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The poetry of William Wordsworth is littered with ghosts and haunted sites. Although Wordsworth never claimed to have actually seen a ghost, his evocation of haunted landscapes and symbolic spectral figures taps into what he called in The Prelude “the ghostly language of the ancient earth”. Dr Mark Sandy investigates the way the ghosts of sound and place haunt Wordsworth’s verse. [MP3 version]
This lecture focuses on the Romantic poetics of memory and the spectral geography of mourning to explore how those ghostly presences, which inhabit and haunt Wordsworthian landscapes are equally those figures of a poetic past (Milton, Spenser, and Wordsworth himself) whose return, through a series of imaginative allusions, both constitute Romantic writing and point to the spectralisation of Romanticism itself in Romantic and post-Romantic writing and theory. Paradoxically, then, Romanticism comprises its own ‘ghostly memory of mourned absences’ and the haunted presence of its own future absence.
This lecture was the first of an Institute of Advanced Study series on the evidence of spirits. The series continues until March, and is accompanied by an exhibition of spirit photography at Durham World Heritage Site visitor centre. | <urn:uuid:6b69ac2a-df3a-486f-bac9-eabef1367f73> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://readdurhamenglish.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/new-podcast-ghostly-language-wordsworths-ghosts-and-spectral-subjectivity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.937701 | 246 | 3.171875 | 3 |
I have been fortunate to have had several of my books illustrated by the New York-based French artist, Raymond Verdaguer. I have always been inspired by his work and the beauty of his art. This blog post seeks to present this artist’s unique technique and approach, and encourage readers to pay closer attention to his work.Continue reading
As discussed in my book The Bilingual Revolution, a critically important task for parents engaged in their school’s dual-language program is to create a support base in the community, such as influential individuals, business leaders, elected officials, and supportive organizations. These include local and global businesses, embassies and consulates, cultural centers serving a language or a country, foundations with a focus on education or community development, tourism offices, chambers of commerce that serve businesses from two or more countries, and heritage and cultural societies and federations.Continue reading
Early January, I launched the German version of The Bilingual Revolution, Die bilinguale revolution, Zweisprachigkeit und die Zukunft der Bildung, at the Goethe-Institut in New York. As most of parents in New York were registering their children to the Kindergarten classes, it was the occasion to speak about the German Dual Language Program at P.S. 18 Edward Bush located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The net proceeds from the evening were donated to the school’s emerging dual-language program.Continue reading
P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn hosts New York City’s only Arabic dual-language program. From pre-K to 5th grade, and soon 8th grade, it is always a joy to see the children flourish in two languages. After several months of extensive collaboration and planning, the Arabic dual-language program at P.S./I.S.30 opened its doors in September 2013. The dual-language curriculum was designed as a split day, where morning classes are taught in Arabic and afternoon classes in English, or vice versa.Continue reading
French artist Hervé Tullet has done it again! This time he has touched two school communities in Manhattan: P.S. 84 The Lillian Weber School of the Arts and Lafayette Academy (M.S. 256). Both schools boast a French dual-language program and now a beautiful collection of artworks painted by the entire community. Even an entire wall was unveiled, showing the impact of art in getting a community closer together.Continue reading
Sylvia Wellhoëfer is a German mom I met a few years ago in Brooklyn. With a group of parents she created NYC’s first German dual-language program and she was the inspiration for my chapter on German in my book, The Bilingual Revolution. One thing leading to another, we are launching this book’s German version at Goethe-Institut New York on January 8 (see Book release of Die bilinguale revolution). I am pretty sure this will trigger many more good things here and in Germany.
Book cover credit: Raymond Verdaguer
Join me on Tuesday January 8, 2019 for the book launch of Die bilingualerevolution, Zweisprachigkeit und die Zukunft der Bildung at the Goethe Institut of NewYork.
The book will be available for purchase and I will sign copies.
All net proceeds of the evening will support the German Dual Language Program at P.S. 18 Edward Bush located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Multilingual kids from all socio-economic and racial backgrounds thriving in a Japanese-English dual-language program. In Bushwick! In a public school! For free!
This is a no-brainer. Dual language programs are for everyone. They should be offered everywhere. And it shouldn’t be that complicated for parents and educators to create these programs. Read more about what it took to get the program started here. And watch a few videos from the school here
I enjoyed this talk with the students of the Institute of French Studies at New York University. I was invited by Prof. Frédéric Viguier who is encouraging his students to look into bilingual education and the impact it can have on various linguistic communities.Continue reading | <urn:uuid:9ce4b588-c1f8-4061-81cd-ddd3b696b8bc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fabricejaumont.net/category/new-york/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.950473 | 878 | 2.125 | 2 |
Pune metro digging its way to completion, tunnel boring machine set to begin underground stretch
The parts for the tunnel bring machine (TBM) which will be used to dig the underground stretch from Agriculture College at Shivajinagar to Swargate will arrived in the city on Wednesday. The machine and its parts reached Wakad on Tuesday evening after covering 160 kilometres via the Pune-Mumbai expressway.
Brijesh Dixit, managing director, Maha-Metro said, “The TBM machines have been customised as per the geological structure of the city. Pune has basalt for up to 30 meters deep. We are confident of meeting deadlines as the electrification work is also going on at great speed.”
The machine was brought to Pune from Mumbai’s JNPT port after it landed there from China on November 13. The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) has already completed digging a 18-metre deep shaft at the Agriculture college ground where the metro rail will go underground. On the Swargate-Nigdi line, a total of 5.02 kilometre, is the underground metro stretch.
Hemant Sonawane, general manager, PR, Maha-Metro, said, “The deadline for us to start the tunnelling is December 21. Also, the TBM’s can tunnel around 6-7 meters per day. The concrete tube and the debris clearance take place at the same time.”
Once the TBM is assembled completely, it will be lowered at the Agriculture ground site using the shaft. Maha-Metro, which is executing the project is in the process of digging a similar tunnel at Swargate.
According to officials, these parts imported from China have arrived in 18 trailers (vehicles) and will be drawn down the shaft at Shivajinagar and will take at least 15-20 days to be assembled and then, the drilling process will start.
Officials said that due to traffic and congestion at Swargate, the shaft is yet to be completed.
Metro officials said that the trucks carrying the TBM parts covered only 30-40 kilometers per day as they occupied two of the three carriageways on the expressway. The trailers were checked at regular intervals to ensure that they are smoothly functioning under such heavy weight.
Out of the 18 trailers, three carried parts of the main machine, which reached the city on Wednesday.
Currently, the status of the PCMC to Swargate stretch work is on schedule. Metro officials agreed that the work on Reach I between PCMC and Swargate is being given more priority than Reach II between PMC and Ramwadi as Maha-Metro believes that there would be more traffic on the Reach I stretch.
Till now, about 11.4 kilometers of tracks have been laid in Reach I stretch. The work of Over Head Equipment is also going on in full speed, as 55 tubular portals have been laid at a distance of about 30-35 meters apart from each other.
The substations at Vallabhnagar and Hill View park is almost over which will supply power to the metro.
Line – I
Swargate to Nigdi
Total distance: 16.59km
Total stations: 16
Underground stretch – Shivajinagar to Swargate
Distance for underground stretch- 5.02 km
Stations: Shivajinagar, Civil Court, Budhwar Peth, Mandai, Swargate
About Tunnelling at Agriculture college:
TBM will be lowered through shaft
Shaft is 18metre deep with 25x25 wide
Shaft work complete
TBM will be lowered through shaft
Shaft is 22metre deep with 25x25 wide
Shaft work still underway
One TBM will enter from Agriculture college, another from Swargate
Both the tunnels will meet at Kasba Peth
Line – II
Vanaz to Ramwadi
Entire stretch is elevated
Total distance: 14.66 km
Total stations: 14
Taking up the matter of recent clash in the state over portraits of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Tipu Sultan, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra held a meeting on Tuesday with the Additional Director General of Police Law and Order, Alok Kumar and other senior police officials in Shivamogga. Jnanendra said that nobody should take the law into their hands at any cost.
Three women were sworn in as Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar expanded his council of ministers on Tuesday days after he ended his alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and formed the government with the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Grand Alliance. Sheela Mandal and Leshi Singh of Kumar's Janata Dal (United) or JD (U) were part of the previous government as well. There were also three women ministers in the previous government.
The ruling BJP in Karnataka will be holding 'Janotsava' rally in Doddaballapura on August 28 to mark the completion of Basavaraj Bommai-led government's one year in office and the saffron party being in power for three years in the state. A meeting headed by Chief Minister Bommai was held to discuss the preparations for this event on Tuesday night at his official residence, his office said in a statement.
The maximum temperature in Mumbai is expected to hover around 27 degrees as the city may witness moderate to heavy rainfall on Wednesday. The minimum temperature will stay around 24 degrees. “There will be a high tide of 4.39 metres in the Arabian Sea here at 2.57pm,” an official said. Mumbai witnessed heavy showers on Tuesday as the rain intensity increased in the city after a gap of a few days.
The Union animal husbandry and dairying minister, Parshottam Rupala, who was in Chandigarh on Tuesday to review the situation prevalent due to the lumpy skin disease (LSD) in livestock, said that so far eight Haryana districts have remained unaffected by this disease. “The Union minister said the Haryana government has been making efforts to tackle this disease,” an official spokesperson said. Among the most affected districts are Sirsa, Yamunanagar, Bhiwani, Kaithal, Kurukshetra and Palwal. | <urn:uuid:36449183-429d-40f7-86a6-7f3549b7b82a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/tunnel-boring-machines-arrive-in-pune-tunnelling-work-to-begin-next-month-at-agriculture-college/story-iCzlayFvPIiEsmnIHyDdII.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960266 | 1,342 | 1.539063 | 2 |
I had the chance to look back and analyze the events that have molded my life in the past seven weeks. This was a one-of-a-kind experience in which I was emotionally comfortable enough to reflect on my life. I was able to tell things as they were, without fear of failing, being angry, regretting what I’d done, or feeling lonely.
Additionally, I was released from the need to desperately fix or change things that can no longer be fixed. This gave me a different perspective; one of compassion, hope and possibility.
One of the major insights I gained was the importance of having people in my life that I can trust and rely on. These people have been critical in helping me weather some tough storms. They have been a source of strength and stability during difficult times. Additionally, they have provided me with an important sounding board to help process my thoughts and feelings.
Another key insight was the realization that negative feedback is not necessarily bad. In fact, it can be helpful in identifying areas that need improvement. Without this type of feedback, it would be difficult to grow and learn.
Overall, this experience has been very beneficial. It has helped me to develop a greater understanding of myself and my life. Additionally, it has given me a renewed sense of hope and possibility for the future.
At this time, I had the ability to dwell on a wider range of positive and negative experiences with more ease and confidence. I treated each situation as part of life, whether it was pleasant or unpleasant. I now understand that life continues even if we are not expecting it, but more significantly, how we deal with events is what drives us forward. For the first time, there was clarity in my mind, and I recognized two key facts: one was my life-changing/complicating experience; and the other was my financial growth.
When I was younger, I was always afraid of change and negative feedback. I would constantly strive for perfection in every aspect of my life, whether it was academics, sports, or relationships. But as I grew older, I realized that life is not perfect and that embracing mistakes and learning from them is what makes us human. I also came to understand that seeking approval from others is an futile effort because everyone has different standards and opinions. As a result, I stopped caring about what other people think of me and started living my life according to my own values and beliefs.
One of the most important things I learned from this experience is that financial growth does not necessarily equate to happiness. Sure, having more money can make our lives easier in many ways, but at the end of the day, it is our relationships with other people and our own sense of self-fulfillment that truly matter.
I am grateful for this experience because it has allowed me to grow in ways I never thought possible. I am now more confident, independent, and resilient than ever before. I am also more appreciative of the good things in life, and I am no longer afraid to face challenges head-on.
My life has been a series of difficult events, including some irreversible actions such as leaving home, and I have had to learn how to live with them. I was raised in an authoritarian, religious setting that lacked personal expression and freedom. There has always been a nagging sense of obligation for me to fit into Indian Christian culture. The weight of not being able to express myself and the continual demands became hatred and retaliation toward my parents over time.
The final breaking point was when my father decided to disown me for coming out as gay. At that moment, all the years of feeling like I was not good enough, all the pain and hurt came rushing out in an uncontrolled manner. I lashed out at him, yelling and screaming everything I held inside for so long. It felt good to finally let it all out, but it also caused a rift between us that can never be fixed.
Leaving home was one of the hardest things I ever had to do, but it was also the best thing for me. It allowed me to be myself and find happiness in who I am. But even though I have found acceptance in myself, there is still a part of me that is afraid of negative feedback from others. That fear holds me back from fully expressing myself and living my life to the fullest.
I know that I need to work on overcoming this fear if I want to truly be happy, but it is something that is hard for me to do. Every time I try to take a step forward, I feel like I am being pulled back by my past. But I am determined to keep moving forward and to never give up on myself.
Self-reflection is a necessary part of life. It allows us to grow and learn from our experiences, both good and bad. Without it, we would be stuck in the same place, never progressing or changing. So even though it can be difficult, it is something that we must all do.
Looking back on my life, I can see how far I have come. I am no longer the scared little girl who was too afraid to stand up for herself. I am now a strong and confident woman who knows her own worth. And even though there are still challenges ahead, I am ready to face them head-on. Because I know that I am capable of anything.
Without letting anybody know I had vanished, I moved to Houston the day after my high school graduation. Moving was one of the finest decisions I’ve ever made, allowing me to grow as a person and understand and experience things that I never thought possible.
I was always a Fearful person, I was always the one who was too scared to do anything. I would never speak up in class, I would never put myself out there, and I would never try new things. But moving away from everything I knew forced me to grow up quickly. I had to make friends, figure out how to get around a new city by myself, and most importantly, learn how to deal with Negative feedback.
Negative feedback is something that we all face at some point in our lives, but it’s especially difficult when you’re young and inexperienced. In the real world, you can’t just hide away from your problems or ignore them until they go away. You have to face them head on and learn from them. And that’s something that I had to do in Houston.
I made some great friends while I was there, and I experienced a lot of new things that I would never have had the opportunity to experience if I had stayed in my hometown. I learned how to stand up for myself, how to be independent, and how to deal with negative feedback. Moving away from everything I knew was one of the best decisions I ever made, and it’s something that I would recommend to anybody who is feeling stuck in their life. | <urn:uuid:00aa4d86-8571-44fa-8ead-33540513856c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://answerpoint.org/personal-reflection-example/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.985214 | 1,414 | 1.570313 | 2 |
On Saturday, Feb. 4, Dr. Robert Enright addressed an audience in Padua, Italy on the theme of healing through forgiveness. The audience consisted of people with an interest in using forgiveness as a means to become emotionally healthier as a result of injustices against them.
The largest reaction from the audience was their surprise about what forgiveness is and is not. The question and answer session (with answers from both Dr. Enright and Amber Flesch, IFI Forgiveness Program Manager) centered at first on this issue of the definition of forgiveness. Many said they thought forgiveness: a) included automatic reconciliation; b) was a simple–and distorted–idea of just saying “I forgive you,” and, c) encompassed just letting the offense go.
People seemed energized and happy to hear that forgiveness is a virtue, contered in mercy, in which one gives up resentment and offers goodness toward an offender, but does not include excusing, letting an offense go, abandoning justice, or automatically reconciling.
Despite 14 years of civil war, the future of Liberia is not without hope. In partnership with Dr. Robert Enright, licensed psychologist and professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the International Forgiveness Institute, Inc., and Grace Network, the Student Mobilization Centre is seeking students and volunteers to help teach Enright’s Forgiveness Education curriculum to primary school teachers in Liberia. To read more about this opportunity click here.
Dr. Enright held a forgiveness workshop at the National Eucharistic Council in Knock, Ireland on June 24th and 25th, 2011. Download a copy of the presentation here.
The May 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine featured an article on the research of Dr. Robert Enright, PhD, founder of the International Forgiveness Institute. Read the full article on oprah.com.
Bishop Kevin Farrell, Bishop of Dallas, responded to Dr. Enright’s presentation at Rome’s Pontifical University of the Holy Cross on his blog by saying, “Dr. Enright is right on target; his wording is more pragmatic than theological but two millennia before Dr. Enright, Jesus not only taught forgiveness but forgiveness without limit, not seven times but seventy times seven.” Read the full posting. | <urn:uuid:f5229060-b758-42f4-982f-9105c03e3f59> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://internationalforgiveness.com/category/news/ifi-news/page/38/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940583 | 484 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Today already more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and according to recent United Nations data, the portion is expected to increase to about 70% by 2050.
Urbanization, combined with the overall growth of the world’s population, with close to 90% of this increase taking place in Asia and Africa, will put future cities under enormous population pressure. Urban areas of the future will be huge and hotspots of the consume of natural resources, the production of all kinds of waste and the emission of greenhouse gases and air pollutants. As the world continues to urbanize, sustainable development depends increasingly on the successful management of urban growth. Many countries will face challenges in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations.
Ferment the Cities!
Different initiatives exist to prepare for future challenges and make our cities more sustainable. Two examples are the Transition Town movement, with the vision of a move towards self-sufficiency at the local level, in food, energy and much else, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s concept of Circular Economy in cities, which recognizes urban areas as “major engines for economic growth”, where circular economy principles need to be embedded to build thriving, livable, and resilient cities.
Without a doubt, the future of our cities lies in the hands of its citizens and we have to come up with new social, economical and ecological models. Concepts such as the Civic Circularity aim to embed the Circular Economy principles into a collective transition to develop a holistic, inclusive and sustainable circular economy model.
Ferment the City wants to foster change by exploring fermentation as a way to transform wastes into resources and rethink urban living.
The initiative conducts research on fermentation through a variety of experiments and activities, builds bridges to people in different fields to see how the concept of fermentation is transferable and applicable to other processes and connects people to build a lively community to ferment together.
Nothing less than the reinvention and redesign of the common concept of organic fermentation extended by the two new dimensions of inorganic and social fermentation.
What is fermentation?
The origin of fermentation comes from nature and is biological and – as Sandor Katz, the author of the book “The Art of Fermentation”, describes it – is the “transformative action of microorganisms”.
According to Katz biological processes of fermentation and fermented foods are natural phenomena, not human inventions, that people observed and then learned how to cultivate.
The phenomena of organic fermentation is transferable and applicable to many forms of transformation, change or development, that are actively induced by all forms of organisms.
“by organisms induced action of transformation of organic resources”
e.g. microbial fermentation of “organic” resources, such as vegetables and fruits
“by organisms induced action of transformation of inorganic resources”
e.g. human fermentation of “inorganic” resources, such as timber, metal and plastic, where we humans can act as ferment and induce the fermentation or “upcycling”, as the “process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products of better quality and environmental value”.
We can distinguish between “organic” and “inorganic” fermentation, based to the substance that undergoes fermentation.
The magic of (social) fermentation
Fermentation processes are driven by a so called ferments, any of a group of living organisms, fermenting agents, which in the case of biological fermentation are yeasts, molds and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation through enzymes.
Fermentation can not only be induced by microorganisms, but also by organisms of all scales, micro, meso and macro.
Humans and whole communities as ferments, “a human induced transformation” or “the transformative action of humans”.
What all types of fermentation have in common, is that they are not carried out by individual organisms, but generally by communities of organism. Thus, the state of a process induced and developed by organisms, is always a social process.
The whole process of fermentation often involves both, humans and microbes, and furthermore, brings people in connection with each other, with microorganisms and with nature. Thus, fermentation reconnects us with nature and our environment.
Fermentation is impacted by a wide range of parameters, including physical, chemical and physicochemical parameters which impact the growth of microorganisms, but also economical, social and environmental parameters that include the people involved in the process.
With a focus on humans, thus people and communities, the term “social fermentation”, can be defined as „a state in which a group of people catalyses change and development; the state of social, collective agitation, change, transformation and transition; the transformative action of a group of motivated, excited and dedicated people“.
As Katz says it: “Fermentation as engine for social change and all of us are starter cultures”. Therefore, fermentation is the basis and solution for social and environmental change. Fermentation is transformation!
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Audi is pushing to improve its fuel economy and CO2 emissions. Starting this summer, its modular efficiency platform will benefit from additional new technologies: The onboard computer with the efficiency program and the start-stop system will raise the efficiency and convenience of the Audi models, according to the automaker. By 2012, the company projects the fuel consumption of the Audi model range should drop by 20 percent.
The start-stop system is great for city driving by significantly reducing consumption while relieving the driver: The system shuts down the engine once the car has come to a stop, the gear lever stands at idle, and the driver releases the clutch pedal. Operating the clutch then starts up the engine again. The start-stop system is extremely quiet, convenient to operate, and fast: The engine returns to idle speed while the driver is shifting gears.
Audi combines the start-stop system with efficient battery technology and sophisticated energy management to maintain functioning even at low temperatures. The system is inactive during the warm-up phase of the engine, so that the engine oil becomes warmer and the exhaust gas cleaning systems reach their operating temperature faster. The driver can also switch off the start-stop system at any time by pressing a button.
The new system will be introduced in the Audi A3 1.4 TFSI with manual transmission and in the Audi A4 and A5 with two-liter engines and manual gearshift. Other models will follow this year. | <urn:uuid:4eb9c0d9-ce9f-46e6-9b58-64a4ab3ad1a7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/audi-its-easy-being-green/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.936168 | 299 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Portable gas leak detector-The portable methane gas detector is an advanced gas inspection equipment. Using the most advanced laser gas detection technology in the world at present. Non-contact measurement can be used to detect places that cannot be reached by inspectors, and can accurately locate and quickly find the source of leakage. This product can greatly improve the efficiency of personnel detection and reduce labor intensity.
The portable methane gas detector has a high level of protection and is suitable for harsh environments. The portable methane gas detector has various forms of alarm indication; the alarm point of the portable methane gas detector can be adjusted at will through the buttons; the portable methane gas detector can be optionally configured with a combined charging stand. Portable methane gas detector battery voltage display function; what I want to tell you is that the portable methane gas detector is a new generation of miniature intelligent detector, which can continuously detect the methane concentration in the environment of flammable, explosive and combustible gas mixture.
Generally speaking, the portable methane gas detector adopts tunable laser diode absorption spectroscopy technology, which has high sensitivity, fast response speed, and good selectivity. It only reacts to methane and will not produce false alarms to other hydrocarbon gases. So what are the main functions and technical characteristics of the portable methane detector?
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Portable gas leak detector-The main functions and technical characteristics of the portable methane gas detector:Some portable methane gas detectors on the market adopt optical absorption method. Which is an important instrument analysis method that analyzes based on the interaction of substances, and detects gas leakage without contact.
Generally speaking, the detection distance can reach 80 meters, and the long-distance measurement of gas is a guarantee for the safety of users.
Some portable methane gas detectors come with a split trigger lock, which is more convenient and safer.
The portable methane gas detector is small in size, light in weight and easy to carry.
Good selectivity, only reacts to methane, effectively avoiding the interference of other gases such as water vapor, automobile exhaust, and high sensitivity, even a small leak can be detected, and the response speed is fast, and it will be at the leak point. An alarm is issued instantly, without alarm delay, and maximum safety is guaranteed.
Some portable methane gas detectors on the market will adopt professional anti-seismic design and should not be damaged. Because of their handheld characteristics, they are generally easy to operate. The detectors have sound and light alarm functions.
At present, due to the characteristics and functions of the portable methane detector, it can be widely used in urban gas transmission and distribution pipelines, refineries in the petroleum and petrochemical industries, chemical plants, metallurgical industries, power industries and other places where gas leakage may occur. Thereby ensuring the safety of workers and the safety of the corporate environment. | <urn:uuid:59277097-77a2-42c1-921b-723b55e83938> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jxctet.com/news/1748.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.904253 | 580 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Recent legislation and last week’s announcement of a release of 50 million barrels of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) could see America’s strategic stockpiles drop to around 314 million barrels by the start of the 2032 fiscal year, from 618 million barrels as of early October 2021, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Monday.
If strategic crude oil stockpiles nearly halve over the next decade, they would stand in 2032 at their lowest level since March 1983, the administration noted.
U.S. President Joe Biden said last week that the Department of Energy would release 50 million barrels of oil from the SPR in a bid to lower high gasoline prices in a coordinated effort with other major oil-consuming nations. The oil market, however, had largely priced in SPR releases, as the previous week’s slide in prices showed. Analysts also pointed out that one-off sales from strategic reserves cannot do much to move oil prices significantly lower.
Hours after the announcement of the SPR release, oil prices actually rose, erasing earlier losses—the opposite of the goal to reduce high crude oil and gasoline prices.
Oil prices plunged on Friday, but the crash had nothing to do with the announced SPR release. The market was spooked by a new heavily mutated COVID variant, Omicron, which is also believed to be more contagious than previous strains.
Apart from the SPR release announced last week, recent U.S. legislation plans for drawdowns of SPR stocks toward the end of the decade. For example, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed earlier this month, includes a provision to draw down a total of 87.6 million barrels of crude oil from the SPR in fiscal years 2028 through 2031, the EIA noted.
In addition, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, passed in 2015, and The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 collectively call for the sale of more than 160 million barrels of crude oil from the SPR in 2022 through 2027.
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Almost 40 percent of those with ADNC had limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change
MONDAY, June 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change (LATE-NC) is seen in almost 40 percent of brains with Alzheimer disease neuropathologic change (ADNC), according to a study published online June 13 in Acta Neuropathologica.
Peter T. Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., from the SandersâBrown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, and colleagues compiled neuropathologic, genetic, and clinical data from 13 high-quality community- and population-based longitudinal studies, including a total of 6,196 participants, to examine the prevalence of LATE-NC across the full range of ADNC.
The researchers found that among the 6,125 participants with available CERAD neuritic amyloid plaque score data, 39.4 percent had autopsy-confirmed LATE-NC of any stage. Of the brains with frequent neuritic amyloid plaques, 54.9 percent had comorbid LATE-NC compared with 27.0 percent of brains with no detected neuritic amyloid plaques. Brains with LATE-NC had relatively more severe primary age-related tauopathy in the subset of individuals with Tha1 Aβ phase = 0 (lacking detectable Aβ plaques). Cognition tended to be worse with LATE-NC across the full spectrum of ADNC severity in the 10 cohorts with detailed neurocognitive assessments close to death.
“These data are interpreted to indicate that LATE-NC, with or without comorbid ADNC, is highly prevalent and impactful in persons of advanced age,” the authors write.
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How To Make Dotted Letters (Tagalog )- Kindergarten is the latest worksheet that you can find. This worksheet was uploaded on June 26, 2020 by admin in Printables.
Knowing the alphabet is the central precursor to learning to study. Youngsters who be aware of alphabet prior to going into college use a organic edge on children who can't identify the letters of the alphabet. Understanding the alphabet doesn't need to be an challenging job. In fact, teaching the alphabet is much more efficient when you ensure it is fun. Distinct young children locate different activities fun, so try distinct instructing techniques. Listed below are seven suggestions you can try to instruct your son or daughter the alphabet.
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The floor of the entrance to the Mitchell Library vestibule, which is part of the State Library of New South Wales, displays a stunning mosaic 1939-1941 reproduction of a seventeenth century map recording Abel Tasman’s two journeys of 1642 and 1644. It charts the west, north and southern coasts of the Australian continent, but is incomplete, thus representing the historical moment between an imagined Terra Australis Incognita, and the final survey of the east coast which presaged British colonisation. The original Tasman map, also held by the Mitchell library and currently undergoing restoration, has a strange and chequered biography. This paper explores the myths associated with what is known colloquially as the Bonaparte Tasman map, in honour of its last owner Prince Roland Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon. We examine its contested origins and role as an agent of Dutch East India Company imperial ambitions, relegation to forgotten cast-off when that empire collapsed, Bonaparte’s desire to gift it to the nascent Australian Commonwealth as a symbol of new nationhood, and the international subterfuge involved in its acquisition by not by the nation, but the State Library of NSW. Analysis of what was known of the map in the decades prior to its arrival in Australia challenges the conventional narratives, and we propose the biography of the Tasman map (and its embodiment in the Mitchell Library vestibule mosaic) is a study in imperialism, colonialism, federation, and power. | <urn:uuid:b0465ddd-e3b5-433a-8218-4709e19e2338> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/32835 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.939332 | 298 | 2.5 | 2 |
Process and device for the dose dispensing of a radioactive solution
An apparatus and method for automatically dispensing a radioactive dose by filling a container, such as a vial or disposable syringe, with a required radioactive dose in a sterile environment; the apparatus being stand alone and radioactive-shielded. The apparatus further includes a control device for accurately dispensing and diluting the required radioactive dose using an online radioactivity measurement, which does not require knowledge of the volumetric radioactivity of the stock solution.
This invention relates to apparatus used in nuclear medicine and in particular to a means whereby a radioactive dose required can be provided to a syringe in an automated fashion which obviates the need for a person to actually handle the radioactive material.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Radioactive solutions called radiotracers or radiopharmaceuticals, have found applications in various medical fields, in particular in medical diagnostic and therapeutic fields. In recent years the advance of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which use radionuclides (radioisotopes) of significant higher radiation energy than more conventional nuclear medicine isotopes, has raised some concerns about hand and body radiation exposure received by the persons preparing the dose.
The dangers of ionising radiation are well known and apply to all persons being exposed to radiation, including the staff involved in the preparation of radioactive solutions. Dose fractionation of the radioactive solutions is usually a manual process, performed behind a lead shielded screen to minimal exposure to radiation. However, the performance of this task is time consuming, as the operator needs to withdraw by successive iterations, small volumes of the radiotracer, until he reaches the targeted dose.
After each withdrawal the needle needs to be re-capped and the syringe placed in a dose calibrator to determine if more or less of the radioactive solution should be processed in or out of the syringe. When the targeted dose has been achieved (within ±10%), the syringe may be topped up with saline to obtain a reasonable volume.
Before being released or dispatched for clinical use, the syringe is placed again in the dose calibrator to print out the accurate dose record. To date, very little attempt has been made by manufacturers to design automated equipment capable of withdrawing a dedicated radioactive dose into a disposable sterile syringe or vial.
The very few systems currently on the market are expensive and bulky and are not widely available. Other more affordable systems are either not technically practical or do not achieve efficient radiation protection and need to be operated in a shielded environment. In addition, most of these apparatus rely on the pre-requisite knowledge of the volumetric radioactivity (Ci/mL or Bq/mL) of the stock solution to determine the corresponding volume and hence the radioactive dose to be dispensed.OUTLINE OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of this invention to provide an accurate means of automatically dispensing individual doses of a radioactive solution into vials or syringes under aseptically controlled conditions while minimising the exposure to radiation of an operator which would otherwise be associated with the manipulation of radioactive solutions.
The invention in one aspect is a radioactive dose dispensing device for automatically filling a container with a required radioactive dose in a sterile environment, said device being stand alone and radiation shielded and including control means to control a mix of radioactive stock solution and dilution stock solution, the radioactivity of which mix is monitored by radiation detection means.
The invention in a second aspect is a method of automatically dispensing a dose of a radioactive solution using a software controlled lead shielded device which includes the steps of
- providing the device with a radioactive stock solution and a dilution stock solution
- using a computer software interface to the device to control the dose dispensed automatically into a syringe or vial in the device.
It is preferred that the radioactive dose dispensing device be used for filling a disposable syringe. It is further preferred that a shielded receptacle be provided to receive the syringe.
It is also preferred that a fork shaped arm be provided to actuate the plunger of the disposable shielded syringe. It is further preferred that a high precision linear drive mechanism to move either the syringe or its plunger in a vertical direction.
It is preferred that a customised disposable T shaped tubing assembly be used to provide a sterile fluid pathway. It is further preferred that pinch valves be provided to switch between the radioactive stock solution and the dilution stock solution.
It is also preferred that the automation of the device be controlled by a programmable logic controller (PLC) in association with a radiation detector which monitors on-line the radioactive dose passing through the tubing and being dispensed into the syringe.
It is further preferred that the PLC controls the automation tasks and relevant mathematical calculations for dispensing a requisite dose and that this be operable by computer means with an associated printer although any desired arrangement could be used.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood an embodiment of it will be described herein by way of non limiting example with reference to the accompanying drawingsBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES
The invention 100 in one embodiment is a device for the automatic filling of disposable syringes with a radioactive solution (radiopharmaceutical) for injection or infusion into a patient.
The device 100 is a stand alone equipment that does not require any additional lead shielding and can be directly used on a bench or inside a conventional, unshielded, laminar flow cabinet.
The device includes a concave lead block 30 and a swinging lead lid 32 designed to accommodate standard lead shielded pots 31 commonly used for the transport of radioactive solutions. It also includes a receptacle 51 that can accommodate various shapes of commercially available tungsten syringe shields and provides an easy and safe installation of the syringe shield 52.
The device further includes a fork-shape arm 41 that can hold or release the plunger of the syringe and an electro-actuator that can link the linear drive 36 to the receptacle 51, and drive up/down the syringe and its needle 55 to pierce the Luer Slip Injection Site 59.
The device provides a permanent link between the linear drive 36 and the fork-shape arm 41 and allows both the radioactive solution and the diluting solution to be drawn at a constant fluid flow rate through the tubing and into the syringe.
The Luer Slip Injection Site 59 is attached to the upper tubing assembly and two Luer-lock fittings 61 (with needles) are attached to the lower tubes assembly (see
The tubing assembly is held in its appropriate position by a small groove and a dedicated shaped recess 2 to accurately position the Luer Slip Injection Site 59, in regard to the needle 55.
The device is provided with both radioactive and diluting stock solutions which are dispensed from their respective vials 34 and 62, up to the syringe by passing through a disposable, sterile and non-pyrogenic fluid pathway with the radioactive amount controlled by a radiation detector 63, which in this embodiment of the invention is a Geiger-Muller tube or PIN photodiode and located behind a portion of the tube assembly leading to the injection site (behind the plate holder 2).
The device is automated via a programmable PLC and is connected to a computer serving as a user interface, and preferably is provided with a printer to print the syringe or vial label showing the activity, date, time, batch, patient name, etc. or whatever may be required.
The dispensing of the radioactive dose is done on-line by measuring the true amount of radioactivity passing in front of the radiation detector 63 and the total volume required into the syringe is automatically adjusted by dilution.
