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Two recent developments at the Advanced Photon Source explore paths to routine use of sub-meV x-rays to probe low-energy excitations in matter. The first is a remarkable experimental demonstration of an x-ray optical scheme that produces x-ray beams with sub-meV linewidths (FWHM) and elimination of the normal Lorentzian tails. The second is a proposal for an alternate optical scheme that may achieve comparable x-ray bandwidths with less demanding optics. These two developments are described below.
Angular dispersion and anomalous transmission cast ultra-monochromatic x-rays
Despite many recent advances in inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS) and inelastic neutron scattering, critical voids exist in current experimental capabilities for investigation of atomic dynamics in biomaterials (e.g., DNA, lipid bilayers, proteins), in many intriguing classes of oxide materials (high-temperature superconductors, colossal magnetoresistance manganites, multiferroics), and many other materials with diverse properties of fundamental and practical interest. These voids call for new hard x-ray spectrometers capable of not only achieving small spectral bandwidths ΔE in the 0.1-1 meV range (ΔE/E ≈ 10−7 − 10−8), but even more importantly, the ability to detect faint spectral objects, which require small bandwidth at the 10−3- to 10−4-level fraction of the spectral resolution function maximum, i.e., steep tails and large spectral contrast.
Long Lorentzian tails of the spectral functions are a major bottleneck in the development of state-of-the-art IXS spectrometers, and as an intrinsic property of Bragg reflection profiles, were deemed to be unavoidable.
Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory have introduced a solution for this problem and have experimentally demonstrated its feasibility with high-brightness x-rays at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne, utilizing the X-ray Science Division 30-ID beamline, which is dedicated to IXS.
As reported by these researchers in Physical Review A, spectral distributions of x-rays can be shaped to profiles with Gaussian-like tails and extra-small bandwidths by using a combined effect of angular dispersion and anomalous transmission (AD&AT) of x-rays in Bragg reflection from asymmetrically cut crystals. The basic phenomena underlying the AD&AT x-ray optics are illustrated in the first figure.
The AD&AT-type of x-ray optics was implemented as a five-reflection, three-crystal arrangement, termed CDFDW monochromators or CDFDW analyzers. The abbreviation reflects the key functions of the five Bragg reflections involved: collimator (C), dispersing element (D), anomalous transmission filter (F), and wavelength selector (W). The optics were designed to work with medium-energy (9-keV) x-rays, where APS undulator insertion devices produce the brightest x-rays. The optics feature a combination of superlative attributes that are highly desirable for x-ray monochromators and analyzers: the exceptionally steep tail of the spectral profile (following the Gaussian dependence almost over three orders of magnitude); a narrow bandwidth of approximately 0.65 meV for a combined monochromator-analyzer spectral function; an extraordinary large angular acceptance of approximately 107 µrad; high efficiency; and in-line configuration.
Due to the sharp Gaussian tail and the 0.65-meV bandwidth, the half-width of the spectral resolution function is only 1 meV, at the level as small as 1/1000 fraction of its maximum (see the second figure). The demonstrated AD&AT optics has more than 100 times greater sensitivity to detect faint spectral objects compared to the state-of-the-art IXS spectrometers with a 1.5-meV bandwidth and Lorentzian spectral profile. For a spectrometer with a Lorentzian tail to achieve the level of sensitivity of the demonstrated AD&AT optics, its bandwidth would have to be reduced to 1/10 of the AD&AT optics bandwidth, i.e., to 0.065 meV. Such reduction, even if it were technically possible, would yield an extremely low efficiency and render data collection for IXS nearly impossible. Thus, the monochromators and analyzers based on the AD&AT principles have the great potential to become key optical components in the next-generation, ultra-high-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering spectrometers for studies of atomic dynamics, and other applications in x-ray science.
See: Yuri Shvyd’ko, Stanislav Stoupin, Deming Shu, and Ruben Khachatryan, “Using angular dispersion and anomalous transmission to shape ultramonochromatic x rays,” Phys. Rev. A 84, 053823 (2011). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.053823
The quest for modified angular dispersion schemes
Despite this successful demonstration, there is still considerable development required to turn the AD&AT optics into practical, ultrahigh-resolution IXS spectrometers. Challenges include fabrication of the meter-long dispersing crystals or the alternative “comb crystals” with stringent requirements on lattice homogeneity and surface perfection, and fabrication of collimating multilayer mirrors. Therefore, other researchers from Argonne have been working on modified schemes to mitigate these challenges. One potential alternative, recently published in the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, is a four-bounce collimation-dispersion-dispersion-selection (4B-CDDS) analyzer, which can increase the efficiency by more than 50% by avoiding multiple-beam diffraction and Borrmann transmission-induced absorption. This scheme can achieve energy resolution from sub-meV to 20 meV with practical shorter crystals, and also has the potential to enable resonant IXS with unprecedented 10-20-meV resolution.
See: Xian-Rong Huang, “An alternative scheme of angular-dispersion analyzers for high-resolution medium-energy inelastic X-ray scattering,” J. Synchrotron Rad. 18, 899 (2011), DOI: 10.1107/S0909049511036703.
This work and use of the APS was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
The Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory is one of five national synchrotron radiation light sources supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science to carry out applied and basic research to understand, predict, and ultimately control matter and energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels, provide the foundations for new energy technologies, and support DOE missions in energy, environment, and national security. To learn more about the Office of Science x-ray user facilities, visit http://science.energy.gov/user-facilities/basic-energy-sciences/.
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I was glad you were able to show me a close-up photo of this plant. Although it took me a little while to remember it, I finally realized the shrub was Japanese serissa or Yellow rim, Serissa foetida. It can be grown in cold hardiness zones 7-9, which means anywhere in Nassau County, Florida. Generally, it is classified as a semi-evergreen with small white flowers appearing in the spring. Sadly, the flowers have no fragrance. The small green leaves have a thin outline of yellow – which is where it gets the common name Yellow rim. It can be grown in most any type of well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. It would be considered a dwarf shrub as it reaches heights of only 3-4 feet with the same size spread. However, it has a tendency to sucker similar to yaupon holly. This means you may need to occasionally clip it at the bottom to keep the suckers in check. It truly has no serious insect or disease issues if NOT over-fertilized or over-watered. This means it should not be in the pathway of any irrigation system. Once it is established – usually just a few months – it is practically care-free. Japanese serissa shrubs make a nice backdrop for perennials such as African iris, coneflower or yellow bulbine. We will have a few of these shrubs at the spring sale on Saturday, May 7 from 9am to noon at the James S. Page Governmental Complex. Remember these plant sale funds are used to provide us with professional development and help us maintain the two demonstration gardens. Please come out and support us – see you there.
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Foran Financial Group’s 2020 Financial Checklist
The new year signifies a fresh start, a new beginning, a reset, if you will. Many people make New Year’s resolutions this time of year, and many times, it’s a pledge to finally get their financial plans in order. However, resolutions are known to be broken, and a lot of the time, excitement and drive to make plans and create goals to accomplish are lost by February.
So, instead of encouraging another resolution, I offer a financial planning checklist. Let’s take a look at what goals you should consider for the new year.
Make 2020 the year you really do get your financial plan in place. Contact Foran Financial Group to help you get started.
Establish or Review Your Financial Plan
If you don’t currently have a financial plan in place, talk with a financial advisor and create one today. It’s never too early to start planning for the future, and in fact, the earlier you start, the more money you have the potential to make! Albert Einstein called compound interest (when your money makes money) the eighth wonder of the world. Take advantage of it!
If you do already have a financial plan in place, review it! A thorough review of your plan should be done at least once a year for a number of reasons, and what better time to do it than a new year?
An annual review allows you to revisit your financial goals and retirement plans. Are they still the same? Often, what you once think will work is different later on. Are the same people in your life? Did you change jobs? Are you making the amount of money you had hoped to at this point in your life? If any of these circumstances have changed, you may want to change your financial plan along with it.
A review is also a chance to share with your financial advisor any major life events that may have taken place that can affect your financial life. For example, did you recently start a family? Get divorced or remarry? Start your own business? Are the beneficiaries you have listed on your plans still people you wish to leave your assets to? Is there someone you need to add, such as a new child?
Another perk to having an annual review is to evaluate your progress. Is your allocation to stocks versus bonds the way you want it? Should you be invested in growth stocks or dividend-paying stocks, tax-advantaged municipal bonds or taxable bonds? We can formulate an investment strategy suited to your situation and to your financial plan. We can help you.
Revisit Your Budget
The first step to financial success is spending less than you make. Take a look at your income, including any side-hustles or new projects you’ve taken on. And then review your costs. Rent and mortgages can change, day-to-day expenses may have increased and costs could have also gone up.
This includes any debt you have. Have you paid off your student debt or opened a new credit card? Evaluate your high-interest debt first (such as credit cards and personal loans) and see if you can pay it off. When you’re paying a lot in interest, it’s hard to ever pay off the money you actually owe.
(Read our recent blog post for some of the common financial mistakes people make: 5 Most Common Retirement Mistakes.)
Make Your Retirement Plan Contributions
Whether you have a Traditional or Roth IRA, you may still be eligible to make a contribution for 2019 – you have until April 15, 2020 to do so. Remember, making a contribution now will allow that money to work for you all year long.
You may also want to reconsider the amount of your contributions. If you’re up for a raise at work but are comfortable in your living situation, increasing your retirement plan contributions may be easier than you think.
This goes for your 401(k) as well, especially if you’re not currently contributing enough to get your full employer match. Remember, an employer match is basically free money! Taking advantage of free money may sound like a no-brainer, but millions of people every year don’t, leaving behind an estimated $24 billion every year!
Take Advantage of Any Tax Benefits
There are many ways to use your money that can benefit your taxes, but not all strategies are right for everyone. Discuss your plans with a financial advisor to ensure you’re taking advantage of every opportunity.
A new year is also a good time to look at your withholdings. If you regularly receive a refund at the end of the year, talk with an advisor about changing your withholdings. While getting a check in the mail is always nice, getting it ahead of time may allow you to put that money somewhere that it can make money for your future.
Take Any Necessary RMDs
If you turn 70-½ this year, you may have to begin taking Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) from your IRAs. Missing this deadline can result in hefty, long-term fees and taxes.
If RMDs won’t help you but instead simply bump you up to a higher tax bracket, the solution is not to simply ignore them. Instead, talk to your financial advisor about the benefits of using this money to make Qualified Charitable Deductions (QCDs) to charity. Depending on your situation, this could be a wise strategy for you.
Create or Review Your Estate Plan
If you’re still in your 20s, 30s, even 40s and 50s and don’t think an estate plan is necessary, think again.
First of all, if you have children, establishing a will and determining someone to care for your children the way you want them cared for can save a lot of heartache and stress if something was to happen to you (and the other parent) suddenly or unexpectedly.
Secondly, even if you only have a few assets worth anything, if you should pass away without an estate plan, the state in which you live has a plan for it! And chances are you won’t like it.
Financial planning in New Jersey, for example, is different than in other areas. There are many financial strategies that you may be able to take advantage of, depending on which state you reside.
Estate planning is not only for the wealthy or the retired. Talk with a financial advisor about establishing a plan … just in case.
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Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop teaches Hampton Roads youth STEM and life skills through the building of wooden boats and other nautical activities.
TWBW is partnering with The Barry Robinson Center's Next Step to Success program as we continue to extend our reach to Hampton Roads' youth.
The program will reach up to 8 youths, ages 13-15. Students attended their first boatbuilding session at the Workshop on January 27th. They began their journey with us by building small wooden sailboats, a project that requires them to learn and utilize 20 different tools. Upon finishing this project, they will begin working on the full sized boats that we currently have under various stages of construction, learning even more tools and woodworking techniques as they go along.
Follow their journey in the photos below.
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Battle Stations By Hugo Pratt is out this week – the story originated in War Picture Library in 1963 and is available in print or digitally!
- CREATIVE TEAM: Donne Avenell (w) Hugo Pratt (a)
- RELEASE DATE: 20 February 2020
- HARDCOVER, 65 pages
- PRICE: £14.99 (UK) $19.99 (US)
- ISBN: 9781781087527
- DIAMOND: TBC
Hugo Pratt is one of the greatest comics artists of all time. The Italian master’s distinctive lines and storytelling finesse made him a legend, and yet his work on British war comics has largely been forgotten. No longer. Here, restored and presented in a stunning new edition, is Battle Stations – a tale of stark terror and war at sea that first appeared in War Picture Library in 1963. It follows three survivors of a Nazi naval attack as they seek their revenge on a deadly U-Boat – no matter the cost. Brutal, bloody and grimly heroic, Battle Stations could only be the work of the maestro himself, and marks the beginning of the Treasury of British Comics’ mission to return Pratt’s magnificent UK work to print.
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Most people don’t think about the cost of an air conditioning unit until they need one. If your air conditioning is more than 10 years old, it may be time to consider replacing it. Although replacing or repairing an ac unit may seem expensive, it can also save you money on your energy bill and may even qualify for tax credits through local or federal rebates. I know you’re thinking ” hey ill just do the project myself to cut costs” We recommend you don’t. There are many projects you can do around your home by yourself. Installing A new AC unit shouldn’t be one of them unless you are highly trained and certified. Ac unit cost will vary depending on 6 major factors.
The Size of your home is probably the most important factor in the cost of an ac unit. The size of your home will help you determine the size of the ac unit you need. There are a few ways to calculate the square footage of your home. One is to measure the exterior dimensions of your house and then multiply by the height. This will give you the total for your home. Another way is to measure all the interior dimensions of your house and then add them up. This will give you the total square footage of your home’s interior. A third way to calculate the square footage of your home is to measure all the rooms and then add them up. This will give you an estimate of the total square footage of your home. Whichever way you choose, be sure to use a calculator or conversion chart to convert any measurements from feet to inches or vice versa. This step will help you with choosing the size of your new ac unit.
The size of the unit is very important with regards to the costs of an ac unit. When calculating ac size, there are two important factors to consider: the square footage of the room and the tonnage of the ac.
Tonnage is a term used in the HVAC industry to measure the cooling capacity of an AC unit. It is calculated by multiplying the unit’s airflow by its refrigeration capacity. For example, an ac unit with an airflow of 1,000 cubic feet per minute (CFM) and a refrigeration capacity of 10 tons would have a tonnage rating of 10,000. Tonnage is important to consider when sizing an AC unit, as it determines how much cooling power the unit can provide. A higher tonnage rating means more cooling power.
To determine the necessary AC unit size, you can use this formula:
AC unit size = (sq ft. of room) / (tons of AC unit)
For example, if you have a room that is 150 sq ft., you would need an AC unit that is 1 ton or less. If your room is 300 sq ft., you would need an AC unit that is at least 2 tons. Keep in mind that these are general guidelines; you may need a larger or smaller AC unit depending on the specific needs of your home.
If you’re not sure which size is right for your space, it’s best to consult with a professional HVAC company such as; Northeast Ohio HVAC LLC. They can help you determine the right size and type of AC unit for your needs. The size of your unit is important when calculating an ac unit cost but there are more things you need to consider, like The efficiency of the unit.
The efficiency of an ac unit is one of the most important factors to consider. An inefficient ac unit will use more energy and cost more money to operate which will affect ac unit cost. There are a few ways to measure the efficiency of an ac unit. The first is the Energy Star rating. An ac unit that has earned the Energy Star rating must meet certain standards for efficiency, as set by the Department of Energy. Another way to measure the efficiency of an ac unit is with the SEER rating. This rating measures the cooling capacity of an air conditioner and is expressed in terms of how many BTUs it can remove from the air per hour. The higher the SEER rating, the more efficient the ac unit.
When shopping for an air conditioner, it is important to consider both the Energy Star rating and the SEER rating. Air conditioners with a higher SEER rating may cost more initially, but they will save you money in the long run because they are more efficient. If you are looking for an energy-efficient air conditioner, be sure to look for one that has both an Energy Star rating and a high SEER rating.
Ductwork helps circulate conditioned air throughout your home. To properly cool your home, your ductwork must meet your new system’s airflow requirements.
Your ductwork is one of the most important components of your cooling system. Ducts not only deliver conditioned air throughout your home, but they also help to circulate that air evenly. If your ductwork isn’t up to par, your new cooling system may not work as efficiently as it should.
That’s why it’s so important to have your ducts inspected and evaluated before you install a new cooling system. An HVAC contractor can help you determine if your ducts are adequate for your new system and make any necessary adjustments. If your ducts need repair or replacement, that can be taken care of before your new system is installed.
There are a lot of different air conditioning brands on the market these days. Some of the more popular ones include Carrier, Comfortmaker, Trane, and Lennox. Each brand has unique features and benefits, so it can be tough to decide which one is right for you. They range in different prices. the brand you choose will affect the ac unit cost as well as cost to install.
window air conditioners are the most popular type of AC unit. They are easy to install and are perfect for cooling a single room. A Window ac unit can be expensive to operate, so be sure to factor this in when calculating ac unit cost.
A central air conditioning unit is the best choice for cooling an entire home. Most people prefer a central ac unit for comfort and efficiency. A central air conditioner uses ductwork to distribute cooled air throughout the house. A Central air conditioner is more expensive to install than window units, However, when you install central air it is more efficient and can save you money on your energy bills. If choosing central air conditioning as your choice, Northeast Ohio HVAC LLC can assist you with ac unit cost, central air conditioner installation, information on a central air system, and any other matters in regards to an central ac unit.
Central ac units provide cooled or heated air to an entire house by circulating cooled or heated refrigerant through a system of ducts. The ducts are usually placed in the attic, basement, or crawlspace. Central ac units are used more often in warm climates and is becoming increasingly popular in cold climates.
A central air ac unit system usually consists of three parts: the outdoor condensing unit, the indoor evaporator coil, and the blower assembly. The outdoor condensing unit contains a compressor that circulates refrigerant through the system. The compressor is connected to the indoor evaporator coil by copper tubing. The evaporator coil converts liquid refrigerant to a gas, which cools the air as it passes over the coils. The cooled air is then blown into the house by the blower assembly.
A central ac unit should be installed by a qualified technician. Improper installation can cause the unit to work inefficiently and may even damage the equipment. A central ac unit should be inspected and cleaned every year to ensure that it continues to operate at peak efficiency. Cost to install a central ac unit can vary. At Northeast Ohio HVAC LLC we install central air at a very competitive price. Keep us in mind when choosing a central ac unit.
Portable ac units are a great option for renters or people who live in hot climates. Portable AC units can be moved from room to room as needed and some models even include heating capabilities. While portable AC units are more expensive than a window ac unit , they are more efficient and can save you money on your energy bills.
Ductless mini-split systems are a great option for homes that do not have ductwork. These systems use a small indoor unit to cool the room and an outdoor unit to expel the hot air. Ductless mini-split AC systems are more expensive to install than window units, but they are more efficient and can save you money on your energy bills.
In most cases, the cost of a permit to install or replace an HVAC system in Cleveland, Ohio will be around $50. However, this fee may vary depending on the city or municipality in which you live. Be sure to check with your local government office to get an accurate estimate of the permit fee.
Line set is the copper tubing that connects your outside air conditioning system to your indoor system. Line set protection is an important part of keeping your air conditioning unit running properly. If the line set becomes damaged, it can cause the entire unit to break down. That’s why it’s important to have a protector in place to keep the lines safe. There are a few different types of line set protectors available, and it’s important to choose the right one for your unit.
Your AC unit produces condensation as a by-product of the refrigeration process. This condensation needs to be drained away from the unit, or it will cause damage. There are a few different ways to drain condensation from an ac unit. Condensate drainage is a process that removes water vapor from the air . The water vapor is collected in a condensate pan, where it drips down into a drain line. The condensate drainage system must be properly installed and maintained in order to function correctly.
If the condensate drainage system does not work properly, it can cause damage to the system and lead to mold growth. It is important to have a qualified technician inspect and maintain your condensate drainage system on a regular basis.
There are several components of a condensate drainage system, including the:
• Condensate pan
• Drain line
• Sump pump
• Check valve
The condensate pan is the primary component of the drainage system. It is a metal or plastic container that is installed in the lower part of the system. The drain line connects the condensate pan to the sewer or septic system.
The trap is a U-shaped pipe that is installed in the drain line. It prevents foul odors from entering the system. The sump pump is a device that pumps water out of the condensate pan and into the sewer or septic system. The check valve prevents water from flowing back into the HVAC system when the sump pump is not working properly.
You may not need to make any electrical adjustments. However, if you do, there are a few typical locations:
High-voltage wiring and breakers at the electric panel that provides electricity to your new air conditioner
Older systems do not have modern thermostats with the degree of air control that you may desire. In those situations, electrical upgrades are required to ensure that your new system performs properly.
Electrical modifications can significantly increase the cost of a project, depending on its complexity.
Without the appropriate licensing and expertise to obtain it, you risk jeopardizing the quality and efficiency of your installation and air conditioning system.
When an air conditioner breaks down, a new unit has to be bought and installed. The initial cost of buying and installing a new unit may range from an average price of $4,350 to $12,095 in the United States. This includes labor costs and permit costs.
That may appear to be a large gap, but it corresponds to the wide range of variables and alternatives available to a homeowner, as we previously discussed. However, we can reduce this range a little further.
An ac system is usually divided into the following three categories:
Single-stage cooling is offered by an entry-level ac system. If you’re on a budget or don’t intend to stay in your house for an extended period, they’re a trustworthy cooling option.
The cost of an entry-level air conditioner varies from $4,350 to $8,000.
Two-stage cooling is a feature of a mid-range ac system. A mid-range ac system is more efficient, making them ideal for people who intend to stay in their homes for an extended period.
The average cost of a mid-range air conditioner is between $6,200 and $9,500.
A high-end ac unit uses variable-speed cooling. A high-end ac unit might be ideal if you want to deal with several issue areas in your home since they give you the most control over your system.
The cost of a high-end air conditioner might range from $8,200 to $12,095.
When it comes to the cost of replacing an air conditioner, there are a few important things to remember.
First, the cost varies depending on the type of air conditioner you choose. Second, the cost includes both the initial purchase price and installation costs. Third, many factors can affect the total cost, such as electrical upgrades and permits. Finally, it’s important to remember that not everyone needs to make these upgrades to install a new air conditioner. An ac unit can come in a variety of types and sizes, so be sure to choose the one that best suits your needs.
Replacing an air conditioner is a major expense, but it can provide significant benefits for homeowners. By choosing the right air conditioner and making the necessary electrical upgrades, homeowners can ensure that their new system is installed properly and runs efficiently. Replacing an air-conditioning unit is a significant investment. make sure to factor air conditioner costs, cost to install, types of systems; such as a central ac unit, is it an old or new ac unit, your existing ductwork.
At Northeast Ohio HVAC LLC we strive to be competitive with regards to the pricing in the Cleveland, Ohio area for the Cost of ;
There are a few different ways to finance your new HVAC system. You can use cash, financing through the manufacturer, a loan from a bank or credit union. Or directly through Northeast Ohio HVAC LLC partner RTO National.
Cash is always an option, but it might not be the best one. If you don’t have the cash on hand to cover the cost of a new system, you’ll end up paying interest on top of the purchase price.
Financing through the manufacturer can be a good option, especially if there’s a promotion or rebate available. The interest rates are usually lower than what you’d find at a bank or credit union, and you typically have more time to pay off the loan.
A loan from a bank or credit union can also be a good option. You might be able to get a lower interest rate than you would through the manufacturer, and you can usually choose a longer repayment term. Just make sure you shop around for the best deal.
RTO National is committed to the success of our dealers, customers and communities. Using state-of-the-art technology, data, analytics, and support, we provide an industry-leading suite of products and services that allow our dealers to meet the needs of more customers faster and simpler. To see qualifications for a central a/c unit, heating system, ac system, follow this link https://neohvacllc.com/financing/
We are the largest provider of lease and installment contracts for backyard storage units, HVAC systems, boatlifts, carports, and tankless water heaters. Operating across the continental U.S., we partner with independent dealers of backyard sheds, carports, other structures, HVAC systems, tankless water heaters, and boatlifts to provide the best solutions for their customers. RTO National’s strategy, as our tag line relays, is simple – to make our independent dealers successful and exceed both their expectations as well as our customers’.
Northeast Ohio HVAC LLC a licensed HVAC contractor is a well-established and reliable provider of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) services in Northeast Ohio. We have been providing quality HVAC services to homeowners and businesses in the area for more than 10 years, and we are dedicated to ensuring that our clients receive the best possible service at the most affordable price.
Our team of experienced and qualified technicians can provide you with a wide range of HVAC services, including installation, repair, and maintenance. We also offer a variety of products and services, including install of central air conditioning, heating systems, cooling systems, ductless split systems, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, and air filters. We strive to help reduce energy costs. We are proud to offer some of the most competitive prices in the area, and we are always available to answer any questions you may have about ac unit costs, energy costs, and all of our products and services.
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Waterbury Hospital Nationally Recognized for Stroke Care
Waterbury Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
This is the highest level of achievement for this award.
Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the U.S. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to improving survival, minimizing disability, and speeding recovery times.
Get With The Guidelines-Stroke was developed to assist healthcare professionals to provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines for treating stroke patients.
“This award is another testament to the hard work in improving patient care and outcomes as indicated by a recent increase in the overall star rating for the hospital to three stars and Waterbury Hospital being named in the top 10 percent in the nation for interventional cardiology procedures,” said Waterbury Hospital President and CEO Justin Lundbye, MD. “I’m particularly proud of the stroke team for this award as it acknowledges years of hard work in improving care for stroke patients.” | <urn:uuid:36ea0be1-9e43-4618-8921-d71960ebaf58> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pmh.com/news/newsroom/2022/waterbury-hospital-nationally-recognized-for-stroke-care/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.939046 | 301 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Techniques to Support Collaboration and Engagement
There are a number of methods and innovative tools that can help support collaboration and engagement efforts.
Digital technology is often used to collaborate and/or engage communities because it can:
- Connect people across geographic locations
- Reduce overall costs (traveling, meeting locations, acquiring information, etc.)
- Produce automatic records/analyses that help overcome information barriers
- Increase efficiency and productivity
- Encourage community members who would otherwise be apprehensive of engaging to ‘find their voice’
Technology to Support Collaboration and Engagement
Technology has changed the way we collaborate and engage with communities. It has impacted the way we connect with one another, and it has also enabled the facilitation of community engagement in new ways. Now more than ever, we are relying on technology to help us collaborate when in-person gatherings cannot take place.
A few examples of technology that is often used in collaboration and engagement efforts:
- Mobile Applications
- Social Media
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They were invariably called under-developed countries, third world countries and presently the developing countries but in the face of the latest trends in the world, how apt is the new name?
The world is agog with events, discoveries, and inventions such as 3D Printing, Artificial Intelligence, Automated Vehicles, Electric Vehicles and a host of others.
The whole wide world has been clamoring for the carbon dioxide content as well as other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions from the United States is from the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation.
Any move made to curb and possibly save mankind from the very disastrous consequences of our polluting the environment should be considered a noble action. It should also be seen as a step in the right direction.
I foresee a time very soon when we won’t need to cook any food, where all bodily requirements will be from one gadget or the other. That will be very good, after all the essence of science is to make the world a better and more comfortable place for the human to survive.
Nobody will want to go back to the stone age despite the fact that we recorded the first prehistoric human technological development then. The world must go on and at a fast pace for that matter.
We don’t need psychologists, sociologists, and the likes to tell us that something is wrong somewhere. In the face of all the developmental trends going on around us, there exists an ominous but deafening silence from the developing countries.
The developing countries are known to fully rely on developed countries for their growth, and rate of unemployment and poverty is very high. The meager jobs they do are dependent on the high industrialization of the developed countries. Citizens migrate to developed countries sometimes in the face of death, for a better standard of living.
It is a non-hidden fact that a country like Nigeria which is the most populous African country depends solely on the export of crude oil to run its affairs. There are a lot of others in that category.
It is also not hidden that as Medicare is improving, infant and maternal mortality is on the decrease. The population is rising and very fast so. It is postulated that by 2050, the population of Africa alone would have risen to about 2.3 billion. But there is hunger and starvation. Source of good water is practically lacking.
I allude terrorism to hunger, unemployment, disaffection, illiteracy, poor standard of living, lack of water, poor health facilities and other basic amenities necessary to live a comfortable life.
I believe what is happening in North Korea is as a result of hunger. I consider anybody who wants to enjoy fresh seafood from Red Lobster in Lakeland, Florida, for dinner but had to make do with hamburger because of financial constraints to be hungry.
All these technological breakthroughs, where will they be utilized and by whom? Where will we get money to purchase our electric vehicles? What will happen to the teeming population in the developing countries that will lose their jobs and possibly the source of meager income as a result of these innovations?
What will happen to countries that cannot meet up with the cost of running their internal affairs? Do we expect them to collapse?
Someone out there may want to say that is the cost of development. That may be true, but the consequences may be catastrophic. We may end up creating a bigger demon than the one we have been trying to conquer.
The world must grow technologically, mankind must continue to strive to make the place more comfortable and more conducive for living. The six simple machines were discovered over a long time ago to enhance and simplify work, as well as to help humans.
The thing to do is to look deeply. Governments should rather sit down and fashion out ways of tackling the problems that could spill over. The richer nations which are expectedly the developed countries should take the lead.
I don’t want to sound as an alarmist and I’m definitely not one, but only a simpleton will take the fury and rage of billions of people for granted.
The truth of the matter is that if we don’t act now and very fast we may only later realize that we were all along sitting on a keg of gunpowder. The reverberations of the consequent explosions will not do the world any good.
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Prince George’s County Teaches Students to Develop Apps Using Amazon Alexa
Prince George’s County created a summer internship for 20+ underserved high school and college students, focused on teaching the students how to develop apps using Amazon Alexa, Amazon Lex, Echo Dot, and Echo Show.
The program is being led by the Prince George’s County IT Department as part of the Tech Prince George’s initiative focused on the development of a career pipeline and interceptive strategies to improve student matriculation and eventual career success in technology fields. AWS is collaborating with Prince George’s County to help build a pipeline of technical talent and expose more students to emerging technologies from Amazon.
Starting this week, the 24 interns will work in teams of six to develop an application based on Amazon Alexa, Echo, Dot, and Show, utilizing AWS Lambda and other AWS cloud services. The applications will address challenges faced by some public school students, such as reading impairments. The teams will be led by six college students (all computer science majors) acting as mentors and advisors.
The teams will have five weeks to develop the program with the goal to roll the winning app out in schools within the county. This is a competition-based internship, with the winning application selected by a panel including the County Executive, County CAO, a School Board Member, an AWS representative, and others. The winning team will also have the opportunity to publish the skills on the Amazon Alexa site.
“This is the best part of my job working with the young adults and watching the light bulb come on and seeing the growth in them as well as confidence as professionals. The fact that we are using a concept that they can personally connect with is a winning strategy. When I shared with the teams that the device was the Amazon Alexa this year, they were so excited and that same day the brainstorming process was in motion. I can’t wait for everyone to see how amazing my students are and what creative ideas come from these future IT Professionals,” said Sandra Longs Hasty, Program Director, Prince George’s County.
AWS Educate, Amazon’s global initiative to provide students and educators with the resources needed to accelerate cloud-related learning endeavors, is offering developer account credits and online education accounts through mentors for the interns as part of the program.
Good luck to all of the interns!
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By WALX Coast and Country at
As you know, the clocks have now changed! Is that a YAY I hear?
I know I am already enjoying the lighter evenings. How quickly your mood can be lifted from seeing a bluer sky is incredible. Who else has fallen for the blue skies means arms out and shorts already, but actually I wish I remembered my coat (Burrr!).
As we lead into longer days and transition from winter into the spring/summer months, let’s consider why we should take advantage of this. Why should we get outside more? Here are a few reasons to start planning your outdoor activities this season.
The warmth from the change of weather can help with any niggles and tightness from the winter months and the lack of mobility. The heat can really help with mobilising the joints, get the blood flowing and even improve flexibility. You automatically feel better being in the sunshine. Do always remember to wear your sunscreen and hydrate, but that shouldn’t stop you from embracing the outdoors.
The longer days give greater opportunity to explore the outdoors. The fresh air and beautiful scenery can have physical and mental wellbeing gains. Seeing the blossoms and blue skies… doesn’t it just put a smile on your face before you’ve even really done anything. You will notice it lifts your spirits, reduces stress levels and even improves your focus and concentration.
The all-important vitamin D. Vitamin D had a big spotlight in the pandemic, and now we are in the warmer months we can get vitamin D naturally from the sunlight. It is important to keep our bones, teeth, and muscles healthy. Of course, you can still get vitamin D from your diet and supplements, but the body can create vitamin D from sun on the skin. Save the supplements for the winter months and try get your daily dose naturally. Stay safe but do take advantage of the natural source. Further information about vitamin D and the amount you should intake can be found on the following NHS resource www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/
Being outdoors means we can mix up our exercise activities we may have been completing over the winter. Different movement and varying your training will challenge the body in different ways, improving your physical health and fitness levels. We can walk for longer, walk on different terrain, include more inclines etc. Let’s keep building on our fitness.
The more time we have in the day gives further opportunity to be social, which creates opportunities to share interests and catch up with friends. This alone has mental wellbeing benefits. Let’s put zoom and facetime away, and actually catch-up face to face in the fresh air.
Did you know being outdoors more can improve your sleep quality. Enjoying an afternoon or early evening walk can relax you, take you away from screens and reduce levels of worry. Better sleep quality has a direct link to improved brain function, hormonal, and immune systems. I can’t think of a better reason than that!
These are only a few reasons as to why we should take advantage of the clocks changing to summertime, but important reminders to get out of our winter routines and enjoy the beautiful countryside and coasts we have here in Sussex. We will be introducing more walks over the warmer months and new sessions, so do keep an eye out on everything we have coming up over the next few months. It is an exciting time to get involved with Coast and Country. We hope to see you out and about soon! | <urn:uuid:b36da7f8-2a2f-450a-a08c-612ecaeb2dcf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://walx.co.uk/articles/walx-coast-and-country/summer-health-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.94677 | 734 | 2 | 2 |
Role: Project Manager
Reports to: Regional Operations Manager
Office location: Cape Town
Travel Percentage: Moderate 25-40%
Main purpose of the job
The purpose of the NEC XON Project Manager (PM) is to take accountability for planning the development, execution, and successful implementation of projects according to the defined scope, quality standards, strict deadlines and within budget. The PM is responsible for the end-to-end process and co-ordinating the efforts of team members, third-party contractors and consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan. This role will also be responsible for defining the project’s objectives and overseeing quality control throughout the lifecycle of delivering the project and must take accountability for managing all elements of project risk, quality, delivery, budget and outcomes. As part of the project, it is expected that the PM will ensure that the project delivers the desired levels of business value. Critically, the PM is expected to serve as a single point of accountability to the clients and NEC XON stakeholders and must ensure that expectations are managed, appropriate reporting is provided and the necessary governance is adhered to.
- Deliver successful projects from start to completion and into operations
- Provide strategic direction to project management team
- Team resource management including manpower need, team set up, specific recruitment needs
- Client and Subcontractor Management; strategic, relationship and contractual and commercial management
- Interface with clients’ project management team to report update and resolve issues
- Maintain a strategic focus for the project with frequent interaction with the divisional heads to ensure a balance between the immediate project needs and the long-term goals of the divisions.
- Maintain effective relationship with divisional heads to meet their needs as project sponsors.
- Manage the execution of the project with accountability for the project profitability (including all resources and associated cost plans).
- Utilise the NEC XON project management methodology, systems, and tools.
- Comply with NEC XON rules and policies and follows professional practice.
- Lead Project Teams and facilitates the communication and interaction among the technical representatives.
- Track project against its schedule, budget and against phase objectives, reporting status to management and divisional heads on a regular basis, and executive staff on an as needed basis.
- Develop and implements recovery plans for off-schedule and unanticipated occurrences.
- Maintain awareness of safety and environmental requirements.
- Negotiate differences with client and internal personnel to meet project goals.
- Review and approves key project documents including project initiation documents (project charter and terms of delivery), project plans, Operating Manuals, etc.
- Provide primary line of communication with client regarding project delivery.
- Maintain an effective relationship with the client account leader.
- Tracks costs and reports against budget.
- Work with Programme Management Office to prepare for and conduct project gate /phase meetings at appropriate phases of the project.
- Assist in preparation of and review of client invoices.
- Participate in the Project Proposal, RFI & RFQs to ensure the Scope of Work is properly defined and ensures that the Project Team has a clear understanding of the Project Scope of supply.
Likely attributes to character
- A can-do attitude, decisive, positive
- Focused to ensuring project deadlines are met
- Has the ability to see the strategic view and can operate comfortably in complex environments at senior levels
- Strong leadership, communications, directional and motivational skills
- Enjoys dealing with several different task, people, objectives concurrently
- Unfazed by working with deadlines and pressure
- Persuasive when necessary to get other parties to ‘buy-in’ to plan
- Proven track record of delivering a large complex, multi discipline and multi subcontract, design and build project for a process plant (or similar technical challenge) from tender through to handover. The candidate would have been wholly responsible and accountable for the project as Project Manager.
