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Forensic Geology in Military or Intelligence Operations
Forensic Geology in Military or Intelligence Operations
█ WILLIAM C. HANEBERG
Forensic geology is strictly defined as the use of geologic principles and techniques to establish facts or provide evidence used in a court of law. A broader working definition includes the use of the same principles and techniques to establish facts or sequences of events regardless of whether they are used in court. Thus, the gathering and interpretation of geologic data for intelligence, espionage, and national security purposes can fall under the second definition of forensic geology. Forensic geology overlaps with the field of forensic soil science. In many cases, the work performed by practitioners in the two fields is very similar and the only distinction lies in the details of their academic training and professional experience. Also related is the field of forensic geophysics, in which geophysical instruments such as seismographs can be used as the basis for inferences about activities in remote or otherwise inaccessible areas.
Origin of forensic geology. The first written description of forensic geology is generally attributed to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, who was created by Arthur Conan Doyle (British, 1859–1930). In A Study in Scarlet, published in 1887, Holmes was endowed with the ability to easily distinguish soils of different types and infer from mud on their shoes and clothes the places to which people had traveled. He was also described by Dr. Watson, his fictional colleague, as having a "practical, but limited" knowledge of geology.
The first real use of forensic geology to solve a crime does not appear to have occurred until 1904, when a German chemist named Georg Popp used geologic evidence to help identify a murder suspect from a handkerchief containing traces of snuff, coal dust, and the mineral hornblende. The prime suspect used snuff, and divided his labors between a coal gasification plant and a quarry in which the rocks were rich in the hornblende. (Coal gasification was then a common process in which coal was transformed into natural gas.) Soil in the suspect's pant cuffs also was matched to soil at the crime scene and outside of the victim's home. Taken together, the evidence convinced the suspect to confess. Four years later, Popp was able to show that one layer of soil on the shoes of a murder suspect matched the soil and distinctly green goose droppings around the suspect's home. A second layer contained red sandstone fragments identical to those in the soil where the body was found. The third, and outermost, layer contained coal, brick, and cement dust identical to that found at the location where the murder weapon was found. The suspect claimed that he was walking in the fields near his home and therefore could not have committed the murder. Popp was able to show that, in addition to all of the geologic evidence that was preserved on the shoes, there was no sign of the distinctive milky white quartz particles that were characteristic of soil from those fields.
Methods of forensic geology. The methods used by forensic geologists are adaptations of the methods used by geologists engaged in academic research, mineral exploration, and other activities. For example, it is a fundamental principle of stratigraphy (the study of sequences of sedimentary rocks) that a layer of sedimentary rock is in most cases younger than the layers below it and older than the layers above it. This principle is known as the law of superposition. The implications for forensic geology are that a layer of mud deposited on shoes or an automobile is younger than the layers beneath it. Understanding the sequence of mud, sediment, or dirt layers can therefore allow forensic geologists to reconstruct a chain of events such as visits to several locations characterized by different soil or bedrock types.
Other techniques employed by forensic geologists are derived from the disciplines of petrography and petrology, which are concerned with the description and interpretation of rock types. Soils and rocks can be distinguished on the basis of their particle size distributions as well as the sphericity, angularity, and mineralogy of individual particles. Two samples of sand, for example, may be composed of grains that appear significantly different to an experienced geologist. Forensically important distinctions can sometimes be made with the unaided eye or a small magnifying lens. In other cases, binocular microscopes can be used to view grains using reflected light. A more elaborate method is the examination of thin sections using transmitted polarized light. Thin sections are made by gluing a soil or rock to a glass slide and then grinding it to a standardized thickness of 30 microns. Most minerals are transparent in thin section (although a few metallic minerals remain opaque) and can be identified by their crystal shape and the degree to which they distort light passing through polarizing filters placed above and below the thin section. Fragments of macrofossils and intact microfossils, as well as pollen, in a soil or rock can likewise be identified by microscopy.
Particles smaller than sand grains can be difficult to identify using optical microscopes, but their shape and surface texture can be examined using instruments such as electron microscopes. Another class of instruments known as electron microprobes can perform non-destructive chemical analyses, including mapping variations in chemical composition across grains much less than a millimeter in diameter. Electron microprobe maps of oxygen content, for example, might be used to determine whether two metallic mineral grains have experienced similar degrees of oxidation.
The origin and history of a soil or rock particle is known as its provenance. Geologists in general and forensic geologists in particular can infer whether the source of sand grains is likely to have been an igneous or sedimentary rock, whether the grains were likely to have been transported by running water or exposed in an arid environment, and the climate in which a soil was formed. The presence of rare minerals or distinctive microfossils may allow them to further limit the possible sources to a small geographic area, perhaps a single watershed or rock body described in a published map or report. Thus, establishing the provenance of sand or mud recovered as forensic evidence can place a suspect at a crime scene or confirm an alibi.
Forensic geology case histories. There have been several publicly known cases in which forensic geology has played an important role in espionage, intelligence, security, and military operations.
During the second half of World War II, the Japanese military developed a plan to attack the United States with unmanned balloons carrying explosive and incendiary bombs. Using meteorological observations and calculations, they were able to design balloons that could be launched from Japanese beaches and carried by the jet stream to the western United States. The balloons were designed to be self-regulating, releasing sandbags in order to gain elevation during cold nights and releasing hydrogen to loose elevation during warm days. It is believed that 9000 balloons were launched, of which an estimated 1000 reached North America. Two balloons drifted as far east as Michigan. Although they ignited a few small fires and killed only six people (five children and a minister's wife who came across an unexploded bomb while on a fishing trip in Oregon), their origin was of concern. It was not known whether the balloons were being launched from Japanese submarines, by shore parties that had landed on American beaches, from German prisoner of war camps, or from the internment camps to which many Japanese-American citizens had been forcibly relocated. Geologists in the military geology unit of the U.S. Geological Survey were asked to determine the launching point of the balloons from the provenance of sand that had been used for ballast and which had been recovered from many balloon crash sites. Because sand has a low economic value and is expensive to transport, it was likely that the source of the sand was at or near the launching areas. The geologists first eliminated North American sources for the sand, which contained an unusual combination of minerals, fossil and recent diatoms (single celled algae that secrete siliceous cell walls), foraminifera (single celled organisms with calcareous shells), mollusk shell fragments, and no coral. The absence of coral was important because coral grows only in warm water, meaning that the sand most likely came from a northern area. By comparing the sand to geologic maps and reports that had been published before the war, one as early as 1889, the geologists suggested two possible launching sites along the northern coast of Japan. In reality, balloons were being launched from three sites. One of them was a site identified by the geologists and the other two, separated by approximately 15 km, were close to the second site identified by the geologists.
Forensic geology has also been used to investigate politically motivated murders and terrorist attacks. Grains of sand and microfossils found on the body of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro, who was kidnapped and murdered by Red Brigade terrorists in 1978, led investigators to conclude that he had been held at least part of the time along an 11 km long stretch of beach north of Rome. The total mass of sand collected from Moro's clothing and the car in which his body was discovered was approximately 1 gram. The presence of bitumen (a tar-like substance in this case derived from oil spills dispersed by waves) and resins used in boat building further supported the beach hypothesis. Because of the high profile and political sensitivity of the case, collection of sand samples for comparison with the grains found on Moro's body occurred in secret. The geologist working on the case was accompanied by his wife, who posed as a tourist picking plants and observing the scenery while her husband surreptitiously collected sand samples.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) relied heavily on geologic evidence to learn how the Mexico Federal Judicial Police (MFJP) attempted to cover up the murder of Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent Enrique Salazar and pilot Alfredo Avelar, who assisted Salazar on clandestine missions for the United States government. Salazar had been kidnapped at gunpoint from the streets of Guadalajara, Mexico and his body was discovered, along with that of Avelar, after a shootout between the MFJP and family engaged in the drug trade. The entire family was killed in the shootout, and the implication was that Salazar had been kidnapped and killed by the family. Traces of soil on the bodies of Salazar and Avelar, however, did not match the soil at the ranch where the shootout occurred and caused suspicion to be cast on the explanation offered by the Mexican government. Detailed studies by an FBI geologist posing as a DEA agent (FBI agents were not allowed to work in Mexico, but DEA agents were) revealed an extremely uncommon assemblage of mineral grains and shards of pink volcanic glass. This geologic evidence led the investigators to a state park in mountainous terrain where, based on detailed examination of individual soil particles, the site at which Salazar and Avelar had originally been buried was discovered. Other forensic evidence showed that the MFJP had been involved in the kidnapping, torture, and burial of Salazar and Avelar.
Geologic interpretation of photographs and videotapes can also shed light on the location in which a photograph or a recording was made. A notable example of this kind of forensic geology occurred shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. American geologists who had worked in Afghanistan were able to identify rocks in the background of a videotaped message from the terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, and therefore the region of the country in which the message was taped. The use of geologic knowledge to infer location was widely publicized, however, and subsequent messages were recorded against a cloth background in order to prevent the location of the taping from being discerned.
Knowledge of the principles of forensic geology can be used to obscure evidence or mislead investigators. Double agent Kim Philby (British, 1912–1988), who spied for the Soviet Union while at the same time working in the British intelligence service during the Cold War years, once used a small trowel to bury a camera in a wooded area near the Potomac River in Virginia. He then returned to his home and used the trowel to dig in his garden in order obscure any soil particles that might be used to identify the location of the camera. This incident would never have been known if Philby had not described it in his autobiography. Terrorists arrested in conjunction with the Aldo Moro case insisted that forensic evidence had been planted in order to steer authorities away from the true location of their activities, which might have led to the arrest of additional suspects. It appears, though, that the forensic evidence was authentic and reliable.
Forensic seismology. The use of geophysical methods, especially those derived from seismological studies of the Earth, can also provide information about remote events. Analysis of seismograms produced by the explosion of the Russian submarine Kursk in 2000, for example, have shown that a small initial explosion was followed by a much larger explosion that produced vibrations equivalent to those from a magnitude 4.1 earthquake. This information was used to infer that the size of the explosion was equivalent to that which would have been produced by 4000 to 6000 kilograms of TNT. Seismologists were also able to analyze information about the oscillations of a bubble of hot gas that rose through the sea after the explosion, and infer that the main explosion took place at a depth of approximately 100 meters. Bathymetric data suggest that the seafloor is about 100 meters deep at the explosion site, so it is likely that the second explosion occurred when the sinking submarine struck the seafloor.
Seismological data have also been used to help infer the details of 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the 2001 World Trade Center attack, and the 2001 Pentagon attack. Analysis of seismograms associated with the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, for example, suggests that the actual structural collapse occurred over a period of about three seconds. The same principles can be used to obtain evidence of clandestine conventional or nuclear explosions, and in particular to verify that nuclear test ban treaties are not being violated.
Seismological data may provide information about the February 2003 disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia. The sonic boom produced as a shuttle descends is normally recorded on seismographs, but the seismogram produced by the final Columbia reentry does not contain evidence of a sonic boom. Although the reasons for this were unclear at the time this article was written, the seismic data provided enough information to allow the location of the disintegration to be calculated and compared against other observations.
█ FURTHER READING:
Murray, R. C. and J. C. Tedrow. Forensic Geology. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998.
Buck, S. "Searching for Graves Using Geophysical Technology: Field Tests with Ground Penetrating Radar, Magnetometry, and Electrical Resistivity." Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 48, no. 1 (2003): 5–11.
Holzer, T. L., J. B. Fletcher, G. S. Fuis, T. Ryberg, T. M. Brocher, and C. M. Dietel. " Seismograms Offer Insight into Oklahoma City Bombing." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, vol. 77, no. 41 (October 8, 1996): 393, 396–397.
Koper, K. D., T. C. Wallace, S. R. Taylor, and H. E. Hartse. "Forensic Seismology and the Sinking of the Kursk." Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 82, no. 4 (2001): 37.
Lombardi, Gianni. "The Contribution of Forensic Geology and Other Trace Evidence Analysis to the Investigation of the Killing of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro." Journal of Forensic Sciences, v. 44, no. 3 (1999): 634–642.
McPhee, John. "Annals of Crime—The Gravel Page." The New Yorker. (January 29, 1996): 44–69.
American Society of Forensic Geologists." American Society of Forensic Geologists." 2002. <http://www.forensicgeology.org/>(13 March 2003).
Levine, Alissa. "Secrets Hidden in Soil." September 5, 2001. <http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/forengeo/secret.htm>(13 March 2003).
Murray, Raymond. "Devil in the Details, the Science of Forensic Geology." January 29, 2003. <http://www.forensicgeology.net/science.htm>(13 March 2003).
Pinsker, Lisa M. "Geology Adventures in Afghanistan." Geotimes Web Feature. February 2002. <http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/feb02/Feature_Shroderside.html>(13 March 2003).
Geologic and Topographical Influences on Military and Intelligence Operations
Seismology for Monitoring Explosions
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Running In Harmony: Activism For Runners
How to use your ability to endure to change the world for the better by working to dismantle racism.
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Runners harness massive amounts of energy and willpower to do the hard work of training and racing. Runners sustain incredible focus to accomplish goals. What if we re-directed, or merely shared, those resources and skills?
We could make a powerful difference in the world. In fact, the running community is primed to be a collective agent for change. Right now, it’s more clear than ever that the world could use runners’ commitment, resources, and skills to combat social injustice, including individual and systemic racism.
Even in my so-called progressive hometown, the running hotbed of Boulder, Colorado, hatred is hurled at Black people. One day after coaching youth running club practice, I was standing with two Black athletes. A car full of young white people drove by; the passengers yelled a racial slur before speeding away.
Of course, this upset my athletes. Of course, this upset me. It better upset all of us. As should the harrowing stories of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black people who’ve faced oppression and violence.
Our Moral Responsibility
We cannot tolerate mistreatment, whether blatant or more subtle, of Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC). Even if it seems inconceivable or surprising to those of us who are insulated by white privilege. As Alison Désir, mental health coach, founder of Harlem Run, and runner, told Women’s Running, “People who are shocked by what happened to Ahmaud Arbery are in the beginning of their white racial identity, just realizing, ‘Oh my god, my whiteness carries meaning.’”
As a white woman, I’m called to take responsibility and use my power in and outside of running. I must open my ears and eyes, and welcome discomfort — with no desire for praise for speaking out or standing up for what’s right. This includes researching, reflecting, and respecting BIPOC leaders who’ve been having these conversations and pushing for change for a very long time.
We only have one planet with one messy, giant human family, and one chance to coexist. Positive role models who walk (er, run) their talk help us all move forward stronger, together.
Activist Role Models
For our book Girls Running, we talked to athletes who are activist role models. They exemplify how to serve a purpose greater than ourselves, even while training and competing seriously. They do so with purpose, calling attention to a range of issues.
Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Daniel, for example, has completed prayer runs to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), among other movements. Last year, she raced the Boston Marathon with symbolic red paint across her mouth and legs while praying for lost and stolen relatives. Her activism inspired then-high schooler Rosalie Fish to dedicate her races at the Washington state high school track and field championships to MMIW.
Currently, Désir is hosting a series of virtual fitness and mental health events called Meaning Through Movement. Pro runner Aisha Praught Leer and her training team are chasing a record in the mile and raising funds for the Sachs Foundation, which provides educational opportunities to Black high schoolers in Colorado. Gold medalist sprinter and jumper Tianna Bartoletta shared her experiences, insights, and a call to action for people to register to vote and pay attention to local politics, on her blog.
Time to Mobilize
I’m putting my feet to the pavement. Most runners want to get a long run in on Sundays. To add meaning into that Sunday “long run,” I am committed to marching on a path that parallels the highway to Denver every other Sunday until election day on November 3. My goal is to mobilize my running community to show up in support of Black Lives Matter and racial justice, to get out the vote, and to keep the momentum going towards changing the systems that are failing our country.
What moves you, as a runner and agent for change? Is it a virtual race to raise funds, like 1 Million Mile For Justice or to support indigenous communities facing the coronavirus? Is it calling out your coach if they use racist language? Is it organizing your running team or club to register to vote? Or is it dedicating your off day to reading about antiracism?
Whatever inspires you to move, know that as a runner you’re primed to be a change-maker, and maybe even a leader.
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Secondary Income: 4 Ways to Earn Money Online
If you’re like many people, you might not be where you want financially.
Studies show that as many as 40% of Americans would be unable to afford to pay a surprise $400 payment. On top of that, many others live as frugally as possible in case of emergency.
However, making extra money isn’t as hard as many people make it out to be. The truth is that there are a plethora of ways to earn money online. These can help give you a more stable financial foundation, and in some cases, can even become your primary source of income.
Let’s take a look at four different ways you can go about earning money online.
1. Teaching and Tutoring
If you enjoy working with children (or even adult learners), there are always many ways to make money through teaching.
The ESL industry is massive, and many companies hire people regardless of whether they have a teaching license. Oftentimes, all you need is to be a native English speaker.
If you’re well-versed in a particular subject, you can also look into tutoring other learners in it.
2. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliating marketing is when you recommend or advertise a product or service to others. Depending on the medium you feel most comfortable with, you can do so through blogging, YouTube, or social media.
If you have a large following on a particular platform, you can make a lot of money through affiliate marketing.
When combined with something like credit repair, affiliating marketing can transform your finances. Check out this site to learn a bit about credit repair prices.
3. Create an Online Course
If you know how to do something that many other people are trying to figure out, consider creating an online course. You can then upload it to a platform like Udemy to help people learn.
Creating an online course is a form of passive income. Once you put it out there to the world, you can watch your income grow without lifting a finger!
Freelancing is one of the best ways to make serious money online. You can start by using platforms like Upwork or Freelancer to find jobs, then eventually transition into pitching your own ideas to clients.
From graphic design to blogging, the world needs freelancers in just about every field.
When you’re first getting started, try using freelance work to supplement your primary source of income. After a certain point, you can then transition into using it as your primary source of money.
Take Advantage of the Many Ways to Earn Money Online
Whether you’re hoping to escape the 9-5 or just want to make some extra money on the side, the internet provides you with a plethora of different ways to supplement your income. The key is knowing where to look.
Use this guide to help you take advantage of the many ways to earn money online. By trying out some of the methods mentioned in this guide, you’ll be well on your way to bringing home a sizeable chunk of change.
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Argument Using the notion of styles of knowledge we refer to the ways diverse scientific communities claim to produce true knowledge, their understandings regarding the attitudes and values that scientists should have in order to grasp natural and social reality, and the practices and technologies developed within such styles. This paper analyzes scientific and medical enterprises that explored the relationship between environment, population, and society in Colombia between 1850 and 1920. We argue that similar styles of knowledge production were shared in human geography, medical geography, and climatic physiology at the mid-nineteenth century; and that some physicians working in bacteriology and physiology since the 1880s established epistemic boundaries between their work and earlier scientific activities, while others found these distinctions irrelevant. However, the historical actors committed to any of the styles of knowledge production explored in this article agreed on the local specificity of their objects of inquiry, therefore questioning European science. These styles of knowledge production also shaped different ways of perceiving and addressing national problems. Hence, this article is a contribution to the recent literature on both historical epistemology and social and cultural history of science and medicine.
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Elegant, flattened, fan-like sprays of foliage clothe the drooping branches of this noble evergreen conifer from the far western United States. In the wild it forms a majestic conical tree with a massive buttressed trunk and thick shredding silver-brown to red-brown bark. In gardens it is mostly known by its numerous cultivars, which come in many shapes, sizes, and colors.
The tiny, scale-like, green to blue-green leaves clasp and overlap along flexuous branchlets, forming ferny growths. The drooping sprays of foliage have white streaks underneath. Bruised leaves emit a pungent resinous odor. In summer the branches bear small, round, blue-green cones with shield-like scales. The cones ripen to orange-brown in fall, the scales splitting outwards to expel seeds.
Grow Lawson's falsecypress in full to partial sun and moist well-drained soil. It will fail in soggy or clay soil. It tolerates cold winters and dislikes hot parched conditions. Full-sized Lawson cypress is striking as a specimen in a broad lawn, or grouped as a grove or hedge. Cultivars work well in many settings including foundation plantings, shrub borders, and containers. This tree also makes a wonderful bonsai plant. (source: Learn2Grow.com)
Genus - Chamaecyparis
Species - Lawsoniana
Common name - Lawson Cypress
Pre-Treatment - Required
Hardiness zones - 5 - 7
Height - 40'-65' / 12 - 20(60) m
Spread - 10'-20' / 3 - 6 m
Plant type - Medium Tree
Vegetation type - Evergreen
Exposure - Full Sun, Partial Shade
Growth rate - Medium
Soil PH - Acidic, Neutral
Soil type - Loam, sand, well drained
Water requirements - Average Water
Landscape uses - Container, Feature Plant, Foundation, Hedges, Rock Garden / Wall, Screening / Wind Break, Shade Trees, Topiary / Bonsai / Espalier
Germination rate - 83%
Leaf / Flower color - Green, Dark green / --
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Moments in the Life of a Scientist by Bruno Rossi, Cambridge, pp 181,
Bruno Rossi is a fine scientist, but he is a no Galileo. In his preface
to this book, Philip Morrison tries to oconjure up echoes of Galileo: the
Italian scientist creating a new astronomy amid the ravages of tyranny and
Buffeted about by the great events of the time, Bruno and Nora Rossi
tell their story from a point of view that is resolutely their own.
Rossi was born in Venice in 1905. He studied physics at Florence, working
at Arcetri, where Galileo spent his final years. Here, he invented a fast-coincidence
detector of ionising radiation that permitted him to make the measurements
that led to his first great moment in the sun. At a meeting in Rome of the
Royal Italian Academy, at which Guglielmo Marconi presided, and with the
world’s most illustrious physicists in attendance, Enrico Fermi invited
Rossi to present his results. He used the occasion to demolish the theory
of the great Robert Millikan that cosmic rays (a term coined by Millikan)
were ‘the birth cries of atoms’. His experiment showed that cosmic rays
were much too energetic to have originated as Millikan imagined.
Rossi’s life may reasonably be said to be woven of four strands. One
is the great political and social events of the day. A second is the peculiar
evolution of the field of cosmic ray physics. The third is the personal,
inner story of Bruno and Nora – their passions and sorrows, rivals and supporters,
defeats and triumphs. The fourth is the story of Rossi’s work, the experimental
dilemmas that arose in his laboratories, and their resolution.
Rossi chooses to focus on the fourth of these strands. For the rest,
we must depend on only incidental glimpses, and on a final chapter written
by Nora that tells the story from her point of view. Much as I admire Bruno
Rossi as an experimental physicist, a bit more attention to the other strands
might have made for a more exciting book.
In 1928, when Rossi arrived at Arcetri, the director of the Institute
of Physics and the leading light of Florentine physics was Antonio Garbasso.
Rossi lets us know that Garbasso was, alas, no longer an active physicist,
having allowed himself to be drawn into administration. He was a senator
of the kingdom and mayor of Florence. In an omission typical of the entire
book, Rossi does not find it necessary to tell that Garbasso was a willing
Protected by Garbasso, physics flourished at Arcetri, to the point where
Rossi feels, with some justice, that Fermi’s collection of raqazzi on the
Via Panisperna in Rome was not Italy’s only great centre of experimental
research at the time. Along the way, Rossi managed to get a travel grant
to visit Berlin in 1930, where he caught a glimpse of Albert Einstein, Max
Planck, Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Max von Laue, Hermann Nernst and Werner
Heisenberg. More importantly, he found out that he could improve his Geiger-Muller
counters with which he measured the impact of cosmic rays by replacing the
steel wire with aluminium.
In 1932, while planning an expedition to observe cosmic rays in the
then Italian colony of Eritrea, Rossi was called to a chair at the University
of Padua. He accepted the responsibility of supervising the building of
a new physics institute, the building that had served Galileo (him again!)
being no longer fit for modern laboratories.
By the time the new building was finished in 1937, other matters forced
their way into Rossi’s consciousness. For one thing, he had met and married
Nora. He generously devotes nearly an entire paragraph to this. For another,
antisemitism had become a problem in Fascist Italy; the Rossis were Jewish.
Reluctantly, they left Italy. Nora’s account makes mention of her rage
when, at this frantic moment, Bruno could not bring himself to leave his
laboratory. Leave they did, however, first for Copenhagen, where the Bohrs
looked after them, and then for Manchester. Here, Patrick and Constance
Blackett provided them with a flat to live in and a laboratory in which
Rossi invented the anticoincidence method of detecting gamma rays.
Meanwhile, Compton was searching for a place for them in the US. There
were more refugee scientists than places available, but Compton invited
Rossi to a symposium on cosmic rays in Chicago. In June 1939, the Rossis
sailed for the New World.
In search of job security and cosmic rays, the Rossis went to New York,
Chicago, the mountains of Colorado, and finally, Ithaco, where Hans Bethe
found him a chair at Cornell University. But he was soon to be called away.
In 1943, issues that Rossi and Enrico Fermi had only murmured darkly about
over lunch in Chicago had taken on a terrifying reality, and Bethe invited
Rossi to Los Alamos. In the Los Alamos section of the book, Rossi gives
a particularly lucid account of the technical problems of making the atomic
bomb, and of the role he played in helping to solve them.
After the war, Rossi wound up at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Artificial accelerators superseded cosmic rays as sources of high-energy
particles but – in the nick of time – the field was saved from extinction
by the emergence of space flight. Cosmic ray physicists sent their detector
gadgets into space.
All of this is told with grace, dignity, and admirable clarity. Rossi
was obviously determined to make his memoir accessible to the general reader
and, for the most part, he has. The only problem is that the part of his
story he has told is not the part the reader most wants to hear. I would
like to suggest that the Rossis try again. This time, let Nora write the
book, and Bruno fill in the details of his experiments in footnotes. The
result could be a fine read.
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By: Becky Searles Founder Family Garden Life
A food garden can be so rewarding, especially growing food with kids because you can teach them so much about sustainability and nutrition. But there is nothing worse than growing food to feed the pests, and starting in Spring, unfortunately your food garden is loved by all.
Pests come in all shapes and sizes, and feast on a wide selection of fruit, vegetable and herb crops, plus they can also use their underground advantage and target the roots of a plant.
Not all insects are bad though, and it’s important to also be able to identify beneficial insects, and how you can attract them into your garden to help you defend your patch.
Let’s name and shame the bad guys in your food garden.
Aphids target soft, new growth. They secrete this sticky honeydew as they suck the sap from the plant and this harbors a new issue which is a sooty mould. You might just come across ants at the same time as they are going after the honeydew. This can be a further issue because the ants often farm aphids and move them to a new plant, thus spreading the problem.
Technically ants won’t kill your plants, however, their underground tunnels can cause stress to the roots of a plant, and their burrowing can affect soil structure. Your plants will show signs of stress, and you may be stumped to know what it is, so check for activity in the area.
3. Bronze Orange Bug
They first appear as light green nymphs (youngsters), then this bug grows-up and their colour changes to the more familiar orange to bronze, then to an orange-brown or black colour. Damaging citrus trees they are often called stink bugs because they squirt a sticky chemical, that will stain your skin and sting eyes.
4. Cabbage White Butterfly & Cabbage Moth
The Cabbage White Butterfly caterpillars are a green colour with a smooth texture, while the caterpillars with the greeny-brown markings come from the Cabbage Moth. The butterflies and moths lay their eggs on the underside of leaves. When the eggs hatch they are very small caterpillars and it takes a few days before you realise they are present.
5. Citrus Leaf Miner
The moth itself is very elusive, and not seen very often. You will know if the larvae are active though, as they leave squiggly tunnels all over the leaves as they mine their way through. As the larvae mine tunnels, it can give the leaves a bumpy, uneven look. Any major attack is likely to happen during new growth in spring / summer and slow down young trees.
Typically the earwig is a scavenger so you will be likely to find them under mulch and leaf litter during daylight hours and then they come out to feed at night time. Earwigs feed on aphids, army worms and maggots, which is a good thing yeah? However, they also like to eat plants, and in your food garden.
7. Fruit Fly
Fruit flies have 4 life stages, like most insects, and it’s through getting to understand these life stages, that you will have the best chance of managing this pest. Fruit flies lay their eggs under the skin of the fruit. You will not see this, as it’s inside the fruit, but around the puncture hole could be signs of bacteria and rot. The maggots will feed on the fruit and it will end up as a soft, mushy mess.
The grasshopper’s long spring legs and wings make it a very elusive pest to catch. However, leave them alone, and your lush green leaves will have big bite marks in them before you know it. They are mostly hidden during the day, but when they feast, they take everything, especially if you give them a few days of unnoticed eating!
Mealybugs feed by sucking on the moisture in the plant and they do this by attaching themselves to the new tender leaves. The leaves will wilt and turn yellow. Like aphids, they secrete a sticky substance called honeydew which attracts the ants. Ants will farm mealybugs like aphids as well. The plant then becomes susceptible to sooty mould. The mealybug also releases toxic saliva that can seriously damage plants.
Millipedes are vegetarians, and they can destroy seedlings and crops. The rainy weather can stimulate activity in Autumn & Spring. When it’s really hot, they remain hidden underground. They forage at night time and can be found in leaf matter on the ground. When they are disturbed they emit a horrible smell and curl up in a tight spiral.
Microscopic colourless worms which work underground so are hard to detect. Most nematodes are harmless, but the Root Knot Nematode is a plant parasite. These pests burrow into the roots of the plant and take their water and nutrients, leaving them weak and prone to disease. You may be wondering why your plant is still struggling after it has been watered, and the problem could be at the root. The roots will appear to have a tumor like growths on them.
Scale attach to a branch and when scraped off you will find a goo underneath. Scale are sap suckers. They cause leaves to discolour and turn yellow. The leaves will then drop and the stems, where the infestation is, and die. Scale secrete a honeydew sticky substance, the same as aphids & mealybugs, and can cause sooty mould, which is a fungus. Then the ants will arrive.
13. Snails & Slugs
Snails & slugs are related and have similar objectives in a garden. They hang out at night time and leave a slimy trail wherever they go. Both are very destructive and can wipe out seedlings overnight and only leave the stem.
Living on decaying vegetable matter, they are the most active at night time, and you will find them hanging out under pots and leaf matter during the day. They will damage seedlings overnight, chewing on the soft new leaves.
15. Stink Bug
They let off a pungent odour if handled. They target crops like tomatoes, or capsicums, peas or butter beans. They are very strong fliers and can smell an opportunity from long distances away.
They pierce the skin of the fruit and suck out the contents from the inside. You may notice your fruit & veggies not ripening as normal and blotches appearing in white or yellow shapes. They will also head for broccoli & cauliflower during the cooler months.
Thrips can crawl, jump, walk and you guessed it – fly! They live on plants and spread disease. They lay their eggs inside the plant tissue and they feed on the plant juices. You will be able to identify their presence by browning of petals, curling leaves, new shoots deform and appear stunted and they leave a mottled silvery brown appearance to the leaves. They can leave black sooty spots on leaves from their droppings.
Whiteflies are related to aphids and not actually flies. They have a white wax covering their body and lay eggs on the underside of leaves. Feeding on the sap of the plant, they also secrete a honeydew substance which leads to the sooty mold, attracting ants once more.
The best line of defence in an organic food garden is to be present in your patch so you notice changes and can quickly work to rectify them. You can also use organic and homemade pest remedies to combat attacks but if you hold off a day or two the cavalry might just arrive in time, these are call beneficial insects. They go by the names of lady bird, hover fly, parasitic wasp, praying mantis and lacewing, and these guys are your most effective organic pest control. It’s insect against insect. Love your work Mother Nature. | <urn:uuid:36944c87-1521-419b-a47d-55e70cdfd7ed> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.motherpedia.com.au/article/17-pests-to-watch-out-for-this-spring-summer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957752 | 1,714 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Toni Morrison’s novel, Beloved is a unique work of literature in its distinct focus on commemorating the trauma of institutionalized slavery in America, an often overlooked part of history. Morrison translates the trauma into literature through addressing the inspiring and heart-wrenching story of the ex-slave, Sethe. At its core, Beloved communicates the often neglected traumatic realities of slavery and the psychological trail of impact it leaves on individuals. Thus, the memories of the slaves are depicted as omnipresent and a deep challenge to the human consciousness. In the novel, Morrison merges the past and the present together through storytelling. The transmitted narrative gives rise to a collective oral tradition about the past and provides former slaves the opportunity to define themselves. Yet storytelling also awakens the painful realities of the past, which prevent many individuals from moving on. Morrison’s ubiquitous use of recounting the past in Beloved demonstrates the complex and dynamic relationship between the past and the present. Through the widespread use of storytelling techniques, Morrison puts forth the idea that passing a traumatic and difficult narrative is a concrete, self-reflective tool to cope with pain, preserve history and ultimately facilitate emotional fulfillment.
Denver uses rational thinking to indicate that it is odd that Sweet Home is spoken about so frequently even though it seems to be a source of suffering for everyone. Denver does not understand why Sweet Home plays such an integral role in the present if they seemed so eager to “run off” and leave the past behind them. The recurring storytelling of Sweet Home illustrates a central theme within Beloved— the inescapable impact of past experiences over the present-day lives of the individuals. Sweet Home may physically be in the past; however, emotionally it consumes the present. Denver cannot fathom why such a place would be called ‘sweet’ or even ‘home.’ Typically, the notion of ‘home’ is associated with the positivity and love surrounding a personal location. This seemingly ironic description of the plantation points to the dual relationship the ex-slaves have to Sweet Home. Through defending the relevance of Sweet Home to the present, Sethe comes to internalize that although it was a cruel place full of traumatic experiences, it also contained a sense of community and companionship— they were “all together.” As literary scholar, Ashraf Rushdy, in Daughters Signifying History explains, “Denver is the filtering ear for Sethe’s process of self-discovery.” Denver actively listening to the stories of Sweet Home facilitates Sethe’s ability to see beyond the trauma and discover the small gifts from her past.
This concept of storytelling as a valuable remedy for emotional troubles is expanded upon when Sethe tells Beloved stories from her past: “Sethe learned the profound satisfaction Beloved got from storytelling. It amazed Sethe (as much as it pleased Beloved) because every mention of her past life hurt. Everything in it was painful…But as she began telling about the earrings, she found herself wanting to, liking it…it was an unexpected pleasure (p. 69).”
This passage elaborates on the the theme of the past controlling the present. Sethe wishes to avoid connecting the past to the present through “storytelling,” yet Beloved gains a tangible “satisfaction” from the tales. More intriguing, Beloved’s enjoyment and gains appear to transfer back to Sethe. This particular example unravels the multifaceted abilities within Beloved’s character. She helps Sethe heal by forcing her to reconcile her past with her present, yielding Sethe “unexpected pleasure” in what has previously disturbed her. In doing so, Beloved enables Sethe to use storytelling as a medium to acquire a distance from the narrative, detach Sethe from the pain and become an audience for her own story. However, more skeptically, Beloved’s thirst for the traumatic stories and embracement of the past manipulates Sethe into bringing resisted and unwanted memories back to the present. In this instance, like scholar, Juda Bennett says, “Morrison highlights the tension between the desire to turn away and the need to face bravely those stories that threaten our sanity yet require our attention, stories that are full of pain and yet also hold the promise of working through the pain.” Beloved’s character manifests the fundamental tension that lies within storytelling; it can be both troubling to open old wounds yet an immensely therapeutic process to make sense of the past. The transmission of Beloved’s “satisfaction” to Sethe’s “pleasure” epitomizes the transformative essence of effective storytelling and accordingly the emotional fulfillment that can result.
Sethe continues to use storytelling techniques to give Denver a better understanding of the present. She can clearly understand that Denver maintains a more distant relationship to the past, exemplifying the distinct differences between generations of slaves. Therefore, Sethe must explain to Denver, “Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay. I used to think it was my rememory…. Places, places are still there (p. 43).” This idea of “rememory” debunks Denver’s assumption that the past is simply transitory. Rather, it emphasizes the significant and potentially permanent role that past experiences exert on the present. “Rememory” highlights a cyclical quality of memories; they seem to be recreated, as opposed to merely observed from a distance. This phenomenon implies that one can listen to a story frequently enough and eventually reconstruct the event as if it happened to himself. Rushdy elaborates on this concept: “These ‘rememories’ not only exist outside the agent’s mind but are available to anyone who enters the sphere of the action.” In light of this comment, it is more understandable why Sethe prohibits her daughter from visiting Sweet Home: she may fear that Denver, after hearing all the stories, will be confronted with traces of her mother’s past, which will have been integrated into her own memories and consequently relive Sethe’s traumatic experiences. We see here the intricate connection between the past and the present. As such, Sethe must strike the balance between revealing too much of her past and keeping her daughter too far in the dark. When this balance is struck, storytelling can be a valuable mechanism for which Denver can come to terms with her past and begin to relate to her present.
Denver uses storytelling as a mechanism to further strengthen her connection to her history and therefore, excitingly jumps into the narrative of her birth when prompted by Beloved: “Denver stopped and sighed. This was the part of the story she loved. She was coming to it now, and she loved it because it was all about herself…Denver was seeing it now and feeling it— through Beloved. Feeling how it must have felt to her mother. Seeing how it must have looked. (p. 91)”
As she relays the story, Denver essentially morphs into her mother. She transcends beyond surface level storytelling and emotionally and physically places herself into the depictions. Perhaps Denver loves this story so intensely because as the central character, she views herself as an integral part of the past, giving her a strong foundational connection to her family’s history. Sethe’s story of Denver’s birth becomes so entrenched in Denver’s brain that it evolves from a story she has heard many times to a personal memory. Denver transmits the story as if she was her mother, feeling all the implications of what occurred. Further, the detail in the story of Denver’s particularly auspicious location of birth on the border between the North and the South, signifying freedom and slavery, reveals her ambiguous position between Sethe’s dark past and her own potential future. Although Denver was born in a precarious time for Sethe, she was born at the hands of a benevolent woman, Amy, who represents one of the few lights from Sethe’s past. This juxtaposition of the positivity of Amy and the dangers of the birth further demonstrates the complexity that lies within Denver’s understanding of self through storytelling. Until the story of her birth, as scholar Linda Krumholz in The Ghosts of Slavery says, “Denver’s relation to the past is primarily historical rather than personal…without knowledge of her mother’s past, Denver must remain in isolation from history….” The story of her birth both gives Denver an intimate connection to her history, and narrows the perceived emotional gap between Denver and her mother.
