Taj Mahal, we created an extensive network of water bridges to reflect the importance of water in Indian cultures.
We redesigned this iconic bridge with bushes covering the towers which are closely tied with Britain’s historical association with grand manor houses and their perfectly kept gardens. Neatly encased in each crevice are flowers inspired by our own lovely flower bouquets that include Freesias, Snapdragons, Lisianthus, and meadowy foliage.
The tops of the towers are covered in ivy, and the structure is further supported by a network of ropes to resemble the country’s connection to medieval history. We also placed several small mirrors on the underside of the bridge to connect the top sections of the towers, and to signify London’s ever-growing skyline while allowing pedestrians to see a part of themselves in one of London’s most iconic structures.
Statue of Liberty
Unveiled in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was a gift to America from the French to commemorate their alliance during the Revolution.
In our redesign, we covered the statue in moss to changes with the seasons as the rest of the great American countryside does. We added Sequoia and Birch trees, along with some grassy areas to represent both the iconic Manhattan spring/fall seasons and to connect the statue to America’s vast network of forests and famous national parks.
A spiral walkway was placed to add a touch of modernity to the statue. A fountain has also been created in the statue’s signature torch to signify a connection to America’s great lakes and surrounding coastline.
Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is one of the 20th century’s most famous and creative pieces of architecture.
Drawing inspiration from Australia’s iconic landscapes, we transformed the opera house into a structure to represent the distinctively different facets of the countryside. The classic shells have been redesigned to resemble Uluru, or Ayers Rock, with the dome-like exteriors taking inspiration from the Great Barrier Reef. The shells are also coated in traditional Australian plants and flowers like Eucalyptus and Banksia.
As one of the most recognisable landmarks in the world, the Eiffel Tower was built to show off France’s innovative and modern mechanical designs.
We kept the redesign simple by lining the grounds with Lavender, the traditional flower of the French countryside. As you move up the tower, we placed shelves containing bunches upon bunches of Sunflowers – France’s second most loved flower! Lavender also coats the staircase as well as the observation decks and the very top of the tower, producing a beautiful, purple floral statement.
Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World. It was built around 2560 BCE and still remains mostly intact to this day. A tomb is a sacred space and tourists deserve to experience and enjoy the silence, peace, tranquillity and pure nature that it has to offer, both outside and inside the structure.
As you can see, we covered the existing pyramid shape with lush greenery. The sand dune reflected in the wave structure at the base of the pyramid was inspired by architect Chad Oppenheim’s interpretation of the landscape. Finally, we also rebuilt the most natural object of the land, the Sphinx, by restoring the animal to its former glory and placing thousands of fine branches to give it an ostensibly furry finish.
The Sagrada Familia is a large Roman Catholic minor basilica in Barcelona and is the world’s oldest [active] construction project. Although construction started on the Sagrada Familia in 1882, it was never completed, largely due to its being interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. Currently, it is around 70% complete and is estimated to be finished in 2026.
We’ve redesigned the landmark in a biophilic way by creating a base layer of Mediterranean hanging plants like Geraniums and Durantas encasing the church. We then lined the body of the church with diamond-shaped mirrors decorated with shards of red, orange and pink, resembling the native flowers of Spain like Lantanas, Gazania, and Bougainvillea. Water sprays from the tops of the spires, splitting the light rays into beautiful rainbows. At the base of the church, we’ve placed mirror flowers in the ponds for more exotic beauty and colour.
How does biophilic design improve the health of individuals and spaces?
Biophilic design has been proven to improve the health of spaces, and the people who use them.
Check out this handy table below that shows how patterns of biophilic design can help stress reduction, cognitive performance, and emotional wellbeing.
An architect’s advice: 7 ways to bring biophilic design into any home
With the right types of design approaches, our homes can help boost creativity and concentration, as well as becoming a more relaxing and rejuvenating environment. Yaniv Peer and the team at Iguana Architects have shared a few ways we can all bring biophilic designs home (without always needing an architect, except for possibly the first example below):
- Put a wildflower green roof on top of your extension, so that when you wake up and look outdoors, you’re greeted with a bloom of flowering colours.
- Add green walls or herb gardens in the living and kitchen spaces so that you’re seeing the greenery and your sense of smell is also stimulated.
- Flood your home with potted plants and flowers to add colour and life to your space! Research online for certain species of plants that are good for day and night time air quality enhancement.
- Include the use of natural colours. This is known as the Ecological Valence Theory and essentially means that people will use colours that they associate with a positive experience in nature. For example, blues will remind people of clear skies and clean water.
- Use natural wood texture and grain on floors, walls, ceilings and furniture. Wood has the ability to reduce blood pressure and it feels fantastic.
- Open up the ceilings to roof lights so you can drench the interior with natural daylight. Rooflights are also operable which is great for supporting natural ventilation.
- Lastly, make sure to stimulate the sense through the use of natural scents and sounds.
Yaniv Peer adds that he believes that the status quo should not be maintained.
“Iguana was set up to challenge conventional thinking on how the spaces we inhabit should look and more importantly to show that these spaces can contribute to our physical and mental wellbeing.
“Think about the last time you went on holiday to relax and unwind. It was unlikely to be a two-week break in the city centre and more like a getaway in the countryside or by the sea. Putting your feet up, breathing in the fresh air with the sun warming you while you sip on your favourite cocktail. There’s no feeling quite like it! And while those days will return again, hopefully soon, we don’t think you should have to wait for that one or twice a year feeling when our homes can help create spaces to make us feel less stressed.” ~ Yaniv Peer, Director at Iguana Architects
Watch our short video below:
We all have a strong and important connection to nature. And whether we realise it or not, bringing nature into our homes, offices and schools can bring lots of benefits to our overall health and wellbeing.
~ Sebastian Burchell
Sebastian Burchell is a freelance PR consultant. He works with a variety of digital brands, specifically home, interior and gardening eCommerce businesses. Specifically, Seb loves working with clients who are in touch with the outdoors and let the natural world influence their product, service, and company.
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Lease or rental agreements are important because they govern the relationship between landlords and tenants and set forth the terms of the relationship, the lease agreement covers many things, including:
- Total cost of rent
- Due date of rent
- Who is responsible for repairs
- When the security deposit will be returned and under what conditions it could not be returned
- Additional details important to the renter-landlord relationships
The lease agreement is essential when the landlords and tenants have disputes, as it may provide guidance as to how the dispute can be resolved. A seasoned mediator will be able to review and use the lease agreement to assist the parties in resolving a dispute. | <urn:uuid:633d81b8-5059-4860-b4ec-b8300d26fe67> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sinenskymediation.com/why-is-the-lease-or-rental-agreement-important/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957492 | 135 | 1.53125 | 2 |
On Friday, 6 April 2018, at 8.50 am, students from Room 3 and 12 hopped on a bus that took them to the Canning River Eco Education Centre (CREEC) at Wilson. They were super excited! Together with nearly 400 students from nine other primary schools, they participated in the Earth Day Expo, an initiative organised by the City of Canning and the CREEC to raise awareness about sustainability and what we can do to take care of our environment.
First, all the students met for the Welcome to Country ceremony. Next, we had the Captain Clean Up Show. It was hilarious and some students were invited to the front to demonstrate how to clean the toilet.
After that, each class of students participated in five rotational activities throughout the day. The activities were mostly hands-on and really fun. For example, we learnt about the problems littering can cause and how we can reduce litter, how native animals survive in their Australian habitats, how to prevent weeds and pests from damaging our native plants and wetlands and how to monitor and help threatened native animals. We also learnt about how the Nyoongar people connect with the river and their surroundings and tried some activities that they used to do in their daily lives such as weaving, fishing, making jewellery out of leaves etc.
The day finished with a ‘celebration and sharing session’. Our students were tired but mostly we have become more aware about how everyone can do their part to take care of our environment. | <urn:uuid:6aa53c47-83c3-4712-9686-297095c80edb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://leemingps.wa.edu.au/earth-day-expo-excursion-rooms-3-and-12/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.981877 | 305 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Guidelines for the Academic Project
In order to complete the internship experience, it is necessary to make connections between the work done in the field and the lessons learned in the classroom. The mechanism for achieving that goal is the academic project. The project is most commonly a small reflection paper, although alternatives such as a scrapbook, video or other options are encouraged. The project is negotiated between student and the internship coordinator. If a paper is chosen, the length of the paper depends on the number of hours of academic credit. For example, a three-to-five-page paper is required for a three-credit experience. Smaller papers are required for one or two credit hours, and a longer paper would be required for an internship for credit beyond three hours.
This project is designed to make connections between the intern’s professional experiences and lessons learned in the classroom. For this reason, the project requires research and documentation of sources used for the project. Papers must reference a book (class textbooks are fine) or scholarly journal articles. No "Time," "Newsweek," "FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin" or similar news or trade publications are allowed. Full bibliographic citation is required, preferably in American Political Science Association style.
The final project will be due at noon on the last day of exams. If a paper is chosen, it can be turned in as a Microsoft Word file to an email.
The project must be decently crafted, i.e., such that a grade of "C" or better would be merited. Papers full of typographical, grammar and usage errors or misspelled words will not receive a passing grade. The internship coordinator will gladly review rough drafts if they are turned in at least two weeks before the due date. If rough drafts are of sufficient quality, then no further work will be required. If not, revisions will be required. Individuals who choose not to turn in a rough draft will pass or fail based on the quality of the project as completed. No pass or incomplete will be given, regardless of the quality of the work done at the work site, if the project does not earn a passing grade. | <urn:uuid:2aa7acfe-f211-436a-9301-b5d232f496e6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dotcms.bradley.edu/academic/departments/pls-is/internships/guidelines/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.936522 | 434 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Parashat Vayera- Every Guest is Important
Parashat Vayera begins with the story of the three angels – who appeared as ordinary nomads – whom Abraham Abinu welcomed and hosted. The Torah describes at length the efforts Abraham expended on their behalf, personally serving them food and standing over them to care for them while they sat and ate.
We know from last week’s Parasha, Parashat Lech-Lecha, that Abraham had 318 servants. The question thus becomes why Abraham did not delegate the responsibilities entailed in hosting his guests to his servants. Why did he go through all the trouble to care for the three guests if he had a large team of workers to do so? This point becomes especially noteworthy in light of the fact that Abraham was ninety-nine years old and had just undergone circumcision. He was obviously physically frail, and yet he made a point of personally tending to his guests.
It is explained that a host shows honor to his guests by personally tending to their needs, rather than asking his housekeeper or family members to do so for him. Hospitality entails more than simply providing the guests with their basic needs. It also requires making the guests feel at ease and feel respected. As such, it is important to not just ensure that their needs are cared for, but to personally involve oneself in this undertaking.
As mentioned, the three angels who visited Abraham appeared as simple nomads. Abraham did not think they were distinguished statesmen or great Rabbis. They were ordinary people. Even so, he insisted on giving them the respect of personally tending to them, rather than delegating this role to his servants.
Rav Avraham Pam (1913-2001) applied this lesson to the common situation of charity collectors. Often, when a collector comes to the door, we give a young child a bill and have him bring the money to the collector. While our motives are sincere – to train the child in the special Misva of charity – we fail to realize that this is demeaning to the collector. A person who knocks on the door needs not only financial assistance, but also comfort and dignity. And we cannot fulfill this need unless we personally greet him and speak to him with respect. Rav Pam therefore urged people to bring their child with them to the collector when giving him money, rather than delegate the job to the child.
Children are very perceptive, and they note the difference between the way we welcome distinguished guests and the way we deal with others. It is important for them to see us show every visitor respect. If Abraham personally served three guests whom he thought were simple nomads, then we must likewise treat all people with respect and dignity. | <urn:uuid:ead801ea-3310-4aab-a517-888f210ea65b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dailyhalacha.com/WeeklyParasha.asp?PageIndex=26&ParashaClipID=517 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.985684 | 553 | 2.78125 | 3 |
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June 30, 2022
Inflation has crept into nearly every facet of life -- from gasoline to avocados, prices are substantially higher now compared with a year ago, and financial markets are on high alert. As the Federal Reserve and other central banks begin to remove monetary policy accommodation, asset valuations have come under pressure. While real estate has not yet followed stocks and bonds lower, it is attracting scrutiny as many pundits expect affordability issues to eventually crimp demand.
A key input to determining housing affordability is the interest rate at which a potential buyer can borrow money to finance their home purchase. Transparency into this variable is critical for market participants operating across the life cycle of a mortgage loan. Originators can benefit from understanding how their lending practices compare to the broader industry. Servicers can more efficiently adapt to changes in lending conditions. And investors can access more timely and representative measures of residential home loan borrowing activity to fine tune prepayment or relative value modeling. The ICE U.S. Residential Mortgage Rate Lock Indices use a data-driven methodology based on loan applications processed by ICE Mortgage Technology to track the average rate at which new residential home loans are locked each day. These benchmarks can serve as valuable indicators of where actual lending is occurring. The ICE U.S. Residential Mortgage Rate Lock Composite Index, which aggregates rate lock activity for all types of U.S. residential loans, has risen nearly 250 bps year-to-date, and is sitting at a multi-year high.
ICE U.S. Residential Mortgage Rate Lock Composite Index
Weighted Average Loan Rate
Source: ICE Data Services
The ICE family of residential mortgage rate lock indices contains over 80 indices that allow for detailed analysis of relationships and trends. These sub-indices range from loan program, to loan term, to loan purpose, with additional sub-indices produced for borrower attributes such as Loan to Value (LTV) and credit score (FICO). Over the past 18 months, the trajectory of interest rates has crept higher, yet the pace of increase has differed from instrument to instrument. For example, using the ICE U.S. Residential Mortgage Rate Lock Index, we can examine the path taken by 30-Year Fixed New Purchase Mortgage Rate Locks for Conforming loans and compare this to movement in Jumbo loans. Interestingly, over the past 18 months, the relationship between those two loan programs (i.e. the Jumbo-Conforming basis) has grown from plus or minus a few basis points to as much as negative 44 bps. All else equal, this would imply that while mortgage borrowing has become more expensive, Jumbo loans have seen a more muted rise relative to comparable Conforming loans.
ICE U.S. 30-Year Fixed New Purchase Mortgage Rate Lock Index
Source: ICE Data Services
Identifying explanatory drivers for changing relationships such as the Jumbo-Conforming basis, can be difficult. However, data from the ICE U.S. Residential Mortgage Rate Lock Index Series can shed light on the attributes of the loans processed by ICE Mortgage Technology. Here, we can examine the Loan to Value (LTV) ratio and Credit Score (FICO) of the ICE U.S. Jumbo 30-Year Fixed New Purchase Mortgage Rate Lock Index from a loan weighted average perspective. In this case, data shows that the LTV of Jumbo loans has decreased over time, with LTV currently running below average and FICO has increased, with FICO approximately at average. Other data that can be a signal for investors is the points & fees paid by borrowers, calculated as the difference between APR and the locked rate. In our Jumbo 30-Year Fixed New Purchase Mortgage example, it appears that lenders may be capturing more upfront fees in exchange for a better rate.
ICE U.S. Jumbo 30-Year Fixed New Purchase Mortgage Rate Lock Index
Loan to Value Ratio (LTV)
Credit Score (FICO Score)
Points & Fees (implied by APR)
Source: ICE Data Services
Demand from investors can certainly influence rates at which originators are willing to lend. Traditionally, mortgage investors, either in whole loan form or via securitizations, have been buyside firms such as asset managers, insurance companies, and hedge funds. Yet since the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) has become one of the largest investors in mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and now owns more than $2.7 trillion. Recently, the Fed embarked on a quantitative tightening campaign by allowing its holdings to run off through paydowns, eliminating a large source of demand for Agency MBS. The other side of the coin is supply, which has seen a significant slowdown as rates have risen. According to SIFMA data, both Agency and Non-Agency issuance is running at a slower pace this year compared to the same time last year. But while Agency issuance this year is basically in-line with 2020, Non-Agency issuance is substantially below. The feedback loop from supply/demand technicals (i.e. who is buying/selling, how much are they buying/selling, and at what levels they wish to buy/sell) can potentially explain changes in rate lock activity.
Agency RMBS Issuance
Non Agency RMBS Issuance
The fast and furious jump in mortgage rates this year has manifested in some eye-catching secondary market movements where Agency MBS are traded. Investors in this segment are closely watching the “current coupon” - essentially the MBS concept most closely tied to what is happening in the primary market. Although not a one for one relationship, this concept can help approximate the rate at which originators are willing to make mortgage loans at a given time, and as a function of that, what supply looks like in the pipeline, and where to expect the most hedging activity to occur.
Examining data from ICE’s Evaluated Pricing service, we can see that prior to the start of 2022, the entire liquid coupon stack of 30 Year Agency MBS, 2.5% through 5.5%, were being priced by the marketplace at a premium over par. Over the past six months, prices for those same MBS have almost all fallen below par, indicating a significant portion of the universe now priced at a discount. Par is an important pivot point for investors because it is an inflection point for the impact of prepayments on returns. With discount prices, faster prepayments would lead to higher returns. Understanding how pricing trends may be unfolding in the secondary can help inform decision making for primary market participants and vice versa.
30 Year UMBS TBA Coupon Front Month Pricing
Source: ICE Data Services
Although Agency securitizations make up the lion’s share of the MBS universe, Private Label, or Non-Agency paper, is an equally important segment. With relatively more liquidity and transparency, in some cases Agency MBS can be used as benchmarks for gauging valuation of comparable Non-Agency MBS. Based on ICE Evaluated Pricing data, the relationship or basis between Agency and Non-Agency passthroughs priced relative to TBAs (To Be Announced), currently ranges from -2.4 points to -4.4 points on average. These pricing spreads change over time and are similarly influenced by supply/demand technicals as well as fundamentals.
NA RMBS Senior 30yr Passthrough Tranche vs. Benchmark
Source: ICE Data Services
The connection between primary and secondary mortgage markets is a critical one that players up and down the loan life cycle are keen to tap into. Through its various product offerings, ICE can assist investment decision makers to quantify signals from the origination world and translate them into actionable insights for security selection, risk management, benchmarking, and modeling. Our newest foray in this dynamic space are the ICE Mortgage Rate Lock Index Futures which offer market participants a more precise hedging tool for residential mortgage interest rate risk. We are excited to continue to innovate and leverage ICE’s end-to-end mortgage workflow capabilities for capital markets use cases.
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Macklind International welcomes Russian Jewish Refugees as they celebrate Hannukah, the festival of lights.
The nine-branched menorah or hanukiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. Although historians debate the causes and outcomes of the war in which Judah Maccabee and his followers defeated the Syrian armies of Antiochus, there is no doubt that Hanukkah evokes stirring images of Jewish valor against overwhelming odds. Other themes rooted in the observance of the holiday include the refusal to submit to the religious demands of an empire practicing idolatry, the struggle against total assimilation into Hellenistic culture and loss of Jewish identity, and the fight for Jewish political autonomy and self-determination. – See more at: http://www.reformjudaism.org/hanukkah-history#sthash.6BuJBo5A.dpuf
For Russian Jewish refugees, this holiday is a reminder of days when during the Soviet Union rule, Jews were forced to hide their identity and were forbidden from practicing their religion. The passport of a citizen of the USSR listed nationality “Jewish” and that one line prevented many from realizing their professional dreams. What a relief it is to know that one can celebrate without fear and be proud of their heritage. | <urn:uuid:5d9308f9-649d-4d62-9f84-3b9b30d8eba7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bilingualstl.org/2015/12/hannukah-celebration/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953993 | 276 | 3.296875 | 3 |
|Photo © Ehow. Note: I don't have a picture of Rex, but this budgie made me think of her.|
We found Rex - a beautiful female budgie - in our tomato garden last summer. Her colors are turquoise bottom, emerald belly, and a gorgeous yellow head. We figure if she survives after spending the night in the garden, then she'll be OK with us for a while.
Well, it's better than that. We live on the South Shore of Montreal and this past January , have spent 12 days of power blackout, ice cold weather, no heat, no light. We had to move from home to home, looking for a warm place to live. Of course, Rex had to come with us. All the "experts" said that a budgie could probably live in a closet, if you kept it wrapped warmly. Not likely were we going to leave our baby alone in a closet, in the dark Alone with no humans. So she travelled with us.
The little thing survived probably better than us! She is a strong little girl, and we are very proud to have her as part of our family.
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Pierre Bergé, a formidable French entrepreneur and art collector, died early on 8 September, aged 86, in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Suffering from myopathy, in his final few months Bergé needed a wheelchair to continue dining out in the Parisian brasseries he so loved. He died not long before the opening of two museums, in Paris and Marrakech, which he dedicated to his late partner, Yves Saint Laurent.
From 1954 until Saint Laurent’s death in 2008, Bergé was the companion of the couturier, who for decades had been living as a recluse in their apartment on the left bank. “He was the artist, not me,” said Bergé at his funeral.
Bergé was the business brain behind the fashion house, making it into a world-famous trademark and building a firm whose turnover today is more than €200m. He sold it three times, latterly to François Pinault’s group. Bergé invested part of his wealth in the daily newspaper Le Monde and the left-wing news magazine Le Nouvel Observateur, and was dedicated to charitable causes including the fight against Aids and the legalisation of same-sex marriage. He was also a supporter of the National Gallery and various museums in Paris. Last March, he married the landscapist Madison Cox, who will lead the foundation he created.
Bergé, who met poet Jean Cocteau soon after his arrival in Paris as a young man from the provinces, always had a passion for the arts. For several years he promoted the work of his companion, the painter Bernard Buffet. A fan of music and opera, he was appointed as head of the new opera house in Paris by his close friend, the socialist president François Mitterrand. In 2009, he sold the art collection he had formed with Saint Laurent. Christie’s set up an impressive three-day show in the historical Grand Palais, which was called “the sale of the century”. The sale fetched €374m for works by Matisse (his favourite artist, especially the Moroccan period), Mondrian, Brancusi, Picasso and Cézanne, but also Medieval enamels, miniatures and silver pieces. Bergé decided to sell all his belongings before his death; his library was the last of his private collections to be put up for sale. His collection of poetry and philosophy books, and music from the Renaissance, are currently being auctioned in a succession of sales at Drouot.
At the time of the Grand Palais auction, China protested against the sale of two bronze animal heads, relics from the Summer Palace, which was sacked by British and French troops in the 19th century. A born provocateur, he said he would be happy to give them back to China “when it accepts democracy”. He later sold them to François Pinault, who gave them to China.
Bergé did not hesitate at times to attack Le Monde's journalists. When the right wing gathered for a demonstration against same-sex marriage, he said he would “not mind if a bomb exploded over there”. While his outbursts of anger could be Homeric, he was also extremely generous and loyal to his friends and those who worked closely with him. | <urn:uuid:1f9ad608-a8e6-4800-a85a-6bf9a50f81de> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/09/08/pierre-berge-french-entrepreneur-and-art-collector-dies-aged-86 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.983383 | 693 | 1.890625 | 2 |
BAGHDAD – The United Nations mission in Iraq says at least 60 people have been executed in the country so far in 2014, expressing concern over possible "miscarriages of justice."
In a report issued Sunday, the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq said the figure accounted for executions during the first nine months of 2014. The report expressed concern over the growing use of the death penalty by Iraqi authorities since its restoration in 2005.
Some 1,724 prisoners were awaiting execution as of August 2014, the report said, citing the Justice Ministry. Iraq primarily uses hanging as its method of execution. Death sentences are issued for a range of offences, including acts of terrorism. | <urn:uuid:17e904b6-1298-422a-8c8a-d67c9b4a8406> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.foxnews.com/world/un-report-iraq-has-executed-60-people-in-2014-in-possible-miscarriages-of-justice | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.975397 | 135 | 2.1875 | 2 |
If you have excess cash that you don't know what to do with, short-term investments are a wonderful way to put it to work. However, the essential word here is "short-term." Investments that can behold for a minimum 3 years period of time fall into the concept of short-term investment. These investments don't tie up your money for an extended period time. They give users an account of chances as they emerge rather than waiting for the ideal moment or for your capital to become sufficient to make a difference.
Both short and long-term investments generate cash flow but what makes the most sense for you varies from person to person and their goals and expectations.
Usually, investors who are inclined toward long-term real estate investments are willing to take on a higher level of risk with the potential of higher level of rewards. On the other hand, short-term investments are made to create instant cash flow and easy investment returns. When the investors don’t want to wait for years to get the real estate investment rewards, they prefer to drive on the road of short-term investment.
Although both kinds of real estate investments have their perks and pitfalls factors. You should be vivid clear about which goal you want to achieve or which real estate category will create an ideal situation for your finances.
Short-term investment tends to create instant cash flows as compared to other real estate investment options. If you have invested in the right property then you can generate considerably more profits without waiting for any kind of property appreciation.
When you invest in the short-term approach, you don’t need to be concerned about the maintenance of the property. Through short-term investment, you will save yourself from the tenant management and renovation round to keep your property top-notch. Basically, short-term investments don’t cost you extra maintenance work.
In short-term investment, you don’t have to wait long for the real estate market to spike. A minimum higher in rates can bring you profits which you can achieve by instantly selling your property. Through the instant sell and buy trick, investors can generate great profit margins in their portfolios.
When it comes to short-term investment, the investor is always backed up by a strong financial plan which he can execute in any emergency case. In a short-term investment, you are not bound to wait for years to have considerable profits on your side.
The tax relaxation in owning a rental property is one of the advantages of investing in real estate. This is one of the primary reasons why so many people opt to invest in real estate. Rental income, for example, is not subject to self-employment tax. Tax benefits are also available for depreciation, insurance, maintenance repairs, travel expenditures, legal fees, and property taxes, among other things.
You have a lot of options with a short-term rental. The owner has complete control over all decisions. They can change the nightly rates according to the time of year, the type of property, and the city's needs. They can also impose a minimum-night stay requirement for high-demand dates like weekends, holidays, and special events. For example, in Pakistan, resort charges are a bit higher in the summer season. They can also put dates on the calendar for homeowners who just need access to the property on occasion.
The short-term real estate investment doesn’t promise consistent cash flows which can put the investor in difficult situations.
Keeping an eye on the market’s trends and making decisions accordingly can be a tiring approach. In short-term real estate investment, the investors have to be attentive to real estate market day all around the clock to not miss any golden opportunity to generate profits. Check-ins and check-outs must be managed, any inquiries from guests or future guests must be answered, the property must be maintained, utilities must be paid, and repairs must be addressed. The majority of this is also quite time-sensitive.
Short-term real estate investment will make you market your properties again and again to keep the consumer invited and updated about your property. This necessary activity of real estate can cost you which will in result shrink the profits that you will generate on your property.
Wholesaling real estate is one of the finest methods to get started in real estate investing. The key advantage of this technique is that it requires very little initial cash, which makes it ideal for novices. As a wholesaler, you must locate a property for sale, obtain a contract from the seller, locate a buyer, and assign the contract to that individual. The procedure normally takes a few days or weeks, and you can expect to walk away with a few thousand dollars. The only expenses you'll incur are those associated with locating a home for sale and promoting it to potential purchasers.
The advantages of wholesaling strategy fall under the factor that this strategy doesn’t require large investments and basic real estate knowledge which can be the cherry on top for any beginner in the real estate industry.
In a fix-and-flip, you purchase a low-cost investment property (typically in need of repairs), make the necessary renovations, and then resell the property for a higher profit. The difference between the sale and buy prices, as well as the cost of the repairs you made, is your profit. The key is to be able to spot houses for sale below market value and make low-cost renovations that will significantly increase the property's value.
This method is beneficial to new investors because it allows them to experience the flavor of real estate investing before committing to a house and a mortgage for decades. Fix-and-flip is a terrific way to get started in real estate and can equip you with the expertise you need to be successful in the long run.
Getting into real estate affairs is profitable but never that easy. Every step should be planned, goals should be crystal clear and strategies should be wise and smart. This is the only way you can survive with good profits in the real estate industry. Short-term investments have their perks which real estate investors enjoy but making decisions frequently and quickly can cost you negatively. So, before making any kind of investment make sure you do your detailed and researched homework so that you can tackle the hurdles of real estate easily. | <urn:uuid:21f3c763-e662-4fe3-a986-a0fc48f0833e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.starmarketingonline.com/blog/beginners-guide-to-short-term-real-estate-investment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953255 | 1,284 | 1.710938 | 2 |
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• 114 peer-reviewed, English-language, PIRLS related research articles were identified.
• Germany and the United States published most articles.
• PIRLS is mostly used for secondary data analysis.
• PIRLS is hardly used for reading research, despite being a reading survey.
• Some topics within the study remain virtually untouched by research.
