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Light from Las Vegas & LA Polluting Death Valley
Las Vegas, soem 85 miles away, as seen from Dantes View in Death Valley National Park | AP Photo/John Locher
"You don't see this in L.A.," a visitor told the AP. "You forget how many stars there are."
"One of the things that concerns us is losing darkness," her wife chimed in. "You just don't get darkness in Los Angeles. It's just nonexistent."
Light pollution from Las Vegas has increased 61 percent between 2001 and 2007. From Death Valley, you should be able to see around 6,000 stars, but only about 2,500 are visible.
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Introduction to Isaiah
The Prophet Isaiah received a vision of God — of his great power, his glorious majesty, and his purifying holiness. Glimpsing God’s majesty led him to a humble view of himself and his society. “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips” (Isaiah 6:5). When we glimpse who God is in Scripture, it can cleanse away our inflated self-importance and the insufficiency of our lip-service in worship. But it also can give us a clear picture of what is truly valuable in this life. It changes the way we live, the way we do business and the way we worship. When we understand who God is and where we stand in relation to him, we come out different people in our values and our work ethic.
In particular the book of Isaiah gives a clear, and at times a frightening, picture of God’s expectations of leaders. In a sense, it is an extended — and mostly negative — performance review of the kings and other leaders of Israel and Judah. Modern workplaces differ significantly from those in ancient Israel. For example, the leaders seen in the book work in the government, military or religious spheres, but many of today’s leaders work in corporate, entrepreneurial, scientific and academic institutions. Yet the writing of Isaiah can be applied to today’s world if we understand what this book meant in its original setting, and we work out principles that apply to the workplace today. Moreover, in Isaiah’s view, the way we work today has value and meaning in the New Creation that God promises for his people.
God's Assessment of Israel and Judah (Isaiah)
The bulk of the book of Isaiah consists of the prophet Isaiah giving voice to God’s assessment of Israel’s failure to live up to the covenant between God and Israel. Isaiah is the first of the major Old Testament “writing prophets” — those whose prophecies are written in books titled with the name of the prophet. Some knowledge of the book of Deuteronomy is necessary in reading the writing prophets because the failing grades God meted out to Israel’s and Judah’s leaders must be understood in light of the covenant embodied in the Law of Moses. Through Moses, God entered a covenant with his people. He promised them security, peace and prosperity, secured by his presence among them. They promised him worship and observance of the law he gave them. Isaiah, like the other writing prophets, proclaims the people’s — and especially the leaders’ — failure to obey God’s law. It is not incidental that Jews of Jesus’ day often summarized the Old Testament succinctly as “the Law and the Prophets.” To be most clearly understood, the Prophets should be read not only within their historical setting, but also against the background of God’s covenant and law.
In Isaiah, “Judah” refers to the southern kingdom of the divided nation of Israel, while “Israel” can refer either to the northern kingdom or — more frequently — to the Jewish people as a whole. | <urn:uuid:5f72e2bc-9b0a-4a6e-8d97-80b65eef8a1b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dev.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/isaiah/introduction-to-isaiah | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.965003 | 673 | 3.5625 | 4 |
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“Atmospheric Boundary Layer temperature and humidity from new-generation Raman lidar”, in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2010.,
“Buoyant turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) production in katabatic flow despite stable thermal stratification”, in American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2015.,
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“Stable Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Flows over a Steep, Alpine Slope: Observations, Theory and Multi-Scale Transport Dynamics”, in Invited Talk: Fluid Mechanics Seminar Series at the University of British Columbia, 2015.,
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“Flow during the evening transition over steep Alpine slopes”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, vol. 139, pp. 607–624, 2013.,
“The MATERHORN: Unraveling the intricacies of mountain weather”, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 96, pp. 1945–1967, 2015.
“Similarity scaling over a steep alpine slope”, Boundary-layer meteorology, vol. 147, pp. 401–419, 2013.,
“A simple model for the afternoon and early evening decay of convective turbulence over different land surfaces”, Boundary-layer meteorology, vol. 141, pp. 301–324, 2011., | <urn:uuid:d156c4be-a716-49f3-887c-c0ff7ff992a8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fwcs.oregonstate.edu/biblio?page=3&f%5Bauthor%5D=4516&s=type&o=asc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.707688 | 420 | 1.710938 | 2 |
The consequences of car accidents are tricky and complex from a medical perspective. After a pedestrian is hit by a car, he or she may claim to feel fine and leave the scene of the accident without requesting any assistance due to embarrassment or lack of knowledge. The same can happen when the accident involves two or more cars, and the drivers may decide that they feel fine and no legal action is required since no visible injuries occurred. However, from a medical point of view, this is totally wrong.
If you suffered an accident caused by an irresponsible, negligent driver and you know you followed proper safety and traffic regulations, then you should consult with an accident lawyer regardless of the immediate consequences. What can happen after a “small” car accident and what are the signs to watch for?
Mild Health Damage Can Amplify Over Time After “Minor” Car Accidents
Accident Attorneys have seen far too many cases where victims of car accidents failed to take legal action because they believed that they did not suffer health damage, which they regretted later.
Imagine the situation when a pedestrian is hit by an irresponsible driver who exceeds the speed limit or is not attentive. The pedestrian stands up and says that he or she feels absolutely fine and it’s just a matter of being scared. He or she walks away from the accident and tries to ignore the fact that they were the victim of a car accident.
What can go wrong? After a moderate impact, minor internal bleeding may occur in the abdomen or even worse in the brain. No immediate consequences may be experienced, but small hematomas, also known as blood collections, may form in the brain, and cause symptoms that aggravate over time in a slow, gradual manner.
In fact, any type of head trauma causes micro damage to the brain, and it depends on your brain’s healing capacity whether you may experience negative health consequences later or not. A small hematoma may not heal properly and may exert pressure on your brain, resulting in headaches and changes in mood, even if you feel fine right after the accident. Contact an auto accident attorney and find out whether you are entitled to compensation for your medical costs, physical trauma, and mental distress.
An Auto Accident Lawyer Can Ensure That You Are Fairly Compensated
Although the damage caused to your car may be covered by your insurance, don’t neglect the harm caused to your health. The physical impacts during car accidents are notorious for causing chronic back problems to drivers or passengers.
It is difficult to evaluate the potential damage to your health right after the incident. The physical impact during a car accident may cause minor displacements of several vertebrae in your spine or mild disc herniations, which may worsen over time, can cause persistent back pain and may even require surgery. This is another example of what can happen if you choose to ignore the potential consequences of a car accident and hesitate to ask for legal support offered by a qualified car accident lawyer.
For any questions regarding financial compensation for vehicle damage, medical costs, loss of benefits, or emotional pain caused by a car accident, don’t hesitate to speak with an experienced car accident lawyer in your zone. | <urn:uuid:eae4cb65-1f3f-497c-9638-0538ff72c738> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.zero2turbo.com/2022/07/dont-take-a-car-accident-lightly-signs-to-watch-for | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953839 | 652 | 1.765625 | 2 |
If you have ever wanted to be a star basketball player, you know that you need to be dedicated and practice a lot. Even if you just play for fun, wouldn’t you prefer to be good at it? Reading the following article will help you make some improvements in your future basketball games.
Make sure that you’re dribbling the right way.Don’t use your palm, but use your fingertips instead. This allows you to control over the basketball.
You need good balance to shoot well. While the all-time greats have shown time and time again how they can shoot while off-kilter, this is not appropriate for most people. By focusing on balance in your shot, you can improve your game.
Focus on your strong point to help you become a better at basketball.You may not be the star player, but you can be an outstanding team player. Know your strengths and practice them until there is no one better than you.
Teach yourself to throw bounce pass can be properly thrown.A bounce pass will hit the other player at waist level. A useful tip is to have the ball bounce roughly 3/4 of the distance to the receiving player is. There are many factors which come into play, however.
Free throws require as much mental element to them. Stay relaxed and collected to increase your ability to make free throws.
Watch the pros play basketball.
Good footwork is essential to escaping coverage and putting yourself in position to take a vital part of basketball.You always want to beat the open spot. After positioning yourself on the court, you need to hold the area. Both of those skills rely on some solid footwork.
Pay close attention closely to the shoulders if you’re starting to slump when you shoot.If they’re in a poor position, no matter your skill level, you won’t make the shot. Be sure shoulders always remain squared up to the hoop. Your dominant shoulder also needs to be exactly lined up with the rim.
To become a reliable free throw shooter, use the same routine prior to every shot.This can include the number of times you dribble, bending your knees, or some other thing you do to get into a rhythm before shooting. This consistency will get your body in tune to do the same thing every time, but make the routine a quick one.
Passing between the legs is something that helps when you are being closely guarded. Practice this maneuver by bouncing the ball hard between your legs as you take a step forward or back. Mastering this skill will provide you an advantage on the court.
Try to get the basketball from one end of the court to the other in about five dribbles. This may not seem feasible, but once you’ve gotten the hang of it, you’ll be a force to be reckoned with. This is a vital skill to give you points on fast breaks.
You need to prepare for action, using the strategies that have been discussed here. You’ll see small improvements daily while remembering these tips and practicing them. Use the three steps as detailed and you will be on the road to success. | <urn:uuid:6eae2926-e3c8-48ad-8661-60e69fed3a15> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://enlignefrsports.com/beat-the-shot-clock-by-trying-these-basketball-tips/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.954093 | 652 | 2.109375 | 2 |
This information paper provides guidance to enhance policies and procedures regarding the safe use of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS).
With more vessels using Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) for primary or secondary navigation, there have been several significant navigational incidents over the last decade where one of the contributing factors has been ECDIS-related. Recommendations on Usage of ECDIS and Preventing Incidents takes into account ECDIS-related navigational incident findings and safety-related observations from OCIMF’s Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE). To provide practical support and guidance, the information paper draws upon this analysis to provide recommendations for improving ECDIS-related practices and preventing ECDIS-related navigational incidents.
This information paper is aimed at ship owners, operators, Masters, Navigating Officers and bridge team members including pilots as well as ECDIS system manufacturers. Key chapters in the information paper cover ECDIS carriage requirements, ECDIS training and familiarisation, passage planning and alarm management. | <urn:uuid:173ab0e8-3038-4ffd-a2d4-1004664e13cb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ocimf.org/publications/information-papers/recommendations-on-usage-of-ecdis-and-preventing-incidents | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.906067 | 212 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Welcomes don’t get much warmer than this—especially not for central bankers. But Raghuram Rajan, the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India, is being treated like a rock star by the media and a savior by the markets.
In his first briefing since taking office as governor on Sept. 4, Rajan announced plans to bolster the financial sector and support the rupee. None of the measures were ground-breaking, but the reaction was exuberant. The Economic Times, India’s leading financial newspaper, sketched Rajan as James Bond, replete with a sharp suit and a gun made out of rupee notes.
The Mint, widely regarded as India’s best financial daily, was more tempered in its headlines, but still carried five articles lauding Rajan’s maiden speech as governor. Leading news websites wrote that Rajan had begun with a bang, and that he was set to bowl the markets over. Respected economists awarded an A+ grade for his speech. He has already inspired a parody Twitter account called “The Governator,” and a Tumblr dedicated to pictures of his steely gaze.
The celebrity treatment began when Rajan was first appointed as governor in early August. Local newspapers called him a “rock star economist” and commented on his “photogenic appeal” and casual manner, such a contrast to the buttoned-down stiffness of Indian regulators. Even the Financial Times couldn’t resist (paywall) talking about how competitive Rajan is at squash matches, and the fact that he comes from a “family of Tamil Brahmins, a high-caste grouping noted for its austere intellectualism.”
The “Rajan Effect” has worked its magic in the markets too. In the two days since his arrival at the central bank, the rupee appreciated and the stock markets rallied, pushing the currency to a two-week high and the stock markets to their biggest weekly gain in two months.
But the former chief economist at the IMF, best known for his prescient warning in 2005 (paywall) about a possible global financial crisis, shouldn’t let the adulation go to his head. He needs only to look at his peer, Bank of England chief Mark Carney, to see how fleeting celebrity status can be. Carney was hailed as the “outstanding central banker of his generation” by the UK’s chancellor of the exchequer when he took office in July and his looks were compared to George Clooney’s. Now just two months later, his policies are being criticized by the media and the markets. | <urn:uuid:e44b19b5-2022-4fab-a686-052050ae50e5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://qz.com/121994/raghuram-rajan-is-the-central-banker-who-can-do-no-wrong-for-now/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.986604 | 552 | 1.546875 | 2 |
For the refurbishment of Deusto University in 2010, it was important to stay faithful to the original architecture of the buildings with their neoclassical façades. FOAMGLAS® insulation was chosen for the roofs. Specifically, a pitched roof was installed with a sustainable, durable insulation system that will last for many years.
In the early years of the XXth century Biscay needed new entrepreneurs and managers to lead the new banks, steel factories, shipping yard companies and other growing industries. The Project of “La Comercial” was undertaken by José María Basterra and Emiliano Amann with a neoclassical façade. Among their students we can find hundreds of individualities of the industry and finance. The refurbishment project by architect Pedro Feduchi and Cesar Sans Gironella during 2010 had as main purpose to keep the original.
Close to the Central building of Deusto is the older one, and it is known as “La Literaria”. It was built following the project of Francisco de Cubas y González Montes, Marquis of Cubas and José María Basterra. In 2002 it was declared Historical Monument. To the east side of this Building the Centenary Building, under the Project of César Sans Gironella, includes the known as New Building and the Glass Building.
On the other bank of the river Nervión was recently built the Deusto University Library – LCR (Learning Resources Centre projected by Rafael Moneo and it is linked to the University by the Father Arupe Footbridge. In the Abandoibarra bank of the River several unique projects as the Guggenheim Museum, project by Frank Gehry, the new UPV Building by Álvaro Siza and Iberdrola Tower, projected by Richard Pelli, among other singular buildings define a hot architectural spot in Europe. | <urn:uuid:5c574d5f-3486-4ece-9f2b-58df19bf69b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.foamglas.com/en/references/spain/deusto-university | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960096 | 402 | 2.09375 | 2 |
SoCR 5 People’s Guide
Cities are about people, first and foremost. And, as the national Integrated Urban Development Framework states, South African cities should be safe, liveable, socially integrated, economically inclusive and globally competitive, with an active citizenry.
The 2021 State of Cities Report (SoCR) reaffirms an important call to action for all segments of society – from communities and neighbourhoods to cities, from cities to the nation and from the nation to the global – to support the inclusive growth and development of South African cities. The Call to Action comes in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the continued role that cities play in the fabric of South African life, and its reconstruction after the devastating consequences of COVID-19.
Our cities continue to be at the coalface of emerging and global pressures. The impact of climate change and the need to strengthen cities towards a resilience agenda continues to be ever-present. The framing and role of cities across South Africa can unique be positioned through the frame of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda, Habitat III and the Paris climate agreement on cities (at COP26), which all reaffirm the critical role of cities in driving development in environmentally sustainable ways.
The consequences and impact of COVID-19 underscore that we are all deeply connected. As the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu reminded us “I am a person through other people. My humanity is tied to yours”.
Ubuntu and the role of the active citizenry are at the heart of the call to action. We must each find ourselves in this development, understand where we fit in, what futures we are driving towards, and how we can play our part. This People’s Guide to understanding the context and messages of the SoCR is meant to help in this.
We look forward to your feedback on what more you need to know so that we can serve and partner with you better. We trust that, in turn, you will play your part in making your community (and your city) a better place to live and grow for all. | <urn:uuid:d10b3df0-4e9e-48b9-b7e4-d0dc2cae6120> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sacities.net/publication/socr-5-peoples-guide/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940788 | 430 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Many Star Wars fans have dreamt of living within that universe, walking through the fascinating landscapes and iconic locations the films are known for. While that dream may seem like one that’s far, far away, it might not be as impossible as you may think…
Burton Roofing, suppliers of VELUX windows and roofing materials, have studied Bright Tree Village, built amongst the trees of Endor, to see just how much it would take to make it a reality. With its thatched huts which house to close to 200 Ewoks, this would be a bit task – but never tell us the odds.
A closer look at the Ewok Village
Based on shots from the films and official information from the Star Wars universe, there are 10 key buildings that make up Bright Tree Village. These range in size from a food storage hut all the way up to the village meeting place, which is where the heroes of the Rebellion were taken by the Bright Tree hunting party during Return of the Jedi.
While constructing the 16 individual wooden structures which make up these buildings would take time, they’re on the smaller side – the perks of Ewoks only being around a metre tall.
A matter of materials
Factoring in the connecting wooden bridges and rope ladders that allow the Ewoks to get around with ease, there’d be a considerable number of materials needed. Timber and rope would be the main materials needed in large quantities, as well as some additional vines and bark to bring everything together.
At what cost?
Now we get down to brass tacks. How long would it take to build Bright Tree Village and what would it cost to build? The final priced up village would come in at around 32 weeks to construct and around £288,000.
When you think about the specialist tools you might need to build a treetop village suspended on multiple giant trees, along with walkways and rope ladders, just over 7 months isn’t bad going.
The cost estimate includes both materials and labour as well. You’d need to get a tribe’s worth of help in order to build something of this scale, and much like Han Solo – they’d expect to be paid well. They are working at heights after all!
Do or do not. There is no try.
Putting aside the many references and puns, this estimate and rough plan goes to show that your dream project doesn’t need to stay in the realm of fiction. With the right expertise at your side and enough time, you really can rebuild Bright Tree Village and live a little closer to nature with your friends and family. | <urn:uuid:57055e94-8560-493f-a479-a9b92f900bc3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wonderfulengineering.com/how-much-to-build-the-ewok-village-from-star-wars/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969888 | 549 | 1.695313 | 2 |
The Meadow Lake Progress
June 10, 2011
|Jim Harding addresses the meeting in Beauval, Sask.|
The Northern Forum for Truth on Nuclear Waste Storage was hosted by the Committee for Future Generations, and was held on June 2. More than 200 people attended the event.
Mayors and band councillors from as far south as Saskatoon were invited. Although community leaders were asked to show up, organizers said they didn’t want the forum to become a political battleground. Instead, they wanted to inform members of the public who could one day have the responsibility of deciding if they would like to store nuclear waste.
“We want transparency, we want the truth, and we want to be included,” said organizer Max C.D. Morin.
So far Pinehouse, English River First Nation and Creighton have expressed interest in the project.
Dr. Jim Harding, a retired justice studies professor and staunch opponent of nuclear power, delivered the keynote address.
Harding warned that the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) couldn’t guarantee that radioactive plutonium rods wouldn’t affect the environment, even when buried 500 metres below ground.
“Do you want to be a party to an experiment that’s potentially playing with a whole region of water and life and biodiversity, that is completely an experiment unproven anywhere,” Harding asked the crowd.
Harding said an impartial scientific team needs to look at the effects of storage, and that Saskatchewan shouldn’t be a dumping ground for nuclear power users in southern Canada.
The NWMO was unable to attend the conference due to scheduling conflicts. However, it did later respond to concerns.
The organization said scientists have studied natural uranium deposits formed billions of years ago at the Cigar Lake mine, and confirmed that certain geology barriers would guard the waste indefinitely.
“There is no evidence of any radio nucleates on the surface at Cigar Lake,” said Michael Krizanc, a spokesperson for the NWMO.
Besides being safe, Krizanc pointed out that the nuclear storage would provide communities with hundreds of jobs.
Krizanc denied claims that northern Saskatchewan was being targeted as a dumping zone.
He said the project wouldn’t be forced on any community unless they were totally willing to move ahead.
Several representatives from northern communities stated their objection to waste storage, including members of Waterhen Lake First Nation.
Band councillor Dennis Martell said the reserve’s community doesn’t want to take any chances with its natural resources.
“I’ve been asking around just to get a feeling of it and they said no, nothing’s worth the price of the proposed nuclear waste site,” said Martell.
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No-one wants to catch the flu and most can’t afford the time out from work and life to recover. As winter and the possibility of flu approaches we are bombarded by propaganda for flu vaccinations, cough syrups and lozenges.
Instead of boosting your immunity, research shows that flu vaccines can actually lower your immune function, and their side effects can be significant. In children under 2 and the elderly—those who are claimed to be helped most by a flu shot—research shows no benefits.
So what does work if you want to combat the flu this year?
The first place to start is prevention, a strong immune system. If you often get sore throats, pick up colds or frequent infections easily, suffer from allergies, hay fever, skin rashes, feel tired all the time (TATT) or have injuries that take a long time to heal, these are some of the signs of a weak and stressed immune system.
At Probiotic Foods we believe that if your body has a strong immune system it won’t let disease causing bacteria, viruses, mould and fungus mulitply and make a comfy home in your body.
We are surrounded by a soup of good, necessary as well as bad, disease causing bacteria and viruses, in our homes, workplaces and especially in enclosed public places. The body has two surfaces to defend from invading bacteria and pesky pathogens like the flu virus. Naturally the skin, and the other deep within your body. The contents of your very guts—is actually kept outside of you for lots of reasons.
If you look at the gut—from the mouth all the way to your butt—it’s a long tube. We are basically a body with a tunnel, a passageway that goes right through the middle. What we drink and eat are never inside our body. It’s a fascinating medical fact that the gut is technically outside your body. It is much safer this way. The stomach, if there is enough gastric acid, can obliterate many pathogens found in food or water. Further down, the borders of your gut are under heavy patrol so that nothing makes it through the permeable barrier into the bloodstream. Tiny armies of good bacteria cling there to defend you. But if there’s war, and there are too many bad bacteria compared to the good guys, there’ll be collateral damage and you may come down with the flu, amongst other things.
So when you hear that 80% of your immunity is in the digestive system you better believe it and pay respect to the 100 trillion bacteria that are hanging out in, and on your body.
How to assist your good bacteria to hold the fort this winter:
1 Probiotics and fermented foods. Get your good bacteria from a natural, certified organic food source and feed them and you with nourishing prebiotics. Probiotic Foods’ mother culture is supercharged with multiple bacterial strains, prebiotic rich and nutrient dense, covering all bases.
2. Vitamin D. Boosting your levels with regular sunshine exposure and a supplement is one of the simplest and most efficient ways to improve your immunity and prevent acute infections like the flu. Have your Vitamin D levels tested so you know if you are low you can supplement.
3. Zinc, iron and colloidal silver. Minerals are foundational for supporting the immune system. Research shows zinc can cut down the time you have a cold by about 24 hour if taken within one day of the first symptoms.
4. Vitamin C. Antioxidants in their natural form like camu camu—an Amazonian rainforest fruit—and acerola cherry are rich in Vitamin C and can help boost the immune system.
5. Add herbs to your diet. Oregano oil and other herbs like ginger have powerful antimicrobial effects.
6. Olive Leaf Extract. Especially in fermented form is a 100% natural herbal antibacterial and antiviral product that is easily taken mixed in water.
7. Raw honey. Contains probiotics that boost immunity. The gut of bees contains a beneficial bacteria called Lactobacillus kunkeei and is transferred to humans via raw honey.
Try this ‘Flu Fighter’ drink whenever you feel you are coming down with a cold and take your spoonful of Probiotic Foods daily.
Slice fresh turmeric and ginger and place into a cup of warm (not boiling) water. Add the juice of one lemon, 15 mls of Olive Leaf Extract and 2 teaspoons of raw honey. Sip, enjoy and keep warm this winter.
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Walk this way
Mr FancyPants takes a stroll
EXCEPT perhaps after parties, most grown-up humans take the ability to walk on two legs for granted. Yet with bipedal walking, evolution has pulled off an impressive feat of engineering, one that human engineers have not been able to reproduce in a robot. This may be because engineers have been looking in the wrong place.
How humans walk has been pondered in great detail. A better understanding of the process could lead not just to more nimble robots but also to better prosthetic limbs and new treatments of muscular diseases that impair walking. But most research in the field has focused on the complicated interactions between the nervous system and the muscles. However, this may only be part of the story.
In the late 1980s, Tad McGeer, a mechanical engineer, built a pair of leg-like objects with no control mechanism, and showed that they were capable of marching down shallow slopes all by themselves, powered only by gravity. This suggested that the design of the body might matter as much as the signals the legs receive from the brain.
Since then, more people have become interested in the mechanics of walking. With his colleagues, Andy Ruina, an engineer at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has been building a range of legs that can walk by themselves. The simplest model has two straight rods, joined at a “hip”, with two semi-circular “feet” attached to the ends of the rods. These can walk down slopes without signals from any brain and without falling over.
But making toys that can walk is only part of what the group does to understand walking. A lot of the walking is “virtual”. Mariano Garcia and Michael Coleman, graduate students in the group, have written a number of computer simulations to see if a model of walking fits what legs do in practice. The equations that describe the motion of the walker take into account the mass of the feet and hips, the angle of the slope and the force of gravity. Cranking through the calculations, the computer looks for motions that will be stable.
The results show that even a simple pair of legs is capable of a diverse array of gaits. There is the standard one leg in front of the other motion, called “period one” motion because it repeats itself after each step. Change the angle of the incline, and you get “period two” motion, which looks like limping: the same motion is repeated only after two steps. Make the slope even steeper, and the period of the motion keeps doubling—after limping comes staggering, and finally chaotic walking, where the legs take short and long steps at random, never settling down into a pattern but not falling down either. On the steepest slopes the legs finally succumb, and simply fall over.
The latest toy from Dr Ruina's laboratory, however, is a walker with more complex behaviour. Named Mr FancyPants (owing to the pair of trousers it sports), it has no knees, but is stabilised with weights around its ankles. Mr FancyPants has the distinction of being the first walker that can walk, but cannot stand still.
This is important, because Mr FancyPants does not have a big, wide base, which is what makes most things stable. Rather, some aspect of the motion keeps it from falling over. In many ways, Mr FancyPants moves like a person who has stumbled, but instinctively knows where to put his leg to avoid taking a spill. Remarkably, Mr FancyPants seems to put its legs in exactly the right place to stop falling, just because of the way it is constructed, not because of any complicated signals from a control mechanism like a brain.
The computer model that attempts to describe Mr FancyPants's motion shows that it walks in an unstable way. Unstable walking is only possible under the most ideal conditions—even the slightest change will cause the walker to topple over. But Mr FancyPants walks in the real world, where conditions are never ideal. How it does so while remaining stable is something of a mystery.
For a system to be stable, small disturbances must not affect it. For instance, friction acts to stabilise the motion of a pendulum through the air. But stability can also arise from what are known as “non-holonomic constraints”. An ice-skater is nonholonomically constrained, for example, because he can move back and forth, but not from side to side. So the skater is constrained in a way that a person on ice without skates, who can slip and slide where he pleases, is not. What Dr Ruina and Mr Coleman are proposing in a forthcoming paper in Physical Review Letters is that Mr FancyPants may be constrained in a similarly non-holonomic way: Mr FancyPants cannot move by slipping and sliding, only by lifting its leg and making contact with the ground as it steps.
A complete model of how two-legged creatures walk will eventually have to include the muscular system, nerves, brain and skeleton. But Dr Ruina and his colleagues have shown that two legs can walk a long way alone, without the guidance of an active brain. Be glad of that after the party.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline "Walk this way"
From the December 20th 1997 edition
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The caterpillar liquefies its whole structure and soft tissues in order to modify into a butterfly. He or she becomes happy by eating leaves from a tree, because it knows it will become a butterfly when it eats a lot. Eventually, he or she pupates. It would be difficult to think an ordinary looking caterpillar can be transformed into this kind of elegant flying creature.
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ADHD is a congenital, behavioral and emotional disorder that can manifest itself before the age of 6. Depending on the age group, the symptoms can manifest themselves to different degrees. Overall, three subgroups of ADHD are distinguished:
- Main characteristic: Hyperactivity and impulsivity
- Main characteristic: Attention deficit disorder (in case of "dreaminess" also ADHD without hyperactivity (i.e. Attention Deficit Syndrome)
- Mixed characteristic: Attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity mixed
The neurological developmental disorder can also cause social or educational impairments at a young age. About 77% of children or adolescents affected between the ages of 4 and 17 received treatment for ADHD in 2018-2019, according to measurements. This included behavioral therapy for children ages 4 to 5, medication and/or behavioral therapy for children and adolescents ages 6 to 17. So-called parent training programs are psychosocial interventions aimed at teaching parents the techniques to better manage difficult child behaviors.
Note for parents: the AOK-Bundesverband in Germany (i.e. Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse) offers an anonymous and free registration to the online ADHD parent trainer for parents of children with or without ADHD on their homepage. Read more here:https://adhs.aok.de/(No paid advertising)
The analysis, published in 2011 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, sought to determine whether such parent training is more effective in children aged 5-18 years with diagnosed ADHD compared with a control group, and is more effective in overcoming the barriers to adequate management of such children.