After hearing unsettling stories about her husband, Sethe finds herself frustrated that she cannot control her own thoughts, thus exemplifying the unsettling aspect of storytelling. “[Sethe] shook her head from side to side, resigned to her rebellious brain. Why was there nothing it refused? No misery, no regret, no hateful picture too rotten to accept? Like a greedy child it snatched up everything. Just once, could it say, No thank you? I just ate and can’t hold another bite? (pp. 82-83)”
The personification of Sethe’s brain as a “greedy child,” is reminiscent of Beloved’s incessant thirst for stories. Here, Beloved becomes a metaphor for the uncontrollable nature of thinking and the psychological damage it can cause a person. As much as Sethe desires, she cannot overcome the consuming nature of her memories and they continue to exert power over the present. Likening her brain to something of a “rebellious” nature indicates that she feels betrayed by her own self. Essentially, her inner-thoughts become her biggest opponent and fear. Although storytelling and memories cause Sethe much anguish, storytelling itself may provide the tool to heal some of Sethe’s psychological wounds. Literary scholar, Brooks Bouson, in her book Quiet as it’s Kept, states that when done in a constructive manner, memory allows the slaves “to take back the ‘authority’ and ‘power’ by telling the story.” Storytelling most notably empowers Sethe with the ability to communicate a narrative that she wants others to know. By the nature of storytelling, Sethe can determine which details are relevant and worth sharing. Indeed she has much control over others’ knowledge of the past, yet she remains a victim to her brain which constantly reminds her of all that she wishes to forget. This embodiment of her brain presents the paradigm for which storytelling can be understood. Storytelling gives individuals a concrete way to grapple with sources of pain and achieve authority over oneself.
This pain that is associated with storytelling is alluded to later on in the narrative when Morrison writes, “All of it is now it is always now there will never be a time when I am not crouching and watching others who are crouching too I am always crouching… (p. 248).” The language here is deliberately convoluted, unpunctuated and told through a stream of conscience. Yet perhaps the confusing nature of the passage connotes Morrison’s message that time is perceived as one fluid continuum. The characters in Beloved exist in a reality etched so deeply with trauma that time appears to stand still. Time decisively consolidates into a singular focal point that perpetuates and transforms the nature of storytelling. In this tale, the narrator, who is not explicitly revealed, recalls a horrific voyage on a slave boat from Africa in which she was “crouching” below the deck, without room to move. She feels enslaved by her own memory, and thus is “always crouching.” She is physically trapped by her past and bemoans the state in which she is forever paralyzed. Stemming from her survival instinct, she is constantly aware of her surroundings and is “watching others.” Her memories confuse the past with the present and create one connected reality. Writer, Clifton Spargo, in Trauma and the Specters of Enslavement in Morrison’s Beloved, explains the purpose of this understanding of time; “we are forced to ask what we ought to make of a past that lives anachronistically beyond its proper moment.” Through intertwining the past with the present, Morrison suggests that the two work in tandem and are, in fact, inseparable. The repeated manifestation of the stories force both the characters within the story and the readers to investigate the specters of the past, which often become relevant to the precise moment in which they are rediscovered.
At large, Beloved underscores the empowerment that lies in preserving personal histories specifically through oral transmission. Morrison elaborates on her intentions in writing Beloved: “The fact is that the stories look as though they come from people who are not even authors. No author tells these stories. They are just told—meanderingly—as though they are going in several directions at the same time…The stories are constantly being retold, constantly being imagined within a framework.”
Morrison deliberately chose the digressive stream of conscious framework for this story in order to parallel the nature of storytelling in general. The muddling and almost disorientation between the past and the present in the novel characterize the authenticity of the oral stories between Sethe and her daughter. Although the “several directions” can connote Morrison’s ambiguous and chaotic intentions, here it is precisely the opposite. Morrison uses the aimless “meandering” to reiterate that the ideal is not to be a robotic storyteller, but rather to appeal to natural human emotions. The narrated tradition allows the individuals to “imagine within a framework” and transmit stories in meaningful ways, rather than mindlessly relaying details of the past. Storytelling is both a fascinating and empowering tool which equips ex-slaves, who were previously robbed of any level of control, to claim ownership over the details of their history. Aside from those hearing the stories themselves in the novel, Morrison composes her novel in such a way that her readers feel as if they are now a part of the tradition, with the obligation to propagate the story forward. As such, Morrison preserves the histories of the characters not only through the content of her novel, but through the manner in which it is communicated.
In conclusion, Morrison demonstrates the intricate relationship between the past and the present and the compound role that storytelling has on individuals. Although Sethe does not appear to be psychologically prepared to confront her past demons, she is forced to do so by the appearance of Beloved. She engages with her trauma and copes through storytelling. The novel ends with the narrator reflecting on the storytelling process itself and says “this is not a story to pass on” (p. 324). Morrison seems to recommend that certain personal histories belong to the past and should not be retold, nor re-experienced. Yet it is deeply ironic that Morrison clearly decided that this story is worth passing. This paradox suggests that this story cannot simply be passed on, disguised as a mundane piece of literature, considered and eventually forgotten. Instead, the story must be told in a manner which reveals the larger meaning behind its facade. This interpretation advocates for a strong opposition against slavery and articulates the value of communicating stories regarding painful tragedies. While it may be emotionally straining at first, storytelling can be a therapeutic way to honor the past, cope with the present and ultimately claim agency over the future.
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Before we can get going with learning how to play the bass, we need to learn how to tune it. You can't learn properly on an out-of-tune bass.
In our last lesson we covered the musical alphabet and how notes are named. Knowing how the notes are named is important for you to understand how to tune your bass.
In the three parts of this lesson I will be quite thorough and explain:
- What it means to be in-tune.
- Some basics about sound.
- The sound of tuning and what to listen for.
- How to tune your bass by ear.
- How to tune with your bass with an electronic tuner.
I highly recommend watching the videos. Hearing the explanations is a big help.
What Does In-Tune Mean?
You can't sound good on the bass if you're not in-tune. That means your strings must be in-tune with each other, and you must be in-tune with any other musicians or music you're playing with.
But, what does “in-tune” really mean?
In-tune just means your instrument's notes accurately match specific pitches.
Pitch is a continuum, and notes are specific points along it. Being out-of-tune means your notes fall somewhere in-between the notes.
How Do You Tune Your Bass Strings?
You tune your bass by adjusting the tension of the strings so their pitches match specific notes.
You adjust the tension of each string using its tuning key on the headstock.
The looser the string, the lower the pitch.
The tighter the string, the higher the pitch.
The Basics of Sound and Pitch
To really understand what is happening when you tune and what you're listening for, you need a very basic understanding of sound and pitch. I won't get too complicated with this. But, understanding this will serve you in many future musical situations.
Vibrations and Sound Waves
When you hear a sound, you are hearing a vibration transmitted through the air.
An instrument, or voice, vibrates the air which then travels into your ears which translate it into sound in our brains.
We call these vibrations through the air sound waves.
Cycles and Frequencies
Just like ocean waves, these sound waves have a cycle from top to bottom.
We measure sound waves in terms of Frequency. Just think of frequency as how frequently something repeats.
Frequency is counted in Hertz (Hz) and measures how many cycles complete every second.
For example, 100Hz would equal 100 cycles per second.
Notes and Their Frequencies
Musical notes vibrate, or ring, at specific frequencies. The faster the frequency the higher the pitch. The slower the frequency, the lower the pitch.
Maybe you've heard that the note A = 440Hz. That means when you hear this note A, it is vibrating 440 times per second.
So, to play in-tune requires that the notes of your bass match the correct frequencies for each note.
Hearing In-Tune and Out-of-Tune Notes
In the video you can hear examples of in- and out-of-tune pitches and the sound of tuning a string to match a note.
When two pitches are almost in-tune, the notes clash and create a pulsating sound called beating. As the pitches get closer and closer, the beating sound slows down. When they're in-tune, the beating will be nearly imperceptible or really long.
Ready to Learn How Bass Players Tune?
Now that you have a basic understanding of what it means to be in-tune and and an idea of what to listen for, let's look at the first of two ways bassists tune their basses: tuning by ear.
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What is a peer-reviewed article? Why is it important to you?
A peer-reviewed article is written by an expert in a particular field. The article must be reviewed by the author's peers, other experts in that field, to determine whether it is credible and of good quality. If an article is of good quality and passes the peer review process, it may then be published in an academic journal.
It is important to learn how to find peer-reviewed articles because you will need to cite them in your research papers. Unfortunately, many of the academic journals that contain peer-reviewed articles are very expensive, and you must pay a lot of money to access them. If you go on to study at an American college or university after you finish the CIES program, the campus library will receive part of the money (tuition and fees) you pay to attend school. The library will use some of this money for database subscriptions. You will be able to search through the databases your library has paid for to find journal articles.
Unfortunately, you must go to Strozier and use Strozier's computers to access FSU's databases. You cannot access them from off-campus. And you certainly will not be able to access them if you do not attend FSU after you finish the CIES program! This makes it more difficult for you to find peer-reviewed journal articles. However, there are some free journal articles available on the internet. The links in this section will help you find them.
Tip: Whenever you see something that says “full text”, click it! Then, you can read every article that appears in your search results. If you do not click “full text” you may see results that want you to pay money to read an article.
Tip: Whenever you see something that says “peer-reviewed” click it! Some databases have articles that are not peer-reviewed. You want to make sure you are selecting the best, most credible information for your papers.
These databases are not subject specific, meaning they cover many different subjects. You can search by your subject and find articles on a variety of topics. Some of these databases have theses and dissertations instead of peer-reviewed articles. Theses and dissertations are generally considered reliable sources, but always make sure to ask your instructor if they are acceptable sources to use in your assignments.
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Ring Theory Helps Us Bring Comfort In … and “Dump” Our Own Stuff Out
By Elana Premack Sandler, L.C.S.W., M.P.H.
Reprinted, with permission, from Psychology Today, May, 2017
A few years ago, psychologist Susan Silk and her friend Barry Goldman wrote about a concept they called the “Ring Theory.” It’s a theory to help yourself know what to do in a crisis. If the crisis is happening to you, you’re in the center of the ring. If the crisis is not happening to you, you’re in one of the outer circles.
Here are the basic tenets, paraphrased from Silk and Goodman:
1) Draw a circle. In this circle, write the name of the person at the center of the crisis.
2) Now draw a larger circle around the first one. In this ring, put the name of the person next closest to the crisis.
3) In each larger ring, put the next closest people. As Silk and Goodman state, “Parents and children before more distant relatives. Intimate friends in smaller rings, less intimate friends in larger ones. . . When you are done, you have a Kvetching* Order.”
Here are the rules:
The person in the center ring can say anything she wants to anyone, anywhere. She can kvetch and complain and whine and moan and curse the heavens and say, “Life is unfair,” and, “Why me?” That’s the one payoff for being in the center ring. Everyone else can say those things too, but only to people in larger rings. When you are talking to a person in a ring smaller than yours, someone closer to the center of the crisis, the goal is to help.
Listening is often more helpful than talking. But if you’re going to open your mouth, first ask yourself if what you are about to say is likely to provide comfort and support. If it isn’t, don’t say it. Don’t, for example, give advice. People who are suffering from trauma don’t need advice. They need comfort and support. So say, “I’m sorry,” or, “This must really be hard for you,” or, “Can I bring you a pot roast?” Don’t say, “You should hear what happened to me,” or, “Here’s what I would do if I were you.” And don’t say, “This is really bringing me down.” If you want to scream or cry or complain, if you want to tell someone how shocked you are or how icky you feel, or whine about how it reminds you of all the terrible things that have happened to you lately, that’s fine. It’s a perfectly normal response. Just do it to someone in a bigger ring.
In the time since I originally read their piece, I have thought of this theory many, many times. Where I am in the circle? Given that position, what should I say, or what can I hope would be said to me? Who are people in the circle I could comfort? Who can I “dump” to?
Kvetching (complaining) is an important tool for managing stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as for strengthening bonds between people and increasing empathy. It’s also a delicate instrument that needs careful handling. The definition of kvetch, from the Yiddish kvetshn, means to squeeze, pinch or press. In modern, American terms, think of it as the everyday complaining over issues both large and small that we all engage in almost unconsciously. It’s about whatever it is that we have to get off our chest.
Here’s a list of practical things that can be done for someone in crisis:
1. Bring a meal
2. Bring a cup of coffee, tea, or a chocolate bar.
3. Offer to go for a walk.
4. Offer to watch/spend time with kids, older parents or pets.
5. Come over just to wash dishes or do a load of laundry.
6. Bring by a favorite CD or movie.
7. If going in person seems like too much, send a note by mail.
What do you have to add to that list?
What’s been helpful for you or a loved one?
Where are you in the circle now?
Elana Premack Sandler, L.C.S.W., M.P.H., approaches health issues from a social perspective, viewing elements of the social environment as crucial factors in promoting individual health and well-being. Elana worked with the national Suicide Prevention Resource Center, providing consultation to organizations on using evidence-based interventions and best practices for developing suicide prevention programs. Elana earned a Master of Social Work and a Master of Public Health at Boston University and is a faculty with Simmons School of Social Work.
She is author of the blog, Promoting Hope, Preventing Suicide. It is written from both personal and professional perspectives. Promoting Hope, Preventing Suicide explores suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. This blog is a forum for new looks at old ideas and encourages challenging dogma. Elana is a survivor, having lost her father to suicide 32 years ago when she was a child. Many of her blog posts touch on her own personal experiences as her grief has evolved over the years. | <urn:uuid:b503271e-42b0-4242-a883-8e84adbf37e7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.helplinecenter.org/featured-story/ring-theory-helps-us-bring-comfort-in-and-dump-our-own-stuff-out/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.954427 | 1,178 | 2.9375 | 3 |
As lockdown restrictions continue to ease with an end date of July 19th in sight, ‘normal’, or the ‘new normal’, is beginning to return. A key part of this being the return to work
There’s no doubt that the past year has caused stress on everyone’s life and coronavirus will have lasting effects on everyone. But what about our mental health? Although most may celebrate the return to their lives before the lockdown, some may find is difficult to readjust their lives again. This article will explore ways to safeguard your mental health for work and returning to ‘normal’ life.
Let’s look at some top tips to keep your mental health in check and how to begin living and working post-pandemic.
Take your time
Its alright if you need to adjust slowly and take your time with getting back to normal. When it comes to work, your commute may seem daunting and exhausting. Regular social interaction may feel like a lot after a year working from home.
Consider phasing your old routine into your new one – is it possible to return to work part time? Maybe you could stagger your day to avoid rush hour to give you the space you need to readjust.
Find your routine
Working for home may mean that you have more flexibility with your schedule for your day. When reintroducing yourself to office life make sure you try and keep that same structure. For example, do you have a regular lunch break? Try and keep that at the same time each day and don’t work through it. If you’ve have become accustomed to a morning or evening walk during lockdown, find the time to fit that in. These healthy behaviours can significantly improve your mood and keep your life balanced. Planning ahead and practicing your daily routine can really help with the anxieties of returning to the office. Once the logistical side is sorted the rest may seem less daunting. Make sure you’ve factored your old commute back into your life; and your daily walk into your day.
Reintroduce physical social interaction
Schedule your morning tea break with your co-workers, or take lunch at the same time as your department. These small interactions can not only support you through your adjustment period but also help colleagues who may also be finding it difficult to get be back at work.
Be ready to adapt
Being as flexible as possible will be great for you and your team. If you manage a work space or department, be open to flexible working. Some of your team may not be ready to return to work in the office full time, some may prefer working for home entirely. Try to accommodate your co-workers new found work-life balance; restructuring the work day and allowing change which could boost productivity if you’re staff are happy.
This can be harder than most of the others as its entirely down to you and your attitude. Engaging in healthy behaviours such as regular exercise, good food an getting a good night’s sleep can already boost your mood and get you ready for the day. Try talking to your colleagues if you’re not feeling 100% and use the support available to you. Focus on the positives such as the opportunity to connect with people, particularly as some have struggled with isolation and thrive off your communication.
Find the support available to you
Whether that’s support provided by your company, friends and colleagues or that found in charities, make sure you are aware of what’s available when you need it. Charities like <<Mind>> and <<Samaritans>> or contacting your GP can support you through this time also. Support can also be how your company manages the ‘new normal’, how are they implanting social distancing, what PPE is required and how are they keeping the workspace covid secure?
The anxieties about work and returning to ‘normal’ life are real and shouldn’t be bottled up and shut away. Make sure you’re communicating your thoughts and feeling; make yourself heard that you feel uncomfortable doing certain things and have changed your personal boundaries as most work places will strive to accommodate your needs. Be aware that these anxieties have no specific end date o time line of sorts. Don’t panic if you’re co-workers are doing more than you and reaching out further, everyone’s different and will adjust at their own pace.
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Blackline Blenny (Meiacanthus nigrolineatus)
This species has a blue-teal head that blends into a yellow tail. Black spots are located along the anterior (near the head) dorsal fins, confined only to the soft tissues that inter-digit the fin rays. The common name is derived from a prominent black stripe which originates from the eye and runs longitudinally about half or two-thirds the length of the body, where it becomes a broken line before terminating. Some geographic variants exist.
Meiacanthus nigrolineatus is a carnivore of zooplankton and other bite-size invertebrates. Like most members of this genus, they have evolved a stinging bite for protection against predators. They have also evolved bright colors as an effective reminder to predators, who distinctly associate this species with a stinging experience. Interestingly, other non-venomous species have evolved to look like some Meiacanthus species in color and shape, so that predators also avoid them. The Meiacanthus nigrolineatus is mimicked by Ecsenius gravieri who is a harmless herbivore.
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
This species ignores other species. They are often present in mid-water, hovering near its favorite rock crevice.
Usually ignores corals and most invertebrates.
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The legal business form of the LLC, or Limited Liability Company, offers the benefits of several other traditional business forms. A LLC has the benefits of a corporation's limited liability, but avoids double taxation like a partnership or sole proprietorship. Also like corporations, LLC's can have as many shareholders, or members, as it likes. Unlike a corporation however, the death or bankruptcy of one of the members will dissolve the LLC. Business forms with limited liability have existed for hundreds of years, but the modern LLC became more popular in Indiana since the legislature enacted laws authorizing its formation.
Can My Business Be Formed as an LLC?
Indiana allows a company to incorporate using the business form it chooses. To begin as an LLC, a company simply files the necessary form with the Secretary of State. Fees are generally charged for opening LLC's, however, and Indiana law determines the costs for creating LLC's. When deciding whether to form a LLC, you should consider which laws would apply to your company. Although it may take some time to find, choosing the right business structure for your company will lead to increased profitability.
Can I Change the Form of My Business to an LLC?
A business in Indianapolis may change its form under specific conditions. Whether or not a business is eligible for conversion to a LLC is a determination made by applicable Indiana laws.
How Can an Attorney Help?
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Reporting Suspected Side Effects
As no medicine, including vaccines, is without side effects, the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) encourages reporting of any suspected adverse reactions following immunisation with the HPV vaccines, as these reports provide information on the ongoing national experience of use. All reports received by the HPRA are reviewed and followed up as necessary to ensure all relevant information is available, prior to anonymised onward reporting to relevant stakeholders, as per legislative requirements, including the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the relevant Marketing Authorisation Holder (MAH; i.e. license holder for the medicine in question). At EU level, regulators continuously monitor cumulative reporting experience as part of the ongoing assessment of the safety of medicines/vaccines.
Members of the public
If you are concerned that you, or a person you are caring for, may have experienced a side effect to the HPV vaccine, please contact your doctor, pharmacist or another healthcare professional involved in your care who will advise you on any intervention or treatment needed. Suspected side effects may also be reported directly to the HPRA and patients/carers are encouraged to do so.
Suspected side effects/adverse reactions may be reported in a number of ways, as follows:
- To your doctor, pharmacist or nurse who can then notify the HPRA.
- Through the HPRA website using the available options:
- The online form
- The downloadable form, which can be completed in confidence and returned to the HPRA using the following Freepost address: Freepost, Pharmacovigilance Section, Health Products Regulatory Authority, Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 XP77.
- By emailing the HPRA Pharmacovigilance department at email@example.com
- By calling the HPRA on 01 676 4971.
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Even though there are a lot of educational facilities present in today’s society, some students nowadays face a lot of educational barriers. Basically, educational barriers are those which prevent learners from fully engaging in learning. And because of such barriers many children, especially the underprivileged ones, face lots of problems and sometimes even leading to remain uneducated. Educational barriers are crucial issues than they seem to b, directly or indirectly it impacts the society we live in.
The first and foremost barrier for the education of underprivileged children is “Lack of funding for education.” The main reason behind this is that the family income of such children is not adequate to be spend a share on their education. And in our country, there’s a huge population of such families who cannot afford to educate their child. Even though some government authorities offer free education, the expenses of transport, uniforms and books are also quite too much for them. And here stands another barrier for them, that is, “Lack of learning materials.” This leaves no educational opportunities for them. Such barriers gave rise to another barrier which is, “Lack of incentive.” When such families can’t afford the resources, they even lose the hopes to educate their child even if they want to. They are, thus, unable to provide the proper incentive to their children and fail to motivate them, since they themselves have lost hopes. Since such families and children constitute half of the population, we cannot afford this deprivation to continue. There are other problems and barriers awaiting to stood as a block in the way of enlightenment. We need to contribute from our side also to help such children and then bring them forward and expose them to quality education, because these children are the future of our country and they might lead a better life if they will educate and get a decent employment. This can bring a significant change.
As citizens, we can play our part in removing such educational barriers from the society. We should donate our old books and accessories to children who need them. It will at least help them to develop curiosity towards learning. Moreover, one can sponsor the education of few children if one is in a capacity to do so, this will give them a helping hand. Another responsibility that falls on our part is to make awareness regarding the NGO’s who are working in this direction, one such non-profit organizations is, Pehchaan the Street School, devoted itself for promoting free education.
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The borders of Judah.
CHAP. XV. Caleb's portion and conquest. 203 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, 1 brother of Caleb, took it : and he gave and went out unto the river of Egypt; him Achsah his daughter to wife. and the goings out of that coast were at 18 And it came to pass, as she came the sea : this shall be your south coast. unto him, that she moved him to ask of
5 And the east border was the salt-sea, her father a field. And she lighted off even unto the end of Jordan : and their her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What border in the north quarter was from wouldest thou ? the bay of the sea, at the uttermost part of 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; Jordan:
for thou hast given me a south land, give 6 And the border went up to Beth-hog-. Ime also springs of water. And he gave lah, and passed along, by the north of her the upper springs, and the nether Beth-arabah ; and the border went up to springs, the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe 7 And the border went up toward of the children of Judah according to their Debir from the valley of Achor, and so families. northward looking toward Gilgal, that 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe is before the going up to Adummim, of the children of Judah toward the coast which is on the south side of the river: of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and and the border passed toward the waters Eder, and Jagur, of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Awere at En-rogel :
dadah, 8 And the border went up by the valley 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, of the son of Hinnom, unto the south side 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, of the Jebusite ; the same is Jerusalem : 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and the border went up to the top of the and Hezron, which is Hazor, mountain that lieth before the valley of 26 Aman, and Shema, and Moladah, Hinnom westward, which is at the end of 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, the valley of the giants northward : and Beth-palet,
9 And the border was drawn from the 28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, top of the hill unto the fountain of the and Bizjothjah, water of Nephtoah, and went out to the 29 Baalah, and lim, and Azem, cities of mount Ephron ; and the border 30 And Eltolad, and Chesel, and Horwas drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath- | mah, jearim ;
31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and 10 And the border compassed from Baa- Sansannah, lah westward unto mount Seir, and pass- 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and ed along unto the side of mount Jearim Ain, and Rimmon : all the cities are (which is Chesalon) on the north side, and twenty and nine, with their villages: went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed 33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zo an to Timnah:
reah, and Ashnah, 11 And the border went out unto the 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tapside of Ekron northward: and the bor- puah, and Enam, der was drawn to Shicron, and passed a- 35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socol, and long to mount Baalah, and went out unto | Azekah, Jabneel; and the goings out of the border 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and were at the sea.
Gederah, and Gederothaim ; fourteen 12 And the west border was to the cities with their villages : great sea, and the coast thereof; this is 37' Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migthe coast of the children of Judah round || dal-gad, about, according to their families.
38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Jok-
Naamah, and Makkedah ; sixteen cities
43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah,and Nezib,
45 Ekron, with her towns and her vil16 | And Caleb said, He that smiteth lages: Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him wi!! 46 From Ekron eren unto the sea, all I give Achsah my daughter to wife. that lay near Ashdod, with their villages : 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the 47 Ashdod, with her towns and her vil
to be to
204 The cities of Judah.
The lot of Manasseh. lages, Gaza, with her towns and her vil | Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to lages, unto the river of Egypt, and the Jericho, and went out at Jordan. great sea, and the border thereof : 8 The border went out from Tappuah
48 | And in the mountains, Shamur, westward unto the river Kanah ; and the and Jattir, and Socoh,
goings out thereof were at the sea. This 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, is the inheritance of the tribe of the chilwhich is Debir,
dren of Ephraim by their families. 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and 9 And the separate cities for the chilAnim,
dren of Ephraim were among the in51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Gi- heritance of the children of Manasseh, all loh ; cleven cities with their villages : the cities with their villages.
52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 10 And they drave not out the Ca
53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, naanites that dwelt in Gezer : but the Caand Aphekah,
naanites dwell among the Ephraimites 54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba unto this day, and serve under tribute. (which is Hebron) and Zior ; nine cities
CHAP. XVII. with their villages :
1 The lot of Manasseh. 7 His coast. 12 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, The Canaanites not driven out. 14 The
56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and children of Joseph obtain another lot. Zanoah,
HERE was also a lot for the tribe of 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah ; ten cities with their villages :
of Joseph ; to wit, for Machir the first58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead :
59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and because he was a man of war, therefore Eltekon ; six cities with their villages: he had Gilead and Bashan.
60 Kirjath-baal (which is Kirjath-jea- 2 There was also a lot for the rest of rim) and Rabbah ; two cities with their the children of Manasseh by their famivillages :
lies ; for the children of Abiezer, and for 61 9 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, the children of Helek, and for the chilMiddin, and Secacah,
dren of Azriel, and for the children of 62_And Nibshan, and the city of salt, Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. and for the children of Shemida : these
63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabit- | were the male children of Manasseh the ants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah son of Joseph by their families. could not drive them out : but the Jebu- 3 g But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, sites dwell with the children of Judah at the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the Jerusalem unto this day.
son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughCHAP. XVI.
ters : and these are the names of his 1 The general borders of the sons of Joseph. daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, 5 The border of the inheritance of Eph-Milcah, and Tirzah. raim. 10 The Canaanites not conquered. 4 And they came near before Eleazar A
fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto | Nun, and before the princes, saying, The the water of Jericho on the east, to the LORD commanded Moses to give us an wilderness that goeth up from Jericho inheritance among our brethren: therethroughout mount Beth-el,
fore according to the commandment of 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, | the LORD he gave them an inheritance and passeth along unto the borders of Ar- | among the brethren of their father. chi to Ataroth,
5 And there fell ten portions to Manas3 And goeth down westward to the seh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth- which were on the other side Jordan; horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the 6 Because the daughters of Manassch goings out thereof are at the sea.
had an inheritance among his sons; and 4 So the children of Joseplı, Manasseh the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land and Ephraim, took their inheritance. of Gilead.
5 | And the border of the children of 7 And the coast of Manasseh was Ephraim according to their families was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth tkus : even the border of their inheritance before Shechem; and the border went on the east side was Ataroth-adar, unto along on the right hand unto the inhabitBeth-horon the upper ;
ants of En-tappuah. 6 And the border wer:t out toward the 8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tapsea to Michmethah on the north side; and puah : but Tappuah on the border of the border went about eastward unto Manasseh belonged to the children of ETaanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the phraim ; east to Janohah;
9 And the coast descended unto the 7 And it went down from Janohah to Il river Kanah, southward of the river.
The Curaanites not driven out. CHAP. XVIII. The land divided by lot. 205 These cities of Ephraim are among the 3 And Joshua said unto the children of cities of Manasseh : the coast of Manassen Israel, How long are ye slack to go to posalso suas on the north side of the river, sess the land which the LORD God of and the otit-goings of it were at the sea : your fathers hath given you?
10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and 4. Give out from among you three men northward it svas Manasseh's, and the for each tribe: and I will send them, and sea is his border ; and they met together they shall rise, and go through the land, in Asher on the north, and in Issachar and describe it according to the inheriton the east.
ance of them, and they shall come again 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and 5 And they shall divide it into seven Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabit-parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on ants of Dor and her towns, and the in- | the south, and the house of Joseph shall habitants of En-cor and her towns, and abide in their coast on the north, the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her into seven parts, and bring the description towns, even three countries.
hither to me, that I may cast lots for you 12 Yet the children of Manasseh here before the Lord our God. cauld not drive out the inhabitants of 7 But the Levites have no part among the cities; but the Canaanites would you ; for the priesthood of the LORD is dwell in that land.
their inheritance. And Gad, and Reu13 Yet it came to pass, when the chil- | ben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have dren of Israel were waxen strong, that received their inheritance beyond Jordan they put the Canaanites to tribute ; but on the east, which Moses the servant of did not utterly drive them out.
the Lord gave them. 14 And the children of Joseph spake un- 8 | And the men arose, and went away: to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me and Joshua charged them that went to but one lot and one portion to inherit, see- describe the land, saying, Go, and walk ing I am a great people, forasmuch as through the land, and describe it, and the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? come again to me, that I may here cast
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou || lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh. be a great people, then get thee up to the 9 And the men went and passed througi. wood country, and cut down for thyself the land, and described it by cities into there in the land of the Perizzites and of seven parts in a book, and came again to the giants, if mount Ephraim be too nar- Joshua to the host at Shiloh. row for thee.
10 1 And Joshua cast lots for them in 16 And the children of Joseph said, Shiloh before the LORD: and there JoshThe hill is not enough for us : and all the ua divided the land unto the children of Canaanites tirat dwell in the land of the Israel according to their divisions. - valley have chariots of iron, both they who 11 | And the lot of the tribe of the chilare of Beth-shean and her towns, and they dren of Benjamin came up according to who are of the valley of Jezreel.
their familics : and the coast of their lot 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of came forth between the children of JuJoseph, even to Ephraim and to Manas- dah and the children of Joseph. seh, saying, Thou art a great people, and 12 And their border on the north sido hast great power: thou shalt not have one vas from Jordan ; and the border went
up to the side of Jericho on the north sidle, 18 But the mountain shall be thine; for and went up through the mountains westit is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down :ward ; and the goings out thereof were and the out-goings of it shall be thine : at the wilderness of Beth-aven. for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, 13 And the border went over from though thcy have iron chariots, and thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz though they be strong;
(which is Beth-el) southward ; and the CHAP. XVIII.
border descended to Ataroth-aclar, near 1 The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh. 2 the hill that lieth on the south side of the
The remainder of the land is described, nether Beth-horon. 10 and divided by lots. 21 The cities 14 And the boriler was drawn thence, of Benjamin.
and compassed the corner of the sca And the whole congregation of the southward, fron the hill that lieth be
children of Israel assembled togeth- fore Beth-horon southward ; and the er at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal the congregation there : and the land (which is Kirjath-jcarim) a city of the was subdued before them.
children af Juilah. This was the west 2 And there remained among the chil- quarter. dren of Israel seven tribes, which had not 15 And the south quarter was froin yet received their inheritance,
tie end of Kirjath-jeariin, and the bor
lot only :
206 The cities of Benjamir. JOSHUA.
The lot of Zebulun, &c. der went out on the west, and went out to 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen ; the well of waters of Nephtoah :
thirteen cities and their villages : 16 And the border came down to the 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Aend of the mountain that lieth before the shan; four cities and their villages : valley of the son of Hinnom, and which 8 And all the villages that were round is in the valley of the giants on the north, about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath and descended to the valley of Hinnom, of the south. This is the inheritance of to the side of Jebusi on the south, and de- il the tribe of the children of Simeon acscended to En-rogel,
cording to their families. 17 And was drawn from the north, and 9 Out of the portion of the children went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth of Judah was the inheritance of the chiltoward Geliloth, which is over against the dren of Simeon: for the part of the chilgoing up of Adummim, and descended to dren of Judah was too much for them : the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, therefore the children of Simeon had
18 And passed along toward the side their inheritance within the inheritance over against Arabah northward, and went of them. down unto Arabah :
10 | And the third lot came up for the 19 And the border passed along to the children of Zebulun according to their side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the families: and the border of their inheritout-goings of the border were at the north ance was unto Sarid : bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jor- 11 And their border went up toward dan. This was the south coast.
the sea, and Maralah, and reached to 20 And Jordan was the border of it on Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that the east side. This was the inheritance is before Jokneam, of the children of Benjamin, by the coast 12 And turned from Sarid eastward, to thereof round about, according to their ward the sun-rising, unto the border of families.
Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Da21 Now the cities of the tribe of the berath, and goeth up to Japhia, children of Benjamin according to their 13 And from thence passeth on along families, were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kaand the valley of Keziz,
zin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, to Neah ; and Beth-el,
14 And the border compasseth it on 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Oph- | the north side to Hannathon : and the rah,
out-goings thereof are in the valley of 24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Oph- Jiphthah-el: ni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and villages :
Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem; 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, twelve cities with their villages. 26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and 16 This is the inheritance of the chilMozah,
dren of Zebulun according to their fami27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Tar- | lies, these cities with their villages. alah,
17 | And the fourth lot came out to 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi(which Issachar, for the children of Issachar acis Jerusalem) Gibeath, and Kirjath; four-cording to their families. teen cities with their villages. This is the 18 And their border was toward Jezinheritance of the children of Benjamin reel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, according to their families.
19 And Hapharaim, and Shihon, and CHAP. XIX.
Anaharath, i The lot of Simeon, 10 of Zebulun, 17 of 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and A
Issachar, 24 of Asher, 32 of Naphtali, bez, 40 and of Dan. 49 The children of Is- 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and
rael give an inheritance to Joshua. En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez ; A con the second loteame for the Sim
22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, eon, even for the tribe of the child and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and dren of Simeon according to their fami- the out-goings of their border were at Jorlies: and their inheritance was within the dan : sixteen cities with their villages. inheritance of the children of Judah. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe
2 And they had in their inheritance, | of the children of Issachar according Beer-sheba, and Sheha, and Moladah, to their families, the cities and their vil
3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and lages. Azem,
24 | And the fifth lot came out for the 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hor-tribe of the children of Asher according mah,
to their families. 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, 25 And their border was Helkath, and and Hazar-susali,
Hali, and Belen, and Achshaph,
The lot of Naphtali and Dan.
CHAP. xx. The six cities of refuge. 207 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and, fore the children of Dan went up to fight Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel west- against Leshem, and took it, and smote ward, and to Shihor-libnath ;
it with the edge of the sword, and pos27 And turneth toward the sun-rising sessed it, and dwelt therein, and called to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebu- Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their lun, and to the valley of Jiphthah-el to father. ward the north side of Beth-emek, and 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left of the children of Dan according to their hand,
families, these cities with their villages. 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Ham- 49 | When they had made an end of mon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon ; il dividing the land for inheritance by their
29 And then the coast turneth to coasts, the children of Israel gave an inRamah, and to the strong city Tyre; heritance to Joshua the son of Nun among and the coast turneth to Hosah: and the || them: out-gcings thereof are at the sea from 50 According to the word of the LORD the coast to Achzib :
they gave him the city which he asked, 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Re- even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: hob: twenty and two cities with their and he built the city, and dwelt therein. villages.
51 These are the inheritances which 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe | Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of of the children of Asher according to their Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the families, these cities with their villages. tribes of the children of Israel, divided
32 The sixth lot came cut to the for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before children of Naphtali, even for the chil- | the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle dren of Naphtali according to their fami- of the congregation. So they made an end lies.
of dividing the country, 33 And their coast was from Heleph,
CHAP. XX. from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, | 1 God commandeth, 7 and the Israelites Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum ; and appoint six cities of refuge.
34 And then the coast turneth westward THE LORD also spake unto Joshua, to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saythence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zeb- | ing, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, ulun on the south side, and reacheth to whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Asher on the west side, and to Judah up- | Moses : on Jordan toward the sun-rising.
3 That the slayer that killeth any per35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, son unawares and unwittingly may flee Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Cin- | thither : and they shall be your refuge nereth,
from the avenger of blood. 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and 4 And when he that doth flee unto one Hazor,
of those cities shall stand at the entering of 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-the gate of the city, and shall declare his hazor,
cause in the ears of the elders of that city, 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, they shall take him into the city unto them, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nine- and give him a place, that he may dweli teen cities with their villages.
40 And the seventh lot came out for his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him
6 And he shall dwell in that city, until 41 And the coast of their inheritance he stand before the congregation for judgwas Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, ment, and until the death of the high
42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and priest that shall be in those days: then Jethlah
shall the slayer return, and come unto his 43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and own city, and unto his own house, unto
the city from whence he fled. 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and 7 ? And they appointed Kadesh in GaBaalath,
lilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in 45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba (which Gath-rimmon,
is Hebron) in the mountain of Judah. 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jethe border before Japho.
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Sattal Lake or Sat Tal – A Group of Seven Sweetwater Lakes
Sattal Lake or Sat Tal is the most popular tourist spot for weekend travelers which lies in Nainital. In the Hindi spoken language, Sattal Lake or Sat Tal means “Seven Lakes”. The Sattal lake is the channelization or interconnection of a group of seven Himalayan natural stream water lakes. This is what it gives a special name ” Sattal Lake or Sat Tal – A Group of Seven Sweetwater Lakes in Uttarakhand”. These lakes are namely;
- Panna Tal or Garud Tal
- Nal-Damyanti Tal
- Purna Tal
- Sita Tal
- Ram Tal
- Laxman Tal
- Sukha Tal or Khurdariya Tal
The location – It sits in the Shivalik or lower range of the Himalayas at an elevation of 4000 feet. The Sattal Lake is easy to access by road from Nainital about 23 kilometers far from Nainital. The lake is densely populated by oak and pine trees and gives you a pristine and serene atmosphere.
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Flora & Fauna
The Flora Fauna is still untouched here that gives visitors a soul healing feeling with nature. Apart from the serene environment. One more thing that is very delightful and interesting for visitors that there are 525 species living in the lake regions.