The device also includes a safety cross-evaluation of the delivered radioactive dose which is automatically performed using the traditional volumetric dispensing method, and the volumetric method can also be used as the main dispensing method.
It is further envisaged that the device of the invention may include a built-in sterile air flow, designed to allow the device to be operated on a bench in a conventional room but still maintaining full compliance with a 3.5 class (A class) dispensing environment, characterized by a sterile air flow directed towards the Luer Slip Injection Site 59 and needle 55.
It is also envisaged that in another embodiment of the invention a sterile disposable double check-valve could be located between the syringe 53 and needle 55, or underneath the Luer Slip Injection Site 59 to allow the transfer of an accurate dose of radioactive solution through a tube, to externally located vials or containers.Operation of the Device
When the device is being operated the user opens the door 9 of the device and installs a new tubing kit 57 onto the tubing holder 2. The Luer Slip Injection Site 59 attached to the upper T-shape tube is slid into the appropriate recess and both needles 61 attached to the lower T-shape tubes are fed through each lead channel and connected to the radioactive stock solution 34 and the dilution stock solution 62.
The user then rotates the lid 32 and closes the door 9 and introduces a disposable syringe 53 with its appropriate needle 55 into a tungsten syringe shield 52. At this point the needle is un-capped and the tungsten syringe shield is placed onto the receptacle 51 on the front face of the device. The operator then enters on the computer the requested radioactive dose and total volume.
The device lowers the receptacle 51 enabling the syringe to pierce the Luer Slip Injection Site with the needle. The filling sequence will automatically dispense the desired radioactive dose into the syringe and dilute it to match the requested volume by actuation of the syringe plunger. Once the syringe has been filled (less than one minute), the syringe and syringe shield are lifted away from the Luer Slip Injection Site, and the syringe and syringe shield is removed from the device and needle re-capped. At the end of the process, a syringe label is printed with the appropriate dose data.SUMMARY OF THE EMBODIMENT OF INVENTION
Traditionally the accurate knowledge of the volumetric radioactivity (specific activity: Ci/mL or Bq/mL) of a radioactive stock solution is required for the accurate dispensing of any radioactive dose.
For example, a dose of 3 mCi (111 MBq) of a radioactive solution with a volumetric radioactivity of 50 mCi/mL (1850 MBq/mL) will be precisely achieved by dispensing a volume of 0.06 mL. However, volumetric radioactivity of solutions is not always determined with great accuracy at the time of the manufacturing of the product, and post measurement of the volumetric radioactivity at the customer site is regarded as a critical operation.
The invention has the novel feature in that it can accurately dispense a requested radioactive dose without any knowledge of the volumetric radioactivity of the stock solution by an on-line radioactivity measurement and without exposing an operator to the radiation.
In the invention, a radiation detector 63 being a Geiger-Muller tube, a PIN photodiode or other fast measuring device is located behind a portion of the tubing leading to the injection site 59 and then to the syringe 53. The radiation detector continuously monitors the radioactive dose passing through the tube and into the syringe at a very constant liquid flow rate and the PLC 11 determines the appropriate switching sequence of the valves to dispense the requested dose and volume.
The program also calculates online the corresponding radioactivity contained in the dead volume of the tubing which will be inevitably added-on during the dilution phase of the syringe filling. That corresponding radioactivity is subtracted from the required dose by the PLC 11 to identify the amount of radioactivity allowed to pass the radiation detector 63. At the end of the filling process, the sum of the amount of activity allowed to pass by the detector before the dilution phase and the resultant activity gained during the dilution phase due to the dead volume of the tubing kit, translates to the required dose.
Below is the formula used to determine how much of the stock solution needs to be drawn-up into the syringe to achieve the desired dose (this calculation is performed continuously during the filling process):
- Let RD=Requested dose
- ADV=Activity contained in the dead volume of the tubing
- RMT=Radioactivity measured passing through the tubing
- VA=Volumetric activity of the stock solution
- DV=Dead volume of the tubing
- SA=Volumetric radioactivity
- VSW=Volume of stock solution withdrawn from vial
Therefore the radioactive amount of stock solution to draw-up into syringe:
Using the above method of filling a syringe with a radioactive solution, it is not necessary to know the specific activity of the stock solution prior to the filling process, as it is calculated during the filling process.
The accuracy of the dose dispensed is a function of the volumetric radioactivity of the radioactive stock solution, and experiments have shown accuracy better than 5% for volumetric radioactivity in the range of 0-50 mCi/mL (0-1850 MBq/mL) and better than 10% for volumetric radioactivity in the range of 50-100 mCi/mL (0-3700 MBq/mL).
The invention lies in an automated means of preparing a dose of a radiopharmaceutical into a disposable syringe under computer control by means of a radiation detector to determine the radioactive dosage and dilution by a non radioactive solution to achieve a desired volume. By this means such a dose can be prepared without unnecessary radiation exposure occurring to the person preparing the dose.
The precise components of the apparatus of the invention may be varied provided they achieve the method of the invention as described. It is further envisaged that other embodiments of the invention will exhibit any number of and any combination of the features of those previously described and whilst we have described herein one specific embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that variations and modifications in this can be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.
11. A radioactive dose dispensing apparatus for automatically filling a container with a required radioactive dose in a sterile environment, comprising:
- means for radiation shielding of said radioactive dose dispensing apparatus;
- means for controlling a mix of radioactive stock solution and dilution stock solution; and,
- means for detecting radioactivity of said mix of radioactive stock solution and dilution stock solution.
12. The radioactive dose dispensing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said container is plunger-operated disposable syringe.
13. The radioactive dose dispensing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a shielded receptacle for receiving plunger-operated disposable syringe.
14. The radioactive dose dispensing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising drive means for actuating said plunger-operated disposable syringe.
15. The radioactive dose dispensing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said drive means is a linear drive mechanism for actuating said plunger-operated disposable syringe.
16. The radioactive dose dispensing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a programmable logic controller for automating said radioactive dose dispensing apparatus and calculating a required dose, said programmable logic controller operable in combination with a radiation detector for controlling the radioactive dose being dispensed into said plunger-operated disposable syringe.
17. The radioactive dose dispensing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein programmable logic controller is operable via a computer interface.
18. The radioactive dose dispensing apparatus according claim 11, further comprising a disposable tubing assembly for providing a sterile fluid pathway for the dilution stock solution.
19. The radioactive dose dispensing apparatus according claim 11, further comprising pinch values for switching between the radioactive stock solution and the dilution stock solution.
20. A method for automatically dispensing a dose of radioactive solution using a software-controlled lead shielded apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- providing a radioactive stock solution for said software-controlled lead shielded apparatus;
- providing a dilution stock solution for said software-controlled lead shielded apparatus; and,
- controlling a dose of radioactive solution dispensed automatically into a syringe or vial via a computer software interface.
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International scientific and practical conference "Democracy and Education: Teaching and Learning Democracy in Primary School and in Teacher Education"
We invite you to take part in the International scientific and practical conference "Democracy and Education: Teaching and Learning Democracy in Primary School and in Teacher Education".
The conference is held within the joint project of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University and the Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science of the University of South-Eastern Norway "Development of the Culture of Democracy in Teacher Education in Ukraine, Norway and Palestine"
April 21-22, 2021
Democracy and Education:
Teaching and Learning Democracy in Primary School
and in Teacher Education
The purpose of the conference: Consolidation of efforts of the educational community in understanding democracy in education, dissemination of successful stories within the framework of the project, and best practices for the implementation of democratic transformations in primary and higher education.
Areas of work during the conference:
- Challenges and prospects of democracy in modern pedagogical education.
- Teachers Competencies for the 21st-century: democracy in teaching.
- Democratic changes in the Ukrainian education system.
- Modern pedagogical technologies in training and education of future teachers.
To participate in the conference are invited: scientific and pedagogical workers and researchers, teachers and heads of higher educational institutions, doctoral students, school psychologists, teachers.
April 21, 2021 - reports of keynote speakers of the conference (10.30 to 17.00)
April 22, 2021 – parallel sessions, workshops, discussions (10.00 to 16.00)
All conference participants will receive a certificate of participation.
Participation in the conference is free.
Official languages of the conference: English, Ukrainian.
Conference procedure - online on the Zoom platform;
Materials sent to the conference will be published in the conference abstracts collection (Appendix 1) and in the scientific e-journal "Teacher's professionalism: theoretical and methodological aspects", Ukrainian specialized edition of category "B".
Registration and submission of materials:
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Deadline:April 15, 2021 - theses
Procedure for submission of materials:
May 1, 2021 – submission of articles;
June 1, 2021 – reviewing articles.Publication of the issue - August 2021
Additional information is available on the website of National Pedagogical Dragomanov University
Requirements for the design of articles and templates are available for download on the website of the e-magazine "Teacher's professionalism: theoretical and methodological aspects"
Ukrainian specialized edition of category "B".
Reviewing, editing, assigning DOI, publishing an article on the publication's website is included in the price. The cost of publishing the article is UAH 900.
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An Australian superannuation fund has agreed to overhaul its approach to managing climate risk after settling a lawsuit brought by one of its members. In this article from The Conversation, Anita Foerster of Monash University says the case may help to set a “best practice” standard for superannuation funds to protect retirement savings from climate risk.
Anita Foerster writes:
The A$57 billion Rest super fund last week pledged to overhaul the way it manages climate risk, following a lawsuit by a 25-year-old member. The concession raises the bar for the way Australian superannuation funds respond to climate change.
The fact that Rest agreed to settle the case before a trial is significant. It indicates that the proposition behind the case – that super funds have a legal duty to identify, manage and disclose climate-related risks – is no longer disputed.
Rest has agreed to align its investments with net-zero emissions by 2050 and to publicly disclose its holdings, among other undertakings.
This is an ambitious and much-needed step up. It will influence how Australia’s A$3 trillion superannuation industry invests, and how our retirement savings are protected from climate risk.
Climate: a risky business
Brisbane man Mark McVeigh sued Rest for failing to disclose how the fund was managing the financial risks posed by climate change. These risks fall into two main categories:
- Physical risks from extreme events such as bushfires, storms and floods, which can damage assets and disrupt operations.
- Risks arising from the transition to a low-carbon economy. These include new regulatory requirements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and associated market shifts.
Climate risks are directly relevant for companies in many sectors, particularly energy and mining. But super funds, which pool capital and invest in these companies, are also exposed via reduced asset values and investment returns.
The legal claim alleged Rest’s trustee directors failed to act with care, skill and diligence when investing for McVeigh, by not properly considering the risks climate change poses to the fund’s investments.
In a statement as part of the settlement, Rest acknowledged climate change “could lead to catastrophic economic and social consequences … Accordingly, Rest, as a superannuation trustee, considers that it is important to actively identify and manage these issues.”
Rest also committed to significant changes to its investment practices. I analyse four of these pledges below, drawing on recent empirical research.
1. Net-zero emissions by 2050
Rest pledged to align its portfolio to the Paris Agreement. In doing so, it joins a small number of other Australian superfunds such as Hesta, as well as high-profile companies such as ANZ, that have made similar commitments.
Investors are still grappling with what it means to decarbonise and align portfolios with the Paris Agreement. The agreement doesn’t allocate specific emissions reductions to nations, but it does allow for calculation of a global “emissions budget”. This can be used to develop scenarios involving various mitigation measures over different time frames.
All Paris-aligned scenarios involve, at a minimum, very significant reductions in fossil fuel use. However, decarbonising existing portfolios is particularly challenging for Australian super funds. Many, including Rest, have substantial holdings in companies actively pursuing new fossil fuel projects such as Woodside Petroleum, Santos, Origin Energy, AGL and Caltex.
If Rest is serious about delivering on its pledge, it must divest from these companies, or secure a commitment to net-zero from these and the thousands of other companies in which it invests.
2. Publicly disclose portfolio holdings and climate risk exposure
The Australian superannuation industry is known for its poor transparency. One recent analysis found only a handful of Australian super funds publish a complete list of the companies in which they hold shares. Most only reported the top 10 or 20 holdings.
Disclosure of basic factual information, such as top holdings and assets under management, is highly variable between and within funds. It is very hard to find out which companies a super fund invests in, and to what extent. Funds’ disclosure of exposure to climate risks and their management is also patchy.
Rest has now committed to publicly disclose its full portfolio, as well as its approach to climate-related risks, in line with international best practice. This is a crucial step towards improvement across the industry.
3. Better consider climate-related risks
Super funds can address climate-related risks using a range of responsible investment approaches. These include negative screening, which involves excluding high-risk assets such as coal, oil or gas reserves.
Australian super funds already use this approach, but generally only apply it to “green” investment products which represent a tiny share of the overall portfolio.
Unlike other large industry super funds, Rest does not appear to apply a climate-related screen, and it does not offer a green-labelled investment option. While these are not the only ways to manage climate risk, they are clear and highly visible approaches. There appears to be considerable scope for Rest to better address climate risk in its investment strategy and asset allocation. At the very least it has now committed to better disclose its approach.
4. Actively consider shareholder resolutions
Proposals by shareholders have recently emerged as a way to pressure Australian companies to disclose climate risks and commit to the clean energy transition. Super funds hold significant shareholdings in Australian companies, and how they vote can influence how a company responds.
Rest and others have a patchy record when it comes to supporting shareholder climate resolutions – even those simply asking for better climate risk disclosure. This underscores the considerable gap between Rest’s new commitment and recent practice.
Shareholder votes are used to pressure companies to act on climate.
Raising the bar
Rest’s new commitments are ambitious, and help consolidate an emerging “best practice” standard for superannuation funds on climate risk.
The commitments also underscore the key role super funds can play in society’s response to climate change. When climate is central to investment decision-making, funds can align capital and resources to the clean energy transition.
Because the case was settled out of court, Rest’s undertakings are not legally binding. However companies, regulators, interested members and NGOs will closely monitor whether the promises are implemented, and how the broader industry responds.
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The Lake Monger Primary School Board has endorsed this schedule of Voluntary Contributions and Charges for 2022. The schedule outlines all costs your child might incur throughout the school year.
Please note that the Charges outlined are for the whole year and payment will be spread over the year as incursions or excursions occur.
The total amount of voluntary contributions parents and carers are being asked to pay has been contained within the $60.00 maximum set in the School Education Regulations 2000.
Money collected will be used to supplement school expenditure in areas in the attached document listed. The actual costs per child are shown in the table. While contributions are voluntary the quality of our teaching and learning program will be maximised when each family makes its voluntary contribution to the cost of supplementing the funding gained from other sources, including the State and Federal governments. Payment of these voluntary contributions at the beginning of the school year would be appreciated.
Payment can also be made through the book list supplier.
Further information fees and charges are outlined in the following document.
The P & C levy is $30.00 per student with a maximum of $60.00 per family (with 2 or more children). The levy is to be paid directly to the school and can be paid at the same time as the voluntary contributions. Payments for voluntary contributions and charges can be paid by Direct Deposit:
A/C Name: Lake Monger Primary School
A/C No: 00900272
Reference: Child’s Full Name
EFTPOS facilities and Cash payments are also welcome by visiting the front office.
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Interventional pulmonology is an area of pulmonary medicine that deals specifically with minimally invasive endoscopic and percutaneous procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of neoplastic as well as non-neoplastic diseases of the airways, lungs, and pleura. Rise in the number of COPD cases across the world is expected to boost demand over the coming years. Need for faster recovery time and reduced pain during procedures and surgeries for respiratory disorders has strengthened the market. Leading manufacturers of interventional pulmonology devices are focusing on geographical expansion to increase revenue and add new repair and service centers in emerging countries through the acquisition of local players.
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Various awareness programs have been initiated by healthcare providers and health organizations/societies such as environmental programs, medication maintenance programs, and online education programs for public and healthcare professionals across the globe to control asthma, COPD, and other respiratory diseases. Major companies such as Boston Scientific Corporation, Olympus Corporation, and FUJIFILM Corporation, besides others, are focused on spreading awareness regarding respiratory diseases.
As per Persistence Market Research analysis, the global interventional pulmonology market is expected to exhibit a CAGR of more than 4% over the forecast period (2021 – 2031).
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- IP diagnostic devices are expected to hold maximum revenue share under products.
- Lung cancer is projected to be the dominant segment among indications, in terms of revenue. The segment accounted for 26.6% share in 2020.
- The U.S., followed by Europe, is expected to hold substantial revenue share in the global interventional pulmonology market.
- Emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa have a large COPD patient pool, and rising disposable income of patients with increased healthcare expenditure would encourage interventional pulmonology device manufacturers to enter these markets.
- The interventional pulmonology space faced adverse effects due to the COVID-19 crisis as a result of supply chain disruptions and economic impact of the pandemic on small- and medium-sized enterprises.
- Hospitals and diagnostic centers to account for bulk of the market share (around ¾).
“Rising global prevalence of various respiratory diseases has increased demand for effective diagnosis and treatment in order to better manage the progression rate of these diseases,” says a Persistence Market Research analyst.
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Acquisitions of Small & Medium Players – Imperative Strategy for Market Players
Given the consolidation in the market, bigger players are focusing on the acquisition of small and medium market players. This trend is being observed across North America and Europe. This is dominated by players with a strong regional distribution presence in terms of direct sales force and medical ventilator product manufacturing.
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Facebook and Apple are set to offer free egg freezing to female employees struggling to balance a high-powered career with the notion of parental commitments.
The controversial benefit has come about as part of "perks arms race" between leading Silicon Valley companies seeking to recruit more women across all levels of management, NBC News reports.
Facebook already has a free egg freezing clause worth up to $20,000 (£12,500) in place under its surrogacy benefit for employees, a spokesperson for the social media site confirmed to NBC News. Apple will begin running a similar value programme in January, under its listed fertility benefits.
They are the first major companies to offer that benefit for non-medical reasons in the US, where egg freezing is a notoriously expensive process of around $10,000 (£6,300) per procedure with added annual costs for storage.
No such equivalent programme exists in the UK, where the cost of egg collection, freezing, storage for three years and thawing at Nottingham-based fertility clinic CARE is £3,050.
Women working for Facebook in the US have already begun taking advantage of the scheme, which Philip Chenette, a fertility specialist in San Francisco, describes as a "payment" for their commitment in the workplace.
"Having a high-powered career and children is still a very hard thing to do,” egg-freezing advocate Brigitte Adams, founder of the patient forum Eggsurance.com, told NBC. She said that by offering such a benefit, Apple and Facebook were helping support women carve out the life that they want.
Both companies already offer a comprehensive and generous package of fertility, childcare and adoption benefits targeted at wannabe parents.
Facebook, whose COO Sheryl Sandberg has long campaigned for the workplace to be an equal playing field for women, gives new parents $4,000 (£2,500) in "baby cash" to spend however they like.
For some campaigners, egg-freezing technology is now a key part of bringing equality to women in the workplace and a means of eliminating the "ticking biological clock" that can put pressure on career women of childbearing age.
New York-based gynecologist Dr. Suzanne LaJoie is one such woman. After suffering a break-up in her mid-30s, she decided to get her eggs frozen at the age of 37.
“I just wanted to take the pressure off,” she told Business Week. “Men don’t have a biological clock, and I felt like it leveled the playing field a bit.”
By her early 40s, she had met a partner and made the decision to thaw her eggs to have a child. "If I’d had kids when I was a resident, I wouldn’t have been able to spend any time with them - I was working a gazillion hours a week,” she says. "Now I can bring my 5-year-old to kindergarten every day."
Sarah Elizabeth Richards, who wrote a book about her egg freezing experience, Motherhood, Rescheduled: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing and the Women Who Tried It, agrees. She spent $50,000 (£31,000) freezing several rounds of eggs in 2006 to 2008 and now aged 43, plans to use them soon.
"You feel bad about yourself, like you’re the odd man out, and somehow you’ve messed up on your path,” she says. “By freezing, you’ve done something about it. You’re walking taller; your head is held higher. And that can pay off in both your work and romantic lives. Egg freezing gives you the gift of time to start a family, but it’s also, like, here’s how many years I actually have left for my other goals - what can I do with them?”
But critics have raised ethical questions about the concept of an egg freezing perk. The very fact that it is a benefit may seem to put implicit pressure on female employees to delay their plans for a family.
“Would potential female associates welcome this option knowing that they can work hard early on and still reproduce, if they so desire, later on?” asks Glenn Cohen, co-director of Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, in a blog post last year (via NBC). "Or would they take this as a signal that the firm thinks that working there as an associate and pregnancy are incompatible?"
The issue is still some way off affecting employees in the UK, where benefits - medical or otherwise - take a very different structure to companies in the US.
Yet even here, egg freezing is becoming a more topical issue for women looking to have it all. Writing in the Lancet medical journal earlier this month, fertility experts said all women in the UK should have the chance to freeze their eggs or ovarian tissue in their 20s or early 30s, to avoid fertility problems in later life and to reduce the costs of IVF treatment.
So far in Britain, just 20 babies have yet been born from frozen eggs according to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). Around 18,000 eggs had been stored in the UK in total.
The opportunity to freeze eggs is particularly important to women with cancer, as it allows them to store eggs and ovarian tissue prior to chemotherapy.
But the London Women's Clinic notes that egg freezing is now being driven by social reasons too. "Egg freezing is becoming of increasing interest to a number of women who may not be in a secure relationship and choose to put a few eggs in storage for when, and if, the right man comes along," its website says.
Dr Simon Fishel at CARE fertility clinics in Nottingham says awareness of the procedure is still an issue.
“A lot of the young professional women probably don’t realise it is there," he says. "The majority probably think it is still going to cost me and I probably won’t need it."
What do you think? Is the fact that US companies are starting to offer free egg freezing to their employees a good or a bad thing? Would you be interested in having your eggs frozen yourself? Let us know @stylistmagazine or in the comments below.
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Experiments are reported on the behavior of two hydrofoils arranged in an in-line configuration as they undergo prescribed pitching motions over a wide range of phase lags and spacings between the foils. It is found that the thrust production and propulsive efficiency of the upstream foil differed from that of an isolated one only for relatively closely spaced foils, and the effects attenuated rapidly with increasing spacing. In contrast, the performance of the downstream foil depends strongly on the streamwise spacing and phase differential between the foils for all cases considered, and the thrust and propulsive efficiency could be as high as 1.5 times or as low as 0.5 times those of an isolated foil. Particle image velocimetry reveals how the wake interactions lead to these variations in propulsive performance, where a coherent mode corresponds to enhanced performance, and a branched mode corresponds to diminished performance.
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- Computational Mechanics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
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It doesn’t matter who you are or what organization you belong to, anyone and everyone needs startup cash. The old saying, “You gotta spend money to make money,” couldn’t be more true. The problem is if you don’t have the money up front, you could likely miss out on a significant amount of opportunities in addition to potentially never having the chance to make it as a startup yourself. When it comes to needing financing, you have to check out Certified Business Loans as the number one way to fund your business. Avoid the big loan sharks and institutional banks that make their living taking change from your pocket, and partner with the Certified Business Loans experts to make it in the long run.
Some of the most intelligent business strategists understand that there are two ways to bake if you are hungry; you either bake a bigger pie, or you try to take smaller slices if you don’t want to do the work. The same can be said in the business financing world. If you go to a large bank, they aren’t prepared to help you as an individual opportunity with long term potential and needs. Many of the big banks are known to treat you like a Walmart product, where they just want to shuffle as many in at a time as they can. Big banks may not care what you need to have financing for, how long it should take you to pay it back, or even how you could both work together to grow the proverbially pie. Big banks are just looking to get you some money fast and then start collecting payments from it.
When it comes to Certified Business Loans, you actually have a partner that will think about your needs and will do everything possible to provide you with the right financial product for your business. The service is top quality as well because these professionals aren’t just trying to upsell and push a product; they are trying to help you grow the pie so that you can both enjoy a better long term financial success. Rather than cutting your own cash and profits with higher interest rates or being stuck with a very rigid bank if something goes wrong, you need to have a partnership when it comes to your business’ needs.
Another great thing about Certified Business Loans is the flexibility in general. Not only do you get people who treat you like a person and a client instead of a number, but you also have individuals who know you mean a lot more to them if you are having success than if you fail and default on your loans. What happens if you are dealing with a bigger bank and one or even a few of your clients don’t pay you on time? Can you delay your loans? What about the possibility of waiving a late fee if you are 24 hours late on a payment? The flexibility of big banks is not something that many people are willing to praise, but you are always able to try. The flexibility of lending specialists and payday loan type of companies are something that you should stay away from. When it comes to service and understanding, you need to remember that by looking into Certified Business Loans, you are looking into the ones that put people first.
The long term success of your business is most likely one of the most important things to you. In order to pay the bills, bring on a new hand, or even just to buy some more machinery or equipment you are going to have to pay for it up front before it can yield results. The problem is making sure you have someone who understands it’s about helping you first and then profiting later. By getting Certified Business Loans on your side, you truly have the opportunity of growing your business into a highly profitable entity. And, while every business is in business to make a profit themselves, if you can find a financial services partner that will team up with you for the long haul, you will both have a much better shot at getting rich together than you would taking money from a bank that will just be reaching in your pocket regardless of your financial health. | <urn:uuid:500e2aa3-23b5-44a3-b197-b595420eca67> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://certifiedbusinessloans.com/preparing-for-slow-receivables-with-certified-business-loans/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.974482 | 815 | 1.601563 | 2 |
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Join us on Thursday, Feb. 4 to hear from researchers at UCI’s School of Biological Sciences and of Public Health and from DiaSorin Molecular LLC as they discuss developments in their areas of expertise and findings in the battle against COVID-19. Click here for more information about the lecture: https://www.bio.uci.edu/event/ddl_2-4-21/.
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Say yes to every thing you haven’t eaten all year, including eggnog, gravy and desserts. Remember that raw vegetables are only for reindeer. Take long lingering naps after huge meals. Do not move because that will wear off pounds and you want to suffer in January, right? Fill your buffet plate twice as high as everyone else. Go back for seconds or thirds. (That is also the rule for pie; three slices minimum per person, every day.)
What does that get you? Nothing but troubles, self –denial and anguish come the New Year. Is that really your goal?
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
If you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. (2 Peter 5-6, NIV)
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Dr. Anthony describes runner's knee (patello-femoral syndrome) and shares how it is treated.
I am asked a lot on runner’s knee. We do see a lot of runners, and we take care of a lot of runners. Runner’s knee is an inflammation underneath the kneecap. We also call runner’s knee patello-femoral syndrome. The patella is your kneecap and the femur is your thighbone which is right underneath the kneecap.
So runner’s knee or patello-femoral syndrome is a syndrome complex of inflammation and pain underneath the kneecap where it rubs on the femur or the thighbone. It comes about any time you change your running program. So, if you run two miles a day for four days a week and you bump it up to five miles a day, that’s a significant change, and depend upon your age, depend upon your biomechanics, that can cause inflammation underneath the kneecap and cause patello-femoral syndrome or pain in your knee, just underneath your kneecap.
Let’s say if you run three miles, three times a week and you are very consistent, no problems, and then you go on vacation for two weeks and don’t run. You come back and you restart three miles, three times a week; it’s very high chance that you are going to get a runner’s knee, especially as you get older because your body can’t accommodate as well.
So any change in your program, if you are used to running 30 miles a week, no problems, and now you changed shoes to a new shoe because after a year you decided you want new shoes, then that can cause it. If you are used to running straight and level, and now we start doing hills or trails, then that can cause it. So any significant change in your training program can cause patello-femoral syndrome or runner’s knee.
So how do we treat that? Well, it’s important to know that when you get that discomfort or that pain, then you are going to start to get atrophy of your quadriceps muscle because your body doesn’t want to have a strong muscle leading to an injured joint. The thing about the quadriceps muscle--and it’s called quadriceps because there’s four heads to it--and the quadriceps muscle, the VMO or the inside of the quadriceps atrophies first. So now we lose that vector force, and now the quadriceps muscle pulls the kneecap to the outside.
Well, if we look at the under surface of the kneecap, it has a bump on it, and that bump needs to ride in the groove of the femur, and if the kneecap is now pulled to the outside, now you have the bump of the kneecap riding on the bump of the femur, and that’s what causes the discomfort. This condition may not go away for years if you don’t take care of that.
How do we take care of it? Number one is that we want to decrease the aggravating activity to allow this to heal. You should be able to get back in a running so don’t get frustrated, but once we decrease the aggravating activity, allow it to calm down a little bit, now we want to ice it like most overuse injuries, and then after we have iced it, let it calm down a little bit. Now we want to strengthen up the VMO or the inside muscle of your quadriceps muscle, and the way we do that are things like quarter squats or terminal knee extensions or stationary cycle where your seat is all the way up or different activities where we are doing 30% of a squat, but not a full squat. If you do a full squat all the way down, then that’s putting too much pressure underneath your knee cap, and that will make it worse. But if we just go 30% or 25%, what we call a quarter squat, then it can strengthen up the VMO, bring the kneecap back into its alignment again, and allow the process to get better.
So after we ice it, we decrease the activity, and then we strengthen up the VMO with those easy activities. Now if you are an athlete that you have to get back in activity, we need to cross train a little bit. You need to do stationary bicycle or ellipse or swimming or something to allow this to heal while allowing your cardiovascular fitness to stay in shape and allowing your craziness to stay away, and then we start to gradually get back into running as we can, and the way we do that is start off slow and increase gradually.
So we start doing a walk-jog, easy walking and then easy jogging, and if then that doesn’t hurt, the next day you increase it to easy jog, and then we gradually increase as we can.
About Dr. Anthony, M.D.:
Dr. Anthony joined our practice in 1987 and is Board Certified in Family Practice and Sports Medicine. He is a Team Physician for the US Olympic Training Center, San Diego Christian College and Santa Fe Christian High School. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, adjunct professor at San Diego State University, and the primary care physician for the Alvarado Spine Institute. | <urn:uuid:93e387e0-853d-4b44-94e6-ca5e9fef9382> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.empowher.com/runner039s-knee/content/what-runners-knee-dr-anthony-video | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.934492 | 1,162 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Ground Report | New Delhi: UN Human Rights expressed; UN Human Rights, the United Nations’ highest body on human rights matters, has expressed grief over the death of Father Stan Swamy, a human rights activist from India.
The organization tweeted and wrote, “We are saddened and pained by the death of 84-year-old Father Stan Swamy, a human rights advocate who has been incarcerated for a long time without trial. COVID-19 has made it all the more necessary for governments to release all those who do not have sufficient legal grounds to detain them.
Stan Swamy, who was in judicial custody in the Bhima Koregaon case, died in a hospital in Mumbai on Monday afternoon.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in a statement, Father Stan had been held in pre-trial detention without bail since his arrest, charged with terrorism-related offences in relation to demonstrations that date back to 2018. He was a long-standing activist, particularly on the rights of indigenous peoples and other marginalized groups.
‘While in Mumbai’s Taloja Central Jail, his health deteriorated and he reportedly contracted COVID-19. His repeated applications for bail were rejected. He died as the Bombay High Court was considering an appeal against the rejection of his bail application’ UN high Commissioner said in its statement.
High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet and the UN’s independent experts have repeatedly raised the cases of Father Stan and 15 other human rights defenders associated with the same events with the Government of India over the past three years and urged their release from pre-trial detention.
The High Commissioner has also raised concerns over the use of the UAPA in relation to human rights defenders, a law Father Stan was challenging before Indian courts days before he died.
“In light of the continued, severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is even more urgent that States, including India, release every person detained without a sufficient legal basis, including those detained simply for expressing critical or dissenting views. This would be in line with the Indian judiciary’s calls to decongest the prisons’.
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(Opinion article by WM House)
About a decade ago, when I was living in the United Kingdom, I received an email from one of my relatives. Attached to the email was a bigotted letter from a right-wing social media site decrying the takeover of the UK by Muslims and the widespread implementation of Sharia law. The first statement made in this rambling conservative diatribe was a half-truth, and the rest consisted of bona fide falsehoods. My relative asked about my safety since they were convinced the UK had fallen under Islamic rule.
I replied, assuring them I was fine and traditional British law was still the law of the land. The letter also contained expressions of extreme consternation regarding the imminent threat posed to the USA by Sharia law. I tried to quell these fears and pointed out that the chances of the USA sinking into an Islamic theocracy were slim to none.
I probably should have stopped there, but I ventured to provide my view that the greatest danger to American democracy was the budding movement toward Christian ‘bible-based’ governance. If the US were to fall, it would be to a Christian theocracy, not an Islamic one.
I pointed out how the US political system was a representative democracy, biased toward minority rule. Please note that the term ‘representative democracy’ is interchangeable with ‘unrepresentative democracy.’ In a representative democracy, people elect individuals (like senators) to represent them. In the US Senate, this process allows the 600,000 citizens of Wyoming to have an equal vote to 40 million Californians. Clearly, the final vote is dramatically unrepresentative of the combined population of 40,600,00 citizens. Two states with less than four million people always have more influence than the 40 million Californians.
The tyranny of the minority is a constant danger in our form of government. I remarked to my relative how easy it would be for the radical-right Christian movement to become the ruling minority in our country. If they were to dominate the Supreme Court, our traditional constitutional rights would likely be eroded.
Hardline Christianity is no different than hardline Islamic rule in many respects. Both require unbending allegiance to God over Country. The only resolution to this conflict between God and Country is a theocracy, where God and Country are one, and the ruling minority’s religious views are forced on the majority. Both hardline factions believe they operate by divine mandate, justifying any actions necessary to enforce religious conformance.
I did receive a reply from my relative, who stated that my fears seemed a bit far-fetched. Flash forward a decade or so, and my ideas of democracy’s demise into a minority-rule theocracy seem much more tangible.
Our Supreme Court is now dominated by a group of religiously driven justices. A group of senators elected by less than a third of America appointed three of these justices. The overturn of Roe is not based on medical science or facts. It is at odds with the views of the majority of Americans, and it is in direct opposition to other religious traditions like Judaism. It is a decision more aligned with a Christian theocracy than a secular democracy.
Established constitutional rights, which existed for most of my life, were swept away. It saddens me to witness this inflection point in America’s history where we have moved from providing and protecting rights to taking them away to satisfy the vacuous morality of the few.