Parent Training Analysis
The researchers searched all available electronic databases (Central, Medline, Embase, Cinahl, PsycINDO, DAI, and the metaResigster of Controlled Trials) and contacted experts on the subject to obtain information on unpublished or current research. Randomized trials with specific selection criteria were analyzed. Studies with ADHD as the focus topic and with participants over 5 years of age with a medical diagnosis of ADHD or hyperkinetic disorder (i.e., social behavior disorder) were included in the review. Further study selection criterion was the presence of at least one unique study outcome in children. At least two researchers independently analyzed all studies and a total of four researchers were involved in screening 12 691 studies. Five of these were assessed according to the inclusion criteria.
A total of 284 participants met the inclusion criteria for parent training. While four studies primarily analyzed child behavior problems, one study assessed changes in parent coping skills. Of the four studies, two focused on children's behavior at home and the remaining two focused on behavior in the school building. The two studies focusing on home recorded different results: While one study failed to show a difference between parent training and treatment as usual, the second study assessed statistically significant results for parent training compared to the control group.
The two studies on school behavior also obtained different final results: While one study could not find any difference between the group with parent training and the control group, the second study was different, recording positive effects of parent training. Moreover, the results of the last analysis were better in children with medication administration.
Unfortunately, the researchers report frequent risk of bias in study results - information on randomization and concealment of group assignments was not available in any study reports. Therefore, a meta-analysis could only be conducted for two outcomes:
- "externalizing" child behavior (i.e., a measure of rule breaking, opposing behavior, or aggression).
- "internalizing" behavior of the child (e.g., withdrawal and anxiety).
Parent training in the study that analyzed changes in parenting skills was compared to a nondirective parent support group, with significant improvements noted in the parent group.
None of the studies examined could clearly provide data on academic performance, adverse side effects, or parental understanding of children's attention deficit disorder.
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Every time there is a terrorist act or a mass murder, reporters start calling with questions on thepsychiatric diagnosis of the perp. The default position seems to be that every religious extremist or political fanatic or mass murderer must be crazy. How else to account for their weird behavior?
Naming a diagnosis somehow satisfies a deep human need to explain what otherwise seems an unexplainable act. But names can only describe, they do not explain.
Our diagnostic system has chosen not to consider fanaticism a mental disorder. But confusion nonetheless arises because there is no clear boundary separating religious and political extremism from psychiatric illness. One man’s cherished belief is another man’s delusion.
Take a classic example that occurred at the birth of forensic psychiatry. In 1861, Charles Guiteau successfully assassinated President James Garfield- based on the belief that he was God’s messenger sent to the US to protect it from an evil administration. His trial created a sensation. More than a dozen expert witnesses divided down the middle on the question of his sanity. Guiteau’s own words expressed the issue best: ‘I would rather be hung as a man than acquitted as a fool.”
The same scenario of adversarial expert testimony, for and against mental illness, has played out over and over again in trials of political and religious extremists (eg, the Unabomber, Breivik, and some religious terrorists). Sincere fanatics detest the insanity defense because it invalidates their beliefs. They too would rather be punished as criminals.
Experts usually can’t agree whether a political or religious criminal has done bad or is simply mad. Their cancelling out suggests that the question is not really a medical decision, more a societal one. We must accept that there is inherent uncertainty in distinguishing the merely strange from the clinically insane. If we are to call Guiteau crazy for believing himself to be a messenger of God, how do we distinguish him from the many prophets and saints who have been so revered for making similar claims.
Jumping to a fake mental disorder diagnosis in everyone who is violent has another serious downside. It unfairly stigmatizes the mentally ill, most of whom are not violent. The public and the press must accept that political or religious violence is usually just political or religious, not very often the result of diagnosable mental illness.
This fits the wishes of most defendants. They would, like Guiteau, much prefer to be punished than treated – lest their message be muffled. I would agree with them. Unless there is clear evidence of classic, pre-existing mental disorder, I would withhold diagnosis and give them the dignity of whatever is the suitable punishment.
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UNESCO supports the vision of Turkmenistan in all areas covered by its mandate, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Priority Africa and External Relations Firmin Edouard Matoko said in a video message on the occasion of the launch of the International Year of Peace and Trust.
On behalf of UNESCO, he thanked the Government of Turkmenistan for its commitment to strengthening peace and trust in relations between countries and communities, political dialogue based on mutual understanding and cooperation, and achieving lasting peace and solidarity.
“UNESCO, as the leading UN agency in advancing the culture of peace, welcomes Turkmenistan’s efforts to mobilize the international community around these goals, and the Organization stands ready to support Turkmenistan fully in this important undertaking,” said Mr. Matoko.
As the UNESCO Constitution states, lasting peace “must be based, for the avoidance of failure, upon the intellectual and moral solidarity” of humanity – so, the core activities of this UN agency is to build peace through cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture, communication and information.
Mr. Firmin Edouard Matoko noted the need for a global effort to change the way of thinking and actions of people. He noted the exceptional role of education in the formation of a culture of peace between and within countries, creating an atmosphere of tolerance and rejection of violence, harmony of people with nature, which will give rise to new ways of consumption and production.
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This article is co-written by Henry Chung, MD.
One half of mental illnesses appear by the age of 14 and two thirds by the age of 24. These are the years when youth leave home for college or go on to university. In other words, mental illnesses, including alcohol and drug abuse, are the conditions that arise and may affect your child as he takes on the developmental steps of leaving home to go off to school. In fact, an important study of the mental health of college students by Dr. Carlos Blanco of Columbia University reported that almost 1in 2 college aged individuals had a mental disorder in the past year.
The most common conditions are alcohol and drug problems with 25 % of college youth (18-24) impacted. Remarkably, this is greater than the presence of a mood disorder (depressive or bipolar disorders) which was 11% and anxiety disorders (panic, social anxiety, phobic and generalized anxiety disorders) which were 12%. Importantly, less than 25% of those youth with a mental disorder sought treatment in the year prior to their identification in this survey; far more youth with mood and anxiety disorders in college sought treatment (34% and 16% respectively) than those with alcohol or drug disorders (only 5%).
As your child heads off to school there are a set of questions you may have and would like answered. These may be the questions that you have.
Q: What are the more common mental health conditions that strike when students go off to school? Why is that?
A: Mood and anxiety disorders are the most common. These conditions come on in adolescents and those in the college years. Social anxiety disorder is particularly prominent, and not a condition many think about.
Co-morbidity (the presence of more than one disorder at the same time) is highly prevalent - especially depression and anxiety. Some 60% of those youth with a social anxiety disorder will develop depression by the time they are in their 20s.
Depression is very common, and associated with suicidal thinking and behavior. Often youth come to college with a depressive condition that may or may not have been detected or treated. So, often they arrive at school already ill with this condition or develop a first depressive episode at the college.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is another common condition. This condition is often previously diagnosed and students (and their families) want assistance maintaining prescribed medications or receiving special accommodations for the condition.
Alcohol abuse and drug taking are unfortunately quite common challenges at colleges and universities. But many students do not see it as a problem, and don't seek help for these behaviors. There is a 1 item screening tool endorsed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA - http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/) that show how many times a student in the past year has had 5 or more drinks in one sitting, 4 or more drinks if a female. If the answer is yes a more extensive evaluation is in order.
Interestingly, when depression is identified in students they are generally relieved, even grateful, to have the problem detected and their troubles explained; but when schools identify alcohol or drug abuse in students the response is often "what's the big deal?" Clinicians may need to develop specific interviewing skills to help students overcome their dismissal of these problems - which are endangering their health and safety and compromising their school performance.
"Why now"? First, there is the biology of mental health disorders, which are common and emerge in this age group. A family history will often reveal which students are especially at risk for mental and substance use disorders. But there is something about going off to school that may be less about separation and more about a natural desire of youth to be independent. Those already with mental health problems, like depression or anxiety, often envision going to college as a "new phase of life". If they were on medications they often think "I can stop the meds, I can do it". Sometimes they tell their doctor at home and sometimes they don't. They have a good summer, go off to school, stop taking medications and by mid-semester they relapse. That's when they appear for help.
An underlying vulnerability combined with the stress of leaving home and facing the developmental challenges of living on one's own. These are heightened by the academic and social demands of school. Sexual exploration and the emotionally destabilizing effects of alcohol and drugs add to the risk for youth in college. In other words, quite a cauldron of ingredients for developing or worsening mental health problems.
Another problem, fortunately more talked about today than in the past, is the presence of sexual assault - in females principally but in males as well. This includes sexual abuse, rape and unwanted touching. Sexual assault in school also reawakens past traumas for some as their experience at school kindles an underlying history and vulnerability. The American College Health Association has a brochure entitled "Sexual Violence: What Everyone Should Know" - for a nominal price from their website http://www.acha.org. The psychological consequences of assault include anxiety (PTSD and other dissociative disorders) and depressive disorders as well as alcohol and drug problems.
Q: How can parents know a child is in trouble? What would they look for? How should they behave?
A: First, be attentive but don't be hovering.
What a parent should do starts before the child goes off to school. This is a conversation, that doesn't happen nearly often enough, where a parent finds the moment to talk about both the academic and health aspects of going to school. A parent needs to say "I care about your health, not only your grades." The conversation ought to cover the main health areas of significant concern for students, which are sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), alcohol and drugs, and depression. You child may say or think "...mom/dad, you'll never understand" (or look at you like you are suddenly speaking Latin - but don't be put off. A parent can say "...I have read that 55-60% of students report stress, and that it affects their lives and their grades." And add "...Going to school can be wonderful but I know things happen to lots of kids, so I want you to know not only that I know these are common problems but that I am here for you if they occur."
The three things that tell you your child is having trouble are: academic difficulties, her reporting she is "not fitting in", and any call or contact from the school.
Once a child is off to school the first signs of trouble are typically academic performance. Yet many students minimize the problem and a parent is not apt to get a report from their child about grades. There are school agreements a student can sign that allow parents access to their transcript and grades - but these can be revoked by a student at any time, as can permission to know anything about medical problems or treatments. In fact, even when these agreements exist many schools first check with the student even when the agreement is in place saying "we have it but do you want us to use it?" So, open communication with your child is always the best route to follow.
Most students are on their family's medical plan, even though schools also offer insurance plans. Parents can discover that their child has used medical benefits from the EOB (explanation of benefits), the insurance form we all receive in the mail after using medical services, which are sometimes identified in language we can understand. Medications may also be covered by the family medical plan and on the EOB.
Some youth bring up the stress of school by saying something along the lines of "I'm just not fitting in. A parent can say that indeed she heard that at orientation (or somewhere) that stress is one of the most common experiences new students have. A parent can ask "how do you think you can connect? Are there things on the school website or around the campus that offer opportunities, since you are likely among many feeling the same thing?" This may help make their distress feel not so strange and at the same time encourages autonomy to act. Some youth may welcome contact with a counselor. For them, you can suggest turning to the health center or an academic adviser. But always say, "Call me - there are some things I know you will want to keep private. I am always here for you."
The third sign is any contact from the school. Any. This is a warning sign a parent should not blow off. It may be the school calling to report dormitory or other conduct violations. There may be episodes of drinking that exceed the school's rules. Whatever it is - take it as a sign that there is trouble because schools are very reluctant to call. A threshold has been reached and the school is telling you something is the matter.
Finally, and this is not really a sign, but something parents need to know: you as a parent can call if you have reason to be concerned. Families may see or hear something that the school may not. A parent can call the Dean of the School or the Counseling Center. They might want to call a faculty advisor. A parent has a right to be heard. If the person on the line is not listening and taking your call seriously then go up the ladder. Call the President of the school if that is needed to get someone to listen. Your perspective as a parent is but one perspective but it needs to be considered. [More about this below when we talk about being alarmed by what you see.]
Q: What about when a child returns home on school break? What should a parent know or look for?
A: These are unique moments where a child may let down his defenses. In an unguarded moment, feeling the need to communicate, a child may turn to a parent and cue that they are having trouble. Alternately, if your child is especially withdrawn or reclusive, different from how she was, that is important to recognize. If your child goes from being a talker to someone who doesn't hardly say a word that is also something to note.
Significant weight loss can also suggest a mood or eating disorder. In other words, any significant change in your child may be a signal that you need to find out more, and perhaps do something about.
Q: What else can parents do besides ask their child?
A: A parent can make contact with the student's 'collaterals'. By this we mean others who may know their child. These can be parents of the youth's friends, even friends themselves. But be careful since you can really put off your child, as well as other parents or friends of your son or daughter. To do this tactfully, ask questions like "How is your child doing in school? Our children were such good friends before they left for college. Are they spending time together?" Calling friends is even more delicate: is you do, ask about them, as one would about a neighbor or a caretaking person would ask about someone they knew well before school began. The conversation aims to open an opportunity for that youth to say something about their friend if they are concerned. But reserve any call like this one for when you really need to use it.
Q: What about when a parent is alarmed by what she is seeing or hearing?
A: Alarm should mean alarm. Like when a child has been missing for a day or two. Or efforts to reach your child have been unsuccessful for a day or more. Or another student has contacted you and wonders where your son/daughter is.
These are the moments to contact the school. Call the dean of students (general dean or a dean specific to your child's course of study) or a residence hall director (if your child is living in a school residence). You want to speak with someone with responsibility at the school. They should listen, or if they do not then keep going until you find someone who will. You need to provide information, like "My son has been missing since...," and if you know more, like "The last time I spoke with him he said 'life is not worth living'" or "His roommates are very worried since he had been so discouraged after an exam...and now they don't know where he is." And you want to ask: "Can someone look into what is happening and get back to me?"
Responsible schools will take your call, gather what information they can, and look into your concern. They are apt to contact your child, if your child is to be found, and say why they are calling, as they should since after all they have to be responsible to their student as well as to you. A school can meet that responsibility by being transparent about what they are doing. Trust is maintained, even if privacy is intruded upon.
Q: What do parents need to know about the privacy rules that colleges and universities live under?
A: There are two types of privacy rules: one applies to academics, called FERPA -- the Federal Rights and Privacy Act, and the other applies to health services (this includes mental health and counseling), called HIPAA - the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Schools typically do not prominently display these rules. Sometimes the school's policies will be on its website.
The US Department of Education has a good primer on FERPA (available at
http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/safeschools/index.html -- click on For Parents: Parents' Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: Rights Regarding Children's Education Records). Parents have a right to review their child's academic record until that child is 18 or goes away to school, so that means for colleges and universities the information belongs to the student, not you. Schools can, however, disclose educational information in the event of a health or safety emergency (but see how this is curtailed by HIPAA - below). Schools also can inform parents of youth under 21 if there has been a violation of a law or policy related to alcohol or drugs. Finally, and this is notable, a school official can share information based on their personal observations or knowledge about a student.
HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is a Federal law enacted in 1996 to protect the health information of individuals. While it has various components it is the privacy part that is generally best known, and governs the actions of health care organizations, which include student health services (and hospitals). HIPAA makes it clear that your child, as an adult, has full privacy protection from anyone trying to find out health care information - and this includes parents.
Q: Doesn't the school have to contact a parent in an emergency?
A: This is a very good question to ask when you go to orientation or at parents' weekend (preferably in the sessions for parents, not the sessions with parents and their children). In general, the answer will be yes, but the way a school defines an emergency is all over the map. And parents can themselves have quite different ways of seeing something as an emergency.
In the end, a good student health service will make the decision to contact a family on the basis of clinical judgment: namely, when they decide that contact is in the best interests of the student. There is no legal requirement to notify a parent of anyone over 18, especially if that student says no. A school is obligated in an emergency to do all that is necessary to respond to that emergency. This may or may not include contacting the family which is a clinical judgment and depends on what has happened.
Some schools with tend to err on the side of contacting the family. But doing that can create a "chill" among the student body since word gets out and students become wary of the school and its services. As both doctors and psychiatrists we would rather violate privacy than create conditions, including limiting contact with family, that could worsen a student's state of mind and keep them from needed support and help.
Q: How can students seek help?
A: Help comes in many ways. Students, we hope, are already seeking support and help from family and friends. But when more is needed, more is usually available.
One place a student can start is with the resident hall advisor (RAs). These are their peers, often senior students who are well informed and well trained about how to respond to another student's distress. RAs can be very helpful to your child, and sometimes to you, in putting some things in perspective since your child is not the first one to have the problem she has.
Students can also turn to a faculty member, or a faculty advisor. Whom they turn to is often, not unexpectedly, someone that student sees as more approachable or responsive. As a rule, every student has an assigned faculty advisor. While the ratios of advisor to students vary considerably, and with that the time available, there is someone who has been designated for your child to turn to.
Finally, a student can always contact the health services. Any contact with the health services is by nature confidential. Some health services will have the professional staff to respond directly, some will refer your child to professionals that the school knows. Your child needs to understand that the health service is an important part of their lives as independent adults who, like everyone, may need services for an illness, trauma, or mental health or substance use problem.
Q: What are mental health services like at colleges and universities?
A: They too are all over the map. Most schools have counseling services -- but they are staffed very differently. Some have staff, few have a lot of staff, and some are organized to assess and refer.
You want to consider your child's needs beforehand. Some parents and students will decide to arrange for private mental health services in advance of starting school for students with identified problems who were engaged and responding to treatment at home. When visiting schools with their child during the selection process a parent should find out about their health and mental health services; for some families this will be a factor in considering what school to choose. Alternately, orientation or parents' weekend are times to understand the capacities of the mental health service (though as I mentioned earlier, this is always best done in the context of overall health).
Q; Are counseling services available 24/7?
A: Their availability varies. It is pretty uncommon for a school to be able to operate a counseling service with this kind of coverage. After hours, counseling services generally refer to local emergency rooms.
Q: Will using counseling services threaten my child's academic career?
A: We won't say that a depressed, traumatized or dead child won't get very good grades.
All students, and their families, should know that mental health treatment is fully protected from the academic activities of the school. The records are not shared between a school and its health center - unless a student's behavior is a danger to self or others.
Most good schools recognize that mental disorders are common and treatable. Generally, good schools understand that mental health and substance abuse treatment actually improve a child's functioning, including academic performance. So, they are supportive of these types of treatments - and appreciate that a student can and should continue with treatment. Stigma, although still a barrier, is not what it was, especially with conditions like depression and with the use of antidepressants.
Q: Are there return to school policies for students who go on leave for a mental health condition?
A: Every school is required to post its policy, so ask for it or go to the school website to find it. If you cannot find it, check with the Dean's office.
The decision itself, however, is one that should balance the importance of school in a young person's life with their readiness to return. This decision can be nuanced and requires very good judgment, so having the student, parents, school administrators, and expert clinicians involved will help in coming to a decision that best fits your child.
Q: What are the challenges that student mental health services face?
First, the economic recession. Cuts in budgets are everywhere, and can erode mental health services at a school. Enhancing services, which often do not meet needs, is becoming more elusive that ever.
Second, we are seeing more students begin school taking medications for psychiatric condition prior to enrollment in colleges. Access to professionals who can prescribe psychiatric medication is challenging in an urban area such as NYC or Boston or SF; it is far more challenging for schools in rural areas. Students may have to turn to primary care physicians and nurses with prescribing privileges. Thus, it is important to plan how medications will be monitored (before school starts) if your child is taking a medication that is helping. Sometimes the prescribing can be done by a clinician in your home area who knows your child; if not, develop a plan for what can be done before your child leaves for school and avoid that moment, away from home, when they discover they are out of medication.
Third, we need to do more and do better regarding suicide prevention in colleges and universities. There needs to be less stigma, more information and more accessible paths for students to follow when they are having difficulties or see their lives as not worth living. In a sad way the Virginia Tech tragedy has underlined the need for student mental health services and many colleges and universities are doing a better job. Tragedy sometimes produces responses and resources we would otherwise not see.
Colleges and universities are where the future leaders of our society are. Student mental health services provide direct benefits to youth in need that enable them to better succeed in school and in their careers, as well as to remain safe. There is also the important -- if indirect -- effect where every student who has a positive experience with mental health will feel less stigma about themselves and others - for a lifetime.
College and university mental health services pay exceptional dividends. Mental health conditions are highly prevalent and remarkably effective. Use them if you or your child needs them and support them for they are surely worth their price.
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In the colony in Olenovka there were a number of abandoned buildings, where the prisoners involved in the work never entered. A kind of industrial zone, located behind the gate as a certain “dedicated segment”. And on the eve of the tragedy, Ukrainian prisoners of war were grouped according to a certain attribute and resettled there. It was a deliberate step, convinced the former prisoner of the Olenovsky colony, Ukrainian volunteer Anna Voroshiva, who spent 100 days there. About this she told in an interview for the YouTube channel “Chronicles of War”.
Despite the fact that there were rumors among the prisoners that fighters from Azovstal would be trained for exchange, the escorts said among themselves that this would not be possible. And they convinced that the “Azovites” would be transferred to colonies deep into Russia, Taganrog, Rostov …
“The guards said among themselves that many of them would never go anywhere. That at least they are here until the end of the war, at most – they simply will not be. It was said that someone was being transferred to other institutions in central Russia, the cities of Taganrog, Rostov were called, and it was simply said that they would go far, ”the former captive notes.
Vorosheva recalls that there was an aggressive attitude towards the “Azovites” on the part of the guards:
“The way they were beaten and how they were treated and what they were told indicated that they were going to have a very cruel fate in this space.”
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Some 20,000 soldiers a year may soon be trained in interpersonal skill building and cross-cultural awareness using a videogame recently developed by researchers from Sandia and BBN Technologies.
Funded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the nine-month project resulted in the creation of an adaptive thinking training methodology that prepares warfighters for difficult situations in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq, says project lead and scientist Elaine Raybourn (6341).
“We are talking about training for nonkinetic engagement — interpersonal communication, negotiation skills, and interpersonal rapport,” she says. “The goal is to make soldiers better thinkers and communicators under stress.”
Elaine and her team recently delivered DARPA’s “DARWARS Ambush NK!” to the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI), which will distribute the enhanced system to the Army and eventually the other armed forces.
The training tool is conceptually similar to an earlier multiplayer simulation game she developed several years ago. That same game is currently used by members of the US Army Special Forces to hone their skills in adaptive thinking, negotiation, conflict resolution, and leadership in cross-cultural settings. The Special Forces’ game is being used to train soldiers on a regular basis at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina. (See “Game wins award” at right.)
Like the first game, the new one developed for DARPA will allow as many as 64 people to play on networked computers. Instructors can easily modify or create scenarios, monitor training, and jump in and change the direction of the game at any time.
Participants serve as either role-players or evaluators. Their tasks and experiences vary according to their role.
Elaine says DARPA came to her seeking help in building the new game after it became aware of the one she developed for the US Army Special Forces. DARPA already had a training game in the works designed by BBN Technologies. That game had a strong kinetic focus on physical aspects that could go wrong, such as improvised explosive devices going off or a convoy being ambushed.
“DARPA also wanted a nonkinetic adaptive thinking piece for the soldiers, to learn how to negotiate with tribal leaders, for example,” Elaine says. “When things go wrong, troops have to learn to shift how they think in environments that are potentially dangerous.”
A major enhancement made by Elaine to the existing DARPA system was the addition of a peer/expert evaluation element, she says.
“I found Elaine’s idea of using a set of soldiers as observers and assessors particularly innovative and hope the Army can adopt it with its digital training tools,” says Ralph Chatham, former DARPA program manager who selected Elaine to work on the project. “The Army is the only big organization in the world that has institutionalized introspection in their after-action review process [AAR]. Sergeants can talk back to lieutenants in an AAR, and both are pleased with the process. That part of the ATL [Adaptive Thinking and Leadership] simulation game Elaine and the team produced fits the Army perfectly.”
Elaine estimates that the number of people who could be trained with the DARPA-sponsored game could be “huge.” PEO-STRI is putting the nonkinetic modules on its website where it will be available free to all US military services and government.
The nonkinetic modules are comprised of a socio-cultural overlay for a geographical area that is linked to key events and roles of host nation civilians.
Team members who contributed to designing the roles include subject-matter experts from the Fort Lewis Battle Command Training Center in Fort Lewis, Wash.; Pravin Rajan, a US Marine (formerly 6724); and Alan Rolli, former US Army (6341). Elaine says that creating a serious game is “truly a collaborative effort that often involves pulling together a distributed, virtual team of industry, military, and government partners, just to name a few.” Game design teams often represent diverse cultural orientations and face the same challenges encountered by trainees. | <urn:uuid:09f3840d-9758-400e-bd44-a2ef158b665e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/2008/01/04/080104-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958428 | 874 | 2.765625 | 3 |
You will explore the best ways to help your students be productive and write long-form answers to questions. This course is useful CPD for teachers who are looking to improve their skills and put them to practice at school.
What topics will you cover?
- Different areas of impact: ethical, legal, cultural and environmental
- Setting up a good learning environment for discussion
- Planning discussion topics and formats
- Ways to encourage critical thinking about a topic
- Teaching students to draw conclusions
- Assisting with the transition from discussions to pieces of writing
Learning on this course
You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
- Explain the links between technologies and related impacts, across the different areas specified by exam boards
- Debate topics covering the entire Computer Science curriculum
- Develop plans for classroom discussions in a range of formats
- Engage your students with well-framed, relevant questions
- Summarise the main laws that affect the use of technology
- Demonstrate how to plan a written answer to a discursive Computer Science exam question
Who is the course for?
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Our main results are asymptotic zero-one laws satisfied by the diagrams of unimodal sequences of positive integers. These diagrams consist of columns of squares in the plane; the upper boundary is called the shape. For various types of unimodal sequences, we show that, as the number of squares tends to infinity, 100% of shapes are near a certain curve---that is, there is a single limit shape. Similar phenomena have been well-studied for integer partitions, but several technical difficulties arise in the extension of such asymptotic statistical laws to unimodal sequences. We develop a widely applicable method for obtaining these limit shapes, based in part on a method of Petrov. We also mention a few notable corollaries---for example, we obtain a limit shape for so-called "overpartitions'' by a simple DeSalvo-Pak-type transfer.
To aid in the proof of these limit shapes, we prove an asymptotic formula for the number of partitions of the integer n into distinct parts where the largest part is at most t times the square root of n for fixed t. Our method follows a probabilistic approach of Romik, who gave a simpler proof of Szekeres' asymptotic formula for distinct parts partitions when instead the number of parts is bounded by t times the square root of n. The probabilistic approach is equivalent to a circle method/saddle-point method calculation, but it makes some of the steps more intuitive and even predicts the shape of the asymptotic formula, to some degree.
Finally, motivated by certain problems concerning Rogers-Ramanujan-type identities, we give combinatorial proofs of three families of inequalities among certain types of integer partitions.
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This tea has been created specially to cut through the traditional fatty English breakfast. You can add to it milk, cream, lemon, sugar depend on preferences.
English Breakfast Tea is a very broad definition and doesn’t refer to an exact recipe or blend; each manufacturer has their own version of it. Generally English Breakfast is a blend of black teas which should give a richly coloured liquor, full-bodied flavour, and relatively high caffeine level. Most often it is blend of Assam`s, Africa`s and Ceylon`s black teas. Our Traditional blends refers to very old style of English
A method of brewing black loose leaf tea
½ tea spoon for 100ml water
Temperature of water 95°
Brewing time 1-2 minutes
The number of infusions 1 -2 times
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After you have finish brewing, take the leaves out of the cup/ teapot – if the leaves remain in the water too long, they will start releasing tannins. Tannin makes tea taste bitter, inhibits absorption of magnesium and iron.
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Employing social media to build a brand for small business organization in the global market involves lower expenses. Recently, social media like Facebook and Twitters are used as a tool to tap the social web audiences. If you build your brand through social media, then it helps to develop brand awareness, loyalty as well as verbal marketing. Following these five steps given below can help you build a brand and manage your business.
1. Creating a branded online destination is the primary step for creating brand awareness and loyalty. The companies that use social media to create a brand are surrounded with web consumers. It gives them an opportunity to choose how they can interact with the brand.
The small business organization can use blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube for creating brand awareness online. A small business organization can select an appropriate option that can be suitable to create a brand.
2. Opening a website can be beneficial in order to establish a brand for small business organization. The website of a small business organization requires relevant content that can help the visitors provide proper information about the company and the services it provides.
The aim of creating a website is to provide informative content that people will be keen to share with other web consumers. This can help the visitors to find the company’s branded destinations. If the company creates a website with relevant and informative content, then the search engine places it on top rank of search result.
3. Small business organization can hire SEO experts to optimize the website with keywords that are frequently used by the searchers. Use these search engine optimized keywords while writing content for the website. When the searchers use relevant keywords, the website of the company may get displayed on the web page.
You can join relevant online forums or blogs, write posts, publish comments in order to create a brand for your business in the public forum.