- Proven track record of delivering to tight deadlines
- Experienced in managing delivery from subcontractors
- Experience gained in managing delivery to clients
- Possesses a broad understanding of each divisional discipline.
- Effective people management and leadership skills.
- Project management degree| diplomas or equivalent combination of education and experience – internationally recognised qualification
- PMP or Prince II or any relevant Project Management Training
- Minimum 3 – 5 years related project management experience
28 April 2022
Your application must include:
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Hundreds of older high-rise apartment buildings in Honolulu aren't required to have sprinkler systems, but city officials are pushing for change in the wake of last week's deadly 26th-floor blaze.
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell introduced a bill Monday that would require sprinklers in all high-rise buildings regardless of when they were constructed.
There are about 300 high-rises on Oahu that were built before a 1975 law made sprinkler systems mandatory in new structures, according to a survey conducted by the Honolulu Fire Department. The Marco Polo building that caught fire Friday was built in 1971.
"We know the Marco Polo fire would likely not have spread if the building had sprinklers," Caldwell said in a statement. "We also know that many Oahu families struggle to pay for affordable housing, and we are working with the City Council to find ways to help homeowners pay for this lifesaving upgrade."
Caldwell's bill would require all buildings taller than 75 feet to install sprinkler systems.
All high-rise hotels in Honolulu were required to install fire sprinkler systems in 1983, and the requirement was extended to commercial high-rise buildings in 2001. But efforts to require the systems on high-rise residential buildings on the city and state level have failed in the past because of cost concerns.
"At the end of the day, this really is about protecting the very young and very old, those who really may not be able to escape a fire quickly enough," Caldwell said.
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Fire investigators said Monday the apartment where a deadly fire began in a Honolulu high-rise was near the two units on the 26th floor where the bodies of three victims were found, but they're still working to determine the cause.
The origin of the fire is unit 2602, Honolulu Fire Department Capt. David Jenkins said. Two women and a man died in two different apartments on the same floor of the 36-story high-rise.
Investigators will determine exactly where in the unit Friday's fire started and what caused it, Jenkins said.
The Marco Polo building was constructed in 1971, before fire sprinklers were required in high-rises. Fire officials say sprinklers would have prevented flames from spreading.
It's one of the worst fires in modern Honolulu history, Jenkins said.
A sprinkler system would have confined the blaze to the unit where it started, Honolulu Fire Chief Manuel Neves said.
Douglas Hesley, branch president of Associa Hawaii, the management group that runs the Marco Polo building, declined to comment on past fire drills or safety plans that were in place at the time of the fire.
When asked if an Associated Press reporter could enter the building Saturday afternoon to see the fire damage, Hesley declined and said he was uncertain of the structural integrity of the fire-damaged floors. He said the area was under the control of city police and fire officials. However, the fire department said Monday the scene was released to the building around 1 a.m. Saturday. The police department said it does not consider the burnt floors a crime scene.
Residents were being allowed back in to the high-rise, and at least one ventured into the fire-damaged area without being stopped. A KITV reporter also entered the burned section of the building Saturday morning. One photo from KITV shows an entrance door to the 26th floor being held open with yellow caution tape, but nothing preventing people from entering.
Calls Monday to Hesley were not returned.
The Honolulu Fire Department said fire inspection reports are part of their investigation and cannot be immediately released.
In the U.S., between the 1970s and mid-1980s, there were mandates for sprinklers in new construction. But getting sprinklers retrofitted in existing buildings was a taller hurdle, said Robert Solomon, a fire protection engineer with the National Fire Protection Association.
"This fire will bring a window of opportunity for everybody to come together on that," Solomon said.
Sprinklers in high-rise buildings became part of the building code in 1981, after deadly fires in Las Vegas, said Rob Neale, vice president for national fire service activities at the International Code Council. A number of communities adopted retroactive sprinkler requirements and developed timelines, typically allowing six to eight years for buildings to be retrofitted, he said.
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Maximilian Glick is a thirteen-year-old only child smothered by the doting affections of his overprotective parents. He’s eager to leave the small, northern Ontario town of Steelton for the lure of New York and the promise of a career in music. When his elders object, urging Max to pursue a career in medicine, law or science, Max enlists the help of three formidable but flawed mentors: Rabbi Kaminsky, a wise but embittered leader who has tragically disowned his daughters; Rabbi Teitelman, a fiery holy man with a secret desire to be a stand-up comic; and Derek Blackthorn, a music teacher rumoured to be a spy. Here’s a warm, funny and unforgettable portrait of a boy who is poised on the brink of adulthood and about to take the biggest risk of his life.
Praise for The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick:
“The book is delightfully humorous, a treasure trove of gently satirical insights into cultural stereotyping and human foibles. The only disappointment is that the novel ends all too quickly.” – CM Magazine
“Morley Torgov is a brilliant writer — ironic, sad, funny; his stories come out of that powerful mixture of ancient Jewish tradition and New World experience that has produced some of this century’s best literature.” – Stephen Vizinczey
“A beautiful book – very subtle and poetic – and very humorous. I had great fun reading it” – Antonine Maillet
“Torgov directs a relentless beam of light on prejudice of all sorts and some readers may squirm a little… But unlike Philip Roth and Mordecai Richler who have satirized Jewish life with sharp, sometimes vengeful strokes, Torgov’s touch is gentle.” – Quill & Quire
“His craftsmanship and deep feeling for both the antic and serious sides of comedy easily transcend the form and carry it off in the direction of fable…A delightful book for all ages.” – Books in Canada
Read or write a review for The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick on Goodreads here.
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick was made into a feature film in 1988 in association with the National Film Board of Canada. It won the Toronto-City Award for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival and starred Saul Rubinek (Wall Street, Fraiser, Unforgiven), Aaron Schwartz (The Mighty Ducks, Heavyweights), Jan Rubes (Witness), and young Noam Zylberman as Max Glick. A television series, Max Glick, was later adapted from the book and picked up from where the movie ended. The series ran for one season from 1990 – 1992. Check out the film here:
Some trivia: Saul Rubinek who plays Rabbi Teitelman in Maximilian Glick also stars as the lead Benny Cooperman in TV movies The Suicide Murders and Murder Sees Light based on the novels by Howard Engel.
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick can be purchase from the following Vendors:
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It's easy to get answers about health and nutrition! Just send your question by email to [email protected] and Dr. Harlan will respond to selected questions of general interest. Answers will be posted in the Ask Dr. Gourmet newsletter (sign up now!) and archived in the Ask Dr. Gourmet section of the website.
I checked out your recommended breakfast bars. The number one bar had 1.5 grams of saturated fat. I didn't purchase it because I was concerned about the saturated fat and I don't know what is the acceptable number of grams for good healthy eating. I bought Kashi Granola bars instead with 4g of fiber and 6-7 g of protein and 0.5 saturated fat. What do you think?
Certainly we should all be concerned with the amount of saturated fat that we consume. It's not, however, something that you need to obsess over and the difference between 0.5 grams and 1.5 grams is slight. Both bars are very low in fat and saturated fat.
Here are links to my discussion of fats and saturated fats:
Thanks for writing,
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Looking to start a small business this year? Well, it’s already May. What’s holding you back? Maybe you’ve already started a business but you haven’t had as much success as you know your company is capable of. Thankfully May 2015 is Small Business Month in Charlotte and there are numerous events to help you succeed whether you’re a brand new entrepreneur or a seasoned small business owner.
What is Small Business Month?
Charlotte is a hub for small businesses in the United States and it’s only getting better. In order to join the rest of the nation in recognizing small businesses, Mayor Dan Clodfelter has declared May to be Small Business Month. There are countless events geared towards aiding entrepreneurs and small businesses as well as awards, seminars, and celebrations to make the most of honoring the backbone of our country. Here are a couple of the best events this month:
Simple Steps for Starting Your Business #1 Start-Up Basics
This is a two-hour seminar that takes place at Packard Place in Charlotte on May 19th from 5:45pm to 7:45pm. This seminar helps you to evaluate whether or not your idea can be turned into a feasible business and also to help with the basics of developing Marketing and Business Plans. A workbook is also provided during the course which will give more extensive information on plans, implementation, and funding. For more information please contact Charlotte SCORE’s Bill Gill at 704-344-6576 or you can also visit the main page here.
Simple Steps for Starting Your Business: SCORE and the Library
The South County Regional Library will be jumping on the bandwagon of informative events for Small Business Month as well. On May 19th from 5:30-7:30pm the library will be hosting a free seminar to help with developing your business, writing an effective business plan, and how to use SCORE and other support services. The seminar will also illustrate how the free library research services will help you to collect excellent information on competitors, potential clients, supplies, and any other important market or small business data. Simply register here to get started.
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When I say, read, or even type the word “independence” in relation to freedom, my chest swells with pride, my shoulders straighten, and I seem to stand just a little bit taller. It’s as if that feeling is encrypted within our DNA as Americans. We wanted better, so we left tyranny and built the greatest nation ever.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” -United States Declaration of Independence
Independence is in our religious heritage too.
“Committed to the idea that salvation could be reached through faith and by divine grace only, [Martin] Luther vigorously objected to the corrupt practice of selling indulgences. Acting on this belief, he wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,” also known as “The 95 Theses,” a list of questions and propositions for debate. Popular legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church.” (“Martin Luther and the 95 Theses,” History.com)
It’s no wonder why God’s view of independence is so hard to swallow.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.” 1 Peter 5:6
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7
“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.'” Matthew 16:24-25
Jesus said, “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Humble myself? Deny myself? Submit? Follow? All the words I bolded in those Scriptures seem miles away from personal independence. Because of my natural affront to that line of thinking, it’s easy for me to miss the divine relational promises within those transactions.
“…and he will make your paths straight.”
“…that he may lift you up in due time.”
“…and he [satan] will flee from you.”
“…will find it [life].”
“…you will find rest for your souls.”
I’m working on remembering that God will never let me down because He promises always to hold me up. That is spiritual freedom! Being dependent on God is not a sign of weakness but a powerful relationship that can only come from becoming independent from our former selves.
I love the spirit of this country, and I am so grateful for the men and women who died so I may have the peace and freedom to share thoughts about my faith openly. This July 4th, I will be joining you in the celebration of our American Independence. For the other 364 days, I will be working on my dependence on God.
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Over the years I’ve attended dozens of masterclasses. Poured through hundreds of interviews with master musicians, and took lessons with the best players I could find. However, after a few years ONE thing kept surprising me – there was a disconnect between what these great players said and what they actually did…
In fact, some of the most important and downright essential concepts for learning this music (practice, ear training, technique) were often passed over with a few words:
“Make sure you can hear those changes. Get that line together in all keys. You gotta know your intervals. Just play what you hear!”
Solid advice with good intentions, but starkly vague and lacking the nitty gritty details it had taken these players to improve in the practice room. And this is especially true when it came to transcribing solos.
I’d hear the process of learning jazz language described as: “Yeah, I spent a little time checking out some Miles solos,” or “I used to memorize Coltrane lines note for note,” or “You really gotta understand Parker’s language if you want to play bebop…”
For years I assumed that I could simply listen to some records, study a few lines from a transcription book, or memorize a couple licks in all keys and I’d suddenly be playing amazing solos.
…but that magical moment never happened because I didn’t realize that each of these statements uttered by great players hinted at a much deeper process – a process that few people even talk about or describe in detail.
For many players the term “transcribing” is familiar…but the who, what, why, and how of the transcription process remains a mystery. And that’s exactly why today’s lesson is going to help you bridge this musical gap.
With a simple Blues solo as our model, we’ll take you through the step-by-step process of learning the information from your favorite records.
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Fits on all NUK Standard/Classic baby bottles.
A mother's nipple changes shape during breastfeeding. It adapts to the baby's mouth, enabling optimal food intake and providing the best possible training for the jaw, palate, tongue and lips.Nowhere else in the body are there as many muscles and nerves as in the mouth with oral development closely linked to a baby´s overall development. This is why NUK developed the first teat shape that is right for the jaw. The NUK Anti-Colic Air System equalises the pressure in the teat which helps reduce colic as less air is swallowed.
Difference between latex & Silicone teats:
NUK silicone teats are made from a high-quality synthetic material. The clear silicone material is particularly resistant to temperature. Direct sunlight and fat also have no effect on the aging of the material. However, it can be more easily damaged. A silicone teat must be immediately replaced after the first bite marks or any other faults become apparent. For hygiene reasons, it is recommended you replace the teats every 1 to 2 months.NUK latex teats are made from rubber milk or latex, a high-quality natural material. Latex is particularly durable - it is very elastic and highly resistant to any pulling or tearing. However, because latex is a natural material, the fat contained in food can cause it to age. Direct sunlight will also cause it to age, quicker than normal in fact, which is why latex teats should be stored carefully. The general rule of thumb: A latex teat should be replaced every 1 to 2 months, at the latest when it starts to get sticky.The material you decide to use depends on your individual requirements or preferences. And, of course, it is also possible to switch between the two materials. Should your baby refuse the new latex teat because of how it tastes, simply boil it for three minutes in milk first! However, while this will neutralise the taste, it will also age the teat quicker than usual due to the fat content in the milk.Please note - Clearance items are not returnable so please choose carefully
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I love platforms. One of my favourites has to be Platform 9¾ at King’s Cross in London. Great Malvern is also on my list, it’s so pretty. But there is another platform I’ve just spotted and am getting rather excited about; and that is Pearson’s ActiveLearn Digital Service, an online learning platform full of tools to help students succeed across the curriculum.
This a resource that’s packed with powerful content. All you do is choose which subject or subjects you want to focus on and then access front-of-class teaching resources with online homework and practice, together with planning and assessment materials. You can watch videos of teaching ideas, download editable plans and schemes of work, customise pre-populated ‘playlists’ with your own resources, download prior knowledge worksheets and send content to students’ tablets and smartphones in class. Then there is the option to set online homework, review answers and run reports. This service goes hand in hand with various excellent student books. It is a very motivating and hugely supportive online resource ideal for the classroom and for home for Key Stage 3 and GCSE students. The features vary according to the products you buy into but you get lots of interactive questions, oodles of support and assistance par excellence with tracking.
For teachers the support is as good as anything I have seen. For example, I looked at maths resources – namely the Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Maths – and I was hugely impressed by the superb materials for facilitating planning and teaching of the new specifications. Materials are available so that you can plan each lesson using pre-prepared editable templates. You can present new topics and concepts, test students’ prior knowledge and then access over 800 extra resources from hotspots on the pages. There are plenty of collaborative learning activities and opportunities galore to explore concepts in more detail and depth using animations, videos and engaging deep-learning activities.
There are literally thousands of differentiated activities available to help students move at their own speed and level. Lots of practice is guaranteed with over 4000 questions covering Master lessons and the formative and summative tests. There are on screen hints with instant targeted feedback that motivate learners to work independently, work out where they have gone wrong, try again and discover what to try next. A range of digital assets and tools are available to help students succeed. Students are able to get support by accessing features built into exercises such as ‘Learning aids’ and ‘Help me solve this’. There are also some extremely helpful worked examples to escort students through questions by condensing them down into chunks and more easily achievable steps. There are over 400 exam-style and problem-solving questions giving loads of opportunities for practice, and to help further there are 500 explanatory videos on offer which are brilliant because they help learners get to grips with more challenging questions showing how to plan, solve and display a response. These offer support so that students gain in confidence and learn to tackle problems independently.
Using this platform, tracking is not the traditional nightmare we have come to associate with assessment but a joy. You can review results of groups or individuals and receive accurate reports and evidence of learning against learning objectives enabling you to give feedback with purpose. The option to drill down into results is there so can you can see exactly how students answered their questions. Progress is tracked over time so you can share further reports with other staff and parents.
As well as maths, ActiveLearn Digital Service covers a range of other subjects including science, MFL, English, English literature and humanities. Overall, it’s fair to say that the platform is very easy to use and takes no time at all to set up – and there is free online training if you need extra support and guidance.
Language Show Live
This 16-18 October expand your knowledge, pick up the latest language teaching resources and gain specialist advice at Language Show Live, the Europe’s largest and most exciting event for languages. Now going into its 27th year, Language Show Live returns to London’s Olympia Central, offering teachers ways to keep up to date with changes in the language sector as well as the chance to progress their career. The show offers an extensive CPD certified seminar programme dedicated to school leaders and teachers of all levels, the latest language products from over 160 exhibitors and live cultural performances for a fun day out.
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Scientists unveil secrets of important natural antibiotic
Breaking out in sweat not only regulates our body temperature. Sweat also spreads highly efficient antibiotics onto our skin, which protect us from dangerous bugs. If our skin becomes injured by a small cut, a scratch, or the sting of a mosquito, antibiotic agents secreted in sweat glands, such as dermcidin, rapidly and efficiently kill invaders. In one important aspect, these so-called antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are even superior to traditional antibiotics: The germs are not capable of developing resistance against them in a rapid fashion. AMPs efficiently prevent this by attacking the Achilles’ heel of the pathogens: The antibiotics pierce their cell membrane, which microbes cannot easily modify. Therefore, AMPs have great potential to form a new generation of antibiotics.
1700 natural AMPs known
“But in order to tailor these therapeutic agents, we first need a detailed understanding of how these natural antibiotics control bugs. Although about 1700 such peptides have been detected so far, we only know very little about their structure and function,” says Bert de Groot, head of the “Computational Biomolecular Dynamics” group at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Together with colleagues from Göttingen, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Tübingen, and Strasbourg he elucidated for the first time what turns dermcidin into such an efficient weapon in the battle against dangerous bugs.
Scientists have known for some time that dermcidin is cleaved in salty, slightly acidic sweat and thus becomes activated. The active peptide then forms tiny channels perforating the cell membrane of microbes, which are stabilized by the zinc ions present in sweat. As a consequence, water and ions uncontrollably flow across the membrane, and the cell's homeostasis and transport processes across the membrane get out of control, eventually leading to the microbes' death.
Dermcidin attacks the invaders' Achilles heel
Through a combination of X-ray crystallography and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, scientists around Kornelius Zeth at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen and Burkhard Bechinger from the University of Strasbourg were able to elucidate the atomic structure of this channel. They found that it is unusually long, highly permeable, and adaptable. It thus represents an entirely new class of membrane proteins.
Aided by extensive computer simulations, the team around Bert de Groot watched the channel as it performs its action. Surprisingly, the ions traversed the channel along a very unusual pathway. As chemist Ulrich Zachariae explains: “Our simulations show that the channel sits in the membrane with a tilt. This enables ions to take the side entrances too, and so more ions can cross the pore at the same time.” The simulations could thus explain the high permeation rate of the channel, measured in electrophysiological experiments by Claudia Steinem at the University of Göttingen. Steinem's results also demonstrate that, without zinc ions, the antibiotic fails to perform. Only when zinc and dermcidin act synergistically, channels across the membranes are formed. When the scientists inhibited this interaction through mutation of a certain building block in dermcidin (a histidine amino acid), channel formation was blocked.
Potential for a new class of antibiotics
What is more, dermcidin can adapt to extremely variable types of membranes. “This could explain why active dermcidin is such an efficient broad-spectrum antibiotic fending off bacteria and fungi at the same time. It is active against many well-known pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, or Staphylococcus aureus“, de Groot explains. Multi-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, in particular, have become an increasing threat for hospital patients. They are insensitive towards common antibiotics and, therefore, are highly difficult to treat. According to the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, merely 2 % of Staphylococcus bacteria showed antibiotic resistance in 1976, while their proportion had risen to 22 % by 2009. Staphylococcus aureus infections can lead to life-threatening diseases like sepsis and pneumonia. The international team of scientists hopes that their results can contribute to the development of a new class of antibiotics that is able to attack such dangerous germs. (uz) | <urn:uuid:4a65eacf-0ad0-4a21-8f0b-0adb59e761ce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/651606/pr_1304?c=638463 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.924793 | 926 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Joy from the Islamic World
1. Genuinely multiracial worship. There’s a taste of the new creation when you sing in Turkish, then English, then Arabic, and then have a prophetic word in Turkish, and then another one in Russian, led by a band that includes Iranians, Turks, Kurds and Arabs. It intensifies when you sing songs, not just in different languages, but in genuinely different musical styles: haunting violins, Arabic drums, melodic minor versions of Beautiful One, and in one memorable techno-fest, Turkish-Iranian dance tracks (which, while we’re on the subject, make Move Like This sound like All Things Bright and Beautiful). Revelation 7, at such times, does not seem far away. It’s glorious.
2. Intensive times of prayer. My prayer life, I have found, needs times of intensive corporate prayer to keep it alive; personal times are wonderful, and a great source of refreshing to me, but I struggle with intercession unless I am surrounded, on a reasonably regular basis, with those who are crying out to God urgently. And in that regard, there’s nothing like being surrounded by brothers and sisters working in the Islamic world, and hearing people pray in Albanian, Arabic, Assyrian, English, Farsi, Kurdish, Lebanese, Russian, Tajik, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu (not to mention those from Dagestan, Georgia, Oman, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Morocco, Bulgaria and probably some places I’ve forgotten). I doubt I will ever forget the few minutes we spent praying for one brother whose biggest issue, as he explained, was the challenge posed by ISIS in making ministry more difficult.
3. Encouragement. Stories of what God is doing in other nations, particularly those where Christians are being imprisoned or executed, are just about the most stirring things you can hear. When you sit down at dinner with someone, you simply have to ask the question, “how did you become a believer?” - encouragement is right around the corner. I had a dream of Jesus in the mountains of Dagestan. I was suicidal in a dark room in my parents’ home, when Jesus appeared to me. I tried to have my wife executed in a Sharia court because she converted to Christianity, but then Jesus came to me in a dream and baptised me. My grandfather was on his way to find a doctor, when a Christian pastor welcomed him into his home by saying, “we have an excellent doctor here”; he was healed, and immediately told his village he was now a Christian. Stuff like that.
4. Cultural insights into the scriptures. People who work in the Middle East can see a whole host of things in the scriptures which I, with my Western cultural lenses, would never notice, so it’s wonderful to hear preaching that highlights them. A message on how the gospel shines through the honour-shame dimensions of Genesis 38, for instance - you know, the oft-avoided story about Onan spilling his seed, and then Judah sleeping with his daughter-in-law. Or the observation that the guy in Acts who admits to Paul that he bought his citizenship had almost certainly bribed in order to get it, and therefore owed honour to Paul as a citizen by birth. This dynamic is vital to the power relations in the story (much in the same way, as the speaker pointed out, as we need to clarify whether the doctor we’re seeing has bribed to get his qualifications or earned them!) Intriguingly, as the congregation listens to the biblical stories being told in this way, the suspense is audible: they ooh and aah, laugh and gasp, as if they have no idea what will happen next. The effect is captivating.
5. Food. Pide bread. Olives. Yoghurt. Lamb. Calamari. Chicken. Spiced rice. Baklava. Çay. Mixed omelettes. Barbecued fish. Where in the world has better food than the Middle East? (The real puzzle is liver, of course, which is thoroughly succulent and tasty in the Arab world, but in the UK always manages to taste like bowels.) Even if it wasn’t such a beautiful, temperate and hospitable region, it would still be worth travelling to the Islamic world sporadically just to see how meals should be done.
6. Children. At most Christian leadership conferences, children are notable by their absence. They are noisy, easily distracted, excessively energetic, and they don’t understand what’s really going on, so we don’t even mention them, let alone bring them along; that’s what schools and childminders are for. So it’s wonderful to be at an event where children are everywhere. A good kids’ work is provided, obviously, to make teaching sessions possible for adults and relevant for children. But kids are there at breakfast, and in the foyer before the main sessions, and after them, and at lunch, and throughout the afternoon, and prophesying in the meetings, and in the ministry time in the late afternoon session so that families can pray together, and then they’re around at dinner and into the evening. And it seems that having children everywhere does a number of important things. It stops everyone taking themselves too seriously. It helps leaders connect inspirational teaching to mundane, daily realities. It highlights the fact that families are working cross-culturally, not just parents. It shows children the scale and excitement of what they’re involved in. It energises people. It’s fun. “Let the little children come to conferences, for to such as these belongs the kingdom.”
7. Being on the front lines. This is implicit in much of the above, but the truly remarkable thing about those working in the Islamic world is this: they really are on the front lines. My town has a population of 100,000, around 1,000 of whom are part of my church community, and another 10,000 of whom are connected relationally to at least one of us. Other churches in the town have another 4,000 or so believers, who are in relationship with another 30,000 or so. And of the remaining 60,000, most have heard the Christian message in some form, whether or not they fully understood it (let alone believed it): at school, in the media, at Christmas, through family members or coworkers, online, or some other way. Things are rather different, to put it mildly, in the Islamic world. There are more Christians in Eastbourne (population 100,000) than in Turkey (population 80,000,000). British churches struggle with planning permission and car park space; Iraqi churches struggle with Islamic State. We’re trying to work out how to bring through a more diverse leadership team; Turkish churches are trying to work out how to have leadership meetings in four languages. We worry about the illiberalism of Theresa May; Iranian brothers worry about the illiberalism of the Ayatollah. As a British pastor, I know that the challenges we face each week are genuine, and difficult, and pressing, and in need of prayer and patience. But regular exposure to the guys who are, quite literally, taking the gospel to all nations, makes me realise that the front lines are elsewhere - and it reenvisions me to serve them, encourage them, give to them and pray for them.
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nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free open source web server written by Igor Sysoev, a Russian software engineer. Since its public launch in 2004, nginx has focused on high performance, high concurrency and low memory usage. Additional features on top of the web server functionality, like load balancing, caching, access and bandwidth control, and the ability to integrate efficiently with a variety of applications, have helped to make nginx a good choice for modern website architectures. Currently nginx is the second most popular open source web server on the Internet.
These days the Internet is so widespread and ubiquitous it's hard to imagine it wasn't exactly there, as we know it, a decade ago. It has greatly evolved, from simple HTML producing clickable text, based on NCSA and then on Apache web servers, to an always-on communication medium used by more than 2 billion users worldwide. With the proliferation of permanently connected PCs, mobile devices and recently tablets, the Internet landscape is rapidly changing and entire economies have become digitally wired. Online services have become much more elaborate with a clear bias towards instantly available live information and entertainment. Security aspects of running online business have also significantly changed. Accordingly, websites are now much more complex than before, and generally require a lot more engineering efforts to be robust and scalable.
One of the biggest challenges for a website architect has always been concurrency. Since the beginning of web services, the level of concurrency has been continuously growing. It's not uncommon for a popular website to serve hundreds of thousands and even millions of simultaneous users. A decade ago, the major cause of concurrency was slow clients—users with ADSL or dial-up connections. Nowadays, concurrency is caused by a combination of mobile clients and newer application architectures which are typically based on maintaining a persistent connection that allows the client to be updated with news, tweets, friend feeds, and so on. Another important factor contributing to increased concurrency is the changed behavior of modern browsers, which open four to six simultaneous connections to a website to improve page load speed.
To illustrate the problem with slow clients, imagine a simple Apache-based web server which produces a relatively short 100 KB response—a web page with text or an image. It can be merely a fraction of a second to generate or retrieve this page, but it takes 10 seconds to transmit it to a client with a bandwidth of 80 kbps (10 KB/s). Essentially, the web server would relatively quickly pull 100 KB of content, and then it would be busy for 10 seconds slowly sending this content to the client before freeing its connection. Now imagine that you have 1,000 simultaneously connected clients who have requested similar content. If only 1 MB of additional memory is allocated per client, it would result in 1000 MB (about 1 GB) of extra memory devoted to serving just 1000 clients 100 KB of content. In reality, a typical web server based on Apache commonly allocates more than 1 MB of additional memory per connection, and regrettably tens of kbps is still often the effective speed of mobile communications. Although the situation with sending content to a slow client might be, to some extent, improved by increasing the size of operating system kernel socket buffers, it's not a general solution to the problem and can have undesirable side effects.
With persistent connections the problem of handling concurrency is even more pronounced, because to avoid latency associated with establishing new HTTP connections, clients would stay connected, and for each connected client there's a certain amount of memory allocated by the web server.
Consequently, to handle the increased workloads associated with growing audiences and hence higher levels of concurrency—and to be able to continuously do so—a website should be based on a number of very efficient building blocks. While the other parts of the equation such as hardware (CPU, memory, disks), network capacity, application and data storage architectures are obviously important, it is in the web server software that client connections are accepted and processed. Thus, the web server should be able to scale nonlinearly with the growing number of simultaneous connections and requests per second.
Apache, the web server software that still largely dominates the Internet today, has its roots in the beginning of the 1990s. Originally, its architecture matched the then-existing operating systems and hardware, but also the state of the Internet, where a website was typically a standalone physical server running a single instance of Apache. By the beginning of the 2000s it was obvious that the standalone web server model could not be easily replicated to satisfy the needs of growing web services. Although Apache provided a solid foundation for future development, it was architected to spawn a copy of itself for each new connection, which was not suitable for nonlinear scalability of a website. Eventually Apache became a general purpose web server focusing on having many different features, a variety of third-party extensions, and universal applicability to practically any kind of web application development. However, nothing comes without a price and the downside to having such a rich and universal combination of tools in a single piece of software is less scalability because of increased CPU and memory usage per connection.
Thus, when server hardware, operating systems and network resources ceased to be major constraints for website growth, web developers worldwide started to look around for a more efficient means of running web servers. Around ten years ago, Daniel Kegel, a prominent software engineer, proclaimed that "it's time for web servers to handle ten thousand clients simultaneously" and predicted what we now call Internet cloud services. Kegel's C10K manifest spurred a number of attempts to solve the problem of web server optimization to handle a large number of clients at the same time, and nginx turned out to be one of the most successful ones.
Aimed at solving the C10K problem of 10,000 simultaneous connections, nginx was written with a different architecture in mind—one which is much more suitable for nonlinear scalability in both the number of simultaneous connections and requests per second. nginx is event-based, so it does not follow Apache's style of spawning new processes or threads for each web page request. The end result is that even as load increases, memory and CPU usage remain manageable. nginx can now deliver tens of thousands of concurrent connections on a server with typical hardware.
In February 2012, the Apache 2.4.x branch was released to the public. Although this latest release of Apache has added new multi-processing core modules and new proxy modules aimed at enhancing scalability and performance, it's too soon to tell if its performance, concurrency and resource utilization are now on par with, or better than, pure event-driven web servers. It would be very nice to see Apache application servers scale better with the new version, though, as it could potentially alleviate bottlenecks on the backend side which still often remain unsolved in typical nginx-plus-Apache web configurations.
Handling high concurrency with high performance and efficiency has always been the key benefit of deploying nginx. However, there are now even more interesting benefits.
In the last few years, web architects have embraced the idea of decoupling and separating their application infrastructure from the web server. However, what would previously exist in the form of a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Python or Perl)-based website, might now become not merely a LEMP-based one (`E' standing for `Engine x'), but more and more often an exercise in pushing the web server to the edge of the infrastructure and integrating the same or a revamped set of applications and database tools around it in a different way.
nginx is very well suited for this, as it provides the key features necessary to conveniently offload concurrency, latency processing, SSL (secure sockets layer), static content, compression and caching, connections and requests throttling, and even HTTP media streaming from the application layer to a much more efficient edge web server layer. It also allows integrating directly with memcached/Redis or other "NoSQL" solutions, to boost performance when serving a large number of concurrent users.
With recent flavors of development kits and programming languages gaining wide use, more and more companies are changing their application development and deployment habits. nginx has become one of the most important components of these changing paradigms, and it has already helped many companies start and develop their web services quickly and within their budgets.
The first lines of nginx were written in 2002. In 2004 it was released to the public under the two-clause BSD license. The number of nginx users has been growing ever since, contributing ideas, and submitting bug reports, suggestions and observations that have been immensely helpful and beneficial for the entire community.
The nginx codebase is original and was written entirely from scratch in the C programming language. nginx has been ported to many architectures and operating systems, including Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, AIX and Microsoft Windows. nginx has its own libraries and with its standard modules does not use much beyond the system's C library, except for zlib, PCRE and OpenSSL which can be optionally excluded from a build if not needed or because of potential license conflicts.
A few words about the Windows version of nginx. While nginx works in a Windows environment, the Windows version of nginx is more like a proof-of-concept rather than a fully functional port. There are certain limitations of the nginx and Windows kernel architectures that do not interact well at this time. The known issues of the nginx version for Windows include a much lower number of concurrent connections, decreased performance, no caching and no bandwidth policing. Future versions of nginx for Windows will match the mainstream functionality more closely.
Traditional process- or thread-based models of handling concurrent connections involve handling each connection with a separate process or thread, and blocking on network or input/output operations. Depending on the application, it can be very inefficient in terms of memory and CPU consumption. Spawning a separate process or thread requires preparation of a new runtime environment, including allocation of heap and stack memory, and the creation of a new execution context. Additional CPU time is also spent creating these items, which can eventually lead to poor performance due to thread thrashing on excessive context switching. All of these complications manifest themselves in older web server architectures like Apache's. This is a tradeoff between offering a rich set of generally applicable features and optimized usage of server resources.
From the very beginning, nginx was meant to be a specialized tool to achieve more performance, density and economical use of server resources while enabling dynamic growth of a website, so it has followed a different model. It was actually inspired by the ongoing development of advanced event-based mechanisms in a variety of operating systems. What resulted is a modular, event-driven, asynchronous, single-threaded, non-blocking architecture which became the foundation of nginx code.
nginx uses multiplexing and event notifications heavily, and dedicates
specific tasks to separate processes. Connections are processed in a
highly efficient run-loop in a limited number of single-threaded
workers. Within each
worker nginx can
handle many thousands of concurrent connections and requests per
worker code includes the core and the functional
modules. The core of nginx is responsible for maintaining a tight
run-loop and executing appropriate sections of modules' code on each
stage of request processing. Modules constitute most of the
presentation and application layer functionality. Modules read from
and write to the network and storage, transform content, do outbound
filtering, apply server-side include actions and pass the requests to
the upstream servers when proxying is activated.
nginx's modular architecture generally allows developers to extend the set of web server features without modifying the nginx core. nginx modules come in slightly different incarnations, namely core modules, event modules, phase handlers, protocols, variable handlers, filters, upstreams and load balancers. At this time, nginx doesn't support dynamically loaded modules; i.e., modules are compiled along with the core at build stage. However, support for loadable modules and ABI is planned for the future major releases. More detailed information about the roles of different modules can be found in Section 14.4.
While handling a variety of actions associated with accepting,
processing and managing network connections and content retrieval,
nginx uses event notification mechanisms and a number of disk I/O
performance enhancements in Linux, Solaris and BSD-based operating
event ports. The
goal is to provide as many hints to the operating system as possible,
in regards to obtaining timely asynchronous feedback for inbound and
outbound traffic, disk operations, reading from or writing to sockets,
timeouts and so on. The usage of different methods for multiplexing
and advanced I/O operations is heavily optimized for every Unix-based
operating system nginx runs on.
A high-level overview of nginx architecture is presented in Figure 14.1.
As previously mentioned, nginx doesn't spawn a process or thread for
every connection. Instead,
worker processes accept new requests
from a shared "listen" socket and execute a highly efficient
run-loop inside each
worker to process thousands of connections
worker. There's no specialized arbitration or distribution of
connections to the
workers in nginx; this work is done by the OS
kernel mechanisms. Upon startup, an initial set of
listening sockets is created.
workers then continuously accept,
read from and write to the sockets while processing HTTP requests and
The run-loop is the most complicated part of the nginx
code. It includes comprehensive inner calls and relies heavily on the
idea of asynchronous task handling. Asynchronous operations are
implemented through modularity, event notifications, extensive use of
callback functions and fine-tuned timers. Overall, the key principle
is to be as non-blocking as possible. The only situation where nginx
can still block is when there's not enough disk storage performance
Because nginx does not fork a process or thread per connection, memory
usage is very conservative and extremely efficient in the vast
majority of cases. nginx conserves CPU cycles as well because there's
no ongoing create-destroy pattern for processes or threads. What nginx
does is check the state of the network and storage, initialize new
connections, add them to the run-loop, and process asynchronously
until completion, at which point the connection is deallocated and
removed from the run-loop. Combined with the careful use of
syscalls and an accurate implementation of supporting
interfaces like pool and slab memory allocators, nginx typically
achieves moderate-to-low CPU usage even under extreme workloads.
Because nginx spawns several
workers to handle connections, it
scales well across multiple cores. Generally, a separate
per core allows full utilization of multicore architectures, and
prevents thread thrashing and lock-ups. There's no resource starvation
and the resource controlling mechanisms are isolated within
worker processes. This model also allows more
scalability across physical storage devices, facilitates more disk
utilization and avoids blocking on disk I/O. As a result, server
resources are utilized more efficiently with the workload shared
across several workers.