The rugged hills of Sattal provide plenty of opportunities for adventure like-minded travelers. There are so many day activities such as trekking, biking, abseiling, mountain biking, rock climbing, night-trekking, nature trails, backpacking, angling, kayaking, rafting, river-crossing, jungle safaris, and night-camping.
Boating & Fishing
Boating and fishing are some of the most amazing family activities you can do here at Sat Tal. It is one of the most sought destinations for the family trip to nearby Delhi.
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The distinctive kind of biodiversity of the lake surroundings gives us a delightful spot for birding and Bird-lovers. There are 500 species of local and migratory birds which makes you feel great.
How To Reach
- By Road Travel – Delhi – Nainital – Sattal. By Road: 23 km from Nainital.
- By Train Travel –New Delhi – Kathgodam and then by road 55 km
- By Air Travel– New Delhi Pantnagar and then by road 93 K
- Altitude : 1,370 mts.
- Area: 1.5 Sq. Km.
- Season: Round the Year.
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02 Jul 2002
Clothes that display information look set to become a reality thanks to new fiber optics from France Telecom.
High-tech clothes that display information, adverts or moving logos could soon be in the shops, thanks to research at France Telecom.
A team from the company has invented a prototype flexible fibre-optic screen that can be woven into clothes. The screen is like a simple fabric, onto which users can download all kinds of visuals from the Internet or computers, claims the company.
A flexible remote-control hidden in a lapel could trigger the displays, with possible applications in public safety, advertising and fashion. According to project director André Weill, the technology could be adapted for use in bags, scarves and furnishings.
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Geothermal heating is a relatively new and promising alternative to traditional heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) units. While these systems can have a hefty upfront cost, the many benefits they provide make the system more than worth it.
Check out what makes geothermal systems so great below!
How it Works
To understand the benefits of Geothermal pumps, you first must know how they work.
Geothermal heating utilizes either a closed-loop or open-loop piping system that is buried on the property and opens into a nearby water source. These pipes are filled with fluid that helps with the heat exchange.
The system uses the liquid in the loop to draw heat from the ground, unlike conventional units which use outside air. This fluid is then pumped through the loops into the heat pump, which is located inside the home. The pump's heat exchanger then uses energy from the ground to warm the air, which is then circulated through the ductwork.
One of the main benefits of a geothermal system is that it is a substantially greener way to heat and cool your home. These systems don't emit any carbon monoxide or any other greenhouse, which significantly reduces your carbon footprint. A geothermal heater will also require less electricity than other units, which is excellent for the environment.
Cheaper to Run
While the costs of purchasing and installing geothermal systems will be higher than most units, it does have lower operating costs. Because the system is cheaper to run, this will not only lead to you making your money back, but you will actually save some in the process.
These systems are not just cheaper to run; they also make you eligible for government tax credits, which will help you recoup your money quicker.
While this is an excellent bonus for installing the system, the amount of tax credit you receive has continually declined over the years. In the past, you would receive as much as 30% of what you spent on purchasing and installing a geothermal heat pump. Since 2021 the tax credit has sat at 26% and will be dropping again to 22% in 2023, so it's best to act fast.
Geothermal heating has a substantially longer lifespan when compared to conventional HVAC units. On average Geothermal systems can last anywhere from 20-25 years compared to just 10-15 years for traditional units.
If you're someone who likes a nice quiet home, then Geothermal systems are the way to go. This is because these systems don't need outdoor condensing units, and the indoor part is designed to operate quietly.
Unlike conventional systems, geothermal heating doesn't rely on combustible fossil fuels to heat the home. This means that there is no need to worry about dangerous carbon monoxide potentially escaping the system and causing carbon monoxide poisoning.
Improved Air Quality
Geothermal systems actually provide better comfort than the average HVAC unit. Geothermal heat pumps don't bring air in from the outside, which allows for fewer contaminants to enter your home.
While traditional systems will turn on and off based on your home's temperature, geothermal systems run continuously, allowing them to keep your home at the ideal humidity. This prevents mold and mildew from growing, which can cause congestion, throat irritation, coughing, and other respiratory issues.
The Right Team For The Job
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Do Gm Crops Damage The Setting?
They disregarded their very own scientists, the clear scientific proof and the deaths and illnesses already attributed to this drawback. The agency refused to require pre-market toxicological testing for GE meals or any toxicity monitoring. FDA made these selections with no scientific basis and with out public discover and comment or unbiased scientific evaluation.
In this fashion a level of dynamic has been introduced into the analysis that would, in any other case, be missing if constant costs and common yields recognized in year-specific research had been used. The report relies on in depth analysis of present farm level impact data for GM crops, much of which can be found in peer reviewed literature. While primary information for impacts of economic cultivation were not obtainable for every crop in yearly and for every nation, a considerable physique of consultant analysis and evaluation is available and this has been used as the idea for the evaluation presented. In addition, the authors have undertaken their own analysis of the influence of some trait-crop combinations in some countries (notably GM herbicide tolerant traits in North and South America) primarily based on herbicide usage and value knowledge during the last 5 years. Over-reliance on the use of glyphosate and the dearth of crop rotation by some farmers, in some areas, has contributed to the development of weed resistance.
Gm Food And Human Well Being
The World Health Organization, the National Academy of Science, and a number of other other major science organizations across the globe have reviewed research on GE meals and have found no evidence that they are harmful. Genetically engineered foods have had their DNA modified using genes from other crops or animals. Scientists take the gene for a desired trait in one plant or animal, and so they insert that gene right into a cell of another plant or animal.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is liable for protecting U.S. agriculture from pests and illnesses. Regulated articles are organisms and merchandise altered or produced by way of genetic engineering which might be plant pests or for which there’s cause to consider are plant pests. Products are regulated in accordance with their meant use, with some products being regulated beneath a couple of company. All government regulatory companies have a duty to ensure that the implementation of regulatory selections, together with approval of field tests and eventual deregulation of approved biotech crops, doesn’t adversely impact human well being or the setting. With respect to meals safety, when new traits introduced to biotech-derived crops are examined by the EPA and the FDA, the proteins produced by these traits are studied for his or her potential toxicity and potential to cause an allergic response.
Dangers And Precautions Of Genetically Modified Organisms
It’s estimated that corn-primarily based products would be priced 6 percent greater and soybean-based products would be 10 percent higher if GM crops were not grown, according toa 2010 studyby Graham Brookes et al. GM crops contribute to food security, sustainability, the setting and local weather change. With a growing inhabitants reaching 9.eight billion individuals by 2050, we have to safe our food sources, and biotechnology is a one way to enhance society’s welfare. GMOs have been out there for 20 years and since then, society has benefited from GM cultivation and commercialization. Considering facts from the International Services for the Acquisition of Agribio Tech Application report, one can see that GMOs have had a optimistic impact on the best way growers grow crops, and in addition from an economic, environmental and social perspective. These embody, in particular, an assortment of hormones and proteins for blood clotting and other blood processes.
A variety of concerns must be addressed through sociocultural assessment of the impression of GMOs. These embrace the biodiversity impacts of extending GMO introductions into marginal areas and into protected areas and their buffer zones . HGT of an launched gene from a GMO could confer a novel trait in another organism, which could be a source of potential harm to the well being of people or the environment.
- The disputes involve consumers, farmers, biotechnology firms, governmental regulators, non-governmental organizations, environmental and political activists and scientists.
- As such the transgenic tools and procedures are well established making tobacco one of many best vegetation to rework.
- The legislation overlaying GMOs are sometimes derived from rules and tips in place for the non-GMO version of the organism, though they are extra severe.
- In 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted 17 sustainable improvement objectives designed to remodel our world by 2030.
- The relative magnitude of injury discount by IR traits and effects of other GE traits will doubtless range depending on the context of the know-how’s use.
- Scientists agree that intensive lengthy-term use of Bt crops and glyphosate and gluphosinate, the herbicides associated with HT crops, can promote the event of resistant insect pests and weeds .
According to Thomas Redick, detection and prevention of cross-pollination is feasible through the ideas offered by the Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service . US and Canadian national coverage is to require a label only given important composition variations or documented health impacts, though some individual US states enacted legal guidelines requiring them. In July 2016, Public Law was enacted to manage labeling of GMO meals on a nationwide foundation. Government regulation of GMO improvement and launch varies widely between nations. Marked variations separate GMO regulation in the U.S. and GMO regulation within the European Union. Enzymes produced by genetically modified microorganisms are additionally built-in into animal feed to boost availability of nutrients and total digestion.
Genetically Modified Organism
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The CyberKnife procedure is a non-invasive technique to treat cancers of the brain and spinal cord. It delivers a single, high-dose of radiation to the tumor to shrink or destroy it, minimizing radiation exposure to healthy tissue surrounding the tumor.
CyberKnife treatments last between 30 to 90 minutes with the number of treatments varying depending on the tumor size and its location. The procedure does not require any sort of anesthetic and patients can lie comfortable during the process, while the robotic CyberKnife arm treats the entire area of the tumor.
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) utilizes the CyberKnife to deliver a high dose of radiation to tumors located in the brain. Despite the term “surgery” being used, SRS is actually a non-surgical procedure.
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) is a treatment procedure similar to SRS but instead is it used for treating tumors located in the spinal cord. SBRT generally involves the use of a single high-dose radiation treatment, or up to five lower-dose radiation treatments.
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CLEVELAND – Businesses in almost every field seem to be struggling to recruit enough talent, and labor shortages are affecting businesses across the country and here in Northeast Ohio. The new Global Cleveland report seeks to address this issue by emphasizing the need for international candidates to be given more consideration for positions for which they are more than qualified.
The Where Workers Report calls on local businesses to tackle the shortage of talent and manpower by following four main steps – the first being to hire international talent.
Joe Cimperman, president of Global Cleveland, said there are three different groups of international workers looking for work in the area.
“Every year, we have more than 35,000 full-time people coming to our colleges, universities, who are really learning their profession and their skills here,” Cimperman said. “How do we keep these people here who work in our companies and work in other places where we know we lack talent?”
Cimperman also drew attention to the thousands of refugees in Northeast Ohio looking for work, as well as to individuals who have moved here from another country simply out of desire. In all three cases, these individuals are looking for opportunities they simply do not receive.
“We know that every single company is currently looking for workers. They are here. They want to stay here. So how can global Cleveland help these companies and those engineering companies in these manufacturing cities to make it easier for them to hire these international people,” Cimperman said. “The job we do is to make people who are amazing visible. It’s such invisibility.”
The feeling of invisibility is something experienced by many international newcomers to the area, including Bakht Zaman, an Afghan asylum seeker living in Cleveland.
Zaman arrived in northeastern Ohio from Afghanistan in August last year after the situation in the country changed and it was no longer safe to stay there. While working for the United States mission, Zaman’s threats prompted him to go to the U.S., land in Virginia, but go to Cleveland, where he already had some friends.
“Fortunately, I currently consider Cleveland as my second home and enjoy my life,” Zaman said. “There are a lot of challenges, though.”
Challenges such as finding a job that takes advantage of his skills and allows him to support his family here in the country and his parents at home.
“Finding a job, finding a suitable job is quite demanding. I graduated from the University of Delhi, MBA from an American university. And I have 11 years of experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation of projects at international organizations, but I have been trying to find a suitable one for the last 10 months. job, but I failed, ”Zaman said.
It is not that there are no jobs or that there are few vacancies, Zaman knows this thanks to all the applications he has submitted.
“I applied for almost more than 200 vacancies, but I didn’t get any positive response from almost 99 percent of them. I got some positive responses from some organizations. But it was just like it looked like a formality.” said Zaman. .
Zaman is not alone. Cimperman drew attention to the recruitment process followed by some companies, and mentioned websites that exclude international applications from their search.
“Remove things from your sites that say no international sign-ups today, for example, if we really want to be such a nice place. Let’s see who’s out there,” Cimperman said. “These are people who pay taxes, send their kids to school, build businesses that employ people born in the United States. And these are people who are even more important, who are neighbors, who are sisters and brothers that bring a different corner of the world here. “
The Global Cleveland report calls on companies to involve international workers in their efforts for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging to help make better use of their range of skills and competences in the workforce in all areas of employment.
“Our goal is for this study to make people realize that work is here for them, and companies that realize that this talent is here for them to be able to come here and make their American dream come true,” Cimperman said. We just need our companies now in our corporate community to say we’re going to look at that person – don’t risk that person, but look at that person and check, ‘do they fit our company?’ If they do, we will give them a chance to work here. We are confident that if more companies do it, it will greatly improve our whole community for all. For both immigrants and people born. “
For people like Zaman, she hopes this study will help companies in the area see that international candidates are not only qualified for initial jobs or manual jobs, but can contribute with skills they have learned outside the country to help it succeed.
“Most people say the United States is a land of opportunity, and rightly so – but it’s a land of opportunity for Americans, not a land of opportunity for newcomers,” Zaman said. “It’s one of the things Cleveland is the best place, but when it comes to finding a job, it’s quite challenging for novices, refugees.”
Cimperman, meanwhile, said Global Cleveland intends to hold talks with Cleveland-based companies to further discuss the report and hopefully work to make international candidates more respected for the jobs they fill – not for charity but in favor of both. The Cleveland workforce and those who want to enter it.
“People who come here come from places where they may have been a nurse or they may have been an engineer. They may have been caregivers or they may have been teachers. They have skills,” Cimperman said. “And the mistake we make as Americans is to look at refugees and immigrants and think of them as charitable examples. Okay, maybe they need our help right now, who among us hasn’t needed help at some point in their lives?” But the truth is, they have a lot of talent and they have a lot of gifts, and they want to do that here. So why not make it easier for them to make our whole lives better? “
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Yesterday, Adrian Warnock addressed the nature of freedom in discussing the current political leadership in the West along with the policies in the war on terror and toward the Middle East, with a focus on the situation in Iraq.
The spread of “freedom” has become a panacea for the world’s ills, but in order to evaluate this argument, we have to ask what definition of freedom are we using and who controls its meaning? Without getting into a long and tedious discussion, let me say that as a Christian I have to understand freedom within the context of scripture. I have to ask myself, what does the Bible say about freedom.
Immediately upon asking that question I am faced with the intersection of two scriptures in the Gospel of John, both of which are statements by Jesus.
John 8:36 “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.”
John 14:15 “If you love me, you will obey what I command.”
At first glance those two statements seem to contradict each other, at least to the modern secular mind, since it wants to define freedom as “The condition of being free of restraints.” However, I would argue that freedom is never absolute in a moral and ethical society, which by its nature Christianity fosters and demands. Instead, I see these two scriptures as forming the boundaries of freedom. Everything has boundaries (except God) without which it ceases to exist as something definable and real. Freedom also has boundaries. To use two old debating arguments: I am not free to yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater, just because I can, and your freedom to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose.
Janis Joplin had a famous line in her song Me & Bobby McGee.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free, now now.
I have always liked that line, since to me it intimated the truth of the Gospel, God’s free gift of salvation in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, where once received, there is nothing left to lose.
In the end, it is all in the definitions and who we allow to define the meaning of things for us. As Christians, we are constrained by the Word. Freedom’s definition and how we are to understand its application comes from God and his Word, not our own desire to “be free from restraints.” From the first demand placed on Adam to the last soul to accept the offer of salvation, it is obvious that biblically, freedom includes in its definition certain restraints, with definite and distinct boundaries.
You ask why is this significant? Well, as Adrian noted in his article:
Should our nations continue their march to anything goes? Or should we espouse a moral code that becomes more and more enshrined by law? One of the tests for Turkey to come into the EU has been will it make adultery legal. Is that a gift to Turkey of the west? [emphasis added]
The answer is straightforward; it all depends. It depends on who controls the definitions. Does God? If not him, who?
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(b. 1472, Firenze, d. 1517, Pian' di Mugnone)
Christ with the Four Evangelists1516
Oil on canvas, 282 x 204 cm
Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence
His Roman trip and contact with the confident, accomplished frescoes of Raphael and Michelangelo in the Vatican seem actually to have precipitated an artistic crisis that Fra Bartolomeo was never to resolve fully. The Christ with the Four Evangelists (or Salvator Mundi), datable to 1516, the year before his death, is a glorification of the Mass. The Apollonian Christ stands precariously with his arms outstretched on an altar shelf, surrounded by the Four Evangelists holding books. Below, putti enframe a circular view into a landscape like a porthole, with the covered chalice teetering precariously above and on an axis with Christ, who appears to rise from it. Firmly centralized and balanced, the figures betray quotations from Raphael, although the painter's resolutions are never quite as majestic as the conceptions promise. The shallow space is articulated by the flat, planar architecture and the grandiose niche. The four figures who stand on the raised platform are completely dominated by Christ.
Fra Bartolomeo's figures fail to fully convince the spectator of their anatomical accuracy or of their physical presence. It is in the compositional inventions and the grand conceptions that the Frate made his most powerful contribution to Renaissance art. What he lacked in soaring artistic spirit he made up for in devotional earnestness. | <urn:uuid:60354760-a364-43a1-9fdf-b67fa0b6a799> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.wga.hu/html/b/bartolom/fra/christ4e.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.950821 | 347 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Spring is here and that means the summer sun is only a few months away! Ahh, where did the time go? Time is a tickin’ and what are YOU focusing on to become more fit for summer? Fitness can become overwhelming when you focus too much on society’s view of being fit. When in doubt, always look to the people who are more knowledgeable about fitness or people who actually living a healthy lifestyle! Think about your goals, and why you want to set out to achieve a healthy and fit lifestyle! Don’t let the little things throw you off, because sometimes those little things are really the BIG things!
Here are ten FIT TIPS to get your body rockin’ for warm weather:
DRINK MORE WATER. The energy burning process of metabolism needs water to work effectively! Aim for a gallon a day!
SMALLER meals more FREQUENTLY. Eat every 2-3 hours, starting as soon as you wake up. This will keep your blood sugar levels stable and provide a steady source of energy to fuel metabolism.
LOG what you eat. Keep track of caloric intake. Weight loss is simple… calories in versus calories out!
EAT more GREENS. Veggies are so full of nutrients and are low in calories.
WEIGHTS and CARDIO. Weights are so crucial when it comes to fat loss. The more muscle you have, the more calories your body will burn. Cardio is also important— knock it out in the morning and you will raise your metabolism all day!
FIND an EXERCISE buddy. Having someone waiting on you is a lot easier to get yourself motivated to get your booty to the gym! Find a workout buddy who can be a good influence on you :)
WEIGH yourself weekly. The number on the scale doesn’t make who you are, but it does help keep track of your progress. You can then figure out where you are from where you want to be!
SET goals and rewards. Set up a reasonable goal for yourself! After you hit your goal, reward yourself! For me, I love buying new workout clothes or workout shoes! Whatever it may be, always make sure you are rewarding yourself for your hard work!
ENJOY a TREAT meal. A treat meal is also a reward for your hard work. It’s not a cheat because you are working hard throughout the week and you EARN it! ONE treat meal a week, ladies! One whole day of binging can throw you off. I save my TREAT MEAL for the last meal of the day, making it a little easier to stay on track!
HAVE FUN and STAY POSITIVE! Being fit is a journey, not a destination! It will take time, dedication and determination! It is a lifestyle change, and let’s face it, we all can’t eat what we did when we were 10 ;) Have fun being fit and make it a FUN and rewarding journey!
Being healthy and fit definitely doesn’t come easy. But as long as you set your mind to it… you can achieve it! In life, the things we appreciate are the things we have to work the hardest for! Make up your mind NOW and COMMIT to be fit! I PROMISE you won’t regret it! Till next time stay dedicated and determined to your goals and always remember, “The Skye’s the Limit!”
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Quality of Life Connectivity Model
The growth management model was created by Hourglass to recognize the complex interrelationships that impact quality of life in a community, and to guide decision making on legacy issues.
Growth management is a very important and yet complex task affecting economic viability, environmental responsibility, and community livability. It involves many complex relationships that define quality of life in a community and impacts economic development, the environment, the infrastructure, land planning, and community character.
In addition, the Hourglass commissioned three Quality of Life Surveys (1998, 2000, and 2002). These surveys asked Lancastrians about their feelings on a variety of Quality of Life issues.
This Quality of Life Archive is part of a full Resource Library, which houses more information regarding Lancaster. Visit the Full Library
1998 Lancaster Quality of Life Survey Summary
A Survey of Lancaster County - 1998 Perceptions and Attitudes About the Quality of Life in Lancaster
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While Californians have been coping with massive wildfires, filthy air, extreme heat and a deadly pandemic, fire damage incurred by old-growth trees in Big Basin Redwoods State Park has hit a particular nerve, especially with those who have once stood gazing skyward at these majestic icons of California's natural splendor.
But don't mourn too hard. Most of the ancient trees, some of them 2,000 years old, have survived, in Big Basin as well as in Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve. And redwoods, well, they are tough. KQED recently spoke with Jeffrey Kane, associate professor of Fire Ecology and Fuels Management at Humboldt State University, about the species' resilience after a wildfire.
The following excerpts have been edited for length and clarity.
How does fire actually affect redwoods?
Jeffrey Kane: I'm struggling to think of a species as resistant and resilient as redwood. I always tell students, redwoods have belts and suspenders: They can deal with a lot of fire.
They have one of the thickest barks of any tree species. For conifers, they have this unique ability to resprout both from the base and from the entire bowl and crown of the tree. So it is really hard to kill a redwood with fire. It can be done, but it's pretty remarkable.
Fires provide a lot of benefits, too. They clean the understory. [The trees and plants that grow beneath a forest canopy.] They can help maintain the ecosystem composition. I went to look at the site of a fire in a redwood forest in Oregon; we saw lots of dead Douglas fir and also large redwoods resprouting. In the absence of fire, you get other species that come in, which start to become more common and compete with redwoods.
What would it take to kill a large redwood?
You’ve probably seen those big basal hollows, where fire gets inside the base of the tree and burns on up. I’ve actually been inside redwoods where you can see all the way up to a pinpoint of light at the top. And yet that tree is still alive. So they’re even pretty tolerant of that. Most of that wood in there is nonfunctioning, more structural. But if enough of that burns out, it can reduce the structural integrity of the tree, and then it may fall over because it doesn’t have enough strength to support its weight, or it may blow over in a windstorm. That happens in the absence of fire as well.
Historically, how many fires have burned through old growth redwoods?
We have lots of good data on this from tree-ring scars throughout the redwood range. It can be as frequent as every two years, but on average, most redwood forests have burned once every nine to 25 years.
Over the life of a tree, that can be hundreds of fires. Since redwoods occur in the coastal fog belt for the most part, the belief among researchers is that there must have been a large contribution of Native American burning to promote that frequent of a fire regime. But as we've seen, lightning can spark fires, and that's also part of the story. It could also have been that fires started in the drier interior before moving west into some redwood forests, especially during big wind events.
Might the forests be looking green and healthy again soon?
Yeah, definitely by next spring. I've seen them start to sprout just months after a fire.
Unless a large redwood topples, it's going to sprout even from the base. I mean, it's unlikely that a fire would be intense enough to kill all the growing tissues that are in the soil and the root ball. So you're going to have very rapid regeneration from asexual reproduction, which is the resprouts. And that's assuming that the aboveground tree dies, which again is kind of rare.
The other thing is if you go to a redwood forest and try to find a little seedling, you would be hard-pressed to find one, because they need bare mineral soil in order to germinate from seed [which are conditions created by fire]. So after a fire, you will get prolific regeneration from seed, where you probably wouldn't otherwise see it.
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Two coaches introduce the purpose of “presence at hand clips”. You will see colleagues in typical communication situations “before- without preparation” and “after-with preparation”.
Too often we are not prepared. Don´t be caught by surprise. Prepare your core business messages. And then it is easy to be spontaneous.
Facts and figures alone aren´t enough to convince. If your passionate purpose is unclear, the audience starts to interpret.
Find your own ritual to get ready for the stage.
Under stress, our muscles and vocal chords stiffen. Breathe and relax.
Storytelling is a technique. Keep a few points in mind and master it. But overall: Keep it short.
After telling a good story, get the business message across.
If content and body language are not congruent, the audience will judge you by signals of your body language.
Avoiding eye contact might keep us in our comfort zone. But your audience wants to connect with you. Keep eye contact.
Q&A sometimes troubles us. Welcome every question from the audience. Especially the critical ones.
We all know these inner voices. Often they come from the past. Perceive them and understand: This is not you.
The applause at the end of a speech is not only a gift for the speaker. It is likewise important for the audience to give appreciation.
Be active. Introduce yourself with a story, a metaphor or a picture. No longer than 1 min. Stay connected with your “audience”. Do not bore with details of your business CV.
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For a few years now, China has been building a library of documents that define standards for traceability, but no dates have appeared in any of them (see “China Adds Traceability Requirement To CFDA Drug Quality Management Specification”, “China Posts New Draft Pharma Serialization Guidelines”, “China: NMPA Drug Traceability Guidance”, “China Commits To The Digital Future In Healthcare, Including Pharma Traceability” and “China Inches Closer To Another Pharma Serialization Mandate”). In a new posting on their website yesterday, the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) provided a notice of aggressive deadlines for vaccine traceability. Let’s take a look at it because a vaccine traceability mandate is probably a herald of a near-term future pharmaceutical traceability mandate.Continue reading China Sets Aggressive Date for Vaccine Traceability
In late August, the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued three new drug and vaccine traceability guidance documents. Then in mid-September, they issued five draft documents for comment related to the data exchange protocol for drug traceability. Based on those publications, it appears that China really is accelerating their move toward traceability of drugs (see “China Commits To The Digital Future In Healthcare, Including Pharma Traceability”).Continue reading China Inches Closer To Another Pharma Serialization Mandate
I finally had time to finish applying Google Translate to the document issued on May 23, 2019 by the Comprehensive and Planning Finance Department of the China National Drug Administration (CNDA), called “State Drug Administration: Action Plan to Accelerate the Promotion of Smart Drug Supervision”. I originally thought “Smart Drug Supervision” was solely related to supply chain supervision, serialization and traceability, but that’s only a part of their plan.Continue reading China Commits To The Digital Future In Healthcare, Including Pharma Traceability
Most RxTrace readers will recall that China was an early adopter of drug traceability. Back in 2007, companies were required to begin printing unique identifiers in linear barcodes on certain drug packages. The unique identifiers had to be purchased from a government contractor. The list of drugs grew each year to the point where all drugs were effectively covered by early 2016. But shortly after that, the whole requirement was suspended (see “China’s Retreat From Pharma Serialization: Will This Become A Global Trend?” and “China Adds Traceability Requirement To CFDA Drug Quality Management Specification”). Then last summer, a new government agency, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), posted three draft guidance documents for review and comments (see “China Posts New Draft Pharma Serialization Guidelines”). Finally, last month, the NMPA published two of those documents in final form, “Implemented on April 19, 2019”.Continue reading China: NMPA Drug Traceability Guidance
As I was preparing today’s RxTrace essay on Friday I received notice from GS1 Healthcare that China had posted draft guidance for comment for a new pharmaceutical traceability system. I dropped everything and translated the three documents into English for RxTrace subscribers and GS1 Healthcare members to use.
The explanation provided by the China Office of the State Drug Administration for the drafts translates to: Continue reading China Posts New Draft Pharma Serialization Guidelines
Over the last few weeks, the pharma serialization and tracing landscape has begun to shift in China. The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) announced a new use for an existing “National Drug Code” in Public Notice 2017-1 that, according to Google Translate (a helpful but very imperfect translator), will be referred to as the “Bit Code”. In addition, a new notice has appeared on the AliHealth-hosted web portal that drug companies have been using for the last seven years or so to obtain serial numbers for their drug packages. Automated translation tools leave too much to speculation so companies should not use them for compliance purposes. However, here are my thoughts/speculation on what is happening. Continue reading The Intrigue Contained In The New China Drug Code
China once had one of the most aggressive pharma serialization mandates of any market. Their compliance timeline began in 2007 with a list of “essential drugs” and ended in January of this year when, effectively, all drug packages were required to carry a unique serial number. Shortly after that milestone the government suspended that requirement, pending a new regulation. Since that time the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has posted several documents related to their new plans (see “China Adds Traceability Requirement To CFDA Drug Quality Management Specification”). Last month a new notice from the CFDA Continue reading China’s Retreat From Pharma Serialization: Will This Become A Global Trend?
Everyone who markets drugs in China has been watching for the publication of revised requirements for tracing drugs there since the government apparently suspended their previous requirements earlier this year. Interpreting Chinese government announcements is very hard to do. Even knowing for sure exactly what has been suspended about the previous regulation is very difficult. Google Translate does a poor job of making Chinese understandable enough to provide me with confidence.
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Fujitsu Laboratories has unveiled a single-panel antenna designed to enable multiple 5G connections on a small, energy-efficient base station, saying it could be used across train stations and stadiums.
The antenna provides speeds of more than 10Gbps across four simultaneous 2.5Gbps signals, using the millimetre-wave (mmWave) 28GHz 5G spectrum band, with 128 antenna elements, and 16 phased array chips that fit onto a single 13cm square printed circuit board.
“Conventional 5G system structures require use of an antenna panel for each terminal when simultaneously transmitting to multiple terminals. Now, by controlling with high accuracy the phase (angle) of signals separately emitted from 128 antenna elements, Fujitsu Laboratories has suppressed the interference between signals,” the company explained.
“Currently, to avoid radio wave interference during communications with multiple users at once, base stations have been configured to use a number of antenna panels corresponding to the number of concurrent users. To miniaturise the equipment so that it can be deployed anywhere, the best option is to provide multi-directional transmissions from a single antenna panel.”
To achieve this, Fujitsu developed a phased array chip that is able to regulate the phase of a signal propagated with an accuracy of one degree or less from an antenna element. It then built one phased array chip per eight antenna elements into the panel.
“The company also uses circuitry that detects the differences in phase between phased array chips, which enables highly accurate phase control for any size antenna panel that has between 64 and 256 antenna elements,” it said.
“As a result, by holding the difference in undesired emissions intruding between one radio wave communicating with a device and another radio wave with another device to 20dB or more, it makes it possible for a single antenna panel to carry out high-capacity communications of 10Gbps or more.”
Fujitsu is planning to commercialise the technology in 2021.
The announcement follows the company last month signing a 5G partnership with networking giant Ericsson, with plans to combine their radio access and core network portfolios to deliver 5G mobile network services and solutions across Japan.
“Ericsson and Fujitsu’s strength in research and development will ensure the best path for bringing global 5G solutions to Japan, as well as exploring a wider global market,” the companies said in November.
Fujitsu will provide open and standards-based “flexible 5G network systems” using its wireless technology expertise, Fujitsu EVP and head of Network Business Group Tango Matsumoto said.
Fujitsu’s previous work on 5G saw it kick off a field trial last year of its 5G ultra high-density distributed antenna technology and tests of simultaneous high-speed transmission of high-res video using the antenna system, in partnership with Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo.
Fujitsu and Fujitsu Laboratories, which have been working on 5G trials with NTT DoCoMo since 2014, have also collaborated with the Japanese carrier on evaluating communications speed for distributed antennas deployed at multiple outdoor locations.
“The testing system consists of two mobile stations equipped with displays that can be moved around the interior of Fujitsu Shin-Kawasaki Technology Square, as well as equipment including distributed antennas installed in 16 locations, centralised baseband processing equipment that controls the distributed antennas, and fibre-optic cables connecting the distributed antennas with the centralised baseband processing equipment,” Fujitsu explained in November 2017.
Fujitsu’s ultra-high density distributed antenna technology “actively controls the shape of cells, which are the range of a signal, in order to improve communication quality for mobile stations through centralised control of base station antennas distributed around a space at high density”, it said.
Fujitsu said the 32 distributed antennas can be controlled by the centralised baseband processing devices. This is done by using signal processing equipment that aggregates digital signals — transmitted and received — from several different distributed antennas while preventing signal interference.
Fujitsu also unveiled its millimetre-wave (mmWave) phase shifter for small cells a year ago, which it said delivers the 10Gbps connections required by 5G, while maintaining low power usage.
According to Fujitsu, its phase shifters reduced the number of amps needed by combining switching circuits with differential amps, and using a new mmWave circuit limited the electrical loss of circuits.
Its small cell technology — which Fujitsu said it was looking to offer by 2020 — also makes use of beam-forming, with the company saying it controls 128 antenna elements.
Earlier this month, Fujitsu also said it is working on developing palm vein and facial data authentication technology, with the integrated biometric identification capabilities pointing to a cashless society.
According to Fujitsu, its Laboratories have developed a simulation algorithm enabling instant facial recognition processing.
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Fujitsu develops palm vein and facial data authentication technology
The company hopes to make the technology ‘practical’ within fiscal 2020.
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5G will be the key to unlocking the full potential of IoT and a host of other technologies. Businesses can get a jump on their competition if they apply the power of 5G to their products and services first.
iPhone 14 May Debut In An Online-Only Event With Pro Price Hike
The iPhone 14 will bring plenty of changes this year, but most of them are apparently being reserved for the Pro models. The base models are also expected to feature a big change, but not one that some people will like — Apple may finally say goodbye to the 5.4-inch iPhone mini and go in the opposite direction by introducing a non-Pro iPhone Max. While that would be a tragedy for those who love small iPhones, it would also consolidate Apple’s smartphone collection and make it easier for buyers to understand what’s available.
The next-generation iPhone lineup will reportedly have two 6.1-inch models and two 6.7-inch models split between base and Pro lines. While there will be some upgrades across the board, the biggest changes will no doubt be seen on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. The most visible will be — at least according to the rumors so far — the switch to a pill-shaped cutout, which would mean finally ditching the bucket notch that debuted with the iPhone X in 2017. New and improved cameras will likely be found inside the iPhone 14 Pro models, too, as well as a faster processor.
These upgrades won’t come without costs, however, and Apple may have buyers shoulder some of that. An investor note shared by Philip Elmer-DeWitt claims the Pro models will experience a $100 price increase. The current iPhone 13 Pro already starts at $999 and the iPhone 13 Pro Max begins at $1,099, so that would be quite a significant price hike. Apple is also expected to increase the storage in these iPhone models to make those figures easier to swallow, but it may still cause some interested buyers to pause when deciding which of the four iPhone 14 models to pick.
Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept Teases Electric Muscle Cars To Come
Three patented new features help give the Daytona SRT an edge. The e-Rupt multi-speed transmission system offers an “electro-mechanical shifting experience that’s pure Dodge,” the automaker says. The new transmission has a PowerShot boost system similar to the one included in the hybrid versions of the upcoming Dodge Hornet. Press a button on the steering wheel and you’ll get a bit of extra horsepower and some torque along with it — it’s for those occasions when you need to power past something on a highway, or if you need to take off from a standing start fast enough to tear a small hole in the fabric of time and space.
There’s a new aerodynamic pass-through feature named the “R-Wing” that gives the concept a performance edge while connecting it with its NASCAR record-breaking ancestor. Then, for muscle car enthusiasts who are upset the switch to electric may preserve someone in their vicinity’s eardrums, there’s the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust. It’s an industry first, and as loud as a Hellcat at 127 decibels, so even though you’re being powered by a battery, people will still hear your muscle car coming. The system is a patented industry-first feature. Sound is produced electronically before being forced through an amplifier and “tuning chamber.” It is then blasted out of the car’s back end, recreating the muscle car audio experience without any of the emissions.
The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT is just a concept, so while you may be impressed by the noise both Dodge and its car are making, you won’t actually be able to buy one. However, there’s a good chance most — if not all — of its features will appear in Dodge’s first commercially released EV, which is scheduled to arrive in 2024.
The Reason Why Lamborghini Will Never Build A Manual Transmission Car Again
By January 2014, very few Gallardos were ordered with a manual gearbox — so few, in fact, that AutoGuide quoted company CEO Stephan Winkelmann as saying that the automaker’s team would have to double-check with the dealership from which the order was received to make sure the manual transmission request wasn’t an error.
Besides the lack of demand for cars with a manual transmission, Lamborghini’s advanced driving tech starting with the Huracán also warranted complete control over the vehicle, and the manual use of a clutch could potentially cause disharmony. In 2016, Reggiani said in an interview with Road & Track that engaging the clutch “creates a hole in the communication between what the engine is able to provide and how the car reacts to the power of the engine.”
The executive also said during the interview that even though the decision to drop the manual transmission option wasn’t easy, the automatic chassis control systems on newer Lambos meant there wasn’t really any other option. “If you want to control the power, the clutch must be under the control of the brain of the car, not your brain,” Reggiani said.
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By Chuck Colbert
The role of government and that of change top priorities, come Election Day Nov. 6., for LGBT voters trekking the road to full gay equality. And President Barack Obama left little doubt on those two scores during his acceptance speech last night in the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“We don’t think government can solve all our problems,” the president told adoring delegates. “But we don’t think that government is the source of all our problems – any more than are welfare recipients, or corporations, or unions, or immigrants, or gays, or any other group we’re told to blame for our troubles.”
There is a positive role for government in the lives of all Americans, Obama insisted. Sound government polices affect peoples lives for the better. And change is about the people who make it happen, said Obama.
“So you see, the election four years ago wasn’t about me. It was about you. My fellow citizens – you were the change,” the president explained.
“You’re the reason there’s a little girl with a heart disorder in Phoenix who’ll get the surgery she needs because an insurance company can’t limit her coverage. ”
“You did that.
“You’re the reason a young man in Colorado who never thought he’d be able to afford his dream of earning a medical degree is about to get that chance. You made that possible.”
Sure enough, Obama highlighted the change that he, his administration, and Democratic Party have now fully embraced – and accomplished.
“You’re the reason a young immigrant who grew up here and went to school here and pledged allegiance to our flag will no longer be deported from the only country she’s ever called home; why selfless soldiers won’t be kicked out of the military because of who they are or who they love; why thousands of families have finally been able to say to the loved ones who served us so bravely: ‘Welcome home,'” said Obama.
The president spoke to marriage equality, which the Democrats have now endorsed in a historic first for a major US political party.
“If you turn away now – if you buy into the cynicism that the change we fought for isn’t possible…well, change will not happen. If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists and special interests; the people with the $10 million checks who are trying to buy this election and those who are making it harder for you to vote; Washington politicians who want to decide who you can marry, or control health care choices that women should make for themselves,” the president said.
“Only you can make sure that doesn’t happen. Only you have the power to move us forward,” Obama added.
Forward indeed. It was only eight years ago that California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said advocacy of same-sex marriage was “too much, too fast, too soon.”