4. You can successfully create brand in social media networks by being useful to visitors and develop relationships. If you develop good rapport with the visitors, then it can help to develop brand name and prove to be beneficial for the business in the long run.
Therefore, you’re required to keep the above mentioned points in mind when you plan to create brand identity with the help of social media networks.
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India will not have universal upper secondary education (covering the age group 14-17 years and 9th to 12th standard) till 2085, over half a century late, according to the Global Education Monitoring Report 2016. This has to be viewed against recent improvements in education in India, most notably that there has been an overall increase in gross enrolment ratio (GER, or student enrolment as a proportion of the corresponding eligible age group) at almost every level of education as of 2013-14.
Gender disparity in schooling has been largely addressed, and the enrolment of girls in higher education increased from 39% in 2007 to 46% in 2014. An increase in single-sex toilets in schools has led to an increase in the enrolment of adolescent girls and female teachers, the Unesco study shows. However, there is still large disparity in achievement of basic skills, such as reading and math, where there has been a decline in learning outcomes, as highlighted in the Unesco report. | <urn:uuid:bf862c9e-1e94-4a4e-9aff-a8c3997bc228> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://citytoday.news/india-to-miss-target-for-upper-secondary-education-by-50-yrs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.971732 | 202 | 3.125 | 3 |
Hy2Care raises € 3.7 mln for hydrogel technology to repair cartilage defects
Hy2Care BV, an innovative startup company that developed a ground breaking hydrogel technology for cartilage repair, has raised € 3.7 million in funding. The series A round was led by Brightlands Venture Partners and assisted by several co-investors and the Dutch Arthritis Society (ReumaNederland, previously Reumafonds). With the funding, the spin-off of the University of Twente will further commercialize the technology for veterinary use as well as initiate human trials.
Founded in 2014, Hy2Care focuses on the development and commercialization of a new hydrogel device that has shown impressive results in repairing cartilage defects. Previously typified as an ‘injectable plaster’, the hydrogel technology enables a fast repair of acute cartilage defects that often occur as a result of falls, accidents and sports injuries. The procedure promises a great improvement in near-term functionality and pain relief compared to current methods like arthroscopic debridement and microfracturing. Moreover, the hydrogel can be used during the initial arthroscopic viewing procedure, thereby diminishing the need for secondary surgery and revalidation.
The unique technology of Hy2Care was developed by prof. Marcel Karperien and his team of the Developmental BioEngineering group at the University of Twente. The latter will remain a shareholder in Hy2Care through its entrepreneurship accelerator, Novel-T. Prof Karperien will continue fulfilling the role of Chief Scientific Officer.“There is a major unmet need for repairing traumatic cartilage defects”says Marcel Karperien. “If not treated well, about 80% of these defects will lead to arthrosis, ultimately causing severe pain and needing very invasive solutions like artificial knee replacements. By coming up with a better early repair, we prevent much discomfort for patients as well as reduce significant healthcare costs”.
‘Having observed with Key Opinion Leaders the very promising results of the early preclinical tests, Hy2Care may be well on track to generate a breakthrough solution for acute cartilage defects in knees and other joints. As such, it is a great addition to our portfolio, in which we actively seek out companies pursuing unique solutions in healthcare”, according to Marcel Kloosterman, Director at Brightlands Venture Partners, who led the investment round.
ReumaNederland, previously Reumafonds is also an active supporter. They recently presented the Developmental BioEngineering group at the University of Twente with the “Research Center of Excellence” status in the field of arthrosis and intend to continue their support in the upcoming years to enable the technology to be proven clinically and successfully reaching patients.
Expansion of activities
Located at the University Twente Campus in Enschede, Hy2Care will also set up new offices and laboratory facilities within the Brightlands eco-system in the South of Limburg, thus enjoying the extensive network and resources that are available in this hotspot of (bio)polymer synthesis and clinical health. Upon closing of the investment, the company will be joined by Leo Smit, who will lead the company as CEO. He has gained experience in the field of joint repair and biomaterials through the commercial development of high strength fibers for devices that are currently the standard of care in orthopedic tendon and ligament repair. “This is an exciting venture to join, the technology holds the promise of becoming the new ‘Golden Standard’ for cartilage repair. It will be a great opportunity for our team to bring this to patients as soon as possible”.
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A floral still life painting by Chinese-French modernist Sanyu from the 1950s will be offered at Christie’s in a modern and contemporary art auction in Hong Kong on May 24. Titled Potted Chrysanthemums, the work will be on public display in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bejing, and Taipei ahead of the sale.
The painting, which depicts a set of pink chrysanthemums stemming from blue branches, one of Sanyu’s signature motifs, is estimated to sell for HKD 78 million–HKD 120 million ($11 million–$15 million). According to Christie’s statement on the sale, it is one of the few late-period still lifes by Sanyu remaining in private hands.
Sanyu painted chrysanthemums in his works over a 20-year period between the 1930s to 1950s, making a total of 133 works featuring the flower as the central subject. These floral still lives have brought some of the artist’s highest prices at auction. The record price for a floral still life by the artist is HKD 191.6 million ($24.7 million), paid during the sale of Chrysanthèmes blanches dans un pot bleu et blanc (White Chrysanthemum in a Blue and White Jardiniere) at Christie’s in July 2020.
The work is being sold by a collector based in Asia, who purchased it at Christie’s in 2014 for HKD $46 million ($6 million), more than double the estimate of HKD 18 million. Prior to that, the work’s first owner, a private French collector, who acquired it directly from Sanyu, held it for more than 60 years before parting with it in 2014.
For years, Sanyu and his French-Chinese postwar counterpart Zao Wou-Ki have led the market share for the marquee Hong Kong auctions. In December, a rare goldfish still life by Sanyu, painted during the 1930s–’40s and formerly held by Taiwanese billionaire Pierre Chen, sold for $22 million. The result aligns with the modernist’s market ascent over the past decade, seeing values appreciate by staggering margins since the early-mid 2000s. In the same season, Sanyu’s floral still-life from the same era sold for $17.8 million, surpassing its low estimate of HKD 68 million ($8.8 million). | <urn:uuid:99fc801a-7f2b-4431-81aa-866ecaa4e437> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.artmarketmonitor.com/2021/03/11/christies-to-auction-11-m-sanyu-still-life-in-hong-kong/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.940996 | 519 | 1.617188 | 2 |
Yourself a few key questions like before you begin, ask:
- What exactly are my short-term and long-lasting job goals?
- Where do we see myself in 10 years?
- Just exactly What occasions in my own life have actually led me personally to have these objectives?
- Just exactly What major will assist me achieve my objectives?
- Exactly What abilities do i have to achieve my objectives?
- What impact do I would like to have on culture?
When you brainstorm the responses to these questions, search for common themes, or select out of the many stories that are interesting. It is possible to grow your essay that is main“thesis or idea around this.
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In retrospect, Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz realizes that all the hype was a big mistake. “I think we were arrogant,” he says.
It’s nearly 11 pm on a Monday in late July, and we are in the back room of an Italian restaurant not far from the Fort Lauderdale beach. It’s a place he often takes visitors who make the trek from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Mickey Mouse’s Florida homeland for a demo. Oscar-winning visual effects wizard John Gaeta, known for his work on the Matrix and later at Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB, sits to my right, having joined Magic Leap last year. Former Samsung executive Omar Khan, who is on day 11 in his new role as chief product officer, sits to my left. Everyone is in a good mood because finally, I mean finally, after two years of boastful promises followed by two years of near silence, the company is on the cusp of revealing a headset that actual developers—and any old person in the wild—will be able to buy and bring home.
But it’s unclear, now, whether enough people will be willing to try it. Such a thought would have been absurd just three years ago when Magic Leap was the hottest company in augmented reality, and any interaction with its secretive technology became a status symbol among techies. Yet Magic Leap has promised so much for so long, with no results to speak of, that many of those who occupied that first wave of hype have written off all hope that its infamous, mythical, mixed-reality product is real at all, let alone the transformative technology it set out to be.
Abovitz gets it. In the fall of 2014, when Magic Leap’s entire staff could still fit inside his conference room, and demos were run on a refrigerator-sized metal block nicknamed the Beast, Google led a $542 million series B investment. It was an absurd-sounding amount of money for such an early round of funding—and Google CEO Sundar Pichai joined Magic Leap’s board. Suddenly everyone was curious about the mysterious Google-backed tech company with a quirky founder who eschewed Silicon Valley’s norms—a man who planned to headquarter his company in Florida rather than moving to the West Coast.
Where virtual reality surrounds a user in an artificial world, augmented reality superimposes virtual objects into your real-world surroundings. In its simplest form, that means an overlay of information, like a dangling Pikachu in Pokémon Go. But Magic Leap, has sought to give those superimposed objects shape and heft—if you’re seeing something, you can touch it, or move it, or interact with it, as if it were real. Abovitz bragged that Magic Leap had a new super-slick method for superimposing these digital assets —a technique called digital lightfield technology—that was better than anything Microsoft or Facebook or anyone else had developed.
But Abovitz’s grand descriptions always seemed to fall short of explaining how this technology worked. Before Magic Leap had a headset or software or programs, it hired marketers to sell the Dream of Magic Leap, all the while promising that a product was just around the corner. Abovitz dropped mysterious hints on Twitter, hid Easter eggs inside old TED talks, and accepted an invitation to speak at the 2015 TED conference, bailing just days before his scheduled talk. | <urn:uuid:6d39e2bf-16b6-4ae6-a249-a7637a04ae0b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wired.com/story/magic-leap-one-creator-augmented-reality-inside-story/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969586 | 709 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Why You Should Avoid Opinionated Editors
Something came up recently in a social media group which I thought it might be prudent to address, as many of you are probably running into it to the detriment of your careers as writers.
It was the question of whether or not a writer should accept criticism based on an editor’s feedback when that criticism is entirely a matter of that editor’s personal taste. For example, ‘Your story is well-written, but we didn’t like the way the heroine died at the end so we’ll have to reject the piece’ or ‘Great story, but we feel that the hero should have accepted his destiny and gone on to triumph, so we’re not printing it.’
These kinds of comments brought something important to light: it seems that many editors accept work for their publications based perhaps entirely on personal taste.
Now let’s be clear: it’s perfectly acceptable for anyone to set up a publication and to accept submissions for that publication based completely on what they, the editors, personally like or dislike. You might be a big fan of Regency romances, for example, and so decide to publish an anthology of such stories. You take in submissions and choose stories you personally like for publication. So far, so good.
But there’s a distinction to be made between stories which a particular editor or group of editors like personally, and stories which are good in themselves. And the problem arises for writers when the feedback given by editors is based on personal opinion as opposed to an assessment of objective value, without making it clear which is which.
In the imaginary comments above, for instance, unless the editors make it clear that their rejection of a piece is based purely on personal taste, writers can be left with the impression that their work is of less worth — that, in other words, their fiction is weak in itself, rather than just failing to delight a particular individual or set of individuals.
If it’s made clear to the writer that a piece isn’t going to be accepted simply because it didn’t appeal to an individual editor, that writer is able to walk away with a certain amount of confidence and knowledge. The above comments, for example, could have been rephrased along these lines:
‘Your story is well-written; it’s simply a matter of personal taste that we didn’t like the way the heroine died at the end so we’re rejecting the piece on that basis’ or ‘Great story, but we are of the opinion that the hero should have accepted his destiny and gone on to triumph, so we’re not printing it based purely on our own views.’
Result? The writer can send the piece elsewhere without feeling that it is a ‘failed story’, just that it didn’t appeal to those particular editors.
Underlying this is a crucial point, which some readers may find hard to grasp: a piece of fiction can have strengths (and weaknesses) quite apart from its appeal (or lack of appeal) to individual readers.
This may be a new idea for some. It’s possible that many editors — in fact, many readers as a whole — only judge the worth or value of a piece of fiction based on their personal likes and dislikes. It may even be true that some editors, lacking an objective grasp of what makes a story effective, have only their personal opinions and tastes to fall back on when judging whether or not to publish a piece of work. Not that there’s much wrong with that — it’s merely a limitation which can be understood and worked with if need be.
But what you, as a writer, really need from an editor, I would suggest, is feedback not based on personal likings but on an objective understanding of what makes fiction effective or ineffective. That kind of feedback is like gold: you can glean from it what it is about your fiction that works for readers and learn to develop the aspects which don’t, so that your work as a whole gets stronger and stronger.
‘But surely all feedback is based on opinion?’ some may object.
No, it’s not.
I have published hundreds of short stories over the last few years. Many of them I personally liked because they were attuned to my own preferences, but many more — probably most — fell outside my own individual tastes. I would not normally have reached for them from a bookshelf, as a reader; but as an editor, I could tell that they possessed qualities which meant that they would appeal to readers in some way, regardless of those readers’ personal penchants.
When editing, in other words, I put aside my ‘reader’ hat and wear my ‘editor’ hat — I choose stories based on a set of objective criteria, not on my own opinions.
Works of fiction have underlying factors upon which they succeed or fail as stories.
You might like horror stories, for example — but that doesn’t mean that every horror story you read is any good. You might have a taste for Westerns — but not every Western you read works as a story. You will all have examples from your own experience of stories which fell well within your favourite genre and even your most preferred writing style, but which crumbled dismally as stories. They failed because their authors either did not know about or didn’t succeed in applying the underlying ‘laws’ of storytelling. Perhaps it was something to do with character, perhaps with plot, perhaps with structure — but somehow, even though on the surface they looked appealing enough, they collapsed and were disappointing.
Something about them didn’t ‘work’ even though you may have tried really hard to like them.
What you really need to know from an editor is not whether or not he or she ‘liked’ a particular piece, but what was objectively working in that piece and what was not.
A worse scenario for a writer is to fall into the hands of an editor whose entire basis of operation is personal opinion.
Perhaps you have had this experience: an editor is ‘working with you’ but you have the impression that he or she is all the time overtly or covertly attempting to mould your work into something else, something you never intended it to be — effectively, that editor, you feel, is ‘re-writing’ your story.
Now, you may be fortunate enough to be working with an editor who grasps the objective fundamentals of storytelling. In that case, your experience will be like this: as work goes on, you will feel that your story is more and more taking the shape that you had originally wished it would take — elements are being spotted in it, factors coming to light, connections being made, until the whole thing stands fully-fledged before you like a statue carved from raw marble into a beautiful figure. That editor has helped you to see what you always felt was there all along; that editor is someone who understands how fiction works. Never once would that editor ‘step on your writing toes’; never would that editor try to twist something to fit a different pattern or outcome than the one you had intended. In fact, in all likelihood, that editor left your work very much alone and only polished it slightly or fixed technicalities so that your voice came through more clearly.
Opinionated editors, on the other hand, if they take on your work, are more likely to try to change it to suit their own preferences. They may do so unconsciously, or they may do so knowingly — either way, ‘editing’, with them, can be a tortuous experience.
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Research published in Frontiers in Neurology-Neurotology
Patients who have experienced head trauma often experience dizziness, ear pain, and an inability to concentrate or tolerate loud sounds. They also have difficulty traveling in an elevator or airplane and can experience a sensation of the floor moving under their feet. In about a third of these patients the cause is never found, and they are often considered as having post-concussive syndrome (PCS) or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), for which there exist few treatments.
Physicians have traditionally treated these patients using physical therapy; however, some of these patients are unable to fully re-enter the workforce or perform other activities. Arun K. Gadre, M.D., FACS, clinical professor of otology and neurotology at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, and his team succeeded in ameliorating these symptoms in most patients by surgically patching the openings to the inner ear, known as the round and oval windows, using the patient’s own tissue.
Dr. Gadre, along with Vicky Baker, Au.D., clinical audiologist at Geisinger Medical Center, Ingrid Edwards, Au.D., of the Heuser Hearing Institute and Casey Rutledge Roof, Au.D., of the University of Louisville, studied a cohort of patients who exhibited these symptoms. In the study group of 28 patients, only a small percentage were found to have fluid leakage from the inner into the middle ear, the so-called perilymph fistula. Using the gray-scale inversion function on a high-resolution CT scan, Dr. Gadre found that most of these patients had membranous or hypermobile stapes footplates, a defect in a tiny bone in the middle ear. In these patients, Dr. Gadre repaired the defective part of the bone with fat grafts. In nearly 86 percent of cases, the patients reported vastly improved symptoms without hearing loss and were considered cured.
The findings were published in August in Frontiers in Neurology-Neurotology.
“I am most excited that our innovative diagnostic techniques and surgical intervention has given hope to patients who have suffered terribly for years,” Dr. Gadre said. “We are now able to diagnose their condition with reasonable certainty prior to surgery.”
Dr. Gadre credits advancements in technology and collaboration with his colleagues in audiology for the discovery.
“I suspect our ability to see things more clearly using high-definition video cameras made this discovery possible,” he said. “The ability to collaborate with my audiology colleagues made this a multidisciplinary effort. We believe this is one more step in the management of a heretofore unknown cause of dizziness following head trauma.”
Dr. Gadre also expressed thanks to the Geisinger Health Foundation and donors Dr. and Mrs. Joel and Susan Mindel, and Kenneth Altman, M.D., chair of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Geisinger Medical Center, for their support in the publication of this research.
Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes 10 hospital campuses, a health plan with more than half a million members, a Research Institute and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) has secured a spot in the World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI) ranking for 2021, for Ethical University category.
WURI, which aims to discover innovative universities that prepare for the world in the fourth industrial revolution through new education and research efforts, placed IUBAT –at the 43 th spot under the “ethics and integrity “category.
Meanwhile, the top three ranking universities under the said category are, Ecole 42 university, France, University of Pennsylvania USA and Harvard University, USA.
The WURI ranking comprises the global top hundred and top fifty in each of these areas: Industrial Application, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Integrity; Student Mobility and Openness for Exchange and Collaboration; and Crisis Management.
In order to create a professional graduate in each village, eminent academician Prof Dr M Alimullah Miyan established IUBAT in 1991. As the first private university, it has successfully achieved 30 years of glory.
Not only universities, but also several degree programs were introduced in the country by IUBAT for the first time. It introduced the first BBA, Tourism and Hospitality Management and the first Agriculture, Nursing and Mechanical Engineering programs privately.
In 1998, IUBAT became a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, through which IUBAT degrees were recognized in all Commonwealth countries.
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The shrieker is a monster in NetHack. According to Dungeons and Dragons, the shrieker is a large purple fungus. While it has no attacks and moves very slowly, its ability to shriek gives it the ability to aggravate monsters and occasionally (1/10 of all shrieks) summon a random monster somewhere on the level, 1/13 of which are purple worms (the explanation given for this is that purple worms enjoy consuming shriekers and are attracted by their shriek). #Chatting with a shrieker will also cause it to shriek; this aggravates monsters, but cannot summon any. The shrieker corpse also gives a 20% chance for poison resistance, and is safe to eat. As a fungus, consuming it does not break the vegan or vegetarian conducts.
The line "The shrieker shrieks." has gained a reputation as being one of the most memorable lines in NetHack.
In Slash'EM shriekers, like all F except lichens, may rise from the dead.
With a single, savage thrust of her spear, the warrior-woman
impaled the fungus, silencing it. However, it was too late:
the alarm had been raised[...]
Suddenly, a large, dark shape rose from the abyss before them,
its fetid bulk looming overhead...The monster was some kind of
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What is Pure?
Pure is the research information management system of KNAW. It provides a central point of access to the research related information of all KNAW research institutes. It is very efficient to sustainably maintain and manage research information related to all KNAW institutes in one central place for making relevant reports that support decision and to track productivity and impact.
What is Pure used for?
Pure serves as the trusted repository of KNAW and used for:
- Registering and managing diverse research outputs and activities of all KNAW research institutes;
- Showcasing research outputs (particularly open access publications) of all KNAW researchers via KNAW Pure portal;
- Making general report of any KNAW outputs particularly reporting in support of periodical management reports (PBO) and Standard Evaluation Protocol (SEP) evaluations and assessments;
- Meeting funder compliance requirements for making publications open access to wider audience (based on on Plan S).
How to access Pure?
- For accessing Pure backend, Go to Pure portal, scroll down the page, and click on log into Pure, use your institutional user name and password to be able to log in to Pure.
- If you don’t have access to the Pure backend, you have access to the public Pure portal without any username/password which is available from here: https://pure.knaw.nl/portal
- Contact Pure managers of your institute to gain you access if it is needed otherwise they can edit/update the information on the Pure portal for you.
How to find your profile on the Pure portal?
- in order to check what includes your profile on the Pure portal, go to the portal homepage, click on Profiles, and search your name using Find profiles search box.
- It is also possible to search your name using the general search box on the homepage.
- another way is to go to the portal home page, click on Organizational units, then click on Profiles, and use the search box from there and find your profile.
- Contact Pure managers of your institute to edit/update the information on the Pure portal for you if you don’t have access to the Pure backend.
How to edit/update your profile in Pure?
in order to update your profile, log in to Pure and click on Edit profile, add the following information to your profile:
- Personal information such as Name (names, name variants, title), IDs (ORCID, ISNI, Scopus Author ID, Researcher ID, Digital Author ID, Mendeley Profile ID, Loop ID, etc.), Links (to social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Mendeley, to LinkedIn, Google Scholar, Research Gate, personal web page, CV, Researcher page at the KNAW institute, etc.), Profile Photo, Employment Information.
- Curriculum and research description: click on Add Profile information, click on Type (about, research interests) and add information, click Create, and then Save. These information will be visible on the Pure portal.
- Organisational affiliations: complete this section with relevant information and details about your affiliation.
- Positions outside of the institution: complete with information on ancillary activities (any positions that are not related with the current employment). Click on Add external positions (appointments, external organizations, and dates). click Create, and then Save.
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The beauty of any artistic pursuit is that there is always room to grow creatively, to improve technically, and to learn something new. If you would like to improve your photography, check out this fantastic video tutorial that offers five useful tips sure to put you on the track to better images.
Coming to you from Robin Wong, this great video tutorial offers five useful tips to improve your photography. Although it seems somewhat simple on the surface, the advice to shoot more is something a lot of us could stand to heed. Whether hobbyist or professional, many of us are so busy that we simply do not find time to shoot. Building and maintaining proficiency as a photographer is a lot like studying for a test. You will be much better off if you take 15-20 minutes a day to do it rather than trying to cram for hours once a week. You don't have to make a big deal of it or plan an entire shoot for your daily practice; simply going for a walk around the block with your camera can help to keep your skills in prime shape and your eye sharp. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Wong. | <urn:uuid:e0122d5f-a164-4877-ba93-041865c95d6b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.gaohui168.com/5-great-tips-will-make-better-photographer-611251.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963161 | 228 | 1.703125 | 2 |
House Republicans unveiled a “Commitment to America” platform Tuesday outlining a congressional platform with 49 days to go until Nov. 3. This sets the stage for an election between re-opening a safe and secure nation that stands up to its global adversaries and a society ruled by indefinite lockdowns imposed on a citizenry stripped of police protection by virulent mobs.
“Name me one problem the Democrat majority in the House has solved,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy challenged during a press conference on the steps of the Capitol surrounded by Republican colleagues. McCarthy went on the hammer Democrats’ support for defunding police while defending militants terrorizing communities after launching an assault on American institutions by passing a partisan, crimeless impeachment.
“When asked about the violent protest, the speaker expressed her support by saying, ‘people will do what they do,'” McCarthy said, referring to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s remarks in which she simply shrugged in response to a reporter’s question on Baltimore rioters toppling a statue of Christopher Columbus.
“Americans are fed up with politicians who say one thing and do another,” McCarthy said. “Instead of empty rhetoric, they deserve results. This is why we are announcing our commitment to America.”
The agenda introduced by House Republicans features a dedication to re-open the country by “tripling rapid COVID testing” along with the aggressive pursuit of a vaccine while ramping up the national stockpile of supplies to ensure community preparedness for any outbreak. Republicans also emphasize their support for free enterprise initiatives such as extending the child tax credit and expanding Opportunity Zones to drive up investment in depressed areas.
China is the only foreign entity mentioned on Republicans’ one-page platform, where members are demanding the government implement China Task Force recommendations to decrease American dependence on the greatest global threat to emerge in the 21st century.
House Republicans also unveiled Tuesday what they argue is the platform of their Democratic opponents: support for abolishing law enforcement, raising taxes, and a relaxed foreign policy opening the door for China to eclipse the United States as the world’s dominant superpower.
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Before Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba in 1492, the Taino people had long lived there. In 1511, the first Spanish settlement was founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar in Baracoa, and other towns soon followed, including the future capital San Cristobal de Habana (Havana), founded in 1515.
Cuba remained a Spanish colony from 1511 to 1898, with an economy based on plantations, agriculture, mining and the export of sugar, coffee and tobacco to North America and Europe. The work was mainly done by African slaves brought to the island until their liberation in the late 19th century.
In 1898, Cuba was wrested from Spain by the United States in the Spanish-American War. The US then kept Cuba under military occupation as a protectorate for several decades and then controlled it through a series of corrupt military dictators who were also friends of the mafia.
In the late 1950s, Fidel Castro led a communist guerrilla army to victory over the regime of Fulgencio Batista. After his victory, Cuba became a one-party communist country allied with the Soviet Union and in a state of confrontation with the United States, which attempted to overthrow the Cuban government through a proxy invasion, a blockade, an embargo and several attempts to assassinate Castro through the Central Intelligence Agency. The only thing all these hostile actions have achieved is that they have helped to cripple the Cuban economy. Yet literacy and health care have greatly improved under Fidel’s rule. More recently, Venezuela, under the leadership of Hugo Chávez, has supplied free oil to Cuba in exchange for Cuban doctors and nurses.
There is a big gap between the income of visitors to Cuba and that of local workers. In recent years, since Fidel Castro retired, his brother Raúl has introduced more market-oriented reforms. However, the country remains a communist state and public criticism of the government or the communist party is strongly discouraged. | <urn:uuid:aaf7946a-f7eb-4ac0-b408-ecce20a96b85> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://travelshelper.com/destinations/north-america/cuba/history-of-cuba/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.972486 | 398 | 3.5 | 4 |
If you have made a decision to install a new windows antivirus on your desktop, there are a few things you should know just before you install it. Choosing the right malware is extremely important, because malware can harm your system without you even knowing they have there. You need to use a free demo of Home windows Defender just for 30 days, so you can see how functions before you buy it. On the other hand, you can buy an antivirus to fit you perfectly.
Besides guarding your computer system, Windows Defender as well works as a firewall for your PERSONAL COMPUTER. It designer watches outgoing visitors on the network and double-checks incoming files. It also displays all sites that you check out, and hinders any suspicious or destructive ones from accessing your computer. These kinds of features get you a good idea that sites will be malicious and which ones are generally not. These features can be useful should you be not able to diagnostic scan your system on a regular basis.
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The two main components of the ecosystem are : Abiotic component: The components that are non-living are called Abiotic components. Example: stones, rocks etc. Biotic Components: The components that are living are called Biotic components.
What are the aspects of ecosystem?
The key functional aspects of ecosystems are energy flow, food chains and food webs, biogeochemical cycling, ecosystem development, and ecosystem regulation and stability.
What are the two most important factors in an ecosystem?
Two main components exist in an ecosystem: abiotic and biotic. The abiotic components of any ecosystem are the properties of the environment; the biotic components are the life forms that occupy a given ecosystem.
What is ecosystem functional aspects?
The functional aspects of an ecosystem include the regulation of populations, flow of energy, biogeochemical cycles, and the flow of nutrients. It also includes ecological succession, food chain, ecological pyramid, food web. Populations are regulated in an ecosystem through these food chains.
Which of the following is functional aspects of ecosystem?
Step by step answer:An Ecosystem contains four functional aspects for its maintenance. These are biogeochemical cycles, energy flow, nutrient cycle, etc. Other important functional attributes are ecological succession, ecological pyramid, food web, and food chain.
Which are the two major component of the biotic environment?
Plants and animals are the two major components of the biotic environment.
What are the sub components of ecosystem?
An ecosystem can be categorized into its abiotic constituents, including minerals, climate, soil, water, sunlight, and all other nonliving elements, and its biotic constituents, consisting of all its living members.
What is the most important aspect of ecology?
Why is ecology important? Ecology enriches our world and is crucial for human wellbeing and prosperity. It provides new knowledge of the interdependence between people and nature that is vital for food production, maintaining clean air and water, and sustaining biodiversity in a changing climate.
What are the structural and functional aspects of an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a discrete structural, functional and life sustaining environmental system. … Biotic component of the ecosystem includes the living organisms; plants, animals and microbes whereas the abiotic component includes inorganic matter and energy.
What is an ecosystem What are the main types of ecosystems?
There are three broad categories of ecosystems based on their general environment: freshwater, ocean water, and terrestrial. Within these broad categories are individual ecosystem types based on the organisms present and the type of environmental habitat.
