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1963is an odd number,as it is not divisible by 2
The factors for 1963 are all the numbers between -1963 and 1963 , which divide 1963 without leaving any remainder. Since 1963 divided by -1963 is an integer, -1963 is a factor of 1963 .
Since 1963 divided by -1963 is a whole number, -1963 is a factor of 1963
Since 1963 divided by -151 is a whole number, -151 is a factor of 1963
Since 1963 divided by -13 is a whole number, -13 is a factor of 1963
Since 1963 divided by -1 is a whole number, -1 is a factor of 1963
Multiples of 1963 are all integers divisible by 1963 , i.e. the remainder of the full division by 1963 is zero. There are infinite multiples of 1963. The smallest multiples of 1963 are:
It is possible to determine using mathematical techniques whether an integer is prime or not.
for 1963, the answer is: No, 1963 is not a prime number.
To know the primality of an integer, we can use several algorithms. The most naive is to try all divisors below the number you want to know if it is prime (in our case 1963). We can already eliminate even numbers bigger than 2 (then 4 , 6 , 8 ...). Besides, we can stop at the square root of the number in question (here 44.306 ). Historically, the Eratosthenes screen (which dates back to Antiquity) uses this technique relatively effectively.
More modern techniques include the Atkin screen, probabilistic tests, or the cyclotomic test.
Previous prime number: 1951
Next prime number: 1973
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CFRP Renewal of PCCP: An Overview
This paper presents the results of a three year research program on carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) renewal of Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP) sponsored by Water Research Foundation to form the theoretical and experimental basis of an AWWA Standard being developed for the same purpose. The paper identifies limit states related to strength, stability, and watertightness of the CFRP liner considering continual degradations of the host pipe. The design is based on Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) approach with load and resistance factors selected to ensure reliability comparable to those of other construction products, material adjustment factors that account for durability, and time effect factor that account for the sustained load effects. The experimental phase of the research program included full-scale three-edge bearing tests and hydrostatic pressure tests, and laboratory testing of shear bond strength and resin ductility. The theoretical bases of design are simple design equations the accuracy or conservatism of which is established through comparison with detailed finite-element analysis.
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Plato in his Laws esteems nothing of more pestiferous consequence to his city than to give young men the liberty of introducing any change in their habits, gestures, dances, songs, and exercises, from one form to another; shifting from this to that, hunting after novelties, and applauding the inventors; by which means manners are corrupted and the old institutions come to be nauseated and despised. In all things, saving only in those that are evil, a change is to be feared; even the change of seasons, winds, viands, and humours. And no laws are in their true credit, but such to which God has given so long a continuance that no one knows their beginning, or that there ever was any other.
— Michel de Montaigne, Of Sumptuary Laws (trans. Charles Cotton)
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Children need to learn not just how to take care of themselves but also how to take care of their home and surrounding. This has tremendous benefits on their fine motor skills and hand-to-eye coordination but it also teaches them life-long skills like responsibility and time management.
At younger ages (1-3 years old), you may be confused by which chores or responsibility are appropriate for your child's given age.
For this reason, we've gathered some of the basic practical life activities that your little one can definitely try and learn from!
- Invite them to clean their own mess. This can involve wiping off the floor after they've dropped something, putting their toys out, or handing you the plate after they've done eating.
- Allow them to choose what to wear. To avoid overwhelming them with choices, lay out no more than 2 to 3 options for them to choose from.
- Feeding themselves. Unless they are asking for your help, at this stage, you can allow them to feed themselves (we know this can get messy, so patience is key here).
- Let them pick out their own toys and books.
- They can even help out with laundry (putting their clothes into the hamper or washing machine with your supervision or transport piles of laundry to family members).
For safety concerns, some of the above-mentioned activities may require your presence. What also helps in this process is using safe and age-appropriate tools. Our Practical Life Set offers just that - you can empower your child and make them feel confident in their abilities while also ensuring their safety and peace of mind.
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History of residences topic of Saturday meeting
Nanc Scholl, of Abilene, will talk about "Researching Your Home's History" at the Saturday meeting of the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society & Library.
The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. in the Community Room of the Smoky Hill Museum. It is free and open to the public.
Scholl has been active in placing Abilene homes on the National Register of Historic Places. She will explain the advantages and financial considerations to placing a home on the register. Currently, Salina has only three homes on the National Register while Abilene has more than 30. Scholl will tell how to research the history of a home using census records, land records, tax records and newspapers.
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Regenerativ e Thermal Oxidizers are used to destroy Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs), Volatile Organic Compounds and odorous emissions that are often discharged from industrial processes.The RTO honeycomb ceramic block achieves emission destruction through the process of high temperature thermal or catalytic oxidation, converting the pollutants to carbon dioxide and water vapor while reusing the thermal energy generated to reduce operating costs,RTO device with ceramic honeycomb heat
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Luxury Swiss watchmaker Omega has announced its third Speedmaster commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Unlike many other brands that have released commemorative Apollo 11 products, Omega played a significant part in a number of NASA milestones. Ed White wore a Speedmaster during the first US spacewalk and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin both wore Speedmaster watches as they took humankind’s first steps on the surface of the Moon.
The Speedmaster Moonwatch 321 Platinum was announced on July 20, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. The watch features a platinum case, subdials created from slices of lunar meteorite and the return of the famous Calibre 321 movement after a five-decade hiatus.
The Calibre 321 movement is generally considered to one of the great classic movements of mid-century watchmaking. Despite the movement being used in a number of Omega watches, it is best known for having been used in the Speedmaster. It was used in the reference 2915, the first-ever Speedmaster and the first Omega to go to space on the wrist of Walter Schirra during his Project Mercury flight in 1959. The movement was also used in the Speedmaster watches that accompanied Ed White and the crew of Apollo 11.
Omega has not yet confirmed when the Speedmaster Moonwatch 321 Platinum will be released or how much each will cost. However, early reports from watch website Hodinkee have indicated it will be released in winter 2019 and will cost around $55,000.
In addition to the Speedmaster Moonwatch 321 Platinum, earlier this year, Omega released their first commemorative Apollo 11 watch, a gold Speedmaster. The limited-edition “Moonshine Gold” watch is a recreation of a gold Speedmaster that was presented to the Apollo 11 crew, key NASA personnel and President Nixon himself following the successful completion of the mission.
Just weeks later, the Swiss watchmaker unveiled a steel Apollo 11 Speedmaster. The limited-edition commemorative watch features a number of small nods to the mission including a laser engraving of the iconic image of astronaut Buzz Aldrin exiting the Lunar Lander on the seconds subdial.
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The Idiot Family
Can you imagine having a mother who eats mountains of doughnuts, has a waist of seventy inches? Meet Jimmelta Chew Van Der Bratt who is ‘very tired’ of her golden table and chairs..
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Archie Dingletrotter is nearly seven years old and travels with his family from village to village in a caravan painted in wonderful colours. One day they arrive at a beautiful village and Archie loves it so much the family decide to stay..
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this is an interesting one, and something that scientists, philosophers, and electricians do not agree on.
I think that yes it will be possible for robots to develop a mind of their own, and this is why. I believe that the mind is a physical thing, it is a result of us having a brain, something often called an ’emergent property’. I don’t believe there is a soul, and so the only thing that could result in human consciousness is the phsyical workings of the brain. If we were to replicate a human brain down to the last atom in a lab therefore, the human mind would also be replicated under this theory. So eventually when we get really really good at building robots, yes they could have a mind and consiousness.
But not everyone agrees on this, what do you think? Maybe we could discuss it at a live chat?
I have a huge interest in this question. There is an idea known as the “singularity”…google it. It is the point in the future when computer intelligence finally surpasses that of what the human brain possesses. If you look at a graph of how “capable” computers are (in terms of things like their memory, their speed, the tasks they can do) ever since the first one was invented you will note one thing. They are getting better and better and better. Another thing is that they are getting better and better at a much faster rate now. So…if that pattern continues (and it has done every year so far) there will come a time when computers can do SO MUCH that they will in many ways be able to do many things far more effectively than the human brain. Does tha make them “conscious”? That’s a different question…and I’m not sure…
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Senator Wiener Introduces Bills to Strengthen Food Access and Employment Programs to Better Serve and Protect Low-Income Residents
Contact: Jeff Cretan, firstname.lastname@example.org
Today, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced two bills to strengthen food access and employment and training programs for low-income residents, while also protecting recipients from any gross negligence by government administration. Senate Bill 278 will make CalFresh, the state’s federal nutrition assistance program, more cost-effective while protecting recipients who might be affected by major government errors, negligence, or fraud. A recent case in Los Angeles resulted in collection letters to as many as 38,000 CalFresh recipients for overissuances that appear to be the result of a system-wide administrative error. Senate Bill 282 will improve CalFresh by creating employment opportunities and increasing access to prepared food in participating restaurants, which is critical for homeless, elderly, and disabled people who can’t access cooking facilities or have trouble cooking for themselves.
Federal law provides food aid for people with incomes below the Federal Poverty Level through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as CalFresh in California. CalFresh is administered by the California Department of Social Services (DSS) and county human services agencies, but the food benefits are paid by the federal government. Senator Wiener serves as Chair of the Human Services Committee, where both bills will be heard.
“No one should go hungry in 2017 California. CalFresh is an essential part of our social safety net,” said Senator Wiener. “These bills expand access to food for low income Californians, improve delivery of these services, and ensure that recipients aren't penalized because of government negligence.”
SB 278 will provide enhanced protections for CalFresh recipients when, through no fault of their own, they receive more benefit then they are supposed to receive through overissuances, and improve the cost-effectiveness of the CalFresh program. Specifically, SB 278 will:
- Protect recipients from being penalized for administrative errors by requiring the responsible state or county, not the CalFresh recipient, pay for a mass overissuance when it was the result of a major system error, negligence or fraud on the part of state or county. Los Angeles County recently issued collection letters for as many as 38,000 CalFresh recipients for overissuances that appear to be the result of system-wide administrative error.
- Improve the cost-effectiveness of CalFresh by requiring DSS to set a statewide cost-effective threshold for establishing and administering an overissuance, which will save counties time and resources that are wasted on collecting from clients who have received relatively small overissuances. Currently, federal law has set a threshold of $125 for collecting overpayments, but it costs the counties more than $125 to collect these overissuances, which results in a waste of badly needed resources.
SB 278 is co-sponsored by the Western Center on Law and Poverty and the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations.
“CalFresh recipients are some of the most cash-strapped families in California,” said Jessica Bartholow of the Western Center on Law and Poverty. “When an administrative error results in an overpayment of benefits, we should do all we can to make sure that they aren’t held holding the bag and forced to pay back money they don’t have.”
“While our economy has improved for some Californians, others are still struggling,” said Kevin Aslanian, of the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations. “These two bills make important steps toward helping some of our most vulnerable residents to gain access to food and to obtain meaningful employment.”
SB 282, also known as the Reducing Hunger Among Vulnerable Californians Act of 2017, will increase access to prepared food for low income homeless, elderly or disabled Californians and also create employment opportunities for childless homeless adults. Specifically it will:
- Increase access to prepared foods by codifying and clarifying the rules for the CalFresh Restaurant Meal Program (RMP) which allows homeless, elderly, or disabled people to use food benefits to purchase prepared meals in participating restaurants. Federal law currently allows states and counties to participate in this program, but lack of clear state law on the issue discourages participation by counties. Currently only 8 of California’s 58 counties participate.
- Create employment opportunities by requiring DSS to seek a federal waiver that allows counties to use CalFresh Employment and Training (E&T) to support a subsidized employment program. CalFresh E&T is a federal matching fund that allows counties to support specified employment and training activities, but the state must obtain a waiver from the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture to participate.
SB 282 is co-sponsored by the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the Coalition of California Welfare Rights Organizations, and the Western Center on Law and Poverty.
“Many counties have created effective subsidized jobs programs for parents receiving aid through the state’s welfare-to-work program for families. SB 282 seeks to extend this proven concept to include childless adults participating in the CalFresh Employment and Training program,” said Cathy Senderling-McDonald, Deputy Executive Director of the County Welfare Directors Association of California. “Subsidized employment creates connections with employers, boosts skills and job history, and often leads to a permanent position, further reducing hunger and the risk of homelessness for these California residents.”
“We can be both proud of Californian’s job growth while also recognizing that, even in the best of times, some people will not be able to find work,” said Jessica Bartholow of Western Center on Law and Poverty. “And being hungry can be a significant deterrent to securing meaningful employment. This bill achieves the overlapping goal of preventing hunger among out-of-work Californians, while helping them hone skills necessary to find work and exit poverty.”
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Do you have 15 minutes and a backyard? Or even just 15 minutes?
Then you’re ready to participate in a global phenomenon taking place from Friday, February 12th to Monday, February 15th: the Great Backyard Bird Count. Last year, nearly 270,000 participants from 194 countries observed 27 million birds during this four-day event. A North American favorite, the Northern Cardinal, topped the list of most commonly reported species, followed by Dark-eyed Junco, and Mourning Dove. All three are frequent visitors to feeding stations and fencerows throughout Lyme.
The worldwide snapshot of bird populations captured another 6,939 species in 2020, including the Siberian Accentor and Yellow-eyed Babbler. If you don’t know your accentors from your babblers, join the crowd! Beginning birdwatchers are key contributors to the count, submitting valuable sightings of more familiar birds like goldfinches, woodpeckers, and chickadees.
Whether you count birds through your kitchen window or venture outdoors in search of rarities, the point is to experience joy in the beauty of birds and in the fellowship of others who appreciate them. The minimum time commitment is just 15 minutes, but don’t be surprised if you spend hours searching your neighborhood or natural areas around town. As you warm up back at home, enter your observations at birdcount.org and watch checklists roll in from around the world. Each submitted checklist helps the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology monitor the status of birds and guide efforts to protect them.
The Ten Most Frequently Reported Species in 2020
with links to related articles by Northern Woodlands
- Northern Cardinal
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Mourning Dove
- Downy Woodpecker
- Blue Jay
- House Sparrow
- House Finch
- American Crow
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
Beyond your Backyard: Lyme Birding Has it All
During winter, feeders and fruit laden crab apple trees tend to be birdwatching hotspots in our region since they attract a variety of species, from grosbeaks to waxwings. That may explain the Prius creeping slowly by your house after a flock has descended on your dooryard. But as the season thaws other sites start to heat up around Lyme.
Chaffee Wildlife Sanctuary
Location: on the west side of Route 10, just north of Post Pond
The Lyme Conservation Commission manages this 23-acre preserve, which features fields, a shrubby wetland, and open water on Post Pond and Little Post Pond. This combination of habitats has attracted 146 bird species in recent years, including 16 varieties of waterfowl and scores of songbirds that either breed on the property or stop over during migration.
Look for Red-winged Blackbirds beginning in March, and Wood Ducks and Common Mergansers as the ice recedes. Mid-May is the best time to see a large variety of birds, with local nesters settling in and northern breeders passing through. Common birds that raise their young here include: Eastern Kingbird, Tree Swallow, Gray Catbird, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, and Song Sparrow.
Location: 0.7 mi south on River Road from its junction with East Thetford Road
The Grant Brook birding hotspot lies at the western edge of a 300-acre conservation area comprised of woods, meadows, and pasture. Pull off the road near the confluence of Grant Brook and the Connecticut River to see American Black Duck, Hooded Merganser, Belted Kingfisher, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow. Listen for the Warbling Vireo’s sweet song in treetops along the water’s edge and for the cascade of “veer” notes from the Veery, a thrush that favors riparian thickets.
To hear more forest birds, walk east toward the village along the Lower Grant Brook Trail, maintained by the Upper Valley Land Trust. Previous sightings along this stretch have included locally uncommon birds like Louisiana Waterthrush, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Yellow-throated Vireo.
Wilder Wildlife Management Area
Location: on the west side of River Road, stretching nearly 1 mi south from the bridge over Grant Brook; an entrance is located about ¼ mile south of the bridge
Grant Brook empties into the river through the northern tip of this 60-acre parcel, a New Hampshire Fish and Game property with a mosaic of agricultural fields, river backwater, emergent wetlands, and shrubby floodplain. Mallards and Wild Turkeys are abundant here, as are most of the common species noted above for Chaffee Wildlife Sanctuary and Grant Brook. Also look for Chestnut-sided Warblers, Swamp Sparrows, and American Redstarts.
For marshier floodplain habitat, follow Route 10 north from Lyme for 6 miles to Reed’s Marsh Wildlife Management Area, also managed by Fish and Game. Listen at dawn or dusk for the rarely seen, but sometimes heard marsh specialists: American Bittern, Virginia Rail, and Marsh Wren. Less cryptic species at this site include: Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, and all the regulars from your backyard.
Location: from Lyme Center, follow Dorchester Road for 1.3 mi and bear left just before the Dartmouth Skiway; continue 1.8 mi to the trailhead for the Ranger Trail and Lambert Ridge Trail, located on the left just before a bridge over Grant Brook
If you like to sweat while watching birds, this moderately strenuous, four-mile hike will take you up about 2,400’ through northern hardwood, mixed forest, and spruce-fir habitats. Ovenbirds, Red-eyed Vireos, and Black-throated Blue Warblers will keep you company on a late spring or early summer hike through lower-flank sugar maples and yellow birch. As you gain elevation and conifers become more prominent, Hermit Thrushes, Winter Wrens, and Black-throated Green Warblers will chime in.
When you hear your first Swainson’s Thrush, then you know you’re approaching a sky island of montane forest – home to Dark-eyed Juncos, White-throated Sparrows, and Blackpoll Warblers. Pack a headlamp during the first week of June for your best shot at hearing Bicknell’s Thrush, a rare and globally vulnerable species that inhabits – at least in some years – the highest elevations of this 3,238’ mountain.
The Best Place to Find Birds
With spring around the corner, it won’t be long before you’ll have trouble choosing among the best local places to find birds. Barred Owls and cavity-nesting songbirds, like Black-capped Chickadee and Tufted Titmouse, have already begun to sing on February’s sunnier days. By mid-March, Red-Winged Blackbirds will stream in to wherever last year’s cattails poke up through the softening ice. But for now, the best place to watch birds may be in your backyard (or your neighbor’s!) as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count.
If you choose to participate, share your weekend highlights with email@example.com, or call me at 603-795-0660 to chat about what you saw.
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Those with long memories will recall the Prime Minister, during her campaign to become Tory leader in 2016, promising that "a Conservative government I lead will make a strong defence an important priority".
Well, it depends what you mean by "a strong defence". Leaks from high in the Armed Forces suggest that the Royal Marines might shortly have their numbers reduced by 1,000; that our only two amphibious ships might face early scrappage; and that we might sell 28 Wildcat helicopters.
These intrusions of reality into the rhetorical claims that we remain a military power are so close to the bone that the Ministry of Defence summoned the heads of three services and of the Joint Forces Command, and ordered them to stop senior officers embarrassing the Government in this way.
Embarrassment, though, is the least of the Government's problems. Any attempt to implement such cuts would lead to a substantial rebellion among Tory MPs, at least 30 of whom are said to have had enough of watching Britain's defence capability evaporating while ministers are in denial.
Gavin Williamson, the new Defence Secretary, has called the Government's promise to keep the defence budget at 2 per cent of GDP per annum a "base, not a ceiling", hoping to reassure colleagues. He has promised to review work done by his unlamented predecessor, Sir Michael Fallon, on saving money.
Sir Michael's bragging about the Government's commitment to defence had lowered his credibility among the Services long before he resigned.
Tory MPs are also disconcerted by a pamphlet from the Henry Jackson Society (HJS), a think tank, arguing that promised rises in defence spending in future years would still not match the rising cost of armaments, with the defence budget already beset by poor procurement decisions and the fall in sterling's value.
The pamphlet contended that there would still be insufficient capability to deal with Russia's threat to Europe; to make any meaningful contribution to a conflict with North Korea; or to project British power in Asia and the Pacific regions, where we hope to forge key trading relationships.
Defence spending rose from £34.26 billion in 2012-13 to £35.23 billion in 2016-17 - a cut in real terms. It should rise to £37.95 billion in 2019-20, which is inadequate to restore lost capabilities.
Well aware that even our greatly reduced Army is under-strength, rebel Tory MPs are warning the Government that matters have reached a stage where ministers must decide whether or not Britain wishes to remain a serious military power.
An increasing number are not prepared to support decisions that further erode our capability. They are shocked by the complete absence of strategy - identifying potential enemies and how to deal with them - and a wilful ignorance of how volatile the world has become.
The HJS pamphlet argues for an increase in spending to 3 per cent of GDP by 2022, which would take it to £71 billion; and it asks why, if our badly directed overseas aid contribution can be mandated at a certain level by an act of Parliament, the far more essential budget for defence cannot also be enshrined in law.
The Prime Minister is unfortunate that a cadre of ex-servicemen in her parliamentary party, such as Tobias Ellwood (himself the veterans minister), Sir Nicholas Soames, Tom Tugendhat and Johnny Mercer, are voicing concerns about the budget, with Mr Mercer promising a "campaign" to "get defence back where it should be", rather than having Britain end up with an army "the size of Belgium's".
And, in addition to a substantial real increase in spending, the rebels want the cost of replacing Trident to be taken out of the defence budget and put on the Cabinet Office's account, so it does not come at the expense of other aspects of defence.
At a time when it is rumoured the Government is ready to hand over £50 billion to the EU to subsidise bureaucracies and inefficiencies around the Continent, there is special outrage among Tory MPs that defence is now so poorly funded that the Navy has no spare serviceable ships and the Army may be reduced from its (notional) strength of 82,000 to 70,000.
Mr Ellwood's friends say there is a danger of his resigning. Mrs May should note carefully the calibre of those who are angry about this, and their determination to do what they (rightly) think is the best thing for their country.
If the Treasury refuses to shift spending to defence from elsewhere, it will simply open up another, possibly lethal, front against the Prime Minister from within her own party; for unlike some of the lightweights who dislike aspects of their party's policies, the officers' club means business.
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Tim Cawkwell's Cinema
Reflections on Bresson 2: Doors
Dozens of doors, gates, drawers etc are opened and closed in L’Argent: I counted about eighty, roughly one a minute. This is Bressonian grammar for ‘and then’, a key element of his syntax of film. He likes to tell stories as a sequence of main clauses, e.g. ‘X did this. Then Y said that. Next, Z happened.’ (This style is used in the Bible: try Genesis.) This is called paratactic narrative, to be distinguished from syntactic narrative which mixes subordinate clauses with the main clauses in order to expand or qualify what is being said: try Cicero or Proust or many modern novels.
This sequencing of events in Bresson, made sharper still by his stripping away of superfluous backgrounds, conversation and dead time, gives his films terrific narrative impetus. So doors are used to mark crucial stages in the story, but more than that, the shot of the hand on the door expresses a character using his or her own free will. For example, in A Man Escaped, Fontaine’s labourious dismantling of the door to his cell stands for the sustained effort of will he needs to make in order to escape. By contrast, the simple opening of the door by Norbert in L’Argent in order to ask his father for money to pay his debts reveals by the end of the film how such a trivial act can precipitate a horrifying concatenation of trouble: ‘A leads to B, which leads to C . . . which leads to Z.’ The sin of murder in the end is different in degree, but not in kind to the sin of petty greed at the beginning.
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Corporate Annual Meeting Minutes Template
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It is a common misconception that fences are the only way to keep dogs in yards. In fact, there are many different ways to accomplish this goal. Fences can be expensive and not always practical for every situation so it helps to have other options as well.
Here are some of the most creative ways people have found to deter their pet from escaping out into the world:
Use a Water Gun
A water gun can be a great way to keep dogs from crossing boundaries. Simply squirt them when they get too close to the edge of the yard and they will quickly learn to stay away.
Plant Thorny Bushes
If you have a barking dog, consider planting some thorny bushes along the fence line. The thorns will discourage them from getting too close and make it difficult to escape.
Use a Motion Sensor
A motion sensor can be a great way to detect when a dog is trying to escape. When activated, it will spray the animal with water or emit an unpleasant noise.
Set up a Dog Kennel
If you are not home often or have a large yard, consider setting up a dog kennel. This will give your pet a designated area to stay in while you are away and will keep them from wandering off.
Use an Invisible Fence
An invisible fence is a great way to keep dogs from leaving the yard without having to build a fence. The system uses a wire that is buried in the ground and sends a signal to a receiver collar worn by the dog. When they get too close to the edge of the yard, they will receive a warning tone or shock.
If you are consistent with boundary training, your dog will learn the limits of their territory. This can be done through verbal commands or using a leash to keep them close.
Long Pulley Line
If you have a large yard, consider using a long pulley line to keep your dog close by. This will allow them to roam around without getting too far from you and can be a great way to play fetch or give them some exercise.
Train Your Dog
Training your dog is always important, but it is especially crucial if you want them to stay in the yard. Make sure they know basic commands like “stay” and “come” and always reward them when they obey.s
With a little creativity, you can keep your dog safe and contained in the yard without resorting to a fence. Try out some of these methods and see what works best for your situation.
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Using the same system, but with IL-6 or IL-11 stimulation, we found that only the WT allele could restore low levels of STAT3 phosphorylation (Fig. mutations thus appear to underlie clinical phenocopies through impairment of the IL-6 and IL-11 response pathways. Graphical Abstract Open in a separate window Introduction Jobs syndrome was first described in 1966 in patients with recurrent cold staphylococcal abscesses, eczema, and respiratory infections (Davis et al., 1966). In 1972, high serum IgE levels were found in patients with this condition, which was then renamed hyper-IgE syndrome (HIES; Buckley et al., 1972; Zhang et al., 2018b; Bergerson and Freeman, 2019; Buckley, 2020). These patients also often have eosinophilia, low levels of inflammatory markers during contamination, chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC), and extrahematopoietic disorders, including skeletal lesions in particular (e.g., deciduous tooth retention, osteopenia, and scoliosis; Grimbacher et al., 1999a; Chandesris et al., 2012a). HIES is typically inherited as an autosomal dominant (AD) trait (Grimbacher et al., 1999a). Disease-causing monoallelic DN missense variations of the gene encoding signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (have since been reported (Holland et al., 2007; Renner et al., 2007; Chandesris et al., 2012b; Vogel et al., 2015; Khourieh et al., 2019). In some kindreds, common HIES segregates as an autosomal recessive (AR) trait (AR-HIES). Some patients with AR-HIES carry biallelic null mutations of the zinc-finger 341 gene (deficiency is usually embryonic lethal in mice (Takeda et al., 1997). However, AD-HIES patients retain residual STAT3 activity, and mice with DN germline mutations of and a similar degree of residual STAT3 activity are born healthy (Steward-Tharp et al., 2014). These mice have high levels of IgE expression and are susceptible to bacterial infection but do not fully reproduce the HIES phenotype, making it difficult to decipher the pathogenesis of individual human HIES phenotypes. By contrast, the progressive identification of human inborn errors of cytokines or of their receptors signaling through STAT3 have clarified several HIES phenotypes. Some related deficiencies do not have phenotypes overlapping with HIES. Patients with IL-23R deficiency suffer from SIS isolated mycobacteriosis (Martnez-Barricarte et al., 2018), patients with IL-10RA or IL-10RB deficiency suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (Glocker et al., 2011; Kotlarz et al., 2012; Moran et al., 2013), and patients with IFNAR1 or IFNAR2 deficiency suffer from severe viral infections (Duncan et al., 2015; Hernandez et al., 2019). Other deficiencies Cadherin Peptide, avian overlap with HIES. Patients with IL-21 or IL-21R deficiency share some of the features of Cadherin Peptide, avian HIES, Cadherin Peptide, avian with high serum IgE concentrations, recurrent respiratory infections, and impaired humoral immune responses. However, unlike HIES patients, they also display severe cryptosporidiosis (Kotlarz et al., 2013, 2014; Salzer et al., 2014; Erman et al., 2015; Stepensky et al., 2015). Patients with IL-11RA deficiency suffer from craniosynostosis and dental abnormalities, without significant immunodeficiency (Nieminen et al., 2011). Patients with LIF-R deficiency develop Stve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS), a multisystem disorder characterized by profound bone defects and disordered respiratory, cardiac, and autonomic nervous systems (Dagoneau et al., 2004). These patients also develop scoliosis, osteoporosis, and dental abnormalities. Few patients with SWS survive the neonatal period. Patients with partial OSM-R deficiency develop pruritus and cutaneous amyloidosis (Arita et al., 2008). Patients with complete IL-6R deficiency develop recurrent skin and lung infections, eczema, high IgE levels, abnormal acute-phase responses, and eosinophilia (Spencer et al., 2019; Puel and Casanova, 2019). encodes GP130, a signaling receptor subunit used by all IL-6 family cytokines, including IL-6, IL-11, IL-27, LIF, OSM, IL-35, cardiotrophin-1, cardiotrophin-like cytokine, and ciliary neurotrophic factor (Rose-John, 2018). In mice, complete GP130 deficiency is usually lethal in utero due to myocardial, hematological, and skeletal defects, reflecting the pleiotropic role of this molecule (Yoshida et al., 1996; Kawasaki et al., 1997). A condition similar to SWS, with skeletal malformations, respiratory failure, and perinatal death, was recently reported Cadherin Peptide, avian in fetuses and patients homozygous for loss-of-function (LOF) mutations in (Monies et al., 2019; Chen et.
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If I accidentally deleted this program will I have problems with my Windows? This is one of the most common questions people ask when their computer has problems. There are many reasons why files on your computer may have become corrupted and you might even be wondering “how will I get it back?” The good news is that it’s relatively easy to restore files that have become “lost” or removed from the Recycle Bin. This article will explain the easiest way to do this and where to find the software that will help get rid of the file.
First, you need to make sure that your computer is not infected with viruses or malware. Viruses can potentially delete important files, so you want to make sure that you don’t download any programs from websites that may have these installed. malware is also a threat because it can open the sensitive files on your computer and allow hackers to access your files. To clean up any malware or virus that you might have on your computer, you can download anti-virus or anti-malware software. Make sure you completely remove all the files associated with the program. It’s possible that you will need to reinstall the program after cleaning it up.
If I accidentally deleted this program will I have problems with my Windows?
The answer to this question will depend on what kind of file is “lost.” If it is an image file, it won’t matter how you get it back. If it is a text file, then reinstalling the program may be the best option.
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Sometimes software programs are not properly uninstalled. When a program is uninstalled, some files may be left behind that can’t be restored. If you cannot reinstall the program, you may want to check to see if the program may have been damaged in the process and then repair it yourself.
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If you recently deleted a file, it could cause a sudden computer crash or freeze. Sometimes when you delete a file, it is not removed completely from your computer. You may only see the file’s space left on your hard drive. If you do not reinstall the program, you may not be able to see the files that were deleted.
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When we talk about Heather, we almost always mean two different types of plants: Heather and Heath. Although both are members of the Ericaceae family, they differ botanically and are divided into genus Calluna and genus Erica.
For convenience, however, they are almost identical and share color, shape, and growth habits. All True Heathers are varieties of a single species, Calluna vulgaris (misclassified as Erica vulgaris by some botanists).
There are easily over 500 varieties available. Most blooms in summer and their flower colors range from white to pink to dark purple, and their leaves are green to bright orange. Also, the leaves are scaly and small.
Most of them form low mounds or scattered carpets. Common names are Scottish Heather and Scotch Heather.
As mentioned earlier, aside from the increased susceptibility of Heath to cold, the primary difference between Heather and Heath is that Heath has needle-shaped foliage rather than flat foliage.
The scale-like foliage of the Heather has tiny hairs that give the foliage a grayish tinge. Heather is an evergreen shrub that is native to North America, Siberia, and Western Europe. Still, it is now found all over the world. Heather is a bushy plant that produces many branches.
It can grow to heights of 24 to 39 inches. Heather produces small, usually purple flowers. Red, lavender, pink, and white flowers can also be seen but are rare in nature. Heather blooms from July through November.
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Representative image: Children assemble in front of a school converted into a refugee shelter January 11, 2002 in Akhnoor, 20 miles southwest of Jammu, the capital of Kashmir. Photograph:( Getty )
By Ruchika Thakur
On 29 August, Meena Devi, former principal of a primary school in Dharmasati Gandaman, in the northern Indian State of Bihar, was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment for the death of 23 children who died after consuming mid-day meal in 2013. She was found guilty under the charge of culpable homicide and criminal negligence for serving a meal of rice and soybeans laced with pesticides by the local court. A total of 47 children had fallen ill after consuming the meal, of which 23 died. A mass graveyard was created outside the school as a reminder of the tragedy.