Recent decades have seen a rise of international large-scale assessments, which have become an influential instrument for informing educational policies. Likewise, they play an ever-increasing role in academic research. The vast information provided by the surveys relate to research topics relevant in various disciplines. We review the impact of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) on academic research and its representation in English language peer reviewed journals. Five literature bases were exploited for the bibliography and strict inclusion criteria set. Articles were analysed according to a comprehensive coding scheme and the resulting data was analysed with SPSS. Results map the evolution of PIRLS related research from the study's beginning, across geographic regions and disciplines. They describe types of research conducted and identify the most commonly investigated topics. Findings point towards topics that have so far been neglected, but would make valuable contributions to the research field.
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Dance, like any other art form, is meant to unite people. However, the abundance of casteist notions within the performing arts community has been a major divisive force.
The recent attempt to suicide of a Dalit dancer from Kerala, RLV Ramakrishnan, who practices Mohiniattam — one of the classical dances of the southern state — has once again thrown the spotlight on the deep-rooted casteism in the community.
The dancer who attempted to suicide in Kerala, was allegedly denied a chance to perform by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, which presides over the cultural activities in the state. It is alleged that the dancer was denied the opportunity because he belonged to the Dalit community.
The Dalits are placed at the bottom rung of India’s regressive caste ladder and have a history of oppression against them by the members of the upper-caste communities.
Classical dance, which was once performed by the Devadasis or members of the courtesan caste in the temples in southern India, is now practiced mostly by the upper-caste dancers. This trend is evident in almost all southern states of India.
Chennai — the capital of Tamil Nadu has very few dancers from the courtesan caste. Many of them either faded away after the abolition of the Devadasi system or were denied a chance to perform because they were never accepted by society.
“ ‘Isai Vellalar — the cultivators of music’ was a title given to the members of the Devadasi community to generate more respect for their profession,” said Amrit Srinivasan in his piece: Reform and Revival: The Devadasi and her dance.
Historical revisionism and Sanskritization of classical dance forms have led to the discrimination against the members of the Devadasi community. The movement to end the Devadasi system was initiated by the British in India, which culminated with the abolishment of the system in 1988.
During this movement, a counter-narrative was created by the dancers with nationalistic ambitions. Dancers like Rukmini Devi Arundale wanted to purify the classical dance forms because they held immense civilizational ethos with them. Arundale started Kalakshetra — an institution to promote performing arts — in 1936.
Thus, the Natya Shastra — a Sanskrit treatise on performing arts written by a Brahmin sage Bharata — began to be associated with the origins of classical dance forms in India. The scholars of this revivalist movement tried to dissociate the dance forms from the Devadasis as they were not considered pure or pious enough to practice the art.
Nrithya Pillai, a Bharatanatyam dancer from the Isai Vellalar community, said she was the first dancer in many generations from her family to take up dance. She adds her community in Tamil Nadu and that of the Kalavantulus (Telugu word for the court dancers) never went by the Natya Shastra. Instead, there were terms such as ‘Araimandi’ (half-sitting position) that were used within the dancers’ fraternity and had nothing to do with the Sanskrit treatise.
“When the dance fraternity is driven by a historical narrative, where reinvention is justified as a means to make the art respectable or having cleansed the dance of its unwanted elements, they are perpetuating caste violence,” said Nrithya.
She said there is a lot of discouragement from her family because her Shudra courtesan community is seen as “impure.”
“In my family, five generations of women did not participate in the art form. They were actively kept away and dissuaded from pursuing dance and music. The last person in my ancestry who danced was Maduranthakam Jagadambal.”
Meanwhile, the men in her family, like her great grandfather Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai, and grandfather Swamaimalai Rajaratnam Pillai, continued to teach dance but only to upper-caste women. By their time, the Devadasi tradition was on the verge of its end.
The work and style created by these men make up the Vazhuvoor style of Bharatanatyam and has been named after a village called Vazhuvoor in Tamil Nadu — the birthplace of these dancers. It is saddening that most of the productions by the founders of the Vazhuvoor style have not been documented.
“People use the intellectual and artistic contributions of my ancestors and give no credit to them,” said Nrithya. “There is erasure. Often, I am not in power to question this misuse because I exist on the margins of the classical dance fraternity.
Nrithya has stopped running behind the ‘sabhas’ in Chennai to find work and is focusing on her academics.
“Instead of focusing only on the ‘sabhas’ and Brahmanical spaces restricted to cities such as Chennai, I have started to explore more liberal and progressive spaces. That makes more sense to me.”
While dancers like Nrithya can find an alternative platform in academics owing to their rich legacy, artistes like Kali Veerapathiran, a Bharatnatyam dancer, has not been given any opportunity despite proving his credentials. Kali hails from the Scheduled Caste, another community placed at the bottom rung of India’s caste system.
Kali went to Arundale’s Kalakshtra and won the Spirit of Youth festival organized by the Music Academy, but wasn’t given a chance to perform during the celebrated December-January dance season in the southern states of India.
“I did not face any discrimination at Kalakshtera. I won the festival at the Music festival as well,” said Kali. “Anyone who wins the festival at Music Academy gets a slot on the main stage at the music academy during the season. Despite winning, I never got a slot. I wonder why?”
He feels the caste dynamics come to the fore due to economic instability.
“The lower castes like mine are not always financially stable like the upper-caste Brahmins. They can afford to pay and perform. That is why people from backgrounds such as mine are not given many opportunities.”
While classical dancers might still find alternative opportunities, the case is the worst for the folk dancers. These dancers have only one option — to perform at the village festivals. Mostly performed by the communities other than the upper-caste Brahmins, these forms do not have a dedicated stage. There are more than a dozen folk dances that come from the hinterlands of Tamil Nadu.
P Thilagavathi, India’s first female kattaikoothu — a rural form of theatre supported by a chorus — dancer said the “sabhas” in Chennai are not a platform for the folk dances. Moreover, she said it did not make economic sense for the folk artistes to perform on such a stage.
“Such sabhas do not pay. The classical artistes, who come from well-settled families, can perform for free. For folk artistes, it is our bread and butter. We cannot do that,” she said.
The classical dance forms can be performed as solos or with a troupe. On the other hand, the folk dances are performed only in groups.
Further, Thilagavathi said the sabha audience does not appreciate the folk format, where there is more interaction with the audience.
“I have performed at a sabha. I do not feel they get us. They want to be seated for the whole show and be mere spectators. Because of this, we do not enjoy performing there.”
(Edited by Uttaran Das Gupta and Gaurab Dasgupta.)
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Europe would be on “red alert” for gas supply over the upcoming winter and it is the consequence of their actions. This comes amid reports of EU importing more U.S. LNG than Russian pipeline gas for the first time ever.
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As a result of Moscow cutting off supplies to Europe earlier this month, the European Union bought more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States in June than it had ever done before, according to Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
“Russia’s recent steep cuts in natural gas flows to the EU mean this is the 1st month in history in which the EU has imported more gas via LNG from the US than via pipeline from Russia,” Birol tweeted today, sharing an analysis from the IEA.
“The drop in Russian supply calls for efforts to reduce EU demand to prepare for a tough winter,” the head of the Paris-based agency added.
Europe is scurrying to replenish gas storage sites to acceptable levels before the winter due to the considerably reduced Russian supply since the middle of June and the forthcoming yearly maintenance at Nord Stream, which will entirely halt flows via the pipeline for two weeks in July.
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Though researchers claim that LNG imports alone cannot replace Russian pipeline gas, the EU has recently been purchasing record amounts of American LNG.
A record amount of LNG was imported into the European Union and the United Kingdom in April as a result of higher spot prices there than in Asia, which encouraged producers willing to transport LNG there. The EIA stated earlier this month that these suppliers were primarily American.
Five European nations—France, Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, and Poland—accounted for 54.1 percent of all U.S. LNG shipments in April 2022, according to figures (read below) released earlier this month by the U.S. Energy Department.
Analysts and the IEA claim that despite the record amount of American and other LNG imported, Europe still faces supply issues in winter if it does not implement energy-saving measures.
According to Birol, Europe would be on “red alert” for gas supply over the upcoming winter.
“Recent disruptions to natural gas supplies, notably Russia steeply cutting flows to EU countries, is set to remove around 35 billion cubic metres of gas from the market this year, posing big challenges to efforts to refill storage. This is a red alert for the EU for next winter,” Birol tweeted in mid-June.
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As I wrote before, irregular verbs are the most important thing for all students of English to learn. However, it is not easy to master them. That is why Fluency and I started to collaborate on a series of posts that deal with teaching just the irregular verbs.
Irregular verbs – song
You can find the lyrics here:
Lyrics part 3
Irregular verbs – infographic
Here is the infographic with all the irregular verbs, you should learn in this post. For each word there is a definition (in either word or picture form) and two examples of usage.
Display the infographic and go through the verbs with your students. Explain the meaning of the difficult words.
Irregular verbs – game and quiz
As the game is in Flash, it will only play on desktop computers.
The second activity is a two-part online quiz. Your task is to choose the correct answers and pass the quiz. You you will be rewarded with a game after each part of the quiz if you pass.
This game is in HTML5, so it will play on all mobile devices as well as desktop computers.
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Prairie du Chien, WI – “Any individual who has lost a child becomes an involuntary member of a team that no one wants to be on,” stated Emily Wetter, Crossing Rivers Health Social Worker. “This support group is offered to any woman or man who has lost a child. Our hope is to reach out to individuals of all ages who have suffered from a loss, whether it was 2 months or 40 years ago.”
The group meets regularly on the first Tuesday of each month from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. in the Polodna Conference Room at Crossing Rivers Health.
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Depression affects you and everyone in your life. Your friends and family are affected by your depression.If you or someone you know is suffering with depression, this piece can help provide some useful insights. Keep reading for ways that you can try to turn things in order.
Look for support where you can find it.
Try to have a healthy circle of friends and not just one best friend who you tell everything to. This will help you to overcome the tough times; make sure you talk to a variety of people, so it’s important that you have a circle of friends to talk with.
As the saying goes, having a good life stems from having hope, one can have a reason to keep going and looking for a better future.
Depression has various causes, and it springs from various sources for each individual; uncover what is the underlying cause of your own struggle with it. Once you know things about how your depression is manifesting itself, you should be able to handle the hard moments much better.
A very easy way to feel good about yourself and kick depression is to put on a nice outfit. Put on your best outfit and go do something fun. Not just to go to a formal event, but just to have fun and feel pretty. When you do something to improve how you look and to make yourself feel more attractive, it will be a big boon to how you feel about yourself overall, and help overcome your depression.
Whether you suffer from routine sadness or clinical depression, you should always remain in touch with a professional. They will also recognize what form of depression you are actually dealing with.
Having some fresh flowers displayed in your home will help you cheer up a little. Flowers have evolved so that they can bring pleasure to humans and their smell and color. Use this tip to your advantage; surround yourself with fresh flowers.
Take any prescriptions as your doctor. Never take either less or more medication than you are prescribed, and don’t come off it unless told to do so, as it may be dangerous. You may need to slowly come off of – if you stop them right away it can negatively affect you.
There is hope for those suffering from depression. People that have depression sometimes feel hopeless and discontinue their treatment. You have to be sure that first step by simply talking with a positive attitude at these times.
Take your prescribed medication at a set time each day; the morning is preferred.
Caffeine shouldn’t be consumed when you are suffering the effects of depression. There is evidence to suggest that have proven caffeine can worsen depression.
The typical food supply contains many toxic chemicals into people’s bodies. These chemicals can affect your body and mind. One way to avoid these things out of your diet is to buy fresh foods that are organic. There are many different organic options available today.
One way to battle depression is to unravel the problems and triggers that trigger your depressive feelings.
Being out of work can cause a feeling of depression. If you get fired, losing the income can be rough, loss of income can sometimes feel devastating.
Eat healthy and balanced meals to help depression. Breakfast is an essential meal because it fuels your day as it increases metabolism and keeps hunger away. Research has proven that these kind of fish, including halibut, tuna and salmon, might assist in alleviating depression.
Eating a small amounts of chocolate can be a tremendous depression fighter. Eating a little bit of chocolate daily can help you feel.
A scientifically proven and effective method for fighting depression is through physical activity. The main reason this works is because exercise increases your endorphin levels which provide a feeling of well being. When you’re not feeling your best, you can help yourself past these thoughts with some great exercise.It can be as simple as allocating an hour a day going jogging.
If you’re having trouble dealing with depression, change the tapes you run in your mind. Instead of thinking negative thoughts all the time, think about more positive things, even if they don’t seem authentic at first. The more often positivity is repeated, allows your mind to start thinking positively more often.
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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.19 , Chicago , 1974-07-05
Prabhupāda: [leads chanting of verse] [devotees repeat]
na lakṣyase mūḍha-dṛśā
naṭo nāṭyadharo yathā
Hmm. So, Kṛṣṇa is covered by a curtain, māyā-javanikā. Javanikā means curtain, and māyā, "deluding." We have explained yesterday that Kṛṣṇa is existing outside and inside. Outside... Inside He is existing, īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe, pointing out. Hṛd-deśe means this heart; the Lord within, īśvaraḥ. Not only within the heart, but within the atoms, as it is stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā,
yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-cayā yad-antaḥ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
Govinda, because He has entered within this universe, therefore the cosmic manifestation is possible. Otherwise it is not. Just like I am the soul, you are the soul. Because you have entered this body or I am entered this body, therefore the movement of the body is possible. As soon as I or you leave this body, it is dull, no more, no movement. It is very easy to understand. Similarly, how the movement of the cosmic manifestation is going on, the so-called scientist, philosopher, rascals, they do not understand, because Kṛṣṇa has entered. It is very easy to understand. I am part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, very minute part. Still, because I have entered this body, therefore the body moves, the activities of the body going on. Is it very difficult to understand?
So, anyone can understand that this lump of matter, big cosmic manifestation, until a thing like me, soul, is there, how it is going on nicely---how the sun is rising in due time, the moon is rising in due time, the oceans are flowing in due order? Everything is in order. That we have to understand by the symptom. It requires little brain. Just like as soon as in the morning you see no more darkness, it is now..., there is light, immediately you can understand there is sun, sunrise is there. Similarly, as soon as you see the world order is going on very nicely, there must be God. Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram: "Under My direction," Kṛṣṇa says. He personally says, and if you have got intelligence, you should understand also. But if you are dull rascal, then you cannot understand. Therefore, here it is said, "You dull rascal, you do not know that Kṛṣṇa is covered by a curtain given by māyā." That is stated in Bhagavad-gītā also, nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ [Bg. 7.25].
So you have to require..., you have to acquire that knowledge how to understand the existence of God, Kṛṣṇa, everywhere---inside and outside. So Kuntī-devī says that "You are within and outside." Kṛṣṇa is within, within your heart, and Kṛṣṇa is outside also. Otherwise how this big cosmic manifestation is going on? Huh? Not only that; He is everywhere, even within the atom, aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayān... Still we cannot understand where is Kṛṣṇa. This is our misfortune. Duṣkṛtinaḥ, mūḍhāḥ, they cannot understand. Why they cannot understand? That because they are duṣkṛtinaḥ, always engaged in sinful activities. Who can see Kṛṣṇa? Who is not sinful. Yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpam [Bg. 7.28], one who has finished his life of sinful activities, he can understand Kṛṣṇa. Therefore it is our request to everyone = Please do not commit these four kinds of sinful activities---illicit sex, meat-eating, gambling and intoxication. This is the preliminary qualification to understand God. Especially one must not kill animals. The Bible also. Therefore it is said, "Thou shall not kill. You rascal, if you want to understand what is God, you must stop this killing art. Thou shall not kill." But these rascals will not understand. This is the mis..., misfortune. And therefore God is always covered to their eyes.
Kuntī-devī therefore said, māyā-javanikācchannam. Māyā-javanikācchannam ajñā. Ajñā means rascal, who has no knowledge, dull, dull-headed, mūḍhāḥ, ass. These words are used in the śāstra. Why mūḍhāḥ? The word is used as an..., an ass. The ass, amongst the animal, is the most, I mean to say, what is called, foolish, most foolish. The ass works very hard and bears burden, heavy burden, ton, but he does not know, "Why I am carrying so big burden? Why I have taken so much responsibility?" That he does not know. So here you will find so many big, big politicians, leaders, they have accepted big, big burden like an ass, but they do not know why they are doing so. They do not know. Their only solace is a temporary satisfaction that "I have become president," "I have become this, master," "I have become this," for few years. But he does not know what is his real business. So therefore the karmīs, they are working hard day and night, but he does not know why he is working so hard day and night.
So actually, they are working so hard simply for sense gratification. That's all. Therefore śāstra says, nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛ-loke kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujāṁ ye [SB 5.5.1]. Śāstra..., Ṛṣabhadeva says that this body... This is also material body, but there is distinction between this body and the dog's body or the hog's body. The hog is, with this material body, he is working day and night, "Where is stool? Where is stool?" That is his business. As soon as he gets some stool, he eats and he is satisfied = "Now my labor is satisfied." Similarly, those who are working very hard day and night simply for sense gratification, they are no better than the hogs and dogs. Nāyaṁ deho deha-bhājāṁ nṛ-loke kaṣṭān kāmān [SB 5.5.1]. He does not know, "Why I have got this first-class body, human body, civilized body? What is my business?" Not for eating meat and gambling and intoxication. It is for self-realization, to understand what I am, what is God, what is my relationship with God, and what is the aim of my life. It is meant for that.
But they do not know, and because they do not know, asses, mūḍhas, Kṛṣṇa says, na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ, they will not accept the existence of God, although God is inside and outside. This is the description of the mūḍhāḥ. Here it is said, ajñā. Ajñā means ignorant. And what is Kṛṣṇa? Kṛṣṇa is adhokṣajam. Adhok..., adhokṣaja. Adha, adhakṛta. Adhakṛta means subdued. Akṣaja, our knowledge, direct perception. We are very much proud of our eyes, akṣa. So Kṛṣṇa's another name is Adhokṣaja = where your eyesight fails to see you, see Kṛṣṇa; therefore he is Adhokṣaja. Akṣaja jñānam. Knowledge received through direct perception of the senses is called akṣaja jñānam, and Kṛṣṇa is adhokṣaja, where knowledge by direct perception cannot reach. And perfection of life is when you become attached to that Adhokṣaja. In another place of Śrīmad... [break] Peace will be possible when you develop your loving propensity for the Adhokṣaja, who is beyond your sense perception. Therefore those who are duṣkṛtinaḥ, mūḍhāḥ---many languages have been used in the Vedas---they do not know what is the aim of life, they are simply thinking, "I am this body," then this kind of thought is there in the dogs and cats also. He is also thinking, "I am this body." So this modern civilization is big dog civilization, that's all. That is not human civilization. Human civilization means that he must be interested to know Kṛṣṇa and God. That is human civilization.
So, māyā-javanikācchannam ajñādhokṣajam avyayam. Avyayam means imperishable. Avyayam na lakṣyase: they cannot see. Na lakṣyase, observed, cannot be observed by them, na lakṣyase. Mūḍha. Again the same word is used, mūḍha. Na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ [Bg. 7.15], avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā [Bg. 9.11]. This word is used. One who does not know what is God and what is his relationship with God, he is a mūḍha. In so many places, there are so many śāstras you will find this word mūḍha. Here it is said, na lakṣyase mūḍha. Mūḍha-dṛśa, whose sense perception is just like blind man. A blind man is given a elephant, an elephant. Now, "Mr. Blind Man, just understand what is this." So, he is blind, he simply, I mean to say, moves his hand over the leg. "Sir, it is a column. It is a big column." So blind man, he cannot see; he thought that elephant is big, big column. So anyone who is speculating about God, he is the blind man studying the elephant, like that. Or the frog in the well studying Atlantic Ocean. What he will understand? Suppose a frog is informed, "Mr. Frog, Dr. Frog, [laughter] I have seen a big, vast mass of water." "What is that?" "Atlantic Ocean." "How big is it?" "Very, very big." Maybe, he is in the three-feet well. "Four feet?" "No, no, very, very big." "Five feet?" "No, very big." "Six feet?" [laughter] How he will understand the Atlantic Ocean? He can simply imagine, maybe three-feet, four-feet, five-feet well. But beyond all feet, that he cannot understand. Because of mūḍha-dṛśa, his direct perception, and he is a rascal.
So by mental speculation, so-called big, big philosophers, they cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa can be understood by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. By the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa comes. Kṛṣṇa is visible. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena [Bs. 5.38]. When you are trained up how to love God, Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa will reveal Himself, and you will see Him. Premāñjana-cchurita. Not with these eyes, but another eyes. What is that eyes? Premāñjana, love, the ointment of love, when it is smeared in your eyes, then you can see. Just like there is medicine, eye ointment, or surma, in India it is called surma. Sometimes you apply, your vision becomes very cleansed, and you can see things very nicely. So we have to cleanse our eyes to see Kṛṣṇa, by the ointment of love of Kṛṣṇa. Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilo..., santaḥ [Bs. 5.38]. Then, when you are saintly person, santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti, He... He is, actually He is already indicated in the śāstra that God is situated within your heart. So then when your eyes are clear, then you can see, hṛdayeṣu, always existing. But so long you are mūḍha-dṛśa, you are mental speculator, the curtain is covered; the covering is there, you cannot see Kṛṣṇa.
Māyā-javanikācchannam ajñādhokṣajam avyayam na lakṣyase, "You are not visible," mūḍha-dṛśa, "by persons who are rascal and simply believe in direct perception," mūḍha-dṛśa. How it is? In Sanskrit language you will find exact example is given, naṭo nāṭyadharo yathā. Just like you have gone to see a performance, dramatic performance, and some of your relatives, say your brother or father, is playing there, but he is dressed in such a way that you cannot recognize he is your father. Although he is in your front, the father or the brother whom you see every day, this man, being..., has dressed himself in such a way, he is playing the part of a king or something else, you cannot understand. Somebody says, "Did you see your father is playing?" "Where is my father? Where is my father?" This is the position.
Because Kṛṣṇa is playing His part in a different way. He has got so much business because He is directing the whole universal affair. You can understand, if one man becomes busy in so many things, his brain becomes puzzled. But Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is situated in everyone's heart---not only the human being; the animals, the trees, plants, everyone. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ [Bg. 18.61]. And what He is doing? He is giving direction. Sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo [Bg. 15.15]. Kṛṣṇa says, "I am sitting in everyone's heart," sarvasya ca aham hṛdi sann... Again hṛdi, in the soul, in the heart. Mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanaṁ ca, "I am giving particular direction to everyone." He is forgetting something, He is reminding..., he is reminded something. In this way Kṛṣṇa is doing. Sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam. How much busy is that? The thief wants to steal something, somebody's house, so he is also praying God, "Please give me some opportunity so that I can steal." So Kṛṣṇa is giving him direction, "All right, you steal in this way." And the same person in whose house the stealing will be committed, he is also praying, "My dear Kṛṣṇa, please protect me from thieves." So he is also believing. That just see Kṛṣṇa's business = He is giving direction to the thief, and giving direction to the person in whose house the stealing will be committed.
So if..., just try to understand how much Kṛṣṇa is busy. And that is God. Although He is performing so many contradictory business, contradictory business, opposing business, still His full brain, His full brain, He does not forget to dance with the gopīs at the same time. This is Kṛṣṇa. This is Kṛṣṇa. If you are busy with so many transactions, you forget to see your wife and children and forget. But no. Kṛṣṇa, goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto [Bs. 5.37]. Although He is busy dancing with the gopīs, although He is busy to play with His cowherd friends, goloka eva nivasaty, in this way He is living in the Goloka, and akhilātma-bhūto, still He is in everyone's heart and giving direction, all contradiction. This is Kṛṣṇa. Don't try to imitate Kṛṣṇa, rascal. Kṛṣṇa is not so easy. Kṛṣṇa is Kṛṣṇa. You are you are. That is real philosophy.
Thank you very much.
Devotees: Jaya! Haribol! [offer obeisances]
Prabhupāda: Now, who is the priest?
Prabhupāda: Now begin mantra. Namaḥ.
Prabhupāda: Pavitro vā.
Devotees: Pavitro vā.
Prabhupāda: Śrī viṣṇu.
Devotees: Śrī viṣṇu.
Prabhupāda: Śrī viṣṇu.
Devotees: Śrī viṣṇu.
Prabhupāda: Śrī viṣṇu.
Devotees: Śrī viṣṇu.
Prabhupāda: Now, Jagadīśa Prabhu, do your business. Hmm. All chanted?
Prabhupāda: [starts chanting japa with devotees joining] Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare... Take this... [break] [end] | <urn:uuid:94e56731-ac4a-4e1f-9e84-1e250b85d8d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vedy.sk/prepis/740705sbchi | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.952762 | 4,818 | 1.742188 | 2 |
If you're seeking to get rid of moles in your backyard there are some possibilities to think about. A mole patrol or talpirid lure could work. Also, you could make use of Total Control Repellent. There is also the option of using Neem oil if none these methods work. Be aware that you have to choose the right method for your specific situation.
If you have a garden or lawn and are wondering how to get rid of gophers and moles. They could ruin your landscape, lawn, and gardens. There are many options to rid yourself of gophers and moles. They can be captured by human hand or sprinkle repellent dust. Also, you can dig trenches by using wire mesh. You can also use poisons to fight them. You must exercise caution whenever poisoning pets and children.
If you're looking for an easy method to get rid of gopher and mole problems, consider using leftover fish. The bait has a natural scent and could be utilized to discourage moles from the gardening area. If you can't find an effective bait, put coffee grounds in the entrances of their tunnels. This bait will work very successfully. Resting fish can be placed near tunnel exits. But, it must not be a favorite food for moles.
Utilizing Whole Control Repellent to eliminate gopher and mole infestations is a reliable and safe method to control these burrowing pests. It's made with all organic ingredients, and is biodegradable. The repellent is non-permeable to rain and lasts for up to three months. The process can be repeated in order in order to deter gophers from returning to your property.
Aside from killing moles and gophers, it also works wonders on plant pests. It helps to control mealworms as well as coddling moths, two common worms which attack apple trees. Using neem oil on apple trees will help you eliminate these worms before they become too large to eat. To keep them out you should apply the oil prior to the tree flowers or when it's lost its blooms. In addition, neem oil is also effective in removing aphids, whiteflies and other insects.
Another method of getting rid of the gopher waste and mole is to place animal waste on the lawn. They do not like the smell of coffee grounds. Therefore, by burying the pet waste, you'll deter them from being in your yard. To keep track of their movements, you can use the coffee grounds to place them inside mole tunnels. If you have recently found molehills this will be helpful.
Strychnine commonly used as a pesticide is one of the most powerful gopher poisons available. It has a effective rate of penetration, and almost immediately kills the animal. In the event that the poisoning dose does cause death immediately, it can remain actively affecting the organs of the animal that has been poisoned for up to 10 days. Zinc phosphide is another poison that can be effective against gophers. It produces a deadly gas in their digestive tracts which kills animals quickly.
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Anxiety, Dictionary definition:
The Neuroscience of Anxiety Disorders by Matthew Mackinnon MD
Anxiety is a specific state of being in which a person can feel a variety of intense feelings such as mind racing, nervousness, tension, and unease, to name but a few. This precise state known as “anxiety” occurs because the subconscious, emotional part of a person’s mind is in a habit of choosing to think about themselves, their life, other people or the world around them in a specific obsessively worrying (but what if?) manner.
It is this specific subconscious (but what if?) habitual and intrusive pattern of thought that creates the feeling of anxiety that they are experiencing. This (anxiety-creating) pattern of thought materialises during a person’s lifetime, at a subconscious emotional level via life experiences and generally becomes more pronounced as a person gets older.
Neutralising: We first help the person to identify the specific subconscious, habitual and intrusive pattern of thought that has been creating the feeling of anxiety that they are experiencing. Then we help them to neutralise these specific patterns of thought so they can think the thoughts and feel free from the sensation of anxiety or any uncomfortable feelings.
Developing: We help the person to quickly develop the precise skill of being able to acknowledge and let go of intrusive thoughts and uncomfortable feelings quickly. This precise mind skill (filter) automatically allows intrusive thoughts and uncomfortable feelings to easily pass through a person’s subconscious mind and body so fast that most of the time they are not even consciously aware that the process is happening. It is important to remember that once a person has developed this skill, they have it for life!
Empowering: We also help the person to nurture a more resourceful, resilient and solution focused mindset, so their mind automatically looks for all the best possible solutions to the problems they face. Doing so allows them to process any stress, strains, and challenges in their life in a calmer more confident manner and ultimately allows them to feel empowered and free to enjoy much more success, satisfaction, and happiness in their life day-to-day.