With some disk use and CPU load patterns, the number of nginx
workers should be adjusted. The rules are somewhat basic here,
and system administrators should try a couple of configurations for
their workloads. General recommendations might be the following: if
the load pattern is CPU intensive—for instance, handling a lot of
TCP/IP, doing SSL, or compression—the number of nginx
should match the number of CPU cores; if the load is mostly disk I/O
bound—for instance, serving different sets of content from storage,
or heavy proxying—the number of
workers might be one and a half
to two times the number of cores. Some engineers choose the number of
workers based on the number of individual storage units
instead, though efficiency of this approach depends on the type and
configuration of disk storage.
One major problem that the developers of nginx will be solving in upcoming
versions is how to avoid most of the blocking on disk I/O. At the moment, if
there's not enough storage performance to serve disk operations generated by a
worker may still block on reading/writing
from disk. A number of mechanisms and configuration file directives exist to
mitigate such disk I/O blocking scenarios. Most notably, combinations of
options like sendfile and AIO typically produce a lot of headroom for disk
performance. An nginx installation should be planned based on the data set,
the amount of memory available for nginx, and the underlying storage architecture.
Another problem with the existing
worker model is related to
limited support for embedded scripting. For one, with the standard
nginx distribution, only embedding Perl scripts is supported. There is
a simple explanation for that: the key problem is the
possibility of an embedded script to block on any
operation or exit unexpectedly. Both types of behavior would
immediately lead to a situation where the worker is hung, affecting
many thousands of connections at once. More work is planned to make
embedded scripting with nginx simpler, more reliable and suitable for
a broader range of applications.
nginx runs several processes in memory; there is a single master
process and several
worker processes. There are also a couple
of special purpose processes, specifically a cache loader and cache
manager. All processes are single-threaded in version 1.x of
nginx. All processes primarily use shared-memory mechanisms for
inter-process communication. The master process is run as the
root user. The cache loader, cache manager and
run as an unprivileged user.
The master process is responsible for the following tasks:
worker processes accept, handle and process connections
from clients, provide reverse proxying and filtering functionality and
do almost everything else that nginx is capable of. In regards to
monitoring the behavior of an nginx instance, a system administrator
should keep an eye on
workers as they are the processes
reflecting the actual day-to-day operations of a web server.
The cache loader process is responsible for checking the on-disk cache items and populating nginx's in-memory database with cache metadata. Essentially, the cache loader prepares nginx instances to work with files already stored on disk in a specially allocated directory structure. It traverses the directories, checks cache content metadata, updates the relevant entries in shared memory and then exits when everything is clean and ready for use.
The cache manager is mostly responsible for cache expiration and invalidation. It stays in memory during normal nginx operation and it is restarted by the master process in the case of failure.
Caching in nginx is implemented in the form of hierarchical data
storage on a filesystem. Cache keys are configurable, and different
request-specific parameters can be used to control what gets into the
cache. Cache keys and cache metadata are stored in the shared memory
segments, which the cache loader, cache manager and
can access. Currently there is not any in-memory caching of files,
other than optimizations implied by the operating system's virtual
filesystem mechanisms. Each cached response is placed in a different
file on the filesystem. The hierarchy (levels and naming details) are
controlled through nginx configuration directives. When a response is
written to the cache directory structure, the path and the name of the
file are derived from an MD5 hash of the proxy URL.
The process for placing content in the cache is as follows: When nginx reads the response from an upstream server, the content is first written to a temporary file outside of the cache directory structure. When nginx finishes processing the request it renames the temporary file and moves it to the cache directory. If the temporary files directory for proxying is on another file system, the file will be copied, thus it's recommended to keep both temporary and cache directories on the same file system. It is also quite safe to delete files from the cache directory structure when they need to be explicitly purged. There are third-party extensions for nginx which make it possible to control cached content remotely, and more work is planned to integrate this functionality in the main distribution.
nginx's configuration system was inspired by Igor Sysoev's experiences with Apache. His main insight was that a scalable configuration system is essential for a web server. The main scaling problem was encountered when maintaining large complicated configurations with lots of virtual servers, directories, locations and datasets. In a relatively big web setup it can be a nightmare if not done properly both at the application level and by the system engineer himself.
As a result, nginx configuration was designed to simplify day-to-day operations and to provide an easy means for further expansion of web server configuration.
nginx configuration is kept in a number of plain text files which
typically reside in
/etc/nginx. The main configuration file is usually called
nginx.conf. To keep it uncluttered, parts of the configuration
can be put in separate files which can be automatically included in
the main one. However, it should be noted here that nginx does not
currently support Apache-style distributed configurations (i.e.,
.htaccess files). All of the configuration relevant to nginx
web server behavior should reside in a centralized set of
The configuration files are initially read and verified by the master
process. A compiled read-only form of the nginx configuration is
available to the
worker processes as they are forked from the
master process. Configuration structures are automatically shared by
the usual virtual memory management mechanisms.
nginx configuration has several different contexts for
location (and also
location block in the
main block of directives. Also, to
avoid unnecessary ambiguity there isn't anything like a "global web
server" configuration. nginx configuration is meant to be clean and
logical, allowing users to maintain complicated configuration files
that comprise thousands of directives. In a private conversation,
"Locations, directories, and other blocks in the global server
configuration are the features I never liked in Apache, so this is the
reason why they were never implemented in nginx."
Configuration syntax, formatting and definitions follow a so-called C-style convention. This particular approach to making configuration files is already being used by a variety of open source and commercial software applications. By design, C-style configuration is well-suited for nested descriptions, being logical and easy to create, read and maintain, and liked by many engineers. C-style configuration of nginx can also be easily automated.
While some of the nginx directives resemble certain parts of Apache configuration, setting up an nginx instance is quite a different experience. For instance, rewrite rules are supported by nginx, though it would require an administrator to manually adapt a legacy Apache rewrite configuration to match nginx style. The implementation of the rewrite engine differs too.
In general, nginx settings also provide support for several original
mechanisms that can be very useful as part of a lean web server
configuration. It makes sense to briefly mention variables and the
try_files directive, which are somewhat unique to
nginx. Variables in nginx were developed to provide an additional
even-more-powerful mechanism to control run-time configuration of a web
server. Variables are optimized for quick evaluation and are
internally pre-compiled to indices. Evaluation is done on demand;
i.e., the value of a variable is typically calculated only once and
cached for the lifetime of a particular request. Variables can be used
with different configuration directives, providing additional
flexibility for describing conditional request processing
try_files directive was initially meant to
gradually replace conditional
if configuration statements in a
more proper way, and it was designed to quickly and efficiently
try/match against different URI-to-content mappings. Overall, the
try_files directive works well and can be extremely efficient
and useful. It is recommended that the reader thoroughly check the
try_files directive and adopt its use whenever applicable.
As was mentioned before, the nginx codebase consists of a core and a number of modules. The core of nginx is responsible for providing the foundation of the web server, web and mail reverse proxy functionalities; it enables the use of underlying network protocols, builds the necessary run-time environment, and ensures seamless interaction between different modules. However, most of the protocol- and application-specific features are done by nginx modules, not the core.
Internally, nginx processes connections through a pipeline, or chain, of modules. In other words, for every operation there's a module which is doing the relevant work; e.g., compression, modifying content, executing server-side includes, communicating to the upstream application servers through FastCGI or uwsgi protocols, or talking to memcached.
There are a couple of nginx modules that sit somewhere between the
core and the real "functional" modules. These modules are
http module, there
are plans to separate it into a functional module in the future, due
to the need to support other protocols like SPDY (see "SPDY: An
experimental protocol for a faster web").
The functional modules can be divided into event modules, phase
handlers, output filters, variable handlers, protocols, upstreams and
load balancers. Most of these modules complement the HTTP
functionality of nginx, though event modules and protocols are also
event module that nginx uses depends on the operating system
capabilities and build configuration. Protocol modules allow nginx to
communicate through HTTPS, TLS/SSL, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP.
A typical HTTP request processing cycle looks like the following.
nginx module invocation is extremely customizable. It is performed through a series of callbacks using pointers to the executable functions. However, the downside of this is that it may place a big burden on programmers who would like to write their own modules, because they must define exactly how and when the module should run. Both the nginx API and developers' documentation are being improved and made more available to alleviate this.
Some examples of where a module can attach are:
worker, the sequence of actions leading to the
run-loop where the response is generated looks like the following:
The run-loop itself (steps 5 and 6) ensures incremental generation of a response and streaming it to the client.
A more detailed view of processing an HTTP request might look like this:
Which brings us to the phases. When nginx handles an HTTP request, it passes it through a number of processing phases. At each phase there are handlers to call. In general, phase handlers process a request and produce the relevant output. Phase handlers are attached to the locations defined in the configuration file.
Phase handlers typically do four things: get the location configuration, generate an appropriate response, send the header, and send the body. A handler has one argument: a specific structure describing the request. A request structure has a lot of useful information about the client request, such as the request method, URI, and header.
When the HTTP request header is read, nginx does a lookup of the associated virtual server configuration. If the virtual server is found, the request goes through six phases:
In an attempt to generate the necessary content in response to the
request, nginx passes the request to a suitable content
handler. Depending on the exact location configuration, nginx may try
so-called unconditional handlers first, like
mp4, etc. If the request does
not match any of the above content handlers, it is picked by one of
the following handlers, in this exact order:
Indexing module details can be found in the nginx documentation, but
these are the modules which handle requests with a trailing slash. If
a specialized module like
appropriate, the content is considered to be just a file or directory
on disk (that is, static) and is served by the
handler. For a directory it would automatically rewrite the URI so
that the trailing slash is always there (and then issue an HTTP
The content handlers' content is then passed to the filters. Filters are also attached to locations, and there can be several filters configured for a location. Filters do the task of manipulating the output produced by a handler. The order of filter execution is determined at compile time. For the out-of-the-box filters it's predefined, and for a third-party filter it can be configured at the build stage. In the existing nginx implementation, filters can only do outbound changes and there is currently no mechanism to write and attach filters to do input content transformation. Input filtering will appear in future versions of nginx.
Filters follow a particular design pattern. A filter gets called, starts working, and calls the next filter until the final filter in the chain is called. After that, nginx finalizes the response. Filters don't have to wait for the previous filter to finish. The next filter in a chain can start its own work as soon as the input from the previous one is available (functionally much like the Unix pipeline). In turn, the output response being generated can be passed to the client before the entire response from the upstream server is received.
There are header filters and body filters; nginx feeds the header and the body of the response to the associated filters separately.
A header filter consists of three basic steps:
Body filters transform the generated content. Examples of body filters include:
After the filter chain, the response is passed to the writer. Along
with the writer there are a couple of additional special purpose
filters, namely the
copy filter, and the
copy filter is responsible for filling memory
buffers with the relevant response content which might be stored in a
proxy temporary directory. The
postpone filter is used for
Subrequests are a very important mechanism for request/response
processing. Subrequests are also one of the most powerful aspects of
nginx. With subrequests nginx can return the results from a different
URL than the one the client originally requested. Some web frameworks
call this an internal redirect. However, nginx goes further—not only
can filters perform multiple subrequests and combine the outputs into
a single response, but subrequests can also be nested and
hierarchical. A subrequest can perform its own sub-subrequest, and a
sub-subrequest can initiate sub-sub-subrequests. Subrequests can map
to files on the hard disk, other handlers, or upstream
servers. Subrequests are most useful for inserting additional content
based on data from the original response. For example, the SSI
(server-side include) module uses a filter to parse the contents of
the returned document, and then replaces
with the contents of specified URLs. Or, it can be an example of making
a filter that treats the entire contents of a document as a URL to be
retrieved, and then appends the new document to the URL itself.
Upstream and load balancers are also worth describing
briefly. Upstreams are used to implement what can be identified as a
content handler which is a reverse proxy (
Upstream modules mostly prepare the request to be sent to an upstream
server (or "backend") and receive the response from the upstream
server. There are no calls to output filters here. What an upstream
module does exactly is set callbacks to be invoked when the upstream
server is ready to be written to and read from. Callbacks implementing
the following functionality exist:
Load balancer modules attach to the
proxy_pass handler to
provide the ability to choose an upstream server when more than one
upstream server is eligible. A load balancer registers an enabling
configuration file directive, provides additional upstream
initialization functions (to resolve upstream names in DNS, etc.),
initializes the connection structures, decides where to route the
requests, and updates stats
information. Currently nginx supports two standard disciplines for
load balancing to upstream servers: round-robin and ip-hash.
Upstream and load balancing handling mechanisms include algorithms to detect failed upstream servers and to re-route new requests to the remaining ones—though a lot of additional work is planned to enhance this functionality. In general, more work on load balancers is planned, and in the next versions of nginx the mechanisms for distributing the load across different upstream servers as well as health checks will be greatly improved.
There are also a couple of other interesting modules which provide an
additional set of variables for use in the configuration file. While
the variables in nginx are created and updated across different
modules, there are two modules that are entirely dedicated to
geo module is used to
facilitate tracking of clients based on their IP addresses. This
module can create arbitrary variables that depend on the client's IP
address. The other module,
map, allows for the creation of
variables from other variables, essentially providing the ability to
do flexible mappings of hostnames and other run-time variables. This
kind of module may be called the variable handler.
Memory allocation mechanisms implemented inside a single nginx
worker were, to some extent, inspired by Apache. A high-level
description of nginx memory management would be the following: For
each connection, the necessary memory buffers are dynamically
allocated, linked, used for storing and manipulating the header and
body of the request and the response, and then freed upon connection
release. It is very important to note that nginx tries to avoid
copying data in memory as much as possible and most of the data is
passed along by pointer values, not by calling
Going a bit deeper, when the response is generated by a module, the retrieved content is put in a memory buffer which is then added to a buffer chain link. Subsequent processing works with this buffer chain link as well. Buffer chains are quite complicated in nginx because there are several processing scenarios which differ depending on the module type. For instance, it can be quite tricky to manage the buffers precisely while implementing a body filter module. Such a module can only operate on one buffer (chain link) at a time and it must decide whether to overwrite the input buffer, replace the buffer with a newly allocated buffer, or insert a new buffer before or after the buffer in question. To complicate things, sometimes a module will receive several buffers so that it has an incomplete buffer chain that it must operate on. However, at this time nginx provides only a low-level API for manipulating buffer chains, so before doing any actual implementation a third-party module developer should become really fluent with this arcane part of nginx.
A note on the above approach is that there are memory buffers allocated for the entire life of a connection, thus for long-lived connections some extra memory is kept. At the same time, on an idle keepalive connection, nginx spends just 550 bytes of memory. A possible optimization for future releases of nginx would be to reuse and share memory buffers for long-lived connections.
The task of managing memory allocation is done by the nginx pool allocator. Shared memory areas are used to accept mutex, cache metadata, the SSL session cache and the information associated with bandwidth policing and management (limits). There is a slab allocator implemented in nginx to manage shared memory allocation. To allow simultaneous safe use of shared memory, a number of locking mechanisms are available (mutexes and semaphores). In order to organize complex data structures, nginx also provides a red-black tree implementation. Red-black trees are used to keep cache metadata in shared memory, track non-regex location definitions and for a couple of other tasks.
Unfortunately, all of the above was never described in a consistent and simple manner, making the job of developing third-party extensions for nginx quite complicated. Although some good documents on nginx internals exist—for instance, those produced by Evan Miller—such documents required a huge reverse engineering effort, and the implementation of nginx modules is still a black art for many.
Despite certain difficulties associated with third-party module development, the nginx user community recently saw a lot of useful third-party modules. There is, for instance, an embedded Lua interpreter module for nginx, additional modules for load balancing, full WebDAV support, advanced cache control and other interesting third-party work that the authors of this chapter encourage and will support in the future.
When Igor Sysoev started to write nginx, most of the software enabling the Internet already existed, and the architecture of such software typically followed definitions of legacy server and network hardware, operating systems, and old Internet architecture in general. However, this didn't prevent Igor from thinking he might be able to improve things in the web servers area. So, while the first lesson might seem obvious, it is this: there is always room for improvement.
With the idea of better web software in mind, Igor spent a lot of time developing the initial code structure and studying different ways of optimizing the code for a variety of operating systems. Ten years later he is developing a prototype of nginx version 2.0, taking into account the years of active development on version 1. It is clear that the initial prototype of a new architecture, and the initial code structure, are vitally important for the future of a software product.
Another point worth mentioning is that development should be focused. The Windows version of nginx is probably a good example of how it is worth avoiding the dilution of development efforts on something that is neither the developer's core competence or the target application. It is equally applicable to the rewrite engine that appeared during several attempts to enhance nginx with more features for backward compatibility with the existing legacy setups.
Last but not least, it is worth mentioning that despite the fact that the nginx developer community is not very large, third-party modules and extensions for nginx have always been a very important part of its popularity. The work done by Evan Miller, Piotr Sikora, Valery Kholodkov, Zhang Yichun (agentzh) and other talented software engineers has been much appreciated by the nginx user community and its original developers. | <urn:uuid:c0626a37-9f32-4ae0-a2bc-8177f3c57533> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.aosabook.org/en/nginx.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.923404 | 8,370 | 3.015625 | 3 |
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Researchers have compiled a new, highly detailed 3D brain map that captures the shapes and activity of neurons in the visual neocortex of mice. The map is freely available for neuroscience researchers and artificial intelligence specialists to utilize.
Researchers have created the most comprehensive 'parts list' of the human brain to date. They uncovered crucial differences between human and mouse brain cells. The findings may explain why many drugs used in research do not work in human models.
Allen Institute researchers have launched a new predictive, comprehensive model of a living human cell. The 3D model has been released as a public resource that will allow researchers to study human disease models and better understand cell properties.
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The government and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) appeared to be headed for a fresh confrontation on Wednesday with Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran questioning the board’s reported request to the Central government to provide forestland for the construction of a new temple at Ponnambalamedu, near Sabarimala.
A press note quoting the Minister said the board had overstepped its limits by asking for forestland from the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Citing media reports, he said the TDB president had no right to construct a temple at Ponnambalamedu, considered to be the sacred grove of the deity at Sabarimala.
Mr. Surendran said the Pandalam royal family had condemned the move by the TDB. “They feel that the proposed project would rob the Sabarimala temple of its significance and sanctity,” he said.
“Under the Travancore Cochin Hindu Religious Act, 1950, TDB’s only mandate is to ensure that the existing rituals are fulfilled. Who authorised the board to seek forestland for the construction of a temple without consulting the State government? How can the board president, a political nominee, take such an arbitrary decision,” he asked.
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Note: The following is something I posted yesterday as a Guest on HarsH ReaLiTy. Apologies if you’re seeing this in duplicate.
I went to Japan for five minutes and thirty-six seconds. I’m not talking about a virtual trip on the internet. I’m not talking about astral projection. I’m talking about an eleven day trip which included 25 hours of flying time from Toronto to Tokyo and back for the sake of a five minute and thirty-six second long song.
I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. It moved me to tears and I knew deep inside that I HAD to hear it and see it performed live. I was that passionate about it, about the man who wrote it and sings it – about the deep meaning in the lyrics and just the way he sings it and how utterly beautiful it is… So I made it happen. I couldn’t not.
Before you write me off as insane, please consider…
Merriam-Webster’s definition of Passion, ganked off the internet:
: a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something
: a strong feeling (such as anger) that causes you to act in a dangerous way
: a strong sexual or romantic feeling for someone
Passion is something we humans share. It’s responsible for much of the world’s most beautiful art in all its forms; it is the cause of some of the most heinous crimes. It gives us the ability to love deeply and to hate with seemingly every fibre of our being. It’s something that our children have also. And how scary can that potentially be?
You can say to a ten-year-old, “Son, there are things you will be passionate about when you grow older. You may feel like killing someone one day. Don’t,” but what’s the use? Because in the heat of passion we lose all reason. Logic goes off into the stratosphere and all that is left inside of us is pure emotion.
Passion is one of the things I believe we can only teach our children by example. For instance, if we talk about killing the guy in the car that cut us off, they will learn that passion can turn us against one another. If we follow our passion and turn it into a career, we will teach our children to follow their dreams.
And so I come back to my adventure – my trip to Japan. Aside from personally needing to make the trip, I feel in doing so I showed my children that if they want something badly enough, they can make it happen, no matter how unlikely. And no matter how insignificant it might seem to someone else and no matter how they may be judged for going for it; just do it.
The song? It doesn’t really matter. But here’s another one by the same band. It is appropriately called “Passion.”
The lyrics, in English, can be found by clicking here. But if you read them, don’t do the stuff he sings about – just sayin’ 😉
If you’d like to read about the absolutely incredible experience I had at the concert, click here. The post includes a picture of me, taken by the lead guitarist of the band from the stage during the concert!
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The SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect specialised pacemaker cells that keep the center’s rhythmic beat, setting off a self-destruction course of throughout the cells, based on a preclinical research co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medication, NewYork-Presbyterian and NYU Grossman Faculty of Medication. The findings supply a doable rationalization for the center arrhythmias which are generally noticed in sufferers with SARS-CoV-2 an infection.
Within the research, reported Apr. 1 in Circulation Analysis, the researchers used an animal mannequin in addition to human stem cell-derived pacemaker cells to indicate that SARS-CoV-2 can readily infect pacemaker cells and set off a course of known as ferroptosis, by which the cells self-destruct but additionally produce reactive oxygen molecules that may influence close by cells.
“It is a stunning and apparently distinctive vulnerability of those cells — we checked out quite a lot of different human cell sorts that may be contaminated by SARS-CoV-2, together with even coronary heart muscle cells, however discovered indicators of ferroptosis solely within the pacemaker cells,” mentioned research co-senior creator Dr. Shuibing Chen, the Kilts Household Professor of Surgical procedure and a professor of chemical biology in surgical procedure and of chemical biology in biochemistry at Weill Cornell Medication.
Arrhythmias together with too-quick (tachycardia) and too-slow (bradycardia) coronary heart rhythms have been famous amongst many COVID-19 sufferers, and a number of research have linked these irregular rhythms to worse COVID-19 outcomes. How SARS-CoV-2 an infection may trigger such arrhythmias has been unclear, although.
Within the new research, the researchers, together with co-senior creator Dr. Benjamin tenOever of NYU Grossman Faculty of Medication, examined golden hamsters — one of many solely lab animals that reliably develops COVID-19-like indicators from SARS-CoV-2 an infection — and located proof that following nasal publicity the virus can infect the cells of the pure cardiac pacemaker unit, often known as the sinoatrial node.
To review SARS-CoV-2’s results on pacemaker cells in additional element and with human cells, the researchers used superior stem cell methods to induce human embryonic stem cells to mature into cells intently resembling sinoatrial node cells. They confirmed that these induced human pacemaker cells specific the receptor ACE2 and different elements SARS-CoV-2 makes use of to get into cells and are readily contaminated by SARS-CoV-2. The researchers additionally noticed massive will increase in inflammatory immune gene exercise within the contaminated cells.
The workforce’s most stunning discovering, nonetheless, was that the pacemaker cells, in response to the stress of an infection, confirmed clear indicators of a mobile self-destruct course of known as ferroptosis, which includes accumulation of iron and the runaway manufacturing of cell-destroying reactive oxygen molecules. The scientists have been in a position to reverse these indicators within the cells utilizing compounds which are recognized to bind iron and inhibit ferroptosis.
“This discovering means that among the cardiac arrhythmias detected in COVID-19 sufferers may very well be brought on by ferroptosis injury to the sinoatrial node,” mentioned co-senior creator Dr. Robert Schwartz, an affiliate professor of drugs within the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Weill Cornell Medication and a hepatologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Heart.
Though in precept COVID-19 sufferers may very well be handled with ferroptosis inhibitors particularly to guard sinoatrial node cells, antiviral medicine that block the results of SARS-CoV-2 an infection in all cell sorts could be preferable, the researchers mentioned.
The researchers plan to proceed to make use of their cell and animal fashions to research sinoatrial node injury in COVID-19 — and past.
“There are different human sinoatrial arrhythmia syndromes we may mannequin with our platform,” mentioned co-senior creator Dr. Todd Evans, the Peter I. Pressman M.D. Professor of Surgical procedure and affiliate dean for analysis at Weill Cornell Medication. “And, though physicians at the moment can use a man-made digital pacemaker to switch the operate of a broken sinoatrial node, there’s the potential right here to make use of sinoatrial cells similar to we have developed instead, cell-based pacemaker remedy.”
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TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 124, establishing a process by which the Department of Corrections may grant temporary reprieve to certain at-risk inmates during the public health emergency. The Governor’s Executive Order creates the Emergency Medical Review Committee to make recommendations on which inmates should be placed on temporary home confinement through the Commissioner’s statutory furlough authority. All recommendations to place an individual on home confinement will be made after thorough review and consideration of the conditions that an individual may face in the community.
“My Administration’s top priority is the health and safety of all nine million New Jerseyans, including those who are currently incarcerated,” said Governor Murphy. “The correctional setting presents unique challenges to social distancing, particularly for vulnerable populations. Allowing some of our most vulnerable individuals who do not pose a public safety threat to temporarily leave prison will protect both their health, and the health and safety of the men and women working in our correctional facilities. With this action, New Jersey will join several other states, and the federal government, in taking necessary steps to strike a balance between public health, public safety, and victims’ rights.”
“The health and safety of our staff, inmates and the public-at-large is of paramount importance,” said Department of Corrections Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks, Esq. “This Order helps address social distancing challenges in the correctional setting and prioritizes the needs of medically vulnerable inmates during this public health crisis.”
The four categories for priority early release include:
Individuals who have been convicted of a serious offense, including murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, or any offense subject to the No Early Release Act, will be ineligible for temporary reprieve. However, the Committee would be able to consider any and all previous convictions when making recommendations for home confinement.
The Governor’s Executive Order creates the following process for granting temporary reprieve:
The Order will take effect immediately.
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Do you know that financial reports are key documents that enable lenders to make a decision about whether they lend your business money?
You are probably aware of the 5 C’s that lenders look at when they assess an individual’s credit worthiness, namely: character, capacity, capital, collateral and conditions. In a similar way, lenders can tell from your business’ financial reports whether those criteria are met.
However, financial reports provide a lot deeper insight into assessing the risk the lender takes on when a business borrows money. So it stands to reason that if you want the best chance of borrowing success, then it pays to provide the lender with accurate, high quality information that is available in a timely manner.
It is also important to be prepared for the following questions:
- How much do you want to borrow?
- What time frame and how will it be repaid
- What is an alternative way the loan could be repaid should the business fail
- Is the loan application request reasonable in the circumstances
Like the 5 C’s of creditworthiness for an individual, there are 6 aspects to creditworthiness for a business that stem from financial reports. They are:
- Ratio Analysis
- Cash Flow
- Operation Risk Assessment
- Accuracy of Records
- Break Even Analysis
- Business Forecasting
The Ratio Analysis and what it reveals about your business
Well, actually there is more than one ratio. A lender may use four different ratios when assessing a lending application for a business.
- The Working Capital Ratio.(which is Current Assets / Current Liabilities) Working Capital represents a company’s ability to pay its current liabilities with its current assets. Working capital is an important measure of financial health since lenders can measure a company’s ability to pay off its debts within a year. Assessing the liquidity of a business, or how easily a company can convert assets into cash to pay its short term obligations, is crucial to the Working Capital Ratio. For example: if your company has assets of $10 million and liabilities of $5 million there is a straight forward ratio of 2:1 i.e. Current Assets / Current Liabilities. The lower the ratio, the longer it may take to pay back the lending or subject the borrower to undue stress on working capital.
- The Quick Ratio or ‘Acid Test’ Ratio. (which is Current Assets-Inventory/ Current Liabilities) This ratio shows how well current liabilities are covered by cash and by items with a ready cash value. Inventory, on the other hand, takes time to sell and convert into liquid assets. This ratio subtracts inventories from current assets, before dividing that figure into liabilities. For example: if your company has assets of $10 million less $3 million in inventory and $5 million in current liabilities the ratio is 1.4:1. Ideally, you want to show a 1:1 ratio, but if your business has less than that it could mean that you turn your inventory over quickly in which case the lender may seek clarification.
- The Debt-to-Equity Ratio. This ratio shows a potential lender if you are borrowing too much. The debt-to-equity (D/E) is calculated by adding outstanding long and short-term debt, and dividing it by the book value of shareholders’ equity. For example, your company has about $2 million worth of loans and has shareholders’ equity of $10 million. That works out to a modest ratio of 0.20, which is acceptable under most circumstances. However, like all other ratios, the metric has to be analysed in terms of industry norms and company-specific requirements.
- The Return on Equity Ratio. This ratio determines how valuable a shareholders investment in a company is. Return on equity is calculated by taking the company’s net earnings (after taxes), subtracting preferred dividends, and dividing the result by common equity dollars in the company. For example, if your company has net earnings of $1.5 million and preferred dividends are $500,000. Take that and divide it by the common equity of $8 million for arguments sake. That gives a ROE of 12.5%. The higher the ROE, the better the company is at generating profits.
The Importance of Cash Flow
You are probably aware that there are two forms of accounting that determine how cash flows within a business; accrual accounting and cash accounting.
Accrual accounting is used by most public companies and is the accounting method where revenue is reported as income when it’s earned rather than when the company receives payment. Expenses are also reported when incurred, even though no cash payments have been made.
Cash accounting is an accounting method in which payment receipts are recorded during the period they are received, and expenses are recorded in the period in which they are paid. Therefore, revenues and expenses are recorded when cash is received and paid, respectively.
From an accounting perspective, your company might be profitable, but if the receivables become past due or uncollected, your company could run into financial problems. Even profitable companies can fail to adequately manage their cash flow, which is why a cash flow statement is a critical tool for lenders to analyse.
How Operational Risk impacts a lender’s decision
Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from ineffective or failed internal processes, people, systems, or external events that can disrupt the flow of business operations. The losses can be directly or indirectly financial.
Lenders view Operational risk as part of a potential chain reaction of events which may result in an organisational failure that can harm a company’s bottom line and reputation.
As part of this process, a lender may ask you to provide a summary of the following:
- Any breaches of private data resulting from cybersecurity attacks that have occured
- Technology risks tied to automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence
- Business processes and control weaknesses
- Physical events that can disrupt the business, such as natural disasters and health pandemics for example
- Circumstances of Internal and external fraud
Why your business must have accurate Financial reports
Having reports is critical for your business for a range of reasons, including preparing accounts, evaluating tax liabilities, decision making, planning, forecasting and borrowing money.
The many financial reports that must be prepared for your business, provide you with the information needed to establish your business strategy, make management decisions, and understand whether your business is facing a challenge or an opportunity.
Lenders rely on you as the business owner to provide them with accurate financial information. The documents they will request from you are:
- Statement of Financial Position
- Statement of Profit and Loss
- Statement of Changes in Equity
- Statement of Cash Flows
- Statement of Balance Sheet
- Any notes to the financial statements
In addition to the above, lenders may ask for supplementary information that gives a narrative to explain the businesses performance and financial position. Narrative may also be sought for information on business strategies, and prospects for future financial years.
The quality and accuracy of the information you provide a lender supports your case for funding. But not only that, it is a best practice standard to adhere to. And by following best practices, if the time comes that you want to exit your business then it makes the process of compiling your Selling Memorandum that much easier.
What is your Break-Even Analysis?
Break-even analysis involves calculating and examining the margin of safety for a business based on the revenues collected and associated costs.
In other words, the analysis shows how many sales it takes to pay for the cost of doing business.
Let’s say that your fixed costs are $3.5 million and your gross margin is 55%. Divide the fixed costs by the gross-margin. This gives us a break-even point of $6.3 million. This determines that your minimum weekly sales requirement is $131,250, based on a 48 week sales funnel
How accurate is your Business Forecasting?
Like any forecast, business forecasting involves making informed views based on modelling.
In the case of a business, the forecasting will involve metrics, regardless of whether they reflect the specifics of a business, such as sales growth, or predictions for the economy as a whole.
Financial and operational decisions are made based on economic conditions and how the future looks taking into account a degree of uncertainty.
A lender may look at how accurate your past forecasting has been and whether you have used qualitative and/or quantitative methods to make your assumptions.
So there you have it, 6 things a lender will look at before they will lend you money and how you can demonstrate your businesses creditworthiness.
- Constantly monitor your financial ratios
- Understand your cash flow and the impact it has on your business
- Know your operational risk factors and how to mitigate them
- Demonstrate Best Practice Standards by having up-to-date accurate information
- Know your break even point
- Use qualitative and quantitative methods in your forecasting
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If you are confused by accounting and not confident that your financial records will stand up to the scrutiny of a lender, then get in contact with us today via email to organise a free no obligation chat. Also, if you need an accountant in Auckland – feel free to reach out. We will listen and then formulate the best strategies to help you achieve your goals. Alternatively, click on the Book A Call button now to get started. | <urn:uuid:9bdcc43c-c98c-41b1-bf78-02c1a3cb2e6f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.insightca.nz/the-top-6-things-lenders-want-to-see-in-your-financial-reports-before-they-will-lend-you-money/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.946885 | 1,945 | 2.5 | 2 |
These days, almost every web browser has a built-in PDF viewer to cover the basic PDF needs of an average user. But if your workflow requires more features than a simple viewer can offer, you need external third-party apps for creating, converting, viewing, and editing PDF files. Adobe has just made things a bit easier for such users by releasing an updated Adobe Acrobat extension for Chromium-based browsers. The extension now offers PDF editing tools, allowing users to edit PDF files directly in a browser without purchasing additional software.
The Adobe Acrobat extension for Chrome (works in Microsoft Edge too) lets you open, download, print, comment, fill and sign PDF documents. It also supports notes, markups, drawings, text, and highlights.
Of course, Adobe still wants to turn you into an Adobe Acrobat Pro DC subscriber, which means the company hides additional features behind a paywall. Those willing to spend some shekels on the subscription get access to more features:
- converting PDF files to Microsoft Word documents,
- converting web pages to PDF files,
- advanced editing tools, such as rotating, removing, or reordering pages within a PDF file.
Still, it is nice to see Adobe willing to give users PDF editing capabilities without forcing them to pay.
You can download the Adobe Acrobat extension for Chromium-based browsers from the Chrome Web Store using this link.
It is worth mentioning that Microsoft is constantly improving its browser's tools in the PDF viewer. Microsoft Edge recently received a bunch of new features, such as the ability to remember where you left off a PDF document and add free-form text. Also, Microsoft recently fixed issues with digital pens in the Edge browser, which means users can now use their styluses to work with PDF files without frequent hang-ups and glitches.
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An inspirational portrait of Anne Frank joins images of Terry Fox and Albert Einstein on the walls of Innisfail High School.
Thirty-six art students from Grades 10-12 worked together to create another unique mural for the school’s student gathering space.
Students had already created artworks depicting the Canadian hero and the world renowned scientist, and they collaborated on who they should commemorate next?
Innisfail High teacher Rob Burton said, “One of our students suggested Anne Frank and we were all immediately struck by the idea.
“She’s an indomitable spirit, and was also a student. As the mosaic took shape, I think a lot of students were struck by (her) importance and influence.”
Anne’s diary, published after her death in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, recounted the many months she and her Jewish family had previously spent in hiding from the Nazis and has influenced many people.
Students at Innisfail High School had learned about her “incredibly strong legacy” in multiple subject areas over several years.
Upon re-reading The Diary of a Young Girl, Burton said he was reminded of Anne’s efforts “to cling to the beauty and goodness in herself and the world around her.
“She chose to hold onto her own happiness, which is incredibly solid advice for the times we are in.”
The art students create 196 five-inch squares of plywood on which they painted Frank’s portrait in oils from a grid.
They painted one square at a time and these were eventually pieced together, creating a six-foot square mosaic, which now hangs in the school’s student gathering area.
“I’ve seen a lot of amazing art come through this school, and this is one of my favourite teaching experiences ever. We are all so proud to be part of it,” said Mr. Burton. | <urn:uuid:d2161f1f-c3c3-42d7-bc06-dd71d55069ba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/new-anne-frank-artwork-graces-walls-of-innisfail-high-school/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.980076 | 405 | 3.125 | 3 |
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A first-of-its-kind study conducted at the University of California, Riverside finds same-sex couples do a better job of having high-quality interactions with one another than their straight counterparts.
Besides just daily interactions between those two types of couples, researchers also compared typical social networks between same-sex and heterosexual couples. This led them to conclude that couples including two men usually feature the smallest social networks.
This isn’t the first study to find homosexual couples generally do a good job of maintaining a positive vibe, open lines of communication, and appreciation of individual differences. This is the first research project, however, to compare daily interaction quality between partners and larger social groups.
Comparing same-sex couples to heterosexual partners
“The comparison is important because there is so much research linking the quality of romantic relationships and other social ties to health and well-being, yet it is unclear if this applies similarly or differently to people in same-gender romantic relationships because they have been historically excluded from past research,” says study co-author Megan Robbins in a university release.
A total of 77 couples took part in the research. Of that group, 24 were two females, 20 were two males, and 33 were a man and woman. Each couple was married or “married-like,” living together for over a year, and had no health conditions impacting day-to-day life.