The first mid-day meal in India was implemented in the southern state of Tamil Nadu and is credited with encouraging children to study, thereby improving the literacy rates in the country. It not only improved the literacy rates, but also the nutritional levels.
But owing to a number of instances where children have fallen sick after consuming mid-day meal, the responsibility to ensure that the food is edible and nutritious falls on the principal, who tastes the food before it is served to children.
Nobody doubts the well-intentioned scheme was started by the government in 1995 first to improve the nutritional levels of children studying in classes I to VIII in a government school and the second to encourage children belonging to disadvantaged backgrounds to attend classes regularly. Moreover, currently, it is being consumed by 100 million children served in 1.15 million government schools, according to government data. But, at least 4,000 kids have fallen sick in the last two years if you collate the media reports of food poisoning due to mid-day meal.
“The quality is just fine, we mention in the register that food is of average quality,” said Amar Singh, principal-in-charge of Junior High School, Harola. He has kept the sample of the watery Soybean curry and rice in tiffin for us to inspect.
Harola, situated some 30 kilometres from the capital Delhi, is one of the schools which does not have provisions of kitchen-cum-stores. It is hidden behind a flock of traders and vendors and is guarded by a huge black gate.
Two tall steel food containers are kept in the corridor covered with a quilt. Because of the unavailability of a kitchen-cum-store provision, once the food is delivered, it is either kept in one of the classrooms or in the principal’s cabin.
Mid-day meals are either cooked at the schools or they are outsourced to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). The Harola School gets ready-to-eat meals cooked by an NGO Dalit Prahari.
The school is a perfect right angle, with classes lined along the lines of the angles. “Children don’t have much choice, they get Khichdi (a preparation made of rice and lentils) thrice a week but they have added a fruit and a glass of milk to the weekly menu,’’ Singh added.
The school has a total of 478 children studying from class VI to VIII. Sitting behind a desk, he shows us the mid-day meal register which contains the details of how many children ate the meal, what was served to students and the signature of the principal.
Teachers Prerna Tomar and Vikhlesh are on mid-day meal duty this month. On being asked about the additional responsibility of serving meals, Tomar said: “Managing mid-day neals is nothing compared to other miscellaneous jobs that the government asks us to do.”
But Anoop, a standard VI student, told us, “Very few students eat the meals and it is served by class VII students.”
Different areas, different rules
We didn’t face many difficulties when we visited the Harola School, but schools in the capital were reluctant to talk to us.
Located in the plush locality of Lodhi Road, the NP Co-ed Secondary gets its mid-day deal from Akshay Patra NGO. Arun Bhanot, the Vice Principal proudly shows us the Mid-Day Meal register and tells us that food is only served when the helpers wear gloves, surprise visits are undertaken by the authorities regularly, and parents are invited daily to taste the meal served in school.
“There have been instances when we sent back food because we were doubtful of its quality, in such times we buy biscuits for children.”
She asked us to visit the next day to see how the food is served, later in the day she called us and asked us to take permission from the Directorate of Education before visiting them.
The schools in the capital fall under three different authorities, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and government school. NP Secondary School comes under the jurisdiction of NDMC.
It is a difficult task to make the school authorities talk to us about the government scheme. We are met with suspicious stares and asked to come with a written permission from the block officer.
We visited a secondary school in Khichripur area. The school resembled a jail with barbed wires and tall walls and a gate which nobody opened even after repeated knocks. We are allowed to enter after much apprehension. But, no sooner had we entered than the Vice Principal asked us to leave, serving of the mid-day meal was in progress and the two containers with food were kept under a Neem tree in the school playground.
Lana Whittaker, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge, researching India’s mid-day meal scheme in an e-mail exchange said that though mid-day meal can make a significant contribution to the recommended daily intake of calories and protein, and in terms of food groups, cereals and pulses but food is not necessarily implemented as per the guidelines plus the government doesn’t seem to be doing enough to check the quality of food.
We visited two more schools, another one in Khichripur and the second one in Anand Vihar. The Principals were reluctant to answer our questions and asked us to get the required permits.
Is it a missed opportunity?
While the eggs are being replaced by bananas in mid-day meal menu in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Global Hunger Index released a report stating that 15.2% of people in India are undernourished.
Whittaker said, “Given the severity of child malnutrition in India, the removal of eggs or the failure to include eggs or an item equivalent in nutritional value is worrying.”
Linking the incidence of Tuberculosis disease to undernutrition and urging that non-egg eaters should not impose their beliefs on children, Dr Binayak Sen, a paediatrician, public health specialist and activist said, “There are a large number of people with the incidence of TB disease because there is a connection between the nutritional status of the population and the incidence of TB disease. In India, we don't have an adequate mechanism to deal with the coming TB epidemic affecting the nutrition deficient adult and child population.”
Scheme marred by red tape
Saying that the scheme is not a charity and that children are entitled to the meal, Whittaker added, “It is the responsibility of a range of actors, including all levels of government, teachers, cooks and NGOs to ensure their duties are fulfilled and the children receive their entitlements. Amongst other things, this includes ensuring schools and NGOs follow the menu, there is adequate infrastructure in schools, money and grain arrives in schools on time, the budget is sufficient to provide a full and nutritious meal and teachers and cooks perform their duties and importantly have the capacity to do so. The idea of the capacity of those at the school level is particularly important. Effective accountability mechanisms also need to be in place to ensure that when these duties are not fulfilled, this can be identified and addressed.”
But scheme seems to be entangled in layers of red tape. On the condition of anonymity, a highly placed government official with the Ministry of Human Resource and Development agreed to talk to us. He said that the government does undertake surprise checks, but major hurdles in proper quality check are due to delay in the release of funds by the State government, delay in construction of already approved, kitchen-cum-stores and lack of management structure at State, District and Block levels.
The future of the scheme, which was introduced to kill two birds with one arrow, depends on the serious implementation of the guidelines. Until then, the next time you waste food, think about the 180 million undernourished Indians.
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Named after and popularized by (but not started by) Home Alone, "Home Alone" Antics are an unusually specific trope. At its most well-known form, a kid sets traps in or around a house, and bad guys who are after the kid (or the house, or something inside the house) end up getting hurt by the traps.
There can be variations on the concept. It doesn't have to be a kid who sets the traps or tricks the bad guys — in fact, in one movie, it was a dog. The traps don't always need to be "set"; they can be part of the architecture/environment. However, the one required aspect is dumb/goofy villains being tricked into falling for the traps in a comedic manner.
This is the Lighter and Softer version of Protect This House, and a variant of the Humiliation Conga. A subtrope of Slapstick and by extension, "Die Hard" on an X. Related to Home Field Advantage, as the kid is probably setting up the traps in his own home or some place he's more familiar with than his opponents. For more serious takes on the trope outside kids or their homes, see Trap Master.
- One Archie Comics story has Archie and Jughead house-sitting for Mr. Lodge. Although the mansion has a sophisticated security system, the boys decide to play it safe and add some extra anti-burglar defenses, involving the usual buckets of water, tin cans, flypaper, etc. Of course, Mr. Lodge comes home and walks into all the booby traps.
- One Calvin and Hobbes strip has Calvin's parents come home to find a house full of booby traps, because Calvin watched a scary movie while they were out and then rigged up defenses against a monster attack.
- Beauty and the Beast has an unusual case — the Enchanted Objects, upon realizing that they won't be able to keep the Angry Mob out of the castle, decide to assemble in the foyer, freeze, and let the humans break in. As soon as LeFou grabs Lumiere to get a better look at things, the candelabra shouts "Now!" and all of the objects begin to attack and/or frighten the mob in various ways, ranging from the Wardrobe jumping off a balcony onto several men to the Footstool tricking others into the kitchen, whereupon the ustensil drawers spring open to reveal knives standing at attention and the stove blazes and roars. In short, the defenders are the traps. This manages to Shoo Out the Clowns, leaving only Gaston to actually confront the Beast in the second half of the film's climax. As this film was originally released a year after Home Alone, one of the kid-skewing television ads for it actually focused on this sequence, even using the phrase "home alone" in the announcer's voiceover.
- 3615 code Père Noël, a 1989 French thriller that is said to have inspired Home Alone, to the point where writer/director René Manzor threatened a lawsuit. A young boy named Thomas tries to contact Santa Claus and accidentally gets in touch with a local criminal, who learns that Thomas' mother is a wealthy manager of a department store and that his home is probably filled with valuables to steal. Very much Darker and Edgier than Home Alone and played as a horror-thriller; the criminal, dressed as Santa, kills Thomas' dog in front of him and multiple people over the course of the film before Thomas' grandfather kills him.
- Played for horror in The Aggression Scale. Owen is definitely psychotic to some degree and his traps are absolutely brutal, with gory results. Good thing the people who end up falling into them are a bunch of Mob assassins.
- Alone in the Woods involves a boy tricking and tripping up two bad guys as he tries to rescue a kidnap victim.
- Given a very dark twist in Better Watch Out, where it turns out that swinging a paint bucket into someone's face from the upstairs balcony (which Luke saw in Home Alone and decided to try out in real life) will kill them.
- Blank Check is mostly about a kid who lives it up with money he obtained dishonestly, but near the end, he suddenly knows how to use the layout of his castle to stop the bad guys who are out to get him.
- Home Alone is the Trope Namer and Trope Codifier. The majority of the film is actually about a boy's attempts to live on his own after his family accidentally leaves him at home when they go on vacation, and how he manages buying food, tricking people into thinking there are others in the house, and so on. However, the movie is overwhelmingly remembered for its third act, which consists of the boy MacGyvering various traps around his house to deal with two bumbling robbers trying to break in and rob the place, followed by said robbers getting caught in the traps and suffering plenty of Amusing Injuries. The traps only get more violent and extreme in the second movie.note It should be pointed out that, in at least the first two Home Alone films, some of the traps were made worse, or entirely created, by the bad guys as they bumbled around. In fact, in both movies, Kevin was caught and would have been killed if there wasn't an intervention by an adult. In the first, the bad guys even catch up to Kevin early, and would have killed him had Kevin not been lucky enough to be within arm's reach of his brother's spider.
- MouseHunt replaces the child with a rodent, with the traps being the work of the same humans they later backfire on, Tom and Jerry style.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street's climax features Nancy fighting off Freddy Krueger with booby traps and improvised anti-personnel devices the heroine had been studying earlier in the film.
- Ping is about a dog that manages to trip up two dumbass robbers who are attempting to rob the house.
- The final battle in Rambo: Last Blood has Rambo setting booby traps all over his ranch for Hugo Martinez and his Human Traffickers to fall for. Unlike Home Alone, the traps are very bloody.
- Remote is an obscure 90s film where the child protagonist ends up on his own and must battle three silly villains all with the help of a remote control! Or, being more specific, with a variety of remote-controlled toys that the kid (who has an obsession of collecting them that his parents are fed up with) had to hide within the model home that the villains have taken refuge in (and thus he is trapped on).
- The Richie Rich live-action movie turned into this near the end, as the house's traps were used against the bad guys. This time it was a group of kids using them. This example might be an Actor Allusion too, since Macaulay Culkin starred as Richie as well as the first two Home Alones.
- 3 Ninjas includes a scene early on where kidnappers are tripped by traps set by the brothers. It's actually a double subversion since the kids' first plan was to call the police, especially since the robbers have guns, but decide to do it anyway to convince their dad that their grandfather is a good teacher. Said grandfather, a former ninja, trained the kids for years in ninja techniques. The traps aren't as elaborate since the kids learned of the kidnapping as the crooks entered the house, but the kids are more than competent enough to handle them.
- Too Much: The Robot With a Heart has Susie and a Japanese boy escape bungling kidnappers/robotnappers by setting traps that they comically fall for, resulting in them making a huge mess of a fish market.
- Subverted in Spy Hard: A bunch of secret agents chasing a Captain Ersatz of Kevin McAllister through a house simply evade and defuse all of the traps.
- Yankee Zulu: Played for Laughs. The film contains over 10 minutes of purely a young Prince William (yes, that Prince William) and a young South African girl borderline torturing the antagonist couple in a series of increasingly dangerous traps. At some point they make the man believe he's dead, only to get him to sit in a tub filled with highly flammable liquid and offer him a cigarette. While they do both get permanently injured to some extent (especially the man, who suffers major burns), they would have certainly been dead if not for the partially played Amusing Injuries trope.
- You're Next, a film that can be described as the R-rated horror movie remake of Home Alone, has Erin deploying a bunch of traps like this against the intruders attacking the family gathering.
- In one episode of Clarissa Explains It All, Clarissa and Ferguson are home alone while their parents are on a date night. Naturally, there is a freak thunderstorm which knocks out the power and the phones. When they think someone is trying to break into the house Ferguson sets up a series of improvised traps that hinder the burglar. Unfortunately the lights come back on at that moment revealing the intruder to be their dad.
- Comedy series Cousin Skeeter had an episode where the main characters worked in a toy store that was later robbed by a couple criminals. They use the toys to fight them off.
- In an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, while Rob is away Laura watches a scary movie on TV and is afraid that someone will break into the house. Milly comes over and they set booby-traps at the front door, etc., so that whoever might break in will make a loud noise so they can bean him with a baseball bat. Naturally, Rob comes home earlier than expected and trips the homemade alarm.
- Played very darkly in an episode of Lie to Me where a bereaved can only bitterly recount a Show Within a Show with imitable shenanigans by a monkey who would set traps around its house, which led to the real death of a family member at something like roller skates or marbles accordingly imitated.
- Part of Kamala's plan in Ms. Marvel (2022) to stall for time is to set up traps to keep Damage Control busy. It works at first until Damage Control gets serious.
- In a Falls Count Anywhere match in 2010, Chavo Guerrero Jr. takes on Hornswoggle. The match ends in the hallways backstage with a paint can from an unknown source hitting Chavo in the face and knocking him out, allowing Hornswoggle to easily pick up the victory. Macaulay Culkin even makes a cameo appearance.
- The episode "Home Alone Sweep" from Sooty and Co has Sweep left home alone. He hears sounds outside and starts setting traps for the burglars. However, it turns out that the 'burglar' was actually Matthew, who ends up falling into all of his traps.
- Alone in the Dark 2: During the part you play as Grace you must put in play several traps against the zombies, since you can't attack them directly.
- Tecmo's Deception series is a Bloodier and Gorier example of this.
- Trapt is about a young woman hiding out in her family's castle, while its inhabiting demon gives her the power to set various spiky traps to murder invaders.
- In Brandon Rogers "Stuff & Sam" series, one episode has the main character getting a bunch of Home Alone traps in a house to drive people away from it. This is deconstructed when it's revealed that the traps left the entire family gravely injured, of course, this is player for laughs.
- The heavy amount of Nineties kids' films following the lead of Home Alone was lampshaded in The Nostalgia Critic's review of the film Blank Check, when the Critic pulls out a list of cliches that appear in both movies when the climax happens:
Critic: Let's get marking!
Impractical traps filled by unimaginably stupid villains (the Big Bad being crammed into an American Gladiators-style human roling ball by the Kid Hero) — check!
Gratuitous shot to the crotch resulting in cartoony sound effect (The Dragon being hit in the crotch by a baseball with a "thunk!" sound) — check!
Unfunny dialogue hoping to be turned into an obnoxious catch phrase (Kid Hero doing a hammy "that's gotta huuuurrrttt!" in response to the villains getting hurt) — check!
Oh, will the hilarious moments ever stop... ripping off other hilarious moments?
- Batman: The Animated Series: The episode "I've Got Batman In My Basement" has Batman, well, stuck in the basement of a kid's house while he recuperates from injuries taken while fighting the Penguin. The final act of the story has the Penguin and his goons finding the house and going in, forcing the kid and his friends to improvise a defense using the contents of the Bat-Belt (and still almost getting killed until Batman wakes up and pulls a "Big Damn Heroes" moment). Interestingly, this was one of the episodes that the entire production team (from Timm himself down to the animators) hated to work on the most.
- In Clarence, Clarence, Jeff and Sumo set traps after being scared by a show about burglars. Chad comes to the house looking for some backstage passes he left in the house. In a variation of the trope, Clarence recognizes Chad and the kids have to trigger the traps on themselves to keep Chad from being hurt. It ''almost' works.
- Parodied in a cutaway gag in the Family Guy episode "Christmas Guy", showing what would happen if the robbers in the trope namer were smart, namely not slipping on toy cars and not holding onto a burning hot door handle. The results aren't pretty.
- The Little Mermaid: An episode did this. Ariel was grounded (or "beached") at the palace while Triton was away, and had to stop two saltwater crocodile thieves from looting the palace.
- Mr. Bogus:
- In the first act of the episode "Shop Around the Clock", Bogus sets up a series of tactics and scenarios in order to stop Jake and Butch from stealing a priceless crown from the department store. These include controlling a pair of fishing pants, dressing himself up as a conductor to use music instruments to attack Butch, and controlling a fisherman dummy to chase away the two baddies.
- Used again in the first act of the episode "Bogunda, Bogetta & Bogus", this time in the Anybody residence when Jake and Butch return. This time, Bogus is able to keep them deterred by firing light bulbs from a lamp, using a toy mouse to grab them on the nose, and using his shadow projected on the wall to scare them out of the house.
- My Little Pony Tales: In "The Tea Party", the seven girl ponies have been using an abandoned house for their club meetings. When they discover a group of other ponies stealing the furniture, they booby trap it to deter the thieves from going inside. However, they later discover the "thieves" are actually a family who have been fixing up the place since they would like to move in. The girls, feeling bad about what they have done, help them work on the house.
- Parodied twice in Robot Chicken:
- Michael Myers and the Wet Bandits end up switching targets from their respective movies. The bandits end up terrified before dying from Laurie's traps while Myers is completely implacable to Kevin's traps before cornering and strangling him.
- Another sketch has Kevin set the traps up and go to bed, thinking he'll be safe. When things start to go wrong, the chain of events ends with Kevin killed by his own traps.
- A regular occurance on Scooby-Doo after a Let's Split Up, Gang! when Scooby and Shaggy are on the run from the monster of the week, then set up some kind of elaborate scenario in order to confuse the monster. Notable, in that while the scenarios tend to work as planned, they break in manners that still end up catching the bad guy.
- Done almost literally in an episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, where Shaggy & Scooby and the gang must defend Shaggy's house and little sister from intruders with nothing but courage and improvised traps. Also justified at first for even though Shaggy's dad is the chief of police they can't call him since the phones are dead. They end up improvising a Bat Signal in order to summon the police.
- Special mention has to go to the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated incarnation of Fred, who loves Traps as much as Daphne. This time the world exists in a universe where building traps is a hobby of import enough to warrant a magazine devoted to them and has notable celebrities in the field of building traps... and Fred is very much on track to become one. While Fred does act as the trap builder in almost every incarnation of the character, it's very notable in that this version turns the dial up to 11, rips it off, and then builds a trap for a dial that goes to 12 and that these traps eschew the franchises' typical humor by working as intended from the outset without losing their Rupegoldberg nature.
- The Simpsons:
- A Discussed Trope (and giving a Shout-Out to the Trope Namer) yet averted on the episode "Homer Badman". Homer wants to leave the kids alone to go to a candy convention, only for an understandably horrified Marge to say no and call the babysitting service—which sets up the rest of the episode's plot.
- Played straight on the earlier episode "Some Enchanted Evening", where the Simpsons kids are left with a Babysitter from Hell (a serial, Springfield's Most Wanted-caliber thief called "The Babysitting Bandit") while Homer and Marge are out celebrating their anniversary and they knock her out.
- In "Marge on the Lam", Homer decides to go out in the town on his own (after Marge left with Ruth). When Lisa suggests he should hire a babysitter, Homer thinks the kids should be alone so when any robbers come it'll be "a very humorous and entertaining situation", using the movie as an example.
- Sonic the Hedgehog: In the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog episode "Tails in Charge", Tails sets traps for Scratch and Grounder to get back at them for turning Sonic to stone.
- In one episode of Goof Troop, Pete becomes afraid of burglars, so he buys a fancy security system. Max wants Goofy to do the same thing, but Goofy refuses and installs a homemade "security system" consisting of traps. Unfortunately for Pete, the burglars are the same people that sold him the security system, so when they go to rob his house they just hit the Override Button and turn it off. Max and PJ end up luring the burglars to Max and Goofy's house and stopping them using Goofy's traps.
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Read this blog entry to find out why your customs brokerage company requires NAFTA certificate verification services.
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How can you create a safe and reflective classroom where students learn to exchange ideas and listen respectfully to each other? What strategies are most effective in helping students practice constructive civil discourse?
In the midst of the disruption engendered by a global pandemic, protests against police brutality and systemic racism, the cost of living crisis, conflict in Ukraine, ongoing tensions around immigration, rising Islamophobia, antisemitism and far right extremism, we are all rightly concerned about the lessons that today’s students might be absorbing about respect, communication, problem solving, and their ability to make a difference.
Educators have an essential role to play in creating classrooms where students learn to listen respectfully to different opinions and experiences, try out ideas and positions, and give - and get - constructive feedback without fear or intimidation.
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A dark manger scene by British street artist Banksy was unveiled at a hotel in Bethlehem in the israeli-controlled West Bank.
The “Scar of Bethlehem" shows the manger of Jesus next to Israel’s separation barrier, the BBC reported. The Nativity scene was set against concrete blocks that appear to be pierced by a mortar shell, creating the shape of a star, according to The Times of Israel.
On Instagram, the artist, known for his political statements in his art, called his work a “modified Nativity.”
Banksy’s work is displayed in Bethlehem’s Walled Off hotel, which is a collaboration between the hotel’s owners and the artist, the BBC reported. All rooms at the hotel overlook a concrete section of a barrier built by Israel, The Times of Israel reported.
Hotel manager Wissam Salsaa told the BBC that Banksy was using the Christmas story to show how Palestinians in the West Bank were living.
“It is a great way to bring up the story of Bethlehem, the Christmas story, in a different way - to make people think more,” Salsaa told the network.
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When thinking of digital transformation in healthcare, many think of a doctor’s expanding toolbox, a game-changing new drug or perhaps some incredible new surgical instrument. Others might think of apps, noticing the recent tripling of the number of medical apps available. However, when it comes to the “street-level” of how healthcare professionals do their job, and most importantly how they deliver top-quality care to their patients, the digitization within the healthcare vertical is definitely worth exploring with one of the primary focuses in this staged process being the diagnosis. This first step starts with the diagnostic tools on the clinical level where accuracy is key.
The answer to the question of why digital medical displays are so important has multiple parts, including but not limited to:
- Reliable storage, fast retrieval — Healthcare establishments are moving away from the analog world of paper records and reports in favour of the cloud. This gives both medical practitioners and their patients the assurance that records and other vital pieces of information are secure and accessible 24/7 from anywhere.
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In what has become a national model, the city of Memphis, Tenn., began its crisis intervention training program 27 years ago after police shot and killed a man with mental illness who charged at them with a knife.
The de-escalation techniques taught to Memphis officers aren’t the typical police response.
“For the most part police officers want to react quickly and move fast. But we try to slow everything down, and we want to take time to talk to the person and we want to use our hands more, allowing people to vent, more so than we would with a normal person. But probably the most important thing … is to be compassionate,” Memphis Police Academy commander Major Vincent Beasley said in an interview.
Albuquerque’s police department, in response to a critical U.S. Department of Justice investigation, is under a federal court-ordered deadline to provide crisis intervention training to all its officers, including providing behavioral health training to dispatchers in an effort to deal with crisis situations often involving the mentally ill or people who are suicidal.
A DOJ investigative report, released just a month after the fatal shooting of James Boyd in Albuquerque, concluded the APD engaged in a pattern or practice of excess force in which officers too frequently used deadly force against people who posed a minimal threat.
The DOJ also found that encounters between APD officers and people with mental illness and in crisis too frequently resulted in a use of force or a higher level of force than necessary.
As part of its settlement with the DOJ, the APD will collect and analyze data on crisis intervention to improve its response to these calls.
APD officials didn’t respond to a Journal request for information about their crisis intervention program.
But Beasley, in Memphis, is proud that his agency answered 16,000 crisis intervention calls in 2015.
“We’re transporting very few of these individuals to penal facilities,” he said. “We understand that the behaviors they’re exhibiting have absolutely nothing to do with that person committing a crime. It has to do with a chemical imbalance, whether drug-induced or trauma … even if they’re armed with knives.”
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The third program in the series “What Does the First Amendment Mean Today?” will be an online lecture by Dr. Gloria Browne-Marshall examining the freedoms of speech and assembly from the
The third program in the series “What Does the First Amendment Mean Today?” will be an online lecture by Dr. Gloria Browne-Marshall examining the freedoms of speech and assembly from the Civil Rights era through the social justice protests of today.
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is a Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). She teaches classes in Constitutional Law, Race and the Law, Evidence, and Gender and Justice. She taught in the Africana Studies Program at Vassar College prior to John Jay. She is a civil rights attorney who litigated cases for Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama, Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc.
What Does the First Amendment Mean Today? is co-sponsored by the Ridgefield Library, the Ridgefield Historical Society, the League of Women Voters of Ridgefield, Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center, and the Drum Hill Chapter of the DAR.
This series is funded in part by a grant from Connecticut Humanities (CTH), an independent, non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. CTH connects people to the humanities through grants, partnerships, and collaborative programs. CTH projects, administration, and program development are supported by state and federal matching funds, community foundations, and gifts from private sources. Learn more by visiting cthumanities.org.
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Please read this scenario and answer the prompts.
Jessie had just taken his second test drive in the new three-quarter-ton pickup truck he was considering purchasing. The salesman had become his “best” friend in the past three hours, pampering him with warm introductions with every “manager” in the dealership, free soft drinks from the vending machine, curb service with two vehicles he had test-driven, and assurances that the salesman was “working for Jessie” and wanted to “earn Jessie’s business.” The salesman had barraged Jessie with a series of questions and baited him with “truck month” and “special deals” and “incentives for a short time only.” He had informed Jessie of the “special financing, rebates, and dealer incentives” that would expire very soon and that Jessie would miss out if he didn’t buy his truck today and that the dealership “seriously needed his trade-in and would offer top dollar.” The salesman had figured out Jessie’s payment for him, an amazingly low payment per month. Then Jessie did the smartest thing he had done in a long time. He said, “I have to be somewhere in twenty minutes, but I might come back tomorrow—when do you open in the morning?”
The next day, Jessie called one of his professors from college, followed up their conversation with phone research, and within twenty minutes, returned to the dealer with estimates of his trade-in value from three used car websites, a loan preapproval from his credit union, and a summary of the dealership’s actual cost of the truck he was interested in from another website. He greeted the salesman and made an offer for the truck, below the invoice for the vehicle. “We just can’t do that, Jess,” said the salesman. “That’s below what we have to pay for the truck.”
“Well, first, you have added charged items that aren’t even done yet, like the sprayed-in bed liner for $670 that I can have done for $230 from the same place you guys have it done. So I deducted that, and the special sealant extra charges that are included if a vehicle is painted, and all of them are (painted). . . . Here are some other items that are similar, and they come to $1,945. I deducted half of your destination charge, and then I deducted half of your holdback to arrive at this number.” The shocked salesman took the information to his manager, who returned with another two managers to try to convince Jessie that his offer was not possible. The hard sell continued into a discussion of Jessie’s trade-in, and finally, Jessie told them he just needed a deal and might find it at another dealer or even with a different make of truck and that if they were interested in trying to meet his offer, to call him. And then he left again, for the second time.
The next day, Jessie received a call. The manager had agreed to his offer. When Jessie arrived, the truck had been cleaned, had a large SOLD sign in the window, and was parked at the front door. Jessie walked into the wrestling ring. The manager had agreed to Jessie’s offer on the new truck but had priced his trade-in at $8,000 less than the trade-in value Jessie had looked up. After another thirty minutes of hard-sell tactics, Jessie left the dealership for the third time. An hour later, Jessie got a call that the used car manager wanted to talk with him. After a visit with the used car manager, it was apparent that the callback was for the purpose of talking Jessie down from his expected trade-in value. Again, Jessie left the dealership. That evening, the general manager called Jessie. He said that he could come within $450 of Jessie’s offer and that if Jessie would come back to the dealership, the deal would be made. Jessie agreed and returned to the dealership the next day. The deal was indeed done and written up, and the official “offer” reflected all of Jessie’s requirements. And it was exactly $450 more than the deal Jessie had proposed. To a chorus of how much money the dealership was losing, he was hustled into the finance manager’s office. Another barrage of deals flew Jessie’s way. He was offered extremely overpriced credit, life insurance, gap insurance, extended warranties—and special deals on all four after he refused them all; he also refused the special deals on those items. The financial double-talk continued, but Jessie stood his ground, and the papers were finally finalized and signed.
That night, Jessie summed up the total additional costs the dealer tried to talk him into accepting. His truck would’ve ended up costing $42,360. The additional costs he could have incurred if he had given in to the hard sell totaled $19,763!
Jessie later acquired an extended warranty for 30 percent of the cost of the dealer warranty, and he had some custom touches added for a fraction of the cost the dealer had wanted to charge.
How important is it to be well informed about a negotiation before beginning the negotiation? Where would you go for guidance?
There was obviously a material cost of failing to negotiate effectively in this case. Can you think of other situations where costs of poor negotiation are high?
How would you suggest handling this scenario differently to get a better outcome? Incorporate the techniques you have learned in Getting to Yes.
Read your classmates’ answers, and provide suggestions as to how they may have applied the materials you learned above to the past negotiation.
Initial response, 400+ words (include properly formatted citations and corresponding references from the assigned readings/videos in support of your response); then, respond to two classmate posts, 100+ words each.
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Once upon a time, there were two people who went to an interview for only one job position at the same company. The first person attended a prestigious and highly academic university, had years of work experience in the field and, in the mind of the employer, had the potential to make a positive impact on the company’s performance. The second person was just starting out in the field and seemed to lack the ambition that was visible in his opponent. “Who was chosen for the job?” you ask. Well, if the story took place before 1964, the answer would be obvious. However, with the somewhat recent adoption of the social policy known as affirmative action, the answer becomes unclear.
After the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964,it became apparent that certain business traditions, such as seniority status and aptitude tests, prevented total equality in employment. Then President, Lyndon B. Johnson, decided something needed to be done to remedy these flaws. On September 24, 1965, he issued Executive Order #11246 at Howard University that required federal contractors “to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed . . . without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin (Civil Rights).” When Lyndon Banes Johnson signed that order, he enacted one of the most discriminating pieces of legislature since the Jim Crow Laws were passed.
Affirmative action was created in an effort to help minorities leap the discriminative barriers that were ever so present when the bill was first enacted, in 1965. At this time, the country was in the wake of nationwide civil-rights demonstrations, and racial tension was at its peak. Most of the corporate executive and managerial positions were occupied by white males, who controlled the hiring and firing of employees. The U.S. government, in 1965, believed that these employers were discriminating against minorities and believed that there was no better time than the present to bring about change.
When the Civil Rights Law passed, minorities, especially African-Americans, believed that they should receive retribution for the years of discrimination they endured. The government responded by passing laws to aide them in attaining better employment as reprieve for the previous two hundred years of suffering their race endured at the hands of the white man. To many, this made sense. Supporters of affirmative action asked, ”why not let the government help them get better jobs?” After all, the white man was responsible for their suffering. While this may all be true, there is another question to be asked. Are we truly responsible for the years of persecution that the African Americans were submitted to?
The answer to the question is yes and no. It is true that the white man is partly responsible for the suppression of the African- American race. However, the individual white male is not. It is just as unfair and suppressive to hold many white males responsible for past persecution now as it was to discriminate against many African-Americans in the generations before. Why should an honest, hard-working, open minded, white male be suppressed, today, for past injustice? Affirmative action accepts and condones the idea of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Do two wrongs make a right? I think mother taught us better than that.
Affirmative action supporters make one large assumption when defending the policy. They assume that minority groups want help. This, however, may not always be the case. My experience with minorities has led me to believe that they fought to attain equality, not special treatment. To them, the acceptance of special treatment is an admittance of inferiority. They ask, “Why can’t I become successful on my own? Why do I need laws to help me get a job?” These African Americans want to be treated as equals, not as incompetents.
In a statement released in 1981 by the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Jack P. Hartog, who directed the project, said: Only if discrimination were nothing more than the misguided acts of a few prejudiced individuals would affirmative action plans be “reverse discrimination.” Only if today’s society were operating fairly toward minorities and women would measures that take race, sex, and national origin into account be “preferential treatment.” Only if discrimination were securely placed in a well-distant past would affirmative action be an unneeded and drastic remedy.