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RUSSIAN ELECTION 2018: VOTING UNDERWAY AS PUTIN SEEKS TIGHTER GRIP – CNN
By Nathan Hodge, Angela Dewan and Hilary Clarke, CNN
(UPDATED, March 18 2018)
Moscow (CNN)Russians were voting Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to cement President Vladimir Putin’s power for another six years.
Polls in the country’s far east have already closed in an election involving 107.3 million voters eligible to cast ballots across the 11 time zones of the world’s biggest country.
Putin cast his vote in Moscow on Sunday morning. “I am sure of the correctness of the course that I propose for the country,” he said, according to state news agency RIA-Novosti.
Russian election officials said turnout was high, with almost 64% of the registered voting casting ballot in the Kamchatka region, state news agency RIA-Novosti reported.
In remote Chukotka, which has 33,208 eligible voters, officials reported over 76% turnout, RIA-Novosti said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin exits a polling booth as he prepares to cast his ballot during Russia’s presidential election.
Around 97,000 polling stations have been opened across this vast country, according to the Central Election Commission. Russians have a choice of eight candidates, including the communist Pavel Grudinin, a fruit-farm millionaire and Ksenia Sobchak, the daughter of Putin’s political mentor.
Read more: Why Russia’s presidential election is like no other
The election is an enormous logistical undertaking for a vote that is essentially a one-sided affair. There is no meaningful opposition in the running, and Putin’s fiercest political opponent, Alexei Navalny, has been barred from competing. Despite a lackluster campaign period, the 65-year-old President is the clear front-runner.
Putin is seeking a fourth term as president and is already the country’s longest-serving leader since the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. A win would mean a Putin-led Russia until 2024, after which he is constitutionally obliged to stand down.
Presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak smiles as she speaks to the media after voting during the Russian presidential election in Moscow.
While the vote may seem like a repeat of the Putin-dominated 2012 election, this one is particularly charged with anti-Western sentiment. With few election-related events to report on, Russians are seeing more news of the country’s diplomatic crises with the UK and United States.
The Kremlin, however, is concerned about turnout. The uneventful campaign period and lack of competition have left some Russians uninspired. Navalny has called for a boycott of the election since he was squeezed out of the race.
A wave of anti-government protests in the past year also suggests growing fatigue with corruption scandals seeping through the Kremlin and Putin’s inner circle of oligarchs.
Nonetheless, Putin is genuinely a popular figure among many Russians, who see him as a strongman who lifted the country out of post-Soviet chaos to stability.
A woman exits a polling booth as she prepares to cast her ballot in the presidential election in Moscow.
Great-grandmother Valentina Ivanova, 76, explained to CNN in Moscow why she was voting.
“It’s a holiday… one that’s important for me and my family and my country.”
“My country is getting stronger — its always been strong — and we approve of the direction it’s going in. But the most important thing is peace. We’re a peaceful people. We would like out grandchildren to have peace and an overall good quality of life. My family are internationalists.”
Polls in the past have also shownthat Putin’s popularity rises during times of confrontation with the West, so Russians appear to be shrugging off the current diplomatic crises.
Decoded: Everything you need to know about Russia
Russia-UK relations plunged into turmoil over the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy, his daughter and a police officer on British soil earlier this month. British Prime Minister Theresa May said it was “highly likely” the Kremlin was behind the attack, and both countries have expelled diplomats in an ongoing tit for tat.
Russia has also vowed to retaliate after the United States imposed new sanctions on the country this week over its reported cyberattacks and meddling in the 2016 presidential election. In both cases, Moscow has dismissed the accusations of involvement in the attacks.
Military sailors cast their ballots at a polling station in the Russian far eastern port city of Vladivostok.
But such conflict with international powers is unlikely to hurt Putin at home.
In fact, he may be banking on confrontation with international players this election. His United Russia party helped parliament move the date of the vote to the fourth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from the Ukraine. Annexing the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 redefined Russia’s role on the world stage and marked the beginning of new, heightened tensions with Western powers.
Voters in Sevastopol, Crimea were given a medal engraved “With Russia forever,” RIA-Novosti reported, to commemorate the 2014 independence referendum, considered illegitimate by Ukraine, the US and its European allies.
The elections in Crimea are being monitored by 3,600 officially accredited Russian observers, as well as some international ones from France, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Germany, Israel, Sweden, Ukraine and Cyprus.
Only diplomats vote in Ukraine
In a sign of continued tension between Kiev and Moscow, Ukraine said Sunday it would not allow Russians in the country to vote at Russian consulates, according to a statement from the government information agency, Ukrinform.
The statement said only diplomats would have access to Russian diplomatic institutions on Ukrainian territory during the vote “in order to avoid provocations and possible grave consequences.” Russian diplomatic buildings in Ukraine would be heavily guarded by Ukrainian police, it added.
Another Russian Presidential candidate is the ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.
“These are elections of the supreme ruler not only of Russia, but of the entire Planet Earth,” he said after having cast his vote in Moscow.
“Everyone should know that no one will do anything without Russia’s participation, and we would like everyone to understand that we are choosing the leader of Planet Earth, the leader of the seven billion citizens of the planet for whom we want to provide real peace, and not what they are doing from London, and other capitals. I would very much like everyone around the world to hear the ringing of the Kremlin clock bells every day and for everyone to know the Russian language very well,” he said.
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Security researchers with software maker Sophos are following the trail of some new variations on the time-honored theme of phony AV programs that seek to infect end users’ devices.
Like many variants before it, the “AntiAdware Online Scanner” displays phony results on affected machines and then tries to convince users to download additional security software programs to clean up their devices. Those who fall for the ploy are instead hit with a Trojan dubbed Troj.FakeAV-ABD, the experts reported.
The involved Web site is also able to change its interface and the language it appears in depending on visitors’ IP addresses.
While in most ways the fake scanner employs many similar elements of previous phony AV programs, its’ combination of techniques marks it as a new variation on the theme, such as in the dynamic manner it presents itself, Sophos researchers noted.
In another research note, Sophos researchers highlighted their discovery of another fake AV Trojan that also attempts to download a packet sniffer “Troj/Sniffer-R” onto affected users’ devices. The sniffer is designed to steal users’ login credentials to allow them to break into FTP systems.
In carrying out its efforts, the Trojan initially sets up a socket to receive all incoming and outgoing packets and sits in a loop, waiting for packets with a source or destination port of 21, the FTP control port number, Sophos said.
The sniffer can then capture the host name, user name and password for any outgoing FTP connections, and even checks to ensure that the username and password combinations it finds are valid by parsing incoming traffic for the login success status code, Sophos research Mike Wood reported in a blog post.
Only the credentials which work properly are then reported on to a remote server which is connected to to a domain associated with rogue security software.
The attack highlights the manner that phony security program threats continue to evolve, Wood observed.
“The pushers of Fake AV are constantly on the run, and stolen FTP credentials are just one of the tactics used by this wily group of miscreants,” Wood said. “The authors are registering new domains and shifting existing domains to new IP ranges on a daily basis, frequently changing the location where their scareware is hosted thereby avoiding network blacklists for a short time.”
The involved attackers are also “stuffing” their Web pages with bogus keywords on hot topics to lure search-engine users.
“As highlighted by the malicious advertisements streamed via the NYTimes, there is much to be gained from the exposure on legitimate sites,” Wood said. “First off, the malware author achieves both the new hosting location and search engine traffic by leeching off the existing reputation and user-base of the legitimate site.”
“Secondly, not only is the entire user-base of the Web site exposed to any embedded malicious links, the users are likely less skeptical while browsing a site they already trust and perhaps more vulnerable to fall victim to the phony scareware warnings.”
The expert also noted that stolen FTP credentials are being used to subvert larger numbers of sites, as in the Gumblar SQL injection campaign.
The activity makes it all that much more important that site admins keep their servers patched and secured up to date.
All of this just serves as more reason only to trust security providers whom you know.
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How To Beat The Heat This Summer With These 3 Simple Steps
Summer is officially here, and phew, it’s a hot one! Averaging 30 degrees in parts of the UK and Ireland, we are once again plonked in the middle of a heatwave without warning. Every year the extreme heat sneaks up on us, and every year we are taken by surprise – and most of us are unprepared.
If you want to know how to beat the heat this summer, you are in the right place. Here are 3 simple tactics to beat the heatwave and stay cool this summer!
- Freeze wet tea towels for especially hot days.
Who knew that one of the most effective ways to cool yourself down in the heat is almost completely free? Here is a trick that not many people know: a frozen tea towel. Yes, really.
Step one: take a few tea towels and soak them thoroughly in water. They should be sopping wet.
Step two: place them in your freezer, as flat as you can. Wait a few hours, three at least.
Step three: When you need to cool down, such as at night time, remove a tea towel from the freezer and wrap it around the back of your neck or place it over your forehead. This will immediately lower your body temperature and help you to feel more comfortable while you work, rest or sleep.
- Organise social gatherings for early or late times, to avoid the hottest part of the day.
One of the biggest mistakes people make during extremely hot weather is to organise social gatherings in the middle of the day. Picnic lunch in the park? Sounds great! Oh, wait – there’s no shade, and it’s thirty one degrees, and now you have major sunburn and a bad headache. Sound familiar?
When you know the heat is going to get intense, make sure to book social gatherings in the evenings, or even the early mornings, to avoid the hottest part of the day. Alternatively, make sure midday activities involve being in the shade or indoors, to avoid the direct midday sun.
- Make a bigger investment, such as air conditioning.
If you struggle with the heat every single summer, it might be best to make a bigger investment. Then, you know that your investment will be waiting for you each summer, and you won’t have to worry about being prepared.
Air Conditioning is a fantastic way to equip your home with everything you need to beat the heat. Air conditioning circulates cool air around your home, and can be switched on and off whenever you want. You will never have to lie awake in the sweltering heat again, and can rest assured you will feel cool and comfortable during any future heat waves!
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THE NETHERLANDS, Holten. Vivera announced that it will be the first company in the world to market 100% vegetable steak.
The company has already started production and plans to produce several million units in 2018. Vivera currently produces more than one million meat substitutes per week, making it one of the three largest producers in Europe.
The company experiences a strongly growing international demand for herbal products. Vivera has been one of the founders of meat alternatives in Western Europe since its foundation in 1990.
The British chain Tesco (the largest supermarket chain in Europe) will be the first supermarket to sell 100% vegetable steaks designed by the company in more than 400 supermarkets from 21 May 2018. Several large supermarket chains will follow in the Netherlands in June 2018 and from the second half of 2018 Vivera will also distribute the product in other European countries, starting from the German, French and Italian markets. Only vegetable ingredients such as wheat and soy are used in its production, so vegetarians, vegans and flexitarians can enjoy this groundbreaking product.
Gert Jan Gombert of Vivera commented: "A large group of vegetarians, vegans and flexitarians have been very interested in such a product for years. With the market introduction and mass production, this tasty plant-based product is available to many consumers. Smell, taste and bite are almost indistinguishable from a real steak and we are convinced that this product will satisfy a great need among consumers. It is extremely important that we eat less meat, both for our health, animal welfare and for our planet. Innovative and high-quality herbal products can make a significant contribution here."
On 29 and 30 May, Vivera will officially present its vegetable steak at the PLMA trade fair at RAI Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The company is focusing on building a 100% plant-based product portfolio by the end of 2018. The current product portfolio includes more than 40 different meat alternatives. | <urn:uuid:6c7d69cd-c046-4b96-9982-21acadc1a12a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://english.fleischwirtschaft.de/economy/news/Vivera-Dutch-manufacturer-launches-100--vegetable-steak-36708 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956295 | 403 | 1.5625 | 2 |
For nearly a year-and-a-half The Momentum Project has been fighting food insecurity in the community by supplying a weekly free hot lunch and food pantry at St. John the Evangelist on Fridays from 12 p.m.–3 p.m. This much needed service is threatened, primarily affecting the food pantry, as Momentum recently lost a major funder. They still feed 120 people lunch every Friday; however the food pantry has gone from weekly to once a month.
“We at St. John still feel this is a valuable service for our neighbors. We’re looking for both funding and donations of food in order to provide the food pantry as normal,” said Father Jason Tauber, pastor of St. John the Evangelist. The donations can be given directly to St. John (195 Maujer St. between Humboldt and Graham). Monetary donations can be in the form of cash or check (payable to St. John Lutheran Church). Requested food donations would be mainly nonperishable items: cans need to be free of dents and unexpired to comply with health code regulations. St. John’s has very limited freezer space, but can also accept meat and fresh produce in small quantities.
Donations can be dropped off at 195 Maujer St: during office hours (Tuesday to Friday 10-1); while the pantry is open (Friday 12-3); or Sunday mornings (8am-12pm). To make special arrangements call the church office (718-963-2100). Tax receipts are available for all donations. If any students wish to organize a collection drive Father Jason will sign school volunteer hours. | <urn:uuid:8bb1ba09-6435-4d7e-b074-d3f3eb310837> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://northbrooklynnews.com/2017/11/01/food-pantry-sos/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.938879 | 346 | 1.570313 | 2 |
The UK’s milk and cream exports to the EU have dropped by 96% ‘because of the post-Brexit trade deal’s red tape’, new figures show.
Food and drink sales to the bloc dropped by 40% in the year to February, a report by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) revealed.
Whilst the pandemic has certainly contributed to slowing business, the organisation, which represents more than 800 companies, has blamed the post-Brexit trade deal.
Animal and plant industries have been hit the hardest, with a 79.5% drop in chicken exports behind milk and cream at 96%, followed by a 77.6% plunge in beef sales and a 75.7% dip in vegetable oils.
Food and drink exports brought in £1 billion in February 2020 but only made the UK £578.7 million in February this year.
A 7% increase (£55.6 million) in exports to countries outside of the EU minorly made up for the £4 billion loss.
The FDF wants the Government to go back into talks with the EU to fix the issues causing the drop in exports.
But Boris Johnson has previously dismissed similar trade concerns as ‘teething problems’.
Indeed February’s figures, damning as they are, are an improvement from January when the UK’s food and drink sales had dropped 75.5% compared with the year before.
In January, the UK’s food and drink exports bought in £0.4 billion. This went up by 77.4% in February when the UK made £0.7 billion from the same exports.
The Government used these figures to justify its stance that January simply saw a temporary slump in trade.
But the FDF thinks trade issues will prevail past the initial bumps that come with ironing out Brexit.
Its head of international trade, Dominic Goudie, said: ‘UK businesses continue to struggle with inconsistent and incorrect demands at EU borders, and small businesses have been hardest hit due to the collapse of groupage distribution into the EU.’
The organisation explained that it is the bureaucratic red tape at borders that is causing issues for companies.
‘The challenge is that one border official to the next might have different demands: what is acceptable in France is not acceptable in Belgium in the way you complete paperwork,’ Mr Goudie told The Financial Times.
The Brexit trade agreement is supposed to establish tariff-free, quote-free trade between the UK and the EU but officials in different countries have reportedly interpreted the rules differently.
The confusion has caused social unrest in Northern Ireland where unionists feel betrayed by the possibility of border checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic, which is still part of the EU.
The Republic of Ireland is the UK’s biggest market and this business relationship has also suffered, with sales to the country dropping by more than two thirds.
Imports from EU member states also fell in February, despite half of the UK’s food and drink coming from bloc countries.
The 10.4% fall meant the country missed out on £425 million worth of food and drink.
Government officials have previously said trade issues are either temporary adjustment problems or the EU ‘sulking’ over Brexit.
The UK’s negotiator, Lord David Frost, said last month: ‘I hope they (The EU) will shake off any remaining ill will towards us for leaving, and instead build a friendly relationship, between sovereign equals.’
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: ‘The latest ONS trade statistics show a 77.4% increase in the exports of food to the EU in February compared to January, and the vast majority of traders and hauliers have adapted well to our new trading relationship.
‘The impact of the coronavirus lockdowns across Europe is also still affecting trade and depressing demand, with many restaurants being shut.
‘Our focus now is on making sure that any business that is still facing challenges gets the support they need to trade effectively with the EU.’
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The gut can be colonised by good bacteria which help you digest your food and bad bacteria, which are a breeding ground for diseases. The first type of good bacteria can be damaged by antibiotics, radical diets and illnesses, often resulting in a weakened immune system. Building up a stressed intestinal flora can, however, be supported with recipes containing products which are easy to digest and light whole foods.
We are not alone in our bodies. There are ten times as many microorganisms in and on us as we have body cells. Our predominantly beneficial fellow inhabitants include amoebae, mites, fungi and bacteria. It’s the bacteria that matter most. Most beneficial bacteria are found in the digestive tract – in the small intestine and especially in the large intestine. It is populated by over 1,400 bacterial genera and a total of around 100 trillion individual bacteria.
The totality of allmicroorganisms in the gut make up our intestinal flora – or microbiota. The microscopic digestive helpers are located in the intestinal mucosa. There they break down indigestible food components, utilise important nutrients and train the immune system. The general state of health is thus directly related to intestinal health. Recipes for a healthy intestine are needed when the intestinal flora is weakened and needs to be boosted.
Gut-healthy food: light diets and light whole foods
Recipes containing products which are easy to digest should be used for diets which are adapted to certain courses of disease or digestive complaints and thus promote the recovery of the digestive organs. If there are no specific symptoms, we sometimes speak of a light wholefood diet or a general light diet. The most important thing here is to follow a nutritious diet and to supply the body with all the important nutrients in a form that is as easy to digest and tolerate as possible.
Why recipes for gut health?
It can be useful to eat a light diet if the gut has suffered due to external influences or particles that are not meant for the gut. These include, among others, the following diseases and syndromes:
Psychological factors and diseases can alsolead to an imbalance in the gut. The gut-brain axis, which has not yet been fully researched, is responsible for this. It refers to the interrelationship between mental state and intestinal health.
If there is no symptomatic illness, but a food intolerance to certain nutrients or a generally sensitive stomach or gut, the so-called light whole food diet is recommended. It provides the body with important nutrients in a form that is as easy to digest as possible. It lacks all foods that can lead to the following digestive complaints:
Gut flora restoration through easy-to-digest nutrition
The bacteria in out gut are influenced by our diet. Depending on how healthy or unhealthy you eat, the little digestive helpers have an easy or hard job. The foods you eat predominantly – for example, mainly vegetables or meat, fresh food or convenience products – change the composition of the intestinal flora in the long term and strengthen or reduce useful bacterial strains. For example, vegetarians have more carbohydrate-processing bacteria in their gut, whereas meat-eaters are dominated by bacteria that produce enzymes that break down proteins.
Recipes for gut health and gut cleansing often include home or food remedies that have been proven to help in case of a weakened gut. With a specific nutritional recommendations tailored to your gut flora that the scientists at BIOMES put together for you, you can choose specific recipes and foods that are good for your gut.
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The body is broadly oval, slightly acuminate anteriorly and rounded posteriorly. It may reach a length of 35 mm. There are no tentacles. The eyes are very small; the paired elongate cerebral eye-clusters have each 20-30 eyes; the paired tentacular eye-clusters, each with fewer eyes, are lying posteriorly and laterally to the cerebral clusters; frontal eyes are strewn over the anterior region; marginal eyes are in several rows anteriorly, decreasing gradually to individual eyes posteriorly.
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Florida Department of Environmental Protection taking charge on Indian Bayou
The Florida Department of Environmental Protecting is taking the lead for the state on overseeing red-clay sediment infiltrating Indian Bayou, but those who have called for clean-up of the Santa Rosa County body of water question the timing of the move.
The decision was reached by FDEP and the Northwest Florida Water Management District during a Dec. 6 meeting that also included officials from Santa Rosa County and the Florida Department of Transportation, according to an email from FDEP spokeswoman Brandy Smith.
Smith, the external affairs manager for the Northwest District of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, replied to an email sent to FDEP District Director Shawn Hamilton. Smith said the effect of centralization on the bayou "will provide for a more effective and efficient regulatory process and ultimately a quicker resolution."
Pensacola marine biologist and environmentalist Barbara Albrecht, however, said she wants to know why FDEP is taking charge now, given that sediment in the bayou following significant rain events has been ongoing for more than a year.
"Is FDEP qualified to take over the Indian Bayou issue?" Albrecht asked. "They knew about the red clay from the get-go, so why now?"
Smith said the timing of the decision boils down to FDEP and the Water Management District evaluating long-term solutions for preventing sediment run off into the bayou. Agency officials decided to look at storm water management around the bayou since Interstate 10 construction and Santa Rosa County-owned dirt roads impact the water, she said.
The FDEP is better equipped to take on a lead role because it has regulatory authority over a storm water program during construction activities and the Water Management District does not have such an authority, Smith said.
County residents living in the neighborhood adjacent to the bayou have been trying to get action on the run-off from multiple government agencies since they noticed sediment affecting the bayou water quality and its overall health dating to March 2016.
Albrecht, who has been advising residents in the Monterey Shores subdivision next to the bayou on the condition of the water, said the recent stretch of little to no rain has restored the bayou water to its natural healthy state — but that will likely change with a heavy rain.
"The five weeks of no rain and the community in Monterey Shores looked at the water and they're blown away at how beautiful the the sea grass is," Albrecht said. "Once (the sediment) is in the system, good luck getting it out."
The Oct. 17 sit-down in a Santa Rosa County conference room failed to yield any immediate answers, but it set the stage for a concerted government effort to fix the bayou, officials said.
"The meeting was a point in time where all the stakeholders were in one room," said Santa Rosa County Assistant County Administrator Dan Schebler. "Everyone was working bi-laterally. I think that meeting got everyone together."
The Northwest Florida Water Management District initially notified Santa Rosa County and FDOT in August that both agencies were in violation of state statutes to control turbidity, sedimentation and erosion and directed them to come up with a plan to clean up the bayou.
The Water Management District determined run off came from both the Interstate 10 expansion project near Avalon Boulevard and from unpaved Santa Rosa County-owned roads near the bayou.
Brett Cyphers, executive director of the Northwest Florida Water Management District, wrote in an email Wednesday that the District will continue to support FDEP, and that FDEP has a wider range of authority to manage the bayou.
"We believe by using that broader authority, enforcement and compliance will be more efficient in this case," Cyphers said. "Our role is to continue to assist DEP and the legislative delegation as well as all other stakeholders, including the county, to improve the long-term health of Indian Bayou."
Cyphers said that the Water Management District recently adopted its Surface Water Improvement and Management Plan (SWIM) for the Pensacola Bay System to help "identify watershed needs and strategies to improve and sustain the long-term health of the region's water resources and natural systems."
Cyphers said the District has committed $10,000 to Santa Rosa County to allow the county to begin temporary improvements to prevent further discharges into the bayou.
On Dec. 7, a day after FDEP and Water Management District met, Hamilton outlined FDEP's responsibilities in letters to officials from FDOT and Santa Rosa County.
FDEP's monitoring of FDOT and Santa Rosa County entails routine site inspections, as well as working on an order to Prince Contracting - the company in charge of the ongoing Interstate 10 expansion in the area of Avalon Boulevard near the bayou - to resolve its noncompliance issues.
These issues include preventing pollutants such as sand and soil from leaving a site during construction which Prince failed to do, according to Smith.
FDEP is expected to meet again with Santa Rosa County and FDOT officials in the coming weeks to determine the next steps.
Smith said the county has ceased maintenance of the dirt roads around the bayou for now, and it has taken other steps to prevent sediment from the roads from getting into the water. Those are not long-term fixes, and FDEP is working with the county to come up with those solutions.
"I think they're going to tell us what to tell them," Schebler said. "It's conjecture, but Santa Rosa County owns those roads and I think they'll task us to provide them what to do with those roads. I don't know where we'll end up with FDEP taking over. I don't think anything has fundamentally changed. We're now working better together."
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The excavator is one of the commonly used mechanical equipment in engineering construction. The slewing device is an important part of the excavator. It consists of a slewing platform, a slewing mechanism, a slewing bearing and other components. Whether the excavator can rotate left and right during work is inseparable. The credit of the slewing mechanism.
After the excavator has been working for a period of time, under the influence of the working load and the surrounding environment, there will be a phenomenon of inability to rotate. There are also several manifestations of inability to rotate, such as the sudden stop and sudden movement of the rotating platform of the excavator, and the low rotation speed of the platform. At 6r/min, slow power is insufficient, etc. What are the reasons for the inability of the excavator to rotate?
1. The energy input to the hydraulic motor is reduced
When the rotation is weak, the hydraulic motor needs to be checked. The hydraulic motor converts the hydraulic pressure energy into mechanical energy output, so that the platform can be rotated. When the energy input to the hydraulic motor is reduced, it is difficult to overcome the rotational resistance of the platform, which will cause the situation to be weak or even stopped.
2. Failure of safety valve and oil filling valve
When there are problems such as the safety valve and the oil filling valve sealing, it will affect the speed of the excavator slewing platform. If these valves are worn, the valve core and valve seat will be squeezed by pressure, the sealing performance will be reduced, and the working pressure oil will leak from the oil charge valve, causing the excavator to fail to rotate.
3. The damping hole of the pressure limiting valve is blocked
Another point is that the pressure limiting valve orifice is blocked. Because the pressure limiting valve is often opened, the valve seat and valve sleeve are easily worn, and external impurities will enter the oil pump, causing the orifice of the pressure limiting valve to be blocked. When repairing the limit valve, carefully check the degree of wear, and it needs to be replaced if it cannot be repaired.
4. Failure of slewing reducer and slewing bearing
The slewing reducer and the slewing support are all important components of the slewing mechanism. When the internal bearings, gears, etc. are worn, abnormal noise or vibration occurs. It will also affect the normal rotation of the rotary platform, causing the problem of slow rotation. The rotary reducer should be preheated and replaced on time, and the oil deposits should be checked in time.
5. Other reasons
Of course, there are many reasons for the weak rotation. In addition to the serious wear of the rotary mechanism, the blockage of various valves, and the problems of the hydraulic motor, the sub-pump of the main pump will also fail. In addition, when checking the fault, it is also necessary to check whether the hydraulic oil is invalid, whether the oil volume is sufficient, whether the hydraulic oil is too dirty, etc., which will cause the hydraulic system to fail, which will also affect the hydraulic swing motor.
The above is the analysis of the reasons for the inability of the excavator to rotate. When the excavator fails to rotate, it will affect the normal construction operation of the hydraulic excavator, so the user must repair it in time. When dealing with the swing fault, it is necessary to carefully check the operating status of the hydraulic equipment, check whether the swing motor and the main control valve are normal, measure the pilot oil pressure of the brake release valve, and so on. | <urn:uuid:c83b4045-5591-43ab-b2e6-1c8ae13906c5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.excavatorbearing.com/a/bearing-knowledge/the-excavator-is-unable-to-rotate.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.934031 | 747 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Louis I the Fair Piast of Legnica, Duke of Legnica, Duke of Brzeg, was born circa 1321 to Bolesław III of Legnica (1291-1352) and Margaret of Bohemia (1296-1322) and died December 1398 of unspecified causes. He married Agnes of Zagan (c1321-1362) 1326 JL . Charlemagne (747-814), Alfred the Great (849-899)/s, Charlemagne (747-814)/s, Hugh Capet (c940-996)/s, Rollo of Normandy (860-932)/s.
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A long length relationship or long distance romantic relationship is a romance involving two partners so, who are not face to face with one another. It is set up through words and names, or throughout the Internet or other methods. Partners in LDRs seldom face physical proximity and lack of face to face communication. Longer distance romantic relationships need mindful planning and resolution in order to avoid hurt feelings.
Most very long distance connections begin with lovebirds meeting in a restaurant, a library, a park, or any place else wherever they can be by itself. Over time this romance can change into a true long distance relationship with dinners in bed, video games and telephone calls, as well as camping travels. These types of associations will usually develop out of friendships that develop after some time or were prepared romantically. There is no one person in the relationship; it is more like a long distance friendship.
Interaction is key meant for long distance relationships. The majority of couples in these relationships will preserve a regular face to face time frame, depending on the place that the partner lives. This is a great way for the couple to shell out period together. Online video conferencing, email, chat rooms and texting are a couple of the tools which can be used to keep touching each other. Email is often used to update companions on friends and family, favorite locations and occasions, and to provide tips on how to much better intimate.
Physical contact is necessary to a LDR. For some lovers this means going on a date, and for others it might mean per day trip. A lot of couples decide to physically meet in person at times, and other lovers prefer to preserve a relationship via text letters and phone calls. It is important to remember that a long distance relationship is definitely not a forever relationship. No matter what type of relationship it is, it is going to end.