Eight years before that (1996), then President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) into law.
But that was then and this is now. The Department of Justice is no longer defending DOMA in federal court.
Earlier this spring, the president himself had fully “evolved.”
Leaving Charlotte, LGBT delegates – nearly eight percent and a record high – to the Democratic National Convention could not be happier or energized.
“The pursuit of LGBT equality was on full display on the last night of our 2012 Democratic National Convention,” said Clark Williams of San Jose, Calif., a delegate and co-chair of the LGBT Caucus of the California Democratic Party.
“Speaker after speaker pledged their support for the freedom-to- marry plank in the party platform, praised the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ and called for the end of the Defense of Marriage Act,” he explained in email correspondence.
“For LGBT Americans, President Obama’s enthralling and electric speech was the last and greatest show of support for LGBT equality,” said Williams. “Our President highlighted his efforts to end discrimination in our armed forces and cited the appeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ as one of his proudest legislative accomplishments.”
Williams also spoke in personal terms about the effects of a toxic political climate where right-wing religious extremists and similarly predisposed GOP partisans rely on gay equality as a wedge issue.
“President Obama’s appeals for a more cooperative and conciliatory political culture in Washington included chastising the GOP for unfairly marginalizing LGBT families,” Williams explained.
“For me – a gay man and a father to a nine-year-old little girl – I was humbled and warmed by the President’s understanding of how prejudice and scapegoating represents the very worst of America. The president and the First Lady are champions of our community and they are committed to furthering the cause of equality for all,” said Williams.
“Without question, LGBT Americans have a committed and vigorous ally in the White House,” he continued. “As [the president] framed what is at stake in this election, [Obama] made it crystal clear that Americans who believe in moving the nation forward cannot sit this election out.”
Accordingly, Williams affirmed a commitment to get out the LGBT vote for Obama. “As LGBT families will continue to benefit tremendously from this president and his administration, LGBT Americans everywhere must become active participants in the 60 days remaining of this presidential campaign,” Williams said. “A Romney-Ryan win would threaten all of our LGBT achievements and dramatically set back the march towards full LGBT equality.”
National Stonewall Democrats’ executive director Jerame Davis could not contain his enthusiasm for the Obama-Biden ticket. “I’m fired up and ready to go! Last night was the culmination of a week-long case for another term for President Obama and there is no doubt this president has more to offer America – LGBT Americans and otherwise – than the Romney-Ryan ticket,” said Davis.
“I spent a lot of time with LGBT delegates throughout the convention. Last night, I ran into a number of them after the president’s speech. They were energized, enthusiastic, and ready to go to the ends of the Earth to re-elect the most LGBT-inclusive President in history. Our community will be out in force between now and in November, and we will turn out in droves at the ballot box, too,” added Davis.
With all eyes on Election Day, he continued, “The Obama team has an amazing LGBT outreach program that has already launched in all 50 states. In addition, Stonewall Democrats will be knocking on doors, making phone calls, and raising money to ensure that we don’t lose the momentum now. The energy of our community is electrifying and the next 60 days are going to be critical to continuing to build on the unprecedented progress we’ve accomplished under this President.”
“This is our time. This is our election. And we cannot afford to go back now. Four more years!” exclaimed Davis.
As Democrats convened in convention for three days, speaker after speaker spoke out for gay rights, affirming full LGBT equality.
First Lady Michelle Obama went so far as to position same-sex civil marriage as all-American as apple pie.
“If proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love, then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream,” she said on Tuesday night during her prime-time, televised speech.
For his part, convention keynoter Julian Castro, the mayor of San Antonio, Texas – the first Latino in such a role – stuck it to the marriage-equality naysaying GOP and its nominee, “When it comes to letting people marry whomever they love, Mitt Romney says, ‘No,'” Castro said.
And Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, convention chair, told the delegates, “For the first time, a major party platform recognizes marriage equality as a basic human right!”
A sixth generation Iowan Zach Wahls, an activist who was raised by two moms, put his same-sex marriage advocacy to the GOP nominee in no uncertain, heartfelt terms.
“Governor Romney says he’s against same-sex marriage because every child deserves a mother and a father,” Wahls told delegates last night.
“I think every child deserves a family as loving and committed as mine. Because the sense of family comes from the commitment we make to each other to work through the hard times so we can enjoy the good ones. It comes from the love that binds us; that’s what makes a family. Mr. Romney, my family is just as real as yours,” Wahls said.
Two nights earlier, an openly gay congressman spoke in equally eloquent terms about his love and life:
“My name is Jared Polis. My great-grandparents were immigrants. I am Jewish. I am gay. I am a father. I am a son. I am an entrepreneur. I am a congressman from Colorado. I am always an optimist. But first and foremost, I am an American.”
Continuing, Polis made a pitch for common ground and mutual respect among a diversity of views and personal experiences.
“That is why we must continue bringing America together,” he said.
“I don’t just ask my fellow Americans to respect my relationship with my partner Marlon and my role as a father to our son. I also ask them to respect the Christian family concerned about decaying moral values and crass commercialism. I ask them to respect the difficult decision of a single mother to bring a child into this world, because of her heartfelt beliefs,” said Polis.
There was no red-white-and-blue balloon drop – only tri-color confetti – as the curtain came down on the 2012 Democratic National Convention shortly before midnight.
And yet, just as he prayed over Republicans gathered in Tampa, Florida, a week ago, so New York’s cardinal archbishop, the Most Reverend Timothy M. Dolan, offer a benediction for the Democrats.
There were three main appeals he made – right to life, religious liberty, and an affirmation of traditional marriage.
“We beseech you, almighty God to shed your grace on this noble experiment in ordered liberty, which began with the confident assertion of inalienable rights bestowed upon us by you: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” said Dolan.
“Thus do we praise you for the gift of life. Grant us the courage to defend it, life, without which no other rights are secure. We ask your benediction on those waiting to be born, that they may be welcomed and protected, he added.
We praise and thank you for the gift of liberty. May this land of the free never lack those brave enough to defend our basic freedoms. Renew in all our people a profound respect for religious liberty: the first, most cherished freedom bequeathed upon us at our founding,” prayed Dolan.
“We praise and thank you for granting us the life and the liberty by which we can pursue happiness. Show us anew that happiness is found only in respecting the laws of nature and of nature’s God. Empower us with your grace so that we might resist the temptation to replace the moral law with idols of our own making, or to remake those institutions you have given us for the nurturing of life and community,” the cardinal said.
And just as his appearance in Tampa raised eyebrows, so Dolan’s praying in Charlotte prompted sharp responses from gay Catholics and LGBT activists.
“Cardinal Dolan chose again to characterize same-sex marriage equality as ‘the temptation to replace the moral law with idols of our own,'” said Charles Martel, president of New England-based Catholics for Marriage Equality.
“[Dolan] further went on to pray, ‘Or to remake those institutions you have given us for the nurturing of life and community,'” said Martel.
But, “same-sex marriage is not about remaking the institution of marriage, but rather as evidence that same sex couples also value it, and believe that it does nurture not only themselves, but also the community,” Martel explained. “Civil same-sex marriage does not threaten the institution of marriage, but adds to it through loving couples, the kinds of couples Catholic laity know, but apparently the hierarchy has never met.”
In offering his assessment, Wayne Besen, founding executive director of Burlington, Vermont-based Truth Wins Out, was more pointed.
“Cardinal Dolan unnecessarily and inappropriately politicized his remarks,” said Besen. “He appeared more partisan than prayerful and more animated by wedge issues than worship. It was hard to tell whether he was a Republican member of the House of Representatives or a representative from a house of worship.”
But Chicago’s Joe Murray of the Rainbow Sash Movement noted a more nuanced political landscape among Catholic voters.
“Clearly,” Dolan “is opposed to both gay marriage and abortion, and some would say that his coded language points to that in the closing prayer. So what’s going on here?” said Murray.
“We can view this strictly from a political perspective or we can recognize it as more complex. The cardinal’s presence at both conventions sends the message to those faithful Catholics that they can vote for either presidential candidate and remain faithful Catholics. In my opinion, this is why the Democrats revisited their original position not to let Dolan say the closing Benediction at their convention, and invite him.”
Murray went on to say that while he doubts the cardinal will change his position on either same-sex marriage or abortion, “I do believe [Dolan] recognizes a change in strategy with ‘the sky is falling’ approach [towards marriage equality] requires reevaluation,” said Murray.
“While the cardinal spoke about his pro-life views without mentioning abortion, he did not say anything whatsoever about gay marriage and that is a very good thing,” Murray added.
“His closing benediction shows, in my opinion, his continuing effort to moderate his position by moving towards the middle,” Murray explained.
“Many Obama administration policies have alienated faithful Catholics and their bishops. I think the Democrats recognized that, and I believe that promoted their wise response to invite Dolan to the Democratic National Convention,” said Murray.
Quite simply, “That is probably good politics,” he added. With Ohio, Wisconsin and even Michigan and Pennsylvania now in play, attracting Catholic votes could prove critical.”
“In recent years, Catholics have emerged as an important swing vote. Long predominantly Democratic, Catholics have increasingly shifted to the Republican Party, drawn by conservative positions on social issues,” Murray said.
Meanwhile, a May 2012 Gallup poll showed half of all Americans support legal same-sex marriage, affording gay couples the same status and benefits as traditionally married couples.
In addition, 65 percent of Democrats support gay marriage, with 57 percent of Independents and 22 percent of Republicans favoring it.
Gallup also found that 51 percent of Catholics support legal same-sex marriage, with 38 percent of Protestants and 88 percent of people with no religious affiliation favoring it.
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As with much that the CFPB does these days, there is some that is good, some bad, and some, just plain ugly. And for a cynic like me, everything – even the good stuff – seems to be imparted with a slightly paternalistic and patronizing tone.
You see, in the CFPB world view, the American people are divided into two basic camps: One is made up of evil, bloodsucking, vampire squids, looking to latch onto members of the other camp; the gullible, naïve, dumb and dumber set, who were all born yesterday.
And in one of the best examples of CFPB understatement, it declares that one of its “Core Functions” is:
“…to give consumers the information they need to understand the terms of their agreements with financial companies. We are working to make regulations and guidance as clear and streamlined as possible so providers of consumer financial products and services can follow the rules on their own.” [Italics mine.]
Huh? Can Director Cordray actually look at the TRID regulations (here) that became effective on Saturday, October 3, 2015, and say with a straight face to the finance and title industries, that its rules are “clear and streamlined”?
But I digress…. The real purpose of this post is to summarize [for folks who prefer to regard themselves as members in good standing of the rank and file citizenry and who are neither sharks nor simpletons] the effect of the new TRID rules that will apply when they begin their search for a home loan, and end when they close the transaction in escrow. Here’s the skinny:
The Loan Estimate. Upon receipt of a completed loan application, the lender or mortgage broker is required to provide a “Loan Estimate” upon approval for financing. Gone are the “Good Faith Estimate” and “Initial Truth-In-Lending” documents. The purpose of the Loan Estimate, besides being more consumer-friendly, is – in theory – to permit the consumer to engage in comparison shopping for a loan between lenders.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article on the new Loan Estimate form:
Consumers can now easily check whether the loan amount, interest rate, monthly payment, escrow sum and the amount that a borrower needs to bring to the closing (a new feature) have changed from the lender’s initial estimates, Mr. Kelly says. The Loan Estimate also itemizes all closing costs and notes which services a borrower can shop for, such as title-search company and pest inspector.
The third page of the Loan Estimate includes information to help a borrower better understand the long-term costs of the loan. One new feature looks ahead to what the borrower will have paid in principal, interest, mortgage insurance and other loan costs at the five-year mark.
To help with comparison shopping, the Loan Estimate details the annual percentage rate (APR), so a borrower can put documents side by side and compare overall costs easily between loan products, such as a 15-year and 30-year mortgage, says Mathew Carson, a mortgage broker with San Francisco-based First Capital Group. The APR factors in not just interest rate but mortgage-broker fees and closing costs.
The Loan Estimate also shows the total interest percentage—the total amount of interest that you will pay over the loan term as a percentage of the loan amount.
Note: The Loan Estimate expires automatically if the borrower does not indicate to the lender or mortgage broker an intent to proceed with the loan transaction within ten business days after it was provided.
The Closing Disclosure. The Closing Disclosure is provided by the lender before closing. Its predecessors, the HUD-1 Settlement Statement and the final Truth-In-Lending Statement, are gone. The TRID rules require that a hard copy of the Closing Disclosure must be sent to the consumer at least three-business days before the scheduled closing date. Personal delivery or electronic mail delivery may be used, but the three-business day period still applies.
The idea is that during this period, the borrower can compare it to the figures provided in the Loan Estimate and review for errors, etc. Assuming everything is in order, closing may occur on the scheduled date.
Besides reducing paperwork, the new form is intended to convey to consumers a much clearer picture of their loan transaction, such as the interest rate, the monthly mortgage installments, and the total closing costs – all on the first page. Escrow costs are itemized to clearly show what portion of the loan payment goes to lender-required casualty insurance, mortgage insurance (if any), interest and property taxes.
According to the Wall Street Journal article above:
Overall, borrowers are going to have a much clearer notion of how much they will owe at closing and throughout the lifetime of the mortgage, says John Walsh, president of Milford, Conn.-based Total Mortgage Services. ‘The forms are much less confusing and more concise.’
The Three-Business Day Rule. As noted above, there is a three-business day waiting period between delivery of the Closing Statement and closing in escrow.
According to an excellent Buckley Sanders summary, subject to the following three exceptions, if there is a change to the Closing Disclosure after it has been provided to the borrower, the lender is generally permitted to deliver a revised Closing Disclosure at or before closing. The changes that require delivery of a revised Closing Disclosure and new three-business day period are:
- A change in the APR of more than 1/8 of 1.00% above or below the APR disclosed in the Loan Estimate, or, an irregularity in the transaction, such as multiple advances or irregular payment periods, or a change of more than 1/4 of 1.00%;
- A change in the loan product (e.g., from adjustable rate to fixed rate); or
- The addition of a prepayment penalty.
Conclusion. It is the possibility of 11th hour delays due to changes to the Closing Disclosure that has the real estate industry wringing its hands. However, the limited circumstances that could push off a scheduled closing date appear very limited.
Assuming a prudent borrower knows, in advance, the risk of making such a change right before closing, such a delay would seem unlikely – and in Oregon, foolhardy – since our standard form OREF Sale Agreement provides that the failure to close on or before the agreed-upon date means the transaction is automatically terminated. Most buyers would not likely jeopardize their transaction by such a last minute change. And if they did, the seller would likely declare a forfeiture of the buyer’s earnest money deposit, since the failure to close on time was avoidable. ~PCQ
Note: The TRID rules only apply when a creditor or mortgage broker receives a home loan application from a consumer on or after October 3, 2015. Pending transactions already headed to closing will not be subject to the new law. The rules only apply to “closed-end transactions”, i.e. “A loan or extension of credit in which the proceeds are dispersed in full when the loan closes and must be repaid, including any interest and finance charges, by a specified date. The loan may require periodic principal and interest payments, or may require the entire payment of principal at maturity.” To read more, go to the following link here.
A “completed loan application,” must include the following six pieces of information: (1) Name; (2) Income; (3) Social Security Number (to obtain the credit report); (4) Property address; (5) An estimate of the value of the property; and (6) Mortgage loan amount sought.
I say “in theory” because with time frame protocols imposed by the rules, one has to question how much comparison shopping actually occurs.
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Buyers to get less, but gain more with eco-friendly new homes.
New homes at Rectory Meadow, King’s Stanley near Stroud offer buyers less, not more: less in terms of water and energy use and less carbon emissions.
Cirencester-based developer Colburn sought advice from local Sustainable Building Consultant, Neil Morris, to ensure the new homes are designed for eco-friendly living.
Rose Evans, from Colburn said “We feel that the time is right to step up a gear and we are very excited to be building these beautiful, traditional homes. We are confident that this development is as sustainable as possible.”
“Neil has helped us source very efficient gas boilers and solar hot water panels. Water butts are specified for each house, offering our new owners less in terms of energy bills and water usage” she said. “But it’s not just the buildings themselves that we are keen to keep green, we employ ecological experts to help us develop a landscaping scheme to encourage local wildlife, planting indigenous trees and putting up bird and bat nesting boxes.”
Neil Morris, from Get-eco in Stroud, said: “It is a pleasure to work for a local developer which recognises the importance of sustainability and makes it a priority. There is a huge concern about growing fuel bills and the impact of droughts – so it is essential new homes are built which use minimal heat to keep warm, generate their own hot water and make a positive impact on the growing environment.
“The new homes at Rectory Meadow in King’s Stanley will exceed existing targets for water use and carbon emissions using solar hot water and the most efficient gas boilers. In addition, the vast majority of the building materials used in constructing the houses meet the international BRE Green Guide specification.
“By carefully choosing the right suppliers, with the right eco credentials, Colburn – and the families which move into their homes – can be confident they are taking important steps to a greener future.”
For more information, please contact:
Rose Evans at Colburn 01285 642600 or 07966268285
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Path to be put in place
Now, the Quebec health system will have to work to establish a path of care for patients with COVID-19.
The UK has developed an interesting model, based on a multidisciplinary track. We’d better get inspired by what they did. Because prolonged COVID is definitely an emerging problem. “
At the start of the epidemic, all research efforts were focused on treating severe COVID, which leads patients who use ventilators to intensive care.
Today, the pendulum is starting to move and efforts are beginning to be made to treat COVID in the long term.
“We need to develop knowledge to find out why some people get severe COVID and others don’t,” insists Dr.s Biche.
“The results of the first research will start appearing in six to 12 months. It encourages patients to know that there is research going on,” he says.
Currently, many patients find themselves unanswered, even when they have the opportunity to go to the mobile post-COVID clinic in CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS.
“When I meet patients, the first question they ask me is: How long will it last? I do not have an answer to this question, because it varies from person to person, and from symptoms to another, and its severity varies over time. For example, we see people who feel For a few days, they think it takes a good advantage, and then it starts over, ”notes the microbiologist and infectious disease specialist.
Before COVID-19, could people who were very sick with another virus like influenza, for example, also have persistent symptoms?
You can sometimes see it with the flu or with a virus like mononucleosis, but with COVID, 20 to 30% of people have persistent symptoms. It really is unique to COVID. Certainly, COVID leads to something other viruses do not do, ”says the doctor.
Meanwhile, Dr.s Piché is developing Sherbrooke’s post-COVID mobile clinic.
“I am still working on developing multidisciplinary services. I hope the Ministry of Health provides us with financial resources,” says the person who takes over a good part of patient care through his guards at the hospital.
At present, it is not easy to treat these patients because there are a lot of checks to be done. Most of the time, the test results will return to normal. For example, we don’t see anything in the pictures that could explain the shortness of breath. It might also be because we don’t yet know what we’re looking for. One day, we will thus have to ask ourselves if we should have all of these tests done since they are normal … definitely not. But we haven’t gotten there yet, because we have yet to try to understand the mechanisms that have been affected in the long COVID context, ” concludes Dr.s Biche. | <urn:uuid:e559dfdc-d801-4c07-b552-7e6ab836b0aa> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bioprepwatch.com/20-to-30-of-patients-can-have-a-prolonged-covid-news-the-show/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.959511 | 639 | 2.46875 | 2 |
Isolated from the cultivated banana Musa paradisiaca, banana lectin (BanLec) is a very stable mannose- and glucose-binding lectin consisting of two identical 15 kDa subunits and a reported isoelectric point of pH 7.3. Although structurally related to the Jacalin family of lectins, BanLec recognizes internal α(1,3) glucosyl- and mannosyl- residues and has also been reported to bind β(1,3) and β(1,6) glucosyl-structures.
Like Galanthus nivalis lectin, BanLec has been shown to bind gp 120 glycoprotein, an important envelope component of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), and to strongly inhibit HIV-1 entry into cells. Glycoproteins on the surface of other viruses are also likely to be recognizable by BanLec. This lectin has been reported to be a potent mitogen for peripheral T-cells in the presence of interleukin-2, and appears likely to be a cause of allergic reaction to bananas, since IgG4 antibodies against BanLec have been detected in humans.
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Russia isn’t a country known for its rich golfing history, and with good reason. The sport was introduced in the country only after the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
Russian golf has enjoyed some prominence in the last year thanks to the rise and performance of Maria Verchenova at the 2016 Rio Olympics where she carded a 62, the lowest score in Olympic history. However, a report emerged earlier this week that one of the country’s most prominent male golfers recently committed a gruesome crime.
Will Stewart of the Daily Mail provided the details of Artem Nesterov, the first male golfer from Russia to be named master of sport.
Russia’s first top golfer has been arrested on charges of murdering and beheading his mother with a kitchen knife. Artem Nesterov decapitated the 66-year-old woman then fled by car, crashing three times into fences, local police say. He called his wife, his sister Lydia, 30, and the police to report the gruesome killing.
The 37-year-old golfer was detained the day after he allegedly murdered Lyudmila Nesterova. He will be held for two months as investigations continue, ruled Shcherbinsky district court of Moscow. The body with a severed head nearby was found by police in a detached house in Yerino village, near Moscow. She had suffered multiple wounds including to her abdomen.
— "Riggs" (@RiggsBarstool) August 17, 2017
It later emerged that the frenzied attack came after the golfer had a row with his wife, who complained to him about the amount of time he spent at work. The couple has a one-and-a-half-year-old child.
After the row, Nesterov left to visit his mother – a former tourist guide and interpreter – saying she could “comfort him.”
In 2003, Nesterov was the first Russian golfer to be awarded the title of master of sports. He was also a Russian champion in a sport that was only introduced to the country after the fall of communist rule in 1991. The sportsman had been working as a coach for ten years.
Law enforcement officials said Nesterov had confessed to the ‘intentional murder” of his mother, and was charged accordingly.
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Climate change is what the people at the Pentagon like to call a “threat multiplier.” Warming takes existing dangers like political instability in developing nations, and amplifies them in ways that can be hard to predict — but which are rarely positive. That goes for human health too.
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The North Sea is a marginal, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean. It is more than 970 kilometres (600 mi) long and 580 kilometres (360 mi) wide, with an area of around 750,000 square kilometres (290,000 sq mi). A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North Sea including water from the Baltic Sea. [Wikipedia]
This programme is part of a Structural Funds Community Initiative under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) initiated by the European Union and the Commission. It connects seven countries around the North Sea. The Programme boosts transnational regional development projects along four priorities: Innovation, environment, accessibility and building sustainable communities, and aims to make the North Sea Region a better place to live, work and invest in.
A hyperlinked article describes the geography, geology, hydrography and natural resources of the North Sea; also includes a section on its place in the history of the surrounding nations.
An international organization which facilitates partnership between local authorities in the nations connected with the North Sea, and promotes the North Sea Basin as an economic entity within Europe. Information about structure, activities, events and publications.
Dated Interreg IIIB programme with the objective of generating innovative solutions for rural development in six littoral states.
Map showing cultural entities in the Wadden Sea and the Wash region, defined by the Lancewadplan project. With links to the particular regions.
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Co-director, Neurological Institute
Clinical interests:Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Research Interests: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Neuroimmunology
Current Research: New neutrophil subset promotes CNS neuron survival and axon regeneration
Brown University, 1988
Residency: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Neurology, NY, 1992
Board Certification: Neurology
As of July 1, 2019 Benjamin M. Segal, MD, assumed the roles of chair of the Department of Neurology and Director of the Neurological Research Institute at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is also co-director of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Neurological Institute. He earned his medical degree Brown University, completed his internship in medicine at University of Chicago and conducted his residency in neurology at New York Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Dr. Segal began his academic career at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he conducted innovative research in multiple sclerosis and immunology. In 2000, he was recruited to the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester. That year he was awarded the prestigious Harry Weaver Neuroscience Scholar award by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The University of Michigan—home to one of our nation’s top neurology programs—recruited Dr. Segal to lead its Division of Multiple Sclerosis in 2007. Under Dr. Segal’s leadership, the University of Michigan became a national referral center for the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis. The MS clinic population expanded in size from approximately 400 to 4,000 patients during his tenure.
Dr. Segal is internationally recognized for his work in multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuroimmunology. With annual NIH funding for his ongoing research programs in excess of 1.3 million dollars, his discoveries have contributed to the basic understanding of the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and similar diseases. He has shown that the type of inflammation that causes damage to the nervous system during MS can vary among individuals, suggesting that pharmaceutical regimens must be personalized for each patient. Dr. Segal has directed a number of industry- and government-sponsored clinical trials and biomarker studies that focus on individuals with relapsing and progressive forms of the disease. More recently, his laboratory is investigating how destructive immune responses in the nervous system can be skewed and redirected to initiate repair. He publishes in high impact academic journals, including the Journal of Clinical Investigation,Annals of Neurology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, and Lancet Neurology.
Dr. Segal has received innumerable awards, lectured nationally and internationally and served on multiple NIH study sections, including co-chairing the major review panel in his field. He holds several patents and is a member of every major organization in neurology. Dr. Segal served as Program Chair for the annual meeting of the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) between 2016 and 2018, and he currently serves as a Director at ACTRIMS. Through ACTRIMS, he has developed an annual national symposium to educate neurology residents and young research investigators about the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment of MS. Dr. Segal was inducted into the University of Michigan League of Research Excellence in 2014. He was a Senior Scholar of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute and has been named among the Best Doctors in America for the past eight years.
Discovery Of New Cell May Be Key To Treating Incurable Neurological Diseases
On-line Education Teaches Physicians About Multiple Sclerosis
Benjamin Segal, MD, Director, Ohio State Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Center and Chair, Department of Neurology describes the latest developments in multiple sclerosis.
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Many people have experienced changes in their mental health over the recent years. Now, with more resources at our fingertips than ever before, people are becoming increasingly more self-aware, meaning they can pinpoint how they feel, why and get some help to overcome any difficulties they may be facing.
However, with around 1 in 4 adults in the US alone having a diagnosable mental health condition at any one time, there is more that can be done to help people improve how they feel mentally and the tools available for them to help themselves overcome their mental health issues healthily and safely.
So what can you do to preserve your mental health in 2021?
How often do you put things off until it is too late? Many people are avid procrastinators, and as such, the anxiety this can cause is untold on people’s mental health. In fact, it is a catch 22 situation where the task itself causes anxiety leading to it being put off. Then the anxiety over not being able to complete the tasks builds up until you are trapped.
Make a plan of small steps you can take to address more serious issues that need addressing quickly but cause you to worry and stress. Get someone to help you reduce the anxiety and worry and help you resolve the problem before it comes too big to manage or avoid.
Break Unhealthy Habits
Do you have a crutch you go to when things get tough or unmanageable? Chances are, whatever you are doing to help yourself feel better or forget your issues, is actually making things much worse. It is a vicious cycle to be trapped in, and breaking a dependency on any substance or food or drink product can be hard, especially if you try alone.
Address what you are relying on and come to terms with the effect it is having on you by reading articles such as What Happens To Your Body When You Use Heroin. Reach out for help and support in breaking your bad habits and starting a new path to help you improve your mental health in 2021.
Bottling up your feelings or worries will only make them feel like they are too big to handle or overcome. Find someone you trust who can help you to offload your worries and work through them in a way that can help you to improve your mental health and reduce stress and worry.
It may be that you need to seek the help of a professional who can help you open up and address your issues. Therapy can be helpful in many different ways, and finding a therapist who can work with you to help you identify your concerns and put a solution in place to help you manage stress, anxiety, or worry easily.
If you can’t discuss it out loud, try writing down what you want to discuss or what you want others to know so you can open the lines of conversation and get the help you need, even if you aren’t ready to vocalize it.
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MOBILE ACCESSORIES are any hardware that is not integral to the functioning of a mobile phone as designed by its manufacturer. The term “mobile accessory” covers many different categories of devices. For example, a smartphone does not come with a camera, headphones, or speakers. But it still has hardware that makes use of those devices. The following paragraphs will outline the various types of mobile phone accessories and describe the types of devices that contain them.
Mobile accessories come in many forms. Some are used for video conferencing, others are for audio recording. A variety of accessories are also used for video production, such as microphones, speakers, and cameras. Almost any accessory can be sold online. The most popular types of mobile phone accessories are found on social media websites, including Facebook and eBay. A good way to start selling mobile phone accessories is to set up a Facebook business page and promote your product on Facebook.
The demand for mobile phone accessories is growing. With more people living on the go, people are turning to high-tech gadgets. They are using their phones to watch videos and listen to music, so there is a high demand for these gadgets. Furthermore, the demand for mobile accessories is increasing because the Internet penetration is increasing. There are many online retailing platforms that offer mobile phone accessories. There are also many different ways to profit from selling these devices.
Purchasing mobile phone accessories can be a lucrative endeavor for people in the mobile industry. The number of accessories available in the market is increasing each day. The market is becoming more competitive, and more people are opting for smartwatches, earphones, and power banks. There are an endless supply of new products in the market. There are countless e-commerce websites that cater to the needs of a consumer.
One of the most popular types of mobile accessories is a flexible neck for the phone. A flexible neck allows you to adjust the phone’s viewing angle and distance without having to worry about wires. Some even have a microphone and a camera for remote control. The flexibility of the mobile phone holder makes it a versatile device. Aside from that, a mobile phone holder can be used as a tabletop accessory.
Other mobile phone accessories include wall chargers and USB dongles. Unlike other devices, a smart wearable can be plugged into a car’s socket. This accessory is an excellent option for people who want to get the most out of their mobile phones. The right battery charger can provide enough power for the phone to keep it running. You can purchase as many as you need, depending on the size of your smartphone and the functionality you require. | <urn:uuid:dd9f9554-b0cc-42b8-ac55-918dffa49a0a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://technosurvivor.com/cell-phone-accessories/what-are-mobile-phone-accessories/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.953044 | 537 | 1.703125 | 2 |
From 1926 to 1947 the Valentine Gallery was a center for modern art on East 57th Street in New York. The gallery’s founder and director, F. Valentine Dudensing (1892-1967), presented the work of contemporary artists — both European and American — to an often skeptical audience. Originally called F. Valentine Dudensing Gallery, the name was shortened to Valentine Gallery in 1927 to avoid confusion with the gallery run by Dudensing’s father and brothers; Dudensing Galleries specialized in American art and at that time had recently relocated to 57th Street.
Julia May Boddewyn is the creator of this website:
“I created the website about the Valentine Gallery because I wanted to correct misinformation that has been published and to share some of the interesting information that I have discovered in the course of my research. I am trying to reconstruct an inventory of the works that were sold through the gallery because the gallery’s sales records lack critical details, such as title, date, and size. The website is a way for me to reach out to museums, collectors, and dealers who might have a work that includes the Valentine Gallery in its provenance. My hope is that with this information I can continue to fill in the missing pieces of this puzzle.”
Julia May Boddewyn is an Independent Researcher based in New York. She has been studying the Valentine Gallery of New York (1926-1947) and the role of the founder, F. Valentine Dudensing for a number of years now. She is interested in the role Dudensing played in selling works by the School of Paris to American collectors. Julia is also a TIAMSA member. | <urn:uuid:5c9c2ce9-5bc2-46bd-b384-c6e51173d065> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.artmarketstudies.org/research-going-on-julia-may-boddewyn-on-the-valentine-gallery/?shared=email&msg=fail | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.969809 | 345 | 2.03125 | 2 |
THIN AND THICK BOWL STOMAS: ETIOLOGY AND TYPES OF COMPLICATIONS
The eight-year armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, which escalated into a full-scale war over the russian invasion, has led to an increase in the number of wounded with injuries to the abdominal cavity, retroperitoneal space and pelvis. This has led to an increase in the number of patients with intestinal stoma.
The aim of our research was to analyze the surgical interventions that result in the formation of intestinal fistula, as well as the types of complications from the stoma.
Materials and methods. The results of treatment of 90 patients who were treated at the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Central Region and the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Northern Region, who underwent surgery with formation of intestinal fistula for the period from 2015 to 2022, were studied. The reasons for surgery in 19 cases were combat trauma to the abdomen, in 53 cases – intestinal disease of malignant origin, in 15 – diverticular disease, others: stab wound to the abdomen – in 1, pelviorectal paraproctitis – in 1, mesenteric thrombosis – in 1.
Results. In the postoperative period 24 patients had complications after stoma formation. These complications were divided into complications from the stoma and intestine of the stoma, as well as the skin around the stoma. Some patients had 2-3 complications, so the total number of complications exceeded the total number of patients with complications.
Early complications were most often observed. Among them were: parastomal dermatitis (17) with ulceration (8), parastomal infiltrate (3), parastomal abscess (1), retraction of the stoma (3), stoma deviation from skin and its failure (3), necrosis of the stoma (1), bleeding (1), failure of the gut stump (1), abdominal abscess (1). Parastomal infiltrate and abscess occurred in patients with perforated diverticulitis, which required urgent surgery: opening and drainage. The onset of stoma retraction is associated with a violation of the method of stoma formation and also required surgery. Failure of the stoma with its discharge from the skin, necrosis of the stoma required surgery in the form of its reconstruction. Bleeding from the stoma in one patient was stopped conservatively. Failure of the stump sutures of the distal intestine occurred in one patient and led to the formation of an abscess of the pelvic cavity, which also required urgent surgery.
Among the late complications we noted: prolapse of the stoma (3), ligature fistulas (7), stricture of the stoma (1), parastomal hernias (2), hypergranulation (6). The frequency of these complications, in our opinion, depends on the correct formation of the stoma with proper surgical techniques, taking into account the anatomical features of the structure of the anterior abdominal wall, the constitutional characteristics of the patient, the degree of infection of parastomal tissues.
Conclusions. The most common early complications after stoma formation are purulent-inflammatory, which occurred in 27.78 % of patients operated on urgently. At parastomal abscess, failure of stoma, its necrosis urgent surgical intervention is indicated.
Among late complications, complications such as ligature fistulas, prolapse and paracolostomy hernias were common – up to 14.4 %, which required surgical correction. The main reasons for the development of parastomal complications are non-compliance with the rules of stoma formation, constitutional features of patients, disregard for the anatomical features of the structure of the anterior abdominal wall, infection of paracolostomy tissues, defects of stoma care.
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The rulemakers of the game (R&A and USGA) have recently suggested that golf clubs around the world adopt “Ready Golf”. What is it ?, why you should embrace it, and other ways you can get around the golf course quicker and easier, making both your own, your playing partners, and others on the course, games more enjoyable!
So what is “Ready Golf” in the eyes of the powers that be ? The name gives us a clue, but really means, even if is not your turn to play, and you are ready to play, then play! (as long as it is safe to do so)
Current rules gives the player who scored lowest on the previous hole the “honour” of going first from the next tee, and after that, the player furthest from the hole has the right to play first.
Please note these rules would not apply to a “Match Play” game, as the strategy involved would not allow it.
Under Ready Golf rules players are encouraged to –
- Hit a shot when safe to do so if a player farther away faces a challenging shot and is taking time to assess their options
- Shorter hitters playing first from the tee or fairway if longer hitters have to wait
- Hit a tee shot if the person with the honour is delayed in being ready to play
- Hit a shot before helping someone to look for a lost ball
- Putting out even if it means standing close to someone else’s line
- Hit a shot if a person who has just played from a greenside bunker is still farthest from the hole but is delayed due to raking the bunker
- When a player’s ball has gone over the back of a green, any player closer to the hole but chipping from the front of the green should play while the other player is having to walk to their ball and assess their shot
- Marking scores upon immediate arrival at the next tee, except that the first player to tee off marks their card immediately after teeing off
These are all sensible suggestions, and personally I have always used these kind of strategies when playing socially, they are all common sense to me! I understand the rules and traditions of the game, but things have to change and develop for the game to progress!
When accompanying golfers around the course (particularly beginners, but not limited to) I tend to see a lack of preparation, and thinking/planning for what lays ahead.Some of these things of course come with experience, and take a while to adopt or learn.One of the issues I see is that more experienced players generally don’t feel they are in a position to inform playing partners that have adopted bad habits on the course, or if they do, it’s done in the moment when they are frustrated, then often get taken the wrong way!
There is no doubt I prefer to be “hands on” and out on the course with people to explain the hows and why’s of my suggestions below, but if just a few of you start to follow my ideas, then you will certainly benefit from them!
The following suggestions will apply to most novices, but please, even if you are an experienced player,read on, you may learn something new, or I may have missed something very relevant!
Before the round begins – Be prepared.
- Mark all of the balls in your bag with a unique mark (initials, face,) so you can easily identify your ball on the course.
- Ensure you have (in your RIGHT HAND pocket- for right hand players) plenty of Tee pegs, at least one ball marker, and a pitch mark repairer, NOTHING else! The reason for the right hand pocket is for easy access.Have you tried getting something out of your left pocket with your glove on ? if you have, you will know what I mean!! For ladies, who may not have pockets, just keep everything needed together, in a place easily accessible.
- Ensure that you have everything ready BEFORE you get to the first tee.
On the course
- From the tee, play in order of hitting distance, shortest to longest.This applies to mixed games as well, allow the ladies in the group to go to their tee, and play, if it is safe to do so, then ladies, move to the side so you are safe before the men play.This of course would not apply if any of the ladies outdrive the men!
- Please learn how far you hit the ball.You should wait until the fairway/green is clear before playing, but when was the last time your driver went over 300 yards? or 5 iron carried 230 yards in the air? If you have hit your tee shot 120 yards, you won’t have to wait for the green to clear 280 yards away!
- PAY ATTENTION to where ALL of the balls in your group are hit to ! Please, please,please, forget about the tee peg, and concentrate on the BALL.Tees cost cents, balls cost euros! (or pounds and pence as I know it !)
- Mark the spot in your mind where you think the balls went, then head to your ball (without walking ahead of partners balls unless it is safe to do so) Play your shot, then head over to help look for any lost balls.
- Think about your next shot before you arrive at the ball.Club selection, intended direction etc can be planned before you get there.Once you arrive, you can check the lie, adjust club if needed, then aim and fire!
- Leave your bag/trolley/buggy at a point closest to where you will exit towards the next tee, once the hole is completed, you can move swiftly on without delay.
On and around the green
- If you take other club/s with you to chip or escape from a bunker, along with your putter, please only leave them in one place, ON THE FLAGSTICK.That way, if you forget, whoever puts the flag back in will pick it up.No more lost clubs, no more running back to the previous green in a panic!