What the commission failed to realize was that there are thousands of white males who are not discriminating yet are being punished because of those who do. The Northern Natural Gas Company of Omaha, Nebraska, was forced by the government to release sixty-five white male workers to make room for minority employees in 1977 (Nebraska Advisory Committee 40). Five major Omaha corporations reported that the number of white managers fell 25% in 1969 due to restrictions put on them when affirmative action was adopted (Nebraska Advisory Committee 27). You ask, ”What did these white males do to bring about their termination?” The only crime that they were guilty of was being white. This hardly seems fair to punish so many innocent men for the crimes of a relative few.
But the injustice toward the white male doesn’t end there. After the white male has been fired, he has to go out and find a new job to support his family that depended on the company to provide health care and a retirement plan in return for years of hard work. Now, because of affirmative action, this white male, and the thousands like him, require more skills to get the same job that a lesser qualified black man needs. This is, for all intents and purposes, discrimination, and it is a law that our government strictly enforces.
Affirmative action is not only unfair for the working man, it is extremely discriminatory toward the executive, as well. The average business executive has one goal in mind, and that is to maximize profits. To reach his goal, this executive would naturally hire the most competent man or woman for the job, whether they be black or white or any other race. Why would a business man intentionally cause his business to lose money by hiring a poorly qualified worker? Most wouldn’t. With this in mind, it seems unnecessary to employ any policy that would cause him to do otherwise. But, that is exactly what affirmative action does. It forces an employer, who needs to meet a quota established by the government, to hire the minority, no matter who is more qualified.
Another way that affirmative action deducts from a company’s profits is by forcing them to create jobs for minorities. This occurs when a company does not meet its quota with existing employees and has to find places to put minorities. These jobs are often unnecessary, and force a company to pay for workers that they do not need.
Now, don’t get the impression that affirmative action is only present in the work place. It is also very powerful in education. Just as a white male employee needs more credentials to get a job than his minority opponent, a white male student needs more or better skills to get accepted at a prestigious university than a minority student. There are complete sections on college applications dedicated to race and ethnic background. Colleges must now have a completely diverse student body, even if that means some, more qualified students, must be turned away.
A perfect example of this can be found at the University of California at Berkeley. A 1995 report released by the university said that 9.7% of all accepted applicants were African American. Only 0.8% of these African American students were accepted by academic criteria alone. 36.8% of the accepted applicants were white. Of these accepted white students, 47.9% were accepted on academic criteria alone. That means that approximately sixty times more African Americans students were accepted due to non-academic influences than white students. It seems hard to believe that affirmative action wasn’t one these outside influences.
Another interesting fact included in the 1995 report said that the average grade point average for a rejected white student was 3.66 with an average SAT score of 1142. The average grade point average for an accepted African American student was 3.66 with a 1030 average SAT score. These stunning facts shows just how many competent, if not gifted students fall between the cracks as a direct result of affirmative action (Affirmative action).
Well, I believe that the problem has been identified; affirmative action is becoming a form of reverse discrimination. It is now time for the doctor to prescribe a potential remedy. Society should work towards broad based economic policies like public investment, national health reform, an enlarged income tax credit, child support assurance, and other policies benefiting families with young children. Widely supported programs that promote the interests of both lower and middle class Americans that deliver benefits to minorities and whites on the basis of their economic status, and not their race or ethnicity, will do more to reduce minority poverty than the current, narrowly based, poorly supported policies that single out minority groups. However, if this, or another remedy is not taken sometime in the near future, and affirmative action continues to separate minority groups from whites, we can be sure to see racial tension reach points that our history has never seen.
Works Cited “Affirmative Action at the University of California at Berkeley” Online. October 28, 1996. http://pwa.acusd.edu/~e_cook/ucb-95.html “Civil Rights” Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia. (1996). [Computer Program] SoftKey Multimedia International Corporation. United States. Commission on Civil Rights. Affirmative Action in the 1980’s: Dismantling the Process of Discrimination. Washington: 1981. United States. Nebraska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Private Sector Affirmative Action: Omaha. Washington: 1979.
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1. SML2010: This dataset is collected from a monitor system mounted in a domotic house. It corresponds to approximately 40 days of monitoring data.
2. UJIIndoorLoc-Mag: The UJIIndoorLoc-Mag is an indoor localization database to test Indoor Positioning System that rely on Earth's magnetic field variations.
3. Educational Process Mining (EPM): A Learning Analytics Data Set: Educational Process Mining data set is built from the recordings of 115 subjects' activities through a logging application while learning with an educational simulator.
4. CNNpred: CNN-based stock market prediction using a diverse set of variables: This dataset contains several daily features of S&P 500, NASDAQ Composite, Dow Jones Industrial Average, RUSSELL 2000, and NYSE Composite from 2010 to 2017.
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Let's talk walls - the new, innovative wall with integrated surface speaker
Sound installations can now be integrated directly into exhibitions and presentations without the usual visible speakers. Invisible special coils, located inside the wall module, control the vibrations. The "sound source" remains completely invisible – providing premium HiFi enjoyment and speech quality.
In contrast to conventional speakers that emit the sound as a point source, with Mila-wall, the entire panel becomes a speaker. The surface affords a very pleasant, diffused sound field with very high sound power and uniform intensity.
Also available as a Bluetooth enabled model
The Bluetooth enabled Mila-wall sound is characterized by ease of use and good sound quality. The Bluetooth amplifier built into the wall can be controlled via a smartphone or any other Bluetooth enabled device . Since the amplifier can be battery operated, a power outlet is not necessary . Externally, the technique is invisible.
New & innovative
Mila-wall modular walls with integrated speakers are designed for connection to amplifiers with special digital sound processing (DSP).
- minimal feedback effect
- large beam angle (approx. 130°)
- Performance 20, 40 or 60 watts sine
- Frequency response 100 Hz-18000 Hz
- Sensitivity (85) 82 dB 1 Watt / 1 meter
- Impedance 8 (4 or 16) (12)
- Area speaker can be complemented in the frequency range from 20 to 100 Hz of subwoofer.
- Sound area at:
20 Watt = 615 x 615 mm
40 Watt = 615 x 1200 mm
60 Watt = 615 x 1400 mm
Study on the speech intelligibility of Mila-wall Sound
Museums are places where visitors experience a bridge to the past with aspects of the present or a glance into the future. But oftentimes, the experience can be stunted, allowing only a silent witness account of an experience that does not invite a more all-encompassing one with actual acoustic accounts. Giving a voice to exhibits was the target of a research collaboration between the Fraunhofer Institute for building physics (Fraunhofer IBP) and MBA (or other manufacturing companies). What media are preferred in quiet and noisy environments by Museum visitors? How to evaluate different media in comparison? Can sonic landscapes influence the effect of an exhibition object?
Figure 1: Pronounced as is the speech intelligibility of voice? (n = 50)
50 participants between the ages of 18-71 visited an "exhibition" of Picasso's "Guernica", printed on a Mila-wall Sound (see fig. 1). Information about the painting was successively presented via different media (text, audio guide with or without headphones, sound shower, Mila-wall Sound), while it was either in a quiet space (Group 1) or a space where typical Museum background sounds were recorded (Group 2). The participants assessed each mediums acoustic and non-acoustic criterion. The emotional impact of the image when viewed with the acoustic criteria was examined (soundscape: war scenario).
Figure 2: How much do you feel disturbed/annoyed by ambient noise? (n = 25)
Perceived speech intelligibility of the Mila-wall Sound (see fig. 2) is misjudged as equal, such as an audio guides with headphones (which emits the sound directly to the ear) and higher than that of a sound shower (t(24) = 2.79, p = .01) and the audio guides without headphones (t(24) = 4.34, p < .001). The interference from ambient noise (see fig. 3) sound is 4.53 is less felt when using the Mila-wall Sound than when reading a text table (t(24) = 4.53, p < .001) or when using an audio guide without headphones (t(24) = 2.3, p = .006).
Figure 3: Please indicate how you felt when looking at the picture / what emotion triggers the image on display?
(n = 50)
The emotional impact of the pitiful image is negative when viewing a content matching soundscape (soundscape) than when viewed alone (t(48) = 2,16, p = .04), i.e. the impact of the image was reinforced by the sound landscape, here a war scenario. Along with the transfer of information, the potential use of auditory media in exhibitions and museums is to be seen more and more in the future as part of the audiovisual experience.
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Now Think On This
“For the Lord God helps Me, therefore, I am not disgraced; therefore, I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.” (Isaiah 50:7, NASU)
The Webster dictionary gives these synonyms for the word RESOLVE, when used as a noun – decidedness, decision, decisiveness, determination, determinedness, firmness, granite, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, stick-to-itiveness.
Resolve – something we must have in these days. Resolve – even more so must we possess in the days and years to come.
As our ultimate example and the One we are commanded to follow, Jesus knew He had come for a distinct purpose and was determined to complete the mission, at all costs. When the time came for Him to move on it, He did not flinch, back down, or seek an escape route out of there. He had the resolve, the firmness, the determination to do what it took to get the job done.
As the apostle Luke records in chapter 9:51, “When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem;” (NASU) Or as the NKJV translates it, “Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.”
Isaiah did rightly prophesy about the Messiah Yeshua as written above, “I have set My face like flint.” That is exactly what He did.
To put this in full context, one must read the other verses that come before and go beyond that verse. It gives a wider picture of what He was committed to do.
“The Lord God has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to hear as the learned. The Lord God has opened My ear; and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away. I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.
For the Lord God will help Me; therefore, I will not be disgraced; therefore, I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed. He is near who justifies Me; who will contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near Me. Surely the Lord God will help Me; Who is he who will condemn Me? Indeed, they will all grow old like a garment; the moth will eat them up.”
As any toughened combat soldier, long before prepared to engage in battle; or the proven athlete, measured and strengthened through years of practice for his competitive field; or the years of perfected, intense time given the trained surgeon, now performing through the grueling hours in the operating room – these similar years of ourselves being trained, groomed, and prepared for this hour must show itself strong as we stand courageously and boldly in these days of increasing pressure to bow down and give up.
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Raven Industries has joined BASF and AGCO as the newest Operation Weed Eradication coalition member to support farmers in their weed control efforts. Operation Weed Eradication is an industry-wide mission to enlist farmers and industry leaders to take the approach that the last weed standing is the strongest, most capable. and most genetically resistant weed on the farm.
“Raven is committed to raising the bar to improve farm productivity,” said Dominic Walkes, Raven Applied Technology Director of Strategic Initiatives. “Our participation in the Operation Weed Eradication coalition reflects our ongoing commitment to helping growers improve yields and solve challenges for their ag operations.”
Operation Weed Eradication takes a balanced approach of utilizing cultural practices such as tillage and cover crops, chemical control such as layering residuals and using herbicides with multiple sites of action, and eradication diligence such as managing weeds around field edges to help growers eradicate Palmer amaranth and waterhemp from their fields. Raven Applied Technology is a great fit since they develop precision agriculture products that promote environmental stewardship, allowing farmers to grow more with less costs.
Nick Fassler, Technical Marketing Group Manager at BASF said, “As we continue to build upon the efforts to drive an eradication mindset toward on-farm pigweed, the Operation Weed Eradication coalition welcomes the opportunity to add Raven as a coalition member, which will only make this industry-wide initiative stronger. Palmer amaranth and waterhemp are incredibly difficult weeds to control, so it is imperative that we continue to work with farmers and others in the industry to combat these weeds using multiple approaches.”
AGCO, which designs, manufactures, and distributes agricultural equipment, was the first company to join the Operation Weed Eradication coalition.
“Adding industry partners to the coalition continues to drive the initiative to eliminate these hard to control weed species,” said David Webster, AGCO Director of Marketing for Applied Equipment.
More information on this industry wide initiative can be found on the Operation Weed Eradication website.
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DHRUWA CHARITAM (From Narayaneeyam)
Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri (1559-1632) was the celebrated author of Narayaneeyam, a devotional composition in Sanskrit verse which is a masterly summary of the main episodes in Srimad Bhagavatam. He was a scholar in the Sanskrit Language and its grammar on which he wrote his masterpiece Prakriya-sarvaswam which sets forth an axiomatic system elaborating on the classical system of Panini the grammarian.
Narayana Bhattathiri was born in a Namboodiri family of Kerala. He was a disciple of Achyuta Pisharati from whom he studied Sanskrit grammar. As a student he also studied the Rig Veda and Tarka Sastra (the science of logical reasoning and argument).
Bhattathiri was struck with paralysis when he was still young. The disease was painful and Ezhuthachan the author of Adhyatma Ramayana advised Bhattathiri “meen thottu koottuka” which in Malayalam meant ‘take fish as food’ or ‘start counting from fish’. It was obvious that the erudite Ezhuthachan would not have advised Bhattathiri, a Nambooiri brahmin, to eat fish since Namboodiri brahmins are staunch vegetarians. Bhattathiri figured out that the meaning of ‘start counting from fish’ was that he (Bhattathiri) should start recounting the incarnations of the Lord starting from the matsyavatara(incarnation as fish to redeem the Vedas from the asura named Hayagreeva) and go on upto the incarnation of Lord Krishna.
Bhattathiri took the advise and wrote his Magnum Opus based on Srimad Bhagavatam which chronicles the many incarnations of Mahavishnu and expounds the highest philosophy of the Hindus embodied in the Upanishads. He dedicated his work to Lord Krishna, fondly called by devotees as Guruvayoorappan, at the temple at Guruvayoor in Kerala. The work consists of 100 dasakas each containing 10 verses. However, a few dasakas contain more than ten verses so that the total number of slokas is not 1000 but 1034.
Legend has it that Bhattathiri composed one dasaka a day in the presence of the Lord and recited it before Him for His approval and the Lord did nod his head in agreement. The composition is directly addressed to the Lord telling him His own exploits and leelas. The refrain in the last sloka of every dasaka is a prayer to the Lord of Guruvayoor to remove his (Bhattathiri’s) ailments and sufferings. The Lord did cure Bhattathiri of his affliction by the time he completed Narayaneeyam and also revealed to him His captivating form which Bhattathiri has captured ecstatically in the 100th dasakam
Given below is a reproduction of the 17th dasakam from Narayaneeyam which tells the story of Dhruwa. This episode is described in chapters 8 – 12 in the 4th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. A simple transalation in English is also given for the benefit of those who cannot follow the original.
जाया बभूव सुरुचिर्नितरामभीष्टा |
अन्या सुनीतिरिति भर्तुरनादृता सा
त्वामेव नित्यमगतिः शरणं गताभूत् || 1 ||
(O Lord of Guruvayoor!) King Uttanapada, son of Swayambhuva Manu, liked his wife Suruchi very much. The other wife Suniti, neglected by him, her husband, and having none to turn to for help, always took refuge in You only.
अङ्के पितुस्सुरिचिपुत्रकमुत्तमं तं
दृष्ट्वा ध्रुवः किल सुनीतिसोतोऽधिरोक्ष्यन् ।
आचिक्षिपे किल शिशुः सुतरां सुरुच्या
दुःसन्त्यजा खलु भवद्विमुखैरसूया ॥२॥
The son of Suniti, Dhruwa, seeing Suruchi’s son Uttama seated on his father’s lap, himself wanted to climb on to his father’s lap. For this he was taken to task and sternly admonished by Suruchi. Jealousy indeed cannot be given up by those who have turned their face away from you.
त्वन्मोहिते पितरि पश्यति दारवश्ये
दूरं दुरुक्तिनिहतः स गतो निजांबाम् ।
सापि स्वकर्मगतिसन्तरणाय पुंसां
त्वत्पादमेव शरणं शिशवे शशंस॥ ३॥
Dhruva was severely scolded (by his step mother) while his father, deluded by You and completely under his wife Suruchi’s control, was a silent spectator. Dhruwa went (for solace) to his mother who advised him to take refuge at Your feet for crossing the difficulties faced a result of one’s karma (actions)
आकर्ण्य सोऽपि भवदर्चननिश्चितात्मा
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त्वामारराध तपसा मधुकाननान्ते || 4||
Taking his mother’s advice the noble Dhruwa, just a boy of five years, set out from the city, determined to worship You by his intense tapas in Madhukanana. On the way he met with Narada who initiated him into mantramarga, the path of attaining the Lord by chanting the mantra of His names (and gave him the dwadasaakshara mantra ‘Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya’. )
ताते विषण्णहृदये नगरीं गतेन
श्रीनारदेन परिसान्त्वितचित्तवृत्तौ ।
निन्ये कठोरतपसा किल पञ्चमासान्॥ ५॥
Uttanapada was immersed in grief and was anxious for his son but he was consoled by Narada who visited the city. In the meanwhile the boy Dhruwa performed rigorous tapas of gradually increasing intensity for five months.
आविर्बभूविथ विभो! गरुडाधिरूढः ॥६॥
The power of Dhruwa’s intense tapas was such that (the living beings) in all the four quarters were gasping for breath by intense suffocation. Humbly requested by the celestials, Your heart melted with rising compassion and kindness and you revealed Yourself to Dhruwa seated astride Garuda (your vehicle).
दृग्भ्यां निमग्नमिव रूपरसायने ते ।
संस्पृष्टवानसि दरेण तथादरेण ॥७॥
Dhruwa was carried away by the waves of overflowing joy on seeing your bewitching form before his very eyes and looked as if he was immersing himself by his eyes in the nectar of your beauty. Sensing his longing to shower praises on you (by words), You went near him and tenderly touched him with your conch on his cheek
माभाषथास्त्वमवगम्य तदीयभावं ।
राज्यं चिरं समनुभूय भजस्व भूयः
सर्वोत्तरं ध्रुव! पदं विनिवर्त्तिहीनम् ॥ ८ ॥
The moment he was touched by the Lord with His conch, Dhruwa gained instant Knowledge of the Truth and his heart was completely purified. Recognizing his inner emotions and feelings You said to him “ O Dhruwa!
may you rule over your kingdom for a long time and then attain such exalted position from which there is no return (to the cycle of births and deaths).
इत्यूचिषि त्वयि गते नृपनन्दनोऽसा-
रेमे चिरं भवदनुग्रहपूर्णकामः
ताते गते च वनमादृतराज्यभारः॥९॥
O Lord! when You returned to your abode, Dhruwa went back to his city gladdening the hearts of all his subjects and his father and enjoyed life for long with all his desires fulfilled by Your blessings. When his father retired to the forests, following tradition of his forefathers, Dhruwa took over the reins of power in the kingdom.
यक्षेण दव! निहते पुनरुत्तमेऽस्मिन्
यक्षैः स युद्धनिरतो विरतो मनूक्त्या ।
त्वद्भक्तिमेव सुदृढामवृणोन्महात्मा ॥१०॥
When Uttama was killed by a yaksha, Dhruwa went to war with the yakshas headed by Kubera but retracted his steps on the advise of Manu. Kubera was pleased with the peace process and appreciated the patience of Dhruwa. Dhruwa accepted unwavering devotion to You as his reward.
मात्रा समं ध्रुवपदे मुदितोऽयमास्ते ।
वातालयाधिप! निरुन्धि ममामयौघान् ।११॥
In the end Dhruva, along with his mother, was led by your attendants in a vimana (air plane), to the abode called dhruvapada where he lives happily with his mother. O Lord of Guruvayur! please cure all my ailments.
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Write a four-page paper (a minimum of 1000 words) covering the following information: ◠Give a brief history of Medicare and your state’s Medicaid program (in your own words) of each. ◠Explain eligibility requirements, coverage, and premiums for both (Medicare and your state’s Medicaid program). ◠Explain how a patient might have both, and how billing would work for those patients. ◠Include definitions of the acronyms FI and MAC. ◠Explain and provide an example of Medicaid and Medicare fraud and describe the effects they have on the system. Use two valid sources in your paper, including your state’s medicaid office website. Cite all of your sources following APA in-text and references formatting.
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Sometime after 1250 AD, one branch of Gaur Rajputs established kingdoms at Chandra, Maholi and Katesar in Sitapur in present Uttar Pradesh. A daughter of Chandra House of Gaurs was married to Rao Gopal Singh, the Katehria chieftain of Nahil. Rao Gopal Singh was killed in a battle by Rohilla Pathans and his widow sought the aid of her Gaur kinsmen on behalf her two infant sons. Thereupon Bhupat Singh and Himmat Singh of Chandra led a force into the district to re-establish the Katehrias at Nahil. Repeated attacks and disputes with the pathans compelled Bhupat Singh to send his son, Raja Udai Singh to Nahil's aid. Raja Udai Singh defeated the pathans at Deokali and established his estate at Pawayan.
He established a Fortress at Pawayan around 1705 AD and there after his descendants established Pawayan as the largest Rajput Estate in Rohilkhand area. Legend goes that Pawayan was established originally from east of Nahil or formed the Poorvaiyan chowk. Poorvaiyan over passage of time got distorted to Pawayan or Powayan. With time the estate of Nahil lost luster and Pawayan flourished under the Gaur rulers. The title of 'Raja' is hereditary and was recognized by the colonial British in subsequent years. The estate of the Tilakdhari Rajas of Pawayan had 537 villages in Parganas of Pawayan, Baragaon and Khutar.(Source: Gazetteer of Shahjahanpur, 1908).
The Pawayan Tahsil is bounded on the south-west by Tilhar and Shajahanpur, south and east by Kheri district, north and west by Puranpur & Bisalpur tahsils of Pilibhit district. The total area of Pawayan Tehsil is 378,418 acres or 591 sq. miles. The language spoken is primarily Hindi with a dialect that is a mixture of Kanaujia and Braj. As per the census of 1901 there were a total of 5408 inhabitants, of whom 3776 were Hindus, 1384 Muslims and 248, other religions. A large fair was held every year on Dusshera and a smaller gathering known as Chhariyan takes place in the month of Chait. (Source: Gazetteer of Shahjahanpur, 1908) The royal family of the earstwhile Pawayan Zamindari still resides here and maintain numerous charitable institutions.
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Paying income tax
When the tax season opens, thousands of people queue outside the South African Revenue Services (SARS) offices to submit their returns. This year SARS is doing things differently to help save you time and keep you safe.
Personal income tax is the money you pay to government from your salary or wages. This money is used to help pay for roads, schools, hospitals and other government services. The South African Revenue Services (SARS) manages the collection of taxes and ensures that all working citizens contribute fairly. The 2020 tax season kicked-off on 1 September 2020.
What happens during tax season?
This year things have been done a little bit differently. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, SARS has gone out of their way to enhance its efforts to further simplify the tax return filing requirements for individual taxpayers and removing the need to travel to their branches.
Since August, SARS has been calling taxpayers to assist them with their tax returns. Through the use of third-party data, SARS has been able to complete tax returns and where they have the required information they've provided you with a proposed assessment without the need to file a tax return. This enables you to view, accept or edit your proposed assessment from the comfort of your home or place of work using eFiling or SARS MobiApp.
If you don't get an auto-assessment, the individual income tax return filing dates are:
Here’s what you need to know before you get started on your tax return.
The amount of personal income tax that you pay depends on:
To ensure a smooth filing experience, make sure you've got all the supporting documents ready which may include the following:
Proof of income including:
Proof of deductions such as:
Read more about the complete list of supporting documents you may need.
Auto Assemesment - SARS does the filing for you
Since August, SARS has been assessing a significant number of taxpayers automatically. If you accept the outcome, you don't have to complete a return because they would've done that for you.
If you were auto-assessed, you would've been notified per SMS in August – so there'll be no need for you to call them or visit a branch. The SMS will direct you to eFiling or the SARS MobiApp to either “Accept” or “Edit” the return.
Some taxpayers may have received communication before 1 August 2020 indicating why they won't be auto-assessed or alerting them to their 2019 return submission findings. This will help them to submit outstanding returns. Please adhere to the communication and submit any outstanding returns as soon as possible, to avoid delays in filing your 2020 return, and to ensure a seamless experience this year.
If you're not registered for eFiling or you'd like to download the SARS MobiApp, watch helpful tutorial videos on the SARS YouTube channel.
Click here to watch the ‘How to register for eFiling’ video, or here to watch the ’How to register on the SARS MobiApp’ video. Click here to watch the 'How to accept your auto-assessment on SARS eFiling' video
If you accept the results of your auto-assessment and if there's a refund due to you, the refund will be paid by SARS.
If you owe SARS money, you can make a payment on eFiling, via EFT or the SARS MobiApp by the specified due date on your Notice of Assessment.
Who qualifies to pay personal income tax?
People who pay income tax are generally individuals who earn an income from a salary, commission, fees, etc.
If you earn less than R350 000 for a full year from one employer (that’s your total salary income before tax) and have no other sources of additional income (for example, interest or rental income) and no deductions that you want to claim (for example medical expenses, travel or retirement annuities), then you don’t need to submit a return.
If you're still unsure whether you need to submit a return then answer these simple questions.
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Most of the state's income is derived from Income Tax (personal and corporate tax), although nearly a third of total revenue from national government taxes comes from indirect taxes, primarily Value-Added Tax (VAT).
PAYE, or Employees tax, is the tax that employers must deduct from the employment income of employees – such as salaries, wages and bonuses and pay over to SARS monthly. It's withheld daily, weekly, or monthly when these amounts are paid or become payable to the employees.
It ensures that an employee's income tax liability (amount of tax owed) is settled on an ongoing basis, while the income is being earned. The advantage of this is that the tax liability for the year is settled over the whole year of assessment.
The amount of PAYE you pay depends on how much you earn and is calculated using tax tables issued by SARS.
What is eFiling?
eFiling is an online tax return and submission service. You can register for eFiling if you’re already registered as a taxpayer.
You’ll receive detailed instructions on how to complete the tax return with the forms. When you submit your return, SARS will check that you’ve paid the correct amount of tax.
SARS helps you eFile
What is Help-You-eFile?
Help-You-eFile on the SARS eFiling website allows you, the taxpayer, to ask a SARS agent to help you complete your return if you're struggling. This is done telephonically while you're logged onto eFiling. The agent will be able to help you remotely throughout the return submission process. Click here for more information.
SARS has a mobile app that allows you to:
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Not paying tax that you owe to SARS has severe legal implications. You can be fined or imprisoned if you’re found guilty of:
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Chinese Women's Rights Activists Released From Jail
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:
Police in China have released five women's rights activists on bail. They're accused of disturbing public order, and they may still be indicted at a later date. As NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Beijing, the case has had a chilling effect on people who work on gender rights.
(SOUNDBITE OF VIDEO)
UNIDENTIFIED WOMEN: (Chanting in foreign language).
ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE: In this amateur video, a group of young women's rights activists are dressed in wedding gowns smeared with fake blood. The idea of this 2012 performance art stunt was to raise awareness about domestic violence. The activists were about to stage another protest against sexual harassment on public transportation on March 8 of this year, International Women's Day. But two days before that, police detained five of them in different cities across China. Wang Qiushi is a lawyer for one of the five activists. He predicts this case will go down in the annals of Chinese feminist history.
WANG QIUSHI: (Through interpreter) Whether from the point of view of the law or what these women did, this has absolutely nothing to do with committing a crime. These women should be given honors. They should be wearing halos, not handcuffs.
KUHN: Wang points out that all of the issues the activists have raised have been written into the Chinese government's agenda. Women's rights has traditionally not been very politically sensitive, and if the government now supports the activists cause, then why did it detain them? China's government hasn't mentioned gender issues in connection with the activists' case. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei told reporters today that China has lodged a diplomatic protest against calls by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry to free the activists.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
HONG LEI: (Through interpreter) China's judicial organs will handle this case according to the law. We urge the U.S. to respect China's judicial sovereignty and avoid interfering in our internal affairs under any pretext.
KUHN: Zhao Sile is one of several Chinese activists who have protested their colleagues' detention. She says the five young women were probably bound to be arrested because they were unwilling to accept restrictions on how they fought for their cause.
ZHAO SILE: (Through interpreter) This is not just a question of women's rights. It's a question of women exercising their rights to demand political discourse and freedom of expression. And this is completely incompatible with the Chinese Communist Party's requirements.
KUHN: Zhao adds that whatever Chinese leaders may think of women's rights, they don't seem to welcome the public's participation in the issue.
SILE: (Through interpreter) Women's rights are a card that the Party plays. They are allowed to play it, but we are not.
KUHN: Zhao says work on gender rights in China has nearly ground to a halt. And many of her fellow feminist activists have gone into hiding. She left Beijing for a while, too, but then she came back because she figured there was no place to hide. Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Beijing.
NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.
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On my return flight from Seatle to Boston, I was thinking about the three-day clinic that I’d just finished. It was a tremendously successful weekend. Every driver and every horse showed significant improvement over the weekend. But there was more to it than that.
The clinic was the 4th clinic that I’ve given to this group this year. That has given me the chance to observe these drivers and horses over the course of the entire driving season. The difference between the first clinic in May and this clinic in October was remarkable, to say the least. This experience has been the best example of cumulative learning I can possibly imagine. Here’s a little something I wrote on this subject earlier this year:
It’s like compound interest on learning!
Just in case you’re not familiar with what cumulative learning is, let’s take a quick thumbnail view of the concept. As the name implies, cumulative learning is all about the accumulation of learning in a subject through the layering of one experience upon another. For example, when we learn the alphabet, we often talk about learning our A, B, C’s. Think of how much of an accomplishment it is for a young child to get all the way to K in the alphabet. They learned to get that far because they’ve accumulated the knowledge that A is always followed by B which is then followed by C, and so on. Eventually, when we get all the way to Z, the latter end of the alphabet comes with a little more struggle, even though we could get through first dozen letters quite quickly. “A, B, C, D” becomes a given in our minds. (I personally struggled to find out what the letter “elemeno” looked like!)
The Discovery Process
Instructing a student is similar in a way. As an instructor, you have to figure out what accumulated knowledge a student has on the subject. That’s why course studies have pre-requisites. It doesn’t do any good to start teaching someone about calculus if they don’t first know how to do basic arithmetic. The course teacher has to teach with a set of presumptions that the students have a certain level of accumulated knowledge of math.
When we look at lessons and training that are not in a structured set of courses, the instructor has to go through a discovery process. They have to find out what the student knows and doesn’t know, and base their teaching off of that.
As an instructor, I go through this with every new student, but the task is two-fold. First I have to get an idea of what the student’s accumulated knowledge and experience is. Then, I have to try to assess what their horse’s accumulated knowledge and experience is. Of course, the horse’s cumulative knowledge seldom matches the human’s, so I have to devise a way to teach to their shared cumulative knowledge.
The next step is for me to figure out how that person, and that horse, communicate and receive instruction. It doesn’t do any good to use sailing analogies with someone who’s never been on the water. Likewise, using training techniques that work well for a Percheron, aren’t likely going to be as successful with a Hackney pony.
All of this information becomes my accumulated knowledge of the student and their horse, so I know how best to instruct that student on whatever we’ve decided to work on.
All the while, the student is accumulating their own knowledge about me, my instructing style, and communication. They have to learn things like: “When I say half-halt, I always mean with two reins. I won’t ask you to half halt on one rein. Instead, I’ll ask you to activate one rein or the other.”
If you’re thinking; “Well, shit, you’re halfway through the lesson by now,” you’re right! That’s exactly what I’m here to talk about.
It takes time for a student and instructor to exchange and accumulate all of this shared experience. The cool thing is, once they’ve accumulated all of that together they get to build upon it, unless…(dramatic pause) This is the only experience they are going to have together.
That wasn’t a typo. It was a lower case, sad, little, “wow”.
There we were; we accumulated all of this knowledge about one another, we learned each other’s communication style, we agreed on a shared communication style together, and really started to get to work on what you wanted to work on, and… the lesson is done.
Getting More Than Twice For Your Money
Taking one lesson from an instructor of any sort is valuable no doubt, and you will learn something. But taking just one lesson from an instructor is a huge missed opportunity. That’s because taking two lessons isn’t just twice as valuable, it’s exponentially more valuable.
In follow-up lessons, the instructor and student don’t have to cover all of the initial discovery portions of the lesson together. Instead, they get right to work. The really cool thing is, they also have shared experience from the work they did in their first lesson together. So the instruction in the follow-up lesson can layer upon the work done in the first lesson. You get to “pick up where you left off,”
If you can get all of that out of two lessons, can you imagine what you could get out of three lessons?? Here’s the really cool thing about taking a third lesson with an instructor: You can successfully apply the accumulated learning from the first two lessons to a third lesson on a different subject. That’s because when you have the shared cumulative experience from the first two lessons, you can launch into “abstract learning.”