Prolonged distance connections are not easy, especially when there is absolutely no physical connection. Many times a LDR will result in the partners breaking up. When they have columbian girls broken up, they require time to discover what they are doing next. The most important thing that most couples need to do is certainly talk with all their partner, regardless of how much the both hate talking; the 2 main have to sit down and talk about the problems.
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Let's face it - Brushing teeth day after day can be bit of a pain. What's even worse is trying to grab 'handfuls' of water to rinse out the toothpaste. Not only is it difficult, but also, a colossal waste of precious water. You could of course use a rinsing cup, but that has to be cleaned constantly! Now, a design firm has finally seen the light or should we say the rinse?
New York based Amron Experimental recently unveiled a toothbrush that looks very much like a conventional one except for one thing - pour water on the handle and it magically sprouts straight into your mouth, making rinsing a cinch and, a lot of fun!
Called Rinser, the brush is designed such that its handle has a hollowed out section that collects tap water and directs it to a tiny spout. All the user has to do, is aim the tap onto the scoop and the toothbrush will transform into a water fountain.
Besides the fact that it will not be available until November, the only drawback to this nifty invention is its hefty $22 USD price tag - And that, is only if you pre-order it from the design firm's website. Once it goes retail, the price tag is expected to go up to an even steeper $34.99! Since it does come with an replaceable head, one can argue that the toothbrush is technically only $11 (or $17.50) apiece - An argument worth making if you are trying to convince your mum or dad to get you one!
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Deprecating support for the Linux kernel
Hey, this post was published on April 1st, so take it with a grain of salt! Read the followup for some clarifications.
After years in the making, Guix recently gained support for running natively on the GNU/Hurd operating system. That means you will soon be able to replace...
(kernel hurd) (initial-herd hurd)
...in your operating-system declaration and reboot into the future!
Running on the Hurd was always a goal for Guix, and supporting multiple kernels is a huge maintenance burden. As such it is expected that the upcoming Guix 1.1 release will be the last version featuring the Linux-Libre kernel. Future versions of Guix System will run exclusively on the Hurd, and we expect to remove Linux-Libre entirely by Guix 2.0.
The Linux kernel will still be supported when using Guix on "foreign" distributions, but it will be on a best-effort basis. We hope that other distributions will follow suit and adopt the Hurd in order to increase security and freedom for their users.
We provide a pre-built virtual machine image with the Hurd for
Here is how to get started:
wget https://guix.gnu.org/guix-hurd-20200401.img.tar.xz tar xf guix-hurd-20200401.img.tar.xz guix environment --ad-hoc qemu -- \ qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -drive file=guix-hurd-20200401.img,cache=writeback -m 1G
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GNU Guix is a transactional package manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU system that respects user freedom. Guix can be used on top of any system running the Hurd or the Linux kernel, or it can be used as a standalone operating system distribution for i686, x86_64, ARMv7, and AArch64 machines.
In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, and garbage collection. When used as a standalone GNU/Linux distribution, Guix offers a declarative, stateless approach to operating system configuration management. Guix is highly customizable and hackable through Guile programming interfaces and extensions to the Scheme language. | <urn:uuid:c17a8f13-f62d-4ca0-a357-7ffed6a41fbe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://guix.gnu.org/tr/blog/2020/deprecating-support-for-the-linux-kernel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.841196 | 613 | 1.859375 | 2 |
WW1 Prison Ship Portsmouth HMT Lake Manitoba Cover Prisoners of War
WW1 Plain cover Registered from New Cross London with part KGV 2.1/2d (damaged) headed PRISONERS OF WAR and addressed to:
Prisoner of War
SS Lak Manitoba
Section Orlop III
Shows the large violet cachet PRISONERS OF WAR PORTSMOUTH HANTS 1 JAN 1915 H.M.T. LAK MANITOBA.
A number of pencil/crayon annotations, 995 (prisoners number) Letter Only 'C', and red crayon III, referring to the Deck (Orlop was used as th name for the lower deck on old wooden sailing boats.
Registration and New Cross dates amps to reverse with GOSPORT JA 1 15.
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I imagine there’s a number of people out there with fond memories of the the Lord of the Rings movie games made by Electronic Arts. By my own recollection, they were pretty good for licensed movie titles during the PlayStation 2 generation and likely provided a lot of younger players with an avenue into Lord of the Rings that were obfuscated by fairly dense movies and even denser books. Since then, it really has felt like Lord of the Rings should have been as common in video games as Star Wars, but there’s been little notable outside the Warner Bros. and Monolith’s Shadow of Mordor/War series. Sometimes, wishes do come true however, and sometimes those wishes are clearly made on a monkeypaw.
Today, EA announced that it is once again making Lord of the Rings games, with the first and thus far only revealed title being a free-to-play mobile game.
Titled The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, there’s really not enough to know about this title to immediately predict doom & gloom. We’ve moved past, in a general sense, the idea that mobile games are inherently profit-driven over all other concerns. There’s still quite a bit of concern when it comes to EA’s own reputation in this field, but also it’s a fast-moving world. Who knows. Maybe it doesn’t all crash and burn.
The title is described as a “strategic, social-competitive experience” with turn-based combat. It will, according to EA, follow along various stories from the chapters of Middle-earth.
The game is being made in cooperation with the Saul Zaentz Company, which holds exclusive and inexplicably far-reaching worldwide rights to motion picture, merchandising, video game, and other rights to the Lord of the Rings franchise (including The Hobbit) since the 1970s. You may also know them as some of the guys that are really, really protective of Tolkien’s creations.
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April 22, 2021 marks the 51st celebration of Earth Day – the world’s largest secular holiday born from a grassroots initiative to turn the US government’s attention to urgent environmental issues.
The 1960s were a monumental decade for the environmental movement in the US. With the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962 and environmental disasters like the Santa Barbara oil spill and Cuyahoga River fire of 1969, Americans began to understand the dangers of pollution. In 1969, Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin decided it was time for larger action. Inspired by the impact of the anti-war protests, Nelson orchestrated a team of campaigners to help him organize a widespread grassroots event for environmental protection.
On April 22, 1970, thousands of people joined the first Earth Day and participated in rallies across the country. The resulting impact was incredible. The public's perspective changed immensely and support for environmental protection skyrocketed to an all-time high. Most importantly, Earth Day created a domino effect of critical change on the political forefront. In 1970, the United States created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and in the following years, passed landmark legislation like the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. By the 1990s, millions of people around the world joined in on Earth Day celebrations, turning it into the global event we recognize today.
At IFAW, we know that the individual – human or animal – is a critical component to the equation for success. We know that a single animal can mean the difference between survival or extinction for an entire species, just as a single person can make the difference between positive impact and complicit dissent.
Earth Day celebrations over the last half-century have included incredible efforts: millions of trees planted, hundreds of miles of coastline cleaned, tens of thousands of people biking to school and work from a given country. These impactful initiatives are all successful thanks to the power of individual actions. Earth Day is a reminder that we have the ability to create real change as individuals and communities. We can build the future that we strive for - one where oceans thrive free from plastic pollution, forest ecosystems buzz with biodiversity, and wildlife populations flourish around the world.
For many, this year will mark the second Earth Day in some form of COVID-19 isolation or lockdown. Coming together may not be an option where you live, but that does not mean you can’t be part of the movement. Add your voice to an online initiative for change, make decisions now about what your carbon footprint will look like when travel reopens, and if you can do so safely, volunteer your time to make impact. President Joe Biden will be celebrating by convening a Leader’s Climate Summit, positioning the climate crisis at the top of the global agenda.
51 years ago, a day was created to reach a single governing body and demand action. Today, we set our sights on broader horizons: we will celebrate Earth Month and endeavor to reach a global community to effect change everyday. Our actions and intentions hold power and we hope you join us in creating a better world for animals and people everywhere. | <urn:uuid:a674f4ca-41d1-46fa-b2f0-1370721d7862> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ifaw.org/ca-en/journal/what-is-earth-day | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.930289 | 657 | 3.203125 | 3 |
CEGA is organizing a panel as a part of the Center for Security in Politics’ event on Free and Fair Elections, led by former president of the University of California Janet Napolitano. This panel will look at election security from an international comparative aspect focused on election security practices in Latin America, South Asia, and West Africa. What might the United States be able to learn from what’s being done in these regions to protect against election interference and voter fraud?
11:00am – 12:30pm PST – Lessons for the US from the rest of the world
International panel focusing on election security and practices around the world and lessons the U.S. can learn. The format will be a roundtable where each panelist gives a 3-min overview (no slides needed) of their research and its implications for holding effective elections, followed by a moderated discussion. Susan Hyde has agreed to chair and moderate the panel, and it will feature: Thomas Fujiwara, Aila Matanock, Gianmarco Leon, Kate Casey.
1:00 – 2:30pm PST – Lessons from Battleground States
Keynote panel with high-level officials from key battleground states in the 2020 election who will discuss their experience, their insights, and their recommendations for improvements needed in election security — led by Janet, and featuring Jocelyn Benson (Michigan Secretary of State), Katie Hobbs (Arizona Secretary of State), Josh Shapiro (Pennsylvania Attorney General) and Chris Krebs (Director CISA at the DHS)
3:00 – 4:30pm PST – Securing the Vote and Preparing for What’s Next
Domestic panel of experts focusing on lessons learned in the 2020 U.S. election, what to focus on next in election security, how to fix the issues the US encountered, etc. The panel will be led by Phil Stark and Henry Brady, both at Berkeley, and will also respond to points made in the first two panels.
This event will be hosted as a Berkeley Conversation, live-streamed on Youtube and Facebook. To register your interest in attending and submit questions in advance, use this form (linked at the top right as well).
The Center for Security in Politics (CSP) supports research, curriculum, and convenings that bring students, academics, and leading political practitioners together to address critical global risks, to translate research and analysis into actionable solutions for policymakers, thought leaders and elected officials, and to train a diverse generation of security professionals for careers in public service.
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A collection of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, epics, legends, wonder and magic tales from all around Southeast Asia. Nusantara – A Sea of Tales is the most comprehensive collection of folktales, fairy tales, myths and legends from the Nusantara and Southeast Asian region, and was written to sit alongside the great anthologies of folklore from other parts of the world. Although it is impossible to trace the origins of most of these traditional tales, we do know that these stories were used as a means to discover ourselves and the world around us. Like a living creature, these tales came into existence at some point, and have since evolved and adapted to suit the needs of the community that it finds itself in. The seafaring nature of the people in this region has no doubt contributed to the spread of these tales and explains the fascinating variations across Southeast Asia. These rich and layered tales contain all manner of wonder, marvels and strange curiosities, and have been written to enthral a new audience. The author has delved into the history and the meaning behind these tales but like all good fairy tales and folktales, each reader will extract their own meaning from these stories. The symbols in these stories engage our imagination and challenges us to question, discuss and unravel life’s conflicts and mysteries. Herein lies the true power of these stories and the reason why these tales must be preserved and allowed to live and breathe once more.
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We can get into a routine where it feels like everyone we speak with is either having a bad day, or we are having a bad day ourselves. We feel like we constantly meet people who seem to be inconsiderate, stubborn, incorrigible, indecent, miserable, or passive-aggressive. Sometimes we can be equally awkward ourselves. While it might seem that the easiest remedy is to lock yourself up at home and avoid people, we eventually have to pick up the phone or step outside and have an interaction with somebody.
Success comes from understanding how we behave, as well as how we can influence others. If we approach difficulties as needing to take place in one or a series of conversations, and we approach those conversations with a plan, we will find that we have less difficult people to deal with. More often than not, we will also have more meaningful and significant conversations. In this workshop, we will teach participants how to turn difficult situations into opportunities for growth.
During this workshop, you will teach participants how to:
Recognize how their own attitudes and actions impact others.
Use new and effective techniques for dealing with difficult people.
Use techniques for managing and dealing with anger.
Develop coping strategies for dealing with difficult people and difficult situations.
You will spend the first part of the day getting to know participants and discussing what will take place during the workshop. Students will also have an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.
Conflict as Communication
This lecture will help participants define conflict. Participants will also explore how conflict is a very normal part of healthy relationships. To wrap up the session, they will complete a self-assessment to help them analyze how they currently handle conflict and how they might be able to improve.
Benefits of Confrontation
This session will give participants a framework for deciding whether or not to become involved in a situation. Participants will also identify some benefits that may arise if they do decide to get involved.
There are several key ways that we can prevent problems from occurring. These methods will be examined in a lecture and in small group work.
If, as leaders, we are content to only deal with the surface issues, and we are afraid to dig and get at the deeper issues, we will not create a better workplace. This session will give participants some ways to get to the heart of a problem.
Too many people are angry! This session will give participants some guidelines for managing their anger, dealing with angry people, and using assertive anger.
Dealing with Problems
In this session, participants will work in small groups to explore eight ways of dealing with problems.
The Three-Step Conflict Resolution Model
During this session, we will look at a three-step process that can help participants resolve conflict. Participants will also have an opportunity to apply the model to a difficult situation.
Practice Makes Pretty Good
In this session, participants will role play a difficult situation using the scenario from their pre-assignment.
Earlier we discussed how our attitudes and actions impact others. In this session, we will take a deeper look at how negative attitudes can cause negative interactions, and what we can do to turn those attitudes around.
Why Don’t People Do What They Are Supposed To?
There are a million possible answers to this question, but we will discuss the ten most common reasons.
De-Stress Options to Use When Things Get Ugly
To wrap up the workshop, we will share six de-stressing techniques that participants can use when things get difficult.
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Even a careful observer of education policy could wonder, “Who’s actually in charge of public schooling?” That is, at which level of government does the buck stop?
The long shadow cast by NCLB and all of the attention paid to ESSA might convince you that the feds are in control. We also know from experience, though, that local school boards and superintendents make the lion’s share of key decisions. And aren’t state departments and boards of education also important?
It gets even more confusing when there are public disagreements between these different government entities. States and districts routinely quarrel about funding levels. There’s a battle now in Illinois about local and state oversight of charters. In Michigan, there’s a clash over a new state body that could exert control over Detroit’s schools. Uncle Sam infamously got involved in Common Core, which raised state and local hackles galore. Thanks to Pierce, there are also the constitutional rights of parents limiting the authority of all levels of government. The list goes on and on.
The simple (if messy) answer to the basic question of who’s in charge is this: no one and everyone. Like much else in our constitutional system, powers are distributed in a layer-cake or marble-cake fashion (for more detail, see this great Fordham report). While that answer might satisfy in an American Government 101 lecture hall, it’s not much solace to those trying to figure out how to get stuff done right now.
So thank goodness for the Education Commission of the States’ new short issue brief on the subject. Titled “Constitutional Obligations for Public Education,” the report explains that, in most cases, state governments have both the responsibility to ensure kids are well educated and the authority to decide how.
Most of the brief is a very helpful table that lists the provisions in state constitutions that put state governments on the hook. Though several of the table’s columns are important (e.g., on funding, students with disabilities, religion), the third, especially, is key. It has the operative language for what each state government must do; for instance, provide a “thorough and efficient” system of schools (New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio), a “common” system of schools (California, Idaho, Iowa), “general and uniform” schools (North Carolina, Minnesota, South Dakota), a “liberal system” of education (Alaska).
There’s lots to be learned here; if you’re interested in K–12 policy, this is definitely worth the read. But let me highlight three particular things. First, Uncle Sam isn’t calling the shots in most instances. As the brief notes, the Supreme Court decided in 1973 that there is no federal constitutional right to education. Thanks to Brown and decisions that proceeded from it, states and districts can’t have discriminatory systems of schools, but plaintiffs are seriously limited in their ability to appeal to the federal government for how such systems are otherwise arranged.
Second, though the brief doesn’t discuss it, the issue of “local control” is obviously important. Though states have the ultimate K–12 obligation, they have decided to delegate authority to state-created entities, generally known as “districts.” Today, these districts typically have been in operation for generations, have democratically elected school boards, reflect community values, enable ongoing micro-changes, and much more.
So districts might be thought of as a kind of educational “common law.” They are essentially evolutionary entities in that they continuously adapt, reflecting immediate, real-word issues. So while state governments wield de jure educational authority via constitutional obligations and statutory and regulatory powers, districts have substantial de facto control.
I think there is prudence and wisdom in this general approach—namely a great deal of deference to longstanding, local institutions and the communities, families, and practitioners that inform them.
My third point is an observation: You can bet on turmoil any time this formula is disrupted.
It may not be perfect, much less tidy, but our complicated system of schools has generally been in equipoise. Most decisions are made locally; state governments set the direction and create conditions for success; and the federal government gets involved when something’s become unjust.
When the federal government arrogates to itself too much power from the states (e.g., NCLB, Race to the Top), or when states impinge on local authority (e.g., curricular or staffing requirements), the policy disequilibrium results in political disquiet.
One big benefit of the ECS report is that it gives us another way to look at these types of disputes: Each upsets the state government’s constitutional role in schooling.
In some cases, the state government is right to point the finger at Uncle Sam: Why are you getting involved in content standards or teacher evaluation? That’s our role! Read our “thorough and efficient” clause!
But in some cases, the state needs to look in the mirror. A good example relates to local protests when a state takes over a failing district. State leaders know the state government is ultimately responsible for making sure kids are well educated. By delegating that work to a single local entity, the state has painted itself into a corner if the district persistently underperforms. The state then feels compelled to take control of the district, but that runs headlong into local control—hence the protests.
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This week we want to introduce you to an iOS app that is great for quickly producing short videos for sharing.
What is it?
In Apple’s own words Clips is ‘..an iOS app for making and sharing fun videos with text, special effects, graphics and more’ (https://www.apple.com/uk/clips/). Check out the video below to see it in action.
With a range of animated title and text slides, Clips allows you quickly produce a nice looking video for sharing on social media in very little time. Like with many video tools such as Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram you can add a variety of graphics. You can record a voice over and disregard the video audio, it also lets you import existing videos as well as recording straight from either your front or back camera.
Simple to use, you just hold down the record button for as long as you want that particular element for, you can trim them afterwards.
3 key highlights:
- Adding music. Clips comes with its own library of ‘Soundtracks’ covering many different genres and themes from pop to playful and holidays & events.
- Title slides that are very slick and add a touch of professionalism to your video.
- Automatic transcription that is actually pretty accurate. Just select the style of how the text is displayed on screen, you can edit if it’s missed something. This is great because videos shared on social media are often watched without sound and it makes your video more accessible.
Is it free?
Will it work on my device?
Clips is compatible with iPhone 5s or later, iPad Pro, iPad (5th generation), iPad Air or later, iPad mini 2 or later, and iPod touch (6th generation) and requires iOS 10.3 or later.
Where can I get the app?
Clips is iOS only and available from the App store for your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch.
Ideas for using Clips in learning and teaching
- Create videos using Clips and use them:
- To follow up on sticky points of seminars or lectures.
- To send out some questions ahead of a lecture or seminar.
- Have students create video “explainers” on the topic.
- Share Clips videos on social media for your module or course or department, such as a Twitter account.
What are the alternatives?
As Clips is iOS only, here are some alternatives for Android phones.
Want more help and info?
Contact Technology Enhanced Learning email@example.com
Places are filling up fast on our Canvas Fundamentals training workshops. We strongly encourage all Sussex academic staff to sign up for a place. Attending the workshop will familiarise you with Canvas and your options for teaching with the new VLE. It also gives you access to your migrated modules from 17/18.
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What Should You Have in Your Dental First Aid Kit?
While some general items should be included in an at-home dental first aid kit, you can make your dental kit unique to your family's oral needs. For example, if you or your children have orthodontic appliances, you may want to add dental wax to assist with specific issues related to the braces.
These are the basic medical supplies that you can buy from your local pharmacy for your at-home dental first aid kit.
- Medical gloves: Wearing a pair of gloves is a good way to avoid transferring germs from the hands to the mouth while assessing or treating oral issues.
- Sugar-free gum: The inclusion of this item may surprise you, but chewing sugar-free gum helps promote saliva production and combats dry mouth.
- Moisturizing lip balm: If your dry mouth is accompanied by cracked lips, this item can do a fantastic job solving this problem as instructed on the packaging.
- Gauze pads: These can be used to clean a minor cut or wound in the mouth. You can place gauze on the tooth socket to stop the bleeding that occurs after losing a tooth.
- Ice pack: An injury to the face or tooth extraction can cause swelling. Having an ice pack on hand is an easy way to relieve pain and inflammation.
- Pain medication: Over-the-counter pain medication can reduce pain and discomfort from a toothache. Be sure to follow the on-pack instructions and consult with your dentist if this persists.
- Dental Mirror: It's often nearly impossible to see what is happening at the very back of the mouth. A dental mirror allows you to examine and treat those hard-to-see areas closely. Some dental mirrors come with a built-in light to improve visibility.
- Dental wax: Braces can irritate the inner lips and cheeks, and sometimes the bracket or wire can come undone. You can use dental wax to cover the surface of the braces and ease discomfort.
- Floss: For objects wedged between the teeth, you can use dental floss to remove them safely.
- Salt: A saltwater mix is a simple and cost-effective home remedy that can help soothe mouth sores and alleviate pain after tooth extraction.
An oral first aid kit ensures that you stay prepared for life's unexpected dental emergencies. Treating oral issues like mouth sores or a knock to the teeth with the correct items can prevent them from developing into more serious issues. The good news is you can make your own at-home dental first aid kit with a few items from your local drug store. | <urn:uuid:98fb3d75-c1d3-44ce-a421-e8f4dce3608d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/dental-emergencies-and-sports-safety/oral-first-aid-at-home | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.905937 | 543 | 2.34375 | 2 |
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Welcome to 817 volts to watts, our post about the 817 volt to watt conversion.
Here we show you how to convert eight hundred and seventeen volts to watts using the formulas for DC as well as AC circuits.
If you have been wondering how many watts is 817 volts, or if you have been looking for 817v in watts, then you are definitively right here. 🙂
We not only explain you the conversion of 817 volts to watts, but also feature a voltage to watt calculator you will like.
How many Watts is 817 Volts
The answer to the question how many watts is 817 volts depends on the flow of electric charge, either one-directional in direct current (DC), or bidirectional in case of alternating current (AC).
In case of 817 volts in an AC circuit, the power factor PF and number of phases make a difference, in addition to the connection scheme of the wires in case of 3-phase AC.
See the 817 volts to watts formulas in the next section, and make sure to check out our converter which you can find after the voltage to wattage example calculations.
817 Volts to Watts Conversion
To convert 817 volts to watts, determine your electric current in amperes (A), then apply the formula below which corresponds to your circuit:
AC, 1 Phase: W = PF × [A] × [817 V]
AC, 3 Phase, Line to Line (L-L): W = √3 × PF × [A] × [817 V]
AC, 3 Phase, Line to Neutral (L-N): W = 3 × PF × [A] × [817 V]
To learn what the power factor, line to line and line to neutral voltage in the context of changing 817 volts to watts stand for, read our article volts to watts, located in the header menu.
For the example 817 volts to watts conversions below, we assume a power factor of 0.5 and an electric current of 1.5 amperes. Therefore, for 817v to watts we get:
- Direct current (DC): W = [1.5 A] × [817 V] = 1225.5 watts
- Alternating current (AC), 1 Phase: W = 0.5 × [1.5 A] × [817 V] = 612.75 watts
- Alternating current (AC), 3 Phases, L-L: W = √3 × 0.5 × [1.5 A] × [817 V] = 1061.31 W
- Alternating current (AC), 3 Phases, L-N: W = 3 × 0.5 × [1.5 A] × [817 V] = 1838.25 watts
Remember, these values for 817 volts in watts are example calculations under the assumption PF = 0.5 and I = 1.5 A. For your power factor, amperage and circuit, use our calculator.
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Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Reading this chapter I’m always tempted to dwell on verse 31, because that, in the mouth of Jonathan Edwards, was used to spark the Great Awakening revival that prepared the American colonies for the Revolutionary War. (Perhaps a fitting subject for the 4th of July.) However, this verse is also powerful and is applicable to every believer, and not just those who have drawn away from God. The English and the Japanese are obviously translations of the same Greek, but the nuance is different. The Japanese says, “Since the One who promised is faithful, let us not waver, but firmly profess hope.” The English stresses the holding onto hope, and the Japanese stresses professing hope. I take that as being evangelism, expressing the hope that is available in Christ alone to others, just as Peter talked about in 1 Peter 3:15. American society has always stressed the individual, to a degree that is perhaps unique in the world, but that can easily bleed over into self-centeredness, which benefits no one. We are individually accountable to God, but we are not to be satisfied with just our own salvation; we are to be sharing that with those around us. When we discover the incredible salvation that is available in Christ by grace through faith, it is the worst of ironies if we keep that good news to ourselves. God’s truth is to be shared! Just as Jonathan Edwards helped transform the colonies into a nation, our words too can lead people from darkness to light, from death to life. If we are indeed convinced that our God is faithful, just as this verse says, then nothing should hold us back from sharing the Good News of salvation.
As I have written multiple times, the thing that showed me that God had indeed baptized me with His Spirit was the awareness that for the first time in my life, I was talking about Jesus with a total stranger. Jesus’ statement in Acts 1:8 about being witnesses wasn’t coincidental, much less unimportant, it was the definition of walking in the Spirit. If we want the Holy Spirit to flow through us, and we certainly should, then we need to be active in sharing Christ. This isn’t limited to speaking, but it certainly includes it. Francis of Assisi’s famous admonition, “Preach constantly. When necessary, use words,” is valid enough, but as Peter pointed out, words are going to be called for to give people the details. Personality plays a part here, but we aren’t to let personality be an excuse not to share Christ. Despite being a teacher, unafraid to speak to groups, I am an introvert, happy to be by myself and uncomfortable at parties. That’s no excuse not to share Christ! I am to be active in seeking God’s appointments with those whose hearts He has prepared, because, as Paul pointed out, “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?” (Romans 10:14) (Don’t overthink “preaching” here. This is simply sharing the Gospel.) As a pastor, a major part of my ministry is to be in helping all the believers understand this is their privilege and task.
Father, thank You for this reminder. It’s something I’ve known for a long time, but I’ve got a lot of room to grow in communicating it to the believers. I pray that they would all profess boldly the hope that we have in Christ, for the salvation of many and for Your glory. Thank You. Hallelujah! | <urn:uuid:b952d22a-fffd-41cb-a8f4-dbaa7c5c46ec> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jgarrott.net/2022/07/07/evangelism-july-4-2022/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.973537 | 804 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Who do you need to influence?
Every organization has a complex human side, and that side is volatile and risky in today’ complex, disruptive, ambiguous world where emotions are driving everything. We need to attract and retain talent that is restless. Inspire performance among a skeptical workforce. Build loyal with customers that are fickle. Acquire investors willing to ride the ups and downs. Keep a public profile that can warrant unexpected twists and turns. Are things out of control? Or, are new dynamics in place that require a new perspective on engaging people?
The Enchanted Brand introduces a revolutionary approach to leading people through daunting change where almost everything is uncertain. Rather than prescribe solutions, we need to open imaginations and inspire people to think beyond what is before them to find their own answers. By combining branding with the power of enchantment, you can overcome the barriers of fear and distrust that put your organization at risk, and achieve the loyalty needed to persevere in the epic era. By igniting the imagination, you’ll empower people to actually sell themselves on the choices they make which gives them greater agency in the world on your behalf.
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How Did the Ozone Hole Come About?
Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) is a gaseous compound made of three elements, carbon, chlorine and fluorine (and sometimes hydrogen). Manufacturers have used this compound to make cleaning solvents, refrigerants, and aerosol propellants, in some cases, even plastic foams. A few common products include Freon and other refrigerants. However, in recent years, fewer manufacturers are using these compounds as some environmentalists believe it is a major cause of the ozone’s depletion and damage.
CFCs and their associated compounds were developed in the early 1900s as a non-toxic, non-flammable solution to other more dangerous products such as ammonia. Over the years, it became an important chemical product for refrigeration. However,, today it is used less frequently because CFC components, needed for refrigerators release chlorine into the atmosphere. The chlorine content can potentially destroy parts of the ozone when the right conditions appear. When the CFCs reach the ozone layer, ultraviolet radiation occurring at this altitude breaks down the compound and releases the chlorine. Experts now believe that under special circumstances this chlorine destroys parts of the ozone layer, a rarity that has been observed over Antarctica and as a result of this release, environmentalists have also seen an increase in ultraviolet radiation (causes damage to humans).
Because of these harmful effects, the production of many of these products ceased in the early 1990s. However, it is a compound still made in many countries for certain products. For instance, some aircraft products need the halon fire suppression system (needs CFCs) as there a no suitable product alternatives. Most manufacturers using CFCs recycle the compound through halon banks. This type of industry ensures that the discharge only occurs in an emergency and tries to conserve the product to keep it from harming the environment.