Each participant met with researchers for an in-person survey on two occasions one month apart. In the days following those meetings, participants also received periodic texts messages. These asked if the participants interacted with their partner or someone else (friends and family) within the previous 10 minutes. If they had, participants rated the quality of that interaction on a scale of 1-5; with one being unpleasant and five being pleasant.
Do smaller groups have more in common?
Circling back to social networks, women in a relationship with a man tend to have the biggest social circles. As far as why homosexual men tend to have the smallest social circles, the research team has a theory. Robbins speculates it may have something to do with cutting unsupportive people out of their lives.
“We hypothesized that one model for how the social life of people in same-gender couples might differ from those in different-gender couples was a honing model, where people in same-gender couples reduce their social networks down to only those people who are supportive. We found some support for this by learning that the men with men had the smallest social networks in our sample,” the associate professor of psychology at UC Riverside adds.
But, why do same-sex couples have better interactions with one another than other couples? The study finds it may be due to greater similarity and equality among the two members of a relationship.
“When male and female partners interact, they may do so from a culturally imposed frame wherein men and women are considered ‘opposites,’ which creates more potential for tension in interactions,” the UCR researcher concludes.
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Examination of Doubts of Woman’s Character from the Viewpoint of Orientalists
Nahid Golizad Bahari*, Ali Safari, Mohammad Ali Mahdawi Rad
God has chosen man as his own deputy on earth and the noblest of all creatures and dignified him. According to the verses of Holy Quran, man has been created in two sexes, i.e. male and female. Quranic verses insist on the idea that no one of the two sexes has any essential nobility and dignity over the other and Godwariness is introduced as the measure of human value. However, some orientalists by a superficial reading of the Quran underline such issues as the guardianship of man, divorce and etc., and consider the woman to be of a second degree human value and a weak creature in Quran. Having said these, they seek to challenge the authority of Quran and describe it as a book written by a man. The present essay by a descriptive-analytic method and by the
study and criticism of doubts and objections casted by the orientalists, based on the divine verses and Islamic doctrines has proceeded to defend the place of woman and truthfulness of Quran. It is concluded that the doubts casted by the orientalists are due to the lack of awareness or misunderstanding and lack of comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of Quran and Islam or in some cases, out of animosity and fight with Islam. | <urn:uuid:4d683f70-aa51-4777-92dd-738ba1a073d6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.psychosocial.com/article/PR202207/33331/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.963356 | 292 | 1.648438 | 2 |
On May 26th, 2011, the U.S. issued an “ordered departure” for all non-essential diplomats in Yemen, amidst bloody clashes between supporters and opponents of then Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. Even in their early days, these encounters left dozens dead and more injured—all the while, Saleh promised he would keep the latest violence from “dragging the country into civil war.”
By year’s end, the death toll settled at 2,000. By the end of the decade, the 2011 Yemeni Revolution had exploded into an even bloodier civil war, which has so far left more than 100,000 dead, including 12,000 civilians, as well as estimates of more than 85,000 dead as a result of an ongoing famine caused by the war. The United Nations has called this famine “the worst in the world in 100 years.”
This is the backdrop for Mohammed Murshed’s show, “Patterns Do Furnish a Life,” on view through November 21st at SATOR Projects.
Walking into the gallery, which has migrated this season to a long and narrow retail space in Portland’s central eastside, I was struck first by how little I understood the subject of Murshed’s work. Outside of rumors of North Korean, Russian, and U.S. arms deals related to the Yemeni civil war, I had heard little of the war itself, and I knew nothing of its human toll. But Murshed doesn’t let media oversight distance his audience from his work’s intimate, mesmerizing presence.
Murshed’s looping video piece, Hope (2021), welcomes visitors into the gallery by asking “What does hope mean to you?” His interviewees’ responses echo throughout the space: “War destroyed all my dreams,” one individual says. “I never forget that there is a thing called hope,” says another.
By introducing the show with this question about hope, Murshed levels the playing field for both artist and viewer. It also impresses the fact that Murshed’s solo exhibition, though transparently personal, is far from a relic of someone else’s country or a memory of someone else’s war; It’s a conversation between past and future, pain, possibility and reality.
Just past the video installation, digitally-printed textile works criss-cross above the center of the gallery on clotheslines, draped in golden, midday shimmer. Painted works on canvas wait patiently on far walls, and a sketchbook sits sprawled open atop a pedestal.
On most pages of the sketchbook, wide, inky-black brushstrokes smother pages of poetry and prose, rendering them illegible. On others, images from rural Yemeni villages whisper through a haze of shadowy smears, some more obstructed than others. Flipping through the book, I felt an immediate, ominous sense of erasure.
The first of Murshed’s series of paintings—including Rabbi Shalom Shabazi, Masjid Ashrafiya, Barran Temple, and Masjid bin Alwaan (all completed in 2018)—create a similar effect of erasure, recalling only dominant outlines of buildings from Sana’a, Yemen, where Murshed grew up. These architectural landscapes swap out sky blues and grass greens for a careful palette of golds and greys—a dreamscape where shadows gesture toward both presence and absence.
What charges these pieces with emotional power is the fact that Murshed hasn’t seen these places since he fled to the U.S. in 2011, during the Arab Spring—the anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. He painted each of these landmarks from memory, so they are at once landscapes and dreamscapes.
Installed opposite the 2018 paintings are a group of paintings from 2020. These have poetic titles: More books, not weapons. Humanity is more valuable than heritage beliefs; Pass down life, not corruption. Endorse intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance and hate; No patience for discrimination. Fairness, not hypocrisy; No for passing down ancestral historical vengeance that keeps humanity in suffering (all 2020). The more recent paintings represent what might be the next phase of Murshed’s process.
While still a definitive continuation of his “love letter” to Yemen, these later paintings move away from the idylls of memory and toward a more unsettling present. Blue, red, and black paint graffitis Yemeni structures in blood-like splatters, the brushstrokes charged with the clamour and frustration of violence.
Subtle red film also distorts the color of the sunlight passing through the gallery windows. Murshed uses red lights in his studio to create a calming effect; the red film in the gallery helps to reproduce the environment in which the paintings were produced.
Murshed’s textile works dominate the gallery space. The movement of one of Murshed’s largest pieces—Celebrate the beauty of traditional Yemeni patterns, but it’s hard to celebrate when your home is still in Yemen getting attacked. From the inside and the outside. Hopefully, one day we’ll see Yemen free from all evil (2020)—mirrors the movement of the painting of a mountain behind it (Mount Improbable (2019)). The textile piece’s cheetah blots of black, its blood-orange, pink and purple brustrokes, and its border pattern of tiny red eyes also converge at a common center, itself a yawning, backgrounded eye. What’s more fascinating than Murshed’s creative process, he digitally paints these on an iPad then prints them on polyester, is the fact that he creates these multimedia textile pieces with a Yemeni audience in mind. I’m told these pieces are perpetually out of stock.
After considering Murshed’s question, “What does hope mean to you?” I’m compelled to turn the question back to him: What does hope mean to Murshed?
“Love gets abstracted by the Patriarchy,” Murshed explained to curators Ashley Gifford and Kyle Cohlmia. “Yet, love also forms an awakening in the consciousness of people: an awakening that is dangerous to patriarchal existence.” By overpainting the memories of his hometown with (dis)ornamented patterns of violence and trauma, Murshed tells a new story about pain as he works toward healing. In these works, he not only sheds light on an overlooked crisis; he also suggests a method for processing crises, one that makes room for collective remembering, love and anti-Patriarchy activism, all at once. In Patterns Do Furnish a Life, Murshed depicts both anguish and hope with equal care.
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In 2008 we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy. degraded). In particular, a block in macroautophagy that results in autophagosome accumulation must be differentiated from stimuli that increase autophagic activity, defined as increased autophagy induction coupled with increased delivery to, and degradation within, lysosomes (in most higher eukaryotes and some protists such as gene (see (wild-type) and does not prevent the formation of LC3-II in embryonic stem cells even though autophagy is considerably decreased, whereas deletion of leads to the complete lack of LC3-II (discover Fig.?supplemental and 5A data in ref.?176). The same holds true for the era of Atg8CPE in candida in the lack of (discover Fig.?7 in ref.?177). Therefore, it’s important to keep in mind that not absolutely all of the autophagy-related proteins are required for Atg8/LC3 processing, including lipidation.177 Vagaries in the detection and amounts of LC3-I versus LC3-II present technical problems. For example, LC3-I is very abundant in brain tissue, and the intensity of the LC3-I band may obscure detection of LC3-II, unless the polyacrylamide crosslinking density is optimized, or the membrane fraction of LC3 is first separated from the cytosolic fraction.44 Conversely, certain cell lines have much less visible LC3-I compared to LC3-II. In addition, tissues may have asynchronous and heterogeneous cell populations, and this variability may present challenges when analyzing LC3 by western blotting. Second, LC3-II also associates with the membranes of nonautophagic structures. For example, some members of the PCDHGC/-protocadherin family undergo clustering to form intracellular tubules that emanate from lysosomes.178 LC3-II is recruited to these tubules, where it appears to promote or stabilize membrane expansion. Furthermore, LC3 can be recruited directly to apoptotic cell-containing phagosome membranes,179,180 macropinosomes,179 the parasitophorous vacuole of in mouse or rat. In addition, it is important to keep in mind the other subfamily of Atg8 proteins, the GABARAP subfamily (see above).141,209 Certain types of mitophagy induced by BNIP3L/NIX are highly dependent on GABARAP and less dependent on LC3 proteins.210,211 Furthermore, commercial antibodies for GABARAPL1 also recognize GABARAP,138,143 which might lead to misinterpretation of experiments, in particular those using immunohistochemical techniques. Sometimes the problem with cross-reactivity of the anti-GABARAPL1 antibody can be overcome when examining these protein EIF4EBP1 by traditional western blot as the isoforms could be solved during SDS-PAGE using high focus (15%) gels, as GABARAP migrates quicker than GABARAPL1 (M. Boyer-Guittaut, personal conversation; see Fig also.?S4 in ref.?143). Because GABARAP and GABARAPL1 can both end up being prepared and lipidated proteolytically, producing GABARAP-I or GABARAP-II and GABARAPL1-I or GABARAPL1-II, respectively, this might result in a misassignment of the various bands. When extremely particular antibodies that can discriminate between GABARAPL1 and GABARAP become obtainable, we advise their use strongly; until after that, we advise extreme care in interpreting outcomes predicated on the recognition of these protein by traditional western blot. Antibody specificity could be evaluated after full inhibition of GABARAP (or any various Aliskiren hemifumarate other Atg8 family members protein) appearance by RNA disturbance.143,167 Generally, we advise caution in choosing antibodies for western blotting and immunofluorescence experiments and in interpreting results predicated on stated affinities of antibodies unless these have already been clearly determined. Much like any traditional western blot, proper ways of quantification must be used, which are, regrettably, often not well disseminated; readers are referred to an Aliskiren hemifumarate excellent paper on this subject (observe ref.?212). Unlike the other members of the GABARAP family, almost no information is usually available on GABARAPL3, perhaps because it is not yet possible to differentiate between GABA-RAPL1 and GABARAPL3 proteins, which have 94% identity. 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“I AM very, very angry and very, very anxious,” says Shoichi Royama. His feelings are understandable. Mr Royama, a professor at Osaka University, is also an adviser to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Financial System Stabilisation Panel, which is supposed to be finding ways to restore health to Japan's rapidly failing financial system. A sub-committee of this panel was supposed to come out with proposals on December 10th. It was then due to present these proposals to the LDP two days later, so that the party could include them in a package of measures to be announced on December 16th. It didn't. The sub-committee's meeting was delayed by a day. It is now unclear whether the rest of the timetable will be kept.
The meeting was postponed ostensibly because Japan's opposition parties had proposed a no-confidence vote in the coalition government, which is dominated by the LDP, for the following day, the last of this year's Diet (parliament). In reality it was shifted because many of the committee's members were cross that Ryutaro Hashimoto, Japan's beleaguered prime minister, had ignored the committee and lent his support to a proposal from Seiroku Kajiyama, a former chief cabinet secretary.
This proposal comes in two parts. The first involves the package's financing. Mr Hashimoto is committed to reducing public debt. Only two weeks ago, the Diet passed a law committing the government to reduce the government's budget deficit to 3% of GDP and eliminate the issuing of deficit-financing bonds by 2003. Issuing lots of government bonds now to pump money into the financial system would have gone against the spirit if not the letter of the law.
Step forward Mr Kajiyama. He proposed a way for the government to raise ¥10 trillion-worth ($78 billion) of bonds without, miraculously, seeming to increase the general government debt. This was to use the government's remaining shares in NTT, Japan Tobacco and other companies as collateral for the bonds. Backed by collateral, such borrowing would not show up in the general government borrowing figures. But in many ways the proposal is a deceit, for the net indebtedness of the government still rises. “It is only a policy for accountants,” fumes Mr Royama.
The second point of the proposal—what Mr Kajiyama wants done with the money—is just as controversial. Like much else in the debate about how to use public funds, this is murky. For one thing, it was not clear that all of the money would be spent on propping up banks and other financial firms; though later in the week Mr Hashimoto was claiming that it would be spent only on doing something about Japan's financial system.
Mr Kajiyama seemingly wants to inject public money into moribund financial institutions. This would be lunacy. There is certainly a good argument for injecting public money into healthy banks that take over the sound assets of failed institutions. However, to inject it into unsound ones rewards the weak, penalises the strong and creates a huge moral hazard. Moreover, such a policy would do nothing to restore the confidence of either depositors or the capital markets, for both would be rightfully wary of any bank that felt the need for an infusion of capital. And it would do nothing at all about the banks' bad debts.
Just as bad is the fact that Mr Kajiyama's entry into the debate has created unnecessary delay and confusion. His proposals for raising money will probably be adopted even if his ideas for spending it are not: the wheeze allows the prime minister to save face. But no details have been thrashed out and time is running out fast. Mr Royama and others are likely to find the coming week a very fretful one indeed.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline "Interminable delays"
From the December 13th 1997 edition
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Clarke University has long been the tri-states’ leader in teacher preparation. As the needs of our schools and communities change, Clarke is proud to develop new offerings that rise to the challenge of 21st century education.
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A Secret History of American River People is a project to build a collection of personal stories of people who live and work on the river from the deck of a recreated mid-century shantyboat over a series of epic river voyages. The project engages people living in contemporary river communities in dialog, examining the personal stories of ordinary river people and the ways that river communities respond to threats to river culture such as economic displacement, gentrification, environmental degradation, and the effects of global climate change
We make our way downriver in a rustic houseboat, built by the artists over two years, loosely based on designs from shantyboats in the 1940s, from largely recycled and reclaimed materials. People tell us that traveling on the river in an authentic shantyboat and taking the time to listen to people’s stories makes this project unique. This participatory art project inspires deep wonder and connects meaningfully with people’s personal histories.
The project attempts to preserve the currently endangered history of people who have long lived on and adjacent to the river with a multi-layered, project that includes a touring participatory art installation, a research archive, short and feature documentaries, and a series of books.
We are entering our sixth year of the project. The shantyboat has traveled over 1500 river miles and 26,000 miles by land. We’ve conducted over 125 oral history interviews spanning hundreds hours of video and audio, exhibited nationwide, and talked to thousands of people about the river.
Secret History asks critical questions about art, history, place, and social change.
- How do rivers connect us? A goal of the project is to create a powerful tool for learning about the river, people’s relationship to it, and basic river ecology. We ask every interviewee about their relationship to and feelings about the river.
- How can art help? This interdisciplinary social practice project focused on listening, challenges audiences perceptions of art and sparks conversations about art-making, commodification, and art in everyday life. Secret History reflects my values of excellence in art: engagement, participation, discovery, and meaningfulness.
- Are rivers part of the public commons? A goal of the project is to explore the importance of rivers as a public commons, question who has access to the river, and to challenge dominant cultural assumptions about the role in society of people living at the fringe.
- What do we mean by history? Firmly rooted in a people’s history or bottom-up history tradition, the project forms a complementary and contradictory collage of personal narrative creating a multi-perspective and multi-path take on history.
- Whose stories get told? The project makes a particular effort to explore untold personal histories of those in river communities who are not represented in the dominant historical narrative, including native people, people of color, women, working-class and impoverished people.
- How can we make change? The project is primarily about listening to what river people know about their lives and their communities. In listening and sharing, it offers possible solutions to shared challenges to those in other river communities, and encourages audiences to take river history and draw parallels in addressing challenges in their own time and place.
The project is a contemporary art piece that recalls Suzanne Lacy’s dialogical works, the community-based work of Helen and Newton Harrison, and the contemporary water-based practice of Mary Mattingly, Eve Mosher, and others. In the humanities, it recalls the work of social documentarians, Walker Evans, Alan Lomax, and Howard Zinn.
These archives telling otherwise untold personal narratives are a significant cultural artifact with wide-reaching significance to people living in river communities nationwide. In five years of fieldwork and talking to thousands of people about rivers, I have been told that the river stories we share help people:
- connect with the river as a significant character in their personal story and of a region
- understand their socio-economic and racial roots in their area
- understand the role of economic influence, civic engagement, and racial and class factors in riverside development
- understand the delicate balance and conflicting needs of commerce and ecology in river management
- find solutions to shared challenges in river communities elsewhere on the continent
Secret History: The Story So Far
In 2012, California artist Wes Modes began building the Secret History shantyboat. Inspired by historical accounts of shantyboaters on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, he lovingly recreated a traditional wooden-hulled barge-bottom houseboat with friends over two years out of largely rustic reclaimed materials.
This summer our fieldwork takes us to the mighty Ohio River. Check out how you can help support the project.
In the summers of 2014 and 2015, Wes embarked on epic journeys to discover, present, and connect the personal narratives of river people from the deck of the shantyboat on the Mississippi River. The project combines his experience as a sculptor and digital artist, his enduring interest in people’s history, personal narrative, and river life, and his thirst for adventure.
Meeting people who work and live on the river, Wes collected a digital archive of personal histories — the lost stories of river people, river communities, and the river itself, including the personal chronicle of the artist’s adventure. Wes conducted oral-history interviews with Upper Mississippi artists, boathouse residents, scientists, researchers, historians, business owners, and adventurers. On the journey, he used the project website and social media to share stories, photographs, and video to connect river people with those far from the river.
In summer 2016 in conjunction with exhibitions in the region, Wes re-launched the shantyboat on the Tennessee River. A summer-long research voyage started in Knoxville, Tennessee and traveled 658 river miles through northern Alabama and Mississippi, ending in Paducah, Kentucky where the Tennessee meets the Ohio River. The project exhibited at a half dozen locations.
In 2017, we boated the length of California’s Sacramento River from the mountains to the delta, running through the Central Valley with interviews and exhibitions along the way.
Summer 2018’s fieldwork took us to New York’s Hudson River, from the lakes and canals of the historic Upper Hudson, through the wild estuary of the lower river, finally to the industrial wastelands of the urban Harlem and East Rivers concluding with exhibitions in New York City.
The shantyboat serves as the primary artistic focus of the project, serving not only as the expedition vessel but the project library and archive. Visitors to the Secret History exhibition can explore the archives, see excerpts of interviews, explore the physical library of river-related books and materials, explore the boat, and talk with the artist. Secret History continues to show at art and history institutions nationwide.
In the winter months, Wes returns home to the mountains of coastal California to teach and to work on the Secret History archive and book projects. He is currently working on the first volume of a series of books about the project.
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The Artist Gerry Gleason in discussion with the Art Critic Marianne O'Kane Boal. The interview deals with among other subjects the art he made during the N.Ireland Troubles 1969 - 1994. (The artist would like to thank NvTv for permission to use the video)
In this edition of Collapse the Box, Marianne O’Kane Boal is joined by renowned painter Gerry Gleason at the Ulster University. With a career spanning over 40 years, a substantial period of Gerry’s art practice has centred against the backdrop of the N. Ireland Troubles.
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Learning to play authentic walking bass lines that swing and outline the chord changes can seem like a daunting task but with practice players of all levels can get there.
The key to making progress is to have a dedicated practice routine and know how and what to practice.
What is a Walking Bass Line?
To play swinging walking bass lines the first step is to understand the function and role of the bass line. Ultimately the walking bass line provides the foundation of the chord changes and keeps a steady beat, but there’s much more to it than that.
Why do some lines swing and sound great and others don’t.
Is it the bass player, or the equipment, the tempo or is it the key of the tune?
All of these things will have some impact on the sound and function of the line but there are other factors that are much more important.
Key Components of the Walking Bass Line
When you listen to one of the Masters of the Bass play a walking bass line or solo you’re hearing a lot of things happening simultaneously. Swing, pulse, groove, there’s many ways to describe the feeling, but ultimately what the listener is hearing is the end result of a lifetime of practicing, experimenting and most importantly you hear there dedication to the craft and their personality shining through into the sound of their lines.
What you will hear are the key components of the walking bass line
- Tension and release
- Chord changes
- Voice leading
- Playing on the front of the beat
- Laying back
- Playing outside
- Chord substitutions
- Tritone subs
- Forward motion
- Pedal points
- Repeated notes
- Motific development
And its all happening on the fly often at scorching tempo’s, and the way they got there was through dedicated practice and having clearly defined goals.
Soloing over Chord Changes
Learning the Art of soloing over changes.
Just like the walking bass line there are key components that make a solo sound and feel good.
What is it that makes a solo sound so good?
- Feel or groove
- Melodic ideas
- Quoting from the melody
- Playing good time
- Harmonic rhythm
- Chord substitutions
- Voice leading
- Anticipating the harmony
- Melodic and rhythmic development
As you can see there’s many things that can be used to build a good solo and many of the options and decisions come down to the individual players experience.
Bass Lessons and where to start.
Studying with a good bass teacher is essential for the beginning bass player and can also be beneficial to bass players that are more experienced. Sometimes just hearing a different perspective on a common topic or device can inspire motivation and the rejuvenate the creative thought process especially when encountering hiring a wall or suffering from creative block.
Depending on where you are, it can be difficult to find a good in person Bass teacher. Now with the popularity and improvements in platforms like Zoom it’s possible to study from anywhere you have a reliable internet connection.
Over the years of teaching bass players of different ages and stages of development I have developed a system that enables a student to work on key interests, while incorporating essential bass rudiments and fundamentals at the same time.
A developed system.
Walking Bass Workshop – The Blues
Learn the fundamental techniques of building swinging bass lines that outline the chord changes using the classic jazz blues progression as a vehicle for your journey. Master blues walking bass lines while learning the underlying jazz harmony and theory.
Developing a Walking Bass Line Vocabulary
- Walkin the Blues
- The Jazz Blues progression
- Analyzing the Form
- The Two Feel
- Embellishing The Two Feel
- Two Feel Rhythmic Devices
- Dominant 7th Chord
- Chromatic Approach from Below
- Chromatic Approach from Above
- The Walk Up and Walk Down
- Repeated Notes and Chromaticism
- Harmonic Anticipation and Playing Over the Bar Line
- Voice Leading 7th Chords
- Pedal Points
- Tritone Substitution
- The Turnaround
- Putting It All Together
- Bebop Major Blues Chord Progression
- Bebop Blues Putting It All Together
Walking Bass Workshop – Rhythm Changes
Take your knowledge of walking bass lines a step further following on from Walking Bass Workshop Pt I – The Blues by learning the classic jazz standard Rhythm Changes. Rhythm Changes, like the Blues is an important part of the jazz repertoire.
Walking Bass for Guitar – The Blues
Learn to walk bass lines and play shell voicing for solo guitar using the classic jazz standard The Blues. Expand your knowledge of jazz harmony while following examples of walking bass lines with shell voicings. | <urn:uuid:d665a39b-f3b6-44a2-bdf4-25f49941769d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://constructingwalkingjazzbasslines.com/walking-bass-lines/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.917632 | 1,017 | 2.015625 | 2 |
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the trail of an animal (especially a deer)
(computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
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- This library does not have any slots installed.
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Leaving Just a Crack for Socioeconomic-Based Non-Refoulement
On the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s decision in A.M. v. Switzerland
Much has been discussed about the potential of non-refoulement for preventing removal of persons to a country where they would face violations of their economic, social, and cultural rights (‘ESCR’). Until recently, ESCR had received only indirect protection in non-refoulement cases, where extreme scenarios of socioeconomic harm were equated to inhuman and degrading treatment. However, in its recent decision in A.M. v. Switzerland, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (‘CRC Committee’) pushed the principle’s boundaries further by recognising that Switzerland’s proposed removal of an asylum seeking child and his mother to Bulgaria would imply a direct violation of ESCR provisions within the Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘CRC’).
This is the first case, international or domestic, in which non-refoulement, as implicitly provided in human rights treaties, has been applied directly in connection to ESCR. However, CRC Committee’s reasoning was still much based on the idea of ill-treatment and offers little clarification as to the circumstances in which violations of ESCR can trigger a non-refoulement obligation, especially in situations not involving asylum seekers or minors. This post seeks to discuss some of the potential and limitations of this decision.
The Case of A.M. v. Switzerland
The complaints before the CRC Committee concerned M.K.A.H., a minor who had fled Syria with his mother, A.M. The family was intercepted by immigration authorities in Bulgaria. Even though the family was eventually granted subsidiary protection, they were placed in an overpopulated camp with limited access to quality food and health care and no schooling for M.K.A.H. They remained in the camp for eight months before managing to enter Switzerland, where they applied for refugee status. However, the application was rejected due to the subsidiary protection they had been granted in Bulgaria, to where the Swiss authorities considered the family should be returned.
The author claimed that Switzerland’s decision ran contrary, among others, to its obligation to hold the best interests of the child as a primary consideration under CRC Article 3(1), as the State had not adequately considered the risks to which the minor would be exposed in Bulgaria. According to the author, removal to Bulgaria would expose M.K.A.H. to a risk of ill-treatment that breached not only CRC Article 37, which prohibits such treatment, but also Articles 27 (right to an adequate standard of living), 28 (right to education), and 39 (right to physical and psychological recovery and social integration) (paras. 3.1-3.5).
Recalling its understanding that the principle of non-refoulement applies to circumstances where removal would expose a child to risk of irreparable harm (para. 10.4), the CRC Committee found that Switzerland had not carried out an individualised assessment of the reception conditions awaiting the family in Bulgaria, including their access to education, employment, shelter, medical care, and other services necessary for the child’s recovery and social reintegration (paras. 10.6-10.8). Accordingly, Switzerland had not taken enough precautions to ensure that M.K.A.H. would not be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment in Bulgaria, which constituted a breach of CRC Article 3(1) and a potential violation of CRC Article 37 as well as CRC Articles 27, 28, and 39 on their own right (paras. 10.9, 11).
The Uncertain Material Scope of Non-Refoulement
Until A.M. v. Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights was the only international human rights body that had consistently applied the principle of non-refoulement to human rights provisions aside from the prohibition of ill-treatment, whenever it found that removal would expose a person to a risk of flagrant violation of these other provisions (see, eg. Al-Nashiri v. Romania, where removal led to a flagrant violation of the right to fair trial and other provisions). Although the Inter-American Court of Human Rights also seemed to deduce a non-refoulement obligation from the rights of the family and of the child in one case, it did not expressly allude to that principle or to a particular risk of harm, which casts doubts on the Court’s intention in that case.
The Human Rights Committee, the CRC Committee, the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities had all stated that a non-refoulement obligation emerges when a person is exposed to a risk of irreparable harm to their human rights, such as, but not limited to, harm arising from breaches of the rights to life and personal integrity. Nevertheless, none of these Committees had deduced a non-refoulement obligation from provisions safeguarding other rights. This led to the question of whether protection against refoulement could indeed be triggered whenever the required threshold of harm to any relevant right was attained. The fact that the theoretical foundations behind how human rights bodies have deduced non-refoulement from their respective instruments are murky at best made discussions more complicated.
The debate remained, however, centred on civil and political rights (‘CPR’). Despite the fact that many human rights bodies and States themselves have jurisdiction to decide on breaches of ESCR, socioeconomic elements involving the rights to health, housing, and an adequate standard of living had been taken into consideration in non-refoulement cases only when they amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment, and never as independent rights giving per se rise to non-refoulement obligations (here and here). In fact, domestic authorities in Australia and New Zealand expressly rejected such a possibility. Focusing on the conversion of ESCR into a CPR led human rights bodies to establish high thresholds of harm for non-refoulement to be triggered, often requiring the individuals concerned to be in a situation of heightened vulnerability. This reasoning may disregard cases, in which people run the risk of being denied core elements of ESCR in ways that could well be deemed irreparable harm, but are not so much worse off than other people in a larger group, for instance, asylum seekers in general.
A Solid Recognition of Socioeconomic-Based Non-Refoulement?
The novelty in the A.M. v. Switzerland decision rests on the fact that breaches of three of the CRC’s provisions on ESCR were not subsumed under Article 37, but instead held to constitute autonomous violations. In other words, had Article 37 not been invoked, the CRC Committee could have reached the same conclusion by referring exclusively to Articles 27, 28, and 39.
This autonomy is compatible with the view that the principle of non-refoulement is nothing more than one formulation of States’ positive obligations to prevent risks of serious human rights violations by third parties. Accordingly, any human right, regardless of its categorisation, could in principle trigger a non-refoulement obligation if the threshold of irreparable harm is reached. As argued elsewhere, even though some ESCR obligations are subjected to progressive realisation and available resources, human rights bodies can effectively assess whether this threshold was met by reference to States’ immediate obligations on ESCR, such as the observance of their minimum core and non-discrimination.
However, although the CRC Committee vaguely alluded to the threshold of irreparable harm in the beginning of its reasoning, the Committee did not link this threshold to its conclusions and, consequently, did not explain how the threshold had been met. Instead, the Committee invoked the best interests of the child to reinforce the need to consider socioeconomic elements in the removal decision and classified the situation in Bulgaria as potential ill-treatment. Hence, even though the Committee upheld autonomous violations of ESCR, its reasoning largely followed the current prevailing approach of equating these violations to ill-treatment.
The lack of clarification of how the circumstances of the case rose to such a level of harm hinders the replication of the Committee’s findings to other scenarios cases and by other human rights bodies, especially in relation to the rights to education and social integration, whose denial is not usually interpreted as giving rise to ill-treatment. This obscurity could also lead to the argument that the Committee actually reinforced the idea that violations of ESCR rights can only trigger the application of non-refoulement when they also violate the prohibition of ill-treatment. Indeed, the Committee’s reasoning concerning why a non-refoulement obligation arose from Articles 27, 28, and 39 of the CRC was not clear in the decision.
The fact that the case concerned a person who was both a minor and an asylum seeker, categories understood as increasing one’s vulnerability, may also be seen as justifying the exceptionality of the decision. In particular, one could argue that the special protection offered under the best interests of the child principle justifies giving greater weight to socioeconomic considerations in removal cases in a way that would not apply to adult claimants.
The CRC Committee could also have adopted a more express justification for rejecting Switzerland’s argument that the risk of harm was not personal, as several people in Bulgaria had been facing socioeconomic difficulties in recent years (paras. 5.14-5.15). This argument is often advanced in cases involving socioeconomic deprivation as a way to claim that the State was unable, rather than unwilling to promote ESCR, overshadowing ESCR’s obligations of immediate effect.
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ACT Group is a community of social entrepreneurs founded in 2013 with the goal of fostering socially responsible economic development in Croatia and other Central and Eastern European countries. It provides entrepreneurs and micro-enterprises whose activities positively affect society and the environment (“socially responsible” or “impact enterprises”), especially marginalized groups, with support with the establishment, functioning and development of their enterprises.
・education – workshops, mentorship, consultancy services, assistance in writing project proposals or applying to training programs etc.
・networking and promotion
・financial support in the form of grants
They encourage their users to be open, innovative and persistent, and above all to adhere to the values of socially responsible business practices – cooperation, transparency, caring about people, readiness to make mistakes as part of the learning process, and reflection on the reasons that drive them to undertake their business ventures.
Programs supported by or related to activities of the ACT Group include:
・Social Impact Award Program (SIA Croatia) – a pre-incubation program for youth business initiatives
・Pokreni nešto svoje (“Start your own business”) – a support program for various entrepreneurial projects
・Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs – a cross-border exchange program where new entrepreneurs learn from experienced ones in other EU countries
・Accelerator for Social Entrepreneurs – a training program for entrepreneurs with an already recognized product on further business development and investment
・Business Skills Academy – a training program for socially responsible and non-profit enterprise managers taught by experts coming from large corporations
Throughout the 15 years of its existence, the ACT group has launched 13 non-profit organizations and socially responsible businesses and carried out 150 projects. Some of their notable enterprises include:
・the Humana Nova social cooperative which hires socially excluded individuals for the production and sales of textile made of eco-friendly and recycled materials
・a center for providing senior citizen care in Međimurje County (Centar za pomoć u kući Međimurske županije)
・the ACT Printlab d.o.o. graphic and web-design studio
・the ACT Konto d.o.o. accounting service for non-profit organizations
・the agricultural cooperative Domaći vrt
The 15th anniversary of the founding of ACT Group was accompanied by the publication of Pank poduzetnici (“Punk Entrepreneurs”), a book supported by over 300 individuals and organizations in the region via a crowdfunding campaign. Its author, Robert Posavec, tells the story of the ACT Group’s journey from its activist beginnings to becoming a regional social entrepreneurship leader, with special reference to mistakes made along the path to help readers avoid doing the same.
The DeLoitte Social Investment Leveraging Index report of December 2018 listed ACT Group as one of the key actors in the development of social innovations and investment in social impact enterprises in the region. The same report also named their social cooperative Humana Nova as an example of good practice.
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Hats off to author Gerard Tidmarsh, a well balanced, common sense article from the MSM!
(Personally I think the labour Government is doing the right thing by calling an end to oil exploration in NZ waters. what do you think?)
Is seismic testing a contributory factor in making whales strand?
OPINION: Living close to the world’s worst whale trap of Farewell Spit has given me the opportunity over the years to cover heaps of strandings in Golden Bay.
And to ponder why they happen. More and more I am convinced that seismic testing of sub-seafloor strata for oil around Taranaki is an increasing culprit.
It’s a hard call, postulating why these super-intelligent and acutely sonar-literate creatures find themselves in such a predicament. The common theory has always been that their echo-guidance systems become disorientated in wide, shallow, inshore waters such as Golden Bay.
by Gerard Hindmarsh
Before Rangihaeata in Golden Bay was built up, these concrete power poles – which still remain – were once used to secure rotting whales, the old way of dealing with them .
My late friend Buzz Davis of Tukurua spent years in his wheelchair watching whales from the cliff top of his Tukurua home.
After much research he came up with a theory that mineralisation around the two offshore freshwater vents associated with Pupu Springs had the effect of uniquely playing havoc with their depth sounding sonar, causing them to read say 15m depth when the actual was more like 3m or 4m.
He pitched his theory to the the Scripps’ Oceanographic Institute in California, who said his evidence was compelling and they intended coming out to investigate.
Disorientation for whatever reason may explain why whale strandings in Golden Bay have occurred since time immemorial. The low tide on the inside of Farewell Spit can go out 7km on the mudflats on a super low tide, retreating at a fast walking pace.
Early European records and Maori oral history puts pilot whale strandings at roughly five yearly intervals. Pre-european Maori treated them as a big bonus food source while early European settlers eagerly rushed out to render them down for lamp oil. ‘Blackfish’ they were called back then.
This five-yearly pattern continued right up until the mid-1970s when the strandings started closing up to become the annual events around Farewell Spit that they are today.
It is not coincidental that offshore seismic exploration started for oil in the Taranaki Bight in the 1970s, only a short 100km whale swim away from Golden Bay. A coincidence too that there were no strandings last season (summer 2017/18), the first season without seismic testing in a long while.
Over 2000 whale strandings are historically recorded by our National Museum (Te Papa). Historically, most have occurred in just four locations; Farewell Spit, Chatham Islands, Muriwai, and the Mahia Peninsula.
Pilot whales are the most common whales to beach en masse in this country, making up over 90 per cent of all marine mammal strandings around our coastline. Their herd instinct is so strong that pod members will choose to stay with a stranded few.
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In A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold set forth his most enduring idea: the “land ethic,” a moral responsibility of humans to care for people and the land, and strengthen the connections between them. This idea is extremely relevant in today’s society, but it can be difficult to define, discuss, and implement.
To begin this monumental task, we need leaders who are deeply committed to rolling up their sleeves and building a land ethic at the grassroots level in communities everywhere.
This kind of leadership requires an understanding of both the hard and the hopeful things in how we work to build a land ethic with others. Many times when we talk about people’s relationship to the Earth, we are debating issues rather than having a conversation about values. During the program, you will learn a facilitation method that invites a group of people to have reflective conversation in community about the challenges to developing an environmental ethic, and the points of connection that offer common ground for the way forward.
The two-day Land Ethic Leaders program equips participants to connect wider audiences to Leopold’s land ethic, and helps them deepen their own understanding of this idea through dialog about the meaning and value of conservation.