Perhaps in your first two lessons, you were working on managing your horse’s tempo in dressage. In those lessons, you really gained an understanding of the difference between tempo and speed, and how to control each. In your third lesson, you decided to have a lesson on driving a cones course. You could take the accumulated learning about tempo and speed from the first two lessons, combine it with learning how to spot, and have an uber-successful third lesson!
Think of how much more difficult that cones lesson would be if you had to combine all that I’ve just described above into one lesson on driving cones.
You’d have to go through the discovery process for both you and the instructor. Then you’d have to learn the difference between tempo and speed. Next, you’d have to learn how to communicate that to your horse, all the while learning how to spot cones for accuracy. What color bowling shoes would like? (because there are going to balls rolling everywhere!)
Headed to a Clinic?
If you’re signed up to go to a clinic or driving to see a trainer, think about what it is that you are going there to do. If you’re going there just to meet that person, and feel good that you had a lesson from Goodtrainer Fancypants… cool. That’s a fun an interesting experience to have. It’s like going to see a band that you sort of like playing at a concert.
If you’re going there to learn, improve, accumulate knowledge and skill, then sign up for more than one lesson. Go there with the knowledge that the largest part of the first lesson will be about that whole discovery process. Then, you’ll see the real benefit of that process in the subsequent lessons. In the end, you’ll get more than a couple of lessons. You’ll have accumulated learning!
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Mumbai University is one of the first three state universities in India. The University of Mumbai was established in 1857 by Dr John Wilson. Earlier it was known as the University of Bombai. But when the city name change from ‘Bombai’ to ‘Mumbai’, the name of the University also has been changed from “University of Bombay” to “University of Mumbai”. It is abbreviated as either “MU” (for Mumbai University) or “UoM” (for University of Mumbai).
Mumbai University offers Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral courses in all areas. Apart from that they also offer certificates and diplomas in many disciplines. Every year lakhs of students come to Mumbai University from each and every part of the country. The number of international students also increasing day by day. In terms of number of students, Mumbai University is one of the largest universities in the world.
Currently University of Mumbai has two campuses, one is located in Kalina, Santacruz and the other is located in Fort. The Kalina campus spans an area of 230 acres and the Fort campus spread over 13 acres. Both the campuses are equipped with ultra modern facilities. The University has around 354 affiliated colleges, two post-graduate centres and 36 departments.
Now lets have a look at the Mumbai University rankings. In 2013, it was ranked fifth in the list of top ten best universities in India by India Today. Apart from that, Mumbai University was ranked at 62 in the QS BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)University rankings for 2013. It also awarded A grade in 2012 by NAAC for its overall performance. The UGC also accorded Mumbai University with the status of “University with Potential for Excellence.
Hostel facilities also provided to the students in a reasonable price. The University of Mumbai has six different hostels for both boys and girls. Almost all the hostals have 24 hours security, Visitors room, Common Recreational room and Sports Facility. if you would like to know about the fee structure, placement, faculties, please visit India’s leading education portal Collegedunia.com. Thanks for reading.
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The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with grand natural scenery and diverse culture promises to show visitors a good time during the high season for tourism this year, local officials and people said.
After a series of measures were implemented to maintain stability, Xinjiang is no longer a region often hit by terrorist attacks. It's also nothing like what's portrayed by Western anti-China forces, Xu Guixiang, a spokesman of the regional government, said at an online news conference on Thursday.
"The region has gone through great changes. I'm sure the visitors will see a prosper and stable Xinjiang," Xu said.
Ablikem Azez, director of Xinjiang Culture and Tourism Bureau, said the region is in the best time for development. Having a stable social situation has made tourism boom in recent years, he said.
Diverse geographical features, rich ethnic cultures and unique local cuisines have made tourism one of Xinjiang‘s pillar industries, propelling the region as a popular tourist destination in China.
Despite the COVID-19 epidemic, Xinjiang received 191 million tourist visits in 2021, an increase of more than 20.5 percent. It plans to attract 250 million tourist visits this year, according to the regional government.
The region covers an area of more than 1.66 million square kilometers, about one-third of China's territory, and improved transportation network has made traveling in the vast region easier than ever, Ablikem said.
"New airports have been built near tourist sites. People can have traditional Kazak breakfast on Narat grassland in Ili Kazak autonomous region in northern Xinjiang in the morning and make it to the century-old tea house in the old town of southern Xinjiang's Kashgar city in the afternoon," Ablikem added.
Nubinur Ametjan, a community worker at Kashgar's old town packed with traditional Uygur cultural elements, said the renovation and preservation project funded by the central government have made residents' life much comfortable.
"The project started in 2010 has prioritized the preservation of Uygur culture while putting in modern features such as running water and electricity in all the households. The old town that has a history of about 2,000 years now has become a top tourist attraction in Kashgar," Nubinur said.
Xu said Xinjiang welcomes people to visit the region and see the real and charming Xinjiang for themselves.
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Cryptocaria pretiosa, Mart. (Mespilodaphne pretiosa, Nees et Mart; Ocoteapretiosa, Benth. et Hook.5); Ger. Mispellorbeer; family Lauraceae) is a tree 5 to 15 m. high and a native of northern Brazil. It is known locally as Pao pretiosa, Casca pretiosa, Cane-lila, the famous cinnamon of the Orinoco, and as Pereirora. The drug consisting of twigs, bark and wood is known as Priprioca1). All parts of the plant are rich in volatile oil.
1) Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1905, 87.
2) Footnote 4, p. 499.
3) Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1909, 87.
4) Jaarboek dep. Landb. in Ned.-Indie, Batavia 1907, 67. 5) Th. Peckolt, Pharm. Review 14 (1896), 248.
The bark consists of canaliculate pieces which are one meter in length, 6 to 8 cm. wide and 1 cm. in thickness. Odor and taste are pleasantly aromatic and cinnamon-like.
Upon distillation the bark yielded 0,83 2) to 1,16 p. c. of oil with a strong, cinnamon-like odor and a specific gravity of 1,1183) to 1,1202). Although the odor would seem to indicate cinnamic aldehyde, this substance does not appear to be present in the oil. When shaken with sodium acid sulphite, no crystalline product separated3). The behavior of the oil towards potassium hydroxide solution indicates the presence of a lactone2).
From a drug labelled new coto bark4), C. Hartwich5) obtained 1,2 p.c. of oil: d 1,108, aD - 2°40' On account of its cinnamon-like odor, the oil was shaken with bisulphite but did not react. However, 90 p.c. of the oil were dissolved by potassium hydroxide solution.
Oil of the Twigs and Leaves.
The oil obtained from the twigs and leaves has a pleasant odor reminding one of linaloe oil. d15o0,8912; aD + 7°20'; nD20o 1,469; A.V. 1,4; S.V. 13,3; S.V. after acetylation 165,2; soluble in 11/4 vol. of 70 p. c. alcohol and in every proportion in 80 p. c. alcohol. The oil appears to consist principally of linalool6).
Oil of the Wood6).
Upon distillation the oil separated into a heavier and a lighter portion. The combined oil had the following proper1) Bericht von Roure-Bertrand Fils October 1910,3. The report of the botanical anatomical investigation by E. G. and A. Camus recorded in this report is supplemented by four plates. - G. Laloue, Bull. Soc. chim. IV. 11 (1912), 602.
8) Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1913, 76.
3) Ibidem April 1893, 71.
4) Comp. also p. 415.
s) Arch, der Pharm. 237 (1899), 430.
6) Bericht von Roure-Bertrand Fils October 1910, 19.
ties: d1B.0,9808; aD + 7°12'; nD20o1,519; A.V. 2,1; S.V. 128,1; S.V. after acetylation 219,8. The oil contains large amounts of esters, presumably of geraniol and linalool. The acids obtained upon saponification consisted in part of benzoic acid (m. p. 119 to 12001)).
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On the heels of its August 2013 recall for faulty brake caliper mounting bolts, Zero has announced yet another recall for its electric motorcycles, this time one involving several 2012-2013 models.
In December of last year, Zero Motorcycles released a statement announcing that they intended to recall 667 motorcycles due to faulty firmware that may cause the bike to lose power while running, potentially resulting in a crash.
According to Zero, “the subject motorcycles have a controller firmware that may react to infrequently encountered signal faults.” In layman’s terms, the signal to the motor controller may drift over the course of extended use of the bike, causing the motor to shut down sporadically.
The models in question are as follows:
- 2012 Zero XU: production date 10/21/2011-7/25/2012
- 2012 Zero S: production date 10/21/2011-7/5/2012
- 2012 Zero DS: production date 10/21/2011-4/3/2013
- 2013 Zero XU: production date 1/31/2013-5/21/2013
- 2013 Zero FX: production date 1/25/2013-6/20/2013
- 2013 Zero S: production date 1/21/2013-11/8/2013
- 2013 Zero DS: production date 1/24/2013-10/21/2013
Some owners have claimed that Zero has known about this problem for some time and have been slow to respond to the issue. Zero stated in their defect notice, issued in December of last year, that they had recognized there was a problem as early as September of 2012.
Zero has said it will remedy the defect by updating the motor controller firmware and configuring it to compensate for the signal drift. According to the NHTSA, the recall is expected to begin in mid-January and will be of no charge to owners.
Concerned owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
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The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service. The Warhawk was used by most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in frontline service until the end of the war. It was the third most-produced American fighter of World War II, after the P-51 and P-47.
This walk-around shows mostly external detail with some internal detail shots.
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I got into social work when I was pretty young because I grew up hearing my father's stories about how he devoted his life to our country, and I wanted to do something to help our society. I've always been drawn to selfless work and serving others, spreading hope. When I was 12, I used to go to centres for leprosy patients and rescue dogs.
I was always determined to make a difference in our world. I couldn't stand by and watch others suffer in quiet. Life's traumatic experiences have taught me the value of empathy.I wanted to be the voice for all those shattered dreams, and as an activist, I got to help others heal. I am fortunate enough to be living my dream, and I am thankful for it.
For children and women, I started campaigns such as Azad Pankh, Badlaav, and Log Kya Kahengey. Azad Pankh concentrates on educating underprivileged children; after registering my NGO, I taught from 15 to 300 children in the first year. The NGO's 'Badlaav' campaign strives to provide education, rations, clothing, and other necessities to prevent mothers and children from resorting to begging.
It also offers anti-drug counselling to women and an anti-trafficking team, medical assistance, and other services. The 'Badlaav' campaign aims to change a perspective, one in which sustainability and strength go hand in hand. A campaign that helps people live a healthy and sustainable life by preventing regression and promoting progression at all levels. On the other hand, 'Log Kya Kahengey' is about social injustice against women.
I used to work at an orphanage and met a baby girl who had special needs. She is a person who interacts nonverbally and is deaf; that one year with that child prepared me for motherhood.As an unmarried single mother, I have adopted a baby girl, and I am a sponsor mom to four children. Adoption is a beautiful way to complete your family. I've always wanted to be a mother and nurture my children. It was the most cherished dream I ever had, and by the grace of God, I am now a mother!
The honour of being named Mumma is the most beautiful gift I've ever received.I wanted to break free from society's constraints and pursue what nourished my soul. We are so hooked on genetic links as a society that we believe only genes can carry on our heritage. That, however, is not the case. Why are there so many nursing homes today if blood relations are ideal?
A mother and child bond, whether biological or adopted, is pure, and we must eliminate the stigma associated with adoption. Adoption is a wonderful experience. And I often tell my daughter that you are my soul's child.
As an activist, you need to be the one to offer solutions, improve the world around you, and help others in their development. I've worked on instances including domestic abuse, female infanticide, sexual assault, and human trafficking. It's difficult, but I'm committed to improving things for women because I've had many problems in my life.
I worked with several international NGOs and arranged a dance camp for them. I'm in charge of their education and medical care. I try to develop their skills and encourage them to advance in their chosen field. And, as a mother's duty, I love my children.
Education, in my opinion, is the most effective weapon. Through education and life skills, I have impacted the lives of over 1000 people. Typing, coaching, sewing, and defence classes are all available. We also teach our children about LGBTQIA+ rights. We hold workshops and street performances and social media, live sessions, and health camps to increase awareness.
We teach our children about a gender-neutral world. Raise them all the same, no pink or blue, just what they want. Teach them to own and embrace their truth wholeheartedly. Teach children the value of mental wellness from a young age. Teach them how to prioritise their own needs.
I'm putting together a team of mental health professionals who will aid people. I have volunteers who are lawyers and help women get out of difficult situations and fight for what is right. They assist them in standing up for themselves.
I'm also developing a model for working with the trans community in my city.
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THE CABO DELGADO INSURGENCY AND MOZAMBIQUE’S OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE FOREIGN INVESTORS WITH FULL PROTECTION AND SECURITY
Keywords:Investment law, Mozambique, full protection and security, Cabo Delgado
Mozambique is currently facing a violent and rapidly escalating insurgency within its Cabo Delgado province. The province is rich in mineral resources and has attracted substantial foreign investment. In terms of most of its bilateral investment treaties, Mozambique has agreed to provide foreign investors with full protection and security (FPS) within its territory. This article explores the extent of a state’s obligations to foreign investors under the FPS standard in international investment law. It finds that tribunals have adopted diverging interpretations of the standard and critiques several of these approaches. In particular, it expresses concern over the extent to which investment law forces the state to choose between protecting its people and protecting investors’ assets. It also reflects on what these diverging interpretations mean for Mozambique and the extent to which it may be liable to compensate investors for harm caused to their property by the insurgents. It is argued that investment tribunals should be alive to the various demands on state resources and not simply base liability on the foreseeability of harm. It also concludes by suggesting that Mozambique should seek an agreement with its treaty partners to temporarily restrict the extent of its liability under the FPS standard.
How to Cite
Copyright (c) 2022 Louis Koen
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Money can throw water over dreams real as you must have seen plenty of hopes for home. But not even a single seems easy to achieve from them because every step asks for a hefty amount of sum. And in arranging it, you struggle a lot for a long time without any break. Only after that, you become able to keep some funds secure for the home.
Well, it is not only a story until planning for the house. We haven’t even gone on creating it as this is just a beginning which can blow your mind.
Do you know how much it cost in building a house?
Over that, each member has some particular demand which is not even possible to keep in mind. After all, it can cost a lot that nowhere comes in your pocket. Somehow you make your mind even after having a rough idea about the cost of housing. Eventually, it is something which cannot be ignored as everybody needs to have their house.
Try to set a mind over housing finance.
For that, hard work is must and, you need to push yourself so that everything can go in the balanced track once you make the mind and get a bit of idea about the funds because having an accurate plan is almost impossible. It is a fact; maybe you have never thought that building a house is going to be such expensive. But this is the truth from which there is no way of saving yourself at all.
Not only this, if after getting done with housework, you feel that it is done. You can take a long breathe of relief finally. However, the race is not over yet because you need to keep on investing in the house all time. Other than that, all those small costings of home improvement can give you a lot of stress.
Tiny home improvements can be too costly.
Probably you have never thought of going with so many things but, this is something that will come all of a sudden. Even after settling down in your new home, you think that the duty is over then it will never get so sad.
Else, you may be needed to get ready with great, financial support because after some time a home needs improvement. It hardly matters that you are living in an apartment or on-build house; both of them asks for a handsome sum.
Going all the way long, you should start thinking practically in terms of home planning and improvements. Stop imagining everything to take place from their self as you need to give the 100% all time.
Do consider your pocket while working for home.
Coming back to the main topic of housing and home improvement, it can be a complicated part but not lose hopes. Firstly, you need to plan a budget before starting work over the house. Yet, it can worry but, at least you will be having some ideas for next moves.
You can feel in the start how everything will work and what if you fall downwards. Then nothing to stress at all only use some smartness you can get away out. Once your thoughts take place as a house, then you can start living happily. However, that is not the all because you must have planned plenty of things for the home. That not comes in your pocket.
Upgrading home is a must as this was the dream.
Still, you had this thought always in mind that once you start living, then you can do the tiny sections of home improvement. After all, you have always wanted to stay in the dream house and never though compromising with the ideas. You do not have to because the occasion is not at all the same as the old days.
No doubt in that now achieving even a single goal seems hard. In that case, when it comes to spending a sufficient amount in home improvement, this seems impossible. Anything can be done if you think wisely and on a practical side. Got an idea what we are talking about because you must have thought of the way in mind. Still, always stopped because of not having a secured mind over that page but it is the safest one.
Why not look at the borrowing part?
You know what it can be terrifying and confusing in the beginning but once going for loans then never looking back. Yes, loans can be those paths which can help you in getting done with all the home improvement. Now, you are dream house can get a wiser spacing without falling and all the credit goes to loans.
Hold on! Are you still holing up the place of being secured but why?
The lending solution can get done with all the home improvement part then why this delay is still taking place.
What is the matter of concern?
You can show full faith over-borrowing and let clear all the doubts from private lenders agent and get money effortlessly. Nothing is going to be a mess; also, loans can be, taken in any condition. Ohh! We guess the problem is in front of us and, that is related to the current pandemic phase and, it is completely understood.
Start doing the home perfection part done with money in hands.
Already, you have seen a lot and somehow managed to build a place for future survival. But the current worse phase has taken your job and now for home improvement there is hardly anything left. All the savings have been, used and if you invested the remaining the left money then in which we the monthly expense is going to run.
Over this note, we feel also guide financial support in terms of borrowing that can fill the peace back. Also, give enough funds to manage daily costing and home improvement budget. For that, you only need to go and have a lookup with loans for the unemployed UK. By taking this one way out, you can deal with anything and, nothing is going to stop your ideas. All the imaginations will become real, and you can start living in a dream house with all the essential home improvement.
It’s me, Lisa. A travel enthusiast by passion and a computer engineer by profession. It has been a great experience of writing for what I love too. In my spare time, I use to read motivational stories and books that inspired bill gates.
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Having a happy family is a treasure. But, not everyone lucky enough to own a happy and peaceful family! Some people live alone without strong family connections. However, there are many people who still value the strong connections between each family member.
What is a family? How do you define the meaning of family?
If I ask the question, what is a family, this will mean different for different people. It is not a secret that these days family means many different things and many people look at their family in different angles. How do you define the meaning of a family?
Though the word ‘family’ sounds really simple, defining a family is not really easy. However in a family, each family member has ties to each other. Most of the situations, they follow common rules and culture. For each member, their family members are important and valuable.
Misconceptions about the meaning of Family
Although a family is a small unit where members are connected each other by emotionally, there are many myths and misconceptions about the meaning of family. You may own to a traditional family, blended family or extended family, it is really important to identify your responsibilities to live in your family without creating unnecessary issues. Family is really important and with a family you know that you are not alone.
But, some people consider friends as family where some people consider their pets as family members. Therefore instead of defining the family in a dictionary form, it is important to identify the meaning of the family considering the value of each family member. In your life time, you may belong to different families including traditional family and extended family. You may also live with members in a blended family where there are kids from both parents’ previous relationships. In such situations, you need to know other members choices and need to know the importance of living united as one family.
When you know the importance of your family and when you know your responsibilities towards your family, living with your family members is something that you admire! You will belong to a happy family which creates memories day by day!
Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi is the founder of this blog where she shares her parenting and lifestyle experiences. She is an engineer and a trainer who works in the construction industry. She is the founder of Sihela Consultants.(www.sihelaconsultants.com)
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As many make their first foray into perfumes and colognes, they begin to surprise how to spray their girls’s perfume properly. While there are a few common methods in spraying perfumes, there simply is not any wrong or proper manner.
The most commonplace technique of all perfume spraying strategies is to dab the perfume on pressure points. When making use of perfume, you want to cognizance on dabbing it for your internal wrists and neck, that are a number of the warmest elements of your frame. The warmth of those regions will help diffuse the fragrance as your body clearly warms up at some stage in the day. You ought to choose to spray your perfume without delay onto each strain factor, or you could pick to spray the perfume onto one stress point after which use your internal wrists to dab and unfold the fragrance.
Some perfume aficionados like to spray fragrance on different stress points except the neck and inner wrists. Other strain points consist of the tougher-to-reach, oft-disregarded spots behind the ears and in the back of the knees. Because these spots are especially hidden, many fragrance fans could argue in opposition to any direct benefits of spraying fragrance on these spots. On any given day, you probably might now not come upon a massive number of those who could sniff at the back of your ears and in the back of your knees. So for optimum gain, the majority persist with spraying fragrance on their neck and internal wrists.
Another famous fragrance spraying method is the Cloud Method. This technique is usually utilized by the perfume-shy-the ones terrified of doubtlessly wreaking aromatic havoc in public locations with robust sillage or an overwhelming scent. If this sounds like you, provide this method a strive. With a twig or , create a cloud of perfume in front of you. Walk into the cloud of fragrance because it begins to settle.
The concept is that the fragrance Efectivo o Tarjeta is frivolously disbursed throughout your frame and garments. Then again, in case you are perfume-shy you could constantly just do a half of-spray on one among your wrists and without a doubt dab the perfume onto your other stress factors, thereby spreading a smaller amount of fragrance. Remember if you use the Cloud Method, your lady’s fragrance should fade faster as maximum of it was in all likelihood misplaced inside the air. Also the Cloud Method avoids those stress points that help heat and revive your fragrance.
Another popular opportunity approach is to spray fragrance directly onto your garments. Many humans try this accidentally as they spray perfume onto their pressure factors or into a cloud. Others do it intentionally, and no longer with out properly cause. Here’s why: most perfumers these days aren’t mainly concerned with how a fragrance will smell for your pores and skin. Perfumers know that the majority will check perfumes on paper strips as they breeze through branch shops. Thus many perfumes are built with the focus on how it’ll odor on paper.
Now how does this apply to perfume spraying techniques, you ask? Perfume frequently smells specific to your skin than it does for your garments. And now with the modern situation of fragrance development searching the way it’s miles, perhaps you would possibly higher enjoy the manner a fragrance smells for your clothes than for your pores and skin. You should test by spraying perfume to your garments to peer if it lingers longer or virtually smells higher. Just check before you experiment to make certain that your perfume might not damage, stain or dye your garb.
As any fragrance expert will let you know, there may be no right manner to spray perfume.
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Colorado Edition: Recovering from the Marshall Fire; how beavers are reshaping rivers and streams; 10 years of DACA
The Marshall Fire ripped through Boulder County at the end of last year. Many fire victims took almost nothing with them that day. But they went back to sift through the debris in the months that followed. In the KUNC series From The Ashes, Leigh Paterson brings us the stories of how they salvaged objects to help families process what they lost.
Climate change is reshaping the natural world, but one animal is doing its part to fight back. A new study lays out all the ways that beavers are helping reshape rivers and streams. As Alex Hager reports, they’re creating healthy waterways that are more resistant — and resilient — to the worst effects of climate change.
Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. There are over 14,000 DACA recipients living in Colorado. The federal program has allowed undocumented people to take advantage of many opportunities — including being able to work and go to college. Luis Antezana is the founder and CEO of Juntos 2 College. The organization awards 10 grants a month to DACA recipients to pay for DACA renewals and legal services. He spoke with Yoselin Meza Miranda about his organization and 10 years of DACA.
Colorado Edition is hosted by Yoselin Meza Miranda and produced by the KUNC newsroom, led by news director Sean Corcoran. Web was edited by digital operations manager Ashley Jefcoat. The mission of Colorado Edition is to deepen understanding of life in Northern Colorado through authentic conversation and storytelling. It's available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Colorado Edition is made possible with support from our KUNC members. Thank you!
Our theme music was composed by Colorado musicians Briana Harris and Johnny Burroughs. Other music in the show by Blue Dot Sessions.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio EPA Director Laurie A. Stevenson announced Wednesday that two dozen communities will receive a total of $9 million in H2Ohio funding for projects to improve the quality of drinking water and to repair or replace aging water, wastewater, and sewage infrastructure.
“These projects will improve the quality of life for thousands of Ohioans by giving them reliable access to clean water and by addressing failing wastewater and home sewage treatment systems which are also a threat to public health and the environment,” said Governor DeWine. “All of our communities deserve to have strong water infrastructure, and I am committed to helping our local partners with these costly improvement projects.”
Water Infrastructure Projects – $7.4 million
Thirteen H2Ohio drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects will receive a total of $7.4 million to improve water service for thousands of residents across the state.
Projects include the construction of a new water treatment plant, the replacement of aging water lines, and the installation of new water lines and water mains. New wastewater infrastructure projects will solve sewer system backups, extend sanitary sewers, and replace failing household sewage treatment systems with new sewers. Projects were selected based on the community’s economic needs and project readiness.
Areas to receive H2Ohio Drinking Water Infrastructure grants include: Canton-$1.5 million, Middleport-$500,000, Mount Eaton-$500,000, Morgan-Meigsville Rural Water District-$350,000, and Lowell-$200,000.
Areas to receive H2Ohio Wastewater Infrastructure grants include: Palestine-Hollansburg Join Sewer District in Darke County-$1 million, West Union in Adams County-$1 million, Athens County-$500,000, Coalton in Jackson County-$500,000, Columbiana County-$500,000, Johnstown in Licking County-$500,000, Lucas County-$300,000, Findlay in Hancock County-$25,000.
“Governor DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative enables Ohio EPA to extend available funding to help communities across the state address their water and wastewater needs and replace failing home sewage treatment systems,” said Director Stevenson. “We are using H2Ohio funding to make a difference in these communities and in the lives of Ohioans.”
Home Sewage Treatment System Replacement Projects – $1.6 Million
It is estimated that approximately 31 percent of all household sewage treatment systems in Ohio are experiencing some degree of failure and are discharging untreated sewage that potentially exposes citizens to harmful bacteria and pathogens.
A total of $1.6 million in H2Ohio funding will go to the counties listed below to help low- to moderate-income households repair and replace failing home sewage treatment systems. Each county will receive $150,000 for the projects:
Licking County, Wayne County, Meigs County, Hamilton County, Lake County, Clark County, Stark County, Lorain County, Scioto County, Clermont County and Columbiana County.
The $9 million in H2Ohio grant funding announced today is in addition to a new water and sewer program announced by Governor DeWine last week. More details about the new program, which will be funded with $250 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, are forthcoming.
Governor DeWine launched H2Ohio in 2019 as a water quality effort to provide clean and safe water to Ohio. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and Ohio Lake Erie Commission each have a significant role in H2Ohio through the natural infrastructure of wetlands, the reduction in nutrient runoff, and the increase in access to clean drinking water and sewer systems. To learn more, visit h2.ohio.gov.
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We all know that vitamin C supplements can be effective in treating acne. However, did you know that there are certain vitamin C levels in everyone’s body that determine their “fate” in life? If you think that you’ll get sick and die without vitamin C, then think again – your body has many ways to get the vitamin without you having to make it yourself.
Vitamin C deficiency often occurs through a deficiency in the function of collagen and elastin. Basically, collagen and elastin are two proteins that are responsible for keeping the skin smooth and elastic. When these two proteins are not produced to the highest possible level, wrinkles and fine lines appear and the complexion begins to look older than it should. Ascorbic acid is the acid found in fruits, vegetables, and fish that allows for higher production of collagen and elastin – which is what causes wrinkles to form and how they can be avoided.
Another way that vitamin C can help fight wrinkles and fine lines is through its ability to inhibit free radical formation. Free radicals are chemical molecules that roam around the body, damaging healthy cells. Some common causes of free radical formation include radiation exposure, overexposure to sunlight, smoking, and air pollution. Ascorbic acid lowers the risk of being subjected to these kinds of rays, which means that people who get up under the sun a lot might be doing themselves some good, as getting lower levels of free radicals may be one of the most important things that will keep them living a long and healthy life.
Finally, vitamin c supplements are known to lower the risk of heart muscle disease. This comes from how vitamin c allows for better circulation of oxygen-rich blood through the body. The more efficient the transport of oxygen to the heart, the less likely it is that a heart muscle will break down and cause a heart attack. There have also been studies done that show that high plasma vitamin c levels can reduce the chances that a person is going to develop high blood pressure, something that can cause a person to feel tired all the time and eventually make him/her feel weak.
So now that we’ve discussed some of the ways that vitamin c supplements can benefit us, let’s look at some of the different varieties of this nutrient. The easiest way to get these nutrients into our bodies is through eating natural foods that are high in this mineral. Green leafy vegetables (i.e., spinach, collard greens, kale) are good sources of vitamin c, as are dark green meats like liver, heart, turkey, and bison. Other great sources of this nutrient are berries (i.e., strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, pineapples, and others) as well as orange juice.
As stated above, taking vitamin c on a regular basis is critical to our health. However, there are some people who should only be taking these supplements on a monthly basis. For instance, pregnant women, children, people with high cholesterol levels, and athletes who want to increase their stamina and muscle mass should limit their intake of vitamin c. One thing to keep in mind here is that because vitamin c has antioxidant properties, it may help prevent the formation of clumps of fat within the body. If you are someone who wants to lose weight, you should discuss your goals with your doctor before taking any type of vitamin or supplement. While it does help increase your metabolism and burn calories more efficiently, it may also prevent you from losing too much weight.
If you are taking a vitamin c supplement and you feel that your antioxidant status has depleted, you may need to take more. Antioxidants are substances that neutralize free radicals. Basically, free radicals are molecules that have electrons missing, and then bond together with other molecules. Once these molecules bond, the electron becomes very vulnerable and can be broken down into smaller particles, and this process leads to aging. The process of oxidation may be accelerated by the presence of toxins in the body, so any excess vitamins would do you good.
In fact, researchers have found that people who have a higher amount of vitamin C in their systems, especially in the form of juices, appear to have fewer signs of age than those who have a low intake of this substance. So if you want to look younger, you might want to think about donating electrons. In fact, if you have a DNA with a lot of abnormalities, it is possible that you will start to lose electrons as you age, but a high-vitamin C diet can keep your DNA stable and thus preserve your youthfulness for a longer period of time. It makes sense to try this method, especially if you like the idea of maintaining a certain amount of “free” energy in your cells.
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Winkel G & Jump A (2014) Perspectives on forest conservation: building evidence at the frontier between policy and conservation science. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23 (14), pp. 3359-3372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0824-1
The conservation and sustainable management of forests is a topic of significant interest for scholars and policy makers alike. Yet, this is a multifaceted issue that raises important questions related to different societal and scientific perspectives, while values of the multiple services that forest ecosystems deliver for society must also be taken into account. However, perspectives on forest conservation may differ with regard to region and scale. This paper summarizes the contributions of a special issue on forest conservation that brings together diverse disciplinary and regional perspectives. First, we explore the necessity for interdisciplinary perspectives on forest conservation, and particularly the urgent need to bridge between social and natural science views in order to better understand complex socio-ecological systems. Second, we discuss a variety of case studies on forest conservation in different spatial and socio-economic contexts. Third, we focus on the science-policy and science-management interface as the critical "zone" where knowledge about forest conservation is exchanged. Finally, we emphasize again the diversity of possible perspectives on the issue, and conclude by identifying some possible ways of thinking about issues such as integrative versus segregative forest conservation, and science-policy-management interactions.
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Blockchain is one of the biggest topics in technology at the moment. In fact, it is making headlines around the world with its potentially game-changing applications as well as frequent valuing fluctuations. And it seems that Taiwanese consumer electronics company, HTC has decided to jump on the blockchain bandwagon, announcing the Exodus – what the tech giant calls the first major blockchain-powered smartphone.
This could be just what the Taiwanese firm needs to get back into the smartphone market. Within the past recent months, the company has been bogged down by recent job cuts, device shipments dwindling across the world and its most recent U12 flagship receiving somewhat mixed reviews.
HTC says they are looking to “make decentralization a reality,” expanding the blockchain ecosystem through a connected network of mobile devices – so could the HTC Exodus be the start of a new generation? We can’t know for sure just yet, but here is what we do know about the new handset.
So far, HTC has only said that the Exodus will launch sometime during the third quarter, which means that any time between now to the end of September. However, given that many handset manufacturers often launch new mobile products in September, it would be in HTC’s best interest to launch the phone now rather than later. And while no price has been listed for the phone either, it’s pretty safe to guess that the device would be “comparable” to the $1000 Finney blockchain powered phone released by Sirin Labs last year.
But how will a blockchain phone work? While the technology is wildly popular at the moment, it does not seem like a very ideal fit for smartphones at first glance as high-stakes trading and cryptocurrency mining often requires hugely powerful hardware.