Are There Alternatives?
Because of the damage to the ozone layer, in the 1970s, scientists began researching to find alternatives to Chlorofluorocarbons. This research began when the first reports of stratospheric ozone damage happened. They found that hydrochlorofluorocarbons were not as stable in the lower atmosphere so they could be broken down before reaching the ozone layer. Even so, a certain amount of HCFCs do break down in the ozone layer and contribute to a significant chlorine buildup. Even so, current alternatives have a shorter lifetime in lower atmospheres. One of these compounds, HFC-134a is now used to replace CFC-12 in freon for automobile air conditioners. Hydrocarbon compounds are also viable alternatives for mobile air conditioning systems as they do very well in high temperatures. One of the natural refrigerants such as hydrocarbons mixed with Ammonia and Carbon Dioxide do not have a damaging effect on the environment and are used in commercial and private applications.
The History of CFC
Early refrigeration products from the late 19th century to the early 20th century used toxic gases like ammonia (NH3), methyl chloride (CH3CI), and sulfur dioxide (SO2). This sometimes caused fatalities from leakage of these products. This is the reason many people placed their refrigerator in the back yard. It was then that large refrigeration brands like Frigidaire, General Motors and DuPont began looking for a less dangerous refrigerant compound.
In 1928, two inventors, Thomas Midgley, Jr. and Charles Frankling Kettering invented Freon. This refrigerant was made with a few types of chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs. Freons are colorless, nonflammable, have no odor and offer a non-corrosive gas or liquid. They are a mix of aliphatic compounds with halogens, fluorine, and carbon. They represent a very stable product that could be placed in a spray container and was commercialized under the name of Freon. This invention came about as a safer alternative to an earlier sulfur dioxide and ammonia refrigerant that could easily become dangerous and flammable. The use of CFCs became very popular during the World War II era and was used by most car manufacturers and appliance makers.
These compounds offered a viable way of making refrigerant products that were non-flammable, and they were first created in the late 1920s and were marketed as a non-toxic, non-flammable refrigerant and were first marketed by the DuPont company. The first of the compounds were known as CFC-12. It contained one carbon and two chlorides with two fluorines CFC-11 or F-11 are halogenated hydrocarbons with dichlorodifluoromethane and were used as an aerosol spray propellants, refrigerants, foam blowing products and other similar solvents. They were used in many refrigerant or insulating processes because the were non-toxic and could easily be converted to a liquid or gas to be used later in vehicles and home products.
Chlorofluorocarbons are not toxic and not harmful to human beings. They contain carbon atoms, chlorine atoms and fluorine atoms. The main types of CFCs on the market are CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113, CFC-114 and CFC-115
Despite the nontoxic qualities of CFCs and its extremely low-risk factors towards human beings, these compounds do pose a serious threat to the environment. Studies conducted in the 1970s found that CFCs when released into the atmosphere ( a common occurrence in cars, and refrigerant equipment), they caused a significant deterioration of the ozone layer in the atmosphere. This is important because the ozone layer protects human skin and many living organisms from ultraviolet rays emitted from the sun.
CFC components have a life cycle in the atmosphere of up to 100 years. So one free chlorine atom coming from a CFC molecule can cause a huge amount of damage and destroy ozone molecules for many years. CFC emissions in developed nations have virtually stopped due to regulations, however the damage caused to the atmosphere by prior use will continue to allow ultraviolet rays to continue strong well into this century.
In the late 1970s, the Montreal Protocol was put into place as a means of seeking international cooperation to control the CFC use based on the Vienna Convention for the conservation of the Ozone layer. In 1978 The Montreal Protocol was adopted as a framework for international cooperation regarding CFC control on the basis of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. | <urn:uuid:081e13a7-894b-4723-8f0f-2d0ad0af6c9c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://theozonehole.com/cfc.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.959019 | 1,346 | 4.03125 | 4 |
Los Angeles’ history of loose construction seems to confound the very real problems the city faces in a rapidly deteriorating climate and severe crisis of housing. The cheap and dirty methods of building with which we’ve grown comfortable now seem wasteful and shortsighted. Our impulse is to tighten things up: seal the gaps, sink the foundation, and accumulate layers of protection on building skins.
Our entry for Low-Rise: Housing Ideas for Los Angeles proposes a looser alternative, a radically sustainable typology that adapts LA’s blasé vernacular to the city’s new priorities. With a non-commital attitude towards its own site, a commitment to stupidly smart assemblies, carbon-hungry hemp-based materials, and a communal approach to outdoor living, we feel that the very looseness that has helped push the city to the brink of crisis could in fact become its saving grace.
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National Tree Day sees 1300 new trees in Mooroopna
In two hours, 1300 native trees were planted in Mooroopna thanks to the green thumbs of residents who turned out for National Tree Day.
More than 150 residents of all ages planted native grasses, groundcovers, shrubs and trees in Huggard Dve on Sunday, July 31.
City of Greater Shepparton Deputy Mayor Anthony Brophy said the community response was fantastic, with the large turnout on the day a credit to the community’s appreciation and understanding of the natural environment.
“A big thank you to everyone who attended our National Tree Day celebrations on Sunday,” he said.
“Council will continue to spread the important message of maintaining and enhancing the environment for our native wildlife and to ensure our region is a great place to live.”
National Tree Day was founded in 1996 and has grown into Australia’s largest community tree planting and nature protection event.
Since its launch, 26 million trees have been planted nationwide, with five million volunteers donating a total of 10 million hours.
The plants and materials used on the day came from the council’s One Tree Per Child Program, which aims to plant a native tree or shrub in the region for every child.
Attendees on the day spent a couple of hours planting followed by a barbecue lunch hosted by the Lions Club of Shepparton.
“Council was extremely pleased to be able to get outdoors and celebrate this important day following the last two years’ cancellations due to COVID-19 restrictions,” Cr Brophy said.
“We look forward to next year’s event to see if we can beat the impressive planting tally.”
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DENYS KARLOVSKI – THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2022, 5:43 PM
The Russian occupiers fired prohibited ammunition at the settlements of the United Territorial Community of Yunakivka (hromada).
Source: Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the head of the military administration of Sumy Oblast, on Telegram
Quote from Zhyvytsky: “During the shelling of the community of Yunakivka, the Russians used phosphorus shells!”
Details: The Sumy Oblast Military Administration reports that Russian troops fired at villages with phosphorus ammunition from Grad multiple rocket launchers located in Russia.
Information about casualties and the level of destruction is being clarified.
Later, Ukrainian border guards reported that the Russians had fired at the Sumy region with 9M22S incendiary ammunition. Grad multiple rocket launchers were located in the village of Gordeyevka in Russia.
A total of 30 shots were fired, of which 25 shells exploded in the sky above the village of Yunakivka hromada [community], and 5 others exploded on the outskirts. As a result of the strike, civilian infrastructure was damaged.
For reference: Military experts and investigators point out that Ukraine and Russia do not have phosphorus munitions in service.
Instead, it can be incendiary ammo, which is also prohibited – it cannot be used in or near cities.
The use of incendiary munitions on military installations is permitted only if they are located away from civilians.
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Lesson: Word Problems: Multiplication and Division Mathematics • 3rd Grade
In this lesson, we will learn how to solve one- and two-step problems where one of the steps involves multiplying or dividing numbers within the times tables up to 10×10.
Noah has 8 cylindrical blocks that he is going to stack on top of each other. Each block is 7 inches tall.
Which equation do you need to solve to find the height of the tower?
How high will the tower be?
In a hospital, each room has 2 beds. How many beds are there in 9 rooms?
Charlotte needs 2 feet of fabric to make a pair of fairy wings for a costume. She needs to make 9 pairs of wings. How much fabric should she buy? | <urn:uuid:bd31b9af-f14e-48a2-9cfb-e58aa29b2725> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nagwa.com/en/lessons/876141308382/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.933242 | 203 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Many people are living with back pain that goes untreated. In fact, statistics show that nearly 40% of people who suffer from lower back pain never end up seeing a doctor or therapist for their conditions. If left untreated, certain back conditions can become worse. Therefore, it’s always wise to seek a professional medical opinion while dealing with this problem that can come from many different occurrences. With that in mind, here are five common causes of lower back pain treatable at an urgent care facility.
- Automobile Accidents
Unfortunately, many automobile accidents occur each year. In certain situations, car accidents can leave those involved in the aftermath of these situations dealing with injuries. When two cars collide, this tends to send the body forward. This sudden motion is known to cause car accident victims to experience lower back pain.
- Lifting Heavy Amounts of Weight Improperly
Statistics show that 40% of people who suffer from lower back pain exercise to seek relief from this problem. Unfortunately, those who are unable to utilize proper form while working out often injure themselves. In turn, this can result in exercise creating lower back problems. You can prevent this by ensuring you practice proper form and lift weights that your body is able to handle.
- Injuries Relating to Falling
Throughout life, people can slip and fall for a wide variety of reasons. Whether in the home or out in public, it’s important to avoid situations that could you leave your lower back in pain. In many situations, your tailbone can become damaged as the result of a fall. This often leads to experiencing lower back pain.
- Bulging Disc
Not all causes of lower back pain are related to a direct injury. In some cases, spinal discs can begin to bulge outwards. This often leads to someone feeling pain from this condition. It’s wise to visit an urgent care clinic in order to find out from a medical professional about your situation.
- Depression and Anxiety
One study found that 69% of adults in the United States said that lower back pain affecting their everyday lives. Considering that, sometimes stress can cause feelings of depression and anxiety to take place in your life. Those suffering from depression, anxiety, or both conditions often experience worsening pain or painful conditions that recently started. An urgent care clinic can help you find the right type of medical treatment in order to help cure you of your anxiety and depression.
In conclusion, there are several common causes of lower back pain. Considering that, many people living with back pain have their conditions treated by visiting an urgent care clinic. This helps you ensure that you don’t have to pay expensive emergency room bills. In addition, urgent care facilities are known for their ability to treat patients in a fast and efficient manner. | <urn:uuid:f0f030a2-f1ba-4db5-98c8-f491d140433e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://healthadvicenow.net/5-treatable-causes-of-lower-back-pain/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.959639 | 563 | 2.0625 | 2 |
How to Overcome the Fear of Riding in Cars (Fear of Being a Passenger)
Panic attacks or feelings of extreme fear are crippling mental conditions that can grip you at any time if you are prone to them. But it can become far more terrifying when you have to get to a place and the thought of sitting in a vehicle grips you with sudden anxiety. If the prospect of sitting in a car terrifies you and paralyzes you from taking any action, you might be suffering from the fear of being a passenger.
Psychology terms this fear or nervousness as amaxophobia. When you have to sit in a car that is being driven by someone else and you get this strange feeling of being in danger, you might be a victim of amaxophobia. But living with fear makes one’s life difficult and the only real option is to confront this unusual fear.
In this article, we have put together various tips and ways to tell you how to overcome the fear of riding in cars (fear of being a passenger).
Why Do you Get Afraid as a Passenger?
Before we delve into the ways to overcome the fear of riding in cars, let’s first understand the reasons behind this fear.
You had a Traumatic Past Experience
There can be a number of reasons why you feel afraid to be a passenger in a car. But if the thought of sitting in a car as a passenger brings back haunting flashes of a past accident or a near-death experience on the road, then the strongest reason behind your amaxophobia is a traumatic past experience.
You Have a Generally Controlling Nature
You are a fine driver yourself and feel comfortable driving on your own. It’s only when someone else takes control of the wheel when you begin to experience extreme anxiety and a strange fear of being in danger. It is possible that you have a controlling nature and it’s difficult for you to trust others with any heavy machinery. It’s also possible that you are not a high maintenance person, but this distrust can be specific to driving only.
You are an Anxious Person
Many people suffer from a generalized anxiety disorder, a condition recognized in psychology as the most common problem in people these days. People suffering from this issue are usually triggered in high-stress environments like flying in a plane or riding on a bike or in a car. If you get anxious just by sitting in the passenger seat of a car, your general anxiety is the reason behind your fear.
You are Riding with Untrained Drivers
There are times when you have to sit in a car with an unprofessional or untrained driver. Knowing that driving is a potentially dangerous exercise, riding with an untrained driver who may lack good driving skills or takes unnecessary risks might put you in a state of extreme anxiety and take a toll on your mental state. Your anxiety, in such a situation, is not caused by any internal factor. It is rational and legitimate and may very well go away as soon as you get out of the car.
Symptoms of Amaxophobia or Fear of Being a Passenger
Before you learn how to overcome your fear of being a passenger, it’s important to know the symptoms of the fear as well, so you know exactly what is happening to you. This will help a therapist pinpoint the exact problem you are facing and also help you perform the preliminary tricks to calm yourself down as well.
The symptoms of Amaxophobia are as follows:
- Panic attacks
- Avoidance of riding in a car being driven by someone else
- Inability to calm down
- Dizziness or lightheadedness
- Prickly sensations in the body
- Heart palpitations
- Aches and pains in the head or the body
- Dry mouth or sticky mouth
- Excessive sweating
- Sudden breathlessness
How to Overcome the Fear of Riding in Cars
It may appear to you that you may never be able to get rid of the fear of being a passenger. But in reality, it is not that difficult, if you are willing to improve and have patience as well. We understand the mental battle it takes to fight off this fear, but if you stay positive and follow the below-mentioned tips and techniques, you might actually have a chance at getting rid of this fear.
Accept this Fear
Strange as it may sound, but the first step in curing any fear is accepting that you have it. People with fears tend to go into a general denial about not having any. Perhaps in their minds, accepting the fear might trick them into thinking that they are cowardly. So they continue to deny the existence of such fears unconsciously and are generally unable to identify the symptom when they begin to manifest them.
The first step is to acknowledge the existence of this problem. Accept that you are suffering from amaxophobia. Read up on it, do your research, identify the symptoms, and tell yourself that it’s okay.
Begin with Your Breathing
When the person who is about to drive you has a record of rash driving or is not in a fit state to drive, then you have every reason to be worried or afraid for your safety. But if they are a good driver, then you need to find a way to calm down your nerves.
There is no other method better than deep breathing. Whenever you notice that your nerves are beginning to jitter or your breathing is becoming shallow, focus on taking deep breaths. Start by drawing in a deep breath and hold it for longer than usual.
Exhale slowly and let the tension in your body release alongside your breath. This exercise alone is very effective for calming your nerves. Deep breathing helps you calm down and clears your mind of all the stressing thoughts.
Another way of overcoming the anxiety of being a passenger is by distracting yourself without distracting the driver. This could be as simple as switching on the radio or listening to music on your phone.
Music has this ability to immerse the listener in it and help them become unaffected by their surroundings for a while. You can also listen to a podcast or any other radio show that you like or listen to a track that relaxes you. This way, you won’t feel the long journey you have to make, and you’ll also feel calm throughout the ride.
Take a Test Drive with an Understanding Driver
If the reason you feel anxious riding in a car being driven by someone else is your inability to trust their skills concerning such a dangerous exercise, you might want to consider taking a test drive with someone whose driving skills you do trust.
Choose a quiet time of the day when roads aren’t too busy and you can chat about the feelings that may come up during the journey. Riding with a close friend or a trusted family member will help greatly since you won't have to worry about your safety with them.
Tell them to go slow and try to ease yourself in the seat as they pick up the pace. If you find your hands clutching the door handle too tightly, try to loosen your grip over the handle and sink back in your seat. Close your eyes if it helps and take a deep breath.
Choose Your Seat Carefully
If you are riding in a car with other passengers as well, choose your seat very carefully. If you are not a claustrophobic person, then choosing to sit in the middle of the back seat with others cushioning you from either side might help you feel safer than sitting in the passenger side of the car.
Try leaning back in the seat and relaxing your legs to make yourself calmer. It might help you not to look out the window to see the traffic on the road. Close your eyes, if that helps, and relax your head at the back of the seat.
Don’t Avoid Riding as a Passenger
If the level of your fear has reached a point that you haven’t set foot in any car for a long time, then it might just be the right time for you to face your fear. Remember, no matter how anxious the thought of riding in a car makes you, the second you sit in a car as a passenger, you’ll already have defeated your fear. The more you ride as a passenger, the more confidence and trust it will bring to you.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT is generally considered as the most effective treatment for treating generalized anxiety disorder. But specific anxieties like amaxophobia can also be treated with CBT. This is because CBT focuses on your behavior and changes the way you look at a fear-inducing or fearful situation. It works on the way you react to a certain fearful situation and reinforces a behavioral change.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
If your fear of riding in a car is the result of an accident you have experienced in the past, then the above-mentioned tips might not be enough for you to calm yourself down.
You need a specialized treatment that targets the fears at their origin and works to cure them at the deepest level. It’s possible that every time you come near to riding in a car as a passenger, the flashbacks of the accident begin to cloud your mind.
Reliving trauma is not uncommon these days. Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a technique that deals well with this kind of problem. You can either play yourself a guided track that gently leads you through the entire process in a few minutes or meet a professional who can do that to you.
Hypnosis can Help
Therapeutic hypnotherapy is a deep relaxation exercise that uses imagination to locate and then use your inner strengths and resources to cure your fears or anxiety. This type of therapy trains the brain that it is not in danger and the fearful situation is not so fearful anymore.
Through this deep relaxation technique, you’ll train your instincts to settle down and relax as a passenger in a car. This is done by reassociating being a passenger with feelings of relaxation and calmness.
As the name suggests, this type of therapy entails exposing the victim to the very fear they are suffering from. The premise of this therapy is the notion of facing the music, instead of avoiding it.
But this technique is not done in isolation, because if not backed up by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, this might intensify the fear in a person. Exposure therapy is done in conjunction with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy where you go through the fear in your mind first and then expose yourself to the situation you fear.
With the help of a competent professional, exposure therapy gradually exposes you to ride as a passenger, slowly taking the power of this fear from over you and replacing it with a sense of calmness and relaxation.
Fears are generally irrational and do not have a logical reason behind them. Riding in a car as a passenger is a fearsome activity for some people, the basis of which is irrational and illogical for the most part of it.
However, having a fear concerning any action or thing is still a crippling feeling that should not be left unattended or uncured. Fears meddle with the quality of your life and stop you from enjoying simple pleasures.
That is why it’s important to face your fear of riding in cars as a passenger, take actions accordingly, and follow the above-mentioned tips and tricks to overcome it. Remember that it takes time to overcome any fear and a good deal of practice to finally nip it in the bud.
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Not having health insurance could put your life at risk. Or it might not make any difference at all.
A new study has calculated that more than 26,000 Americans died prematurely in 2010 as a direct result of not having health insurance. The study, published on Wednesday by health care advocacy group Families USA, has raised old questions about whether health insurance coverage has any bearing on a person's odds of living longer.
Families USA's key finding -- 26,100 premature deaths a year for those 25 to 64 -- is a figure most would find sobering. This works out to about one death every 20 minutes. But it's a conclusion that some researchers might have difficulty accepting, since its methodology is similar to that used in an earlier report with a troubled history.
What is certain is that the Families USA report arrives at a loaded moment, with the Supreme Court preparing to issue a judgment on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 health care overhaul designed to provide coverage to some 30 million Americans who lack it.
Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, said the availability of care is "not a trivial matter" for the roughly 50 million Americans without health insurance.
"When people are uninsured, what they often do is defer care," Pollack told reporters on a Wednesday conference call. "Some people pay the ultimate price when they don't get that care or don't get it in a timely manner."
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Affordable Care Act by June 28.
Pollack told reporters that he and his organization "have great confidence" in the study's conclusions, which indicate that the premature mortality rate among the uninsured grew slightly higher almost every year from 2005 to 2010.
Yet those findings are based on a methodology used in another study from a decade ago that has met with some skepticism in the research community.
The earlier study, published in 2002 by the Institute of Medicine, claimed to find that 18,000 Americans had died in 2000 as a result of having no health insurance.
The findings were widely repeated and even amplified in 2008, when Stan Dorn, a research associate at the Urban Institute, published follow-up research claiming that by 2006 the number of Americans dying as a result of not having insurance had climbed to 22,000 a year.
But there were also dissenting voices. Richard Kronick, then a professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, argued in a 2009 paper that the Institute of Medicine report had failed to correct for certain health-related variables, like smoking and body mass index.
Kronick argued that when these and other health factors were taken into account, no significant difference could be found between people who have insurance and those who don't.
"The answer suggested by the evidence presented here is that there would not be much change in the number of deaths in the U.S. as a result of universal coverage," he wrote -- an assertion that a number of policy analysts, of various ideological stripes, said they agreed with, according to the Tampa Bay Times' PolitiFact.
During the call on Wednesday, Pollack defended Families USA's use of the Institute of Medicine methodology.
The institute is "probably as prestigious and highly respected as any scientific body," said Pollack in response to a question from The Huffington Post. If anything, "most of the criticism" of the 2002 study has accused the institute's researchers of being "conservative" rather than inflating the data, he said.
Later, Kim Bailey, research director at Families USA and lead author of the new report, told HuffPost that while "there are always studies that contradict each other," the organization considered the Institute of Medicine research to be an "incredibly rigorous" treatment of available data.
"They're not actually doing original research of their own -- what they're doing is aggregating the research that exists," said Bailey about the institute. But "a huge prevalence of data" shows "an overwhelmingly strong link between uninsurance and premature mortality," she said. | <urn:uuid:2e7b6f38-6f31-44e6-8685-d73984627307> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/deaths-health-insurance_n_1613600 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.974927 | 829 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Telangana state 31 districts
31 districts Telangana state was a dream of Chief minister Mr.K.Chandrasekhar rao. It was a promise made by him to telangana people during elections and now ultimately came true. Telangana state is the newly formed state of India. It is the 29th state and the youngest state formed on 2nd june ,2014. Being located in southern region in India,it is the 12th largest state in India with Hyderabad as its capital. It covers the area of about 112,077 sq.km with population of about 3,52,86,757
Telangana State – New Start :
Initially Telangana state was formed with 10 districts, but as promised by Chief minister Mr. K. Chandashekhar Rao, in general elections, Telangana came up to 31 districts adding 21 new states. After 6 hrs long meeting with committee members, finally Telangana govt. has announced new districts making the list gradually to 31. Chief minister Mr.K.C.R clearly explained his intention on making of 31 states. It is for the better administration as well as planning and implementation of Govt schemes. After new districts are formed, the largest district is Bhadadri Kothagudem and the Smallest is Hyderabad. Presently Hyderabad is the most populated district whereas Kumarambheem Asifabad district the least populated in Telangana state. To know the official websites of Telangana click on the link
Telangana State –31 district names : Below are the names of newly formed 31 districts of telangana
Adilabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Hyderabad, Jagitial, Jangaon, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Jogulamba Gadwal, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kumarambheem, Asifabad, Mahubabad, Mahbubnagar, Mancherial, Medak. Medchal-Malkajgiri, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Peddapalli, Rajanna Sircilla, Rangareddy, Sangareddy, Wanaparthy, Warangalk Rural, Warangal Urban, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri.
Telangana state – Inaugration of new districts : C.M K.C.R inaugrated new district Siddipet, his hometown on the day of Dasara festival at 11.13 am on october 11 2016. Consequently all the other ministers respectively inaugrated other districts as well. IT and Urban development minister KTR inaugrated Rajanna district. In addition with the new districts, 5 new police commissionerates as well as 6 municipal corporations and 68 Revenue divisions came into existence. The 5 Commissionerates are Karimnagar, Ramagundam, Nizamabad, Siddipet and Khammam
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Cyber Liability—The Friday Afternoon Fraud
According to a report out of the UK from the Solicitors Regulation Authority, over 75% of the Cybercrimes reported were from the “The Friday Afternoon Fraud”. This involves criminals modifying emails directly, usually by hacking into the email system of an individual. They then alter the client's emails to the solicitor (attorney) or vice versa, altering bank details so funds go to the criminal. The majority of cases involve conveyance of funds.
Such scams often take place on a Friday, as this is the time that deals are finalized and the transfer of funds often take place. This also buys criminals additional time to avoid detection. A quarter of law firms have targeted by cybercriminals, with nearly one in ten resulting in money being stolen. There is no reason to believe that these same statistics do not hold true for the US.
How to detect the Friday Afternoon Fraud or similar e-mail modification scams:
Law Firms, accounting Firms and title agencies that hold large sums of client money are at the most risk. Even for those who do not hold large amounts of client money, it is worth considering this risk. Many supplier frauds and phishing efforts also seek to redirect funds. The following steps that help against Friday Afternoon Fraud will also work against these scams.
1. confirm client and third party payment details, for example sending $1.00 to the account details provided and confirming it has been received
2. provide information to clients confirming they will never be asked by you to send money to a different account than that given
3. be suspicious of requests to change payment details, in particular those sent by email with high urgency, and confirm them with the client on a known telephone number
4. confirm that money sent details provided by a third party lawyer is genuinely going to the party intended
These are not the only steps that can be taken but it is a good start. It is worth noting that most of the cybercrimes started with attacking individuals and not systems. Ongoing training of staff is essential. Just click on Solicitors Regulation Authority to read the complete report.
Lastly, too many law firms, accounting firms and title agencies still do not carry cyber liability/data breach insurance and crime insurance. Many of these exposures are not covered by your Errors & Omissions coverage. These policies continue to be an economical way to protect a firm’s assets.
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CALLING ALL BI MEN
Because we have a foot in both the straight AND gay community BISEXUAL men have faced a higher level of stigma for having HIV. Then add the fact we were already being maligned, told we don’t exist and that we just need to ‘Pick a side’ has been devastating to those of us who are identify as bisexual. As a carrier for the HIV virus, bi men are accused of bringing HIV from the gay to the straight community
And things have not changed that much for the better. Recently I… read more
Yeah it's tough. Even online, bisexuality is not as studied as say homosexuality or heterosexuality. There are a lot of ignorant people who may not understand the power of love. Having said that I myself have had some experiences with bisexual men and my heart goes out to them because I know it's a difficult lifestyle.
Hello. Good Morning 🌄. I identify myself as a Bisexual male. I was diagnosed with the HIV virus back in April 01, 2008. Yes on April Fool's Day. I thought it was a joke at first because of April Fool's Day. Well I sure was fooled but the guy I got it from fled the country when I became diagnosed and informed him about it. He was scared and packed up his things and fled. Now he is in jail in his home country.
I am doing ok with my health.
I have been active with with the HIV Community ever since and with the LGBT Communities also.
I am a bisexual male here. I go towards guys more than I do towards girls. I am sexually attractive to both sexes.
I know this because I attempted it once as a teenager and I fainted 🙄🙄🤣🤣🤣😁🤗🌈🌈🌈
I see the LGBT community understands more because of the same situation. Explaining this to someone in the so called heterosexual or "straight" community I see that they find it hard to understand it and accept it and they also let me know too that they find it hard to see and understand it.
I have been more active with the LGBT Communities in person (face to face) more and now getting more of the online too.
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Recognizing sexual violence is not always easy, especially if the victim is a child. A child's reaction can differ depending on his or her age, personality, and the nature of the offense. Sometimes child victims do not appear upset by crimes that seem very serious to adults. Inside, however, they might be frightened, angry or confused.
Child victims are sometimes afraid to tell anyone about what has happened, especially if the offender is a close friend or family member. They might be afraid that people will be angry with them, that it is their fault that the abuse happened, or that no one will believe them. They might also be afraid that the offender will do something bad to them or their family if they tell.
Adult victims of sexual violence can also experience fear, shame, and guilt about being sexually assaulted. Therefore, they may delay reporting the incident, or they may not report at all.
Many times, an offender will tell their victims:
- That something bad will happen if the victim tells
- That the offender will hurt or kill the victim or the victim's family
- That no one will believe the victim
- That parents and friends won't like the victim anymore
- That reporting the abuse will break up the family and the victim will have to live some place else
- That the family won't have enough money to live on if the offender goes to jail
Some victims think the abuse/assault was their fault, and they feel ashamed, guilty or embarassed about it. These are just some of the reasons victims might take back what they first said about being sexually assaulted.
Victims of sexual abuse can display a variety of physical, emotional and behavioral signs.
Supporting a Survivor
Sexual assault is an extremely personal experience that many people may never choose to disclose to anyone else. If a survivor shares their story with you, your reaction can impact whether they share their story in the future. Here are some powerful ways to support a sexual assault survivor:
- Believe them.
- Acknowledge their courage in sharing their story. It takes a great deal of courage and trust to share the personal experience of sexual assault with another person. Many people never share their story for fear of not being believed.
- Listen without questions: As allies, it is not our job to prove or disprove their story. Let them know that they are not alone and that there is help and support available.
Listen & Empathize
- Empathize and normalize their feelings.