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5 ways to make the most of your university’s sports facilities
Students are offered a plethora of choices at university. While assessing the quality of teaching in your chosen course, the state of accommodation and the atmosphere of city life are all important, if you’re a fitness fanatic, you’ll want to check out the sports facilities. In 2011, British Universities and College Sport (BUCS) together with Sport England provided more than £8 million investment directly into higher education sport and Sport England is investing £493m in 46 National Governing Bodies (NGBs) between 2013 and 2017. This money will in part be used to improve sports facilities at universities and increase opportunities for students. The opportunities to improve fitness, join a sports team or try out a completely different activity are plentiful. Here is a guide to getting the most from your university’s sports facilities.
1. Explore the indoor sports options
Some universities offer state-of-the-art fitness facilities complete with multi-purpose gyms. However sports facilities may be further away from campus than you thought so you may need to leave plenty of time to fit a session into your schedule. It is also worth researching when the busiest times of day are. If you’re a swimming enthusiast, check the size of the pool, the number of lanes available and the often changeable opening hours of the facility. Some universities even offer massage clinics if you’re looking for a dose of luxury.
2. Try a niche sport
From skeleton and bobsleigh to wind-surfing and archery, there are a wide array of sporting activities waiting to be explored. University life provides an ideal opportunity to take up an altogether different sport such as kaufball (a faster paced, mixed sex version of netball) or lacrosse. Taking part in these activities also offers opportunities to meet new people in a relaxed, fun and sometimes unusual environment.
3. Check out the classes
From Pilates to yoga, ballet to Zumba, the number and variety of taught classes are wide. But they may not be included in a gym membership and spaces for attendees are often limited. Find out how often classes are run, which classes are booked up early and whether the start-times fit with your timetable. There may be an option to pay-per class, allowing you to sample the range of activities on offer before committing to multiple sessions.
4. Join a team
Almost all universities will offer competitive leagues between halls, societies and groups of friends. Intra-mural competitions are competitive, but there are no barriers to entry. Being part of a team creates and strengthens friendships and may develop leadership skills, particularly if you become captain of the side. Make sure you meet the university’s deadlines (normally at the start of each term) for joining or starting a team.
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Subsidies make healthcare affordable
I was in the Supreme Court last month when the justices handed down their 6-3 decision in King v. Burwell, and you could almost hear the collective sigh of relief of the millions of Americans who would go to bed that night with the peace of mind that comes with knowing they would continue to receive the subsidies that make their health insurance affordable.
But there was more at stake in this case than just 6.4 million people in 34 states, including South Carolina, who purchased their insurance on the federal healthcare exchange because, for whatever reason, their state did not set one up. The health care industries in these states were in danger of imploding as well if the decision had gone the other way.
Here’s what could have happened if the subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) vanished in states like South Carolina, where 154,000 people purchased their insurance through the federal exchange.
In the Palmetto State, the average monthly premium for an individual with subsidized insurance is $86, versus $365 without a subsidy, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Without subsidies, many healthy people would have found the cost too steep, and decided to take a chance and drop their insurance. Sicker and older people, while finding the premiums high, would still be less likely to end their coverage.
The American Academy of Actuaries summed up what would happen next in a report released in May.
“An immediate or near-term elimination of federal premium subsidies would cause massive disruption in the individual market,” according to the report. “Potentially millions of people would drop coverage, and the average costs of those remaining would soar. Insurers could face solvency concerns, especially for those whom exchange business is a relatively large share of their book of business.”
Hospitals and other healthcare providers would have felt the weight of this as well. Estimates indicate that the millions who would become uninsured because of a ruling against the government would result in $12 billion in uncompensated medical care in 2016 alone.
To show the extent of the potential damage, Families USA created a map that shows, by congressional district, how many people in South Carolina and the other 33 affected states would have lost their subsidies if the Court had eliminated them.
The map clearly shows preserving affordable health care should not be a partisan issue. Some 4.2 million of those who would have lost tax credits live in congressional districts with Republican representatives, while 2.1 million live in Democratic districts.
But, ultimately, the Court followed the ample legal precedent that made clear that statutory interpretation requires an examination of the whole statute and its context, not just a narrow reading of a few words in a single section.
We owe the Court our thanks because with an adverse decision, we would have been headed back to where we started before the ACA, when, according to the Census Bureau, about 46 million Americans — about 739,000 in South Carolina — went without health insurance, largely because they couldn’t afford it.
The people the ACA has helped know it has set this nation on the right course toward the goal of affordable, high-quality health care for all. With this Supreme Court decision behind us, it’s time for us all to come together to find ways to make the ACA work even better for the American people.
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Reef islands are unique landforms composed entirely of sediment produced on the surrounding coral reefs. Despite the fundamental importance of these ecological-sedimentary links for island development and future maintenance, reef island sediment production regimes remain poorly quantified. Using census and sedimentary data from Vakkaru island (Maldives), a sand-dominated atoll interior island, we quantify the major sediment-generating habitats, the abundance of sediment producers in these habitats, and the rates and size fractions of sediment generated by different taxa. The estimated annual sediment production is 685,000 kg (or 370 m3), ∼75% of which is produced on the narrow outer reef flat, despite composing only 21% of the total platform area. Approximately 65% of the platform acts solely as a sediment sink. Census data identify parrotfish as the major sediment producers, generating >85% of the 5.7 kg m–2 of new sand-grade sediment produced on the outer reef flat each year. Halimeda (macroalgae) produce a further 10%, most as gravel-grade material. Comparisons between production estimates and sedimentary data indicate that reef ecology and island sedimentology are tightly linked; reef flat and lagoon sediments are dominated by coral and Halimeda, although fine- to medium-grained coral sand is the dominant (∼59%) island constituent. The generation of sediment suitable for maintaining this reef island is thus critically dependent on a narrow zone of high-productivity reef, but most especially on the maintenance of healthy parrotfish populations that can convert reef framework to sand-grade sediment.
Coral reef islands are considered among the most vulnerable landforms to climate change, and future sea-level rise is considered to be a specific threat (Woodroffe, 2008; Nurse et al., 2014). This is, in part, a function of their low elevations, which rarely exceed 3 m above mean sea level, as well as their often poorly consolidated sediment-dominated structures. However, future island vulnerability is a complex and arguably island-specific issue and will be influenced by various interacting factors that include the rate of reef growth, the rate of sea-level rise, reef evolutionary stage and thus accommodation space, island geomorphology, and the contemporary relationship between islands and their surrounding process and sedimentary regimes (Perry et al., 2011). All coral reef islands are inherently dependent on their surrounding reef habitats, not only because they provide the foundations for island development (Perry et al., 2013), but also because they are the primary production sites for the sediments necessary to sustain island building, growth, and maintenance.
Marked interregional and intraregional variations are known to occur in terms of reef island sediment constituents, with benthic foraminifera dominating in some settings, and coral and Halimeda (macroalgae) in others (Perry et al., 2011), and it is acknowledged that sediment production regimes can change as the reef systems around islands evolve (Kench et al., 2005), or the surrounding reef flats mature (Yamano et al., 2000). Generally, however, and with the exception of a few studies from eastern Australia (Yamano et al., 2000; Hart and Kench, 2007; Dawson et al., 2014), there is a lack of understanding of how islands and their surrounding sediment production zones interact. Here we combine field census and sedimentary data to quantify the dominant sediment-generating species and processes within the reef-lagoon habitats around Vakkaru island (Maldives), and make preliminary estimates of the amounts of sediment generated by these species, both overall and in relation to different sediment size fractions. Collectively, these data are used to identify those ecological and sedimentary processes most critical for contemporary island sediment supply.
FIELD SETTING AND METHOD
The Maldives Archipelago comprises a double chain of 22 atolls (Fig. 1A) containing ∼1200 reef islands. Our study focused on Vakkaru, an atoll interior reef (0.46 km2 in area) in Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll (Raa Atoll) (Fig. 1B). Vakkaru island is 0.19 km2 in area and occupies 42% of the platform (Fig. 1C); surficial island sediments are composed of fine- to medium-grained sands, and coral (59%) and Halimeda (25%) are the dominant constituents (Fig. 2). The subtidal portion of the platform comprises three ecogeomorphic zones: (1) an outer reef flat, covering an area of 0.1 km2 (21.9% of the platform), and varying in width from ∼25 m along the northern and southern margins to ∼150 m in the northeast; (2) an inner reef flat, 0.06 km2 in area (13.7% of the platform); and (3) a platform interior lagoon and sand moat (0.11 km2 in area, or 22.1% of the platform) that extends seaward from the toe of the beach to the inner reef flat, and varies in width from ∼5 m along the northern margin to ∼175 m in the southwest (Fig. 1C). The atoll has a microtidal regime (range ∼1.2 m) and thus the depths of these subtidal zones vary subtly through the tide cycle. Field census techniques, using an adapted version of the ReefBudget methodology (Perry et al., 2012), were used to quantify benthic community composition, reef surface complexity (rugosity), and the abundance of sediment-producing biota in each zone. Published data on species-level carbonate production rates were used to estimate rates of new carbonate sediment generation by each species in each zone, and published data on sediment size fractions produced by each species and process were used to estimate contributions to different size fractions. Thin section analysis was used to quantify reef and island sediment composition and to determine the contributions of different constituents within different sediment size classes (see the GSA Data Repository1 for our methods).
ABUNDANCE OF SEDIMENT-PRODUCING BIOTA
The subtidal zones around Vakkaru vary markedly in benthic substrate composition and sediment-generating species abundance. The outer reef flat is dominated by reef framework and coral rubble (there is very little sediment; Table DR1 in the Data Repository), with live coral cover (mainly Acropora sp., Montipora sp., Pocillopora sp., and Porites sp.) averaging 25.7% ± 9.6%, and coralline algal cover of 12.7% ± 5.9%. This zone has a rugosity value averaging 2.3, creating complex habitat space for reef-dwelling biota. This is reflected in the high (relative) abundance of the calcareous green algae Halimeda (mean of 90.4 thalli/m2), gastropods (infaunal and epifaunal bivalves were rare), and especially parrotfish (mainly the excavator species Chlorurus sordidus and Chlorurus strongylocephalus, and the scraper species Scarus niger, Scarus frenatus, and Scarus rubroviolaceus), with average densities of 0.02 fish/m2 (Tables DR2 and DR3). In contrast, the inner reef flat has a less continuous reef framework, comprising Acropora sp. thickets and Porites bommies (i.e., coral outcrops that may be partially exposed at low tide) with sandy substrate between. Average live coral cover (19.7% ± 8.0%) and substrate rugosity (mean 1.7) are lower than on the outer reef, sediment cover (30.2%) is higher (Table DR1), and sediment-producing biota (coralline algae, Halimeda, molluscs, and parrotfish) are less abundant (Tables DR2 and DR3). Other known producers of skeletal carbonates, such as benthic foraminifera and echinoids, are rare across the entire platform. The platform interior lagoon and sand moat is dominated (94.8%) by wave-rippled sands; there is no live coral, parrotfish were not recorded, and there are no sediment-producing biota.
SEDIMENT GENERATION RATES
Estimated rates of new sand-grade sediment production (G, where G = kg CaCO3 m2 yr–1) (Table 1; Tables DR2–DR5) are 5.71 G on the outer reef flat, 1.90 G on the inner reef flat, and 0.00 G in the inner lagoon and sand moat. This equates to ∼685,000 kg (or ∼370 m3) of new sediment production each year, the overwhelming majority (86.3% and 81.6% on the outer and inner reef flats, respectively) being produced by parrotfish (mostly by excavating species; Table 1; Table DR3). Only parrotfish, Halimeda, and endolithic sponges produce at a rate >0.1 G (Table 1). Rates of sediment production by foraminifera, bivalves, gastropods, and that resulting from urchin erosion are negligible (collectively <5%). Using published data on the relative proportions of sediment of different size fractions generated by these producers, combined with our sediment generation measures (Tables DR2–DR5), estimates can be made of the amount of sediment (of different types) produced within different size fractions (Table 2; Table DR6). On the outer reef flat, a high proportion (40.6%) of new sediment is in the 125–500 µm (fine to medium sand) range, and is mostly coral, and a further 22% is in the <63 µm (silt) range (Table 2). Similar size fraction ranges are generated in the inner reef flat (Table 2), and in both zones most can be attributed to excavating parrotfish. Endolithic sponges contribute as much as 5% of the <63 µm sediment, and Halimeda produce ∼10% of the gravel-grade (2–4 mm) sediment (Table 2).
REEF TO REEF ISLAND SEDIMENTOLOGY
Reef and reef island sediments at Vakkaru are dominated by coral and Halimeda (Fig. 2). However, there are subtle but important variations in constituent abundance, grain size distributions, and the contributions of different sediment constituents to grain size fractions. Sediments from the outer and inner reef flats are compositionally similar and comprise poorly sorted, medium- to coarse-grained (1.0–1.7 φ) sands. Coral is the major constituent (53% and 51%, respectively, of outer and inner reef flat sediments) and occurs within all grain size fractions, but is especially abundant in the very fine to coarse sand fractions (Fig. 2C). Halimeda contribute preferentially to the fine to medium sand fractions, but also contribute, in the form of intact plates, to the larger (gravel grade and larger) fractions (Fig. 2D). Silt and clay-grade sediment is present in minor quantities (<2%; Fig. 2). Sediments from the inner lagoon and sand moat and island beach are also compositionally similar (Fig. 2), but comprise lower amounts of coral (41.7%) and higher proportions of Halimeda (35.9%) compared to the reef flat, and are increasingly well-sorted nearshore. Corals contribute mainly to the fine to coarse sand fractions, but Halimeda are more important constituents of very coarse to gravel-grade fractions (often as intact plates). Surficial sediments from the island are distinctive, comprising moderately to moderately well sorted, medium- to fine-grained (0.8–0.6 φ) sands, and are dominated by coral (58.5%; Fig. 2), Halimeda being an important secondary constituent. A notable difference from the subtidal sediments is the paucity of coarser grained particles. Benthic foraminifera and echinoids do not collectively compose more than 4% of the sediment in any reef or island zone.
DISCUSSION: REEF TO REEF ISLAND SEDIMENT LINKS
Using ecological census and sedimentary data we explore the links between reef ecology and contemporary sediment production regimes within the Vakkaru reef island system. We identify the outer reef flat as the main site of active sediment generation (5.71 G generated annually), despite this zone composing only 20% of the reef platform. Only 1.90 G of new sediment is generated in the inner reef flat, and there appears to be no new sediment generated within the platform interior and sand moat, which is a site of sediment storage. Sedimentary data show that coral and Halimeda are the main reef flat sediment constituents and contribute across a wide range of size fractions, but that corals contribute mainly to the fine to coarse sand fractions, and Halimeda more significantly to very coarse sand and gravel fractions (Fig. 2). These same constituents dominate in the inner platform lagoon; Halimeda contribute preferentially to the coarser grain size fractions, and often occur as intact plates. Given the susceptibility of Halimeda to rapid abrasion-driven disintegration (Ford and Kench, 2012), the occurrence of these plates in the lagoon and sand moat (where no Halimeda grow) suggests that rapid transport across the reef flats must occur. This suggestion is consistent with process models that show that transport vectors are mainly toward the central areas of such small platforms (Mandlier and Kench, 2012), and local sediment transport studies that show that rapid sediment fluxes occur across these platforms, especially around the period of seasonal monsoon wind shifts (Morgan and Kench, 2014). However sediment data from the island indicate that a smaller proportion of this Halimeda actually contributes to the island, and that most does so within the fine to medium sand fraction. Large intact plates are rare. We speculate that following rapid transport to the swash zone, Halimeda plates are partially disaggregated, leaving a smaller proportion of fractured plates that can be episodically supplied to the island. Coral, in contrast, is abundant both in the reef flat and inner platform lagoon sediments, and is a major (∼60%) island constituent. This must partly reflect high rates of coral sediment supply, but also its high durability relative to other grains types (Ford and Kench, 2012).
However, while coral cover is high around Vakkaru, there is clearly a necessary step required to convert coral framework to sand-grade sediment. Coral can be denuded to sand in various ways: (1) through abrasion of rubble, (2) as a by-product of endolithic bioerosion by endolithic sponges, or (3) as an excretory byproduct of urchin or parrotfish bioerosion. Our data (Table DR4) clearly identify parrotfish as the major producers of sand-grade sediment at this site. Furthermore, we can exclude most other potential sources of coral sediment on the basis of grain size at the point of generation or ecological rarity criteria. Branched coral rubble, for example, is very durable (Ford and Kench, 2012), and while coral rubble is relatively common on the outer reef flat, it is not a major island constituent at this site. Endolithic sponge bioerosion can also be excluded, as surveys showed that endolithic sponges are numerically rare and because they produce sediment that is predominantly silt-sized (<63 µm) (Fütterer 1974) and which is not abundant at this site. Grazing urchins also produce mainly silts and very fine sands (Hunter, 1977), but are not abundant on these reefs.
Consequently, parrotfish, which produce sediment as an excretory byproduct of grazing (Bellwood, 1996), are the only viable source of sand-grade coral. Parrotfish are known to produce sediment spanning exactly the same size fraction ranges in which coral is most abundant at Vakkaru, as evident from the parrotfish particle size distribution data of Hoey and Bellwood (2008) (Figs. 2F and 2G). The one noticeable difference is the lack of silt-grade coral in the Vakkaru sediment, but as reported by Bellwood (1996), this is probably a function of selective fine sediment loss as a result of hydrodynamic sorting. Therefore, it is clear that while parrotfish represent the major source for coral sediment generated at this site, not all of this sediment will be available for island construction. A proportion can realistically be assumed to be lost offshore (e.g., Morgan and Kench, 2014), while selective removal of the very finest size fractions of parrotfish-derived coral sediment is also likely to be flushed offshore.
At Vakkaru the ecology and ecological processes operating on the outer reef flat are tightly coupled to the composition of surficial island sediments, with sediment production dominated by parrotfish grazing of coral and by Halimeda. Despite a close correlation between the ecology of the reefs and the composition of these sediments, the paucity of sediment stored on the outer reef suggests that rapid onshore and offshore sediment transport occurs (Fig. 3). On the platform, the inner platform lagoon and sand moat act as a store and sink for sediment, but wave reworking in the swash zones appears to rapidly denude Halimeda plates, which are then relatively underrepresented in the near-surface island sediment record (Fig. 3). In contrast, more durable coral sand is a dominant island constituent. Census data show that a very high proportion of this coral sand is produced by parrotfish on the reef flat. The maintenance of the healthy parrotfish populations that characterize these Maldives reefs (and that are high in regional terms; Graham and McClanahan, 2013) is thus critical to sustaining contemporary sediment generation regimes, and appears necessary for island building and maintenance at this site. While the need to protect parrotfish populations is commonly based on the need to sustain benthic ecological interactions, this study demonstrates their further critical beneficial role as producers of carbonate sediment and thus as key biogeoengineering species that can sustain local landform maintenance.
We thank the Government of the Maldives (Permit 30-D/PRIV/2013/413) for research permission, and the crew of the vessel Noah for field support. Research was partly funded through a grant to Perry from the University of Exeter under its Climate Change and Sustainable Futures Initiative, and with additional part funding support from the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme ‘Sustainable Poverty Alleviation from Coastal Ecosystem Services (SPACES)’ project (NE-K010484-1). The ESPA programme is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). | <urn:uuid:289ed0a7-b796-41b7-8625-03abeee8da96> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/43/6/503/131881/Linking-reef-ecology-to-island-building-Parrotfish | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.915422 | 3,998 | 3.546875 | 4 |
[this book] takes up the challenge of explaining autism to people with the condition. Presented as a workbook of exercises, the activities focus on the insides and outsides of bodies, people's strong points, preferences and differences, how brains work and contrasting kinds of intelligence, leading on to disability and the consequences of autism. [T]he material signals an important shift - promoting self-awareness, rather than imposing a 'normal' perspective.
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People’s fish oil supplements may be even fishier than they’d want them to be, according to a new report from independent testing company Labdoor. The company claims to have found that a substantial number of supplements sold on the market are heavy in oxidized oils, which can make them taste rancid and smell rotten, as well as possibly affect their quality.
Labdoor’s findings were reported Monday by the Guardian. The lab tested 54 best-selling fish oil brands marketed in the U.S. and available elsewhere in the world. Around 10% of brands had levels of oxidized oil high enough to be considered rancid, according to voluntary regulatory standards, the report found. Of these offenders, some had levels 11 times higher than recommended.
“It was fairly frequent,” Dan Mark, Labdoor’s research director, told the Guardian. “For us, they would start to smell and feel off.”
Fish oil is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are also a type of dietary fat known as polyunsaturated fat. Fats are essential to a healthy diet, but poly- and monounsaturated fats are thought to be the best fats to regularly consume over other types like trans fats and saturated fats. It’s less certain whether fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids specifically provide any added health benefits. Some data has suggested that regularly eating seafood rich in these oils is linked to a modestly lower risk of cardiovascular problems, for instance, while other data hasn’t found a similar benefit from simply taking fish oil supplements. Regardless of the mixed data, plenty of people do take fish oil supplements, and it’s estimated to be a billion-dollar industry.
The report is far from the first piece of evidence to suggest that a sizable chunk of fish oil products are rancid, though estimates are lower from industry-run studies. Often, these products have flavoring added to them to mask any potential odor or taste, which could also disguise the level of oxidization present in a product. But aesthetics aside, too much oxidation could be bad in other ways. Limited data has suggested that oxidized fish oil may simply not provide the same potential benefits as fresh fish oil and could even have a negative effect on blood cholesterol levels.
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The Nerves core team is proud to announce the Nerves v1.8.0 release.
Nerves provides the core tooling for creating self-contained, BEAM-powered firmware images for a variety of embedded devices.
This is one of our larger releases in terms of amount of code changed. We expect it to be a straightforward upgrade for most Nerves users since we focused on documentation and code cleanup. This new release does require Elixir 1.11 or later. We are continuing to make Nerves v1.7 patch releases for users who can’t update. The latest right now is v1.7.17.
The Nerves Project is more than just the Nerves library and includes many companion libraries and device ports maintained by the Nerves core team. To help users find these, we now have a list at github.com/nerves-project/nerves. This list includes what we have decided to maintain as a core team. The Nerves community has contributed many additional libraries, and we highly encourage checking the Elixir Circuits list and searching hex.pm for additional device support or functionality.
Since we as a team spend most of our time working on code outside of the core library, I’d like to highlight other updates we’ve made over the past couple months:
- Upgrade crosscompilers to GCC 11.3 for C and C++ code. Nerves includes OpenMP support and the option to use Fortran for numerical workloads. See toolchains v1.6.0 release
- Official support for the GRiSP 2
- 64-bit RISC-V support. See the v1.6.0 toolchains and nerves_system_mangopi_mq_pro for use on RISC-V hardware.
- Raspberry Pi boards are now all using Linux 5.15. Support is available for new variants like the Pi Zero 2 and new compute modules. See nerves_system_rpi4’s 1.20.0 release
- Improved support for compiling NIFs and ports so that processor-specific optimizations and security hardening is applied consistently. This is handled transparently unless you’re porting to a new device. See the TARGET_GCC_FLAGS docs
- Replaced all remaining use of SystemRegistry with PropertyTable. This probably only affects code reacting to Linux UEvents and not using
udevd. See NervesUEvent.
- Improve visibility of hardware watchdog and Erlang heart information. See Nerves.Runtime.Heart
- Improve support for Nerves configurations that don’t have data partitions or use U-Boot environment blocks
- Support more flexibility in OTP release script application start ordering. The start order is now deterministic among libraries with no dependency relationship (alphabetically is the final tie breaker). Libraries can be marked to favor them to be started earlier or later.
If you want to try the Nerves updates out quickly, the following all use Nerves 1.8 now:
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If the current crisis has shown us anything, it’s that the internet is absolutely an essential service.
Web connectivity enables people to stay up to date with the latest updates and get more information on what they can do and how they should respond to limit the spread of COVID-19. Internet connectivity has also enabled schools to continue operating despite closures, enabled businesses to have their employees work from home, and provided a key link to entertainment services, significantly minimizing the impacts of the many lockdowns and changes in place.
Now consider the fact that more than 40% of people in the world cannot access the internet, and simply don’t have the luxury of such systems. What will that mean for them as COVID-19 spreads into their regions?
Both Facebook and Google have been working to address this gap for some time, partly in order to glean the benefits of adding more users, but also to ensure that everyone has access to such benefits. And this week, Google has provided an update on one of its key initiatives on this front, with its data-friendly ‘Android Go’ OS now being used by over 100 million people worldwide.
As outlined in the video, marking this new user milestone, Google has launched an updated camera tool, called ‘Camera Go’, which will enable users to take better quality photos via Android Go devices.
As explained by Google:
“The new Camera Go app helps you take beautiful photos without worrying about speed or storage. It has features like Portrait Mode to give your photos a professional look by focusing on your subject. It’s built for people using smartphones for the first time, so it has a clean and simple interface. And, most importantly, Camera Go tracks how many photos and video storage space you have left, and then it helps you clear up space so you never miss a shot.”
Similar to web connectivity more broadly, we often take for granted just how significant it is that we’re able to take high-quality photos and videos at any time via our devices, which is something that’s not as readily accessible in developing regions. The new Camera Go app aims to improve on this, which, as Google notes, “democratizes photography” for entry-level users.
In addition to this, Google says that it’s also now operating more than 900,000 Android (Go edition) smartphones in Kenya – and importantly, 53% of those users are women. The gender gap is a significant concern in Sub-Saharan Africa, so being able to provide connectivity for women in these regions is key to maximizing access to information, and providing the full benefits of web connectivity.
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As noted, we’re witnessing, right now, in real-time, the critical societal value of the internet – and as such, it’s important that we also consider how the rest of the world can connect, and ensure the flow of information reaches all communities.
Beyond that, there are also significant potential benefits in cross-border commerce, and maximizing business opportunities through global connectivity. That’s obviously not the key consideration at this point in time, but as we come out the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic, we may well be entering a world with a changed mindset, a different perspective, a new scenario where entire systems as we’ve known them have been changed forever.
In that scenario, global commerce could well be key to re-establishing our economic foundations – and as such, providing the capacity to connect with more regions could present new opportunities that change the very way that we operate.
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
FORDYCE BEALS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.
IMPROVEMENT IN FRE-ARMS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 11,715, dated September 26, 1854.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Fordyce Beals, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Rotating the Chambered Breech or Cylinder of a Repeating Fire-Arm; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.
The nature of my invention consists in operating or rotating the chambered breech or cylinder of a repeating fire-arm by means of a lever-trigger working on side surface of chambered breech or cylinder at or near the ends of its large diameter, either vertically, horizontally, or at any degree of angle that may be desired.
To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.
I construct my repeating fire-arm in any of the known forms as to length or thickness, size of caliber, or number of chambers in cylinder, and any other appendages usually connected with rotating fire-arms; but to rotate the chambered breech or cylinder I use a double ratchet formed by making cavities near the ends of large diameter of cylinder, as shown at a a in the accompanying drawings, into which the catches or pawls, as shown at B B, are allowed to fall, either by their own elasticity or by the influence of a separate spring, they being connected with or a part of lever-trigger C, its center of motion being on, or nearly on, a right line with ends of pawls, as shown at D, being there connected by its pivot and a screw to the curved plate E, as shown in the accompanying drawings, said carved plate answering the double purpose of facilitating the replacing and adjusting of cylinder, and also of holding lever-trigger C in its right position, thus enabling the operator by a forward-and-backward movement of lever-trigger (which may be done in part by a spring or wholly by the operator without its aid) to rotate the chambered breech or cylinder, the catches or pawls B B operating alternately in the ratchets at its forward and rear end, thus bringing successively the several chambers of cylinders in a line with caliber of barrel, and at the same time the trigger is brought to act upon the sear part at its limit backward, as shown at F, thus releasing the hammer and producing a discharge.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is—
The rotating of chambered breech or cylinder by means of a double ratchet, producing rotation by both forward and backward movement of trigger-lever acting on side surface of large diameter of cylinder, as herein described, using for the purpose pawls and ratchets, or any other contrivance substantially the same and producing the same effect.
In presence of—
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The White House said last month it was making an emergency provision within the country’s arms control law to enable the billions of dollars of arms sales to the Saudi kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, the US’s strongest allies in the Persian Gulf. The recourse helps the president spare congressional review for the exports.
The Trump administration had cited “alleged threats from Iran” to justify resorting to the provision.
R. Clarke Cooper, the State Department’s assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday where he was grilled over the $8 billion “’emergency” arms sale to Saudis.
Democratic members of the House committee said the president’s action violated the law because there was no actual emergency.