HTC is looking to start something completely new with the Exodus, claiming that the device is the launchpad for its new native blockchain network ecosystem, with the individual Exodus devices acting as nodes for trading amongst users. For those all-important trades, the device will include a cold storage wallet that will support all major cryptocurrencies, including the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as decentralized apps. The cold storage hardware is important as it means that the Exodus will be able to store the user’s cryptocurrency offline, often on a separate web server or other hardware, adding an extra layer of security
Lastly, it’s also worth noting that Exodus is already the name of a well-known online cryptocurrency wallet service, offering an “all-in-one wallet to secure, manage and exchange blockchain assets” – which could well be the backbone of HTC’s new approach.
Additionally, HTC has already said that the device will run Android software, meaning that all Google’s usual familiar services will be present and correct.
And despite HTC may claim, the Exodus is not the world’s first blockchain phone. That title belongs to the little-know Finney phone, which was revealed earlier this year. Created by Sirin Labs, the $1,000 device allowed users to store and spend digital currencies without incurring transaction fees.
Overall though, there are still a lot of questions to be answered and only time will tell if the HTC Exodus will be the game-changing device that the company claims it to be.
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Resource for Your Source: TheMes of Jack
Nature to be Commanded
Must be Obeyed
The only tragedy is to NOT to have LOVED. Nearly everyone is loved from birth. What must be learned and earned is to LOVE. You will only do this if you have no other choice. Understand why you should choose it.
Life=Acceptance of Death
As internal combustion engines run on oil, Life runs on Death. Life processes Death to do its deed. This simple, indisputable fact sticks in Man-un-Kind’s craw and can neither be spit out nor swallowed.
This is Humanity’s Koan that can’t be solved or resolved but only dissolved by being understood and lived.
This deeply denied Knowledge is the Scared Resource we all use to Enslave ourselves. It is the Secret Source of the Sacred, the Holywood Projector of the Mind that creates the epic Dramas of Gods, Governments, and Gurus.
A few years ago after coming and going as a confused then bemused participant, I walked out of the Theatre of the Absurd as an amused and not willing to pay spectator. Today I am outside of Plato’s Cave and the weather is clearly what it is for good and for bad. I carry an umbrella and a Beretta just in case for Justice’s sake. Because Things take their Place in Time so do I.
I seek a few Free Friends to spend my life for and with.
Join me if this makes Sense to you. I am waiting—not so much patiently as patently—etymologically, “open”, knowing this Knowledge needs no Intellectual Property Protection by Might (as in “Might have Been”) but only upheld as in Right (as in “Reality as it is Now”).
There is only Might or Right to choose between. Gods, Governments, Gurus—or You and Me. Choose. You are only as Free as you take the Responsibility to be.
Most of the I’s eyes are focused on their seeing. I am focused on our Blind and Spell-Binding Spot of Death. I would have Us Live this as Love and bring this Insight Out.
Selah, Scire Licit, Sapere Aude.
Obedience—To the Alpha Ape Father--"PA"
"We see ghosts dance because of specific universal experiences occurring in the development of the human animal. We bring from
each individual family-nurtured past a mode of response to the supposed Stimulus, the nature of the Unknown being projected, not perceived. Supernatural revelation is misapprehended information about the mind itself…which has forgotten the individual formative history of its longings. The authoritarian personality is actually seeking, not comprehension of self and world, but group-confirmed fantasies—of revelation, charisma, god-like projected parents, and the soul.” Weston La Barre
As Gene-Meme Machines we are Hardwired and Programmed to act as directed by our DNA Dictator--the Source of the Sacred and the Pattern-Giver of the Universal Human Act of Sacrifice. What most Persons do unwittingly from birth to death is Sacrifice their Minds to and for the various Representatives of the DNA Dictator first and foremost as the FAMILY--then as the Clan, Tribe, Culture, God, Civilization, Nation, Ideology, World Government...up the Pyramidal Hierarchy of Political and Priestly Power.
It is this Driver, Director, Dictator that is the answer to the enigma that Anarcho-Libertarians are so unable to respond to and are so confused about: why 98%(?) of the population refuses the obvious truth that any Government or God is an Unnecessary Evil, is that it is the Co-Dependent FAMILY that is the MATRIX out of which the Human Species has evolved. I mean the All-Powerful Father, the All-Forgiving Mother, and the Helpless Infant.
The FAMILY and its FATHER as the ALL-POWERFUL DICTATOR is the PA-TTERN (etymologically: Pa—the root word from which comes "Pattern" and "Father”) that has down to today stunted Humanity’s Development.
But this Authoritarian dispensation is finally being abandoned due to the increasing number of persons through the Internet who are able to recognize and respond to these Gods and Governments as the Ghosts and Zombies they are.
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Even if you’re not afraid of blood – or needles! – having your blood drawn for testing may not be something you’re eager to do. Here are some tips to make it a bit easier.
Having Your Blood Drawn? Here is How to Prepare
1. Find out if you need to “fast” before testing
Many blood tests, such as cholesterol tests, require fasting in order to get accurate results. This means no food or drink (besides water) can be taken by the person for 8-12 hours before the test (including chewing gum and even breath mints!). So nothing after dinner, and no breakfast in the morning before you go to the lab.
A simple guide is to use 12 hours as your measurement. If you plan to go to the lab at 8 am, start fasting at 8 pm the night before.
2. Drink plenty of water before your test
Even though you might be fasting, drinking water before you go to bed and then before you have your blood drawn is a good idea in order to avoid dehydration. In most cases, when you are properly hydrated, it can make it easier for the lab technician to locate a draw vein. Consuming another glass or two after you’ve had your blood taken to replace your fluids is also recommended.
3. Plan to hit the lab early to get your blood drawn
Especially for a fasting blood test, try to get to the lab first thing in the morning. Some labs open at 7 am or even earlier. If you wake up hungry or normally feel weak before you eat breakfast, it is okay to bring juice or a snack with you to the lab… for AFTER your blood has been taken!
4. Make sure you bring your paperwork
If you’ve already ordered and paid for your test through Personalabs, you’ve completed all of the paperwork. Bring your confirmation lab order with you. The lab will verify your information for your protection.
5. Let the phlebotomist do the work
A phlebotomist is a lab technician who is specifically trained to draw blood. She will usually ask you which arm you prefer for the venipuncture (the name of the actual procedure). A tourniquet will be applied to your arm, and she will touch your arm to feel for a vein. Sometimes veins are hard to find. But don’t worry – phlebotomists know what they’re doing.
6. Follow all instructions and answer all questions clearly
Once she’s found a vein, your phlebotomist will tell you what she needs you to do. She’ll insert a needle – which will pinch or sting a bit – and then give you instructions. Make her job easier by following them. Be sure to answer all questions truthfully and feel free to ask questions, as well.
7. Don’t forget to breathe!
It may be hard to relax while you’re getting your blood taken, but try not to pull away or move around. If you’re squeamish, you don’t need to watch as your blood is drawn into tubes. If you start feeling nervous, close your eyes and focus on just one thing: breathing.
8. Yes, you’ve got enough blood
Many times a phlebotomist will fill more than one tube of blood. Each tube actually holds a quantity of only about a teaspoon, so there’s no need for concern.
9. Leave the bandage in place
After the needle is removed, a bandage will be applied to your arm. Again, follow the phlebotomist’s instructions. Even if you think you’ve stopped bleeding, removing the bandage too soon could result in bruising.
10. Remember to refuel
So you’re done! The whole process probably only took a few minutes. Now – especially if you’re rushing off to work – don’t forget to enjoy a nice breakfast and lunch. This will help give you energy and keep your day moving forward in the right, healthy direction.
Hopefully these pointers give you the confidence to get your blood drawn
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Nourish Kefir white bottles are made from PET, which is fully recyclable.
The British Plastics Federation website contains useful information about PET and how it can be re-used over and over again.
Some uses for recycled PET – other non-food containers and packaging materials, clothes – yes even clothes! So do put your bottles into recycle bins!
We use White PET to protect the kefir from sunlight and UV rays!
Other materials we use…
We use recycled and recyclable cardboard box packaging and always aim to either re-use or recycle where we can. We aim to have minimal waste here at Nourish Kefir, and we are conscious of our environmental foot-print! We buy British materials and some suppliers are local.
Low energy manufacture…
Kefir is actually a ‘low energy’ drink – you use ambient temperatures during fermentation and looking after the kefir grains. We developed our own cooling system at the end of fermentation too which is a bit more energy efficient.
Regarding the use of plastics… It’s all about trying to strike a balance between practicality and acceptability! We definitely don’t have all the answers, but we try to be responsible as producers and consumers and make the effort to recycle. Currently PET is a safer material for us to handle in our factory – say compared to glass. Glass is heavy and if you drop glass it becomes a hazard, especially in a food production environment! (Glass also does have to be put in a recycle bin too – you cannot refill it!)
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 October 2020
Two sentiments governed the postwar world: fear and hope. These two feelings dominated the debates that gave birth to both the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The League of Nations had failed. Leaders had expressed the desire for a world grounded in human rights but could not agree on what that meant or whether individual rights trumped the sovereign rights of nations. The UN Charter reflected these concerns, recognizing human rights but leaving their scope undefined. No precedents existed to guide the work. A committee of eighteen nations, chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, accepted the unprecedented assignment of defining basic rights for all people everywhere. After consulting with noted jurists, philosophers, and social justice organizations, the committee set out to draft a document that would recognize the horrors of war and engender a commitment to peace. They envisioned a world governed more by hope than by fear. It was hard work. The debate was punctuated by escalating Cold War politics. A legally binding document seemed out of reach. All efforts turned instead to securing a declaration of human rights, which ultimately paved the way for legally binding commitments and energized a budding human rights movement.
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As a teenager, young Jeff Bezos was fascinated with space exploration. Speaking as the 18-year-old valedictorian of his high school, Bezos told the Miami Herald in 1982 that he planned “to build space hotels, amusement parks and colonies for 2 million or 3 million people who would be in orbit. The goal was to be able to evacuate humans. The planet would become a park."
In the year 2000 -- having grown up, founded Amazon, and gained a measly $6 billion net worth -- Bezos founded Blue Operations, LLC. Tasked with the mission of sending millions of people to live and work in space, the company has spent the past two decades quietly designing and building rockets to do just that. So, on the twentieth anniversary of its founding, let’s take a look at Blue’s origins and where the private aerospace company might be headed in the future.
Bezos officially founded Blue Origin on September 8th, 2000 in Kent, Washington (which now houses the company HQ and R&D center) and set about developing both space-worthy vehicles as well as the rocket motors to push them. From the outset, secrecy has been a core tenet of the Blue Origin ethos. The company’s existence wasn’t even discovered by the public until 2003 when Bezos began buying land in Texas for the company’s private suborbital launch and engine test site.
That secrecy continues to this day. In fact, the company repeatedly declined requests for comment regarding this story. Of course there’s little reason for the company to chase public input given that, as of 2016 at least, its entire billion-dollar annual operating budget is provided by Bezos himself.
That financial backing has resulted in the development of several spacecraft and engine prototypes. In 2005, the 9,500-pound Charon jet-powered VTOL test platform made its first and only test flight above Moses Lake, Washington. Designed to validate the company’s autonomous guidance and control systems, it climbed to a height of 316 feet using its quartet of Rolls-Royce Viper Mk. 301 jet engines. It now lives in the Museum of Flight.
The company built on that effort the following year with a test flight of the Goddard suborbital test vehicle. It was driven by nine pressure-fed peroxide-powered BE-1 rocket engines, Blue Origin’s first successful rocket design. The test craft managed to reach a height of nearly 300 feet in the approximately 10 seconds that it was airborne. It made two more flights in 2007 before being retired.
Those early endeavors have paid off in the form of the New Shepard spacecraft, a suborbital vehicle capable of toting crews and cargo out to the Karman line -- the internationally defined boundary of Earth and space. In 2006 work began on the New Shepard, named after famed Mercury-era astronaut Alan Shepard. However, it wasn’t until the start of last decade and the completion of the BE-3 110,000 lbf liquid hydrox engine, that the vehicles entered the current state of worthiness.
The New Shepard utilizes a two-part design consisting of a six-person Crew Capsule which sits atop a 60-foot tall reusable VTOL rocket. It’s built to launch vertically at speeds reaching Mach 3, then separate at a height of approximately 100 kilometers at which point the rocket stage will guide itself back to Earth while the capsule makes a more leisurely return route under the gentle drag of three parachutes.
Blue Origin has built three New Shepards to date. The first was partially destroyed during a test flight in 2015. (The crew capsule was unharmed; the rocket stage, not so much.) However, the second iteration made five successful flights between 2015 and 2016 while the third has made six successful flights since 2017, ferrying multiple scientific experimental payloads into low orbit. What’s more, the New Shepard 3 has reused the same rocket engine on all six trips.
Crewed flights aboard the New Shepard 4 were originally scheduled to take place in 2018, but those flights have been repeatedly delayed for the past two years. The company is reportedly still eyeing a potential crewed flight at some point in 2020, though given that we’re already into September, that’s not looking particularly likely at this point.
Looking ahead, Blue Origin has even greater goals in sight. The company is currently preparing its latest spacecraft, the 45-metric-ton New Glenn for a test flight in 2021. It comes in two variants: a 270-foot-tall two-stage rocket and a 313-foot-tall three-stage rocket. The larger variant will be able to exceed low Earth orbit. The New Glenn is just a touch shorter than the venerated Saturn V that first brought people to the moon. Like its predecessor, the New Glenn will leverage a reusable rocket to get into space, though it will not be the BE-3 engines seen in the Shepard -- at least in the first stage.
Instead, the Glenn will fly with the new 550,000 lbf BE-4, which relies on a mixture of liquid oxygen and methane to provide thrust. It will be powerful enough to haul as much as 13 tons of cargo into orbit on each trip. BE-3s will still be onboard, but they’ll be located in the second stage which is tasked with delivering the payload into its correct orbit once it passes the Karman line. And like SpaceX’s Falcon 9, New Glenn’s first stage will autonomously guide itself back to Earth following separation and land unassisted on an oceanic landing pad.
Even more impressive are Blue Origin’s plans to go to the moon and potentially even farther than that. This past April NASA began doling out contracts as part of its Back to the Moon program (aka Artemis), which aims to deposit human astronauts at the moon’s South Pole by 2024. Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics all received funding to help the firms develop their lunar lander platforms. Blue Origin received a lion’s share of the money -- $579 million, all told -- to build the Blue Moon. The three firms have until February 2021 to build the landers and complete a mockup mission before NASA starts thinning the competitors.
“We are going to build a road to space,” Bezos said during a press event unveiling the Blue Moon in May. “And then amazing things will happen.”
Like the Glenn, the Blue Moon lander will come in a pair of variants: one for cargo and another for people. The cargo version will be spacious enough to fit multiple tons of rovers and preconstructed habitats while the people mover was developed in conjunction with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper. Blue Origin delivered its Blue Moon mockup to NASA at Johnson Space Center just last month. The 40-foot prototype is based off the original Apollo era lander and was built to help NASA validate its design and function compared to its competitors. Specifically, Blue Origin constructed the lander itself (i.e., the descent element) while Lockheed took care of the ascent element which will shuttle astronauts from the lunar surface back into orbit, Northrop handled the transfer element which connects Blue Moon to the Orion vehicle which will fly them out from the Earth and Draper developed the system avionics.
“Testing this engineering mockup for crew interaction is a step toward making this historic mission real,” said Brent Sherwood, Blue Origin’s vice president of Advanced Development Programs, in a statement. “The learning we get from full-scale mockups can’t be done any other way. Benefitting from NASA’s expertise and feedback at this early stage allows us to develop a safe commercial system that meets the agency’s needs.”
Bezos cites the increased energy demands of better living standards for people as a contributor to his off-world goals. “We will run out of energy,” Bezos said during the presentation. “This is just arithmetic. It’s going to happen. Do we want stasis and rationing or do we want dynamism and growth? This is an easy choice. We know what we want. We just have to get busy.”
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ONLY Mike Tyson could be on the cusp of a multi-million pound comeback in the middle of a lockdown and recession. The Baddest.
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An Australian entrepreneur who claims to have created bitcoin has been ordered to pay the attorney fees of the brother of his late cryptocurrency.
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Craig Wright outs himself as bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto—and some people believe him.
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Australian Man Who Claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto is Now Being Sued After Alleged Scheme to Steal Billions Worth of Bitcoin . In 2016, Craig Wright claimed he created Bitcoin with the help of now-deceased ex-colleague David Kleiman. Now, Craig is being sued by Dave’s brother Ira Kleiman, who claims Wright forged his deceased brother’s signatures in order to steal Dave’s bitcoins.
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The name Satoshi Nakamoto is an alias used by the person or entity who created Bitcoin to hide their true identity. He claims to be Japanese, born on April 5, 1975 and reside in Japan but people.
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The White House is warning state and local governments about severe cuts to disaster relief, Medicaid, infrastructure grants. school money, and other programs if Congress fails to raise the U.S. debt limit.
A fact sheet for state and local officials that was obtained by The Associated Press is an attempt to ratchet up the public pressure on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. President Joe Biden has insisted so far on bipartisan backing to increase the cap on debt that was almost entirely accrued before he took office, but McConnell has been unmoved and has repeatedly said that Democrats must act on their own.
The Treasury Department has engaged in extraordinary measures to keep the government running after the suspended debt limit was reinstated in August at a level of $22 trillion, about $6 trillion less than current total debt load. Treasury’s extraordinary measures will be exhausted by October, creating the potential for default.
The debt limit is the amount of money Congress allows the Treasury to borrow to keep the government running.
It was suspended three times during the Trump administration and has been lifted dozens of times since 1960. Created at the start of World War I so Congress would no longer need to approve each bond issuance, the debt limit has evolved into a political weapon as borrowing has sharply escalated over the past two decades.
With the total debt standing at $28.4 trillion, the government would be forced to cut deeply into programs unless the restrictions on borrowing are lifted or suspended. The risk of a recession and turmoil in the financial market would make it harder for states and cities to borrow, while also playing havoc with public pension investments.
The Biden administration’s fact sheet makes the case that the pain would be spread among the states because many programs rely on federal dollars. The government’s ability to respond to natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes or wildfires would be curtailed.
States would face severe Medicaid shortfalls because the federal government covers two-thirds of the costs. About 20% of Americans get their health insurance through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Roughly $100 billion in infrastructure grants for highways, airports and public transit would be jeopardized. The more than $50 billion for special education, school districts serving poorer students and other programs would also be threatened, as would $30 billion in food assistance and $10 billion for public health.
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Philippe Zinck is at the Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry Unit, University Lille 1 (France) and works on polymerization catalysis, with a focus on functional and bio-based polymers. He goes on Twitter by @PhilippeZinck.
1. What made you want to be a chemist?
I studied materials science, because at that time the materials science department of my college was more oriented toward research. I did the first year of my masters as an exchange student in Berlin, and the macromolecular chemistry teacher was really excellent, so I fell in love with that specialty. When I went back to France I chose the polymer chemistry department for the second year of my masters and my lab training period, and I stayed for my PhD.
2. If you weren’t a chemist and could do any other job, what would it be – and why?
Well I think I could have been a researcher in many other fields like physics or biology for example. What really makes me happy in my job is the research adventure. A bit like the ancient explorers, the researcher is discovering new territories, and that’s what makes me happy and excited when I go to work every morning (or almost).
3. What are you working on now, and where do you hope it will lead?
We are just starting a biorefinery project for making bio-based polymers, with several industrial and academic partners. It’s a 10 year project, and you rarely have projects that last so long in our profession. Honestly, I don’t know where it will lead, but it gives me the opportunity to work on issues in society. I hope it will be a success story.
4. Which historical figure would you most like to have dinner with – and why?
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. I find the way he conducted research fascinating. A lot of his discoveries were achieved through analogies between different research fields. Besides, he was also an excellent teacher, and did a lot to raise high school student’s interest for research. He also took an interest in societal issues. I had the chance to give a seminar in his lab several years ago and to meet him briefly, but not to have dinner with him!
5. When was the last time you did an experiment in the lab – and what was it?
I had to open my lab-book to check. It was in July 2010, I was trying to polymerize some carbohydrate derivatives in a new way, but it did not succeed. These kinds of reactions almost never work, and that would have demoralized the students, so I used to do them myself.
6. If exiled on a desert island, what one book and one music album would you take with you?
I’m hesitating between a world encyclopedia of wines and a longboard user manual, but the latter will definitely be more useful on a desert island! For the music, I’ll take one of Pink Floyd’s albums, probably Atom Heart Mother, a fantastic brass instruments album.
7. Which chemist would you like to see interviewed on Reactions – and why?
Well, I think that green chemistry is more than ever an essential issue for our society, for many reasons that I will not explain here. Scientists from this area should be interviewed on Reactions, like Barry Trost for example, among many others.
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Hard Drive Recovery Group, a data recovery services firm based in Irvine, California, has revealed that they have recently released a blog post that suggests that users of Windows 10 give it a chance to stabilize. Because of the recent death of Windows 7, many have shifted to Windows 10 but the whole Windows-using public will likely become used to Windows 10 only by the end of the year. There has been a public outcry regarding the bugs discovered in Windows 10 but such is the case for most upgrades. It is expected for Windows users to really get used to Windows 10 after a few months. Those who want to know more about this can access their blog post titled, “Why Giving Windows 10 a Chance Isn’t Such a Bad Idea,” on their website.
Maureen Davies, a spokesperson for Hard Drive Recovery Group, says, “There are a number of features that may come in handy with the latest Windows 10 update. These include the Windows Sandbox, Windows Timeline, Your Phone, Cortana, and Windows Hello. See? Windows 10 isn’t as bad as everybody is making it out to be. If you need data recovery services for some fails in your updating process, have a look at our services. Data recovery need not be such a hassle, as you can take advantage of our expertise.”
Hard Drive Recovery Group provides secure and safe hard drive recovery services for both PC and Mac hard disk drives. This is done through clean room hands on data retrieval and through software. Maureen Davies points out that, “Each day, we recover thousands of megabytes of files and data for individuals and companies across North America.”
This data recovery services firm focuses on determining the most efficient and most affordable solution for hard drive recovery. And they are the only shop in the industry that is offering 24 hour turnaround for RAID recovery, as well as overnight hard disk drive recovery shipping. They also provide the hard drive recovery diagnosis free of charge. What makes them stand out among the crowd is that they have almost 20 years of experience in data recovery, and they always charge flat rate prices.
Basically, they will first offer a solid estimate to potential clients before the hard drive is shipped to them to prevent any surprises. Furthermore, if they are unable to recover data, there would be no charge. Thus, whether the data was lost because of mechanical failure or due to a computer virus, natural disaster, or accidental deletion, they are the company to be contacted first for hard drive recovery.
For businesses, they offer various data recovery solutions. These include RAID 10 data recovery, RAID 5 data recovery, and repair of Sun Solaris and MS Exchange servers, including SQL and Oracle databases. They also provide emergency data recovery services for enterprises. Their number one priority for enterprises is the restoration and repair of the business’ RAID array. They have a high level of experience with regards to HP ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge, Promise and IBM ServeRAID controllers, including other major brands of RAID systems.
And an important focus for them outside of hard drive recovery is portable media. They have a wide range of experience with regards to recovering data and files from portable media, such as ZIP and Jaz disks, DLT and DAT tape, CD, DVD, and other formats.
It should be noted that their key focus since they were established was on basic desktop computer hard drive recovery services via both hard disk repair service and recovery software. This means that for those who have experienced file system errors that may only require Mac, Linux, or NTFS data recovery software, they have the appropriate product. On the other hand, for those who experienced a physical hard disk crash may be assisted by their professional hard disk recovery technicians.
Those who are interested in data recovery services and other related services from Hard Drive Recovery Group may want to visit their website, or contact them on the phone or through email.
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In less than three months, world leaders will convene in Paris for COP21, in what is being billed as the “crunch conference” to reach an international agreement to combat the effects of climate change and limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius. The statistics and science on climate change continue to make grim reading. A recent report commissioned by the G7 highlights that climate risks cut across themes such as availability of freshwater, food insecurity, damage to infrastructure, and loss of ecosystems. The report—A New Climate for Peace—says that climate change will constrain access to resources in certain parts of the world in the future, which will lead to increased competition producing new tensions and fragility, particularly in politically unstable states.
View climate change as an opportunity
This year alone, we are slowly starting to witness some of the national security and migration implications of climate change. The severe drought, crop losses, and high food prices resulting from rising temperatures are thought to be one of the reasons behind both the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the civil war in Syria. The latter has led to more than 400,000 refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea and fleeing to Europe, which is now under tremendous social, economic, and political strain to accommodate and resettle these people.
While this may all seem hopeless, the truth is that climate change is as much an opportunity as it is a threat. In fact, climate change may represent a fundamental transformational opportunity, one where we can transform our economic and energy systems and build a sustainable planet.
Just as the Second World War served to usher in the New Deal, thereby bringing the U.S. out of recession and onto the path of becoming the world’s sole superpower, similarly, the threat level of climate change can serve to shock our systems into positive transformational change.
It is clear that in order to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, serious radical steps will have to be undertaken to decarbonize our energy systems. This, in turn, requires huge political and economic investments into technology innovation and R&D, most of which will have to be kick started by the public sector. In many ways, a ”New Deal for the Climate” is inevitable; the question is how far are we willing to wait before we are shocked into a response rather than producing it as a systemic reaction to a changing global landscape?
Climate change and the “creeping normalcy” effect
The problem with climate change—in the way it is distinct from WW II—is that the threat may at times be very abstract and removed. There is also a sense of what Jared Diamond termed “creeping normalcy,” where the rate of change is slow enough that we are getting normalized to extreme weather events and natural disasters. In many parts of the Global South, climate change induced natural disasters are slowly becoming the norm rather than the exception. And yet, our inertia to transformational change remains as high as ever.
There is a certain level of compassion fatigue that has clicked into gear with respect to climate change events. Yet, with time, such events will only be more and more likely for both developed countries of the West and developing countries—such as China and India—that are highly vulnerable to impacts of climate change. Human beings are unfortunately very poor at reacting to unfolding misery, but instead, need to be shocked into transformational action by quantifiable tragedy, as we have seen in the past two weeks with the Syrian refugee crisis. Do we really need a New York or Shanghai to go under water before we produce the right reaction to the threat of global warming?
Breaking out of this cognitive deadlock soon is crucial because in the future, extreme weather events will likely be so drastic that incrementalism and sanguinity will be useless. The fact is that the ability to undertake sweeping transformational change is there. Previous examples from history confirm this. For example, post 9/11, countries in the west found the political and economic capital to invest in a high tech security apparatus both at home and abroad. After the financial crisis of 2008, trillions of dollars were found to save the banks as our entire financial system was potentially at risk. More recently, the refugee crisis in Europe has led to unprecedented support and commitment from governments to grant asylum and support humanitarian ideals. In all these extraordinary times, previously dysfunctional governments came together, pooled resources, and undertook massive campaigns to save entire systems or create new ones.
The threat of climate change is in many ways far greater than these other crises, yet there is lack of political incentive to spearhead this transformation. Economists, such as Joseph Stiglitz, have pointed out the lack of aggregate demand in the world economy today, and the potential that creating a “green economy” has to stimulate employment, foster economic growth, and reduce social inequality.
It’s time for a “New Deal” for climate change
The time has come for a “New Deal” to combat climate change. While the UNFCCC treaty will leave little room for such a declaration, world leaders in Paris need to push the green economy agenda strongly. They can do this through a declaration or communiqué, which will help set domestic agendas in different countries and provide a framework of support for any legal treaty agreed at COP 21.
This “New Deal” should guide governments to create a market for technology adoption and innovation, thereby supplying the “push” that comes before private sector capital and consumer demand will generate the inevitable “pull” for technology innovation. Carbon taxes should be introduced for fossil fuel based sources of energy by corporates and conglomerates, but designed for consumption and not production. This way, access to lifeline energy for the poor is protected while large corporations are pushed to go “green,” which will reinforce the “pull.” As my colleague Samir Saran and Rathin Roy write, financing of the clean energy revolution needs to be enabled by clear signaling that de-risks climate finance and creates a financial ecosystem that rewards investments into building a green economy.
Without the creation of a market case for a transformation of the energy system, innovation and capacity addition will proceed at a pace that is too slow to effectively combat climate change— constrained by national budgets, bureaucratic inefficiency, and limitations on the political capital available to undertake transformational change.
Across the financial and technological sphere, governments must play a leading role in setting a new agenda to orient markets away from decisions that undermine our chances to avoid dangerous levels of climate change, and instead to strategies that will support governmental and global processes on climate change. The markets that were given a free reign to pollute must now be regulated and reoriented to deliver a clean energy revolution and build a global green economy that will be responsive to the needs of the planet and its people.
As Laurence Tubiana, France’s special Representative at COP 21, has noted, “the business sector [in Copenhagen 2009] was looking for a signal to deliver a low carbon economy. Now they are pushing for the signal.” Governmental urgency on climate change must reach the levels that followed 9/11 and the financial crisis. While Paris may not be the starting point of climate action, and is definitely not the end, it may just be the turning point.
The findings, interpretations and conclusions posted on Brookings.edu are solely those of the authors and not of The Brookings Institution, its officers, staff, board, funders, or organizations with which they may have a relationship.
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Historically, rehabilitation has been a low priority for many governments in resource-limited countries. Knowledge and data are essential to help policymakers reach informed decisions about resource allocation, based on current demand, and formulate effective policy. ReLAB-HS will therefore develop accessible tools, including a new policy simulation tool.
We will carry out costing studies, which will be used to monitor return on investments and ensure resource mobilization for rehabilitation. Analyzing financing mechanisms for rehabilitation is important to foster sustainability and scale-up of rehabilitation services and AT. Monitoring the performance of rehabilitation and AT will not only inform planning, but also promote accountability of authorities and healthcare providers to the people who use the services. This should lead to improved quality and greater ownership.
ReLAB-HS will also strengthen the health information system, generating data to shape decisions about resource allocation.
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"The Three Mulattos of Esmeraldas" bag
100% cotton. 39 x 35.5 cm.
Andrés Sánchez Galque's The Three Mulattos of Esmeraldas (1599) depicts the Arobe family, descendants of slaves who led the indigenous resistance on the Ecuadorian coast, dressed in Spanish gowns, pre-Hispanic ornaments, Asian silks and African shark's-tooth necklaces. This sturdy cotton bag depicts a detail against a striking red background. Deposited at the Museo de América.
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Framing advice as do’s and don’ts is a classic strategy for creating clear, easy-to-understand learning. But presenting information as a long list can get overwhelming and tedious—two things that mean your content is likely to be forgotten.
Thankfully, you can shake things up with a few simple e-learning techniques. Let’s explore how to grab attention and create memorable learning with a few examples of the approaches you can try.
Storyline: Do’s and Don’ts Knowledge Check
Give real-world context and coaching with this interaction from Aman Vohra. Here, learners select which email comment they believe is best for each situation. They’re then given feedback on which option is most effective and why.
Storyline: Flip Card Do’s and Don’ts
A combination of elegant design and animations makes this interaction from Ridvan Saglam stand out. The individual tip cards chunk out advice about web conferencing—making it eye-catching and memorable.
Storyline: Do’s and Don’ts Spoke Template
Empower learners to work at their own pace with this downloadable template created by Jodi Sansone. The template uses button interactions and an attractive layout so that learners can concentrate on each tip one at a time.
Storyline: Do’s and Don’ts Slider Interaction
This example from Montse Anderson is a handy reminder that there’s more than one way to input an answer. Here, learners use an unexpected mechanism—a slider bar—to indicate whether an action is helpful or harmful.
Storyline: Do’s and Dont’s Drag-and-Drop
Checking knowledge is as easy as moving a mouse in this do’s and don’ts sorting activity from Kristi Oliva. In this interaction, learners put their email encryption knowledge to the test as they move information into the correct “Do” or “Don’t” circle.
Storyline: Designing for Accessibility
Sometimes all you need is a solid design to make content feel more approachable. In this example from Kimberly Fields, simple language, chunking, illustrations, and whitespace work together to improve the learning experience. The end result makes the advice easy for learners to understand and apply in their own work.
The projects above share creative approaches for making do’s and don’ts feel less like a lecture and more like good advice. For even more inspiration, check out the regular updates to our weekly challenges, downloads, and examples.
Looking for other themed roundups of e-learning content? Give these articles a try:
- Get Employees Up to Speed with These Inspiring Onboarding Examples
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- These 7 K-12 E-Learning Examples Are Best in Class
Want to try something you learned here, but don’t have Articulate 360? Start a free 30-day trial, and come back to E-Learning Heroes regularly for more helpful advice on everything related to e-learning. If you have any questions, please share them in the comments.