- Be non-judgmental and keep their private information safe.
- Listen to them and their needs. Not everyone has the shared experience of sexual assault, but we all have experiences that have caused us pain and trauma. Treat them the way you want to be treated in your moments of pain and trauma. Remember, everyone reacts differently to trauma like sexual assault.
- Share compassion: avoid blaming, shaming, or accusing someone of not reacting “like a victim.”
- Offer to help by connecting them to local resources.
- Empower them in making their own decisions about what resources they want to connect with.
- Help them explore any immediate safety concerns such as seeking medical care.
- Assist them in identifying resources close to them (like us) with experts who support sexual assault survivors. If they choose to contact those resources, stay with them through this process. Once they are connected to Advocates, our staff and support team can go along with them to appointments with medical providers, law enforcement or other responders.
- Support their agency: avoid pushing them towards reporting to law enforcement or disclosing details. It is important for the individual to reassert their right to self-determination after the trauma of sexual assault. | <urn:uuid:abbee3c2-25ec-4adf-aaa7-8108331570a7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.advocatesofozaukee.com/content/sexual-abuse | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964512 | 768 | 3 | 3 |
Cracks in Foundation
Concrete will crack during the curing process and as it dries, shrinkage cracks will occur. This cracking is normal, yet it is important not to assume that a crack in the foundation of your home is just a normal shrinkage crack. If you notice stair step cracking or cracking in your brickwork or if the cracks in the foundation are ¼” wide or more, then there is sure signs that there is movement and it’s important to get a professional to inspect your home for settlement.
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It comes in handy to know how to use STEL Order to create an invoice summary.
An invoice summary is a collection if invoices that your company has created and processed over a specified period of time.
This information can serve many purposes: it can be presented to a public authority for legal purposes or act as a confirmation towards your income tax. It can also be used as an overview of your company’s financial operations during a certain period of time. It offers the following information:
- Taxable income
- Tax data
You can download your invoice summary in an Excel format or as a PDF file to send it anywhere you want. All you need to do is go to [Invoicing > Invoice Summary].
What does the [Check Integrity] button do?
When you present your invoice summary to a public authority or banking entity, they will require you to present this information in a specific order of dates, without any gaps or duplicate information.
STEL Order can check this information for you by clicking on the [Check Integrity] button. A warning will come up if there are any gaps or missing information in your invoice summary.
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Round of applause for me finally being able to successfully make a full tray of deviled eggs! Every other attempt before this has resulted in me giving up and smashing them into a quick egg salad instead. I never realized how hard it was to peel a dang egg. They would constantly fall apart as I peeled them. And let’s face it, broken egg whites do NOT make for very attractive deviled eggs. Luckily, after several attempts of trial and error, I’ve finally mastered the art of peeling an egg. I’ve compiled a list of my top tips that will hopefully help you get that darn shell off!
TIPS FOR PEELING A HARD BOILED EGG
- Place the eggs into a large pot of water and bring to a rapid boil. Keep the eggs at a boil until you see at least 1-2 eggs “crack.” This is always the method I use to ensure the eggs are cooked to perfection. I don’t cook them for a set amount of time but if I were to guess it takes about 20-30 minutes for at least one egg to crack. This is assuming you have approximately 15 eggs in the pot. I find that cooking the eggs until they crack ensures that they are cooked through making them shrink just slightly enough to pull away from the hard shell.
- After boiling, immediately place the eggs under a steady stream of cold water. You can keep the eggs in the pot and let the cold water from the faucet run over them. Make sure to keep them under the water for at least a few minutes before starting to peel them to give them a chance to cool down sufficiently. It not fun trying to peel a burning hot egg! Plus, the cooler they are the better chance of the skin not sticking to the shell when you go to peel it.
CRACKING & PEELING THE SHELL
- When it comes to actually peeling the egg, I do something a little unconventional. I like to crack the egg ALL OVER. I gently tap the egg on the counter several times turning it along the way until the whole egg is covered in cracks. It’s not a mandatory step but, in my experience, it’s ALWAYS accomplished a clean peeled egg.
- Lastly, when you first break into the shell and try to pull it off the egg, you’ll notice there’s a thin, rubbery layer underneath. If you’re able to get a good handle on that layer, you can peel the whole shell off in one go!
ZESTY DEVILED EGGS RECIPE
Just take your time, peel carefully and even if a few eggs fall apart along the way, they won’t go to a complete waste. You can use the broken eggs in your filling for some extra flavor. Once you get the egg peeling out of the way, the rest of the recipe is pretty straight forward. Read on for the full Deviled Eggs recipe. And definitely leave me a comment on your best egg-peeling tips!
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Zesty Deviled Eggs RecipeCourse: Sides & SaladsDifficulty: Medium
The classic appetizer for any party! These deviled eggs are loaded with a zesty flavor. Top them off with a slice of pickled jalapenos and call it a day!
1 cup mayo
1 tsp vinegar
2 tsp mustard
¼ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp paprika (plus more to sprinkle on top)
2 pickled jalapenos (optional for topping)
- Place all the eggs in a pot of water making sure they are completely immersed. Boil the eggs for about 30 minutes or until they start to crack
- Drain the eggs and immediately run cold water on them. You can keep the cold water running over them while you peel them
- Once all the eggs are completely peeled, place them on a paper towel to absorb all the excess water
- Cut each egg in half and remove the yolk. Place all the yolks in a separate bowl and set the white egg halves in a casserole dish lined with more paper towels
- Break apart the egg yolks by smashing with a fork until they are all completely crumbled
- Add the mayo, vinegar, mustard, black pepper, salt and paprika to the bowl with the egg yolks. Using a mixer, beat on low until everything is blended well and has a thick, creamy consistency
- Scoop about 1 Tbs of the filling into each of the egg halves (or you can use a pastry bag if you prefer). Sprinkle with paprika as desired
- If you’d like to top some of them with the pickled jalapenos, cut up the jalapenos and place a slice on top of each deviled egg
- Store in fridge until ready to serve
- Calories & Nutritional Info may vary based on different brands and ingredients used. Nutritional Info below was calculated using Very Fit Well’s Nutrition Calculator.
30 servings per container
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Total Fat
- Saturated Fat 1.1g 6%
- Cholesterol 84mg 29%
- Sodium 106mg 5%
- Amount Per Serving% Daily Value *
- Potassium 33mg 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- Dietary Fiber 0.1g 1%
- Sugars 0.7g
- Protein 2.9g 6%
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Following on from the last post about swords and Sir John Smythe’s instructions on how to use them in combat we’ll turn to his opinion on daggers. In short – the simpler the better. He suggests daggers of nine or ten inches without hilts or with short crosses.
Long heauie Daggers also, with great brauling Alehouse hilts, (which were neuer vsed but for priuate fraies and braules, and that within lesse than these fortie yeres; since which time through lōg peace, we haue forgotten all orders and discipline Militarie) they doo no waies disallow, nor find fault withall, but rather allowe them for their Souldiors to weare, than short arming Daggers of conuenient forme & substance, without hilts, or with little short crosses, of nine or ten inches the blades, such as not onely our braue Ancestors, but al other warlike Nations, both in warre and peace, did weare, and vse. By the which they euidently shew that they do very litle consider how ouer-burdensome and combersome, such Alehouse Daggers are for all sorts of Souldiors both horsemen and footmen, as also how vnfit they are to be vsed with the point and thrust by Soldiors, Piquers or Halbardiers against their enemies in squadron. Where, by proofe, reason and experience, in al battailes and other encounters, the nerenesse and prease being so great, short, strong, and light arming daggers are more maniable, and of greater executiō amongst al sorts of armed men, than such long deformed Daggers, as aforesaid.
In this it seems he is addressing two separate concerns related to the military use of daggers:
- The first is specific to the time period and the style of combat. In formation the Alehouse daggers become unwieldy. Longer blades become a liability.
- The second is implied in the comment about alehouse daggers being ‘ouer-burdensome and combersome’. As a soldier you’ll have to carry your equipment with you – often further than you’d like, over terrain your not keen about, to places further away than the local pub.
Below Paul Wagner from Stoccata explaining more about Alehouse daggers.
This theme of military concerns winning out over what we would think was effectiveness is echoed in Duke of Albemarle’s 1671 Observations upon military & political affairs. When discussing the arming of pikemen he has this to say:
The Offensive Arms of a Pike-man are these.
A good long Pike of eighteen foot in length with a small Steel head, and a good stiff Tuck not very long, with a Belt: for if you arm your men with Swords, half the Swords you have in your Army amongst your common men, will upon the first March you make be broken with cutting of Boughs.
Going back a century to 1578. In the book Of the knovvledge and conducte of warres two bookes, latelye wrytten and sett foorth, profitable for suche as delight in hystoryes, or martyall affayres, and necessarye for this present tyme authored by someone only known as T.P. there is this said about the arming of pikemen.
Moreouer in myne oppinion, it were an excellent furniture for the pikeman to haue a dagge, or a case of dagges at his girdle, for diuers purposes. But it is needefull for euerie souldiour in the fielde to haue a good swerde and dagger, and for the armed souldiour, the same woulde bee but shorte, with waightie pomells, stronge, & narrowe poynted.
I read the last section as relating to the characteristics of the ideal sword rather than the dagger. Earlier in the work upon the subject of who makes a good soldier, he has this to say about practitioners of the art:
But the cōmō speache of fencers, that they be neuer good souldiours, proceadeth not of iudgemēt. For though there be of them, as of other men, some faynte fellowes, yet for the more part, that inclynation & delight in the vse of weapons, sheweth some manlike courage, & the practise & skill therein, breadeth hardines: and albeit there be other sortes of weapons vsed in warres, yet the exercyse of these, causeth nimblenes & actiuitye to handle anie other. And therefore if he bee not otherwise vnrulie, or naughtelye geuen, he that is practysed and skilfull in vsynge of weapons, is lykelye to prooue a valyaunt and an excellent souldiour.
So hooray for us. However never forget rule one. Don’t get hit.
But hee that feareth not to receaue hurte, excepte he knowe howe to inflicte daunger & doe harmes vnto the enemie, is not profitable. And therefore, when there was one cōmended vnto an expert captaine (by his manie skarres of woūdes receaued) that he was a great souldier, & a verie man, the captaine asked streight, where is the man which hurt him thus: brynge him vnto mee, (quod he) & I will entertayne him presentlie, for in this case I like the geeuer, better then the taker. | <urn:uuid:7839888a-bb01-4377-90ef-730f42fdd555> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://otakudo.net/2016/07/07/swords-in-war-part-2-daggers-and-are-fencers-any-good/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.936616 | 1,258 | 2.234375 | 2 |
UK ISS Pass details for October 2014
The International Space Station (ISS) is back over UK skies with some great evening passes during October 2014. Watch out for this bright delight in the autumn skies.
The ISS is the largest Space Station/ laboratory ever built, it can be spotted with the naked eye at certain times as it orbits Earth at 17500mph at an altitude of roughly 200 miles.
Spotting the station is very easy and you don’t need any special equipment. You only need your eyes!
Check out the Beginners Guide to Seeing the ISS to learn how easy it is to spot sailing over and the Beginners Guide to Photographing the International Space Station (ISS).
You can also see this great guide on how to watch and photograph the ISS.
All you need to know is when and where the ISS will be passing over your location. Luckily the United Kingdom (British Isles) is small enough for most of us who live there to see the ISS at the same time. Neighboring countries can see the station pass over at roughly the same time also.
Only bright passes are included in the predictions and the fainter less easy ones have been left out.
The table below gives approximate ISS pass times and basic information, this will help you spot the station as it passes over.
Only bright passes which can be seen from the UK are listed and information is approximate. Timings may differ by a few seconds, dependent on observer’s location. Times may change at short notice if the Station performs an orbital boost and changes its orbit. All Timings are local time.
Make sure you give yourself plenty of time, get your cameras ready and enjoy the ISS as it passes over in October and keep your eyes peeled for meteors, satellites and other objects too, they will be visible most nights!
Good luck and clear skies…..
ISS bright UK pass details for October 2014
Enjoy watching the ISS as it passes over.
Times may change at short notice so please check this page daily for accurate timings
|Date||Approximate Brightness of the ISS||ISS Rises 10° over the horizon (start time)||ISS Approaches From (start direction)||ISS Highest Point||ISS Sets/ Goes into Earths Shadow (direction)||ISS Goes into Earths Shadow||Approximate ISS Pass Details|
|10 October 2014||Very Bright||20:08||SW||20:11||SE||20:11||Short Medium Altitude Pass|
|11 October 2014||Very Bright||19:19||SW||19:22||E||19:24||Medium Pass Disappears Before Horizon|
|12 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||20:05||WSW||20:09||ESE||20:09||Shorter Overhead Pass|
|13 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||19:16||SW||19:19||E||19:22||Overhead Pass|
|14 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||20:03||W||20:07||E||20:07||Overhead Pass Fades Before Horizon|
|15 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||19:14||WSW||19:17||E||19:19||Overhead Pass|
|16 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||20:01||W||20:04||E||20:05||Short Overhead Pass|
|17 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||19:11||W||19:15||E||19:17||Overhead Pass|
|18 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||19:59||W||20:02||SE||20:02||Short Overhead Pass|
|09 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||21:34||W||21:38||E||21:41||Overhead Pass|
|19 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||19:09||W||19:12||E||19:15||Overhead Pass|
|20 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||19:56||W||19:59||S||20:00||Shorter Overhead Pass|
|21 October 2014||Incredibly Bright||19:07||W||19:10||ESE||19:12||Overhead Pass|
|22 October 2014||Bright||19:54||W||19:57||S||19:58||Medium Pass Ends Before Horizon|
|23 October 2014||Very Bright||19:04||W||19:07||SE||19:10||Medium Altitude Pass|
|24 October 2014||Bright||19:52||W||19:54||S||19:56||Overhead Pass|
|25 October 2014||Bright||19:01||W||19:04||SE||19:08||Low Pass|
|27 October 2014||Less Bright||18:00||W||18:01||SE||18:06||Very Low Challenging Pass For Northern Observers| | <urn:uuid:8f664098-b890-45af-8e1f-17533ad4b3d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.meteorwatch.org/uk-iss-passes-october-2014/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.878623 | 1,039 | 2.453125 | 2 |
Our partners the Centre for Life today launched their new Experiment Zone – a space for exploration and practical science. We were delighted to be there to join the celebrations, and see CBBC science specialist Fran Scott doing her thing:
The purpose of the event, though, was to see the new zone in action. It’s a laboratory space, but not as you know it. OK, so it looks a little like a lab space in this photo:
…but when you see it in person you’ll realise it’s not like any lab you’ve seen. Life have some more details about it, but our advice is to head to Life and experience it yourself.
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You will need
- - foam turbine;
- - a foam concentrate;
- - foam gun;
- the container under water;
- the foam generator.
Calculate the budget of the party. From your amount will depend on the choice of the service provider. There are several ways to arrange a disco with a surprise in the form of flows of foam: purchase the necessary equipment, to rent or to order the services of professionals who organize shows for you and your guests. At specialized sites on the Internet, you can hire a foam cannon, turbine and generator foam and purchase foam concentrate. Experts advise to test it beforehand: if the floor remains of the soap threads, not a mousse, so concentrate poorly.
Choosing a foam gun, keep in mind, what audience and what kind of space designed your foam party. For children's disco or hall with low ceiling suitable foaming agent small amounts. At the open-air, you can afford a more powerful generator. Before the purchase or lease of equipment, calculate its size and estimate if it will fit the dimensions in the place where you plan to install it. Note that the installation and dismantling should be done by professionals, preferably staff of the company that provides a foam gun and a generator.
Decide where will be a foam party. A closed room should be equipped with a ventilation system with a good hood, and shall meet all fire and sanitary-epidemiological requirements. If you are organizing a foam party is not a "turnkey", in advance take care of the subsequent cleaning of the territory from the remnants of the foam. Also warn your guests that the modern formulations of foam concentrates will not harm clothes, so "swim" in the foam is possible without undressing to the bathing suit.
Consider additional special effects for the party. Advantageous of all streams of foam at the disco look to the light colored laser beams and accompanied by Groovy music. A non-trivial variant of the foam show - one in which participating guests (it is assigned the role of spectators), and professional actors, often strippers or dancers go-go.
For obtaining the air-mechanical foam is required propedeuse device(foam sprinklers, foam chambers, foam generators, nozzles), water and foaming agent, which differ in their purpose, physico-chemical properties, temperature indicators, multiplicity, and concentration.
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o Client-server signaling as used in many implementation for IP telephony using H.248, MEGACO, MGCP, IP encapsulated ISDN, or proprietary protocols is marked with CS5 DSCP (use Signaling service class). o Signaling between call servers or soft-switches in carrier's network using SIP, SIP-T, or IP encapsulated ISUP is marked with CS5 DSCP (use Signaling service class). o RSVP signaling depends on the application. If RSVP signaling is "on-path" as used in IntServ, then it needs to be forwarded from the same queue (service class) and marked with the same DSCP value as application data that it is controlling. This may also apply to the "on-path" Next Steps in Signaling (NSIS) protocol. o If IGMP is used for multicast session control such as channel changing in IPTV systems, then IGMP packets should be marked with CS5 DSCP (use Signaling service class). When IGMP is used only for the normal multicast routing purpose, it should be marked with CS6 DSCP (use Network Control service class). RFC2983] considers the interaction of DiffServ architecture with IP tunnels of various forms. Further to guidelines provided in RFC 2983, below are additional guidelines for mapping service classes that are supported in one part of the network into a VPN connection. This discussion is limited to VPNs that use DiffServ technology for traffic differentiation. o The DSCP value(s) that is/are used to represent a PHB or a PHB group should be the same for the networks at both ends of the VPN tunnel, unless remarking of DSCP is done as ingress/egress processing function of the tunnel. DSCP marking needs to be preserved end to end.
o The VPN may be configured to support one or more service classes. It is left up to the administrators of the two networks to agree on the level of traffic differentiation that will be provided in the network that supports VPN service. Service classes are then mapped into the supported VPN traffic forwarding behaviors that meet the traffic characteristics and performance requirements of the encapsulated service classes. o The traffic treatment in the network that is providing the VPN service needs to be such that the encapsulated service class or classes receive comparable behavior and performance in terms of delay, jitter, and packet loss and that they are within the limits of the service specified. o The DSCP value in the external header of the packet forwarded through the network providing the VPN service may be different from the DSCP value that is used end to end for service differentiation in the end network. o The guidelines for aggregation of two or more service classes into a single traffic forwarding treatment in the network that is providing the VPN service is for further study.
Differentiated Services Architecture. Some service classes, such as Network Control, are not permitted to be used by users at all; such traffic should be dropped or remarked by ingress filters. Where service classes are available under the SLA only to an authenticated user rather than to the entire population of users, authentication and authorization services are required, such as those surveyed in [AUTHMECH].
[RFC0791] Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", STD 5, RFC 791, September 1981. [RFC0793] Postel, J., "Transmission Control Protocol", STD 7, RFC 793, September 1981. [RFC1349] Almquist, P., "Type of Service in the Internet Protocol Suite", RFC 1349, July 1992. [RFC1812] Baker, F., "Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers", RFC 1812, June 1995. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2309] Braden, B., Clark, D., Crowcroft, J., Davie, B., Deering, S., Estrin, D., Floyd, S., Jacobson, V., Minshall, G., Partridge, C., Peterson, L., Ramakrishnan, K., Shenker, S., Wroclawski, J., and L. Zhang, "Recommendations on Queue Management and Congestion Avoidance in the Internet", RFC 2309, April 1998. [RFC2474] Nichols, K., Blake, S., Baker, F., and D. Black, "Definition of the Differentiated Services Field (DS Field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 Headers", RFC 2474, December 1998. [RFC2475] Blake, S., Black, D., Carlson, M., Davies, E., Wang, Z., and W. Weiss, "An Architecture for Differentiated Service", RFC 2475, December 1998. [RFC2597] Heinanen, J., Baker, F., Weiss, W., and J. Wroclawski, "Assured Forwarding PHB Group", RFC 2597, June 1999. [RFC3246] Davie, B., Charny, A., Bennet, J.C., Benson, K., Le Boudec, J., Courtney, W., Davari, S., Firoiu, V., and D. Stiliadis, "An Expedited Forwarding PHB (Per-Hop Behavior)", RFC 3246, March 2002. [RFC3662] Bless, R., Nichols, K., and K. Wehrle, "A Lower Effort Per-Domain Behavior (PDB) for Differentiated Services", RFC 3662, December 2003.
[AUTHMECH] Rescorla, E., "A Survey of Authentication Mechanisms", Work in Progress, September 2005. [QBSS] "QBone Scavenger Service (QBSS) Definition", Internet2 Technical Report Proposed Service Definition, March 2001. [RFC1633] Braden, R., Clark, D., and S. Shenker, "Integrated Services in the Internet Architecture: an Overview", RFC 1633, June 1994. [RFC2205] Braden, R., Zhang, L., Berson, S., Herzog, S., and S. Jamin, "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 Functional Specification", RFC 2205, September 1997. [RFC2581] Allman, M., Paxson, V., and W. Stevens, "TCP Congestion Control", RFC 2581, April 1999. [RFC2697] Heinanen, J. and R. Guerin, "A Single Rate Three Color Marker", RFC 2697, September 1999. [RFC2698] Heinanen, J. and R. Guerin, "A Two Rate Three Color Marker", RFC 2698, September 1999. [RFC2963] Bonaventure, O. and S. De Cnodder, "A Rate Adaptive Shaper for Differentiated Services", RFC 2963, October 2000. [RFC2983] Black, D., "Differentiated Services and Tunnels", RFC 2983, October 2000. [RFC2996] Bernet, Y., "Format of the RSVP DCLASS Object", RFC 2996, November 2000. [RFC3086] Nichols, K. and B. Carpenter, "Definition of Differentiated Services Per Domain Behaviors and Rules for their Specification", RFC 3086, April 2001. [RFC3168] Ramakrishnan, K., Floyd, S., and D. Black, "The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP", RFC 3168, September 2001. [RFC3175] Baker, F., Iturralde, C., Le Faucheur, F., and B. Davie, "Aggregation of RSVP for IPv4 and IPv6 Reservations", RFC 3175, September 2001.
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Greatest Common Factor (GCF) and Least Common Multiple (LCM)/Math Number Sense
In this two part class students will learn how to find the Greatest Common Factor and the Least Common Multiple when comparing two or more numbers.
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In this two part class students will learn how to find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) and Least Common Multiple (LCM) when comparing two or more numbers. Knowing the GCF and LCM make working with fractions, word problems and even Algebra easier. Students will be introduced to some basic math vocabulary and learn how to solve GCF and LCM problems using a variety of problem solving methods. Bring paper, pencil and crayons or colored pencils to class so that you can take notes. What you...
A worksheet will be sent after class so students can practice what they learn in class.
Bring paper, pencil and colored pencils or crayons to class so you can take notes. The rules in math don't change so what you learn today can be applied to future math classes.
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Hello! My name is Mrs. Fox and I am excited to be able to offer classes on Outschool that pertain to my two favorite subjects: Music and Math. I attended Louisiana State University and graduated with a Bachelors in Music Performance and attended... | <urn:uuid:27c86eaa-b077-4fa2-a2f4-2e47065409a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://outschool.com/classes/greatest-common-factor-gcf-and-least-common-multiple-lcmmath-number-sense-Vx4Du7vt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.871623 | 686 | 2.65625 | 3 |
A video uploaded to Youtube show's what we've long suspected: bears make great pole dancers.
The footage, show at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort (B.C., Canada, not Butte, America), shows a playful black bear cub approach the flag and do a pretty spectacular dance around the flag.
In the parlance of our times, the bear "gets low." Then it twirls around the flag, bending it down, and then at perhaps the best moment of choreography, lets the flag go so that it shoots upright again. It's enough to make Bob Fosse cry.
We at Distinctly Montana would bet that bears are probably among the top 10% of the animal kingdom when it comes to having dance skills. Number one, of course, is the Corsican Waltzing Bird, followed by the Jesus Lizard, then the North American Black Bear, and finally humans.
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Motivation is a worldwide requirement. No person could do anything at all without a little motivation served on a platter. From scientists to historians to athletes to artists, everyone needs the motivation to accomplish great goals of their lives.
Suppose, you play ping pong and one day suddenly out of nowhere you just want to give up working hard for your career and your fame. Suppose you don’t want to exercise, suppose you’re far too low on motivation and all you want to do is stay cooped up in your dark room, hence, you are in terrible need of someone or something that can get you back your lost motivation. This is the entire reason why athletic magazines even exist.
Here are a list f magazines to keep you motivated and give you tidbits about goods or bads for athletes. Runner’s World Just in case you need an advice or an informant you have Runner’s Best for great tips and advice on what is good or what is bad for you as an athlete. Or if you’re just a die-hard fan and want to get tips to train as a beginner this magazine is as good as any coach you can get live to train you.
If you’re a swimmer or a runner or someone who bikes around for passion this is just the magazine you’re looking for. Coach and Athletic Director This one especially for the high-school and college coaches. This comes with advice and tips for coaches on how to train your little dragons. This issue brings tips for coaching of both men and women sports figures. Interviews of amazing sportsmen and athletes are included for coaches and fans to go through and study before they went for a particular sport. Shape Magazine As the name suggests, focuses on shape and figure publishes issues on how to attain a great body figure as a perfect hourglass figure has been in demand of late. It covers a wide range of topics, starting from how to keep a proper figure to beauty tips to recipes for dietary soups.
Do you want to get fit? Purchase a copy of Shape Magazine right now! Sports Illustrated Magazine A lot of parents are not sure which sport is it that their kid wants to play and which sport he has a caliber for. After all, you can not just push away your child into baseball if he wants to play ping pong. A lot of parents wouldn’t allow their child to go with ping and enforce baseball on them as it is an outdoor game which involves reflexes and strength to forget ping pong too is a game that involves reflexes, sharpens the focus and requires strength specially when using the right and mostly featured table tennis like SmartPong Table Tennis Robot. This magazine deals with such issues and is a guide to parents on how to deal with such matters. Not just sports, this magazine goes out of traditional sports to puzzles and stories on sports.