They also said Trump’s action shows that the United States is tolerating worst human rights abuses by Saudi Arabia in its war on Yemen.
“There is no emergency. It’s phony. It’s made up. And it’s an abuse of the law,” said Representative Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The US has been supporting a 2015-present Saudi-led war against Yemen that seeks to bring back the impoverished country’s former Riyadh-backed officials. The American patronage has featured aerial refueling, which the US only stopped earlier in the year after the Saudi-led coalition grew independent of it, as well as logistical and commando support.
Tens of thousands have died since the onset of the war, and the entire Yemen has been pushed close to the edge of outright famine.
A year after the war was launched, Trump made his maiden foreign visit to Saudi Arabia, announcing more than $100 billion in arms sales to the kingdom.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Tuesday that four Republicans will join Democrats to oppose the arms sale to Saudi Arabia next week in the Senate.
Cooper, however, said the arms sales and US military buildup in the Persian Gulf were needed to counter what he called increasing threats from Iran to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
“These malign – even provocative actions mark a new evolution of the threat Iran poses to the security of hundreds of thousands of Americans who live and work in the [Persian] Gulf states, and to the security of the region and our partners,” Cooper said.
Democrats denounced Trump’s bypassing of Congress on the arms sale to Saudi Arabia and US support for Saudi war in Yemen.
Representative Brad Sherman, a Democrat, said, “You tell us that you want to send a message with this to our adversaries. It appears that your adversary is Congress and the message is loud and clear: ‘We will stretch every statute beyond the breaking point in order to make the Congress irrelevant to the decision-making process.’”
“The arms sales you’re talking about are controversial. There is significant opposition in Congress. And rather than confront that, you go around it,” Sherman added.
“In what ways is the United States holding Saudi Arabia accountable for war crimes it has committed by murdering civilians on multiple, multiple occasions in Yemen and causing a famine in Yemen?” asked Democratic Representative Andy Levin.
Representative Ilhan Omar said the US relationship with Saudi Arabia “in its current form is immoral.”
“But it is not only immoral, it is counterproductive to our national security,” Omar added.
Lawmakers had been holding up the sales amid concerns about civilian casualties in the war and fury at Saudi Arabia over its killing of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey last year. Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and outspoken critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was killed and dismembered last May after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, but the US administration refused to let the murder adversely affect its Saudi ties. | <urn:uuid:f7174e29-b130-410d-97ef-bb109b27a37b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.islamicinvitationturkey.com/zionist-trump-created-phony-iran-emergency-to-sell-arms-to-saudi-regime/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.950125 | 820 | 1.929688 | 2 |
We all harbor secrets. Some are big and bad; some are small and trivial. Researchers have parsed which truths to tell and which not to.
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The social side of self-control
Michelle vanDellen Ph.D.
In data from over 100 countries, trust in government during March 2020 predicted COVID-19 health behaviors and willingness to sacrifice for others.
People often feel like others are trying to take advantage of them with statistics. This one tip will help you understand numbers and be a better critical thinker.
In couples where both people smoke, there's a "you go first" mentality. Neither wants to quit but both very much want the other person to quit. Sounds like our political climate, right?
Finding yourself feeling badly lately? It's easy to rush past uncomfortable feelings without realizing it. But they are critical for improving yourself and your relationships.
It's easy to rush forward to the New Year with hopes and dreams. But it's a mistake to avoid revisiting the lessons we've learned in the past year.
This tiny little nuance—the difference between being right and having evidence for being right—is the crux of a scientific rule that you as a consumer need to know.
Are you finding yourself throwing your hands up in the air, not sure who to trust anymore? There might be two sides to every issue but they're not necessarily equal.
We don’t know when this will end. But we can be sure that it won’t be here soon enough.
It's harder to know what "common sense" is than you might think. And these days, it's more important than ever to talk with others about what they think it means.
In times of crisis, people might look to uni-taskers instead of multi-taskers. In this post, I explain how to shift your perspective on the mask to kill two birds with one stone.
Are you finding it especially difficult to comply with shelter-in-place regulations?
How a classic study of self-control can guide us during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michelle vanDellen, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program in the Department of Psychology at the University of Georgia. | <urn:uuid:f7a73bb2-b7eb-43bc-a227-4386e4a328e6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/too-many-goals | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958698 | 467 | 2.328125 | 2 |
October 10 (The Verge) – Twitter announced a slew of temporary changes on Friday aimed at staving off abuse around the November 3rd US presidential election. Tweets that include premature claims of victory will be labeled, tweets intended to incite interference in the election or election results will be subject to removal, and tweets from political figures with more than 100,000 followers — which includes President Trump — that are labeled as “misleading” will be more difficult to access.
“Twitter has a critical role to play in protecting the integrity of the election conversation, and we encourage candidates, campaigns, news outlets and voters to use Twitter respectfully and to recognize our collective responsibility to the electorate to guarantee a safe, fair and legitimate democratic process this November,” according to a blog post authored by Twitter legal, policy, and trust and safety lead Vijaya Gadde and product lead Kayvon Beykpour.
The temporary changes will put the brakes on how most people can use Twitter. Starting today, users will be encouraged to “add their own commentary” before retweeting something, pushing them toward the quote tweet option instead. Users who choose not to quote tweet can still retweet, but the company says it’s adding “extra friction and an extra step” in the hopes that it will “increase the likelihood that people add their own thoughts, reactions and perspectives to the conversation.”
Twitter also won’t provide “liked by” and “followed by” recommendations from people a user doesn’t follow and will only include trending topics in its “for you” tab for US users that include “additional context.” And when a user tries to retweet a tweet that’s been labeled as “misleading,” they’ll see a prompt directing them to credible information before they can retweet the bad info.
Twitter has labeled several of Trump’s tweets for violating its rules on manipulated media and civic and election integrity for tweeting falsehoods about mail-in voting. The labels have not appeared to deter the president, however. After Twitter labeled a false tweet about mail-in voting in May, Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing protections provided to social media platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Last month, Twitter announced a new set of rules to address misinformation ahead of the US election, which included plans to label or remove tweets with false information about election rigging and results. It also said it would label posts from candidates prematurely declaring victory, and it banned all political advertising last year.
The changes will roll out to users in the coming days. Twitter says it has already increased its staff working on the US election to respond to any Election Day issues that arise. | <urn:uuid:7e30f0cf-0a37-4054-b0c9-8a69d41c5dbf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://newsin.asia/twitter-is-fighting-election-chaos-by-urging-users-to-quote-tweet-instead-of-retweet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.946244 | 570 | 1.835938 | 2 |
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An untreated fever during pregnancy more than doubles the risk of that the child will develop autism, according to a study published 5 May in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders1.
However, the study finds no connection between influenza during pregnancy and the child’s risk of autism, and it suggests that epidemiological associations between flu and autism can be attributed to fever.
In the new study, researchers interviewed by phone 1,122 women enrolled in the Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and Environment (CHARGE) study. The women include mothers of 538 children with autism, mothers of 163 children with developmental delay and 421 controls.
Controlling for various factors including the gender of the child and maternal age, education, smoking and vitamin intake during pregnancy, the researchers found no statistical association between having the flu during pregnancy and autism or developmental delay in the offspring.
However, women who had a fever when pregnant are twice as likely to have a child with autism and 2.5 times more likely to have a child with developmental delay than women who did not have a fever.
Treating the fever mediates the risk of autism. The subgroup of women who treated their fever did not have a higher risk of having a child with the disorder, but those who did not take any medication had a risk 2.5 times higher than that of controls.
A caveat of the study is that because it was conducted by phone interview with the women rather than using medical records, it relies on the women’s self-diagnosis of fever or flu. It is also possible that mothers of children with autism remember their pregnancy differently than mothers of controls.
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I am new to electrical circuits and created the following circuit using falstad:
With a 9V battery, what is the least resistance (instead of the 220k resistor) required to:
- Complete the circuit
- Not damage the battery and extend its life as much as possible
- 100% safe in the sense that even if uninsulated wires used and touched, no harm will be caused regardless of the length of time of contact
I understand that typical batteries use DC. I was looking at Cahier technique no . 172 Earthing systems in which had figure 1 depicting the safety of amps with respect to time. Unfortunately it is based on AC not DC. Any help would be appreciated! | <urn:uuid:ec54c241-6c0c-4e4e-b089-391f68be455a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/624903/what-is-a-safe-amount-of-resistance-required-for-a-9v-battery | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.966769 | 141 | 2.90625 | 3 |
During a meeting with Chairman of Australia's Fortescue Group Andrew Forrest in the presence of Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker, Madbouli said Egypt launched a strategy to increase the generation, use and export of clean energy, especially green hydrogen.
He thanked the Australian group for its keenness to invest in Egypt and spoke about efforts being exerted by the Egyptian state to launch a national strategy for green hydrogen in light of ongoing preparations for hosting COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh later this year.
He also encouraged the Australian group to establish green hydrogen projects in Egypt.
Forrest, for his part, reviewed his company's expertise in the field of green hydrogen, expressing his full readiness to pump valuable investments to produce energy from green hydrogen in Egypt.
He stressed that Egypt's capabilities make it an ideal choice to become a regional hub for energy produced from green hydrogen and to export energy to Europe.
At the end of the meeting, an agreement was reached to intensify talks between the Ministry of Electricity and the Australian giant in order to quickly finalize the blueprints of the proposed projects to be implemented in Egypt. | <urn:uuid:ef5dfe95-5579-406b-a66b-b7b9a3d9a39f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/3/113803/PM-affirms-Egypt-s-keenness-to-cooperate-with-int-l | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.961357 | 224 | 1.5 | 2 |
Georgia will become the second state to operate its own coal ash permitting program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday.
The approval coincides with a proposal by the agency to issue new federal permits for coal ash disposal, expected to save less than $1 million annually. The proposal specifically addresses states that don't operate their own permitting — every state except Georgia and Oklahoma — and sites on Native American land.
EPA first recommended Georgia be allowed to operate its own coal ash program in June as part of its efforts to give states more "flexibility" in how they clean up the waste product and its toxins.
President Donald Trump's EPA has been rolling back pieces of the Obama era coal combustion residual (CCR) rules — written in response to coal ash spills that triggered the release of thousands of tons of toxins into the surrounding environment — since March of 2018.
Many of the rules are an effort to give states more leeway in how they clean up and manage their coal ash.
Thursday's move gives Georgia the ability to operate its own permitting program without federal oversight. Their permitting process "largely mirrors" the federal coal ash rule, Southern Environmental Law Center attorney April Lipscomb told Utility Dive in June, but the state will require utilities to apply for and get individual permits at each of their coal ash units.
"Placing implementation of coal ash regulations more fully into the hands of the State of Georgia empowers those with local expertise to oversee these operations, which is a safer and more effective approach to disposal," EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement. Oklahoma is the only other state allowed to operate its own permitting program, authorized by the EPA in June of 2018.
Environmentalists worry that allowing states to operate their own permitting programs will hinder the ability of groups and individuals to file citizen suits if environmental concerns are realized.
Currently, Georgia Power, the state's largest electric utility has plans to excavate 19 of its 29 coal ash pits and leave the remaining 10 capped in place.
Though the utility is using "advanced engineering" on the capped coal ash ponds, including dewatering the facilities, a study commissioned by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) found several of those ponds may be sited in groundwater.
Permits from the state's Environmental Protection Division are still pending though state regulators recently approved an initial $1.8 billion addition to Georgia Power's rate base, with the "lion's share" going toward coal ash clean up, according to Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols. The utility has been unable to specify how much of that amount will go toward coal ash remediation.
Sierra Club told Utility Dive they are considering appealing the Georgia Power rate decision, particularly if there's evidence the utility's coal ash management is in violation of state or federal laws.
Meanwhile, the EPA's program for the other 48 states and Native American reservations will cover permitting for operating ponds and landfills as well as outline a clean up methodology for units that have been shut down. The agency is required to develop a permit program under the 2016 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act.
"EPA has used the lessons learned from many years of implementing hazardous waste and other permitting programs to design an efficient, federal CCR permitting process," the agency said in a statement. "Issuance of a permit will provide increased clarity to owners and operators of units about their obligations because the rule requirements can be tailored to specific conditions at the unit."
Environmental lawyers are concerned about the proposed rule, noting the permit program does not include a review to see if facilities are in compliance with federal requirements, does not acknowledge site specific dangers, such as if the pond is on a floodplain, and the permits don't expire.
"It is, pure and simple, a holiday gift to polluters," Earthjustice attorney Jenny Cassel said in a statement.
EPA will open a 60 day comment period on the proposed permitting program 60 days after it's published in the federal registrar and will hold a virtual public hearing. Earthjustice calls the virtual hearing a "cop out."
"This is the second time the Trump administration has issued a proposal on coal ash that refuses to hold in-person public hearings so that the officials can face families whose lives have been devastated by coal ash," said Cassel. | <urn:uuid:a71b0dfd-a62e-432c-a7b1-ffc268e2628e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.utilitydive.com/news/epa-makes-georgia-2nd-state-to-operate-coal-ash-program-proposes-efficien/569593/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.958153 | 892 | 2.375 | 2 |
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Libya is a small country of just over 6 million people, but it possesses the largest oil reserves in all of Africa. The oil produced there is especially coveted because of its particularly high quality. The Air Force of the United States along with Britain and France has carried out 7,459 bombing attacks since March 19. Britain, France and the United States sent special operation ground forces and commando units to direct the military operations of the so-called rebel fighters – it is a NATO-led army in the field. | <urn:uuid:21302178-d1e2-4e9e-9ef9-46d1fbbd9b92> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sfbayview.com/tag/special-operation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.968666 | 112 | 1.523438 | 2 |
While superheroes are usually popular among children, a camp this week is working on teaching children about the real-life heroes in communities.
The kids are having a super time learning about civics and community engagement at Civic Heroes Camp on Troy University’s campus.
The Coordinator of the Office of Civic Engagement Lauren Cochran says that the objective is for kids to learn about their community, different careers and how they can be superheroes by regarding others.
“We hope that through this week kids have a great time but they also learn about our government, our processes our systems and learning about how to be a good citizen,” says Cochran. “We incorporate games and activities into our programming and so we hope they have a great time but also that it’s very educational for them as well.”
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Oregon's junior senator just did something that qualifies as remarkable in the current political climate: He read a letter by Coretta Scott King on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
Earlier tonight, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) squelched Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) in a floor debate tonight on the confirmation of President Donald Trump's Attorney General nominee, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama).
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) rose to defend his colleague.
McConnell had cut Warren off from speaking, to her visible shock. The Republican leader charged that Warren had broken Senate rules on decorum by referencing a 1986 letter by the late Coretta Scott King regarding voter suppression efforts by Sessions.
Democrats reacted quickly and negatively to McConnell's attempted censorship, some noting that chamber rules against "impugning" other Senators did not apply to Presidential nominees. McConnell, for his part, explained that the decorum rule did not have an exception for factual information.
"Unbelievable," Merkley wrote on Twitter.
Before long, Merkley's own turn to speak came, and he did something other Democrats had not tried: He read portions of King's letter into the record from the Senate floor.
King, a leader of the black civil rights movement who was also the widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., had written that Sessions had "reprehensible" effort at voter supression in Alabama. (A copy of the letter can be found here.)
"Mr. Sessions has used the awesome powers of his office," she wrote, "to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters."
The looming vote to confirm Sessions marks a test of Senate Democrats in terms of strategy, unity and resolve, even as public anger in non-Trump-voting states grows in response to his dubiously qualified cabinet appointments, judicially rebuked executive orders and belligerent promotion of "alternative facts." | <urn:uuid:987be6d8-31ac-4042-acc6-3c112320eea3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wweek.com/news/2017/02/07/jeff-merkley-defies-senate-republican-leader-by-reading-coretta-scott-kings-words-on-the-floor-of-congress/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.964581 | 407 | 1.515625 | 2 |
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Development and Evaluation of a Mobile App Designed to Increase HIV Testing and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: Open Pilot Trial.. J Med Internet Res. 23(3):e25107.. 2021.
The persistent and evolving HIV epidemic in American men who have sex with men.. Lancet. 397(10279):1116-1126.. 2021. | <urn:uuid:e4cffa27-9b5a-4f2a-88bc-706d4da26ee6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sites.cscc.unc.edu/atn/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=8&f%5Bauthor%5D=714 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.774798 | 95 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Herrnsheim Castle and its romantic, dreamy park are always worth a visit. While the park is freely accessible, a guided tour is required for a look inside the castle. The castle is located at the northern end of the district of Herrnsheim, which is characterised by viticulture. The castle in turn stands on the remains of a castle built in 1490. Around 1715, the Empire castle was built, which received its now familiar Baroque form in 1805. Over the centuries, it changed hands several times before becoming the property of the city of Worms in 1958. The palace is currently undergoing extensive renovation work, which means that guided tours are only possible to a limited extent.
Nevertheless, the elegant castle is a popular destination for excursions. Sometimes to take photos in front of the imposing backdrop or sometimes to enjoy a little time out in the Café Kabinett, which is integrated into the castle. An outdoor seating area in the castle courtyard also invites you to enjoy a coffee under the Rheinhessen sun. With so much relaxation, you should of course not forget to pay a visit to the castle park. The 10-hectare park was planned by the famous garden architect Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell in 1790. Sckell was also the landscape architect responsible for the English Garden in Munich and the garden of Nymphenburg Palace. He in turn enjoyed his education at Schwetzingen Palace.
Away from everyday life, winding paths invite you to dream. Meadows alternating with small wooded areas, a spacious pond crossed by baroque bridges and lovingly designed statues scattered throughout the park seduce you into a little fairytale paradise where time stands still a little. The park is the most important English garden in Rhineland-Palatinate. The palace is one of the most outstanding Empire palaces in the southwest. | <urn:uuid:31c7d4df-c7ae-4bce-9407-0920a3ecfd9b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nibelungen-apartments.de/en/worms-west-herrnsheim-castle-and-castle-park/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.963084 | 384 | 2.015625 | 2 |
The fields of school counseling and school psychology share many similarities. As school-based mental health professionals, both counselors and psychologists work in an educational setting to improve the lives of the students they serve. Both are school personnel who provide counseling services to students, may implement programs in their school and participate in crisis intervention. Despite their similarities, school counseling and school psychology are distinctly different, with different degree paths, training, licensure requirements and eventual services provided. Understanding the differences between the two careers can help better direct your decisions as you evaluate education programs and plan for the future.
School psychologists may spend more of their time performing academic and psychological assessments, identifying special education needs and developing support strategies. As a mental health professional, a school psychologist oftentime consults with teachers and parents about students' academic and behavioral issues, identifies specific challenges, plans interventions and monitors their effectiveness. On a larger level, school psychologists also may work with administrators to develop and implement policies that promote student motivation and engagement, support diverse learners, create a safe school environment and more for the improvement of the whole school system.1
How To Become A School Psychologist
In California, licensing for educational psychologists is handled by the Department of Consumer Affairs of Behavioral Sciences, which is the same department that regulates licensure for marriage and family therapists, clinical counselors and clinical social workers. It should be no surprise then that school psychologists approach their work from a similar standpoint as these professions.
To obtain a school psychologist credential in California, you will need a minimum of a Master’s degree in Psychology, Educational Psychology or School Psychology, with at least 60 semester hours of postgraduate work in Pupil Personnel Services. The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) requires a minimum of three years of full-time graduate study.2
Courses in a School Psychology degree program, such as EdS in School Psychology online or on campus, focus on preparing students to provide mental health and special needs services, including assessments, interventions and personalized education and behavior plans. Students will learn how to help students cope with a variety of challenges, ranging from substance abuse and violence to learning and behavioral disorders.
Students in a School Psychology program will also have the opportunity to apply the knowledge they are learning in a practical setting through internships and supervised practice. NASP requires that school psychology training provide an internship that is one academic year and provides 1,200 hours of supervised practice, 300 of which must be with children and 800 hours in a school setting.3
Whereas school psychologists might work with select individuals, school counselors’ work usually focuses on the entire student population and work with students in areas of academic achievement, personal development, social skills, and career development. Job duties of a school counselor might include planning individual student academic programs, mental health counseling or a school counseling program to students with disciplinary problems, working with teachers to develop better classroom management techniques, and analyzing and interpreting student records.4
How To Become A School Counselor
In California, school counselors are licensed and regulated by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing—so it should be no surprise that school counselors usually have a background in education. In order to become a school counselor, you will need a minimum of a Master’s degree in School Counseling, consisting of 48 semester units and a practicum. Training in a School Counseling program focuses on creating positive learning environments, how to develop and implement counseling programs for students, and providing guidance through career and academic counseling.
To become licensed as a school counselor in California, you will have to apply for the Pupil Personnel Services Credential in School Counseling. In addition to the above education and training requirements, candidates will need to earn a school psychologist credential by passing some of the same tests as the teacher credentialing process, including the California Basic Skills Requirement (CBEST) test.5
Alliant’s School Counseling and School Psychology Programs
Which career path you choose is entirely up to your interests. Are you interested in working with children more from a guidance role, helping them navigate academic issues and prepare for college? Or are you more interested in working with children on behavioral challenges and social and emotional development?
Whichever career path you choose, Alliant can help you on your way. Our California School of Education offers programs in both School Counseling and School Psychology.
All of Alliant’s School Psychology and School Counseling degree programs are embedded with the Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) credential recommendation required for employment as a school counselor in California’s school districts.
If you are interested in learning more about any of these programs, or about the fields of School Psychology and School Counseling in general, we encourage you to contact us today!
1“Who Are School Psychologists,” National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), accessed November 3, 2021, https://www.nasponline.org/about-school-psychology/who-are-school-psych….
2“California,” National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), accessed November 3, 2021, https://www.nasponline.org/standards-and-certification/school-psycholog….
3“California School Psychologist Certification: Requirements in Ca,” School, December 31, 2020, https://www.school-psychologists.com/state/california-school-psychologi….
4“The School Counselor and Academic Development.” The School Counselor and Academic Development - American School Counselor Association (ASCA). Accessed November 3, 2021. https://www.schoolcounselor.org/Standards-Positions/Position-Statements….
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Natural sciences programs can allow students to explore occurrences in nature through observation, prediction and experiments. Various topics may be touched upon, and students may specialize in areas such as biology, ecology, astronomy, physics, chemistry and Earth science.
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This MSc is aimed at professionals already working in Biomedical Science or a related healthcare discipline. The two-year online course is led by a research-active team with y ... +
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Botswana is faced with the challenge of ensuring that the nation successfully deals with the dynamics of the “second transition”. This is the development phase which is characterised by mineral-led growth, with its dependence on windfall (unearned) income and government-led development, to income earned from being competitive, productive and efficient, derived from selling (exporting) goods and services to other countries in the region and globally. The “first transition”, during the period after independence, was from a rural/agricultural economy to a fast growing, mineral-led economy. The Macroeconomics and Development research focuses on this challenge of transitioning to diversified, export-led growth, and the macroeconomic policies that are
necessary to support this transition. This covers areas such as fiscal policy, monetary and exchange rate policy, infrastructure and development of the financial sector. These areas are grouped under three research themes, and these are Macroeconomic Policy, Finance, and Infrastructure Development.
Trade, Industry and Private Sector Development :
This research focus area addresses development issues from the perspective of the firms and industries that will be integral to the transformation of the economy. The theme has various components, including policy (sectoral development policies, competition, privatization etc.) as well as issues around regulation and the business environment. It also includes trade policy and regional integration. The theme also encompasses specialized industry analysis, e.g. of value chains in agriculture and tourism, although the specific industry focus may change over time. This focus area has three research themes: Trade and regional integration; Economic Sectors; and Productivity, Competitiveness and Innovation.
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Successful development requires going beyond purely economic issues and addressing social and human development. This includes education and health policies (development of human capital, part of improving living standards and also essential for productivity improvement), as well as employment, unemployment, poverty, inequality and the nature of social protection policies, which are important for inclusive growth. This research focus area also includes demographic trends (e.g. population ageing), as well as gender and development. The research themes in this area include Employment / Unemployment; and Poverty, Inequality and Inclusive Development.
Environment, Agriculture and Natural Resources:
Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important in Botswana’s development. These include the impact of climate change, the green economy, the conservation of water resources, and forms of electricity generation (e.g. coal vs solar). There are also important issues related to the exploitation of mineral resources and resource governance, as well as the use of land, and at sectoral level, agriculture is crucial to livelihoods and also has many environmental angles. This research focus area has three research themes: Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture; and Natural Resources.
Governance and Administration:
The quality of governance has played an important role in Botswana’s development to date, but as the economy grows and changes, new challenges are becoming apparent and governance has to adapt successfully, hence the importance of public sector reforms, and ensuring that public sector projects are efficiently managed. Public administration has to adapt to new methods of interacting with the public, hence the successful adoption of e-Governance is crucial. Public policy will also evolve, and this will require analysis of the potential impact of policies before they are introduced and evidence based evaluation of their actual impact. Finally, although corruption remains low, it is nevertheless of increasing concern. There are two research themes in this area, namely: Public Sector Service Delivery; and Political Economy of Development. | <urn:uuid:25b04417-0d13-4848-885b-5f050c766706> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bidpa.bw/research-areas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.952921 | 731 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Recently the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset was officially announced at an event in Hawaii. It is safe to assume that the chipset is expected to find its way into many a flagship smartphone in 2018, like the LG G7 and Samsung Galaxy S9, but it seems that there could be another potential use for the Snapdragon 845 as well.
According to the folks at XDA, it seems that two commits have recently been discovered that seems to suggest that a Chromebook device powered by the Snapdragon 845 could be in the works. Note that this would not be the first time that we’re seeing ARM-based chips used in a Chromebook before, but given how powerful the Snapdragon 845 is (at least on paper), it would no doubt be rather interesting to see such a device.
That being said, Chromebooks might not be the only devices in the future that could be powered by the Snapdragon 845. Recently there have been reports to suggest that Xiaomi could be working on a Snapdragon-powered Windows PC, and earlier this year it was confirmed that other companies like Lenovo, HP, and ASUS would be making ARM-powered Windows computers as well.
Interestingly enough the idea of an ARM-powered laptop/PC isn’t new. We have heard rumors in the past that Apple could be thinking of using its A-series of chipsets to power MacBooks in the future. | <urn:uuid:a1c970ad-0c5e-4e24-b360-2e8b865b4e38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/12/chromebook-snapdragon-845-in-the-works/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.97967 | 280 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Cambridge University Press | 22 December 2017
Regulatory chill in a warming world: The threat to climate policy posed by investor-state dispute settlement
by Kyla Tienhaara
The system of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) found in over 3,000 bilateral investment treaties and numerous regional trade agreements has been criticized for interfering with the rights of sovereign states to regulate investment in the public interest, for example, to protect the environment and public health. This article argues that while much of the public debate around ISDS has focused on a small number of cases that have arisen over the regulation of tobacco packaging, there is a far greater threat posed by the potential use of ISDS by the fossil fuel industry to stall action on climate change. It is hypothesized that fossil fuel corporations will emulate a tactic employed by the tobacco industry – that of using ISDS to induce cross-border regulatory chill: the delay in policy uptake in jurisdictions outside the jurisdiction in which the ISDS claim is brought. Importantly, fossil fuel corporations do not have to win any ISDS cases for this strategy to be effective; they only have to be willing to launch them. The article concludes with three options to reform trade and investment agreements to better align them with climate change mitigation efforts: (i) exclude ISDS provisions; (ii) prohibit fossil fuel industries from accessing ISDS; or (iii) carve out all government measures taken in pursuit of international obligations (for example, under the Paris Agreement on climate change) from challenge under ISDS. | <urn:uuid:afed1da8-b464-4cae-8a3b-f1c4111854c0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.isds.bilaterals.org/?regulatory-chill-in-a-warming | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.94557 | 309 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Judicial reforms in Azerbaijan positively assessed by int’l organizations - official
After the restoration of Azerbaijan’s independence, a judicial system peculiar for a democratic society was created in the country under the leadership of national leader Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani Deputy Minister of Justice Azer Jafarov said at the 2nd Eurasian legal summit held Dec. 17 in Baku, Trend reports.
He noted that under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev, the judicial system was improved in accordance with international standards.
“Legislation has been updated, the independence of the judiciary has been strengthened and the relevant infrastructure has been modernized,” he said. “The ongoing judicial reforms are positively evaluated by the Council of Europe, the EU, the World Bank and other authoritative international organizations. The procedures applied in the country for electing judges are recommended by the Council of Europe to other countries.”
He also emphasized that double standards and non-observance of the principles of international law are sometimes observed in the world.