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Ngöndro (Tib. སྔོན་འགྲོ་, Wyl. sngon ‘gro) — the preliminary or ‘foundation’ practices of Vajrayana Buddhism. The ngöndro practices are profound and powerful means for effecting a deep purification and transformation, at every level of our being. Not only do they prepare the practitioner for the profound path of Vajrayana and teachings of Dzogchen, but they also lead him or her gradually towards the experience of enlightenment.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche said:
- When we take our first steps on the Path, we are not yet capable of helping others. To accomplish the good of others, we must first perfect ourselves, by purifying and transforming our minds. This is the aim of what we call the preliminary practices, which establish the foundations of all spiritual progress. You may feel like dispensing with these foundations in order to practice teachings that you think are more profound, but if you do so, you are building a palace on the surface of a frozen lake.
In Tibetan, ngön means ‘before’, whilst dro means ‘to go’. So ngöndro is usually translated as ‘preliminary practices’, or ‘foundation practices’.
Stages of the Practice
The Outer Preliminaries
The foundation practices begin with a series of life-changing contemplations—the outer preliminaries—embracing:
- the uniqueness and opportunity of human life;
- the ever-presence and deeper meaning of impermanence and death;
- the infallibility of the cause and effect of our actions, karma; and
- the repetitive cycle of frustration and suffering that is samsara.
These contemplations are known as the "four thoughts".
The Inner Preliminaries
These reflections inspire a strong sense of renunciation, an urgent desire to emerge from samsara and follow the path to liberation, which forms the foundation for the specific practices—the inner preliminaries—of:
- taking refuge in the Buddha as the guide, the truth of his teaching (the Dharma) as the path, and the example of his practitioners (the Sangha) as companions on the path, so awakening a confidence and trust in our own inner buddha nature;
- giving birth to love and compassion—bodhichitta, the heart of the enlightened mind—and training the mind to work with ourselves, with others, and with the difficulties of life;
- removing obscurations of all kinds through the purification and healing practice of meditating on Vajrasattva and reciting his mantra;
- accumulating merit and wisdom by developing universal generosity and creating auspicious circumstances, through the mandala offering;
- finally, in the practice of guru yoga, which is the most crucial, moving and powerful practice of all, we unite our mind with the wisdom mind of all the buddhas and so awaken the wisdom of realization.
Purifying the Obscurations
It is sometimes said that
- prostrations remove the obscurations associated with the body,
- recitation of the hundred syllable mantra removes obscurations associated with speech,
- mandala offering removes obscurations associated with mind, and
- guru yoga removes the obscurations of all three: body, speech and mind.
Versions of the Ngöndro
The principal ngöndros that the Rigpa sangha practise are:
- The Excellent Path to Enlightenment
- the Brief Dudjom Tersar Ngöndro, and
- the Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro.
- Dilgo Khyentse, The Excellent Path to Enlightenment, Snow Lion Publications, page 10.
Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Khandro Rinpoche, Rigpa London, UK, 21 March 2019
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Pacific Gas & Electric has started cutting power to approximately 25,000 customers in northern and central California as high winds knocked down trees, downed power lines and started at least one of many fires that forced people to flee their homes
SAN FRANCISCO – Pacific Gas & Electric began cutting power to about 25,000 customers in central and northern California on Monday and Southern California Edison warned it could do the same for up to 9,000 of its customers as high winds knocked down trees, downed power lines and ignited fires that forced people to flee their homes.
At least half a dozen fires, most of them small, broke out across the state, challenging firefighters as they tried to contain the flames amid the high wind.
West of Santa Barbara, authorities have ordered the mandatory evacuation of campsites, cattle and horse ranches near Refugio State Beach and have closed US 101 – the only highway along the coast – as the winds were pushing a fire that had started in the Los Padres National Forest towards the beach, US Forest Service spokesman Andrew Madsen said.
The blaze was propelled through a dense chaparral by winds blowing at 70 mph (112 km / h). It had grown to at least 4.5 square miles (12 square kilometers) by nightfall and was threatening possibly 100 homes, ranches and other buildings, authorities said.
About 200 firefighters were battling the flames and trying to protect homes and buildings, but the planes could not help as they were immobilized by the high winds, the firefighters said.
In the San Joaquin Valley, a grass fire north of Madera caused evacuations east of State Route 99. Meanwhile, Fresno firefighters rescued three people trapped in their home after the fall of ‘a tree.
California has already seen massive fires this year, including one that may have burned hundreds of giant sequoias in the groves of Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada. On Monday, a firefighter with a hand crew working on the blaze was hit by a rockfall. The firefighter was airlifted to a hospital and is in stable condition, firefighters said.
Forecasters have issued a red flag warning for extreme fire danger due to gusty winds. The warning extends until Tuesday evening. The strongest winds are expected most of Monday, said Hannah Chandler-Cooley, a meteorologist with the Sacramento National Weather Service.
The planned outages are necessary because high winds, combined with low humidity and drought-ravaged vegetation, could increase the risk of falling trees on power lines and trigger a rapidly spreading forest fire, PG&E said. in a press release. Heat waves and the historic drought associated with climate change have made wildfires more difficult to fight in California and the rest of the western United States.
On the central coast, a tree fell on power lines at Hearst San Simeon State Park, causing a small fire in the brush, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection tweeted.
Winds were expected to pick up Monday afternoon to evening in southern California, with gusts forecast of 80 to 113 km / h. SoCal Edison has begun cutting a customer’s power in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties to reduce the threat of wildfires.
The National Weather Service said the blown dust was widespread from the Sacramento Valley, through the San Joaquin Valley and into the high desert Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles. Caltrans said sections of State Route 138 near the town of Lancaster in the Antelope Valley and State Route 14 were closed due to the dust storm and several overturned trucks blocking the roadway.
High winds toppled a tree, destroying three parked cars and damaging a house in the coastal town of El Granada, in San Mateo County, CalFire said.
No one was injured, but photos from the scene show the tree also destroyed power lines.
PG&E said it plans to start restoring power on Tuesday afternoon.
The utility began intentionally cutting power in the fall of 2019 to prevent wildfires, after an investigation determined that the campfire that destroyed most of the town of Paradise had been started. by its equipment. The company filed for bankruptcy and pleaded guilty to 84 counts of manslaughter related to the 2018 fire.
PG&E also faces numerous criminal charges for fires caused by its unraveling equipment, including manslaughter charges filed last month in connection with a wildfire near the town of Redding last year that killed four people.
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There are multiple curtailment service providers (CSPs) who can implement demand response (DR) programs. CSPs provide payments to large energy users that agree to reduce their energy demand during times of grid stress.
Applicable building size
Large commercial energy users (whose peak demand is >500kW, which is roughly equivalent to spending more than $20,000 per month on energy).
These programs are a no-risk, no-cost opportunity for businesses to earn money and drive energy savings while helping to maintain reliable electricity throughout the region.
- Incentive/funding details. Customers that agree to reduce their energy usage are eligible to receive payments from the grid operator. Participants earn recurring capacity payments for agreeing to curtail electricity consumption in response to abnormally high demand and additional energy payments based on their performance during dispatches.
- Amount (max, min, average). Payment rates in PJM fluctuate each year, but for 1 MW of energy reduced during a demand response event, customers can expect to earn $35,000-$40,000 each year.
- Level of effort required. Provider works with customers to identify energy reduction potential and create a DR strategy that maximizes value with minimum impact on operations and tenants. Provider will install all necessary metering devices to monitor energy consumption in real time and during DR events.
- Length of time to receive funding. Payments are disbursed annually.
- Advantages. Customers have the ability to manage their electricity use in response to conditions in the wholesale market. They can reduce their electricity consumption when wholesale prices are high or the reliability of the grid is threatened, receiving payments for the reductions they make.
- Ownership types or organizations are best suited for the program. Large energy consumers.
- Program fit for customer. Customers with building management systems are especially well-suited to enroll in demand response programs. Providers may offer financing to customers interested in upgrading a BMS system to participate.
Visit the PJM Learning Center for more information about Demand Response.
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They say a drop a day wastes the water away, and such waste is not acceptable. Every household at least once comes across the problem of sudden dripping of water, or unusually high-water bills and that’s when you know it’s time to deal with some leakage problems and a professional plumber can be of great help in leak detection.
Common types of faults that cause leakage
The issue with leakage problems is that the root cause goes undetected for quite some time, leading to major repairs or replacement of plumbing systems or pipes causing significant expense. This can be prevented by opting for leak detection by checking your pipelines regularly. The most common types of leakages found in a household are:
- Toilet leak
This is the most common type of leak experienced by every households. Toilet leak can be caused due to many reasons, the first being a damaged flush valve causing automatic flushing of water in your toilets or continuous running of water in the toilet bowl. Secondly, due to a damaged seal under your toilet causing your bathroom to stink and emit a very foul smell.
- Clogged drains
Excess hair, dirt and soap residue or paper towels and napkins etc. Can clog and block the flow of the water through the drains and increase the pressure in the water pipes, leading them to burst or crack. This further results in leakage in the pipes.
- Corroded pipes
A professional plumber will first look for any kind of corrosion in the pipes for leak detection because over the years the corrosion of your pipelines is inevitable. The corroded areas in the pipes start forming minor holes and cracks that initiate minimum leakage and then expand to cause significant water loss. The pipes need to be changed and taken care of often to prevent such leakage.
Leakage and leak detection can seem like an issue that can be fixed on our own without seeking help from professional plumbers, and at times the problem can be treated at home only if you are an expert in plumbing. However, it is best to always ask a professional for help as the leakage can also have underlying issues leading to greater problems in the future that aren’t visible to us.
Common types of water problems
Leakage brings problems like water loss and disturbed water passage and issues like decolourisation of pipes, rust and structural damage that can only be solved and repaired by a plumber. The most common types of water problems and their leak detection that should definitely be consulted with a plumber are:
Dampness especially on the walls occur when the pipes behind the walls or lying underneath the floors start to leak water due to cracks or other serious pipe issues. Damp spots should never be neglected, and reach out to a plumber as soon as possible.
- Reduced water pressure
The time you start noticing the decrease in the water pressure in your taps is the time you would want to contact a plumber. The reason for the same can be built-up of minerals in the pipes, clogs, and dirt in the pipeline leading to blockage of a healthy water supply.
- Leaking faucets
In the beginning, this may not seem like a serious issue to worry about, but the leakage of water through the faucets escalates very quickly. This can either happen due to excess water pressure in the pipe, causing the dripping of water or faulty faucet, whatever is the issue call the plumber.
Leak detection can be done by professional plumbers, which is why one shouldn’t wait or try solving issues like these by themselves as there could be underlying and significant causes of the same. Instead, save yourself from facing leaks and the expense of repairing them by taking care of your pipelines.
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Includes a large view of the town of Breslau (Wroclaw) in the lower left corner.
Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777) is one of the best-known German mapmakers of the eighteenth century. He engraved many of the maps published by Matthaus Seutter, to whose daughter Lotter was married. He took over Seutter’s business in 1756. Lotter’s son, M. A. Lotter, succeeded his father in the business.
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How we must respond to God’s revelation of Himself to Us
God has revealed Himself to us in nature and in His written word, the Bible. Each time that we read the Bible, we read about God’s revelation of Himself to us. We get to know about God’s Holiness, who He is and what He expects from us. As important as knowing who God is, it is equally important to know how we must respond to God’s revelation of Himself to us, and how we must respond to His Holiness. Our sinfulness shines brighter when we realise how Holy God is.
God revealed Himself to Isaiah, Isaiah saw God’s Holiness and Isaiah’s response to this revelation, is a great lesson to us that I want us to look at. How did Isaiah respond to God’s revelation of Himself to him?
Isaiah 6:1-8 (ESV Strong’s)
The vision of God
1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
In the above verses 1-4, Isaiah gives us the contents of his vision that he had in the year King Uzziah died. We know that the king died because God struck him with leprosy, after being angry at the priests who advised him not to burn incense at the altar in the temple, the work only a priest could to. This is a person who completely ignored God’s holiness and suffered as a results the rest of his life until he died.
In the year this king died, Isaiah had a vision and he saw the Lord sitting upon His throne. High and lifted up, meaning high up, elevated. In my view indicating the highest authority. The Lord’s robe filled the temple. Isaiah also saw two angels each with six wings. One angel shouted “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory! Holy, Holy and Holy, indicating the extent of God’s Holiness, after that the whole temple shook and smoke filled the temple. This is what Isaiah saw.
The Response to God’s Revelation and God’s Holiness
5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
Isaiah’s response was completely opposite to how the king responded to God’s holiness. When Isaiah saw this vision and realized how holy God is, he immediately realized how sinful he is. Isaiah responded by saying “Woe is me! For I am lost;. The New living Translation puts this phrase much better in my view and they translate it as (NLT) “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. Realizing God’s holiness immediately made Isaiah realize his own sinfulness and how justifiable is it that he should be destroyed and that it should be the end for him.
Isaiah goes on to explain why he sees himself as a sinful man after seeing how holy God is. He says the reason why he is such a sinful man who deserves to be destroyed, it is because he says he is a man of unclean lips living among man of unclean lips. In other words, he is completely sinful to the point that nothing holy ever comes out of his mouth. Similarly, the people he lives with are no better than him. He concludes by saying, he realizes all his sinfulness and the sinfulness of those among whom he lives because he has seen the King, the Lord of Hosts. This is what opened his eyes to how sinful he is and how sinful are those he lives among. Again, he realized how holy God is and that made him realize how sinful he is and how sinful everyone else is among whom he lives.
God’s Grace against Sinfulness
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
Based solely on His own sovereign will and not on anything Isaiah did, by His mercy and grace, God decided to forgive the very sins that Isaiah saw in himself. God forgave all of them. This was represented by an angel flying down to him with a burning coal from the altar and touching the very mouth Isaiah said was unclean. After this the angel told Isaiah that his guilt had been taken away and his sin atoned for. This statement is a sermon on its own but I will not talk about it in this message. By God’s grace, Isaiah’s guilt was taken away and his sins atoned for.
The Response to God’s Grace
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
Once Isaiah’s guilt was taken away and his sins atoned for by God’s grace, Isaiah’s response was completely different from his initial one. Once he received God’s grace he immediately went from being ashamed and afraid, to wanting to serve God. When the Lord said who will I send, before he even heard the details, he answered by saying Here I am! Send me.” As you can see these words did not begin with Hugh Masikela as many think but, they began with Isaiah. This is a man who initially felt he deserved to be destroyed, who is now ready to serve God.
Let’s summarize. God by His sovereign will, without Isaiah doing anything to deserve this, God decided to reveal Himself to him. Isaiah saw how holy God is, and he immediately realized how sinful he was and how sinful were the people among whom he lived. God again by His own sovereign will, based on nothing that Isaiah did, decided to forgive Isaiah and to take his guilt away. Once his guilt was taken away and his sins were forgiven, Isaiah’s response was that of wanting to serve.
Now, how is God revealing Himself to us today? The answer is very simple, God reveals Himself in nature and through His revealed word contained in the Bible. In your church, how is the Bible used to reveal God’s holiness and to assist people to correctly respond to God’s revelation? Is God’s holiness being revealed to you through scripture and how does it affect people with regards to how they respond to God’s revelation? How does your fellow congregants respond to God’s revelation? How do you respond to God’s revelation? The way you respond to God’s revelation, how does it compare to the response of king Uzzaih or of Isaiah? Remember Isaiah realised how sinfulness he is and how much he deserves punishment, while King Uzzaih became angry and continued with his sinfulness.
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Kimberli Hunt is the Founder, Board member, and Chief Academic Officer at Milestone Academy. Throughout her life, education has always played an important role in her life. As a child with Dyslexia, Kimberli struggled through school. This was one of the most difficult times in her life. However, thanks to Sister Helen Rita, she eventually learned to read and excel and was given the opportunity to attend the best high school in Philadelphia – The Philadelphia High School for Girls. From that point in her life, Kimberli knew that teaching was her goal. She later became a teacher where she advocated for the rights of students.
As a parent, Kimberli affords the opportunity to be the mother of a student with multiple language learning disabilities. He had every “dys” that there was. He struggled with reading, writing, and everyday learning. As a result of his frustration, she began discussing options for her then, high school son and realized that there were very few educational options for a child like hers. Immediately thereafter, three women, including Kimberli, sat down and decided to establish their own school for students like theirs — with language learning barriers. The three women worked tirelessly to build Milestone Academy.
Milestone was established in 2015. We are a small private high school with less than 20 students. We help students that have had difficulties in their earlier school. In addition, we help find resources for families so that they can succeed financially, emotionally, and physically through this journey. Our team helps students achieve their goals academically in college, trade school, or career links. It is Kimberli’s hope that one day she will have a school that will allow all students to attend without financial aid, where they can have all academic, athletic, social, and emotional resources they require.
Contact Kimberli Hunt By Phone (215) 663-1160 or Email.
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STARK, MARK YOUNG, Presbyterian minister; b. 9 Nov. 1799 at Dunfermline, Fife County, Scotland, son of Robert Stark and Elizabeth Young; m. 22 June 1835 Agatha Georgiana Street, and they had three sons and two daughters; d. 24 Jan. 1866 at Dundas, Canada West.
Mark Young Stark’s mother having died in his infancy, he was raised by his stepmother, Mary Bannatyne, member of a prominent Glasgow family. After private tutelage in Essex, England, he matriculated at the University of Glasgow, graduating ma in classics in 1821. He completed theological studies at Glasgow in 1824 and was licensed to preach by the Glasgow presbytery of the Church of Scotland.
Stark was unable to secure a call under the oppressive patronage system that existed in the Church of Scotland, in spite of illustrious support from Professor Dugald Stewart and Sir George Napier. He travelled extensively on the Continent, becoming proficient in French, German, and Italian. His cultural interests also encompassed the areas of art and botany; after immigration to Canada he corresponded with the noted British botanist, Sir William Hooker, and hunted out rare specimens at his request.
Despairing of an ecclesiastical settlement in Scotland, Stark offered his services to the Glasgow Colonial Society, then directed by the Reverend Robert Burns. Stark was appointed to Upper Canada on 19 Feb. 1833, but without the financial support usually provided by the society. Prior to leaving for Canada he was offered a living in the Church of England but refused it, preferring service within the Church of Scotland. He was called to Ancaster and Dundas and was ordained 26 Sept. 1833.
Stark was elected moderator of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connexion with the Church of Scotland and so presided over the famous “Disruption Synod” held in Kingston in July 1844. In spite of sympathy for the Free Church cause in Scotland Stark at first saw no reason for a similar division within his own synod. When the division became inevitable, however, he identified himself wholeheartedly with men like Alexander Gale* of Hamilton, John Bayne* of Galt and George Brown* of the Globe, and helped form the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada (Free Church). He was elected the first moderator of the new synod and wrote a lengthy and spirited defence of the secession in Canada for the first issue of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Record in August 1844.
Stark was not fully supported by his congregations at Dundas and Ancaster (four of the six elders at Dundas refused to follow him) and he was eventually forced to leave church buildings at both places. Free Church supporters built Knox Church at Dundas and accommodation for services was arranged at Ancaster. Stark’s work prospered, particularly at Dundas, under his gentle and conscientious leadership. In 1854 the Knox congregation separated from that at Ancaster, with permission of the Hamilton presbytery, and Stark remained as minister at Knox.
He served as the clerk of the Hamilton presbytery from 1841 to 1844 in the undivided church and from 1844 to 1857 in the Free Church. Throughout most of his ministerial career he was deeply involved in the finding and settlement of ministers. Because of his considerable intellectual abilities he was invited to serve on the College Committee charged with the development of Knox College founded in Toronto in 1844.
In 1861 the United Presbyterian Church and the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada (Free Church) united. Stark had been at first apprehensive of the sectarianism implicit in the voluntaryism of the former, but he rejoiced nevertheless at the union. Locally he facilitated the reception of the United Presbyterian congregation in Dundas into Knox Church.
In failing health, Stark resigned his charge in 1863. His name, however, was kept on the roll of synod by special resolution, and he continued to provide ministerial assistance when requested until his successor, the Reverend John McColl, was inducted.
Presbyterian Church in Can. Archives (Toronto), Stark (Mark Young) papers. Knox Presbyterian Church (Dundas, Ont.), Church session of the congregations at Dundas and Ancaster, in connection with the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Can., records. UCA, Can. Presbyterian Church, minutes of the Synod, 1861–66; Glasgow Colonial Soc., correspondence; Presbyterian Church of Can. in Connexion with the Church of Scot., minutes of the Synod, 1833–44. Presbyterian Church of Can., minutes of the Synod, 1844–61; Stark (Mark Young) papers. Can. Presbyterian Church, Home and Foreign Record (Toronto), V, (1865–66), 147–51. Presbyterian Church of Can., Ecclesiastical and Missionary Record (Hamilton, [Ont.]), I (1844–45), 69. [M. Y. Stark], Sermons by the late Rev. Mark Y. Stark, A.M., formerly minister of Knox’s Church, Dundas, ed. William Reid (Toronto, 1871). I .S. Rennie, “The Free Church and the relations of church and state in Canada, 1844–54” (unpublished
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Chances are, you realize how we experience fico scores (hint: they’re bogus). But a very important factor you nevertheless still need to concentrate on can be your credit file. Regardless of if you’re debt-free and don’t care what big banking institutions and lenders think about you, you can’t simply ignore your credit file. You nonetheless still need to test it for mistakes or signs of fraudulence at least one time per year.
But sifting through these things could be pretty confusing, particularly if you don’t understand how to read your credit file or what kind of warning flag to take into consideration. We all know it could be a complete great deal to take. But don’t worry! We’ve done the lifting that is heavy you don’t need to. Prepared, set, let’s walk through all you need to learn about simple tips to read your credit history.
a credit history is kind of like a report card for the credit rating. It can be utilized by possible loan providers to find out your “risk,†which can be basically so just how most most likely you might be to pay for your payments that are monthly time. a credit file exactly about it is possible to inform them:
The date any credit was opened by you reports or took away any loans
The present stability on each account
Your payment history
The credit limitations and loan that is total
Any bankruptcies or income tax liens
Your information that is identifying, address, Social Security quantity)
A credit bureau or credit-reporting business like Equifax, Experian or TransUnion will give you your details to whatever company might be considering offering financing or credit account. These bureaus all run independently, so their reports you may include somewhat various information with regards to the credit-reporting company they used.
Ways to get A Credit History
You’re allowed one free content of the credit file every year from each one of the major credit-reporting agencies we just discussed. However the reports aren’t automatically mailed to you—you need to require them! And since each agency keeps details that are different file, it is well worth checking along with three. So you’re getting a free report nearly every quarter if you play your cards right, you can even stagger them.
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Now through the four major areas you need to check for any red flags that you know how to get your credit report, we’ll walk you. These can help you spot identity that is potential circumstances, therefore pay attention!
How exactly to Read Your Credit History
This part has any private information that could possibly be utilized to spot you, including:
Personal Security quantity
Warning flag: Everything in this area has to make reference to both you and maybe perhaps not some other person whom happens to share with you your title, Mr. Jones. Even though you’re at it, go right ahead and double-check the Social Security quantity in the event, too.
Be sure most of the payday loans direct lender Minnesota addresses detailed are places you’ve really resided. You lived there for seven years, you might want to follow up on that if you’ve never been to Waxahachie, Texas, but the report says. We’ll share later what steps to follow along with should you choose find mistakes in your report.
The bulk of the report is in this part. Your credit score includes:
Open and paid credit records, like bank cards, mortgages and loans
Accounts shared with another person
Total loan quantities
Staying loan balances
Records which were delivered to collections
Warning flag: Read and reread this part to make certain every thing listed is right. Started using it? Okay. Now check always once more. Really. Seek out reports that have been exposed that noise unknown, and check always for payments being noted as belated if they actually weren’t.
In the event that you’ve closed a charge card account, confirm it’s turning up as closed on your own credit history. Additionally, make definitely yes no credit lines are exposed in your title without your consent—that’s a massive flag that is red might mean you’re susceptible to identification theft.
You desire this component become blank. The economic task detailed right here—like bankruptcy, taxation liens and judgments—is taken from public information, plus some things can stick to your credit history for up to 7–10 years.
Warning flag: It’s pretty uncommon to get a mistake in this right area of the report, however it’s well worth scanning anyway. Mistakes in this area must be solved ASAP.
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The US intelligence community (IC) has released a brief, unclassified summary of its probe into the origins of COVID-19, saying the virus was unknown to the Chinese government prior to the outbreak in Hubei in late 2019.
“The IC assesses that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged and infected humans through an initial small-scale exposure that occurred no later than November 2019 with the first known cluster of COVID-19 cases arising in Wuhan, China, in December 2019,” the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in the report released on Friday.
“In addition, the IC was able to reach broad agreement on several other key issues. We judge the virus was not developed as a biological weapon. Most agencies also assess with low confidence that SARS-CoV-2 probably was not genetically engineered; however, two agencies believe there was not sufficient evidence to make an assessment either way. Finally, the IC assesses China’s officials did not have foreknowledge of the virus before the initial outbreak of COVID-19 emerged,” the report continues.
Turning to the various hypotheses about how that initial exposure happened, the ODNI noted that both natural exposure and a laboratory-associated incident “are plausible.”
Four IC elements and the National Intelligence Council assessed with low confidence that the virus made the jump to humans by natural exposure to an animal infected with either SARS-CoV-2 or a virus almost identical to it.
One IC element assessed with moderate confidence that exposure “was the result of a laboratory-associated incident, probably involving experimentation, animal handling, or sampling by the Wuhan Institute of Virology.”
The report also notes that three IC elements said they lacked the necessary information to draw any type of conclusion.
“China’s cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19,” the report concludes. “Beijing, however, continues to hinder the global investigation, resist sharing information and blame other countries, including the United States. These actions reflect, in part, China’s government’s own uncertainty about where an investigation could lead as well as its frustration the international community is using the issue to exert political pressure on China.”
In a statement accompanying release of the report, the White House said that China has “critical information” it has “worked to prevent international investigators and members of the global public health community” from accessing from the beginning. “To this day, the PRC continues to reject calls for transparency and withhold information, even as the toll of this pandemic continue to rise,” it adds.
“The world deserves answers, and I will not rest until we get them. Responsible nations do not shirk these kinds of responsibilities to the rest of the world,” the statement said.
Read the full story on Daily Sabah
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Victoria’s Indigenous vaccination rate has been slashed by 50 per cent after a software error incorrectly tallied non-Indigenous people.
Numbers from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) placed Victoria as the frontrunner in the race to vaccinate states’ Aboriginal population last week, but a software glitch saw non-Indigenous people incorrectly recorded as Indigenous.
The error occurred in any instance a person did not complete the field on the COVID-19 vaccination which required them to identify if they were Indigenous or non-Indigenous.
The National Indigenous Times understands that the software used by a small proportion of vaccine clinics in Victoria.
On Sunday, the figures showed that 47,954 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Victoria had received one vaccine dose, with 30,951 fully vaccinated.
On Monday, those figures were revised to 21,559 having received a first dose, and 12,209 being fully vaccinated.
The same error inflated the AIR’s assumed number of vaccine-eligible Indigenous people to 80,999. The 2016 ABS census data puts Victoria’s entire Aboriginal population at only 57,767.
The National COVID-19 Vaccine Taskforce put the new vaccination rate at 45 per cent, decreased from more than 60 per cent.
“We have been working with the Victorian Government to correct this issue and have applied a data correction fix to the Australian Immunisation Register data,” the taskforce said in a statement.
The peak body for community-controlled health organisations in the State, the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), expressed their frustration over the inaccuracies but are pleased they’ve since been corrected.
VACCHO CEO Jill Gallagher said she believes accurate data will play a crucial role in helping refocus their efforts to get mob vaccinated.
“It’s great to see a rapid acceleration of vaccination rates amongst the broader population in Victoria, however Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rates do not appear to be experiencing the same growth,” she said.
“With plans to reopen the state in the coming weeks, we need to ensure that the vaccine rates in our Communities are on par with the rest of the population of Victoria.”
A spokesperson for the Victorian Department of Health said the mistake laid with the Immunisation Register and the Commonwealth Government.
“We’re pleased that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander vaccinations are progressing at a fast pace in Victoria,” they said.
“We accept that this data issue was unintentional on the part of the software provider and the Commonwealth.”
Victorian Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, slammed the Federal Government for the mistake, calling it a sign that the Commonwealth “can’t handle” the pandemic.
“It’s a reflection on how the Morrison government doesn’t prioritise First Nations people in this country. Actions speak louder than words,” she said.
“How can you be confident with anything that this government is doing?
“We have people at risk across this country, because this government can’t handle this pandemic. There are so many flaws in this system.”
She called for the data to be put in First Nations hands.
“First Nations community controlled organisations need to be in charge of any data about our people, because we have no confidence in this government,” she said.
“First Nations health experts have been telling this government what we need to survive this pandemic for 18 months. They were ignored.
“This government didn’t listen then, what makes it different now? Is it because there’s an election coming up?”
Thorpe called on mob to get vaccinated to protect community.
“I totally support Adam Briggs‘ hashtag, #protectnan,” she said.
“This isn’t about you as an individual, this is about us as a people and a community and we have to keep ourselves safe from this pandemic.”
By Sarah Smit
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Our lives are shaped as much by our personalities as they are by our genders, ethnic origin and other demographic factors. Introversion and extroversion are the north and the south of temperaments. According to studies, one third to a half of all people are introverts, which is pretty amazing considering how few people would admit to being one. There’s a pretty good chance that you’re either married to or a parent of or a sibling of an introvert.
An extroversion bias
Yet the world seems overcome by its preference for extroversion. We are told that – to be great, we must be outspoken. And that – to be happy, we must be sociable. Extroverts are perceived as positive and energetic. Introverts, in contrast, are often berated for ‘being in their heads too much’ and perceived as slow, dimwitted or boring. Introversion at times is even considered a problem in need of fixing. Parents constantly apologize for their child’s shyness. Why? When was the last time you saw a report card which praised a child for her thoughtful demeanor? Why are we always trying to pull people out of their shells? Let’s face it. Our schools and workplaces are designed for extroverts. Why is everyone being subjected to the oppression of the extrovert ideal? Why can’t we let people be who they are?
The difference between extroverts and introverts
How is an extrovert different from an introvert? According to Susan Cain, author of ‘The power of introverts’ (TED video), the difference lies in the need for external stimulus. Extroverts actively seek stimulus, while introverts do not enjoy over-stimulation. This difference reflects in how they go about work and social interactions. Extroverts typically seek to dominate, are good at multitasking and require constant social interaction. They tend to think out loud and prefer to talk than listen. Extroverts are energized by socializing. Introverts in contrast tend to be slow and deliberate. They usually have great powers of concentration and prefer to work on one task at a time. Although they might enjoy social interactions, they tend to wish that they were at home reading a book. They prefer to hang out with a small group of close friends, prefer to listen than speak. They typically avoid conflicts, but enjoy deep discussions with with trusted friends. Introverts are energized when they are alone or in small groups.
Introversion not the same as shyness
Contrary to perception, introversion is not the same as shyness. Shyness is the fear of social disapproval while introversion is the aversion to over-stimulation. The two get easily mixed up because they often overlap. Often, shy people tend to turn inwards and away from the world and become introverted. And at times, introverted people tend to become shy, because they are worried that the world may view their self-reflection unfavorably. There are shy extroverts who may be afraid to speak up in meetings, and there are calm introverts who prefer to maintain silence in an overstimulated environment. Of course, there is no such thing as a pure extrovert or a pure introvert. We humans are complex hybrids and tend to lie at different points on the spectrum. All we have to do is to look around to find an amazing and mind boggling array of human temperaments around us.
In praise of introverts
We all love extroverts. They are the souls of parties. They entertain us and laugh at our jokes. But let’s not forget the introvert in the din. There is something to be said for introversion – a way that values introspection over quick judgement and calmness over frenzied speculation. One of the world’s most famous extroverts was Steve Jobs, a man who loved the stage and the adulation it brought to him. Let’s not forget that Jobs did not invent the Apple computer. It was Steve Wozniak, an introvert who toiled all by himself in a cubicle at Hewlett Packard, working outside office hours to make it happen. It was the extrovert Steve who came up and said, “Hey, this looks cool. Let’s go sell it.” The two combined to change our world in ways they never anticipated when they started out.