Recent Supreme Court recent decisions overwhelmingly favor a fundamentalist Christian theology. In several instances, the rulings seem to be an exchange of rights. A non-viable fetus’s rights are exchanged for American women’s rights to healthcare and family planning. The right of a coach to pray in public and coerce students into participating in his strictly Christian ritual overrides the rights of the students to practice their own private beliefs.
Part of the reasoning used in the majority opinions for the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling was that abortion is not deeply rooted in our history or traditions. The same could be said for civil rights, interracial marriages, interracial families, same-sex relationships, same-sex marriages, issues of gender identification, and more. Since the concept of “deeply rooted” is by design nebulous and subject to a wide range of interpretations, almost any issue could be cast in its spotlight.
One of the core concepts displayed in the majority decision is that there is no future, only a past to be relived again and again. This idea has been a dominant right-wing theme for many years. The best vision they can muster for the future is a retreat into the past.
The recent Supreme Court shift in power represents the culmination of a long-game strategy by a powerful minority of radical Christian theocrats.
Threat to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Seven of our nine justices are Catholic, one is Protestant, and one is Jewish. While religious affiliation doesn’t necessarily define the breadth of a justice’s deliberations, the raw statistics of the current Court do portend an extreme lack of diversity.
Nowhere is the threat of theocracy more blatant than in Texas. Kate Cohen writes in the Washington Post:
“… in Texas, Republicans just approved a party platform that thoroughly embraces right-wing Christian beliefs: “We affirm God’s biblical design for marriage and sexual behavior,” they aver. They would rescind no-fault divorce and same-sex marriage, declare homosexuality “an abnormal lifestyle choice,” and put “prayer, the Bible, and the Ten Commandments” in schools. Legislators around the country are passing laws that will force women to bear children they don’t want because, in Gov. Greg Abbott’s words, “Our Creator endowed us with the right to life.”
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Psalms – Prayers of Honesty and Praise
You know that person at work that irritates you just with the sound of their voice because of the negativity that flows from their lips? Or that person who is a “yeah, but…” to every idea you have for solutions to problems? Or the one who smacks his lips at lunch? Are you getting that feeling in the pit of your stomach even now as you think of those who irritate you? Did you know that you probably irritate someone just as bad? Uh, oh.
ALL of us have something that we do that irritates someone else but do we stop loving them? I have a feeling, since none of us are perfectly perfect in every way (Mary Poppins, we are not) that sometimes we do stop relating to them in loving ways. We might even talk about their habits behind their back. That’s called gossip and it is a sin. We might think less of them and don’t invite them to the work we are doing or to our homes. In that way we devalue them as humans. This breaks God’s heart when we do this to each other.
Jesus really nails us when he says when you do these things to the least of these, you are doing it to me. Wait, what?! YES, every time we gossip or put down another human God has created we are doing it to Jesus. How we treat others is a direct correlation to how we treat God. Stop and think about that for awhile. Take all the time you need. I am.
What to know how to turn this irritation to God around? Love God. Love others they way HE love us. Unconditionally, warts, irritating habits and all. Just love. And thats, not all…live your love for others out loud by living in unity. God blesses when we live in love and unity with each other for we are all his kids.
As parents, it grieves us when our children don’t get along, right? It’s even more so with God. Quarreling among his kids breaks His heart. Jesus, our advocate, feels the blows of hate, discord, gossip and put downs just as much as the person you are dishing it out to in your world. Yikes.
Proof is in our next psalm…(as well as many other places in God’s Word.)
Psalm 133, The Message
A Pilgrim Song of David
1-3 How wonderful, how beautiful,
when brothers and sisters get along!
It’s like costly anointing oil
flowing down head and beard,
Flowing down Aaron’s beard,
flowing down the collar of his priestly robes.
It’s like the dew on Mount Hermon
flowing down the slopes of Zion.
Yes, that’s where God commands the blessing,
ordains eternal life.
We repent of thinking less than about our fellow brothers and sisters, wives and husbands, kids, coworkers, co-volunteers in your church body, leaders, associates, store workers, those who disagree with us, anyone who we think is unworthy of our love. Help us to love each other on this earth like you love us…without any conditions. I love you, Lord with all that is in me. Help me to love others they way I love you and especially that way you love me.
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Update: Singing Out now available online!
Jay Rosenstein, who produced SINGING OUT, the documentary about Amasong, gave us exciting news that you can now stream the entire film on your computer from New Day Digital. The cost is $4.99, and the stream is good for 90 days after your purchase.
So, your friends and family who never saw the film can now see it, anywhere in the world, with just an internet connection! Please spread the word about this wonderful new service.
When lesbian music student Kristina Boerger moved to a small Illinois college town, she didn’t find a ready-made community. So she decided to create one with what she loved best: choral singing. Within a few years, what had initially been a ragtag group of volunteer vocalists had become an award-winning recording ensemble. Showing the choir’s evolution into a nationally recognized performance group, THE AMASONG CHORUS: Singing Out documents how the spirit and dedication of one person can help transform a community.
Ever since she was a child, Boerger had loved and excelled in music. She came out as a lesbian in college and in the summer of 1985, she had an experience that changed her life: while working at a college in the Midwest, she was fired when she mentioned being a lesbian. As Boerger recalls, “I was removed within an hour. At first I was so humiliated and so depressed and so angry. And as the anger bubbled to the fore, I realized that I just had to make sure that I never went through that again, and that I did anything that I could to prevent anyone else from having to go through it.”
Boerger devoted the next six years to political activism. But by 1991, she was tired, frustrated and burnt out. While studying for her master’s degree in music at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, a university town with facets of both urban and rural cultures, she decided to form what she advertised as a lesbian/feminist chorus called Amasong. The group’s name was a play on the words “amazon” and “song.” “The word amazon conjures up images of strong women who make their own decisions,” Boerger says. “It was a way of coding our group in a certain way.”
Responding to flyers that Boerger posted around town, a roomful of brave women showed up—mainly lesbians, but also feminist housewives and students. As she explains, the decision to label Amasong as “lesbian/feminist” was an important one: “There’s lesbian-feminism with a hyphen, which refers to woman who are lesbian and feminist. But if you put a diagonal slash between, then it means either or. And that’s very important. Whenever I tell people on the phone who we are, I make sure they get the punctuation correct. It doesn’t mean you have to be both to get in the choir. It means you’ve got to be one or the other.”
As THE AMASONG CHORUS reveals, the choir’s first members were diverse in age, interest and experience. “My original standard for singers?” Boerger recalls. “I didn’t have one. They had to be warm bodies—who were women. That was it.” But under Boerger’s dedication and leadership, the chorus soon grew in number and skill. Mary Lee Sargent, professor of women’s studies at Parkland College, explains that Boerger is “political to the core, but she’s also an artist to her core. So she’s got both identities. And the choir is an expression of both of these identities.”
Because of Amasong, women from different backgrounds found a place where they fit in, where their talents were taken to heights they’d never before imagined possible. And although the traditionally conservative community was hesitant at first, the startling beauty of the group’s music slowly and steadily won its acceptance, developing from a motley band into a large and polished choir, and changing the lives of individuals through the power of music.
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Summary: Varicella zoster virus (VZV), the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles, can activate the herpes simplex virus and trigger the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new mouse study.
Source: Tufts University
Alzheimer’s disease can start almost imperceptibly, often masquerading in the first few months or years as a common forgetfulness in older people. What causes the disease remains largely a mystery.
But researchers from Tufts University and the University of Oxford, using a three-dimensional human tissue culture model mimicking the brain, showed that the varicella zoster virus (VZV), which commonly causes chickenpox and shingles , can activate herpes simplex (HSV), another common virus, to trigger the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Normally, HSV-1 – one of the major variants of the virus – lies dormant in brain neurons, but when activated leads to buildup of tau and beta-amyloid proteins and loss of neuronal function – signature features found in patients with Alzheimer’s.
“Our results suggest a pathway to Alzheimer’s disease, caused by a VZV infection that creates inflammatory triggers that arouse HSV in the brain,” said Dana Cairns, GBS12, research associate in the department of biomedical engineering. “Although we demonstrated a link between VZV and HSV-1 activation, it is possible that other inflammatory events in the brain may also trigger HSV-1 and lead to Alzheimer’s disease.”
The study is published in the Alzheimer’s Disease Journal
“We worked through a lot of established evidence that HSV has been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease in patients,” said David Kaplan, Stern family professor of engineering and chair of the department of biomedical engineering at Tufts’ School of Engineering. One of the first to hypothesize a link between the herpes virus and Alzheimer’s disease is Ruth Itzhaki of the University of Oxford, who collaborated with the Kaplan laboratory on this study.
“We know there is a correlation between HSV-1 and Alzheimer’s disease, and a suggested involvement of VZV, but what we didn’t know was the sequence of events that viruses create to trigger disease,” he said. “We believe we now have evidence of these events.”
According to the World Health Organization, approximately 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 have been infected with HSV-1, the virus that causes oral herpes. In most cases, it is asymptomatic, dormant in nerve cells.
When activated, it can cause inflammation of nerves and skin, causing open sores and painful blisters. Most carriers — and that’s one in two Americans according to the CDC — will have between very mild and no symptoms before the virus becomes dormant.
Varicella zoster virus is also extremely common, with around 95% of people becoming infected before the age of 20. Many of these cases manifest as chickenpox. VZV, which is a form of herpes virus, can also remain in the body, finding its way to nerve cells before becoming dormant.
Later in life, VZV can be reactivated to cause shingles, a disease characterized by skin blisters and nodules that form in a band-like pattern and can be very painful and last for weeks or even months. One in three people will eventually develop a case of shingles in their lifetime.
The link between HSV-1 and Alzheimer’s disease only occurs when HSV-1 has been reactivated to cause sores, blisters and other painful inflammatory conditions.
How sleeping viruses can wake up
To better understand the cause-and-effect relationship between viruses and Alzheimer’s disease, Tufts researchers recreated brain-like environments in small, 6-millimeter-wide doughnut-shaped sponges made of silk proteins and of collagen.
They populated the sponges with neural stem cells that grow into functioning neurons capable of transmitting signals to each other in a network, just as they do in the brain. Some of the stem cells also form glial cells, which are usually found in the brain and help keep neurons alive and functioning.
Researchers found that developed neurons in brain tissue can become infected with VZV, but this alone did not lead to the formation of Alzheimer’s tau and beta-amyloid proteins – the components of tangle fibers and plaques that form in Alzheimer’s disease. patients’ brains and that the neurons continued to function normally.
However, if the neurons already harbored quiescent HSV-1, exposure to VZV resulted in HSV reactivation and a dramatic increase in tau and beta-amyloid proteins, and neuronal signals began to slow.
“It’s a double punch of two viruses that are very common and generally harmless, but laboratory studies suggest that if further exposure to VZV awakens dormant HSV-1, they could cause problems,” Cairns said. .
“It is always possible that other infections and other causal pathways could lead to Alzheimer’s disease, and risk factors such as head trauma, obesity or alcohol consumption suggest that ‘they can cross paths during the re-emergence of HSV in the brain,’ she added. added.
The researchers observed that samples infected with VZV began to produce a higher level of cytokines, proteins often involved in triggering an inflammatory response. Kaplan noted that VZV is known in many clinical cases to cause inflammation in the brain, which could eventually lead to activation of dormant HSV and increased inflammation.
Repeated cycles of HSV-1 activation can lead to further inflammation in the brain, plaque production, and accumulation of neuronal and cognitive damage.
A VZV vaccine – to prevent chickenpox and shingles – has also been shown to significantly reduce the risk of dementia. The vaccine may help stop the cycle of viral reactivation, inflammation and neuronal damage.
The researchers also noted the long-term neurological effects that some COVID patients have experienced from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, particularly in the elderly, and that VZV and HSV-1 can be reactivated after COVID infection. Keeping an eye out for possible later cognitive effects and neurodegeneration would be desirable in these cases, they said.
About this Alzheimer’s disease and virology research news
Author: Mike Silver
Source: Tufts University
Contact: Mike Silver – Tufts University
Image: Image is credited to Tufts University
Original research: Access closed.
“Potential involvement of varicella-zoster virus in Alzheimer’s disease via reactivation of quiescent herpes simplex virus type 1” by Dana Cairns et al. Alzheimer’s Disease Journal
Potential involvement of varicella-zoster virus in Alzheimer’s disease via reactivation of quiescent herpes simplex virus type 1
Background: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) has been implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vaccination against shingles, caused by VZV, has been shown to decrease the risk of AD/dementia. VZV could reside latently in the brain and, upon reactivation, cause direct damage leading to AD, as proposed for herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), a virus strongly implicated in the MA. Alternatively, shingles could induce neuroinflammation and therefore the reactivation of HSV-1 in the brain.
Objective: To investigate these possibilities by comparing the effects of VZV and HSV-1 infection on cultured cells, and the action of VZV infection on resting HSV-1 infected cells. Methods: We infected human-induced neural stem cell (hiNSC) cultures with HSV-1 and/or VZV and screened for the presence of Alzheimer’s disease-related phenotypes such as accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) and P-tau, gliosis and neuroinflammation.
Results: VZV-infected cells did not show the main hallmarks of AD, the accumulation of Aβ and P-tau, that HSV-1 causes, but did show gliosis and increased levels of pro-cytokines. inflammatory, suggesting that the action of VZV in AD/dementia is indirect. Strikingly, we found that VZV infection of quiescent HSV-1 infected cells causes HSV-1 reactivation and subsequent AD-like changes, including accumulation of Aβ and P -tau.
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Salt Lake City -- Mormon church leaders are making a national appeal for a "balanced approach" in the clash between gay rights and religious freedom.
The church is promising to support some housing and job protections for gays and lesbians in exchange for legal protections for believers who object to the behavior of others.
It's not clear how much common ground the Mormons will find with this new campaign. The church insists it is making no changes in doctrine, and still believes it's against the law of God to have sex outside marriage between a man and a woman.
But church leaders who held a rare news conference Tuesday said "we must all learn to live with others who do not share the same beliefs or values."
The language of the new campaign mirrors a website the church launched in 2012 instructing Latter-day Saints to be more accepting and compassionate toward gays. The church made clear then and now that it still opposes gay marriage and insists on its right to apply its own rules within church-affiliated charities, schools, businesses and properties, even those that provide services to non-Mormons.
The church's stance toward gays has softened considerably since it was one of the leading forces behind California's ban on same-sex marriage in 2008.
The church announced the campaign in a rare news conference including three elders from a high-level Mormon governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Church leaders condemned discrimination against gays in stark terms, speaking of centuries of "persecution and even violence against homosexuals."
"Ultimately, most of society recognized that such treatment was simply wrong, and that such basic human rights as securing a job or a place to live should not depend on a person's sexual orientation," said Neill Marriott, a member of the church's Public Affairs Committee.
Mormon leaders still want to be able to hire and fire workers based not only on religious beliefs, but also on behavior standards known as honor codes. Gays and lesbians would have to agree to remain celibate or marry someone of the opposite sex. The church also wants legal protections for religious objectors who work in government and health care, such as a physician who refuses to perform artificial insemination for a lesbian couple.
Accommodations for religious objectors have factored into every state legislative debate over gay rights. But political pressure on rights groups to make concessions to religious conservatives is plummeting as support for same-sex marriage grows around the country.
Gay rights advocates say broad religious exemptions perpetuate discrimination. In some states, such as Arizona, business leaders now side with gay advocates, saying extensive religious exemptions hurt a state's image.
When the U.S. Supreme Court set a broad expansion of same-sex marriage in motion last year, religious conservatives said they would press states to allow some groups, companies and people to refuse some benefits or service for gay spouses. And gay rights groups seeking job and housing protections have faced an uphill battle in the more politically and religiously conservative states. Under these circumstances, advocates for broader religious exceptions believe they can win some concessions.
The Mormon church operates an extensive network of charities, schools and for-profit businesses around the country, with total operating budgets in the billions of dollars, but the new LDS approach is likely to be especially significant in the Mormon strongholds of Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Arizona, where the church and its members play a large civic role.
After coming under intense criticism for leading the fight for California's Proposition 8, church leaders have been trying to heal tensions by telling Latter-day Saints to be more loving and respectful toward gays and lesbians, while appealing to gay and lesbian Mormons to stay in the church.
"Accommodating the rights of all people - including their religious rights - requires wisdom and judgment, compassion and fairness," Holland said. "Politically, it certainly requires dedication to the highest level of statesmanship. Nothing is achieved if either side resorts to bullying, political point scoring or accusations of bigotry."
Earlier this month, CBS affiliate KUTV reported that the Mormon church issued a response to a controversial new television show called "My Husband's Not Gay" that follows three Mormon couples from Utah.
"The decision for a woman and man to marry is deeply personal," the statement said. "While the Church does not promote marriage as a treatment method for same-sex attraction, couples who are trying to be lovingly supportive of each other while being true to their religious convictions deserve our support and respect."
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It may sound like the latest action film, but controlled impact and maximum power are the aims of a training technique called plyometrics.
Also known as jump training, plyometrics involves stretching the muscles prior to contracting them. This type of training, when used safely and effectively, strengthens muscles, increases vertical jump and decreases impact forces on the joints.
Plyometrics mimics the motions we use in sports such as skiing, tennis and basketball. If you enjoy dodging moguls, chasing down ground strokes or charging the net, plyometrics might be an appropriate training option, as these exercises are designed to increase muscular power and explosiveness. Plyometrics is not, however, for those who are in poor condition or have orthopedic limitations.
The Eastern Europeans first used plyometrics in the 1970s to develop greater strength and power in their Olympic athletes. They based their programs on scientific evidence that stretching muscles prior to contracting them elicits the “myotactic” reflex, or stretch reflex, of muscle to enhance the power of contraction.
This pre-stretching of muscles occurs when you perform jumps one after the other. For example, when you land from a jump, the quadriceps muscles at the front of your thighs stretch as your knees bend, and then quickly contract with the next leap. This pre-stretch enhances the power of the second jump.
Proceed With Caution
Plyometric training has received its share of criticism due to reported cases of injury following “plyometric” programs of depth jumping and drop jumping, which involve jumping up to, and down from, boxes or benches that are as high as 42 inches.
The forces sustained from these types of jumps onto hard surfaces can be as much as seven times one’s own body weight. However, carefully considering the type of jumps selected for the program, enlisting a coach or trainer for supervision and gradually progressing to more difficult exercises can make a plyometric program both safe and effective.
Jumps should always begin from ground level, off of and onto padded surfaces such as grass or a gym mat over a wood gym floor. These types of jumps are both safe and easy to perform. Other training techniques include jumping over cones or foam barriers, and traveling bounding.
Research has consistently shown that plyometric training can help lead to improvements in vertical jump performance, leg strength, muscle power, acceleration, balance and overall agility.
These factors contribute to reducing an individual’s potential risk of injury. In addition, some studies have shown plyometrics to have a positive effect on bone density, especially in younger participants.
Use This Tool Wisely
If you are considering plyometrics, proceed with caution. A sports medicine physician or therapist can advise you on whether this training technique is suitable for you, and may even help you get started or recommend someone who can.
But, if improving athletic performance is not a high priority, the additional risk associated with this activity may not be worth the potential benefits.
You will have a more rewarding training experience if you follow the recommendations outlined above. Use only simple ground-level jumps from soft surfaces, and train under proper supervision. Plyometric training can be a smart addition to a healthy individual’s training program, as long as it is used wisely.
Quality, not Quantity
A safe and effective plyometric program stresses the quality, not quantity, of jumps. Safe landing techniques, such as landing from toe to heel from a vertical jump, and using the entire foot as a rocker to dissipate landing forces over a greater surface area, also are important to reduce impact forces.
In addition, visualization cues, such as picturing yourself landing “light as a feather” and “recoiling like a spring” after impact, promote low-impact landings.
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Biometrics Glossary - E
Welcome to the Biometrics Glossary - E - for terms beginning with E
Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)
Electronic Benefits Transfer enables automatic benefits distribution. It is currently implemented in WIC and Food Stamps programs.
A person who interacts with a biometric system to enroll or have his/her identity checked.
A person who has a biometric reference template on file.
The process of collecting biometric samples from a person and the subsequent preparation and storage of biometric reference templates representing that person's identity.
The time a person must spend to have his/her biometric reference template successfully created.
A workstation at which an individual's biometrics (fingerprint, voiceprint, etc.) and personal information (name, address, etc.) can be entered into a bioidentification system.
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When it’s race week, I highly suggest a taper.
A taper week means a reduction in volume and intensity of training and a focus on sleep, rest and recovery.
That does not mean do nothing, but keep all efforts less than 30 minutes with form focus and perhaps a few shorter 1-2 minute intervals.
After your easy 3-10 day taper depending on the length of your race, it is really important to do a short brick (swim, bike, run) the day before the race. I even recommend it on the morning of the race itself.
This doesn’t mean to go balls to the wall and waste all your energy.
Save it for the race.
The purpose of this pre-race brick is to remind your body of the intensity you will be performing during the race the next day or in a few minutes. Waking it up and shaking off the cobwebs after taking a few easy days to rest and recover.
You may feel all out of whack and sluggish doing it…
and the “I’m feeling like I am so DARN SLOW” or the “OMG I am not going to race well” thoughts are going to come out and play.
It’s normal for that to come up, but tell yourself afterwards that this is why you’re doing the brick.
Rehearse and visualize your race in your head and remind yourself that you trained for this and “YOU ARE SO READY” for this race tomorrow or in a little while.
It’s ok to not feel great today but tomorrow is the race when it counts.
Ideally, you’ll want to do a 10-15 minute swim, bike, run each with 4-6 x ONLY 1-2 minute over your race pace intervals, with 2-5 minutes easy recovery.
So…. save the power and speed for the race and BRAGGING rights of accomplishing whatever goals you set for yourself. Race day is always a great day if you chose to make it one!
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By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director
Establishment free traders often claim trade policy reform is futile, urging us instead to simply trust the free market. Recent experience in Britain shows that one trade policy—currency devaluation—does work, and pretty quickly too. Despite imports growing more expensive, both consumption and exports increased.
The British trade deficit has, in recent years, been even bigger than America’s as a percentage of GDP. Since the Brexit vote last year, the pound sterling’s trade-weighted value fell by 13%. The result has been an astounding 53% reduction in the UK’s current account deficit.
According to figures published last week, the U.K. current account deficit narrowed from 25.7 billion pounds in Q3 to just 12.1 billion pounds in Q4. To put it another way, the current account deficit shrunk from 5.3% of GDP in Q3 to 2.4% of GDP in Q4. Inside those figures lies a substantial (17%) improvement in Britain’s trade balance in goods and services, from negative 39.2 billion pounds in Q3 to negative 32.4 billion pounds in Q4.
The British government’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) confirms that the fall in the value of the pound sterling caused this trade balance improvement. Sterling was in the $1.50-$1.60 range for most of 2015, but following the June 2016 referendum when British voters voted to leave the European Union (Brexit), the pound tumbled rapidly and today sits at about $1.25. As usual, critics and nay-sayers saw only the negative, claiming a lower currency would raise import prices and hurt UK consumption and overall UK economic growth. UK consumption has continued to rise. Exports have risen even more quickly. According to the ONS, sectors that have seen a strong export boost include aerospace, automotive, electrical machinery, and chemicals.
Recent developments in the automotive sector have been particularly noteworthy. After the Brexit vote, there were concerns that large multinationals could leave Britain out of fear that it might lose free access to the large European Union market. There was speculation over Nissan, the Japanese carmaker that operates a large plant employing 7,000 people churning out half a million vehicles a year in Sunderland in the northeast of England. In October, Nissan announced not only that it would stay in Sunderland, but that it is embarking on an expansion plan to enable it to build two additional models at the plant (in addition to the SUVs, sedans, electric vehicles, and Infinitis it already builds there).
Then last month, Toyota announced plans to invest an additional $300 million in its Derbyshire plant in central England. Toyota employs 3,000 people in Britain. Toyota said it is watching the Brexit negotiation carefully and concerned about any tariffs between Britain and its European neighbors. The company is also planning to build more auto parts and components in Britain to take advantage of the cheaper pound and simplify its supply chain. Toyota already makes engines in Wales. Finally, sports car and race car maker McLaren announced in February that it is investing $62 million in a new plant in Sheffield, to design and manufacture lightweight carbon-fiber chassis.
In many ways, the UK economy is analogous to the US economy. The UK has run trade deficits every year since 1998. The UK manufacturing sector was hollowed out. Industrial decline and urban decay in cities and one-industry towns was pervasive in the Midlands, north of England and parts of Scotland and Wales. In the US, we’ve run trade deficits for more than 40 years, with widespread industrial decline and decay throughout the non-metropolitan US.
Political leaders and the mainstream media inexplicably focus on political negotiations on trade deals—the UK media is obsessed with its impending negotiations with the EU bureaucrats while over here all eyes are on President Trump’s meetings with China’s President Xi. But, as business leaders know, the most important factor for business and economic success is to make a good product at a good price and clear out the impediments to honest international competition such as mercantilist practices, trade cheating, and misaligned exchange rates.
The international trade community has forgotten that trade should balance, usually driven by currency values. The pound, like the dollar, has been overvalued for many years. That’s true simply by virtue of the fact that if you run deficits for many years, your currency should come down to put your trade back into balance. By surprise and without any effort, fate has given Britain a more competitive pound, and businesses appear to be responding, and quickly. There’s a lesson in there for the United States. | <urn:uuid:de02be6a-1614-49cb-b97c-83b3e7cdb0eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://prosperousamerica.org/british-trade-boost-shows-currency-devaluation-works/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.956989 | 966 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Still working on your gift list this year? You are far from alone. The National Retail Federation says 53 percent of all Americans say they’ll be shopping for Christmas gifts the Saturday before Christmas. And Procrastination Nation seems to get bigger every year thanks to crazy fast shipping deadlines.
If you’re still looking for a gift that will fit anyone and is appropriate for any budget and a recipient of any age or interests, Good Earth Plant Company recommends a little bit of Nature and inspiration.
We’d love to recommend gifts of living walls, moss walls, or replica plant walls, but they are pretty hard to wrap. Instead, how about choosing one of the many excellent nature books available?
It turns out you can still get some of the benefits of exposure to nature just by looking at nature. A 2009 study for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, “Biophilia: Does Visual Contact with Nature Impact on Health and Well-Being?” found that looking at photographs of nature can improve your health by decreasing stress, improving focus and attention, and even lowering the number of health-related complaints.
If you aren’t sure where to start, we have several suggestions.
Earlier this year, I wrote about one of my favorite books, “Wicked Plants” by author Amy Stewart. Amy loves the world of plant villains, especially when they play a role in human history. She writes in the introduction to her book “There is something beguiling about sharing their dark little secrets. And these secrets don’t just lurk in a remote jungle. They’re in our own backyards.” If you have smart kids into monsters and scary stuff, they will love this book. And it’s a super easy read.
For a slightly older gift recipient (over 21!), Amy educates the curious cocktail drinker with all of the herbs, spices, flowers, trees, fruits, and nuts that give the world’s greatest mixed drinks their unique flavors. Human beings have always liked to distill or ferment things, it’s pretty incredible. You might say this book is an intoxicating read, but it’s OK to read and drive! Not. (NOTE: Jim, is something missing here?)
Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life , Richard Louv
Here’s another book by someone I know and highly recommend. Richard’s book addresses the nature needs of adults and the importance of meeting those needs. We’ve written about a lot of these ideas, but I especially like Richard’s smart suggestions for ways to work nature into your life. Give this book to the person who needs to get outside and de-stress!
You will never look at a bird in a museum the same way again after reading this book. It is nonfiction but reads like a mystery thriller. It’s one of Amazon’s picks for best books in 2018. The author tells the story of the theft of 299 rare bird skins from the British Natural History Museum. The investigation is interesting, but you will also learn about rare bird trafficking and fly-fishing along the way.
One of my favorite blog topics is anything about trees. I’ve written about the world’s largest tree and Japaneses forest bathing. So this 2018 version of Peter’s best selling book had to be on the list. It’s visually stunning, first of all. But unlike some photography books, it’s also interesting to read. It’s appropriate for all ages. It will open your eyes about the complex life inside the forests, and I promise you will look at trees with new appreciation after reading it.
The artist’s letters to his brother, Theo, explore Vincent Van Gogh’s relationship to nature and his attempts to understand it and depict it in his artwork. One reviewer calls iit “An adventure of the soul” and a “fantastically inspiring” book. There are several different editions available.
You must be wondering why this famous American poet is on the list. Since childhood. Dickenson collected and classified all of the plants growing in her home garden in Amherst, Massachusetts. She pressed and preserved them. The images of her collection in this book reveal how Dickenson’s poetry, symbolism and messages were all inspired by nature, down to the colors she mentions. You don’t have to be familiar with her poetry to enjoy it.
This is the top selling book in several categories this year on Amazon, and it is easy to see why. Retired astronaut Scott Kelly gathered the best photos he took of Earth during his year long mission on the International Space Station. There are more than 300 pages of amazing photos and they are literally out of this world. It is art plus science good for all ages.
Birds are a favorite subject for nature photographers, and there are a lot of good ones. This is my favorite. I admit I’m biased, because the author is someone I know: my father, Robert Mumford.
His book “The Exquisite Birds of Ecuador” features 322 of my dad’s images of Ecuador’s bird life and other nature images. The book was produced as the result of 16 trips to Ecuador. Ecuador is one of the most biologically diverse areas in the world and there are over 1,600 bird species in this one small country, from hummingbirds to Andean condors. So even with 16 trips, my dad captured only a fraction of the region’s bird life. The book is filled with his very best work. Read on!
I could tell you it’s a stunning book but I don’t have to. I can let the rave reviews on Amazon do the talking:
“Words do not do justice in describing this stunning display of our Ecuadorian feathered friends in the book by Robert E. Mumford, Jr. … I was mesmerized from the first page… and when I turned the last, I had the feeling I had been to Ecuador myself, so vivid were the images and thorough the descriptions. I am proud to display this work of art which will invite all who see it to enjoy it as well.”
“Bob has an amazing eye for fine photography and this new book brings out his best. Here, it is not a table book like so many photo books, but one you can pick up now and then and be amazed again how much beauty there is in nature. We have also found it captivates children of all ages once they see the first bird. It was also a big hit with my sister’s nature organizations. Buy one for yourself and one for your local nature group or school.”
“This is a treasure to own and to share.”
While a book can never be a substitute 100 percent for the real thing, both my dad and I would be thrilled if his book or any of the others on this list inspired you to take a hike and look for birds along a local San Diego trial, or go for a walk in the forest, or just appreciate what a beautiful place we live in.
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The moment I entered the hall, I jumped with joy. There it was!! On the walls, on the tables, spread across three halls. The famous cartoonist Mario Miranda’s work!
Mario Miranda’s books on different themes.
Mario Miranda, one of the most familiar names in the field of Indian cartooning and illustration died a year and half ago leaving thousands of cartoons chronicling of daily life which had entertained and educated us. It looked like he had come alive.
Sketches & drawings on mugs, tiles and in frames.
Earlier, all my queries to find a museum, gallery or a shop where I could see the work of Mario Miranda went in vain when I received not so confident answers in Goa. I was told about a shop, which sells some souvenirs mugs, T-shirts, tiles etc., with his cartoons painted on them but that was not I was looking for.
I wanted to know about his life, his work, his travels, his inspirations and things like that. I wanted to peep into his life. Being a traveller himself, he has portrayed very well the daily life from places, be it Goa or Paris.
Sketches & drawings restored & displayed all over the walls.
And now I was standing in a hall in Reis Magos fort, and beaming with excitement ! Mario Miranda, the artist, who gave a little bit of Goa in our lives, was smiling at me.
Now I got a chance to imbibe the milieu that created the cartoons, graphic chronicles, characters analysis and visual commentaries on Goan life. There are well documented books on the table, set of compilations of Mario’s works on different themes. In fact, these are collector’s items to enter into the world of Mario Miranda.
Mario Miranda is alive thru his sketches.
The main entrance.
The famous piece – A day in Bombay.
One of the books on Display. Isn’t it a collector’s item?
Mario Miranda’s home was in a colony called Loutolim in Goa. A few years back, his friend Gerard da Cunha had created a private museum of Mario’s works adjacent to his home with exposed latterite stones, a special building material in Goa. We could not visit it due to lack of time, but if you happen to be in Goa next time, do visit the museum and let me know how it is.
A closer look would reveal that many stereotypes in Mario becomes a stand in character for the common man as in Laxman’s world who remains a silent witness to all the good, bad and ugly deeds.