“Despite that the resolutions of the UN Security Council related to the occupation of 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s territories by Armenia contain an unequivocal demand for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces, the occupier country isn’t forced to do so,” he said, adding that similar documents are also accepted by other authoritative international organizations.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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The city council and mayor of College Park are expected to decide Tuesday whether to allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections, following a heated discussion among residents over the summer about the issue. The majority of residents who have submitted comments in the Washington suburb, home to the University of Maryland’s flagship campus, support the amendment to allow green-card holders, undocumented immigrants and student-visa holders to vote in local elections, Mayor Patrick Wojahn said. The council postponed the initial vote, which was scheduled for a meeting on Aug. 8, so it could consider whether to hold a referendum to let voters decide. “My goal is to keep the conversation tomorrow civil and productive,” Wojahn said. “I’m hoping that we won’t have the circus around it that we had last time.”
Prince George’s police were asked to attend the August meeting after council members received harassing calls and emails from people angry about the amendment.
During the meeting, a veteran whose adopted son had recently become a citizen said the amendment “threatens to dilute the meaning of citizenship in our country.” But a junior at U-Md. told the council that she supports the amendment because she wants her friends and professors — who she said have a variety of immigration statuses — to have a voice in the community. | <urn:uuid:c3f3ad0c-1a24-43ef-8203-e743b8e03dad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thevotingnews.com/college-park-decides-tuesday-whether-to-allow-non-citizens-to-vote-the-washington-post/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.974722 | 281 | 1.507813 | 2 |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of EcuadorDiscussions continue to strengthen Support The country’s candidacy and to be part of the UN Security CouncilUnited Nations) In June, d General meeting The UN will elect five temporary members for the period 2023-2024.
The Security Council is an organization that exists Responsibility Keep an eye on Peace And International security. Joining the world body could bring some benefits to Ecuador, but it could also have a negative impact, experts say.
The international organization has a total of 15 members. There are five permanent and decision-making powers: China, France, Russia (at war with Ukraine), the United Kingdom and the United States (USA). The remaining 10 members are temporary. Five temporary members are elected each year according to the distribution of world territories.
“It simply came to our notice then. Ecuador has gained the support of various groups to join the Security Council because of its position on the war between Russia and Ukraine, its coherence and its commitment to multilateralism, “Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguin highlighted on March 31 after finalizing his agenda. Meetings in the United States.
Those products WorkHolguin’s support Regional groups for Latin America and the Caribbean (Grulak) and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who approved Possibility Acquired to be Advice.
There was more In the back Of Ambassador Barbara Woodward, of the United Kingdom, is chairing the Security Council this month. In addition, the government maintains close bilateral relations with China. From Chancellor They reported that the process was moving forward and that “more countries have signed up”. The agency indicated that it could not reveal the names of countries that complied with the agreement.
Former Secretary of State Luis Gallegos is confident that the country will get the vote, because it is a process where “the election campaign is run through the exchange of votes.”
All Member States Bound by the decision of the Council. It can impose sanctions, Economic sanctions Or approval of the application of force to apply Order. This is where the importance of Ecuador’s position lies in being able to join this important organization.
Convenience for Ecuador
“Ecuador is definitely going to be in a position where many times it doesn’t agree with everyone,” Gallegos said. However, he added that for the benefit of bilateral relations, Ecuador could “expand its agenda with other members of the world through active diplomacy, not just with the Council’s member states.”
Jose Ayala Lasso, the former foreign minister, said that because of power Veto From Russia The council has “ineffectiveness” in the armed conflict with Ukraine. If there is a warm system or you want to avoid problems, you will not enter the council, the diplomat said.
Ayala Lasso believes it will allow her to “clearly articulate her attitude towards respect.” Sovereignty Of Condition And it is necessary to promote diplomatic dialogue without resorting to war. As a result, it may allow you to take one High prestige To build and believe in a set of principles that are the foundation of peace in international coexistence.
Ecuador “would have a subtle position in the sense that if there was a resolution that was going to affect other UN states, there could be some sort of. Foreign policy retaliation And international trade, “said Michelle Levy, an international analyst.
International analyst Daniel Crespo thinks this is not one Favorable context For Ecuador because of the protracted war. The country “could lose its political and commercial interests if it pushes itself too hard in one direction or the other. The United States is going to put some pressure. “
According to Crespo, Ecuador will rarely be able to refrain from making decisions that will have “political value”. He suggested that negotiations should be rescheduled for entry into the council in the 2023 election, as “many things are at stake” for a short-term position.
The United States, in promoting Ecuador’s candidacy, can be seen as aligning its foreign policy with the adoption of autonomy. Decision Will be tied and will bring that sure Differences With other powers like China, Levi analyzes.
Crespo noted that a political position in opposition to Russia would mean “uncompromising access” to Ecuadorian goods when the conflict ends, as it is not possible to open it. New market In a few months | <urn:uuid:99235645-f7d2-486a-97dc-d9de9cc56f18> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pulevvsmir.co.uk/the-security-council-requested-that-in-addition-to-the-international-atomic-energy-agencys-ongoing-inspections-in-iran-that-it-monitor-irans-compliance-with-the-steps-required-by-the-iaea-board/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.950031 | 938 | 2.03125 | 2 |
In 1874 American merchant William Blackstone gave his wife a surprise birthday present – a machine which removed and washed away dirt from clothes. This original washing machine consisted of a wooden tub, inside which there was a flat piece of wood with six small pegs. Dirty clothes were hung on the pegs and swished about in hot soapy water. Mrs Blackstone was delighted, and soon all her neighbours wanted a washing machine too. Mr Blackstone started to build and sell washing machines for $2.50 each, and by the 1890s moved his company to New York where it is still producing washing machines today.
The UK Washing Machine Market
98% of British homes have a washing machine , almost all of these are front-loaders.
Most of the energy use in washing machines comes from heating up the water from cold. As appliance manufacturers have invested in improving the efficiency of the water usage in the system so the required temperature has dropped. 30C is a standard wash for many machines and progressively detergent manufacturers have adapted their products to wash effectively at this temperature and even colder.
Using new measurements which came into force on March 1 2021, washing machine labels now display their energy efficiency on a visual scale from A to G. The new labelling also shows:
- Weighted energy consumption per 100 cycles (kWh)
- Rated capacity for the eco 40-60°C program (kg)
- Spin-drying efficiency class
- Duration of the eco 40-60°C program
- Weighted water consumption per cycle (litres)
- Airborne acoustical noise emissions (db(A) and noise emission class
Washer-dryers now get two ratings, one for washing and one for drying. There is also a QR code on the label for more product information This links to the product on the manufacturer’s website. By hovering a smartphone camera over the the code, a link to the webpage is opened, where the consumer can get more details on the product.
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According to AARP research, aging adults prefer to remain in their own homes as they age. In fact, 90 percent of those surveyed indicated they prefer to stay in their homes and “age in place.” This holds true even when the elderly need some in-home care. For many seniors, the main concern is maintaining control over their own lives and setting their own rules and schedules, but there are often safety concerns to take into consideration, too. With a few modifications to the home, many seniors can and do remain independent as they age. Consider these important aspects of home safety.
Install Adequate Lighting
Many aging adults suffer from reduced or failing eyesight, which can lead to falls. Installing adequate lighting inside and outside the home can prevent scary falls that can lead to broken bones and trips to the ER. Night lights in dark hallways and bathrooms, easy-to-reach lamps by the bedside and extra lighting in stairwells are great places to start, but don’t overlook installing good lighting throughout the entire house. Avoid low wattage bulbs and place extra lights in dark entryways, hallways and other dark areas of the home.
Eliminate the Risk of Slips and Falls
Check the home for extension or electrical cords that are in the line of traffic and move them safely out of the way. Tuck cords behind furniture well away from foot space. Other common culprits are rugs, slippery floors and clutter. Remove scattered rugs and always keep clutter away from walk areas. Place door mats near the front door to absorb rain and snow and prevent slippery surfaces. Replace flooring with non-slip flooring and make sure the stairs have adequate treads to prevent slips and falls.
Install Safety Railings
If possible, modify the entrance to the home to eliminate steps. If this isn’t possible, add sturdy hand railings to help with poor balance. But the entrance isn’t the only place where they hwill benefit from safety railings. Install hand rails near the tub or shower and next to the toilet to provide extra support. A sturdy railing is also a must for inside stairways and for around the deck.
Safety Alert Systems
This includes medical alert systems in case your loved one slips or falls when home alone. Other options include installing a phone near the bed where it is within easy reach if he or she needs help in the night. Mature adults also benefit from a buddy system where a neighbor or friend check-in with them every day. Contracting with an in-home emergency response service or in-home care will ease worries about emergencies and ensure that help will be there when you need it.
If you need help planning for aging in place, contact us today. We can guide you in making decisions to improve the safety of your home so you can remain independent as long as possible.
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Scheme to attract investment to northeastern region
A cross-border business-led initiative aimed at attracting multinational companies into the northeast region has been launched.
The M1 corridor project aims to drive international investment into the region by highlighting the advantages it has over other areas, primarily Dublin and Belfast.
It runs from north of Dublin to beyond Newry and places emphasis on Drogheda, Dundalk and Newry as regional growth centres.
Figures from the All-Island Research Observatory at Maynooth University show there is a population of 2.25 million people within 60 minutes of Dundalk or Drogheda.
Connectivity is also being highlighted as one of the region’s main selling points with three airports within an hour’s drive, one in Dublin and two in Belfast, as well as the M1 motorway linking Dublin and Belfast.
There are also four sea ports - Drogheda, Dundalk, Greenore and Warrenpoint - and a rail link servicing the region.
The project is led by Dundalk Chamber of Commerce, Drogheda Chamber of Commerce, the Mill Enterprise Hub in Drogheda and Oriel Hub Enterprise in Dundalk.
Target markets include new foreign direct investment considering investing in Ireland and existing FDI seeking a second site, as well as indigenous industry seeking a second location.
The project is also hoping to develop clusters of expertise in the energy, agri-food, research and FinTech payments industries.
Paddy Malone of Dundalk Chamber of Commerce said the region has been neglected and has relied on indigenous business for development.
Speaking ahead of today's launch, he said: "For countless years there has been far too much emphasis placed on Dublin and this has backfired in terms of spiralling housing, commercial property and wage costs for firms moving to Ireland. The M1 corridor is close to Dublin but is highly cost competitive."
Meanwhile, Drogheda in Co Louth has been identified as one of Europe's "micro cities".
It has been listed in a report on European Cities and Regions of the future in the Financial Times.
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When it comes to lean manufacturing, communication is key. In fact, lean manufacturing relies on efficient and effective communication in order to succeed. Communication is essential for transferring information between team members and ensuring that everyone is on the same page.
By improving communication, lean manufacturing can benefit your business and help you achieve improved efficiency and productivity. In this blog post, we’ll discuss lean manufacturing benefits and how it can help improve communication in your business.
What Is Lean Manufacturing?
Lean manufacturing is a system that helps businesses eliminate waste and achieve higher levels of efficiency. The lean philosophy is based on the following principles:
- Identifying value from the perspective of the customer
- Creating value through a continuous flow of products and services
- Managing and reducing wastes
The goal of lean manufacturing is to create more value for the customer while simultaneously reducing waste. In order to achieve this, lean manufacturing relies on efficient communication between team members.
Lean Manufacturing Benefits
There are many benefits that come with lean manufacturing, including:
- Increased communication and collaboration among team members
- Improved quality
- Reduced costs
- Increased productivity and efficiency
As you can see, lean manufacturing comes with a number of benefits that can be extremely beneficial for your business. Not only does it help improve communication, but it also helps improve quality and increase productivity.
How Does Lean Manufacturing Increase Communication?
Now that we have discussed the basics of lean manufacturing and some of the benefits, let’s discuss how lean manufacturing can help increase communication.
As we mentioned before, lean manufacturing is based on the principle of creating value through a continuous flow of products and services. In order to achieve this, team members must be able to communicate effectively with each other. By improving communication, lean manufacturing can help reduce waste and improve efficiency.
In lean manufacturing, there is a strong emphasis on teamwork and collaboration. This means that team members must be able to communicate effectively in order to work together efficiently. By improving communication, lean manufacturing can help your business achieve its goals.
Increase in Manufacturing Technology
A key staple of lean manufacturing is fast, reliable, new technology. By utilizing the latest technologies, businesses can improve communication and achieve a higher level of efficiency.
Some examples of lean manufacturing tech include:
- Real-time data collection and analysis
- Automated reporting
- Cloud-based collaboration tools
These technologies can help improve communication by providing team members with the ability to share information and work together in real-time.
In conclusion, lean manufacturing is a system that helps businesses eliminate waste and achieve higher levels of efficiency. The lean philosophy is based on the following principles: identifying value from the perspective of the customer, creating value through a continuous flow of products and services, managing and reducing wastes.
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What Do We Know about the University Contribution to Regional Economic Development? A Conceptual Framework
Peer reviewed, Journal article
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Original versionBrekke, T. (2021). What do we know about the university contribution to regional economic development? A conceptual framework. International Regional Science Review, 44(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/0160017620909538
There are a rapidly growing number of scientific studies analyzing the role of university and higher educational institutions in regional economic development. In this study, the author reviews the rapidly growing body of research streaming out of the geography of innovation and knowledge with particular attention to the period from 1994 to 2019. The author discusses several seminal contributions on the role of universities in regional economic development and then applies a systematic literature review to the extant research of 193 articles. This literature review offers a conceptual framework by identifying four key topics found in the literature: organizational capacity, intermediaries, knowledge dynamics, and policy. | <urn:uuid:f9347714-714c-4808-b458-a97806a8634f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://openarchive.usn.no/usn-xmlui/handle/11250/2736315 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.838493 | 215 | 1.851563 | 2 |
A spice used in curry dishes helps to prevent infection and now scientists think they’ve got a lead on how.
Curcumin is a compound found in turmeric, a flavourful, orange and yellow spice that is a key ingredient in South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. The spice has also been used in India’s traditional Ayurvedic remedies for 2,500 years.
Curcumin is a compound found in turmeric, a flavourful, yellow spice common in Indian curries.Curcumin is a compound found in turmeric, a flavourful, yellow spice common in Indian curries. (Alastair Grant/Associated Press)
Now American and Danish scientists have found curcumin increases levels of a protein called CAMP that helps the immune system to fight off bacteria, viruses and fungi the first time they try to attack.
CAMP is the only known antimicrobial of its type in humans, researchers say.
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Imagine this: it’s the hottest day of the summer and you have every window open and fans in all the windows, but it’s still uncomfortable. This could have been avoided if your AC was working, but it’s broken and you don’t have the money to fix it right now. Has this ever happened to you?
Maybe it sounds like a silly subject to need to be familiar with, but knowledge of your AC system and keeping up on its repair is integral to the upkeep of your home. Read on for some facts to get you started!
- The physical life of your HVAC equipment is often a lot longer than its economic life. Around 20% of homes built during the 80s have air conditioning equipment over 20 years old. AC systems become much less efficient as time goes on, therefore costing you more money.
- If you notice more dust in your home than usual, this could be a sign of leaky ducts. If that’s the case, you may also see an increase in humidity within your home. Get it checked out if the problem persists!
- Many recent advances in the HVAC industry could save you money. If you’re buying a new system, check the SEER ratings, and consider clean air products or energy efficient systems.
- About 5% of all electricity produced in the U.S. is used by air conditioners and it costs homeowners over $11 billion every year. To cut cost down (and reduce energy by 20 to 50%), homeowners can consider options such as switching systems to one with higher efficiency or finding other ways to keep their home cool.
- Only 42% of those using AC use an ac repair service every year, even though they can benefit from more regular maintenance.
- 7,400 home fires were caused by air conditioning or related equipment in 2010. You can prevent these fires simply by keeping up on ac repair.
- When buying a new system, look for Energy Star certifications. These mean they have higher seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER) and energy efficiency ratio (EER) ratings. This makes those models 15% more efficient than conventional options.
- Keep this standard in mind: human comfort for light clothing falls between 72 and 75 degrees and between 35 and 60% humidity according to the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
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While some summer vegetables like tomatoes and peppers have a notoriously long growing season, there are a handful of fast-growing vegetables that can be harvested in eight weeks or less after planting. Below, we've rounded up eight of the fastest-growing vegetables to add to your summer garden.
Whether you're getting a late start to the growing season or just an impatient gardener, with these quick-growing plants, you can enjoy bountiful harvests in no time.
How to make vegetables grow faster in your vegetable garden
Though you can't magically make harvest-ready vegetables appear overnight, there are a few things you can do to support speedy plant growth in your vegetable garden:
Start with nutritious soil
To grow quickly, your plants will need nutrient-rich soil that encourages healthy root development and plant growth. Supplement your soil with organic matter like compost or manure at the beginning of the growing season.
Supplement with fertilizer
Even fast-growing vegetables require the occasional boost of fertilizer to speed up growth. For the best results, use a fertilizer designed specifically for use in vegetable gardens.
Underwatering not only slows growth but reduces yield size and causes low-quality produce with cracks and splits. Most vegetable gardens will need to be watered daily (and sometimes twice daily in hot weather) and keep the soil moist. If you're watering correctly, the top inch of your garden soil will feel moist but not soggy.
Ensure sufficient sunlight
Most fast-growing vegetables will need at least six to eight hours of sunlight per day. Before planting, double-check the light requirements of each plant, so you arrange your garden accordingly.
Pest control to maximize harvests
Preventative pest and weed control ensure you don't waste your gardening efforts on pest-ridden vegetables. But before using an insecticide or weed-killer to get rid of weeds or pests, you'll need to double-check that the product is safe for use in edible gardens.
What are the easiest and fastest-growing vegetables?
Most of the fast-growing vegetables on this list are cool-season crops that do best in early spring or late summer when the temperatures are cooler. If you're planting during the peak of summer, you may want to consider planting in part shade conditions or covering your plants for a portion of the day.
Arugula, also known as rocket or roquette, is one of the fastest-growing leafy greens. The earlier the leaves are harvested, the sweeter and more tender they'll be. While arugula's peppery, mustard-like flavor is delicious in salads and grain bowls, it also makes a great topping for pizza or pasta. Plus, its shallow roots make it an excellent choice for container gardening.
Grow time— 45 to 60 days
Bok choy, sometimes referred to as pak choi, is a fast-growing Chinese cabbage that's a great addition to soups, salads, stir-fries, and other Chinese cooking. There are two common varieties that grow well in partial shade with consistent watering: standard bok choy (typically 1 to 2 feet tall) and baby bok choy (typically 10 inches tall or less).
Grow time— 45 to 60 days
Broccoli is a nutrient-rich, fast-growing vegetable that's incredibly versatile in the kitchen. The plant prefers full sun, so you'll want to sow the seeds in a spot that gets between 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight each day. Additionally, broccoli plants prefer soil that's slightly acidic (with a pH level of 6 to 7), so you'll want to add organic matter to the soil and sprinkle a bit of acidic fertilizer every few weeks. When grown from transplants, they'll reach maturity in around six weeks.
Grow time— 55 to 80 days
Bush beans, also called snap beans or string beans, are one of the best fast-growing vegetables for first-time gardeners. Unlike pole beans, bush beans don't require stakes or trellises. Instead of vining, bush beans grow in a small, bushy shape that's easy to care for and contain. While they're great for canning and freezing, your freshly-picked green beans taste delicious when cooked fresh from the vine with a little olive oil and seasoning.
Grow time— 50 to 60 days
If you've never tasted home-grown carrots, you're missing out! With nutritious soil and a caring green thumb, your carrots will be far tastier and crunchier than your average store-bought bag. And while many full-size carrot varieties take at least 70- days to mature, your baby carrots will be ready to harvest within just six weeks of sowing. They grow best in full sun and cool weather, making them well-suited for early spring and late summer months.
Grow time— 30- 45 days
Kale is incredibly cold-tolerant compared to other quick-growing vegetables, making it an excellent choice for quick harvests in the late summer and early fall. Home-grown kale is delicious raw in a grain or salad bowl and makes for delicious kale chips in your oven or air fryer. But be sure to give your kale plants plenty of water, as underwatering can lead to tough, butter leaves. When it comes time to harvest, snip only the large outer leaves to allow the smaller inner leaves to reach full maturity.
Grow time— 40-55 days
Mustard greens are a leafy green with a bright, peppery flavor. Like most other leaf lettuce, they prefer early spring and late summer conditions. If you're planting your mustard greens during the peak of summer, you'll want to choose a location that gets a bit of shade throughout the day. Additionally, you'll need to keep your mustard green plants well-watered to avoid a tough texture and bitter flavor.
Grow time— 40 days
When it comes to fast-growing vegetables, radishes provide some of the quickest results. Plus, they're incredibly easy to grow! The seeds can be sown directly in your garden instead of needing to be started from seed indoors.
The root vegetable grows best in cooler months and has the best flavor and texture in spring and fall. In addition to regular red radishes, sow a few seeds from heirloom varieties with different shapes, colors, and spicy flavors.
Grow time— 20 to 30 days
Spinach is a nutritious leafy green vegetable that grows quickly and can be harvested multiple times throughout the season. Once the individual leaves are ready, snip them off one by one, allowing the younger leaves to continue growing and reach full maturity. Spinach grows well in cool weather and can be planted in either full sun or part shade. To get successive harvests, re-sow seeds every few weeks, and as soon as you can pluck the out leaves of your current crop.
Grow time— 30 days
Turnips are one of the easiest and fastest-growing root vegetables out there. While they yield the best results in moderate temperatures and full sun, they can be planted throughout the entire growing season in most growing zones and can tolerate partial shade if need be.
Another perk of growing turnips is that both the leaves and roots can be edible. Turnip greens taste best when harvested young and turnip roots when they've reached 2-3 inches in circumference.
Grow time— 40 to 55 days
Lettuce is another one of the easiest and fastest-growing leafy greens to grow in your garden. Depending on your zone, lettuce can be grown year-round. Sowing seeds directly into the soil and water frequently and consistently. When grown in spring and fall, make sure your lettuce is planted in full sun. When grown in hot summer, the lettuce would appreciate partial shade in the afternoon to cool.
Grow time- 30 to 55 days
Snow peas, unlike the other vegetables, can be grown even in the coldest parts of winter. Best to sow seeds in fall and winter, you can even plant the seeds 4-6 weeks before the first expected frost. For healthy growth, it needs to be grown in a spot with 6-8 hours of sun and consistent watering and fertilizing.
This vegetable pairs well with carrots, radishes, beans, and potatoes in the garden.
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In English, dim sum means “little hearts,” or “touches the heart,” but to this young girl, dim sum means delicious. On a visit to a bustling dim sum restaurant, a family picks their favorite little dishes from the steaming trolleys filled with dumplings, cakes, buns, and tarts.
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All responses involving drop testing assume the door has been first visually inspected and operationally tested per NFPA 80 requirements and done by a trained door systems technician.
Yes, under certain conditions. If there are 2 doors installed back to back on the same opening, they would have to be effectively controlled by one link so that the separation of any link would cause both doors to close. If doors are side by side, an issue may be that fusible links are only listed to handle so much load (approximately 40 lbs.), so depending on the number of doors, and design of doors and closing system, use of a single fusible link may be limited because the load rating could be exceeded fairly easily. Per NFPA 80, two or more fusible links may be stacked to increase holding power.
Yes, but per the Listing a fusible link is still required at the release point of the door unless otherwise approved by the authority having jurisdiction.
The door should be drop tested, but great care should be exercised. As with any drop test, a thorough visual inspection and operation check should be done first. Any damage, component failure, or conditions that prevent a fire door from operating/activating/closing/being reset successfully should be corrected prior to the drop test.
Yes. The manufacturer can be identified through the unique file number found on the rolling steel fire door label or through other means. The listing agency should have a record of the manufacturer through that unique file number. Component part numbers can also sometimes be used to identify a manufacturer. Since NPFA 80 requires drop testing and resetting in accordance with the manufacturer’s written instructions, if there is no means of identifying the manufacturer, the door must be replaced.
The owner assumes responsibility whether or not the door manufacturer is known because the owner is responsible for maintenance. If the door breaks, it is a failed drop test. It proves that the door would not have worked properly in a fire and needs to be repaired, retrofitted or replaced.
Yes, doors can be painted but there are limitations. Refer to NFPA 80 Section 126.96.36.199. Painting should only be done to the extent that it does not inhibit door operation, particularly moving parts such as gears and other mechanisms. Fusible links, where present, are never to be painted.
No. A rolling steel fire door that is no longer needed to function as a door cannot be left in the closed position and ignored. NFPA 80 requires that the door must either be maintained as an operational door, including annual inspection and drop testing, or the door must be removed and the opening is to be filled to maintain the required rating of the wall assembly. A rolling steel fire door is rated and tested differently from its surrounding wall material and thus cannot be considered the same as a wall.
An existing door must be inspected, tested and maintained per current requirements, but there could be attributes of the door or some manner of installation that are allowed or prohibited now that may have been different at the time the door was installed. Proper operation and performance, along with verification of acceptable fusible link placement, must be maintained. Installations must be upgraded as needed during inspections.
Yes, if they are mounted on the same wall. No, if they are mounted on separate walls.
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Letter from the UK: Everything has to do with influence
Today’s cars are better than ever, but are they also more dull than ever?
And are today’s cars reviews honest? Can you believe what you read online?
Geoff Maxted of DriveWrite Automotive Magazine examines in this Letter From The UK.
There is absolutely no doubt that almost all cars today are perfectly fine; panel gaps like yawning chasms are a thing of the past and shut lines are millimetre perfect. Car bodies no longer rust away at the first sign of rain and the choice of paint and finish is awesome. Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.
We’ve come a long way.
The History Lesson
We Are All Influenced
Conversely, there is absolutely no doubt that almost all cars today are bland. They are the tofu of the automotive world. Play-it-safe design, accountant-led builds, and the ideal of the ‘World Car’ have meant that inspired or revolutionary conception seems to be a thing of the past, outside of the hugely expensive supercar sector. This explains the rise of the ubiquitous SUV and the really annoying thing is that we, the customer, are buying into this world because we seem to have little choice in the matter.
Witness the soon-to-be demise of the Ford Mondeo which has sounded the death knell of the saloon car. It’s all about influence.
“This explains the rise of the ubiquitous SUV and the really annoying thing is that we, the customer, are buying into this world because we seem to have little choice in the matter.”
The History Lesson
After the horrors of the Second World War, Great Britain slowly recovered and the motor show as we know it today was born. The British International Motor Show was held at the iconic Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre in London (arguably the first such dedicated venue in the country). Originally opened in 1887, the final permanent structure was built in an ‘art moderne’ style in 1935. Crowds flocked to it. Sadly (and mysteriously for such a much-loved building) its heritage listing was refused after it was acquired by developers. By 2017 it was completely gone.
In those days earnest, pipe-smoking men in Trilby hats discussed the benefits of the latest carburettor or damper, and a car was sold on merit. The pitch was extra miles per gallon, a larger trunk, two-tone paint or a more powerful engine, not about how the customer lived their lives.
Moving on, the time soon came when beautiful young women, often scantily clad (pauses to mop feverish brow) would drape themselves across hoods at the behest of motor show salesmen. The world of cars became one of male self-aggrandisement, the car as the trophy of success; the model you wanted to step out at the golf club to the admiring glances of the ladies. Not so much #MeToo as #YouAsWell. You could see the influence at work.
This vintage Fiat advertisement for the Model 850 proclaims it “inspired 50 automotive editors from 12 countries” to name it Car of The Year. The preceding caption implies if the reader is having trouble choosing between the two models, they can simply have both. Interestingly enough, the U.S. Government would later issue a recall for the cars for excessive rust.
Over the last few years things have changed. The car has become a lifestyle accessory, a bauble to dangle in front of your friends. The design of the thing doesn’t really matter, it is the technology inside that counts. That you are in touch with the world seems to be more important than being in touch with the road. In short, history shows that we are influenced by advertising despite allegedly loathing it, so does it really matter anymore what motoring journalists think?
We Are All Influenced
It is possible for car reviewers in the UK to borrow a vehicle for a week for road-testing. This writer does it and will, for example, soon be telling you about another car America can’t have right now – the Suzuki Jimny. In the world of cars you can read all about it; but will it change your buying options?
Has the decision already been made for you?
You see, as previously mentioned, all cars today are perfectly fine. Line up all the SUVs and ‘crossovers’ and take your pick because it doesn’t really matter. To find fault, car reviewers and even vloggers with no discernable talent or journalistic experience have to weed out any tiny issues like a subservient monkey picks out nits. This writer is not even sure that all online car reviews are honest anymore. Why rock the boat?
So nothing changes. Car manufacturers are always looking at new ways to influence buyers. And like smitten lovers we fall for it every time.