The world needs both, for they are its yin and yang. And harmony requires balance. So here’s to the introverts, the square pegs in the round holes of today’s society. May (y)our tribe prosper.
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Unlike most other schools in the city, The School at Columbia University opened its doors on Thursday and Friday. A great majority of our community made it in for both days; I heard stories of people carpooling over 2.5 hours to get to school on time. Others biked in and needed to wait until the sun was up as many streets still had non-functioning traffic lights. There were teachers and students among us who were evacuated: some still are not in their own homes almost a week later, some are “camping” without electricity or hot water, and some are facing irreparable loss and heartbreaking/expensive repairs.
However, it is amazing how communities rally. Teachers invited colleagues to sleep over, commute together, clean up parks, and gather supplies to be donated. Lisbeth Uribe, science teacher extraordinaire, organized a relief effort over email yesterday. This morning, she and her son filled her car to the brim with items gathered from us: blankets, coats, boots, clothing, bedding, toiletries, toys, diapers, household utensils, bottled water and beverages, dry and canned food, and brownies. They drove to Rockaway, Queens where the items were sorted and dispatched to shelters. Here is a snippet of Lisbeth’s email to the community after returning from the trip:
The volunteers at the distribution center in Rockaway were so grateful and asked that if we make a return trip to please bring more water and cold medicine. The car ride to Rockaway was quick and easy. We passed many incredibly long lines of cars waiting for gas. I still have 3/4 of a tank of gas and would be happy to make another trip if we gather more donation items. They can also use volunteers to help with unloading cars, sorting items and then reloading the items onto Red Cross vehicles that take things to the shelters.For more information about how we can help victims of the Hurricane, please go to the following links:Support one of the initiatives the University is launching. The Office of Communications has provided this list of programs at http://news.columbia.edu/home/2946.
This link was sent out from Bank Street: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20121031/new-york-city/how-you-can-help-victims-of-hurricane-sandy/slideshow/298880You can sign up to volunteer through Bill de Blasio’s Public Advocate office.
Eve Becker (8th Grade English) called to invite me to Rockaway with her on Sunday (tomorrow), and we’ll be delivering, sorting, and dispersing mountains of supplies. Joining us will be Belinda Nicholson, Middle Division Head.
*** My photos from the trip are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/specialkrb/sets/72157631935174207/
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The frustration of EU citizens living in the UK is easy to understand. Many of them have made their lives here, have contributed with work and taxes for many decades, have raised families here and now feel pushed out. However, as Helen de Cruz points out in this article, it is part of a widespread (and now officially endorsed) xenophobia
Unless, of course, you are very rich, in which case you can arrange a visa or naturalisation deal, not many questions asked about where your money comes from. But for those of us who are neither wealthy nor (some of us until quite recently) EU citizens, it will sound very familiar indeed. We have always been second-class citizens, even in the eyes of EU citizens living here. The Greeks and Spanish looked down with disdain on the newer EU countries, forgetting that when they joined the EU in the 1980s, the French and Germans looked down on them. And that’s just those of us who have the same colour skin and a shared European history. Can you imagine how they felt about those from different continents and with darker skins? As writer and academic Sunny Singh explains in this Twitter thread, it is disingenuous and requires some intellectual acrobatics to pretend that Brexit is not ‘really’ about hatred of pesky immigrants and foreigners. EU citizens are now experiencing this prejudice for themselves and it’s something that they are not used to – or at least, not since the 1950s/60s. But I cannot feel Schadenfreude. I was the second-class citizen who strove to give my children the opportunity to never have to feel inferior, so it makes me sad. And I also believe it’s a dangerous time to allow hateful rhetoric to create divisions between ‘desirable’ and ‘less desirable’ immigrants.
It’s not that English (and Scottish and Welsh and Irish) people are not welcoming individually or in batches, but the UK administration as a whole has not made our lives easy at any step of the way. Think about the humiliations, queues, lack of understanding and incompetence you have sometimes encountered at the Job Centre and multiply it five-fold to get an approximate idea of the frustrations of getting your visa renewed at Lunar House in Croydon (a name that strikes fear in the heart of most of us immigrants or students). The amount of paperwork and official invitations and payments required to get your elderly parents to visit you (and no, they do not want free NHS treatment, as they think that Romanian doctors are vastly superior – or at least those of them still living in Romania, as many of them are working for the NHS). Same applies for other countries: I know many Greeks or Polish friends who go back ‘home’ to get their teeth fixed. Out of the 7 dentists at my local practice, 6 are from an immigrant background (India, South Africa, Vietnam and Greece, in case you are wondering). But you’d better be careful and not stay for too long outside the UK with your medical problems, otherwise you will not qualify for your indefinite leave to remain… Then, because the UK is not in Schengen, even if you have a one-year student visa here, you will still need visas to visit the rest of Europe, often having to prove that you are covered for travel and health insurance, that you have a certain amount per day of spending money, that you have an address where you intend to stay while visiting that country or maybe a letter from a company or conference organiser if you are there on business.
And of course there are some people (including politicians, who really should know better but cannot resist pandering to the voters) who are blaming immigrants for all of the things which don’t work in their society. There are quite blatant personal attacks in the media and on the street, but even if you haven’t experienced them personally, there is plenty to give you pause for thought. I conducted a sociological experiment during my training courses with a large UK company: in half of the (completely identical) courses I stated I was Romanian, in the other half I emphasised my Britishness. Guess which courses got higher scores in the feedback forms? Then there are the ever-so-subtle, sometimes unintentional questions which give you an insight into a deeply entrenched way of thinking:
‘What a pretty name? What does it mean?’ – why, does Jane or Sheryl mean anything
‘But where are you really from?’ – just because you were born in Watford doesn’t mean you really belong there
‘I thought I detected a trace of an accent there…’ – although they didn’t at all, not until you told them that you were an immigrant
‘What was that language you were speaking with your child?’ – and how dare you speak it in front of us
‘I’d never have thought you were ___, you don’t look/sound/behave like your other compatriots’ – how many of them have you met and got to know
‘No, of course we were not referring to you, you are all right, but all those other ___ should go off home’ – you’re the exception which confirms the rule. but woe betide if you don’t behave!
‘So are you thinking of leaving the country now after Brexit, don’t you feel you are too cosmopolitan for life here?’ – perhaps you should be, you are too exotic and don’t belong
Soon it will be the turn of the British citizens to feel second-class in Europe. My father was a negotiator during the accession of Romania to the EU and he would tell you how hard it is to fight against the combined interests of so many countries. After protecting the interests of Spanish textile industry, Greek fruit farmers, French and British farmers, Swedish and Finnish timber industry, steelworkers everywhere in the EU, there was not much left for Romania to trade. Most of its industries and businesses have been acquired by international owners and so most of the earnings go out of the country. And yet Romanians are still in favour of the EU – because they recognise that the alternative would be worse.
There is a strong likelihood that Ireland or Malta will mop up any of the English-speaking, low-taxation-loving US companies for their European headquarters. If the British negotiators don’t get their act together soon, they will be severely depleted by the EU team – and so a vicious circle of blaming and hatred will start up again. I’m not sure that the UK can compete with labour in Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, which is still cheaper (and more productive), although giving up on any laws to protect workers’ rights might help.
I’ve become used to being a second-class citizen everywhere I go, even in Romania (because I have spent too much time abroad and speak with a slight foreign accent). I am less happy that my children might be viewed as second-class citizens too (their Greek name over here, their British passport over in France or Germany). My sons prefer the English language but can speak three others, they support the German and French football teams, love the Greek sea and the Romanian mountains, want to study in France or Switzerland maybe… What we feel is European and we had been hoping that these meaningless nationalistic affiliations would disappear and we could feel loyalty to our local communities and the larger Europe instead.
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WASHINGTON -- A computer scientist took aim at Microsoft on Wednesday, testifying that antitrust penalties should require the company to disclose more information that could benefit competitors.
Princeton University professor Andrew Appel, who took the stand on behalf of the state attorneys general, also told a federal judge that Microsoft should be forced to offer a "modular" version of the Windows operating system that could incorporate features from competitors.
Such a version of Windows would allow computer makers to decide what components to bundle -- or discard -- when selling PCs outfitted with a Microsoft operating system. Those components could include Internet Explorer, media players and instant-messaging applications.
Appel said that critical programs in Windows could be substituted with non-Microsoft versions. "If there's specific functionality, it'd be permissible to migrate that functionality," he said.
He also wanted to require Microsoft to reveal relevant portions of the company's code in order to allow software to run on Windows.
But testing a modular version of Windows with over 1,000 possible configurations would be impossible, Microsoft attorney Steven Holley argued during cross-examination.
Removing crucial components of Windows could have devastating effects on third parties as well, Holley said. "If an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) like Dell decided to remove Internet Explorer," Holley said, "Real Networks, for example, would be in a world of hell."
"Microsoft is obligated to do sufficient testing to ensure that the different configurations of the operating system work," Appel said. "Microsoft can test a representative sample on its operating system."
The Association for Competitive Technology, a free-market group that receives cash from Microsoft, sent a statement to reporters after the hearing that said: "From his Ivory Tower, Mr. Appel can ignore the states' performance requirement landmines and testify that modular Windows is technically possible. However, the real question is not whether a modular version is possible, but why Microsoft should be forced to create it in the first place."
Testifying in the fourth week of hearings, Appel is the 14th witness to take the stand on behalf of the nine states and the District of Columbia that are hoping to impose stiffer antitrust penalties on Microsoft. Half of the states and the U.S. Justice Department inked a tentative settlement deal last fall.
In a blow to the states' strategy, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly refused to allow the states to admit depositions and videos of Microsoft employees -- mostly executives -- as evidence.
"I do believe we ought to be able to introduce the material as substantive evidence," said Steven Kuney, the litigating states' lawyer from the Williams and Connolly law firm in Washington, D.C.
Microsoft attorney John Warden objected to the states' last-minute request, saying his client would have prepared differently had it known the states' strategy -- and their lawyers should introduce the depositions during cross-examination.
"The proper procedure is for them to cross-examine these witnesses," Microsoft attorney John Warden said.
Kollar-Kotelly sided with Microsoft, saying the states should have submitted the video-depositions before the March 4 deadline. "I'm not going to do a conditional submission of the material," she said. "If they call them, you can use this as impeachment in cross-examination."
The nine still-litigating states are California, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Utah and West Virginia.
Witnesses called by the still-litigating states are currently testifying during the courtroom proceedings, which will last at least a few more weeks. Microsoft is scheduled to begin calling witnesses on Monday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years coincides with a supermoon this week for quite a cosmic show.
This super "blood" moon will be visible Wednesday across the Pacific — offering the best viewing — as well as the western half of North America, bottom of South America and eastern Asia.
Better look quick: The total eclipse will last about 15 minutes as Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun. But the entire show will last five hours, as Earth's shadow gradually covers the moon, then starts to ebb. The reddish-orange color is the result of all the sunrises and sunsets in Earth’s atmosphere projected onto the surface of the eclipsed moon.
"Hawaii has the best seat in the house and then short of that will be California and the Pacific Northwest," said NASA’s Noah Petro, project scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. New Zealand and Australia also will have prime viewing.
Circling the moon for 12 years, the orbiter will measure temperatures changes on the lunar surface during the eclipse. Telescopes atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea also will monitor the moon, Petro said.
The moon will be setting and the sun rising along the U.S. East Coast, leaving skygazers — Petro in Virginia included — pretty much out of luck. Europe, Africa and western Asia will miss everything. There will be livestreams available.
Everyone everywhere, though, can still soak in the brighter than usual moon, weather permitting.
The moon will be more than 220,000 miles (357,460 kilometers) away at its fullest. It's this proximity, combined with a full moon, that qualifies it as a supermoon, making it appear slightly bigger and more brilliant in the sky.
Last month’s supermoon, by contrast, was 96 miles (155 kilometers) more distant.
Unlike a solar eclipse, there's no harm in looking at an eclipsed moon.
More lunar shows are on the horizon.
"For people who might feel like we’re missing out, set your calendars for Nov. 19 of this year," Petro said. This will be a nearly total eclipse where the moon dims but doesn’t turn red.
The next total lunar eclipse will be May 2022. The last one was January 2019.
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ELLSWORTH, Maine — Seven nonprofit projects in Hancock County are getting a windfall of sorts.
The groups each are getting thousands of dollars from Hancock County in grant money that is being funded by First Wind’s Bull Hill Wind turbine facility in Township 16. As part of an agreement that the county reached with First Wind, the commercial wind farm developer is contributing $200,000 each year to a community benefit fund that is controlled by the county.
This month, county commissioners decided to distribute $100,000 to organizations that had applied for the fund. Receiving grants are:
• Crabtree Neck Land Trust Community Gardens — $1,400.
• City of Ellsworth Knowlton Park project — $20,000.
• Friends in Action — $10,000.
• Hancock County Habitat for Humanity, Inc. — $18,600.
• Maine Coast Memorial Hospital Prescription Assistance Program — $10,000.
• Town of Deer Isle playground project — $20,000.
• Town of Trenton small harbor project — $20,000.
Commissioners still have $100,000 to distribute for 2013, according to county officials, and are considering using the funds to help reduce taxes for military veterans.
First Wind erected 19 commercial-scale wind turbines in Township 16 last year. While it is donating money to the county’s community benefit account each year, as part of its agreement with the county First Wind also gets a rebate on millions of dollars in county taxes that the project is expected to generate over the next 30 years.
First Wind has two other power projects planned for Hancock County. One of them, the 18-turbine Hancock Wind project in townships 16 and 22, was approved last month by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The other, Weaver Wind, could include dozens more turbines in adjacent towns and townships, based on power projections that First Wind has provided to officials in Connecticut.
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A Module is a collection of methods, constants, and class variables. Modules are defined as a class, but with the module keyword not with class keyword.
Are modules the same as classes?
What is the difference between a class and a module? Modules are collections of methods and constants. … Classes may generate instances (objects), and have per-instance state (instance variables). Modules may be mixed in to classes and other modules.
Is a module a class?
A class is more of a unit, and a module is essentially a loose collection of stuff like functions, variables, or even classes. In a public module, classes in the project have access to the functions and variables of the module.
Are there classes in Ruby?
Classes in Ruby are first-class objects—each is an instance of class Class . When a new class is created, an object of type Class is initialized and assigned to a global constant ( Name in this case). Classes, modules, and objects are interrelated.
Can a module contain classes?
Modules can contain more than just one class however; functions and any the result of any other Python expression can be globals in a module too. So as a general ballpark guideline: Use classes as blueprints for objects that model your problem domain.
What are the differences between form module and class module?
You can write code in class modules to create new objects. These new objects can include your own customized properties and methods. Actually, forms are just class modules that can have controls placed on them and can display form windows.
What is a class Ruby?
Ruby is an ideal object-oriented programming language. … A class is a blueprint from which objects are created. The object is also called as an instance of a class. For Example, the animal is a class and mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians are the instances of the class.
What is a class module?
Class modules are a special type of module that allow you to create your own customised objects. You can define the methods and properties for them and even write event handlers. These are similar to form modules, except they have no visible user interface.
What is a modular class?
A modular course is defined as a part of the main course that can stand alone. The topics are related and when combined with all other parts, become the entire course. Modular courses may not exist without the main course. Some modules may be self-paced.
How do you define a class variable in Ruby?
Ruby Class Variables
Class variables begin with @@ and must be initialized before they can be used in method definitions. Referencing an uninitialized class variable produces an error. Class variables are shared among descendants of the class or module in which the class variables are defined.
Is class an object in Ruby?
In Ruby, a class is an object that defines a blueprint to create other objects. Classes define which methods are available on any instance of that class. Defining a method inside a class creates an instance method on that class. Any future instance of that class will have that method available.
What is class self in Ruby?
Every object in Ruby has and is aware of its self. The keyword self in Ruby enables you to access to the current object — the object that is receiving the current message. … Using self inside an instance or class method refers to the same object the method is being called on, i.e., and instance and class respectively.
When should you use a class Ruby?
3 Answers. A class should be used for functionality that will require instantiation or that needs to keep track of state. A module can be used either as a way to mix functionality into multiple classes, or as a way to provide one-off features that don’t need to be instantiated or to keep track of state.
How do you inherit a class in Ruby?
Use of super Method in Inheritance: This method is used to call the parent class method in the child class. If the method does not contain any argument it automatically passes all its arguments.
Are modules objects in Python?
A module is a Python object with arbitrarily named attributes that you can bind and reference. Simply, a module is a file consisting of Python code. A module can define functions, classes and variables.
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1) Cost-based pricing
The price of the product is based on its costs. A pricing model typically used for physical products or bulk-type services (server capacity). Cost-based pricing is a good basis for starting pricing even if the product being sold is a license or a SaaS service. With a SaaS service, at a minimum, the cost share of capacity used for the service price should be calculated/known.
Suitability for SaaS: Partial. Good when used with feature-based pricing.
2) Value-based pricing
Suitable when the value produced by the product is clearly calculable/can be seen, e.g. in the form of increasing savings, diminishing risks or additional sales. Not suitable for products where an acquisition is based on emotional value, which is not a “must-have” level. For some people, brands and fancy goods are very value-based, and therefore the same product costs 2x or 10x the real value when it has the right label.
Suitability for SaaS: Not by itself. Good with feature-based pricing.
3) Portfolio-based pricing
The pricing method for the more mature companies based on the fact that a vast array of products are sold to customers. Individual products are sold on a case-by-case basis at overpriced, undercut prices or given as deal sweeteners. The entirety is the deciding factor. Different product-specific pricing models can be used for different portfolio products.
Suitability for SaaS: No
4) Staggered or Volume-based pricing
Usage-based pricing is often also mentioned. There can be one or more variables. One of the pricing models typical for B2B-type services and services that consume some capacity.
A basic error for SaaS companies is to price the product strongly according to the number of users when the product is targeted for business use and a wide range of users is advised. The recommendation is that cost-based user-based bid-ding be included, but the base price driver is preferably other than value-based. However, this is often difficult.
Suitability for SaaS: Good (B2B, Capacity-Based), Poor (B2C or B2B user-friendly, community or team application)
6) Competitive pricing
The price of the product is based on the price of competitors (lower) or the price of other products comparable to the product that has the same type of return or buyer profile/purpose.
Suitability for SaaS: Good for each on a case-by-case basis.
7) Feature-based pricing
The price of a product is determined by its features. Feature-based pricing is often a secondary criterion, where a basic product has a price, and with additional features, the price changes. Feature-based pricing is often paired with another pricing model – for example, cost-based pricing on machines and devices (for example, automobile + accessories).
In SaaS, a popular way to price is to build packaged price versions based on the capacity (= volume-based pricing) and features used. A sales criterion is created when the need (feature) is activated when it is used, or when the capacity is out of stock (e.g. the user account status).
Suitability for SaaS: Very good.
8) Razor and Blade model
The customer first gets the product at a low price, but the supplies or services that are essential to the product cost more. The anchor product is often sold at a loss in order to increase sales of a complementary good
Suitability for SaaS: To some extent, cf. Freemium
9) Free product and value creation from critical mass
The model is best suited for large online consumer services. Services are free to users and revenue comes from either user transactions (marketplaces) or ads (social media).
Suitability for SaaS: No. The user-base will probably not create a critical mass.
10) Free product, but services cost
The product itself is free for the user but under the guise of selling other services, professional expert services or productized solutions. For example, the design tool is free, but customer-specific templates cost.
Services can, of course, also be continuous automated services or product add-ons. In this case, close to razor and blade model or Freemium.
Suitability for SaaS: Yes
11) Freemium, free start (pay later)
The customer receives the basic version of the product for free but updating upwards or paying for specific features of the product. The Freemium model works for many SaaS companies. It can target a different customer segment or the role of Freemium users may be different from the role of users of paid products.
Suitability for SaaS: Yes
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When the Data Come Alive
When I started at Ed Trust, my first project was to sort and filter through states’ school-level achievement and demographic data. My mission: to find schools with sizable low-income and/or student of color populations that were outperforming their state. They would then be considered for our Dispelling the Myth Award, which we give to a few schools each year. A few months ago, after analyzing several states’ data, Brimley Elementary School made it onto the short list of schools that my colleagues would visit and vet for the award.Brimley is a small rural school located in Michigan’s Eastern Upper Peninsula that is 53 percent American Indian and 59 percent low-income. And, until this month, to me the school was just numbers in an Excel file.
But as Brimley leaders stood on stage and accepted their Dispelling the Myth Award at our national conference, I finally connected the data I spent so much time with to the individuals and the practices that fueled Brimley’s improvement and success.
Talking with Pete Routhier, Brimley Elementary’s principal, and his staff was the highlight of my time at conference. I found their excitement contagious and was grateful to be a small part of their experience. Although humble and quick to remind me that they still had a lot of work to do, they expressed their appreciation of the opportunity to share their practices and to celebrate with staff back home. Routhier was surprised that his little school could be spotted from so far away. Looking at the row of posters celebrating current and past award-winners, he admitted he was a little embarrassed to see his words emblazoned in large print: “We just do our thing — but it’s always research-based.” He thought maybe he should have said something better, but his work has never been about the desire for outside recognition. Now outside of his school building, he realized that his mindset isn’t true of all educators, that his way of thinking is perhaps rarer than he thought, and that Brimley is something special.
Routhier and I snapped a photo together and parted ways, but meeting him and connecting a face with the data made my work and its importance come alive. My time with numbers and spreadsheets materialized into recognition for a school in a place that most probably wouldn’t go looking for success. Stories and lessons, like those from Brimley — a school which just does its thing, are what we hope to magnify and share with both educators and the public. They rightly signal that there are many ways to dispel myths and do well by all students.
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Hello All Members and Guests!
Happy New Year! We at the Liberty Chapter hope that all of you had a fun-filled holiday - filled with explanations to relatives of what system engineering actually is I'm sure. Well for this year, we are hoping to add to your exciting dinner talk with information in the form of a presentation by our own Liberty Chapter Vice President Professor Jon Wade. However, instead of speaking about what System Engineering is, he will be presenting about what will it be.
I'm sorry for the short notice, we had some logistical problems to work out. This upcoming event will be on Wednesday, January 23rd at the Stevens Institute (6:15pm) - see details below.
5:45pm - 6:15pm - Meet-and-Greet
6:15pm - 6:30pm - Introduction: Adam Hulse, Pierre Botros
6:30pm - 8:00pm - Presentation: Jon Wade
8:00pm - 9:00pm - Q&A, Meet-and-Greet
For myself, I'm excited to see this presentation - when reestablishing this Chapter, Jon and I have had several conversations on this topic. As stated in the abstract: "Consideration for the system as an evolving enterprise must be a core part of systems engineering." spoke volumes to me. I had the privilege recently to work on some Enterprise Architecture work for MTA Enterprise Asset Management program and I can see how System Engineering techniques within a Enterprise environment have to take into account a variety of non-system elements, such as funding schedule, program/project alignment, and human resource planning.
Title: Future Directions for Systems Engineering
Speaker: Jon Wade
Abstract – We have entered an era of great system complexity, rapid technological change, growing resource stress, and evolving societal systems that are both enabled and impacted by advancing engineered systems. Consideration for the system as an evolving enterprise must be a core part of systems engineering. There is an increasing call from all systems stakeholders for foundational tools that reflect the human, organizational, and societal aspects of engineered systems. In particular, the growing complexity of systems and their evolving, emerging behaviors require that systems engineers often need to take the role of systems scientists as well as engineers to ensure that both the system they are creating and the systems that are responsible for their creation are interconnected and aligned. This talk will present a model for systems of the future, and the challenges and future directions for Systems Engineering that will be necessary to conceive, design and support them.
Stevens Institute, Center for Complex Systems & Enterprises (CCSE) Lab is located in Babbio building; 5th floor. - Hoboken NJ
Time: 6pm - 9pm
(Food will be served)
Professor Jon Wade
Jon Wade is a research professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He currently serves as the director of the Systems and Software Engineering Division, as the chief technology officer of the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) UARC and as the INCOSE associate director for academic research. Dr.Wade previously served as the associate dean of research of the School of Systems and Enterprises. His research interests include complex systems, future directions in systems engineering research and the use of technology in systems engineering and STEM education. Dr. Wade received his S.B., S.M., E.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Professor Wade has an extensive background in leading research and development organizations and managing the development of Enterprise quality products. Previously, Wade was the executive vice president of engineering at International Game Technology (IGT) where he created corporate vision, led product development, championed the development of a corporate architecture and system development practices, and managed corporate wide research and development. Before joining IGT, Wade spent ten years at Sun Microsystems during which time he managed the development of the Ultra- SPARC V based Enterprise Server family and served as the product manager for high-performance interconnects. Prior to this, he led super computer development at Thinking Machines Corporation.
Dr. Wade was elected to the Sigma Xi (Scientific Research), Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering), and Eta Kappa Nu (National Electrical Engineering) Honorary Societies. He has served on the Boards of a number of organizations including the Software and Systems Consortium, DigiDeal Corporation, and the Center for Excellence in Education. Dr. Wade holds 11 patents in the areas of integrated circuits,computer architecture, networked systems and internal combustion engines. Dr. Wade is an INCOSE Fellow.
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This is the story of one man’s journey to follow his dreams and the people and times that made those dreams manifest. They say that” no man is an island” Wells Moses Sawyer’s life bore this truth out. This is the story of an individualist, a romantic who navigated the social transformation that came with the birth of the Modern Age with grace, humor, and above all, beauty. Born to pioneer parents, Sawyer traveled the world in pursuit of beauty and knowledge, helping to found two important art colonies along the way and making friends in every port-o-call. In the end, this self-taught and highly skilled artist and anthropologist made his mark and left behind an incredible body of work. Ted Ehmann’s latest book will soon be available. Self-published, In the Presence Of Beauty, is Ehmann’s homage to the artist and free spirits everywhere.
$29.95 Autographed copies for presale available by contacting the author,
Author Ted Ehmann in this new work continues his rethinking of the one hundred and twenty-year-old narrative about the mound-builders Indians in North America. Revisiting the archaeological excavation of a large burial mound on Lemon Bay in what is today Englewood, Florida in, 1938, Ehmann solves the mystery surrounding its construction while simultaneously dismantling the view that such enterprises are proof of a local society becoming more “socially complex.”
Ehmann has researched the mound-builders for the past thirty years. His new research reveals the truly cooperative nature of these strictly hunter-gathering civilizations while exposing the racism then and now that has influenced the science. Particularly the application of “environmental archaeology’, a purely Euro-centric view forced upon the highly adaptive and cooperative societies in Florida.
In this sequel to his first study on South Florida’s Calusa, The People of the Great Circle, Florida plays a significant and very early role in a continent-wide revival of beliefs and rituals that go back to the stone age, not the opposite, which has been believed till now.
It took Congress until 1990, after decades of grave looting conducted under the guise of scientific research, to pass the Native American Graves Protection and Reparation Act. While expressing the importance of burials for gathering reliable ethnological data the author demonstrates that all the data can provide answers by revisiting each and respecting the beliefs and practices that are inseparable from the site and those buried there.
Ehmann credits and dedicates his work to the theories of the Ohio Hopewell Mounds researcher A. Martin Byers. Byers’ study entitled The Real Mound Builders and his discovery of “Collective Burial Locales, when applied to Florida, completely alters the previous narrative of who, what, when, where, and why. This made-up narrative essentially stole the thunder of the Calusa and others in South Florida. Ehmann’s new view restores the Calusa and their neighbors to their rightful place in world history.
Once Upon a Time on Charlotte Harbor
I write the histories of the place where I live. Writing Florida's forgotten histories allows me to live fully in this place. Everywhere around me has a different presence, since I have delved into the everything from the geologic events that created the landscape, the fauna and to the numerous people that lived in and were connected to this place over the past 13,000 years.
Charlotte Harbor is a unifying theme that connects all of my books.
When I share my histories with others, the most common response is "why haven't I heard about that before/". I know because that was my response to some incredible facts and histories that I discovered when I retired here in 2016.
I have been an interdisciplinary learner and teacher all my life. My bookshelves are filled with books on every subject and in most disciplines. As an artist and teacher by profession, I have always seen connections that most people do not recognize.. I never thought about being a writer of history. Florida, specifically "forgotten Florida" called this new chapter in my life forward. Once you make new discoveries, important ones, they must be shared. Every book proposal that I have submitted to a publisher, states upfront, that If I don't write this story and you don't publish it, it will be lost to future generations..
Since the 1920s Florida has been a winter destination. People come and go. Rootless people in places overtime actually lose their histories and stories. Similar to its beautiful natural environment, Florida's stories are also endangered. Each one of my histories, slows you down enough to
learn the stories of places and people long-gone, but now remembered. All my subjects as as relevant today as they were in the past, and some more so. I hope you enjoy them.
Now in 2020, I start yet another venture ,creating history. Sometimes, it is not just enough to reflect on and chronical the past. It is time to submit your talents and insights to the social good, thus putting into action the lessons from history.
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Marshall Islands against adopting a digital currency, or cryptocurrency, as a second form of legal tender.
The move by the Washington-based global financial institution has been cited as evidence of the steps central bankers will take to thwart cryptocurrency adoption.
The digital currency would be adopted as a second official currency after the US dollar. This could lead the RMI to the loss of the last US dollar correspondent banking relationship through the Bank of Marshall Islands because of the rising due diligence by banks in the United States. The RMI economy is highly dependent on receiving and spending US grants and hence the loss of important banking relationships would hurt the country’s economy.
The IMF also thinks that the cost of adopting a cryptocoin that would include development and enforcement of anti-money laundering(AML) techniques and also counter measures to avoid financing of terrorism(CFL) would outweigh any financial advantages. The press release said: “The potential benefits from revenue gains appear considerably smaller than the potential costs arising from economic, reputational, AML/CFT, and governance risks.
In the absence of adequate measures to mitigate them, the authorities should seriously reconsider the issuance of the digital currency as legal tender.”
Obviously, other nation states considering introducing their own crypto will be watching the Marshall Islands closely to see how it responds to the IMF’s warning.
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Millions of Americans go to the gym even before the pandemic. According to some expert sources, at least 1 out of every 5 Americans had membership in a gym or a fitness studio in 2019. Just like most business organizations or enterprises, gyms and health clubs have rules of conduct for their members.
But more than that, every gymgoer has to remember some unspoken etiquette. Keeping these rules in mind is essential to cooperating with other members and ensuring you only have friendly and professional interactions.
1. Return the Weights
The weights in a gym are communal property and there can be not enough of a specific set of weights. Naturally, you can’t just begin working out in front of the weight racks and have to take them elsewhere. However, once you’re done using them, don’t just leave the weights you took lying on the floor.
Not only can this type of behavior create tripping hazards, it’s also rude. People who want to use the weights you’ve taken may not be able to find them and have to use inappropriate equipment. Always remember to put back any weights you’ve used to the rack.
2. Bring Your Own Towel
Although gyms and other fitness clubs provide their own towels, its almost always advisable to bring your own. The reason for bringing your own towel is that people are more inclined to take care of them and not just leave them all over the shower room floor or hanging about the gym equipment. Bringing your own towel can also be a little more hygienic since you are absolutely sure that they are clean.
3. Always Have a Spotter
Don’t become overconfident with your weightlifting skills. You will need a spotter every time you use the heaviest of weights or else you can suffer some of the most common injuries involving weightlifting.
A spotter helps keep an eye on you as you do bench presses and other exercises. They can swoop in at any time to stop the bar from falling if you can’t keep it raised or provide other assistance and even encouragement.
If you go to the gym and need a spotter, don’t just ask random gymgoers to do so. Find a trainer or an employee who can do the service for you.
4. Respect Personal Space
Not every gym consists of large spaces, and some can be quite small and intimate. No matter the square footage of a gym, always respect the personal space of other gymgoers.
You could smile or nod politely to other people, but never strike up a conversation with another person, especially if they are in the middle of a workout. Don’t butt in on someone’s training session or loiter around their station because that will make people uncomfortable.
5. Don’t Be Too Noisy
Working out is an intense experience and you may want to grunt or encourage yourself as you perform your exercises. However, you don’t want to distract everyone around you with too much noise.
Regulate your sounds and breathing so that they don’t get too noisy. If you want music to motivate you throughout your training session, wear a good pair of earphones instead of blasting them through your speakers.
6. Give Everyone a Turn
Every gym has a limited number of equipment, and not everyone will be able to use all machines at the same time. If other people are forming a line because they need to use your machine to exercise, don’t be stubborn and give way to others.