Have you seen Mario Miranda’s work or any other cartoonist’s work? If not, when you go next time to Goa don’t forget to see his work. You can thank me later. 😀
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This workshop will serve as an introduction to the study of herbology, with a specific focus on using herbs for ritual and magickal purposes. We will look at the history of herbology and the various ways in which we can use herbs in our own personal practice and rituals. We will explore around 15 different herbs, selected for their use in spellcrafting and valued for their magickal properties. We will also be creating two different herbal concoctions in the workshop, which you will customise based on intention, for you to take home! This is not a workshop on medical herbalism; it will cover the ritual use of herbs, not their medicinal properties. | <urn:uuid:83dbd2bb-8d6e-42c6-978d-f66332bbd24a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blackmoonbotanica.com/portfolio_page/herbology-for-ritual-magick/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.949962 | 134 | 1.695313 | 2 |
To See Ring in a Dream Meanings
In a dream, a ring represents peace, tranquility, authority, a wife, a child, or a job, the reward of which will equal the value and size of the gemstone which is placed on it. If one’s wife is pregnant, and if he sees himself wearing a golden ring in a dream, it means that she will give birth to a son. The king’s ring in a dream represents his kingdom. Cutting off a tight ring with a pair of pliers in a dream means the end to one’s authority. Any incrustations on one’s ring in a dream represent his goals. If the gemstone of one’s ring falls in a dream, it may mean the death of his child, or the loss of his business. A broken ring in a dream means divorce. Wearing a ring made of iron in a dream means that one will receive benefits though with great strain on him. Wearing a golden ring carrying a precious stone in a dream means that such benefits will come with ease. If it is a plain ring or a band with no stone, it means engaging in a strenuous project and getting nothing out of it. Rings made of ivory or from an animal’s horn in a dream represent glad tidings for a woman. Seeing someone in authority stamping a document with his ring as a seal in a dream means that one will receive an important political appointment. If one who is accustomed to wearing a silver ring sees himself offering it as a gift to whoever he wishes in a dream, it means that he will preside over an honorable post. Wearing the governor’s ring in a dream means an appointment as a dignitary, or inheriting such a rank from one’s father. If one’s father does not hold such a position,then it means the opposite of one’s wishes. Finding a lost ring in a dream means earning money from a foreign land, or having a new born son, or it could mean a marriage to a righteous woman. If the stone of one’s ring seems unstable in the dream, it means that one will be fired form his job. Removing one’s ring in a dream means that one maybe removed from his job. If a woman sees herself removing her wedding ring in a dream, it means the death of either her husband or of a close relative. A ring in a dream also connotes a band, an encumbrance. or a shackle. If one’s ring disappears and only the stone remains in the dream, it means that once the responsibilities are gone, good memories of the person will remain. A man wearing a golden ring in a dream represents innovation, and the results will bring about afflictions, betrayal, or a revolt. Wearing a tight ring in the dream means that one will be let off from a vicious woman, or that he will be spared from a wicked duty. A borrowed wedding ring in a dream represents an ownership that will not last. If one buys an engraved ring in a dream, it means that he will own something he never owned before, such as a house, a vehicle, or perhaps he may get married, or bear a child. If one sees rings being sold in the open market in a dream, it means that the estates of the high society are for sale or it could represent foreclosure. If one sees the skies raining rings in a dream, it means that he will conceive a child during that year. lf he is unwed, it means that he will marry a rich and a virgin young woman during that same year. If they are gold rings in the dream, it means that such a woman has lost her wealth. If one places a ring in his little finger then removes it to place it on his ring finger, then removes it again to place it on his middle finger in the dream, it means that he solicits customers for aprostituteoIf one notices his ring sometime in his little finger, then in his middle finger, then in his ring finger without his doing in the dream, it means that his wife will betray him with another man. If he sells his ring for pennies or a handful of sesame, or for little flour in a dream, it means that he will separate from his wife, though they will have respect for one another, or it could mean that he will offer her a good financial arrangement.Receiving a ring that is in laid with a precious stone from one’s son in a dream represents the good character and qualities of such a son. A stone which is made from worthless glass beads in the dream denotes a weak authority. A ring that is inlaid with a green sapphire in the dream means begetting an intelligent son who will become a great man of knowledge. A wooden ring in a dream represents a hypocritical woman. If a woman is offered a ring in a dream, it means that she will get married, and for a married woman, it means that she will give birth to a son. If the ring in one’s dream is interpreted to mean money or clothing, then it represents one’s status and high esteem his field. Receiving a ring as a gift in a dream also means happy news, or a marriage to a beautiful woman. Seeing an atheist who publicly brags about his actions and thoughts wearing a ring and turning its stone toward the palm of his hand in a dream, it means that he engages in sodomy. If a believer turns his ring inside during prayers in a dream, then it represents his modesty. Wearing a ring that carries two gemstones, one to the outside and the other to the inside in a dream means that one may chair two important appointments,material and a spiritual ones, or inner and outer ones. Wearing a ring with a carnelian-red stone in a dream means an end to one’s poverty. If a pious person, a religious person or an ascetic receives a silver ring from God Almighty in a dream, it means his salvation on the Day of Judgment. If he receives a silver ring from God’s Messenger (uwbp) in a dream, it represents a gift of a greater knowledge. If it is gold, iron, or copper, then it has negative consequences, because iron rings represent the chains of the dwellers of hell-fire. Somehow, to wear a simple band in one’s dream is better than wearing a heavy ring. Heavy rings in a dream also may connote an assassination or deceit. On the other hand, large rings in a dream also can be interpreted to mean something great, or something which entails sizable benefits. Lead rings in a dream mean weak authority. If one sends his ring to some people who returns it to him in the dream, it means that he is asking to betroth someone from such a family, but his request will be declined. If one sees his ring being forcefully pulled out from his finger in a dream, it means that he will lose his rank or whatever the ring represents to him. If one loses his ring in a dream, it means that he will experience something he hates to see it happening to him.
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Beleaguered Letchworth church permanently closes over expensive building repairs
- Credit: Archant
A church facing expensive repairs has permanently closed its doors, with any hope of raising the necessary funds snuffed out by the COVID-19 pandemic.
St Michael the Archangel on Letchworth’s Broadway was only dedicated in 1967 but the fabric of the building has been beset with problems for years.
Church buildings must be inspected by an architect or chartered building surveyor every five years and the 2019 inspection resulted in St Michael’s closing in December due to safety concerns, with Priest in Charge Father Robert Kozak hopeful the closure was only temporary.
A St Albans diocese parish profile says the building, designed by Laurence King, “was largely experimental in design and use of materials. The 10-sided space is ‘held’ together by six panels of stained glass that used a non-traditional method to fix the glass.
“Inspections of the building prove inadequate materials were used during construction; for example, the copper roofing is thinner than the copper specified in the original drawings and the building has leaked from the outset.”
Last week, the Diocese of St Albans announced the Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Letchworth has “come to the difficult and sad conclusion they must seek closure of the church”.
A diocese spokesman said Fr Kozak had hoped a way forward could be found, but the prospects of finding the £80,000 needed for investigative works have been diminished by the impact of lockdown on church income.
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“With no viable building, the general shortage of resource and the likely very high cost of repairs, the way forward is to look to neighbouring parishes in Letchworth, which would entail some redrawing of parish boundaries,” the spokesman said.
The Bishop of Hertford, the Right Reverend Michael Beasley, said: “I am immensely sad for the community, which has done its utmost to keep hold of worship in their midst. Even more than normal, in these strange and testing times, we cannot avoid the harsh realities that confront us.”
Fr Kozak, who will move to another post, added: “A part of me will remain with this community as they adapt to this new and difficult situation. I hope and pray they will know God’s blessing and protection during this time of change and in the years to come.” | <urn:uuid:5905eccd-62d9-426c-a7cb-95633a8b4d5b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thecomet.net/news/st-michael-s-church-letchworth-permanently-closes-6608820 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.967048 | 675 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Discovering something new about nature is not an easy task. It cannot be done casually. It requires a lot of observations from different locations/ places for a longer period of time to predict something about nature. Does the scientist do it all alone? No. For such observations scientists and sometimes, people across the globe come together and share their observations with each other. It avails large amount of data from different places, in large span of time. As we know, we depend on trees in various ways to fulfill our needs. We always read about trees in books/ on the internet, but we ever tried to see how they get affected by changes in seasons? Trees go through various seasonal changes. Which may directly or indirectly affects the health of a tree or may cause morphological changes. For example – in summer, some trees shed their leaves completely, while some tree starts flowering or fruiting. These changes may vary in different trees. | <urn:uuid:8c438761-e190-48a3-a446-2171152f38e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vigyanpratibha.in/index.php/seasons-in-the-life-of-a-tree/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.950083 | 187 | 2.9375 | 3 |
The Bophana Center is pleased to host a lecture in English highlighting historic aspects of the Khmer rouge regime
This presentation turns the spotlight on the nationalism during Democratic Kampuchea as an extreme form of which resulted from the belief that killing those who were considered enemies was a must in order to defend the nation. “Yuon Invader” as purely chauvinistic became the justification to eliminate those Khmer associates by accusing them of having Vietnamese head. The interviews with former Khmer Rouge cadres, and the study of party documents, particularly the Revolutionary Flag, radio broadcast and other documents during Democratic Kampuchea revealed part of the factors behind the mass killing, particularly, the Vietnamese civilians and their Khmer associates.
The lecture is to be held in English and will be followed by a Questions and Answers session.
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Signed First Edition "Leaves from a Lawyer's Life" by Charles Cowley and More
|Title and Author/Editor||Leaves from a Lawyer’s Life Afloat and Ashore (Charles Cowley), Thomas Corwin: A Sketch (Addison Peale Russell)|
|Genre||Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs|
|Binding||Blind stamped cloth, Cloth on board with gilt accents|
|Publisher or Printer||Penhallow Printing Company, Robert Clarke & Co.|
|Publication Year||1879, 1881|
|Period||Late 19th Century, Antique|
|Place of Publication||Lowell, MA, Cincinnati|
|Edition Statement||First Edition|
|Signed by||Charles Cowley|
|Ex-Libris||Cincinnati Law Library|
|Number of Books||2|
- shaken but generally tight bindings; slightly loose hinges; light rubbing, soiling, scratches, tears, and wear to boards and backstrips; bumped spines and corners; page toning; some interior markings; former library copies with call numbers, stamps, and labels.
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Chewelah UCC Mission Statement
“As children of God, united in our belief in Christ, we are called to love one another as God loves us: helping each other to live as givers, to be as doers, to pray as believers, and always to serve.”
Chewelah UCC Church History
Visit the past and learn how our church became a part of the history of Chewelah, Washington. CLICK HERE
Chewelah UCC Constitution & By-Laws
Visit our Resources library for a copy of our Constitution & By Laws. CLICK HERE
Open and Affirming Statement of the
Chewelah United Church of Christ
adopted by the membership March 19, 2000
What is the significance of the UCC logo?
“In keeping with our mission of “being children of God, united in our belief in Christ, and called to love one another as God loves us”, and to deepen our mutual involvement in the aims and work of the General Synod, we declare ourselves to be Open and Affirming, joyfully welcoming people of any sexual orientation, race, gender, age, nationality, marital status, economic circumstances, emotional condition, physical or mental ability to all levels of the church.”
The symbol of the United Church of Christ comprises a crown, cross, and orb enclosed within a double oval bearing the name of the church and the prayer of Jesus, “That they may all be one” (John 17:21). It is based on an ancient Christian symbol called the “Cross of Victory” or the “Cross Triumphant.” The crown symbolizes the sovereignty of Christ. The cross recalls the suffering of Christ – his arms outstretched on the wood of the cross – for the salvation of humanity. The orb, divided into three parts, reminds us of Jesus’ command to be his “witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). The verse from Scripture reflects our historic commitment to the restoration of unity among the separated churches of Jesus Christ. | <urn:uuid:f9cde696-2fb1-4fc1-9756-3341e1660cee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://chewelahucc.org/who-we-are/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.937467 | 447 | 2.078125 | 2 |
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Emergex, an Oxfordshire-based company, has created the patch. The patch is more durable than regular Covid vaccinations. Clinical trials will begin soon.
As the British invention enters clinical trials, a Covid-19 vaccine could be administered via a patch of skin covered with tiny needles.
Emergex, a company based in Oxfordshire, has created the patch. They claim it is more effective than regular Covid vaccinations.
The company hopes their patch will trigger an immune response that kills T cells. This could help stop the virus spreading.
Thomas Rademacher is the chief executive officer at Emergex and an emeritus professor in molecular medicine at UCL. He stated: “Our T-cell priming vaccine for Covid was designed to stimulate a T-cell response to kill virally infected cells, before they become factories for this virus.”
“The preclinical data we have suggests that our vaccine will elicit a strong T cell response similar to the longer lasting immune response that is found after many natural viral infections.
“Our vaccine is designed to produce an immune response against high-conserved internal parts of virus. This could potentially protect us against new and existing variants, as well as against related strains of coronaviruses (e.g. SARS-1).
Emergex vaccine has an antigen that can only be found on the surfaces of infected cells.
This activates the immune system and triggers a T cell to search for this protein on the surface of cells. When it finds it, it hits the “kill switch” and kills it.
The vaccine has entered stage one clinical trials. It will be administered to 26 patients in Lausanne (Switzerland).
It could be made available in 2025 if it is successful.
Covid vaccines are also being developed by other companies that can be administered through skin patches.
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WARNING: Version 6.0 of Kibana has passed its EOL date.
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be removed. If you are running this version, we strongly advise you to upgrade. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.
To start visualizing your data, click Visualize in the side navigation.
The Visualize tools enable you to view your data in several ways. For example, let’s use that venerable visualization, the pie chart, to get some insight into the account balances in the sample bank account data. To get started, click the big blue Create a visualization button in the center of the screen.
There are a number of visualization types to choose from. Let’s click the one called Pie.
You can build visualizations from saved searches, or enter new search criteria. To enter
new search criteria, you first need to select an index pattern to specify
what indices to search. We want to search the account data, so select the
The default search matches all documents. Initially, a single "slice" encompasses the entire pie:
To specify what slices to display in the chart, you use an Elasticsearch bucket aggregation. A bucket aggregation simply sorts the documents that match your search criteria into different categories, aka buckets. For example, the account data includes the balance of each account. Using a bucket aggregation, you can establish multiple ranges of account balances and find out how many accounts fall into each range.
To define a bucket for each range:
- Click the Split Slices buckets type.
- Select Range from the Aggregation list.
- Select the balance field from the Field list.
- Click Add Range four times to bring the total number of ranges to six.
Define the following ranges:
0 999 1000 2999 3000 6999 7000 14999 15000 30999 31000 50000
- Click Apply changes to update the chart.
Now you can see what proportion of the 1000 accounts fall into each balance range.
Let’s take a look at another dimension of the data: the account holder’s age. By adding another bucket aggregation, you can see the ages of the account holders in each balance range:
- Click Add sub-buckets below the buckets list.
- Click Split Slices in the buckets type list.
- Select Terms from the aggregation list.
- Select age from the field list.
- Click Apply changes .
Now you can see the break down of the account holders' ages displayed in a ring around the balance ranges.
To save this chart so we can use it later, click Save and enter the name Pie Example.
Next, we’re going to look at data in the Shakespeare data set. Let’s find out how the plays compare when it comes to the number of speaking parts and display the information in a bar chart:
- Click New and select Vertical bar chart.
shakes*index pattern. Since you haven’t defined any buckets yet, you’ll see a single big bar that shows the total count of documents that match the default wildcard query.
- To show the number of speaking parts per play along the y-axis, you need to configure the Y-axis metric aggregation. A metric aggregation computes metrics based on values extracted from the search results. To get the number of speaking parts per play, select the Unique Count aggregation and choose speaker from the field list. You can also give the axis a custom label, Speaking Parts.
- To show the different plays long the x-axis, select the X-Axis buckets type, select Terms from the aggregation list, and choose play_name from the field list. To list them alphabetically, select Ascending order. You can also give the axis a custom label, Play Name.
- Click Apply changes to view the results.
Notice how the individual play names show up as whole phrases, instead of being broken down into individual words. This is the result of the mapping we did at the beginning of the tutorial, when we marked the play_name field as not analyzed.
Hovering over each bar shows you the number of speaking parts for each play as a tooltip. To turn tooltips off and configure other options for your visualizations, select the Visualization builder’s Options tab.
Now that you have a list of the smallest casts for Shakespeare plays, you might also be curious to see which of these plays makes the greatest demands on an individual actor by showing the maximum number of speeches for a given part.
- Click Add metrics to add a Y-axis aggregation.
- Choose the Max aggregation and select the speech_number field.
- Click Options and change the Bar Mode to grouped.
- Click Apply changes . Your chart should now look like this:
As you can see, Love’s Labours Lost has an unusually high maximum speech number, compared to the other plays, and might therefore make more demands on an actor’s memory.
Note how the Number of speaking parts Y-axis starts at zero, but the bars don’t begin to differentiate until 18. To make the differences stand out, starting the Y-axis at a value closer to the minimum, go to Options and select Scale Y-Axis to data bounds.
Save this chart with the name Bar Example.
Next, we’re going to use a coordinate map chart to visualize geographic information in our log file sample data.
- Click New.
- Select Coordinate map.
- Set the time window for the events we’re exploring:
- Click the time picker in the Kibana toolbar.
- Click Absolute.
Set the start time to May 18, 2015 and the end time to May 20, 2015.
- Once you’ve got the time range set up, click the Go button and close the time picker by clicking the small up arrow in the bottom right corner.
You’ll see a map of the world, since we haven’t defined any buckets yet:
To map the geo coordinates from the log files select Geo Coordinates as the bucket and click Apply changes . Your chart should now look like this:
You can navigate the map by clicking and dragging, zoom with the buttons, or hit the Fit Data Bounds button to zoom to the lowest level that includes all the points. You can also include or exclude a rectangular area by clicking the Latitude/Longitude Filter button and drawing a bounding box on the map. Applied filters are displayed below the query bar. Hovering over a filter displays controls to toggle, pin, invert, or delete the filter.
Save this map with the name Map Example.
Finally, create a Markdown widget to display extra information:
- Click New.
- Select Markdown widget.
Enter the following text in the field:
# This is a tutorial dashboard! The Markdown widget uses **markdown** syntax. > Blockquotes in Markdown use the > character.
Click Apply changes render the Markdown in the preview pane.
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- Written by Pastor Tobias
- Category: Sermons
Maybe they were too hasty. Peter, and the other disciple who ran with him to the tomb after Mary shared the news that Jesus’ body was no longer there. They ducked in and ducked out. Maybe if they’d stayed with their grief a little longer, there in that early morning dawn, they, too, might have met the resurrected Jesus as Mary did, where she knelt weeping in the grass. Then again, maybe Jesus had always intended for it to be Mary who would come to know the good news first.
A woman in patriarchal man’s society and world; a woman would be the first to have Jesus open her eyes to the truth that the resurrection was real, that death and hell had been conquered and Jesus was alive. There’s a popular Christian song with the lyrics, “Open the eyes of my heart, Lord. Open the eyes of my heart. I want to see you. I want to see you.”
But we can’t see Jesus, at least not on our own. Jesus has to say Mary’s name for her to recognize that he’s not the gardener, but her teacher and the Messiah – Savior of the nations, come. Jesus is always calling to us in this life; not just as the fifty days of Easter begin, but every day; Jesus is always calling to us in this life, always busy naming us. Julius. Rochelle. Ben. Klaus. Zhanna. Lisa. Gwen. Rebecca. Doug. Christine. Paul and all of you, and even me!
Now, we have good reasons in this world and life to mourn and have sorrow. But our sorrow has been met today by a greater hope. “Look up,” says Jesus. “Look at me Mary and all of you and let me open your eyes. And while I am at it, let me also open your hearts and souls and minds and bodies.” Let the truth of my resurrection be a truth that resonates into every part of your life and every particulate part of your being. And bear witness to me in my love for you as I say your name. As I name this world truly alive, this world to be truly worth saving by the gift of my resurrection.
Oh yes, yes, as we witness the truth and profound gift of the resurrection it cannot help but turn our eyes towards the rest of the world. Jesus, the true Pilot of our lives, in this resurrection gift, turns the rudder of our ships outward. After Jesus names Mary and she recognizes him. “Rabbouni,” Mary says, “Teacher.” Jesus instructs Mary not to hold on to him (Jesus’ mystical work of reuniting with God the Father, the Creator is not yet done). Instead, says Jesus, “go” and tell the other disciples that you have seen me, in other words, that Jesus is alive.
Yes, yes, having seen the truth that Jesus is alive, we should not stay here clinging on to this good news, but go and tell others! Even as Jesus instructed Mary to go and tell others. Now, does Jesus’ admonition to “go” mean that we should head out the door this morning and stop people on the street and tell them that Jesus is alive? Maybe. I’d love to hear about your experiences if you try this. Does “go” mean that we should get a Facebook or Instagram or Tik Tok post live, extolling – praising – the wonders of Jesus who is alive? Maybe.
Yet maybe Jesus’ “go tell others” could also look like the actions of North Charleston High School Principal Henry Darby, who not only is a full-time school principal, but also serves on the Town Council and works three nights a week at Walmart to raise money to buy the kids in his school stuff they need, and fund college tuition scholarships.
Or what about Krista Gneiting, who heard gun shots outside her classroom in Idaho and, after getting her students moving to safety, looked out and saw a 6th grader holding the gun that had shot and wounded three people. Krista moved carefully towards the young girl, and as she disarmed her, also drew her into a hug, then stayed and talked her through things as the police arrived.
What about the church in Minneapolis that had a parking problem (not enough parking to allow for more people to come to worship) and instead of tearing down much needed neighborhood housing to build spaces people would use for 2 hours, once a week, began reaching out to bicycling and walking enthusiasts and discovered folks who wanted to bike or walk to church. To grow church, they began knocking on the doors of their immediate neighborhoods and they lobbied bus lines to make stops on Sunday mornings. And the church grew. Another church in another city began to think differently about their parking spaces and started offering several spots seasonally for community garden plots – one space covered in hay bale gardens could be used to raise enough vegetables for a family of four for a season!
I bet if we take the time, we could find all sorts of stories among us of ways that people we know or have heard – ways that we ourselves - are involved in sharing new life in what were once stale or dead places, or utilizing new ideas as a catalyst to build even greater vibrancy. While we may not have realized it before, these stories of ordinary people involved in extraordinary new life work is what we as Christians call the resurrection. And when we name this, when are claimed by this new reality, then we can realize that church is so much more than a few hours on a Sunday. “Go,” Jesus says. And “church” is the work of being “on the go for Jesus,” going out to tell the world – maybe with words but oh so surely with our actions – that there is new life afoot. Death and darkness, misery and struggles are not the only reality. Though we need to acknowledge them and stay at the tomb long enough so that we don’t miss Jesus’s arrival in our midst. Jesus saying our names.
We might have thought we knew life. We might have thought we knew what it was to experience joy and happiness. But by grace and the cross there is joy awaiting us that is on a whole new level. “Let me open your eyes,” says Jesus. Then “go.” You will be the first, but not the last to see the truth of my love and what it means for you and for this hungry, aching world.
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- Open Access
Evaluation of normalization methods for two-channel microRNA microarrays
Journal of Translational Medicine volume 8, Article number: 69 (2010)
MiR arrays distinguish themselves from gene expression arrays by their more limited number of probes, and the shorter and less flexible sequence in probe design. Robust data processing and analysis methods tailored to the unique characteristics of miR arrays are greatly needed. Assumptions underlying commonly used normalization methods for gene expression microarrays containing tens of thousands or more probes may not hold for miR microarrays. Findings from previous studies have sometimes been inconclusive or contradictory. Further studies to determine optimal normalization methods for miR microarrays are needed.
We evaluated many different normalization methods for data generated with a custom-made two channel miR microarray using two data sets that have technical replicates from several different cell lines. The impact of each normalization method was examined on both within miR error variance (between replicate arrays) and between miR variance to determine which normalization methods minimized differences between replicate samples while preserving differences between biologically distinct miRs.
Lowess normalization generally did not perform as well as the other methods, and quantile normalization based on an invariant set showed the best performance in many cases unless restricted to a very small invariant set. Global median and global mean methods performed reasonably well in both data sets and have the advantage of computational simplicity.
Researchers need to consider carefully which assumptions underlying the different normalization methods appear most reasonable for their experimental setting and possibly consider more than one normalization approach to determine the sensitivity of their results to normalization method used.
MicroRNAs (miRs) are a class of short, highly conserved non-coding RNAs known to play important roles in numerous developmental processes. MiRs regulate gene expression through incomplete base-pairing to a complementary sequence in the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of a target mRNA, resulting in translational repression and, to a lesser extent, accelerated turnover of the target transcript . Recently, the dysregulation of miRs has been linked to cancer initiation and progression , indicating that miRs may play roles as tumor suppressor genes or oncogenes . There is also mounting evidence that miRs are important in development timing [4, 5], cell differentiation , cell cycle control and apoptosis . The involvement of miRs in those biological functions suggests their intrinsic roles in maintaining homeostasis or contributing to pathological processes.
Technologies utilized for relative quantification of miR expression include Northern blot, real time PCR, in situ hybridization, sequence analysis and array-based profiling . Due to the limited throughput of other technologies, microarray-based miR profiling has become a popular method for interrogation of miRs, especially when the contributions of specific miRs to a given condition or process remain elusive. However, miR arrays distinguish themselves from gene expression arrays by their more limited number of probes, and the shorter and less flexible sequence in probe design. Robust data processing and analysis methods tailored to the unique characteristics of miR arrays are greatly needed.
Normalization is a key early step in miR microarray data processing. Normalization methods are aimed at removing data artifacts resulting from systematic or random technical variation. If not removed, these artifacts might affect subsequent data analyses, such as class comparison and class prediction. Assumptions underlying commonly used normalization methods for gene expression microarrays containing tens of thousands or more probes may not hold for miR microarrays. Further studies to determine optimal normalization methods for miR microarrays are needed. The best normalization method may differ depending on whether the miR chip uses a one-channel or two-channel system. In a one channel system, single samples are labeled and hybridized to individual arrays. For arrays using a two-channel system, generally two samples are separately labeled, mixed, and hybridized together to each array. The most commonly used design for a two-channel system is called the reference design. One of the samples is used as an internal standard so that the signal intensity which reflects the amount of hybridization to a probe for a sample of interest is measured relative to the intensity for the same probe on the same array for the reference sample .
Several papers comparing miR microarray normalization methods have been published; however, the results and recommendations are not consistent. Rao et al compared normalization methods for single channel miR microarray data. They reported that quantile normalization was the best performing method for reducing the differences in microRNA expression values among replicate tissue samples. Pradervand et al. confirmed that quantile normalization was the most robust normalization method for their set of invariant miRs using the Agilent single channel platform. In contrast, Hua et al. , using Rt-PCR as a gold standard, found that the lowess method gave the best result for two-channel miR microarray data, although the differences among their top performing methods were minimal. However, the suitability of Rt-PCR as a comparator for miR microarray expression results has been questioned [8, 13], and the stability of lowess smoothers is known to be dependent on the number of data points to which they are applied. Sarkar et al. reported quality assessment for two- channel miR expression arrays, and they found that all normalization methods performed adequately in their study.
Here we report our evaluation of many different normalization methods on a custom-made two channel miR microarray. Our study examined technical replicates from a large number of different cell lines to determine which normalization methods minimized differences between replicate samples while preserving differences between biologically distinct miRs.
Cell line culture
Ten lung carcinoma cell lines from the NCI60 panel were obtained from the National Cancer Institute's Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP), and 9 renal cell carcinoma cell lines were generated at the Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH). All cell lines were cultured in complete RPMI media supplemented with 10% FBS, 1 mM HEPES, 1 mM Ciprofloxacin and L-glutamine/penicillin/streptomycin. All cells were cultured at 37°C under 5% CO2. Cells were harvested at sub-confluent condition by trypsin-versene (Invitrogen) detachment and centrifugation after 3-5 days in culture. A single EBV cell line used as the reference sample was cultured in the same media in suspensional growth cells and harvested by centrifugation at 1200 rpm for 5 min after one week of culture. Cell pellets were immediately lysed in Trizol at 1-2e7 cell per ml of Trizol.
RNA isolation and labeling
Total RNA from 10 lung carcinoma cell lines and 9 renal cell carcinoma cell lines were isolated using Trizol reagent. Small RNA in total RNA samples were enriched and purified by flashPAGE Fractionator (Ambion, Austin, TX USA) according to the manufacturer's instruction. The reference sample consisting of one EBV cell line was processed following identical procedures. After small RNA purification, small RNA from test samples and EBV reference samples, equivalent to 10 μg of the total RNA, were labeled with Cy5 and Cy3, respectively, using mir Vana™ miRNA Labeling Kit (Ambion, Austin, TX USA).
Microarray fabrication and quality control procedures
A custom-made oligo array including 714 human, mammalian and viral mature antisense miRs (mirbase: http://microrna.sanger.ac.uk/, version9.1) plus 2 internal controls with 7 serial dilutions [2, 6, 15] were printed at Infectious Disease and Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, NIH. The antisense miR oligo probes were 5' amine modified and immobilized in duplicate (two spots per miR per array) on CodeLink activated slides (GE Health, NJ, USA) via covalent binding. Serially diluted control probes were used as indicators of labeling efficiency, optimization of intensity saturation, and intensity balance of test vs. reference sample. A single large labeling reaction of the EBV reference samples was used for all arrays. Strong and positive EBV-miR hybridization also functioned as a positive control quality assessment of the reference sample.
Sample hybridization and image analysis
Equal amounts of labeled test and reference samples were cohybridized on the custom made miR oligo microarray for more than 14 hours at room temperature. After washing, the array was scanned using a GenePix 4B scanner. Any spot smaller than 25 pixels was filtered out and excluded from remaining analyses. If both channels produced intensities less than 100 for a given microRNA, that spot was also filtered out. For spots with one channel intensity less than 100 but the other channel intensity 100 or greater, the signal less than 100 was set to 100 prior to calculation of the signal ratio. The intensity ratio for each spot was then calculated as the red signal intensity (test samples) divided by the green channel signal intensity (EBV reference samples). Both single channel intensities and intensity ratios were log transformed (base 2) for normalization and further analyses. Overall, 9 out of 10 lung carcinoma cell lines and all 9 renal cell carcinoma cell lines have duplicate samples while one lung carcinoma cell lines has quadruplicate samples.
This normalization method uses the global median of log intensity ratios on each chip as the normalization factor. The global median log intensity ratio is calculated across all spots on the chip, and then this value is subtracted from the log intensity ratio for each spot. The global median of the normalized log intensity ratios equals zero.
This normalization method uses the global mean of log intensity ratios on each chip as the normalization factor. The global mean log intensity ratio is calculated across all spots on the chip, and then this value is subtracted from the log intensity ratio for each spot. The global mean of the normalized log intensity ratios equals zero.
This normalization method is similar to the mean normalization method except that a trimmed mean of log intensity ratios on each chip is used as the normalization factor in place of the overall mean. A trimmed mean is calculated by discarding a certain percentage of the lowest and the highest log intensity ratios and then computing the mean of the remaining log intensity values. It is less susceptible to the effects of extreme values. In our experiments, we used a trimming percentage of 1% from both the lowest and highest data values.
Lowess normalization assumes that the dye bias might be dependent on spot intensity. Let (logG, logR) be the green and red background-corrected log intensities. Then, (M, A) are defined by M = log(R/G) and . Note that M is the unnormalized log ratio.
The adjusted log ratio for the jth miR is computed by: Mj*(Aj) = Mj - c(Aj), where c(Aj) is the lowess curve fit to the MA plot. For the calculations presented in this paper, the lowess curve was calculated using the R function loess with a span set at 0.5 .
Quantile normalization assumes that the distribution of miR abundances is nearly the same in all samples. For convenience, an artificial reference chip is created by pooling intensities across all chips in the experiment to produce an intensity reference distribution. This reference distribution is described by a distribution function F 2 . To normalize each chip, the distribution of miR intensities for that chip (e.g. denoted by the distribution function F 1 ) is transformed to equal the reference intensity distribution. Operationally, this transformation is accomplished by determining for each signal intensity on the chip its quantile in the chip's intensity distribution and replacing that value with the value having that quantile in the reference distribution. In a formula, the transform is
x norm = F 2 -1(F 1 (x)),
where F 1 is the distribution function of the actual chip, and F 2 is the distribution function of the reference chip.
Invariant set option
Sometimes the normalization factors or curves calculated as described above are derived using only an invariant subset of the probes (e.g., miRs). The notion of invariant set normalization was first introduced for Affymetrix gene expression chips , but it can be generalized to miR arrays. This method assumes that there is a set of reference miRs that are invariant across a set of samples. Rather than requiring a priori specification of a standard set of "housekeeping miRs", the invariant set is determined empirically. The invariant probes are identified by determining those probes which have most similar rank order across all arrays as measured by the smallest variance of ranks. There is some arbitrariness in deciding what percentage of the probes belong in the invariant set, so in our study we considered several possible percentages, including 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% of the probes with the smallest variance to serve as the "invariant set". Normalization methods 1) to 5) were then reapplied based on the defined invariant sets of miRs. The invariant set of miRs including 40% of the probes with smallest variance was used only for the quantile normalization method.
The shorthand notation used to indicate the various normalization methods is the name of the main approach (Median, Mean, trimmed Mean, Lowess, or Quantile) with a suffix indicating the size of the invariant set used, if any (.10,.20,.30,.40). No suffix indicates that the full set of miRs was used.
Measures of variation
We examined the impact of each normalization method on both within miR error variance (between replicate arrays) and between miR variance. This analysis was based on a components of variance model:
where Y ij denotes the log transformed intensity ratio of i th miR in the j th replicate. The error variance component associated with e ij (technical error) represents the reproducibility of the method. The variance component associated with m i (true miR expression) represents the true miR-to-miR variability. Formulas for computing the variance components and intra-class correlation based on method-of-moments estimation for each cell line under each normalization method can be computed as in Korn et al. . The error variance (within-miR) variance component is estimated by
where n a = number of replicate arrays, n m = number of miRs and
The between-miR variance component is estimated by
The estimated intra-class correlation (ICC) for each cell line is
and it estimates the proportion of the total variance (sum of within and between miR variances) due to the between miR variance. It is desirable for the ICC to be large (close to one), indicating that the technical error variance is relatively small compared to biological differences between miRs . When the error variance is fairly high, it is possible for the estimated ICC to be negative due to use of method-of-moments estimation, especially when the number of technical replicates is small. The advantage of the method-of-moments estimators is that they are unbiased and simple to compute.
Statistical tests for differences in ICC between normalization methods
We examined the following normalization methods: no normalization, mean, median, trimmed mean, lowess and quantile normalization based on all miRs (N = 6 normalization methods); based on the three invariant sets defined above for the mean, median, trimmed mean, and lowess methods (N = 12); and based on four invariant sets for the quantile method (N = 4). For each of these normalization methods, there were 19 ICC values computed, corresponding to 10 lung cancer cell lines and 9 renal cancer cell lines. Separately for the lung cancer cell lines and the renal cancer cell lines, Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were applied to the ICC for each of the 231 possible pairings of these methods. Two methods were considered statistically significantly different if the 2-sided p-value from the signed-rank test was less than α = 0.01. This α level was chosen so that the expected number of false positive differences would be no more than 3 among the 231 paired tests for each of the two cell line experiments.