Geoff Maxted is a motoring writer, photographer, and author of our Letter From The UK series. Follow his work on Twitter:
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Alfred Neumann was an author and screenwriter, excelling primarily in historic novels. He was a recipient of the Kleist Prize in 1926, and although one of his novels (“Der Patriot”) had been turned into a successful German movie, his work was banned in Nazi Germany, and in 1933 he fled to Fiesole, then Nice, and eventually to Los Angeles in 1941, where he continued his screenwriting career. Alfred Neumann died in Lugano, Switzerland in 1952.
Emil Stumpp was born in Neckarzimmern in 1885. He studied briefly in Karlsruhe, but was largely self-taught. He was active as a painter and lithographer in Königsberg. In 1941 he died while being held as a political prisoner in Stuhm (now Sztum, Poland).
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Table of Contents
If you are unfamiliar with FIRST Robotics Competitions (FRC), you can start with FIRST Basics.
If you are familiar with FRC, but need a refresher on the 2017 game, I wrote up a brief overview of the game mechanics and scoring in The 2017 Challenge. I also included a point-by-point breakdown of one of our qualifying matches at the Houston Championships.
For an overview of our robot, you can start with Robot Introduction, and for more detail you can read about our Mechanical Subsystems.
To learn more about our design process and my involvement in the development of our robot, you can jump to The Design Process.
FIRST Robotics Competitions (FRC) Basics
Expand this section to learn about FRC Basics.
What is FRC? FIRST Robotics Competitions are a series of tournaments, from regional to international events, ending in a championship event in either St. Louis or Houston. Each team has exactly 6 weeks to develop their robot from when the challenge is announced to when they are required to stop working (though this rule has been changed in the 2020 season).
What do tournaments look like? Each tournament event typically consists of a series of qualifying matches, then playoffs to determine the winning robots. Each match is 2.5 minutes long, and consists of a short autonomous period followed by a tele-operated period. Each match is played 3v3 on a roughly 27' x 54' field, where 3 separate teams join together in an alliance to compete against 3 other teams.
What are the robot constraints? There are many other rules and regulations that can be found in the season manual for a specific challenge. For the robot, typically, there is a weight limit of 120 lb, and there are in-match size constraints as well, which might vary through the duration of the match (e.g. The robot's starting configuration usually must start within the robot's frame perimeter). Additionally, the robots are usually required to use blue or red bumpers with their team numbers clearly displayed.
What is 3256? Every team has a team number. The WarriorBorgs' team number is 3256. I was a student of 3256 for 5(ish) years, starting in 2013 as an 8th grade "intern." My last season as a student was 2017, when I was a senior, and I started mentoring the WarriorBorgs in 2020.
The 2017 Challenge
The 2017 FIRST Robotics Competition theme is: STEAMWORKS.
There are three main objectives in the game:
to score gears
to score balls (in the high or low goals)
to climb a rope at the end of a match
To better understand the challenge, please watch the 3 minute game animation video. Additionally, I have written a brief overview of scoring mechanics below.
Game Animation (Introduction to the Challenge)
The playing field
Expand this section to see an isometric & overhead view of the playing field, which is roughly 27' x 54'.
Game Element Retrieval, Delivery, and Scoring
Below are the main scoring mechanisms. Expand each section using the arrows to learn more about how a robot can manipulate game elements during a match to score points.
Gears are scored in one of two central "airships" which are manned by 2 "pilots" per alliance who are human players that can collect the gears from the robots. Alliances gain points when the pilots place a certain number of gears on the appropriate pegs and spin up the airship's "rotors" sequetially.
A robot is allowed to manupilate one gear at a time, and can transport the gear from a feeding station at one end of the field to the airship at the other side.
To deliver a gear to the pilot, the robot must place the gear on a rod (which is actually a spring that will bend if the gear is placed too far from the base of the rod). The rod is attached to a vertical rail such that a pilot can lift a gear placed on the rod into the airship to score it.
A pilot can manually lift a gear out of a robot by raising the rod on its rail, or a robot can leave a gear on the rod for the pilot to later attend to.
Balls are scored in a low goal or high goal. They can be retrieved from the 5 sets of ball dispensers, which are each activated by lever that a robot must bump. Each lever releases both adjacent containers, such that a single robot collecting balls from these bins can realistically only catch half of the balls, and must pick up the remaining balls from the ground. Alternatively, there are fewer balls available at the pilot feeding stations.
The low goal is the rectangular opening in the vertical wooden structure in the image above. The opening is under the maximum legal robot height, such that a robot does not necessarily have to launch balls to score into this goal. A low goal is located at the base of the boilers on either end of the field. There is one low goal and one high goal for each alliance.
The high goal is much taller than the maximum legal robot height, at 8'1". The opening for this goal is a horizontally positioned circular opening. The high goals can be seen at the top of the boilers on either end of the field.
Robots must launch balls to score them in the high goal, though balls scored in the high goal are worth more points than those scored in the low goal.
Each airship has 3 ropes, one for each robot in an alliance. The rope is secured to the airship above a touchpad 4'11" off the ground that a robot must depress to score points.
The ropes are hung up and out of the way of the robots until the last 30 seconds of a match when the pilot is allowed to release the ropes for the robots to climb.
The default rope is pictured above, but each team can fabricate and bring their own rope to competitions, as long as they are within regulations.
Expand this section to learn about how points add up during a match. Points scored during the autonomous period are different than the tele-operated period.
Here is an unofficial cheatsheet for scoring. I'll go over the basics of scoring here.
Gear Scoring: Robots placing gears on the rods don't actually score points. What scores points is spinning "rotors." Each rotor requires a certain number of gears to be delivered and placed on pegs around the rail of the airships by the pilots to be activated. To activate a rotor, the pilot must spin the completed gear train.
There are 4 rotors total that can be activated by an alliance during a match. The first rotor requires 1 gear, the second: 2, then third: 4, then fourth: 6. There is a free gear already in the airship, however it cannot be touched until after the autonomous period. Robots may start with one gear pre-loaded in their robot. The number of points scored by starting a rotor depends on the period in the match.
Ball Scoring: Balls scored in the high and low goals contribute directly to match points. The number of balls scored per point depend on the period in the match.
Autonomous Period (first 15 seconds): Rotors scored during the autonomous period are worth 60 points. To score the first 60 points, only one robot must deliver a gear in autonomous mode. To score an additional 60 points during the autonomous period, however, all three robots must deliever their pre-loaded gears, and the pilots must activate both rotors within the first 15 seconds of the match. Robots also score 5 points each during the autonomous period by crossing the baseline (which naturally happens if they attempt to place a gear). Each ball in the high goal, or every 3 balls in the low goal, contributes 1 point.
Tele-operated Period: After the autonomous period, drivers can take control of their team's robots. For the rest of the match, rotors are worth 40 points each, and there are 3 balls to 1 point in the high goal or 9 balls to 1 point in the low goal.
End Game (last 30 seconds): During the last 30 seconds, robots may climb their ropes for 50 points each.
Ranking Points: Special scoring results by an alliance can contribute to ranking points, as shown in the image above.
You can watch the video below to get an idea of what a match can look like. This match is qualification match 50 in the Houston Championships - Carver Subdivision. Expand this section for a full match breakdown.
In the match, our team (WarriorBorgs, team 3256 - read "thirty-two fifty-six") was on the red alliance and started in the center position (on the right side of the screen). You can easily spot our mostly black-anodized robot with red bumpers and vertical orange belts on the front. The number "3256" is also written in white on our bumpers. Read below for a full breakdown of this match.
Auto: There's a lot that happens in the first few seconds of the match, so I'll walk you through it.
The Red Alliance: Teams 3256, 4334, 2556 won 77 points during the autonomous period.
Rotors: In the first 4 seconds of the match, our robot (3256) on the right of the screen places a pre-loaded gear onto the center peg in autonomous mode. The gear placement by the robot scores no points itself, however, if you look closely, you can a see pilot immediately lift the gear into the airship. That pilot was me! I hand it to my co-pilot who places the gear into the first slot at the top of the center pillar. This activates the first rotor, scoring 60 points for our alliance. Team 4334 misses their first gear on the view side of the field.
Low Goal: Team 2556 scores 8 balls in the low goal, scoring 2 points total during autonomous.
Crossing the Baseline: All three robots in our alliance cross the baseline, contributing 15 points, with team 2556 crossing just at the last second. The referee's add in those 5 points just after we hear the bell indicating the end of the autonomous period.
The Blue Alliance: Teams 5627, 4091, and 987 won 89 points during the autonomous period.
Rotors: Team 5627 scores a gear in the middle peg. The pilots pull it up from the robot and score the first rotor, gaining them 60 points.
High Goal: Team 987 collects balls from the nearby dispensers and scores 14 balls in the high goal for 14 points. We can see a lot of balls now on the ground due to the double dispensing mechanism for the balls in those containers.
Crossing the Baseline: Team 4091 crosses the baseline, but does not attempt to place any gears. The other two teams also cross the baseline in the process of scoring balls or gears.
Tele-Op: This isn't really a point-by-point analysis, just general observations. For the rest of the match, no balls are scored, and its down to gears, defense, and climbing.
We'll start off with 3256, who picks up gears left behind during autonomous mode by 4334, then 2556, scoring them in that order in the middle peg while 4334 runs off to pick up another gear from the feeder station at the other end of the field.
4334 drives past the feed slot then turns around so their gear intake is facing the correct direction, then a human player drops a gear through the slot onto the ground (and it lands upright). 4334 collects this gear from the ground, then bashes into 987, who is on its way to pick up some balls from the other feeder station. 987 proceeds to collect those balls, then heads over to their blue alliance feeder station to pick up a gear.
4334 meets up with 3256 on the red side - both are trying to score a gear. They make an implied agreement for 3256 to go to the middle station, and they both drop off their gears.
987 then tries to push 3256 into the blue feeder station zone, which would result in a foul against our alliance (red). 3256 narrowly avoids the foul, then rushes to the red feeder station at the other side of the field. They wait for 2556 to clear the area, then pick up a gear from the ground and speed back to their side to drop off the gear.
5627 is here too (red side/blue feeder), but has to wait for 3256 to be done scoring their gear and for 4091 to be done at their feeder station. I believe it's a foul to mess with an opponent's robot when they are delivering gears. Meanwhile, 2556 has scored a couple gears on the other side of the airship, but 987 manages to knock a gear out of their robot, then proceed to pick it up and score it on the other side.
3256 then meets 987 at the other side of the field (blue side), where 3256 rams into 987 enough to cause balls to fly out the top of their robot. Around this time, the ref calls a foul on blue, who managed to steal a gear from our feeder station. This, or bumping into 2556 who was in the feeder station, gets them a foul, causing them to lose 25 points (you can see the ref touch the score input tablet).
3256 accidentally lowers the gear intake mechanism onto a ball, ingesting the ball and having to spit it out. 987 and 3256 tussle for a second, then 3256 collects a gear while the end-game buzzer goes off, then 3256 tries to avoid climbing robots while heading back the red alliance airship.
All teams pretty much immediately drive to their ropes, with 987 delivering one last gear before climbing and spilling out most of their balls.
The blue alliance spin up their 4th rotor in (literally) the last second of the match. There were 4 rotors and 3 climbs for each alliance, amouting to 270 points for each during tele-op.
Except for balls and fouls, this match turned out to be a tie. 987 made the smart decision to NOT score balls during tele-op - if they did, they likely wouldn't have had time to get their last gear delivered in the final seconds of the match to score 40 points from the 4th rotor and gain an extra ranking point. With 987 scoring more ball points during auto, they were lined up to win the match. However, trying to steal that gear from our feeder station cost them 25 foul points. Alternatively, if they hadn't stolen that gear, they likely wouldn't have gotten their 4th rotor spinning in time, costing them 40 match points and a ranking point.
The end result was 372 (& 3 Ranking Points) red to 359 (& 1 Ranking Point) blue, meaning we won! Yay! Of course, I chose a match we won to analyze, but matches vary wildly depending on the teams you end up with and random vairiable in a game.
FRC 2017 - Qualification Match 50 - Championship - Houston - Carver Subdivision
"Das" is the WarriorBorgs' 2017 robot, which we developed in 6 weeks, and later modified between competitions. Our robot was designed to be able score in the three main game objectives: gears, balls, and climbing.
Gears: We initially chose to develop an almost 'passive' gear mechanism (where teams referred to 'passive' as requiring pilot assistance to remove the gear from the robot). Our robot required gears to be fed to it direclty from the feeder station, however, it was able to place gears on the pegs without pilot assitance - hence "almost" passive gear mechanism (though it was not technically passive according to the generally agreed upon definition of a 'passive' gear mechanims).
We later developed a more 'active' gear mechanism, which the robot could use during a match to pick up gears from the ground and place them on the peg (without pilot assistance). This allowed our robot to pick up gears that had been dropped on the ground by robots or pilots. This turned out to be a huge advantage, especially when matched with teams that had no ground pickup systems. With the addition of this system, however, we sacrificed our robot's ability to pick up balls from the ground.
Low Goal: Given our team's recent competition history, our available resources, and our lack of experience with flywheel designs and multi-ball-handling-systems, we decided not to develop a high-goal scorer. We instead developed a low-goal scorer with a ground intake for a small point advantage over alliances without any ball-scoring robots.
High Goal: Gears were worth the most points, so we predicted that balls would act more as a tie-breaker for most matches. Teams with substantial flywheel development experience and lots of machining resources were able to score a substantial amount of points in the high goal. In the championship finals, the top teams in the world combined to make alliances that could score all the gears available in a single match, making ball scoring (and penalties) the deciding factor in which alliance won. In most other matches, ball scoring made little difference to the final outcome, but could occasionally result in a tie-breaker against alliances who didn't score any balls.
Climbing: We experimented with several types of rope and winch mechanisms and ended up with a 1" wide 'tie-down strap' with loop-side Velcro sewed onto the end and a winch barrel with hook-side Velcro wrapped around it. After experimenting with 'catching' the rope, we discovered that we needed some loose slack in order to wrap enough of the rope around the barrel before lifting the weight of the robot. To accomplish this, we tied a slip-knot in the middle of the rope before every match.
Chassis & Drivetrain
To allow for more space to collect balls from the ground, we developed an A-Frame, with one end open to allow for ball intake. Since ball scoring was a low priority for our team, we decided not to develop a full width ball intake. Bumper rules require at least 6" lengths of bumpers from each corner of the frame perimeter, so our intake width was actually 12" less than the width of our robot.
This year required a simple drivetrain since there were no floor obstacles. Our team has plenty of experience developing and driving West Coast Drivetrains (WCD), so we quickly chose a 4" OD x 6-wheel configuration with the center two wheels slightly dropped for better turning. Our team had previously developed a 2-speed dual-CIM motor transmission, which we used in this robot design to deliver high speeds when flying across the field, and high torque when battling it out with other robots. We used chains to drive all 6 wheels with tensioning blocks on each end of the main chassis rails. The rectangle slot in the rear is for the robot battery, which is defined by regulations as a non-spillable 12v lead-acid battery in this specific size.
Using a simple and proven drive train allowed us to focus more our resources on other subsystems.
Ball Handling System
We developed a 2D ball path that utilizes a single input/output junction with a large reservoir and a wide output area. One set of actuated rollers can be set into one of 2 positions for intake and output. To expel balls from the storage reservoir, a set of belts pulls balls down and into the output ball path. The balls are then pulled back up by two sets of belts and shot horizontally out via the hood. Additionally, an articulating back panel (designed to increase the catching area for balls from a field hopper) could be used to agitate the balls inside the storage reservoir during ball output. The system was designed entirely within the defined robot volume with considerations for a passive gear scorer (no gear ground intake).
The two sets of belts are modular and removable with just a few screws and plugs. This makes assembly, repair, maintenance, and accessibility to internal components easy.
The flat elastic belts roll over convex rollers which results in automatic centering. We welded the belts to their required sizes and never encountered any belt snaps or instances of belts coming loose from their rollers due to the flat belt + convex roller combo.
Gear Handling System v1
As you can see from the sketch above, the ball storage system was designed from the beginning to be compatible with a rear gear drop off slot, which could retrieve a gear from a human player station at the opposite end of the field. Once the gear slides into the slot, it can be expelled via two actuators that both release and push the gear outward onto any peg on the airship.
We designed the climbing mechanism to live on a separate part of the robot frame. The climbing mechanism is a ratcheted winch with hook-side velcro wrapped around it powered by 2 DC motors. Our rope is a 1" 'tie-down' strap with loop-side velcro sewn on the end. Two horizontal guide plates attached to the storage mechanism help center the rope onto the winch drum.
We tied a slip knot into the rope before each match to allow for enough slack to be wrapped around the velcro winch drum before lifting the robot.
Gear Handling System v2
After our first few competitions, we realized the potential of gear ground intakes. Many pilots would drop poorly placed gears right in front of the peg, making it harder or even impossible for robots to line up with that peg. Gears ended up everywhere on the field, and a ground intake would be likely be quite advantageous. During the 2 weeks between our 2nd regional competition and the Houston World Championships (with our 3rd regional competition halfway in between), we brainstormed, CADed, prototyped, and manufactured a novel ground gear intake mechanism.
Scroll through the pictures to visualize how the mechanism works and watch the video below that to see a cheesy recap of our development process!
Using squishy rubber-based wheels, we desinged a grabber + lifter combo mechanism. Scroll through the photos below to see the sequence of intake events.
First contact: Immediately puts the gear in our control by pulling it into the robot.
Alignment: The metal corners act analagous to a gear tooth, which in effect, rotates the gear into the center of the intake mechanism. This alignment system is very forgiving - any time the gear touches the red first-contact wheels will result in automatic centering and alignment. This is the reason the red wheels don't span the length of the first axle - they act as a pivot point about which the gear can center itself in the mechanism.
Pull up: The red first-contact wheels pull the gear into contact with the black second contact rubber wheels, which force the gear upwards.
Clamp down: The gear is forced up into the clear polycarbonate stopper and pulled all the way back into its seat. At this point, the red wheels are no longer contacting the gear, and the gear is clamped between the squishy black wheels and the and polycarbonate stopper.
Lift up: We installed a button at the rear of the stopper to detect when a gear is fully seated. At this point, motor number two rotates the whole gear intake upwards.
Line up: The pivot point is located such that the gaps between the spokes line up vertically with the peg on the airships.
Push out: Once the driver has lined up the gear and moved forward, the mechanism can expel the gear and rotate downwards simultaneously, resulting in a motion that pushes the gear to the back of the peg, reducing the chance that a pilot drops the gear when raising it into the airship.
The Design Process
The rest of this document is an overview of our design process, my involvement in the development of the robot, our competition history and awards, and my general thoughts of the season based on my recollection several years later (it is now October, 2021 at the time of writing).
We try to model our season schedule based on the Engineering Design Process, which is roughly indicated in my table of contents (shown at the top of this page), and is generally outlined in the image here.
Conceptualization: I designed the conceptual layout of the robot, including the chassis and drivetrain configuration, optimal ball path, climber winch placement, and gear slot design. This configuration can be seen below in the Brainstorming section (drawn to scale), along with several other concepts I sketched.
Design, CAD, and Prototyping: I led a team of 3 to prototype ball-flow mechanisms, experimenting with and optimizing belt type, belt friction, compression values, and more. After that, I designed and CADed the modular belt assemblies on the front of the robot that control the flow of balls.
Another design team member was responsible for the design and CAD of the removable ball storage mechanism, and another designer was responsible for the prototype and CAD of the rear gear slot mechanism. Another designer was responisble for the climber winch and supporting frame structure.
Modifications: I conceptualized, designed, and CADed the V2 gear mechanism based on observations from our first regional competition, and worked with 2 of my peers to prototype and fabricate the gear-ground-intake mechanism. 2 more software engineers worked on the code, which included a PID position control system and fine-tuning to optimize the placement of the gear on the peg. I also adapted the ball handling system to fit the new gear mechanism, which involved sacrificing ball intake from the ground (in favor of gear intake from the ground). These modification were completed in less than 2 weeks (with another regional competition in the middle) in order to be ready for the Houston World Championships event.
Review Constraints and Requirements
Every member is required to read through the entirety of the game manual. We familiarize ourselves with the game rules, robot restrictions, legal components, game elements, and everything else necessary to understand the challenge entirely.
Every year, we look for loopholes. However crazy an idea sounds... if there's a creative way to get a lot of points (or prevent the other alliance from getting points), we have to explore ways to exploit it. There are several examples in FRC history of teams that could literally not be beaten due to their robot and game strategy, though, in recent years, the game designers have been more careful when analyzing their game to avoid those types of situations.
We also analyze the game in general, making sure to determine how important each task is, and how it's supposed to be done. We use this as an initial way to visualize a general idea of what different types of robots could look like. Sometimes, we define a "minimum viable product," which is the robot that can get the most points with the least amount of effort. In FRC, it is common for teams to build a robot dedicated to one specific task - usually the main task. In 2017, we saw many robots focus only on gears. These robots were often small, lightweight, and fast. Additionally, with a relatively simple robot, these teams can often spend lots of time on drive practice, which is critical for high-scoring teams.
Based on the game manual, we decided that gear scoring and climbing had the highest points-to-effort ratio, with low goal scoring coming in 3rd and high goal scoring coming in 4th. Due to our team's lack of experience with ball-handling systems and flywheel shooters, we knew that if we focused on high-goal scoring, we would not have time to do anything else. By focusing on low goal scoring, we could dedicate more time and resources to gear manipulation, climbing, troubleshooting, and driver practice, while still maintaining a small (tie-breaker) point advantage over alliances with no ball scoring capability.
Historical Patterns: FIRST has a seasoned history of hosting relatively similar challenges. Balls, disks, climbing, lifting, etc. There are patterns and similar elements among seasons. Many teams over many years have extensively developed mechanisms and designs to solve these challenges - flywheels for balls, intakes for disks, elevators for lifts, etc.
Innovation: While I believe it is important to apply our own creativity to solving a unique problem, it is likely that someone somewhere has already built a mechanism that can do this and accomplish that. In many cases, it is a wiser use of our resources to adapt an existing system to fit our specific needs. Though, it should be noted that FIRST does have a unique way of getting teams to continually innovate and improve, regardless of how much experience a team has. In many instances, teams apply a concept or implementation from a previous year, likely even from another team, in their own unique robot. This encourages innovation and progress for new teams, making it possible for new teams to beat veteran teams. This makes FRC a more fair challenge for old and new teams alike.
Historical Research: In researching this specific challenge, we took inspiration from the 2012 basketball season and the 2013 frisbee season.
2012 was the last year that allowed the storage of multiple balls in a robot. While the balls were much larger in 2012 than in 2017, we started by examining methods that teams used to intake, store, and eject a large number of balls. I wasn't on 3256 in the 2012 season, so we relied on pictures and videos of robots and matches.
I was, however, part of 3256 in 2013, but we didn't develop a ground intake - only a feeder-station intake for our shooter. Additionally, it was important in 2013 to be able to store multiple frisbees at a time, whereas in 2017, only one gear was allowed in a robot at a time. Initially, we just designed a slot that aligned with the feeder station and could push a gear onto the peg on the airship.
Modifications: Later (after our first regional competition) when we realized the importance of a ground gear intake, we started taking a closer look at 2013 intake designs. We noticed that many of them used a top roller design. 254 (254 being one of the top teams in the world) used top rollers with a polycarbonate sheet very close to the ground for their 2013 robot. Since the bottom edge of the frisbees have a curved lip, the frisbees would jump over the polycarbonate sheet when pulled towards it by the rollers. We noted two significant observations with the use of this mechanism as we saw during our first regional. (1) The gears (in 2017) were much less flexible than the frisbees (in 2013), and (2) the gears had mostly squared off edges (in the cross section). This made it difficult to reliably use a bottom plate in the way they were used in 2013. The plate would have to be very close to or even touching the ground to lift a gear up. The plate would also have to be very thin. This would not be ideal, since it would cause clearance issues with the ground and could cause the carpet to "grab" the gear mechanism. 254 actually ended up reusing this top-roller, bottom plate design in 2017. The bottom plate had to be sanded to a fine edge and had to touch the carpet to pick up the gear. I later talked to one of their designers for that year who said they settled with this design due to space efficiency concerns - they wanted maximum capacity in their storage area for balls. It turns out (according to him) this design had a fair amount of reliability issues, both with gear intaking and mechanical breakdowns. When we decided to make a gear ground intake mechanism, we knew we had to come up with something new and more reliable.
Based on the challenge and our resources, including time, machining resources, design/CAD bandwidth (how many designers and CADers we have), software development bandwidth, etc., developed a general idea of what tasks we could successfully design our robot to accomplish during a match while also allowing enough time in the schedule for software development, debugging, troubleshooting, and drive practice.
Based on our decision to focus on gears and score a small amount of balls in the low goal, we focused on developing a reliable gear placement autonomous program for all 3 gear placement spots on the airship. After autonomous, we could either start directly with gear cycles, or we could drop off our preloaded balls into the boiler, then start gear cycles. After we developed the ground intake for gears, we could pick up dropped gears on either side of the field. We also considered the benefits of designing a "swith" (switch) side gear system and a single side gear system for scoring gears.
Robot Layout: In 2016, we designed 3 mechanisms that worked sufficiently well separately, but very poorly together as a system. We could intake a ball into the robot and shoot a ball from its spot in the shooter. We didn't focus on getting balls from the intake to the shooter however, and our system was unreliable because of that.
Based on our experience from 2016, we knew we had to layout the entire system before designing, validating, prototyping, or optimizing any single mechanism. Since we were already familiar with methods of intaking balls and manipulating disks, we could configure the basics of the system to optimize space within the robot. Most team members helped brainstorm concepts and ideas for robot mechanisms and layouts. We eventually had a (very long) meeting to decide which designs, concepts, and layouts we wanted to prototype. Below are some screenshots of sketches I made (to-scale) at the start of the season.
Sketch 1 was a general chassis/drive train layout sketch with the positioning of a between-the-bumpers intake. This is where I played around with the robot dimensions and frame perimeter. This also gave us an estimate of how many balls we could fit into a robot of this size.
Sketch 2 was a ball path layout that involved a single path in the 2D layout. One potential issue with this design was keeping balls from being pushed out of the system when intaking new balls. For this reason, the belts had to articulate such that the rollers could still intake and influence ball position without forcing them in any direction. The intake was the same intake seen in Sketch 1. A gear slot was included in the back, and a concept for climbing via the default rope was drawn. This climber concept required driving precisely into the default rope, and drawing it in from both sides, leaving the trail of the rope behind (it didn't wind the rope up).
Sketch 3, 3a, and 3b show a ball handling system design + gear slot mechanism + a different climbing mechanism design. This was the first "iteration" of the ball handling system we ended up with on the robot, and it consisted of a front intake assembly and a storage container that doubled as a passive gear intake area. The intake was an over-the-bumper intake that "funneled" balls into the center opening using 'mecanum' wheels before the balls came into contact with the secondary behind the bumper intake. The climber was located in the same place as the design in Sketch 2, but uses a wider horizontal roller design that winches the rope around its drum. This was the first mention of using velcro on a custom rope.
Sketch 4 shows a simplified version of the design in sketch 3, getting rid of the over-the-bumper funneling intake. Sketch 4a starts getting into more details about flow states, which would help determine how many motors were needed for intake and output.
Sketch 5a and 5 show an even more simplified version of sketch 3, getting rid of a redundant set of rollers, and combining rollers via belts. From Sketch 5, we can see that that the flow state table is greatly simplified. Since there seemed to be plenty of space around the robot to incorporate a hanger, I didn't sketch the location of the hanger in this design (though later this caused problems).
Modifications: When we later designed a gear ground intake, I believe it was a kinda napkin-drawing moment - or maybe a whiteboard drawing kinda thing. I couldn't find any records of initial concept sketches. From what I remember though, I had a very solid idea of how the mechanism had to work, and I might have make quick concept drawings to show to team members, but we moved onto a quick prototype very rapidly.
The rest of this page is still under construction! Check back later for more details, descriptions, and media. (It takes a while to track down all the photos, CAD files, and other media!).
Update 10/12/21: Since it's difficult to find clear HD media of the individual subsystems, I am working on brand new renders for each system!
Update 10/13/21: Renders done, and descriptions added! Now it's time to work on adding content under The Design Process.
Prototyping & Testing
We eventually decided to prototype the following systems:
The ball handling system in sketch 5, separated into several individual components.
We experimented with intake parameters
Belt, roller, and pulley types and spacing between
Compression values (including belt-belt, belt-floor-plate, belt-hood, and roller-ground distances)
Motors and gear ratios
Floor plate angles
A semi-active gear mechanism (not shown here). This was the one we eventually used in the final robot design, which is shown in the robot subsystems section above. We tested various parameters for this mechanism as well.