- When you are playing social golf, agree at the start that all putts inside 12-18 inches will be “given” especially if it is your 7th or 8th shot! Pick your ball up, add a shot, and let the next player putt out.
There are no doubt other pointers than could be suggested, but if you at least adopt the ideas here, it should ensure that you and your playing partners will have a more enjoyable game. If I have missed anything out, please get in touch.Your feedback is always welcome!
Mario Luca PGA
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In this article, you will explore the brief summary of The Doors of perception written by Aldous Huxley. The text is critically interpreted subsequently. I hope, you will find something academic in this article.
My reflection on The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
This is an essay about the experiment of mescaline by Aldous Huxley. He consumes four-tenths of a gram of mescaline in May 1953. He describes how he involves in this experiment process and explains every moment of experience while he is under the charge of mescaline in vivid detail. He brings the reference of religion, mythology, philosophy, psychology, painting, art, novel, and so forth to discuss his transcendental experience. He presents a series of details of the origin of mescaline and of what it is. He further explores why people take intoxicating drugs and how the mescaline is better than other drugs like opium, cocaine, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol. To be precise, Huxley is justifying the use of mescaline by giving his personal account with positive self-evidence. He further makes a critical evaluation of the history of mescaline by bringing the intellectual figure’s article, ideas, researches documents, statements, and his own personal anecdotes. Therefore, Huxley is trying to articulate how comparatively the consumption of mescaline is more compatible, more spiritual, and more advantageous for the sake of religion and society than alcohol and tobacco.
According to Huxley, mescaline is a ritual fruit of the native Red Indian in the new world- Southwest America. They religiously call it peyote. They have been using it in religious practices for hundreds of years. It is a kind of cactus. They venerate mescaline as a deity. The experiences they have after taking the mescaline, are the divine experience gifted by their Gods. Taking mescaline for them is a way of getting a spiritual connection to the heavenly God. It is no more a drug for them. Rather they regard this cactus as the special gift granted by God to the Indians. Peyote, in 19953 is discovered to alter the mental state of its users which has no noticeable bad effects to health. Toward the end of the essay, Huxley explores the reasons for its use. He relates it to the religious significance of Native American. He argues that the mescaline is not harmful to the most of the people. It is comparatively less toxic than other drugs. The positive aspect of it is that it makes an interesting change in our consciousness. It is less inimical to our lungs and hearts than the nicotine of cigarette and tars. People are less likely to commit undesirable social and legal consequences. Huxley opines that when people fail to transcend themselves they are apt to have religious surrogate- alcohol and goof pills, hashish, opium, marijuana, barbiturates and so on in the modern world. Arguing that Christianity and alcohol cannot mix and alcohol is bad for Christianity, he says there is a compatible between the two because it has been demonstrated by many tribes of Indians. They take slices of peyote for sacramental bread and wine.
Huxley argues that our doors of perception are socially very conventional. We are not allowed to perceive the things in our own way. Rather, we are academically and culturally trained to take them for granted. To overcome such problem, he recommends going for the things like mescaline. He says that he can change his ordinary mode of consciousness by taking either an appropriate dose of the drug or by means of systematic meditation. He further explores that there is always an inside to experience as well as outside. To have experience of inside phenomena, he takes mescaline which transcends his ordinary perception about the outside world. He gets a unique and heavenly feeling while in the intoxication of mescaline. Huxley mentions that he hopes to attain an amazing state of mind. He hopes to see bright colored visions and sceneries. Though he, in initial stage does not get his expectation, eventually, he happens to have a great experience which changes his door of perception of the existing world. To make the understanding on the door of perception more clear, Huxley brigs the quotation of one of the greatest poets, William Blake, who has said, “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” This makes us think that there are some obstructions to perceive the things as they are. This is what, in Huxley term, can be avoided by the consumption of mescaline.
As Huxley gets into deeper intoxication of mescaline, he detects the flowers breathing without returning to the starting point. He sees the flowers transcending from beauty to heightened beauty, and from deeper to ever deeper meaning. He says words like “grace” and “transformation” come to his mind. This is the moment where he understands The Beatific vision, Sat Chit Ananda not at verbal level but precisely at a spiritual level which cannot verbally be communicated. When he reaches the most heightened stage of the hallucinogenic experience, he speaks about the “obscure knowledge” meaning that “all is in all”. This is what he calls the Mind at Large. This is the closet perception of Huxley. He argues that it cannot be understood as the true state of being at ordinary times. At the heightened stage of inebriation of mescaline in which the perception becomes sublime and we come to perceive our true being like Huxley in this essay. This is where he takes the reference of Tibetan Buddhism and spirituality arguing that the state of being is perceptual spiritually.
Similarly, Huxley feels like his visual impression is magnificently intensified. His eyes recovery the innocent perception of childhood. In our normal state of mind, we calculate, measure and make an analysis of the things around us. But Huxley, under the charge of mescaline, says that interest in space is diminished and interest in time falls to zero. He shares his experience of being Not-I. He is no more himself or has lost his “I” now. This insight comes to him from a saint, spirituality, mystic, philosophy, and genius who appeals us to become a human with transcended ego. We have to transcend our perception of reality. And when our ego vanishes from us, we truly stand with nature or God. This means we become a ‘Not-self’.
He says that the books he looked at, started glowing like the flowers, become brighter and brighter and its color is so intense, so intrinsically meaningful. When he looks at his own watch, he feels as though it is in the universe. At this moment, space and time lose their predominance. The mind is the primary focus regardless of location and measures. However, he becomes more concerns with the being and meaning. This means Huxley’s perception and vision are totally unique enough to cope up with philosophy and spirituality. For the first, he assimilates within the philosophy of Beingness which he had long read about Eastern religion. It was the bliss of truly living in the moment.
Huxley at the times of high trip of mescaline, he realizes why the religious literature talks about the experience of extreme fears and horrors as ecstasy. At the highest state, our mind cannot be able to cope up with the fearful situation. We happen to fail to maintain what we see and what we experience. There is a huge terror of being overcome. ,
He relates this experience with ‘the incompatibility between man’s egotism and the divine purity.’
Huxley argues that mescaline can help the ego get weaker. He tells that, for the moment, mescaline made him feel like he was beyond the existing world. There is was no world of time, selves, overvalued words and self-assertion, cocksureness and so on.
Recapitulation: The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
To sum up, Huxley puts his view “I’m learning that perception is far more complicated than I ever imagined”. This suggests that perception is difficult and it varies from person to person. We cannot perceive the things exactly the ways others do. Similarly, the drug experiment of Huxley shows that most of the people of his time did not have a wider knowledge about the perception. They were confined to the narrow concept of perception. Although Huxley in this essay has given the arguments in favor of the consumption of mescaline, he has clearly declared that drugs like mescaline open up of our mind just for the time being. It is not permanent at all. This means, in one way or other, he is suggesting that taking drugs is not a good idea because it does not let us perceive the world as it always is. This is beyond the law of nature. The long consumption of drugs severely devastates our body and health. However, as a reader, I find his idea about the non-verbal education system is very interesting. As Huxley suggests the intellects, educationist researchers and others who concern with academic sectors should invest their time, money and energy in the study of non-verbal perceptive learning. But He expresses his bitter feeling that even in this present world of science and technology, we are ignoring the non-verbal education system. So, he wants the researchers to focus on how our children, grandchildren may become more perceptive, intensely aware of inward and outward reality. We also have to produce non-verbal humanities. They should be encouraged to open to their spirt and more capable of controlling their own nervous systems. | <urn:uuid:51837a19-0860-4dbe-b433-bbb67d1af9dd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bhupendralimbu.com.np/2019/09/28/the-doors-of-perception-by-aldous-huxley/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.967151 | 2,019 | 2.625 | 3 |
Hard work solid plan fueled 'yes' to new Tech
By 234 votes, century-old Technical High School finally can be replaced with a state-of-the-art school — a need that's been obvious for at least a decade.
- As for Apollo's future, that challenge remains, albeit not as urgent as replacing Tech.
- Including opponents in planning process really helped.
While President-elect Donald Trump's victory Tuesday is generating the most national buzz, the result making the biggest direct impact in Central Minnesota is St. Cloud school district voters approving construction of a new high school.
Sure, Trump might "drain the swamp," but this new high school will flood tens of thousands of students with state-of-the-art educational opportunities through most of the next century. Not to mention it will have immediate, positive impacts on the greater St. Cloud community.
District leaders and referendum supporters deserve praise for almost a year's worth of intense effort to craft a plan that could win passage. Remember, victory came in a presidential general election year — a time many view as bad for school referendums due to high voter turnout. Indeed, almost three times as many people voted Tuesday as last year, when a single ballot question for a new Tech High School and improvements to Apollo failed.
This time the Tech question passed by 234 votes out of 45,712 cast. That means century-old Technical High School finally can be replaced with a state-of-the-art school — a need that's been obvious for at least a decade. As for Apollo's future, that challenge remains, albeit not as urgent as replacing Tech.
Path to success
Much of the credit for passage goes to Superintendent Willie Jett, his administration, staff and community members who took a deep dive into why voters rejected a single question last fall.
Working largely through a community advisory group deliberately inclusive of opponents, Jett's team identified major reasons for rejection. Among them were costs, concerns about what happens to the Tech campus after passage, and more credible research showing building new (not remodeling) was the best value.
The result was a two-question ballot Tuesday that focused only on Tech and Apollo and put lower price tags on each.
With that plan in hand, Jett, along with supporters, reached out to key audiences in the district, most notably the business community. Not only did groups like the St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce back it, but several high-profile executives championed the message as part of a "vote yes, yes" campaign. Such endorsements were nonexistent in 2015, and they clearly helped this election.
School leaders wasted no time upon getting the results. A school board work session and meeting Wednesday included details about next steps, all intended to have the new high school open by 2019.
Among those steps are finalizing building plans and blueprints, plus moving district administrative offices from Apollo to a portion of the current Tech campus that will remain district property.
Eventually, the district will address what it plans to do with other parts of the Tech campus. And, of course, plans must be charted for upgrading Apollo. While it's not nearly as old as Tech, modernizing portions of it will be crucial to making it viable for decades to come.
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STRUCTURALLY CONTROLLED GOLD: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING 0.4 GA CENTRAL NEWFOUNDLAND AND 2.7 GA ABITIBI GREENSTONE BELT
In the Paleozoic terrane of central Newfoundland, gold mineralization is also associated with crustal-scale fault zones that preserve synorogenic clastic rocks. The structurally controlled gold-bearing corridor in central Newfoundland occurs over a horizontal distance comparable to the Abitibi, as it trends northeast from Cape Ray for ~400 km to Fogo Island. The largest known gold deposit in Newfoundland occurs along this structurally controlled belt at Marathon Gold Corporation’s Valentine Lake Gold property, which now reports 4.2 Moz of total gold resource. Recent soil sampling programs and exploratory drilling on industry land packages adjacent to Valentine Lake confirm additional gold endowment and a clear potential for more structurally controlled resources northeast along strike. Structural analysis of recently discovered gold-bearing quartz veins along this trend demonstrates that mineralization occurs within an oblique, compressional, left-lateral shear zone, similar to deposits farther southwest at Valentine Lake.
Comparing and contrasting the structural and tectonic evolution of the major gold producing fault zones in central Newfoundland and the Abitibi is useful for identifying recurring processes related to structurally controlled gold mineralization, across >2 billion years of Earth history. Similarities in present-day fault geometries suggest that mineralized systems in both the Abitibi and central Newfoundland experienced comparable thick-skinned thrust tectonics critical to preservation of upper crustal gold deposits. An important outstanding question is whether the gold-bearing fault zones in central Newfoundland were initiated during an earlier phase of crustal-scale extensional tectonics, as is inferred for the Abitibi system. This is a key question for interpreting the primary source(s) of gold-bearing fluids in central Newfoundland. | <urn:uuid:471c63ad-e077-4d40-a350-1d2a5d473cfe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2019NE/webprogram/Paper328679.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.904251 | 388 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Today on the Doc on the Run podcast, we’re talking about whether or not your foot could still be broken if you got a negative x-ray.
Well, this question comes from Kate, who’s one of the podcast listeners who actually sent in a question. So Kate, sorry to hear about your injury, but thanks for sending in your question.
So she’s training for the High Lonesome 100 mile race, obviously she needs to maintain her fitness. And what she said is that, “I just kind of rolled my foot at my child’s field day. I heard a crunch and immediately saw swelling and discoloration on the lateral midfoot area of my left foot. An x-ray was negative. A week later, there is no change. I have not run, but it’s not healing. Could it be broken?”
Well, this is a great question and unfortunately the short answer is yes, it could still be broken. A negative x-ray just means that the doctor didn’t see anything, but that doesn’t mean everything.
So if you think about this, you roll your foot and you hear a crunch. Well, what is that crunch? Was there a walnut under your shoe? I kind of doubt it, but something crunched, something snapped, something broke, something happened to make that sound. And if you have that sort of crunching sound, that is typical of a fracture, that is typical of a bone breaking, and that doesn’t mean it’s going to show up on x-ray. You could also truthfully get a ligament tear or a tendon tear that makes a sort of crunching sound too, but most of the time it’s bone.
Now, when we take x-rays, bones usually show up pretty well, and so you think a fracture in the bone will also show up, but that’s not always the case. Sometimes you can get subtle fractures that just don’t show up because of the positioning. So if there’s a crack in the bone and you rotate the foot, then you can’t really see it. But on a certain view, you might be able to see it. So sometimes it’s positioning in the scanner, but it can be missed for lots of different reasons.
I’m going to share something with you here that’ll kind of show you what I mean. When you look at this here, this is actually a research project that I did when I was in residency and there was a thing called a Lisfranc fracture, or a tarsometatarsal fracture dislocation is the long-term, but basically what it is, is a very subtle fracture pattern. I did this research study because I saw a physician who missed one and this is the actual story with this injury, and I’m not making this up.
I was going into the emergency room, I was on a rotation in the emergency room, I knew about these, they’re supposed to be very, very rare. And I walked in and the doctor said, “Hey, this guy fell and his foot’s really swollen. You might want to look at him, but he’s off getting a head CT right now, because he slipped and fell in his kitchen. But his foot’s black and blue and his swollen.” Which again, sounds kind of like what Kate’s talking about here. And he said, “If you want to see his x-rays, well, you can check them out and they’re on the board over there.” And they were literally across the room in the emergency department. And I pointed at it and I said, “Hey, that guy has a Lisfranc fracture.” And he said, “Really, what do you mean?”
I walked him over and I showed him, and if you look at this, there’s an arrow on these images. And when I looked at it, I said, it was actually this one. And I said, “Well, there is actually a fracture where this ligament has torn off and ripped off a piece of bone. And then these other metatarsals are actually fractured as well.” And he didn’t actually see that. And he actually said, “Well, I only thought there was a fourth metatarsal fracture. I didn’t see the other stuff. And I didn’t realize it was a Lisfranc fracture.
This is the part you’re going to think I made up and I didn’t. I actually walked over to the computer to look at his orders on the computer, and there was an article in the Emergency Medicine Journal that this guy was reading. The article is actually entitled Tarsometatarsal Fracture Dislocations, a Frequently Missed Diagnosis in the Emergency Department. And so I took that case, and a number of other cases that were more subtle, and some that were worse, where, this other image here is where you can see that that foot has completely, the whole midtarsal joint has dislocated and collapsed it was so bad. But some of them are very subtle, where you just see an increased gap and if you look at it at exactly the right spot, on exactly the right view, you might see a tiny little chip of bone where that ligament has pulled away.
But one of the things from this that I found was that, it depends on who you see. For example, we did this fiscal analysis on all of these doctors that participated in this with all these cases, and podiatric physicians, podiatrists who are sports medicine specialists or surgical specialists were 80 times more likely, and orthopedic surgeons were 32 times more likely than family practice physicians or emergency room physicians, to actually recognize these things as fractures. So they are very, very easy to miss. And this is just the abstract that I presented at the medical conference that year, what was it, way back in 2005, and won this award from the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, because it really pointed out and highlighted how difficult it can be to notice these fractures.
So what do you do? Well, there are several things you can do. If you have what you suspect is a fracture and it shows up negative, you have bruising, you have swelling, you have pain, you have heard a crunch or a snap or a pop or something like that, and feel like it’s not getting better, well then what I would usually do is try to get another study to verify that.
For example, if you have an avulsion fracture on the outside or lateral side of your foot, like Kate says, well, it could be a little crack or an avulsion fracture at the base of the fifth metatarsal, which is right where the Peroneus Brevis tendon attaches and tries to pull your foot back under you when you roll your foot. This is very common. You roll your foot, it goes over, it rolls and as it rolls over, it actually snaps and breaks off the base of the fifth metatarsal bone. And sometimes it’ll pull hard and crack it, but it doesn’t pull it away, so it’s very subtle, you can’t see it. But if you get an MRI or if you get a CT scan of the foot, it’ll usually show up.
With patients that have midfoot pain and it might be a Lisfranc fracture, sometimes just getting x-rays of both feet to compare, will show whether or not there’s a gap where you could have had this fracture. And if there’s a gap, then the doctor might be more likely to recognize it. But if you feel like you’ve got a fracture, and you’re really suspicious that you got a fracture, it’s probably a good idea to check it out with a more detailed study and this does happen a lot.
If you think you have a fracture, but the x-ray was negative, that does not necessarily mean you don’t have a fracture. It just means that the way that you were positioned when the x-ray was taken, the doctor was not able to recognize it as a fracture. That’s all it really means.
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Dave Puente of Elk Grove, California, became the first myeloma patient in Arkansas to receive the new chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center, the only medical facility in Arkansas currently offering the cutting-edge treatment.
UAMS announced in August 2021 that it had gained approval to provide cellular therapy to myeloma patients.
In this new treatment, the patients’ own immune cells are collected and shipped to a lab in New Jersey and genetically altered. Returned to the patient through infusion, the modified cells expand, multiply and seek out myeloma cells and kill them.
“Dave’s response has been remarkable,” said Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D., clinical director of the Myeloma Center, a couple of weeks after Puente’s November 1 treatment. “His blood work shows that the myeloma is no longer detectable,”
“This is the dawn of a new day in treatment,” said van Rhee, who has treated Puente’s low-risk myeloma since 2011.
There is a great need for improving the care of myeloma patients who are difficult to treat and have had poor outcomes. This includes those who have had more than four lines of therapy, have failed other treatments and have advanced disease.
Puente, 62, an electrical engineer, was diagnosed with myeloma in June 2008 after he broke his back getting out of bed. He and his wife, Lori, began researching the best treatment centers and soon chose the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS.
They have traveled to Little Rock for treatments ever since. Dave Puente has had several treatments, including a tandem stem cell transplant. He was in remission for six years until his myeloma, which mutates to survive, returned.
“Dr. van Rhee said I was running out of options and that I was a good candidate for the CAR T-cell treatment,” he said. The product, known as ABECMA by Bristol-Meyers, was soon followed by a second product. CARVYKTI, by Janssen Biotech, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in late February.
Puente was due to arrive in early fall for his stems to be harvested, but it was a challenge to get to Arkansas.
His myeloma worsened after he ceased treatments for two months to allow his body to create as many immune cells as possible for collection. Shortly before he was due to arrive, Puente fell down in excruciating pain, and he discovered a broken femur in his leg. He was supposed to remain home for six weeks of therapy and was advised against flying. But time was running out.
“Dr. van Rhee said, ‘You have to find a way to get here for this treatment,’” Puente recalled.
The CAR T-cell immunotherapy treatment is unique in that it requires no follow-up treatments of chemotherapy or maintenance. However, if a patient has received too much therapy, it is more difficult for the cells to work. The treatment can also cause nervous system problems, including seizures or tremors and other side effects, including a weakened immune system and an increased risk of infections.
“The continuity of care he received, with the same two nurses watching after him for several days in a row, was wonderful,” said Lori Puente.
“The hospital staff was tremendous,” Dave Puente said. “No matter what may have happened, they had a plan for dealing with it.”
He remained hospitalized for a week for monitoring.
In addition to treating the patient, the Myeloma Center staff also cares for its caregivers, Lori Puente said.
“They all empower me,” she said. “They care about me and how I’m doing.”
Dave Puente did so well in the early days and weeks after his treatment, the couple were able to return home in early December, earlier than expected.
“I know that my battle with myeloma will never truly be over so I need to take this time to get in better shape so I can fight it again in the future,” Puente said. “I hope my story gives other patients, who aren’t where I am yet, more hope to hold on because help is coming for them too.”
The couple returned for a check-up in early 2022 after celebrating the holidays and spending time with their children and first grandchild, Savannah, who will have her first birthday soon.
They plan to celebrate the marriage of their daughter in Lake Tahoe this spring.
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Pancake Tuesday is coming early for 2018 as it will be on February 13 this year. If you want to try something different this year for Pancake Day, why not try these different versions of pancakes?
Oven Pancake: There is the Dutch Baby pancake that has been becoming popular again thanks to the increasing usage of cast iron skillets. are usually cooked in a cast iron skillet and baked in the oven, then usually dusted with powdered sugar. When they come out of the oven, they often resemble giant Yorkshire Puddings!
Savory Pancake include ones like the Okonomiyaki from Japan and the potato pancake made in many European countries. Okonomiyaki means “As you like it”, so when you hear that about a pancake, that means you can literally put ANYTHING on these pancakes. A standard Okonomiyaki is made with flour and eggs and topped with cabbage, meat like bacon or fish, green onions, and drizzled with a special sauce and mayonnaise. Well known potato pancakes are the Irish boxty and the latke, both made with shredded potatoes and pan fried. The potato pancake is usually eaten with sour cream or applesauce.
Thin: French Crepes and the Vietnamese Banh Xeo are thin pancakes and both fried in pans but the only differences are that they are made with different flours. Crepes are made with wheat flour and the Banh Xeo is made with rice flour. Crepes can use both sweet and savory fillings while Banh Xeo is stuffed with meat or vegetables. The British pancake falls into this category as it is a thin pancake. British pancakes are eaten with powdered sugar and lemon or a drizzle of golden syrup.
Filled Pancakes: Danish Æbleskiver (Aebelskiver) or “Pancake Puffs” and the Japanese Dorayaki. These types of pancakes are always fun to make and eat! Danish Aebelskivers are pancake balls filled with sweet delicious apples and cooked in a special pan with little holes (or spheres, whatever you like to call it).The Japanese Doriyaki has a sweet red azuki bean paste inside. | <urn:uuid:7e21410b-05dc-4b8d-acd1-70a43eadb33c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.englishteastore.com/2018/02/13/pancake-tuesday-february-13th/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.960903 | 467 | 1.851563 | 2 |
My kindness shall not depart from you.
For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,” Says the Lord , who has mercy on you.
All the glory, praises and honor be to the Holy Father in Jesus’ precious name !
The subject verse from the Book of Isaiah speaks of God’s kindness and His covenant of peace. From the context of the chapter, it is clear that it refers to the future glory of Zion. Those people who stand the test of times with faith in the Almighty God shall have these promises. They are meant to pass through in all eventuality. Even the most gigantic of things may disappear in thin air, but God’s loving kindness shall not depart from them. As the following below verse says — heavens and earth may disappear, but His salvation will be forever.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished.Isaiah 51:6 NKJV
The New Covenant
The new covenant which God has made with us through His Son, Jesus Christ, promises us the eternal blessings. Yes, the covenant of peace which we now have through Jesus our Lord is for eternity. By His great mercies, He shed His own blood and made a covenant with us. Moreover by the shed blood of Lord Jesus Christ, the new covenant of divine grace was established for the redemption of the mankind. And this covenant is irrevocable (Rom 11:29) and made with all who believe in the Son of God and accept Him as their Lord and Savior.
Therefore brethren, if you are yet to receive the Son of God as your Lord and Savior, please seek Him right now. For He is the only way to the Holy Father and to the Holy Kingdom. Repent of your sins and be washed in the shed blood of Christ. He is more than willing to show His great mercies and accept you as His child.
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The Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that slaves were legally free, was issued on January 1st, 1863, but it could not be implemented in places still under confederate control. Because of this, enslavedpeople in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas would not be set free until over 2 years later. It was on June 19th, 1865 Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended, and the enslaved were now free. This day became known as “Juneteenth.”
In 1966, Texas freedmen organized the first “Jubilee Day” on June 19th, which would become an annual celebration for decades. Juneteenth is the oldest national celebration of the ending of slavery in the United States. It often features music, barbecues, prayer services, speeches and other activities.
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Do you struggle with mosquito bites and allergies?
Do you scratch yourself raw, wake up from deep sleep hearing that familiar buzz, or are you the mosquito bite shield for friend and foe? Or perhaps you suffer from seasonal and other kinds of allergies? Maybe you have allergic reactions to your mosquito bites!
I know how you feel. With Aries Ascendent and Type O blood, mosquito bites feel like something I just have to deal with. Or is it?
There are many ideas about why some people are more attractive to mosquitoes. Factors include sweat odours, carbon dioxide, body heat, blood type, and dark colours. Especially given the proclivities of the different species of mosquitoes, it’s still not clear why some get ravished.
Research shows that people with Type O blood are more attractive. Like me. However it also depends on genetics that determine the chemical cocktails of the odours we emit. Are you Type O? Do you get bitten all the time?
What I see with my friends is that they may get bitten, they don’t all react. They don’t scratch themselves ragged in their sleep. Their bites don’t turn into welts.
In Medical Astrology, Aries Ascendent indicates proneness to inflammatory conditions. Fevers. Sensitive skin. Reactivity to bites. Aries, ruled by Mars, the hot red planet. Aries, moreover, and so its related cell salt, Kali Phos, is one of my missing three. Medical Astrology is a field of study that can provide much insight!
To be fair, I don’t get bitten all the time and I don’t always react when I do. Sally, the founder of Hong Kong Dog Rescue, shared her secret – vitamin B. (I recently re-started my Vitamin B12 regime. Here are some foods high in Vitamin B.)
Nuts, lactose-intolerance, animal dander, hay fever, mold, dust.. all kinds of allergies.
Is it because of compromised soil health and so poor dietary nutrients? Perhaps it’s other environmental stresses and our separation from Nature, and our own nature. Chronic stress compromises our health and our body’s innate ability to function, heal, and rejuvenate.
What are you allergic to? What has your body made out as an enemy? Look at the symbolism of the allergen. Is it an aspect of self? Is it a barrier to protect your perceived vulnerability?
It’s believed that allergies develop as a response to an emotional and challenging situation. When in similar circumstances, the response is triggered.
According to TCM, allergies are a symptom of an internal balance. A qi deficiency in one or more organs. Seasonal allergies can also reflect the body’s health in the previous season, such as the winter for hay fever. Did a person push too much while rest and quiet would have been restorative? Perhaps they did not ground the energy from one season to the next.
We are a microcosm of the macrocosm, a universe unto itself. We experience both external and internal stimuli to which we can respond and adapt to. Will we be able to digest the information and integrate it within our system? Will we struggle with it and create chaos in our world?
Both mosquito bites and allergies are a reflection of an imbalance.
In Chinese medicine, health is the ability of an organism to respond appropriately to a wide variety of challenges in a way that insures maintaining equilibrium and integrity. Disease represents a failure to adapt to challenge, a disruption of the overall equilibrium and a rent in the fabric of the organism.Harriet Beinfield L.Ac & Efrem Korngold, L.Ac, OMD, Between Heaven & Earth: A Guide to Chinese Medicine
I see my body’s reaction as its adjustment to a new situation or environment. Whether it’s a hike or being in a different part of the world. It’s an initiation, starting a new relationship with the Spirit of Place.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
It’s getting medicine and information via blood. I think back to Zach Bush’s perspective of viruses’ role and them being indicators of environmental stress. Viruses help to upgrade, update, transfer environmental information for us to adapt and evolve with our world.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
In Chinese Medicine the air we breathe and the food we eat combine to create wei qi or protective/defensive qi. Strong wei qi means a strong boundary from external pathogens. The Spleen forms, the Kidney supports, and the Lung distributes this energy. So tonifying these organ energies strengthens our wei qi.
Right now we’re in Aries Season. This zodiac sign corresponds with Lung Function Energy which relates to skin. This makes both the Lung and skin more sensitive, to imbalance and to harmonization. Our skin, our container, interfaces with world. First contact on the material plane.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Wei Qi is a combination of what we take in externally. We are nourished by both the breath and the nutrients we extract from food. In Jin Shin, we see this as liquified grain and compressed oxygen function energies. An imbalance results in a struggle between them, found at the waistline, where we have Stomach and Spleen. We can see this as a struggle between Heaven and Earth, spirit and matter.
My Work-in-Progress Protocol
Strengthening my Wei Qi
Wei qi is formed from the air we breathe and the food we eat. As “grain” is transformed by the Stomach and Spleen, supporting these Middle Burner organ energies strengthens the wei qi.
Suggestions include acupuncture, herbs, culinary alchemy. Between Heaven and Earth by Harriet Beinfield L.Ac. and Efrem Korngold, L.Ac., O.M.D has in-depth information.
Dr Jiang shares in his article that the Spleen defends, the Kidney supports, and the Lung distributes. So we can also strengthen our wei qi by supporting the Kidney and Lung function energies.
Jin Shin Self-Help
- holding my thumb to harmonize both Stomach and Spleen energies, digestion, and the Earth element
- to harmonize the Stomach energy, I place my right hand on my left cheekbone and my left hand on my left collarbone. Then switch sides.
- to harmonize the Spleen energy, I place my right hand on the inside of my right ankle (below the bone) and my left hand on my tailbone. Then switch sides.
- for the Lung function energy, I hold my ring finger and for the Kidney function energy, the index.
- holding your fingers also harmonize the corresponding attitudes – worry (Stomach and Spleen), grief (Lung), and fear (Kidney).
- I run these organ and meridian energies and their related Bach flower essences in a Quantum Biofeedback session.
- I also look at my experiences through the Human Design lens, which points to dual consciousness – the vehicle (body) and the passenger (mind). The mind measures and is the outer authority (sharing wisdom and experiences). The mind is, however, not equipped to make decisions. It’s the vehicle. We can contemplate how much we are navigating life from our mind, patterns of worries, and conditioning. If you want to dive deeper, different gates and energy centres also relate to different organs such as stomach and spleen.
Supporting my Earth Element
Stomach and Spleen make up the Earth Element, which is about grounding, gathering, nourishment, substantiality, constancy, and continuity.
When we face a new situation or move to a new place, a sense of continuity may be disrupted. We are not always very grounded. Energies are in flux and it may feel chaotic on a level we are not conscious of. A friend once told me that we may need about a year to adjust to living in a new place! It’s something to consider and observe within myself as on average, I have moved every two years.
Part of our adjustment is taking in and digesting new information. Because the Stomach and Spleen organ energies help with digestion – of food, information, emotions, and energies – supporting them is important.
These organs live at the waistline, which is about our mind, connecting Heaven and Earth. Our mind is insecure, looking for all kinds of ways to feel safe and it can get out of control, with stories, distraction, illusions, etc to rationalize and explain. When we ruminate and worry, we disharmonize these energies. Jin Shin reminds us why babies suck their thumbs or why we intuitively hold or rub ours. We are wanting to support our digestion and being more embodied, with Spirit descending into matter.
What are the sources of your worry? Where do you not feel supported and safe in life?
Boosting my Adaptability
How we adapt to a changing world is how we survive, individually and as a species. The rate of change feels like it’s increasing every single year, doesn’t it? 2020 has certainly uplevelled our ability to adjust and navigate from our inner authority.
Of course there is the question of adapting to a reality that is dissolving or one that we do not resonate with. Do we want to function well and win the prizes of a “sick” world?
To boost my adaptability, I hold the area under my collarbones. You can do this with hands crossed or you can place your right fingertips beneath the right collarbone and your left fingertips on the other side.
This area is where all the elements and the body’s 144, 000 functions come together. Harmonizing this area helps us move from a place of mental indecision to a state of natural rhythm.
- essential oils as a natural bug deterrent and after-bite soother⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
- The Alchemist’s Wound Repair is fantastic for itchiness and wound healing. This is all natural and seriously, one of my more brilliant finds! It’s that good.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
- Upping my B vitamin⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
- Homeopathics – Ledum & Apis for the bites. I didn’t have these on hand and so I took Aconite for shock.
- After Bite – this is a recent add, recommended by someone who’s been using it for years. I’m still digging for the complete ingredient list though I’ve been told it’s quite natural. It does work!
The Allergies Relief Mandala has helped me tremendously. I made it into my phone wallpaper. You can broadcast it from your desktop, laptop, or electronic photo frame. Another method is to print either black-and-white or colour copies, amplifying the effects by increasing the numbers of copies.
Try the following Jin Shin self-help for your allergies:
- place your right hand on your right occipital bone and your left hand beneath your left collarbone then switch sides.
We are in a radically changing world. 2020 has shown us that what we believed to be our world needed a revisit. Our priorities, health, goals, relationships, work, lifestyle, etc have been redefined and reworked, and continue to do so. The amount of information we are subjected to has increased exponentially, calling us to master our ability to continuously digest, adapt, and shift into alignment.
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||It is almost impossible to kill a swarm: there are simply too many individuals. The only hope
is to either outrun it or find a way of taking cover (water is not always an effective way of evading
a swarm of insects, since they often wait about for the victim to surface). A swarm may decide to
cease an attack if it collectively feels a threat has been neutralized: after 1d3 rounds of combat,
make a Willpower roll for the swarm. If the roll is successful then the swarm abates its attacks
and returns to its nest or previous activity.
A swarm can be harmed if an attack – magical or mundane – which inflicts area damage can
be directed at the swarm, engulfing at least 75% of it. In such cases the swarm has a number of
Hit Points equal to its SIZ, and any damage reduces the size of the swarm commensurately.
The normal characteristics for creatures are not applicable to swarms. Instead, only one char-
acteristic is given: SIZ. This is used to gauge the volume of the swarm in comparison with an
average human. A swarm of SIZ 6 is enough to engulf one half of the body. A swarm of 12 is
enough to engulf the entire body. A swarm of SIZ 24 could engulf two opponents simultane-
ously. The potency of the attack is based on SIZ, as follows:
***Hitpoints*** = SIZ
1-5/ 1 / 1
6-11/ 1d2 / 2
12-18/ 1d3 / 3
19-25/ 1d4 / 4
26-33/ 1d6 / 5
The damage from stings and bites are applied simultaneously to every location covered by
the swarm. Worn armour initially counts against this damage, but is reduced by 1 point for each
successful attack, as the insects begin to crawl inside gaps in the clothing. For example, a victim
wearing brigandine armour who stumbles into a swarm of SIZ 6, will be immune to the swarm’s
first three attacks but eventually the insects will find a way in. Normal clothing provides no pro-
tection, unless especially thick – for example winter wear.
Swarms do not generate Special Effects and neither do they use Combat Actions to parry or
evade unless attacked with an area affect assault. On the other hand a victim can use Evade to
temporarily avoid a swarm. Otherwise they must flee, hide or seek cover. Swarms fly at a base
Movement Rate of 4, but can augment this rate by using their Athletics skill.
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In true Franklin Roosevelt-fashion, President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus, or what many are calling his own “New Deal,” is being applauded by supporters as bold and progressive. Few liberals have accused the president of dragging the United States “backwards,” because in terms of massive government expansion, most “progressives” consider 1930’s America a good place to be.
The same cannot be said of 1830’s America, when the concept of unlimited federal government was still considered a menace, not a solution. When South Carolina recently joined a number of states in passing a state sovereignty resolution, the bill’s author, Rep. Michael Pitts, said it was a “wake-up call,” and that Americans had ignored federal intrusions for too long — economic, cultural or otherwise. Said Civil War historian W. Scott Poole of the bill, “I was fairly horrified actually … it clearly harkens back to nullification,” referring to U.S. Sen. John C. Calhoun’s famous defiance of federal tariffs in 1832.
So being “backward” or “reactionary” now means questioning the power of government or invoking “horrible” men like Calhoun. And being “progressive” or “forward-thinking” now means fully embracing government and invoking those like Obama and liberal hero FDR.
And yet, I know few liberals who support the War on Drugs, marriage “protection” amendments, or the Patriot Act. In fact, if you talk to the most vocal Leftists about drug criminalization, gay marriage, or the loss of civil liberties, their anti-government rhetoric can sound downright reactionary. “Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers,” Calhoun said. Today, much of the American Left agrees with him.
So how do liberals square their fear of intrusive government with their enthusiasm for Obama? The opposite question could also be asked: how did so many conservatives square their fear of big government with their enthusiasm for President George W. Bush, whose unprecedented spending and increasing of the power of the state set the stage for Obama?
Sadly, most liberals or conservatives never think in such terms. Bush Republicans had no problem with big government so long as their guy was in charge of it, and now the same is true of Obama Democrats.
Some already comprehend the liberal value of states’ rights. In an article entitled “The New States’ Rights?” published by the San Francisco Chronicle in 2007, authors David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd wrote, “Just when you thought federalism was dead, and the 10th Amendment guaranteeing power to the states had been erased from the Constitution, state governments have asserted themselves on an astonishing array of issues traditionally the province of the federal government.
“Suddenly, there are state laws on everything from global warming to same-sex marriage, and states routinely challenge Uncle Sam’s authority in court … Can we really have 50 state global warming policies or 50 different definitions of marriage? We are a long way from that academic question posing any kind of real problem. [But] why not allow for more state, regional, and local differences on social issues? If Oregon wants to be more flexible about the use of medical marijuana, for example, and Kansas does not, why should that become a federal issue?”
Indeed, as of this writing, Vermont has pending legislation that would make full-blown same-sex marriage — not merely civil unions — legal, and California is looking for ways to legalize and tax marijuana to generate government revenue. Both constitute direct challenges to “Uncle Sam’s authority.” Liberals should find both developments encouraging.
And so should conservatives. While the recent state sovereignty resolutions that have been passed in multiple states are no doubt reactions from the Right to Obama’s statist agenda, any attempts to put the federal government back in its constitutional box is unquestionably a conservative endeavor. Reports the Charleston City Paper on the author of S.C.’s state sovereignty bill, “Pitts notes he first designed his bill in response to mandates that the state provide education and emergency medical treatment to illegal aliens. [But] it goes beyond that to other concerns, like the threat of stricter gun control laws under the new Democratic administration, Pitts says, as well as Bush-era policies, like No Child Left Behind and the Patriot Act. The U.S. government has been continuously overstepping its bounds since Roosevelt, Pitts says.”