The ICC s for different normalization methods using the ten lung cancer cell lines ranged from -0.30 to 0.87 (see Table 1, 2 and Figure 1). The quantile normalization methods based on invariant sets were observed to produce the highest mean ICCs across the ten lung cancer cell lines (mean ICC > 0.60, for all invariant set sizes 10-40%). The worst performing methods were the lowess methods when based on invariant sets (mean ICC < 0.50). For all pairwise comparisons of invariant set quantile normalization versus invariant set lowess normalization, the distribution of ICC s was significantly lower for the lowess-based methods compared to the quantile-based methods (P < 0.01 for all pairs, Wilcoxon signed rank tests). Cell line effects were also apparent, with the lowest average ICC observed for cell line 1 (mean ICC = 0.02, empty blue circle in Figure 1) and the highest average ICC observed for cell line 3 (mean ICC = 0.84, empty green square in Figure 1). When using the full data set (not restricting to an invariant set), global mean, global trimmed-mean, and global median performed about equally well, although those ICC s were somewhat lower than the ICC s for the quantile-based methods using invariant sets. With the exception of the lowess methods and methods using small invariant sets (e.g., 10%), performing some type of normalization generally produced higher ICC s than performing no normalization.
The ICC s for different normalization methods for the experiment involving nine renal cancer cell lines ranged from 0.66 to 0.96 (see Table 3, 4 and Figure 2). Overall, the ICC s were higher for the renal cell lines than for the lung cancer cell lines, likely due to the more controlled setting in which the renal cancer cell lines were processed, although it is possible that biological differences between the lung and renal cell lines could also partly explain the findings. The entire set of renal cancer cell line experiments was performed in one flash page batch by one technician, in contrast to the lung cancer cell line experiments, which were processed in several batches. When using the full set of miRs for normalization, the mean, trimmed mean, and median normalization methods all produced similarly high ICC s. As was observed for the lung cancer cell line experiments, the lowess methods based on invariant sets tended to produce lower ICC s and the quantile methods based on invariant sets tended to produce higher ICC s. Comparing invariant set quantile normalization to invariant set lowess normalization, ICC s were always observed to be lower for the lowess-based methods compared to the quantile-based methods with the pairwise differences reaching statistical significance for most pairs (P < 0.01 for most pairs, Wilcoxon signed rank tests) [Additional file 1, 2]. With the exception of the lowess method based on 10% invariant set, performing some type of normalization produced a higher ICC than performing no normalization at all.
Data normalization is an important step in the analysis of microarray data. We explored a comprehensive collection of normalization methods in miR microarray experiments using lung cancer cell lines and renal cancer cell lines to address the question of which normalization methods might be most appropriate for miR microarray data. We tested global mean, trimmed mean, global median, lowess, and quantile-quantile methods and examined the impact of using each of these methods restricted to an empirically determined invariant miR set. We found that for our data sets, lowess normalization generally did not perform as well as the other methods. For the lung cancer cell lines quantile normalization applied to an invariant set was best on average unless restricted to a very small invariant set (e.g., 10%). Quantile normalization with invariant set also performed well for the renal cancer cell lines, but average observed ICCs were slightly higher for global median and mean methods. The good performance of quantile normalization restricted to an invariant miR set observed in our study is consistent with a previous study reported for a one channel miR chip . Global median and global mean methods performed reasonably well in both data sets and have the advantage of computational simplicity.
Although many different normalization methods have been used for gene expression microarray data, there may be characteristics of miR expression that will influence the optimal choice of normalization method for miR microarray data. The number of probes on a miR microarray is typically much smaller (a few hundred or less) than the number of probes on a gene expression cDNA microarray (usually tens of thousands), and the expected proportion of differentially expressed miRs comparing across samples in a miR microarray experiment might be higher than the proportion of differentially expressed genes typically expected for gene expression microarray studies. It may be difficult to anticipate what percentage of miRs are likely to be truly invariant across a set of samples used in an experiment, so ad hoc decisions may have to be made for the invariant set size to be used for normalization methods that use invariant sets. Our results suggested that using an invariant set consisting of only 10% of the miRs resulted in diminished performance compared to methods using larger invariant sets, but the appropriate invariant set size obviously could depend on the particular experimental setting. Global mean and median methods require assumptions that either the number of differentially expressed miRs is not too large or that the amount of over-expression and under-expression of miRs within each sample is somehow balanced so that the mean or median is still a reasonable indicator of overall shift in expression level due to technical factors. Researchers still need to consider carefully which assumptions underlying the different normalization methods appear most reasonable for their experimental setting and possibly consider more than one normalization approach to determine the sensitivity of their results to normalization method used.
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
YZ, EW, MTL, and LMM conceived of the study. YZ and LMM proposed the experimental design with input from EW, MTL, FMM, MR, and JK. EW and LH performed the miR array experiments. YZ performed the statistical analyses with input from LMM. YZ, EW, and LMM drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Yingdong Zhao, Ena Wang contributed equally to this work.
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Additional file 1: Table presenting p-values resulting from Wilcoxon signed-rank tests used to compare ICC s of different normalization methods applied to data obtained by miR microarray analysis of 10 lung cancer cell lines. (PDF 17 KB)
Additional file 2: Table presenting p-values resulting from Wilcoxon signed-rank tests used to compare ICC s of different normalization methods applied to data obtained by miR microarray analysis of 9 renal cancer cell lines. (PDF 17 KB)
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Zhao, Y., Wang, E., Liu, H. et al. Evaluation of normalization methods for two-channel microRNA microarrays. J Transl Med 8, 69 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-8-69
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They’re beautiful, but not when they’re in the wrong place (like your lawn). Purple coneflower (echinacea purpurea) by eleanor dietrich. Guide to the vascular plants of the florida.
This Early Flowering Perennial Will Grow In Beautiful Green Clumps With Long Purple Seems Topped By Round, Magenta Purple Inflorescences That Look A Bit Like Spherical Flowers.
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Verticillium wilt becomes apparent when leaves on one or more branches, often on only one side of the tree, turn yellow and/or wilt early in the growing season. The symptoms progress until the infected shoots die and dry in a curled position often called a "shepherd's crook". When shoot, branch, or trunk tissue of infected trees is dissected, the vascular ring and often much of the heartwood will display dark discoloration. Foliar symptoms usually appear only on young trees (2nd to 4th leaf). Older trees do not normally present symptoms of Verticillium wilt.
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The causal fungus, Verticillium dahliae, survives from season to season in soil, debris of previous, susceptible crops, and probably in the roots and lower trunk of infected trees. Often the fungus can be isolated from living portions of infected tissue year-round in the Central Valley. Tree yields can be reduced by Verticillium, even when foliar symptoms are not readily apparent. Specific rootstock and scion varieties may vary in susceptibility and are not well known.
Orchards can be adversely affected by the disease even when low pathogen numbers in soil (2–3 propagules per gram) are present. Verticillium is very common when orchards are planted in soil formerly planted to susceptible row crops such as cotton, tomatoes, melons, etc. Avoid interplanting young orchards with these susceptible crop plants.
Inoculum levels can be reduced by flooding in summer, solarizing the soil, growing several seasons of grass rotational crops (especially rye or sudangrass), or a combination of these treatments. When replanting in an area where susceptible perennials were previously grown, try to remove as many roots of the previous crop as possible. Fumigating with chloropicrin before planting will reduce inoculum.
Soil can be solarized either prior to planting, or at planting:
- Preplant. Beginning in late spring, cover the moistened soil with clear, UV-stabilized plastic sheeting. Leave in place during the summer months. Remove before planting.
- At planting. Cover soil around trees with black plastic sheeting, which is less likely than clear plastic to increase soil temperatures to a level that harms new root development. Leave in place for one to two growing seasons.
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Here’s how to adjust Tesla Model 3 and Model Y headlights (video)
Adjusting your Tesla Model 3 headlights might be needed as the leveling of the headlamps at the factory settings would not be perfect in several cases — such was the case with Bjørn Nyland’s Model 3 Performance, he had many oncoming cars blinking at him.
The first step in adjusting your headlights is to take your Model 3 to a reputable auto repair shop (better if Tesla certified), in this case, the owner took it to NAF Senter (in Norway) who have the right equipment to measure headlight levels and angles.
The headlight adjustment can only be performed while the car is in PARK, to access the headlight adjustment options from the center touchscreen UI go to ‘Controls > Service > Adjust Headlights ‘.
The interface for adjust the headlights now appears on the screen that allows selecting one headlight at a time for adjustment (see screenshots below), now you can adjust the headlight levels (up and down) and the angles (left and right) by using the ‘left steering controls (roller ball)’.
The screen also gives caution to the owner that the headlight adjustment should be handled by a trained technician only, ignore that if you’re at a service center and they have the right equipment to measure the headlight corrective adjustments.
Important: There is no ‘Factory Reset’ or ‘Undo’ button here, so exercise the options with caution.
Above: Accessing the ‘Adjust Headlights’ feature from the Tesla Model 3 center touchscreen UI ( Tap/Click for high-res versions; Photos by Bjørn Nyland).
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently gave the maximum safety rating to Tesla Model 3 — and it only happened after Tesla (TSLA) was asked to update the Model 3 headlights in order to qualify for the ratings, Tesla Model 3s produced after June 2018 have the updated new headlights that provide better visibility.
Let us know in the comments section below if you needed to adjust your Tesla Model 3 headlights after getting your new car and how much did it cost you?
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Seven-Hundred dollars. Now we’re talking. Maybe you’ve been eyeballing some $500 or even $600 gaming pc build guides and have decided to spend just a few bucks more. You’re curious. Where can another couple of dollars take me? Well, I have some good news for you. Seven hundred dollars is a fantastic budget for someone looking to put together a new computer that won’t have any problem flexing its muscles on the latest games and software.
- 1 What is a Gaming PC?
- 2 Which is the best gaming pc under $700?
- 3 1. Gaming PC Desktop Computer by Alarco Intel
- 4 2. Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 Desktop 9th Gen Intel Core i3-9100
- 5 3. Lenovo Ideacentre 720 18L Desktop
- 6 4. HP Desktop PC, Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Processor
- 7 5. HP Pavilion Desktop, AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
- 8 6. iBUYPOWER Starter PC Computer Desktop SlateMR 240i
- 9 Components for the Best Gaming PC Under $1000
- 10 Why Should You Buy a Pre-built Gaming PC?
- 11 Downsides of the Prebuilt Gaming PCs
- 12 What Do You Consider When Purchasing the Best Gaming pc Under $700?
- 13 Building Your Own System
- 14 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Gaming PCs
- 15 Conclusion
What is a Gaming PC?
A gaming PC is a computer that is built to improve and boost gaming performance. The Gaming computer features incredible processing power that supports games and offers surprisingly good gaming performance. In addition, they will give you extra storage space of up to 32 GB ram and high-end graphics performance.
The gaming desktop will provide the user with smooth gameplay and even ease the most demanding games. Most prebuilt gaming desktops will have amazing features and allow the user to upgrade the hardware in the future as game tech advances. The best part is you can get a cheap gaming PC and still get a decent performance that will enable you to play an extensive range of gaming with expedient quality and speed.
Which is the best gaming pc under $700?
If you are working with a budget of $700, we have analyzed the most reliable gaming pcs under $700 that you can purchase.
1. Gaming PC Desktop Computer by Alarco Intel
- 3 RGB Fan Gaming PC Desktop Computer With Remote
- Runs Fortnite average 100 FPS on Low Settings and 60 FPS on medium settings....
- Intel Core i5-2400 3.10 Ghz
- GTX 650 1GB Video Card With DVI, HDMI and VGA outputs.
The Gaming PC desktop computer by Alarco Intel is the best gaming PC under $700 that will provide the best gaming experience ever. This gaming computer has the best features that every gamer needs for an unforgettable experience. For starters, it has an amazing look on the outside that will look amazing for your gaming space.
This budget gaming PC has a 1TB HDD, advantageous over the 256 GB SSD for storage. It also has a 500W power supply which is okay for the casual player. The good part is you can replace it whenever you want. These gaming rigs feature six RGB fan remotes that help you change the colors of the fans to light up the gaming space. The amazing thing is that they offer different lighting settings that allow you to pick from the multiple colors they offer.
Additionally, this gaming desktop comes with a one-year warranty covering any defects in the original parts. However, you should note that the warranty does not cover damages caused by modification, overclocking or any added software and viruses. All in all, if you want to purchase an affordable $700 gaming PC, this Alarco Intel desktop is the ideal option.
2. Acer Aspire TC-885-UA91 Desktop 9th Gen Intel Core i3-9100
- 9th Generation Intel Core i3 9100 Processor (Up to 4. 2GHz)
- 8GB DDR4 Memory, 512GB SSD & 8x DVD Writer Double Layer Drive (DVD RW)
- 802. 11AC Wi Fi, Gigabit Ethernet LAN & Bluetooth 5. 0
- 1 USB 3. 1 Type C Gen 2 port (up to 10 Gaps), 1 USB 3. 1 Gen 2 port, 1 USB 3. 1...
The Acer Aspire TC is one of the best gaming computers in the market. It has a design that is comparable to most high-end PCs. The power button is on the upper front with orange LEDs and comes enclosed with a black painted steel and plastic cover.
This gaming desktop is a cheap option with amazing features like an intel core i3processor that is pretty fast and fully supports gaming. The PC also has 8 GB ram and a 512GB SSD to store all your important documents and videos. The Acer Aspire TC prebuilt gaming desktop also has Wifi connectivity which has become more prevalent for most modern games.
This best gaming PC under $700 is a great all-purpose computer that will do most other tasks rather than just playing. This system is completely functional and usable right out of the packaging. The best part is that this gaming computer is solid enough for daily gaming and sufficient for daily productivity.
3. Lenovo Ideacentre 720 18L Desktop
- Enjoy ultra-fast multitasking on your desktop tower with an AMD Athlon mobile...
- No need to worry about storage space with the IdeaCentre 3 - you can store...
- Connect all the peripherals you need - you have six USB 2.0 ports to choose...
- The 7-liter IdeaCentre 3 will fit just about anywhere in your home, measuring...
Lenovo Ideacentre 720 18L Desktop is another perfect option that you can opt for if you are looking for a gaming computer for gaming and other light computer duties. With this best gaming PC under $700, you can be sure that you get a satisfying gaming experience even with modern games.
The Lenovo Ideacentre 720 18L Desktop features an Intel Core i5 processor that is well built and is reasonably sized than most other options in the market. With the processor, you can be sure to get smooth performance for your gaming rig. It also comes with an 8GB DDR4, 1TB HDD, and 90H10005US that ensure that you can store all your documents and videos.
These prebuilt gaming PCs can multi-task and easily run up to more than 10 tasks simultaneously. This best gaming pc build for under $700has a powerful operating system that can handle most modern games and other high-end games. Furthermore, the PC has a dedicated graphics card that is fast enough to play most games and boosts the computer's performance.
4. HP Desktop PC, Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Processor
- REMOTE WORK-READY - Study or work from home with an undeniably reliable and...
- FUNCTIONAL DESIGN - Sleek construction accompanied by a USB black wired mouse...
- LIGHTNING-FAST PROCESSOR & CRYSTAL CLEAR IMAGING - Content creation is made...
- KEEP THE ENTERTAINMENT GOING - Get the most from your gaming and streaming...
If you want to purchase the cheapest gaming PC that will offer will not only give you a fantastic gaming experience, you could get this third option we have. The HP Desktop PC, Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Processor, is one of the most powerful gaming desktops under $700. The amazing thing is that you could use it to study or even work from home.
The HP Desktop PC, Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Processor, has an elegant design, a keyboard, and a USB wired mouse important for gaming. In addition, the gaming Pc features an inter-core Pentium gold G6400 processor and IntelUHD graphics card that will enhance or improve the performance of your PC.
This gaming Pc is a perfect option if you plan to play games and start your gaming career with low settings. This HP gaming pc under $70o also comes with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB PCIe NVMe that allows the user to store documents or videos conveniently.
5. HP Pavilion Desktop, AMD Ryzen 3 5300G
- 【Built Reliably For Real Life】The HP Pavilion Desktop PC brings high...
- 【AMD Ryzen 3 5300G】AMD Ryzen 3 5300G (4C8T, 4.0/4.2Ghz) processor changed...
- 【DDR4 RAM & PCIe SSD】DDR4 RAM and PCIe SSD deliver higher computer...
- 【Inspired Design】This powerful PC is designed to fit perfectly into your...
HP Pavilion Desktop, AMD Ryzen 3 5300G is another perfect option you could get for a fantastic gaming adventure. This gaming desktop has among the most powerful processors and graphics cards with a $700. The computer allows you to game, study, work and even edit videos conveniently since they provide excellent performance.
The Hp Pavilion gaming computer also features DDR4 RAM and PCIe SSD, which delivers high-end performance by boosting responsiveness. The DDR4 RAM and PCIe SSD also increase the computer's multitasking capabilities, meaning you can simultaneously perform more than five tasks.
The best part is that the HP Pavillion gaming computer is specially designed to fit in any creative working space. To add to that, the hp pavilion has a brushed thermal vent design that increases airflow, allows you to run the machine smoothly and reduces noise levels. The Hp pavilion gaming Pc also allows you to connect it to other devices via USB ports, card reader, HDMI and VGA.
6. iBUYPOWER Starter PC Computer Desktop SlateMR 240i
- System: Intel i3-10105F 3.7GHz (4.4GHz Max Turbo) |Geforce GT 1030 2GB | 8 GB...
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 62B Dedicated Gaming Video Card| 1x DVI | 1x...
- Connectivity: 4 x USB 3.0 | 2 x USB 2.0 | 1x RJ-45 Network Ethernet 10/100/1000...
- Special Add-Ons: Tempered Glass RGB Gaming Case | 802.11AC Wi-Fi Included | 16...
If you are planning to start your gaming career or a perfect option for intensive gaming, then the iBUYPOWER Starter PC is the ideal option for you. This gaming computer has unique features and amazing performance that will help upgrade your gaming rig.
The gaming computer features an Intel Core i7-9700F 8-Core 3.0 GHz (4.70 GHz Max Turbo), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB video card,16GB DDR4, 1TB SATA III hard drive and 240GB SSD. The Intel Core i7-9700F 8-Core 3.0 GHz will ensure superior and reliable performance, improving your gaming experience. In addition, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB Dedicated Video Card will guarantee high-quality imaging while playing or streaming. In addition, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX video card with dedicated memory will help the user handle high settlements on your PC's background.
This gaming computer has a processing unit that will allow you to perform multiple tasks simultaneously without slowing the computer down. In addition, this gaming computer has a 16GB DDR4 that allows you to store your videos and documents.
Components for the Best Gaming PC Under $1000
Seven-hundred is still considered a “mid-range” budget, but don’t let that moniker fool you. We’re going to be packing some seriously cool new hardware into this machine, and we’re going to see some benefits from our larger budget. So keep reading to discover the best build you can get for $700.
1. Crucial BX500 480 GB
- Boot up faster. Load files quicker. Improve overall system responsiveness
- 300% faster than a typical hard drive
- Improves battery life because it’s 45x more energy efficient than a typical...
- Micron 3D NAND – Advancing the world's memory and storage technology for 40...
At $700, we’re finally going to be able to get some great speed in our gaming pc build. In addition, adding an SSD (Or Solid-State-Drive) will dramatically decrease our boot-up times and loading times for certain applications and games. The only drawback of SSD’s is their low capacity and high price. Don’t worry, though, and we’ve found the right balance between the two. However, we will talk about some more traditional storage first quickly.
Because of the limited size of more affordable SSD’s, we’re going to need an auxiliary hard drive. (Also known as an HDD or “Spinning Disk” Hard Drive.) These “spinning disk” drives have the advantage of being a tried-and-true technology, and their age means savings for us. Hard drive prices continue to fall, and I can’t think of a better example for this phenomenon than the Crucial BX500 480 GB.
This deal just keeps getting better and better. It's a compact hard drive with a 2.5” form factor for a compact price.
Now onto the fun part, the SSD. Due to their high price-per-gig, high-capacity SSDs, some might believe not to be a good idea for any gaming pc built at this range. But with the current change in times and availability of more quality branded ones in the market, I will use a smaller, more affordable, 480GB SATA SSD from Crucial.
The Crucial BX500 is an affordable package at around 50 bucks, but don’t let its affordability fool you. This SSD is packing sequential read and write times of 540MB/s, which places it firmly in the competition among rival manufacturers like Corsair. In addition, the 2.5” size means we’re going to have plenty of space to share with our secondary drive.
Adding this SSD will take our OS boot times from minutes to seconds; just remember, if possible, to set up your documents, pictures, movies, and music folders, so they are routed to your secondary drive.
2. AMD Ryzen 5 2600
The AMD Ryzen CPU is an amazing 6-core processor, tailor-made for our build. It is well built and sizeable than others in the market in terms of the build's size. However, AMD Ryzen CPU still holds up; with a boost of 3.9GHz, you will be sure to run games with a smooth performance.
Since th AMD Ryzen CPU has gone down in price, You might feel its budget price is low once you pay; you’ll explore how little it cost when you open the box and put it into your machine… but when you load up a game, you won’t find a trace of that bargain pricing anywhere. Definitely recommended, and the money we use here will benefit the machine down the line.
Games will be a breeze at 1080p, and the onboard graphics means you will be able to do some system configuration if you get stuck waiting for your graphics card to arrive. Finally, the aforementioned higher core count means multi-taskers, streamers, and content creators are going to be able to comfortably get their work done, browse the internet, game, stream, and do whatever they desire without breaking a sweat.
3. ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1650 OC
- New Turing Architecture
- 4GB 128-bit GDDR6
- Super Compact 5.94-inch Card, Fits 99% of Systems
- Dual slot, 4K Ready, PCI Bus Powered
The final piece of the puzzle, the cherry on top of the graphics card. In a $700 budget, we’ve finally got a little bit of room to breathe when making our selection, and room to breathe is certainly something we need in this hellish market of crypto mining and inflated prices. To that end, we’re going to choose the Zotac Gaming GTX 1650 OC 4GB for our $700 PC Build.
This is arguably the best at its range when compared to the 5500XT. 4GB is going to be enough for seamless 1080p gaming performance, and you’ll even be able to push some games on 1440p. Featuring a base clock of 1620MHz, the MSI Gaming Radeon RX, for its cost, is the right reliable high-performance pick.
4. Motherboard: GIGABYTE B450M DS3H V2
- Supports AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen/ 2nd Gen Ryzen/ 1st Gen Ryzen/ 2nd Gen Ryzen with...
- Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
- Feature Digital VRM Solution with Low RDS(on) MOSFETs
- HDMI, DVI-D Ports for Multiple Display
It’s hard to beat the B450M Gigabyte B40M for our purposes. It’s a great budget offering from a well-known company and allows the builder to upgrade the setup down the line. And it’s a Micro ATX board, so even if you want to get a more compact case, this motherboard will be ready.
Technically speaking, the B450M has everything we need for our price range and offers a lot of stability when involving other PC components. With enough PCI express slots and SATA support, it allows current and future upgrades and fully supports all components.
5. EVGA BQ 80+ Bronze 500W Semi-Modular PSU
- EVGA 500 BQ "great quality, Great value"
- 80 plus Bronze certified, with 85 percentage efficiency or higher under typical...
- Fan Size/ Bearing: 120 millimeter fluid Dynamic Bearing quiet and intelligent...
- Heavy duty protections, including OVP, UVP, OCP, OPP, and SCP
Whether your build is classified as being reasonably low-power, it doesn’t give us an excuse to buy a low-voltage or cheap power supply. We’re going to want an electrical safety net to make sure our processor, graphics card, and other components can run comfortably without worrying about receiving a steady supply of power. To that end, we’re going to go with the EVGA BQ 80+ Bronze 500W Semi-Modular PSU power supply. Previously seen in my $500 and 600$ PC Build Guide, we used the Thermaltake as our option.
The EVGA BQ PSU proudly calls this product "reliable,” and I tend to agree. If you’re still not convinced, this unit features a silent running 120mm fan, as well as an 80+ Bronze certification for its high efficiency. Efficiency and Reliability in this build are all you need.
6. Patriot Viper Steel Series DDR4 16GB
- Viper Steel Series: Capacity 8GB (2x4GB)
- Base Frequency: PC4-17000 (2133MHz); Tested Frequency: PC4-25600 (3200MHz) with...
- Base Timings: 15-15-15-36; Tested Timings: 16-18-18-36
- Tested Voltage for Profile 1: 1.35V
RAM remains one of the most expensive components in computing lately, even though it shouldn’t be. (We have some alleged price-fixing on the part of the world’s largest memory manufacturers to thank for that.) We’re going to have to stick with a 16GB limit for our RAM, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get something nice. I’ve selected the Patriot Viper for our gaming pc under 700 build. Our selection of Patriot Viper comes in the form of two 8GB DDR4, running at a speed of 3200MHz. With its size supporting different size builds, together with its aluminum solid heat spreader, you can get this performance product in a majority of colors that may suit your build design.
7. Zalman S4 PC Case
- Bezel Design For Optimal Airflow
- Full Acrylic Tinted Side Panel Shows Your Custom System In Style
- High-Strength Chasis and Premium Black Coating for Corrosion Protection
- User Friendly Case I/O
We’ve got some hard-hitting hardware in this build, so we want a case that reflects that and has the durability to stand up to any forces that would threaten the precious components inside. That’s why we’re going with the Zalman S4 PC Case Mid Tower for this gaming pc build. Before we get into the specifics, a quick note about the product color: It only comes in the S4 color option.
The S4 PC Case is the go-to for builders looking for something with bold styling that reflects the personality of their rig. The price tag adds to that reflection; for others, the affordability is just the icing on top of an already very nice-looking cake. The Phanteks offers ATX, uATX, mITX, with 2x USB 3.0, Mic, Headphone, D-RGB LED SW at the front and Tempered Glass on the side. It also offers D-RGB illumination modes.
Why Should You Buy a Pre-built Gaming PC?
1. Unbeatable gaming experience
The best-prebuilt gaming PCa will ensure that you get an incredible gaming experience. The good thing is that you can upgrade the computers as the game tech advances. In addition, it will allow you to play the latest games.
The pricing of a prebuilt gaming desktop is reasonably fair. Since most market conditions have made custom-built computers very expensive, most companies have opted to offer affordable gaming PCs. Also, if you need to build your own high-end gaming PC, you could, and you will only end up using a few dollars.
3. Future-proof your gaming system
The best gaming PC under $700 will allow you to upgrade the different components in the computer s long as you have enough space. You can add extra memory or a new graphics card if you need to upgrade in the future.
4. Not just for gaming
The prebuilt gaming computer is designed for gaming, but it can be used for day-to-day studying or working at home. The gaming desktops will also allow you to do editing jobs and even work with expansive worksheets in excel. Additionally, you can stream with the gaming pc under $700.
5. Better aim and control
The best gaming computer will provide better aim and precise control. Since you can upgrade your rebuild PC gaming build, you will get better precision each time. With the best gaming keyboard or mouse, you will get more control hence having the best gaming performance.
Additionally, you can use your Xbox controller with the best $700 gaming PC even when transitioning from console to gaming on a PC. However, the Xbox controller for playing games will not be as precise as the gaming mouse or keyboard.
6. Easy to Set up
The prebuilt gaming pcs are easy to set up for any gaming enthusiast. It can be easy to set if you are conversant with the different parts of the computers. However, it can be tasking for a beginner or a conversant person and may require help from a professional.
Downsides of the Prebuilt Gaming PCs
1. Hard to set up for beginners
In most cases, especially for beginners, you will find that you might need external assistance to set up or build your gaming PC. Unfortunately, getting a tech person to help means you will need to spend more since you will have to pay them. However, if you are conversant with the gaming setup process, this will not be an issue.
2. Warranties Issues
Most gaming PC comes with warranties, but the problem is that the initial warranty will not cover the changes whenever you upgrade your system. This thereby means you need to obtain warranties for each component you purchase.
When setting up or building your gaming Pc, you will find that some components are incompatible with others, which in most cases, you will not notice until you have installed them. Unless you are an expert or have worked with the components before, it can be hard to know if they work perfectly with your system. You can use a PC Part Picker to check if the gaming computer components are compatible with your system.
4. Computer Breakdown
The wrong installation can lead to overheating, leading to computer breakdown. If you play intensively and don't have enough fans, it could overload the processor, leading to overheating or a complete breakdown of your computer.
What Do You Consider When Purchasing the Best Gaming pc Under $700?
Choosing the best gaming PC under $700 does not have to be a complicated experience. However, to play the most demanding game titles in a smooth, immersive and precise way, you need a quality machine that delivers exceptional performance. So, if you want to purchase the best $700 gaming Pc, there are a few factors you will have to consider for maximum gaming satisfaction. We have a look at the different factors you should consider.
1. Gaming Performance
The gaming performance of the best gaming PC under $700 is obviously one of the key considerations you should consider. With great gaming performance, you will enjoy your favorite game titles. You will, in most cases, know if the PC has great gaming performance bt the different components it comes with. First, the operating system/ processor needs to be powerful. Then you will need enough storage of not less than 8 GB, a Graphics card, CPU and an excellent motherboard.
With all these excellent components, then you can be assured that your PC's ability to handle gaming or even multitask is better. You could choose to get a machine with an Nvidia GeForce gtx video card, AMD Ryzen AMD Radeon Graphics, i3 processor, just to mention a few. The best part is the performance of most of the best PC under $700 are rather solid, and they will provide a smooth and more pleasing gaming adventure.
2. CPU and GPU
It s equally important to ensure that you purchase a gaming PC under $700 with a high-quality CPU/ central processing unit and GPU/ graphics processing unit. Most of these gaming computers have great processing units, but you should go for those below AMD CPU, AMD Ryzen, i3 processor, AMD Radeon Graphics, and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics. Remember, your gaming PC under $700 will not perform well, especially while gaming with a low-quality CPU and GPU.
3. Memory and Storage
You will also need to check the memory and the storage capacity of the gaming PC under $700 you purchase. Most f the gaming PC will have minimum memory of 8 GB which is the recommended minimum of any gaming machine. So, you need to ensure that you get a machine with RAM below 8 GB and ensure it has to be from the DDR4 series.
You can choose from two options for storage: the HDD/hard disk drive and SSD/ solid-state drive. The solid-state drive is usually high-speed but is relatively small and very expensive. The hard disk drive is usually slower than the SSD but is bigger and cheaper. If you want the SDD for higher performance, we recommend getting 256GB and above one.
Graphics is another crucial factor you need to consider while purchasing a prebuilt gaming PC. A gaming pc under $700 is usually ranked as an entry-level gaming PC because of the graphic cards. The graphics are basically the powerhouse of your gaming computer. Mainly the graphics will present the images while playing or video editing. The quality of your graphic card is usually what indicates the graphical quality.
Since most games require high-quality graphics cards to operate, you must settle for the prebuilt gaming PC with the most updated graphics cards. You can opt for a graphics card like NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TI dedicated graphics card or AMD Radeon Graphics for exceptional performance.
5. Upgradability & Future-Proofing
When purchasing a prebuilt gaming PC, you must have future upgradability and proofing. You should check how easily the PC you get can be upgraded if you need to upgrade some components in the future. This will make things cheaper and easier when upgrades are needed. The components we have selected in this article give room for future upgrades, but it does not mean they will not offer exceptional gaming performance for a couple of years.
The design of the best-prebuilt gaming PC is also a factor to consider since it will impact your gaming scene. The design may not per se affect the performance of your PC or even offer the smooth performance we are gaming to have, but it will most definitely affect how your gaming room looks. For instance, you could get a gaming computer with RGB fans to light up your gaming area.
7. Cooling Features
It is necessary that you also pay attention to the cooling features of the gaming PC under $700 you purchase. When gaming, the computer heats up, affecting the machine's performance or slowing down the entire system. Even more, the heat can completely damage the computer's processor. Therefore you will need a PC with an efficient CPU cooler. You can choose between liquid or air coolers to help prevent your gaming desktop from overheating
Building Your Own System
Building your own PC is one of the cheapest options and most efficient ways to get exactly what you need in terms of gaming. Consequently, this means you will need to purchase your own computer components separately. It can be tricky to build up your own gaming PC, especially if you are not conversant or don't know how to make your own PC.
You will require to get powerful hardware components. First, you can opt to get a gaming case that is a full or mid-tower case depending on what you want your prebuilt gaming PC to look like. Then you will need a super-powerful processor, RAM that is not below 8 GB, a Graphics card, CPU and an excellent motherboard. For example, you could opt for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TI video card or AMD’s RX 5500 XT, which will guarantee exceptional performance and, better still, are super affordable. Subsequently, you will then require to look at the power supply system of your gaming system since it will help the build process go more smoothly.
It is imperative to remember that the hardware components and gaming setup you purchase will determine how powerful your new gaming PC will be. Hence it is paramount to settle for quality components for exceptional gaming.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Gaming PCs
1. Can You Upgrade a Prebuilt Gaming PC?
Yes, you can upgrade your prebuilt gaming desktop. When purchasing a prebuilt gaming PC, the first factor you should consider is its future upgrade capabilities. You will inevitably want to change different components on your gaming computer to increase the effectiveness and gaming performance as that gaming tech advances.
Most prebuilt gaming pcs are easy to upgrade, but you will find some relatively hard to upgrade, especially if you are new to gaming. The best-prebuilt gaming PC will allow you to modernize the RAM and even upgrade other components if the PC is underpowered. However, it is important to note that most pre-built computers come with a warrant, and if you upgrade different components, you may lose the warranty.
2. What is the difference between a budget gaming PC and a high-end gaming PC?
The main difference between a budget gaming PC and a high-end gaming PC is the budget rig. For example, most of the best gaming pcs under $700 will perform as well as most high-end gaming PCs. The budget gaming PC build will stand strong at medium level and run game titles smoothly.
Additionally, you might find some high-end gaming computers that will have excellent gaming capabilities. These high-end options are the best options for gaming experts.
3. Is Gaming Computer Under $700 a Good Choice?
Of course, gaming pcs under $700 are worth investing in, especially if you plan to start your gaming career or a perfect option for intensive gaming. However, the most important thing is to purchase a gaming computer that will provide better performance and meet all your gaming needs.
Although gaming pcs under $700 are considered cheaper options, they will perform well as most high-end prebuilt gaming pcs. Once you are required with a great AMD Ryzen or Intel Core processor, enough storage, Video Card, a dedicated graphics card and a CPU cooler, you are ready to start playing with your gaming setup. Additionally, you will be guaranteed a satisfactory performance with a wide variety of games. Most people believe that expensive computers always offer the best performance, but you will be surprised at some cheap options.