There will always be time later on but you must let everyone use the machine because they are also paying members. A good rule of thumb is that if other people indicate they also need to use the machine you’re on is to only continue using it for about 5 to 10 minutes. You can always circle back.
7. Keep Selfies to a Minimum
People go to the gym to make themselves feel better about their bodies and naturally a lot of people want to take selfies to document how they are improving. Unfortunately, taking selfies in the middle of crowded gym can not only make other people conscious about their own bodies, it can also distract them while exercising.
Be very discrete and try to keep picture taking inside the gym to a minimum. Make it a point not to include people exercising in the background if you can because they may not be comfortable having their picture taken. Remember that you are there to exercise not for a photo op.
A gym membership comes with certain responsibilities. Whenever you head down to the gym, remember that you must follow these etiquette and you can continue using any fitness facility without any regretful incidents.
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Collection date: Sept 1906
Area: Somerset - West
Richard Thorne of Withypool (1825-1911): age 82, 1 song ‘Come all you worthy people’ (FT1116) on 5 Sept 1906: Richard Thorne was baptised at Exford on 28/10/1825, eldest son of John Thorne, farmer (83 acres at Withypool) and his wife Sarah. Richard set up his own farm in Rose Ash, Devon (10 miles to south) by 1861 but on 5/11/1867 he married Betsey Hayes, a farmer’s widow and took over her farm at Southill, Withypool (92 acres).
Richard remained at Southill Farm for the next 20 years and raised Betsey’s 4 children as his own. She died in May 1907, not long after Richard sang this rather moral song for Sharp. Richard Thorne was very influential in the local Methodist chapel (opened 1881). Richard died 14/1/1911 and was buried at Exford church (tombstone). He left £1,595 in his will.
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The basic life support method is called cardiopulmonary rescue. This is the procedure that provides artificial circulation and respiration to maintain life for a person whose heartbeat or breathing has stopped. CPR is often performed on a drowned or collapsed person, particularly if pulse and respiration are absent.
CPR training in Kent will allow you to save lives. If blood flow to the brain is reduced, oxygen will be cut off. Brain cells can die if they aren't getting enough oxygen. C You can also look for the best CPR training in kent via https://dandksolutions.co.uk/training/first-aid-training-courses-kent/cpr-training-kent/.
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What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?
1. Perform head-tilt-chin-lift maneuver. You must first perform the head-tilt chin-lift maneuver. You will need to tilt your victim's forehead using your palm. Next, pinch the victim's nose with your thumb and middle finger. Perform a chin lift with your other hand. You will need to pull the victim's neck using your index, middle, and thumb. Next, seal your mouth. The victim should then take two deep breaths into his mouth. A good mouth seal will be when the victim's chest rises with each blow.
2. Compress your chest. Place the heel of your hand on the victim's chest. You should start 30 compressions and alternate between 2 rescue breaths.
3. After the first cycle has been completed, monitor the victim's pulse and breathing. If the victim is still breathing, stop compressions and place the victim in a resting position. If the victim is not responding, repeat the cycle.
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Daily Activities That Will Help You Reduce Stress and Unwind
As we go about our days, there are many things that we come across and have to deal with. Some of these things may bring on stress and anxiety from time to time. Being in a stressful state leads to less productivity in the workplace and also greatly affects your happiness. With this in mind, finding ways to avoid such stresses is essential to ensure that you lead a happy and fulfilled life.
Avoiding your stress triggers will require you to evaluate your environment, daily activities, and interactions carefully. Once you find your triggers, you can then minimize them or avoid them. However, if you can’t avoid your triggers, having a stress-relieving routine is the best way to go. Curate a few activities you can participate in daily and go at it. Here are a few activities for you to consider.
Exercise is one of the most beneficial daily activities to include in your routine. When it comes to relieving stress, exercises trigger the release of endorphins that make you feel better and dramatically improve your attitude. With this, you find that after exercising, you are left with a lot of energy and positivity that all the stress is set aside.
Exercising will also help you think better and find solutions to some of the problems causing your stressful state. You’ll be in a better position to see things as they are and find ways to improve them.
When it comes to the kind of exercises you should engage in, it’s up to you. This is a personal preference that could range from taking a walk around your block to lifting heavy in the gym. Find what works for you and stick to that. Exercise is n amazing addition to your life; it will reduce stress and have amazing positive effects on your body.
Reduce Stress: Meditation
Meditation is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is important to take your time to quiet your thoughts and observe your breathing. This will bring you to a state of calm and mindfulness. The results will be a less stressful mind that can dissect the problems and find solutions.
To most people, meditation doesn’t come easy, given how hard it is to control your thoughts as a beginner. However, the best part is that apps, videos, and instructors are trained to help you through this process. As a beginner, you could opt for a meditation session to guide what to do from the beginning to the end. Take your time to master this and make it a daily activity.
Writing your thoughts down can be a scary task, especially for beginners who haven’t done it before. Getting out a notepad and your favorite pen only to lack words to write is a daunting scenario. However, this is something you can work towards and develop into a life-changing habit.
Journaling helps you have a clear look at what’s stressing you out, describe how you feel, and let it all out. Doing this results in the reduction of stress significantly. As a beginner, consider starting with a journal that comes with prompts to answer as you get used to it.
Additionally, you could opt to take up some gratitude journaling. It involves listing a few things you are grateful for and feeling it all. Focusing on what’s going right in your life will help you reduce stress and appreciate where you are.
Listening to Music
Listening to some upbeat music is a great way to reduce stress and get you in a happier state. Doing this sends signals to your body and mind that you are in an environment that is positive and helps mimic the same results in your body.
You’ll be in a better position to reduce your stress provided you choose to go with a well-curated playlist. Avoid sad and slow songs that will only make your situation worse. Rather go for positive songs that make you feel like you can do and be anything you want.
Have a Self Care Routine
One of the most critical factors you need to work on is yourself when it comes to relieving stress and improving well-being. Forget about all the outside influences and triggers and focus on yourself first. Having a self-care routine is a great way to help you take charge of how you respond to stress and reduce any.
To have an effective self-care routine, setting the mood is very important. First, you’ll need to work on your lighting setup. Get some led lights custom that you can easily dim for that cool and warm effect.
Additionally, engage in some aromatherapy by infusing some essential oils into your diffuser or lighting a scented candle. Once you’ve set the mood, then go ahead with your self-care routine. This will differ from one person to the next. This means you need to tailor these sessions to your needs and specific requirements.
Reduce Stress: Conclusion
Reducing stress something that can easily be done by taking part in any of the activities listed. All you need to do is keep an open mind and ensure that you fully immerse yourself into the experience. As you go through your days, try your best to identify some of the stress triggers you are exposed to and find a way to avoid them.
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Consider applying for internships beginning your freshman year. Many college students pursue internships during their junior or senior year of school. However, it’s never too early to begin applying and participating in internship programs, especially programs that are directly related to your career path.
- 1 What is the right time to do internship?
- 2 Is internship good for college?
- 3 Can you intern as a college freshman?
- 4 How many internships should you have in college?
- 5 How can I get an internship with no experience?
- 6 Does an internship look good on resume?
- 7 Do summer internships look good for college?
- 8 What internships look good for college?
- 9 What should I do after my freshman year of college?
- 10 Are summer internships full time?
- 11 Is having too many internships bad?
- 12 What Interns should not do?
- 13 How long is internship?
What is the right time to do internship?
The best time to fill up an internship application for a summer internship is in the months of January and February. Of course, this does not account for campus placements of college internships. These summer placements are often done much ahead in the year in September – November.
Is internship good for college?
Internships are beneficial because they help develop your professional aptitude, strengthen personal character, and provide a greater door to opportunity. By investing in internships, you’ll give yourself the broadest spectrum of opportunity when seeking and applying for a job after college.
Can you intern as a college freshman?
Freshman internships are great for helping college students decide what major they want to study and what assess careers they’re interested in. If you’re looking for more hands on experience earlier in your college career, then an internship during your freshman year is a great way to go.
How many internships should you have in college?
Do try to obtain at least one internship during your college years. The experience you will gain during just one summer is invaluable. Don’t expect all of your internships to be paid. In a perfect world, every employer would compensate their interns.
How can I get an internship with no experience?
How to Get an Internship with No Experience
- Join a club or volunteer. When looking for interns, employers don’t really expect them to be experienced because that’s what internships are for.
- Start networking.
- Emphasize your skills.
- Be Realistic.
- Final thoughts.
Does an internship look good on resume?
In short, you should include internships on your resume because they’re part of your work experience. “ They’re looking for potential.” And internships can be a great barometer for professional potential, since they resemble the kind of work and environment of a full-time job more than your coursework or hobbies.
Do summer internships look good for college?
Reason #1: A Summer Internship Looks Good On College Applications. Extra experience and that extra step can make quite a different on your college application. Schools like to see you taking initiative, especially in something that has to do with your intended major.
What internships look good for college?
9 Best Types of Internships for High School and College Students
- Apprenticeship Cooperative Education (Co-Op) Apprenticeship Cooperative Education starts early in high school.
- Cooperative Education (Co-Op)
- Field Experience.
- Intern Abroad.
- Intern at a Startup.
- Nonprofit Intern.
- Service Learning.
What should I do after my freshman year of college?
6 Smart Things to Do During the Summer After Your Freshman Year
- By Jong Eun Jung. Greg Harvey.
- Volunteering. Use this summer to make a difference by volunteering.
- Summer School.
- Summer Job.
- Personal Projects.
- Summer Immersion.
Are summer internships full time?
Summer internships are usually longer A longer internship can often mean working full-time hours, meaning you need to have that availability during your summer break.
Is having too many internships bad?
You’re overqualified. Having a ton of internships at places within the same field, all with the same job function, might make you seem overqualified for an entry-level job in that function. While internships are supposed to prepare you for entry-level positions, over-prepping can do you damage in the job hunt.
What Interns should not do?
What NOT to Do in an Internship
- Try Avoiding Work. This may go without saying, but if you’re hired on as an intern, you have to take on the responsibilities that go with it.
- Show Up Late.
- Disregard Office Rules.
- Isolate Yourself / Pester Everyone All the Time.
- Keep Ideas or Questions to Yourself.
How long is internship?
Internships are job training programs that are usually completed in 10 to 12 weeks, or the duration of an academic semester. However, internships can last anywhere from a few weeks to an entire year, depending on the following factors: Goals – What is the purpose of the internship?
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ASTON, Pa. — Over the course of her ministry in education, Sister Jean Clare Rohe spent 27 years in the Diocese of Wilmington. What makes that extraordinary is that her first assignment in the diocese began in 1938, and her final one concluded in 2004.
Sister Jean’s three assignments in Wilmington are just a part of what she has accomplished in her first century. She turned 100 on March 12, “a simple farm girl that made good,” she said a few days before the big one. Her congregation, the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, celebrated at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., with a day that included Mass in her honor and a party that brought together some 65 family members and friends.
The oldest of nine children, Sister Jean attended St. Joseph’s School in Fullerton, Md., for elementary school and Seton High School. She said there were good public schools near her home, but she rode several buses each day to get to Seton.
“Even though there was a public school that we could have walked to, our parents paid bus fare for us to get to Catholic school,” she said in an interview at Assisi House, where she has lived since 2014. The facility is home to 103 Franciscans, 94 of whom are in assisted living. The other nine are in an independent unit.
She joined the Franciscans at 17, before she had finished high school. She had a cousin entering at the same time — Sister Alice Catherine, now deceased — “and I said, ‘I’m going with you.’
“Nothing was going to stand in the way. My parents were very agreeable,” she said. “I would have been very disappointed, I guess, if I hadn’t gotten what I wanted. My parents could have said ‘I have eight small children. Who’s going to help to raise them? But if that’s what you want to do, go ahead.’”
Science of teaching
Her first assignment, according to the congregation’s records, was at St. Paul School in Wilmington, from 1938-41. She left for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and would not return to Delaware for more than 30 years. In 1974, she arrived at Padua Academy, where she would spend the next nine years.
After a second stint at the Catholic High School of Baltimore, Sister Jean was back in the First State, this time at St. John the Beloved, where she ministered from 1989-2004. She was a science teacher.
“They used to say, she could teach science to a stone. She was a very good teacher,” said Sister Peggy Egan, administrator of Assisi House.
Sister Peggy told Sister Jean she got her love of biology from working on the family farm.
“Oh, I don’t know about that,” Sister Jean replied.
She did insist, however, that everyone learn about biology.
“My niece said to me one time, ‘Aunt Jean, you think everyone has to learn biology.’ And I said, ‘Cassie, if I teach it, they have to learn it.’ And they did.”
One of her students during her two years at Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in Baltimore was Mitchell Rozanski, who became an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore and is now the bishop of Springfield, Mass.
Missing the bus
Sister Jean and her cousin were not the only vocations in the family. Sister Jean’s sister, Eleanor, also became a Franciscan, as did three other cousins. She is the only one of the six who is still living. Her sister worked at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington but died after contracting a disease while on a trip to Europe many years ago.
Sister Jean said she always knew she wanted to enter religious life, following the example of the many women who taught her in elementary and high school. The nuns had a big influence on her.
“We had a bus, and if you missed the bus, then you had to hang around school,” she recalled. “If we weren’t on the first bus, I would have to wait until the Perry Hall bus came back to take me to Putty Hill. So you were hanging around school all that time.”
After her teaching career ended, Sister Jean spent nine years working in the rectory at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Baltimore, retiring in 2014. Although she remains healthy, she jokes that she’s “a liability” to the staff at Assisi House, an assertion quickly rebutted by Sister Peggy.
“How could you ever be a liability? She’s the sweetest, most even-dispositioned person you ever want to see. You were doing God’s work,” Sister Peggy said.
Her vitality catches some visitors to Aston by surprise. Sister Peggy recalled Sister Jean using her walker one time while peeling an orange, much to the amazement of some men who were working on the ceiling at Assisi House.
“So one of them, he’s looking at her and he’s looking at me, and he says to me, ‘How does she do that?’ And she looks up and says to him, ‘Practice, son, practice.’ He almost fell off the ladder, he laughed so hard,” Sister Peggy said.
Sister Jean spends her days exercising, playing cards and maintaining her spiritual life. She said “there’s always something” to do. “I’m not going to sit around surrounded by four walls when there’s something going on.”
Her secret to reaching 100? “That’s a good question, isn’t it? Just take each day as it comes.”
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(105 ILCS 5/21B-75)
Sec. 21B-75. Suspension or revocation of license.
(a) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school district employee regularly required to be licensed, as provided in this Article, in order to teach or supervise in the public schools.
(b) The State Superintendent of Education has the exclusive authority, in accordance with this Section and any rules adopted by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, to initiate the suspension of up to 5 calendar years or revocation of any license issued pursuant to this Article for abuse or neglect of a child, immorality, a condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils, incompetency, unprofessional conduct (which includes the failure to disclose on an employment application any previous conviction for a sex offense, as defined in Section 21B-80 of this Code, or any other offense committed in any other state or against the laws of the United States that, if committed in this State, would be punishable as a sex offense, as defined in Section 21B-80 of this Code), the neglect of any professional duty, willful failure to report an instance of suspected child abuse or neglect as required by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, failure to establish satisfactory repayment on an educational loan guaranteed by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, or other just cause. Unprofessional conduct shall include the refusal to attend or participate in institutes, teachers' meetings, or professional readings or to meet other reasonable requirements of the regional superintendent of schools or State Superintendent of Education. Unprofessional conduct also includes conduct that violates the standards, ethics, or rules applicable to the security, administration, monitoring, or scoring of or the reporting of scores from any assessment test or examination administered under Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code or that is known or intended to produce or report manipulated or artificial, rather than actual, assessment or achievement results or gains from the administration of those tests or examinations. Unprofessional conduct shall also include neglect or unnecessary delay in the making of statistical and other reports required by school officers. Incompetency shall include, without limitation, 2 or more school terms of service for which the license holder has received an unsatisfactory rating on a performance evaluation conducted pursuant to Article 24A of this Code within a period of 7 school terms of service. In determining whether to initiate action against one or more licenses based on incompetency and the recommended sanction for such action, the State Superintendent shall consider factors that include without limitation all of the following:
(1) Whether the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings
occurred prior to June 13, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 97-8).
(2) Whether the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings
occurred prior to or after the implementation date, as defined in Section 24A-2.5 of this Code, of an evaluation system for teachers in a school district.
(3) Whether the evaluator or evaluators who performed
an unsatisfactory evaluation met the pre-licensure and training requirements set forth in Section 24A-3 of this Code.
(4) The time between the unsatisfactory evaluation
(5) The quality of the remediation plans associated
with the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings and whether the license holder successfully completed the remediation plans.
(6) Whether the unsatisfactory evaluation ratings
were related to the same or different assignments performed by the license holder.
(7) Whether one or more of the unsatisfactory
evaluation ratings occurred in the first year of a teaching or administrative assignment. When initiating an action against one or more licenses, the State Superintendent may seek required professional development as a sanction in lieu of or in addition to suspension or revocation. Any such required professional development must be at the expense of the license holder, who may use, if available and applicable to the requirements established by administrative or court order, training, coursework, or other professional development funds in accordance with the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement entered into after June 13, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 97-8), unless that agreement specifically precludes use of funds for such purpose.
(c) The State Superintendent of Education shall, upon receipt of evidence of abuse or neglect of a child, immorality, a condition of health detrimental to the welfare of pupils, incompetency (subject to subsection (b) of this Section), unprofessional conduct, the neglect of any professional duty, or other just cause, further investigate and, if and as appropriate, serve written notice to the individual and afford the individual opportunity for a hearing prior to suspension, revocation, or other sanction; provided that the State Superintendent is under no obligation to initiate such an investigation if the Department of Children and Family Services is investigating the same or substantially similar allegations and its child protective service unit has not made its determination, as required under Section 7.12 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. If the State Superintendent of Education does not receive from an individual a request for a hearing within 10 days after the individual receives notice, the suspension, revocation, or other sanction shall immediately take effect in accordance with the notice. If a hearing is requested within 10 days after notice of an opportunity for hearing, it shall act as a stay of proceedings until the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board issues a decision. Any hearing shall take place in the educational service region where the educator is or was last employed and in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, and such rules shall include without limitation provisions for discovery and the sharing of information between parties prior to the hearing. The standard of proof for any administrative hearing held pursuant to this Section shall be by the preponderance of the evidence. The decision of the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board is a final administrative decision and is subject to judicial review by appeal of either party.
The State Board of Education may refuse to issue or may suspend the license of any person who fails to file a return or to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied.
The exclusive authority of the State Superintendent of Education to initiate suspension or revocation of a license pursuant to this Section does not preclude a regional superintendent of schools from cooperating with the State Superintendent or a State's Attorney with respect to an investigation of alleged misconduct.
(d) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee may initiate and conduct such investigations as may be reasonably necessary to establish the existence of any alleged misconduct. At any stage of the investigation, the State Superintendent may issue a subpoena requiring the attendance and testimony of a witness, including the license holder, and the production of any evidence, including files, records, correspondence, or documents, relating to any matter in question in the investigation. The subpoena shall require a witness to appear at the State Board of Education at a specified date and time and shall specify any evidence to be produced. The license holder is not entitled to be present, but the State Superintendent shall provide the license holder with a copy of any recorded testimony prior to a hearing under this Section. Such recorded testimony must not be used as evidence at a hearing, unless the license holder has adequate notice of the testimony and the opportunity to cross-examine the witness. Failure of a license holder to comply with a duly issued, investigatory subpoena may be grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial of a license.
(e) All correspondence, documentation, and other information so received by the regional superintendent of schools, the State Superintendent of Education, the State Board of Education, or the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board under this Section is confidential and must not be disclosed to third parties, except (i) as necessary for the State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee to investigate and prosecute pursuant to this Article, (ii) pursuant to a court order, (iii) for disclosure to the license holder or his or her representative, or (iv) as otherwise required in this Article and provided that any such information admitted into evidence in a hearing is exempt from this confidentiality and non-disclosure requirement.
(f) The State Superintendent of Education or a person designated by him or her shall have the power to administer oaths to witnesses at any hearing conducted before the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board pursuant to this Section. The State Superintendent of Education or a person designated by him or her is authorized to subpoena and bring before the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board any person in this State and to take testimony either orally or by deposition or by exhibit, with the same fees and mileage and in the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial proceedings in civil cases in circuit courts of this State.
(g) Any circuit court, upon the application of the State Superintendent of Education or the license holder, may, by order duly entered, require the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers as part of any investigation or at any hearing the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board is authorized to conduct pursuant to this Section, and the court may compel obedience to its orders by proceedings for contempt.
(h) The State Board of Education shall receive an annual line item appropriation to cover fees associated with the investigation and prosecution of alleged educator misconduct and hearings related thereto.
(Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; incorporates 97-8, eff. 6-13-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-972, eff. 8-15-14.)
Last modified: February 18, 2015
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Three weeks ago, antiquities collector Oded Golan was acquitted, on grounds of reasonable doubt, of most of the charges he had been facing since 2004. The ruling, in what was apparently the country’s largest antiquities fraud trial of all time, takes up 475 pages. Most of it deals with the arguments, sometimes impassioned, among experts from both sides, on matters of archaeology, linguistics, philology, chemistry and geology.
The prosecution witnesses tried to prove that the objects, the most prominent of which are the ossuary, or bone box, said to be of “James, son of
Joseph, brother of Jesus,” and a stone tablet with an inscription said to be from the time of the First Temple, are fakes. The defense experts tried to prove their authenticity. But Jerusalem District Court Judge Aharon
Farkash stressed he was not rendering an opinion on the authenticity of the objects, but rather declaring that the prosecution had not proven beyond reasonable doubt that they were fakes.
One of the most interesting sections in the ruling deals not with an artifact itself but with a black-and-white photo from the 1970s, taken in the home of Golan’s parents. Three shelves are visible in the picture: On the first are some books and a photograph of a young woman; on the second shelf, some ancient pottery vessels; and on the bottom shelf, the above-mentioned, now-famous James ossuary with the inscription in Aramaic, “Yaakov Bar Yosef, ahui diyeshua.”
The photo seemingly contradicts the prosecution’s claim that Golan had acquired the ossuary only after the turn of the millennium and took steps to forge the inscription on it. According to the state, a person who had developed extraordinary skill in forging ancient
Hebrew inscriptions from the 9th century B.C.E. would have no trouble also forging a photograph from the 1970s.
Golan, however, pointed out that among the items on the shelves are two books with call numbers from the library of the Technion − Israel Institute of Technology, where he studied between 1976 and 1978. Another is a 1974 telephone book. Golan also tracked down the young woman in the photo, Jacqueline Schlossberg, who was his girlfriend in the 1970s. Schlossberg testified in court, and said that she remembered not only the photo of herself, but the bone box, as her maiden name was Mar-Yosef and the inscription “Bar Yosef” had caught her attention at the time.
Golan and his attorney, Lior Bringer, did not stop there. They enlisted the aid of Gerald Richard, former head of a special photography unit of the FBI. Richard examined the photo and found no signs that the image had been tampered with. He testified at the trial that the photographic paper on which it was printed had been produced by Kodak until 1979, and that a stamp with the name of the paper appears on the back of the photo.
The picture seemingly contains several elements necessary for establishing its authenticity: the books, the photo of Schlossberg, the name of the photographic paper on its rear. It is too perfect, argued the prosecution, however: Of the thousands of pictures found in Golan’s possession, it is the only one with the name of the paper stamped on the back.
Prosecutor Dan Bahat, of the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office, also noted the peculiar logic of photographing three shelves for no particular reason. But Judge Farkash rejected that interpretation, and ruled that it had not been proven that the picture was either forged or staged.
Nearly any one of the 18 items listed in the indictment as having been fabricated by Golan could have provided a headline in a news broadcast had it been found in an ordinary archaeological dig. The main question posed by those who do not believe in the authenticity of the finds is: How did Golan come into possession of all these precious objects? Furthermore, determining that the photograph and all the archaeological finds are forgeries would lead one to conclude that Golan is a multidisciplinary genius − able to fake items from different fields at a level so professional that some of the country’s most distinguished archaeologists cannot refute their authenticity.
Golan, 61 and a resident of Tel Aviv, is a wealthy man with many interests who engages in real estate deals and high-tech initiatives. He also established a company for professional tours for architects. He became attracted to archaeology in his youth: At the age of 12 he became the youngest member of the legendary excavation team, led by Yigael Yadin, at Masada.
After the Six-Day War, when Golan was still in high school, he began to scour the Old City of Jerusalem, newly accessible to Israelis, as well as the towns of the West Bank in search of antiquities.
“Every week I’d skip a day or two of school and go to the Old City and from there to Hebron and then to the villages,” he relates. “I didn’t have money then, but people liked me very much.”
It was during that period that he began to establish relations with Palestinian antiquities dealers, who served as the source of most of his collection.
Obtaining such items from the territories also enabled him to evade the strict Israel Antiquities Law, which does not apply there.
Today, Golan is one of the biggest collectors of Land of Israel antiquities in the world. “It’s the most interesting hobby in the world,” he says. “Unlike stamp collecting, in which you try to complete a series of known items, here it is hard to predict what a day will bring. There’s a combination here of thrills and interest, which never ends. When I was just a child, I found I had the intuition to tell what was rare and what wasn’t. When I see a rare object I can hardly withstand the temptation to rescue it. Even though it’s inanimate, there is an element of rescue here. I feel a compulsion not to let it leave the country and disappear, so that we’d never even know that it had existed.”
According to him, he and collectors like him rescue antiquities that otherwise would have been sold abroad. He is frustrated because most archaeological researchers ignore finds that were not discovered in a proper, organized excavation, on the grounds they cannot be authenticated or ascribed to a context. At the Israel Antiquities Authority, they also say that the collectors’ activity
encourages robber excavations and the illegal trade in antiquities.
Either way, Golan’s display cases are beautiful and a tour of them tremendously exciting. It is a kind of private, half-secret museum. The objects are arranged in illuminated display cases without labels, so the owner has to explain to this guests what they are seeing: “Here we have miniature models of the First Temple ... Here are figurines of Ashtoret ... here is the earliest seven-branched candelabrum, and this is a general’s sword from the Late Bronze Age.”
Somewhere, there are also two ossuaries from what he calls “the last years people left the Temple alive before the destruction” in 70 C.E. Golan explains that they contained the remains of sons of the last high priest of the Temple who, according to the writings of Josephus Flavius, left Jerusalem before the destruction in a desperate attempt to save the Temple.
To the question of how all these amazing objects − and especially the ones that appear in the indictment − came specifically into his hands, Golan has a prosaic answer: “I have been an antiquities
collector for 40 years, and among major collectors, I am the only one in Israel.
I have seen or heard about most of the antiquities discovered in this country. It’s hard for an Arab antiquities dealer to get to a collector abroad, so they come to me.”
Truth and lies
Although Judge Farkash acquitted Golan, he did criticize him and concluded that he did not always stick to the truth. Golan admits his hobby is one that involves not telling the entire story all the time − and sometimes lying − in order to obtain an artifact at the desired price. “You can’t always tell 100 percent of the truth,” he admits.
According to the very harsh indictment against him, Golan headed a gang involved in forging and selling fake antiquities. In addition to the ossuary and the so-called Jehoash inscription that appears on a small stone tablet and is supposed to prove the existence of the First Temple (it describes construction undertaken there), which attracted most of the attention, he was also accused of forging the so-called Shishek bowl, with its ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription; a stone oil lamp decorated with a seven-branched candelabrum; ostraca (pottery shards with writing on them); and ceramic seals. He was also accused of interfering with legal proceedings and suborning a witness.
Golan spent more than two years under arrest, about half of that time in his parents’ home. That’s where he says he found the old picture of the ossuary. The trial, which went on for seven years, became an arena for wrestling matches between experts from many fields, as colleagues bad-mouthed one another and experts were embarrassed on the witness stand.
The bottom line is that in nearly every instance, Golan managed to cast doubt on the assertion there had been forgery, whether by biochemical proof of the existence of a patina (a natural coating that accumulates on stone and glass surfaces over the centuries), or by means of evidence that an inscription was appropriate to a period in every respect − from the shape of the letters to the grammar employed.
In one instance, two geologists who appeared as defense witnesses pointed to microscopic bits of gold in the letters on the Jehoash tablet. Gold flecks of this size cannot be created artificially and cannot be scattered so they look random. “This shows the stone was in proximity to a big fire. For example, a structure of wood covered in gold, which suits a building we know in Jerusalem,” says Golan.
At the IAA and the prosecutor’s office, however, they still believe the objects are forged. They are convinced that had they succeeded in bringing as a witness an Egyptian artist, whom they think helped Golan, they would have proven this in court. Throughout, Golan rejected plea bargains offered by the prosecution.
“I refused because they insisted on bending the information,” he says. “There was someone who did agree to a plea bargain: Galileo Galilei. Perhaps he muttered ‘Even though it does revolve ...’ − he went ahead and signed the deal. I couldn’t agree.”
According to Golan, contrary to the argument of the IAA, the world of antiquities forgeries in Israel is very small and makes no economic sense: “In order to make the Jehoash tablet, you would have to work on it for at least a year and keep a team of experts on writing and on biology and geochemistry and archaeology, among others, and in the end you wouldn’t be able to sell it. You have to do everything in secret and you’ll always get someone who will say it is a fake.
“If you can do all that,” he continues, “you might as well go and print yourself dollars.”
According to Golan, the community of antiquities collectors constitutes a very limited group of knowledgeable individuals, all of whom are experts, to whom it is not easy to sell fakes. He also mentions the absence of any logic in the forgery of which he was accused in the case of the Jehoash tablet.
“I said during the investigation that even if I had intended to make forgeries, I definitely wouldn’t have written 200 letters [of the alphabet], in which you can make mistakes in syntax and shape, and all this on stone that’s going to break,” he asserts. “If I were to forge, I’d make do with writing: ‘The Temple, entrance here.’ And if I’ve already written ‘brother of Jesus,’ wouldn’t it have been logical to add ‘of Nazareth’? Without that, it all remains in the realm of fantasy.”
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Networx: Types of doors: Your guide to materials, styles
Doors play an often underappreciated role in the home, whether they connect its interior to the great outdoors or simply lead from one room to another. Properly chosen, though, doors add good looks and security. The right entry door can even save a substantial amount of energy. But how to decide among all the different types of doors available? There are so many materials and styles. For a little help, check out this guide to common types of doors.
Solid wood is also pricey. For a less expensive alternative, you might select solid-core wood — a hardwood or wood fiber backer coated with plywood or laminate. However, this is more vulnerable to moisture and fading.
Steel is used almost exclusively for exterior doors, where it has cornered 50 percent of the market today. Inexpensive compared to wood and fiberglass, steel door installation generally provides an excellent return on investment when you sell your home. Some steel doors can be treated with a faux wood stain.
Many steel doors are not actually solid metal, but rather two steel "skins" sandwiching an insulating foam core. As a result, while energy-efficient, they tend to be susceptible to denting, scratching, and rust, particularly with thinner steel (24 gauge and above).
Gaining rapidly in popularity, fiberglass is a practical material for an entry door. Fiberglass is the most energy-efficient of all types of doors; because it is non-conductive of heat and cold, its R-value can be four to five times that of wood. Other advantages are dent resistance, light weight, and low maintenance (refinishing is required only every 3-5 years). Fiberglass doors' one disadvantage is their relatively high price.
When glass is utilized in exterior doors — whether to add small windows ("lites") or large panels — it’s important to use gas-filled thermal glass panes, for their insulation value.
Solid, flat and unadorned, flush doors are the least expensive style, particularly if they are hollow core. Their flat surface makes them easy to paint or stain. Typically used for interiors.
Panel doors include 4-8 embossed panels surrounded by decorative molding. One or more of the panels may be made of glass, for good looks and additional light. For interior and exterior doors.
French doors are made of a frame surrounding window panels. Elegant and traditional, these doors are often found in pairs at the entrance to a formal public space in the home, such as a living or dining room. They may also lead outdoors, to a deck or other landscape feature.
Patio doors (sliders) comprise two or three large panels, mounted in a frame that slides open and shut. These doors provide plenty of light, and highlight an attractive outdoor view.
Louvered doors contain diagonal slats, to allow ventilation even when they are closed. Perfect for storage areas, laundry rooms, or small bathrooms.
Bifold doors consist of narrow panels, hinged together to fold up like an accordion when the door is opened. These space savers need only half as much clearance as standard swinging doors. For closets, pantries, or laundry nooks.
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