After much of the design work had been done for the two systems above, a climber frame was added to the robot in an awkward spot for the ball handling mechanism. Winch-rope combos, starting with velcro on a flat 1" 'tie-down' strap (which is the configuration we ended up using) were tested.
Later (after our first regional competition), we also prototyped the gear ground intake and the updated ball output mechanism.
CAD & Drawings
Fabrication and Assembly
Debugging, Testing, & Practice
Competitions and Awards
Competition Prep: Spare parts, backup mechanisms, tools, battery charging stations, and more are required to perform quick fixes due to damage or quick simple upgrades that improve performance during competition.
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Order processing - EPC flow chart
This business process modeling (BPM) event-driven process chain (EPC) diagram sample illustrates the order processing flow.
"Order processing is a key element of Order fulfillment. Order processing operations or facilities are commonly called "distribution centers". "Order processing" is the term generally used to describe the process or the work flow associated with the picking, packing and delivery of the packed item(s) to a shipping carrier. The specific "order fulfillment process" or the operational procedures of distribution centers are determined by many factors. Each distribution center has its own unique requirements or priorities. There is no "one size fits all" process that universally provides the most efficient operation." [Order processing. Wikipedia]
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Boxing is a very popular sport in Australia. A lot of people enjoy watching it on TV or even attend boxing events. Indeed, boxing matches can often be quite spectacular and unpredictable, so attending them can be really fun.
But boxing isn't only popular as a sport for watching. A lot of Australians choose to join a boxing club and start practising it themselves. The reason for that is that it can be a very beneficial activity for both your physical and mental health. Boxing can help significantly enhance your fitness and help you develop various good qualities. So, why is boxing so good?
First of all, boxers need to move quickly around the ring, and swift legs, a flexible body and strong arms help them throw good punches. Boxing activates all the muscles of your body and improves your motor coordination.
Second, boxing is never just about force. A good boxer needs to be precise in their movements and have a well-thought-out strategy to take advantage of the opponent's weak points. Boxing classes can help you learn how to understand your adversary better and form your plan depending on the situation.
Finally, modern life is often quite stressful for people. Boxing training can help you relax and free your mind of troublesome thoughts. After half an hour of beating a punching bag, your mental being will greatly improve and you'll feel happier.
There are a lot of places to learn boxing in Sydney.
In addition to all these benefits for your health, boxing training is always dynamic and fun. You'll learn a variety of punches, work on slips and rolls to dodge your opponent's attacks and do a full set of strength and cardio exercises for your general fitness.
So, let's see what are the best places to take boxing classes in Australia so that you can benefit from boxing too.
Learn boxing in a boxing gym
Some of the best places where both beginners and advanced boxers can get high-quality training are boxing gyms. One reason for that is that they generally have very strict requirements for their trainers, so you'll certainly be taught by qualified professionals.
What's more, boxing gyms generally offer a good choice of classes that can respond to different needs. Aside from classical boxing lessons where you'll learn the right technique, in a lot of gyms, you can also sign up for special strength and cardio training sessions to improve your general fitness.
You can also train in an outstanding boxing gym in Melbourne.
All the classes in boxing gyms can be taken as group lessons with other students. Working out in a group will help you stay motivated and succeed in the toughest exercises. At the same time, you can also book a personal class with a trainer if you need to focus on some particular problem.
Another significant advantage of boxing gyms is that they are usually equipped with all the necessary training facilities, like punching bags, rings or focus pads. You can use them during your training sessions and achieve greater results.
Boxing is a sport for everyone
It is sometimes thought that boxing is a masculine sport, but this is far from being true. A lot of women practise it now in Australia and numerous gyms offer special options for them. Some martial arts clubs even have more female members than male ones, which proves the growing popularity of the discipline among women.
Boxing can also be a great sport for kids, as it is a very efficient way to develop strength, agility and motor coordination. Numerous boxing clubs organise special training sessions for kids of different ages, so they can learn and practise the sport at their own pace.
In our article, you can also learn about good boxing clubs in Brisbane.
Classes you can take in a gym
As all boxers don't have the same level and fitness, a lot of gyms in Australia have diversified their offer. Many of them have separate training sessions for beginners, intermediate and advanced boxers where everyone can work out at their own rhythm.
In addition to boxing classes in the strict sense, some boxing clubs also offer special Boxfit lessons that combine boxing techniques with fitness exercises. Such lessons can be a very good introduction for beginners or people not interested in contact boxing.
Finally, in a lot of clubs, advanced boxers can take part in sparring sessions. These are very important to hone your skills in real conditions and get ready for competitions.
Combine boxing and weight training
When we take up boxing, our lessons may seem very difficult to us at the beginning. The best way to catch up quickly and reach the right fitness level is to combine your main classes with additional training.
In addition to their boxing facilities, a lot of gyms are also equipped with cardio and weight training machines that you can use outside your training sessions.
Boxing classes can also be an excellent way to boost your fitness in Perth.
You can ask your coach about what groups of muscles you should focus on and draw up a training programme to improve your health even faster.
In a short time, you'll start feeling much more comfortable training at the club and develop excellent skills.
PCYC club in your city
Big Australian cities, such as Melbourne or Brisbane, have numerous boxing clubs where adults and kids can get effective training. A good way to start your search for a gym can be to check out if there is a PCYC club in your city.
PCYC stands for Police and Community Youth Clubs, which is a network of non-profit, community organisations in Australia offering sports services and other activities to the population.
Joining a PCYC club can have numerous advantages. They offer good classes with a trainer for relatively low prices and can also be a great location to meet new people and become part of the community.
Muay Thai and kickboxing
Boxing is probably one of the most intensive and dynamic sports and still, as boxers can only use their fists, some people find it somewhat limiting. If that is your opinion too, there are several alternatives to boxing that can add variety to your practice.
Two of them are Muay Thai and kickboxing. Both these disciplines allow fighters to hit with their legs and Muay Thai adds elbows and knees. These sports can make your arsenal even bigger and provide you with outstanding full-body training.
There are excellent Muay Thai gyms in Adelaide too.
Similarly to boxing, Muay Thai and kickboxing are taught in numerous gyms across Australia or by personal trainers. Taking a couple of kickboxing lessons a week combined with some cardio training can be a quick and fun way to boost your fighting skills and improve your health.
You can learn more about the discipline on the website of the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations.
Training with a personal coach
Most Australian cities have excellent boxing and kickboxing clubs where people can train, but their classes may not be suitable for everyone. If you struggle to find a good gym near your home or the classes at your local club are incompatible with your schedule, a good alternative for you can be to train with a private trainer.
The advantage of personal lessons is that your coach will know what your exact training objective is and tailor their classes accordingly. You'll focus on developing the skills that are relevant for you, so it'll be both effective and motivating.
Another important advantage of private classes is the flexibility they give you. One-to-one classes are much easier to organise than group lessons in a gym and you can take them in a variety of different places.
Here are some good alternatives to training in a club.
There are also excellent boxing trainers in Canberra.
Boxing training in a park
One excellent option for effective training is to organise your classes in a public park in your city. Practising sports in the open air is very good for your breathing system and it'll help you get the full benefit out of the entire workout.
You'll have a lot of space for jogging, cardio and boxing exercises and enjoy the good weather at the same time. Outdoor training is a great solution to stay motivated throughout your training and achieve good results.
Boxing classes online
Online classes may not be something you immediately think about, but they are still a very effective means of learning boxing. At the bottom, what you need most when starting your training is that your coach can see you and this is possible thanks to webcams.
Your trainer will tell you the exercises to do and notice occasional mistakes, so you can improve your technique. At the same time, online classes are very easy to organise, as you can take them right from your home or another place.
Check for boxing classes near me here on Superprof.
Find the best trainer for you on Superprof
To make the best of your boxing training, what you'll need is to meet a good trainer. A very useful tool that can help you in that is Superprof.
Superprof is an educational online platform where you can view the profiles of thousands of boxing coaches from Australia and obtain information about them.
Thanks to the data we'll provide you with, you'll come across the right tutor pretty quickly and start motivating and effective classes very soon. With Superprof, your health and fitness will improve and you'll want to exercise more and more.
Superprof can also help meet an experienced trainer in Goald Coast.
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Stay organized for more than just lesson plans with your teacher planning calendar. If you've got this year's 17-month printable calendar, then you're set to plan all kinds of things.
Here are 5 more ways to use your teacher planning calendar. These are my tips on using it for planning for a maternity sub, college coursework, long-term projects and more.
Your 17 month teacher planning calendar is designed to help you plan across both a week and a month with it's spacious 2-page layout.
It lends itself to seeing the big picture which comes in handy for more of life's happenings.
Here's how you can use it for staying organized in life for other than just planning out your school's special events.
Planning for a Maternity Sub
If you're pregnant, then you might be planning for a maternity sub. Letting someone cover your classroom for 6 weeks (or longer) is a unique challenge to prepare for.
While you should have the basics for a sub to leave with one full week of detailed lesson plans, you're most likely going to need to leave a little more long term direction too. Especially if you plan on returning in the same school year.
That's where your calendar can come into play. Put your standards, upcoming events and goals or themes into the calendar.
Use the Sunday boxes to leave little notes about special things they may need access to later in the year, or reminders of things that'll have to get done in your absence.
Feel good leaving your classroom knowing you're organized and can enjoy your new arrival.
Many teachers face getting back into the college classroom, especially if they are going after their Masters degree. Let a little long term planning help you keep it all in sync.
Print a copy of your calendar and bind by itself to track your coursework.
Use the daily boxes to add in work from your syllabus and plan each week's worth of work in advance.
Use the Sunday boxes to keep track of your reading assignments for the week and check them off when they're done!
Planning for a Wedding
It's so fun to be a teacher as "Miss or Ms." and come back the next year as a "Mrs." If you're planning a wedding as a teacher - you've got extra work on your plate.
Plan when you need to make calls, appointments and when to have those invitations mailed out by simply by putting it into a calendar that goes out many months in advance.
Use the Sunday boxes to write down your inspirational ideas that you want to eventually add into your calendar. Or write down the agreements/details of any plans you made so that you don't forget what was said.
Planning Long Term Projects
Sometimes long term projects need a little scope of their own. If you help manage teams, school plays, parent/teacher groups or even semester long projects - it can be helpful to see your plans over the long haul.
Remember to write down plans that could easily change in pencil, so you can move them around as needed!
Add in due dates/launch dates/special event dates and mark them in a color that gets your attention.
Use the Sunday boxes to create an action plan for the next week (or so). Write down a little checklist and then add items into your calendar, or check them off as you do them.
Here's a bonus tip that I use at home - print a smaller version for your refrigerator.
You can easily print both pages of a month onto one piece of paper which creates an easy family calendar to write down all of the stuff we keep track of at home.
Here's how you make a mini-version:
- Go to File --> Print
- Under "Page Size & Handling" --> choose Multiple
- Change the "Pages per sheet" --> 2
- Make sure that "Page order" is set to Horizontal
- Make sure that "Orientation" is set to Portrait
- Click Print
You just got a serious bonus for the pennies you spent on this calendar. Boom.
Planning the School Year
And by far, this way is the way most of us can relate to. We love using the teacher planning calendar to get focused on what the upcoming year will bring and to add it to stay organized through the year.
Write down student birthdays, book order due dates and meetings. Then get good at consulting your calendar each week before sitting down to write your weekly lesson plans. You won't miss a thing this way!
Use the Sunday boxes to write down themes or standards that cover your week. I liked planning my read aloud themes in advance using these and I was less likely to miss covering obscure holidays like groundhog's day.
Seriously, I don't know why that holiday snuck up on me every year.
Don't have yours yet? That's okay - you can get the instant download and print it right away.
There you have five more ways to use your teacher planning calendar that'll have you feeling more organized for the long haul.
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Intended AudienceAgencies involved in Disaster Management, HR Groups, policy-making bodies and other such organisations where information flow involves multi-party coordination and collaboration.
KeywordsMulti-party co-ordination and collaboration, Information Flow, Protocols, SOPs
Duration45 minutes - 1 hour
Number of PlayersDepending on the target organisation
A gaming simulation designed to understand information flow, identify loopholes, and understand the evolution of communication protocols within organisations.
Information flow in organisations shapes the way an organisation functions, the efficiency with which individuals can act, and the way the organisation plans its future. However, providing relevant information at the right time to the right people is often a challenge. Personal and informal networks play a vital role in shaping the flow of information. Such information flow is usually based on organisational standard operating protocols (SOPs). The primary objectives of this game are
1. To identify loopholes and bottlenecks in these protocols, especially when such protocols have been adopted from elsewhere.
2. To study how protocols evolve within an organisation.
Questions such as how the content of a message changes as it "flows" through an organisation (Chinese Whispers!), or the effect of spurious messages on information flow etc. can be answered using this game. In one instance of the game, it was seen that the protocol proved stable even when multiple spurious and misleading messages were introduced into the system.
Organisations inevitably evolve methods of communication to suit the people in the organisation. Such methods, when formalised, can become (secondary) protocols of information flow within the organisation. Through multiple runs of the game, it is possible to evolve such protocols, formalise and test them.Download Brochure
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Collaborations and Funders
Department of Science and Technology
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Nylon & Acetal Shapes
Food Grade Acetal
With a recent shift
in food production
away from bulk
for restaurant supply to
necessary for increased
retail sales that resulted
from the global
pandemic, food producers
have had to retool to accommodate the shift in
demand. This combined with the continuing need to
maintain high levels of food safety, has created a spike
in demand for many of the plastics used in food processing,
production and packaging equipment.
FDA compliant T ECAFORM® AH UD blue is a revolutionary
food grade acetal plastic that processors have
discovered makes them more efficient because of the
unique set of detection characteristics inherent to this
material. TECAFORM AH UD blue contains special additives
that make it visible to metal, x-ray and vision detection
systems commonly used in food manufacturing.
This increases the material’s versatility and usefulness
to the food producer because in the event the material
inadvertently finds its way into the food product, it will
remain visible to scanning equipment regardless of the
scanning method being used, and thus improves production
efficiency while maintaining food safety. The material
is also lighter than stainless steel which increases line
speed and energy efficiency.
For more information, contact Bruce Dickinson, Ensinger,
365 Meadowlands Blvd., Washington, PA 15301,
800-243-3221/856-227-0500, Fax: 724-746-9209, E-mail:
email@example.com, Web: www.ensingerplastics.com.
shapes, in FDA,
and MDS filled
grades of Nylon
6 and Nylon 12.
Semi-rigid or flexible grades are available for most custom
shapes. Profiles can be made in natural, standard or custom
colors as required. Petro also offers custom cut to
MDS modified Nyla-Glide GR profiles are best suited
to protect conveyor rails, beds and products from sliding
surface friction. They are also excellent as striker
plates and liners, these profiles require no lubrication
to lessen friction.
PET can also custom extrude profiles based on customer
For more information, contact Mike Patterson, Petro
Extrusion Technologies, Inc., 205B Hal lock Ave., Middlesex,
NJ 08846, 800-229-3338/ 908-789- 3338, Fax: 908-789-0434, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org, Web: www.petroextrusions.com.
Blue Acetal Copolymer
Roechling Industrial Gastonia stands for innovation in
plastics, and to provide customers with state-of-the-art
materials that meet the highest standards in the industry,
they continually invest in new, innovative, and
quality products and manufacturing technologies.
is now available
stock in North
4’x10’ sheets in
2’x4’ sheets in thicknesses of 2”-4”, with additional
thicknesses up to 5” available on request; rods are
stocked in various diameters from .”-7”, with additional
diameters available, up to 8”. Sustarin C FDA Blue
features excellent strength and dimensional stabilities,
ideal for high-wear environments like food processing,
and is safe in food contact applications. Blue is often
the preferred color for applications in the food processing
industry, as potential contaminant pieces are more
easily identified by visual detection than traditionally
white and natural-colored materials. Sustarin C FDA
Blue is produced in color number RAL 5002 by Roechling
worldwide, providing global processors a consistent
With locations in North Carolina, California and Ontario,
Canada, Roechling conveniently ships from both
coasts and Canada. With dedication to excellence, reliability,
and pioneering, Roechling serves customers in
many industries with continued competence and quality.
For more information, contact Alison Damery, Roechling
Industrial Gastonia, 903 Gastonia Technology Pkwy.,
Dallas, NC 28034, 704-922-7814, Fax: 704-884-7206,
E-mail: email@example.com, Web: www.roechling.com/us/industrial.
Colored Acetal Sheet
sheets from homopolymer
150 Resin. It is a
an excellent balance of properties to bridge the gap between
metals and plastics. It possesses high tensile and
flexural properties, along with creep resistance and
toughness, while exhibiting low moisture absorption, and
Applications for colored Delrin sheet include: color
coded parts including washers and shapes, various industrial
and commercial panels, color coded shims (indicating
thickness), doctor blades for rotogravure printing,
containment blades for printing, point of purchase displays,
stiffeners for arts & crafts and musical instruments
(pics, guitar frets, bridge). Delrin 2' X 4' stocked sheets
are available .031", .062" and .125" thick in red, blue, green,
yellow, purple, orange, fluorescent pink, fluorescent
green, natural and black.
For more information, contact Mark Kreisher, Ensinger
Penn Fibre Inc., 221 S. Church Street, P.O. Box 160,
Greenwood, DE 19950, 800-662-7366, Fax: 215-702-9552,
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org, Web:
Tubing, Strip, Sheet & Rod
has been extruding
1988. Nylon and
acetal have been
the most common
processed. As illustrated
charts in this
issue, they have
nearly all capability with tubing, strip, sheet and rod.
Their most common nylon is the food grade Nylon
6,6. They have also extruded experimental Nylon 6/12.
Their Nylon 11 and 12 has been used for fuse tubes and
for Formula one race cars. The sheet line has made millions
of feet of Nylon 6,6 and MDS/Nylon 6,6 that has
been slit down to minimal width of 1/2”. The most common
thickness is 0.062”, 0.093” and 0.125”. They are installing
a new sheet extruder that will have the
capability to 70” wide.
Their most common Acetal is Dupont’s Delrin® 150.
They also extrude several brands of copolymer. The bulk
of their extrusion is in the form of bushing stock and hollow
rod. Their extrude sheet varies in thicknesses from
0.030” to 0.125” and can be slit down. They have not made
any Acetal Slab thus far, but they are excited with the
new line. If the volumes are there, a thicker die will be
purchased to maximize your needs.
For more information, contact William Kuhn, Hi-Tech
Profiles, 401 Main St., Ashaway, RI 02804, 800-342-5495,
Fax: 401-377-2423, E-mail: email@example.com,
Food & Agricultural Nylon
Nylatech, Inc. is celebrating
year in business. They
recently added a CNC
panel saw to offer cut-to-size for all their cast
nylon and acetal materials.
They specialize in
nylon 6 and 6/12 as rod, sheet and tubular bar as well as
finished or semifinished custom cast components. Available
in a variety of grades these materials offer a range
of properties from self-lubricating with a low coefficient
of friction to increased impact resistance.
Nylatech offers food grade materials that are high
quality, long-lasting, certified and tested for safety and
qualification in the food processing industry. They supply
components for a wide variety of uses in food processing
including: conveying, packing, bottling, and canning. All
of their materials are certified and tested for safety and
qualification in the food industry.
Benefits of Nylatech food grade materials include: exceptional
resistance to wear and abrasion, high impact
strength, self-lubricating, corrosion and chemical resistance,
low co-efficient of friction, high visibility and colors
for increased safety and lightweight.
Typical applications include; scrolls, wear plates, chain
guides, bushings, sprockets, dough chains/cutters,
bumper blocks, conveyors, pulleys & sheaves and conveyor
Nylatech also supplies engineering cast nylon parts to
manufacturers and suppliers within the Agricultural industry.
They have worked with experts within the industry
to develop new components for agricultural equipment
that are cost effective and add to production efficiencies.
Agricultural applications include: pipe clamps, bearing
blocks, bearing housings, chain guides, gears, wear strips
and pads, scrapers and bespoke components.
For more information, contact Calvin Petersen, Nyla tech,
Inc., P.O. Box 455, Everson, WA 98247, 800-506-9566/360-
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Free Field 34:37, Color, Stereo, IL, 2006
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Yuasa is a world leading valve regulated lead acid batteries with manufacturing worldwide including in the UK in South Wales. The Yuasa UPS batteries are one of the most commonly used lead acid batteries for standby power applications and include the NP, SWL and EN ranges. Yuasa batteries are available for new UPS installations and for upgrades and replacements.
UPS Lead Acid Maintenance Free Batteries
The batteries used within most uninterruptible power supplies as a standby power source are valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) maintenance free batteries. The actual working life of a UPS battery depends on its design life, number of charge/discharge cycles it is subjected to and the ambient temperature and conditions of the UPS installation. This type of battery is also found in generate starter motor circuits.
|Yuasa Range||Design Life||Replacement|
|NP||5 year||3-4 years|
|NPL||10 year||7-8 years|
|EN||10 year||7-8 years|
|ENL||15 year||10-12 years|
|SWL||10 year||7-8 years|
UPS Battery Testing and Replacement and Recycling
Server Room Environments provides battery testing as an on-site service. Our UPS maintenance engineers are certified to work in both AC and DC power environments and use an advanced battery tester using conductive and impedance testing to assess the health of a battery block and the overall battery string. Battery readings are stored for continual analysis in a Cloud server environment.
When batteries require replacement, our projects team can arrange for their removal and environmentally friendly disposal. Over 90% of a lead acid battery material can be reclaimed for reuse including plastic cases, lead plates and the electrolytic gel or liquid used.
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- Preterm or premature labour starts before 37 weeks of pregnancy. It’s when your body starts getting ready for birth too early.
- The earlier preterm birth happens, the greater the health risk for your baby.
- Many preterm (preemies) need special care in the neonatal intensive care unit.
- Contraction in preterm labour can be similar to those at full term. However for many women they may be less painful and experienced as pain or cramps. Preterm contractions are usually regular and consistent in length.
- Preterm birth is the predominant reason for infant mortality.
- An estimated 15 million babies are born preterm every year across the world. This comes down to more than 1 in 10 babies.
”The aetiology of preterm labour remains unknown, prediction lacks specificity, prophylaxis is unhelpful, diagnosis is difficult and the benefits and risks of tocolytic therapy are still being debated”
Known causes of preterm labor are:
- Vaginal bleeding
- Smoking or drinking
- Having health conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, blood clotting disorders
- Being pregnant with baby from in vitro fertilization
- Being pregnant with twins or multiple
- Family history of premature labor
- Too much amniotic fluid (Polyhydramnios)
- Short interval between pregnancies
- Contraction, every 10 minutes or more
- Cramping in lower abdomen or menstrual like cramps
- Backache, usually will be in lower back
- Fluid leaking from vagina
- Increased pressure in pelvis or vagina
- Increased vaginal discharge
- Vaginal bleeding
- An electric monitor is used to check how often contractions are happening and how long they last. This monitor has a small device (transducer) placed over your belly with the belt. Transducer detects and sends information about the contractions to the monitor. Baby heart rate is also monitored.
- Testing for fetal fibronectin. A swab of cervical or vaginal fluid is checked for fetal fibronectin. Vaginal fluid is a protein found between amniotic membrane and uterine lining. If it is found, it may be a sign of preterm labor.
- A transducer placed inside the vagina for a transvaginal ultrasound exam. The exam lets your doctor measure the length of your cervix.
- Testing for amniotic fluid.
- Bed rest
- IV fluids
- Cervical cerclage
- Tocolytic medicines – These slow or stop labour contraction
- Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) – These speedup your baby’s lung development
- Antibiotics – kill infection caused by bacteria
- Studd JWWLamont RF, Elder MG (1996) The prevention of preterm birth. in The yearbook of the RCOG. ed Studd JWW (RCOG Press in association with Parthenon Publishing Group, London), pp 369–382.
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EC number: 431-620-3
CAS number: 162537-11-3
The objective of this study was to test for toxic effects/disturbances
resulting from BMS-214702-01 treatment of Crl:CD(SD) male and female
rats before cohabitation, through mating, implantation, gestation and
lactation. The study design was as follows:
P generation male rats were administered the test and/or control article
for 28 days prior to cohabitation, throughout cohabitation and continued
until the day prior to euthanasia. P generation female rats were
administered the test and/or control article for 15 days prior to
cohabitation and continued through Day 3 postpartum (DL 3; rats that
delivered a litter) or Day 24 of Presumed Gestation (DG 24; rats that
did not deliver a litter). Any dam in the process of parturition was not
given the test and/or control article until the following work day.
Such events were noted in the raw data.
Doses were adjusted based on the most recently recorded body weight and
administered at approximately the same time each day.
F1 generation pups were not directly given the test article but may have
been exposed in utero during gestation or via maternal milk during the
The following parameters and end points were evaluated in this study:
viability, clinical signs, food consumption, body weights, body weight
changes, reproductive capacity, maternal behavior, natural delivery
observations, gross necropsy observations, organ weights, and histology
and pathological evaluations.
During the study, two male rats (one in the control group and one in the
500 mg/kg/day dose group) were found dead prior to scheduled euthanasia.
The death in the control group was related to a technician error. The
single death in the 500 mg/kg/day dose group was not considered related
to the test article as all other rats in this group survived to
scheduled euthanasia, and there were no test article related adverse
observations in this rat prior to it being found dead. One female rat
in the 50 mg/kg/day dose group was found dead prior to scheduled
euthanasia. This death was not considered to be test article related
because it was not dose dependent. All additional male and female rats
survived until scheduled euthanasia.
There were no test article-related clinical signs observed in the male
or female rats during the study. Body weights and food consumption were
unaffected by the test article during the dose period in the males and
during the pre-mating, gestation and lactation periods in the females at
doses up to and including 500 mg/kg/day.
The precohabitation estrous cycling observations [mean estrous stages
per 14 days, rats with six or more consecutive days in diestrus and rats
with six or more consecutive days of estrus] were unaffected by doses of
the test article as high as 500 mg/kg/day. All mating and fertility
parameters in the males and females were unaffected by doses of the test
article as high as 500 mg/kg/day.
There were no test article-related necropsy observations in the male or
female rats. There were no toxicologically relevant differences in the
organ weights collected in the males or females.
Pregnancy occurred in 9, 9, 10 and 10 mated females in the 0 (Control
Article), 50, 150 and 500 mg/kg/day dose groups, respectively, and all
of the respective pregnant dams delivered litters.
No clinical observations in the F1 generation pups were attributable to
maternal doses of the test article as high as 500 mg/kg/day. There were
no test article-related necropsy observations in the F1 generation pups.
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The jaguar is known as the largest wild cat that live in the Americas. A little bit larger than it cousin – the leopard, these predators frequently live in the dense tropical forest. Therefore its presence range from Southwestern United States and Mexico in North America, across a large part of Central America, Paraguay and Argentina in South America.
Due to a dominant melanistic gene, around 6% of the jaguar population are black. Their skin produce black pigmentation, resulting into a stunning dark coat. Over 500 jaguar that suffer from melanism live in the wild and many of them have their habitats in the Amazonian forest. Therefore, you can imagine just how rare it is to catch sight of such an elusive creature.
However, while conducting a conservation study throughout the 150 million acres of the Amazon Region Protected Areas, a team at the World Wildlife Fund spotted something even rarer – a black leopard swimming through the Amazon River. These solitary felines are known as very skilled and powerful swimmers thanks to their muscular limbs.
“This morning, after an epic rain storm we headed out and a member of our team said ‘Oh my God it’s a cayman [swimming] ‘”Carter Roberts, President and CEO of WWF-US said. “As we got closer I said ‘Oh God it’s a cat,’ but our guide then said ‘guys it’s actually a black jaguar.'”
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Our reviews this month cover the latest books by progressive scholar Catherine Keller and Rod Dreher, writer for The American Conservative. Both authors speak of present and looming dangers, and they offer perspectives for moving forward. In Facing Apocalypse (2021), Keller addresses the climate catastrophe and democracy. Returning to the Book of Revelation, a site of her previous work, she offers a sophisticated theological conversation for a broad audience seeking to understand and address the apocalyptic moment we face.
In Live Not By Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents (2020), Dreher takes up his theme of the culture wars and sees threatening totalitarian tendencies on the left. Using stories of Eastern European dissidents, he describes differences and similarities between Soviet-style totalitarianism and a new “soft totalitarianism” in the United States. He urges Christians to cultivate the specific virtues and values that he identifies as lessons from survivors of Soviet-style oppression. While Dreher addresses totalitarian tendencies he sees as coming from the left, it would be interesting to read his book in light of dangerous tendencies at the other end of the political spectrum as well. | <urn:uuid:52580741-62dd-4275-b03a-a6391159e97e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://learn.elca.org/jle/book-review-editors-introduction-february-march-2022/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.920135 | 227 | 1.710938 | 2 |
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