In rejecting Roosevelt’s big government legacy and invoking the 10th amendment, are Pitts and his colleagues suggesting states can — and should — nullify unconstitutional federal laws? Damn straight. And liberals who still find states’ rights objectionable, laughable, or horrifying, can expect to continue enduring the War on Drugs, give up on gay marriage, and surrender their civil liberties unless Obama comes to their rescue — or until the next Republican president comes to take their liberties away.
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As a leader on the Foreign Affairs Committee, co-chair of the Tuberculosis Caucus, and a founding member of the Congressional Global Health Research and Development Working Group, Congressman Bera has been a leading champion in Congress for global health innovation. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic brought global health security to the fore, Rep. Bera advocated for proactive US investments in strengthening health preparedness. When the Trump administration proposed cutting Ebola funds that were financing global health security programs and dismantling a key National Security Council global health office, he led congressional opposition to these plans. When COVID-19 emerged, he sounded the alarm bells, chairing the first congressional hearing on the crisis. From the beginning of the pandemic, Rep. Bera has consistently championed the need for the US government to support the international response, including globally focused research efforts. He has fought for funding for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and introduced legislation to authorize US participation in it.
As a medical doctor and first-generation American, Rep. Bera appreciates the difference access to health interventions can make in the lives of people worldwide. “As a doctor, I believe the greatest symbol of American leadership is our investment in global health,” he said.
The United States is the world leader in science, technology, and global health. We need to be faster and bolder in developing new therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics to arrest future outbreaks. America’s leadership in these areas will be essential in strengthening global health security.
Congressman Ami Bera
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Let me start off by saying meal plans are a funny thing – you have the ones that you make in your head at the start of every morning (“I’ll have cereal and fruit for breakfast, a sandwich at lunch, and tacos for dinner!”) but there are also the ones you find online that are geared towards planning out your week well in advance.
That sort of long-term planning comes in handy most of the time but is especially important during Ramadan. Fasting for so many hours of the day means you might not have the energy to prepare intricate meals leading up to iftar (the meal you have when breaking your fast). Coupled with how tired most of us feel at suhoor (the pre-dawn meal that prepares you for fasting) it’s no wonder meal planning has become essential for many families.
Amana Nutrition’s Ramadan Meal Plan aims to help healthy adults plan what meals and snacks they should have at suhoor, iftar, and other times during non-fasting hours. It is by no means a prescription for healthy eating, but instead a guide to help you determine what times it would be best to have food and drink so you can stay fuller for longer during the fast and make sure you’re not missing out on important nutrients along the way 😉. Remember that living with certain conditions such as heart disease and diabetes means you need to make some modifications to your diet, so talk to your doctor and work with a Registered Dietitian (such as myself!) to plan what you should be eating during Ramadan and outside of it.
The meal plan features foods from traditionally Arab, EastAfrican, NorthAmerican, and SouthAsian cuisines to ensure you’re not missing out on staying true to your cultural backgrounds. Better yet, try foods that you might not be familiar with as well and let Ramadan be a time of culinary exploration 🌟.
Have recommendations for foods that you’d like to see on next year’s Ramadan Meal Plan or my Instagram? Shoot me an email and I’ll get working on it 😊.
Beans are one of those things that I didn’t like too much as a child (read: at ALL 😂) but over the years grew to love as an adult. There’s just something wonderful about trying new things and being open-minded about food!
In the midst of these ~corona times~ I keep finding beans and other canned items in my pantry and have been trying to come up with quick and fun recipes to prepare and enjoy. Enter: The Avocado and Black Bean Salad! 💪🏽
This recipe brings you a great combo of protein (from the beans), healthy fats (from the avocado), and Vitamin A, C, and fibre (from the veggies) to help support a balanced diet. A little salad dressing doesn’t hurt either, but reach for a low-fat version and remember to keep everything in moderation 😉.
These difficult times are starting to make me realize that throwing together balanced meals may not be so difficult after all! Are you getting creative in the kitchen during this corona season? Let me know all about it in the comments! 😊
1 can (1.75 cups) black beans, drained and rinsed
1 tomato, chopped OR 1/2 cup of grape tomatoes
1⁄2 cup canned corn, drained and rinsed
1 medium avocado, cut into cubes
Optional: parsley and chickpeas for garnish
Instructions: 1. In a large bowl, mix together your black beans, tomato, corn and avocado cubes. 2. Top with homemade or store bought low-fat dressing then mix well and serve!
Nutritional Information (per serving): 275 kcal / 14g protein / 40g carbs (with 12g of fibre) / 6g healthy fats
A great way to start your day is with a parfait. It’s sweet, fulfilling, has protein and fibre! This recipe makes extra granola so you can use it in other recipes. Make it into a trail mix by adding dried fruit (cranberries, apricots, raisins, figs etc). Or sprinkle it on cereal, oatmeal, smoothie, or salad.
Tip: Make the granola ahead of time, so all that’s left is assembling. Or assemble it all in advance, cover it, and store in the fridge for up to a day.
Trying to get groceries these past few days was difficult, but one ingredient I noticed untouched time and time again was lentils. I have no idea why – lentils (both bagged or canned) not only last long in your pantry but are also tasty and pack a nutritious punch! They bring so much protein, fibre, and iron to any dish you decide to make that it’s definitely something to consider preparing this week 😉.
Mujaddara is a simple but popular Arab dish that takes these lentils and combines them with brown rice and caramelized onions. The new Canada’s Food Guide recommends that you have meals consisting of plant-based protein, whole grains, and lots of veggies/fruits, so I always suggest this dish to clients and ask them to get creative with adding other vegetables too 🙂. Let us know what you’d like to add in the comments!
1 cup canned lentils (any colour), drained and rinsed
1 cup brown rice
1 large onion, thinly sliced
3 cups vegetable stock
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cumin
Optional: cilantro for garnish
Instructions: 1. Add oil to a large pot and set to low heat. 2. Once a minute has gone by and the oil is hot enough, add onions. Increase heat to medium and constantly stir until onions turn a golden brown colour. This means they are caramelized and ready to be put aside in a bowl for now. 3. Using the same heated pot you cooked the onions in, add garlic paste, salt, black pepper and cumin and wait for a minute or so. Keep heat on medium. 4. Add in your vegetable stock and wait until it boils. 5. Now add in your rice and place a lid on top of the pot. Immediately turn down heat to low and allow to cook for 35 minutes. Add in lentils and continue to heat for another 5 minutes. 6. Turn off heat and allow to sit for 5 minutes. 7. Remove lid and stir in caramelized onions. 8. Happily serve!
Nutritional Information (per serving): 400 kcal / 17g protein / 60g carbs (with 15g of fibre) / 7g healthy fats
The classic combo, hummus and pita. Hummus can be quite expensive to buy in stores, but quite inexpensive when prepared at home. Try this easy-to-make, flavourful, and creamy hummus alongside some crunchy whole wheat pita chips. Save the extra hummus to use as a spread on sandwiches (instead of mayonnaise), or as a dip with carrots, cucumber, broccoli, or your favourite veggie. This dip is plant-based, and contains healthy fats, fibre, and iron; nutrients that are important for heart health, gut health, and for carrying oxygen in our blood.
1 (19oz/540ml) can of chickpeas (drained & rinsed), or 1 cups dried chickpeas, boiled
Protein bars are everywhere these days, but have you ever heard of protein energy balls? And did you know that you can make them at home? They’re quick, easy, and if you make enough you can eat them during the week as healthy snacks or even share them with family and friends! Everyone needs protein in their lives to help build and repair muscles, bones, and even skin, so reach for some tasty sources during the day to support a healthy lifestyle 😉
Don’t be intimidated by the ingredients we’ve used in our recipe – with the exception of the protein powder, oats, and oil, you can replace everything else with things that you might like. Not a fan of nut butters? Try using dates instead – they’re sticky too so will help keep everything together. Maybe you can’t stand chia seeds – that’s fine! Think of other nuts and seeds you might like instead, like flax seeds, almonds, or pistachios.
This recipe is ready for you to make it your own, so get to it and let us know how you did in the comments 😊
2 scoops protein powder
1 cup quick oats
¾ cup natural nut butter (such as peanut butter or almond butter)
3 tbsp chia seeds
2 tbsp coconut oil
2 tbsp honey
Optional: coconut flakes*
Instructions: 1. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Pay attention to consistency – if it’s too sticky, add more oats or protein powder to help stabilize. If it’s not sticky enough to form into balls, add more nut butter. 2. Once you are happy with how the mixture feels form it into balls and place them in the fridge for an hour. 3. Happily serve 🙂.
*If you decide to add coconut flakes, coat a baking sheet with about 1 cup of flakes and use your hands to lightly roll protein balls on top until they are evenly covered.
Nutritional Information (per serving): 165 kcal / 7g protein / 9g carbs (with 3.5g of fibre) / 9g healthy fats
I’m going to be honest – this is a strange one. I, for one, am not accustomed to adding peanut butter to drinks (I kind of used to side eye those who did, actually) but after becoming a Registered Dietitian and embracing all things food I thought I’d give it a try.
Boy was I wrong! This smoothie is tasty, creamy, and nutritious all rolled up into one. The spinach gives you lots of iron and vitamin A (good for your eyes and skin!) and the banana provides you with potassium (helps your bones and kidneys!) and vitamin B6 (which boosts your immune system). On top of that, spinach and banana are good sources of fibre and therefore help keep you regular.
The peanut butter is of course the icing on the cake: if the sweetness from the banana didn’t convince you to try this, the peanut butter will make you do a double take and question whether this could really be a part of a healthy lifestyle 😉. Before you run off though, know that the spinach has (shockingly) NO taste in this smoothie 🤯. If this drink wasn’t green I honestly wouldn’t have even known there was spinach in there. So give it a go this week and let us know what you think!
2 handfuls of spinach
2 tbsp natural and smooth peanut butter
1 cup cow’s milk or unsweetened almond milk
Optional add-on: 1 scoop of protein powder
Instructions: 1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. 2. Happily serve!
Nutritional Information (per serving): 220 kcal / 7g protein / 32g carbs (with 5g of fibre) / 8g healthy fats
Want a fun dish to try this week? Chicken fajitas can be a wonderful part of a balanced diet! This meal provides a large portion of spiced chicken full of protein and great vegetables like onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers to keep anyone satisfied 😉. Don’t feel shy to switch it up, too – if you’re not the biggest fan of the veggies we’ve chosen, consider others instead. Almost all vegetables are a good source of vitamins, minerals, and fibre, so you can’t go wrong with mixing it up a bit 🕺🏽. Brown rice and its wonderful whole grain goodness is another great addition too. Let us know what you’ve decided to add to your dish in the comments!
Instructions: 1. Combine 4 tbsp of the oil, juice, garlic paste, and spices in a bowl and stir. Add chicken breast slices and coat meat with the marinade. Cover and place in fridge for an hour. 2. Once chicken has marinated, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil on medium heat in a large pan. Cook chicken for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through to make sure it is cooked well on both sides. 3. Add onion, tomato, and bell pepper to chicken. Continue to cook for 5-7 minutes until vegetables have softened. 4. Take off heat and happily serve over tortillas or pitas ☺ Consider adding some condiments as well to enhance the flavour, as well as brown rice to provide more healthy carbs to this fantastic meal. Nutritional Information (per serving): 309 kcal / 27g protein / 15g carbs (with 2g of fibre) / 13g healthy fat
Here’s a healthy and crunchy snack you can take to work or school. Not only is it easy to make, but it’s high in protein, fibre, and contains complex carbs – elements of a fulfilling snack that can sustain and keep you energized. It also can help you reach your daily nutrient needs of iron (to help carry oxygen in your blood), potassium (to keep your nerves and muscles healthy) and folate (to make red blood cells, keep heart healthy, and lower certain birth defect risks). Try it out!
2 (19oz/540ml) cans of cooked chickpeas (drained & rinsed) or 2 cups dried chickpeas, boiled
3 tbsp canola/corn/vegetable oil
2-3 tbsp spice of your choice (ex. chili powder, cajun, pepper, etc).
Tip: If chickpeas are not completely dry, spread them onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 10 minutes, to remove excess water. (This makes them crispy).
Preheat oven to 400˚F (200˚C). Line a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Season chickpeas with spice and oil. Combine well.
Bake for 20-30 minutes, giving the sheet a shake every 10 minutes to evenly cook chickpeas. Serve once cool.
⚠ Always remember to increase fibre intake slowly and to have more water when you have more fibre to avoid discomfort! Talk to a dietitian to find out if you are having enough.
Nutrition Information (per ¼ cup serving): 150kcal / 6g protein / 17g carbohydrate / 4g fibre / 7g healthy fat
Ever wondered how much protein is enough? What types? And when? Well today we’ll *whey* into this subject!
As mentioned in our first Sports Nutrition Article, protein is important for our health, especially for physical activity. Research is now suggesting that athletes and active individuals need more protein than what most individuals need .
Let’s look at why and what happens to the proteins we eat:
This last scenario is especially concerning for athletes and active individuals since they’re consistently working out and burning calories (energy). In other words, if we’re active but don’t have enough calories or protein, our muscles might become a source of fuel; i.e. our bodies would lose protein and not have enough to build and repair muscle.
So How Much Protein is Enough?
For best health and performance, the amount of protein should meet your specific needs. It depends on many factors: the type of exercise (intensity, duration), your weight, calorie intake, goals, age, etc. Generally the literature suggests between 1.2 – 2.0g of protein per kg of body weight a day . This range is very broad; the higher end may be better suited for athletes training for specialized sports, while the lower end may be for individuals who are recreationally active. Talk to a Registered Dietitian (RD) to find out what your specific protein needs are.
*Note: It’s important to have enough calories especially from carbohydrates, so protein is spared from being used as fuel and can be used to build other proteins (ex. muscle) . You can think of it like this: have protein to build and repair muscles, and carbohydrates to fuel.
We know it’s important to have enough protein, but recent research shows that timing may matterjust as much.
After we exercise, our body produces proteins to repair and rebuild damaged muscle – for 24 hours after exercise. This is when our bodies are more sensitive to the protein we eat . They trigger and supply building blocks to make muscle and proteins .
So When Should I Have Protein?
The key to having a good supply of protein for your body is to have moderate amounts of high-quality protein spread throughout the day and after your workout. More specifically, research recommends to:
Have ~ 15-25g† (or 0.3g per kg of body weight)immediately after or within 2 hours of exercise to best repair and build muscle § .
Examples: 2 oz grilled chicken breast, 4 scrambled egg whites, 3 oz cooked salmon/tuna, 1 cup cooked beans, ¾ cup Greek yogurt, ¾ cup cottage cheese, 2 tbsp peanut butter
Spread protein intake throughout the day (every 3-5 hours) in modest amounts in meals and snacks – since our bodies don’t store protein
Does More Protein = More Gains?
No! Extra protein will not help you build more muscle! Current research has tested this and showed that doses of more than 40g after exercise do not enhance muscle growth in most people. There’s only so much your body can use in that time!
Having excessive protein may also lower kidney function along with other negative health effects, so it’s important not to overdo it !
†Note: This amount is generally for the typical athlete but depends on your weight. Check with an RD.
§Note: Having enough energy (calories) is important to support muscles. If you do not (ex. if your goal is weight loss), then you may need more protein to support muscle growth and maintenance. This changes from person to person. Talk to an RD to find out what your needs are.
Which Protein Sources are the Highest Quality?
We’ve all heard the saying, “quality over quantity”. Well the same applies to the protein we choose to eat. If you’re active, consider high quality proteins because they’re easily used by muscles to promote muscle growth, repair and maintenance .
High-quality proteins are:
✔ Easily digested ✔ Provide essential amino acids that the body can’t make (i.e. must come from food)
Examples of high-quality proteins:
Animal sources: dairy products, egg whites, lean beef, poultry, and fish
Plant sources: soy, quinoa, pea, beans, lentils, and peanuts
Isolated proteins¶: whey, casein, egg white, and soy
¶Note: Choose protein from food sources over supplements as they provide a natural source of protein with other nutrients to support an active lifestyle.
But there’s one more player involved, and that’s leucine – probably one of the most important amino acids for improving muscle growth after intense exercise . Proteins rich in leucine (such as whey, found in milk), have been shown to be the most effective in improving muscle growth with resistance exercise . Studies point to this branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) as the trigger for the machinery responsible for making more muscle proteins .
Foods Richest in leucine:
Animal sources: dairy products (ex. milk, yogurt, cottage cheese), egg whites, lean beef, poultry, and fish
Plant sources: soybeans, beans (ex. edamame), lentils, and peanuts
Note: there is little benefit of consuming a leucine supplement, rather high-quality proteins that contain leucine and other essential amino acids should be preferred for muscle growth promotion .
Therefore, athletes and active individuals should consider high-quality proteins that are:
Rich in other essential amino acids
Athletes and active individuals require more protein, which depends on many factors
An RD can help determine what your specific protein needs are
Consider high quality proteins, rich in leucine and essential amino acids that digest rapidly to promote muscle growth, repair and maintenance
Spread protein intake throughout the day (every 3-5 hours) in modest amounts in meals and snacks
Have ~15-25g†(or 0.3g per kg of body weight)of high-quality protein immediately after or within 2 hours of exercise to maximize gains
*Please be aware that these are general guidelines. Nutrition and intake varies by age, sex, height, activity, being pregnant or breastfeeding, and medical conditions. For more information or to sit with one of our dietitians for an individualised nutrition counselling session, please contact us at email@example.com or visit ourContact Us page to book your first appointment.
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Pennings, B., Boirie, Y., Senden, J. M., Gijsen, A. P., Kuipers, H., & van Loon, L. J. (2011). Whey protein stimulates postprandial muscle protein accretion more effectively than do casein and casein hydrolysate in older men. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 93(5), 997-1005. | <urn:uuid:d9d61382-0ce1-46dd-acd8-b7124eda19f2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://amananutrition.com/blog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.923677 | 4,926 | 1.773438 | 2 |
http://mococo.org/.well-known/apple-app-site-association The Hassan II Trophy, held last week in Morocco, was named for the man who ruled that country from 1961 until his death, in 1999—as I wrote in my previous post. Shortly after Hassan died, a journalist described his legacy as “economic backwardness, rising demographic pressures, widespread corruption, vast and open disparities of income, urban overpopulation, rural decay, illiteracy, inadequate public services, underutilization of resources and environmental destruction.” But he loved golf! To help him learn the game and keep him company while he played, he imported a number of American pros, among them Claude Harmon (who was his teacher), Butch Harmon (who served as the head pro at Dar es Salaam Golf Club, in Rabat), and Billy Casper (who came to like the King and the country so much that he described himself to me as “half-Moroccan.”) That’s Casper on the left in the photo below, and King Hassan in the middle:
Casper was the architect. He said the King had asked him to design a course for the site, and that he made drawings and sent them to the palace but ever heard anything back. “Then someone told me the course had been built—and from my drawings,” Casper said. It turned out that the King’s construction crew had simply superimposed Casper’s layout on the existing fields, and had done none of the indicated contouring. As a result, the fairways all run as the fields used to run, and the greens are all flat (and huge). Casper told me he had never played it—something he could have done only at the invitation of the King. Another journalist explained: “Morocco is a real kingdom, not a constitutional monarchy, and the King thinks like a king.” In other words, inviting the architect to give his own course a try is something that wouldn’t occur to him. We did get to sit on the roof of the King’s personal clubhouse, though—and that’s where I am in the photo above. | <urn:uuid:c8f61398-9e7a-4acb-b0f8-ec22f6143e33> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.myusualgame.com/tag/hassan-ii/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.98354 | 461 | 1.804688 | 2 |
Baking hockey skates is a way of breaking in the new skates and conditioning the leather. It is also a way to remove the factory finish on the skate and give it a personal touch.
How To Bake Hockey Skates At Home
There is no one definitive way to bake hockey skates at home. However, some methods that have been tried and tested include using an oven, a stovetop, or a microwave. Additionally, various materials such as parchment paper, aluminum foil, or a baking sheet can be used to help ensure the skates are baked evenly. It is also important to make sure the skates are completely dry before baking, as this will help prevent them from becoming warped.
-To bake hockey skates at home, you will need an oven, baking sheet, parchment paper, and your hockey skates. -Preheat your oven to 225 degrees Fahrenheit. -Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. -Place your hockey skates on the baking sheet. -Bake for approximately two hours, or until the skates are dry and hard.
- Remove the skate’s tongue and laces
- Place the skates on a baking sheet
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees fahrenheit
- Bake for two hours. let the skates cool before putting them
– Inspect the skates for any damage that may need to be fixed before baking – Preheat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit – Place skates on baking sheet and bake for approximately 30 minutes – Let the skates cool completely before using
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I Bake My Own Hockey Skates?
Yes, you can bake your own hockey skates. This is a fun and easy way to improve your skating skills, and you can make them yourself very cheaply.
How Do You Mold Hockey Skates At Home?
There is no definitive answer to this question since the way hockey skates are molded at home varies from one person to the next. However, there are a few tips that can be followed in order to ensure a good and consistent result when molding your skates at home. First, use a heat gun or an oven to heat up the skate before beginning the process. This will help to ensure that the skate is melted into the desired shape. Second, use a precise tool when molding the skates. A square,crooked piece of wood or metal will help to create a tight fit for the skaters’ feet. Lastly, make sure that the ice surface is completely clean before starting the process. This will help to prevent
How Can I Stretch My Hockey Skates At Home?
There is no one definitive way to stretch your hockey skates at home. Some people might try to do stretches by using a pool of water, while others might use a treadmill or elliptical machine. Ultimately, it is up to the individual skater to experiment and find what works best for them.
How Do You Bake Used Hockey Skates?
Baking used hockey skates can be a fun and easy way to get your skates looking new again. There are many different ways to do this, so it really depends on what type of oven you have and what ingredients you have at home. All you need is an ovensafe dish, some flour, sugar, butter, baking powder, and salt. Then, you just mix together the ingredients until they’re a smooth paste. For example, if you use a standard 9×13 inch baking dish, mix together 3 cups of flour, 2 cups of sugar, 1/4 cup of butter, and 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Then put the mixture in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.
How Do You Expand Hockey Skates?
There are many ways to expand a hockey skates, but some of the most common methods are to use a strap or belt to keep the skates from slipping, and to fill the space between the skates and your feet with padding.
How Do You Bake Ice Hockey Skates At Home?
Baking ice hockey skates at home can be a difficult task, but with a little practice and some ingenuity, it can be done. To begin, it is important to have an oven with a good indoor oven temperature. Next, you will need some parchment paper or aluminum foil to line the baking sheet. Finally, you will need ice cream or other flavors of chocolate cake mix for the batter and skates. Once the ingredients are mixed together, pour the mixture into the prepared baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes. After baking, it is important to allow the skates to cool completely before putting them back on the ice.
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The topic of this episode is open book management. The general concept is to formally share your financial information with employees on a regular basis. Ideally, you’d provide training to employees about what all the numbers mean, and then do a presentation each month to talk about the company’s results, so they can ask questions.
Advantages of Open Book Management
The main reason for doing so is to get employees more directly involved in running the business. The thinking goes that if everyone understands the situation, they’ll be more likely to pitch in. This means contributing more ideas about how to improve operations.
It might work especially well in start-up companies or in businesses that are in trouble, since everyone would know how dire the situation is, and be more likely to help. And it could be useful when employee pay is linked to the performance of the business, as would be the case with profit sharing.
Disadvantages of Open Book Management
Based on that logic, you’d think everyone would use open book management. But it’s not used much at all. In fact, I’ve proposed it to every CEO I ever worked for, and got laughed out of the room every time. Their viewpoint is a bit different.
There are a couple of arguments against it. First, if the company is losing money or its sales are going down and employees know this, then they might be more likely to leave. Whereas, if you didn’t tell them about the financial situation, they’d be more likely to stay.
Another reason is that employees would be more likely to demand pay increases if the company was wildly profitable. I suppose there might be some validity to this, though I’ve run through the financials of hundreds of companies, and I can’t think of any that were doing that well. Most organizations are just scraping by or making modest profits.
A continuation of that logic is that, if management doesn’t increase employee pay, then their reaction will be to work less, since they’ll feel they’re being undervalued by management.
And another argument against open book management is that, once you start providing financial information to employees, it’s pretty hard to turn off the information flow. If you do, then employees will think that you’re hiding something.
In essence, if you’re an optimist who believes in the better side of human nature, then you might be more inclined to try open book management. If you’re the reverse, then only threat of certain death will convince you to do this. In my experience, most senior managers are in the second camp. No amount of arguing will convince them that this is a good idea.
And we’re not done yet, because you also need to consider the reaction of investors to this approach. Their main concern is how it will impact their return on investment. Again, it depends on their mindset about its impact. Having dealt with a lot of investors over the years, I think they’d only approve of the idea if you could prove a positive outcome in advance, which is pretty hard to do.
How to Implement Open Book Management
So, a few suggestions. If you’re going to try open book management, start off at an extremely high level. That means just the sales numbers for the quarterly financial statements. You could get into all aspects of sales, so that employees understand things like the seasonality of the business, and which regions generate the most sales, and which products sell the best. At this level of information, employees are not being told about profits, so they can’t draw any conclusions about how their compensation fits into the financial situation of the company.
Run the project at this level for quite a while – maybe a year – and see if it results in any additional employee engagement, such as more improvement ideas. If there’s a way to quantify it, then do so. If the results are good, then move down the income statement a little more, to include the cost of goods sold and the gross margin.
At this level of information sharing, employees learn about what products cost and how much the company makes from each individual product sale. You could even get into details like the impact of volume purchasing discounts on raw material costs, and how much product returns cost the company.
Again, if the results are positive, then consider moving down the income statement again, and talking about operating expenses and profits. This is a more incremental approach, which makes it easier to stop at any point.
Also, by discussing information just once a quarter, you’re not getting employees overly accustomed to these discussions. That means you could pull out of the whole arrangement if there’s not enough support from senior management, and the employees may not notice.
Another option is to use responsibility accounting instead. This involves only reporting financial information to employees for their areas of responsibility. For example, you’d send maintenance expense information to the maintenance manager, and sales data for the western sales region to the sales manager for that region. The presentation format is usually accompanied by their budget information, so they can see budget versus actual information.
I’ve done this in every company I’ve worked for, and it always had total senior management support. The difference here is that information is specifically being provided so that you can hold people accountable for their areas of responsibility. People are expected to take action to fix whatever problems appear in those reports. Senior managers understand this.
Compare it to the reasoning behind open book management, which is that employees might be more supportive if they know more about the company’s financial situation. The argument supporting it is inherently weaker. In short, I certainly recommend responsibility accounting, and suggest that you roll out open book management with just sales information to start with, to see how it goes. Then proceed based on what happens. | <urn:uuid:29f7d3d5-4894-467d-9cd0-65f7cb813820> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://tulsawebhosting.org/322.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571911.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813081639-20220813111639-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.960887 | 1,229 | 1.835938 | 2 |
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Peter Paul Rubens was the most renowned northern European artist of his day, and is now widely recognized as one of the foremost painters in Western art history. By completing the fusion of the realistic tradition of Flemish painting with the imaginative freedom and classical themes of Italian Renaissance painting, he fundamentally revitalized and redirected northern European painting. Masterpieces include portraits and landscapes, although he is perhaps best known for his religious and mythological compositions. While only one etching is attributed to his hand, he employed reproductive printmakers to create engravings and woodcuts after his paintings, which were widely circulated throughout Europe and influenced generations of artists. His parents were wealthy members of Antwerp’s bourgeoisie, who as Protestants fled to Cologne from Antwerp in 1568. Rubens was born in 1577 while the family lived in the nearby town of Siegen. His mother moved the family back to Antwerp after his father’s death in 1587. Rubens received an excellent education, particularly in the classics, and discovered a talent for languages, mastering six. He was apprenticed from 1591 to three Antwerp painters, Tobias Verhaecht (1561-1631), Adam van Noort (1562-1641) and Oto van Veen (1556-1629); the last was one of the leading Antwerp artists of the time. Rubens became enrolled as a master in the artist’s Guild of St. Luke in 1598. In May 1600 he traveled to Italy, first to Venice and then to Mantua, having secured the position as painter to the court of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga I (1562-1612). This engagement allowed him to travel to Rome, Genoa and Florence and to receive commissions from other patrons, including works for churches in Rome, Genoa and Mantua. The Duke sent Rubens to Spain in 1603 to deliver gifts to King Philip III, his first diplomatic mission, where he received additional commissions. While in Italy and Spain Rubens studied from classical antiquity and the Renaissance and made drawings that he kept for reference for the rest of his life. His achievements in Italy led to commissions after he returned to Antwerp in 1608. The Archduke Albert (1559-1621) and Infanta Isabella (1566-1633), the Spanish Hapsburg governors of the Southern Netherlands, appointed him court painter the next year, leading to more commissions. Prosperity during the Twelve-year Truce (1609-1621) between the Dutch Republic and Spain, reconstruction of war-damaged buildings and the new Catholic doctrines promulgated by the Council of Trent all led to abundant work for Rubens. Rubens created many of his finest works during the decade following his return. Prosperous, Rubens married Isabella Brandt (1591-1626) from a wealthy family in 1609. They bought a large house on the Wapper in 1611, which Rubens expanded into a mansion during the following years. To meet the demand for his art, Rubens maintained a staff of apprentices and assistants. While Rubens created many works on his own, his studio assistants often executed the final paintings based on an oil sketch and detailed figure studies by Rubens, sometimes with retouching by the master. This process enabled him to create large groups of paintings, such as 39 for a new church in Antwerp (destroyed by fire) and 21 paintings on the life of Marie de’ Medici (1573-1642; now in the Louvre, Paris). After the death of Archduke Albert, the Infanta Isabella, who continued to rule the Southern Netherlands, sent him on diplomatic missions, beginning in 1622. His visits to Madrid, London, Paris and the Northern Netherlands led to contacts and important commissions for paintings, such as that given by King Charles I (1600-1649) to decorate the ceilings of London’s Banqueting House. Rubens’s skills as a diplomat may have been instrumental in negotiating a peace treaty between Spain and England in 1629. His last diplomatic mission was in 1633. His first wife having died in 1626, Rubens married the sixteen-year-old Hélène Fourmnent (1614-1673) in 1630 when he was 53. He purchased a castle outside Antwerp in 1635, where he spent summers. That same year he designed decorations for the entire city of Antwerp to welcome the Triumphal Entry of the Cardinal Infante Ferdinand (1609-1641). Rubens suffered devastating attacks of gout in 1640, his health worsened and he died on May 30, 1640. Purchasers at the sale of his collection included the kings of England and Spain and the Prince of Orange. (TNB 1/2013) Selected bibliography: Logan, Anne-Marie, with Michiel C. Plomp. Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings. Exhibition catalog. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Sutton, Peter C. The Age of Rubens. Exhibition catalog, with Marjorie E. 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Chapter 1 in the the book Holistic Wellness In The NewAge is dedicated to the importance of understanding the power of the subconscious mind in our relationships and everyday life.
Bruce H. Lipton, Ph. D, stem cell biologist and pioneer in the new biology, is an internationally recognized leader in bridging science and spirit. Bon the faculty of the University of Wisconsin’s School of Medicine and later performed groundbreaking stem cell research at Stanford University. He is the bestselling author of Biology of Belief, the Honeymoon Effect and co-author with Steve Bhaerman of Spontaneous Evolution. Bruce received the 2009 prestigious Goi Peace Award (Japan) in honor of his scientific contribution to world harmony. www.brucelipton.com
“These conclusions are profound – the conscious and subconscious mind, together shape our reality. Consequently, a relationship is based on four minds, two conscious minds and two subconscious minds. The question is which one of these minds is running the show? On a daily basis, the subconscious behavioral programs acquired from others control %95 of our lives. It is important to emphasize that because the conscious mind is busy in thought during this time, we rarely observe our own behavior, especially when we are ”shooting ourselves in the foot” and sabotaging relationships. […]
With insight and awareness, limiting subconscious programs can be rewritten. What would be the consequence of rewriting negative subconscious behaviors and replacing them with your wishes and desires? A honeymoon effect, that will keep you healthy, joyful and living in harmony the ‘happily ever after’ way!”
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By: Jennifer Fletcher
Posted On: 2011-10-31
I love Halloween. What other day of the year can we transform into a wholly different persona and be accepted for doing so? As a parent, Halloween has taken on a new kind of joy for me: picking out costumes with my kids, carving spooky and fun jack-o-lanterns, the anticipation of the loot to be gained from trick-or-treating. The parent I have become is also a little concerned every year at this time. I worry about my kids’ safety when they’re out going from house to house, I worry about what “treats” they’re being given…the unknown “bad guy” that could be lurking in the shadows, waiting to take advantage of the situation this night presents. Let’s take a few minutes to go over some safety tips and work together to protect our – and all the other – kids.
I have two boys and girl; it is inevitable there will be some sort of horror mask, capes and a ball gown involved in the festivities. When we choose costumes, I have a few deciding factors. How long is the costume? Can he/she walk in freely, without the risk of tripping over the bottom hem? How is the fit? The kids always try on store-bought costumes before we check out; this way I know the costume isn’t so big it’s falling off and isn’t so tight they can’t comfortably breathe. What color is the costume? If it’s going to be all black, I use double-sided reflective tape to make the kids more visible to other people and traffic. For girls, there is now a nice selection of princess gowns which include fiber-optic lights. I love this option! If there will be a mask, how well does it fit and does it have adequate ventilation? If the kids will be wearing face paint and/or “fake skin”, is it within its expiration date and is it hypoallergenic? I prefer to buy the paint a couple of weeks in advance and test it out on a weekend.
Many areas set “trick-or-treat hours”; I also love this practice! There will be a specific time for kids to enjoy gathering candy before the sun goes down. Not only does it make things safer for the kids, it helps parents plan the candy distribution timing. Some towns have even begun blocking traffic during certain hours to prevent traffic mishaps.
If your kids will be going house-to-house after dark, there are a couple of things you can do to keep them visible to other kids/adults and to cars. First, make their costumes visible (see above). Second, make their candy bag visible. There are little battery-operated candles and tiny strobe lights available at most craft stores; toss one into the candy bag. Nothing says “look at me” like a blinking bag! If you can’t find any of the lights, try getting those sticks that glow in the dark and make necklaces for each of your kids. Third, give every person a hand-held flashlight with a wrist strap. Make sure they all stay turned on for the duration of your evening and bring extra batteries just in case. I would rather spend a bit of extra money on batteries than spend money on hospital bills….
Keep it Together
Travel in packs! There’s an old adage about safety in numbers and it’s so true! Team up with a friend or two and have all the kids go out together. We like to have 1 adult in the front of the pack, 1 in the middle and 1 in the back, watching for stragglers. We also carry inexpensive walkie-talkies to keep in contact and keep tabs on the kids. Also, no one is allowed to go more than one house beyond were the group is. Yes, it can slow things down a little, but we always come home with everyone who originally left with us, and everyone stays safe.
Know Your Neighborhood and Break Your Routine
Don’t go into a new/different neighborhood to trick-or-treat, no matter how great the candy is supposed to be there. It’s easy to get lost or to lose a person in an unfamiliar territory; the best to avoid this is stay in the areas you know.
When I say break your routine, I don’t mean hit up a new area. I simply mean if last year’s trek went Up Elm Street, down Oak and then up Pine, maybe you can flip it around and start over on Pine Street. Why? Predators watch for patterns. Don’t make their efforts easier by establishing a consistent pattern. Make a note of which route you took this year, pack it away with the Halloween gear for next year, and then change it again the next time you go out.
Eat Nothing & Check Everything
It is so hard for me – even as a diabetic – to not sneak a piece of luscious chocolate when we’re out gathering loot, so I know it’s nearly impossible for kids. To combat the candy sneaks, make sure they eat a light meal before you go out. It’s hard to want to eat candy when your tummy is full. Carry a backpack packed with juice boxes, water bottles and healthy snacks like apple wedges. I also keep a small bag of candy I have already checked before heading out; if someone absolutely must have a piece of candy, they can dip into my pre-checked stash.
CHECK EVERY PIECE OF CANDY! No exceptions. There have been years when all the candy was in great shape and there have been years when I have found rocks and even tiny bits of glass in my kids’ candy. As a rule, I toss out any candy whose wrapper is torn in any way. I also ditch any candy that looks melted, wet or damaged in any way. Again, I have a backup stash of candy just in case I may have to toss out too much; whatever I need to get rid of I replace with the good stuff.
One more tip for parents: bring a big bag and a wagon if you have one. If there will be lots of houses, there will likely be lots of loot weighing down the kids’ bags. Bringing a big bag lets the kids dump their bags every now and then and also keeps them from trying to sneak a piece. The wagon helps carry that main bag of candy and any little people who get too sleepy to keep up with the aforementioned pack.
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More than one trillion U.S. dollars are estimated to be involved in worldwide acts of bribery and political corruption each year. These crimes impede developing nations from achieving stability, recovering from disasters and realizing measurable growth by siphoning off foreign aid and stealing national revenue. In recent years, the United States government has dramatically intensified its efforts to enforce the provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Nearly $2.5 billion in penalties were assessed in 2016, making it the biggest enforcement year in FCPA history. Modern technologies and advancements in data science such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are well suited to solve this problem.
A new report by Aite-Novarica (Aite) examines what’s driving transformation in anti-money laundering (AML) compliance. Specifically, the impact report examines the current AML ecosystem, key trends impacting financial institutions (FIs) and their AML compliance functions, and how they invest in technology and innovation to tackle today’s ever-evolving risk landscape.
As AI makes it possible for anti-money laundering (AML) processes to become increasingly automated, efficient, and effective, rules-based transaction monitoring systems (TMS) are being supplemented with these solutions to drive down false positives, streamline...
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The most commonly used treatment for the over 14 million Americans who suffer from Major Depressive Disorder is anti-depressant medication. While such medications bring relief to many, current research suggests that one size may not fit all when it comes to treating depression. Individually-tailored treatment — a combination of medication and psychotherapy, or psychotherapy alone — may provide better results. Given such findings, how can we determine which approach to use for a particular individual?
A recent study, co-authored by Paula Young, PhD, staff therapist and head of cognitive behavioral therapy services at The Family Institute at Northwestern University looked at just that question.