We have managed to stay within budget, but we’re getting the absolute most we can with the parts we’ve selected. This build will dominate 1080p gaming and push the boundary at 1440p. Gamers willing to take the next step up on the graphics card and processor will find that their build is even VR-ready. For now, though, we’ve managed to put together the ultimate gaming computer for under $700 and look good doing it.
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Inflammation and Back Pain
Fernando Vega, Physical Therapist at Miami Orthopedics and Sports Institute, explains when an injury occurs it sets off a cascade of events that ends up causing inflammation. “Inflammation is a natural occurring thing, we wouldn’t heal without inflammation. The problem is that once the injury heals, the inflammation continues and it will spread throughout the body,” he says.
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Your Canadian study permit doesn’t just grant you the right to attend university or college, it also grants you the right to work off-campus for up to 20 hours per week during regular academic sessions, and full-time during scheduled academic breaks.
This opportunity is generally not afforded to your peers who decided to study in other countries, such as the United States. It allows you to make some money to fund your ongoing studies and living costs, all the while giving you connections in the local labour market. These professional networks could be the lead into landing a great job upon graduation.
The government of Canada, not to mention the university or college you are attending, want you to be happy while you are studying in Canada. Consequently, you are able to have your spouse/common-law partner join you in Canada, as well as any dependent children. Your spouse/partner can apply for an open work permit, allowing him or her to come to Canada and work for any employer, while your children may also join you.
In addition, you can also look into having other family members, such parents and siblings, visit you in Canada. To find out more, use our exclusive Visiting Canada Tool.
Under the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program, you can obtain a work permit valid for up to three years, depending on the duration of your study program.
Many international graduates use the PGWP as a stepping stone into a successful career in Canada, and towards Canadian permanent residence.
Many Canadian economic immigration programs place a large emphasis on applicants’ work experience in Canada. As a graduate who has already entered the Canadian labour market, you have proven that you are an asset to the country. You can be trusted, you are intelligent, you are educated, and you get along with colleagues — so of course Canada wants you to stay around longer than just a few years.
While working in Canada, you can build connections that will help you throughout your career. Overall, your Canadian work experience is likely to prove invaluable.
There are probably more pathways to Canadian permanent residence than you think. Did you know that some provinces allow certain graduates from institutions in other provinces to apply to their particular Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)? It’s true.
And did you know that the federal government also provides multiple pathways to permanent residence? That’s true too.
Make sure you have a plan in place for making this important transition, and get assistance if you’re unsure of all your potential options.
This is the ultimate goal of many, if not most, international students and graduates in Canada. Permanent resident status grants a number of rights, including the right to live and work anywhere in Canada without the need to first secure a work permit. It is also a step along the way to Canadian citizenship.
Canada is looking to its cohort of international students and graduates to become its leading newcomers. You have learned the language(s), got the experience and the education, and proven that you are worthy of joining the Canadian family. So, why not aim for the top and have permanent residence and citizenship as your ultimate goal?
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A crowd of more than 30 people milled about under an awning at the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert last Saturday afternoon. Volunteers with Temple Emanuel of Tempe’s hiking club carefully laid out a veritable cornucopia of snacks and drinks as kids ran around.
Trip leader Sue Ochs, decked out in hiking gear — including a fanny pack with two large water bottles, a first aid/survival kit and a cellphone — got her bearings while examining a map. It might have seemed like overkill since today’s hike was only going to be a mile long with negligible elevation gain, but Ochs, a retired librarian and veteran of the outdoors who used to lead hikes for the Sierra Club, likes to be prepared.
Ochs folded her map and raised her hiking stick above her head, calling the crowd to attention. She then reviewed the basic rules of the hike.
“We don’t normally have quite so many people,” Ochs said, as the group began the trek down the dirt path next to the lake. “The biggest problem I have in Arizona is making sure people know about hiking on the gravelly soils.”
The group hugged the side of the trail to allow three horses to pass by as Ochs detailed other essentials for desert hiking, such as bringing plenty of water, always having a hat and remembering to apply sunscreen even on cloudy days.
Ochs has been leading hikes for Temple Emanuel since 2009. It all started when she asked the synagogue’s then-rabbi, Andrew Strauss, if she should start a hiking club. He responded with an enthusiastic yes, and even suggested a few books, such as “God in the Wilderness” by Rabbi Jamie S. Korngold, to help Ochs integrate elements of Judaism into the trips.
At one point on the hike, Ochs stopped the group to point out three large wooden posts topped with square plywood platforms — nesting spots for osprey. Ochs noted that the riparian preserve was an excellent spot for bird-watching, and even with a large, boisterous group, a skein of Canada geese could be seen descending onto the lake while cranes and egrets scanned the shallows along the lake’s edge.
Normally, the hikes take place on Sunday mornings and run 3 to 8 miles — considerably more strenuous then this evening’s leisurely jaunt. The standard Sunday-morning crowd is smaller with fewer children, since the synagogue’s kids are generally in Hebrew school at that time.
But each February for the past three years, Ochs has gathered a group for a short hike around the lake followed by a Havdalah service. Rabbi Dean Shapiro, the synagogue’s senior rabbi, joined the group for the hike and service.
Another attendee was Arizona State University professor Ariel Anbar, of the School of Earth and Space Exploration, whose appreciation of the natural world, he suggested, ties into his career choice.
“What it is that leads somebody to become a scientist?” Anbar asked. “It’s not about facts and figures and all that sort of stuff. It’s much more about wonder and amazement.”
Though the club’s summer hiatus is just around the corner, Ochs is confident the club will keep on trekking, and growing, for many years to come.
“I am passionate about creating community and bringing people together,” Ochs said. “I thought that this was one thing I knew about that I could contribute. There are new members to the temple, people who rejoin and people who are recently retired, and this has been a great way for them to gather and get to know each other.” JN | <urn:uuid:79561bdf-b778-4be0-8530-a7cf66057db6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jewishaz.com/community/tempe-synagogue-pairs-nature-and-exercise-with-havdalah-and-a-hike/article_5f42bcfc-119f-11e8-a54e-4b6d0f942a3c.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.967064 | 805 | 1.796875 | 2 |
Just when it looked like the rest of the world was beginning to wise up to China’s subsidies-driven trade strategy, the Club for Growth has appeared on the scene with a recipe for keeping Beijing’s mercantilist miracle in high gear. The Club wants America to unilaterally disarm its own exporters by convincing members of Congress to block reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, the official export credit agency of the federal government. Ex-Im Bank, as it is called, was established during the depths of the Great Depression to provide financing to U.S. exporters when no market sources of credit were available. It continued to carry out that role in the most recent economic downturn, financing $40 billion in exports during 2011 that supported nearly 300,000 U.S. jobs.
But the Club for Growth said in a January 31 press release that “market forces should dictate trade flows, not bureaucrats and politicians.” It wants Congress to shut down the venerable agency and force U.S. exporters to seek financing from private-sector sources. Apparently nobody has told Club members that every other major industrialized power has an export credit agency, and that some countries like China extend credit at much higher rates than Ex-Im Bank does. Relative to the size of China’s economy, the volume of state-supported financing Beijing provides to local exporters is over ten times bigger than America’s comparatively modest effort. A single well-connected Chinese telecom company, Huawei, has received as much financial support from Beijing’s state-run export agencies as Ex-Im extends to all U.S. exporters combined in a typical year. That enabled Huawei to beat American companies for a huge contract in Brazil, notwithstanding the fact that much of the Chinese technology may have been stolen from U.S. telecom giant Cisco.
The Club for Growth cites commercial transports as an example of how Ex-Im Bank distorts trade flows. It says, “the Bank provided financing for foreign airlines to buy American aircrafts [sic], thus allowing those companies to better compete against American airlines.” What it doesn’t mention is that European governments provide similar financial support to their own manufacturers of commercial transports, and they aren’t about to abandon the field just because Washington has decided to unilaterally disarm. So if the Club has its way, Boeing — which sells most of its airliners overseas — will probably cease to be the nation’s biggest exporter and many thousands of jobs will disappear in places like Seattle and Charleston.
This situation is reminiscent of when Ronald Reagan decided during his first year as president to accept an Office of Management and Budget recommendation to phase out construction subsidies for oceangoing commercial vessels. Unfortunately, he failed to secure support from other shipbuilding nations to phase out their own subsidies, and as a result the U.S. industry collapsed when U.S. subsidies were abolished. Today, nobody in America builds commercial ships for use in overseas trade, even though America is the third largest exporter in the world. Other U.S. industries will suffer a similar fate if Congress heeds the recommendations of the Club for Growth. There is good reason to negotiate limits on the use of export credit with other nations, but proposing to eliminate America’s export credit agency unilaterally is dangerously naive.
America’s exporters need Ex-Im Bank to remain competitive in an unforgiving global economy. The bank’s activities cost taxpayers nothing because expenses are covered by fees imposed on users. In fact, the bank has sent over $800 million annually in recent years to the Treasury in fees that it collected but did not need to administer its programs, meaning it is helping to reduce the budget deficit. Ex-Im Bank does not compete with private lenders, it can only loan to parties that are good credit risks, and the vast majority of companies tapping its resources are small or medium-size enterprises. But the most important thing it does is level the playing field for U.S. exporters so all those jobs in places like Florida and Pennsylvania and Texas don’t go away. None of that seems to matter to the Club for Growth. In Winston Churchill’s famous phrase, it is willing to sacrifice this generation to a principle.
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Start by peeling your butternut squash. Cut the ends off. Remove the seeds with a spoon or knife. (you can save them and roast them if you like) If you dont have a good peeler you can slice your squash and then cut the skin away.
Cut your squash to equal size pieces and put them in your pot.
Peel your onion and garlic cloves. Slice your onion in four and add the onions in the pot.
Cover with water and add in the vegetable broth powder. Boil for 20 minutes.
Try with a fork that your squashes are soft. Remove 1-2 cups of the boil water, but save it for a while.
Rinse your beans and add them in the pot. Use a hand mixer to puree your soup. Aldo a blender works if it tolerates heat.
After blending add some of the saved water if your soup feels too dense.
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How To Free Yourself From Unnecessary Suffering [VIDEO]
Scholar and bestselling author Anil Gupta has had numerous appearances at Harvard and Fox News, is a guest speaker and workshop leader on Richard Branson’s Necker Island, and has helped countless people free themselves from patterns keeping them stuck.
But in 2008, Anil Gupta was facing his own adversity and on the edge of suicide. It was an extremely painful time which required an intervention to bring him to where he is today. Out of this experience came his book, Immediate Happiness.
Many of you have been following my journey and the self-work I’ve been doing for a while. I just want to really drive home how important it is that we all continue to individually work towards becoming a better person every day.
How do we become more fulfilled and overcome personal blockage? As I’ve learned, and Anil would agree, it has to start from a place of genuine self-awareness.
We’ve all heard the famous quote by Gandhi, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” but it seems like not many people know what this truly means or how to really embody it.
So many of us have been mentally programmed from society, growing up in unhealthy homes and miseducated in government indoctrination camps (schools).
Nearly all we were taught was unnecessary suffering.
According to Anil, however, liberating yourself is all about the three G’s: Giving, Growing, Gratitude
Giving is one of the most powerful things we can do. We aren’t necessarily talking about giving money to charities, but I’m excited for some of the projects coming up in the near future (that I’ll get to announce soon) with how we’ll be giving back to the community in Anarchapulco.
Let’s give some more of our time, our energy, our love, our commitment, our joy, our happiness, our forgiveness… we can give this all away without expecting anything in return.
Even simple things like asking your loved ones questions about their day, listening to understand (not to respond) and acknowledging their experience goes such a long way.
Instead of focusing on what you don’t have, try being grateful for what you do have. Once you’re able to be sincerely grateful for the blessings in your life, you’ll start to feel better. Isn’t that something we all want?
For episode 443 of Anarchast, I interviewed Mr. Gupta to explore everything from taking charge of one’s life, to the art of giving, empowering others, children, and family dynamics.
We also discussed forgiveness as the path to freedom, the happiness formula, and much more.
Much of what we’re focusing on at the upcoming Anarchapulco will be intentional communities and peaceful relationships, along with health and wellness. We are so excited to encourage parents to bring their kids (for FREE) to our Free Your Family Camp. The wellbeing of future generations relies on the ongoing progression towards nonviolent communication, self-directed learning, and empowering youth with kindness instead of force.
If you’re ready to deprogram yourself from fear, join us this February in Acapulco, Mexico. Meet Anil Gupta and many more renowned thought leaders, including Ron Paul, Andrew Napolitano, and Dayna Martin, at Anarchapulco 2019 (HOLIDAY SALE).
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The 2011 Budget delivered a blast from the past, with the then Chancellor George Osborne announcing a new round of enterprise zones to follow the use of the policy by the Thatcher and Major governments in the 1980s and 1990s. In total 24 new zones were announced, and they subsequently became operational in 2012.
The context for the creation of this new rou1nd of zones differed to that for their predecessors. In the first round the areas chosen tended to be sites of economic weakness and physical decay. The aim was to both revitalise these derelict areas and encourage economic growth.2 The difference this time was that the focus was on reducing the burdens on the private sector so that it could deliver economic growth and job creation in response to the impact of the global financial crisis.3
There are two ways in which the zones aim to improve the economic outlook of an area. Firstly, direct tax incentives such as business rate discounts and capital allowances as well as easier planning permissions are designed to make an area more attractive to business investment. Secondly, the option for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to borrow against future business rate growth allows them to invest in infrastructure to bring about the redevelopment of an area.
This paper establishes how well the current round of enterprise zones has performed five years after their inception. To do this it looks at the job creation seen in the zones between 2012 and 2017, showing the overall number of jobs created as well as looking at the type and geography of these new positions. The findings have relevance for enterprise zones and other area-based initiatives such as free ports, which have attracted policy attention in recent months.4
Enterprise zones offered a series of incentives including:
• Business rates discount of up to 100 per cent over a five year period,
worth up to £275,000 per business in total for businesses moving to
an enterprise zone before April 2015.
• Simplified planning.
• Superfast broadband.
• 100 percent first year capital allowances for plant and machinery.
In addition, LEPs retain all businesses rates growth within enterprise
zones for 25 years from April 2013, and this could be reinvested in the
area. Other concessions include the ability to use Tax Increment Financing
to allow local areas to borrow today against future increases in business
rate receipts to fund the development of infrastructure.
The allocation of the first 24 enterprise zones followed three different
rationales as summarised in Figure 1. The first 11 were allocated to LEPs
covering Core Cities5 in England. Two were allocated to the Humber and the
Lancashire LEPs in response to major job losses at BAE Systems plants. The
rest were allocated through a bidding process. The specific sites within the
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Just a few helpful tips for those who are new to the great outdoor sport of orienteering:
- There are some informative YouTube videos on techniques that are worth searching for & watching. Look for key words like: attack points, catch features, and aiming off. Learning and implementing these techniques will certainly make orienteering much more enjoyable for you.
- For your safety and our accountability – always ensure you check out with the time keeper before going out on a course and always check back in with the same person – even if you don’t finish. Many of our meet locations are in parks with coyotes and if you’re lost and they eat you – that might make them sick.
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The formation of a professional and collaborative production pattern in the auto parts industry in Beijing has brought a series of benefits. First of all, professional collaboration guarantees the supply of coordinated parts for OEMs in Beijing. Specialized and coordinated production nearby can give full play to the geographical advantages and facilitate the various needs of the production and operation of the OEM. This includes various aspects such as quantity, variety, quality, transportation, and service. Second, professional collaboration has increased economic benefits for the country and enterprises.
Specialized collaboration has promoted the technological progress and management level of parts and components companies. In order to survive and develop, parts and components companies actively adapt to the market needs of mainframe manufacturers, continuously adjust products, actively develop new products, and carry out technological transformations. Through the adjustment of the product structure, the degree of specialization within the enterprise has been strengthened: for example, the degree of specialization of products such as jacks, glass lifters, and brake pumps have been strengthened. The above development is not only related to the enterprise’s own efforts, but also has a lot to do with the cooperation of management departments and OEMs.
Serious shortage of funds. The main reasons for the shortage are the shrinking production of enterprises, the reduction of sales income, the excessive proportion of the funds of reduced products in the fixed liquidity, and the large external debts of the enterprises, and some have no ability to repay. The speed of new product development is slow. First, the market forecast for development is inaccurate; second, the process tooling cannot keep up after the trial production of the new product, and the key technology is not good enough to form production capacity; third, the development speed of new accessories can not keep up with the host and the speed of modification . Due to protectionism in other provinces and cities, it is difficult to export the spare parts produced in Beijing, and the continuous entry of foreign products has caused the market to shrink. The decline in the economic efficiency of enterprises and the difficulty in exerting the production capacity of enterprises will inevitably bring about a decline in economic efficiency, and the macroeconomic recession has exacerbated this situation.
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Healthcare in a Pandemic #1: Essential Workers
Dr Khor Swee Kheng, Public Policy Specialist
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Throughout the pandemic, our healthcare frontliners have been hailed as heroes for their work in caring for COVID-19 patients. We’ve all seen the pictures of doctors and nurses exhausted after spending their entire shift treating patients in their full PPEs. But tributes aside, are our frontliners given the treatment and remuneration they deserve? And who else should be recognised as essential workers in healthcare? In the first of our short series, Healthcare in a Pandemic, we discuss how we can treat all our essential workers in healthcare better with public policy specialist, Dr Khor Swee Kheng.
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The Home for Little Wanderers announced today that it has opened registration for a required education program for people interested in becoming adoptive or foster parents in recognition of Adoption Month. People interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents can apply to attend the free, 30-hour Massachusetts Approach to Partnerships in Parenting (MAPP) education program from 5:30-8:30 PM every Monday and Friday starting on January 10, 2022 and ending on February 10, 2022.
In Massachusetts, there are over 2,800 children in foster care with a goal of adoption and over 1,200 of these children have no identified adoption resource such as a relative or foster parent.
“The child welfare system is not designed to raise children. We are here for support and healing when they need us, but children deserve to grow up in a warm, loving home,” said Lesli Suggs, LICSW, President and CEO of The Home for Little Wanderers. “Children need to know that they have a permanent adult in their life to take care of them and to help them grow into well-rounded adults. Children who grow up without a permanent family and “age out” of the child welfare system are more likely to experience homelessness, substance abuse, and be involved in the criminal justice system. The love and support of a family can make all the difference.”
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A Lithium battery is a type of rechargeable battery. A Cycle life of a battery refers to how many charges and discharges are complete of rechargeable batteries that can be put into use before the battery can no longer keep any charge. An alkaline battery on the other hand is a primary battery known of deriving its energy majorly from a reaction between Zinc metal and manganese oxide.
How much longer do lithium batteries and alkaline batteries last?
How long a battery can last depends on many things among them the type of device they are fixed into since some device use more power than the others. Run time refers to the time a battery can last when used once while shelf life is the time a battery lasts when it’s left on the shelves unused. Lastly is the cycle life which refers to the times' complete charges and discharges a rechargeable battery can take before it cannot store any charge.
Alkaline batteries differ in the run time since different devices consume different powers. It is hard therefore to roughly estimate its runtime so it varies. At room temperature the alkaline batteries, shelf-life range from 5-10 years. Unlike lithium batteries which are rechargeable, alkaline isn't, and therefore that rules out its cycle life. In short alkaline batteries have no cycle life. It is hazardous to charge alkaline batteries as they are non-rechargeable and unsafe.
Earlier we discussed lithium as rechargeable batteries however there are also lithium non-rechargeable batteries which are similar to alkaline batteries in terms of cycle life for they both do not have it. Research has shown that these batteries last for 10-12 years, besides some have shown that in rare circumstances the battery lasted up to 20 years. The shelf life of this battery is 10 years left under 70 degrees temperature.
Lithium rechargeable batteries exist in many types example; lithium-ion, lithium polymer among others. One of the lithium types containing carbon anodes has over 10, 000 life cycles however the normal consumer-based batteries give a life cycle of about 600- 1000 cycles. The shelf life of these batteries varies on how they have used and the chemical compounds that make them. One battery alone can last for four years. Besides the shelf life is at most two years.
Are lithium battery and alkaline battery compatible?
Both alkaline and lithium batteries come in different sizes that are AAA, AA, and C, the alkaline batteries are used majorly in toys and other electronic devices while lithium batteries are incorporated in laptops and cell phones. The two batteries are made of different materials which contribute to a difference in performance in each.
Lithium batteries are way much better than alkaline batteries. For example, lithium batteries have a longer-lasting time compared to lithium batteries which make them better used in high tech and smart devices. Alkaline batteries cannot be incorporated in these devices for their less lasting and cannot offer the mentioned devices the time needed for them to operate.
Outdoor applications where the temperatures get as low as 20 degrees, use the lithium batteries since they can operate in low temperatures, unlike the alkaline batteries. The lithium battery is not susceptible to low temperatures hence it shows it can sustain that as well as maintain its performance.
Lithium batteries are mostly used in portable devices because they are lighter compared to alkaline batteries. They have a better chance because users go for the lightest portable devices. Lithium batteries can be used instead of lithium batteries for its better advantages as mentioned above.
A lithium battery is compatible with the alkaline battery however at a higher cost. Lithium is made from a more expensive technology hence one has to incur more costs to replace the two for each other. The longevity of this battery is beyond explanation since it has a longer lifespan than other batteries. Some air travel agencies recommend that their passengers carry items with lithium batteries.
Manufacturers of all batteries advice that every user should always check the manufacturers’ guidelines for compatibility before doing any battery replacement. It is important to note that lithium and alkaline batteries are compatible however the user should check the manufacturer’s guidelines for further compatibility instructions.
What are the pros and cons of the lithium battery and alkaline battery?
Lithium batteries have a higher energy density which means that it is not bulky at the same time it has a higher power capacity. For this reason, it's still used in laptops and smartphones mostly for its higher density and its less bulky feature.
Lithium batteries self-discharge slowly. The batteries compared to other rechargeable ones has the lowest self-discharge rate. Ones it's unplugged from a source of power, they lose power at very minimal speed and have a range of 1000-5000 cycles before they lose 20% of their complete charge.
Low maintenance. Lithium batteries do not require regular checkups for their performance. Another importance of a lithium battery is that it has a property of fast charging, that is most of the portable devices use it due to their frequent charging demand.
Unlike other batteries, lithium batteries do not require to be charged and discharged fast before they are used. These batteries again are essential because they have a longer lifespan that is they still function well even after 5000 cycles.
Cons of lithium batteries include; cost, lithium batteries are very expensive because their manufacture is as costly as well. Unlike other batteries lithium batteries, need to be monitored to prevent overcharge and discharge. The worst disadvantage of lithium batteries is their susceptibility to fire as most of them overheat hence causing an explosion. The lithium batteries age and this depends on the times it has its charge-discharge cycles.
Pros of alkaline batteries; they are less expensive, they do not cause any environmental damage, they have a longer shelf life than many other batteries, higher energy density, function as good even at low temperatures.
Cons of alkaline batteries; they are bulky, they are easily susceptible to fires, they easily leak and damage devices.
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Use a light cleanser for your own face, preferably an orange face Wash, while having a bath in the morning, and apply any moisturizer immediately after. If, and when, you wear makeup, remove because soon whenever you get back home, i’m able to help of cleansing Lotion & makeup remover. Always wash experience before to be able to bed, at night, and follow it with software of moisturizer Lotion.
What goes into your thoughts are reflected using your face. The program is valuable to maintain a positive attitude and relaxed. Don’t stress yourself and let other people do the running all across.
Aging is a normal physical process. You can’t stop the software. With the passage of time, prefer other organs of your system – your skin also grows weaker as well as the production quite a few important regions of the skin tissue like collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid dries rising.
It derives this ability from the fact that the it contains Functional Keratin. Which is comparable to the basic protein found throughout your body in epidermis? This is one keratin you can depend on as salvaging derived via the natural substance extracted from wool among the New Zealand sheep.
Vitamin B complex – contains many different vitamins. Some are below with descriptions of their functions. Overall each types help in keeping skin healthier along with enhancing the immune set up. Vitamin B rich foods include eggs, oatmeal, bananas and rice.
There can be different forms of keratin. May well be hard, like in nails, or soft, Skin Glow Skin Serum Review like in skin. Much of the keratin in our skin is actually on top of the skin in dead skin cells cells, you have protect your skin for the actual skin cells forming underneath, with new keratin. Keeping the skin moisturized keeps the outside layer supple and healthy, and so moisturizing assists our old skin debris cells protect the new cells less than.
Many people just begin using some Skin Care products in their own. It is always necessary to us when we’re aware of one’s skin form. One product may work best for you, though it may not yield the same results retaining. Skin specialists in Delhi always suggests even just a single must first visit a practitioner before using a skin product, if wish care for that then there will be the bad results and effects today.
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METHODS FOR VERIFICATION OF SOFTWARE OBJECT AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY has been assigned patent number 11,374,961 with an issue date of June 28, 2022.
The Software Assurance Guardian™ (SAG ™) software has been designed specifically to identify suspect software objects that may cause harm to the Bulk Electric System. The SAG patent describes the most comprehensive Software Supply Chain Risk Assessment methodology to verify software object integrity and authenticity following the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Version 1.1 and NERC CIP-010-3 standards. SAG Software applies several cryptographic and non-cryptpographic methods to determine the level of trustworthiness of a software object, and its entire supply chain. This SAG process contains thorough risk assessment techniques that are intended to determine the trust level assigned to a software object, called a SAGScore™, across 7 risk categories, considering 22 independent risk factors. Smaller BES Entities, lacking in the cyber security skills needed to perform a thorough verification of software integrity and authenticity can use SAG Software to gain the benefits of “best practices” for verifying software objects before installation in a BES Cyber System, to demonstrate compliance with FERC Order 850 and the NERC CIP Supply Chain Reliability Standards, following the FERC 6/18/2020 white paper suggesting cybersecurity control enhancements and best practices , which REA enthusiastically supports.
Simply identifying a suspect software object may be sufficient to protect a BES Entity from installing malicious software into their BES Cyber Assets, but what about all the other BES Entities – wouldn’t it be nice if a bad actor, once identified, could be made known to other BES Entities so that they don’t become victims. SAG software works diligently to stop the spread of a suspect software object by facilitating the reporting of an “attempt to compromise” cyber incident with NERC E-ISAC and DHS-NCCIC in accordance with FERC’s June 20, 2019 announcement pertaining to FERC Docket No. RD19-3-000 and NERC CIP 008-6.
In summary, the Software Assurance Guardian™ patented technology is designed to help Bulk Electric System Responsible Entities, both large and small, keep the BES safe from malicious attempts to compromise a BES cyber asset. Once a suspect software object has been identified the SAG™ Software gets the word out as quickly as possible with E-ISAC and DHS-NCCIC to help prevent the malicious software object from infecting other BES Entities systems, stopping the spread as soon as possible.
Never trust software, always verify and report! ™
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After roughly six years battling the state in court, groups representing minority voters got what looked like a solid win late last month. In mid-August, a federal court ruled Texas had clearly drawn political districts to put voters of color at a disadvantage, so the maps would have to be redrawn, and in a hurry – the 2018 midterm elections are coming up fast. But that victory could be short-lived. Just a week after the lower court ordered Texas to draft new voting districts as the clock ticked towards midterm elections, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito hit the pause button. In a one-paragraph order, he temporarily blocked the new districts from being drawn. The developments essentially put Texas in a court-ordered holding pattern on voting laws and districts, just 14 months ahead of next year’s midterm elections. It’s forced political candidates to wait before filing paperwork and launching campaigns, and it’s left voters uncertain about where they can vote, who they’re voting for and what documents they’ll need, if any, to cast a ballot. But Texas isn’t alone: Eight states are in the midst of litigation over voting districts, including three cases currently on appeal to the Supreme Court. At the same time, four of them – Virginia, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Pennsylvania – are major political battleground states that could help determine the balance of power in Congress and whether President Donald Trump wins re-election in 2020.
“It seems like the 2018 election is a long way away, but the [candidate filing deadlines] are just a few months away,” says Michael Li, a voting rights expert at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan policy center.
Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas, concurs: “It’s hard to have candidates file [campaign documents] if they don’t know what district they’re running for,” he says.
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Looking down on the Engine House, Mill and Weir on the River Avon. Behind this is the ruined Old Castle Bridge, and in the background the replacement Castle Bridge opened in 1793.
Looking down from Warwick Castle and over the River Avon, we can see the trebuchet in the castle grounds. This 2005 built replica is one of the largest siege engines in the world. This monster machine needs a team of eight people to load and fire it. Two people run in each wheel to wind the massive arm back down.
A bit of a dodgy panorama of Warwick Castle. I obviously didn’t make sure that I had enough coverage of the tree and sky on the left.
This the view from the bridge seen in the previous post back to the bridge that photo was taken from.
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At foreignpolicy.com, Audrey Wilson reports that Afghanistan is facing a potential humanitarian and economic crisis. She writes (abridged):
G-7 meeting. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for a virtual meeting of the G-7 countries—the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, France, Germany, Japan and Canada—on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, including how to secure safe evacuations and avoid a humanitarian crisis. Johnson is expected to urge the other leaders to consider new sanctions against the Taliban if they commit human rights abuses.
Ticking clock. Meanwhile, Afghanistan faces a quickly deepening economic crisis, with financial hardships increasingly affecting those in Kabul and other cities. Banks remain closed, food prices are rising, and the value of the local currency has plummeted. The suspension of commercial flights to Kabul’s international airport has in some ways exacerbated the crisis, halting the flow of some medical supplies and aid.
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Sermon preached by Fr Jeff Parker at St. Luke’s Enmore, 3rd November 2019
Daniel 7:1–3, 15–18; Psalm 149; Ephesians 1:1:11–23; and Luke 6:20–31
Today, even though we haven’t been through a long and serious investigation into our past, our character and miracles we have performed, we celebrate our sainthood. I like to remember this by greeting others at the peace with the title “Saint” – so there will be Saint John and St Christine, Saint Amrit, Saint Stuart, Saint Alfredo etc… you get the picture.
For today we celebrate all saints, and a biblical reading of the word leads us to understand that all of those who are baptised and live the life of a Christian person, especially in a non-Christian setting, which is basically the situation for our world today, are saints.
Paul writes to the saints in various places and the book of Revelation is full of references to the saints, meaning the people of God who endure and remain faithful. So, to all of you saints here today, Happy All Saints Day.
The question to all today is “Do you feel very saintly?” and the answer is known only to yourself of course, but it may just engage you in a bit of self-reflection. Our typical Anglican self-deprecation would probably lead us to say in reply, “No, of course not” – but the fact that you are here today does place you among the faithful at least – so that’s a pointer in the right direction.
The Gospel reading for today comes from St Luke’s version of the Sermon on the Mount – we refer to it as the Sermon on the Plain. It’s quite similar to Matthew’s beatitudes but it has some important additions. Not only do we have beatitudes, when Jesus pronounces blessings on various people who struggle, but also, we have these phrases beginning with ‘woe’.
4 ‘But woe to you who are rich, … 25 ‘Woe to you who are full now, … ‘Woe to you who are laughing now, … 26 ‘Woe to you when all speak well of you,
One of the theologians I read on these matters has an interesting way of looking at Luke’s blessings and woes.
“Blessed” has become a very churchy word with little meaning for most people. “Happy” is another common translation of the Gk word makarios, but he recommends that we should think of makarios as “unburdened” or “satisfied.”
Jesus also addresses people who are the opposite of the first groups: the wealthy, the satisfied, the laughing, and the acclaimed. To all of these he cries out, “Woe!”
In this context, “woe” functions as a sharp contrast to “blessed,” yet the Greek word ouai does not mean “cursed” or “unhappy.” Certainly not “damned.” So once again, even though Luke is teaching in his gospel about the dangers of wealth, he is not saying that a rich person is in terrible trouble with God for being rich.
Like the English word yikes, it is more of an attention-getter and emotion-setter than a clear pronouncement of condemnation.
Jesus promises relief to some groups, to those people who travel rough roads through life. To others, to people who find existence rather enjoyable or at least a lot easier than many, he says, “Look out!”
What makes a Saint a saint then? We shouldn’t breathe too easily even if we are not so worried about those ‘woes’ any longer because Jesus still has some rather tough things to say.
If we are to live in a world where there is peace and shared prosperity, human beings can grow and thrive and the creation is cared for as it should be„ a world inhabited by God’s people, the saints, then we are given some pretty tough assignments as individuals and communities.
Love your enemies and do good to those who hate you. In every organisation I have ever been a part of, there are people who simply can not work together. I could speak forever on this with a thousand examples. But I don’t need to do that as you all have your own examples. I remember when I was involved in local government in Newcastle, a reporter who had a mission to attack my side of the Council wrote the most horrendous lies about me on the front page or on page 3 of the Newcastle Herald. Lies always hurt, and sometimes more deeply than others. How could I love him? You would have your own similar instances. If you don’t then you should thank God every day for that. Now I can pray for him. I couldn’t then.
Let’s take up our Sainthood, and in a brief moment now, identify someone that has hurt us in the past, even the recent past, and pray just a short prayer for them. (pause) Thank you saints.
The other actions Jesus describes there are also difficult and counter cultural. But we can work on making them a part of our personal make up over time. It’s not nice to be stolen from, but how many of us have a book on our shelves that someone lent us years ago? In my own case I have striven to become generous of spirit and I try to live in that way. I truly believe now something that I always thought was Christian propaganda used at the time when people made their giving pledges and that is that when we are generous, the blessings we receive in return are much greater. That has absolutely been my experience. So, Jesus’ words about the virtue of generosity have become a sign of my sainthood in that gospel sense and I thoroughly recommend it.
When I look at the reading from Ephesians, the word that most connects with the idea of the Saints is that of inheritance. I believe from my research that in New Testament times, not many people had money or possessions enough to leave their family a substantial inheritance as we would define it. They were more interested in looking after their immediate needs in terms of food and shelter and looking after their animals and gardens and property if they had any.
So, when we are reading about inheritance here, rather than thinking of a pot of gold at the end of a loved one’s life, which was never going to happen for many of the author’s readers, rather we can think of the other things we inherit.