Our “Observe, Participate, Reflect,” framework is based in Leopold’s own method of building a land ethic with his family and students. That is, participants explore their land ethic by observing the outdoors, participating in an environmental service project, discussing important conservation issues, and reflecting both on their learning in the training and what they feel called to do next.
Attendees come away with new relationships, tools, ideas, and facilitation skills for developing and articulating their own land ethic; bringing their values and ideas into action; and inspiring others back home to do the same.
Anyone interested in building community and connection around conservation issues is welcome. Participants include natural resources professionals, conservation leaders, students, environmental educators, and engaged citizens.
“The foundation has [cultivated] a diversity of messengers for Aldo Leopold’s words and ideas. As a result, the work is unifying and inclusive, regardless of your circumstances or geography.”
— 2015 participant
By taking part in discussions about the big questions we all share in our quest to live our values, we’ll collectively explore the challenges and opportunities to developing and building an environmental ethic. Discussions are designed to help you come to a deeper understanding and appreciation of your own views as well as those that differ, a critical skill for engaging your community back home.
Attendees all have a chance to co-lead discussions. In planning and leading yours, you will build on listening and facilitation skills, which are crucial components to leadership of any kind.
The “Observe, Participate, Reflect” model provides a framework to help you think about your approach to any challenge in a new and open way. The program will recharge you by building clarity, commitment, and community around environmental values to help carry you forward in your work.
It also gives you a set of tools to help spark dialogue about the land ethic in your community, including our EMMY® award-winning Green Fire documentary about Aldo Leopold and much more.
A detailed agenda will be sent to participants prior to the program, but the rough agenda for all Land Ethic Leaders programs is as follows:
Day one: 8:30 am to 6:30 pm. Includes lunch and optional group dinner at the end of the day.
Day two: 8 am to 5 pm. Includes breakfast and lunch.
Note: You must attend the full two-day training. Partial attendance (e.g., one day only) is not possible.
Travel and lodging are on your own. We have arrangements with a very affordable hotel in Baraboo, and there are also great camping options nearby.
NEW! A limited number of rooms are available in our new Future Leaders Center on a first-come, first-served basis. The Center is a shared housing and multi-function space for our fellows and special guests located next door to the Leopold Center. If you are interested in on-site lodging, please contact Lauren Graves.
The cost for the two-day workshop is $200. This includes most of your meals and program materials, including a copy of the Green Fire film licensed for public screening (previously a $350 value). | <urn:uuid:2928164a-6198-49ab-b54a-289cb62dd489> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://johnfellows.org/index-41.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.946315 | 921 | 2.875 | 3 |
Green City Teachers Basic Training
Posted by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society on October 19, 2015
Green City Teachers Basic Training Come play with plants and get credit for it!
Learn about gardening, greening and the environment, and how to incorporate it into classroom or after-school activities.
Green City Teachers uses experiential learning (yes, get your hands dirty!) to help teachers, educators, administrators, parents, volunteers & others to gain the skills to integrate horticultural and environmental education into curricula, after-school programs, and service-learning projects. This five-session course offers a forum for sharing ideas and helping students appreciate the role of nature in their lives. Topics include basic horticulture, food gardening, trees, indoor gardening, and habitat gardens. For educators of pre-school, K- 12.
Come play with plants and get credit for it! Up to 15 hours of Act 48 credit are available.
Classes will meet at PHS Town Hall 100 N 20th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
The event runs Wednesdays: October 28; November 4,11,18, 5:30–8:30 pm
The school gardens tour is Saturday, November 7, 10 am–1 pm
Fee for the course is $50. Take-aways include lesson plans, lesson supplies, books, light units, and plant material. After completing the course, teachers are given the opportunity to apply for up to $500 worth of in-kind support for their chosen project. AmeriCorps, City Year & VISTA fee is $10.
To register: https://www.pennhort.net/greencityteachers
To see Green City Teachers in action:
For more info: firstname.lastname@example.org or call 215-988-8846.
Please feel free to email me directly if you have questions.
Let’s have a garden in every school!
Senior Manager, Community Education
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1495
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I don’t know much about the Australian Shepherd puppy I just adopted. I have so many questions, and I am curious to know everything, like when he should get his first haircut. I want to do the right thing, keep him healthy, safe, and growing strong, including making sure his fur is groomed correctly.
I thought I would take a break today from hanging out with him while he was napping and see what I could find out. What I found out was pretty informative.
When Do Australian Shepherd Puppies Need Their First Haircut?
Australian Shepherd puppies should get their first haircut around ten to fourteen weeks. There may not be much need for a haircut around this time, but grooming, brushing, bathing, and haircuts will all be an essential part of their lives in the battle to keep them looking and feeling their best. The sooner the process is started, the better the outcome.
A professional groomer can do the first haircut, but this isn’t truly necessary as a puppy’s coat of fur takes a long time to grow from a puppy coat into an adult fur coat.
During this time, the puppy’s fur will transition and go through many phases of looking good and perhaps not so good. The first haircut for an Australian Shepherd puppy who will eventually have a somewhat long fur coat is essential in teaching them to accept this process as part of their lives.
Grooming will need to happen weekly and will including brushing and attending to any issues related to their fur coat. The first haircut teaches the puppy to accept being handled and managed and fussed with. It will introduce them to unique tools that a professional groomer or pet parent will use to get the job done.
The more cooperative they are and the sooner they learn this process, the better for them and their family. A first haircut is never needed until they or any puppy for that matter are older, but it can be an excellent place to start when training them to sit and stay.
Australian Shepherd puppies are a working, herding dog breed that loves being active and spending time outdoors. Grooming, brushing, bathing, and haircuts will all be an essential part of their lives in the battle to keep them looking and feeling their best. The sooner the process is started, the better the outcome.
The first haircut for an Australian Shepherd puppy is straightforward to do, even for a pet parent. No fancy hairdos are needed at this point, and it is unlikely that this will ever be the case as they are a working dog that most likely shouldn’t have a foo-foo hairdo that might get easily wrecked outdoors while working.
Whenever the first haircut happens, pet parents and groomers should be encouraging and praiseful, so the process is welcome again and again.
Australian Shepherd puppies were bred to work and have a job to do like herding animals. For this reason, they love being outdoors and having some activities to do.
Their coat of fur is a double layer coat of medium to long and wispy fur. It is one of the most eye-catching fur coats with a wide variety of color schemes.
That being said, one might wonder when a puppy of this breed needs their first haircut. A puppy’s first haircut, regardless of the breed, is usually for introducing the puppy to the process of grooming.
Puppies take a long time to lose their puppy fur and grow in their adult dog fur. During these early months, haircuts and grooming sessions introduce the puppy to the process of grooming without making much fuss about how things happen or if everything is as it should be.
These haircuts and grooming sessions should be mainly done to help the puppy accept a process that will be a part of their lives for the rest of their lives. They need to accept and learn to sit still when brushed, combed, bathed, and getting their haircut.
Each dog breed will have unique needs in this department. Since the Australian Shepherd is a dog that has longer fur and a double fur coat, they shed a lot too. The first haircut can be simple, quick, and more for learning and going through the motions.
The puppy will learn to accept being handled and maneuvered, so the job of grooming, haircuts, and other processes get done quickly and with the least amount of stress possible.
Australian Shepherds are intelligent dogs, even as puppies, so it is likely that they will pick up things quickly and before long be sitting still and behaving for lengthy grooming sessions.
When most puppies, regardless of breed, get their first haircut, it is typical for this to happen around ten to fourteen weeks, depending on the individual puppy.
Aside from haircuts, grooming should happen regularly every week, at the very least. These dogs are notorious for enjoying the outdoors, which can mean debris, dirt, and other foreign objects could land in their silky hair.
If that does happen, pet parents need to attend to the issues quickly as It can happen pretty fast that they get knots, tangles, and other problems that can make them highly uncomfortable.
Should I Get My Australian Shepherd Professionally Groomed?
If you decide you want to have your Australian Shepherd puppy groomed, it doesn’t always have to be done professionally. Many a pet parent has groomed their dog, especially puppies, with their fuzzy, soft, and furry coat.
Before the pet parent decides to perform a grooming session, they need to have their tools handy. Having the right tools not only gets the job done quickly but also better as the right tools usually mean the potential for fewer injuries.
This is highly important for any grooming session, especially when little puppies get bored or curious and start to squirm and fuss.
Professional groomers have the knowledge, skill, and training on how to groom a particular dog breed properly, but they also know how to handle and work with a puppy that has a short attention span.
Pet parents can have the same success if they have treats and the right attitude that is confident but loving. Words of praise and affectionate pats or scratches can be a great way to show appreciation for good behavior like sitting still.
For pet parents who are active and want to groom their puppy, it can be fun to perform the task outdoors when the sun is shining. It can make the process easier and the house less messy. Inspecting skin, fur, nails, paws, ears, nose, and mouth can take some time when done in a grooming session that includes the Australian Shepherd receiving a haircut.
These inspections do need to be done as the puppy gets older, and in the beginning, the puppy may have a hard time with them because they can be lengthy, so patience must be given.
Why Type Of Haircut Should I Give My Australian Shepherd Puppy?
There are many types of haircuts for puppies. The breed of dog is important as some dog breeds don’t have the right kind of fur for the pet parent’s haircut.
The puppy cut will be like an all-around trim. It is simple, easy, and no fuss for anyone. This can be a plus for these active and adventurous puppies, who will likely get into their share of more trouble than the pet parent realizes initially.
Another added perk to a simple puppy haircut or an all-around trim is that it is easy to do, so pet parents can learn and try out their skills quickly and without much fuss. If there are a few mess-ups, no one is likely to notice at this point.
Whatever type of haircut your Australian Shepherd dog gets, whether puppy or adult, they should never be shaved. Shaving can wreck their fur coat. This breed has a double fur coat that means an inner and outer layer of fur.
If this fur is shaved, there is a chance that it will never grow back the way it was supposed to. This is true of any dog breed that has a double coat of fur.
Many people think shaving this breed means they will have less fur to deal with, but this is a myth. This breed sheds quite a lot, and shaving will not deter that. It will only appear to fix the issue, but they will still shed just as much.
Whatever puppy cut is chosen, this breed will look adorable as long as their pet parents are prepared for a lot of fur everywhere. Having good grooming habits is important and can never be started too early in any dog’s life, regardless of breed.
Australian Shepherd Puppy Haircut
When a puppy needs a haircut can vary; starting these good grooming habits early is beneficial for them as it will be an essential part of their adult dog life.
While there is no right or wrong age for a puppy to learn this process, the sooner, the better. Please keep it simple, keep it fun and keep it short at this point.
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Fridays at 9:30 am
Classes meet weekly and vary in price based on term length and material. Workshops meet once and are $35.00.
There is a non-refundable fee (included in education fees) if canceled any time after registering. There is a 24-hour “grace period” to cancel with full refund prior to a class or workshop starting.
There will be no refund of any portion of the class fee once a class or workshop has begun.
Classes and workshops are taught by trained instructors who introduce children, teens, and adults to the exciting world of the arts, both performing and visual. Through a varied curriculum, students explore the craft of acting, singing, dancing, improvisation, drawing, and/or portfolio development and learn the discipline of the arts as they develop their unique creative voices. The classes and workshops offered at Woodstock Arts are designed to meet students where they are, regardless of prior experience or skill level.
Woodstock Arts’ Class & Workshop Objectives:
To help students learn skills and build self-confidence.
To help students better understand their role in their craft to build self-reliance.
To encourage students to become participants within local art organizations.
To help students learn to appreciate themselves and others.
To encourage students to learn cooperation and collaboration skills to work with others.
To offer students the opportunity to build relationships with others and create a connection through art.
Woodstock Arts is proud to offer classes (for both adults and children) that provide training in theatre, performance arts, and visual arts.
We’ve extended our outreach by giving schools opportunities to creatively participate in programming such as RepTouR – a trained group of actors that perform for over 10,000 students every year.
Join us for a four week virtual class all about clay! Two projects are planned for you specifically to learn the basics of clay construction. We will have plenty of time for questions and answers and learning about each other and clay! Both projects will be fired and glazed and be ready for pick up 2-3 weeks after the final class.
Digital ceramic classes are taught by Woodstock’s own–Betsy Khuri.
Through the medium of oil painting, Chase King teaches expressive, organic, and improvisational painting techniques. In addition, students can expect demonstrations, explanations, encouragement, individual instruction, and a more meaningful understanding and appreciation for creativity and self-expression through visual art.
Ready for an energetic, fun way to learn improv? Over the course of the program teens will learn and continue to improve their understanding of the rules of improv acting and the fun behind improv games. Students will also receive instruction from experienced iThink Improv Troupe members and improvisers. | <urn:uuid:4a126dfc-4413-476e-a880-e5a6692aa746> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://woodstockarts.org/classes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.935985 | 598 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Blue Kazoo in USA.
This year, Tom received a grant to visit schools, museums and heritage sites in Massachusetts, USA. He spent a month researching the methods of history re-enactments in popular tourist attractions to develop a bespoke classroom workshop for schools in Nottinghamshire. This is thanks to the support of Nottingham Roosevelt Memorial Travelling Scholarship and with funding from Nottinghamshire County Council.
I recently visited the Black Country Museum. It was superb.
How could a ladder and a box help elevate your history lessons?
An overview of my talk at the Nottingham Roosevelt Memorial Travelling Scholarship this week. It was such a pleasure to talk about my experiences in America to nearly a hundred guests at this year’s virtual Thanksgiving event.
This is a huge opportunity to approach culture and heritage in a brand new way in Newark – especially considering the restrictions currently in place and the uncertainty within museums surrounding physical public engagement at the moment.
If, when studying history, you don’t come across things that make you feel uncomfortable, upset and/or angry, you’re not doing it right. History is not a comfort blanket, it is chequered with the good, the bad and the grey areas of humankind. – Rachel Smith
Would Shakespeare be a good grief counsellor? How would Ignatius Sancho respond to racism in Britain today? What would Mary Shelley tell us about her experience as a female horror writer? This new video series could answer all of those questions.
I hope I supported the festival in a small way and brought a smile to somebody’s face. Even if they were just wondering ‘who is this idiot?’
Vikings had to be creative with their cooking. They required a balanced and nutritional diet to prepare them for battle.
Each of these simple recipes is based on Scandinavian dishes developed over centuries. These are simple enough to prepare in a school or to bring into a classroom to give your class a taste of Viking life.
How can subtle changes to our own language allow us to encourage conversations about mental health in a highly anxious and worrying time of education?
Each of our resources serves its own purpose. We should aim to find multiple uses for them, but we shouldn’t stress and spend too long trying to fit round pegs in square holes.
Shakespeare’s STD and the colonisation of USA. Which parts of history can we afford to lose when condensing a piece of history?
I’ve always found images to be a lot more memorable than words. The amount of detail that can be crammed into a single image can be so much greater and emotive than language alone. Combining images (particularly using this overhead camera rig) with voiceover was a bit of an experiment to see how much more effectively I could remember facts when there was a logical narrative and visual stimulus throughout.
Picking a name that suits your character is crucial. Yet, the opposite is true as well: characters can be built from something as simple as a name.
The Coronavirus has introduced some truly unexpected side effects to learning. Aside from missing those crucial final months of the academic year, it has forced teachers to reconsider teaching techniques and the impact of learning from home. This will be summarised in three categories: digital resources, exams and transitions, and learning environments.
Most of the time, I look for interesting approaches to topics that are done in almost every classroom every single year. However, this is one topic that you are probably less familiar with, and definitely don’t teach to your class.
Many teachers spend too long focussing on how to keep every child in their class engaged in their lessons. If they switch the focus to finding new ways to keep themselves (the teacher) engaged, the class will follow. Enthusiasm is contagious.
Tom and David have been training in Sherwood Forest to improve their storytelling skills and history knowledge.
A new collaboration with Miner2Major project will see Lord Byron making a return to primary schools across Nottinghamshire.
Preparations are underway to make 2020 even bigger and better. A new range of props and costumes are being introduced as part of our ‘School Takeover’ series.
The final video of our Bloop series was released this month. The responses to the videos has been overwhelming and we are so pleased to hear that they are being used in schools across the country.
New for 2020! Live Encounters for the whole school. Following the success of our award-winning Live Encounters series, we have made them bigger so every class can experience it.
Lord Byron had numerous love affairs across the world. He was irresponsible with money and landed himself in masses of debt. So what can we learn from him?
Tom returns to his old college to speak to students about teaching opportunities and career options once they’ve finished their A Levels.
WBD is always a highlight of the school year. It’s your chance to get your class excited about reading. Many schools and parents are restricted by budgets as the prices of children’s books seem to be increasing.
Tiny Green Planet proved to be a success in schools across Nottinghamshire. The aim of the project was to engage children in a conversation about conservation. Classes were encouraged to think about the impact they have on the world and were asked what they would change if they could design their own planet. The project was such a success in one school that we actually left the planet with them for an extra week because the children had so many brilliant ideas! | <urn:uuid:8137d4f8-bbc2-4381-b60b-f21742a1e6c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.bluekazoo.co.uk/news/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.968682 | 1,143 | 2.03125 | 2 |
The “It” Factor with Running Team Meetings
Think back to a recent meeting you were in when you pondered why you were a part of the conversation. Or better yet, you thought about the 10 items in your inbox that needed your decision-making power but instead, you were stuck in a meeting where it wasn’t clear what you were making a decision about. We have districts this year that have created the “it” factor for running meetings that tap into everyone’s energy in better ways than ever.
While it may seem like these district teams “just have the right people,” they have actually taken on a methodical approach to how to run team meetings. Based on The NEW School Rules, written by Anthony Kim, CEO of Education Elements, we have found over the last eight years that every leader wants to effectively make changes and create environments in team meetings that celebrate growth, excitement, and decision-making.
Before you head to your next meeting as a team, take note of a few benefits our district partners are gaining by using the team meeting protocol in their own practice.
All voices are heard
The team meeting protocol ensures that all voices in the team are being heard. Everyone starts out the meeting by checking in. Leaders in Lakota Local Schools share their commitments for the week during check-ins (see image below). They’ve used this process to engage ongoing professional development beyond their monthly principal meetings. The protocol has allowed them to leave the meetings feeling accomplished and valued because the district leaders are honoring their time and needs. After checking in, each member of the team is able to contribute to the agenda on the fly (generally speaking). Krista Heidenreich, a district leader in Lakota, believes, “The team meeting protocol has helped to strengthen our relationships as a leadership team. Everyone is heard and plays a role during the meeting.” This protocol helps teams build trust and authority amongst each member immediately.
More agenda items and work are being processed during the meeting
The IDL team in Charleston County School District is reaping the benefits of getting work completed during their meetings. They’ve built in a structure at the end of the protocol that allows them to schedule time on their personal calendars to get the work done in the upcoming week. More than ever, their team is adjusting the meeting template to meet their specific needs as they encounter them as a team. Kendra Murphy, Digital Learning Specialist in Charleston, explains, “We could have a meeting and we might get through 4-5 agenda items, but by the end of the meeting we start talking about something unrelated and we noticed that all the agenda items no longer became active items. In order to remedy that, we added in a section at the end to build in time and insert a voice check that each team member looks through the agenda items and assigns time the following week to complete the actions needed to process the agenda item.”
Deeper Dive: Check out our Innovative Leadership Development Guide for more resources related to managing effective teams, building responsive practices as an organization, and more!
Agenda items are intentional and purposeful
As team members add to the agenda, the process supports leaders in becoming clear, concise, and intentional around the item on the agenda. For instance, do you need a discussion? Time to brainstorm? A decision? For many, this can be intimidating at first and that’s why we instill the mindset that this takes practice. Christina French, Director of K-6 Curriculum & Instruction at Lakota Local Schools shares, “It forces our team to think specifically about our needs and asks ahead of the meeting so that we are more efficient within the timeframe. It also forces me to think very carefully about the thoughts and explanation I need to share with others.”
When it comes to creating an effective team meeting, remember that actions speak louder than words. Through practice, your team will master the process of the team meeting protocol which is meant to be used as a starting point for making a change in your team or across your organization.
To improve how your teams collaborate, make decisions, and achieve their goals, join us for the Team Habits Leadership Institute to build leadership skills and learn how to lead effective teams. Register today to save one of the extremely limited spots for you or a member of your team!
About Kelly Freiheit
Kelly is on the Design and Implementation Team. Kelly is a former science blended learning teacher from Charlotte, NC. She began to recognize the parallels between her life as a struggling reader in elementary school and her work on education’s front lines. Kelly knew she loved collaboration, camaraderie, and the pursuit of a common goal, but hadn’t drawn the connection between those passions and the career she now counts among them. Outside of work you can find Kelly relaxing on a yoga mat or spending time with family and friends. | <urn:uuid:0a9c9333-df5c-4548-9da1-33218e9379e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.edelements.com/blog/the-it-factor-with-running-team-meetings | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.969636 | 1,013 | 1.9375 | 2 |
When using an oven to keep crispy chicken warm, it needs to be preheated to a temperature of 200°F. This heat level is enough to allow the steam to dissipate without turning the star of the show soggy.
How do you keep fried chicken warm for hours?
The best way to keep fried foods crispy? Just place them on a cooling rack set over a baking sheet. If you’re frying multiple batches, throw the whole setup into a low oven to keep everything warm as you keep frying and adding to the rack.
How do you keep fried chicken crispy after frying?
To keep pieces of fried chicken crispy after you’ve made them, keep them in an oven on a low heat until they’re needed. If you want to reheat leftover fried chicken, you simply reheat them in an oven at a high temperature. This allows the coating to crisp while the chicken warms.
How long can fried chicken sit out?
Cooked chicken that has been sitting out for longer than 2 hours (or 1 hour above 90° F) should be discarded. The reason is that bacteria grow rapidly when cooked chicken is kept at temperatures between 40° F and 140° F. To prevent foodborne illness, try to refrigerate the cooked chicken as soon as you can.
Can you put fried chicken in the oven to keep it warm?
Set your oven to 170F and put the chicken on a wire rack on a sheet pan. It will keep the chicken warm without overcooking it. …
How do I keep my KFC chicken warm?
At Kentucky Fried Chicken, they “hold” the chicken in an oven set to 175 degrees for about 20 minutes according to a former employee. This allows the chicken to finish cooking while keeping it warm and the skin crunchy.
How do you reheat fried chicken so crispy?
Instead, we recommend turning to your oven (or your air fryer, but more on that later) for the best results. Reheating the chicken in a hot oven quickly crisps up the skin and heats through the meat without drying it out. Our method: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Do you fry chicken covered or uncovered?
“Covering the chicken keeps the heat even and helps the chicken cook through,” Corriher said. “But you’ll want to uncover it toward the end, to crisp it. Covering the skillet does make a racket, though — it’s the drops of condensed moisture dropping into the oil that create all that carrying-on.”
How do you keep fried chicken crispy the next day?
- Let the second-day chicken rest in room temperature for thirty minutes and preheat oven to 400°. …
- Cover a baking sheet with foil and arrange chicken on it. …
- Place another sheet of foil on top to insulate the chicken. …
- Bake for 20 minutes. …
- Let chicken rest for 5 minutes and check for crispiness.
How do you tell if fried chicken is done without a thermometer?
To determine if a whole chicken is done without a thermometer you’ll need to cut into the skin between the body and the leg and thigh to see if it’s still overly pink. Generally, this area will take longer to cook than the breast area so it is a good indicator of how far your chicken is coming along temperature-wise. | <urn:uuid:012e4cea-9b7d-4748-b3fb-506294b3a354> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lunchboxeswithlove.com/grill/what-temperature-do-you-keep-fried-chicken.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.933811 | 716 | 1.898438 | 2 |
The WRHA has once again announced a slew of cuts to patient care and privatization of services that will directly affect Manitobans and the front‑line health care workers who provide the services.
The WRHA announcement cuts deeper than before, with whole clinics being shut down, and promises to reduce staffing levels in WRHA facilities.
Among those clinics being closed are:
- Four QuickCare clinics;
- The Corydon Primary Care Clinic, which specializes in diabetes care;
- The Mature Women’s Centre, a multi-disciplinary facility which specializes in gynecological issues, including menopause transition and hysterectomy alternatives.
“At this point we can safely say that health care in Manitoba is in distress,” said Debbie Boissonneault, President of CUPE’s Provincial Health Care Council.
“This government is going too far, too fast, and someone is going to get hurt.”
There has been no indication how many front-line workers will be cut, but the WRHA irresponsibly claims that Manitoba has “too many” health care workers.
The announcement suggests a planned reduction of front-line staff by claiming the WRHA will introduce new staff-to-patient ratios and “mixed” duties, with no further details.
“Brian Pallister said that he will ‘protect’ front line workers,” said Boissonneault, “But this government has finally come out with the truth: there will now be fewer front-line health care staff to care for Manitobans.”
The announcement also indicates the privatization of adult outpatient physiotherapy and hospital‑based occupational therapy clinic services, as well as the Grace Hospital retail food services. Meals currently made on-site at Middlechurch Home will in the future be provided by the Regional Distribution Facility.
The WRHA is also increasing various fees for various services.
“The WRHA and provincial government are decimating our health care system with reckless cuts, closures, and privatization,” said Boissonneault. “This must be stopped.”
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Bulgarian Government Puts Off Opening of Ancient Serdica Open-Air Museum in Sofia till 2016
The long-anticipated opening of the open-air museum of the Ancient Thracian and Roman city of Serdica in the downtown of the Bulgarian capital Sofia will be postponed until 2016 despite the latest assurances of the Bulgarian government that the so called Sofia Largo Project will be finished by October 2015.
The construction works for the setting of the open-air museum with the uninspiring name “Ancient Cultural Communication Complex Serdica” have been inspected by Bulgarian Minister of Culture Vezdhi Rashidov.
Rashidov says the construction works will be done by November 15, 2015, but since the project for the restoration and exhibition of the ruins of Ancient Serdica is funded with EU money its administrative completion will require several more months which is why the formal opening will be held in 2016.
The project for exhibiting the Ancient Roman ruins at the Sofia Largo, i.e. the architectural complex of government buildings in downtown Sofia erected in the 1950s, in the early years of the former communist regime, has been funded with BGN 16 million (EUR 8.2 million) in EU funding under Operational Program “Regional Development”.
The deadline for absorbing the EU funding is the end of 2015 which is why the construction has to be completed in November; however, according to Rashidov, the Bulgarian government will need “3-4 months” for administrative procedures and completing the paperwork before going ahead with the formal opening of the Ancient Serdica museum.
The archaeological structures that will be part of the open-air museum at the Sofia Largo include the ruins of a residence, seven homes, and colorful mosaics from the Late Roman period as well as a church and an inn from the Middle Ages.
The Roman mosaics in question which are being restored at present have been described as the “jewel” of the future open-air museum of Ancient Serdica.
Part of the museum will be covered with 800 square meters of glass domes which can sustain a weight of 250 kg.
The architectural project for exhibiting part of the ruins of Ancient Serdica under three glass domes has been been presented recently.
In April 2015, Bulgaria’s Cabinet and Sofia Municipality launched the last two phases of the long anticipated project for creating an open-air museum out of part of the remains of the Ancient Thracian and Roman city of Serdica located at the so called Sofia Largo in the very downtown of the Bulgarian capital.
The Sofia Largo project, as it has become known, is supposed to exhibit in situ part of the remains of ancient Serdica uncovered in 2010-2012 in rescue excavations during the construction of the Second Line of the Sofia Metro.
The Serdica ruins located within the Sofia Largo (between the buildings of the Council of Ministers, the Presidency, and the National Assembly) will be exhibited under a glass dome, while the Ancient Roman ruins below the Knyaginya Marie Louise Blvd will be exhibited in the open.
The restoration and rehabilitation of the ruins of Ancient Serdica at the Sofia Largo has been delayed by political disputes as well as a number of court appeals over the tender for selecting an executer of the construction works. In the meantime, the open sections of the excavated ruins turned into a “swamp”, as described by headlines in the Bulgarian press, leading Sofia Municipality to carry out emergency conservation of the site in the fall of 2014.
Thus, the second and third phases of the project entitled “Ancient Cultural and Communication Complex Serdica” will be executed providing for the rehabilitation of the archaeological remains of the Ancient Thracian and Roman city on two levels under the Knyaginya Marie Louise Blvd and within the Sofia Largo, under the Independence Square, with a total of area of 8,000 square meters. They will be connected into an all-out open air museum with recreational, exhibition, and performance space.
The open air museum at the Sofia Largo might be expanded with additional archaeological structures which might be revealed nearby as a team of Bulgarian archaeologists is excavating the parking lot of a five-star hotel in downtown Sofia in search for the Roman forum of Serdica.
Also, in March 2015, Deputy Mayor of Sofia Todor Chobanov announced that in addition to the Sofia Largo project Sofia Municipality also planned to excavate and exhibit in situ the Western Gate of Ancient Serdica and the mosaics inside the St. Sofia Basilica.
The Ancient Thracian and Roman city of Serdica is the precursor of the contemporary Bulgarian capital Sofia. The oldest traces of civilized life in Sofia are from a Neolithic settlement dated back to 5000 BC located in today’s Slatina Quarter. There are also traces of life from the Charcolithic (also known as Aeneolithic or Copper Age) and the Bronze Age. After the Bronze Age the Sofia Valley was inhabited by the Ancient Thracian tribe serdi (some believe them to have been a Celtic tribe) which gave the name to the Ancient Thracian settlement called Serdica or Sardica. The city of Serdica was conquered briefly in the 4th century BC by Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great. Around 29 BC, Sofia was conquered by the Romans and renamed Ulpia Serdica. It became a municipium, the center of an administrative region, during the reign of Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117), and saw extensive development with many new buildings. It is known to have been the favorite place of Roman Emperor Constantine I the Great who used to say, “Serdica is my Rome”. In 343 AD, the Council of Serdica was held in the city, in the 4th century church that preceded the current 6th century St. Sofia Basilica. In 447 AD, the city was destroyed by the Huns. During the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (r. 527-565 AD), a new fortress wall was built whose remains have been excavated and can be seen today. This is when it was renamed Triaditsa. It became part of the First Bulgarian Empire (632/680 – 1018 AD) in 809 AD when it was conquered by Bulgaria’s Khan Krum, and was known by its Slavic-Bulgarian name Sredets until the 14th century when it took the name of the St. Sofia Basilica.
The Sofia Largo is the architectural complex of government buildings in downtown Sofia erected in the 1950s, in the early years of the former communist regime. Regardless of their Communist Era architecture, today the buildings house the most important Bulgarian government institutions and are one of the most famous parts of Sofia’s cityscape. Parts of the ancient city of Serdica, which have been excavated, can be seen in the underpasses and the Serdica Metro Station right next to the Sofia Largo. | <urn:uuid:e222ed6e-a12f-48b0-84a0-7724c2ad8c98> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2015/08/19/bulgarian-government-puts-off-opening-of-ancient-serdica-open-air-museum-in-sofia-till-2016/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.965165 | 1,496 | 1.71875 | 2 |
BY THE NUMBERS
Here are preliminary crime statistics for 2013 in Chattanooga compared to the four-year average between 2009 and 2012.
• 19 - Homicides (8 percent decrease)
• 54 - Rapes (5 percent increase)
• 950 - Motor vehicle thefts (9 percent increase)
• 376 - Robberies (21 percent decrease)
• 1,184 - Aggravated assaults (9 percent increase)
• 2,260 - Burglaries (15 percent decrease)
• 8,028 - Thefts (2 percent decrease)
Sources: Chattanooga Police Department and FBI metropolitan statistical data
The shooting of a man in broad daylight as he drove on Central Avenue last week made headlines.
But chances are what happened to Derrick Thornton wouldn't happen to most people in most parts of the city.
Nearly three-quarters of Chattanooga's shootings happen in locations where only about 10 percent of the county's population live, U.S. census data and shooting data for 2013 through last month show.
Yet some people think crime is a problem throughout the city.
"Suburban residents think violent crime is out of control but it's not," said Ken Chilton, assistant professor of public policy at Tennessee State University, who analyzed the data. "If you are white and live in a neighborhood with moderate to higher income, you're generally safe."
What does raise concern is the neighborhoods where there were six or more shootings in a little more than a year.
"Mayor [Andy] Berke is correct to focus on those hot spots," Chilton said.
The area where Thornton was shot is part of a census tract that spans from Interstate 24 to Central Avenue and just south of Main Street to East 23rd Street. It's an area known for drugs and prostitution.
It is among the areas of Chattanooga where the most shootings often occur -- the east and south parts of the city. These areas had 112 shootings in all of 2013 and through Feb. 24 of this year. That compares to 29 in the rest of the city during the same period.
On the whole, though, crime in Chattanooga began to trend downward last year when compared to 2012 and to a previous four-year average of crime data.
Preliminary crime statistics released by Chattanooga police show that the city had fewer aggravated assaults in 2013 than the year before. However, the number of shootings -- they're counted among aggravated assaults -- rose.
And a comparison of last year's 1,184 aggravated assaults -- shootings, beatings, stabbings -- with the previous four-year average shows that aggravated assaults jumped by nearly 9 percent.
In all, 953 people were victims of violent crime per 100,000 people in Chattanooga in 2013; 6,561 were victims of property crime.
Overall, though, when compared to the previous four-year period from 2009 to 2012, crime dipped slightly, by nearly half a percentage point. The violent crime rate is down nearly 2 percentage points when compared to the four-year average. Property crime declined by nearly 3 percentage points.
"[Overall crime] has gone down slightly. It's trending in the right direction," Chilton said.
Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke hopes to build on that trend.
"In various months, you're going to see spikes and issues. We know that you can't control every situation, but the trend line has to be down," Berke said. "Last year, we see a positive trend line for the city. We want to step that up a notch."
City to offer chance to change
Later this month, Berke plans to kick off the city's Violence Reduction Initiative, which would target suspected offenders connected to shootings throughout the city. The hope is to offer them a hand to change their lives. A GED, counseling, drug rehabilitation and other resources are on the table, if they're willing to put the guns down.
The alternative is police zeroing in on them and putting them away with a lengthy prison sentence.
Berke hopes the program will help neighborhoods with high levels of violence, and he emphasized the importance of reading programs in the same communities.
"One of the biggest indicators of long-term success is your ability to read at grade level," he said.
Though only one-tenth of the county's population lives in the neighborhoods reporting six or more shootings, they are home to 14 percent of the county's youngest children -- below the age of 5. That translates to 2,852 children.
In those same areas, 33 percent of people on average have less than a high school education, 42 percent live below poverty, 21 percent are unemployed and 76 percent of residents are non-white, census records show.
"They have high percentages of adults who lack a high school degree, household income is less than 50 percent of the county median and more than one-third of residents live in extreme poverty," Chilton said.
The problem starts at a young age; lower education levels can lead to a life of poverty.
"The thing is hopelessness," said Everlena Holmes, who coordinates the neighborhood block leaders in Glenwood. "If people had hope, they would become empowered."
Berke said reading programs have been placed in youth and family development centers across the city. A total of 466 students ranging from pre-k to fifth grade are enrolled. There's also a program for older students and adults.
"We've put a lot of focus on reading," he said. "We're coordinating more with the school system."
The problem is not unique to Chattanooga. Last week, President Barack Obama announced a new program, My Brother's Keeper, that would aid young men of color.
Nationwide, by the time black boys are enrolled in fourth grade, 86 percent are below reading proficiency levels. Of Hispanic boys of the same age, 82 percent are below reading proficiency levels, according to data released by the White House.
Hispanic and black men are six times more likely to be victims of homicides, according to national statistics. In Chattanooga in all of 2013 through last month, 19 of 24 homicide victims were black men -- 79 percent.
Of all shooting victims in Chattanooga, 92 percent were black.
Behind the numbers
Police and public officials hope the city's Violence Reduction Initiative will lead to improvements in a number of crime categories, not just shootings.
For example, it's not uncommon for police to learn of a shooting suspect who stole a car to commit the crime.
"The Violence Reduction Initiative is going to affect several of these categories. ... overall crime, murder, aggravated assault, and in the way we're using it, it could also affect robbery, burglary and larceny," said Chattanooga police Lt. Todd Royval.
Police have already started reaching out to those who are connected to violence.
In the past couple of months, two gangs have continued to retaliate with violence, police said. The dispute initially started over a woman but spilled over when gunmen who police believe are with the Athens Park Bloods came to a house on East 50th Street looking for a high-ranking member of the Bounty Hunter Blood gang.
Instead they found a 13-year-old boy. Deontrey Southers was shot and killed at the doorway of his home.
Shootings have continued in the south side of the city since the Jan. 21 killing, according to police. It's unclear whether Thornton's shooting and others are connected to the violence, Royval said.
But he said police have spoken to key members in both gangs in hopes of stopping more bloodshed. They were told that lengthy prison sentences await them if the violence doesn't stop. Some gang members said they would work to slow the violence.
"This week has been bad," Royval said last week. "We went a couple of weeks where we only had one shooting. I would like to think that had something to do with getting our message out."
Hope for the future
Two things have to happen if the violence reduction initiative is to succeed, said Holmes, who also is an observer for a justice program that encourages rehabilitation of inmates in Pennsylvania, where she spends part of her time.