This randomized clinical trial, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association-Psychiatry, focused on a type of evidence-based psychotherapy called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT is the most well-studied form of psychotherapy for depression and has been shown to be effective when used alone or in combination with medication. Patients receiving CBT work collaboratively with their therapists to learn specific skills to solve their problems and manage their emotions. In the study, patients were randomly assigned to receive treatment with either antidepressant medications alone or antidepressants combined with CBT.
In the study, patients were randomly assigned to treatment with either antidepressant medications alone or antidepressants combined with CBT. The results showed that recovery rates were substantially higher for patients with recurrent and severe depressions when antidepressant medications and CBT were combined.
"The results of this study suggest the importance of tailoring treatment for depression," says Dr. Young. The recovery rates for patients who received combination therapy were better than for those who received medication alone (72.6% vs 62.5%), and this difference was particularly pronounced for patients who had severe and recurrent depressions (81% vs. 51%). Patients receiving combination treatment also had fewer serious side effects.
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Even as India boasts of multi-fold growth in digital payment systems and e-commerce platforms, 42% of the respondents of a national online survey said they or someone in their family have been a victim of financial fraud in the last three years. Bank account fraud, fraud by fly-by-night e-commerce operators, credit and debit card frauds were found to be the major causes of the problem. Only 17% of them said they got the money back.
The survey, carried out by community social media platform LocalCircles, received nearly 32,000 responses from citizens across 301 districts of India.
To the question whether the person or an immediate family member have been a victim of financial fraud in the last 3 year, 38% of the respondents said at least one of them were duped during the period. Another 4% said multiple members known to them have been victims of financial frauds in the past.
To the question on the nature of the financial frauds experienced in the last 3 years, 29% respondents said "bank account fraud", while 24% said "fraud by e-commerce sites", and 21% said "other frauds". Breaking down the poll, 18% said "credit/debit card fraud", 12% said "fraud by mobile apps", 8% said "ATM card fraud", and 6% said "insurance fraud".
When asked whether they were able to get their money back, 10% of the respondents said a complaint with the digital platform itself resolved the issue through money refund. Another 7% said they got the money back after they filed a complaint with the authorities. While the matter was still pending for 36% of the respondents, 19% said they had nowhere to go. The survey reveals that in the last 3 years, only 17% of those who lost their money due to banking frauds were able to get their funds back while 74% could not get any resolution.
Around 43% respondents were from tier 1, 30% from tier 2 and remaining 27% respondents were from tier 3, 4 and rural districts. Of the total 38% respondents were women.
The suggestions that came on LocalCircles platform was that the government, along with RBI, should organise awareness programmes on the risk of financial frauds, and how theft of financial information takes place and what all needs to be protected. An urgent need to fix the redressal processes when the consumers approach their bank or financial institution was also highlighted. | <urn:uuid:c8fe2536-af00-4ffb-97d2-ce8f2e1d1f67> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fortuneindia.com/enterprise/national-survey-hints-42-respondents-victims-of-financial-frauds/109183 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.981492 | 503 | 1.945313 | 2 |
How do I go about being online schooled?
I'm going to be a junior in high school... For personal reasons that I don't feel like explaining, I want to do online schooling next year. My parents are pretty much on board, the only problem is that I have no idea how to find an online schooling program? There are so many and I don't even know where to beginSee Answer 10 Add Answers
You need to decide on a program. Then contact that program for their enrollment policies. Many programs will have that information on their website. Usually there are forms your parents would need to fill out. The free programs are correspondence programs run by public schools. The ones you pay for are through private schools.
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You should look at Www.K12.com
It's an online public school but it's free. They give you all the supplies you need and they loan you a computer.
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Whenever you find yourself at Lake Hamanako in Japan, don’t forget to try eating its oysters. The lake, which has over 700 kinds of fish and shellfish, is kind of famous for its oysters that are abundantly found within the area. Though the freshwater eel is popular with the locals and tourists, oysters are no doubt gaining popularity as well, thanks to its fresh taste and benefits to our health.
Before we go on about the health benefits of oysters, let’s get to know a bit about Lake Hamanako. The lake, frequently thronged by tourists for its sunrise and sunset views, is one of the largest lakes in Japan. It is the tenth largest lake in the country, in fact. It is located at the Pacific Coast of western Shizuoka Prefecture. It had been a fresh water lake a few centuries ago but due to uncontrolled natural phenomenon, it is now a salt lake.
In the Shizuoka Prefecture, oysters found in gourmet cuisine mainly come from this lake. You can eat them oysters however you prefer, from raw to baked to fried. You will find that this remarkable shellfish dish is tasty and yet healthy at the same time. Of course, it might be widely known that oysters are an aphrodisiac. Oysters and love aside, do know that oysters help to boost one’s immunity system. They contain zinc, which is useful in preventing a person from catching a cold.
Are you feeling tired lately? Eat more oysters for that extra bit of energy! Put down that energy drink and try eating oysters which are incredibly rich in iron. The iron will enable more oxygen to be transported around your body’s system and subsequently make you feel more pumped up for a hard day’s work. If you are trying to shed off the extra pounds, these oysters that are low in calories will give you a full feeling after eating, thus enabling you to decrease your food intake.
What oatmeal and oysters have in common is that both are good for your heart. If you feel like taking a break from your usual oatmeal breakfast, add on some oysters onto your plate. They are low in fat but high in Omega-3. According to online sources, health institutes have suggested for oysters to be included in low-cholesterol meals. Oysters are known to contain 62mg of cholesterol.
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Despite all the time and effort we spend preparing delicacies for the Seder table, the Seder’s main focus is the matzah and the wine. These two simple items are replete with deep spiritual significance. Let us take a deeper look at these two foods:
The Nullification of Matzah
What does the matzah say to us? Maztah, in Hebrew (מַצָּה) is written mem, tzaddik, hei. The numerical value of the first letter, mem, is 40 and the value of the last letter, hei, is 5. The tzaddik, the letter in the middle, equals 90, twice the value of the first and last letters together. As a word, the first and last letters (מָה), allude to self-nullification, as in Moses’ words, “And we are nothing” (וְנַחְנוּ מָה), an expression of humility. The matzah itself in the way it is produced expresses the attribute of humility. It does not rise, meaning it does not inflate with self-pride. It is made from just two basic ingredients—flour and water—with no leavening agent and no other spice.
Put another way, matzah represents nothingness (אַיִן). Chametz, or leavened dough, symbolizes a sense of self, which like the leavening process, fills a person with a sense of pride, which causes his ego to rise and inflate. Physically, when we eat leavened bread, we feel satiated and full. Conversely, when eating matzah, we connect back to our source. Because no time passes between the preparation of the dough and its baking, matzah connects us back to our source in God making us feel that we have nothing of our own; all that we are is given to us by God.
This is the appropriate feeling for the moment of the Exodus from Egypt. Just yesterday we were Pharaoh’s servants and now we are free. However, we did not redeem ourselves from Egypt and we feel God’s hand, as it were, liberating us from bondage and guiding us into redemption. It’s almost as if He was kneading and baking us. We feel as if we have been created anew, yesh me’ayin, something from nothing.
The Song of the Wine
What does the wine say to us? The wine sings praises to God. “We sing only over a cup of wine.” We drink wine and secrets pour out of us. The numerical value of “wine” (יַיִן) and “secret” (סוֹד) are identical. After the matzah that alludes to self-nullification and humility, the wine is not supposed to make us proud, but simply to make us happy.
When we eat the matzah, we still do not feel happiness, for we are nullified to the Divine nothingness. The wine, however, highlights our being; it stresses that we do indeed exist, and our hearts are filled with joy. Interestingly, a different permutation of the words that describe the quality of the matzah, “something from nothing” (יֵשׁ מֵאַיִן) is “fire from wine” (אֵשׁ מִיַּיִן). This is the holy fire that rises within us as we drink each of the four cups of wine at the Seder.
“I and No Other”
For a person who leads his life with humility and self-nullification and is like matzah, the sense of nothingness (אין) is so strong that we would find that person would be incapable of uttering the word “I” (אֲנִי). Nothingness overcomes the egotistical “I” and what we feel is that there is only God. Nothing else exists.
This feeling, however, should not be our goal. Together with the matzah, we need the wine to release something inside us, so that we can transform the “nothingness” (אין) into “I” (אני). We need to internalize the message of self-nullification of the matzah to the point where it becomes part of us and then we can say “I” but be referring to the Shechinah—to God’s Divine Presence, that dwells within us.
In the words that can be seen as the climax of the Hagaddah, we say, “I and not an angel…, I and not a fiery angel…, I and not a messenger… I, God; I am He, and no other” (אֲנִי וְלֹא מַלְאָךְ… אֲנִי וְלֹא שָׂרָף… אֲנִי וְלֹא הַשָּׁלִיחַ… אֲנִי ה', אֲנִי הוּא וְלֹא אַחֵר). The word “I” appears here five times. The literal meaning is that God is referring to Himself as “I,” but after having integrated the message of the matzah, we are able to say “I,” with Him.
After we internalize this point, we will feel even more strongly that the main part of our Seder table is still missing—the meat of the Paschal sacrifice. May we merit to sacrifice it before God, in the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem, speedily, in our days, amen!
. Exodus 16:7.
. Shut Tashbetz 3:65. Beit Yosef on Yoreh De’ah 265.
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Welcome to the Breeding Bird Study (BBS). Through a collaboration with UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER), Santa Barbara Audubon Society’s BBS development team has found an exciting solution for mapping and enabling access to the data using ArcGIS software.
The new BBS Web Map provides an interactive interface for exploring the location, timing, and other key details of the breeding activity of the 188 bird species that currently breed or have bred in Santa Barbara County. The data can be viewed, filtered, and queried by using a set of pre-determined filters, a spatial selection tool, and/or creating your own filter. A significant feature of the BBS Map is that photographs accompany many of the records thereby providing key visual evidence of an individual bird’s breeding activity.
As of July 2022, more than 11,000 observations of 188 species have been gathered. More than 320 citizens and scientists have contributed recent and historical records. Birders’ observations, contract studies, theses dissertations, records extracted from bird cams, scientific literature, and museum records are the sources of the data. Bringing these data together allows explorations that can inform conservation, bird watching, research, environmental planning, land management, and education at several levels.
The data in the BBS complements the breeding data available in Paul Lehman’s study of bird status and distribution, “The Birds of Santa Barbara County, California”. First published in 1994 through The Vertebrate Museum (now CCBER), and updated twice annually, this essential reference to the status and distribution of all bird species detected in the county is available for download at no cost HERE. The BBS Web Map shows Paul Lehman’s ornithological districts of Santa Barbara County directly on BBS generated maps.
Open the BBS Mapping System HERE
Marissa DeVille (UCSB undergraduate) offers tutorials on how to dig into the BBS Map below.
Submitting breeding observations:
Nesting is only one stage in the breeding effort. It takes more than just a nest site to raise a bird successfully. We want your observations of nest construction, food carries by adults, begging fledglings, and dependent young birds. You will see the diverse evidence that can be used to document breeding as you dig into the BBS map displays.
Submission is simple and best done at home. Assemble the coordinates of the breeding event first. There are several ways to find the GPS coordinates of the breeding event you witnessed (see “Notes on Finding Coordinates” below). If you have a photo as part of your evidence, please reduce the photo size to 1MB or less.
When you are ready, submit your observations HERE.
Mark Holmgren and Adrian O’Loghlen
Notes on Finding Coordinates
This can be done in the field or at home, with or without an internet connection. In the field, eitherGoogle Maps or Apple Maps reveals coordinates by dropping a pin of the breeding event’s location, then lifting up the data portion of the screen. Mark uses an app, aptly named, “Coordinates”. It is important to note that some cameras are set up to reveal the location of the photographer, which is not necessarily the location of the breeding event. Therefore, some recalculation is necessary at home.
At home, Google Maps is quick. Google Earth is easy. Mark uses https://mapper.acme.com because it shifts between satellite image, topo map, and street map modes while holding on to your point of interest.
Data Submittal Tutorial
This video is from our old website but the information on working with the data submittal page is still valid.
Web Map Introduction
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Semalt – How To Use The .NET Framework To Configure Apps And Files
The .NET framework is a programming model used to build applications that have seamless, visual user experience, and secure communication model. In the recent marketing industry, you need access to useful and valuable data to make business decisions and operations. This is where the .NET framework comes in.
To retrieve useful information from the net, you need comprehensive web scraping tools. The .NET framework is designed to build high-quality software and tools that meet your web scraping needs and specifications. Currently, the versions of .NET Framework being used are version 4 and 4.5. Earlier releases of this framework include version 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5.
How .NET Framework works
The .NET Framework, through configuration files, gives web scrapers an opportunity to control over the way web scraping tools run. In this cases, configuration files comprise of scraped content such as XML files that can easily be changed into other usable formats. With .NET Framework, you get to learn the syntax of configuration files and the three types of configuration files that include security, application, and machine.
The .NET Framework vs. ASP.NET
A configuration file comprises of element web settings that are specific to an application. However, the location and name of the application configuration file depend on your application host. With .NET Framework, configuring web data extraction tools just got easier.
How to run ASP.NET
You can use the settings when ASP.NET is running in integrated mode on the later versions of Internet Information Services (IIS). Note that the element web and the supported features only work if your installed ASP.NET app is hosted on IIS 7.0 or the newly released versions.
The maximum numbers of requests that can successfully get queued for ASP.NET in a process are specified by the request queue limit attribute. When more than two applications of this framework run in a single application pool, the total number of requests made to any application pool becomes subjected to the element web settings.
Configuring ASP.NET using a configuration file
The application pool web settings apply to all pools running on a specific .NET framework version, where the element web settings are contained in a configuration file. Note that you can also configure a separate configuration file for all applications pools by running IIS 7.0 on Windows 7. This will help you control the general performance of the threads executed by each application pool element.
ASP.NET framework will only render useful results if run under the following conditions:
When you run IIS 7.0 in the integrated mode as the classic mode makes the application to ignore your command.
ASP.NET framework should be hosted in an IIS 7.0 (or latest version) application pool.
Your application should use the .NET framework 3.5 Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) or the other most recent releases.
Elements Of Web Information
Application pool element helps you specify the ultimate configuration settings for all IIS application pools in an ASP.NET configuration file. Element web settings should comprise of the following components:
- Schema Name
- Can be Empty
- Validation file
The parent element works to specify the primary component of every configuration file that gets used by the common language run-time and the .NET framework apps. An element combination of both child and parent element allows you to efficiently configure how ASP.NET framework manages multi-threads and more so how it queues all requests when the .NET framework is hosted in an IIS application pool. | <urn:uuid:df851897-9288-4b31-b493-588a48d8e9f4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://alexpaigeescort.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.847516 | 786 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that affects our mental health. It is characterized by PTSD symptoms that begin after a specific traumatic event or a build-up of trauma over time. This traumatic event or general trauma is often replayed repeatedly in the person's mind, making it appear as if they are continually experiencing this event. This results in the fears and stress associated with the trauma being continually reactivated in the body and mind.
The key to a diagnosis of PTSD is that this trauma, whether experiencing it or witnessing it, leads to debilitating anxiety symptoms that impact one’s ability to function on a day-to-day basis.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a disorder that is characterized by PTSD symptoms of anxiety that begin after a traumatic experience. This traumatic event can be anything, from a natural disaster, sexual assault, abuse, stressful event, life-threatening event, work-related stress, etc.
The event itself is not important, but it is how the event affects a person. Most people will experience a period of stress after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, however, it is usually short-term and temporary. PTSD can be diagnosed when the effect of traumatic stress is long-term and continues to cause an impact. Re-experiencing the trauma constantly can lead to a heightened sense of arousal and various symptoms that are distressing. Ultimately, this disorder prevents the individual from functioning optimally on a day-to-day basis.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is often grouped into PTSD and complex PTSD. Complex PTSD is very similar to the PTSD we have described above, in the way that it impacts one’s mental health. The main difference between the two disorders is that complex PTSD often develops because of a series of traumas or events, whereas post-traumatic stress disorder is usually in relation to one event. Otherwise, the manifestations and the mental health implications themselves are quite similar between the two conditions. They are both almost always characterized by similar symptoms including avoidance of some kind. Treatment is also quite similar between the two conditions.
The symptoms of PTSD vary between each person and the traumatic stress that they went through. Many people will often have hypervigilance, developing avoidance behaviours. This means staying clear of anything that reminds them of the traumatic event so that they will not find themselves re-experiencing the traumatic event.
Some of the more common PTSD symptoms include reliving the traumatic event over and over in their mind, often through flashbacks. This can result in distressing symptoms such as nightmares, a state of hyperarousal, dissociative states, increased reactivity, being easily startled, trouble concentrating and a feeling of helplessness. It can also have changes in mood including irritability, and outbursts that recur.
Depending on the severity of the PTSD symptoms it can also lead to the development of mental disorders to cope with the constant fight-or-flight state that the PTSD flashbacks continue to activate. To numb out these stressful experience’s, substance abuse, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder or self-destructive behaviours including self-harm may develop. These often develop to cope with the overwhelming anxiety that comes with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.
Besides being irritable and having angry outbursts, there can also be physical symptoms that are associated with this disorder and trauma.
Diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is done based on the criteria outlined in the DSM-5 which describes how to diagnose mental illnesses.
There are many different treatment options for all anxiety disorders and especially for post-traumatic stress disorder. Often approaching treatment from many different angles can help to improve the outcome of the treatment and help decrease symptoms.
Seek out a health professional or a mental health professional
Various types of therapy have been shown to help with the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Trauma-focused therapy such as exposure therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and psychodynamic therapy have all been shown to have significant impacts on helping a person deal with the traumatic experience and move through that.
Working with the trauma directly can help to decrease the intensity of it and the anxiety and impact it has on the mind and body. This can have huge benefits to one’s mental health. The treatment most effective will depend on the type of traumatic experience. Whether the trauma is a sexual assault or life-threatening, it will often manifest in similar post-traumatic symptoms, however, the therapy that is most effective in working through this trauma may be different. Therefore, the expertise of a mental health professional can be extremely helpful.
Eat foods that nourish the nervous system - focus on a diet high in fruits and vegetables, as well as good fats (avocado, nuts and seeds, olive oil) and protein to nourish the body and nervous system. This can make it more resilient to triggers of PTSD.
Focus on incorporating things that you love into your daily life. Get a good night’s sleep to try and help reset the nervous system and give it a chance to recover from the stress of the day. And create a good support system - find people that you can talk to when things get challenging and treating co-occuring mental disorders and health problems.
Various prescription medications have been shown to be beneficial in supporting the symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems including antipsychotics, antidepressants, and SSRIs.
There are various herbal products and botanicals that have been shown to help decrease the symptoms associated with anxiety disorders. These include anti-anxiety, antidepressant and adaptogen plants such as Passionflower, which acts on the central nervous system, binding to the GABA receptors that relax the body. This reminds the body to slow down and decreases stress allowing the body and mind to relax. Passionflower is a very gentle flower that not only helps promote relaxation, but it helps to revitalize and restore the body.
The length of time that PTSD symptoms last depend on the original response that an individual has to the trauma-related event and what type of treatment they receive. Many people can go for years without knowing that the symptoms they are experiencing are from post-traumatic stress disorder. This makes it very important to do some type of screening, assessment or PTSD test for those who have been traumatized.
Some people will develop this condition after an event whereas other people will not. Having a family member develop symptoms may or may not serve as a risk factor for another person to develop symptoms, however, one’s resilience factors may make it likely that they will be impacted so intensely by a traumatic event. Resilience factor may be similar among different family members, serving as a risk factor for the development of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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It was in July this year that the Supreme Court reluctantly told Tini Owens that despite being in what she described as a wretchedly unhappy marriage she wasn’t entitled to a divorce until 2020. Why? Because the law states that being in an unhappy marriage is not in itself a sufficient reason to divorce. In the absence of any agreement by her husband, she would need to be separated five years before divorcing. However, following a consultation launched this week by the Justice Secretary David Gauke, this could all change, and it undoubtedly should.
The law as it currently stands is only ground for divorce in England and Wales is the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. This must be proved by one of five “facts”. Three of those rely on periods of continuous separation of at least two years, and in order to start divorce proceedings immediately, fault must be alleged by way of either adultery or behaviour. In 2015, 60% of divorces in England and Wales were granted on those two “facts”.
The Government proposes that while the ground for divorce should remain the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage, it would be no longer necessary for any of the five facts to be proved. All that would be necessary would be to give notice to the court of one’s intention to divorce, stating that their belief that the marriage had broken down, following which there would be a minimum time frame before the divorce could be finalised. It also proposes that the ability to challenge the divorce be removed.
These reforms are long overdue. The law is outdated, unfair and in many cases unwanted. As a divorce lawyer, I have lost count of the number of separated clients who are shocked to find out that if they don’t want to wait at least two years before they divorce that they will need to blame their ex or be take the blame themselves. For many, this doesn’t reflect the real reason for the breakdown of their marriage. Others just want to be able to move forward with their lives, not dwell on what went wrong and why.
Worse, the law can often make the process more hostile and acrimonious. In 2017, the Nuffield Foundation published the ‘Finding Fault’ research report which called for reforms to divorce laws. Their research found that 62% of petitioners and 78% of respondents said that using fault had made the process more bitter, with 21% of fault-based respondents saying that it was harder to agree the arrangements for the children, and 31% thought it had made sorting out the finances harder.
This matters. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence of the damage that parental conflict can do to children. Studies have shown that children show signs of emotional and behavioural distress when exposed to ongoing acrimony between parents, which can manifest itself through anxiety, depression and anti-social behaviour. It can also negatively effect their development. Given that the breakdown of a relationship is already a difficult time for families, it is shocking that the law still restricts attempts to minimise the impact of that, and could actively make it worse.
While some opponents to reform have argued that it would make divorce easier, the ‘Finding Fault’ study found that there was no evidence that fault prevents or slows down the decision to divorce. In fact, There was some evidence that it may actually shorten the time from break up to filing the divorce petition, and that fault was more likely to be associated with shorter marriages.
Given that the divorce rate in England and Wales is 42%, one could take the view that retaining fault based divorce hasn’t made divorce less likely, just more unpleasant. It also fails to treat separating couples as adults capable of making their own decisions, yet I have never spoken to any client seeking a divorce who has made the decision rashly or lightly. In this context, insisting on its retention suggests an unpleasant moral dimension of seeking to punish those who separate.
We’ve been here before, of course. It was over two decades ago, in 1996, when Parliament passed a law introducing no-fault divorce, but this was never implemented due to concerns about the process. Since then, there have been many and repeated calls for change. The family lawyer group Resolution have been campaigning for no fault divorce for years. However, following the damning ‘Finding Fault’ study and the widely publicised case of Mrs Owens, it feels there is a now real momentum for change.
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by Kent Beck, Cynthia Andres
In software development, “perfect” is a verb, not an adjective. There is no perfect process. There is no perfect design. There are no perfect stories. You can, however, perfect your process, your design, and your stories.
This book is the “manifesto” of Extreme Programming, an implementation of Agile offering several good ideas on the practice of developing software - when applicable :-)
As with Agile itself, the book presents a “reorganization” of empirical findings of the authors, defining a set of “Values” and “Principles” (one before the other) to be used as a guide, and offers afterwards several practices (further organized as primary and corollary) to be taken gradually and with intelligence.
The intellectual honesty of the book is much appreciated - it is not meant to be a “bible” or a blueprint of some sort, but it acknowledges that reading the circumstances is paramount in defining a set of practices for a team.
Much less “situational” are values and principles, so defined:
- Economics. An equilibrum between value of time and the value of “system options” (ie possible personalization) must be found.
- Mutual benefits
- Self-similarity. For example of what they mean here, see the “Fractal Architecture” of Elm and Cycle.js
- Diversity. The team must consist of people with different skills
- Opportunities (that often arise from problems)
- Failure (as an important learning opportunity). Trying and testing possible solution can be better than reasoning about them.
- Quality (not to be considered as something to control. Lower quality doesn’t mean going faster)
- Baby steps (to be applied in the implementation of XP programming itself)
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The Principles of Disease Elimination and Eradication
Walter R. Dowdle*
The Dahlem Workshop discussed the hierarchy of possible public health interventions in dealing with infectious diseases, which were deflned as control, elimination of disease, elimination of infections, eradication, and extinction. The indicators of eradicability were the availability of effective interventions and practical diagnostic tools and the essential need for humans in the life-cycle of the agent. Since health resources are limited, decisions have to be made as to whether their use for an elimination or eradication programme is preferable to their use elsewhere. The costs and beneflts of global eradication programmes concern direct effects on morbidity and mortality and consequent effects on the health care system. The success of any disease eradication initiative depends strongly on the level of societal and political commitment, with a key role for the World Health Assembly. Eradication and ongoing programmes constitute potentially complementary approaches to public health. Elimination and eradication are the ultimate goals of public health, evolving naturally from disease control. The basic question is whether these goals are to be achieved in the present or some future generation.
Elimination and eradication of human disease have been the subject of numerous conferences, symposia, workshops, planning sessions, and public health initiatives for more than a century. Although the malaria, yellow fever, and yaws eradication programmes of earlier years were unsuccessful, they contributed greatly to a better understanding of the biological, social, political, and economic complexities of achieving the ultimate goal in disease control. Smallpox has now been eradicated and programmes are currently under way to eradicate poliomyelitis and guinea-worm disease. In 1993, the International Task Force for Disease Eradication evaluated over 80 potential infectious disease candidates and concluded that six were eradicable (1). In 1997, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution calling for the "elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem". Also in early 1997, WHO listed leprosy, onchocerciasis, and Chagas disease as being candidates for elimination "as public health problems within ten years". With this background, the Dahlem Workshop on the Eradication of Infectious Diseases was held in March 1997 (2). The Workshop was unique in that it focused on the science of eradication, with the understanding that the present Atlanta Conference would address specific candidate diseases for elimination or eradication in the context of global health strategies. The Workshop addressed four questions: 1) How is eradication to be defined and what are the biological criteria? 2) What are the criteria for estimating the cost and benefits of disease eradication? 3) What are the societal and political criteria for eradication? and 4) When and how should eradication programmes be implemented?
Eradication has been defined in various ways -- as extinction of the disease pathogen (3), as elimination of the occurrence of a given disease, even in the absence of all preventive measures (4), as control of an infection to the point at which transmission ceased within a specified area (5), and as reduction of the worldwide incidence of a disease to zero as a result of deliberate efforts, obviating the necessity for further control measures (1). The hierarchy of potential public health efforts in dealing with infectious diseases was discussed at the Dahlem Workshop. Differences in these efforts made a distinction between the disease caused by the infection and the infection itself, the level of reduction achieved for either of these, the requirement for continuation of control efforts, and, finally, the geographical area covered by the intervention efforts and their outcomes. Although definitions outlined below were developed for infectious diseases, those for control and elimination apply to noninfectious diseases as well.
Principal Indicators of Eradicability
In theory if the right tools were available, all infectious diseases would be eradicable. In reality there are distinct biological features of the organisms and technical factors of dealing with them that make their potential eradicability more or less likely. Today's categorization of a disease as not eradicable can change completely tomorrow, either because research efforts are successful in developing new and effective intervention tools or because those presumed obstructions to eradicability that seemed important in theory prove capable of being overcome in practice. Three indicators were considered to be of primary importance: an effective intervention is available to interrupt transmission of the agent; practical diagnostic tools with sufficient sensitivity and specificity are available to detect levels of infection that can lead to transmission; and humans are essential for the life-cycle of the agent, which has no other vertebrate reservoir and does not amplify in the environment.
The effectiveness of an intervention tool has both biological and operational dimensions. Elimination validates the effectiveness of an intervention tool, but it does not necessarily make the agent a candidate for eradication. Highly developed levels of sanitation and health systems development may make elimination possible in one geographical area but not in another.
Diagnostic tools also have both biological and operational dimensions. The tools must be sufficiently sensitive and specific to detect infection that can lead to transmission, and also sufficiently simple to be applied globally by laboratories with a wide range of capabilities and resources. Eradication is a much more feasible target of deliberate intervention when humans form an essential component of the agent's life-cycle. An independent reservoir is not an absolute barrier to eradication if it can be targeted with effective intervention tools.
Meeting the biological criteria is only one step in the decision to embark upon an elimination or eradication programme. Health resources are limited and resources cross sectors. Therefore, decisions have to be made as to whether the use of resources for an elimination or eradication programme is preferable to their use in nonhealth projects, in alternative health interventions, in continued control of the condition, or even in the eradication of other eradicable conditions. All of these decisions necessitate an evaluation of the cost and benefit of eradication and the alternative use of resources. There is no easy answer.
Formal economic analytical techniques are not ideally suited to eradication programmes. It is not clear, for example, how to handle future benefits and cost, particularly long-term effects. Equally unclear is whether and how to discount future effects. Of the available techniques, the Workshop concluded that cost-effectiveness analysis appeared to be most useful when the outcome is expressed in health terms. This technique allows evaluation of disease eradication in comparisons with other health sector projects.
The costs and benefits of global eradication programmes can be grouped into two categories -- direct effects and consequent effects. The direct effects of eradication are that no morbidity or mortality due to that disease will ever again occur. Control programmes can cease. The consequent effects are those that impact positively and negatively on the entire health care system. Because of the close interrelationships between eradication programmes and other health programmes, the Workshop concluded that eradication goals and activities should be expressed in the context of overall health services. Explicit efforts should be taken to maximize the effectiveness of both eradication and comprehensive health programmes.
Social and Political Criteria
A set of social and political criteria was identified by Workshop participants. These and other related factors are summarized as follows:
Disease elimination and eradication programmes can be distinguished from ongoing health or disease control programmes by the urgency of the elimination and eradication programmes and the requirement for targeted surveillance, rapid response capability, high standards of performance, and a dedicated focal point at the national level. Eradication and ongoing programmes constitute potentially complementary approaches to public health. There are areas of potential overlap, conflict and synergy that must be recognized and addressed. In many cases the problem is not that eradication activities function too well but that primary health care activities do not function well enough. Efforts are needed to identify and characterize those factors responsible for improved functioning of eradication campaigns, and then apply them to primary health.
In summary, elimination and eradication programmes are laudable goals, but they carry with them an awesome responsibility. There is no room for failure. Careful and deliberate evaluation is a prerequisite before embarking on any programme. Elimination and eradication are the ultimate goals of public health. The only question is whether these goals are to be achieved in the present or some future generation.
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OmniFoods Hopes Chinese Diners Will Fall Hook, Line and Sinker for Plant-Based Seafood
OmniFoods, best known for making plant-based pork substitute OmniPork, will launch a range of artificial seafood on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong, its parent company has said, deepening its push into one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for alternative proteins.
The range will include two types of plant-based fish-substitute fillet, as well as a burger, and tuna and salmon substitutes, according to a statement from Hong Kong-based Green Monday Holdings.
Whereas most artificial meat products on the market retail at higher prices than their animal-derived counterparts, Green Monday founder David Yeung said at a launch event Wednesday in Hong Kong that the mock seafood products would be priced the same as real frozen fish.
OmniFoods said the products will go on sale in September, except for the salmon alternative, which does not have a launch date.
The product line “reinforces OmniFoods’ commitment to promote a sustainable ecosystem that treats the planet, animals and us, right,” the statement said.
China’s plant-based meat market was worth about 6.1 billion yuan ($955 million) in 2018 and has been growing at a double-digit pace, according to a report by the Good Food Institute, a nonprofit organization.
The burgeoning sector is securing a foothold in what is already the world’s largest meat market, where per capita consumption is growing every year though still remains well below the United States and other developed economies.
Although studies show that public awareness of plant-based meats in China remains limited, they appear to have gained ground among younger consumers and those in more-developed cities, two groups that are relatively more likely to embrace lifestyles they perceive as healthy and less damaging to the environment.
Fake meat producers have long stressed the latter issue. Around 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, a key driver of climate change, come from livestock, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Similarly, scientists have blamed overfishing for high levels of marine pollution and a dramatic decline in ocean species in recent decades.
OmniFoods said its artificial seafood aims to combat excessive fishing, which “takes a tremendous toll on the ocean ecosystem.” All of the new products are made with non-genetically modified (GMO) soybeans, peas and rice, the company said, adding that they are also free from trans-fats, cholesterol and additives and are suitable for vegan and Buddhist diets.
OmniFoods is one of several Chinese fake meat-makers going toe-to-toe with overseas brands like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods by adapting protein alternatives to local tastes.
Last year, Green Monday raised $70 million in a financing round led by U.S. investment firm TPG’s The Rise Fund and Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific. The company said it would use the capital to strengthen research, expand its retail networks and boost its production, distribution and supply chain.
OmniFoods is not the first firm to venture into seafood substitutes. New Wave Food, a U.S. based startup that makes plant-based “shrimp” using seaweed and soy protein, completed an $18 million financing round earlier this year.
Brands like OmniFoods, which use vegetable blends that they say come from non-GMO sources, have an edge in China over companies like Impossible Foods, which rely on genetically modified, lab-grown products that have so far failed to win regulatory approval.
While Chinese policymakers have gradually been signaling support for meat alternatives as a path to agricultural self-sufficiency — including those with GMO components — firms that use such components will need to work hard to win hearts and minds.
A survey of some 2,000 Chinese consumers conducted in 2016 and published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature found that 46.7% of respondents held a negative view of GM food compared with just 11.9% who held a positive view.
Flynn Murphy contributed reporting.
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From Vincent Van Gogh to Charlotte Brontë, artists, writers, and composers have occasionally entered the strange, darkly irrational world of romantic obsession. With Halloween approaching, let’s take a walk on the creepy side and explore three pieces which grew out of (what some would call) unhealthy romantic obsessions:
Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique
Written partially under the influence of opium, Hector Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique takes us into strange, hallucinogenic territory. It summons new sounds from the orchestra, which must have shocked the audience when it was first heard in 1830. The symphony takes on new psychological depth in this work of full blown, heart-on-sleeve Romanticism. “Berlioz tells it like it is.” said Leonard Bernstein. “You take a trip, you wind up screaming at your own funeral.”
The Symphony’s drama is outlined in Berlioz’ extensive written program. Over the course of five movements, a “young musician” descends into the despair of unrequited love. In the first movement, subtitled Passions, this vague hero “sees for the first time a woman who unites all the charms of the ideal person his imagination was dreaming of, and falls desperately in love with her.” Each time he thinks of her, we hear a haunting musical theme, an idée fixe, which is repeated obsessively throughout the Symphony. What’s interesting is the way this theme, first heard in the opening movement at 5:39 in the recording below, develops throughout the piece. In the second movement, A Ball, it interrupts the waltz. In the middle of the strangely static, pastoral third movement, Scene in the Country, it pops up in the oboe and flute. In the fourth movement, March to the Scaffold, the idée fixe returns in the clarinet as a nostalgic memory…the last thought before the Hero’s execution. The fifth movement, Dream of the Night of the Sabbath, depicts the Hero’s funeral. Witches and hideous monsters shriek, groan, and cackle amid quotes of the Dies Irae (the ancient chant evoking the Day of Wrath). The idée fixe now degenerates into a vulgar, grotesque parody of itself.
Just before beginning work on Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz developed an infatuation for Harriet Smithson, an Irish actress he saw perform the role of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet on the evening of September 11, 1827. His love letters remained unanswered. In 1832, after Harriet heard Berlioz’ Symphony, they met. Following a bitter, short-lived marriage, they separated permanently. Illusion could not be turned into reality.
In Friday’s post, I’ll have a few additional thoughts about Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique. For now, get acquainted with the piece through Michael Tilson Thomas’ 1998 recording with the San Francisco Symphony:
Janáček’s “Intimate Letters”
You stand behind every note, you, living, forceful, loving. The fragrance of your body, the glow of your kisses – no, really of mine. Those notes of mine kiss all of you. They call for you passionately…
This is a passage from one of the over 700 letters Czech composer Leoš Janáček wrote to Kamila Stösslová, a married woman 38 years his junior. Janáček, who was also married, fell in love with Kamila after meeting her in 1917. Although she remained ambivalent, Janáček continued to write to Kamila daily. More importantly, the obsession seems to have inspired a stunning burst of creativity in the final years of Janáček’s life which included three operas (with characters inspired by Kamila), the Sinfonietta, and the String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters.” Throughout the Second String Quartet the viola personifies Kamila. The work was premiered on September 11, 1928, coincidentally the same date that Berlioz became infatuated with Harriet Smithson almost a hundred years earlier.
As with Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique, this extraordinary music transcends the biographical curiosities of its creator. Now that you know the piece’s strange historical background, listen to it as pure, timeless music. Throughout four movements, this is music which constantly keeps us off guard. At some moments, it’s beautiful and melancholy. At other times, the instruments scream with the harsh, raspy “noise” we might hear in the music of George Crumb or Jimi Hendrix.
Here is the Hagen Quartet’s recording of Janáček’s String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters:”
In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 psychological thriller film Vertigo, San Francisco detective John “Scottie” Ferguson, haunted by his incurable acrophobia and vertigo, spirals into a dark, inescapable depression after being unable to prevent Madeleine from plunging to her death from the top of a bell tower. Bernard Herrmann’s hypnotic score evokes Ferguson’s increasing obsession with Madeleine, following her death. Short, obsessively repeated arpeggios give us the physical sensation of vertigo (whirling and loss of balance), as well as hopelessness and entrapment. (Stephen Sondheim uses similar obsessive motivic repetition in Passion, another story of romantic obsession). At first, the tender, hushed music which follows in Herrmann’s suite promises to be more comforting. But we soon realize that it’s just as circular, and ultimately directionless, as what came before…an infinite, dreamlike maze in which the line between hallucination and reality is imperceptible.
In a 2004 interview with the British Film Institute, director Martin Scorsese cited Herrmann’s music for Vertigo as his all-time favorite film score:
Hitchcock’s film is about obsession, which means that it’s about circling back to the same moment, again and again. Which is probably why there are so many spirals and circles in the imagery – Stewart following Novak in the car, the staircase at the tower, the way Novak’s hair is styled, the camera movement that circles around Stewart and Novak after she’s completed her transformation in the hotel room, not to mention Saul Bass’ brilliant opening credits, or that amazing animated dream sequence. And the music is also built around spirals and circles, fulfilment and despair. Herrmann really understood what Hitchcock was going for – he wanted to penetrate to the heart of obsession.