What did you inherit from your parents? Your blue eyes, maybe your love of reading, maybe the ability to argue a case, or your love of sport or perhaps your skill in gardening, your green thumb? Think, what did you inherit from your forebears that has been so important in your life?
That’s the kind of inheritance we read about in Ephesians. Only we inherit these wonderful things from God and from Jesus because of our Sainthood.
At our baptism we receive the sign of the cross onto our person and the priest prays these words:
Pour out your Holy Spirit in blessing and sanctify this water so that those who are baptised in it may be made one with Christ in his death and resurrection. May they die to sin, rise to newness of life, and continue for ever in Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we give you praise and honour in the unity of the Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.
This is the inheritance of the Saints, our inheritance in God, to rise to newness of life, and continue for ever in Jesus Christ our Lord. What more could we hope to inherit? We and all people will leave our earthly wealth and possessions behind when we move from this life to the next, but the Saints, the faithful who endure, will inherit the glorious new existence far removed from the troubles of this world.
It is indeed a day to celebrate that we with all the saints, both celebrated and unknown, and especially those who struggle in this life, are called to sainthood and are accepted by God as such. I have met so many saints in my time, nearly all of them lay people. It has been one of the great blessings I have received in my 25 years of ministry. We, the saints, are called to live extraordinary lives for God and so many do; the rest of us are working towards that. Lives of amazing generosity, extravagant forgiveness, and wonderful heartfelt service freely offered.
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A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud
A new camera can photograph you from 45 kilometers away (MIT Tech Review, May 13 2019)
Developed in China, the lidar-based system can cut through city smog to resolve human-sized features at vast distances.
San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Use by Police and the Government (VICE, May 14 2019)
The technology hub is now the first US city to have issued a moratorium on the invasive spy technology.
Amazon Is Losing the War on Fraudulent Sellers (Schneier on Security, May 09 2019)
“Excellent article on fraudulent seller tactics on Amazon: The most prominent black hat companies for US Amazon sellers offer ways to manipulate Amazon’s ranking system to promote products, protect accounts from disciplinary actions, and crush competitors. Sometimes, these black hat companies bribe corporate Amazon employees to leak information from the company’s wiki pages and business reports, which they then resell to marketplace sellers for steep prices.”
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Google ups commitment to privacy (SC Magazine, May 09 2019)
Google Tuesday punched up its privacy commitment in Made By Google products, making it easier for Chrome users to block or clear cookies and baking privacy into its products. Promising to be transparent about data collection, to not to sell personal information and to give users more control over reviewing, moving and deleting data…
Reverse Engineering a Chinese Surveillance App (Schneier on Security, May 13 2019)
Human Rights Watch has reverse engineered an app used by the Chinese police to conduct mass surveillance on Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. The details are fascinating, and chilling.
A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers (Krebs on Security, May 15 2019)
“In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 184.108.40.206) were given out like cotton candy to anyone who asked. But these days companies are queuing up to obtain new IP space from the various regional registries that periodically dole out the prized digits. With the value of a single IP hovering between $15-$25, those registries are now fighting a wave of shady brokers who specialize in securing new IP address blocks under false pretenses and then reselling to spammers. Here’s the story of one broker who fought back in the courts, and lost spectacularly.”
Is curiosity killing patient privacy? (Help Net Security, May 08 2019)
Though employees can lose their jobs, their professional licenses, or even face prison time for inappropriately accessing or sharing a patient’s data, the temptation to snoop often proves too great. In fact, almost 60 percent of healthcare data breaches originate from insiders.
Don’t Tackle Data Privacy Alone (Gartner Blog Network, May 14 2019)
The most common misconception around data privacy, however, is that the CIO is always accountable. Although the CIO plays a vital role in data privacy, it is an enterprise-wide concern that needs the support of other risk functions.
GoTrustID releases a smart phone alternative to USB FIDO Key (Help Net Security, May 12 2019)
A Bluetooth (BLE) connection between your phone and your computer replaces the USB FIDO Key.
Websites Continue to Collect PII Data Insecurely (Infosecurity Magazine, May 09 2019)
A year on from the GDPR compliance deadline, 10% of websites are not collecting data securely
Holiday Scammers Made £7m in 2018 (Infosecurity Magazine, May 08 2019)
Warning to UK travellers of possible rise in fraud this summer
FTC renews call for single federal privacy law (Naked Security – Sophos, May 10 2019)
It also wants to be the country’s data-privacy police: commissioners called for more resources and ability to impose penalties.
DHS warns against ‘password spray’ brute force attacks (SC Magazine, May 09 2019)
The DHS recently issued a warning against the use of common and or easily guessed passwords after several government agencies have been targeted by “password spray” attacks. In these attacks brute force login attacks, attempt to break into accounts using these simple passwords with the goal of stealing sensitive information and unlike social engineering…
Create fine-grained session permissions using IAM managed policies (AWS Security Blog, May 13 2019)
As a security best practice, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) recommends that you use temporary security credentials from AWS Security Token Service (STS) when you access your AWS resources. Temporary credentials are short-term credentials generated dynamically and provided to the user upon request.
What The NIST Privacy Framework Draft Means For Privacy and Cybersecurity (Cybersaint, May 16 2019)
CyberSaint Chief Product Officer Padriac O’Reilly shares his thoughts on the draft NIST Privacy Framework and how it will connect to the wildly popular NIST CSF.
Microsoft Builds on Decentralized Identity Vision (Dark Reading, May 15 2019)
The company elaborates on its plan to balance data control between businesses and consumers by giving more autonomy to individuals.
$100 million GozNym cybercrime network dismantled as suspects charged (Graham Cluley, May 16 2019)
The sophisticated conspiracy saw tens of thousands of victims’ computers infected with the GozNym malware in order to steal online banking passwords, and raid accounts.
SilverTerrier – 2018 Nigerian Business Email Compromise (Palo Alto Unit42, May 16 2019)
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A counterfeit product is one that is intended to deceive consumers into buying a fake or fraudulent product by misappropriating someone else’s registered trademark or one that is deceptively similar to the said trademark without authorization and in order to gain illegal profits by riding on the reputation and goodwill associated with the trademark. Recently, the Authentication Solution Providers’ Association or ASPA has reported that India suffers a loss of over one lakh crore rupees per annum owing to the sale/purchase of counterfeit goods by consumers across all sectors. Established in 1998, ASPA is a self-regulated, non-profit organization tasked with combatting fake and fraudulent goods in circulation in the market. As per the information provided on ASPA’s official website, its members protect over 15,000 brands worldwide through the identification of genuine products and services by providing them with cost-efficient and technologically innovative anti-counterfeiting solutions.
According to ASPA’s president Mr. Nakul Pasricha, counterfeiting in India is most prevalent in the pharmaceutical industry. Given that counterfeiting in the pharma/medicine sector poses a major threat to public health and safety, Mr. Pasricha has urged the government to take adequate steps to mitigate such risks. He further stresses on the need for proper implementation of authentication solutions, enforcement, awareness and monitoring and envisages reducing counterfeiting in India by 50%, which would mean saving fifty thousand crore rupees per annum. Quoting from a report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Mr. Pasricha states that unfortunately in India, trade in counterfeit goods has risen steadily in the last few years globally with trade volumes in fake products now standing at 3.3 % of total global trade, thereby causing brand owners to suffer huge losses in revenue.
Furthering ASPA’s objectives of adoption and advancement of authentication technology, the ASPA president talked about several kinds of technologies available against counterfeiters, namely, anti-tampering, tracking and tracing. He also illustrated Nigeria’s example that adopted both physical as well as digital authentication solutions and reduced its rate of counterfeiting from approximately 20% to 3.5% in the pharma sector in three years. Lastly, citing the high return of investment and positive impact of anti-counterfeit solutions around the world, Mr. Pasricha expressed confidence that India too will be on the road to adopt authentication technology.
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“Arrested Development” actor to speak on campus about mental health
Washington University students will be making a huge mistake if they are not in LabSci 300 this evening, March 31. Active Minds, Wash. U.’s student mental health organizaton, is bringing Jeffrey Tambor, of “Arrested Development” and “The Good Wife” to give a lecture on his own family’s mental health issues. The presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m., so be sure to get there early to snag a seat.
I spoke with senior Dalton Guthrie, President of Internal Affairs, about the upcoming presentation.
On why Jeffrey Tambor is coming to campus:
“Active Minds at Wash U originally got funding from the Speaker Series to bring Academy Award-winning actor Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos, The Matrix, Memento), but unfortunately he had to cancel last minute because of the filming of a TV show. Jeffrey Tambor is represented by the same agency and he was graciously willing to make himself available last-minute and we were able to find an agreeable arrangement.”
On the importance of the issues Active Minds is discussing:
“Mental Illness is one of the most prevalent and under-addressed issues on college campuses. One quarter of students have a diagnosable mental illness, but 40% of them don’t ever seek help. Concern of stigma is the number one reason students do not seek help.”
On what they hope to accomplish:
Active Minds at Wash U hopes that by bringing Jeffrey Tambor to campus we can spread awareness and understanding about mental health issues. Creating an open discussion about mental health helps reduce stigma and will hopefully encourage Wash U students to seek the help they need. We hope that the audience will be entertained and inspired by Jeffrey’s presentation, as well as educated about what it is like to live with a mental health condition.
On what students should expect:
“Tambor’s presentations are models after himself: larger than life. He brings audiences across the country a new kind of lecture, one they have never seen before. They are interactive, humorous, real, and most importantly, relatable. He has the ability unlike any other speaker to share anecdotes from his decades in front of the camera, inspire businesses to find creative solutions and strategies, delve into his family’s struggle with mental health issues, reflect on his role as a father of four young children, and offer wisdom learned from his Jewish upbringing.”
I believe this will be my very first time in #St. Louis Washington University this Monday honored
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Leslie Winningham, former state representative for District 38, died Sunday, June 19, 2022 at the age of 81. Winningham earned an associate’s degree in forestry at Warren Wilson College and then a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education from Tennessee Tech. He became the youngest ever school superintendent in Tennessee when he was elected as the superintendent of Pickett County Schools in 1968. He was elected to the Tennessee Legislature in 1984 and would serve for 26 years. During his tenure in the State House, Winningham served as the chair of the House Education Committee for a decade and as chair of the Joint Select Oversight Committee on Education. He played a keep role in the establishment of the Tennessee lottery scholarship, the establishment of statewide Pre-K programs, and was instrumental in the passing of the Tennessee Coordinated School Health Improvement Act of 2000 and its statewide expansion in 2006, the Meth Free Tennessee Act of 2005, the Jason Flatt Act of 2007, the Tennessee Clean Energy Future Act of 2009. | <urn:uuid:72165692-0c30-472e-b7b9-a954db61492b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ttc.tml1.org/2022/06/27/leslie-winningham | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.981967 | 210 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Staying Safe and Staying Connected
Good Morning, Saint Stephen’s Church,
We continue our life of daily prayer. The Lord be with you!
For Times of Change
Assist us, Lord, in living hopefully into the future. In the face of change, help us to set unnecessary fears aside and to recognize our potential for creative response. Help us to develop a reasonable optimism when confronted by “the new” and to guard against our own defensiveness. Be with us as we remember and celebrate former times, and keep us from unreasonable yearning for them, which takes us from the work you have set before us in our time. All this we ask in the name of your Child, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
– The Rev. Linda C. Smith-Criddle
This prayer was found in the collection Women’s Uncommon Prayers: Our Lives Revealed, Nurtured, Celebrated. Work on this book began with a meeting of the Episcopal Church’s Council of Women’s Ministries in 1999. The collection’s preface states that they had “a vision of Episcopal women speaking authentically with one another and with their church at large; a vision of women sharing the richness and diversity of their spirituality.” The Rev. Linda C. Smith-Criddle is an Episcopal priest and former hospital chaplain.
From Our Prayers of the People
For the special needs and concerns of our congregation.
For people throughout the world: in places of war and strife, and for all victims of violence and oppression.
For the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine, that wisdom and courage may prevail in the cause of peace.
For the people of Ukraine, the people of Russia, and for all who affected by violence and war.
For those who have taken up arms, whether aggressively or defensively, that a spirit of peace may reign in their hearts and in their lands.
For our allies around the world in harm’s way: for those who are still trying to leave Afghanistan and the Ukraine; may God be with them and their families.
For comfort and healing for all who are affected by the Coronavirus around the world: for physicians, nurses, and all others who minister to the sick and the suffering, and for those administering vaccinations, may God grant them wisdom and skill, sympathy and patience, and may God keep them healthy and safe.
For all historical acts of injustice and oppression: especially those perpetrated against native, Black, Hispanic and various Asian Americans in this abundant land, that we may recognize racism in ourselves, in our church, in our society, and recognize the times we have failed to take action.
For a reverence for the earth as God’s own creation: that we may use its resources rightly in the service of others and to God’s honor and glory, and for wisdom, guidance, and persistence as we face the challenges of climate change and work for the flourishing and health of all the earth.
For those on the Parish Prayer Chain: Reena, Jim, Bruce, Chris, Audrey, June, Caleb, Josh T, Pat J., Daniel, Doris, Camellia, Beverly
For our Government Leaders: Joseph Biden, President of the United States; Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York State; Gary McCarthy, Mayor of Schenectady.
For our Church Leaders: Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop; Michael G. Smith and Carol Gallagher, Assisting Bishops; James and Dennie, our priests; Pat, our deacon emeritus and Allison, our Lay Reader.
For those who are imprisoned: those particularly vulnerable at this time, especially the women in the Schenectady County Jail.
For Members who request our prayers for strength and healing: Mary Ann, David, Marilyn, Eunice, Ruth, Mary Frances, Vincent, Priscilla, Joe, and all their families.
For Salvatore, Bethany and David- today is their birthday!
For Joan – today is her baptismal anniversary!
For all the blessings of this life.
For our dioceses in the Anglican Communion: The Diocese of Lake Malawi – The Church of the Province of Central Africa.
For all who have died: Mary Ann Baum.
For one another.
Something to share
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.
– David Wagoner
News and Updates
SiCM Summer Meals Still Need Us!
St. Stephen’s will be doing the summer meals at Central Park June 29-July 1 and July 5-8.
• We will need at least 4 volunteers per day, and it would be good to have a list of substitutes.
• Time commitment: 12:45 (at the latest) to 2:30
• All volunteers must complete a training session and sign a volunteer training form. A training video will be available on the SiCM website this week. The form can be downloaded from the SiCM site; there will also be copies in the nave extension. Get them back to Richey or bring when you come to Central Park.
• Duties: Greet truck and unload supplies, hand out meals, keep count, interact with /provide activities for kids, clean up site.
Thank you to those who have signed up! We need some more volunteers for July 1, 5 and 6. Please contact Richey Woodzell at firstname.lastname@example.org or 518-852-6796 for any days you’re willing to volunteer or serve as a sub.
If you have an update/news, a prayer or poem or something inspirational you would like us to share with the congregation, please send it to us. Please also send us any prayer requests. We will incorporate these into the Daily Prayers as best we can: email@example.com.
Prayerbook Morning Prayer in Zoom – each morning. Join Dennie and me for an inter-active service of Morning Prayer at 9 am. Time to bring your prayer concerns will be provided. (contact Becky Holder for the link: firstname.lastname@example.org).
If you need a prayerbook, and are not in a position to purchase one, please contact me: email@example.com. I will make sure you have your own Book of Common Prayer.
Our office email is: firstname.lastname@example.org.
Our goal is for all of us to stay in touch and connected.
May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be at your back,
May the sun shine upon your face,
he rains fall soft upon soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
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Private Recipes. [Cover title].
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A manuscript book of recipes for a range of subjects, with a laid in slip of paper (actually a blank endpaper from a different book) indicating that it was given by William E. Rennolds, a doctor, to his son, William Copp Rennolds, in 1860, in Chicago. The Rennolds family emigrated from England in 1852, a year after William Jr. (1851-1937) was born.
The book contains 85 holograph recipes in no particular order, plus a three addiitional recipes on pasted-in clippings and a handful of entries relating factual information (e.g., about heat and the hardness scale), an Italian proverb, etc. The recipes address a variety of practical needs: for example, in the field of cookery, how to make brandy, honey wine, concentrated lemonade, and compressed yeast; in medicine, treatments for gonorrhea, neuralgia, diptheria, catarrh, sea sickness, poor eyesight, and even morning sickness (for the last, the treatment is simply popcorn); and in household use, recipes for how to make sealing wax, liquid glue, rat poison, and even four different colors of fire (red, green, blue and lilac). Additional recipes touch on hair dye, cologne, and something called "Steer's Opodeldoc", which may have veterinary applications. | <urn:uuid:dd3fab76-4a4c-4fe5-95d1-e83fc1453201> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://mitasbooks.com/products/km-002469 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.935331 | 393 | 1.679688 | 2 |
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- Home Improvement
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As it turns out, the most preferred schema style differs by platform. But a further case of “it depends” in Search engine optimization.
For example, BrightEdge discovered that, in instruction, FAQPage was most common.
But in Travel and Finance, BreadcrumbList was the most common schema kind.
Meanwhile, Post was the most utilised schema style in Home Advancement.
And in Healthcare, Business schema was the most prevalent.
Schema, Google & Rankings
Google has reported that structured data has no effect on position. Regularly.
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On the other hand, Google’s John Mueller has also reported that schema allows Google better comprehend entities on a website page, as a way to realize whether a webpage is relevant consequence for a research query.
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Adhering to on their study, BrightEdge delivered Lookup Engine Journal with three ideas for how to use schema thoroughly if you want to get the most gain for your brand name:
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Photorecon Flies with Pennsylvania ANG at Red Flag 11-2
On January 28, 2011, Photorecon was invited to fly with the 147th Air Refueling Squadron in support of Red Flag 11-2. Our mission was to refuel 5 F-16 aggressors that were participating in the exercise.
We would be flying in a KC-135 from the 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard. The crew flying this KC-135 would be from the 147th Air Refueling Squadron (of the 171st Air Refueling Wing) from Pennsylvania Air National Guard. At the controls were Pilot Major Janet Lynn Van Dyke and Co-Pilot Lieutenant Colonel Rick May. The boom operator (“boomer”) for today’s mission was Senior Master Sergeant Ken Teyssier. Our call sign today – GULF 31.
Also on board were Public Affairs Airman’s First Class Cynthia Haughton and Whitney Jackson who would serve as our escorts for the flight.
Major Van Dyke started the engines at 1039 hours and GULF 31 airborne at 1109. It took approximately 30 minutes to get on station. Once on station, Major Van Dyke flew at 20,000 feet and in a race track pattern of 20 miles by 10 miles.
At 1152 hours, 4 F-16s from the 64th Aggressor Squadron based at Nellis formed up on the rear left side of our aircraft to begin their refueling cycle. One by one, each F-16 slid from the left side of the aircraft to underneath the boom. Once under GULF 31, Senior Master Sergeant Teyssier would direct the receiving aircraft to the boom. After receiving their fuel, each aircraft would back off the boom and form up on the rear right side of the KC-135. By 1215, the flight of F-16s had finished “tanking” and departed. Our next refueling wouldn’t be until 1315 when we were scheduled to refuel a single F-16.
To our surprise at 1316 hours, a 2 ship formation of F-16s arrived. One F-16 was from the 64th Aggressor Squadron and the other was from the Minnesota Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing. After both F-16s refueled, they backed away from the refueling boom, “posed” for a few formation pictures, and then departed.
With our mission complete, Major Van Dyke began the return flight back to Nellis. On the flight back, an unknown aircraft declared an in flight emergency which caused the closure of one Nellis’ runways. This caused us to orbit for an extra 20 minutes before we were cleared to land.
During our 3 hour flight, GULF 31 refueled 6 F-16s and transferred approximately 30,000 pounds of fuel (approximately 5,000 pounds to each fighter).
I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to the crew of GULF 31 – Pilot Major Janet Lynn Van Dyke, Co-Pilot Lieutenant Colonel Rick May, and Boom Operator Senior Master Sergeant Ken Teyssier. They did an outstanding job during this mission and were more than accommodating to the photographers onboard. It was Photorecon’s honor to fly with the crew of GULF 31.
Photorecon would like to offer a special thanks to Public Affair’s Senior Airman Michael Charles who was instrumental in making this air to air opportunity possible. An additional thanks goes out to our escorts for the flight, Airmen’s First Class Cynthia Haughton Virginia and Whitney Jackson.
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Pregnancy is a time to take extra special care of your teeth and gums. That’s because hormonal changes in your body during pregnancy can increase your chances of developing gum disease. Clinical studies have revealed that mouth infections have been shown to cause premature births and low birth weight babies.
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Tejaswi Jasti, Manisha Senapathi, Sasank P, Varaprasad Bobbarala, Kandra Prameela
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Tejaswi Jasti1, Manisha Senapathi1, Sasank P1, Varaprasad Bobbarala1, Kandra Prameela2
1Department of Biotechnology, GIT, GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam, India, 530045.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GITAM Institute of Technology, GITAM University. Visakhapatnam, India.
Volume - 15,
Issue - 4,
Year - 2022
Plants are sources of many natural active compounds used to prevent several diseases. The various parts of plants like leaf, stem, flower and root are rich of these bioactive compounds. From ancient times these natural compounds have been using for treatment and prevention of diseases. Cosmos bipinnatus is an herbaceous, medicinal plant. The present study was aimed with the objective to antioxidant, antimicrobial and phytochemical screening, total phenolic and total flavonoid content of different solvent extracts of different parts of Cosmos bipinnatus. Flavonoids were abundantly found in the leaves and the root of Cosmos bipinnatus. Steroids were absent only in the leaves and flowers of Cosmos bipinnatus while terpenoids were completely absent in the flowers of the plant. Alkaloids were absent in the leaves extracted from all the three solvents and root sample extracted using ethyl acetate and stem sample extracted using ethanol. Proteins are absent in all the parts of the plant extracted using all the three solvents namely ethanol, ethyl acetate and hexane. Tannins are absent in the entirely in the flower in addition to the stem sample taken using the solvent hexane. Saponins are present all the parts like leaf, stem and flower but are not found in the root extract of the plant. The total phenolic and flavonoid contents of the extracts were calculated by using the standard gallic acid and quercetin graphs to find out the concentration. The total phenolic content is high for the plant sample stem that is extracted by using hexane as the solvent the value is 790µg/mg. The total flavonoid content is high for the plant sample stem that is extracted by using hexane as the solvent the value is 150µg/mg. The antioxidant activity was also found out by using various assays like FRAP and DPPH where the percentage of inhibition was found out. The highest percentage of inhibition for leaf was found out to be at 120µg/ml with the solvent hexane that is 88.86%. The highest percentage of inhibition for stem was found out to be at 60mg/ml using ethanol that is 89.92%. The highest percentage of inhibition for flower was found out to be at 60mg/ml by ethyl acetate that is 91.42%. The highest percentage of inhibition for root was found out to be at 60mg/ml that is 97%. From the FRAP results it is evident that the antioxidant activity is highest for the root sample.
Cite this article:
Tejaswi Jasti, Manisha Senapathi, Sasank P, Varaprasad Bobbarala, Kandra Prameela. Evaluation of Anti-oxidant, Anti-microbial and Phytochemical analysis of different parts of C. bipinatus. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2022; 15(4):1455-0. doi: 10.52711/0974-360X.2022.00241
Tejaswi Jasti, Manisha Senapathi, Sasank P, Varaprasad Bobbarala, Kandra Prameela. Evaluation of Anti-oxidant, Anti-microbial and Phytochemical analysis of different parts of C. bipinatus. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2022; 15(4):1455-0. doi: 10.52711/0974-360X.2022.00241 Available on: https://www.rjptonline.org/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2022-15-4-7
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Early flowering caused by faulty biological clock
A change in its internal clock helps barley adjust to cultivation in northern environments with short summers
According to scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne and the John Innes Centre in Norwich, a spring barley variety used in Scandinavia has a defective internal clock, but is still very productive. Its ploy is that it curbs its biological timekeeping with a special mutation: even when daylight hours are short, this allows it to kick-start a metabolism which is linked to long days and short nights in the indigenous summer barley varieties. It therefore flowers much earlier.
Wild barley was domesticated some 10,000 years ago in the Middle East, a region known as the Fertile Crescent. It is a long long-day plant and needs at least twelve hours of light a day to form flowers. Barley has both winter and spring varieties, with winter barley being the original form. It is sown in autumn, grows during the winter and, after a sufficient cold stimulus, flowers in the spring once the days lengthen. Spring barley, as its name suggests, is sown in the spring. It needs no cold stimulus and only flowers with some delay, i.e. not until the days get longer. In Germany, spring barley is used to brew beer, and winter barley as animal feed.
Barley is highly adaptable and thrives in the dry regions of the Middle East, in the Tibetan highlands, in the subtropical regions and at the polar circle. An early flowering variant for use in cold regions with their short growing season has been available for decades, bred selectively from the late-flowering spring barleys. This variety is very productive and well adapted to North European localities. Maria von Korff and her colleagues have now carried out studies to investigate the genetic basis of this early flowering and to find out how this variety, adapted to high latitudes, differs from the late-flowering varieties in Central Europe. The geneticists were able to show that this North-adapted variety contains a mutation that damages its internal clock. The mutated protein carries the cryptic name EAM8. The link between this protein and the internal clock was demonstrated through a comparison with the model plant Arabidopsis, commonly known as mouse-ear cress. EAM8 is the barley’s genetic counterpart to a clock protein in Arabidopsis, known as the ELF3 protein. “While the mutation in this genetic counterpart probably hasn’t caused a complete timekeeping breakdown”, commented von Korff on the findings, “the clock no longer works properly. It has been curbed, and runs faster than usual.”
During evolution, animals and plants have developed an internal clock allowing them to adapt their behaviour and key metabolic functions optimally to diurnal changes in environmental conditions. This internal pacemaker thus helps plants look into the future and make predictions about day length, temperature and patterns of light and shade. As a result, plants can use their biological clock to improve the robustness and the number of offspring they produce. “As far as we know, it has never previously been shown that an impaired internal clock function can lead to better adaptation and higher yields in cultivated plants”, says von Korff.
The scientists from Cologne and Norwich were also able to demonstrate how this variety, adapted to the far north pulls off this feat. It seems that the flowering metabolism linked to long day length conditions is activated in this variety. The EAM8 mutation tricks the plant into “believing” that the days are longer when that is not actually the case. As a consequence, the transition from vegetative growth to the flower formation is speeded up, and the barley flowers much earlier than other spring barley varieties. In addition, von Korff and her colleagues showed that the EAM8 mutation causes increased production of the protein HvFT1 under short daylight conditions. HvFT1 also has a counterpart in Arabidopsis, known as florigen. This protein carries the “It’s time to flower” signal from the leaves, where it is produced, to the end of the shoot axis, where the flowers are then formed. The appearance of the EAM8-induced HvFT1 protein at the end of the shoot axis initiates flower formation in this variety adapted to northern regions.
The Cologne-based group’s work is of interest for the breeding of new varieties adapted to extreme conditions. Future climate change will continue to shift cultivation areas further, creating a constant need to establish new areas. This mutant is therefore also interesting for Mediterranean growing areas, which are suffering increasingly from heat and a shortage of water. Early-flowering barley varieties are better adapted to the resultant shorter growing periods. | <urn:uuid:8678fa7a-f92f-4ed7-9607-0a20d6c621dc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mpg.de/5831566/circadian_clock_barley?print=yes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.954289 | 986 | 3.75 | 4 |
Obama DOD: Mainstream Conservative Views “Extremist”
Did you ever think there would come a day in this country when the federal government would compare a person speaking about “individual liberties” to a member of the Klu Klux Klan? Unfortunately, such is the state of affairs in Obama’s America.
Judicial Watch recently obtained “educational” materials from the Department of Defense (DOD) depicting conservative organizations as “hate groups” and advising students to be aware that “instead of dressing in sheets or publicly espousing hate messages, many extremists will talk of individual liberties, states’ rights, and how to make the world a better place.”
The documents repeatedly cite the leftwing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a resource for identifying “hate groups.” (More on this contemptible group here.)
Pursuant to our original Freedom of Information (FOIA) request, filed on April 8, 2013, JW sought from DOD: “Any and all records concerning, regarding, or related to the preparation and presentation of training materials on hate groups or hate crimes distributed or used by the Air Force.”
And here’s what we have received so far: 133 pages of lesson plans and PowerPoint slides provided by the U.S. Air Force. Included in these documents is a January 2013 Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute “student guide” entitled “Extremism.” The document is marked “for training purposes only” with the instruction “do not use on the job.” Highlights include:
- The document defines extremists as “a person who advocates the use of force or violence; advocates supremacist causes based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or national origin; or otherwise engages to illegally deprive individuals or groups of their civil rights.”
- A statement that “Nowadays, instead of dressing in sheets or publically espousing hate messages, many extremists will talk of individual liberties, states’ rights, and how to make the world a better place.”
- “[W]hile not all extremist groups are hate groups, all hate groups are extremist groups.”
- Under a section labeled “Extremist Ideologies” the document states, “In U.S. history, there are many examples of extremist ideologies and movements. The colonists who sought to free themselves from British rule and the Confederate states who sought to secede from the Northern states are just two examples.”
- In this same section, the document lists the 9/11 attack under a category of “Historical events.”
- “[A]ctive participation…with regard to extremist organizations is incompatible with military service and, is therefore prohibited.” [Emphasis in original]
- The document details the “seven stages of hate” and sixteen “extremists’ traits.”
- The SPLC is listed as a resource for information on hate groups and referenced several times throughout the guide.
- Of the five organizations besides the SPLC listed as resources, one is an SPLC project (Teaching Tolerance) and one considers any politically or socially conservative movement to be a potential hate group (Political Research Associates).
- Other than a mention of 9/11 and the Sudan, there is no discussion of Islamic extremism.
In April 2013, following a terrorist shooting at the Family Research Council (FRC) headquarters that occurred in August 2012, Judicial Watch filed multiple FOIA requests to determine what, if any, influence SPLC’s branding of hate groups had on government agencies.
On its website, the SPLC has depicted FRC as a “hate group,” along with other such mainstream conservative organizations as the American Family Association, Concerned Women for America, and Coral Ridge Ministries. At the time of the shooting, FRC president Tony Perkins accused the SPLC of sparking the shooting, saying the shooter “was given a license to shoot … by organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center.”
Though the document released by Judicial Watch was obtained from the Air Force, it originated in the Pentagon, and is likely to have been used throughout the military.
After all, the language used by the DOD to characterize conservative Americans is eerily similar to descriptions used by the Internal Revenue Service to target “Tea Party” and conservative organizations, slamming these groups with unnecessary audits, releasing their confidential financial information and stonewalling the tax-exempt applications of organizations deemed hostile to the president’s Big Government agenda.
The Obama administration has a nasty habit of equating basic conservative values with terrorism. And now, in a document full of claptrap, its DOD suggests that the Founding Fathers, and many conservative Americans, would not be welcome in today’s military.
After reviewing this document, one can’t help but worry for the future and morale of our nation’s armed forces. And for our national security in general!
Consider this. At a time when the FBI is purging its training materials and organizational vocabulary of any term that might offend radical Islam – say, for example, the term “radical Islam” – the federal government has no problem tagging American citizens who believe in traditional American values with labels like “extremist” and “hateful.”
Make no mistake. The ramifications of these types of activities go far beyond hurt feelings. The Obama administration labels conservatives “extremists” to delegitimize opposition to its radical socialism and to justify government oppression against them. (See IRS.) And the Obama administration’s refusal to plainly identify and focus on radical elements within Islam demonstrates a willingness to overlook real threats to our security in the name of political correctness.
Department of Justice Sues Texas over Voter ID Law
Well that didn’t take long. A little more than 60 days after the United States Supreme Court invalidated a key portion of the Voting Rights Act that required certain jurisdictions to obtain “pre-clearance” from the Department of Justice (DOJ) before enacting changes to election laws, Attorney General Eric Holder filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas over its voter ID law.
As reported by Politico:
Attorney General Eric Holder will sue to challenge the Texas voter ID law, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
The Justice lawsuit will allege that the Texas law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which was among the elements of the law that remains in effect after the Supreme Court invalidated the preclearance requirements in June.
Justice will also seek to intervene in a separate lawsuit against Texas over the state’s redistricting laws, arguing that the state should still be forced to submit to federal preclearance.
“Today’s action marks another step forward in the Justice Department’s continuing effort to protect the voting rights of all eligible Americans,” Holder said. “We will not allow the Supreme Court’s recent decision to be interpreted as open season for states to pursue measures that suppress voting rights.”
For the attorney general to use the phrase “eligible Americans” to describe the people the DOJ intends to protect is simply laughable. Voter ID laws have only one purpose: To make certain that every vote cast is legitimate. The purpose of the DOJ lawsuit is political. Liberals, specifically the Obama campaign organization, is focusing on turning Texas “blue” or Democratic. And to the degree that liberals rely on illicit votes to get elected, voter ID is a hindrance to their plans. Hence, the new lawsuit from politician Holder.
(We saw this playbook in action in 2012. Click here for more on the DOJ’s scheme to try to steal elections for liberal candidates, including the president himself, and JW’s legal counter-campaign.)
Texas Governor Rick Perry labeled the DOJ’s lawsuit “an end run” around the Supreme Court. That sounds about right. Barack Obama and Eric Holder have rarely allowed the Constitution or the rule of law to obstruct their plans. So they are certainly not going to let a Supreme Court ruling stand in their way.
Our friends over at Pajamas Media, former Justice Department officials and election integrity experts J. Christian Adams and Hans von Spakovsky, have done a great job tearing apart the government’s legal arguments. (You can check out their analysis here.)
J. Christian Adams has characterized the government’s complaint as the work of “a progressive snake oil salesman,” noting that Holder has populated the DOJ’s Voting Rights division with attorneys that have “streaks of radicalism.” Click here for his full report compiled by Pajamas demonstrating how Holder has so egregiously politicized this Justice Department.