Men’s Health This lifestyle magazine as suggested by name for men is a guide on how to stay fit and make their lives better. How to keep relationships and how to deal with stress and what careers would be best for them and issue related to health and work. | <urn:uuid:68592335-f3cc-4956-82ba-3a0696f68b17> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ciaovogue.com/motivational-athlete-magazines/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.974777 | 643 | 1.960938 | 2 |
Background Bacterial spores may remain dormant for many years, yet harbor the remarkable capacity to rapidly resume metabolic activity and recommence life. features, such as for example transcription, translation, carbon fat burning capacity, and spore-specific determinants. Quantitative evaluation of dormant and germinating spore phosphoproteomes uncovered phosphorylation dynamics, indicating that phospho-modifications could modulate proteins activity in this mobile changeover. Furthermore, by mutating go for phosphorylation sites located within protein representative of essential biological procedures, we established an operating connection between phosphorylation as well as the development of spore revival. Conclusions Herein, we offer, for the very first time, a phosphoproteomic watch of the germinating bacterial spore. We further display which the spore phosphoproteome is normally powerful and present proof that phosphorylation occasions play an intrinsic function in facilitating spore revival. Electronic supplementary materials The online edition of this content (doi:10.1186/s12915-015-0184-7) contains supplementary materials, which is open to authorized users. types can perform a complicated developmental process known as sporulation, leading to the forming of a highly long lasting spore, one of Org 27569 the most resilient cell type known. Therefore, spore forming bacterias, including harmful pathogens, such as for example (((PY79) as captured by phase-contrast microscopy. Proven are phase-contrast pictures acquired on the indicated period points. Scale club symbolizes 1 m. b Purified spores of PY79 stress had been incubated within a revival moderate filled with L-Ala and AGFK, and had Rabbit Polyclonal to MAD2L1BP been harvested on the indicated period points. Left sections show matching phase-contrast images from the germinating spores ahead of further handling. Next, spores had been lysed, and protein had Org 27569 been extracted and put through trypsin digestive function. Digested peptides had been enriched for phosphorylated peptides by TiO2 chromatography (five consecutive rounds). All examples had been analyzed on LTQ-Orbitrap XL mass spectrometer. Label-free quantitation (LFQ) was put on determine phosphoproteome dynamics (find Strategies) Nutrient binding to germinant receptors network marketing leads to speedy recommencement of fat burning capacity, transcription, and translation [15, 16, 20C22]; nevertheless, the molecular system propelling these dramatic adjustments remains largely unidentified. A possible system for co-initiation of multiple mobile processes could possibly be through post-translational adjustments such as proteins phosphorylation, which is normally exploited by bacterias to mediate speedy mobile responses to several exterior stimuli . Consistent with this watch, an array of proteins kinase inhibitors had Org 27569 been proven to perturb the procedure of germ pipe development upon exiting dormancy in the bacterium . Further, it’s been demonstrated that muropeptides result in spore germination in by activating the eukaryotic-like membrane serine/threonine kinase PrkC. Subsequently, PrkC phosphorylates the fundamental translational initiation element elongation element G (EF-G). However, the consequences of the phosphorylation event and its own influence on germination aren’t fully realized . Right here, we analyzed if also to which degree proteins phosphorylation occurs in the starting point of spore revival. Through the use of high res mass spectrometry (MS)-centered phosphoproteomics, we described the reviving (spores had been purified and induced to germinate in buffer supplemented exclusively with the described germinants L-Ala and AGFK (asparagine, blood sugar, fructose, and potassium) . We reasoned a mix of germinants would effectively result in the signaling pathways, activating synchronous revival. Significantly, such conditions enable spores to full germination, however, not outgrowth, departing them stuck at the first ripening period [15, 26]. The germinating spores had been sampled in three natural replicates at different period factors: t = 0 mins, in the dormant condition; ten minutes post-germinant addition, when a lot of the spores (80 %) got finished germination; and consequently at thirty minutes, when all spores got germinated yet had been caught at early ripening (Fig.?1b, remaining sections). Spores from every time stage had been lysed, and their proteins content material extracted, trypsinized, and enriched for phosphopeptides ahead of MS evaluation (Fig.?1b). As an initial part of our analysis, we described the phosphoproteome of the germinating bacterial spore by merging data from all examined replicates and period factors. Peptide and proteins recognition was performed by MaxQuant (Andromeda internet search engine) utilizing a target-decoy technique, as referred to previously [27, 28]. The fake discovery rate in the proteins level was 1.7 % with the peptide level 0.4 %; in every cases, proteins and peptide intensities demonstrated a high degree of relationship between specialized replicates (Pearson relationship coefficient 0.95; Extra file 1: Shape S1). Collectively, our evaluation revealed a complete of 155 phosphorylation sites situated in 124 different phosphoproteins (Extra file 2: Desk S1) detected whatsoever period points for confirmed experiment. A lot of the phosphorylation occasions (125 sites within 106 protein) was not detected in prior phosphoproteome analyses of vegetative cells (Extra file 2: Desk S1) [29C35]. Phosphorylation occasions had been found that occurs generally on Ser/Thr sites (120/155), using a minority (35/155) situated on Tyr residues (Extra file 2: Desk S1), much like the. | <urn:uuid:0a5f2390-5c93-4d85-9b5d-6ba5cee11b4e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://tak-632.com/background-bacterial-spores-may-remain-dormant-for-many-years-yet-harbor/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.931269 | 1,236 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Proud of East Texas: Silly Symphony Band
EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - All but one of the popular "Silly Symphony" band are gone now, but at the Gladewater Museum, the band and its music live on.
Mary Alice Allen, 91, is the only surviving member of the band, which entertained throughout the Ark-La-Tex for over two decades.
"What made it such a joy is we enjoyed each other and we had so much fun and everybody had a unique personality," Mary said.
Mary, who was a member of the band for 17 years, played the accordion, an instrument she had played since she was a child.
"I played at revivals when I was 12 years old," she said.
Stan Ellis's mother, Dorothy, was the pianist for the band, and he's the one who donated her extensive memorabilia of the band to the museum.
"When my mother was doing this, was far the happiest time of her life," Stan said.
While a number of the band members were accomplished musicians, Ellis said there were also people playing washboard, mariachis, cowbells and sometimes pots and pans.
"Here's a lady on a washboard. That's Joann Maple. Her 99th birthday, and she's still performing," he said.
The Silly Symphony band played throughout East Texas and into Louisiana, at festivals, grand opening, senior citizens homes and a number of times at the state fair of Texas.
The museum collection, in addition to photographs, news articles and recordings, contains dozens of thank-you letters, including a letter from Ronald Reagan.
Mary Alice says the first name for the band was "Symfunny," but because the band's antics were so popular, people started calling it silly, and it became the Silly Symphony.
"We played everything. We played like the war songs, white cliffs of Dover. We played popular songs of the time. We played country songs and so many of them wanted spiritual songs," said Mary.
She is full of stories of the many people she met along the way, playing in the band.
"For me, it's the people, I don't care what it is, it's always the people," she said.
And of course, it was the people who made the Silly Symphony band so popular, they were invited everywhere.
"They just couldn't wait for us to get there, we were so beloved," Mary said.
Even though Mary Alice Allen's 91 years have all been filled with interesting people and occasions, her time with the Silly Symphony is among her very best memories.
The Gladewater Museum is located at 116 West Pacific Avenue, and is open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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A day after a US aircraft carrier strike group entered the South China Sea, China’s People’s Liberation Army flew 28 warplanes through Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
The flights marked the largest number of Chinese planes flying through the ADIZ since Taiwan’s Defense Ministry began disclosing the flights last September. China typically sends a significant number of planes through Taiwan’s ADIZ during US military drills in the region or after the US takes steps to boost ties with Taiwan.
The Chinese flights are hyped by Western media, but the ADIZ is not Taiwanese air space, and the Chinese planes usually pass through the southwest corner of the ADIZ. An ADIZ is an area where a country requires foreign aircraft to identify itself. The ADIZ concept is not covered under any international treaties and has no international regulations.
The flights also came after days of the US and its allies declaring China a global security threat in the form of statements from NATO, G7, and the EU. The G7 released a statement on Sunday that called for “peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” which China denounced as interference in its internal affairs.
The US has been taking steps to boost diplomatic ties with Taiwan, angering Beijing, and making a conflict over the island more likely. Earlier this month, a group of US senators traveled to Taiwan aboard a military plane, which Beijing viewed as a flagrant provocation. US visits to Taiwan are typically done in discreet passenger planes.
President Biden’s nominee to be the top US diplomat in East Asia told the Senate on Tuesday that Washington should strengthen ties with Taiwan in “every sector.” The US and Taiwan are preparing to resume talks over a potential trade deal, something China has warned against. | <urn:uuid:ef117fd0-cced-4b14-b277-d5f63cb95296> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://news.antiwar.com/2021/06/15/china-sends-28-warplanes-through-taiwans-adiz-in-response-to-us-drills/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.943513 | 364 | 2.109375 | 2 |
A Youth Master Plan is in the early phase of development for the city of Woodland and the Woodland School District that could ultimately provide for better education, safety, and overall growth for local kids.
Approved by the City Council this past week, the collaboration will cost around $73,000 to develop over several years, according to Christine Engel, community services director.
The action taken Tuesday involves only Phase 1, which is budgeted for $23,900, of which the city would pay $12,450, the remainder covered by the Woodland School District. The city is using Measure J sales tax funds to cover the costs. There was no debate about the idea, which was included in the consent calendar, meaning there was no discussion.
It is anticipated that Phase 1 would commence in January 2021 and be completed in April.
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Half of Western Energy Alliance Membership Already Jumped Ship
HELENA, MT- Western Energy Alliance, a Denver-based industry front-group fueled by Big Oil, has seen an unprecedented decline in membership in recent years. Just one year after multi-national oil giant BP decided to leave the front-group due to its backward positions and opposition to acting on climate, Accountable.US discovered that upwards of 100 additional members have left since 2017 and its membership is about half the size it was in 2012. The Alliance’s steep decline in membership was confirmed by the front-group’s executive director in an E&E News story.
“The warming climate reality is all around us, yet industry front-groups like Western Energy Alliance continue to misinform the public and obstruct the Biden administration’s commonsense policies to address climate change,” said Jayson O’Neill, Accountable.US spokesperson. “This front-group’s head-in-the-sand positions are rightfully pushing it to obsolescence. The few remaining members should really question the value of continuing to have an out-of-touch voice like Western Energy Alliance speak on behalf of the industry, because it’s clearly not helping.”
Western Energy Alliance (WEA) has been one of the most vocal out-of-touch obstructionists to the Biden administration’s commonsense efforts to address climate change, confirm qualified nominees, fix America’s broken public lands and waters leasing system, and ensure taxpayers are not being shortchanged in the process. But the group’s opposition to conserving America’s shared resources and its efforts to derail climate action have members leaving in droves.
The front-group, along with other Big Oil lobby groups like the American Petroleum Institute — which is also facing membership declines due to its opposition to acting on climate change — continue to spew false rhetoric about the Biden administration’s oil and gas leasing pause, even recently promoting an industry-slated study. The group’s executive director even chose to pile on to the Texas deep-freeze tragedy in an attempt to bolster natural gas before the facts were revealed that natural gas outages crippled the state’s utilities.
*WEA’s self-reported membership from 2012, 2017, and 2021
Just Over One Year Ago, Oil Giant BP Left WEA Publicly, Citing The Group’s Anti-Climate Policies. “BP is withdrawing from three trade groups over climate policies, a move that comes after the company vowed to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The oil giant is pulling out of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, the Western Energy Alliance and the Western States Petroleum Association, the company said Wednesday.” [Washington Post, 02/26/20]
- BP Also Cited WEA’s Opposition To Reducing Methane Pollution. “BP said that it was quitting WEA because it was ‘not aligned’ with BP’s positions on clamping down on methane leaks. The oil giant said it was leaving the other groups because of differences over putting a price on carbon.” [Washington Post, 02/26/20]
- In February 2021, WEA Said It “Represents 200 Member Companies.” “Western Energy Alliance represents 200 member companies engaged in all aspects of environmentally responsible exploration and production (E&P) of oil and natural gas in the West. The Alliance represents independent oil and gas producers, the majority of which are small businesses with an average of fourteen employees.” [WEA, captured 02/17/21]
- As Recently As 2017, WEA Said It Had “More Than 300 Members.” “Western Energy Alliance focuses on federal legislative, regulatory, environmental, public lands and other policy issues. We represent the voice of the Western oil and natural gas industry in a variety of ways. […] The Alliance helps power America. Become one of more than 300 members for expanded opportunities and additional member benefits.” [WEA, archived 06/18/17]
- And In 2012, WEA Told Colorado’s Business Roundtable That It Represented “More Than 400 Companies.” “Western Energy Alliance is a non-profit trade association representing more than 400 companies across the West connected by the similar interest of environmentally responsible exploration and production of oil and natural gas. Companies within the intermountain west are represented six ways.” [Colorado Business Roundtable, 01/16/12]
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Louisiana remains one of the most culturally fascinating states in the whole of the USA. This southern region is famous for being the birthplace of jazz music, for example! It’s also well known for its vibrant Mardi Gras and carnival scene, for playing host to the Mississippi River, and being the central location of many different stories, TV shows, movies and more. You’ll even find there are thousands of songs written about New Orleans, with millions more inspired by the region. Take a look below for 30 amazing and awesome facts about Louisiana.
1. Louisiana was named after King Louis XIV of France.
2. Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mexico to the south, Texas to the west and Mississippi to the east.
3. The capital of the state is Baton Rouge.
4. In 2019 the population of Louisiana was 4.649 million.
5. Louisiana has adopted two state songs. They are ’Give Me Louisiana’ and ‘You Are My Sunshine’.
6. Alligators roam throughout the wild in Louisiana, though they are also ‘farmed’.
7. Black Bears of a unique type live throughout Louisiana. They have broader snouts, bigger skulls, and longer molar teeth than most.
8. These unique bears were on the endangered species list as far back as 1992,after it was calculated 80% of the bears’ habitats had been changed or destroyed in the 1980s. They were removed from the endangered list by 2016.
9. At 24 miles long, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest ‘bridge’ over a stretch of water on earth.
10. New Orleans has worldwide fame as the ‘Home of Jazz’. Many famous Jazz musicians have called the area home, including legendary trumpet player and singer Louis Armstrong.
11. Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans on August 4th, 1901.
12. America ‘bought’ Louisiana from France in 1803. It cost them $15 million!
13. Louisiana is also known to many as the ‘Pelican’ state.
14. Louisiana became a state in 1812. Prior to that, it was simply known as ‘Orleans Territory’.
15. The Mississippi River runs 2,350 miles from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. Famous for its paddle boats, the River is a common sight in many films, and is featured in plenty of songs.
16. To honor what would have been Louis Armstrong’s 100th birthday, the Moisant Field Airport was renamed the ‘Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’.
17. Louisiana has four international airports, 70 public airports, 221 heliports, 174 private airports, 17 ultralight bases and ten seaplane bases!
18. Lee Harvey Oswald, most famous as the assassin of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, was born in New Orleans in 1939.
19. An ex US Marine, Oswald was imprisoned after shooting the President and later shot to death by Jack Ruby in a Dallas County Jail.
20. Louisiana has a long history of pioneering work for space exploration. The Michoud Assembly Facility is on an 832 acre site, and it’s where the Saturn V rocket was built.
21. The population of New Orleans is approximately 384,000, but this swells to just under 1.5 million people when Mardi Gras celebrations take place each year!
22. The words ‘Mardi Gras’ are French. Directly translated they mean ‘Tuesday Fat’. In France, this is a significant day, falling just before Ash Wednesday and therefore kicking off Lent in the Christian calendar.
23. The first celebration of Mardi Gras in the US was held on a piece of land south of New Orleans at the insistence of an explorer, Jean Baptiste, in 1699.
24. Approximately 300,000 alligators are farmed in Louisiana annually. They are then sold as meat or for their skins.
25. In the wild, alligators usually live for between 30 and 40 years, but have been known to reach 70! There are some pensioner alligators out there somewhere in the swamplands!
26. A record breaking alligator in Louisiana reached 19 feet 2 inches in length!
27. Louisiana is famous for a wide range of culinary delights, having been influenced by several sources. A ‘muffuletta’ is a large round sandwich containing Italian salami and ham, garlic, cheese, and salad. They were invented in New Orleans’ French quarter.
28. Gumbo is the official dish of Louisiana. Cajun-style Gumbo, made with fish or meat mixed with spices, is usually not so highly spiced as the more exotic Creole-style gumbo. This variation really ups the ante when it comes to tomatoes and peppers!
29. In the 1700s, French nuns brought a recipe for pralines to Louisiana. These are sweet treats with a high sugar content and based around the sweet crunch of pecan nuts. This treat is still widely enjoyed to this day, even all over the world!
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In early December 2020, an eagle-eyed diagnostics expert at Wärtsilä’s Expert Centre in Vaasa, Finland spotted a potential problem with the lube oil pressure in one of the engines onboard the shuttle tanker Aurora Spirit. Thanks to this early identification, made possible by Wärtsilä’s Expert Insight service, the vessel’s owners Altera Infrastructure were able to avoid what could have been a costly and time-consuming engine failure with the help of a relatively simple bearing replacement.
The Aurora Spirit, launched in 2020, is the world’s first dual-fuel e-shuttle tanker and one of six new-generation tankers ordered by Altera Infrastructure, formerly Teekay Offshore, and developed in close collaboration with Wärtsilä. The vessel features four Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines alongside a unique system that recovers volatile organic compounds for use as fuel to power both the gas turbine and the main engine.
As part of the Optimised Maintenance agreement between Altera Infrastructure and Wärtsilä, the Aurora Spirit is covered by the Wärtsilä Expert Insight service – a predictive maintenance service that combines artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and advanced diagnostics with Wärtsilä’s OEM expertise to identify anomalous behaviour. The service proactively identifies and highlights potential failures and early indications of equipment deterioration and conditions that cause equipment to run less efficiently.
In early December 2020, the Aurora Spirit was on its way to collect a cargo of crude oil from an offshore platform in the North Sea. As the vessel sailed close to Stavanger, Norway, diagnostics expert Philip Westberg was alerted to a potential problem with one of its engines. “Part of my daily job is to monitor the engine operating data for this vessel, and on that day the AI-based anomaly detection system had flagged an abnormality in the lube oil pressure at the turbocharger inlet, which was slightly higher than normal. Since I am familiar with the operating profile of the vessel, I was able to conclude that this was certainly worth investigating further,“ he explains.
Philip liaised with colleagues from Wärtsilä’s Technical Services and Operational Support teams to try to pin down what the problem could be. Potential causes could have been a simple sensor error, or perhaps an obstruction in the pipe leading to the sensor. Philip contacted the vessel’s chief engineer via the Expert Insight Collaboration app to request some onboard checks that would help to verify what was really going on.
“After Technical Services looked at the results of the onboard checks, they were able to confirm that there was a problem with the turbocharger and that the engine should be taken offline as a precaution,“ Philip explains. Wärtsilä then arranged an inspection which confirmed that the problem was with a bearing on the compressor side. “The bearing’s location pins had broken, meaning it was rotating inside its housing along with the shaft,“ explains Philip.
Had this problem not been identified early with the help of Expert Insight and the Wärtsilä team’s intimate knowledge of the vessel’s engines, it could have resulted in a major engine failure further down the line.
“A failed turbocharger bearing could result in damage to the compressor wheel; any metal fragments generated by this damage could then enter the charge air system, causing cylinder head damage,“ explains Marius Toldnes, Contract Manager, Wärtsilä Marine Power. “Worse still, they could cause the pistons to seize, which could cause the connection rod to break and come through the engine block.“
For Altera Infrastructure, the cost of the Expert Insight service pales into comparison against the consequences of the potential damage the broken component could have caused to the engine and the impact a breakdown would have had on their operations.
“For this kind of issue the potential repair bill would most certainly run into six figures under normal circumstances. Thankfully we discovered this problem early with the help of Philip, our Technical Services and Operational Support teams, and of course the Expert Insight anomaly detection service,“ Toldnes highlights.
Expert Insight analyses engine data according to a set of rules based on Wärtsilä’s vast installed base, and artificial intelligence is used to model engine behaviour. Anomalies are identified by comparing the predicted value provided by the model to the actual value measured by the sensors installed in the engine. Wärtsilä’s experts then use their deep OEM engineering knowledge to confirm what is going on and provide clear recommendations on how and when to deal with the issue.
Toldnes continues: “In the end, we were able to get a service engineer on board in time to perform the repair while the vessel was in transit to the platform. The repair itself took about a day and a half, but it was critical to finish the work before the Aurora Spirit reached its destination so that it had all its engines available for the dynamic positioning required for loading. Had the engine not been back up and running again in time, the vessel would have not been able to complete its contract, which in turn could have led to financial and operational consequences for Altera.“
This incident demonstrated not only the value of Expert Insight, but also the dedication of the Wärtsilä team in verifying the problem and coming up with a solution in a very short timeframe. The service provides our crews with invaluable support and our organisation with the peace of mind that our assets are protected by the very best in maritime engineering technologies and expertise.Martin Steffensen, Fleet Manager, Altera Infrastructure | <urn:uuid:097e5884-cf4b-4cbc-8de9-6816efde2b9c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wartsila.com/insights/case-study/aurora-spirit | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958027 | 1,192 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Andre, the best that can be said for your argument is that you know your way around a thesaurus. You’re not actually saying anything substantial between your adjectives.
Most Objectivists are fully aware of the intellectual leftist disdain for the “ordinary man.” It’s evident in their beloved post-modern art and philosophy that they have no respect for the mind; it’s evident in their politics that they do respect or trust man’s efficacy. The leftist misanthropy you ascribe to doesn’t take a particularly fine mind to understand. It has been thought about “clearly” … and rejected. A deep-thinking mind finds virtue in the “ordinary,” hard-working, “middle” American in spite of the cultural left’s pretentious and unwarranted elitism.
You make a case for the “struggling artist” and “struggling intellectual.” I put it to you that, today, the standards in art and the standards in intellectualism are so low, that it’s only right that the “ordinary man” (and Objectivist) is suspicious of them. The beauty of business is that there still remains an objective standard for success (contemporary “management studies” courses, notwithstanding): profit. As a consequence, while everyone here agrees that wealth does not prove virtue or vice, it’s a fair generalization to say that a person who has created wealth is more likely to have applied himself, identified and integrated reality, set goals, achieved them, dealt with the world honestly, etc. And as wealth creation, in general, requires this, the poor person is less likely to undertake these, and is more likely to sit in his cheap apartment, wring his hands, and wonder why his half-baked ideas, or meaningless daubs, go unappreciated.
The original quote was, “Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.” It really is uncontroversial. And while we can’t say that wealth proves virtue or vice, we can say that if you have obtained wealth, it follows you must have applied some degree of thought, planning, goal-orientation, focus, productivity, identification of opportunities for trade, etc. If you refuse to apply thought and focus, you will not create wealth. | <urn:uuid:c84b07d2-b373-4666-97ba-ee2e0f0da573> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://solohq.org/Forum/Quotes/0454_3.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957988 | 499 | 1.75 | 2 |
Bitcoin is unique in that when the last bitcoin is mined, around the year 2140, there will be approximately 20,999,999.9769, rounded off to 21 million, bitcoins in circulation. Also, by 2140, there’s going to be more people on the planet than there are right now (expectedly).
Here’s a question to ponder on: Are 21 million bitcoins enough for the human race?
The Beauty Of Divisibility
The Bitcoin protocol can absorb huge amounts of capital through its transactions across digital borders. It is able to do this through one of its key characteristics: divisibility.
Divisibility is one of the properties of any form of money, commodity, fiat or cryptocurrency that makes something of use or value into exchangeable money. In order to exchange goods of varying values, money has to be broken down into smaller units so it can be accounted for. In order to adopt and encourage the practical usage and purchase of bitcoin as an everyday currency alternative, bitcoin divisibility is crucial. Just like a one dollar bill can be broken down into 100 pennies, bitcoin can also be divided into smaller units. As the value of one bitcoin has increased, it is reasonable to buy a fraction of the digital currency instead of an entire bitcoin all at once. Bitcoin is divided into units as small as 0.00000001 BTC, which makes bitcoin perfect for micropayments. The divisibility of bitcoin comes from the currency’s maximum supply and other factors, such as the block reward. The smallest fraction of a bitcoin, 0.00000001 BTC, or 1 satoshi, was named to honor its mysterious creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. A single bitcoin is made up of 100,000,000 units called “satoshis.” Bitcoin’s divisibility could be a factor that contributes to its adoption because it will facilitate a wide range of payments that will not be possible with traditional currencies and payment methods. Online monetization and international remittances services can benefit from this feature. Successful currencies are divisible into smaller units. In order for a single currency system to function as a medium of exchange across all types of goods and values within an economy, it must have the flexibility associated with this divisibility.
A further breakdown: 21 million bitcoins is vastly smaller than the circulation of most fiat currencies in the world. Fortunately, bitcoin is divisible by up to eight decimal points. This allows for quadrillions of individual units of satoshis to be distributed throughout a global economy.
This is why bitcoin has a much larger degree of divisibility than the U.S. dollar, as well as many other fiat currencies.
For example, whilst the U.S. dollar can be divided into 1/100 of one USD, one Satoshi is 1/100,000,000 of one BTC. It is this extreme divisibility which makes bitcoin’s scarcity possible. If bitcoin continues to gain in price over time, users with tiny fractions of a single bitcoin can take part in everyday transactions. In contrast, without any divisibility, a price of $1,000,000 for one BTC would prevent the currency being used for most transactions.
Traditional cross-border payment solutions usually require a minimum amount and generate a fee, making micropayments unfeasible; however, micro cross-border payments are possible with bitcoin and more use cases will continue to appear as it evolves.
There are over two trillion galaxies with over one hundred billion stars in each. Such large numbers exist in the physical world but are difficult to understand. If my math is correct, 21,000,000 bitcoins can be broken down into over two quadrillion satoshis, which is an insane number that I find difficult to even wrap my head around. You may be put off by the current price of bitcoin. A friendly reminder that you don’t need to buy a whole coin to join in on the future.
Keep Stacking Sats Plebs!
There is enough room to split bitcoin to get it into the hands of those who really need it the most. Have a great day!
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General Motors Death Watch 166: The Unaccountable Accountant
In 1968, a book called The Peter Principle argued that large organizations promote employees past their proven abilities, until they reach their natural “level of incompetence.” As a remedy, Dr. Laurence J. Peter suggested a rigid corporate caste system. For example, a talented accountant could rise within his field to become the company’s The Chief Financial Officer (CFO). And that’s it. Promoting the successful beancounter to the head of the company risks evoking The Peter Principle, and threatens disaster. Or, in the case, of GM, creates it.
It’s ironic. As a Harvard-trained MBA, Rick Wagoner possesses the exact forensic accounting skills needed to prove that he's been a lousy Chief Executive Officer. While we can debate whether or not GM's former CFO has “set the stage” for GM’s “turnaround,” any halfway decent pencil pusher will tell you that General Motors’ financial health has deteriorated rapidly during Wagoner’s administration.
When Rick Wagoner became GM’s CEO in June 2000, the automaker’s market capitalization was $36b. The previous year, it banked a $6b profit. Today, GM’s market capitalization is $19.21b. Last year, the company lost $38.7b. Yes, the majority of the ‘07 red ink spray was a “paper” loss involving deferred tax credits (which will never be taken). So call it a $1.6b hit. And don’t forget that GM has lost billions of dollars over the last three years while selling off billions of dollars worth of assets and adding tens of billions of dollars in debt. GM’s currently paying more than $2.6b per year in interest.
When Wagoner took the helm of what was then the world’s largest automaker, the company’s North American market share stood at 28.2 percent. GM’s freshly-minted CEO promised a return to a 30 percent U.S. market share. In the last eight years, GM’s piece of the American pie has shrunk to 22.7 percent. If you remove sales to rental fleets, government agencies and customers within the GM “family,” GM’s American market share may well be in the teens.
And speaking of shares, yesterday afternoon, GM was trading at $22.35 per share. That’s down 48 percent from the $43.20 per share peak set after the “landmark” United Auto Workers’ agreement. Taking a longer term perspective, in May 2000, GM was trading at over $90 a share. At the turn of the last century, GM paid stockholders dividends worth .50 a share. Since 2006, GM has paid its stockholders .25 a share.
This series has chronicled the myriad of missteps during Wagoner’s tenure at the top. Lackluster products. Incoherent branding. Mistimed, muddled marketing. Production problems. Catastrophic supplier relations. Abject capitulation to union demands (including a VEBA worth more than GM's market cap). Suffice it to say, Wagoner has never publicly declared a hard target for GM’s return to profitability. He is the unaccountable accountant.
GM apologists maintain that Wagoner’s made the best of a bad situation not of his creation– forgetting that his minions missed the switch from SUVs to CUVs and cars. Instead, they point to the CEO’s relentless cost-cutting, a handful of “proper” cars (e.g. Cadillac CTS, Chevrolet Malibu) and forthcoming Hail Mary (e.g. the Chevrolet Volt). The fact that Wagoner’s radical downsizing hasn’t realized any savings and the new products haven’t stemmed GM’s market share slide is, supposedly, a short term issue.
Without a target for profit, who can argue the point? Is it even worth arguing? Ultimately, a company’s culture– not numbers on a balance sheet– determines its long term success or failure.
Rick Wagoner began his career as an analyst for GM in the New York Treasurer's Office in 1977. He has hasn’t worked a single day outside of General Motors. So it’s no wonder that Wagoner hasn’t had any impact on GM’s corporate culture. The automaker is still a nest of vipers. Well, dozens of nests of vipers; all competing with each other for resources. The company lacks teamwork, coordination, esprit de corps and, I would suggest, a strong moral foundation.
That’s the GM Rick knows. That’s what he protects. After all, it’s protected and rewarded him. Just yesterday, GM’s Board of Bystanders re-raised Wagoner’s annual salary to $2.2m. He will also receive 165,563 shares from GM’s “long-term incentive plan,” 500k stock options and 75k restricted stock units. The board also agreed to pay Wagoner an addition $3.52m under GM's Annual Incentive Plan– if the company achieves an unspecified performance target. And then there’s Wagoner’s bankruptcy-proof pension, health care, cars for life, etc.
By any reasonable metric, Rick Wagoner has been a disaster for General Motors. By appointing ANOTHER Harvard trained GM lifer and former CFO to replace him, Wagoner has assured a legacy of upwards-failing executive incompetence. But it would be completely unfair to say that Rick Wagoner has been a failure as GM’s CEO. He’s the single best example of The Peter Principle of our time.