Police must reach out to the communities, and they must reach out to the hopeless, she said.
"Right now, the communities have not met with police in their community. ... Until that happens, they will be skeptical. They still have the same view ... even if you roll [the initiative] out," she said.
Paul Smith, the city's public safety coordinator, has begun to meet with neighborhood leaders to explain how the initiative will work.
After they are briefed, Smith said, there will also be meetings open to all residents. A meeting in East Chattanooga has been scheduled in late March where Smith and police will be present to also answer questions, he said.
It's in the interest of the entire community for the initiative to succeed, Holmes said.
"We are here because we are trying to solve a problem within our neighborhood, with our community within the city," Holmes said. "We want business in the city. We don't want to run people away.
"We don't want people saying, 'Don't go to Chattanooga. They're killing everybody over there, stabbing people'. We all have to come to some sort of solution with this problem," she said.
That all begins with trust between police and community members.
When the talks do occur, chances are there will be anger on both sides, Holmes said.
"A lot of the communities think awful of the police," Holmes said. "And a lot of the police feel the community ought to be doing a lot more than they are doing."
Each side has its opinions.
"The police have got theirs. The community has theirs. It's going to be that way until they come together," Holmes said.
Is it possible for the two to work together?
"It has to be," Holmes said. "Give it an opportunity anyway."
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Michael Milota’s take on Panamanian molas
The Aspen Times
Showing through Nov. 25, with an opening reception and demonstration at 5 p.m. Thursday
Michael Milota is 37, with two kids. Yet he says he feels “like a toddler” when he picks up his art-making supplies these days. His primary material — colored paper — is often associated with kindergarten art classes, but he has other reasons for that youthful feeling. The art-form he is working in — a take-off on the traditional Panamanian form known as mola — is his own invention. And while he has been developing his approach for several years, and has an exhibition of his work opening today at Vectra Bank, he is still much in the experimental stage, continually exploring new techniques and designs.
“Each one I cut makes me think of something totally new to do,” he said. “Maybe five years from now I’ll feel like middle-school. Maybe five years after that, I’ll feel collegiate.”
A variety of Milota’s approaches — including one large-scale acrylic painting on canvas, whose design was inspired by a smaller piece in paper — are on display at the bank. Probably the most advanced technique is represented in the two pieces Milota calls “quantummolas,” which involve seven or nine layers of stapled paper, a thin piece of Plexiglas between each layer, and numerous cuts of the materials.
Another technique, which uses thicker paper board, requires the kind of tools and patience beyond that of an elementary school student. For one such piece in the exhibition, “Neuro Network,” Milota went through approximately 200 X-Acto knives. “Because I have to have that tip of a blade to make those precise cuts,” he said. “I like the paper board, but I’ll never do that again. Too hard to cut.”
Milota was not all that much older than a toddler when he got on the track that has led to his current art. In seventh grade, in his hometown of Omaha, Neb., the art teacher introduced the class to art practices from around the world. Among these was mola, a technique of the Kuna tribe of Panama, made from layered fabric. Not only did the teacher expose Milota to mola; she also gave her own twist to the form, using paper instead of fabric and going inward instead of building outward, thus demonstrating that a particular process could be played with and expanded on. Milota worked steadily on his own molas, while also doing drafting and wood carvings. A walking stick he made earned a ribbon at the Douglas County Fair in Nebraska.
Milota’s art making, and the rest of his world, had a brutal interruption when he was a junior in high school and a friend was murdered.
“I just put it down,” he said of his art. “I put everything down. That’s a lot to digest when you’re 16.”
Milota dropped visual arts entirely and moved into sonic arts. After doing sound for a handful of theaters in Boulder, Milota got a job at Belly Up and moved to Aspen seven years ago. On a trip to the Great Sand Dunes in southern Colorado a few years ago, he visited a coffee shop and saw a piece of art that looked like a mola. A friend he was traveling with asked what had captured Milota’s imagination.
“I said, ‘You’ve never seen one? I’m going to make you one,’” Milota recalled. “I got crazy about making them and haven’t stopped. It was like muscle memory. But they were very basic, easy shapes.”
In 2009, Milota was on the gondola and noticed the pattern of ski tracks on the snow below. “That sparked the thought to do that with the art, to intersect lines,” he said. Those basic easy shapes became far more complex. “It’s just been folding since then, like a Samurai’s blade — they fold it, pound it out to make it stronger, fold it again maybe 6,000 times.”
One of Milota’s pieces in the bank is titled “Molakra,” a combination of molas and the Indian concept of chakras, referring to energy channels in the body. (Milota is certified as a yoga instructor and has a commissioned mural in the Arjuna Hot Yoga studio, just behind Vectra Bank.) The piece is mounted on translucent Plexiglas and has a ribbon of LED tape and reflective tape, which cause the color to constantly change. The most recent work introduces figurative elements into what has been almost exclusively abstract designs. “Lil’ MolAriel” has images of World War I fighter planes, inspired by an uncle of Milota’s who was a pilot. He is working on another yoga-inspired piece, centered around the image of a tree.
Milota’s mind is already jumping ahead. He is planning pieces that will use lasers and acrylic that will make the paint look suspended and will allow people to interact with the design.
“I haven’t made it happen yet, but I’m pretty sure it will work,” he said. “It’s been like that — the plot’s thickening. Each one makes me think, ‘What can I do? What trippier ways?’”
Back in 2013, while working on a proposed box set of archival recordings, singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge came across a group of songs that had been recorded in the late 1980s but never released.
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Arup’s exhibition celebrating the Sydney Opera House is on show at 8 Fitzroy Street, from 11 April to 25 July 2014. The exhibition is part of a number of global events marking the 40th anniversary of the Opera House, which began in Sydney in October 2013.
The exhibition includes photography, historical drawings and models. It will display detail from the evolution of the Opera House design; a project which took nearly 16 years to complete from Danish architect Jørn Utzon winning the 1957 competition to its opening in 1973.
Utzon’s concept for a concert hall cum opera house, with the world’s most elaborate shell roof complex was extraordinary, radical and regarded by many within the architectural and engineering professions as impossible to build – an engineering challenge to which Ove Arup enthusiastically rose.
The exhibition focuses on two specific phases of the Opera House story: the evolution of the roof structure, known as Stage 2, and the design of the glass walls by architect Peter Hall who joined the project after Utzon’s departure in 1966.
The show, curated by Jennifer Greitschus, Arup, and Anne Watson, editor of 'Building a masterpiece: the Sydney Opera House', includes work by Australian modernist photographer Max Dupain and historical drawings from the Arup archives.
Arup collaborated with the Utzon Archives at Aalborg University, Denmark, which has lent early models of the roof structure, while a model from the Arup collection shows the spherical roof geometry. The original model of the crane, from the Sydney Opera House collection, which was specially designed to lift the roof segments into place, is also on show. Additionally, the exhibition boasts a specially commissioned digitally fabricated model of the incredible roof structure.
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How To List Things In An Article
Want to know how to list things in an essay? You have come to the right place! Whether you are writing a response to a question you received, or you want to start an essay from scratch, there are some points that you will need to keep in mind when writing a list essay. Following these tips will help you to make your essay as smooth as possible, while still presenting your ideas clearly and concisely.
The most important part of how to list things in an essay is to always start with an introduction sentence, followed by the list. Make next page sure you capitalize every letter of each item, and always use the singular-spaced text. If you use lists using nouns view it, always list them after the noun, never before. Here are some sample essay answers that use a “how to” list:
Numerical Example. Write an introduction for each topic, stating your topic and providing your opinion on the matter. In the “how to” section, include numbers, making it easy for the reader to follow your sequence of ideas. For instance, you might begin your essay with, “The easiest way to increase sales is to improve customer satisfaction.” Then immediately after, provide numbers for the topic: “How many more new customers will you gain on a monthly basis, if the Satisfaction rate rises from a rating of ‘5’?”
Numerical example. Write an introduction to each topic, stating your topic, and providing an opinion. After the introduction, provide a number for that topic: “How many more new click resources customers will you gain on a monthly basis, if the Satisfaction rate increases by one percent?” Include numbers throughout your essay. You can also use formatted lists (like the student version) for this purpose, in addition to the traditional numbered lists.
Numerical example. Your conclusion should conclude your essay, and it could use a few examples to reinforce your point. How to list things in an MLA format essay might start with a list of your topic. Then, following the guidelines about how to format lists, include a number next to each topic.
How to list things in an article. To better help students plan their sources, here are some suggestions: Start with a list of your primary sources. Next, brainstorm related articles, which might be published online or in a printed periodical. Next, make a bibliography of online resources, websites, and other references, using only the Internet as a source. Add a short summary at the end of your how to list things in an essay.
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What do Braxton Hicks contractions feel like?
Braxton Hicks contractions are spasmodic contractions and relaxations of the uterine muscle. They are also known as false labour . They are perceived to begin on the 6th week of gestation but are not felt at least until the second or third trimester of pregnancy. Braxton Hicks contractions are the contractions of the uterus that help the expectant mother's body prepare for actual labour. They are irregular and often painless.
As the date of delivery approaches faster, the Braxton Hicks contractions help soften your cervix. Although they are the body's way to prepare for actual labour, they neither indicate the outset of the labour nor its signals. Braxton Hicks contractions form a normal part of the pregnancy. Despite being uncomfortable, women describe them as mild menstrual cramps or a tightened sensation in an abdominal area that comes and goes.
Some quick facts about Braxton Hicks contractions:
- Braxton Hicks contractions occur predominantly during the second or third trimester of pregnancy.
- They are less painful than the actual labour.
- Braxton Hicks contractions are unpredictable unlike actual labour and do not occur at definite intervals and do not get intensified over time.
- Consider changing positions to mitigate the discomforts caused by Braxton Hicks contractions.
- Braxton Hicks contractions might not occur regularly or get closer together.
- Braxton Hicks contractions neither cause cervical dilatation nor culminate in childbirth.
The causes of Braxton Hicks contractions are as below:
- Regularly touched maternal abdomen
- Bladder distention
- Sexual intercourse
- Increase in maternal or foetal activity
Below are the home remedies to help resolve Braxton Hicks contractions:
- Take a warm bath for 30 minutes
- Eat something
- Drink a glass of water or a cup of tea
- Change positions as needed
- Take a stroll
- Take rest for a while if you have been physically active
When are the Braxton Hicks contractions a cause of worry?
You should consider calling your doctor if the frequency of contractions is increasing. If the pain bothers you excessively or if the symptoms are resembling preterm labour.
Below are the situations to look for if you think Braxton Hicks contractions are a cause of concern for you:
- If the contractions exceed an hour
- If pain is not releived after the above remedies
- Increase in the vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge or spotting
Braxton Hicks contractions occur in all pregnancies. Although each woman's experience is different, most women become aware of Braxton Hicks contractions in the third trimester. The onset of Braxton Hicks contractions near the end of the third trimester of pregnancy gets often mistaken as the actual labour. The management of Braxton Hicks contractions is easy and uncomplicated.
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A new study has confirmed that some of the brightest and most energetic objects in the universe are a mysterious source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos.
Comprehensive analyzes have quite convincingly linked galaxies containing blazing cores known as blazars to these enigmatic particles.
This is a result that provides a truly unexpected solution to a problem that astrophysicists have puzzled over for years.
“The results provide, for the first time, incontrovertible observational evidence that a subsample of PeVatron blazars are extragalactic neutrino sources and therefore cosmic ray accelerators,” said astrophysicist Sarah Buson of the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg in Germany.
Neutrinos were strange little things at the best of times. These subatomic particles are ubiquitous and are among the most abundant in the universe.
However, their mass is almost zero, they are electrically neutral, and they interact very little with anything else in the universe. For neutrinos, ordinary matter, which makes up most of the universe, could be a shadow; that’s why they are known as ghost particles.
We know pretty well where neutrinos come from – ordinary neutrinos.
They are formed as a result of radioactive decay, which is quite common. Most of the neutrinos we detect on Earth are by-products of nuclear reactions in the Sun, but they can also be produced, for example, by supernovae, artificial nuclear reactions, or interactions between cosmic rays and atoms.
But a special observatory in Antarctica has revealed some really bizarre ones.
Although neutrinos interact little with ordinary matter, they interact from time to time. When they interact with water atomic molecules, they can produce a very small flash of light.
The IceCube neutrino observatory has detectors embedded deep in the Antarctic ice at the south pole that can detect these flares. These detections could reveal the energy of the neutrino.
In 2012, IceCube discovered two neutrinos unlike anything we’ve ever seen. Their energies were measured in petaelectronvolts (PeV), 100 million times the energy of supernova neutrinos. And these high-energy neutrinos came from intergalactic space, the source is unknown.
We got a hint at this source in 2018. Because neutrinos don’t interact, they pretty much travel in a straight line through space, which is why a huge international collaboration of scientists has been able to trace the origin of high-energy neutrinos to a blazar.
This is the core of a massive galaxy powered by an active supermassive black hole, angled so that jets of ionized matter, accelerated to almost the speed of light, are directed straight at Earth.
“Interestingly, there was a general consensus in the astrophysicist community that blazars were unlikely to be sources of cosmic rays, and here we are,” University of Wisconsin-Madison physicist Francis Halzen said at the time.
However, some questions remain about the relationship between blazars and high-energy neutrinos. So a group of scientists led by Buson did what scientists do: they started digging.
They took 7 years of all-sky neutrino data from IceCube and carefully compared it to a catalog of 3,561 objects that are either confirmed blazars or very likely to be.
They performed positional cross-matching of these catalogs in an attempt to determine whether high-energy neutrinos could be definitively associated with blazar locations in the sky.
“With these data, we had to prove that the blazars, whose position in the direction coincided with the position of the neutrino, did not appear by chance,” explained astrophysicist Andrea Tramacere from the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
“After several rolls of the dice, we found that random association can only outperform real data once in a million trials! This is strong evidence that our associations are correct.”
According to the team’s analysis, the probability of a random occurrence is 0.0000006. This suggests that at least some blazars are capable of producing high-energy neutrinos, which in turn helps solve another problem. The origin of high-energy cosmic rays – protons and atomic nuclei that fly through space at close to the speed of light – is also a huge mystery.
According to Bewson, high-energy neutrinos are produced exclusively in processes associated with the acceleration of cosmic rays. This means we can now relate blazars to the acceleration of cosmic rays, the team says.
“The process of accretion and the rotation of a black hole lead to the formation of relativistic jets in which particles are accelerated and emit radiation with an energy of a thousand billion energies of visible light!” Tramaser said.
“The discovery of a connection between these objects and cosmic rays could be the Rosetta Stone of high-energy astrophysics.”
From here, there are several paths that require further study. One is to try to figure out why some blazars are efficient particle accelerators and others are not. This will help the team figure out what the characteristics of the neutrino factory are and where else in space we can find them.
In addition, further more detailed analysis of the neutrino data may yield more insights into the birthplaces of these unusual ghost particles.
The study was published in Letters from an astrophysical journal.
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Since the end of 2016, renewable heat has been flowing in the community of Hallerndorf in Bavaria, Germany. Thanks to the good and trusting cooperation between the community of Hallerndorf and NATURSTROM AG, the local heating project could be implemented in only 1.5 years.
In the German town of Hallerndorf, 100 % renewable heat from wood and the power of the sun is provided to over 100 households by a local heating project. It was initiated by a cooperation between the community and NATURSTROM AG and combines a heating plant running on wood chips from the region and the largest free-field solar thermal plant integrated into a local heating network with an area of 1,304 m².
The required heat quantity of 3 million kWh per year is generated by an innovative combination of different technologies. This ensures efficient capacity utilisation and a reliable supply to the connected households. The regenerative technology saves a total of almost 230,000 litres of heating oil and 873,600 kg of CO2 per year.
Four different sizes of modular biomass boilers with an output of 155, 300 and even 550 kilowatts (kW) operate in the boiler house. Boilers are added depending on the heat requirement. This ensures that neither too much nor too little heat is available and that heat losses remain low. Franconian wood chips from the region are used.
Together, Hallerndorf and NATURSTROM received the “Project Sustainability 2017” award from the German Council for Sustainable Development and were awarded the title of “Energy Community of the Month” in October 2018 by the Renewable Energies Agency.
- GHG savings: Annual CO2 savings 873,600 kg
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While watching the Utah-San Jose State football game in my basement with two of my closest friends Saturday, my high school chum Tim turned to our pal Mike and, out of the blue, asked if he had any feelings about the fact that Mike had gone to Vietnam and Tim and I hadn’t.
Mike shrugged it off, basically saying what happened, happened. That was 50 years ago, it’s over and we’ve all had good lives since that troubled time.
But Tim’s unprompted question showed that it’s not over. It will never be over. He asked it with a tinge of guilt, even though he and I and Mike thought then and think now that it was an unnecessary war escalated by incompetent politicians at the expense of tens of thousands of young men and women from my ’60s generation.
I bring this up because of the excellent 10-part Ken Burns series on Vietnam that has run all week and will continue next week on PBS.
I have watched each episode intensely, and the emotions it evokes have consumed me. They brought back all those memories, regrets, anger and forgiveness that have lain dormant but have never completely disappeared for my generation.
As the series explores the gradual acceleration of our military involvement as U.S. leaders misjudged the strength and resolve of the enemy while stubbornly backing a corrupt South Vietnam regime that did not have the support of its people, I keep reminiscing about our carefree high school days, when we were doing basic teenage stuff and had no idea what we were about to face.
I remember dragging State Street with my buddies, trying to pick up girls, listening to the Beach Boys on the radio singing about the fun and joy of youth.
Then President Lyndon Johnson, after promising in the 1964 campaign that he would not expand the war in Vietnam, expanded the war in Vietnam.
The turmoil grew as most of us entered college and the draft began plucking some of us out of our comfort zone and into boot camps preparing them for war halfway around the world.
I escaped the draft because of college deferments, as did Tim. Mike and another close friend, Paul, went into the military and then were shipped to Vietnam.
I kept in touch with them by mail as campus life lured me into the protest movement embraced by colleges around the country. I was against the war and attended the rallies but never fully engaged with the anti-U.S. radicalism that emerged from the broader anti-war sentiment.
When my friends came home, they were treated with contempt by protesters who acted like it was their fault. Some returning vets were spat upon if they flew home still wearing their uniforms.
To make matters worse, the returning Vietnam vets were unwelcome in service clubs patronized by veterans from Korea and World War II because the younger crowd, following the mores of the day, had long hair and looked like hippies.
That’s what makes watching this series so tough but compelling. That war tore us apart. There also is some survivor’s guilt among some of us who stayed home and protested.
When I was in Washington, D.C., several years ago, I visited the Vietnam Memorial containing the names of the more than 50,000 Americans who were killed in that conflict. I was looking for two names in particular, Steve Couch who graduated from Skyline a year before I did, and Don Williamson, who was in my class.
At the base of the column where Williamson’s name appeared, someone had left a bottle of Coors beer and a pack of Lucky Strike cigarettes with a note to one of the fallen.
The note spoke of the good times, carousing around, getting in a little trouble and then, the writer told his friend he was proud of him.
Suddenly, I began bawling. I didn’t see that coming. I never do that. But I was inconsolable. That note just evoked too many raw memories.
The enemy prevailed in Vietnam and the predictions that such an outcome would bring communism to our doors proved false. Today, Vietnam is a popular tourist stop for Americans who, when coming home, rave about the beauty of the land and the friendliness of the people.
My Tribune colleague Chris Smart took a vacation there a few years ago. He told me that he met a young man who invited him to his family home in the north, the stronghold of the enemy during the war.
In the home was an old man, who spoke to Chris through his grandson, who acted as an interpreter.
Chris wanted to apologize to the old man, explaining that many of us back home were against the U.S. involvement in his country.
The old man then grasped Chris’s hand and put it in between his own.
Through the grandson, he told Chris, “We are brothers now.”
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am setting out on such a progress; I cannot be content without an accurate sketch of the windings thus far of a stream which is to bear me on forever. I try to imagine how it will be to recollect, at a far distant point of my era, what I was when here; and I wish, if it were possible, to retain, as I advance, the whole course of my existence within the scope of clear reflexion to fix in my mind so very strong an idea of what I have been in this original period of my time. that I shall most completely possess this idea in ages too remote for calculation.
The review becomes still more important, when I learn the influence which this first part of the progress will have on the happiness or misery of the next. One of the greatest difficulties in the way of executing the proposed task will have been caused by the extreme deficiency of that self-observation, which, to any extent, is no common employment, either of youth or any later age. Men realize their existence to the surrounding objects that act upon them, and form the interests of self, rather than that very self, that interior being, which is thus acted upon. So that this being itself, with its thoughts and feelings, as distinct from the objects of those thoughts and feelings, but rarely occupied its own deep and patient attention. Men carry their minds as they carry their watches, content to be ignorant of the mechanism of their movements, and satisfied with attending to the little exterior circle of things, to which the passions, like indexes, are pointing. It is surprising to see how little self-knowledge a person not watchfully observant of himself may have gained in the whole course of an active or even inquisitive life. He may have lived almost an age, and traversed a continent, minutely examining its curiosities, and interpreting the half-obliterated characters on its monuments, unconscious the while of a process operating on his own mind to impress or to erase characteristics of much more importance to him than all the figured brass or marble that the world contains. After having explored ma
ny a cavern or dark ruinous avenue, he may have left undetected a darker recess in his character. He may have conversed with many people, in different languages, on numberless subjects; but, having neglected those conversations with himself by which his whole moral being should have been kept continually disclosed to his view, he is better qualified perhaps to describe the intrigues of a foreign court, or the progress of a foreign trade; to represent the manners of the Italians, or the Turks; to narrate the proceedings of the Jesuits, or the adventures of the gypsies; than to write the history of his own mind.
If we had practised habitual self-observation, we could not have failed to make important discoveries. There have been thousands of feelings, each of which, if strongly seized upon, and made the subject of reflection, would have shown us what our character was, and what it was likely to become. There have been numerous incidents, which operated on us as tests, and so fully brought out the whole quality of the mind, that another person, who should have been discriminatively observing us, would instantly have formed a decided estimate. But unfortunately the mind is too much occupied by the feeling or the incident itself, to have the slightest care or consciousness that any thing could be learnt, or is disclosed. In very early youth it is almost ine ole for it to be thus lost to itself even amidst its own feelings, and the external objects of attention; but it seems a contemptible thing, and it certainly is a criminal and dangerous thing, for a man in mature life to allow himself this thoughtless escape from self-examination.
We have not only neglected to observe what our feelings indicated, but have also in a very great degree ceased to remember what they were. We may justly wonder how our minds could pass away successively from so many scenes and moments which seemed to us important, each in its time, and retain so slight an impression, that we have now nothing to tell about what once excited our utmost emotion.
As to my own mind, I perceive that it is becoming uncertain of the exact nature of many feelings of considerable interest, even of later years: of course, the remembrance of what was felt in early life is exceedingly faint. I have just been observing several children of eight or ten years old, in all the active vivacity which enjoys the plentitude of the moment without "looking before or after;" and while observing, I attempted, but without success, to recollect what I was at that age. I can indeed remember the principal events of the period, and the actions and projects to which my feelings impelled me; but the feelings themselves, in their own pure juvenility, cannot be revived, so as to be described and placed in comparison with those of maturity. What is become of all those vernal fancies, which had so much power to touch the heart? What a number of sentiments have lived and revelled in the soul that are now irrevocably gone. They died, like the singing birds of that time, which now sing no more.
The life that we then had, now seems almost as if it could not have been our own. When we go back to it in thought, and endeavour to recal the interests which animated it, they will not come. We are like a man returning, after the absence of many years, to visit the embowered cottage where he passed the morning of his life, and finding only a relic of its ruins.
VIEW OF LIFE-Continued.
We may regard our past life as a continued, though irregular course of education; and the discipline has consisted of instruction, companionship, reading, and the diversified influences of the world. The young mind eagerly came forward to meet the operations of some of these modes of discipline, though without the possibility of a thought concerning the important process under which it was beginning to pass. In some certain degree we have been influenced by each
of these parts of the great system of education; it will be worth while to inquire how far, and in what man
Few persons can look back to the early period when they were peculiarly the subjects of instruction, without a regret for themselves, (which may be extended to the human race,) that the result of instruction, excepting that which leads to evil, bears so small a proportion to its compass and repetition. Yet some good consequences will follow the diligent inculcation of truth and precept on the youthful mind; and our consciousness of possessing certain advantages derived from it will be a partial consolation in the review that will comprise so many proofs of its comparative inefficacy. You can recollect perhaps the instructions to which you feel yourselves permanently the most indebted, and some of those which produced the greatest effect on your mind at the time, those which surprised, delighted, or mortified you. You can remember the facility or difficulty of understanding, the facility or difficulty of believing, and the practical inferences which you drew from principles, on the strength of your own reason, and sometimes in variance with those made by your instructors. You can remember what views of truth and duty were most frequently and cogently presented, what passions were appealed to, what arguments were employed, and which had the greatest influence. Perhaps your present idea of the most convincing and persuasive mode of instruction may be derived from your early experience of the manner of those persons, with whose opinions you felt it the most easy and delightful to harmonize, who gave you the most agreeable consciousness of your faculties expanding to the light, like morning flowers, and who, assuming the least of dictation, exerted the greatest degree of power. You can recollect the submissiveness with which your mind yielded to instructions as from an oracle, or the hardihood with which you dared to examine and oppose them. You can remember how far they
became, as to your own conduct, an internal authority of reason and conscience, when you were not under the inspection of those who inculcated them; and what classes of persons or things around you they in. duced you to dislike or approve. And you can perhaps imperfectly trace the manner and the particulars in which they sometimes aided, or sometimes counteracted, those other influences which have a far stronger efficacy on the character than instruction can boast.
Most persons, I presume, can recollect some few sentences or conversations which made so deep an impression, perhaps in some instances they can scarcely tell why, that they have been thousands of times recalled, while all the rest have been forgotten; or they can advert to some striking incident, coming in aid of instruction, or being of itself a forcible instruction, which they seem even now to see as clearly as when it happened, and of which they will retain a perfect idea to the end of life. In some instances, to recollect the instructions of a former period will be to recollect too the excellence, the affection, and the death of the persons who gave them. Amidst the sadness of such a remembrance, it will be a consolation that they are not entirely lost to us. Wise monitions, when they return on us with this melancholy charm, have more pathetic cogency than when they were first uttered by the voice of a living friend who is now silent. It will be an interesting occupation of the pensive hour, to recount the advantages which we have received from beings who have left the world, and to reinforce our virtues from the dust of those who first taught them.
In our review, we shall find that the companions of our childhood, and of each succeeding period, have had a great influence on our characters. A creature so conformable as man, and at the same time so capable of being moulded into partial dissimilarity by social antipathies, cannot have conversed with his fellow beings thousands of hours, walked with them | <urn:uuid:4bb2a383-3431-4b52-b129-1f02f51ea6f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://books.google.am/books?id=gqEAAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA111&focus=viewport&vq=%22it+is+of+infinite+moment,+that+you+should+properly+estimate+the+immense+value+of+your+national+union+to+your+collective%22&dq=editions:NYPL33433000455547&lr=&hl=hy&output=html_text | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.978584 | 2,077 | 1.945313 | 2 |
We study interdisciplinary fluid mechanics problems with broad applications. Some of the research questions we are currently studying are summarized below.
How do particles behave in wavy environments?
Particulate matter in the ocean is ubiquitous: sediment, ice crystals, plankton, and microplastics are examples of small particles that do not necessarily behave as passive tracers. Of interest is how ocean waves affect their transport and dispersal. For example, we explore how waves can actually enhance the dispersal and settlement of inertial particles under waves. We also study how waves induce a preferential orientation in non-spherical particles, and the implications this may have on a variety of systems.
Where do microplastics go in the ocean?
Only a fraction of the predicted plastic that enters the ocean is expected to be found in the subtropical gyres of the world's oceans. Therefore, it is unknown where the rest of the plastic goes: how much ends up on our beaches? At what rate does plastic settle onto the ocean floor? What physics controls these processes? Our research focuses on understanding how plastic enters and leaves the ocean in order to better manage and mitigate plastics risk.
How do small swimmers, such as plankton, behave and navigate in turbulence?
Zooplankton, such as the larvae of benthic invertebrates, exist at intermediate scales relative to their turbulent environment. Therefore, they have adapted complex and variable swimming behaviors to navigate in these conditions. Using experimental and numerical experiments, we study how their unsteady behavior in unsteady flows affects their transport and dispersal.
General research interests: environmental fluid mechanics, particle-laden flows, non-spherical particles, surface wave flows, microswimmers, plankton, microplastics, particle dispersal. | <urn:uuid:98ac9fc5-adc2-474b-8d64-38f79b0262ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.michellediben.com/research | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.912248 | 366 | 2.4375 | 2 |
GANGNEUNG, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A report from the Korea Center on Gambling Problems has revealed that 19 percent of the 939 university students taking part in the study suffered from gambling-related issues at an average age of 18.9 years old.
Conducted by the Center’s Gangwon Province Branch and given to students within the Gangneung area, the study’s results are troubling as a similar study conducted on adults by the National Gambling Control Commission last year returned a prevalence rate of 5.1 percent, nearly one-fourth the rate among the university students.
When asked when they had first gambled, 22.5 percent of the university students answered middle school, and 42.7 percent answered high school.
The students generally began through online gambling and Go-Stop, a Korean card game using hwatu cards, and moved on to various card games. By the time they were in their teens, they had even dabbled in illegal gambling.
More males (21.6 percent) than females (7.2 percent) were found to be struggling with gambling problems.
Of the respondents, 7.3 percent stated that they had won at least 1 million won through gambling.
Probable causes for youth gambling have been attributed to the lack of suitable teenage activities, the development of smartphones and the ease of access to illegal gambling websites.
Many of the respondents said that they had followed their friends into gambling, and their friends’ lack of shame or guilt regarding the activity had led them to continue their gambling habits.
Others responded that they had bet as much as 500,000 won in one go, while others confessed that they had committed acts of fraud on online secondhand markets to earn money.
Despite the need for preemptive measures, currently only 1,000 students at six schools in the entire province of Gangwon have partaken in gambling educational programs organized by the Korean Center on Gambling Problems.
Gangwon Center Director Jang Hyo Gang stressed the importance of parental involvement in discouraging gambling among teenagers. “If parents pay particular attention to their children’s bank accounts and phone bills, it will help in warding off gambling addiction,” she said. | <urn:uuid:b558dd64-859c-4051-8072-568783645e85> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://koreabizwire.com/gambling-a-growing-problem-among-young-koreans/94959 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.974726 | 484 | 2.03125 | 2 |
The drought is over and capital is flowing to innovators in K-12, postsecondary, and consumer learning. That’s the conclusion of a report from GSV Advisors including industry veterans Deborah Quazzo and Michael Moe. They examine the “near spontaneous explosion of entrepreneurial activity in education.”
The report, Fall of the Wall: Capital Flows to Education Innovation, also concludes that capital is not a key impediment to innovation. GSV notes, “Instead, it is the absence of a clear path to scale caused by continued market impediments that still constrains investment capital on a relative basis. If some of the market impediments were lifted, we estimate that additional capital would be attracted to enter the sector.”
GSV suggests that educational impact — “return on education” (ROE) — is key to attracting capital and building value. This ROE includes driving down cost, substantially learning improves outcomes, boosting access, and building instructional capacity. This focus on impact reduces the importance of tax status and the false barrier that separates for-profits and not-for-profits.
With more capital flowing, GSV points to four remaining challenges
the primary obstacles to scale can be classified as the following:
- People: New talent is being attracted to education but there is still a short supply of management and engineering talent.
- Product: There are limited early adopters to support product evaluation and iterative development.
- Potential: Education is a huge segment of the economy but strangled by layers of policy and bureaucracy, and anti-market bias, and inefficient decentralized procurement.
- Predictability: Traditional political and budget vagaries have been exacerbated by the Great Recession, disruptive technologies, and new philanthropies.
How did the spontaneous combustion occur? Page 10 of the report is the “Magic Chart” that summarizes the coalescence of four change forces: advancing technology, maturing markets, innovation friendly education policy, and improving human capital. I would add a global overlay; the doubling of education expenditures in India and china is building demand for new learning tools, and viral apps quickly develop a global presence.
GSV notes that “Education represents nearly 9 percent of U.S. GDP, but less than 1 percent of both venture investments and public market capitalization.” The current edtech renaissance is marked by a larger number of smaller and more capital efficient startups than in 2000. New investment, according to GSV, is being driven by eight investment themes in education: synergistic partnerships, adaptive technology, knowledge communities, platforms, big data, smart content, employability skills, and languages.
For newcomers to education enterprise, the report is a good reminder of the first boom and crash a dozen years ago. Current investment levels exceed that period as do the aggregate talent and experience levels of investors and entrepreneurs.
The current round of investment is changing the world. New tools and schools are beginning to boost achievement here in the U.S. and extend access to secondary and postsecondary education to hundreds of millions previously cut off from the idea economy.
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FELA / Railroad Injury Cases: Los Angeles & Nationwide
Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA)
In 1908, congress passed the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) to give railroad workers who are injured on the job a means of legal recourse and protective rights. Under FELA, injured railroad employees can file complaints directly against the company if they can prove negligence in causing the injury.
Railroad companies can be found negligent in cases where they:
- Fail to provide a safe work environment
- Fail to provide proper tools or equipment
- Fail to perform frequent inspections and maintenance
- Fail to adequately train their employees
Union Pacific Railroad Company FELA Claims and Injury Lawsuits
Union Pacific Railroad Company has and continues to uniquely endanger its workforce as UPRR employees regularly face dangers including (but not limited to):
- Equipment failure
- Exposure to toxins
- Heavy cargo loads (that can increase the time a train needs to properly brake)
- Track defects
- Use of heavy machinery
Given such specific threats, the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) protects Union Pacific Railroad Company employees. Injured Union Pacific Railroad workers should contact one of our experienced FELA attorneys at Morris Law Firm to learn more about their legal rights and find out if they are entitled to a settlement for their injuries and losses.
Are You a Railroad Worker that was Injured?
As a railroad worker, if you have an accident or are injured on the job, you have rights under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. You should seek legal counsel and advice at the earliest opportunity if you believe you have a potential FELA case. Remember, the railroad claim agent is just that – an agent for the railroad. Our lawyers at Morris Law Firm are your representatives as experienced FELA attorneys that will protect your rights.
Asbestos Exposure in Railroad Workers
From 1990 to 1999, the railroad industry was the 4th most frequently listed industry on the death certificates of people over the age of 15 who died from asbestosis. Studies have demonstrated that patients with asbestosis have a greater risk of developing malignant mesothelioma cancer. The large number of deaths in railroad workers from asbestosis is not surprising given the fact that the railroad industry has routinely utilized asbestos products for heat shielding and insulation.
Railroad workers are at risk of developing occupational cancers in a number of ways, due to the many known carcinogens present in the workplace environment. Benzene exposure, asbestos, chemical solvent exposure and exposure to welding fumes are common examples of conditions which can lead to the development of cancer in railroad workers. Unfortunately, these diseases often go undiagnosed in their early stages, making them more difficult to treat and likely to cause serious injury and even death.
Do You Qualify for a Railroad Worker Cancer Lawsuit?
Morris Law Firm is reviewing cases involving current or former railroad workers who were diagnosed with any type of cancer at any time, whether they are currently working or not. You may qualify if you were diagnosed with cancer after working for a railroad. This includes engineers, conductors, switchmen, carmen, track maintenance workers, machinists, clerical workers, and other occupations. | <urn:uuid:981717ff-a164-41c8-bf97-734a76ccd4a2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jamlawyers.com/practice-areas/fela-railroad-injuries/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.962008 | 667 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Establishing an organic garden is a smart way to work towards a healthier diet. For best results, however, you need to put in the right amount of effort. You probably do not know how to go about growing an organic garden on your own.
Transform the handles of your tools into convenient measuring devices. Tools with long handles such as hoes and rakes can double as measuring sticks. After laying the handles on the floor, run the measuring tape along beside them. Label the distances using a permanent marker. The next time you find yourself in your garden, you will have one large ruler right at your fingertips.
If powdery mildew appears on your plants, don’t purchase expensive chemical solutions. Mix a solution of baking soda, water, and a tiny bit of dishwashing liquid. Once weekly, spray this mixture to the affected areas of your plants, and the mildew should be eliminated shortly. This solution is perfectly safe for your plants and gently treats mildew in a short amount of time.
Plants all need a good supply of C02 to grow properly! A higher level of CO2 will help plants grow better. The best way to obtain a saturated level of carbon dioxide (CO2) is to use a greenhouse. For the best growing conditions you should keep the CO2 levels high.
Be sure to get rid of the weeds growing in your garden. A vibrant garden will be overrun with weeds if they are left alone. White vinegar is a pesticide-free way to battle weeds. White vinegar is natural, very inexpensive, and can really kill the weeds! Load up your spray bottle with some white vinegar, and spray the weeds away instead of breaking your back removing them by hand.