With respect to the federal government’s case against Texas, Hans Von Spakovsky, now with The Heritage Foundation, maintains that the Holder DOJ is engaging in a little fuzzy math to “distract” the public and, presumably, the courts. For example: citing minority population statistics that include convicted felons, illegal aliens, and individuals who are explicitly prohibited from voting, in order to beef up the numbers of people who the government claims could be “disenfranchised” by the Texas voter ID law.
Hans also points out that the DOJ justifies its lawsuit based upon examples of discrimination dating back to 1927. He closes with this recommendation for Texas public officials: “Texas needs to fight this case the same way South Carolina fought Justice over its voter-ID law — and won.”
Folks, this is a legal battle that can be won and must be won if we are to protect the integrity of our electoral process. As you know, Judicial Watch has been fully engaged in this epic battle, supporting voter integrity measures in states across the country, including Florida, Indiana, Pennsylvania and, yes, South Carolina. You can be sure we will be active in Texas as well.
If our nation’s Department of Justice won’t stand for the rule of law, JW will step up to the plate.
Judicial Watch Considers Obamacare Challenge
How bad is Obamacare? In July, President Obama himself unilaterally rewrote the law. Why? Businesses started cutting hours, slashing benefits and reducing staff to avoid paying hefty $3,000 per-employee penalty/fine/tax – whatever you want to call it – mandated by Obamacare.
And what did the Obama administration do? It simply announced that the employer mandate, scheduled to go into effect in January 2014, would be delayed one year.
“We have listened to your feedback,” Treasury official Mark Mazur said on July 2, announcing the delay in the implementation of the employer mandate, “and we are taking action.”
Is anyone buying the claim that the Obama administration’s move was in response to listening to feedback from American business? Didn’t think so.
This is about politics. Hardest hit by the resulting job cuts were low-wage employees, a key voter demographic for Democrats. Remember, we’re heading into mid-term election season. The last thing the president needs is for his loyal base to abandon the Democrats’ cause at a time when he cannot afford to lose seats in Congress.
But regardless of the president’s reasons, the key question is this: Does he have the authority?
Per The New York Times, “Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and an author of the health law, questioned whether Mr. Obama had the authority to unilaterally delay the employer mandate. ‘This was the law. How can they change the law?’” he asked.
There is no provision in the law allowing for a delay. And, as pointed out by former judge Michael McConnell in the Wall Street Journal, who compared the president to King James II, Obama cannot simply refuse to enforce laws he doesn’t like (no matter the reason).
McConnell makes two key points on the matter:
“Article II, Section 3, of the Constitution states that the president ‘shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.’ This is a duty, not a discretionary power. While the president does have substantial discretion about how to enforce a law, he has no discretion about whether to do so.
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, which advises the president on legal and constitutional issues, has repeatedly opined that the president may decline to enforce laws he believes are unconstitutional. But these opinions have always insisted that the president has no authority, as one such memo put it in 1990, to “refuse to enforce a statute he opposes for policy reasons.”
(Obviously the president’s position on the employer mandate is not constitutionally based. His administration successfully defended his law’s constitutionality to the Supreme Court.)
While delaying the employer mandate, the president did not rewrite the law to delay the “individual mandate,” which requires nearly all Americans to have Obama-approved health insurance by that same date or pay a tax penalty.
As a result, many Americans are caught in the middle. They are obligated to have Obama-approved health insurance, but their employers are not obligated to provide it, at least for another year. As a result, these Americans will be forced to purchase Obama-approved health insurance on an Obamacare-created health insurance exchange or pay the tax penalty. Either way, they’re out-of-pocket.
As you well know, Judicial Watch objects to the employer mandate, the individual mandate, and the entire Obamacare law. In fact, JW filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court making the argument that the mandate to purchase health insurance is flagrantly unconstitutional.
We also understand that, under the U.S. Constitution, the law can only be changed by legislation passed by Congress and signed by the president. President Obama evidently wants to delay at least some of the ill effects of his health care scheme until after the 2014 congressional elections. But politics do not trump the Constitution or the rule of law.
For this reason, we are seeking to mount a challenge to Obamacare based on the president’s attempts to rewrite the law. And you might be personally able to join in this legal effort.
If you are going to have to purchase Obama-approved health insurance (which would have been covered by the employer mandate) through an Obamacare-created health insurance exchange or pay a tax penalty because your employer is dropping or does not provide health insurance, you may have a claim to challenge President Obama’s unilateral rewriting of the law.
If you think your circumstances fit the bill and you would be interested in being a plaintiff in a challenge to Obama’s unconstitutional power grab, then please contact us by replying to this email address: [ firstname.lastname@example.org //email@example.com“>]. And please feel free to share this email with others you think might also have a claim as described here.
President Obama has repeatedly defied the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law to pave the way for his Big Government agenda. This is one action we can take together to stop him. Please consider joining JW’s cause if you are eligible. And I’ll be sure to update you on the progress of our legal efforts in this space.
In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful Labor Day weekend.
Until next week…
Tom Fitton, President
Judicial Watch, Inc., a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. Through its educational endeavors, Judicial Watch advocates high standards of ethics and morality in our nation’s public life and seeks to ensure that political and judicial officials do not abuse the powers entrusted to them by the American people. Judicial Watch fulfills its educational mission through litigation, investigations, and public outreach. | <urn:uuid:7e921857-284f-4742-ba4e-538a76e875ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://rightsidenews.com/us/politics/dod-suggests-founding-fathers-extremists/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.947023 | 3,360 | 1.703125 | 2 |
One hundred sixty-three.
That’s how many friends you have on social media and you know most of them, one way or another. There are colleagues on your list, and cousins, friends, and a guy you don’t really remember meeting. You connected to them all somehow and you count them as friends or more. As in the new memoir, “Miss Chloe” by A.J. Verdelle, keeping in touch with them is always worth it.
When her first novel was in its final stages before release, A.J. Verdelle sent out a few precious copies to trusted sources, and one of them made its way to a place she didn’t expect: author Toni Morrison got it, and publicly said she liked the book.
For Verdelle, this was one of those pinnacle-of-life moments. She grew up reading Morrison’s work – sometimes at an age that was “too early” – and to know that her idol read her book was more than Verdelle could dream of.
Even better was that this chance encounter with a book turned into a friendship.
The great author encouraged Verdelle in her writing career and they shared a deep love of language, often laughing over wordplay. Morrison had worked in a library when she was young; Verdelle had worked in a library, and she was a teacher at Princeton. Morrison helped Verdelle to understand how best to mentor her students at Princeton; this, too, and their love of books, allowed the two women to bond.
Over the years, they shared lunches, dinners, and “events in her honor.” They spoke “freely” about “Black people and Black women and Black history and the ways we plotted and planned and managed to press forward.”
And yet, their relationship wasn’t without its problems. There were “two and a half spats,” says Verdelle, perhaps because Morrison could be cold, unkind, overly-opinionated, desirous, and demanding.
“You had to know Morrison’s work as a whole to be her friend,” Verdelle said. “she would squint at you, and dismiss you, if you came lame. She was exacting. She had high standards. She did not suffer fools.”
Based on the affectionate name that author A.J. Verdelle called Toni Morrison due to Morrison’s birth name, “Miss Chloe” is a fan’s book, pure and simple. It’s beautifully-written, a love letter to a friendship and to books and reading, and it’s a wonderful peek into the lives of two writers – one, up-and-coming; one, sadly, gone.
And yet, reading it is not without struggles.
The three facets that make this book good also make it hard to stay with. Verdelle’s words are impactful and graceful, but her narrative tends to wander awhile before pivotingback to any individual point, which can be jarring. As for the friendship, Verdelle’s a little too eager to laud hers with Morrison, even when Morrison was mean to her.
Overall, “Miss Chloe” is for Morrison fans, mostly, and it will likely appeal to some writers, particularly those who pen Black women’s fiction. For anyone who’s not much into these things, this is a book to de-friend. | <urn:uuid:36cdb5af-1cc4-4455-a616-493c3c8277fa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://njurbannews.com/2022/07/01/book-review-miss-chloe-a-memoir-of-a-literary-friendship-with-toni-morrison-by-a-j-verdelle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.980468 | 745 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Before festive butter cookie tins became the modern grandma's sewing case, natural and earthy vintage sewing boxes were all the rage. Invoking a simplistic design and marrying it with function, many of these old sewing boxes have survived to the 21st century in great condition. Rediscover their magic for the perfect retro aesthetic.
Styles of Vintage Sewing Boxes
Long before you could run to a store and rely on the fast fashion industry to provide you with any article of clothing you could imagine, people had to make and mend the clothes they owned. This meant that people were familiar with both hand and machine sewing, and every household amassed a collection of sewing notions that helped them maintain their outfits. Over the years, the cases these items were held in have evolved, and many beautiful, earthy, and decorative boxes became popular during the 20th century.
Wicker Sewing Boxes
Undoubtedly, the most common type of vintage sewing box was made out of wicker. Cheap to make, wicker sewing boxes picked up speed in the post-war period, and you could find little picnic basket sewing boxes in homes across the United States by the 1960s. Your parents or grandparents probably have their own straw basket filled to the brim with trim, threads, needles, and more. Thanks to mass-manufacturing, most of these boxes weren't marked, meaning that the easiest way to identify them is based on their characteristics:
- Painted or not - While you could find painted wicker sewing baskets, many of these vintage examples were untreated with paint or stains.
- Fabric coverings - Not all of them were covered in fabric, but for a time, the lids and sides of these boxes were covered in cheap cotton prints.
Standing Sewing Boxes
Another popular style that emerged in the 1950s/1960s was the wooden sewing boxes that were built to be freestanding. Some of these resembled picnic baskets in that they opened with two hinged doors on the top, while the accordion style (with layered shelves that used external hinges to store more stuff in a compact space) was useful for serious sewers that needed a lot of space.
Chinese Sewing Boxes
During the late-19th and early 20th centuries, there was a rise in interest in Asian design and culture, particularly from East Asia. Simple products from the region were transported to the United States by the thousands, such as their round bamboo baskets. These baskets could store all sorts of bits and bobs, including sewing supplies. While they weren't particularly expensive to purchase at the time, authentic ones have significantly increased in value.
Non-Wooden Sewing Boxes
Caboodle-esque but from decades before their 1990s fame, non-wooden sewing boxes were economical and came in a myriad of colors. Although they didn't start taking off until a little while after the plastics age began, they replaced the mid-century fondness for wooden boxes. Among the many different materials that were used to make these cheap boxes were:
Vintage Sewing Box Values
Since sewing was such a fundamental aspect of daily life in the near past, these boxes littered the American countryside. Thus, there are thousands of them out there, and without a huge collectors' market, they can't be listed for too much money, otherwise no one would buy them. While this doesn't really work in your favor if you're trying to get rid of your grandmother's dusty basket, it's great for those who're looking to go retro with their sewing supplies or start a collection. Generally, vintage sewing boxes are worth about $25-$150, depending on how rare they are, what period they were made in, and how good their condition is.
For instance, sewing boxes from the early 20th century are worth more than those from a few decades ago, due in large part to the costs of the different materials that were being used (natural woods vs. plastics). Similarly, wooden boxes will bring in more money than wicker ones, if at the very least, because wicker baskets are cheap and a dime and dozen. Thus, people aren't willing to shell out a lot of money for a woven sewing basket, no matter how old it is.
Take each of these sewing boxes, for example:
- Wil-hold Wilson Co. was a notorious manufacturer of cheap sewing boxes during the mid- to late-20th century, and what their products lacked in expense, they made up for in function. This bare bones late-20th century plastic sewing box with a few noticeable scuff marks will do the job fine but isn't something to write home about, making it worth only $38.
- The quintessential sewing box that everyone thinks of is made out of wicker, and while they're a dime a dozen online or in an antique store, the more decorative ones can bring in a pretty penny. Take this small, vintage wicker sewing box featuring an embroidered fabric top, for example; it was listed online for $45.
- Because of the increased space, accordion sewing boxes are really valuable today; for instance, this 1960s French accordion sewing box with its original black paint only shows a little wear and tear, and so has been listed for $204.65 online.
Places to Buy and Sell Vintage Sewing Boxes
Old sewing boxes are a rather cheap and super easy collectible to find in-person. Lots of older folks have donated their trinkets to antique stores in your area, so you've got a great chance of finding some type of sewing container at a local consignment shop. Additionally, you can look at thrift stores, garage sales, and estate sales to see what sewing boxes you can uncover.
While stumbling across a beautiful sewing box can be thrilling, selling them to dealers in-person isn't as pleasurable. Since they're not worth that much (and shop owners always need to make a profit), you won't make out with a big chunk of cash with these collectibles. So, when it comes to selling vintage sewing boxes, online marketplaces are your best option. By going directly to the buyers, you can bypass any extra costs and make a higher profit.
Here are a few marketplaces to check out:
- Chairish - With an uncomplicated website design and a plethora of antiques and vintage goods, Chairish is perfect for the casual collector to find good quality items on. In addition to buying, you can also consign your own old pieces through them using one of their many free or paid membership tiers.
- 1st Dibs - One of the best-known antique/vintage furniture dealers on the internet, 1st Dibs actually sells a lot more than just tables and chairs. Granted, the items they sell are high quality, if not special enough to be listed in top name auction houses like Sotheby's, so you won't find a beaten up, well-loved wicker basket there. Similarly, they only accept pieces from professional retailers, not individual sellers.
- Ruby Lane - A seasoned online auction retailer, Ruby Lane has been sourcing collectibles and helping interested parties purchase them since 1998. They're known for having both conventional and unconventional items come through their metaphorical doors, and usually at lower prices than their competitors. Unfortunately, since Ruby Lane partners with professional dealers, you can't sell through them.
- Etsy - Every Millennial has run from eBay and flocked to Etsy in its stead. Filled with beautifully staged photos of vintage goods, Etsy is a great place to find things from the mid-century. However, while you can sell through them by opening up an Etsy shop, the company does collect a substantial percentage of your profits in fees, so keep that in mind before you commit to the platform.
Say It Ain't Sew
Fashion historians and history loving folks alike have already outfitted their workspaces with beautiful sewing boxes from the past, and you can too. You don't have to be able to sew or have a plethora of old sewing machines to find a use for one of these compact containers, as just about any of your bits and bobs will find a home in its cozy walls. | <urn:uuid:95673ff6-e4cf-48d7-9f1c-108b4e2fd466> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://antiques.lovetoknow.com/about-antiques/vintage-sewing-boxes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.970081 | 1,705 | 1.890625 | 2 |
January 7, 2021 – Generally, factories in China close for the duration of the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday – this year from February 12 to 26 – but 2021 looks like it could be different, with varying closure dates across the country. In southern China, lots of factories will shut down much earlier than usual this year; people are off from the middle of January, a month prior to CNY so the last feeder sailing is closed earlier than before, like by January 20, which means the cargo ex-factory date should be also the middle of January. Some factories have advanced the holiday starting time, but also advanced the re-opening time, to differ from the others. Everyone does it their own way now. Others claim some factories will stay open as the Chinese government looks to minimize the movement of people owing to COVID-19. | <urn:uuid:a51ec8e0-c717-4cfd-8960-9f7c1761eb2f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.canaantransport.com/chinese-new-year-will-be-different-this-year/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.983475 | 173 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Upping the Ante in Ukraine
Lithuania has upped the ante against Russia in Moscow’s war against Ukraine, closing rail lines to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad -- a direct poke at the Russian bear. The bear poked back, warning that Lithuania would face a "serious negative impact.”
This follows on a series of warnings by Russian officials hoping to deter Western/NATO support for Ukraine. In May, former president Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, threatened nuclear escalation. "Such a conflict always has the risk of turning into a full-fledged nuclear war. This will be a disastrous scenario for everyone." Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the Russian military would consider NATO transports carrying weapons in Ukraine as targets to be destroyed.
The move by Finland and Sweden to join the NATO alliance prompted Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov to warn that NATO "is not that kind of alliance which ensures peace and stability, and its further expansion will not bring additional security to the European continent.” He later added that Russia would have to "rebalance the situation" with its own measures. Maria Zakharova, Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman, threatened "military and political consequences" if the countries joined the bloc.
The Russian threats were, all in all, attempts to keep NATO out of the war. The alliance was never likely to send troops to fight for a non-member and there was a limit to how stringent sanctions would be in the fact of European reliance on Russian natural gas. The only real question, then, was the level of armament the West was prepared to provide to the Zelensky government.
The answer was, a lot. Rifles and ammunition, HIMARS multiple-rocket launchers, howitzers and towing vehicles, drones (lots of drones), anti-tank missiles, helicopters (procured for Afghanistan), Stinger anti-aircraft systems, GPS jamming equipment, night-vision goggles, artillery shells, and more. NATO training of Ukrainian troops helped too, prompting European sources to claim Ukraine was winning the war, “And it is winning for the same reasons that Azerbaijan won the Second Karabakh War with Armenia three years ago.” Tactics, equipment, and officer training.
Thoughts of a Ukrainian victory peaked by May.
After an unpromising start, and failures of technology, Russia is doing what Russia does: grinding across Ukraine, chewing up people, buildings, assets, wearing down and grinding down everything in its path. Moscow’s approach has never been one that considers civilians, collateral damage, or wreckage. In Luhansk, Russian troops have been unable to capture strategic villages on the ground, and have resorted to shelling and airstrikes. According to the regional governor, Ukrainian forces control basically only the Azot chemical plant, which is sheltering fighters and an estimated 500 civilians.
Russian troops entering Grozny were not only woefully unprepared for urban warfare but were undertrained even by basic infantry standards. Heavily armored vehicles like MBTs were all but useless in these densely packed, highly elevated environments. Chechen guerilla outfits imposed substantial costs on the advancing Russian forces, destroying Russian armored personnel carriers (APC’s) with relative ease. Thwarted at every turn, the Russian military became increasingly reliant on artillery fire, mortars, and carpet bombing runs to pound Grozny into submission.
But here is this month's parallel:
The Ukrainians have fought the Russians valiantly, even conducting impressive counterattacks. But now the fulcrum has shifted in Russia’s favor as its massive artillery forces pound the daylights out of Ukrainian forces and innocent civilian centers in the Donbas region… time is not on the side of the Ukrainians in what has become an artillery-centric war.
No one helped the Chechens, and in 2005, the UN called Grozny the most destroyed city on earth. The Ukrainians have help, lots of help from NATO and the U.S., which means they will continue to fight, and the Russians, with massively more manpower and a willingness to expend that manpower in a slow, grinding battle, will continue as well.
There is a warning for America and its allies embedded in this.
Congress has authorized billions in aid to Ukraine and billions more to replace war stocks, including $634 million to restock Stinger missiles, as the U.S. has already sent one-third of its Stinger and Javelin missiles to Kyiv. But contractor Raytheon, taking the contract, said it could not begin the replacement before next year.
Security analyst Stephen Bryen notes that, “The US and Europe… are increasingly dependent on high-tech supplies from Asia. Today there are severe supply bottlenecks, shortages and risk dependencies.” In addition, “When (a) contract is completed and there are no immediate follow-on purchases, production lines are shut down and second- and third-tier component suppliers also stop production.”
Supply shortages and bottlenecks will have an impact America’s ability to defend itself, its allies and its interests. An increasingly belligerent China with increasingly open threats to Taiwan, and a very unpredictable North Korea with its threats to American ally South Korea, are taking note and planning accordingly.
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Attaching a File to a Model
You can attach a file of any format in the Attached Files tab (
) and save it as part of a MapleSim model. For example, you can attach Maple worksheets that are related to your MapleSim model or design documents created in other applications.
When you open your model in a future MapleSim session, you can view and edit the attached file from the Attachment Files tab.
To attach a file to a model from the menu bar:
Select Edit > Attach File... . The Attach Document window appears.
Browse to and select the file you want to attach.
Click Attach... . The file attaches to the Documents palette.
Save your model. By default the file attaches to the Documents category.
Note: If you want to move this attachment to a different category in the palette, you can click and drag the entry.
To attach a file to a model using the Attachment Files tab:
Select the Attached Files tab (
Right-click (Control-click for Mac®) on the name of any of the following palettes:
These are the only palettes that you can add a file to using this method.
Select Attach File. The Attach Document window appears.
Browse to and select the file that you want to attach.
Click Attach... . The file attaches to the selected category.
Save your model.
Tip: If you want to move an attachment to a different category in the palette, you can click and drag the entry. Note that you cannot drag attachments into the following palettes (that is, you can only add files to these palettes using the appropriate App, Template, or tool):
Data sets that you provide for interpolation table components must be attached in the Data Sets category. For more information, see Creating a Data Set for an Interpolation Table Component in Chapter 2 of the MapleSim User's Guide.
If you right-click on the Custom Component palette and then select Attach File, the Add Apps or Templates tab is selected. From here you can double-click on one of the custom component templates (for example, Custom Component or Modelica Custom Component) to create a custom component for your model.
Viewing an Attachment in its Associated Application
Modifying an Attachment
Saving an Attachment to Your Computer
Removing an Attachment
Renaming an Attachment
Adding an Attachment to a Custom Library
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The Zero Marginal Cost Society. The internet of things, the collaborative commons and the eclipse of capitalism
In his new book, Jeremy Rifkin focuses on the value crisis of contemporary capitalism based on the revolution in marginal costs which destroys the profit rate. He concludes that this will mean that the economy and society will re-orient itself around collaborative commons, with a more peripheric role for the market dynamics. In this, Jeremy Rifkin joins the founding charter of the P2P Foundation, which was precisely created in 2005 to observe, study and promote this transition.
Past historical phase transitions, say the transition from the Roman Empire slave-based system to feudal serfdom, or the transition of feudalism to capitalism, where not exactly smooth affairs, so it may be un-realistic to expect a smooth and unproblematic phase transition towards a post-capitalist social order.
To get a better understanding of how this transition could occur, we can do two things. First, we can look at past transitions, such as transition to feudalism, and ask ourselves what this means for the current one; second, we can look at the micro-economy of the already existing commons economy, and perhaps deduce from this the future outlines of the social order to come. Follow me in these two explorations.
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Former Mass. Chief Justice On Life, Liberty And Gay Marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court, on the brink of issuing two same-sex-marriage decisions, is facing a question that Margaret Marshall had to resolve for her state a decade ago, as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Her decision became the first to legalize same-sex marriage in the United States.
"Barred access to the protections, benefits and obligations of civil marriage, a person who enters into an intimate, exclusive union with another of the same sex is arbitrarily deprived of membership in one of our community's most rewarding and cherished institutions," she wrote in 2003. "That exclusion is incompatible with the constitutional principles of respect for individual autonomy and equality under the law."
Marshall's opinion back then hit the body politic like a bomb, making headlines across the globe. A subsequent attempt to undo the ruling with a state constitutional amendment failed.
While many experts believe the U.S. Supreme Court may dodge a ruling that would bind all states on the issue of same-sex marriage this year, Marshall's 2003 opinion for her court will remain historic.
And it marked just one way in which she has been a trailblazer. In 1996, she was appointed by a Republican governor to the state's highest court — the oldest continuously serving appellate court in the Western Hemisphere. Three years later, she was promoted to chief justice by a second Republican governor, becoming the first female chief justice in the state's history.
'The Blinders Had Been Removed'
On paper, Marshall's path to the court looks fairly predictable, even tame: Yale Law School, private practice, general counsel for Harvard University. But that is only part of the story.
Marshall is an immigrant to the United States who grew up in a small South African village as the unpolitical daughter of unpolitical parents.
In 1962, she came to Wilmington, Del., as a high school exchange student, just as the civil rights struggle was heating up. There was widespread violence in the South — police brutality and civilian deaths. But none of that discouraged the teenager.
"It was raucous and it was challenging and it was difficult," she said of the United States. "But nobody suggested that one would be imprisoned simply for expressing a view or having an idea or reading a book or attending a movie."
And all of that was a crime in South Africa.
During her studies at the Tatnall School in Wilmington, Marshall was encouraged to think for herself — a skill that had not been emphasized in South Africa.
"What I experienced for the first time was a recognition that one could question ... the government, as my American family did every day after we listened to Walter Cronkite," Marshall said in an interview with NPR. "I think I learned more about South Africa during that year in Wilmington, Del., than I had learned in my entire life."
Perhaps more breathtaking were her visits to the library. In South Africa, she had never been able to pick out whatever book she wanted to read, because so many were banned. In the United States, for the first time, she could read anything, including Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country — a fictional black man's portrait of South Africa in the 1940s.
When Marshall returned to South Africa after that year, she was not the same girl. "Once one's mind is opened, it's very difficult to shut it again," she says. "And I literally felt as if the blinders had been removed from me, and so I began to see and observe and perceive."
A Turning Point
By then, Nelson Mandela was already in prison. Marshall joined the National Union of South African Students, a coalition of university student councils that opposed apartheid. And she began attending the trials of anti-apartheid activists — including the lawyer who had represented Mandela.
"I'm not quite sure why I did that," she muses. "But I felt in some way that I had to bear witness in that fundamental religious Christian sense." Her attendance hardly went unnoticed. "Every time, of course, I went to court and sat in the whites-only section of the public galleries, I knew that I was being watched by the security police."
Almost without knowing it, as she would later, she was challenging the authority of the state to unilaterally define people.
Then came a turning point. Marshall describes 1966 as "one of the bleakest years in a bleak time" in South Africa. All of the leading anti-apartheid activists were in jail, in exile or had been killed. Sen. Robert Kennedy accepted the invitation of Marshall's student organization to give an address at the University of Cape Town. The speech, often referred to as the "Ripple of Hope" speech, was a lifeline for Marshall, who had found herself beginning to lose hope.
"The key message in the 'Ripple of Hope' speech, which made such an impact on me, is that if each person does some small thing, ultimately each of those small acts will add up to a combined impact that will tear away the greatest oppression," Marshall says. "That was both reinforcing and inspiring to know that we were not wasting our lives."
Marshall came back to the United States for graduate school in 1968, not intending to stay, and certainly not intending to immigrate. She became involved in the women's movement and opposition to the Vietnam War, and she got a chance to travel the country, through the hills of Tennessee and the Great Plains of Nebraska and the Ozarks of Arkansas.
"And then, like generation after generation of immigrants, I fell in love with the United States — deeply in love with this country. And frankly, it's a love affair that has never ended," Marshall says. "For me, the personal experience has been a country that never wavered, that never put any barrier in my way.
"As long as I worked hard, this country was accepting — accepting of my strange accent, accepting of my gender, and that is a remarkable aspect of the United States. I don't think there's another country in the world" like it.
A New View Of Law
The United States was a safe haven for her, too, but once here, she began having terrifying nightmares, a sort of PTSD, harkening back to her life in South Africa; every night, in her dreams, she was being ripped from her home and "disappeared."
"The greatest fear that I had in South Africa," she said, "was that I could be arrested in the middle of the night and then would just disappear. ... And I think that sense that you will be lost, that you will disappear, is a profound sense that all human beings fear for."
Marshall stresses that something entirely new to her was the manner in which the American government used the law. Under apartheid in South Africa, the law was an instrument of oppression. Parliament would pass laws, and there was no recourse; no court could invalidate them. But in America, Marshall saw the law used as an instrument of democracy. "You, as an individual citizen, you have the right to challenge a law that your government enacts," she observes.
Although she had not planned to be a lawyer, her path inevitably seemed to lead her there. And from the beginning she was a star, first in law school at Yale, then in private practice and as president of the Boston Bar Association, then as vice president and general counsel for Harvard University, and finally at the state's highest court.
Indeed, if you look at Marshall's life and career, you might reasonably conclude that she is a combination of the ultimate establishment figure and the ultimate anti-establishment figure.
She laughingly concedes the point, knowing that however great her other accomplishments, she will be most remembered for her 2003 opinion striking down the Massachusetts law that banned same-sex marriage.
A Historic Decision
Marshall maintains that she had not focused on or been aware of the issue at all until it reached her court, and that she had no tingling feeling of a historic moment when writing the opinion. What did surprise her, however, was the huge national and international reaction after the decision was announced.
"Massachusetts is one small part of the United States," Marshall said. "It never occurred to me that this would be, in any sense, a groundbreaking decision."
During this spring's oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court over same-sex marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia asked when it became unconstitutional to bar people of the same sex from being married.
"I'm curious, when did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1791? 1868, when the 14th Amendment was adopted?" Scalia asked. "When did the law become this?"
Marshall says for her, the answer was clear: "When the states started giving huge benefits and privileges to one section of the population.
"If you're married, you have just enormous benefits, and if you're in the same committed lengthy relationship, but you happen to be within the same gender, you have none of those benefits and protections," she observes. Her 2003 opinion listed many of the hundreds of laws that give preferences and benefits to married couples.
So, what if the U.S. Supreme Court reaches a different conclusion than Marshall's court? Marshall says she will be unperturbed. She notes that state courts often lead the way decades before the U.S. Supreme Court comes around.
Marshall clearly loved her job as chief justice, but in 2010, after 14 years on the bench, she stepped down to spend time with her husband, Anthony Lewis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Lewis died in March.
Marshall has now returned to her old law firm, where she mentors young lawyers but does not appear in court. She is teaching at Harvard Law School.
"Mostly what I hope to do is to provide to newer, younger members of the profession the kind of knowledge that I acquired over time and to give back in whatever way I can to this profession which has given me so much," Marshall says.
And like everyone else, she is waiting to see what the U.S. Supreme Court does on the issue of same-sex marriage.
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Should a death row inmate’s life hinge on an IQ test?
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about a Florida man, Freddie Lee Hall, who faces execution for a 1978 murder. Hall is intellectually incapable of understanding the arguments, but the state of Florida says that it has the right to execute him nevertheless, in a case that spotlights both the barbarity and the absurdity of the death penalty.
This page has a long history of opposing capital punishment on the grounds of morality, overwhelming evidence of its misapplication and public expense, among other things. But even if we did see sense in the practice, we would see none in applying the death penalty here, despite the brutality of the crime. Hall and a partner were convicted of kidnapping, raping and murdering Karol Hurst, who was 21 and pregnant; later that day, they allegedly shot and killed a deputy sheriff during a confrontation. This case centers on the Hurst murder.
Hall has a severely diminished mental capacity as measured by IQ tests and the observations of trained clinicians. The Supreme Court ruled in 2002 in Atkins vs. Virginia that executing the intellectually disabled violates the 8th Amendment’s prohibition against “cruel and unusual” punishment. But the court left it up to the states to define what constitutes intellectual disability.
Florida, along with several other states, sets its threshold at an IQ test score of 70, though the professional consensus suggests a range of 70 to 75. Hall’s score? He was measured at 71 in one test, 72 in another. Yet those tests also have a “standard error of measurement,” which means Hall could actually be below Florida’s threshold of 70.
Florida says it’s satisfied with its “bright line” threshold and wants to put Hall to death despite assertions that he was incapable of cooperating in his own defense, and despite the fact that the professional determination of intellectual disability is based only in part on IQ. According to the American Assn. on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities — and cited by Hall’s lawyers — it is “characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior.” An IQ test can measure intellectual functioning, but it takes trained professionals to determine the extent of a person’s adaptive behavior. In other words, a test score alone doesn’t define mental capacity.
Yet Florida says it does. The legal argument before the court is whether Florida can use its rigid statistical cutoff to determine who is ineligible for the death penalty. So it will be a court of the absurd as the justices hear arguments over whether a single IQ test point and a statistical margin of error should determine if someone lives or dies for a criminal act.
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The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU member states every 6 months. During this 6-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping to ensure the continuity of the EU's work in the Council.
Member states holding the presidency work together closely in groups of three, called 'trios'. This system was introduced by the Lisbon Treaty in 2009. The trio sets long-term goals and prepares a common agenda determining the topics and major issues that will be addressed by the Council over an 18 month period. On the basis of this programme, each of the three countries prepares its own more detailed 6-month programme.
The current trio is made up of the presidencies of Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg.
The tasks of the presidency
The presidency is responsible for driving forward the Council's work on EU legislation, ensuring the continuity of the EU agenda, orderly legislative processes and cooperation among member states. To do this, the presidency must act as an honest and neutral broker.
The presidency has two main tasks:
1. Planning and chairing meetings in the Council and its preparatory bodies
The presidency chairs meetings of the different Council configurations (with the exception of the Foreign Affairs Council) and the Council's preparatory bodies, which include permanent committees such as the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper), and working parties and committees dealing with very specific subjects.
The presidency ensures that discussions are conducted properly and that the Council's rules of procedure and working methods are correctly applied.
It also organises various formal and informal meetings in Brussels and in the country of the rotating presidency.
2. Representing the Council in relations with the other EU institutions
The presidency represents the Council in relations with the other EU institutions, particularly with the Commission and the European Parliament. Its role is to try and reach agreement on legislative files through trilogues, informal negotiation meetings and Conciliation Committee meetings.
The presidency works in close coordination with:
- the President of the European Council
- the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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Michel Desaedeleer died on September 28th in a Belgian prison. He was accused of being involved in the trade of « blood diamond » in Sierra Leone. He was arrested in Spain in August 2015 due to allegations that he committed a war crime, more precisly the inhuman and degrading treatment of people through his participation in the blood diamond trade with the former Liberian President Charles Taylor and the Revolutionary United Front (rebel group in Sierra Leone involved in the country’s civil war from 1991 until 2002).
There will be no trial for Michel Desaedeleer, even if it was supposed to take place in a near future. The international jurisprudence will thus not see its first trial dealing with crimes allegedly committed in furtherance of natural resource trade. Indeed, Desaedeleer was the first businessman arrested on international charges of pillaging blood diamonds and enslaving civilians and hailed the case as a landmark. As Alain Werner, the Director of Civitas Maxima said in 2015: “This is a landmark case, the first of its kind, and it will help to raise awareness of the pivotal role played by financial actors in the trade of mineral resources that fuel armed conflicts in Africa and elsewhere”.
The case was built against him by Luc Walleyn, lawyer in Brussels, Civitas Maxima in Gevena and the CARL (Center for Accountability and the Rule of Law). The work accomplished until now will still be usefull as the arrest of Michel Desaedeleer, his imprisonment and the beginning of the judicial process represent a victory for the victims who were enslaved. | <urn:uuid:0b9b2fc0-9aee-424e-aa46-ac933c67607d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ilawyerblog.com/no-trial-michel-desaedeleer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.971109 | 328 | 1.921875 | 2 |
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