Joeaverage on Mar 11, 2008
GM quietly goes broke and they are out of a line of contracts longer than a Chevy Silverado crewcab. Then they ditch the UAW, they ditch their retirement programs, and the ditch the dealer program which demands they build the same car or truck or SUV under 5 different name plates so all of the different dealer tracks have competitive (with each other) products. I say that Saturn selling Opels (ditch the Saturn name please) is the division with the best potential future if GM could change their business model to generate some profit. No-haggle pricing, clever/interesting/frugal cars straight from European Opel, and an existing dealer network and the least number of rebadged vehicles in the company if you don't count Opel to Saturn as rebadging. They ought to expand the vehicles they sell in the USA under the Opel brand so that we get a more diverse range of vehicles - from the bigger Vue to the Zaphira and Astra, to the retractable hardtops down to the Corsa. Include the commercial versions too (delivery white vans and cars). And then, offer the WHOLE lineup to all of the GM dealers. Eventually dealers would become GM dealers selling all the GM brands. I don't go to a Sony store or a Nike store or a Schwinn bicycle store... I go to a store that sells many brands. The good dealers will prosper, the bad ones will fail. Good. Lastly attempt to unify the safety and pollution standards with the other countries that their divisions operate in so that their other divisions' products can be sold anywhere. I guess that will not likely work b/c they WANT us to buy big...
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Election Day might’ve looked quite different this year, but its impact and consequences are largely the same. And Ruby Shamir wants to make sure young children across the country know it.
A few years ago, Shamir authored a series of four books under the umbrella “What’s the Big Deal About …” Among the books were “What’s the Big Deal About First Ladies?” Or “What’s the Big Deal About Freedom?” And “What’s the Big Deal About Americans?”
But the fourth book — which is experiencing a resurgence in popularity for seemingly obvious reasons — is “What’s the Big Deal About Elections?” And while some teachers are crafting lesson plans about the book at Kinneret Day School — where Shamir’s children attend — it’s also being read and taught to civics-minded youngsters nationwide.
While her foray into writing children’s books is relatively recent, Shamir’s investment in American politics and civics isn’t. She worked in the White House during the Clinton years, continuing to work with them during and after Hillary Clinton’s U.S. Senate campaign.
During that time, Shamir helped the future Secretary of State with her first memoir, “Living History.”
Shamir credits her background in politics and public service as a key motivator in targeting children with her civics books. And because of her audience, Shamir needed to be sure the information in the books was not just accurate, but understandable.
“I wanted to engage kids as citizens and encourage them to get involved in their civic life in a whole variety of means,” she said. “But it starts with good information. It starts with solid facts that are presented in a fun, easily digestible way for kids to get a good sense of the strength of our democracy and their place in it.”
Writing a children’s book was certainly different from helping write a memoir. Complex policy jargon was a no-no for the series’ young audience. And while Shamir had a collaborator on her series, it wasn’t a senator this time — it was an illustrator.
Shamir delivered what she hoped was accurate, reliable information to Matt Faulkner, who would then visualize those concepts without words.
“He has tons of creative license, but I wanted to make sure that if there’s anything he’s depicting that is related to historical fact, it has to be really accurate,” Shamir said. “If he’s doing an illustration of Frederick Douglass or one of the First Ladies that I wrote about, it just has to be precise and accurate.”
From early on, Shamir settled on a Q&A format for her books. She not only found the format engaging for a young audience, but also thought it would show respect to a group that often found itself talked down to — whether intentionally or not.
“I wanted to sort of talk to kids in a way that showed them that I respected their potential questions,” Shamnir said, “that I was speaking to them (and) writing to them as people whose opinions, whose beliefs, whose ideas and whose thoughts I respected enough to answer.”
Some concepts — like popular voting — might be fairly easy to explain to children. But Shamir didn’t shy away from explaining more complicated concepts, like the Electoral College and the peaceful transition of power.
Shamir focused her elections book on three key themes: People power, why elections matter, and how children can make a difference. But some adults might ask Shamir, “What’s the big deal teaching kids about voting, especially when they can’t do it themselves?”
“Over time, we have expanded rights and freedoms to more and more Americans,” Shamir said. “I want them to understand that even though they can’t vote yet, they still have a voice. They still have an opportunity to engage in civic life.”
But there might be some increased hesitation from parents about introducing children to politics at the conclusion of a particularly divisive and ugly presidential election — even if it’s just about voting. As a parent herself, Shamir understands that hesitation. But she still thinks there’s a lesson children can learn.
“Like any challenge, it’s either something to avoid and bury, or it’s an opportunity,” Shamir said. “I’d argue — always — to make this one a moment of opportunity to teach kids about the strength of American democracy and the power we wield through elections.”
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Ukraine is an European country that people barely know anything about. What most people know about the country is that it shares a border with Russia and also that it is currently being invaded by Russia.
In this article, I will be sharing 3 facts about Ukraine that you might not know to make you more familiar with the amazing country.
(1) Second Largest Country In Europe
Ukraine, according to Wikipedia is the second largest country by area in Europe after Russia. The country spans an area of 603,628 km and is said to be nearly three times the size of the United Kingdom.
(2) The World’s Deepest Metro Station
This beautiful country is not just large but it has some pretty impressive infrastructure. The country is home to the deepest metro station in the world.
The metro station is located underground and it is about 105.5 meters beneath the ground.
(3) Developing Country
Ukraine is categorized as a developing country. According to Wikipedia, the country ranks 74th in the human development index.
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It is a ubiquitous pattern around the globe that indigenous peoples who have endured historic and ongoing collective trauma (e.g., colonization) are overrepresented in negative life outcomes such as poverty and imprisonment. Part of the colonizing imperative is to undermine indigenous knowledge as a valid and viable knowledge system, particularly via the hegemony of dominating Western scientific values and practices. We discuss some of these conceptual issues in relation to correctional practice and the position of indigenous Māori peoples in Aotearoa-New Zealand. We then examine the utility of the Practice Frameworks theory introduced by Ward and Durrant (2021) in relation to bicultural practice, and highlight some of the epistemic, social, and ethical factors for consideration. A preliminary exemplar is provided via examination of the potential collaborative relationship of the Good Lives Model and Te Whare Tapa Whā for intervention development. This exemplar highlights the rich array of therapeutic knowledge available when more than one knowledge system is drawn upon to provide culturally responsive intervention. | <urn:uuid:6ef53e06-d89f-4d44-a1ad-d66c8404261b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://en.x-mol.com/paper/article/1448464885357539328 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.909976 | 200 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Middlefork Farm Nature Preserve
Middlefork Farm Nature Preserve represents the largest and most complicated land preservation project done by Lake Forest Open Lands, resulted in the preservation of 120 acres of a 200-acre parcel purchased by Lake Forest Open Lands in 1998. The property was formerly a working farm, and grazing, plowing, drainage, and buckthorn invasion had heavily impacted virtually all the land. Lake Forest Open Lands sold 60 acres of floodplain along the middle fork of the North Branch of the Chicago River to the Lake County Forest Preserve District, which added it to the 500-acre Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve to the west. Lake Forest Open Lands has begun the restoration of the remaining sixty acres, including prairie, two savannas, and two wetlands. One wetland is completely new, while the other required the removal of drain tiles, acres of brush, and large stands of non-native grasses and weeds.
Visitors will enjoy the sweeping views of the Middlefork Valley while standing among the 200-year-old bur oaks and shagbark hickories that dot the savanna. It's a great place for a relaxing walk at sunset.
Explore Middlefork virtually
Middlefork Farm Nature Preserve has several entrance points on the south side of Middlefork Drive and the north side of Acorn Trail. Park on the south side of Middlefork Drive across from McGlinnin Court near the kiosk entrance.
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What is the origin of the Universe, the solar system, the Earth and the Moon? How does life seem to have started? And how did it come to have such diverse forms? You will discover how mammals and primates first appeared on Earth.
Thanks to tools and fire, the first humans came to populate the entire planet. What path did they follow to reach the different continents? When did it happen? We will see how it can be that humans, despite being apparently so different, have a common origin.
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Animals with sedentary lives do not need a lot of endurance, so their muscles contain lower levels of myoglobin-rich fibers. This results in the meat from these species being a faint red or pinkish color. Most pork cuts of meat are good examples of this. As the need for endurance increases in an animal, the muscle fibers take on a dark red or purplish hue from the increased levels of myoglobin in them.
All muscles aren’t the same as you might imagine. Every muscle in an animal’s body is specialized to handle the particular demand placed on it. For example, swift movements require muscle fibers that can contract quickly, whereas chewing, breathing, writing, etc. require slowly contracting muscle fibers.
Slow-twitch muscle fibers contain large amounts of myoglobin to keep up with the demand for long-enduring tasks. This makes them dark with a red and purplish hue.
Fast-twitch muscle fibers do brief bursts requiring only small amounts of oxygen. These will generally be paler in color from the lack of oxygen-supplying myoglobin.
If you are curious to know what human meat tastes like, most people that have eaten it say it tastes similar to pork. I don’t want to get too gory here, but you can click on the link above if you really want to read about this more.
- The heart is the only muscle that never tires out.
- It takes about 200 muscles to take one step.
- It takes about half as long to gain muscle than it does to lose it.
- It takes 43 muscles to frown and only 17 muscles to smile.
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Plants respond to abiotic stress through a variety of physiological, biochemical, and transcriptional mechanisms. Many genes exhibit altered levels of expression in response to abiotic stress, which requires concerted action of both cis- and trans-regulatory features. In order to study the variability in transcriptome response to abiotic stress, RNA sequencing was performed using 14-day-old maize seedlings of inbreds B73, Mo17, Oh43, PH207 and B37 under control, cold and heat conditions. Large numbers of genes that responded differentially to stress between parental inbred lines were identified. RNA sequencing was also performed on similar tissues of the F1 hybrids produced by crossing B73 and each of the three other inbred lines. By evaluating allele-specific transcript abundance in the F1 hybrids, we were able to measure the abundance of cis- and trans-regulatory variation between genotypes for both steady-state and stress-responsive expression differences. Although examples of trans-regulatory variation were observed, cis-regulatory variation was more common for both steady-state and stress-responsive expression differences. The genes with cis-allelic variation for response to cold or heat stress provided an opportunity to study the basis for regulatory diversity. | <urn:uuid:bef94c6f-2190-45a1-b3d4-ff80149d44f0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://maizeumn.github.io/publications/Waters/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.95767 | 252 | 2.703125 | 3 |
When it comes to just how real the hazard of electrical injuries really is, it’s crucial that we member that more than 100 people in Australia get hospitalized due to them every year. The problem with electrical hazards in the workplace (other than the obvious risk to life and wellbeing of everyone), specifically in the office, lies in the issues of responsibility and compensation, as well as the involvement of law and insurance organizations. The worst thing about it all is the fact that you could easily avoid all of this, seeing as how the risk of electrical hazards can be diagnosed and solved early on. With that in mind, here are the top four electrical hazards in the office.
Start with the research
The first step in avoiding a trap (or averting a disaster), lies in knowing that there is one, to begin with. So, what you need to do is start with the research of all the potential electrical hazards in the office. Look up the most common causes of electrocution in the workplace. At the very top of the list, you have inadequate wiring, overloads, ground faults, power lines, live parts and temporary wiring. Sure, by eliminating all of these (or at least tending to them for the time being), you’ll already make your office a safer place. Still, don’t just automatically assume that your work here is done.
Don’t overload your grid
The protection of your employees from the risk of electrocution starts long before you even pick your office space. When prospecting a place to lease, try to be realistic about all the equipment you need and the number of people who will work in the office. There’s only so much that each of the sockets can take, and pushing these things too far will backfire horribly. Probably the safest way to do so is to make a list of the max capacity of your office (an optimistic one) and hire a professional electrician to check out the place with you. For instance, if you’re looking for an office in Brisbane, get in touch with a reliable commercial electrician from Brisbane to help you out. Their assessment of the situation may end up saving lives.
Extension cords and power strips are not omnipotent
Previously, we’ve talked about overloading your grid and the fact that there’s only so much that a single socket can take. The problem lies in the fact that a lot of office workers and even managers try to go with a low-cost solution of resolving their socket problem by buying extension cords and power strips. Technically, this could provide you with the extra outlets that you need but you should always keep in mind that all the electricity still has to traverse the bottleneck that is the socket. So, it’s always a smarter move to hire a licensed electrician to install additional outlets where they are needed than to rely on extension cords and power strips.
Perform regular inspections
Just because things seem to be working fine at the moment, this doesn’t mean that the situation can’t or won’t change in the future. In fact, it always does. You see, it is your duty to inspect electrical cords to see if they’re not frayed or cracked. You can also check the outlets for any discoloration, odd smells, odd noises or any other alarming features. Overall, there are a lot of these simple tests that you could perform on your own. Still, at the end of the day, it might be better for you to go straight to a professional in order to perform regular inspections.
The very last thing you need to understand here is the fact that having a problem with your electrical grid or appliance isn’t just an electrocution hazard – it’s also a potential fire hazard. Sure, fire prevention is a story for another time but this is another reason why you need to understand just how vital it is to tend to electrical hazards in the office as soon as possible. | <urn:uuid:549a0396-9e17-4f0f-942f-fecc1be9f87d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://drawattention.co/how-to-avoid-electrical-hazards-in-the-office/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960066 | 818 | 1.820313 | 2 |
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Excerpts from a special report to the recent 29th National Convention of the Communist Party USA, by Joelle Fishman. Joelle Fishman role in the Communist Party’s Political Action Commission, which gives her responsibility for organizing Party support for “progressive” Democratic Party candidates at the state, congressional, senate and presidential level. She is also, incidentally, the daughter – in – law of late Soviet spy, Victor Perlo
The 2010 elections are at the center of the struggle for working class relief from economic crisis, poverty, inequality and environmental devastation. Why? Because this election will either solidify the progressive breakthrough of 2008, or send the country reeling backward. Barack Obama’s election as president was a victory won by an amazing broad alliance of which we were a part. Our contribution focused on building unity, challenging racism and expanding voter participation.
She then quotes party chairman Sam Webb and goes on to stress the pivotal nature of the 2010 mid – term elections.
This was an extraordinary expression of political independence from the extreme right wing. As Sam’s report reminds us, five years ago our major battle was entirely on the defensive under George W. Bush. The question of how we expand and build on this political independence has been a big part of the pre-convention discussion. The 2010 mid-term elections represent the next step of our continuing project to decisively defeat the extreme right-wing and expand democratic rights, including ridding the federal government of entrenched corporate interests. All 435 House seats and a third of senate seats are up for election. A shift of 45 seats in the House and six in the senate would give Republicans the majority. Top battleground states for the Senate are California, Florida, Illinois, Missouri and Ohio. We are up against a rabid right-wing that refuses to accept the election of the first Black president. Republicans in Congress thought they could bring down the presidency by blocking health care reform. The Tea Party was birthed by media extremists and racist elements to break up the unity of 2008. They were able to change the debate and peel off some Democratic votes, but they were not able to stop the legislation. Newt Gingrich is attempting to frame the 2010 elections with a new Contract on America to whip up hysteria that government spending for social needs is against the interests of working people. This election is about the ability of families and youth to make it through this economic crisis. In the first place it is about the federal government investing in job creation targeted to the highest poverty areas with training for displaced workers and young people. It is about relief for cities and towns, education and youth programs, housing and health care. Working people are angry and searching for solutions. Voters’ anger can be turned into collective action for a pro-worker agenda or it can become manipulated by right-wing populism. So far there are examples of both taking place. Our focus is on building up the strength of the labor movement, racially oppressed, women, youth along with LGBT, environment and peace allies as part of the broad electoral alliance This goes beyond any one election to the need for organizing a lasting movement and building working class leadership in our country that can reorder priorities and change foreign policy.
Fishman then goes on to trumpet the successes of the labor movement in countering the “Tea Party” movement, the Republicans and “moderate” Democrats.
The election of President Obama opened a door. The challenge to us and the labor and people’s organizations is to walk through that door in the millions with mass struggle for jobs and relief. The anger of workers was turned into unity against the financial institutions in big mass actions during May Day week. Joint labor – immigrant rights marches and civil disobedience protests against the Arizona law represent the kind of unity that can increase workers’ strength in the elections and improve the balance in Congress. In Western Pennsylvania, Republicans poured $10 million into capturing the seat that was held by Rep John Murtha, but they did not succeed. Workers responded to the message of their unions. They rejected slanders against Democrat Mark Critz and attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Obama. A strong challenge to conservative Democrat Arkansas Sen Blanche Lincoln has forced her into a runoff election after she voted against health care reform. This campaign shows it is possible to enlarge the number of Democrats in the Congressional Progressive, Black, Hispanic and Asian Pacific caucuses and change the dynamics against the ultra-right within Congress. Yet the Tea Party is making in-roads within the Republican primaries, spreading their poison with big money at their disposal. Richard Trumka’s leadership of the AFL-CIO is providing clarity and maintaining unity by showing how racism hurts all workers and by exposing corporate greed. Showing that the money is there for jobs and community needs by taxing the rich and corporations, cutting the military budget, and ending the wars is a further contribution to unity. Helping develop labor’s infrastructure to educate members and bring out the vote is at the center of political independence. This is a training ground for union leaders to run and win election to public office. It is the foundation for a future labor and people’s political party. The Hill reported on a survey (5/12/10) showing 80% of people see problems with the two party system. A progressive labor and people’s electoral structure like Working America, or Working Families Party must be clear and present or the only visible alternative will be the right-wing. The Communist Party must also be plainly visible on the issues, utilizing our websites, e-mail, social networking, the downloadable print edition and other materials. Each will strengthen the other. A Pew survey last week showed that half of young people think socialism is better than capitalism.
Fishman then urges the party to register and turn – out voters in the November elections.
Turnout will be key in the 2010 elections. This includes registering new voters and reaching out to voters in every area. On the weekend of June 5, Organizing for America will hold kickoff canvasses across the country to visit the15 million first time voters who took part in the 2008 elections. Elections are won and lost in precincts, wards, election districts. Every need at the local level depends on the results of the 2010 election. We should take a look and see in what congressional districts with key races we can bring our publications, establish a new club, or build up an existing one and participate with labor and other community groups. In a close election a few votes can make the difference. A lasting organization can make an even bigger difference. This approach can also open the door to more Communists running for public office on whatever ticket as part of grass roots coalitions.
Fishman gives two recent examples of what can be achieved by communists working through the Democratic Party , with union and “community group” support. Communist Party members Rick Nagin and Rudy Lozano, Jr. both almost won elections in Cleveland Ohio and Chicago Illinois in recent months, running as Democrats.
Rick Nagin’s campaign in Cleveland last summer and the Chicago campaign at the beginning of this year were an early start to the 2010 elections. These campaigns were also walking through the door opened by the Obama election victory, projecting a people before profits approach to local issues.
Rick Nagin, center, campaigning with Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Fishman ends will a call to action in the weeks remaining until November.
We should revisit the initiative from our last convention and create a network of Communist and left elected officials to share problems, experiences and play a role in bringing the grass roots to the fore. Let’s leave here at full speed for the 24 weeks between now and Election Day November 2, 2010.
While Fishman’s party is only a few thousand strong, it has significant influence in the labor unions, the Democratic Party at all levels, churches and organizations such as ACORN and United for Peace and Justice and dozens of other many thousand strong organizations.
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A Nobel-prize winning economist has spoken out against bitcoin again, arguing that it won’t be a ‘permanent feature’ in the finance world.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Robert Shiller said that while the digital currency was a ‘really clever idea,’ he doesn’t believe it has a future in our lives. During a panel discussion on cryptocurrencies the Yale economist said:
I tend to think of bitcoin as an interesting experiment, it’s not a permanent feature of our lives. We’re over-emphasising bitcoin, we should broaden it out to blockchain, which will have other applications.
Shiller’s comments come at a time when there is increasing pressure for regulations to be applied to the market. China and South Korea’s governments have already taken steps to crackdown on the market amid heightened interest from investors. Last year, China banned the operation of domestic digital currency exchanges. From the end of January, traders in South Korea will need to have real-name bank accounts if they wish to continue trading cryptocurrencies as the country moves to ban anonymous accounts.
Others have also added their criticism toward bitcoin.
Stephen Poloz, the governor of the Bank of Canada, said at the World Economic Forum that trading in the cryptocurrency was similar to ‘gambling.’ Whereas, Cecilia Skingsley, deputy governor at the Swedish Central Bank, claims that bitcoin isn’t even a currency.
[Cryptocurrencies] don’t meet criteria to be called money: they don’t store value, they fluctuate, and they’re not at a stable rate of exchange.
This isn’t the first time that Shiller has spoken out against the number one digital currency. Back in the September, he was reported as saying that bitcoin’s rise resembled that of a bubble, and that what’s driving its price up is the story behind it. More recently, he said that despite how long bitcoin remains it’s likely to ‘totally collapse.’
Earlier this month, Shiller said to CNBC, that:
(Bitcoin) might totally collapse and be forgotten and I think that’s a good likely outcome but it could linger on for a good long time, it could be here in 100 years. | <urn:uuid:1246ef88-67eb-4723-8e52-704bbd10d28b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.livebitcoinnews.com/nobel-prize-winning-economist-bitcoin-wont-permanent-feature-finance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.947977 | 492 | 2.015625 | 2 |
MyEd: using user research to organise content
As part of the project to improve MyEd, we’ve been focusing on how content is organised. We worked with the UX team to use card sorting studies to help us research how our student users understand and group content. We used our findings to re-organise how content is described and presented on MyEd, and develop the first iteration of a new information architecture and navigation structure.
Why card sorting?
We already knew a lot about the content on MyEd, and which tasks are most important to students. We also knew that the current structure wasn’t working.
Card sorting is a simple way to find out how students would group and structure content, and also how well they understand the content and how it is described.
The UX team designed a series of card sorting workshops and studies which would allow us to get as much information as possible within a restricted time frame.
The first task was to reach a starting point which we could use for further research. We started by inviting a group of students to an open sort session. We had sets of 70 cards describing the content in MyEd, with each card describing one task or piece of information in neutral descriptive language.
The students were asked to work in pairs, and each pair to group the cards into categories that made sense to them. They were asked to work collaboratively, discussing their thinking with each other as they went, and create groupings that made sense to both of them. They could group the cards any way that they wanted, create new cards, relabel the cards and also discard cards that they didn’t think were important.
Once they had grouped the cards, we also asked them to label the groups. A member of the project team worked with each pair to provide support, and also ensure that both students participated, and that they collaborated on and discussed their decisions. This also allowed insight into why the students grouped the cards in certain ways.
At the end of the first workshop, we had three sets of grouped cards. After analysing the groupings, and sharing the discussion points, it was clear that:
- The most important content/tasks were those which students had to do most frequently, or which were important to their studies
- The largest cluster of content was information and resources relating to the students’ own current courses
- All the groupings included at least one level of sub-group below the top-level groups
- All the groupings pulled together information relating to payments into a single finance/money section
- Generally, the students understood the descriptions, and did not relabel many cards.
After the workshop, the project team met to consolidate the results. We produced a new set of cards, including the new cards which students had created, and any revised descriptions. We reviewed the groupings that the three groups created, and standardised them into a single top-level grouping:
- Priority 1 (a neutral way to identify items that belong on the home or start page)
- Life and Career
This provided a starting point for the next phase of research.
For our next phase of research, we wanted to validate and refine the groupings, with the goal of achieving a fairly stable model that we could then validate through a large scale online exercise. In order to do this, we ran three further workshops, each with one pair of students. This time, students were asked to review and modify the existing groupings, and modify them, rather than starting from scratch.
We gave the first pair of students the revised cards and the standardised top-level grouping, and asked them to organise the cards. They could change the top-level grouping, add new groups and sub-groups, create new cards, relabel cards and discard them.
We then took the groupings and card set that the first pair of students created, and asked the students in the next workshop to repeat the exercise using this new grouping and card set, and then did the same for the last workshop. The sessions were moderated, and again, the students were asked to collaborate and discuss their decisions.
The first pair of students made quite significant changes to the groupings. They created three new categories: Your Courses, EUSA and Community. They combined Money into Account, and they separated Career into its own category.
The second pair of students removed the EUSA and Community categories, instead creating a Student Life category. They also made minor changes to the labelling of other groups, but didn’t make any more major changes.
The final pair of students combined Library with the category initially labelled as Studies, then relabelled as Learning Tools, and called it Learning Resources. Again, they made some minor changes to the labelling of other groups, but didn’t make any more major changes. This final revision gave us the following top level groups:
- Front Page
- Your Accounts
- Learning Resources
- Student Life
Online card sort
The workshops provided a starting point for a new information architecture for MyEd, but this was based on research with a small number of students. The next step was to test the proposal with a large group of students, so we set up an online study, open to all students. Based on our observations in the workshops, we decided to make one change to the top-level groupings, combining Courses and Learning Resources into a single group called Studies, which included the sub-groups from both categories.
The online study was a hybrid card sort. Participants were given the groups and sub-groups that emerged from the final workshop, but were also able to create their own groups and relabel groups. They were given a set of 80 cards, which included the new cards created in the workshops, and which used the revised descriptions that students had created. Participants were asked to sort the cards into the groups that made sense to them.
Over 1000 students participated in the study with 536 students completing it. This proved challenging to analyse, but produced very interesting results. The categories were reviewed, and duplicate and similar categories combined. Cards were then sorted to identify the categories into which they were placed most frequently. This was done for the whole sample, and also across different segments, for example split by level of study (undergraduate, postgraduate taught, postgraduate research).
The highest frequencies were all in the categories that were pre-populated in the study. This was the case overall, and also when the different segments were analysed. However, although the categories for the highest frequencies were very consistent, only 43 of the 80 cards were placed in the same category by 50% or more of the participants. 15 of the cards were placed in the same category by less than 30% of the participants. This meant that we also needed to consider second, and in some cases third choice placements in our analysis.
There was a high level of consistency across the different segments. We had expected that there might be significant variation across different student groups, for example undergraduate and postgraduate students, first year students and students that have been at the University a year or longer, UK students and students from outside the UK. In fact, results were broadly similar. 68 of the 80 cards’ most frequent placements were identical across all segments. 11 of the remaining cards were split across two categories, with only 1 card split over more than two categories.
A draft information architecture and navigation
Using the data from the card sort workshops, and the online study, we produced an initial information architecture and navigation structure for the student view of MyEd.
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Bhilangana River Bridge
Tehri, Uttarakhand, India
(509) feet high / (155) meters high
(1,280) foot span / (390) meter span
Bhilangana River Bridge image taken by:-
Dinesh Singh Negi
The Piplaldal was constructed across the huge new reservoir created by the Tehri dam, the highest in India and among the 10 highest in the world. The old river surface at the crossing is approximately 125 meters below the full reservoir surface. With the deck another 30 meters above the lake the Piplaldal Bridge is approximately 155 meters high.
Piplaldal is one of 3 high and long span suspension bridges over the Tehri reservoir including the Syansu and Chanthi Dobar Bridges.
Piplaldal / Bhilangana River Bridge satellite image.
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by Remi Ronchaud
For the first time, the DELOS and MUSCLE Networks of Excellence organised a joint summer school. The event was held in San Vincenzo, Italy from 12 to 17 June 2006 and the topic covered was Multimedia Digital Libraries.
About one hundred European universities and research centres have been involved over the last few years in initiatives addressing multimedia data analysis, computer vision and object recognition, multimedia management in large audio and video collections.
Currently, two Networks of Excellence, MUSCLE and DELOS, are addressing these subjects. The networks are partially funded by the European Commission within the sixth EU Framework Programme, and coordinated by ERCIM.
In the scope of their respective dissemination and training activities, MUSCLE and DELOS organized a joint summer school in June in San Vincenzo, Italy, with the support of CNR Pisa, INRIA, CWI and the University of Modena.
The summer school presented software tools and research strategies to enable users to move away from labor-intensive case-by-case modelling of individual applications, and allow them to take full advantage of generic adaptive and self-learning solutions that need minimal supervision in the field of new generations of digital libraries.
Technologies for multimedia digital libraries span over many disciplines: information systems, knowledge representation, computer vision, audio and image processing, compression and storage, machine learning and information retrieval, multimedia data mining, cross-media analysis, user interfaces and interoperability.
Highly qualified lecturers and international researchers have been invited to address theoretical approaches and practical solutions. Among the invited researchers were:
James Wang - Pennsylvania State University
Fernando Pereira - Instituto Superior Tècnico Lisboa
Nicu Sebe - University of Amsterdam
Milind Naphade - IBM T J Watson Research Center
Alex Hauptmann - Carnegie Mellon University
Padraig Cunningham - Trinity College Dublin
Jia Li - Pennsylvania State University
Alan Smeaton - Dublin City University.
This summer school highlighted leading research achievements and improved general knowledge in these fields. It also defined a common vision of future research orientations in multimedia datamining, and provided a significant opportunity to exchange experiences, share views and address common problems. Hopefully, this initiative will stimulate the emergence of new research collaborations.
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