Alex Ross provides equally interesting background and analysis in this article. He points out that, as Ferguson descends into insanity, there is increasingly less dialogue:
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Ever wonder how to get respect from your teen? I remember wondering how to get respect from a toddler. It’s simple really if you want respect from your toddler thru to your teens, you have to respect them too. I know, crazy, right? I’ve been all for treating my kids as little people from the day they were born. I just adjusted as needed, Age appropriate and full honesty has always been my long term parenting style.
Do your children roll their eyes at you? Mine has on occasion. They’ve been doing it since they gained control of their eyeballs and realized that sometimes, as a mom, I’m winging it. Some days, I don’t even have a clue and feel like the poster child for “ParentingFails.”
I definitely don’t feel like I know how to get respect from a toddler.
I don’t get made though. They come by their champion eye-rolling skills naturally. I’ve been known to roll my own eyes quite frequently — an unfortunate habit leftover from my own teen years. But, being the recipient of a serious eye rolling while I’m talking to my children annoys the p*ss out of me. In my book, it’s as disrespectful as walking away when I’m talking to you. It’s the nonverbal expression of: “You’re so annoying. I’m not listening to you!”
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I get that it’s the sort of rebellious behavior one might expect from their tween or teen but now, even preschoolers are doing it. I know this is just one of those awesome hormonally fueled ways that my daughters are trying to exert their independence and test my boundaries but I hate it. As a parent, I need to figure out a way to get respect without hurling insults or being intentionally hurtful. We need to be the change we want to see in the world — so, if I don’t want to get eyes rolled at me, I need to first and foremost stop rolling my eyes. To get respect, you have to give respect. Yes, even to toddler and teens and all ages in between.
Maybe your toddler or teen is just unhappy or frustrated and eye rolling is his or her way of expressing that. Maybe it’s not personal at all. Either way, if it’s bothering you, it’s worth being discussed. Don’t get sidetracked by the rudeness and don’t engage in the same behavior. I know it’s difficult to ignore being ignored.
Try these tips to help guide you in how to get respect from a toddler and how to get your teen to stop rolling their eyes at you.
If you accept rudeness, you’ll get it. Parents who refuse to tolerate rude behavior tend to have kids who aren’t rude. Decide what’s most important to you. Let the house rules be known, and then hold your child accountable.
Choose your battles
You can’t punish your tween every time your child misbehaves. If you try, you will spend all of your time frustrated and yelling. Soon, you will drive yourself crazy — and your child will just start tuning you out. Instead, decide what you’re willing to tolerate and what you’re willing to overlook.
Out of bounds
Warn your kids when they are nearing intolerable behavior. For example, I count to three in Spanish, and my daughters know when I get to one, they have crossed a line. This will let you warn them without embarrassing them. It’s a private mom-and-child code that leaves them with some dignity.
Don’t get down on their level
When my girls roll their eyes at me, my instant reaction is to roll mine back — but how is that helpful? It solves nothing, demonstrates just how immature I am and sets a bad example. So, no matter how hard it is, try to take the high road when disciplining your child. Remember, you are an adult — behave like one.
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One of the most widely held – if rarely practiced – ideas in management is that it’s important for chief executives to encourage different opinions from the people who work for them. To find the dissenting voices who won’t just try to flatter or praise, but remind leaders when they are wrong. Doing so, the thinking goes, will lead to better professional performance – stronger decision-making, fewer missteps and more innovative ideas.
But it could also have a personal upside for chief executives: They might have fewer backstabbing managers bad-mouthing them to the media.
A new study recently featured in the Harvard Business Review and published online in the management journal Administrative Science Quarterly examines the relationship between chief executives, the managers who work for them, and the psychology of flattery and resentment. The study found that top managers who engage in “ingratiating” behavior – complimenting their boss, repeatedly conforming or agreeing with their views – were significantly more likely to admit to making negative comments about their CEO to journalists.
“People find it, at some level, demeaning to engage in ingratiation,” said Jim Westphal, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, in an interview. “That triggers a feeling of resentment. People misattribute their own behavior to another person.”
The study surveyed more than 3,800 senior managers – vice presidents and above – as well as their chief executives at public companies with at least $50 million in annual sales over a period of three years. Westphal and his co-authors, Michigan PhD student Gareth Keeves and University of Texas at San Antonio professor Michael L. McDonald, asked the top managers about their interactions with the chief executive, how often they agreed with their boss or made flattering comments to him, as well as open-ended questions about the kinds of remarks they had made in conversations with journalists about their chief executive, on or off the record. The chief executives were also asked about how often their managers in the study complimented them or agreed with their views.
Their hypothesis – that more flattery would lead to greater bitterness and, therefore, more carping about their chief executive to third parties – turned out to be true. Writing in HBR, the researchers said the size of the effect was “large,” and that an increase in compliments to the chief executive was associated with an increase in resentment. In addition, higher levels of indignation were linked with more reported swipes at the chief executive when they were talking with reporters. A two-point increase in resentment, they wrote, was linked with about a doubling in the amount of criticism.
The researchers did not look for nasty on-the-record quotes from the managers about their bosses in subsequent news articles – something that doesn’t happen often in the carefully controlled world of corporate communications – and Westphal acknowledges it’s possible managers mis-recalled some of what they said to reporters. But the researchers did look at the overall tone and tenor of articles in subsequent months and had coders examine each sentence for negative commentary about the chief executive. After doing so, they found that, indeed, the coverage tended to be more negative about chief executives who managers said they had bad-mouthed.
One unsettling finding: Though the effect was seen across chief executives, the researchers showed that female or racial minority chief executives were particular targets of resentment from white male managers who worked for them. Westphal and his colleagues found that white men whose boss was a woman or racial minority were more likely to dump on her or him with a journalist.
“There’s a sense that the flattery and ingratiation is perhaps less deserved than its would be toward a similar other,” Westphal said.
Of course, “dump on” in a world of euphemistic corporate-speak is relative – the researchers interviewed journalists to come up with what might be considered negative commentary and came up with three categories. One was faint praise, given with qualifiers (“the CEO had a fairly good idea of how to approach the acquisition”); another was indirect negativity (pointing out that credit should be given to other management team members or the board); and finally, the least frequent comments – direct complaints (for instance, “the CEO made a mistake” on that decision).
Westphal said the research should be a reminder that although flattery and agreeable subordinates might make life easier – or feel good to hear – there is also a downside. It’s up to the chief executive to cultivate more dissenting views and create an environment where it’s OK to knock him or her, not only for the benefit of the organization but also for themselves.
Asked whether the finding might be replicated in less elite settings, where the ambitions of top executives aren’t as present, Westphal thought they would. While there may be more egos at the top, workers lower on the corporate ladder who already hold a grudge for their position may feel even more resentful if they’re expected to engage in flattery. “My hunch is this applies very broadly,” he said.
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The advent of digital marketing has placed more pressure on marketers to measure marketing effectiveness and calculate returns on investment. Public relations (PR) professionals are not immune to this requirement but there are a number of tactics that can be employed to deliver a well-argued case for the value of PR activity.
Here we’ll give you five great tips to measuring PR effectiveness and reporting the results:
Tip 1 – Number of media clips
The number of media clips, or media pick-ups, is a tried and tested method of measurement. And probably the easiest/quickest route to get a feel for how well a press release has performed.
But don’t forget email blasts, website home pages, internal web pages and printed pages – and broadcast.
A media outlet that sends your press release out on an email blast, adds it to a prominent position on their website home page (with a corresponding internal page to link through to) and includes it in their printed magazine has given their readers four ways to engage with your story.
Tip 2 – Measurement by Advertising Value
The media clip metric can be extended into advertising value.
Advertising value is simply a case of assessing your press pick-ups or broadcast slot and calculating the cost of an equivalent advert in that same slot.
If you secure a full page interview with your client’s CEO published on page six of a magazine, for example, you can request the advertising rate card from the publication and calculate the advertising value from there. It’s sensible to take 25% off the rate card value as you’ll rarely pay the full rate value for placing an advert.
There are systems that will attempt to work this out for you such as Gorkana and Vuelio but they are pricey and need to be used with care.
As a PR professional, you might argue that the value of an independent piece of journalism is far higher than a paid-for advert but this is a subjective matter for you to argue!
Tip 3 – Media Impressions
Your article appears in Hamster Weekly, which has a circulation of 50,000 readers. That’s 50,000 potential people who have read your piece. Of course, it’s also likely that the magazine will be read by people who didn’t purchase it so multiply that figure by 2 for your overall potential readership.
For broadcast media use the numbers of people who watch or listen to a program as calculated by the likes of BARB.
And for digital media, understand the number of average visitors to a website or, better still, the actual number of hits to the page with your article.
Of course, there are a huge number of assumptions with this measurement but it is, none-the-less, a bona fide method.
Tip 4 – Measure your own activity
If you write a press release you’d generally put it on your own site and, ideally share the post via your social channels. So don’t forget to measure this interaction. How many hits to the hosting page on your site and how many social shares did you achieve?
Adding additional unique, engaging, copy to your website can also help SEO. This is especially true if your post generates back-links. While it’s difficult to accurately measure this type of impact, the added-value definitely exists.
Tip 5 – Enquiries and sales
Of course, PR is great for brand building over time but it also has the potential to drive enquiries and sales.
If the story is, or anticipated to be, a big media hit it’s worth thinking about how you can measure a spike in sales enquiries – phone or web – and whether this can be directly linked to an uplift in sales. Consider including ways to collect marketing effectiveness information such as a check-box on your website where the enquirer can indicate where they had heard of the offer or instructing the telesales team to ask the same question.
If these questions aren’t asked and PR is part of an integrated campaign the water can be a little muddy. But where there has been demonstrable engagement with press stories – clips, website hits etc. – the PR effort can claim an important contribution.
Remember: PR is a long-game.
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The Heart of Kindness
My children are wonderful children. I love my children. My children are a blessing and gift from God. Each one of them is a miracle. Yet, many days I see in their hearts and actions of unkindness toward each other and their friends and I know they need a heart of kindness.
The Oxford dictionary defines kindness as being friendly, generous and considerate. Most often, kindness manifests itself in being generous and considerate to others. Even the youngest children will struggle with kindness, it’s just not a trait children are born with. Watch 2 toddlers playing for a few minutes and it will not be long before one is crying because the other took their toy. But, it doesn’t get easier when children are older, tweens and teens will fight over clothes, shoes and more.
Kindness is something we teach and show our children every day.
3 Ways to Teach your Children Kindness
Teach Your Children to Think Before They Act
The number one way I notice my children are unkind (or downright mean) to each other is when they act without thinking. I ask what happened? I hear 3 children each accusing the other one of hitting first, kicking first, taking my toy (favorite shirt or whatever), so the other one or two retaliate. Action = reaction, but no one stops to think first if this the right thing to do.
How do we make this a teachable moment? First, you will have to get everyone to calm down (don’t forget yourself). Once everyone is listening, explain that even if the other brother/sister does something that is not nice, it does not give the “wronged” brother/sister the okay to react in an unkind (hitting, pushing, screaming) way.
My oldest is 11. I frequently remind him that actions have consequences. Before you take an action, be sure it’s a kind action and that your action will create a good reaction. Everything we do should be kind and not hurtful to anyone.
Teach Your Children to Think of Others Before Themselves
In Ephesians 4:32, the apostle Paul wrote, “Be kind to one another, forgiving one anonther ….” If we are going to teach our children to be kind, they need to begin thinking of others before they think of themselves and understanding forgiveness.
It’s human nature to be selfish and not think of others first. What are some examples of thinking of others before yourself? Sharing is the first word that comes to mind when I think about think of others before myself. Share our food, share our home, share all the treasures that God has given us.
God has blessed us in many ways (not just money), we can share those blessings with others. We can teach our children to help those less fortunate than us too.
We can also teach our children to be forgiving to each other. How often I hear the my girls say, “I am not talking to you anymore, you are not my friend.” I remind them they need to be forgiving and say, “I’m sorry.” Just earlier today, I heard the my youngest daughter go to her sister and sincerely say, “I’m sorry for taking your milkshake.” The older sister just as sincerely said, “That’s okay.” No prompting from an parents.
Teach Our Children to Treat Others Better Than Yourself
Self-preservation and survival are instincts we are born with. To treat others better than ourselves is a self-sacrifice we must learn. Teaching our children how to treat others is something we do from their earliest interactions with other children and siblings.
How should we teach our children to treat others better than themselves? We teach them to consider the needs and even their wishes of others before our own desires. Does your little brother want to play with your prized Legos? Maybe you could play Legos with your brother together. Does your sister want to wear your favorite pants and shirt? Maybe you could share sometimes or trade.
Kindness is not a trait that is mentioned once and learned. It takes many years and much hard work to teach children kindness. We can begin to teach kindness by showing our children to think before they act, think of others before themselves and treat others better than themselves.
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Hello Readers, I hope you’re well.
I was having a debate with myself as to whether it is better to have the Cortana push-to-talk button on the main screen of an MTR on Windows, or the Present button.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, Microsoft has made some changes to the touch screen interface on MTR recently. Some very useful. Some a matter of opinion. I will leave the useful for another post and probably video. This is about Cortana vs Present.
In the old UI, there was a present button on the main screen next to New Meeting & Dial Pad buttons
In the new UI, by default, there is a Cortana button next to Meet & Call
You can still get to the Present button if you tap …More
For clarity, the Cortana button is basically a push-to-talk button that immediately engages Cortana without having to say “Hey Cortana”.
The Present button tells the MTR to present, and relies on you having a PC plugged in to the content ingest mechanism. This could be wired or wireless depending on the system and vendor. If nothing is connected, you get a warning on the Front of room screen telling you to plug the cable in to something.
The debate I was having is whether you need either button.
Do you need it? It depends. MTR has a useful setting that enables the MTR to automatically present when you plug something in. Just enable Automatic Screen Sharing.
There could be times where you don’t want to automatically present.
One I can think of is you have stuff on your screen you don’t want people to see. And you want to wait until you have what they should see on top before presenting. But if you plug in, you intend to present. So why not just plug in when you’re ready? Why connect, then have to press the present button on the touch screen, which might not be in front of you.
Another is you present something, then have to go find something else which means you have to browse OneDrive to find it. Folder and file names could be sensitive, so maybe you don’t want to show everyone. So you might want to stop presenting temporarily.
If you have auto screen sharing enabled and you connect your laptop and you want to stop presenting temporarily, you can always tap More and Present to stop presenting. Then you browse around to find what you want to present, and hit present again. Or you could just unplug or turn off the wireless sharing thing, and connect/turn on when ready.
Personally, I think making the present button less prominent is fine. But it could also be down to a user training thing. Having a Present button front and centre tells users they can present. Then if they haven’t plugged in, the warning telling them to plug in could be useful.
Why do you need a Cortana button if you can just say “Hey Cortana” to do the same thing? Not everyone can say “Hey Cortana”, for one. So it might be an accessibility thing. Having a button is only useful if you can see it, or know where it is so you can tap it. For that situation, having the wake word is key.
You can actually change the behaviour of Cortana. You can, by policy, enable or disable the Hey Cortana wake word detection, or disable it entirely.
You need to create a new policy, or change an existing one by using New or Set-CsTeamsCortanaPolicy. Then you can decide the behaviour by changing the Cortana Voice Invocation Mode parameter.
As it says here, if you set the parameter to disabled, it completely disables Cortana and puts the Present button back on the main screen. This means you have no push-to-talk in an idle state or in meetings. And it also means there’s no wake word detection. Cortana is just disabled.
If you want to disable Cortana, run the following to create a new Policy
Then grant the policy to the Meeting Room account
After you restart the MTR you get the present button back on the main screen
If you don’t want Cortana and want your present button back, there you have it. But you lose Cortana. And I think Cortana is useful. So consider it carefully.
What other options do you have?
You can disable the wake word by policy. This leaves the present button in More, and Cortana on the main screen. But you have to press the button to use Cortana.
You can leave the wake word enabled and leave the button on the main screen, and you can temporarily disable Cortana completely. Just hit more, and toggle the Cortana switch off.
And you will still see Cortana on the main screen, but greyed out.
You have to go in and enable it again to get the icon and functionality back.
Should there be more options?
Possibly. Such as
- Leave Cortana enabled with or without the wake word enabled, but move the button to More and move Present back to the main screen.
Remember, having the button on the main screen just means you can tap Cortana to make it do something while not in a meeting. Like call a room or user by name, or start your next meeting. You can still say it. And you can still see the button while in a meeting.
If you need to push the Cortana button from the home screen would it be bad to have to hit more first?
2. Put the Cortana and Present buttons on the main screen
There is room for it. But what about when you have something in the calendar? Having the calendar there makes the buttons go 2×2. But again, there is room.
Particularly if you move everything up a bit. That’s better.
So there are options.
3. Give admins and users more choice and make it easier to mix and match
I like this one. Let there be more settings in settings to enable or disable Cortana. Enable or disable the wake word. Decide if you want the Cortana or Present (or both) buttons on the main screen, or in More. And this one is key. Have a toggle that users can set which disables wake word detection, but leaves the button. And if you want to make things temporary, have a time out which enables wake word again so its ready for the next set of users.
All of this is debatable. There’s no right or wrong. There’s education and there’s business and user choice.
It seems Microsoft has been listening. They announced a new update on the roadmap that will give everyone what they want.
As you can see. Microsoft is planning to restore the present button to the main row. But then rename it “share”. Which is fine. So we’ll have Meet, Call, Share and More at the top.
But they still want to give the people that like or need the Cortana push-to-talk button. So rather than hide it under More which makes. I sense given the purpose. They are moving it to the bottom of the Home Screen.
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From: Josť Raeiro (firstname.lastname@example.org)
Date: Fri Feb 23 2007 - 06:40:33 MST
He is correct to a degree about the limited knowledge of natural neural nets. On the otherhand people built fixed wing air craft with an incomplete knowledge of bird flight.
There is also an absurd argument:
"As a software project grows in size, the probability of failure increases. The probability of successfully completing a project 25 million times more complex than Windows is effectively zero."
The human written code for an AI is not going to be one line of code
per synapse. Instead your going to code in more general terms, the
human DNA that codes for brain structure is much smaller than microsoft
windows. You don't code every neuron in the visual cortex, you'd code
the general pattern of a visual cortex and learning would take care of
The fact that the author even made such an argument indicates that he
either has no clue, or has a clue and is making statements he knows is
false. Either way it doesn't do much for his credibility.
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, [ISO-8859-1] José Raeiro wrote:
I don't know if it's a repost, I searched google and didn't find any relevant discussion about this
What do you think?
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OTTAWA — Parliament's budget watchdog is projecting that the federal deficit for the coming fiscal year could be $112.7 billion, a jump of $89.5 billion from previous forecasts as government spending climbs to combat the economic fallout from COVID-19.
The report made public this morning also warns that the deficit for the current fiscal year, which closes March 31, could be $26.7 billion, which would be an increase of $5.5 billion compared to the budget officer's November forecast.
The projected deficit for the 2020-2021 fiscal year doesn't include extra spending the Liberals announced on Wednesday in the form of a new benefit for affected workers.
That measure pushed direct spending on the government's economic bailout package to $52 billion from $27 billion.
Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux's report also predicts that the economy will contract by 5.1 per cent this calendar year, the weakest on record since 1962.
Giroux says in his report that extra stimulus measures may be required to ensure the economy hits "lift-off speed," especially if consumer and business behaviour does not quickly revert back to "normal" fast enough.
The economic scenario laid out by Giroux assumes that the current social distancing measures designed to slow the spread of COVID-19, which have also curbed economic activity, will remain in place through August.
He warns that even under the scenario laid out by his office, the country's economic and fiscal outlook remains "extremely uncertain."
All the spending Giroux costed for the coming fiscal year would push the federal debt-to-GDP ratio to 38.1 per cent, a level it hasn't been at since 2004, but below the 50-year peak of 66.6 per cent in 1996.
"While additional fiscal measures will likely be required to support the economy in the coming months, the government's balance sheet prior to these shocks was healthy," Giroux said in a statement.
"Given credit market access at historically low rates, and looking to historical experience, suggests that the government could undertake additional significant borrowing if required."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 27, 2020.
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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/20 / 2020-12-24 07:20:50 / December 24, 2020 @ 7:20 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.89 km (48 miles). Event id: us6000d2gs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d2gs. Exact location of earthquake, -69.8434° West, -23.0432° South, depth 77.89 km. The temblor was detected at 07:20:50 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Antofagasta. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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A is twice efficient as B. A and B together do the same work in as much time as C and D can do together. If the ratio of the number of alone working days of C to D is 2:3 and if B worked 16 days more than C then no of days which A worked alone?
Assume working days
A = x, B = 2x, C = 2y, D = 3y
1/x+1/2x = 1/2y+1/3y
And 2x-2y = 16
Solving we get x = 18 days
A can do a piece of work in 40 days B can do the same piece of work in 60 days. A and B started the work together in the first 15 days A worked with 50% of his efficiency, in the next 15days B worked with 50% of his efficiency. Now in how many days does the remaining work will be completed if both of them work with their full efficiencies?
15*(1/80+1/60) + 15*(1/120+1/40) + x*(1/40+1/60) = 1 X= 3/2 = 1.5
A can do a piece of work in 30 days, B can do in 45 days and C can do same work alone in 60 days. If on the first day A worked alone and on the second day A and B worked together and on the third day A and C worked together. If they repeat the cycle as follows then in how many days total work can be completed?
First day = 1/30
Second day = 1/30+1/45
Third day = 1/30+1/60
3 days work = 3/30+1/45+1/60 = 25/180
3*7 = 21 days work = 175/180
Now 1/36 work is left which can be completed by A alone
1/36*30 = 5/6
21+5/6 = 21 5/6 Days
Ramu completes 30% of work in 7.5 days. Raju is 50% as efficient as Ramu, Venu is 50% as efficient as Raju. Now Raju and Venu joined with Ramu for the rest of the work then in how many days will take to complete the work?
Ramu takes 25 days to complete work.
Raju = 50 days Venu = 100 days
Now 70% work is left
They can complete whole work in = 1/ 1/25+1/50+1/100
100/7 days then 70% in 10 days
A can do a piece of work in 21days. B is 50% more efficient than A. C is twice efficient than B. A started the work alone and worked for some days and left the work then B and C joined together and completed the work in 2 days. Then how many days does A worked alone?
A = 21 B = 14 C =7
x/21+2*(1/14+1/7) = 1
x = 12.
A can do a piece of work in 60days working 14 hours. B has the same efficiency as of A. A and B started working together. A works 5,6,7 and 8 hours respectively on first four days and repeats the cycle again. Then B has to work how many hours daily if they together completed the work in 80 days?
20*(5+6+7+8+4x)/840 = 1 x= 4 hours
Sruthi, Swetha and Swati together can cut 216 Apples of the same size in 3 hours. Number of Apples cut by Sruthi in 9 hours is same as the number of Apples cut by Swati in 7 hours. In one hour, Swati can cut as many Apples more than Swetha as Swetha can cut more than Sruthi.Then the number of Apples cut by Swetha in one hour?
U+v+W = 72 9U = 7W W-V = V-U V = 24
A can type 100 letters in 5 minutes. B and C typing together can type 50 letters in 2 minutes. If all of them working together then can type 90 letters in how many minutes?
20/9*90/100 = 2
If A and B work together can complete a work in 8/5 days. A started the work alone and completed. 50% of the work and left the work then B started the work alone and finished the rest of work. They took total 5 days to complete the work. Then in how many days B can complete the work if A is more efficient than A?
1/A+1/B = 5/8
x/A+y/B = 1
x+y = 5
y = 4
A piece of work is to be completed in 100days, 11 Men are employed to do the work it is found that after 50 days only 1/3 rd work is completed. Now additionally how many more Men are to be employed to work to finish the work in time?
11*50/1/3 = (11+x)*50/2/3
X = 11
Arun can do a piece of work in 40 days, but Bala can do the same work in 5 days less, than Arun, when working alone. Arun and Bala both started the work together but Bala left after some days and Arun finished the remaining work in 30 days with half of his efficiency but he did the work with Bala with his complete efficiency. For how many days they had worked together?
1 day work of Arun and Bala = 1/40 + 1/35 = 15/280
Arun finished the remaining work in 30 days = 30 * 1/40 * 2 = 3/8
Remaining work done by Arun and Bala = 5/8
Worked together = (5/8)/(15/280) = 35/3 days.
Kiran can do a work in 20 days, while Karan can do the same work in 25 days. They started the work jointly. Few days later Suman also joined them and thus all of them completed the whole work in 10 days. All of them were paid total Rs.1000. What is the share of Suman?
Efficiency of Kiran = 5%
Efficiency of Karan = 4%
They will complete only 90% of the work = [(5+4)*10] = 90
Remaining work done by Suman = 10%.
Share of Suman = 10/100 * 1000 = 100
7 Indian and 4 American finish a job in 6 days. 7 African and 3 American finish the same job in 8 days. The efficiency of each person of a particular nationality is same but different from others. One Indian One American and One African will complete the work in:
7I + 4Am = 1/6
7Af + 4Am = 1/8
7I + 7Af + 7Am = 7/24
1I + 1Af + 1Am = 1/24
One Indian One American and One African will complete the work in – 24 days.
Chitra is twice efficient as Arun. Bala takes thrice as many days as Chitra. Arun takes 12 days to finish the work alone. If they work in pairs(i.e Arun-Bala, BalaChitra, Chitra-Arun) starting with Arun – Bala on the first day, Bala – Chitra on the second day and Chitra – Arun on the third day and so on, then how many days are required to finish the work?
No of days taken by Arun = 12 days
No of days(Arun:Bala:Chitra) = 2:3:1
1 day work of (Arun+Bala) = 5/36
1 day work of (Bala+Chitra) = 8/36
1 day work of (Chitra+Arun) = 9/36
5 days total work – 35/36
1/36 is done by Arun-Chitra
Number of days taken by Arun-Chitra for the rest of the work = (1/36)/(9/36) = 1/9
Total time taken to complete the work = 5 + 1/9 = 46/9 days
A work is done by 30 workers not all of them have the same capacity to work. Every day exactly 2 workers, do the work with no pair of workers working together twice. Even after all possible pairs have worked once, all the workers together works for six more days to finish the work. Find the number of days in which all the workers together will finish the work?
30 workers work in pairs, with no same pair of workers working together twice
29[1/w1 + 1/w2 ….. + 1/w30] + 6[1/w1 + 1/w2 ….. + 1/w30] = 1
[1/w1 + 1/w2 ….. + 1/w30] = 1/35
Arun can do a piece of work in 10 days, Bala in 15 days. They work together for 5 days, the rest of the work is finished by Chitra in two more days. If they get Rs. 5000 as wages for the whole work, what are the daily wages of Arun, Bala and Chitra respectively (in Rs)?
A’s 5 days work = 50%
B’s 5 days work = 33.33%
C’s 2 days work = 16.66%[100- (50+33.33)] Ratio of contribution of work of Arun,
Bala and Chitra = 3 : 2 : 1
Arun’s total share = Rs. 3000
Bala’s total share = Rs. 2000
Chitra’s total share = Rs. 1000
Arun’s one day’s earning = Rs.600
Bala’s one day’s earning = Rs.400
Chitra’s one day’s earning = Rs.500
A Contractor employed a certain number of workers to finish constructing a building in a certain scheduled time. Some time later, when a part of work had been completed, he realized that the work would get delayed by half of the scheduled time, so he at once doubled the no of workers and thus he managed to finish the building on the scheduled time. How much work he had been completed, before increasing the number of workers?
D * x +(100- D) * 2x= 150x
⇒ D = 50 days
work done in 50 days = 50x
Total work = 150x
50x/150x * 100 = 100/3
(x-2) person can do a work in x days and (x+7) person can do 75% of the same work in (x-10)days. Then in how many days can (x+10) person finish the work?
3/4 * (x-2)x = (x+7)(x-10)
x – 6x – 280 = 0
x = 20; x = -14
(x-2)x = 18 * 20 = 360
360 = 30 * y
y = 12 days
The ratio of efficiency of Arun is to Chitra is 5:3. The ratio of number of days taken by Bala is to Chitra is 2:3. Arun takes 6 days less than Chitra, when Arun and Chitra complete the work individually. Bala and Chitra started the work and left after 2 days. The number of days taken by Arun to finish the remaining work is?
Ratio of number of days = 9:10:15
Work done By B and C in first two days = 2*1/6 = 1/3
Rest of the work = 2/3
Number of days = (2/3)/(1/9) = 6 days
Arun is twice efficient as Bala and together they do the same work in as much time as Chitra and David together. If Chitra and David can complete the work in 20 and 30 days respectively, working alone, then in how many days A can complete the work individually?
1/x + 1/2x = 1/20 + 1/30
3/2x = 1/12
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Référence bibliographique
Bradbury, Bettina. 2015. «''In England a man can do as he likes with his property'': Migration, Family Fortunes, and the Law in Nineteenth-Century Quebec and the Cape Colony». Dans Within and Without the Nation: Canadian History as Transnational History , sous la dir. de Karen Dubinsky, Perry, Adele et Yu, Henry, p. 146-165. Toronto (Ontario): University of Toronto Press.
This chapter focuses on XIXth century Quebec and the Cape colony, and «explores the question of which marriage or inheritance law determined the rights of husbands and wives when couples or single people migrated. [It also] compares the very different early responses to British settlers’ claims to the right to British laws. [Finally, it explores], the ways some politicians asserted a particular version of very British bourgeois masculinity rooted in common-law rules of husband and wife against the greater rights these particular colonial laws offered wives, widows, and children.» (p. 147)
The chapter is based on the following questions: « Did the property laws of particular colonies have an impact on their attractiveness and reputations as destinations for migrants? Did migration to colonies of settlements modify the expectations of migrants regarding the property rights and claims of wives, husbands, and children […]?» (p. 147)
«The Quebec material used here draws on nineteenth-century political debates, legal cases reports, and colonial investigations […].» (p. 163)
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«Debates about inheritance and marriage law in colonial legislative councils and assemblies and their reporting, along with the transcripts of prominent court cases in colonial newspapers, placed domestic issues in the public sphere. They taught citizens the details of the law and of the differences between bodies of law. And they reiterated the lesson that good men provided for their wives and children. Roman-Dutch law, or the Custom of Paris, in contrast to Aboriginal rules of marriage, presented an alternative […]. In colonies in which friction and cooperation between two groups of Europeans colonizers were grafted in diverse ways into the ongoing brutal colonization of Indigenous people and their lands, such debates served at times to reiterate and remake differences between the British and the ''other'' conquered Europeans of each colony […]. Public debates concurrently sustained their collective assertions of superiority as Europeans and affirmed the centrality of legal, heterosexual marriage between Europeans to the success of white settler colonial projects. Debates about marriage or inheritance law were never only about the intimate and the economic rights of men and women within families. As colonies competed with each other for settlers and sought to forge vibrant economies, laws about marriage, inheritance and property were critical components in fostering, or hindering, colonial progress and civilization.» (p. 161-162) | <urn:uuid:0eca2c4c-fd55-45d4-b6c6-1d4d99c8a844> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://familia.ucs.inrs.ca/notice/?ID=19646 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.90574 | 649 | 3.140625 | 3 |
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One of the biggest stories in technology and finance for 2018 is the rise of cryptocurrencies as an investment class and asset. Following a massive run-up in 2017, where Bitcoin dominated headlines, this previously fringe trend is quickly becoming mainstream for both retail and institutional investors. It’s a popular topic on Main Street, as you’ve likely experienced around the proverbial water cooler, and Wall Street recently launched a futures market with ETFs being considered. If you want to see what it’s about, the following guide will get you started in trading this new type of asset.
First, a quick disclaimer: I’m not an investment advisor. This is not an endorsement for cryptocurrency trading. It should not be misconstrued as a recommendation to invest or trade. Rather, if you independently decide you want to trade in crypto, this outlines how to go about it.
As you probably know, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are digital coins that exist on a secure and decentralized computer network known as a blockchain. This is a relatively new technology that secures asset trading between two or more parties without an intermediary i.e. banks or governments. The blockchain provides a trusted, peer-to-peer transfer of value on a distributed public ledger that records every transaction and is immune to tampering. This is the core disruption and why cryptocurrencies have risen so dramatically in the past couple years. It cuts out the middle men. It reduces friction, and it returns power, authority, and autonomy to the individual.
Since the debut of Bitcoin as the first viable cryptocurrency in 2009, hundreds of digital currencies have followed. Many are the result of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), which are crowdfunding-like events that enable companies to raise capital in new ways. Instead of selling stock, the company issues proprietary coins that can be used as currency on its network (through various forms of utility) and, in turn, can be traded on the open market. This has created what is now a $700 billion market, as of this writing according to CoinMarketCap, which some expect to grow to $10 trillion in the coming years.
To get started in trading cryptocurrencies, you need to get your fiat currency e.g. U.S. dollars, into the market. The most common way to do this is through CoinBase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges. So big, in fact, that the company has struggled to keep up with a recent spike in both new users and trading activity.
CoinBase has made it easy to link your bank account and/or credit card to its system and, in turn, to trade four of the top crypto coins: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Litecoin (LTC). (I won’t get into the specifics or pros/cons for each coin, as that’s beyond the scope of this post.) There are two fundamental ways to get your funds onto the exchange: wire/transfer into a corresponding USD cash account or buy the coins directly. This can be done through both the CoinBase mobile and web apps.
While the CoinBase interface is great for getting started, I’d recommend transitioning to the company’s more advanced GDAX trading solution if you want to do anything more than buy and hold. This is a more sophisticated way to buy and sell with features including limit and stop limit trades that are common on stock market interfaces. Your coins and USD currency can be freely transferred between CoinBase and GDAX. You can also transfer USD funds directly to GDAX through various means. If these four coins are the only ones you plan to trade, then GDAX is all you need. However, if you’d like to explore the full range of “alt coins” in the crypo universe, you’ll need to register with additional exchanges.
There are more than a dozen cryptocurrency exchanges, and most have one thing in common: the base currency is BTC. This means that you cannot directly transfer or transact in USD. You start by transferring BTC from CoinBase (in this example) into your wallet on the exchange and then proceed to trade other cryptocurrencies using BTC.
So let’s assume you want to trade Ripple (XRP) and Stellar Lumen (XLM). These are currently third and eighth in market cap—$90 billion and $11 billion—respectively, according to CoinMarketCap. One of the many exchanges that support both is Bittrex. But let’s also assume you want to buy IOTA (MIOTA), which is ninth in market cap at $10 billion. Bittrex doesn’t currently support this coin. So you’ll have to explore others such as Binance. In both cases, you’d transfer BTC from your CoinBase or GDAX wallet into your Bittrex or Binance wallet. Just be sure you’re going from one BTC wallet to another. If you tried to transfer from an ETH wallet to a BTC wallet, there is a risk of losing those funds. This is one of the inherent flaws in crypto exchanges...that this mistake is even possible.
Once you have BTC funds in one of the broader exchanges, you can start to trade in other cryptocurrencies such as those cited above. But it’s not the easiest or most intuitive user experience.
Remember that you’re trading in base BTC currency. And since cryptocurrency is infinitely divisible (but typically out to eight decimal places), it means you’re often using 0.0000XXYZ of BTC to buy one alt coin that could be in the $0.XY USD range. The calculations can be confusing.
When you initially transfer BTC into the exchange and start trading, there’s no way (I’ve found) to easily track how that initial transfer and subsequent trading performs relative to the original USD cost basis. So measuring profit or loss across and within these exchanges is somewhat manual, as are the US tax implications. The volatility makes this even harder, as the value of the base currency (BTC) and all others are fluctuating dramatically day to day. Which just means you’ll want to maintain a spreadsheet to track your investments and trading activity until the native tools improve.
Again, I’m not endorsing any of the exchanges or recommending that you invest or trade in cryptocurrencies. But if you want to know how to do it, this is the step-by-step process. In future posts, I’ll explore some of the coins and exchanges in more detail, while covering the broader growth of crypto and the blockchain technology upon which it is built. | <urn:uuid:9b11cb72-c2fd-4ee3-b630-249d029929fc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-trade-cryptocurrencies-like-bitcoin-ethereum_b_5a54de55e4b0ee59d41c0e09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.950368 | 1,367 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Revenue laundering activity may also be targeted geographically according to research by the stage the laundered funds reach.
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How can cash laundering affect business?
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If resources from unlawful task can be easily refined through a particular institution – either because the staff or administrators have been bribed or since the organization transforms a blind attention toward violent characteristics of these funds – the establishment might be drawn into active complicity with attackers and turn area of the violent network by itself. Evidence of such complicity may have a damaging impact on the perceptions of additional monetary intermediaries as well as regulating bodies, including normal clientele.
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Just what effect does revenue laundering have actually on economic developing?
Launderers is constantly searching for new roads for laundering their funds. Economies with raising or creating financial centres, but inadequate settings become particularly susceptible as developed financial heart countries apply detailed anti-money laundering regimes.
Differences when considering nationwide anti-money laundering techniques would be exploited by launderers, whom tend to move their own networking sites to nations and financial methods with poor or useless countermeasures.
Some might believe creating economies are unable to afford to get as well discerning in regards to the sources of money they bring in. But postponing motion try dangerous. The greater amount of it really is deferred, the greater amount of entrenched organised crime can be.
As with the wrecked integrity of a specific standard bank, there can be a damping impact on international immediate investments whenever a country’s industrial and financial groups is observed becoming at the mercy of the regulation and influence of organized criminal activity. Fighting cash laundering and terrorist funding try for that reason an integral part of generating a business friendly environment which can be a precondition for lasting economic developing.
What is the connection with society at large?
The feasible personal and governmental expenses cash laundering, if leftover uncontrolled or managed ineffectively, are big. Organized crime can infiltrate banking institutions, acquire control over big groups from the economic climate through expense, or provide bribes to general public officials as well as governing bodies.
The economic and governmental effect of violent companies can deteriorate the social textile, collective moral criteria, and in the long run the democratic establishments of culture. In region transitioning to democratic programs, this violent effects can weaken the changeover. The majority of basically, funds laundering was inextricably for this root unlawful activity that produced they. Laundering enables criminal task to keep. | <urn:uuid:24cc94c1-fb6f-4854-87e1-f82a281fc720> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.duetdambient.com/revenue-laundering-activity-may-also-be-targeted/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.936571 | 776 | 2.046875 | 2 |
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