Plan your garden before you plant it. It will be easy to remember where each plant is when sprouts start to shoot up the following spring. A good plan can also help you to place each plant in the area that is most beneficial to them.
Carefully read and follow the instructions that come with your chemicals and tools, especially when you’re just starting to garden. It may seem simple enough, but not following it could lead to chemical burns and skin irritations. So make sure you take precautions, follow the simple directions and be safe.
Make sure to wear sun protection gear if you’ll be working in the garden in the sun. Always apply sunscreen with an adequate SPF level. Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes. Finally, throw on a wide-brimmed hat to protect your scalp. Protecting yourself from the sun will lower your chances of getting skin cancer, as well as prevent premature aging from sun damage.
Make sure you have your horticulture tools near you, so you can maximize your horticulture efficiency. You should use a large pail and wear sturdy pants that have several pockets. Keep all of the tools you use and your gloves handy and will help you work more efficiently.
After your seeds sprout, the containers do not need to stay as warm as they once did. After growth begins, you can remove plants from any excessive heat sources. If you have plastic films on your containers, remove them. Watch your seeds carefully to know when you can take these steps.
Be efficient when working in your garden. One of the biggest time wasters is not keeping track of your tools and having to look for them every time you need them. Prepare all of your tools prior to working in the garden, and then put them away neatly when finished. Get a tool belt if you need to, or a pair of pants with a lot of pockets.
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As there’s a chance that some of you are unfamiliar with the programme we are on, here’s a brief introduction.
The Scientist Training Programme or STP as we call it, is a training programme organised by the National School of Healthcare Science and NHS Health Education England with the aim to train the country’s clinical scientist workforce. At the moment, there are 23 specialisms offered by the programme. The training is undertaken in the span of three years and it consists of 80% on-the-job training and a 20% academic component.
What does that mean for the trainees?
When you get an offer for the STP, it will be specific to one of the hospitals offering training for your chosen specialism. That will be your base hospital where you will spend the majority of your time. In addition to that, you are enrolled in a part-time masters in Clinical Science at one of the participating universities. For example, a lot of specialisms – including ours – attend their course at the University of Manchester. Every year, you spend a couple of weeks at university, followed by a few assignments or exams per module.
The rest of the time, you are based at your host hospital and you train following the School’s curriculum. The first year consists of four rotational components which usually includes the trainee visiting different departments to gain an overall understanding of specialisms closely related to theirs. Years two and three are more specific to your specialism, with your specialist modules. Every module consists of a number of competencies that you need to meet and record in your e-portfolio. Your training will be slightly different from other trainees, as it depends on the available projects and supervisors you have at your host trust. At the end of your training, your e-portfolio is the proof of all the work you have done throughout the whole training programme.
What specialisms are offered?
- Cancer Genomics
- Cardiac Science
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Clinical Bioinformatics (Genomics)
- Clinical Bioinformatics (Physical Sciences)
- Clinical Bioinformatics (Health Informatics)
- Clinical Engineering including:
- Rehabilitation Engineering
- Clinical Measurement and Development
- Device Risk Management and Governance
- Clinical Immunology
- Clinical Microbiology
- Clinical Pharmaceutical Science
- Gastrointestinal Physiology
- Genomics (formerly Genetics)
- Genomic Counselling (formerly Genetic Counselling)
- Haematology and Transfusion Science
- Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
- Medical Physics including:
- Imaging with Ionising Radiation
- Imaging Non-Ionising Radiation
- Radiation Safety Physics
- Radiotherapy Physics
- Ophthalmic and Vision Sciences
- Reconstructive Science
- Reproductive Science
- Respiratory and Sleep Sciences
- Vascular Science
What happens when you are finished?
You are a fully fledged and registered clinical scientist. You get registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and you can start being an invaluable member of your hospital.
If you want more training and when you are ready, the School offers the Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) Programme, where you will train towards being a Consultant Clinical Scientist. This involves an academic component at a doctorate level and helps you develop your clinical science skills in addition to leadership and professional practice.
In the future, through our blog, we will attempt to give you an insight in the everyday life of an STP trainee, give you descriptions of different specialisms and what the trainees are doing on a daily basis.
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Yarrow argues that we laid the foundation for our current cultural moment 20 years ago, during the golden hour before we succumbed to internet culture. Despite massive potential in the ’90s for women to claim agency at work and at home, Yarrow reveals that “the decade was marked by a shocking, accelerating effort to subordinate them.” Women who gained too much power, or got too angry, sexual, or ambitious, ended up reviled by American culture. Yarrow painstakingly revisits the stories of figures like Tonya Harding, Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill, Janet Reno, and Nicole Brown Simpson, offering deft reinterpretations of the subtext that rendered them controversial in their own moment. Yarrow coins the term “bitchification,” the formula that “reduced women to their sexual function in order to thwart their progress.” Bitchification, as Yarrow theorizes it, is a socio-cultural process by which a woman makes headlines, breaks patriarchal mores, is judged by her sexuality, and sees her credibility and reputation shattered. 90s Bitch presents a convincing case that women lost political, cultural, and sexual power grabs in the last decade of the 20th century, shaping the gender inequality we’re still experiencing today.
As a ’90s kid myself, I recall that the way we treated the women mentioned above — like punch lines, rather than human beings — never sat well with me, though I couldn’t say why at the time. Like many of Yarrow’s readers, I absorbed stories like Hill’s and Lewinsky’s before I’d embraced “feminism,” a term that conjured unshaven legs and bra burning in a decade that glorified the hyper-feminine girly girl. Now I know why I squirmed: those attacks didn’t just target powerful and misbehaving “bitches” in the public eye, they targeted all women.
“Bitchification” may be a new idea, but “bitch” isn’t. Yarrow reminds us that the term has long been “the worst invective hurled at women.” Etymologists trace the origins of “bitch” to Artemis, the Greek goddess of chastity who could transform into a dog and was seen as secretly begging for sex. “From its very conception,” Yarrow explains, “‘bitch’ was a verbal weapon designed to restrain and silence women and strip them of their power.” By 1811, the word was codified in an English dictionary as a greater insult than “whore,” and by 1987, two chart-topping rappers centered the term. Public Enemy released “Sophisticated Bitch,” while N.W.A. dropped “A Bitch Iz a Bitch,” which characterized bitches as money-grubbing sex fiends who could “eat shit and die.” Over the years, women have attempted to reclaim the epithet, and Yarrow observes that “what was once a derogation is now seen as an appellation of empowerment and sisterhood.” Millennial women might jokingly refer to their “resting bitch face,” ironically embrace the label “basic bitch” — and the fashion and lifestyle implications that come with it — or don the title “boss bitch,” to signal career ambition and independence. Earlier generations started the trend, though. Meredith Brooks’s 1997 hit “Bitch” left radio stations debating whether to bleep out the word, since Brooks used it not as a slur but to signify strength and power. And a 1985 record dispute led to Madonna famously saying, “I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, OK.” Still, Yarrow argues that attempts to use the word to capture the multiplicity of female identity will be feeble if we don’t face how the moniker still “degrades, disparages, and disenfranchises.”
Yarrow is a skillful scene setter, and unpacks trends that objectified women’s bodies, making it easy for bitchification to take root. The ’90s saw the rise of the human Barbie doll ideal, memorably celebrated and critiqued in Aqua’s 1997 hit single “Barbie Girl,” and driven by stars like Pamela Anderson and Anna Nicole Smith, whom the media (and not just tabloids) characterized as breasts, personified. Yarrow cites a story in The Economist claiming that with Smith’s breasts, “a girl from nowhere […] could do anything.” But Smith’s body was also her undoing. She began to “swell and then shrink over the years, making her a target” for cruel media scrutiny. When she died, Smith “was ceaselessly mocked for pursuing love and self-esteem from the outside in, even though it was exactly what society had instructed her to do.” This bait-and-switch tactic, which penalizes women for playing to the feminist ideal and for opting out, crops up throughout 90s Bitch.
Yarrow shows that fat-shaming was standard for fictional characters on primetime TV, too. Monica Geller of Friends fights to live down her history as “fat Monica,” while the 90210 pilot shows Steve taunting Kelly for her nose job, asking if she’ll turn to liposuction or a tummy tuck next. Yarrow posits it’s no coincidence that plastic surgery rates skyrocketed, teen diet programs abounded, and Victoria’s Secret boomed as women tried to fit the new model of beauty: “bionic, breasty, and blonde.” They were promised that “this was achievable through consumption: buy this diet or this underwear to make men want to sleep with you, because being desired by men is the path to self-esteem, power, and love.” In other words, success for American women was still about attracting male attention, but now they could achieve this success at the mall or on the operating table.
To further complicate the landscape, abstinence-only sex education made girls gatekeepers, and laid the onus of preventing STD transmission and unplanned pregnancies on them. “Boys were encouraged and even pressured to pursue sex (with girls and girls only),” writes Yarrow, while girls were “blamed and shamed for sexual consequences.” It was a lose-lose situation. Girls were taught to fear sex “in school and society, and by elders and peers,” but this advice was at direct odds with what they “were sold about sex” on TV and in magazines. It was under these conditions, Yarrow asserts, that the pattern of bitchification could take hold. If “society values female bodies primarily for their function and consumption,” it’s easy to shift the conversation away from their skills and qualifications. This reinforced the message that when women posed a threat to men, they’d be trivialized and knocked out of power. Girls waiting in the ranks learned there wasn’t a place for them.
Yarrow shows that, while the recipe was always the same, bitchification came in popular flavors, like femme fatale and frigid old maid. Much of 90s Bitch is smartly organized around unpacking these labels, with chapters on how women were punished for being too sexual, cold, angry, unfeminine, or simply too competent. To demonstrate, Yarrow opens the vault of high-profile cases that were either too hot or too cold. Anita Hill, to detail one example, was simply “too cold” to be credible in her case against Clarence Thomas. In 1991, she testified against Thomas’s appointment to the Supreme Court, citing the years of sexual harassment she suffered as his subordinate. Yarrow conjures the “indelible image of Hill sitting alone behind a microphone, testifying opposite fourteen white male senators performing their disbelief on behalf of disbelieving men everywhere.” They seemed bent on bitchifying Hill, a lawyer and academic. Senator Howell Heflin asked Hill if she was a “scorned woman” with a “martyr complex” and “militant attitude.” Rather than focus on her testimony, they attacked her character, labeling her desperate for male attention. A law school classmate “detailed how Hill couldn’t stomach men rejecting her.” Hill was pegged an erotomaniac and paid with her career; she relocated to Oklahoma to escape Justice Thomas’s advances, taking a job at a barely accredited institution, while Thomas still sits on the Supreme Court. Hill was punished for speaking up, and is remembered as a controversy rather than a flag bearer.
Yarrow doesn’t have to dig through right-wing sources to reveal the rampant sexism and double standards that plagued women during the ’90s, often in ways that we continue to experience today. Her research shows that the liberal bastions publishing #MeToo exposés and touting body positivity today were as culpable as the tabloids in the pre-millenium period. A New Yorker article quipped that before the Clinton affair, Monica Lewinsky’s “only other serious interest in life was dieting.” The New York Times’s Maureen Dowd called Lewinsky “too tubby to be in the high school in-crowd,” ditsy, and “pathetically adolescent,” mockingly referring to her relationship with the president as “way unique.” Dowd won a Pulitzer for her coverage. Lewinsky is only now beginning to shed the stigma she has lived with for two decades.
Even women who weren’t sexual at all could be lambasted. Yarrow traces how ruthlessly Janet Reno, the first woman attorney general, was maligned for being unfeminine. Reno, a tall, single lawyer with cropped hair, “lacked the feminine qualities and life choices typical for women, and the run-of-the-mill sexism wouldn’t work.” Instead of an ice queen or dangerous seductress, she was “a man in women’s clothes.” On Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell implied he did Reno a favor when he played her straight in “Janet Reno’s Dance Party,” because she seemed so asexual. “Ferrell said he wouldn’t have crafted such a sketch if Reno was a ‘normal woman.’”
Conditions were even worse for women of color. Yarrow flags how concepts like the “damaged girl” trope told the story of straight white women who turned to cutting to cope with unachievable body standards. But, it left out LGBTQ women and immigrants whose self-injury might stem from other pressures, like the experience of navigating gender identity or being a first-generation American. Women of color were more likely to be perceived as dangerous than their white peers. “Unless it could be commoditized, like Alanis Morissette on the cover of Rolling Stone, public brashness and anger was unacceptable for women in the 90s, mostly because it was feared,” Yarrow explains. “Black women’s anger was feared even more.” Yarrow shows how this played out for TLC’s Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, who was vilified in the media for setting fire to the house she shared with NFL player Andre Rison. That Rison abused her before the blaze is usually left out; the press played up the spectacle and deemed her out of control. Further, Yarrow shows how, while white women like prosecutor Marcia Clark were attacked for being working mothers, black women were conversely ridiculed for not finding jobs: “While white mothers who worked […] were pilloried for appearing to shirk domestic and motherhood duties, unemployed or underemployed black mothers were shamed for failing to work and staying home with their kids.” For women of color, the trap of bitchification was doubly complicated, and the long-term effects of those damaging narratives and roadblocks to success are still playing out today.
The best moments in the 90s Bitch are when Yarrow swivels away from the archives to reflect on her own participation in the cultural process of bitchification. Here’s how she evaluates her teenage response to Fiona Apple’s hit music video “Criminal,” which featured an emaciated, 19-year-old Apple writhing on the floor of a house party, sarcastically confessing to mistreating men:
I was Apple’s target demographic, yet I absorbed the critiques of her and parroted them myself […] I was sold and bought into what Apple was rejecting — beauty, sexuality, and even personality shaped and policed by men. Apple’s attempt to undermine the “perfect girl” aesthetic — shaming the gaze, spilling her guts, and starving her flesh from her frame — threatened the affable, obedient, perfect-girl archetype that my peers and I were trying so hard to mirror. […] Apple was “damaged goods” — something I longed not to be. She upset me. Now I realize that was exactly the point.
That’s the real power of 90s Bitch — it looks beyond the gender war many girls didn’t realize they were fighting to show how they were implicated in their own submission.
Even worse, girls were promised a solution that turned out to be a mirage as “self-esteem” became the buzzword of the day. “We were told to ‘have’ self-esteem and, if we didn’t have it, to ‘get’ it,” Yarrow writes, “but nobody told us precisely how.” That’s where marketing stepped in. Brands promised women and girls that they could perfect their bodies and purchase confidence. Stores like Limited Too might have touted Girl Power but they diluted the movement into “a shopping spree.” Embracing girly fashions may have felt like freedom — “Choice, after all, was a feminist plank” — but Yarrow argues that we’re still paying for the loss of true empowerment.
There are statistics to back up this claim. Millennial women hold more bachelor’s degrees than men, yet they haven’t achieved workplace equality. Women’s median hourly wage is up — but it’s still only 84 percent of men’s — and they are still hired and promoted less frequently than male counterparts. Teen pregnancies have dropped, but maternal mortality rates have risen, and the United States remains one of the only developed nations without mandatory paid parental leave. While the current round of elections witnesses the entrance of female candidates in greater numbers than before, Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election “delivered an undeniable blow to American women.” In light of bitchification culture, Trump’s election was a natural development, Yarrow argues, being as he is a reflection of “the blatant and lewd sexism woven into the fabric of our society finally emerged unabashed in a modern presidential campaign, and in the White House itself.”
For those pining for simpler times, Yarrow’s 90s Bitch is an uncomfortable read and a reminder that widespread sexism and misogyny aren’t new problems — and that the solutions won’t be easy. The good news is that we can use Yarrow’s framework to reevaluate the stories we tell and the narratives we accept about women who step outside the prescribed lines of female success. In doing so, we can set aside some of our ’90s nostalgia and work toward a future of gender parity.
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HUAWEI CLOUD Launches AI-Assisted Diagnosis for COVID-19, Outputting CT Quantification Results in Seconds
Feb 26, 2020
In the face of the COVID-19 epidemic, the National Health Commission of China has included CT features of COVID-19 as the clinical diagnosis standard for COVID-19 in Hubei Province in its official diagnosis and treatment solution released on February 4, 2020. As one of the decision-making methods for COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment, CT powers fast and effective diagnosis and evaluation. However, due to large numbers of lesions in lungs and rapid changes, multiple rechecks and image reviews are required in a short period of time, significantly increasing the workloads of imaging doctors. What's worse, imaging doctors who can accurately diagnose and quantitatively analyze COVID-19 are insufficient in number, so the diagnosis efficiency cannot be greatly improved.
Recently, HUAWEI CLOUD worked with Huazhong University of Science & Technology and Lanwon Technology to develop and launch an AI-assisted quantitative medical image analysis service for COVID-19. With HUAWEI CLOUD's leading AI technologies such as computer vision and medical image analysis, the service can automatically, quickly, and correctly output CT quantification results to imaging and clinical doctors, alleviating the shortage of imaging doctors who can accurately diagnose COVID-19, relieving the pressures of quarantines, and reducing the heavy workloads of doctors. The service also utilizes the powerful computing capability of Huawei Ascend series AI chips to output the quantization result of a single case in seconds. "AI + doctor review" is dozens of times faster than manual quantitative image evaluation, which greatly improves the diagnosis efficiency.
HUAWEI CLOUD leverages the computer vision and medical image analysis technologies to segment the multiple pulmonary ground glass opacities (CGO) and lung consolidation and make quantitative evaluations through CTs of patients' lungs. It combines clinical information and laboratory results to help doctors more accurately distinguish between early, advanced, and severe stages of COVID-19, facilitating early screening and prevention/control. For confirmed cases in hospitals, this AI-assisted service can perform registration and quantitative analysis on the 4D dynamic data of multiple rechecks within a short period of time, helping doctors effectively evaluate patients' conditions and drug use effects.
According to the analysis of hundreds of COVID-19 cases and non-infected cases, HUAWEI CLOUD AI-assisted quantitative diagnosis service has implemented industry-leading Dice Similarity Coefficient (DICE: overlaps between the predicted lesions and the actual lesions) and Absolute Volume Difference (AVD: volume differences between the predicted lesions and the actual lesions) of lesion area segmentation. The results are highly consistent with the precise manual sketching by doctors. In addition, with Huawei's Ascend AI series chips, the service can output CT quantization results in seconds. Compared with the traditional methods that doctors use to manually draw ROIs for quantitative evaluation, this service significantly improves diagnosis efficiency.
The "AI + CT" medical image analysis service for COVID-19 is developed and constructed based on the HUAWEI CLOUD EIHealth-medical image analysis platform. The platform uses the HUAWEI CLOUD AI Ascend cluster service and the ModelArts one-stop AI development and management platform to implement one-stop medical image data governance and labeling, model training and evaluation, and visualized rendering, providing powerful support for universities and hospitals with massive AI computing, platform, and algorithm power.
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Your feet likely suffer the most of the beatings, regardless of who you are or where you reside. After all, from the moment you first stepped out of bed, you have been utilising your feet all day. Without your feet, it is impossible to go from one place to another as freely as possible. The only way to guarantee your feet will remain in good condition is to learn how to take good care of them. Otherwise, you might develop foot problems like corn that require immediate treatment since it becomes more painful as it thickens and eventually discharges pus.
Even though your foot having corn is not life-threatening, it can hinder your daily life if left untreated. Of course, the same goes for other foot problems. You will not be able to move freely due to the increasing discomfort you are experiencing the more you use your feet for walking, running, or jumping.
To not let foot problems get in the way of your daily routine, you should keep them healthy. If you have no idea how you should do it, keep reading. Listed below are the different ways you can follow how to take good care of your feet.
9 Ways To Take Good Care Of Your Feet
1) Clean Your Feet Daily
The first thing you need to do to take good care of your feet is to clean them every day. After all, if you leave your feet dirty, you will become more exposed to parasites and bacteria, which can cause you to develop an athlete’s foot.
Here are some tips from a foot and ankle doctor in Singapore on how you should clean your feet well.
- Soak your feet in warm water. Test the water temperature first on your wrist before soaking it.
- Afterwards, use a gentle soap and rub them on your feet. Ensure to include the underside of your feet, which is around the heel and toes.
- Once done, pat dry your feet with a cloth. Never forget to dry between your toes since bacteria or fungus tend to live in moist areas.
2) Exfoliate At Least Twice A Week
While it is true that this might sound weird, exfoliating your feet can help get rid of dry and dead skin. As a result, you will have soft and smooth feet. But that is not all since a proper exfoliation can prevent your feet from forming foot corn and need treatment.
If you plan to try exfoliating your feet, here are the things you need to do.
- Mix ½ cup of sugar, one tablespoon of almond oil, ½ tablespoon of honey, and two to three drops of tea tree oil in a bowl to create an exfoliating scrub.
- Once done, keep the mixture aside and soak your feet first in warm water.
- Ten minutes later, apply the mixture to your feet and massage each foot gently for five minutes.
- Afterwards, rinse your feet with cool water and pat dry your feet.
3) Wear Clean And Dry Socks
Since bacteria and fungus tend to grow in moist areas, you should not wear damp socks. When your feet get wet because they sweat a lot, ensure to remove your wet socks and pat your feet dry before wearing another pair of dry socks.
4) Inspect Your Feet Regularly
If tires get flattened with constant use, you can expect your feet to develop something equivalent such as blisters or cracked surfaces. No matter how mild or severe the existing foot problem you have, guarantee to seek medical help from a foot and ankle doctor in Singapore.
5) Cut Nails Carefully
Another thing that you need to do to take good care of your feet is to cut your toenails carefully. If you have cut your toenails abruptly, they might develop ingrown. Remember that ingrown can be painful if it grows into your skin.
6) Always Wear Well-Fitted Shoes
That is typical advice you will hear from every foot and ankle specialist you can encounter in Singapore. You should know that wearing incorrect footwear poses several foot problems. Besides developing blisters and calluses, it will be difficult for you to move around.
The only way to prevent this is to wear the right shoes for the right occasion. You should keep in mind that a perfect pair of shoes has the following qualities:
- Feel comfortable, especially in the widest part of your feet.
- The shoes should not rub on your toes or the backside of your ankle.
- It does not slip or feel too tight when you walk them around.
7) Replace Worn Out Footwear
No matter how sentimental you are, you should wear worn-out footwear. These kinds of shoes will only pose problems on your feet. Without enough cushion and support from your footwear, it will be more difficult and painful to stand, let alone walk or run.
8) Visit A Podiatrist From Time To Time
To guarantee that your feet are healthy at all times, you should get your feet checked by a podiatrist. They are a foot and ankle specialist in Singapore that can help treat foot problems and make your feet feel better.
9) Stretch Your Feet
Stretching your feet as often as possible can help improve your flexibility. However, before doing so, you should consult your foot andankle doctor about what kind of stretches you should do.
Even though there are several things you need to do to take good care of your feet, doing all of them is for you. When you have healthy feet, you can do more things without trouble. Consider learning how to treat your feet right. Doing so should help prevent you from developing foot problems.
If you need help to keep your feet healthy, reach out to a podiatrist at ECPC. This clinic is what most people call a foot and ankle specialist. You can guarantee that your feet are in good hands if you let them treat them. Plus, they can provide you with custom insoles for your flat feet.
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Thomas Eakins, in full cutting board Cowperthwait Eakins, (born July 25, 1844, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 25, 1916, Philadelphia), artist who brought the heritage of 19th-century American Realism to maybe its highest possible achievement. He painted mostly portraits that his friends and also scenes of outdoor sports, such as swimming and also boating (e.g., Max Schmitt in a solitary Scull, 1871). The work usually acknowledged as his masterpiece—The pistol Clinic (1875), i beg your pardon depicts a operation operation—was received with distaste by his contemporaries because of the frank and unsentimental nature.
Thomas Eakins: The gross Clinic
The gross Clinic, oil on canvas by cutting board Eakins, 1875; in the Jefferson clinical College of thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. 2 × 2.5 m.
Early life and also artistic training
Eakins was born in Philadelphia and, other than for one prolonged study expedition abroad and also a brief trip to the West, virtually his whole life was spent in that city. Native his father, a composing master, Eakins inherited not only the manual dexterity and sense the precision the characterizes his arts but additionally the love of outdoor activity and the commitment to pure integrity that marked his personal life. He did fine in school, particularly in science and also mathematics.
As his interest in arts developed, he learned at the Pennsylvania Academy of the good Arts. Concerned particularly with the human figure, he reinforced his research of the live version at the academy by attending lectures in anatomy at Jefferson clinical College and eventually witnessing and participating in dissections.
Eakins went to France in 1866. That enrolled in ~ the École des Beaux-Arts and studied with the leading academic painter Jean-Léon Gérôme because that over 3 years. Unaffected through the avant-garde paint of the Impressionists, Eakins soaked up a solid academic tradition with its focus on drawing. That period of his life have the right to be explored through his very own reports to friends and also family in The Paris letter of cutting board Eakins (2009), edited by wilhelm Innes Homer.
After perfect his research in Paris, Eakins visited Spain late in 1869, where he was significantly influenced through the 17th-century paints of Diego Velázquez and also José de Ribera. Possibly reacting against the rigours that his academic training, he wanted artists who supplied paint and also brush boldly to express their feeling of life, creating what he dubbed “big work.” In Spain, his student days behind him, Eakins undertook his very first independent efforts at oil painting.
Eakins went back to Philadelphia in the summer of 1870. His earliest creative subjects were his sisters and other members that his family and also the family of his fiancée, Katherine Crowell. Redolent with the personality of every individual in one intimate and an individual domestic setting—pensive young females at the piano, kids engrossed v toys scattered top top the floor, Katherine playing through a kitten in she lap—these rich, heat portraits seem come express in colour and also mood the significance of what Lewis Mumford called “the Brown Decades.” Close household ties were essential to Eakins, and the intimate harmony of his home life was seriously disrupted and saddened by the death very first of his mother and later the Katherine Crowell.
Eakins resumed the vigorous out life the his previously years—hunting, sailing, fishing, swimming, rowing. These activities, favor his family circle, listed him through subject matter for his art. A frank realist, Eakins merely painted the people and also the world that the knew best, picking his topics from the life the he lived. Choose the city of his aged friend Walt Whitman, who lived across the Delaware flow in Camden, brand-new Jersey, Eakins’s arts was autobiographical, “a track of himself.” Eakins in fact often had himself together an observer in his own paintings—sculling in the elevator behind his girlfriend in Max Schmitt in a single Scull, peering intently at a surgical procedure in The Agnew Clinic (1889), or treading water beside his setter dog Harry and watching a team of students swimming in The swim Hole (1885). Every of the beforehand outdoor scenes, natural and informal at very first glance, was in fact closely composed ~ above a perspective grid, through each object exactly located in pictorial space. Each image is additional informed by Eakins’s personal knowledge that the scene depicted. Thus, colour, composition, and the play of lights and darks subtly convey come the viewer a fuller expertise of and feeling because that the concentrated energy of a sculler propelling his boat through the water or the straff equilibrium of the minute when a hunter stand in his watercraft balances himself, sights his target, and also slowly squeezes the trigger.
In 1875 Eakins, who had actually yet to end up being well known, decided to repaint a significant picture for the Centennial Exposition to be organized in Philadelphia the adhering to year. The took together his topic a scene that had end up being familiar to him—Samuel gun of Jefferson medical College operation in his clinic prior to his students. Gross to be a magnetic teacher and also one that the country’s biggest surgeons. Eakins often selected moment that reveal multiple facets of a scene and in this picture depicts Gross together both surgeon and also teacher. Gun stands in the centre of a sombre amphitheatre, starkly top-lighted through a flood of cool daylight cascading under from a skylight above; that is dressed in black street clothes. He has opened an incision in the foot of the anesthetized male patient stretched out prior to him. While his aides probe the wound, the medical professional turns, one hand holding a scalpel covered with blood, to tell his students what he has done and also what he will do next. In ~ the left a sit woman, perhaps the patient’s mother, flings an arm throughout her face, shielding she eyes native the scene, she fingers clawing the waiting in anguish. She emotion and the note of pain and also suffering innate in the subject contrast strikingly v the cool professionalism the Gross, whose calm functions reflect assurance and also determination and compassion. The paint objectively documents a reality drama of contemporary life, complete of feeling but complimentary of sentimentality. The gross Clinic is usually agreed to be Eakins’s masterpiece.
To Eakins’s dismay, The gross Clinic was rejected because that the art exhibition at the Centennial Exposition, and also he had actually to exhibition it in a clinical section. Critics and public alike comment to the paint unfavourably. While they might accept historical scenes that grisly martyrdoms or bloody massacres without qualm, The gross Clinic stood for blood and pain and also suffering as instant facts in Philadelphia. That was offensive and also unacceptable. Viewers could not appreciate a picture that to be neither entertaining no one ennobling yet simply a frank statement of modern reality. The refusal of the painting was the very first of plenty of rebuffs Eakins to be to receive from victor contemporaries who shared his world yet not his values.
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Furthermore, the painting underwent extensive alters under the direction that its climate owner, Jefferson clinical College, in the years complying with Eakins’s death. This “restoration” completely altered Eakins’s painstaking, characteristics tonal concerns. The gun Clinic was freshly cleaned and restored in 2009–10, based on Eakins’s own thorough ink-wash drawing and also a picture made through the urban Museum that Art. | <urn:uuid:ef18818f-a461-4201-bb0d-c4309a3572eb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ubraintv-jp.com/what-did-thomas-eakins-believe-was-a-prerequisite-for-his-art/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.977484 | 1,836 | 2.34375 | 2 |
Gulbenkian Global MH Platform
The Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform was an initiative promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and jointly conducted with the Department of Mental Health of the NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with the technical collaboration of the World Health Organization.
The Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform aimed to contribute to the global debate on mental health in order to improve global mental health treatment and services. To attain this goal, the Gulbenkian Platform decided to contribute to the global debate on five relevant health issues:
- The links between mental disorders and noncommunicable diseases
- The need for a radical shift from an hospital-based to a community-based mental health care model
- The promotion of human rights for people with mental health disabilities
- The links between social determinants and mental ill health
- The access to and use of psychotropic medicines
A series of thematic papers were published and country workshops were conducted in Brazil, Cabo Verde, Georgia, India and Portugal. The papers that were co-produced by the Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform and the World Health Organization were:
- Integrating the response to mental disorders and other chronic diseases in health care systems
- Innovation in deinstitutionalization: a WHO expert survey
- Social determinants of mental health
- Promoting rights and community living for children with psychosocial disabilities
- Improving access to and appropriate use of medicines for mental disorders
- Policy options on mental health: a WHO-Gulbenkian Mental Health Platform collaboration
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The discussion on plastic has taken a global proportion. Many organisations, corporates and individuals are taking action to protect our earth from the infamous plastic. We are encouraged to switch to paper straw or recyclable straw; bring our reusable coffee cups and water bottle; refuse plastic cutlery and use reusable shopping bags.
Does anyone think about toys?
In Australia, we sell approximately 135 million toys a year. The vast majority of toys are made from plastic. Most of them contain a blend of metal, polyester, circuit boards, and batteries. This renders them unsustainable.
The devastating fact is that toys only last for less than a year in a household before they are discarded. Kids lose interest in toys within 36 days. Some parents say they lose interest in less than 4 hours. Toy waste is huge. Rejected toys end up in landfill. They pollute the environment and water bodies. Parts of plastic toys gag grazing animals, turtles and fish.
At Deidaa, we are committed to sustainability. We embrace practices best suited to the welfare of air, earth, flora and fauna. We create toys that are made from leftover organic fabric and recycled plastic bottles.
Deidaa’s eco-warriors are farm and wild animals made from GOTS certified organic cotton remnants. They are stuffed with recycled plastic bottles. The plastic bottles are processed into fibre. Recycling plastic bottles is a creative solution to the malaise of plastic waste. Special care is taken to ensure Deidaa’s eco-warriors are safe for children to use and play with.
Deidaa sells educational wooden toys for children. Our wooden toys help children with cognitive learning. They learn about shapes, colours, and numbers. The toys are made from natural pruned soft tree branches. No deforestation takes place in the making of these toys. Wood is naturally anti-bacterial. It is bio-degradable.
Organic and sustainable toys inculcate an appreciation of the environment in children. From a tender age, they become environmentally aware, can identify waste and its impact on the earth. They can make environment-friendly choices early in life.
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As we make the return to school in Yorktown and throughout Hampton Roads in the coming weeks, families are finalizing their educational plans. While deciding between virtual learning, in-person instruction, hybrid options, or transitioning to homeschooling fulltime is not easy, everyone is making the choice that is best suited for their family’s needs. Virtual learning and homeschooling in Yorktown have become attractive options for many; however, they come with a need to adapt.
From schedules to technology, families are working to find their new normal. While it might seem overwhelming and a bit chaotic, there are several things you can do around your home to help you adapt to your new virtual learning or homeschooling routine.
- Prepare your kitchen. Virtual learning and homeschooling in Yorktown mean more meals at home. Planning and preparing three meals a day plus snacks is time-consuming. Start by reorganizing your pantry and creating a snack/meal making station. Stock up on your family’s favorites in advance and keep them easily accessible to save time during meal/snack time during the day. Take a look at some more tips to help your kitchen get back-to-school ready.
- Revamp your kids’ bathroom. Even though your children may not be leaving the house, maintaining a routine is essential. Bathroom battles are often the biggest morning struggle. Help cut down on the chaos by adding a double vanity, creating more storage options, and decluttering to open up space.
- Create a separate space for learning. Whether you set up a temporary desk in the living room or renovate a spare bedroom, having a space dedicated entirely to homeschooling in Yorktown is the best way to help your children stay focused. This idea also applies if you find yourself working from home during this time. Create a collaborative workspace that allows for both you and your children to stay engaged during the school and workday. You can also apply these tips for setting up a home office to virtual learning and homeschooling environments.
When Adapting Requires a Remodel
Quick fixes aren’t always long-term solutions. As you and your family begin to adjust to virtual learning and homeschooling, you may find your home needs the help of a professional remodeler to adapt. At Criner Remodeling, we will work with you to create a personal plan for your remodel—one that perfectly suits your family’s needs. Contact us today to see how we can help your home adapt to your family’s changing lifestyle. | <urn:uuid:627e8154-b66f-4439-b85b-c4e05360fb20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.crinerremodeling.com/homeschooling-in-yorktown-and-virtual-learning-tips-to-adapting-your-home/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.95893 | 524 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Find guidance documents from DHS and components that represent the Department's thinking on important topics.
- On January 18, 2007, the President issued Executive Order 13422, “Further Amendment to Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review.”
- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a final bulletin on the same date, “Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Practices,” (GGP Bulletin) which became effective July 24, 2007.
- Executive Order 13422 and the OMB GGP Bulletin set forth requirements for the issuance of significant guidance documents within the Executive Branch.
Public Comment on Significant Guidance Documents
The Department of Homeland Security will post significant guidance documents on the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) website at www.regulations.gov. This will provide a public forum for submission of comments and for requests to amend or issue significant guidance documents. To submit comments on significant guidance documents, please follow the instructions on the FDMS website using the docket number associated with the significant guidance document.
Guidance documents represent the Department's current thinking on a topic. They do not create or confer any rights for or on any person and do not operate to bind the Department or the public. You can use an alternative approach (other than an approach provided in any guidance) if the alternative approach satisfies the requirements of all applicable statutes and regulations.
Feedback or Complaints
Members of the public who have feedback or complaints regarding significant guidance documents should contact the Department office or component that issued the guidance. If you have a complaint regarding a Department of Homeland Security significant guidance document or believe a Department employee is not following the guidance requirements of Executive Order 13422 or OMB’s GGP Bulletin, please contact the point of contact identified on the guidance document.
If the issue is not resolved, please contact the Department's Office of the General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs at email@example.com. In order to ensure proper processing of your comment, please include the words "SIGNIFICANT GUIDANCE: [Insert name of significant guidance document]" in the subject line of your email message. Public comments under these procedures are for the benefit of the agency and do not require formal response by the agency.
The Department will review requests, complaints, and questions to determine whether any action is warranted and, if so, what action. The Department will determine whether it needs to take any action based on the nature and timeliness of the information submitted, the significance of any modifications requested, the magnitude of any modifications requested, and the resource requirements for any modifications requested.
Significant Guidance Documents
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What happens if you don’t stretch before lifting weights?
Your Body Will Become More Vulnerable to Muscle Pain and Tightness. Without regular stretching, your body gets cold, and your muscles tighten up. Eventually, your muscles will pull on your joints and trigger significant pain and discomfort.
How important is stretching before lifting weights?
When you stretch before jumping into cardio or before lifting a weight, your muscles become more flexible. This increased flexibility will give you a more efficient workout. Usually, when an injury occurs while exercising, it is because the muscles are not properly stretched beforehand.
Does stretching hurt gains?
But unfortunately, stretching has a very minimal impact on muscle soreness, at least according to a study published by the University of Sydney. They had two groups of athletes perform identical training, where one group engaged in pre and post-workout stretching and the other did not.
Does stretching before lifting make you weaker?
A study published in this month’s Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research concluded that static stretching performed before weight-lifting made athletes feel weaker. Researchers suggest that static stretching before physical activity may alter or impair the neurological function in active musculature.
What happens if I never stretch?
When we don’t stretch (regularly), our body doesn’t want to and sometimes can’t move for us. The muscles can get ‘stuck’ where they are and tighten down during inactivity and create pulling on joints or bones. This can all lead to aches, pains, or probably more often, a compensation in our movement.
What are 5 guidelines for safe weight lifting?
Weight training do’s
- Lift an appropriate amount of weight. Start with a weight you can lift comfortably 12 to 15 times. …
- Use proper form. Learn to do each exercise correctly. …
- Breathe. You might be tempted to hold your breath while you’re lifting weights. …
- Seek balance. …
- Add strength training in your fitness routine. …
Can you stretch multiple times a day?
As long as you’re not overdoing it, the more regularly you stretch, the better it is for your body. It’s better to stretch for a short time every day or almost every day instead of stretching for a longer time a few times per week. Do a 20- to 30-minute session at least three times per week.
Is it OK to stretch without warming up?
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3 Leadership Lessons for Times of Crisis
The multiple and varied crises of 2020 have caught most, if not all, of us off guard. Leaders have been challenged to react and pivot quickly in response.
As a leader, how are you ensuring your team remains nimble and adaptive? How are you embracing the uncertainty? And, looking forward, how can you learn from what you and your organization have endured in 2020? What steps can you take to better prepare for the future?
In an effort to share ideas and learn from one another, we brought together senior leaders from various industries and government agencies to discuss their strategies for successfully navigating turbulent times.
Below are 3 practical leadership lessons that you can immediately apply to your team: Foster Psychological Safety, and Embrace Uncertainty, and Practice Adaptive Leadership.
1. Foster Psychological Safety
People should feel free to take risks and suggest new ideas while knowing that leaders will still support them if they fail. It’s always important to foster this sense of psychological safety on your team, and this is especially true during times of crisis.
When the landscape is rapidly changing and strategies must continually evolve, it’s more vital than ever that people feel safe suggesting new approaches to problems.
Psychological safety is also tied to fostering a sense of mental well-being among employees. It’s natural to feel increased stress and anxiety during times of upheaval. Leaders should be especially attuned to their employees’ mental health during these periods.
People may verbalize their anxieties, but often they will not, so leaders need to be tuned into those non-verbal cues.
“Do you have a person who used to be very outgoing who has now become quiet? How about the person who was very low key, mild-mannered, and now all of a sudden, it seems that just about anything sets them off?” says Ed Garrison, Director of Leadership Development at International Paper. “You’re really trying to be more tuned into…how are people responding? How are people feeling?”
When leaders stay tuned in to people’s mental health needs during a crisis, it will pay dividends in long-term engagement.
“How we feel treated right now is going to impact our employee engagement not just right now but for years to come,” says Reena Mueller, Senior Employee & Leadership Development Specialist at Siemens Healthineers. “It’s going to impact how connected we feel, and how engaged we stay.”
People will remember how their sense of psychological safety was fostered, or not fostered, during a crisis.
Ask yourself: Are you tuned into your employees’ spoken and unspoken mental health needs during stressful times? Are you fostering a culture of psychological safety?
2. Embrace Uncertainty
Times of crisis are inherently uncertain. There’s uncertainty about future outcomes, as well as about how long the crisis will last. In some cases, people may also feel uncertain about job security or about their changing role on the team, if a company is undergoing a massive transition.
As a leader, you may feel pressure to have all the answers. This is especially true during a crisis when people are looking to you for guidance. But ironically, during these times, admitting you don’t always know the answer can actually build trust.
“Be vulnerable, be open, be accessible to your people, say you don’t know when you don’t know,” Garrison says. “Don’t make it up. Take a note, get it to the right teams. Answer that question.”
He cites a memorable leadership insight from Richard Feynman, a physicist who played a key role in the investigation of NASA’s Challenger disaster: “I would rather have questions that can’t be answered, than answers that can’t be questioned.”
Embracing uncertainty also means accepting that you cannot control every outcome, during a crisis or otherwise.
Tara Ruttley, Associate Chief Scientist for Microgravity Research at NASA, views this through the lens of the classic five stages of grief (denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance). She argues that leaders can actually feel empowered when they accept the fact that they can’t predict what will happen
“It’s important when you’re thinking about planning for the future … acceptance is where the power is, where you feel like you have control,” she says.
Ask yourself: Do you acknowledge that you won’t always have all the answers during a crisis? Can you plan for the future while accepting that you can’t control every outcome?
3. Practice Adaptive Leadership
Teams that can pivot and adapt their strategies tend to fare best during a crisis. It’s all about asking yourself the right questions to move forward in a changed environment, says Greg Wachtler, Senior Director, Talent Office, UnitedHealthcare and Optum.
Ask yourself, “If we can’t deliver this program the way we were expecting to or planning to, what are we going to do?” he says. “And how does that align with our longer-term purpose?”
To remain nimble, you may need to streamline layers of decision-making to push through solutions that would normally have taken much longer to implement. In some cases, it may also be helpful to consider that an “80% solution” is better than no solution at all.
More broadly, agility is rooted in an adaptive mindset—the acknowledgment that things are changing quickly, and won’t stay the same after a crisis.
“Sometimes people say during these times of great disruption, ‘I wish things could go back to the way they were,’” Garrison says, recalling an insight from one of his senior leaders. However, “providing stability is not the same thing as staying the same.”
The challenge for leaders is to help teams stay grounded while also accepting that change is inevitable.
“What are your processes that will get you through this?” Garrison says. “What are your go-to processes that you can lean on and say, ‘Hey, here’s how we are going to get through this change—but we have to change. There really is no option.’”
Ask yourself: Do you approach a crisis with an adaptive mindset? Can you nimbly adjust your strategies during times of disruption?
There is no playbook for navigating today’s myriad challenges, and many leaders have understandable concerns about the future. However, while you may not always be able to predict what is coming next, you can control what you are doing right now to look out for your team, adapt your strategies, and shift your mindset to weather uncertain times.
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Prepare an annual program budget for the Stratton Township Park including golf operations; the pool; concerts; other park activities including tours, nature visitors, and general concessions; and administrative costs. Show the line-item details for each function by natural account and summarize the budget for the park as a whole.
Because of the current fiscal situation, the Stratton Township needs to reduce its operating costs. As usual, the park is on the list of targeted operations. As the finance director for the township, you have been asked to work with the park’s manager to explore possible options.
Based on the information in the budget, find the break-even green fees for the golf course and the break-even admissions charges for the pool. You may assume that the volume of users will not change with increases in pricing. You may also assume that the course will operate for a full 130 days.
a) Do both break even analyses based on the cost of delivering services with and without the allocated management salaries.
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The park manager wants to know whether it makes sense to shut down one or more of the operations at the Stratton Township Park. Determine the impact of shutting down the golf course, the pool, the concert series, and the tours, and show the overall marginal impact of making each of these changes. Be sure to include all marginal revenues and all marginal expenses in your calculations.
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Foreign fashion designer prevails against trademark squatter despite failing to prove prior use
Although trademark squatting is recognised as a problem that affects trademark offices and brand owners around the world, several factors have exacerbated the problem in the People’s Republic of China. First, the sheer size of the Chinese market serves to vastly increase the value of a Chinese trademark. Second, the adherence of the Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China to the first-to-file principle puts speedy trademark squatters in a powerful position - even over an entity with a better claim to the mark. Lastly, the lack of 'use’ requirement to secure a trademark registration means that only a successful opposition will prevent a trademark that has passed the examination stage from proceeding to registration. In these circumstances, it is not uncommon to find serial trademark squatters who have filed hundreds of trademark applications in bad faith.
When the Trademark Law was amended in May of 2014, a good-faith requirement was introduced, which means that a trademark applicant or registrant must act in good faith when securing or exercising a trademark right. According to Article 7 of the amended Trademark Law, “the principle of good faith shall be upheld in applications for trademark registration and in the use of trademarks”.
Taking into account that there is no use requirement for securing registered trademark rights under the Trademark Law, trademark practitioners considered whether a trademark squatter’s lack of intention to use a trademark could be considered as a violation of the 'good-faith principle' and whether a breach of that principle could prevent bad-faith trademark applications from proceeding to registration (see "Transforming China from a manufacturing power to a brand power").
The recent decision in Bastian v Nanning Shen Dian Commerce Co Ltd, handed down by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) on March 2 2015, demonstrates that a trademark applicant’s or registrant’s lack of intention to use a trademark should be considered as a factor militating against the registration of a trademark.
In Bastian, Nanning Shen Dian attempted to register 迈克巴士田 MICHAEL BASTIAN as a trademark in Class 25 with respect of clothing. Michael Bastian, an award-winning fashion designer based in New York who specialises in menswear, opposed the registration of the mark on three grounds:
- the registration of the mark would infringe his prior personality right;
- the mark MICHAEL BASTIAN had been used previously as a trademark in association with clothing and had already achieved a certain influence through use; the application for 迈克巴士田 MICHAEL BASTIAN thus constituted an improper means of registering another’s influential trademark; and
- Shen Dian had applied to register numerous trademarks that are similar or identical to other well-known trademarks.
The TRAB found that Bastian had not demonstrated that his English and Chinese names were sufficiently well known in China prior to the application date for Shen Dian’s trademark. For this reason, Bastian’s claim based on his prior personality right failed.
The TRAB was also unpersuaded by the evidence submitted by the opponent that MICHAEL BASTIAN had been used as a mark in China prior to the date of Shen Dian’s application. The evidence was thought to be particularly weak for three reasons:
- Evidence of internet searches for 'Michael Bastian' was generally treated as unreliable;
- Trademark registrations from foreign countries could not demonstrate that the MICHAEL BASTIAN mark had been previously used in China; and
- The results of a library search showed evidence of use of MICHAEL BASTIAN as a mark only after the filing date of Shen Dian’s trademark application.
As a whole, the evidence provided by Bastian could not prove that he was already using MICHAEL BASTIAN as a trademark for clothing and other goods in Mainland China and that, through such use, the mark had achieved a certain amount of influence prior to Shen Dian’s application date. Accordingly, the trademark application for 迈克巴士田 MICHAEL BASTIAN could not constitute an improper means of registering another’s influential trademark.
Although the opponent’s factual evidence relating to the use of MICHAEL BASTIAN in China was found to carry little or no evidentiary weight, the TRAB decided against the registration of the mark 迈克巴士田 MICHAEL BASTIAN on the basis of Shen Dian’s bad faith. The TRAB accepted evidence that Shen Dian had applied for the registration of hundreds of marks that were similar or identical to well-known trademarks owned by third parties in several classes, including 路易斯威利 LOUIS VIELLY, 多美依 DIMIE and 将狮单盾 ZJSIDADN. Taking these facts into consideration, the TRAB concluded that Shen Dian’s application for 迈克巴士田 MICHAEL BASTIAN constituted a violation of the principle of good faith.
In the TRAB’s words:
“[t]he aforementioned word trademarks are all non-vernacular words, and it is difficult to believe that the respondent has registered these words, that are similar or identical to well-known trademarks owned by others, purely by coincidence. Based on the evidence submitted by the applicant (Michael Bastian) and this board’s review, it is difficult for this board to believe that the respondent’s (Shen Dian) simultaneous registrations of several trademarks that are similar to trademarks owned by others were made in good faith.”
It is interesting to note that, shortly after the amended Trademark Law came into force on May 1 2014, the Supreme People’s Court of China released the Draft Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues concerning the Hearing of Administrative Cases on Granting and Affirming Trademark-Related Rights for public comments on October 14 2014. Although the document only serves as a working draft, the draft provisions were well received by practitioners and brand owners due to its focus on bad-faith trademark applications and registrations. In particular, Article 3 of the draft provisions deals with the issue of large-scale trademark squatting:
“Where a trademark registrant applies to register a large number of trademarks that are identical or similar to others' relatively well-known trademarks or to relatively well-known location names, with an apparent lack of intention to use such trademarks, or applies for a large number of trademarks without justification, the competent people's court shall uphold the decision by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board that such trademark applications shall not be approved or that the trademarks so registered by the registrant shall be declared invalid pursuant to Article 4 or Article 44 of the Trademark Law.”
While the Bastian Case may appear to be a simple application of the principle underlying Article 3 of the draft provisions, it also teaches us that the 'good-faith principle', as found in Article 7 of the amended Trademark Law, operates in conjunction with Article 44 of the law and, more importantly, demonstrates that all acts that are related to any contravention of the principle of good faith will be subject to scrutiny.
Although the MICHAEL BASTIAN mark may not have been used in Mainland China or known to the relevant public prior to the filing date of the 迈克巴士田 MICHAEL BASTIAN mark, the focus of the TRAB’s enquiry turned towards the actions of Shen Dian. The TRAB's conclusion that Shen Dian’s applications for hundreds of trademarks had been filed in bad faith was sufficient to prevent the registration of Shen Dian’s 迈克巴士田 MICHAEL BASTIAN mark.
Sophie Zhao and George Chan, Simmons & Simmons LLP, Beijing
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After Bulgaria’s accession to the European Union the national tax system underwent significant transformations. Wide-reaching reforms to Bulgarian legal codes - civil, criminal and commercial - were implemented, previously existing legislation was overhauled, and many new areas of legislation were introduced, requiring extensive re-training of the judiciary. To deal effectively with cases relating to tax, judges require a sound understanding of tax matters through ongoing and specialized training.
IDLO, in partnership with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is implementing a project that aims to improve the investment climate in Bulgaria by building judicial capacity in tax related cases and increasing the uniformity of judicial practice. Working with the Bulgarian National Institute of Justice, IDLO will develop a training module tailor-made to the specific needs of the Bulgarian judiciary on the implementation and enforcement of tax legislation. The project will culminate in a regional meeting to enhance cooperation between the judicial training institutions and establish a framework for judicial training in the broader Western Balkan region. | <urn:uuid:f3ac3b33-6bbb-40bf-a7fb-acf94a17ce82> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.idlo.int/what-we-do/initiatives/judicial-training-tax-legislation-bulgaria | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.942653 | 202 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Mastectomy leaves unsightly scarring, which can be distressing to patients. Laser therapy for scar prevention has been consistently emphasized in recent studies showing that several types of lasers, including fractional ablation lasers, are effective for reducing scar formation. Nonetheless, there are few studies evaluating the therapeutic efficacy of ablative CO2 fractional lasers (ACFLs).
This study had a randomized, comparative, prospective, split-scar design with blinded evaluation of mastectomy scars. Fifteen patients with mastectomy scars were treated using an ACFL. Half of each scar was randomized to “A,” while the other side was allocated to group “B.” Laser treatment was conducted randomly. Scars were assessed using digital photographs of the scar and Vancouver scar scale (VSS) scores. Histological assessments were also done.
This study demonstrated that early scar treatment using an ACFL significantly improved the clinical results of the treatment compared to the untreated scar, and this difference was associated with patient satisfaction.
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Generative AI: Generative AI refers to AI techniques that learn a representation of artifacts from the data, and use it to generate brand-new, completely original artifacts that preserve a likeness to original data. Generative AI can produce totally novel media content (including text, image, video and audio), synthetic data and models of physical objects. Industry applications of generative AI are growing. For example, in consumer goods, it generates catalogs and in e-commerce, it can help customers “try on” various makeups and outfits.
Speaking during his Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo session, “All AI is Not the Same: What Marketing Leaders Should Know About Deep Learning,” Jason McNellis, senior director analyst in the Gartner Marketing practice, stated that testing is essential with generative AI to demonstrate the value, but also to ensure there are no unexpected consequences.
ABM platforms: ABM platforms enable B2B marketing and sales teams to engage and report on named prospect or customer accounts. They automate account selection and prioritization, audience management, activation and orchestration across channels, contact and account-level reporting, sales alerting, and engagement analytics.
“A growing number of organizations are evaluating, rolling out or have fully adopted ABM programs,” said Rick LaFond, director analyst in the Gartner Marketing practice. During his Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo session, “Navigating the Convergence of ABM Platforms and Marketing Automation Solutions,” LaFond advised that organizations exhaustively explore the potential of their marketing automation platform to execute ABM programs before investing in an ABM platform.
IDR: IDR is the process of locating and linking records from one or more datasets that refer to the same individual or household. Marketers use IDR to analyze and deduplicate multisource datasets, to target, run and measure advertising and direct marketing campaigns, and to provide consistent communications across organizational functions such as sales and service. There is a high level of interest in IDR, most recently driven by uncertainty related to the deprecation of third-party cookies and mobile ad IDs (MAIDs) by Google and Apple.
Shoppable media: Shoppable media refers to videos, images, and other interactive media formats that trigger a transaction on a commerce site when a user selects an object representing showcased merchandise. Object examples include a button on an image or video of a piece or collection of merchandise. Various digital shoppable media formats are available and viewable via both mobile and desktop — with notable momentum in social media apps.
Speaking during her Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo session, “Emerging Channels and Trends Disrupting the Social Media Landscape,” Bo Kim, senior principal analyst in the Gartner Marketing practice, said making a purchase through social media apps is becoming a norm for younger generations and advised marketers to bolster in-app shopping with advanced merchandising and cascade content to brand site to extend shelf life.
Visual search for marketing: Visual search is the ability to initiate a search using real-world images captured by a mobile device, including smartphones and tablets. It can enhance customer experience across all phases of the buying journey from awareness to post-sale service and support. Beyond reducing friction for the customer or prospect at the top of the funnel, visual searches are a source of contextual information that help customers find what they need faster.
Gartner for Marketers clients can learn more about these technologies and others in the report: Hype Cycle for Digital Advertising, 2021.
This research is part of the Gartner Special Report “2021 Hype Cycles: Innovating Delivery Through Trust, Growth and Change.” The 2021 Gartner Hype Cycles help organizations to make innovation a core competency and shape and prioritize their approach to innovation delivery.
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Dr. George Meghabghab leads Roane State's cyber defense program. The college is now part of the National CyberWatch Center.
By Bob Fowler
Roane State staff writer
In this era of widespread hacking, ransomware and other cyberattacks, Roane State Community College is about to launch an educational counterattack.
Preparations are underway for the college to become a center for academic excellence in cyber defense.
Dr. George Meghabghab, Professor of Computer Science and director of college’s computer information technology program, recently unveiled the college’s long-range plan to expand its IT curriculum.
“We’re going to begin a culture of cybersecurity,” he said. “Cybersecurity is a growing field, and our goal is to build a program that teaches the very latest technology and is closely aligned to industry needs.”
A new concentration in cyber defense was added to the college’s IT curriculum. Introductory courses in networking and programming are being offered this fall. Students will be ready to delve into specialized cyber defense classes in the spring 2018 semester.
The college has also joined the National CyberWatch Center, Professor Meghabghab said.
That center is a consortium of higher education institutions, businesses and government agencies. The center focuses on collaborative efforts to advance cyber defense education and strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity workforce.
“We intend to align our cyber defense curriculum with their curriculum,” said Meghabghab. “That will help us be competitive and produce graduates who will be able to defend our industries, national agencies and IT infrastructure.”
“Our students also can join The National Cybersecurity Student Association, which is the nation’s largest association of cybersecurity students,” he said.
Cybersecurity is a growth industry, the professor said, and there’s a big demand from businesses and governments for trained experts in that field.
Under study for two years, Roane State’s new concentration in cyber defense will include high-tech gear that is being installed in a computer lab in the college’s Goff Health Sciences and Technology Building on the Oak Ridge campus.
Meghabghab expressed appreciation to Dr. Diane Ward, Roane State’s Vice President for Student Learning, for her support of the new cyber defense curriculum and securing funding for the computer lab equipment.
Meghabghab said students in the lab will learn how to both hack into computer systems and defend against those intrusions.
Three new certifications involving various aspects of cyber defense will be added to the college’s IT curriculum in the spring 2018 semester, he said.
Meanwhile, speakers versed in cybersecurity will be giving talks about the topic to Roane State students this fall, Meghabghab said.
In addition, other academic departments at Roane State will be contacted about adding cyber defense modules to their curricula, he said.
For instance, in Roane State’s mechatronics program, students could learn to build defenses to protect industrial control systems (ICS), Meghabghab said.
In criminal justice lessons, students could be taught to present digital forensic evidence to show that computer data has been stolen, and area high school administrators/educators could receive tips on combating cyberbullying.
The full rollout of Roane State’s new cybersecurity involvement could take several years, said Meghabghab. “It will bring Information Technology to a new level at Roane State,” he said.
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When one hears “SEO,” it’s almost automatic to start thinking of technical matters such as links, website indexing, and so forth. One crucial element that people tend to overlook but has quite the impact is content and producing quality content that assists SEO.
But what exactly does content have to do with search engine optimization?
Keywords are the most crucial factor in getting your page noticed by search engines. Given the process of users inputting queries when searching online, making sure your content matches their queries via the right keywords is the trick to appearing on the results of potential customers.
Targeting Your Audience
Whether you’re aiming for local customers or an international audience, including the necessary keywords in your article or blog post should be done with as naturally as possible. For example, if you’re a baked goods store in Toronto looking for a better presence among your local customers, you can’t just place “bakeshop in Toronto” randomly within each paragraph.
It’s not just a matter of not appearing spamm-y (and avoiding penalization), it’s also about actually providing content that audiences will stop and pay attention to. Even if your ultimate goal is to advertise to users, quality should remain top priority.
Different Kinds of Content
SEO marketers and writers typically come up with different kinds of content to place the necessary keywords in. These are some of the most used types, and each one helps to contribute to a level of variety in terms of website content.
Almost every website is bound to contain a whole bunch of articles. Articles can literally be about anything – from informative pieces to features on an event. Also, they’re typically lengthy and leave a lot of room for elaboration.
Similar to what you’d read in a magazine or newspaper, while they’re not completely formal in tone, they’re not to be overly friendly, either. Articles typically keep a sensible tone that helps introduce important keywords and even establish an air of authority as well.
Another very popular type of web content is blog posts. These are typically a bigger hit with younger audiences because of the playful tone used as well as the shorter length of the posts.
If your branding allows for it, blog posts can be great for when you want to appear more casual and personal to your audience. They also make it easier to “naturally” incorporate keywords into the text.
With infographics, meanwhile, you get to really start diversifying your content since images are now involved.
From serious statistics to quirky (but still educational, of course) comics, infographics allow you to present matters such as product information to your audience in a way that’s easier to absorb thanks to the assisting images and introductory and concluding paragraphs containing the keywords.
Videos are the ultimate content diversifier – you move from just making the audience just look at/read something to creating a more dynamic experience thanks to moving images and even sound.
Videos don’t have to be published as often, but when they are, they should come with a paragraph or two of explanatory/introductory/concluding points where you can casually slip in keywords.
Making Sure Your Customer Gets Something Out of It
Apart from providing your customers your pitch, it’s important that you’re actually giving them something to take away from your posts as well.
Remember, these are people and you’re asking for their time. Respecting that, providing content that will be worth their while should be part of any effective site as it shows customers that you acknowledge them as humans and not as mere cash factories.
Helps You Build Domain Authority
Domain authority is the top factor in dictating the ranking of a website. You can go to sponsored content (aka PPC ads) all you want, but that’s all temporary. If you want a good ranking that actually sticks around, you’ll have to work on your domain authority.
The best way to boost your domain authority is with links that lead back to your site, and such clicks that lead back to your site are made possible by your content being placed on popular sites. These inbound links are best achieved with engrossing content that’s well-written just for your audience and in accordance to their interests.
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Portal Vein Thrombosis: A Saga of two Nebulous Etiologies
- 1 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India
- 2 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, India
Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT) is the most prevalent cause of extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. Cirrhosis, inherited procoagulant conditions (such as Factor V Leiden, Antithrombin III deficiency, etc.), myeloproliferative neoplasms, hepatocellular carcinoma and operative manipulation of the portal vein are all common causes of portal vein thrombosis. Even though a diagnosis is usually made, more than 25% of patients have no clear explanation for their PVT. The authors describe two cases of portal vein thrombosis in an atypical setting-one in a middle-aged female with type 2 diabetes mellitus with pyoperitoneum and the other is in a young male coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis E virus. Both cases had very different outcomes and thus emphasized the notion that PVT is a potentially fatal condition demanding a thorough diagnostic workup and evaluation.
Copyright: © 2022 Ashwin Parchani, Manjunath Totaganti, Prasan Kumar Panda and Sunil Kumar KS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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Would you book yourself in for laser eye surgery without asking an optician if it is suitable for you? Would you attempt to perform laser eye surgery on yourself?
For most people, the answer may sound a little like ‘no, that is far too dangerous, and I could end up with permanent problems’. This is exactly the attitude you also need when considering orthodontics.
Attempting orthodontic treatment at home or without professional supervision could put your smile at risk. The safest way to get orthodontic treatment will always be to see a qualified and registered orthodontist.
When you think about orthodontic treatment, think ACE.
One benefit of going to an orthodontist is all dental and orthodontic practices must be registered with and inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and have these findings published online.
This holds them accountable for their practice and their treatments and can be prosecuted if found to be in breach of any laws. It also means you can go to the CQC website and look at the report and reviews conducted at your dentist.
You can then make an informed decision about where to get your treatment, knowing these reports are both impartial and thorough. You can also report a dental practice to the CQC if you have a negative experience.
Orthodontics also falls within the legal definition of dentistry, so can only be performed by dentists and dental care professionals who are registered with the General Dental Council (GDC). You can search for registered orthodontists on the GDC website.
A good relationship with any care provider is irreplaceable and orthodontics isn’t an exception. Getting to know your orthodontist and their team means you will build a good rapport with them and a sense of trust.
Orthodontists go through a lot of in-depth training to understand the mouths anatomy and get the best results for their patients. They make bespoke plans for each of their patients to make sure the treatment is as effective as possible and will have long lasting results.
Because of this by far the best way to undergo orthodontic treatment is to see a qualified orthodontist with positive reviews and who you feel confident and comfortable with after your initial consultation.
You may have seen many companies boast about getting straighter smile at home, without seeing an orthodontist, and with faster results.
This is something we would never recommend. There are many risks associated with orthodontic treatment without medical supervision.
It is unlikely that those overviewing your treatment at home aligner are registered with the GDC or CQC, so it is harder to hold them accountable if something goes wrong. It also means if you get poor results, or suffer health complications, there is less options available to you.
Before having orthodontic treatment, consider the safety of your smile. Always choose to visit a qualified and registered orthodontist.
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And the company is dead serious about building them, too, with a new development and test facility to be built in Montana.
The New Horizons Studio will get around US$20 million over the next five years, and will employ about 50 people. Located in Montana State University's Innovation Campus in Bozeman, Montana, it'll be "a unit focused on the development of Ultimate Mobility Vehicles" – starting out with two projects, inspired by the TIGER autonomous vehicle and the Elevate crewed UMV, the latter of which will start out as a two-seater.
The goal here is to build the most unstoppable rough-terrain vehicles on the market. As such, these things will have four electrically driven wheels, each mounted on bizarre articulating legs. These powerful robotic legs can bend or swivel at the hip, bend again at the knee and ankle, and fully rotate the wheels before they touch down as well. They're capable of lifting these vehicles or lowering them, stepping over things, stepping up and down off sheer ledges, and precisely placing the wheels on the toughest of driving surfaces. Check out the original "Project Elevate" video below. | <urn:uuid:5b71666f-f477-43a6-9cdc-9ff1b0df7392> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.pirateswithoutborders.com/information/624480-hyundai-is-actually-building-those-wild-unstoppable-4x4s-on-robot | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.94887 | 242 | 1.859375 | 2 |
“The reason for this is obscure possibly caused by the baking process of the bread or a potentially indigestible form of D2 in the yeast preparation,” the authors wrote in the British Journal of Nutrition.
The study conducted as part of the project ODIN (food-based solutions for optimal vitamin D nutrition and health through the lifecycle) by scientists at universities in Finland, Denmark and Ireland also strengthened previous data suggesting vitamin D2 supplementation decreases vitamin D3 concentrations.
"The randomized controlled trial showed that consumption of the UV yeast-vitamin D2-fortified bread did not affect serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration. This was despite the fact that the bread, even following the baking process, was analysed and shown to actually contain the amount 25 μg (micrograms) vitamin D2 that was given daily," Dr Suvi Itkonen, author and researcher from the University of Helsinki, told NutraIngredients.
"Thus, this new data suggests that vitamin D2 from UV-irradiated yeast in bread, despite being present post baking, was not bioavailable in humans."
Vitamin D3 is the most common form of vitamin D used to fortify foods, but D2 may be more cost effective and has the advantage of being acceptable to people who avoid animal products in food.
UVB irradiation of foods such as mushrooms and baker’s yeast has been shown to stimulate production of vitamin D2 within the food itself.
This present study was the first of its kind to test the bioavailability of vitamin D2 in humans using enriched bread in an effort to provide cheaper, ecological alternatives for improving vitamin D statuses in the population.
The researchers looked at 33 healthy women in Helsinki over eight weeks in February and April when sunlight is insufficient for vitamin D production within the body.
The subjects were blindly randomised to receive regular bread and either a daily placebo pill, vitamin D2 supplement or vitamin D3 supplement, or vitamin D2-fortified bread and a daily placebo pill.
All daily doses of vitamin D were 25 μg which corresponds to 2.5 times the national Finnish recommendation for vitamin D in the age group. Vitamin D concentrations in blood were measured at the beginning, midpoint and end of the trial.
Vitamin D2 and D3 supplements increased total serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D by 14.7% and 26.2%, respectively. Total vitamin D levels remained the same as at baseline with the fortified bread. The D3 concentration decreased in the D2 supplement group relative to the D2-bread.
Previous research with fortified bread and UV-irradiated mushrooms has suggested effectiveness may only be evident in vitamin D deficient subjects, and as the women in the present study had relatively good vitamin D status this may have impacted on the results.
It is estimated 56% of Finnish females use vitamin D supplements, meaning recruiting study participants with low levels would be difficult.
Bring me sunshine
The health benefits of vitamin D are now recognised to go beyond bone health, with research suggesting a role in the immune system and mental and cardiovascular health.
With average European intakes of 50 kg bread per person annually, this is an ideal food for enrichment as part of a public health strategy for vitamin D improvement.
Nordic countries such as Finland, Denmark and Sweden fortify foods like margarine and dairy products and recommend these in addition to vitamin D supplementation, particularly in at risk groups such as pregnant women, children, dark skinned people and the elderly.
A review of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in 2013 increased the recommended daily vitamin D intake for adults from 7.5 μg to 10 μg daily for under 75 years of age and to 20 μg daily for over 75’s.
Last year the UK retailer Marks and Spencer rolled out its fortified bakery range in an effort to make up for lack of vitamin D due to sunlight exposure in six months of the year.
The national Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) estimates one in five adults in the UK have low vitamin D status.
Source: British Journal of Nutrition
Published online ahead of print, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516000192
“Effects of vitamin D2-fortified bread v. supplementation with vitamin D2 or D3 on serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D metabolites: an 8-week randomised-controlled trial in young adult Finnish women”
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[UNLOCK ANSWER @10/PG]: EXCEL PROBLEMS Management Science 430
Alabama Atlantic is a lumber company that has three sources of wood and five markets to be supplied. The annual availability of wood at sources 1, 2, and 3 is 15, 20, and 15 million board feet, respectively. The amount that can be sold annually at markets 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is 11, 12, 9, 10, and 8 million board feet, respectively.
In the past, the company has shipped the wood by train. However, because shipping costs have been increasing, the alternative of using ships to make some of the deliveries is being investigated. This alternative would require the company to invest in some ships. Except for these investment costs, the shipping costs in thousands of dollars per million board feet by rail and by water (when feasible) is given by the above table for each route.
Data attached below.
Questions and solution is attached below as well.
The capital investment (in thousands of dollars) in ships required for each million board feet to be transported annually by ship along each route is given next.
Considering the expected useful life of the ships and the time value of money, the equivalent uniform annual cost of these investments is one-tenth the amount given in the table. The objective is to determine the overall shipping plan that minimizes the total equivalent uniform annual cost (including shipping costs).
You are the head of the management science team that has been assigned the task of determining this shipping plan for each of the three options listed next.
Option 1: Continue shipping exclusively by rail.
Option 2: Switch to shipping exclusively by water (except where only rail is feasible).
Option 3: Ship by either rail or water, depending on which is less expensive for the particular route.
Present your results for each option. Compare.
Finally, consider the fact that these results are based on current shipping and investment costs, so that the decision on the option to adopt now should take into account management’s projection of how these costs are likely to change in the future. For each option, describe a scenario of future cost changes that would justify adopting that option now. | <urn:uuid:32935b0b-f42f-49a6-959f-97a76ba17505> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://nursinghomeworkshelp.com/unlock-answer-10-pg-excel-problems-management-science-430-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.962825 | 452 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Executive Coaching: Our time is filled with habitual behaviors. We are completely unaware of many of these habits. Some are good and others have negative consequences.
Repetitive behaviors that have been reinforced for many years are often challenging to change. However, it can be accomplished. Changing your habits is a matter of conscious effort. You cannot change any deeply ingrained behavior without taking the time and energy necessary to make a change.
The good news is that it only takes 21-30 days to create a new habit. The brain creates new neural pathways for new repetitive behaviors and the longer you perform the new behavior, the stronger this pathway become. Here is a strategy for changing habits.
The first thing you must do is recognise the undesirable habit and its triggers. Observe what exactly causes you to engage in this behavior. For example, if you have a cigarette every morning with your coffee, the coffee is likely a trigger for you to smoke. If you nap every day after lunch, then your lunch meal is probably a trigger for your nap. Find your specific triggers so that you can recognise when the undesired behavior is most likely to occur.
The best way to change a habit is to replace it with a more desirable one. It is difficult to simply drop a habit. It is much more effective to find a new habit to fill the place of and undesirable one. So, instead of having that cigarette with your coffee, find a healthier alternative. Instead of napping after lunch, begin exercising. Do this intentionally for 21 – 30 days and it will become routine.
Positive reinforcement is crucial to your success in changing a negative habit. Remind yourself of the reward you are receiving by making this change. If the positive effects of your change are not seen quickly, consider giving yourself some type of reward for committing to the process. Perhaps you purchase a small gift for yourself once you refrain from performing the undesirable habit for a period of two weeks. Then, another reward after you have completed another two weeks of good behavior. This gives you something to look forward to and a reason to try harder. Do not underestimate the power of positive reinforcement.
Changing a habit takes time and effort, but it is often worth the energy. If you are unhappy with certain behaviors, just change them. Your life is in your hands. It is up to you to make the difference in your own life. | <urn:uuid:9e8ae566-fe7c-45c3-9675-676b1ea5a8e1> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://polevault.com.au/executive-coaching-the-3-rs-of-strategies-for-changing-habits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570793.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808092125-20220808122125-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.952156 | 492 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Prediction of Pacemaker Requirements in Patients with Unexplained Syncope: the DROP Score
Summary by Alex Voskoboinik
Syncope is a common presentation encountered by physicians in both the acute and ambulatory setting, and is a frequent presentation in the elderly population. While syncope is frequently encountered by cardiologists, the diagnostic approach to identify cardiogenic syncope can be varied, challenging and resource intensive, and may involve a multitude of investigations including tilt table testing and use of implantable loop recorder. While clinical and electrophysiologic features suggestive of cardiogenic syncope have been well-demonstrated in contemporary literature, there is an absence of a simple syncope risk score readily accessible to clinicians to assist in identifying cardiogenic syncope and subsequent requirement for permanent pacing. Current syncope risk scores, such as the San Francisco Syncope Rule and EGSYS score have not been validated for use outside the Emergency Department.
In this study of 100 consecutive patients receiving implantable loop recorder, 50 of whom underwent pacemaker insertion due to bradyarrhythmias detected on implantable loop recorder and 50 of whom did not have any arrhythmias detected for >3 years, four significant predictors of bradycardic syncope were identified. These were incorporated into the DROP score: Distal conduction disease, Related historical predisposing or precipitating factors absent, Older age >65 years and PR interval prolongation >200ms. Of significance, higher DROP scores strongly predicted requirement of permanent pacing in time-to-event analysis. The DROP score may be of benefit in identifying patients that are likely to benefit from upfront pacemaker insertion following unexplained syncope.
Xiaoman Xiao, MBBS; Jeremy William, MBBS; Peter M. Kistler, MBBS, PhD; Stephen Joseph, MBBS, PhD; Hitesh C. Patel, MBBS, PhD; Gautam Vaddadi, MBBS, PhD; Jonathan M. Kalman, MBBS, PhD; Justin A. Mariani, MBBS, PhD; Aleksandr Voskoboinik, MBBS, PhD.
Published: March 31, 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2022.03.002 | <urn:uuid:9208c1da-7f4a-455b-8912-ce4675312a31> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.csanz.edu.au/prediction-of-pacemaker-requirements-in-patients-with-unexplained-syncope-the-drop-score/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.897963 | 475 | 1.914063 | 2 |
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